Line #29 Webcomic/CharCole


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3	''[[http://charcole.kyrio.net/ CharCole]]'' is a webcomic drawn by Kyrio, set within the Franchise/{{Pokemon}} world.
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5	It follows the misadventures of Cole Nero. Though the son of the local Pokémon professor, he was actually never that interested in becoming a Trainer. But on his 18th birthday, he finds himself dragged along on a Pokémon journey anyways- on the ''other'' side of the Pokéball.
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7	An encounter with a badly-programmed reconstructor/teleporter leaves him stranded in the woods [[{{Animorphism}} as a Charmander]]. Confused, he accidentally lets himself be caught by neophyte trainer Brian Wheaton, who makes up in enthusiasm what he lacks in competence.
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9	Unable to communicate his predicament to the human world for the time being, he reluctantly goes along with Brian- and soon begins to fear just how [[TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody naturally]] he takes to battling. Then a 2000-year-old psychopathic Mew gets wind of his situation, and things start getting complicated...
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12	!!This webcomic provides examples of:
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14	* AfraidOfNeedles: Cole is. [[spoiler:One more sign that he's no pokemon.]]
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16	* AnimeHair: Several of the human characters; comes from being Pokemon-based.
17	** [[AloofBigBrother Tarrant]] and [[AntiVillain Ganon]] qualify as well.
18	%%* {{Animorphism}}: Cole's predicament.
19	* ArtEvolution: Don't let the first hundred or so pages fool you. The art gets much better.
20	* [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!]]: Vivian Nepenthe, the "second" gym leader.
21	* BigShutUp: [[http://charcole.kyrio.net/?comic=charcole232-rocketeering Bud to Kraker,]] after Kraker ignores Bud's concerns about Cole.
22	* CutlassBetweenTheTeeth: [[http://charcole.kyrio.net/?comic=charcole175-point-taken Tigris's stunt]] technically counts.
23	* DangerousSixteenthBirthday: [[ZigZaggingTrope Played with]] when Cole's absentminded father wished him a "sweet sixteenth" the morning his troubles begin, not realizing his son was in fact turning ''eighteen'' that day. [[spoiler: Taking that as the last straw, Cole decides to get revenge by sabotaging one of his dad's machines, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy mistakenly activating it instead...]]]]
24	* DefeatMeansFriendship: Subverted a bit with Cole's initial capture, but otherwise true; comes from being Pokemon-based.
25	%%* DontCallMeSir: Eve to Shelby
26	%%* EccentricMentor: Aodan
27	%%* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Comes from being Pokemon-based.
28	* ElsewhereFic: The story takes place in the newly-created "Lassoh Region".
29	* FakeUltimateMook: [[http://charcole.kyrio.net/?comic=charcole164-didactic-reasoning Averted]], in the literal sense at least; type advantages against a 3-ton boulder are purely theoretical.
30	* InstantExpert: Subverted, Just because Cole's now a Charmander doesn't mean he knows how to breathe fire. [[EccentricMentor Aodan]] has to teach him how to do quite a few things that don't come instinctively.
31	* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: [[http://charcole.kyrio.net/?comic=charcole165-thats-crazy-talk In order to get Cole to calm down and think rationally]], Aodan ''pins Cole to the ground with one foot'' and angrily asks if he's lost his mind.
32	* GhostInTheMachine: Cole has "Reason" and "Emotion" hanging around.
33	** It should be noted that the voice of reason [[ThemindIsAPLaythingOfTheBody is a Charmander]].
34	* GoodOldFisticuffs: Cole does this most of the time, even after he learns to breathe fire.
35	* HowDoIShotWeb: [[spoiler: After turning Cole's father into a Charizard and commands him use his fire on him, it turns out he genuinely doesn't know how as a result of Maoh suppressing his mind.]] The chapter this happens in even references the trope name.
36	* JustEatGilligan: Perhaps Cole is unable to speak, but shouldn't he still know enough about the English language to ''write'' "I am not a pokemon"? [[http://charcole.kyrio.net/?comic=charcole220-what-the-rodent-wrote He eventually realizes the same thing.]]
37	%%* KamehameHadoken: [[spoiler:The Boss' Hyper Beam.]]
38	* LampshadeHanging: Occasionally done by the author in the AltText.
39	* NonSequiturThud: Every time Bud gets knocked out (which seems to happen a fair bit), he tends to say something weird and food related.
40	-->''[[http://charcole.kyrio.net/?comic=charcole14 "Who ate all my potatoes?"]]''
41	%%* PokemonSpeak: See TongueTied below.
42	* ThePowerOfRock: Sort of, [[ShockAndAwe Kraker]] [[http://charcole.kyrio.net/?comic=charcole179-photosensitivity lights up a cave]] with the [[HeavyMetal horns gesture.]]
43	* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Many, but especially this one: "We have five minutes, Kraker. Make it quick." "Quick you say? That doesn't necessarily mean... painless."
44	* [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang Precision Guided Bonemerang]]: averted, to Dante's frustration.
45	* TalkingToThemself: Reason and Emotion. Becomes a particularly interesting example when they [[http://kyrio.deviantart.com/gallery/2522984?offset=144#/d2fcf74 duel]] [[http://charcole.kyrio.net/?comic=charcole151 each]] [[http://charcole.kyrio.net/?comic=charcole152 other]] ala [[Film/FightClub Fight Club]].
46	* ThePunishment: Maoh, to a degree: His curse of immortality left him [[http://charcole.kyrio.net/?comic=charcole101 desperate for "entertainment"]], which is what makes him a threat.
47	* RunningGag: Brian getting hit in the head by something a Pokemon he just captured threw at him.
48	** Cole being called a loony by various characters.
49	* ShoutOut: [[TheDitz "Why?]] [[Film/TheDarkKnight Slow]] [[http://charcole.kyrio.net/?comic=charcole80 sirius?"]]
50	* SinisterScythe: "The Boss", a Scyther.
51	* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Whether or not Cole/Charlie will succumb to this is a large part of the main plot, and it's something he's very worried about. [[spoiler:It may be what Maoh was attempting to instigate by futzing around with Cole's subconcious in the first place.]]
52	* StealthHiBye: Aodan seems to love this trick. [[spoiler:Being a SpiritAdvisor, which would make this trick easier for him.]]
53	* SteppingStonesInTheSky: [[http://charcole.kyrio.net/?comic=charcole135 Against a Beedrill swarm.]]
54	* TheExitIsThatWay: "To Marquee Town!" "Sensors indicate your destination is in the other direction."
55	* ThemeNaming:
56	** Cole[[note]]sounds like "coal", or an ember[[/note]], Prometheus[[note]]the giver of fire in Greek mythology[[/note]], Nero [[note]]Roman emperor associated with the Great Fire of Rome[[/note]], and Aodan[[note]]name means "fire" in Gaelic[[/note]] are all linked to fire in some way.
57	** The towns of the Lassoh region, as well as the region itself, are all named after Photoshop filters or tools.
58	** Various other characters are theme named as well such as the Grass/Fire gym leading family, the Wheatons[[note]]wheat also being a plant[[/note]]. Including Ivaline[[note]]Sounds like Ivy[[/note]], Mandragora, and Brian[[note]][[WordOfGod a slight mutation of Briar]][[/note]]
59	** Pokemon are generally named with their species or type in mind. Such as Charlie the Charmander, Kraker the Pikachu, or Bud the Bulbasaur.
60	* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Cole's main internal conflict [[spoiler: with Charlie, furthered by interference from Maoh.]]
61	%%* ToBeAMaster: Comes from being Pokemon-based.
62	* TongueTied: Cole is limited to PokemonSpeak, preventing him from telling any humans about his condition. [[spoiler: Or at least that's what he thinks. [[http://charcole.kyrio.net/?comic=charcole-404-language-barrier-not-found It turns out he's wrong.]]]]
63	* TransformationComic: Somewhat: it caused Cole's predicament, and is the catalyst for the entire comic.
64	* UnstoppableRage: Cole's power surge in his first gym battle, triggered by a memory of his apathetic parents, which nearly causes him to torch his opponent Ivysaur to death.
65	* WebcomicTime: Roughly two years out-of-comic cover a week within, with the second year covering approximately 24 hours.
66	* WhamEpisode: Chapter 9, PsychoSafari. [[spoiler:Cole tries to write a message to Professor Cedar and explain his situation, only to find out the Prof. had put two and two together and knew Cole was a Charmander all along. Cole then agrees to some stress tests, which consist of Prof. Cedar trying to shoot Cole's head off while he runs for his life. Dante tries to [[BigDamnHeroes intervene]], but this just leads to him getting shot at. To save Dante, Cole literally [[WreathedInFlames catches on fire]] and stops the bullet with his freaking hands, all while remaining in control unlike his previous tastes of power. Even Maoh was impressed.]]
67	* WhenYouComingHomeDad: A major contributor to the friction between Cole and his father.
68	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Maoh was supposedly granted a [[http://charcole.kyrio.net/?comic=charcole129 "taste of divinity"]], including immortality, according to a story in the comic. Now he's rather unstable, to put it mildly.

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