History Characters / PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon

* DudeWhereIsMyRespect: Pancham may give them a pass for rescuing Budew, but the guy doesn't think too highly of them anyway, much less to their partner.

* CatchPhrase: [[YouFool "You FOOLS!!"]]

* PreAsskickingOneLiner: After finding out that Swirlix and Ampharos ate his dinner in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YdV0nKdhbg "A Day In The Life Of My Old Pops"]], he yells out [[CatchPhrase "You FOOLS!"]] right before beating them.

* PandaingToTheAudience: He's a panda-based Pokémon, and fully embraces this when he redeems himself.

* OverProtectiveDad: Most of his scenes involve him scolding your partner for causing trouble, or warning them away from dangerous areas. Although, given their foster kid, this is probably justified.
-->'''Carracosta''': "Don't you children go off too far in your adventures. And stay away from anyplace strange!"

* DirtyCoward: Despite always daring other kids to go into danger, he's often too scared to go himself.

* GrumpyBear: Cranky at times, particularly with the Partner.

* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Imagine the kid who practically looks at you like an older sibling getting very sick. And shortly after they get better, you take them out for a walk, and they get kidnapped before you could even blink, and knocked out before you could save them. Mew is actually a pretty strong fighter on his own, but the Player was still worried sick about him.]]

* AdultFear:
** Imagine your child, who you've loved and cared for for ''years,'' constantly throwing themselves into dangerous areas and running away from home in the middle of the night to try and make it on their own in the big city.
** Now imagine that they've succeeded in their dreams and they're done risking their life and they've finally come home... [[spoiler:only for them to literally disappear into thin air with nary a goodbye]].

[[folder:Nuzleaf]]

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Nuzleaf remembers all the misdeeds he caused while being possessed, and so he works hard in the post-game story to give the player another chance to reunite with their departed partner.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:He, Yveltal, and the Beheeyem take this role during the Boss Fight against Dark Matter.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Pretends to be the character's [[ParentalSubstitute guardian]] in order to get them to activate the Luminous Spring so he could destroy it. Subverted in that he's not really evil, but being controlled by Dark Matter.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He's not evil, he's just [[spoiler:being controlled by Dark Matter]].
* DarkIsEvil: A Dark-type Pokémon [[spoiler:that happens to be one of the antagonists. Ultimately {{subverted|trope}}, as it turned out he was BrainwashedAndCrazy. He ultimately tries to earn forgiveness in the epilogue]].
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Being the one pulling the strings to make sure everything goes smoothly, Nuzleaf is either this to Yveltal or is one of Dark Matter's CoDragons with the former. The chain of command is unclear due to how little they interact with each other onscreen.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When he joins the player in Open Pass, as well as the player and partner when attempting to climb Revelation Mountain, there is one oddly out-of-place move in his arsenal: [[spoiler:[[ThePowerOfHate Frustration]]]].
* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler:His first act of evil onscreen is to petrify Krookodile, who seemed to be the antagonist until then.]]

* TheHeavy: [[spoiler:Even though Yveltal's presence is revealed shortly after Nuzleaf betrays The Player, and Dark Matter's is the actual BigBad, Nuzleaf is the main antagonist for most of the second half of the story.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After being released from Dark Matter's influence.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Possessed Nuzleaf certainly qualifies, as after one of the Beheeyem's psychic attacks induced amnesia on the Player, who was fighting him before that, he pretended to be a father to them, as he was leading them to destroy the Spring that only they can access.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:After the events in the storyline, Nuzleaf deeply regrets his actions and can't bother showing his face around Serene Village. He redeems himself somewhat in the epilogue, however.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Can't bring himself to show his face to the Player after what he has done.]]

* OutGambitted: [[spoiler:By Ampharos. Nuzleaf never saw his plan coming, and it was derailed quickly as a result.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Acts as the father figure to the player. [[spoiler:This turns out to be a ruse to trick the Player Character into doing what he wants.]]
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:He leaves Serene Village, never to be seen again, due to feeling shame for what he has done to the player. But he told Carracosta to let them know that [[IShallReturn they will see each other again]] somehow, somewhere.]]
** TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:At the very end of the epilogue, he and the Beheeyem kidnapped Mew to get the Player to follow them and trick them by making them think that they were going to kill the little guy. Turns out to be false, as they needed the Player to show enough resolve to deny that, so that the Partner could come back. He redeemed himself. He and the Beheeyem are now living in Serene Village, and when you talk to him, he greets you with open arms and a smile.]]
* SouthernGentleman: [[spoiler:A fake one at first, though this becomes genuine after his HeelFaceTurn.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Due to his [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy nature]].

!Villains

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Like [[spoiler:Nuzleaf and Yveltal]], they are under the control of the Dark Matter. One, however, managed to escape their control.
* DirtyCoward: The Beheeyem who breaks free definitely regrets what he did, but fears going to the Voidlands far more.
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:To Nuzleaf, who they take orders from.]]
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:The one that breaks free ends up getting turned to stone by Nuzleaf.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:They petrify Mawile, Dedenne, Buizel, and Bunnelby as they march to the Submerged Cave.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: It's implied that the Beheeyem who broke free went through this as he realized that [[spoiler:he was the one who is responsible for the Player's amnesia, causing them to be played by Nuzleaf]]. His regret is clearly voiced when he refuses to speak about it.

* TheAtoner: Fully regrets everything he has done [[spoiler:while under Dark Matter's control]]. Near the end of his Connection Orb Mission, he willingly and immediately joins the team in hopes that it will somehow compensate for his actions.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Manages to fire one final Oblivion Wing against Dark Matter in a last-resort attack.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Like [[spoiler:Nuzleaf and the Beheeyem]], he has been under a form of mind control from Dark Matter.
* TheBrute: [[spoiler:Where Nuzleaf is the brains, manipulating everyone, Yveltal is the brawn, saving the former when he was surrounded by The Player, The Partner, Archen, Suicune, and Raikou by petrifying them all at the same time, then begins a planet-wide petrification of life. In the boss fight against him, Nuzleaf, and the Beheyeem near the Tree of Life, Yveltal is the strongest by far.]]
* DarkIsEvil: A Dark-type Pokémon that happens to be one of the antagonists. [[spoiler:Ultimately {{subverted|trope}}, as it turned out he was BrainwashedAndCrazy. He becomes TheAtoner in the post-game.]]

* TheDragon: [[spoiler:To Dark Matter as its most powerful minion. Possibly CoDragons with Nuzleaf.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:He petrifies The Player, The Partner, Archen, Suicune, and Raikou at Revelation Mountain]].
* KnightOfCerebus: Even more so than Entei. [[spoiler: His initial and battle themes give a dark intense vibe.]]

** Yveltal's ability, Dark Aura, which makes Snarl and [[spoiler:Nuzleaf's]] Dark-type attacks quite a bit more painful.

[[folder:The Big Bad]]

* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: As long as there are negative emotions, [[spoiler:Dark Matter cannot truly be destroyed, unless [[DefiedTrope it is accepted as a part of everyone]]]].

* BrownNote: Dark Matter simply cannot exist [[spoiler:if negative emotions are accepted as part of everyone]].

* EldritchAbomination: Like the preceding villain, this monster isn't a Pokémon. [[spoiler:Its threat goes so far that it can turn legendary Pokémon, including '''[[PhysicalGod Arceus]]''', [[TakenForGranite into stone]]]].
* EasilyForgiven: Downplayed. [[spoiler: Mew could not forgive it for the trouble it caused in the past before the events of the game, and their emotions allow it to survive. The partner at the end of the main story doesn't forgive it, so much as they are willing to accept it since both good and bad emotions go hand in hand.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Nintendo's ''other'' [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Dark]] [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2 Matter]].
** [[spoiler:Also, Dark Matter's final form's appearance resembles the first form of Yami from ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}''.]]
* HateSink: Exploited. [[spoiler:It exists purely by ThePowerOfHate; even after its physical body is destroyed by the heroes, it merely states that their own hatred of it plus all the negative feelings in the world will allow it to reform eventually anyway, thus only delaying the inevitable. Defied utterly by the partner, who accepts Dark Matter completely as a part of all of themselves, which not only completely shocks it, but is implied to [[KilledOffForReal utterly negate its existence once and for all.]]]]

* HurlItIntoTheSun: [[spoiler:It plans to detach the Tree of Life by draining its energy, forcing the Tree, followed by the planet, to self-destruct in the sun.]]
* IDontWantToDie: [[spoiler:Screams this as part of their WoundedGazelleGambit.]]

* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:While Yveltal is initially considered to be the BigBad and Nuzleaf TheHeavy, both are under Dark Matter's control and work for it.]]

* OutsideContextProblem: Not only is Dark Matter not even close to being a Pokémon, but to put it in simple terms, its existence is completely unknown until the last third of the main story. Up to that point, the player character and their partner know that [[spoiler:Nuzleaf can petrify Pokemon and is in cahoots with Yveltal, who can do the same on a larger scale, but it takes a trip to the voidlands to even consider the possibility of there being something controlling them]].
* PeacefulInDeath: [[spoiler:When the player character's partner says that they accept negativity as a part of who they are before smashing Dark Matter's core to bits, Dark Matter can be seen saying "thank you" [[FreezeFrameBonus through the burst of white light]].]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To [[spoiler:the Bittercold from ''Gates of Infinity'', being a non-Pokémon entity that serves as the FinalBoss and BigBad of the game]].
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: When you think Pokémon, apparently the first thing to come to mind is an EldritchAbomination responsible for ([[TakenForGranite functionally]]) killing gods and turning your foster dad into a serial murderer.

[[folder:SPOILER CHARACTER]]

* AmbiguousGender: Subverted despite Jirachi being a genderless Pokémon in the mainline games this Jirachi is specifically stated to be Male

* AmbigiousGender: Subverted despite Jirachi being a genderless Pokémon in the mainline games this Jirachi is specifically stated to be Male

* ButtMonkey: Gets picked on a lot by Pancham and Shellder.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sometimes he doesn't know what he's talking about. When the schoolkids argue about whether The Player is saying the truth about being a human, Simipour interrupts and encourages them to look at the situation from another point of view, and that The Player may be right on what it's saying. Or it could be because he didn't hear what The Player said.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[spoiler:When the partner leaves the Pokémon world, they say that “this wasn’t supposed to happen,” referencing how it is the player who leaves in all the other games, not the partner.]]

* MeaningfulTitle: Refers to himself as "The Dashing Wanderer" due to his AgentPeacock style. The "Wanderer" part is especially and ironically due to having...
* NoSenseOfDirection: The dude's so bad [[EstablishingCharacterMoment that he walks into buildings while trying to walk a straight path]], and actually getting to the location he's trying to reach is called nothing less than a miracle by Dedene. According to her, he's not supposed to go ''anywhere'' by himself.

* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:Espurr seemingly betrays you to save her own skin from Nuzleaf, which may make the player angry at having trusted Espurr. Actually, Espurr only joined Nuzleaf so she could communicate Nuzleaf's movements to Ampharos and Jirachi, while making Nuzleaf think she's giving him information on Ampharos; Espurr is still genuinely on your side.]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:When she is the only one remaining when her Village gets turned into stone.]]

* EmotionlessGirl: Appears to be this way at first, especially given Espurr's character portraits and dialogue. Some situations tend to subver this, however.

* HeartwarmingOrphan: Unlike the other kids in the village, she lives by herself. It's implied that she lacks any parental figures as we don't know if they are alive or not.