History Characters / TwitchPlaysPokemonBlack

* EatTheDog: Enormously downplayed and played for laughs, since he gets most of his substenance by sucking blood from Zecoro. Sparky is tiny anyways so the zebra doesn't mind that much.

* EatTheDog: One interpretation has this as his final fate, at the hands of Jimmy himself, who was religiously following the Voices' commands to do so.
* [[HistoryRepeats History Repeats]]: Haven't we seen Twitch [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonRed release]] [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonEmerald fire-type]] starters [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonPlatinum before]]?

* TheTeam
** TheLeader: Nonon - the sole survivor of Massacre Monday giving her seniority over the new recruits. Also the [[TheChosenOne Will of Water's]] [=SURFer=].
** TheLancer: Zecoro - its dark appearance and electric typing make it a spiritual successor to AA-j from red. Also one of the most reliable carries. [[spoiler: His reliability takes a heavy hit by the revisit, and more or less drops to the weakest team member, mainly due to his rather lackluster moveset, combat frailty and his stats falling behind his now fully evolved teammates, effectively making him TheHeart]]
** TheBigGuy: Dru - the resident STRENGTH user. Recruited since he's a fairly powerful dragon that doesn't need to evolve.
** TheHeart: 5 - was underleveled for most of the run but helped with some clutch victories with support moves like Leech Seed. Also has the most docile appearance. [[spoiler: 5 becomes closer to TheLancer in the revisit as she evolves, lowers her cuteness factor, gets a much more powerful moveset and her threat level becomes second only to Nonon herself.]]
** TeamPet: Sparky - always seen latching onto Zecoro. [[spoiler: By the revisit, he is more akin to TheSmartGuy, having a very unique physical moveset for an otherwise special attack sweeper and holding a typing and moves key to defeat several important opponents.]]
** TheGenericGuy: Bird Matt - previously a part of a ThoseTwoGuys duo with Bird Pat until the latter was deposited. Now he's on his own.

* BlackSheep: To the fandom. Widely considered the weakest and most pathetic host overall, to the point he didn't even manage to beat the Pokemon League and failed to become the champion and having downright shit popularity. On that last point he manages to make a huge comeback due to several fanworks exploring in deep his character traits and his rather tragic history. [[spoiler: And in terms of power, for the revisit he manages to grow his team into a genuinely powerful one and finally defeats Alder.]]

* CloningBlues: Averted. She is the fifth on a cloning line, but has no issue with it.

!!~☀☀☀ the Joltik (''Sparky'' ([[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Sparker, The Spodermon]])

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Heavily downplayed. While she is perfectly capable in combat and a key member in most mayor fights, her limited moveset and low stats puts her below the likes of [[TheHeavy Dru]] and [[TheAce Zecoro]]. [[spoiler: Completely and utterly played straight in the revisit when she fully evolves and thanks to her typing giving her almost no weakness and improving her moveset she manages to powerlevel against the Pokemon League to become nearly unstoppable and the keystone of the team.]]

* ProGaming: He was a superb, if casual, gamer on his own right before he became a Host, and after his journey with the Voices was over, he used his newfound confidence and experience to become far more active in the pro scene, eventually becoming a Staryucraft world champion!

* ShipTease: With N. While ''Black'' bn itself already has plenty, particularly the Ferris Wheel which is almost a date, however, Jimmy lost several fights with N, causing him to do these cutscenes over and over again. One interpretation is that he was losing on purpose to spend more time with him.

** TheLancer: Zecoro - its dark appearance and electric typing make it a spiritual successor to AA-j from red. Also one of the most reliable carries. [[spoiler: His reliability takes a heavy hit by the revisit, and more or less drops to the weakest team member, mainly due to his rather lackluster moveset, combat frailty and his stats falling behind his now fully evolved teammates, effectively making him... TheChick.]]

** TheChick: 5 - was underleveled for most of the run but helped with some clutch victories with support moves like Leech Seed. Also has the most docile appearance. [[spoiler: 5 becomes closer to TheLancer in the revisit as she evolves, lowers her cuteness factor, gets a much more powerful moveset and her threat level becomes second only to Nonon herself.]]

* TheChick: [[spoiler: Basically relegated to this role in the revisit.]]

* [[invoked]]NamesTheSame: to the Vibrava of [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonHeartGold Twitch Plays Pokémon HeartGold]].

* MsFanservice: A combination of ShesGotLegs and her outfit made her a fan favorite to a faction of the mob pre-game.