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- Throughout Pokémon Platinum, the International Police agent Looker comes across as somewhat inept, always showing up just a little too late to be of any use against Team Galactic. Then you get to the end of Stark Mountain, and Charon's about to steal the Magma Stone. Suddenly, a Croagunk comes out of nowhere to stop him, and it turns out that Looker was there all along on a stakeout, disguised as a rock. Guess he's not so incompetent, after all.
- Not to mention that he was staking-out in that heavy rock costume all that time in a freaking volcano. It's likely that even the regularly dressed people were sweating profusely.
- You finally reach the top of Mt. Coronet in Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, in a desperate attempt to stop Cyrus of Team Galactic from remaking the universe. Two of his lieutenants intercept you, leaving you out-gunned... which is when your lifelong best friend shows up. He's been your friendly rival for the whole game, and been pretty much Played for Laughs, the king of hyperactive short attention spans. Not anymore. Now you and he join forces, demonstrating The Power of Friendship as you jointly wipe the floor with the Galactic members.
- In most in-game Double Battles, you and your partner can only use three Pokemon each. Not in this one. You and your rival can both use all of your Pokemon, but Mars and Jupiter can't. It's a 7-12 v 6 in your favor. For the only time ever in Pokemon, The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard is inverted, giving you a massive advantage in the single most important Multi Battle in the series.
- The entirety of the Mt. Coronet/Distortion World confrontation as a whole. Cyrus drags Dialga and Palkia out, making them create a new universe with the power of the Red Chain and then Uxie, Azelf, and Mesprit show up to try and restore balance. Cyrus gloats about how pathetic they are for trying to stop him, and then Giratina appears. An enraged Giratina, who can only be described as a dragon made out of Antimatter, then proceeds to drag him into the Distortion World, then you and Cynthia follow them. Once you get past the terrifying awesomeness that is the Distortion World, you manage to take out Cyrus once and for all and quell Giratina's fury by defeating or catching it. Once you've done all that it makes the E4 look a bit boring.
- The Distortion World itself is a CMOA for the Nintendo DS. The gravity alterations would just not have been possible on any previous handheld console. Game Freak really like testing what they can do with the upgraded graphics of each new console, and in this case they produced something awesome.
- Professor Rowan earns his status as a Badass Bookworm, by taking on a load of Team Galactic Grunts and holding them off for long enough for you to arrive. The grunts all comment in surprise and frustration that he's tougher than he looks.
- Even better is that at the beginning of Platinum, Lucas/Dawn is surprised he keeps TMs around, which implies that Rowan does not actually have any Pokémon on him. Thus, he's fighting off the Galactic grunts with his bare hands.
- Not only that, but it can be implied that he used to be a champion before Cynthia. Most of the time, only champions or past champions are allowed to go in the special room to immortalize your efforts. In this game, you're taken to that room by Cynthia and Rowan.
- Earlier on, in your first encounter with Team Galactic, they're threatening Rowan. First he ignores them to ask how your Pokedex is going, and then starts lecturing the grunts for their rudeness, capping it all off by insulting their uniforms.
- Even better is that at the beginning of Platinum, Lucas/Dawn is surprised he keeps TMs around, which implies that Rowan does not actually have any Pokémon on him. Thus, he's fighting off the Galactic grunts with his bare hands.
- Give Team Galactic some credit. Right up until the end, they were winning. They successfully captured five legendary Pokemon with little interference (the player consistently showing up just a little too late), and only lost in the end because of something nobody could have seen coming under the circumstances. It took the Pokemon equivalent of the Devil showing up to stop them.
- There are level 100 wild Magikarp in the Resort Area. How the hell did they reach level 100, being incredibly weak with only Flail and Tackle to attack with (neither of which get STAB)? The fact that this encounter even exists is an awesome moment for that fish. ...Until you realize it can't evolve. Unless you'd transfer it all the way to Sword and Shield in which you can give it a Rare Candy to evolve it.
- Ramanas Park allows you to fight legendaries and catch them...except for Giratina. Fighting and beating the shadowy level 100 Origin Forme Giratina will get you the Griseous Orb.
- Cynthia pretty much telling Cyrus in no uncertain terms to Get Out! while they're in the Distortion World in Platinum is pretty gutsy. Also the fact that she actually partakes in a lot of the plot of the Gen 4 Sinnoh games instead of just the final battle is pretty cool too.
