History YMMV / PokemonSpecial

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Compared to both the games and the anime, the manga seems to make up new personalities and motivations for pretty much everybody out of the whole cloth.
* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff America Loves PokeSpe]]: In the American ''Pokémon'' community, this is pretty much THE popular ''Pokémon'' manga. In Japan, not quite so much; sure, it's popular enough to have lasted as long as it has, but THE popular ''Pokémon'' manga there is the GagSeries ''Manga/PocketMonsters'', of which the American base [[AmericansHateTingle is not all that fond]]. Admittedly, it may help that the vast majority of other ''Pokémon'' manga end up under NoExportForYou.
* AmericansHateTingle: In the English-speaking fandom, the Ruby & Sapphire arc is pretty divisive, particularly due to its ArcFatigue and [[DeusExMachina rather infamous conclusion]], but it's apparently very popular in Japan.
* AssPull: One could make a good argument for two such instances permitting the Ruby & Sapphire to resolve as well as it did. Firstly: Sapph's [[DrowningPit battle]] with Matt. Secondly: Ruby [[DeusExMachina pulling out Celebi]] to resolve the whole thing. The latter instance averts the text of the trope in that it was foreshadowed however briefly, but the former is resolved only through Matt making sweet sweet love to the IdiotBall, ''allll'' night long...
* BaseBreaker: Yellow, who's seen as either a perfectly fine character, or a CanonSue of massive proportions.
** To a lesser extent, Red. Fans either love him for being the original hero, or hate him because they find him to be {{The Generic Guy}} among a main cast full of [[DarkAndTroubledPast cha]][[IdiotHero rac]][[{{Tsundere}} ters]] [[TheDandy with]] [[BigEater more]] [[SuperOCD intere]][[InterpolSpecialAgent sting]] [[{{Hikkikomori}} personalities]].
** Shauna. Some find her pessimism, a complete 180 degree flip from her canon counterpart, to be off-putting, while others find it refreshing and point out that it makes sense given what happened to X.
* BishonenJumpSyndrome: [[TropesAreNotBad Most of the fandom likes it, too.]]
* BrokenBase: Whether [[Creator/VizMedia Viz]]'s or Chuang Yi's translation is better. With Chuang Yi out of business, this is probably only gonna get worse.
** Another frequent discussion topic is whether this manga or the anime is better.
** Whether the [[DemotedToExtra demotion]] of rivals not named after the games (such as Wally, the Unova and Kalos rivals) was a good move or not.
** Whether the AdaptationalVillainy of some of the characters is necessary for the plot or off-putting for those who liked their original characterizations.
*** To be fair, many agree that, especially in the first chapter, the original in-game characters didn't have much to begin with.
* CommonKnowledge: Thanks to the anime, many assume the Dex Holders were ten when they all started out on their journeys. Except that only Sapphire was ten; everyone else was at least a year older. There is also no age rule for when you can go out on a journey either, although Professor Oak did think that nine is too young an age to go out on a journey, so he withheld Emerald's Dex from him until he was a little older.
** Also, many fans seem to be under the impression that only one of every "starter" Pokémon exists; Kimberly has all three Johto starters, Tucker has a Charizard, and an army of Galactic grunts commanded a bunch of Charmeleon and Combusken.
* CrackPairing: Many, many ships [[http://forums.mangafox.com/showthread.php?t=146853 in this fandom.]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Blaine and Mewtwo in the first arc, Norman and Courtney in Hoenn.
** Wally for awakening a legendary and whom TookALevelInBadass. Also there are fans who wish he took Emerald's spot as the main character in the Battle Frontier.
** Mimi and Zuzu, Ruby's Milotic and Swampert respectively, are also very popular.
** Petashi, the Youngster/Pokemaniac cross who makes it to the Unova quarterfinals, is getting popular thanks to his adorable appearance and his awesome pants.
* FailOSuckyname: For some fans Lack-Two and Whi-Two's names might end up being this, regardless of pronounciation and spelling. At least X and Y ''can'' work out as names (as seen with [[PokemonBlackAndWhite N]] and [[DeathNote L]]).
** It's heavily implied that those [[CodeName aren't their real names]] though.
* FirstInstallmentWins: An [[http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Special:_November_2005_update official poll]] conducted in 2005 saw Red, the first protagonist, voted as the most popular character in the series. In second was Yellow, the second protagonist, who at the time of the poll had not made an appearance in ''years''.
** The latest [[http://family.shogakukan.co.jp/kids/netkun/pokemon/official/story/0904/popular_human.html human]] and [[http://family.shogakukan.co.jp/kids/netkun/pokemon/official/story/0904/popular_poke.html Pokémon]] poll shows Red topping yet ''again'' (with Gold, Ruby, and Yellow ranking 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, respectively) , while Pika tops the poll for the Pokémon.
* {{Flanderization}}: It's surprisingly common in fanfics, to render each character by their most recognizable character trait, such as Blue being flirtatious, Yellow being shy, Red being [[ObliviousToLove dense]], Green being stoic and unemotional, and so on.
* GrowingTheBeard: The manga really started to hit its stride in the second volume with the introduction of Blue, the expansion on Team Rockets' plans, and the first glimpse at Mewtwo. Then it ''really'' took off in the following volume with the raid on Silph Co.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** The RS arc was chosen via poll to be re-released in wide-ban format. The arc whose legendaries had nature-based abilities and used them to wreak havoc on the region. Cue the horrific earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan right afterward. The aforementioned Tohoku Earthquake caused the publisher to postpone the release of second and third volume of wide-ban format.
** When fans first saw the image of [[spoiler:White trapped in the Nimbasa Ferris Wheel with N]], there were a lot of rape jokes going around. When the following chapter came out, [[spoiler:what N did to White is arguably one of the biggest tear jerkers in the entire series. It was even called a G-rated version of {{Netorare}}]].
** In the [=B2W2=] chapter, Rakutsu states that Looker's battling skills aren't as polished as they should be. [[spoiler: In the XY games, Looker's Croagunk apparently died during a mission.]]
* HilariousInHindsight: So much that it's almost more prophetic than hilarious.
** In the Yellow arc, there's a flashback of Oak's Kangaskhan beating one of Agatha's ghosts with a Dizzy Punch, which should be a total cop out seeing how Normal moves don't affect Ghosts. Now about a decade later in the newer games, Kangaskhan is given the ability Scrappy...which allows Normal (and Fighting) attacks to hit Ghost types.
** The new "critical captures" feature in Black and White games sound a lot like capture spots.
** So, you dress up as a Rocket member to infiltrate their base, only to have your cover blown because your disguise was ripped off...Special did it long before the HGSS games were released.
** [[spoiler: Zapmolcuno]] is finished off by a Blastoise, Charizard, and Venusaur simultaneously using their strongest attacks. It's [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrothers the Triple Finish!]]
** In the GSC arc, Misty ends up fighting Suicune in a [[CaveBehindTheFalls cave behind Tohjo Falls]]. Turns out there really ''is'' a cave there in the game canon...
** Eusine's Electrode can fly around with the power of electric currents. Gen 4 introduces Magnet Rise [[note]] Interestingly, no current Dex entries at the time said anything about it being able to fly, but a future one did[[/note]].
** The manga started [=FatherlyShipping=] in the GSC arc. Hilariously enough, rather than having Falkner and Janine respect each other over their mutual daddy issues, the HGSS games took it into the [[MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad other direction]].
** In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Pokémon Platinum]]'', you get the chance to purchase an insanely expensive villa and furnish it with insanely expensive furniture. Good thing that the lead character of the corresponding arc was conveniently already established to be insanely rich.
** A green jewel meant to control Rayquaza...Emerald had one on his forehead before the HGSS games came up with the concept.
** It took five generations for Game Freak to have the Gym Leaders more involved with the plot, have secondary jobs, and have them directly oppose the evil villainous team. It took only one for Pokespe.
** Black's Munna clearing his head is a reference to the C-Gear. There is now a Munna C-Gear skin available.
** In the GSC arc, some Rocket grunts fill a Spider Web with electricity. Gen 5 introduces the move Electroweb.
** In the Platinum arc, Caitlin's personal Pokemon is a Gallade. As it turns out in the BW games, she is a master of psychic Pokemon.
** The confirmation of [[spoiler: the world tournament showcasing the Gym Leaders and Champions]] in [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 B2W2]]... yup, Manga/PokemonSpecial already called it in the GSC arc.
** N gives his Servine to White. In Black 2 and White 2, you can catch N's Pokemon. Yeah Poke Spe already called it before the game even announced.
** Being able to rent Pokemon actors in showbiz in Black 2 and White 2? Looks like the BW Agency will have a new source of revenue...
** A trainer with the ability to read the minds of Pokemon tries to separate humans and Pokemon through the power of a legendary Pokemon. Now, is that Game!N, or Manga!Lance? (The sole difference is that Game!N isn't murderous about it.)
** In the GSC chapter, the Masked Man, [[spoiler:Pryce]] pointed out that each of the major villains wanted something for their goal. For Giovanni, it was possessions (matter), for Lance, it was a Pokemon utopia (space), and for him, it was to go back in time. Come VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl with Dialga (master of time), Palkia (master of space), and Giratina (master of antimatter). [[spoiler:This comes full circle in the HGSS chapter, where each former villain fights their respective dragon)]]
** Kusaka and Yamamoto went to France. A month later, sixth gen announcements came out, revealing that the new region was to take place in Poke-France.
** Most readers found Ruby scaring away a wild Salamence, an intimidating pseudo-legendary, with just a Poochyena, Ralts, and a Skitty to be a bit far-fetched. Then Gen VI came out and introduced a new Fairy type amongst a select group of Pokemon, with the Ralts/Kirlia/Gardevoir line being one of them. Fairy types are super effective against Dragon types. Salamence is a Dragon type. This scene holds much more water now.
*** It also helps that Skitty, while not a fairy type, is able to learn the fairy-type move Play Rough, which, for anyone who's seen X and Y trailers, can absolutely NAIL a dragon type like Salamence.
*** Likewise, Gold's Togepi takes down a Tyranitar and a Dragonite, both weak against its retconned Fairy type.
** It is noted that Emerald's Pokemon are extremely affectionate towards him and go out of their way to please him. In two different battles, Sudowoodo barely survives an attack that should've taken it out and Sceptile breaks free of the "frozen" status on its own. Both of these instances are now possible in-game via Pokemon-Amie, which works through affection.
** Viz called the climatic battle of Hoenn "The Beginning and the End with Groudon and Kyogre". Ruby/Sapphire's remakes are called ''Omega'' Ruby and ''Alpha'' Sapphire.
** Gurkinn states that the Tower of Mastery holds secrets to the Legendary Pokemon Diancie. A week later, Coro Coro reveals that Diancie has a Mega Evolution.
** In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Primal Kyogre is several times larger than regular Kyogre and its body composition now matches that of seawater. In the Emerald chapter, Guile Hideout uses Jirachi to wish up a monstrously-large fake Kyogre made out of seawater.
** In the RS chapter, a shard of the Meteorite plays a vital role in the final battle of Hoenn. Come the ORAS games, a Meteorite Shard is a Key Item is needed for a different but equally important part.
** Team Magma's hideout is nothing more than a cave, Maxie is sometimes shown drinking, and the him and Three Fires often snarked but clearly looked out for each other. Team Aqua had a snazzier hideout, Archie was the trusted head of the TV station, and he and the SSS ultimately ditched each other. In the ORAS games, this is all but reversed; Team Magma are modeled after scientists and are personally indifferent to each other, while Team Aqua look like pirates and clearly treat each other like family.
** The RS chapter ended with the main characters being send to an alternate timeline where everyone survived the final battle, then ORAS made the concept of alternate timelines canon.
* HumorDissonance: Diamond and Pearl's BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine doesn't always appeal to Western audiences, but the characters that they're performing it for in-universe seldom fail to find it hysterical.
* HypeBacklash: It's very rare, but it happens occasionally as a result of its common perception as the "official" manga or [[CriticalResearchFailure the one and only manga]], and the fact that is greatly overshadows the other manga in the fandom's eyes. Of course, the reason it overshadows the other manga is that most of them [[NoExportForYou never get released outside of Japan]] as well as not being long enough to warrant much discussion.
** Adding to this, there's also the misconception that most fans make about the manga being very "dark and edgy" that gives new readers the impression of expecting a lot of death and blood and such, which is clearly not the case. And while yes, this manga does have the occasional blood and psychological scenes mixed in, it is still essentially a children's manga (at least up to Naruto or One Piece standards, maybe even less so). It's darker than the ''Pokemon anime and games,'' that's for certain, but outside of the franchise it's a decent shonen manga at best.
* IdiosyncraticShipNaming: Really a lot. ([=SpecialShipping=], [=OldRivalShipping=], etc.)
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Blue has been shipped with Red, Green, [[ShipTease Silver,]] [[FoeYay Sabrina,]] and even [[StealthMentor Yellow.]]
** Despite Yellow's [[EveryoneCanSeeIt obvious]] crush on [[ObliviousToLove Red]], fans have shipped her with many, ''many'' other characters, including those [[http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8395/linkshipping.jpg who have yet to appear]]!
** Red himself has also been paired with just about everyone.
* MagnificentBastard: Giovanni, who manipulated nearly ''every'' event in the first arc of the manga and can predict how a battle will turn out, what moves his opponent will make, how to counter-attack, AND the time it will take for it all to happen! (Given he's been a trainer for YEARS, and [[spoiler:wrote THE BOOK on Ground types & his Viridian powers, though his have not been explained]], it makes sense. It also makes him a poster-boy (man?) for this trope.)
** Cyrus also qualifies; he's ahead of the good guys, even Cynthia, throughout most of the D/P arc.
** Blue also demonstrates aspects of this, despite being a heroine; she [[spoiler: manipulates nearly every event in the second arc by setting Yellow on her quest and telling her never to remove her hat-- which she bugs with a GPS beacon and recording device. "I've been... um... using Yellow as my learning aid!"]] She eventually becomes a GuileHero by the third arc.
* MemeticMutation: It's quite popular on {{Pixiv}} to take a scene from the manga and render it anime-style.
** Medleys are also popular on NicoNicoDouga, usually with fans (as the characters) singing original lyrics.
** Fans have no doubt in their minds that the author, Hidenori Kusaka, can see into the future. That, or he may just have a Celebi.
** As soon as [[http://jb2448.info/Magazine_Scans/Pokemon_Special_BW_c20_CCI_2012-12/Pokemon_Special_BW_c20_CCI_2012-12_018-neuquant this]] image came out, everyone on the site immediately began coming up with different lines to edit in.
* {{Moe}}: Yellow should definitely count.
** Many a Dia fan has stated that he is the personification of adorableness.
** As of the HGSS arc, Crys has her moments too, mainly due to her new outfit (Lyra's from the games.)
* {{Narm}}: During the climax of the G/S/C arc, when Gold reads Oak's letter detailing the unique skills of the various trainers and sees he not on the list. He takes this to mean he has no special skill and yells "TELL ME!!!". Narmy enough. But then it turns out their was another letter stuck in the envelope detailing his skill.
* OneTrueThreesome: Diamond/Pearl/Platinum is notable for being pretty much ''canon''; it is constantly said how the three of them represent the three parts that make up the perfect spirit, they all cried the first day they were separated since their journey, and the Platinum arc ends with them being surrogate parents to two baby Pokemon.
* RealWomenNeverWearDresses[=/=]WhatMeasureIsANonBadass: There are those who bash White for being a NeutralFemale and not being an ActionGirl like her predecessors. Never mind that:
** 1) There's still plenty of time for her to grow into an ActionGirl. After all, Yellow knew even ''less'' about Pokemon training when she started out.
** 2) She has a full-time job that doesn't leave her room for Pokemon training, nor does her job require it.
** 3) Said job involves ''running her own business''. When she actually does decide that she needs to learn how to fight, she actually has to suspend her agency.
* TheScrappy: Yellow and Emerald attract the most ire from fans. Especially the latter; the former being more of a BaseBreaker.
** On the Pokemon front, White's Tepig, Gigi, seems to be the most reviled Mon in the series. [[spoiler: Many fans will probably never forgive her for ditching her trainer/employer (who is clearly shown to be very fond of her) and then showing no concern as said trainer falls from the top of a Ferris wheel and slips into a coma. It gets worse with the revelation that White had actually ''saved'' Gigi from a situation that ''N'' had put her in.]]
** Black's Musha has gotten this treatment too after it [[spoiler: abandons Black because it didn't like the taste of his dreams anymore. It coming back though seems to have it RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap.]]
*** [[spoiler: It helps that it only left to get stronger in hopes of boosting Black's morale.]]
* {{Shipping}}: There is a fandom for the shipping aspect. The shipping index applies here.
* ShipTease: Arguably Wallace and Winona.
** There's also Ruby/Sapphire, Ruby/Courtney, Blue/Red, Blue/Silver, Gold/Crystal, Silver/Crystal, Red/Yellow, Silver/Yellow and Red/Misty.
** The Sinnoh trio gets ''a lot'' with each other in their arcs. [[OneTrueThreesome OT3]], anyone?
** As of now, it's probably safe to say that every single member of the 4 [[PowerTrio Power Trios]] has had [[ShipTease notable moments]] with each other.
** Don't forget Bill and Daisy, which is quite nearly canon.
** White admits to herself that she finds Black to be pretty cool within two days of meeting him.
*** When White goes missing, Black spends the whole night looking for her, and, upon meeting the person who he thinks is responsible for her disappearance, immediately sics his entire team on said person.
*** [[TrainStationGoodbye The train scene. Oh boy the train scene.]]
* ShipToShipCombat: Despite the shipping fandom being peaceful in general, small breaks happen every now and then. The less said about the ongoing [[BodyguardCrush Dia/Platinum]] vs. [[WellExcuseMePrincess Pearl/Platinum]] debate, the better.
** Most N/White shippers tend to have quite a bit of flak to launch at Black/White shippers, and vice-versa. A bit ironic, really, since the game-verse ship ([[IdiosyncraticShipNaming FerrisWheelShipping]]) comes from the ever-famous ferris wheel scene, while in the manga, that scene is [[spoiler:probably one of the biggest TearJerker moments in the series, with White losing Bubu to N and falling a good dozen feet to the ground, landing on her back/side.]] Unsurprisingly, said scene hasn't halted the shippers even slightly.
* SpoiledByTheFormat: For the first half of the Diamond and Pearl chapter, [[LateArrivalSpoiler Platinum's name]] was never mentioned until the confirmation of the game with the same name. By the time Viz published the DP chapter as a separately-numbered series, they had to rename it to ''Pokemon Adventures:Diamond, Pearl, & Platinum'' to keep people from confusing it with their ''other'' [[Manga/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure DP manga]], thus completely spoiling Platinum's name from the beginning. It also doesn't help that ''Pokemon Platinum'' had already been out by then for years, allowing fans to easily connect the dots on their own.
* TheyJustDidntCare: Viz's editor is apparently pretty lazy as the American release has quite a number of spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, and typos throughout the entire ongoing run. One egregious case has Crystal's Arcanine's nickname being spelled ''three'' different ways in the span of a only a few ''pages''.
** In a few places in the RS arc the original Japanese writing can be seen faintly underneath the English writing.
** Another horrendous example is the BW chapter with Andy in it. Black thinks about what he learned, [[http://jb2448.info/Magazine_Scans/Viz_BW/Volume-01/Chapter-4/Page-25 yet the only word in one of the text bubbles is the word own. Nothing else!]]
** With Viz releasing the actual BW volumes, it's clear that besides the new pages, they're just taking the magazine chapters they've already released, not taking into account the altered dialogue and artwork.
* ToyShip: The most canon romance with the Dex holders so far is [[spoiler: Ruby/Sapphire, through a SlapSlapKiss relationship. But they're only kids.]]
** More tellingly, if two kids are willing [[spoiler:to change themselves due to a traumatic event from long ago where they blame themselves for hurting the other, all for someone they'd just met]], you do have to wonder just what drives them.
* ValuesDissonance: Norman and Giovanni are ''good fathers?''
** Well, Norman may appear very strict and unloving, but he obviously cares very much about his son. [[spoiler: After all, he did sacrifice his dream of becoming a gym leader to take responsibility for Ruby's mistake - and eventually dying of because of it, although he got better]]
** The latter in particular is HilariousInHindsight because HGSS games show that Giovanni was a complete asshole to his kid! He may or may not have loved his son but that doesn't change the fact that he walked out on him.
*** Except in this canon, that didn't happen, as Giovanni was only separated from his kid because [[spoiler: his son was kidnapped by Pryce. Then he spent ten years trying to track him down. And while he leaves him again in the end, he does so only after knowing for sure that he's in good hands, and even encourages him to get stronger so that one day he can defeat him in battle!]] This version of Giovanni may still be a terrible person, but he's a great father in the areas it counts.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Thanks to his [[{{Bishonen}} long red hair]], there's hardly a reader who hasn't mistaken Silver for a girl upon seeing him for the first time. In-story, Gold mistakes Bugsy, the Azalea Town gym leader, for a girl when meeting him.
** The Shadow Triad appear to be [[Manga/DeathNote Mello]] [[{{Expy}} Expies]].
* VillainSue: Arguably Sird, who has had in a hand in pretty much ''everything'' evil since she debuted and has never been defeated in battle as of yet. [[spoiler: Oh, and she can control peoples' minds somehow, too.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: While this manga is indeed targeted towards elementary school children, its strong sense of character and continuity have several convinced that it's meant for an older crowd.
* TheWoobie: All of the kids qualify on at least one point of their stories.
** Special mention to the Kalos kids, [[spoiler: who have their hometown destroyed in the ''first'' round of their chapter]].
** Not to mention Mewtwo. [[spoiler: The revelation that the Sinnoh chapters take place after HGSS (not to mention that this still hasn't been resolved as of the BW chapter) means that he's been chasing after Sird for ''years'', probably under the belief that the Kanto Dex Holders (plus Silver) are still petrified.]]
* {{Woolseyism}}: Viz switching Green and Blue's names around may be this seeing as Red and ''Blue'' were the original games to come out in the US.
** During GSC, Gold faces the Sprout Tower's sages. In the Japanese original, they have [[PunnyName punny names]]; this is kept in Chuang Yi's version, but Viz played it for game accuracy and the pun was lost.
** When the Gym Leaders are introduced during the Pokemon League, Lt. Surge is referred as "The Lightning Soldier" rather than his official game title, "The Lightning American", because we're not sure if America exists in this canon.
** At the end of the GSC arc, rather than editing out the image of Gold patting Blue's butt, Viz made Gold claim it was an accident. Since Gold's face still indicates him doing it on purpose, it works by making him seem like he was making excuses for himself.
** Dia and Pearl's pun-based manzai skits are different in every translation, for obvious reasons.

** The RS chapter ended with the main characters being send to an alternate timeline where everyone surivived the final battle, then ORAS made the concept of alternate timelines canon.

** On the Pokemon front, White's Tepig, Gigi, seems to be the most reviled Mon in the series. [[spoiler: Many fans will probably never forgive her for ditching her trainer/employer (who is clearlt shown to be very fond of her) and then showing no concern as said trainer falls from the top of a Ferris wheel and slips into a coma. It gets worse with the revelation that White had actually ''saved'' Gigi from a situation that ''N'' had put her in.]]

* AssPull: One could make a good argument for two such instances permitting the Ruby & Sapphire to resolve as well as it did. Firstly: Sapph's [[DrowningPit battle]] with Matt. Secondly: Ruby pulling out Celebi to resolve the whole thing. The latter instance averts the text of the trope in that it was foreshadowed however briefly, but the former is resolved only through Matt making sweet sweet love to the IdiotBall, ''allll'' night long...

* AssPull: Some people viewed [[spoiler:Ruby having Celebi since the beginning of the Ruby and Sapphire arc]] as one.

* NightmareFuel:
** The Pokémon Tower sequence, featuring zombie Pokémon and Green's Charmeleon ''[[NoOneCouldSurviveThat cutting an Arbok in half]]'' ([[NotQuiteDead though you find out later that it lived...]])
*** The bit from Arbok's Pokédex description stating that it could survive and regenerate as long as it still had its head was confirmed canon in the Yellow chapter.
** Giovanni in an early chapter finishes off two wild Magmar on a rampage that he had already froze with his Cloyster, causing them to break into pieces.
** Blaine's Mewtwo cancer. His skin is literally bubbling and melting off, and from the RGB arc to the GSC one, the cancer spreads from his forearm all the way to his ''chest''.
** Red in the Yellow arc [[spoiler:getting beaten to a pulp, falling off a large hole, and getting frozen alive.]]
** Blue's hand getting cut off during her battle with Lorelei which later reveals to be [[spoiler:her Ditto transforming as a fake hand.]]
** The infamous conclusion to the FRLG arc.
** The artist said that he was a fan of monster and horror movies, and that he wanted to incorporate as much of it as possible in the final battle of the RS arc; at certain parts, '''it shows'''.
** Maxie [[spoiler:setting Norman's corpse on fire]] during the final battle of the RS, right for Ruby to see. Can you imagine how Ruby felt, having already seen [[spoiler:his father die in his arms]]?
** [[http://jb2448.info/Pokemon_Adventures_34/Pokemon_Special_v34_c376/Pokemon_Special_v34_c376_034-neuquant This moment.]] [[ManOnFire HOLY CRAP.]]
** Shauna [[spoiler: having a Honedge forced into her hands while a Aegislash is looming behind her. Which means she's simultaneously being ''brainwashed and having her life force drained out of her''.]]