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* FoeYay: Fans like to pair up [[HoYay Atticus and Kahn]], as well as [[FoeYay Atticus and Gabe]], apparently. Just look at this [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/kyousouka/ei/mokechu.jpg manip]].
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* TheWoobie: Oh God, Dragonthing. It's stuck with [[{{Jerkass}} Atticus]] as its trainer, a chain smoking apathetic boy who doesn't know anything about Pokemon and never wanted to be a trainer to begin with. Because of this, Dragonthing is treated like a slave who's worthless, being handled carelessly and carried around by its tail, which Atticus also uses to light his cigarettes (Atticus even refers to it at one point as a glorified lighter). Due to Atticus' incompetence at battling, Dragonthing gets mercilessly beat up during its first battle, all the while desperately tugging and crying to its master to protect it or give it some kind of command. It deals with constant verbal and emotional abuse from Atticus, and despite all this, it's still desperate to win the approval of its trainer. It's so desperate, [[spoiler:it nearly kills itself during a fight with a Feraligatr and kept attacking it despite how badly it was hurt.]] Just seeing how sad, hurt, and abused it is during its journey so far is enough to make anyone want to just pick it up and give it a hug. It doesn't help that the way the author draws Dragonthing makes her look a [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/515072/chapter-1-page-14/ lot more adorable]] than the average Charmander.
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** Oh God, Dragonthing. It's stuck with [[{{Jerkass}} Atticus]] as its trainer, a chain smoking apathetic boy who doesn't know anything about Pokemon and never wanted to be a trainer to begin with. Because of this, Dragonthing is treated like a slave who's worthless, being handled carelessly and carried around by its tail, which Atticus also uses to light his cigarettes (Atticus even refers to it at one point as a glorified lighter). Due to Atticus' incompetence at battling, Dragonthing gets mercilessly beat up during its first battle, all the while desperately tugging and crying to its master to protect it or give it some kind of command. It deals with constant verbal and emotional abuse from Atticus, and despite all this, it's still desperate to win the approval of its trainer. It's so desperate, [[spoiler:it nearly kills itself during a fight with a Feraligatr and kept attacking it despite how badly it was hurt.]] Just seeing how sad, hurt, and abused it is during its journey so far is enough to make anyone want to just pick it up and give it a hug. It doesn't help that the way the author draws Dragonthing makes her look a [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/515072/chapter-1-page-14/ lot more adorable]] than the averageCharmander.Charmander.
** Rat has the same problems as Dragonthing, only with an added level of physical torment, losing both an ear and a tail to Atticus's leadership style. All this and he doesn't get the love/respect that Dragonthing eventually gets.
** Oh God, Dragonthing. It's stuck with [[{{Jerkass}} Atticus]] as its trainer, a chain smoking apathetic boy who doesn't know anything about Pokemon and never wanted to be a trainer to begin with. Because of this, Dragonthing is treated like a slave who's worthless, being handled carelessly and carried around by its tail, which Atticus also uses to light his cigarettes (Atticus even refers to it at one point as a glorified lighter). Due to Atticus' incompetence at battling, Dragonthing gets mercilessly beat up during its first battle, all the while desperately tugging and crying to its master to protect it or give it some kind of command. It deals with constant verbal and emotional abuse from Atticus, and despite all this, it's still desperate to win the approval of its trainer. It's so desperate, [[spoiler:it nearly kills itself during a fight with a Feraligatr and kept attacking it despite how badly it was hurt.]] Just seeing how sad, hurt, and abused it is during its journey so far is enough to make anyone want to just pick it up and give it a hug. It doesn't help that the way the author draws Dragonthing makes her look a [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/515072/chapter-1-page-14/ lot more adorable]] than the average
** Rat has the same problems as Dragonthing, only with an added level of physical torment, losing both an ear and a tail to Atticus's leadership style. All this and he doesn't get the love/respect that Dragonthing eventually gets.
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* FanNickname: "Rumplestiltskin" is fairly popular nickname for Gabe due to his "[[ReusedCharacterDesign role]]" in [[http://rumplestiltskin.smackjeeves.com/comics/1565538/cover/ another of the author's webcomics.]]
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* {{Narm}}: Chapter 13 features Atticus and George arguing because [[spoiler:Atticus is stealing Pokemon for Team Rocket to free Dragonthing from them.]] The scene is ruined because Atticus is wearing an obviously fake mustache the entire time...
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** Chapter 13 features Atticus and George arguing because [[spoiler:Atticus is stealing Pokemon for Team Rocket to free Dragonthing from them.]] The scene is ruined because Atticus is wearing an obviously fake mustache theentire time...''entire'' time.
** Chapter 13 features another example on page 109, where George believes that [[spoiler:Atticus' attempt to steal people's Pokemon to free Dragonthing was a cowardly act, seeing as how he supposedly took the easy way out.]] She believes there must be another way of solving the problem and when Atticus asks what her plan is, she replies with "Strength of heart". This can come across as incredibly cliche and cringy, even for someone as naive as her. Then again, this might be the intended reaction.
** Chapter 13 features Atticus and George arguing because [[spoiler:Atticus is stealing Pokemon for Team Rocket to free Dragonthing from them.]] The scene is ruined because Atticus is wearing an obviously fake mustache the
** Chapter 13 features another example on page 109, where George believes that [[spoiler:Atticus' attempt to steal people's Pokemon to free Dragonthing was a cowardly act, seeing as how he supposedly took the easy way out.]] She believes there must be another way of solving the problem and when Atticus asks what her plan is, she replies with "Strength of heart". This can come across as incredibly cliche and cringy, even for someone as naive as her. Then again, this might be the intended reaction.
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* {{Narm}}: Chapter 13 features Atticus and George arguing because [[spoiler:Atticus is stealing Pokemon for Team Rocket to free Dragonthing from them.]] The scene is ruined because Atticus is wearing an obviously fake mustache the entire time...
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* WordOfGay: The author confirmed on Tumblr that Artemis, the Cerulean City Gym Leader, is a lesbian; there's a [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/2104613/chapter-9-page-54/ picture of her girlfriend]] on the desk in her office.
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* BaseBreaker: George. You either think her upbeat personality is a great contrast to Atticus, or just nerve-grating.
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* CaptainObviousReveal: H0lyhandgrenade makes plenty of ShipTease between Artemis and Atticus, and even lampshade it in AltText. Then it turns out that she actually just spotted his rocket shirt, except that the comment section was flooded with comments predicting this twist before the ship tease even began.
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* CaptainObviousReveal: H0lyhandgrenade makes plenty of ShipTease between Artemis and Atticus, and even lampshade it in AltText. Then it turns out that she actually just spotted his rocket shirt, except that the comment section was flooded with comments predicting this twist before the ship tease even began.
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* TheWoobie: Oh God, Dragonthing. It's stuck with [[{{Jerkass}} Atticus]] as its trainer, a chain smoking apathetic boy who doesn't know anything about Pokemon and never wanted to be a trainer to begin with. Because of this, Dragonthing is treated like a slave who's worthless, being handled carelessly and carried around by its tail, which Atticus also uses to light his cigarettes (Atticus even refers to it at one point as a glorified lighter). Due to Atticus' incompetence at battling, Dragonthing gets mercilessly beat up during its first battle, all the while desperately tugging and crying to its master to protect it or give it some kind of command. It deals with constant verbal and emotional abuse from Atticus, and despite all this, it's still desperate to win the approval of its trainer. It's so desperate, [[spoiler:it nearly kills itself during a fight with a Feraligatr and kept attacking it despite how badly it was hurt.]] Just seeing how sad, hurt, and abused it is during its journey so far is enough to make anyone want to just pick it up and give it a hug.
** It doesn't help that the way the author draws Dragonthing makes her look a [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/515072/chapter-1-page-14/ lot more adorable]] than the average Charmander.
** It doesn't help that the way the author draws Dragonthing makes her look a [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/515072/chapter-1-page-14/ lot more adorable]] than the average Charmander.
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* TheWoobie: Oh God, Dragonthing. It's stuck with [[{{Jerkass}} Atticus]] as its trainer, a chain smoking apathetic boy who doesn't know anything about Pokemon and never wanted to be a trainer to begin with. Because of this, Dragonthing is treated like a slave who's worthless, being handled carelessly and carried around by its tail, which Atticus also uses to light his cigarettes (Atticus even refers to it at one point as a glorified lighter). Due to Atticus' incompetence at battling, Dragonthing gets mercilessly beat up during its first battle, all the while desperately tugging and crying to its master to protect it or give it some kind of command. It deals with constant verbal and emotional abuse from Atticus, and despite all this, it's still desperate to win the approval of its trainer. It's so desperate, [[spoiler:it nearly kills itself during a fight with a Feraligatr and kept attacking it despite how badly it was hurt.]] Just seeing how sad, hurt, and abused it is during its journey so far is enough to make anyone want to just pick it up and give it a hug.
**hug. It doesn't help that the way the author draws Dragonthing makes her look a [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/515072/chapter-1-page-14/ lot more adorable]] than the average Charmander.
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* TearJerker: You wouldn't expect many in a {{Pokemon}} parody where the characters haven't even reached Pewter City yet, but ''damn.'' [[spoiler: How can you ''not'' feel bad for poor, poor [[TheWoobie Dragonthing]]? Then there's the implication that Prof. Oak has become very senile due to the grief caused by the disappearance of his grandson ten years earlier.]]
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* FoeYay: Fans like to pair up [[HoYay Atticus and Kahn.]] Just look at this [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/kyousouka/ei/mokechu.jpg manip]]
* FridgeBrilliance: Stein, who is blind and has his eyes wide open, is a direct inversion of [[EyesAlwaysShut Brock]], who can apparently see just fine.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Stein, who is mostly blind and has his eyes wide open, is a direct inversion of [[EyesAlwaysShut Brock]], who can apparently see just fine.
* FridgeBrilliance: Stein, who is mostly blind and has his eyes wide open, is a direct inversion of [[EyesAlwaysShut Brock]], who can apparently see just fine.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: This very website used male pronouns in regards to Dragonthing for a very long time. Unfortunately, the confusion seems to extend in-universe as well: Atticus calls Dragonthing male, George calls Dragonthing female.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: This very website used male pronouns in regards to Dragonthing for a very long time. Unfortunately, the confusion seems to extend in-universe as well: Atticus calls Dragonthing male, George calls Dragonthing female.was just as surprised to [[SamusIsAGirl learn the truth, actually.]]
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: This very website used male pronouns in regards to Dragonthing for a very long time. Unfortunately, the confusion seems to extend in-universe as well: Atticus calls Dragonthing male, George calls Dragonthing female.
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** It doesn't help that the way the author draws Dragonthing makes him look a [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/515072/chapter-1-page-14/ lot more adorable]] than the average Charmander.
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** It doesn't help that the way the author draws Dragonthing makes him her look a [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/515072/chapter-1-page-14/ lot more adorable]] than the average Charmander.
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* EpilepticTrees: Many sprouted when Thad and Trix appeared, most of which were about [[LukeIAmYourFather Thaddeus being Atticus' father]] or about them being Atty and George from the future. (Though they were quickly {{Jossed}} by the author).
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* FoeYay: Fans like to pair up Atticus and Kahn. Just look at this [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/kyousouka/ei/mokechu.jpg manip]]
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* FoeYay: Fans like to pair up [[HoYay Atticus and Kahn. Kahn.]] Just look at this [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/kyousouka/ei/mokechu.jpg manip]]
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* FoeYay: Fans like to pair up Atticus and Kahn. Just look at this [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/kyousouka/ei/mokechu.jpg manip]]
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* MemeticMolestor: The Pewter City guide, thanks to his NoSenseOfPersonalSpace, slightly creepy grin and dragging Atticus around.
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* BaseBreaker: George. You either think her upbeat personality is a great contrast to Atticus, or just nerve-grating.
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* BetterThanItSounds: A webcomic with an AntiHero poking fun at the FridgeLogic in Pokémon. The art is amazing and the writing is pretty good as well.
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* TheWoobie: Oh God, Dragonthing. [[spoiler: It's stuck with [[{{Jerkass}} Atticus]] as its trainer, a chain smoking apathetic boy who doesn't know anything about Pokemon and never wanted to be a trainer to begin with. Because of this, Dragonthing is treated like a slave who's worthless, being handled carelessly and carried around by its tail, which Atticus also uses to light his cigarettes (Atticus even refers to it at one point as a glorified lighter). Due to Atticus' incompetence at battling, Dragonthing gets mercilessly beat up during its first battle, all the while desperately tugging and crying to its master to protect it or give it some kind of command. It deals with constant verbal and emotional abuse from Atticus, and despite all this, it's still desperate to win the approval of its trainer. It's so desperate, it nearly kills itself during a fight with a Feraligatr and kept attacking it despite how badly it was hurt.]] Just seeing how sad, hurt, and abused it is during its journey so far is enough to make anyone want to just pick it up and give it a hug.
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* TheWoobie: Oh God, Dragonthing. [[spoiler: It's stuck with [[{{Jerkass}} Atticus]] as its trainer, a chain smoking apathetic boy who doesn't know anything about Pokemon and never wanted to be a trainer to begin with. Because of this, Dragonthing is treated like a slave who's worthless, being handled carelessly and carried around by its tail, which Atticus also uses to light his cigarettes (Atticus even refers to it at one point as a glorified lighter). Due to Atticus' incompetence at battling, Dragonthing gets mercilessly beat up during its first battle, all the while desperately tugging and crying to its master to protect it or give it some kind of command. It deals with constant verbal and emotional abuse from Atticus, and despite all this, it's still desperate to win the approval of its trainer. It's so desperate, it [[spoiler:it nearly kills itself during a fight with a Feraligatr and kept attacking it despite how badly it was hurt.]] Just seeing how sad, hurt, and abused it is during its journey so far is enough to make anyone want to just pick it up and give it a hug.
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* FashionVictimVillain: As the AltText says [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/1133094/chapter-4-page-4/ here]]: "They have silly clothes! And big hair! And eyeliner! They MUST be evil!"
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** It doesn't help that the way the author draws Dragonthing makes him look a [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/515072/chapter-1-page-14/ lot more adorable]] than the average Charmander.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: When Dragonthing [[spoiler: manages to knock out both of Khan's Nidoran females ''and'' his Squirtle with one Scratch each. That's right, DT takes out Khan's entire party with one hit kills. Leading to cheers by Atticus and celebration with DT.]]
** However this is subverted when [[spoiler: Masked dude reveals that Atty won because Khan had his Pokémon on low health since he had yet to reach the Pokémon centre. Thus, Atty was merely Khan's Gary Oak and not the great trainer he thought he was several pages earlier.]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: When Atticus accidentally steps on the face of the man who lies in the middle of the road in Viridian City.
** Atticus throwing a Pokéball so that it hits off of [[spoiler: Ash's]] statue, rebounds, and hits him in the head so hard it knocks him unconscious. ''And'' [[spoiler:topples the statue]].
** [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/1020748/chapter-3-page-29/ "That's totally illogical."]]
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: When [[spoiler: Atticus]] jumps in front of and takes a hit from a Hydro Pump in order to save Dragonthing.
** After the Masked Man and Kahn leave afterwards, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Atty]] says to [[TheWoobie DT]] that he did a good job and gives him some chocolate. [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/1108016/chapter-3-page-46/ Cue smiling on both sides.]]
** [[spoiler: Although immediately subverted when Atty recalls DT before he gets to eat it.]]
** However this is subverted when [[spoiler: Masked dude reveals that Atty won because Khan had his Pokémon on low health since he had yet to reach the Pokémon centre. Thus, Atty was merely Khan's Gary Oak and not the great trainer he thought he was several pages earlier.]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: When Atticus accidentally steps on the face of the man who lies in the middle of the road in Viridian City.
** Atticus throwing a Pokéball so that it hits off of [[spoiler: Ash's]] statue, rebounds, and hits him in the head so hard it knocks him unconscious. ''And'' [[spoiler:topples the statue]].
** [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/1020748/chapter-3-page-29/ "That's totally illogical."]]
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: When [[spoiler: Atticus]] jumps in front of and takes a hit from a Hydro Pump in order to save Dragonthing.
** After the Masked Man and Kahn leave afterwards, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Atty]] says to [[TheWoobie DT]] that he did a good job and gives him some chocolate. [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/1108016/chapter-3-page-46/ Cue smiling on both sides.]]
** [[spoiler: Although immediately subverted when Atty recalls DT before he gets to eat it.]]
