Line #128 Webcomic/NuzlockeComics


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:This doesn't even cover what happened ''beforehand''.]]
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4	->''"[[ArcWords I believe this is all happening for a reason.]]"''
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6	''[[http://www.nuzlocke.com/ Nuzlocke Comics]]'' is a retelling of the author's playthrough of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}} [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby]]'', ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Pokémon White]]''. Seeking a new challenge, he decided to play the games with [[SelfImposedChallenge some additional rules]].
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8	# First, he is only allowed to capture the first Pokémon he encounters on a route or location. If he fails to do so, he's out of luck.
9	# Second, if a Pokémon faints, it is considered [[{{Permadeath}} "dead"]] and released (or boxed and never used again).
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11	Through these rules, he found a new respect for Pokémon that he originally considered trash. The webcomic details his playthrough with more dramatic and comedic emphasis.
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13	The comic itself has spawned many fan comics hosted on its site as well as becoming a popular SelfImposedChallenge among the Pokémon fandom.
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15	Apart from the name of the comic and the nickname of the author, the original set of the rules is also known as Nuzlocke. The fans are encouraged to do the same, and the most widely accepted rules are: the original two, with the exception to the first one that if you have already caught the first Pokémon you encounter on the location, you're allowed to safely ignore it, you are allowed to catch all shinies (because they are so incredibly rare you may not even see one); and last, but not least, you should nickname everything.
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17	Starting in September 2012, the website introduced two new non-Pokémon-related comics: ''Space Cat'' and ''[=SpeedRun=]'', However, both have since been cancelled.
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19	Also see the [[Webcomic/NuzlockeComicsFanWorks list of fan runs]]. A [[Characters/NuzlockeComics character Page]] is now under construction.
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21	!!This webcomic provides examples of:
22	* AdaptationDistillation: ''White'' starts to cut out a lot of content from the game after the battle with N in Nimbasa city. Key moments of Bianca and Cheren's CharacterDevelopment are absent, some conflicts with N and Team Plasma are removed, and the Gym Leaders Skyla, Brycen and to a lesser extent Elena (the audience sees the outcome of the gym battle against her, but she herself never appears) are AdaptedOut entirely.
23	* AdaptationalVillainy: Mewtwo in ''Firered'' is just a wild, territorial animal. In the comics, he is a genocidal, malicious monster bent on wiping out mankind.
24	* AgeLift: In canon ''Black and White'', WordOfGod puts N's age at 18-20. This comic makes him about 24.
25	* AnyoneCanDie: Inherent in the AfterActionReport format, the webcomic chronicles the artist's playthrough of the Pokémon games, with each Pokémon who faints in battle dying in the comics.
26	* ApocalypticLog: As in the games, Ruby finds one about the creation of Mewtwo, narrated by [[spoiler:Gym Leader Blaine.]] Except he falls asleep during it.
27	* ArcWords:
28	** "It's all happening for a reason."
29	** "That's against the rules."
30	* ArtEvolution: Characters in the Ruby arc were drawn with very rudimentary sketches. By the time the Firered arc started, characters more closely resemble their game counterparts and the Pokémon designs got more stylized as well.
31	* TheArtifact: Ruby still lacks a nose, though everyone else is now drawn with one.
32	* ArtShift: A trademark visual of the main comic (which sometimes appears in the fancomics) is Pokémon randomly taking on the facial features of characters from different series, primarily ''Series/{{Lost}}''. The name Nuzlocke comes from one such instance.
33	* AttentionWhore: While other comics show Burgh as CampGay, the main one went a different route and made him this instead.
34	%%* TheBerserker: Buddy the Vileplume. Desmond the Mankey.
35	* BeehiveHairdo: The guard of Cerulean Cave. A reference to the fact that his placement in front of the cave made it look like his hair was really tall in the older games.
36	* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil:
37	** Mewtwo's psychopathy is explicitly stated to be a result of the torturous experiments he went through at the hands of the scientists who created him.
38	** Squirtle grows increasingly more sadistic as he starts to envy Bruce's friendship with Ruby, compared to Gary's own mistreatment of him.
39	* BigBad:
40	** Maxie in Season 1. Closely following his role in the original game, he wishes to awaken Groudon to expand the continents, but loses control of the creature and nearly causes the destruction of Hoenn.
41	** Mewtwo in Season 2. He [[spoiler:lures Ruby to Kanto to trick him into breaking his seal, allowing him to leave Cerulean Cave and go on a killing spree.]]
42	* BigNo: Used by Gary, when [[spoiler: he loses his final battle with Ruby]]. Fittingly enough this makes Ruby reply with a BigYes.
43	* BittersweetEnding: In the Fire Red run, [[spoiler:Mewtwo kills Sawyer, and his defeat sends Bruce 40 years into the past, while Ruby is teleported to [[SequelHook Nuvema Town]].]]
44	* BlackComedy: Hilbert [[spoiler: ''[[DrivenToSuicide killed himself]]'']] after Cheren and Bianca pushed him too far. They get over it quickly and adopt Ruby as their new BFF.
45	* BlandNameProduct: A main source of background humor is the highly creative use of this trope along with NoCelebritiesWereHarmed. Examples include: Vanniluxe Ice, Weepin Bell (Taco Bell), [[Film/ManOfSteel Mon Of Steel]], and many more.
46	* BloodKnight:
47	** Misty really enjoys battling, like Desmond. [[spoiler: Fitting seeing as how she was the reason he died.]]
48	** Lt. Surge, who also [[spoiler: killed Kadabra]].
49	** Victini's only desire is worthy opponents upon whom he can unleash fire and death.
50	* BookEnds: In the Hoenn arc, Sceptile is Ruby's first Pokémon [[spoiler:and his final casualty]].
51	* BrickJoke: In Part 2 of the White Nuzlocke, Vincent says that Route 2 is a myth to tick off Ruby. At the start of Part 3, we find that Vincent ''actually believed'' it was a myth.
52	* ButtMonkey: Senor Fluff does poor damage and has nearly died in all the matches he's been in. It's so bad that Ruby taught him Cut, effectively making him an HM Slave. [[spoiler:And then he dies just as he starts to earn some respect by winning his first battle]].
53	* CallBack: In [[http://www.nuzlocke.com/comics/pokemon-hard-mode/page/55/ Kanto Episode 1]], Mew and Mewtwo's conversation ends with Mew telling Mewtwo that "I'll see you around", and Mewtwo retorts with a threatening "Sooner than you think..." [[spoiler:In [[http://www.nuzlocke.com/comics/pokemon-hard-mode/page/23/ Kanto Episode 32]], Mewtwo leaves the imprisoned Ruby with the parting words "...I'll see you around", and Ruby retorts with a threatening, "Sooner than you think."]]
54	* CatchPhrase: Ralph's. "Maaaaan, they just don't pay me enough......"
55	* TheCameo:
56	** Most comics give a nod to others, often the original, but the original comic finally threw one in during Episode 26- the viewers of Ruby's battle include Hale, Robot, Nya, Kotone, Locke, and a number of other popular forum comic leads.
57	** The end of episode 31 gives us another - [[spoiler:Mewtwo has the names of many Nuzlocke trainers including the above, written on the wall of Cerulean Cave... And all of them are scored out, except Ruby, which is in the centre, enlarged.]]
58	* CerebusSyndrome: In a series surrounded by dead Pokémon, the story gets somewhat heavy in Fire Red Hard Mode: Gary was the first realized rival in story, and he verbally abused his Squirtle; A Dark Knight motif creeps up along with the Lost References; Compared to the video games, Team Rocket and Giovanni are given more motivation than being evil for the sake of it; their goal is [[spoiler:to stop Mewtwo, who manipulated Ruby into killing the legendary birds and Mew.]]
59	* CreepyChild: Cheren and Bianca are so annoying they [[DrivenToSuicide drive Hilbert to suicide]]. They are mostly unfazed when they find out, uttering only a quiet "oh darn" and lamenting that they now need to find a new best friend... To love forever.
60	* CurbStompBattle: With the exception of their final confrontation, all of Ruby's battles against Gary are incredibly one-sided in the former's favor, who refuses to take the latter seriously.
61	* DarkerAndEdgier: The webcomic is ''much'' darker than the games, as the Pokémon ''die'' instead of simply fainting as the result of battle.
62	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Sawyer the Pidgeot(to) has shades of this.
63	* {{Determinator}}: Ruby. No matter what the challenge throws at him he simply will ''not'' give up, because if he did, all the allies he's lost will have [[SenselessSacrifice died for nothing]].
64	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Maxie wanted to awaken Groudon so the Pokémon could summon intense sunlight to expand the continents. He gets exactly what he wanted.
65	--> "What? It's really hot and everyone is dying? I don't understand... how could water be GOOD?"
66	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Mew]] is apparently incinerated by Bruce late into the Firered arc, but is revealed to have survived during the epilogue.
67	* DisneyVillainDeath:
68	** Sawyer loves pulling this one on Team Rocket mooks. Hell, he does it to the same mook [[NoKillLikeOverKill twice.]]
69	** While not a villain, [[spoiler:Pauly the Timburr]] dies like this.
70	* DownerEnding: Season 1, in which Ruby [[spoiler:loses the championship match against Steven, which causes him to become a FailureKnight.]]
71	* DrivenToSuicide: After showing up in Hilbert's house at the beginning of White: Hard Mode Ruby finds a suicide note where he says he had to get away from "Them". Then he finds Hilbert's hanged corpse in the closet.
72	* DynamicEntry: Performed by Burgh [[http://www.nuzlocke.com/comics/pokemon-hard-mode/page/6/ here.]]
73	* EagleLand: Unova being a stand-in for America makes this trope inevitable, though in their defense, they're no more idiotic than Hoennites or Kantonians were in previous seasons.
74	* EyeScream:
75	** In Fire Red: Episode 29, Gary's Rhydon gets stabbed in the eye by one of the petals from Buddy's Petal Dance.
76	** At the start of White, Ruby chooses Luke by poking him in the eye. He doesn't seem to mind it though.
77	* {{Fanservice}}: [[http://www.nuzlocke.com/comics/pokemon-hard-mode/page/10/ Naked college-age Professor Juniper.]]
78	* FantasticRacism: Ruby's new "friends" don't seem to think too well of Kanto or Hoenn. As well as most Unova residents when he brings up his Hoenn origins, with the exception of, ironically enough, Ghetsis.
79	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mewtwo creating the [[spoiler:Nuzleaf ghost for Ruby has been hinted at since the start. He is clearly only visible from Ruby's POV as shown when he question's the Nuzleaf in the first episode, showing that Ruby was talking to a empty chair, later on he ask why he can see partner's ghost without the Silph Scope which Nuzleaf dismisses as their extremely close bond making him visible, and to hammer it into the ground that there is something not right with his ghost when he's talking with Meowth's ghost in Pokemon Tower it switches to a similar point of view from the start of Fire Red. But unlike Nuzleaf, you can see Meowth's ghostly shape on the tombstone.]]
80	* FreudianExcuse: Parodied with [[spoiler:Maxie, who wants to expand the land because a wave destroyed a sandcastle he made]]. Played a little more straight with [[spoiler:Giovanni, who was constantly beat in battle by Professor Oak as a child and wants to prove himself]].
81	* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
82	** Look very closely in the stands of Kanto's stadium after Ruby defeats Lorelei. One of the signs reads [[ScheduleSlip "UPDATE FASTER."]]
83	** In the news broadcast after Ruby beats Bruno, the news ticker at the bottom reads, "Scientists yet to find slower source than Nuzlocke.com."
84	** Whenever the creator makes a creative BlandNameProduct, it tends to get the attention of the fandom.
85	* GoodAngelBadAngel: Ruby has these. The angel is, of course, [[CoolOldGuy Nuzleaf]]. The devil is [[TheRival Gary]]. He... [[ObviouslyEvil isn't very good]] at [[TheCorrupter his job]].
86	* {{Grimmification}}: For Pokémon. DependingOnTheWriter, most of the runs really are no darker than the ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' manga series.
87	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Gary's Blastoise]] pulls one off at the end of the ''[=FireRed=]'' arc, finally turning against his master after all the months of abuse.
88	* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:After Ruby defeats Mewtwo and seemingly dies in the energy blast, Giovanni finds a photo of Ruby and his Sceptile. Overcome with guilt, he turns himself in to the police and confesses everything.]]
89	* HistoryRepeats: The first casualty of the ''[=FireRed=]'' run occurs the exact same way the first casualty of the ''Ruby'' run did - Beautifly/Whiskers being poisoned in the early forest dungeon and dying of its wounds before Ruby can make it to a Pokémon center.
90	* HulkSpeak: Bruno's two lines are delivered in a very simplistic manner.
91	-->'''Bruno:''' Bruno lose? Bruno sad.
92	* HypocriticalHumor: Erika only collects beautiful Pokémon. For example, Victreebel.
93	* IncrediblyLamePun: [[http://www.nuzlocke.com/pokemonhardmode.php?p=28 "I guess that makes you my "WING MAN."]]
94	* InTheBack: N's Nacrene team ''modus operandi'' is attacking Ruby's mons from behind while they are distracted. [[spoiler:Tympole succeeds in slaying Fluf this way]].
95	* IronicEcho:
96	** [[http://www.nuzlocke.com/pokemonhardmode.php?p=34 "...That would be breaking the rules."]]
97	--->'''Giovanni:''' ''What'' rules?!
98	** [[http://www.nuzlocke.com/comics/pokemon-hard-mode/page/36/ In the Kanto Episode 19 flashback]], when Squirtle is defeated by Bruce, Gary tells him that "I picked the wrong Pokemon." [[http://www.nuzlocke.com/pokemonhardmode.php?p=53 At the end of the Kanto arc]], after taking enough of Gary's abuse, Blastoise tells him, "...Well then you picked the '''WRONG POKéMON'''." before blowing him away. He also throws his game catchphrase "Smell ya later." at him.
99	* JerkAss:
100	** Gary Oak is portrayed as an arrogant prick who treats his Pokémon like dirt.
101	** Burgh. He constantly talks down to Ruby and steals credit for defeating Team Plasma in Navreene.
102	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ruby himself.
103	%%** Ruby's newly caught Victini as well.
104	* KnightOfCerebus: N is this in the White run. He causes several deaths to Ruby's team across battles, and he deconstructs the very idea of the comic.
105	* LoopholeAbuse: Many people were surprised when Ruby caught Victini, since he'd refused to catch any other Legendaries up to that point. As it turned out, Ruby refused to catch earlier Legendaries because they weren't the first Pokemon encountered in their respective areas. Victini was.
106	* MeaningfulName: Ruberto Normanson is the [[PunnyName son of a guy named Norman]].
107	* MoodWhiplash: Many of the runs will poke fun at exaggerated character traits of trainers and the more absurd aspects of Pokémon plots, then hit you with a tragic death scene ''immediately'' after.
108	* MushroomSamba: One of the (ab)uses of the Dream Mist as one of Fennel's "experiments" with Juniper in their Castelia University days can attest.
109	* MythologyGag:
110	** In Epilogue 6, Blastoise finds [[spoiler:Mew inside of a truck]].
111	** The guardian of Cerulean Cave having comically large hair, which is a joke about the positioning of his sprite in the Gen 1 Games making it look like it was his hair instead of the entrance to the cave.
112	** Burgh lets Ruby pick the Radio station on the way to Castelia City, it turns out to be a radio station devoted entirely to Trumpets.
113	--->'''Burgh:''' Oh God, you're from Hoenn, aren't you?
114	* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
115	** Part 31 reveals that [[spoiler:the Legendary Birds were keeping Mewtwo's power in check and Ruby was being manipulated by Mewtwo to kill them by talking through an illusion of his Nuzleaf.]]
116	** Bruce's request during the fight with Gary was the reason [[spoiler:Buddy and Doakes died.]]
117	** Remember Team Rocket's efforts to steal and take over? Turns out that they were [[spoiler:researching ways of finally stopping Mewtwo before he got free]] and Ruby ruined their efforts.
118	** In a more humorous version, the reason Norman considers Pokémon above his own family? [[spoiler:Bruce flew past his window as a child while looking for Ruby in the past, impressing him so much he became obsessed with Pokémon.]]
119	** During the battle at Nacrene City, N coldly blames Ruby for [[spoiler:Hank and Fluf's deaths]], saying that wouldn't have happened if Ruby hadn't made them fight in the first place.
120	* NobodyCallsMeChicken: In Season 3 Cheren and Bianca imply Ruby isn't up for the challenge to get him to participate in the Unova league.
121	* OhCrap: Ruby has a ''major'' OhCrap moment moments after leaving Victory Road and learning that Gary has just become the new Champion.
122	* OlderThanTheyLook:
123	** The Kanto starter Pokémon don't look very old, but they're all at least 40.
124	** N dresses and acts like a teenager, but he's actually 24 and change.
125	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Until Chapter 7 of White, the protagonist was always called "Ruby" when his actual, full name is "Ruberto Normanson".
126	* PatrioticFervor: Vincent the Lillipup is a proud supporter of... Route 1, to the point that he doesn't even believe ROUTE 2 exists.
127	* PokemonSpeak: Surprisingly averted; most of the Pokemon in this comic are capable of full, coherent sentences and regularly hold conversations with humans.
128	%%* ThePowerOfFriendship
129	* PyrrhicVictory: Ruby [[spoiler:beats Gary]], but [[spoiler:Bruce and Sawyer are the only survivors. Pony, Blamo, Doakes, and Buddy are all dead.]]
130	** In the Firered finale, [[spoiler:Ruby thwarts Mewtwo's plan to escape from the cave]], but [[spoiler:he and Bruce get separated by the explosion, while Sawyer dies in the fight.]]
131	** [[spoiler:Senor Fluff]] dies after avenging Hank AND after his first victory.
132	%%* RaptorAttack: Those Scythers during Safari Zone.
133	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The comic is based on the author's actual experiences in the game.
134	* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In the original games, N's true father was never revealed and Ghetsis simply took him in. In the webcomic, Ghetsis is N's birth father who abandoned N and his mother before N was even born.
135	* {{Retirony}}: Poor [[spoiler:Loudred]] was just one level away from evolving before he met his untimely demise.
136	* RunningGag:
137	** Ralph: "Man, they don't pay me enough..."
138	** Munna's/Musharna's Dream Mist making people halluci- AAAH IT'S SATAN!
139	** The Unova residents reacting to Ruby being from Hoenn with disdain.
140	** Victini claiming to be 200 years old.
141	* RuleOfFunny: The only reason Nuzlocke made Ruby pick Oshawott as his starter in [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite White]] is because his girlfriend convinced him it would be funny.
142	* SelfDeprecation: Ruby the artist ''knows'' he tends to fall into schedule slip frequently, and uses it as a joke.
143	* SelfImposedChallenge: In-universe, this is the idea behind the comic. Deconstructed because N questions why Ruby continues to put himself through all of the pain and get his Pokemon killed.
144	* ShellShockedVeteran: Lieutenant Surge subverts this: he's fully aware that the war is over and he's never going to relive those days again. However his flame is lit very briefly when he fights Ruby.
145	* ShoutOut:
146	** There are many, many Series/{{Lost}} references throughout the comic. The author himself admits to being "a huge fan of ABC’s show LOST, to the point of obsession." The name of the comic itself consists of a ShoutOut to Lost (Nuzleaf + John Locke).
147	** The Fire Red arc has a few references to ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', most notably Charizard being called Bruce, and Squirtle being a caricature of the Joker.
148	** When Groudon is unleashed upon Hoenn, it cries [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers "Ah! After ten thousand years I'm free! Time to conquer Earth!"]]
149	** [[http://www.nuzlocke.com/comics/pokemon-hard-mode/page/39/ In the Safari Zone]], the Safari guide asks Ruby to stand still because he saw something in some bushes, but out of nowhere a Scyther appears besides him. He just says [[Film/JurassicPark "Clever Girl"]] in response.
150	** In the background of one of the Fire Red epilogue comics, [[Art/SistineChapel "The Creation Of Adam"]] is done with [[http://www.nuzlocke.com/pokemonhardmode.php?p=52 Arceus]].
151	** [[http://www.nuzlocke.com/pokemonhardmode.php?p=14 HEAVEN OR HELL]]... [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear LET'S ROCK!]]
152	** [[http://www.nuzlocke.com/comics/pokemon-hard-mode/page/19/ One page]] has a movie theater in the background presenting [[Film/TheKingsSpeech The Slowking's Speech]], [[Film/MidnightInParis Midnight in Pallet]], [[Film/TheHumanCentipede Human Scolipede]], and [[Film/BlackSwan Black Swanna]].
153	* ShutUpHannibal: After Surge [[spoiler: kills his Kadabra]] and launches into a speech about how fighting makes [[NotSoDifferentRemark them both feel more alive]], Ruby cuts him off.
154	* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler:Mewtwo]] gives a horrifying one when Ruby falls into his trap and [[spoiler:executes Mew]].
155	* SorryThatImDying: [[spoiler:Pony]], TheSilentBob, is the first to fall in Ruby's [=FireRed=] League challenge. As he dies, he speaks for the first and last time, apologizing to Ruby.
156	* SpamAttack:
157	** Ruby's "[[AttackPatternAlpha Destiny Red]]" strategy consists of a Pokémon with a type advantage spamming an attack they get [=STAB=] from.
158	** Ruby loves ordering Charizard to use Blast Burn. It gets lampshaded by one of the newcasters in his E4 battles.
159	* SpoilerCover: The picture for Season 2 shows Nuzlocke and Mewtwo ''side by side,'' with the same [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing eyes]], even though the reader isn't supposed to make that connection until after [[spoiler: Mewtwo says [[ArcWords "I believe all this is happening for a reason".]]]]
160	* StableTimeLoop: At the end of the Kanto arc, [[spoiler:Bruce is sent back in time to 40 years in the past. He is seen flying around by Norman, who decides that Pokémon are more important than family; this leads him to spurn Ruby in the modern day, leading to the Nuzlocke challenge that would result in Bruce being sent back in time.]]
161	* TheStoner:
162	** Erika, the Gym Leader who specializes in Grass-types, is reimagined as a pothead.
163	** Fennel used to do "experiments" with Dream Mist with Juniper.
164	%%* ThatCameOutWrong: "Okay, Buddy... suck 'em dry."
165	* TemptingFate: "There is nothing wrong with people from Hoenn", said by Ghetsis with Ruby about to break into a window from behind while on a vehicle.
166	* TheUnfavorite: Luke (Oshawatt) is this to Ruby, at least compared to past starters. Ruby tells to his face that, albeit he has warmed up to him, it's Vincent (the Lillipup) who is his favourite.
167	* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Luke finishes off Lenora's Watchog by hurling his shell blades at his opponent.
168	* TonightSomeoneDies:
169	** At the end of Chapter 10 in the ''Ruby'' run:
170	--->''"Next... A party member '''will fall'''."''
171	** In the ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Pokémon White]]'' run:
172	--->''As the party looked out upon Nacrene City... They knew not it was death that awaited them.''
173	%%* TooDumbToLive: "GODDAMMIT RALPH!"
174	* TookALevelInBadass:
175	** Buddy started out as a hippie-like Oddish, but then Ruby shoved a Rare Candy, Leaf Stone, and a couple [=TMs=] down his throat, and he became one of the most intimidating Pokémon in his team.
176	** Then there is Luke who goes from being TheUnfavorite on Ruby's teams to evolving into a decent fighter who can take on Lenora's Watchog.
177	* UnbuiltTrope: Ruby ''lost'' the Nuzlocke Challenge that started it all, his Fire Red run ended in a PyrrhicVictory, and N flat-out [[WhatTheHellHero called him out]] in the White run for playing by rules that get his Pokemon killed. To contrast, many of the spinoffs have happy endings.
178	* WellDoneSonGuy:
179	** One of Ruby's biggest reasons for taking the challenge is to impress his father, Norman, who always valued "Good-Ruby" the Slakoth/Vigoroth over him.
180	** Luke the Oshawott also wants to prove himself to Ruby. His evolution and being used to fight Lenora for the victory have achieved this.
181	* WeHardlyKnewYe:
182	** Juliet the Spearow only shows up for a single chapter, where her death sparks a conflict between Ruby and Sawyer.
183	** The Medicham Ruby caught before the Elite Four gets killed mere panels after its introduction.
184	** Hugo the Snorlax, Keith the Hitmonlee, and the Unnamed Eevee and Alexi the Rhyhorn in a more humorous example as Ruby leaves them in the box and gives the Eevee away and Hugo is only used once to move some boulders. And very briefly with an unnamed Kabuto when asked about the fossil he got at Mt. Moon. Fortunately, they are all released instead of dying in battle.
185	** A rare human example would be Hilbert, who is only seen at the beginning of the ''White'' run hanging from a noose.
186	%%** Hank the Pansear.
187	* WhamEpisode:
188	** Episode 31 of ''Fire Red''. [[spoiler:Some people guessed Nuzlocke was evil/pulling the strings for Mewtwo, but the [[RoomFullOfCrazy names crossed out]] was a special touch.]]
189	** Episode 12 of the ''White'' run. [[spoiler:Charizard was murdered by Ghetsis, who used the event to manipulate N into becoming the unstable youngster he is today. Also, turns out Isis was incarcerated for opposing her husband, going insane over Bruce's promise that Ruby would save them as she slowly starves to death]].
190	* WhoNamesTheirKidDude:
191	** Ruby wonders this about Hilbert... Until he [[DrivenToSuicide looks in the closet.]]
192	** Burgh wonders if Ruby's real name, ''Ruberto'', is even a real name.
193	* XCalledTheyWantTheirYBack: Ruby to Norman: "Creator/SonicTeam called, [[TakeThat they want their]] '''[[TakeThat suck]]''' [[TakeThat back]]."
194	* YankTheDogsChain: Fluf finally gets a victory [[spoiler:a page before getting attacked from behind by N's Tympole and dying.]]

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