History DarthWiki / PokemonPixel

* EverybodyDiesEnding: [[spoiler:”Silver’s Nightmare”. First, Silver discovers that the entirety of Viridian City has been massacred in the underground complex that used to be one of his homes. When he finally reaches Sakaki’s old office, he sees the beheaded corpses of Green, Tobi (his Pidgeot), and most importantly to him, Kris, Basil, Kotone, and Marie, at the center of the room a crazed version of his father and a terrified Hibiki and Hinotato; then he witnesses Hinotaro get murdered, then Hibiki, then Mewtwo turns on Sakaki, before finally coming for him. However, this is averted in the alternate route, where Mewtwo spares him. It’s all a dream anyway, though]].

** Lappie, Red’s Lapras is less a serene and graceful beast of the sea and more a hotheaded BoisterousBruiser who loves battle.

** Brought specific attention to and becomes a DiscussedTrope with [[BloodKnight Merry]], a Mareep who grew tired of her life in a flock with timid Mareep, and ran away from home; when she sees Hibiki, she immediately initiates a battle with intent of being captured. Having a similar backstory to her is Cinnamon, a Buneary with an Adamant Nature, though he apparently was thrown out of his warren because his HotBlooded, competitive personality became considered a liability instead of leaving of his own accord like Merry. When Hikari encounters him, he had been searching for a trainer like her he could travel and battle with.

** Rennard [[SourSupporter is an incredible grouch for a Lucario]], who are mostly portrayed as heroic.

* BoisterousBruiser: Nishiki the Gyarados, once he calms down from his rage, is this. He’s every bit as cheery as Riki is.

** Hinotaro and Merry. The latter is incredibly brave and HotBlooded, serving as a bit of a role model to Hinotaro. Bui, the Eevee/Umbreon, also provides contrast with his lax and laid-back nature to Hinotaro’s nervousness.

* IdiotHero: Hibiki. His M.O. is getting by on sheer [[{{Determinator}} determination]] and when he first hits a fight where he has to be strategic in the form and of Akane he struggles. It’s from this battle onwards he starts to be more strategic, but he can still be rather BookDumb.
* {{Imprinting}}: Spike, Hibiki’s newly hatched Togepi, imprints on Hinotaro. Though despite seeing Hinotaro as his parent, he’s the protective half, not Hinotaro, due to Spike’s naturally protective personality and seeing his “parent” as vulnerable.
* LovableCoward: Hinotaro, Hibiki’s Cyndaquil/Quilava/Typhlosion, is a pretty big coward; he tries to get out of intimidating battles by pretending to be sick, and he was even spooked by a Rattata. However, he is inspired by Hibiki’s optimism, energy, and resolve and starts making an effort to change that. By the time he’s a Typhlosion, he still is a bit of a wuss, but is easily able to overcome it.

* BoisterousBruiser: Yuuki can have an attitude that resembles this, with the author summing up his personality as “Someone who would wield an axe in a JRPG”; however, in terms of looks he’s a normal 12-year-old boy. This machismo is in great contrast to many other portrayals, most notably Ruby of Manga/PokemonAdventures, which often portray him as a coordinator who may have CampStraight inclinations (though he does participate in contests... in the “Tough” category).
* GratuitousEnglish: In-universe, while the fic is in English, Skipper and Ripper’s names. Because Galarian sounds cool.
* HotBlooded: Skipper, Yuuki’s Treecko, despite what his species would indicate.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Yuuki is definitely the manly man to Mitsuru’s sensitive guy; the former is a rough-and-tumble, brash, and cocky kid, while the latter is a somewhat sheltered, shy, and initially insecure one.

* PaedoHunt: As for the most part characterizations are closer to how they were in ORAS, Kagari is still a scientist with dubious sanity... and it’s also made clear that she is very attracted to Yuuki, a 12-year-old boy. Sexually attracted. And while Kagari looks pretty young, she’s probably well past 18. However, this is treated as something {{Squick}}y and horrifying, and the fact she is completely oblivious to her feelings being wrong only furthers the point of how detached from reality she is. Yuuki eventually catches on and is understandably creeped out, as avoiding predators is apparently taught in Trainer’s School.

* ContraltoOfDanger: Silver has one lowest voices in the preteen age range, if not the lowest, or at least second only to Yuuki (who is “played by” a high-ranged male UTAU), being “played by” Kohaku Merry. It’s especially lower compared to Hibiki’s more high-pitched voice.

* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: The author is a native Japanese speaker, and thus comes up with names for Pokémon that a native Japanese speaker would naturally come ip with. She apparently struggled way more with the French and Spanish names of Kalos and Paldea.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Red, according to WordOfGod, “is written like someone with Asperger’s”, though whether he actually is isn’t stated. However, he indeed seems like a textbook case; his social skills are somewhat lacking, he can be [[BrutalHonesty really blunt]], he fidgets with things, [[CharacterTic especially his hat]] or favorite plushie Nyoro if he has it on hand, needs to have at least one red article of clothing on his person at all times, is sensitive to gooey textures and gross things to the point that [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes he almost shuts down when faced with a Grimer or Muk]] (Pending), and is extremely fixated on Pokemon and Pokemon battles to the point he manages to fanboy over them and his in particular on an equal level with the PokéManiac for two whole hours [[spoiler:and he falls into a deep depression when he runs himself into the ground with it]]. This is apparently due to the fact that Creator/SatoshiTajiri was rumored to have the condition, as does the author.
* BigEater: Dekapon, Red's Snorlax, is obviously one.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Mizuki “may or may not have ADHD", according to the author. Her strange behavior and at times lack of consideration of boundaries may indicate it, or she may also be on the Autism spectrum like Red is.

* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Many, in fact most Pokemon act exactly how you’d expect a member of their species to. But many (read: a good portion of the main cast party members) aren’t necessarily, and some outright subvert it. HilarityEnsues. According to WordOfGod, this is because she essentially decides Pokémon characterization on almost all protagonist teams with what is basically a convoluted, overcomplicated mental semi-random generator; though she also apparently sometimes deliberately favors personalities that would result in this “If feasible”. This may also happen because Pokemon as the author writes them don't have major personality changes like the Dex implies, at least not as major.

** “Silver’s Nightmare”, where Silver meets a twisted, crazed, murderous version of his father who uses Mewtwo to, well, murder people, based on ''Pokémon Tarnished Gold''. This one serves as a bit of a HeartwarmingMoment however, as Silver is genuinely upset about his Pokémon dying and tries to protect Hibiki in his nightmare, and after Silver wakes up screaming, the first thing he does is hug Jin and then he calls Hibiki, Kris, and Kotone, bursting into tears when Hibiki picks up.

* {{Imprinting}}: Much like how Spike imprints on Hinotaro, Luka, Hikari’s Lucario, imprints on Mint, who is very eager to take on a motherly role. Though Luka isn’t very affectionate, they’re very close; Mint usually comes out of her ball to congratulate Luka after a battle, and they often spend their downtime together.

* HotBlooded:

** Salle’s crush on Kalem.

** Torch, Kalem's Charmander, is only barely less a lazy bum when he evolves into Charmeleon.

* GratuitousEnglish: Because Kalem comes from Unova, he names some of his Pokémon English names.
* GratuitousFrench: Everywhere, from the Pokemon nicknames (e.g. “Scarlette”, “Macaron”, “Charlotte”) to the dialogue. Though in-universe, the French is the default language.

* HotBlooded: Both the girls in Kalem’s team are this:
** Following in the footsteps of Merry, Skipper, and Cinnamon, Scarlette the Fletchling is a rather short-tempered hothead who loves battle.
** Norle, a rather passionate Honedge who sees Kalem and his team as her fellow brothers (and sister) in arms and has a strong sense of honor. She can also speak telepathically, and speaks in dramatic YeOldeButcheredEnglish (and also says “Sacré Bleu!”, a very outdated expression), enhancing the effect. (Pending on whether she can speak)

** Scarlette (Kalem’s Fletchling) wing-glomping Kalem and flirting with both him and other bird Pokémon.
** Torch being mid-nap upon exiting his Pokéball.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Mizuki “may or may not have ADHD", according to the author. Her strange behavior and at times lack of consideration of boundaries may indicate it, or she may also be on the Autism spectrum like Red is, though with her it appears less detrimental.

* HotBlooded: Following in the footsteps of Merry, Skipper, and Cinnamon, Scarlette the Fletchling is a rather short-tempered hothead who loves battle.
** Also Norle, a rather passionate Honedge who sees Kalem and his team as her fellow brothers (and sister) in arms and has a strong sense of honor. She can also speak telepathically, and speaks in dramatic YeOldeButcheredEnglish (and also says “Sacré Bleu!”, a very outdated expression), enhancing the effect. (Pending on whether she can speak)

* HotBlooded: Yuuki and, despite his looks, Skipper (his Treeko/Grovyle/Sceptile) both. Skipper somehow more so.

* DevelopmentGag: Crosses with MythologyGag; the author loves to include nods to early concept art in art of the characters when they were younger (I.e. Red is shown at age 9 in a minimally changed version of his Capumon design, Leaf at that age is shown with darker brown hair, her black minidress, and white gloves, with her hair still having darker brown tips at the start of the story, Hibiki at age 8 is wearing a purple hoodie of a similar shade to the male character on the cover of the Gold and Silver announcement pamphlet, Kris’s pigtails are hanging down instead of defying gravity and she’s wearing a white collared shirt and pleated skirt) or even occasionally newly hatched Pokemon like Vulpex. Other details from the early stages of development may be added as well, such as Hibiki having a skateboard, or Red’s Rhydon plushie being the first one he got.

* MythologyGag: As mentioned, Yo is partially based off of the boy from the Sun and Moon trailers. His and Hau’s dynamic is based around that of the boy and his new friend, and Hau even names his Popplio Hoku, just like the boy’s new friend in the trailers.

** Mizuki laying in people’s beds to apparently sense their mental state. Though it’s used seriously when she lays in [[spoiler:Lusamine’s during their storming of Aether HQ.]]

* SupremeChef: Yo has extremely good cooking skills for his age. Of course, he passes the Grass Trial with flying colors.

** Lappie as well.

** Red, very eager to use his new Pikachu, tries to battle Takeshi with Yellow, just like how Ash battled Brock with Pikachu in the anime. Yellow promptly gets his butt kicked, and is very disappointed in Red.

* ThePrankster: Downplayed, but Hibiki is as mischievous as Leaf and then some; he likes pulling jokes on his friends and Pokémon, (e.g. waking Hinotaro up by yelling “Boo!” (And getting almost burnt for his efforts), being the one to cook for once only to put spicy Figy sauce in Kotone’s plate, hiding Kris’ cap before she wakes up, etc). This has apparently made him surprisingly sneaky and it’s why he’s deemed the best one of three to infiltrate Team Rocket (unfortunately Silver blows his cover).

* {{Foil}}: Jun and his Turtwig Futaba. Futaba, being a turtle, is slow, even if cheerful, and sometimes can't keep up with Jun. Being a kind, even if immature trainer, Jun tries doing good by his starter and tries becoming patient for him. In turn, Futaba tries to be quicker for his trainer.

* TakeThat: In Pokémon Tower, Red, already on edge due to the creepy atmosphere, notices Green only has five Pokéballs on his belt, and asks if one of them died. Green is amused by this and says that he released Ratticate because it was weak and he got bored with it, basically calling Red a scaredy-cat and making fun of him for the stupid idea. This is of course a reference to the fan theory that Green’s Ratticate died after it’s defeat on the S.S. Anne, a theory the author openly dislikes.

** Bui, Hibiki’s Umbreon, has a strong sense of justice for a dark type. However, this has been the case since he was an Eevee.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: It doesn’t quite do the trick completely, but Hibiki telling Silver “What’s the point, man? If Pokémon are just tools to ya, if you don’t form connections to them; what’s the point, man? How does that make you strong? That just makes ya a kid orderin’ them around. What’s the point if you don’t share their feelings an’ their accomplishments? That doesn’t sound cool or strong to me.” sticks with him and is probably why Wataru’s words are able to ultimately get to him.

** Hinotaro and Bui, as well as Merry. The latter two are incredibly brave and HotBlooded, and sometimes burst out of their Poké Balls to give him implied pep talks, and Bui especially serves as a bit of a role model.

** Sharing this with his trainer is Bui, his Eevee/Umbreon. He has a strong sense of justice like his trainer despite being a dark type, and doesn’t stand for Silver’s attitude towards his Pokémon.
** Also Merry, his Mareep/Flaafy/Ampharos. She ran off from her flock because she wanted to seek out a life of battle, and when she found Hibiki she pretty much jumped at the call. She’s great friends with Bui because of their somewhat similar personalities.

** Quill, as a Cyndaquil, is, as Hibiki says himself, a "wuss". This is in line with his species Pokedex entry. However, he doesn't exactly stop being a wuss upon evolution either, and is still a bit of a CowardlyLion by the end. Hibiki doesn't really mind by then though, saying that that's just how Quill is.
** Silver’s Totodile, Sneazel, and Zubat (or the forms they evolve into; later named Jin, Kama, and Kouta respectively) are absurdly patient considering they have to put up with an abusive child for a trainer. Or at least for Totodile, he may just be a doormat like Quill, just more StepfordSmiler than obvious coward, as he put up with the abuse from day one and gets the worst of it, and he appears to be the one who tries to diffuse conflicts and dissuades the other three from doing anything terrible to Silver. Sneazel also is absurdly calm for a Pokémon said to perform slash-and-runs for the hell of it. Or really, Team Silver appears to be very patient in general for being made up of species said to be capable of some very nasty cruelty.

** Brought specific attention to and becomes a DiscussedTrope with [[BloodKnight Cinnamon]], a Buneary with a Brave Nature who apparently was thrown out of his warren because his HotBlooded, competitive personality became considered a liability. When Hikari encounters him, he had been searching for a trainer like her he could travel and battle with. It’s heavily implied that this sort of thing isn’t uncommon for members of more timid herd species, especially Eternia Buneary like Cinnamon, or even that these sort of Pokémon are the ones trainers often encounter. While he initially doesn't completely trust Hikari like how all Buneary start with Zero Friendship, this is more because he wants her to prove herself to him.
** Buibui, Hibiki’s Umbreon, has a strong sense of justice for a dark type. However, this has been the case since he was an Eevee.

%%** Wes' Umbreon Moonshine has a strong sense of justice for a dark type. He's more likely to agree with Rui when compelling Wes to do the right thing, and especially initially is way more convincing for Wes because he trusts Moonshine more. This has apparently been a thing since they were Eevee, however.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: It doesn’t quite do the trick completely, but Hibiki telling Silver “What’s the point, man? If Pokémon are just tools to ya, if ya don’t form connections to them; what’s the point, man? How does that make ya strong? That just makes ya a kid orderin’ them around. What’s the point if ya don’t share their feelings an’ their accomplishments? That doesn’t sound cool or strong to me.” sticks with him and is probably why Wataru’s words are able to ultimately get to him.

* EverybodyDiesEnding: [[spoiler:”Silver’s Nightmare”. First, Silver discovers that the entirety of Viridian City has been massacred in the underground complex that used to be one of his homes. When he finally reaches Sakaki’s old office, he sees the beheaded corpses of Green, Tobi (his Pidgeot), and most importantly to him, Kris, Basil, Kotone, and Marie, at the center of the room a crazed version of his father and a terrified Hibiki and Quill; then he witnesses Quill get murdered, then Hibiki, then Mewtwo turns on Sakaki, before finally coming for him. However, this is averted in the alternate route, where Mewtwo spares him. It’s all a dream anyway, though]].

** Hibiki and Quill as well. Hibiki is a cocky, HotBlooded, insanely determined kid who rushes into danger, Quill is a LovableCoward.

** Sharing this with his trainer is Buibui, his Eevee/Umbreon. He has a strong sense of justice like his trainer despite being a dark type, and doesn’t stand for Silver’s attitude towards his Pokémon.

* LovableCoward: Quill, Hibiki’s Cyndaquil/Quilava/Typhlosion, is a pretty big coward; he tries to get out of intimidating battles by pretending to be sick, and he was even spooked by a Rattata. However, he is inspired by Hibiki’s optimism, energy, and resolve and starts making an effort to change that. By the time he’s a Typhlosion, he still is a bit of a wuss, but is easily able to overcome it.
* ThePrankster: Downplayed, but Hibiki is as mischievous as Leaf and then some; he likes pulling jokes on his friends and Pokémon, (e.g. waking Quill up by yelling “Boo!” (And getting almost burnt for his efforts), being the one to cook for once only to put spicy Figy sauce in Kotone’s plate, hiding Kris’ cap before she wakes up, etc). This has apparently made him surprisingly sneaky and it’s why he’s deemed the best one of three to infiltrate Team Rocket (unfortunately Silver blows his cover).

* PutOnABus: Tacchii, Hibiki’s Furret, gets homesick, and after a while of her normally cheerful mood deteriorating Hibiki makes the difficult decision to release her.

** Red can have his moments as well.

* EmbarrassingNickname: Mizuki takes to calling Gladion “Edgelord”, which usually provokes a very, very frustrated reaction from him.

* {{Foil}}: Lillie serves as this to Mizuki and vice-versa; while Mizuki is tomboyish, rough, airheaded, carefree, optimistic, and cheerful, brimming with childhood innocence, Lillie is shy, withdrawn, delicate, [[spoiler:and an abused child who was forced to leave childhood behind. As the story progresses, Mizuki helps her regain the confidence and innocence she has lost]]. That also ties into the fact that in contrast to the other three, [[spoiler:Mizuki and Yo have a loving parent/good relationship with them. Both Lillie and Gladion had their childhood stolen from them, and had an abusive mother who they were forced to watch slowly grow mad, their father’s whereabouts unknown. Hau, meanwhile, doesn’t even know where his parents are, them having apparently just abandoned their claim to the Island Master name and him, and while Hala isn’t a bad grandparent there’s still the sense that the poor boy feels like he’s in his grandfather’s shadow. But Mizuki’s mother is clearly loving and nurturing, even towards Yo, who isn’t even her own child, [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents even if she can embarrass him at times]]. And it’s shown that Yo’s own parents, while they aren’t able to be there for him that often, also clearly love and care for him, giving him video calls regularly. With the Aether siblings in particular, there’s the aforementioned childhood innocence Mizuki and Yo had where Gladion and Lillie didn’t. These become very apparent when Lillie on Eggsecutor Island comments to Yo how she sort of envies them, and when Gladion wistfully tells them to treasure what they have.]]

* HatesBeingAlone: Despite being rather stubborn at times, Penchan, Hikari's Piplup, loves his trainer to the point of overprotectiveness and when he seemingly gets separated from her in the Distortion World (in reality she's just standing above him) he basically panics (name, starter choice, personality, and scenario all pending).

** Penchan has his moments as well. He loves battle as much as Cinnamon and loves new challenges, often wanting to take on more than he can chew.

* CivilizedAnimal: Pokemon are usually depicted as somewhere between this and halfway to FunnyAnimal, where they are depending on the individual and species. They’re still animalistic, with animalistic instincts and many animalistic concerns, but possess enough intelligence to consent to battling, have concept of the self, have morality, make out how to communicate with each other, have protocol for being captured or if one of their own is captured, and as shown with some, have some type of culture. Plus, many starter Pokemon, despite apparently usually being pretty young, can basically act as their trainers’ parents when needed as well (especially Venio). However, some species, such as most legendaries and psychic Pokemon, are as intelligent as if not smarter than the average human.

* LocalizedNameInANonLocalizedSetting: As mentioned in FantasyCounterpartCulture, Averted, not just for the characters, but for many other things. One of the only exceptions, as also mentioned, is the Pokémon species names. But even this is heavily implied to only be the case in prose, because it isn’t uncommon for characters to name their Pokémon using parts of their “native” species name (e.g. “Fusshii” (Fushigidane), “Zeni” (Zenigame), Tacchii (Ootachi)…).

** Downplayed with Venio, Red’s Bulbasaur and later Venausaur; while nothing says that the line is lazy or slow, one wouldn’t expect a line whose Pokédex entries often speak about it sunbathing to be described as “has a very active mind and gets bored easily and even irritable if left with nothing to stimulate it”.

* TheLeader: While Red is of course the leader of his Pokémon, Fusshii, Red’s Bulbasaur/Ivysaur/Venusaur, takes on the role of Team Red’s responsible leader and TeamDad often, even sometimes being more competent than Red initially, and often more emotionally mature. This is much like Ash’s Bulbasaur from the anime, though this was apparently unintentional.

** Red’s Venasaur’s name is Fusshi, the same as his counterpart from the Japanese version of Manga/PokemonAdventures. Though the author states this was only because she couldn’t come up with a better name for him.
** In Shion Town, in a bit of a BigLippedAlligatorMoment, Red has a nightmare about what could possibly be at the top of Pokémon Tower. He dreams of battling a skeletal, gaunt, pale zombie with a Gengar and Muk before it lunges at him. His Pokémon lose and are unable to protect him, and the last thing it says as it grabs a crying Red, hand around his throat and about to eat him, Yellow and Venio at zero HP and hopelessly watching, is “Finally, fresh meat...”. Cue Red waking up and screaming to an extremely concerned Leaf and team of Pokémon. This is an obvious reference to the Buried Alive Creepypasta, as according to the author, “man-eating zombie” seemed like the exact type of thing a scared preteen boy constantly in a town assaulted by bad vibes would think of. There’s also this possible TakeThat:

* NiceGuy: Unlike Ash’s Pikachu or his counterpart in Manga/PokemonAdventures, Yellow’s primary trait seems to be this from the start; he’s cheerful and perky, even friendly with Fusshii and Suzu, and he doesn’t dislike Red, his initial attitude around Red is born more out of concern for his tribe back home and homesickness. His arc with Red is coming to see being with Red as home.
* ObliviousToLove: Or more, oblivious to his own feelings; Red has no idea what it is that he feels for Kasumi when he meets her, expressing frustration as he stumbles over his own words, though he’s able to straighten himself up enough to battle. Leaf intentionally acts oblivious to it because she thinks it’s funny, and Red remains oblivious, wondering what just happened. This contrasts him with Green, who is very aware about his feelings for Leaf. [[spoiler:It turns out that Kasumi thinks he’s cute as well, though she’s way more aware of her feelings.]]

* {{Protectorate}}: While it’s common for Pokemon to see their trainers like this, Fusshii, Red’s Bulbasaur/Ivysaur/Venasaur, takes his responsibility towards Red very seriously. Apparently his personality was based off of herding dogs like German Shepherds, Sheepdogs, and Collies, as such it’s to be expected. He’s also the TeamDad to the rest of the party, despite being apparently not much older than Red himself mentally.