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** The Cynthia Gaiden showed that Celestic Town was a dying, rundown time in Cynthia's youth, only regaining its prestige once she decided to become Champion of the region thinking it would help. In [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield the Galar games]], [[spoiler:Marnie had the exact same idea, though it didn't work as well for her]].
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** Still from the Gen VIII Anime, the Team Rocket trio ended up in possession of a black Pokédex with a very sarcastic and unhelpful behavior, very reminiscent of this story's Dexter.
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** Reset Misty's goal differs from her canon counterpart by focusing on wanting to catch one of every Water-type Pokémon in the world, something that involves her catching several Pokémon in incidental ways and with Professor Oak allowing her to keep her captures in his ranch. Years later, Ash's companion Gou from the Generation VIII Anime ended up having a goal to catch every single Pokémon species in the world through very similar means, down to a Professor offering a place for him to hold his captures in.
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* MagnificentBitch: [[TheSocialDarwinist Sabrina]] is a ruthless {{Psychic|Powers}} Heart [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Bloodliner]] who operates as Saffron City's Gym Leader. As a child, she came to the conclusion that humanity was in desperate need of some kind of incentive for improvement, so she terrorized her hometown to test her theory. Considering her ideas vindicated when a young bug catcher finally stands up to her, she spends the next several years embarking on various schemes to improve or eliminate various people, all for her eventual goal to build [[VisionaryVillain a truly meritocratic world]]. She eventually kidnaps Ash and forces him to fight his way through her gym to get a Marsh Badge and/or his Primeape, with the intention of forcing him to shed his reluctance to go all-out. During this fight, she proves an extremely capable opponent, adjusting to virtually every new development and constantly keeping Ash on his toes. Very persuasive when she wants to be and balancing her villainy with [[EvenEvilHasStandards genuine moral standards]], Sabrina proves to be one of the most brilliant and dangerous adversaries Ash has to deal with on his second journey.
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** After a oneshot in the Resetverse giving Wicke's region of origin as Fiore, Ultra Sun and Moon suggested that her home region, at least in US/UM's universe, is Kanto.
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* UncertainAudience: While the fanfic is far from unpopular, it's undeniably very hard to sell. The story's main draw, a superpowered Ash with a harem, is something that doesn't attract viewers who are looking for a compelling read, while those who do have to contend with one of the archetypal "bad fanfic" plot points. Not helped that this fic also tends to deconstruct said power fantasies as much as it plays them straight, alienating the readers lured by the above mentioned main draw.
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* {{Woolseyism}}: In chapter 45 the Pokedex lists various things that a Wimpod is scared of, all of which end in 'tors'. The Spanish version by Fox alters some of the words used, as to have all of the listed things end in 'dores'. In doing so the word play idea is retained across both languages.
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* {{Woolseyism}}: In chapter 45 the Pokedex lists various things that a Wimpod is scared of, all of which end in 'tors'. The Spanish version by Fox alters some of the words used, as to have all of the listed things end in 'dores'. In doing so the word play idea is retained across both languages.
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** The idea of there being gyms of all types was a thing in Reset long before Sword and Shield brought them in, with there being eight higher ranked than the other ten.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Some of the story's more... critical readers still bring up Misty's [[BrokenAesop infamous]] "rural and conservative place" line when talking about the story's flaws. While criticizing this dialogue certainly isn't unwarranted, there are many who ignore the fact that Cross has been making legitimate efforts to [[AuthorsSavingThrow make up for it]], by including sympathetic Johto characters and making sure to not portray rural or politically conservative people as entirely bad.
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*** This turned into a HilariousInHindsight[=/=]HeartwarmingInHindsight moment with Manalo in the Alola Region, where Ash did in fact win and prove [=MissingNo=] wrong. [[https://www.deviantart.com/blueike/art/Commish-Mob-Mentality-810321342 While also making a comic commissioned by Cross]] hilarious in hindsight.
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*** This turned into a HilariousInHindsight[=/=]HeartwarmingInHindsight moment with Manalo in the Alola Region, where Ash did in fact win and prove [=MissingNo=] wrong. While also giving [[https://www.deviantart.com/blueike/art/Commish-Mob-Mentality-810321342 While also making a comic commissioned by Cross]] hilarious in hindsight.the same kind of treatment.
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*** This turned into a Hilarious in Hindsight moment with Manalo in the Alola Region, where Ash did in fact win and prove [=MissingNo=] wrong. [[https://www.deviantart.com/blueike/art/Commish-Mob-Mentality-810321342 While also making a comic commissioned by Cross Hilarious in Hindsight]].
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*** This turned into a Hilarious in Hindsight HilariousInHindsight[=/=]HeartwarmingInHindsight moment with Manalo in the Alola Region, where Ash did in fact win and prove [=MissingNo=] wrong. [[https://www.deviantart.com/blueike/art/Commish-Mob-Mentality-810321342 While also making a comic commissioned by Cross Hilarious Cross]] hilarious in Hindsight]].hindsight.
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** [=MissingNo=] notes in fic that in the old timeline no one could ever reach their dreams: not Ash, not May, not Brock, etc. Then came [[spoiler:Lumiose]], where Ash got ''so close'' to the win...
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** [=MissingNo=] notes in fic that in the old timeline no one could ever reach their dreams: not Ash, not May, not Brock, etc. Then came [[spoiler:Lumiose]], Lumiose, where Ash got ''so close'' to the win...win...
*** This turned into a Hilarious in Hindsight moment with Manalo in the Alola Region, where Ash did in fact win and prove [=MissingNo=] wrong. [[https://www.deviantart.com/blueike/art/Commish-Mob-Mentality-810321342 While also making a comic commissioned by Cross Hilarious in Hindsight]].
*** This turned into a Hilarious in Hindsight moment with Manalo in the Alola Region, where Ash did in fact win and prove [=MissingNo=] wrong. [[https://www.deviantart.com/blueike/art/Commish-Mob-Mentality-810321342 While also making a comic commissioned by Cross Hilarious in Hindsight]].
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Ash shudders after Lieutenant Surge, jokingly, comments that he could convince Delia to let Ash go to war with him since he's an expert at wooing mothers. Flash-forward and we learn that Ash's father, [[spoiler:The Bloodliner King]], is around the same age as Surge.
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** Ash shudders after Lieutenant Surge, jokingly, comments that he could convince Delia to let Ash go to war with him since he's an expert at wooing mothers. Flash-forward and we learn that Ash's father, [[spoiler:The Bloodliner King]], is around the same age asSurge.Surge.
** Dexter has many scenes PlayedForLaughs about him seeing himself as superior to humans or possessing the power to radically change the world if he wanted to, with Delia at one point even calling him ''[[Franchise/TheTerminator Skynet]]''. Any humor is instead replaced with eerie {{foreshadowing}} come ''Mewtwo Strikes Back Pt. 2'', [[spoiler:in which Dexter tries to blow up New Island in order to kill Mewtwo, and is willing to let all the human trainers die with him so long as Ash is kept safe, even shutting down the other Pokedex's and Cepu when they try to stop him or point out his flawed logic. He would have succeeded too had Mewtwo not managed to contain the blast.]]
** Ash shudders after Lieutenant Surge, jokingly, comments that he could convince Delia to let Ash go to war with him since he's an expert at wooing mothers. Flash-forward and we learn that Ash's father, [[spoiler:The Bloodliner King]], is around the same age as
** Dexter has many scenes PlayedForLaughs about him seeing himself as superior to humans or possessing the power to radically change the world if he wanted to, with Delia at one point even calling him ''[[Franchise/TheTerminator Skynet]]''. Any humor is instead replaced with eerie {{foreshadowing}} come ''Mewtwo Strikes Back Pt. 2'', [[spoiler:in which Dexter tries to blow up New Island in order to kill Mewtwo, and is willing to let all the human trainers die with him so long as Ash is kept safe, even shutting down the other Pokedex's and Cepu when they try to stop him or point out his flawed logic. He would have succeeded too had Mewtwo not managed to contain the blast.]]
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** Trainer trading cards became a thing in Sword and Shield after having been mentioned a few times in Reset in passing.
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** Chapter 30 is one for the handling of the Cerulean Sisters: several commentators found their treatment by the author to be unusually harsh for the fic, which generally avoids nearing bashing territories for characters a lot more maligned than they are (see Take That Scrappy for the subversions). Many were pleasantly surprised to see the brothers, who are similar to the sisters in canon behavior, treated not only well, but made more sympathetic than their canon selves, up to and including their treatment of Mikey and their reasons for being pushy about evolution.
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** Averted with Alain. The Author specifically notes he is not going to do anything to the guy beyond having AZ stare at him for hours in a blizzard.
** Inverted with Whitney, a gym leader extremely hated for her [[ThatOneBoss difficulty]]. Her one-shot is pretty much a TakeThat to all the people who gives her this treatment.
** Inverted with Whitney, a gym leader extremely hated for her [[ThatOneBoss difficulty]]. Her one-shot is pretty much a TakeThat to all the people who gives her this treatment.
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* JerkassWoobie: Belladonna. Yeah, she's a bad-tempered, bigoted criminal who's willing to commit cold-blooded murder, but it's clear that her absolutely ''appalling'' childhood left deep emotional scars.
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** Chapter 30 is one for the handling of the Cerulean Sisters: several commentators found their treatment by the author to be unusually harsh for the fic, which generally avoids nearing bashing territories for characters a lot more maligned than they are (see Take That Scrappy for the subversions). Many were pleasantly surprised to see the brothers, who are similar to the sisters in canon behavior, treated not only well, but made more sympathetic than their canon selves, up to and including their treatment of Mikey and their reasons for being pushy about evolution.
** Chapter 30 is one for the handling of the Cerulean Sisters: several commentators found their treatment by the author to be unusually harsh for the fic, which generally avoids nearing bashing territories for characters a lot more maligned than they are (see Take That Scrappy for the subversions). Many were pleasantly surprised to see the brothers, who are similar to the sisters in canon behavior, treated not only well, but made more sympathetic than their canon selves, up to and including their treatment of Mikey and their reasons for being pushy about evolution.
** Erika Interlude was criticized for not really being about its title character. Viroro-kun has plans to make an Erika Interlude II that focuses more on her.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: For every fan that likes the Resetverse [[TheMissingno MissingNo]] for being an interesting take on the character or for being an interesting antagonist, there is another that doesn't like him for being annoying and random.
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** For every fan that likes the Resetverse [[TheMissingno MissingNo]] for being an interesting take on the character or for being an interesting antagonist, there is another that doesn't like him for being annoying andrandom.random.
** Erika started out like this. On the one hand, there were plenty of people who found her new role in the fic a nice change of pace from canon and were impressed by her skills as a battler. On the other, there were also plenty of readers who found her UnintentionallyUnsympathetic due to her apparent misandry, with some even going so far as to accuse Cross of homophobia -- since the fic makes Erika a lesbian, there were people who thought he was indulging in the "man-hating lesbo" stereotype. Unlike with [=MissingNo=], however, the author seems to have taken their complaints into account and worked to address them; see RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap below for more information.
** For every fan that likes the Resetverse [[TheMissingno MissingNo]] for being an interesting take on the character or for being an interesting antagonist, there is another that doesn't like him for being annoying and
** Erika started out like this. On the one hand, there were plenty of people who found her new role in the fic a nice change of pace from canon and were impressed by her skills as a battler. On the other, there were also plenty of readers who found her UnintentionallyUnsympathetic due to her apparent misandry, with some even going so far as to accuse Cross of homophobia -- since the fic makes Erika a lesbian, there were people who thought he was indulging in the "man-hating lesbo" stereotype. Unlike with [=MissingNo=], however, the author seems to have taken their complaints into account and worked to address them; see RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap below for more information.
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** While people liked Erika overall, many readers considered her ban on male trainers to be quite excesive (it happened due to a ''single'' incident) which also brought her awfully close to the "man-hating lesbian" stereotype, and had to be convinced and ''bribed'' by an Elite Four member in order to let Ash challenge her. However during said match, she was rather nice to Ash and complimented him a lot for both his quick mind and polite manners, and upon being defeated, decided to lift the ban and allow male trainers into her gym again. Most of her critics changed their opinion of her very quickly.
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** While people liked Erika overall, was never universally disliked, many readers considered her ban on male trainers to be quite excesive excessive (it happened due to a ''single'' incident) which also brought her awfully close to the "man-hating lesbian" stereotype, and had to be convinced and ''bribed'' by an Elite Four member in order to let Ash challenge her. However during said match, she was rather nice to Ash and complimented him a lot for both his quick mind and polite manners, and upon being defeated, decided to lift the ban and allow male trainers into her gym again. Most of her critics changed their opinion of her very quickly.
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** In the 2016 Holiday Special, Olympia has a prophetic vision involving a (symbolic) sword and shield. Lo and behold, Creator/GameFreak later went on to announce ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''.
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** A biker briefly mentions "the Limeys" in the Kiawe Interlude. Years later, there'd be [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield a Pokémon region based on England]].
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** Pikachu uses a Quick Attack/Iron Tail combo to defeat Lilo's Mudsdale in the Fuchsia Tag Tournament. In SM104, Pikachu uses the same combo against Hapu's Golurk, though unlike the previous case it doesn't work and he loses.
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** Pikachu uses a Quick Attack/Iron Tail combo to defeat Lilo's Mudsdale in the Fuchsia Tag Tournament. In SM104, Pikachu uses the same combo against Hapu's Golurk, though unlike the previous case it doesn't work and he loses.
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** The first chapter of the ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'' adaptation was published exactly the same day as the first proper trailer of [[Anime/MewtwoStrikesBackEvolution said movie's CGI remake]].
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** The first chapter of the ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'' adaptation was published exactly the same day as the first proper trailer of [[Anime/MewtwoStrikesBackEvolution said movie's CGI remake]].
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While Erika's ban on male trainers wasn't depicted as being right, it was portrayed as a case of her finally putting her foot down after repeated frustrations, with the DirtyOldMan incident being the last straw. However, at the end of the day, she was still banning an entire gender from her gym based on the actions of one [[ThePeepingTom peeping tom]] who wasn't even a challenger, so many readers viewed her in a much more negative light than Cross intended her to be seen.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While Erika's ban on male trainers wasn't depicted as being right, it was portrayed as a case of her finally putting her foot down after repeated frustrations, with the DirtyOldMan incident being the last straw. However, at the end of the day, she was still banning an entire gender from her gym based on the actions of one [[ThePeepingTom peeping tom]] who wasn't even a challenger, so many readers viewed her in a much more negative light than Cross intended her to be seen. Thankfully, [[AuthorsSavingThrow this was addressed]] [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap and corrected]] in later chapters.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While Erika's ban on male trainers wasn't depicted as being right, it was portrayed as a case of her finally putting her foot down after repeated frustrations, with the DirtyOldMan incident being TheLastStraw. However, at the end of the day, she was still banning an entire gender from her gym based on the actions of one [[ThePeepingTom peeping tom]] who wasn't even a challenger, so many readers viewed her in a much more negative light than Cross intended her to be seen.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While Erika's ban on male trainers wasn't depicted as being right, it was portrayed as a case of her finally putting her foot down after repeated frustrations, with the DirtyOldMan incident being the last straw. However, at the end of the day, she was still banning an entire gender from her gym based on the actions of one [[ThePeepingTom peeping tom]] who wasn't even a challenger, so many readers viewed her in a much more negative light than Cross intended her to be seen.
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* CounterpartComparison:
** Some readers have compared this story's version of [=MissingNo=] to [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]], since both are cruel FauxAffablyEvil [[EldritchAbomination cosmic horrors]] who taunt and play mind games with the protagonists.
*** It's also been compared to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Discord]], due to being a HybridMonster.
** There are plenty of readers who got vibes of Creator/{{Sappho}} (or at least, her popular image) from Erika.
** A reviewer compared Whitney's depiction to that of [[Webcomic/OnePunchMan Saitama]] for obliviously using immense power.
** Some readers have compared this story's version of [=MissingNo=] to [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]], since both are cruel FauxAffablyEvil [[EldritchAbomination cosmic horrors]] who taunt and play mind games with the protagonists.
*** It's also been compared to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Discord]], due to being a HybridMonster.
** There are plenty of readers who got vibes of Creator/{{Sappho}} (or at least, her popular image) from Erika.
** A reviewer compared Whitney's depiction to that of [[Webcomic/OnePunchMan Saitama]] for obliviously using immense power.
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* CreatorsPet:
** Inverted with [[OriginalCharacter John Archer]], who took up sizeable parts of Chapter 20. The Author outright states at the start of the chapter he really does not like writing him. He outright compares it to Creator/AkiraToriyama's dislike of Vegeta, except he won't 'Dragon Ball him back'. The author even later admitted he regrets the name as it was suggested by an old correspondent and he did know that the name was shared [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise a Star Fleet Captain's name]] at the time.
** Also inverted with Paul: the author has made it very clear that he does not like Paul as a character.
** Inverted with [[OriginalCharacter John Archer]], who took up sizeable parts of Chapter 20. The Author outright states at the start of the chapter he really does not like writing him. He outright compares it to Creator/AkiraToriyama's dislike of Vegeta, except he won't 'Dragon Ball him back'. The author even later admitted he regrets the name as it was suggested by an old correspondent and he did know that the name was shared [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise a Star Fleet Captain's name]] at the time.
** Also inverted with Paul: the author has made it very clear that he does not like Paul as a character.
