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* MakeMeWannaShout: Screech creates such a loud noise from his roar that the waves are likened to a wind tunnel and Brock has to cover his ears even if it's a controlled blast.

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* MakeMeWannaShout: SuperScream: Screech creates such a loud noise from his roar that the waves are likened to a wind tunnel and Brock has to cover his ears even if it's a controlled blast.
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* [[spoiler: JerkassRealization: After the Butterfree incident, she begins to realize that her reasons for hating Ash are unjustified.]]

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* [[spoiler: JerkassRealization: After [[spoiler:After the Butterfree incident, she begins to realize that her reasons for hating Ash are unjustified.]]



* [[spoiler: TookALevelInKindness: After the Butterfree incident, she decides to try and be nicer to Ash.]]

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* [[spoiler: TookALevelInKindness: After [[spoiler:After the Butterfree incident, she decides to try and be nicer to Ash.]]
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* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Sometime after catching Primeape, Ash asked him to help with learning how to fight so he isn’t completely dependent on his Pokémon.

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* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Zigzagged. Ash himself doesn't have any superpowers, but commands Pokémon the same as any other Trainer. Sometime after catching Primeape, Ash asked him to help with learning how to fight so he isn’t completely dependent on his Pokémon.Pokémon for protecting himself.
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* ScrewTheRules,IHaveConnections: [[spoiler:Downplayed. After Damian ends up in jail for Pokémon abuse, he used his phone call to have Professor Oak bail him out. While he ensured he wouldn’t be stuck in jail, Damian remained stuck under house arrest and without a Trainer’s License for 10 years.]]

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* ScrewTheRules,IHaveConnections: ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: [[spoiler:Downplayed. After Damian ends up in jail for Pokémon abuse, he used his phone call to have Professor Oak bail him out. While he ensured he wouldn’t be stuck in jail, Damian remained stuck under house arrest and without a Trainer’s License for 10 years.]]
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* ScrewTheRules,IHaveConnections: [[spoiler:Downplayed. After Damian ends up in jail for Pokémon abuse, he used his phone call to have Professor Oak bail him out. While he ensured he wouldn’t be stuck in jail, Damian remained stuck under house arrest and without a Trainer’s License for 10 years.]]


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*TakingTheBullet: Pidgeot intercepts a Razor Wind to protect Ash’s group when Fearow targets them.


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* ImprobableAimingSkills: [[spoiler:After hearing about Butterfree’s mate being stolen, he ultimately decides to train himself and proves capable of nailing a faraway weather vane.]]
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* OverprotectiveDad: To his Pokémon. Ash literally has to explain that sometimes part of training is getting hurt and then recovering stronger from it, comparing it to a human getting sore from a workout.

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* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Sometime after catching Primeape, Ash asked him to help with learning how to fight so he isn’t completely dependent on his Pokémon.



* DisappearedDad: Ash admits to Antony that he never knew his father and that the man never made an attempt to contact him.



* CripplingOverspecialization: Brought up by Ash, when Misty mentions learning to battle at the Cerulean Gym. Since she always battled in a controlled environment with plenty of water around, it makes her far less effective on land.

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* CripplingOverspecialization: Brought up by Ash, when Misty mentions learning to battle at the Cerulean Gym. Since she always battled in a controlled environment with plenty of water around, it makes her far less effective on land.land and against opponents like [[CombatPragmatist Team Rocket]].
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* WhipItGood: Vine Whip, though primarily used for restraining and retrieving.

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* WhipItGood: VineTentacles: Vine Whip, though which he primarily used uses for restraining foes and retrieving.
retrieving objects.
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Asskicking Leads To Leadership is the new name of the trope.


* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He and the other Muk in Gringey City's bay were constantly competing with each other for the most Grimer followers to take the most territory.

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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He and the other Muk in Gringey City's bay were constantly competing with each other for the most Grimer followers to take the most territory.
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* WeakbutSkilled: Though his telekinesis is lacking, his skill with teleportation and wisdom with psychic powers allows him to be a capable fighter.

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* WeakbutSkilled: WeakButSkilled: Though his telekinesis is lacking, his skill with teleportation and wisdom with psychic powers allows him to be a capable fighter.
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* AwesomebutImpractical: [[spoiler:His new technique Needle Ray is a more focused version of Lightning Arrow but he refuses to use it due to it having the potential to cause severe injuries.]]

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* AwesomebutImpractical: AwesomeButImpractical: [[spoiler:His new technique Needle Ray is a more focused version of Lightning Arrow but he refuses to use it due to it having the potential to cause severe injuries.]]
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* BreaktheHaughty: [[spoiler:His abusive behavior causes James to knock him out, rob him of all his Pokémon, and get him arrested for Pokémon abuse. Even when his phone call to Professor Oak gets him out of jail, Damian has his trainer’s license revoked and is subjected to house arrest as the professor’s lab assistant while under strict supervision.]]

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* BreaktheHaughty: BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:His abusive behavior causes James to knock him out, rob him of all his Pokémon, and get him arrested for Pokémon abuse. Even when his phone call to Professor Oak gets him out of jail, Damian has his trainer’s license revoked and is subjected to house arrest as the professor’s lab assistant while under strict supervision.]]

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* BreaktheHaughty: [[spoiler:His abusive behavior causes James to knock him out, rob him of all his Pokémon, and get him arrested for Pokémon abuse. Even when his phone call to Professor Oak gets him out of jail, Damian has his trainer’s license revoked and is subjected to house arrest as the professor’s lab assistant while under strict supervision.]]



* AwesomebutImpractical: [[spoiler:His new technique Needle Ray is a more focused version of Lightning Arrow but he refuses to use it due to it having the potential to cause severe injuries.]]



* HandBlast: Lightning Arrow concentrates a Thunderbolt's worth of electricity into two fingers and fires it at high speed, dealing electrical damage as well as having some impact and piercing power.

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* HandBlast: Lightning Arrow concentrates a Thunderbolt's worth of electricity into two fingers and fires it at high speed, dealing electrical damage as well as having some impact and piercing power. [[spoiler:He eventually upgrades it into a more powerful variant he calls Needle Ray.]]




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* WeakbutSkilled: Though his telekinesis is lacking, his skill with teleportation and wisdom with psychic powers allows him to be a capable fighter.


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* BadassTeacher: [[spoiler:He begins to give Ash fighting training and helps with physical conditioning.]]
* BloodKnight: His main reason for joining the team is that he wants good fights.
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* NiceHat: Tried to keep a Team Rocket cap he stole in Chapter 36, but Misty didn't let him.
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* AdultFear: Ever since finding out about Team Rocket, she's held a fear that Ash will be lost to her, whether he becomes a shell of his former self or simply doesn't return at all.

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* TwoGirlsToATeam: By chapter 39, out of the eighteen Pokémon on Ash's team, fourteen are male, three -- Raticate, Tentacool and Jigglypuff -- are female, and the last is the genderless Magnemite.



* GenderEqualEnsemble: Jessie's Pokémon team as of chapter 39 is the only one to consist of an equal number of male and female Pokémon.



* TwoGirlsToATeam: By chapter 39, James has a team of five Pokémon consisting of three males and two females.



* GenderEqualEnsemble: Subverted. Brock's Pokémon team as of chapter 39 consists entirely of male Pokémon.




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* TheOneGuy: As of chapter 39, the only male Pokémon in Misty's team is Vaporeon, although the biologically asexual Staryu does identify as "Male".

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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Big Bang Blitz.


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* AlliterativeName: Big Bang Blitz.
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* DamageOverTime: Has a variety of StatusAilment moves which can [[DamageOverTime wear down]] or [[InstantSedation neutralize]] his opponents.

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* DamageOverTime: Has a variety of StatusAilment moves {{Status Infliction Attack}}s which can [[DamageOverTime wear down]] or [[InstantSedation neutralize]] his opponents.
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* AfraidOfNeedles: Revealed in Chapter 30. [[spolier:He even threatens to use his authority against Henry to no avail.]]

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* AfraidOfNeedles: Revealed in Chapter 30. [[spolier:He [[spoiler:He even threatens to use his authority against Henry to no avail.]]

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