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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Cinnamon, while social with other Pokémon and more HotBlooded than typical examples, has shades of this initially. He loves battle and sees Hikari as nothing but a ticket to battle and adventure, not caring much for Hikari herself.

* {{Determinator}}: Hikari, as shared by her starter Pokémon Penchan. Well more Hikari evolves to have an indomitable will over the course of their journey (pending), learning after Penchan and her many trials. (pending) It's no wonder [[spoiler:Azelf chooses her]]. (plot point pending)

* BigEater: Hilda, and even more so her Tepig Bucky (name pending), being a pig. His brother, Bianca’s Tepig (name Pending), however, doesn’t seem to be as much of one.

* {{Manchild}}: While not to the extent of how many fans portrayed him, N’s childish nature has a bit more space to shine, and Hilbert and Hilda having dialogue makes them able to point out his odd behavior too (e.g. He genuinely doesn’t understand why Hilda seemed uncomfortable and ready to sock him in the face at any moment when he pulled her into the Ferris wheel to confess his association with Team Plasma, or why she reacts with “...Oh thank hell it wasn’t- [[BigWhat YOU’RE WHAT?!]]”, and Hilbert notes how he feels like he’s talking to a child). His "purity" was enforced in him growing up, and he appears to fail to comprehend ([[SymbolSwearing implied]]) swear words or a crass comment from Hilda, and in a gaiden he asks a passerby man what a couple of drunks are doing in Castelia City, to the man's confusion, apparently having no idea what even drunkenness is. [[spoiler:He’s also described to be crying, his shoulders shaking and quivering, helpless-looking like a young child, as Ghethis yells at and berates him, the sight of which makes the Hil twins’ rage at Ghethis grow out of some kind of [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Brother/Sister Instinct]]]].

** Bucky (name Pending, Hilda’s Tepig) being distracted by food. (Pending)

** Some of Rosa's favorite shows are a show from Kanto called ''[[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Sylveon]]'' (the inspiration for her hair, the difference appearing to be that the Sailor Scouts transform into MagicalGirl forms based on Eeveelutions) and ''"[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Eevee: Friendship Is Magic]]"'' (previously Bianca also says she's a fan, saying that one of the characters, Bolting Blitzie, presumably the counterpart of Rainbow Dash, reminds her of Hilda, and Nate initially makes fun of Rosa for it (and Rosa insists that "It's much cooler than it looks!") but eventually admits he likes as well when the duo are stuck in a storm and she makes him watch it together. The release date of [=B2W2=], 2012, was also around the peak of the Brony craze). Though "Skitty Punch!", "Princess Cleira of the Moon Kingdom" (more Kanto cartoons, i.e. basically anime), "Mrs. Galvantula and Mrs. Palpitoad", "Pikablu Adventures" (weekly cartoons the BW quartret [=B2W2=] trio used to watch respectively), or "Sparky the Emolga" (a mascot platformer video game franchise) seem to have no particular inspiration outside of vague genre.

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** While, in true New York fashion, all protagonists and rivals and some Pokemon show some fondness for it, Hilda, Nate, and Hugh are especially noticeably fond of pizza.

* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod is that Kalem is a bit of a flirty expy of VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog, or at least he started that way.

* DramaticIrony: Used for horror in one chapter where the duo are on Route 7, the chapter introducing Salandit. Mizuki runs into a field and Yo follows her... [[OhCrap Not noticing the “Warning! Salandit breeding season! DO NOT ENTER!” signs.]] As they’re preparing lunch the duo start smelling something sweet, which Yo seems particularly fascinated by, and he starts feeling “feverish” and “funny”, becoming increasingly flustered and insisting that he be left alone, and Litto and Rowley start acting strange as well, the former acting “itchy” and irritable, and Rowley seemingly confused, and the comedic tone of the scene is undermined as the audience is made to come to the uncomfortable realization that they’re slowly being poisoned by a female Salandit's (heavily implied to be aphrodisiac) pheromones. Made worse by how Yo has no real idea what’s happening to him and Mizuki is barely better, as Mizuki innocently complains about not having lunch before prodding him about if he’s met a girl he likes (the conversation turning to Lillie in one of Yo and Lillie’s earliest ShipTease moments, along with later as he hallucinates Lillie’s voice as he tries to rest his “fever” off, and as he is being lured to Salandit) and eventually getting a bit worried wondering if he’s actually sick until he demands to be alone, shutting himself into his tent. They send their Pokémon back in, but Mizuki’s Mudbray (Pending, name undecided) seems unaffected. As Mizuki and Mudbray go on a walk Yo finally remembers what he read about Salandit’s pheromones, but it’s too late; by the time Mizuki returns he’s gone, and she searches for him, only to find him controlled by a local female Salandit, and description of Yo is suspiciously sparse, but after Mizuki rescues him he seems to have come to some kind of realization and is horrified that his cousin had to see him in that state, insisting to Mizuki that she never speak about what happened again, to her confusion. (Pending; not only is Salandit probably introduced elsewhere, but it’s easy for a story like this to become more creepy than it needs to be).

* LittleBitBeastly: In the [[OnceASeason recurring]] “Main character dreams of their team as gijinkas” episodes that happen every arc, the Pokémon are portrayed like this, with them looking like humans with Pokémon ears and tails.

** Most of the Eeveelutions are male... even Kalem’s, Macaron, who evolves into Sylveon. In his appearance in FanFic/AWildBadficAppearedCommentaries, he in fact acts quite confused that others mistake him for a female.
** Cinnamon, Hikari’s Buneary/Lopunny, is male.

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Sundance and Moonshine (names Pending) wear white and green (later pink, given to him by Rui) neckerchiefs respectively.

* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: In “The Curse of Being Champion”, it’s revealed that Leon’s idol was Red, and the boy was great inspiration to a young 4 year old Leon. As an adult, finding being champion to be increasingly unfulfilling, he one day finds Red’s autobiography at a book store; upon reading it, he realizes that he has indeed become his idol in more ways than one. That he’s at his “Mt. Shirogane” stage or close to it. He finds comfort in the fact that his idol experienced the same, however.

** Galar, under his gentlemanly persona, is a consummate, passionate battler and very competitive.

!!Tropes in the [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield arc]] include:

* ShoutOut: All the starter names are real world references; Beck's name is obviously a reference to David Beckham, and Victor's Grookey, Ringo, is obviously named after Creator/RingoStarr, and Ian the Sobble is named after Creator/IanFleming. Meanwhile, Beck's "Pokemon name" that Ian and Ringo call him is [[Literature/PeterRabbit Peter]].

* IdiotHero: Red isn’t exactly an idiot; he’s very smart for his age. But because he didn’t go through Trainer’s School due to the professor giving his card to him directly, despite knowing the names and typing of all Kanto Pokémon, he is initially ignorant of things like type advantages and disadvantages beyond the fire-grass-water triangle and weakening Pokémon before capturing them. This is apparently because Red is partially meant as a stand-in for players who played the original games in 1996, much like the Red of Anime/PokemonOrigins, with artistic license on him memorizing all the Pokémon because that’s what his character would do. He doesn’t stay like this for long, however.
* {{Keet}}: Yellow the Pikachu, especially after he gets over his homesickness. He has a tradition of cheerfully waking everyone up by running around camp and crying “Pika pi!” and is said to walk with a bounce in his step.

* 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 Tanetane 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.

** 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. Takeshi even asks “Are you sure?” after Red sends out Yellow.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Red is the type of kid to take on Team Rocket, and loves all Pokémon… But the mere sight of a Grimer or Muk makes his sensory issues act up and overwhelms him. Apparently, even natto makes his skin crawl, so a sludge monster is of course incredibly stressful to be around. This obviously becomes an issue when battling Koga, and Koga even gives him the option of not battling his ace, but Red manages to pull through, and once he’s able to get back into Battle Mode he’s able to shut off the unnecessary stimulation.
* WrongGenreSavvy: This arc being based on the game with the most straightfoward plot in the series, Green, in his immaturity, essentially spends his journey [=LARPing=] as a shonen protagonist, with Red as his StockShonenRival despite Red not fitting the bill at all, and Leaf as his love interest despite her showing no interest in him at all. He is indeed in a shonen inspired story, based on a franchise whose adaptations are almost universally for the shonen demographic. Unfortunately, Red is the real protagonist of this tale, because Green lacks the compassion, kindness, bravery, or heroism that a shonen hero should have.

** Following in the footsteps of Merry, Skipper, and Cinnamon, Salle the Charmander is a rather short-tempered hothead who loves battle.

* DramaticIrony: One chapter of “Daisuke and Miki” features Red’s perspective as [[spoiler:he sees Daisuke returning home after summoning Missingno., about to murder Ryousuke]]. He doesn’t suspect a thing.

* NationsAsPeople: Once again, Hetalia. Though they’re regions, but are basically nations. The mini-series is used to explain Pikupro’s worldbuilding in easily digestible format.

* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Not exactly, unlike Hetalia. Kanto and the World is a bit more equal with its gender ratio than Hetalia, with 5 out of its 11 named characters (Johto, Sinnoh, Kyuryu, Paldea, and Alola) being female, almost half; though Kyuryu is barely a character.

* HotBlooded: Hoenn has a hotblooded streak, whether it comes to contests or battles.

* SatelliteLoveInterest: The author admits that Kyuryu (The former Ryukyu Kingdom of the Pokémon world), while no doubt having a rich culture, has no real character in the comics shown other than being Hoenn’s wife because not much is known to us about Saiyu (Ever Grande) and the surrounding area by itself, and Kyuryu itself is a fabrication by the author. The author says it’s likely that in the in-universe comic she has a lot of character, she just can’t show it due to above lack of info other than just facts about the real Okinawa.

* TheGhost: We never see the missing two members of the Archipelago Alliance, they aren’t even named, we just know they exist.

* SatelliteLoveInterest: The author admits that Kyuryu (The former Ryukyu Kingdom of the Pokémon world), while no doubt having a rich culture, has no real character in the comics shown other than being Hoenn’s wife because not much is known to us about Saiyu (Ever Grande) and the surrounding area by itself, and Kyuryu itself is a fabrication by the author. The most we have of her is that she’s more interested in battle than Hoenn, who while also liking battle is also into contests a lot. The author says it’s likely that in the in-universe comic she has a lot of character, she just can’t show it due to above lack of info other than just facts about the real Okinawa.
* ShowWithinAShow
* SignatureMon: Kanto grows especially fond of Pikachu after Red wins the championship. It helps that apparently all foreign wild Pikachu trace their roots to him (pending).
* SitcomArchNemesis: Naturally, Galar and Kalos, just like England and France. They will argue about anything and everything.

* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Not exactly, unlike Hetalia. Kanto and the World is a bit more equal with its gender ratio than Hetalia, with 5 out of its 11 named characters (Johto, Sinnoh, Kyuryu, Paldea, and Alola) being female, almost half.
* {{Crossover}}: The premise of the comics is “What if [[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia Hidekaz Himaurya]] existed in the Pokémon world and wrote a comic like Hetalia” (though the comic where Kanto meets Red and the fics are written “out of character”, as the author herself instead of Pokéverse Hima). It could be considered a crossover with the author’s other series, Alt-talia. Though, the title borrows from Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld, because the author couldn’t come up with anything better.

* BoisterousBruiser: Johto acts like a female version of one, though she has a certain traditional grace to her as well. Unova is even more of this, though.

* {{Crossover}}: The premise of the comics is “What if [[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia Hidekaz Himaurya]] existed in the Pokémon world and wrote a comic like Hetalia” (though the comic where Kanto meets Red and the fics are written “out of character”, as the author herself instead of Pokéverse Hima). It could be considered a crossover with the author’s other series, Alt-talia. Though, the title borrows from Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld, because the author couldn’t come up with anything better.

* RedOniBlueOni: Kanto and Johto. Kanto is polite and subdued, acting a lot like Hetalia Japan, while Johto is the fun, comedic older sister who often overshadows Kanto. Though when it comes to battle Kanto can be really passionate and competitive.

!!Tropes in the ''Kanto and the World include''

* {{Crossover}}: The premise of the comics is “What if [[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia Hidekaz Himaurya]] existed in the Pokémon world and wrote a comic like Hetalia” (though the comic where Kanto meets Red and the fics are written “out of character”, as the author herself instead of Pokéverse Hima). It could be considered a crossover with the author’s other series, Alt-talia. Though, the title borrows from Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld, because the author couldn’t come up with anything better.

* {{Crossover}}: The premise of the comics is “What if [[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia Hidekaz Himaurya]] existed in the Pokémon world and wrote a comic like Hetalia” (though the comic where Kanto meets Red and the fics are written “out of character”, as the author herself instead of Pokéverse Hima). It could be considered a crossover with the author’s other series, Alt-talia.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In “Confession”, 16-year-old Red [[spoiler:verbally confesses his love to Leaf, his first words in a long while]].

* MemeticBadass: Subverted with the main characters. Well, the protagonist trio are hypercompetent as trainers yes, but in all other things they're very much children. The author apparently wrote Green in particular as a response this sort of portrayal that Blue Oak has gotten over the years, especially in official media, e.g. ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''. He is, just like in the games, a total brat; he sees his Pokemon almost like toys and whines when poor Charmander has to remind him that he hasn't fed him yet or that he wants to play a game, and runs from Team Rocket (as well as the Pokémon Tower) out of fear instead of fighting them. With Leaf she's the most adult but as a trainer she says herself that she's rather mediocre (though this may only be because of who she has to compare herself to). And Red is a HotBlooded but heavily implied to be Autistic dork who fidgets with his cap and still sleeps with plushies, barely the mute badass fans have come to expect. ([[spoiler:Until he is. But even then the muteness is shown to be the result of apathy and depression]]).

** If Pokemon characters are given theoretical “voices”, they will often be androgynous/feminine-sounding, even when male, due to their apparent ages.

* 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). 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.

* HalfIdenticalTwins: Hilbert and Hilda look rather similar, and even have similar names. However, they have different eye colors, which makes them more distinct from each other than some other pairs of protagonists, all of whom except for Nate and Rosa (?) aren’t siblings (most egregiously Kouki and Hikari, and even Red and Leaf after their hair colors change). Hilda is apparently five minutes older, alluding to the fact she was designed first.

* 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 with Mewtwo 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]].

** Yuuki’s Numel/Camerupt, Don, is actually surprisingly smart and alert to his surroundings. He in fact acts as a camp guard often. He is quick to catch onto danger, and immediately senses that Kagari is bad news after she starts to… like him.

* BigEater: Dekapon, Red's Snorlax, is obviously one.

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Just like the games. Despite the more realistic tone, most of the stories start out with and with the protagonists having a sense of childhood innocence and wonder, and even the teenage core protagonists set out with a lighthearted sense of adventure. Their Pokemon are colorful and goofy, the adults around them are supportive, and the series in general emphasizes ThePowerOfFriendship. But it also tends to play up the darker elements with the villains especially for the sake of realism, many of the villains clearly showing that they have intent to kill or seriously harm the protagonists if it’s needed to achieve their goals, with the [[DarkerAndEdgier “Game Over” sub-series]] showing just what happens to the hero and/or the world if they are unsuccessful, and they [[WouldHurtAChild definitely aren’t for the faint of heart and are definitely not for children]]: [[spoiler:ranging from Red and Leaf getting a brutal, Yakuza-style execution or being impaled by a Rhydon (the aftermath of the former scenario even getting a bit of an AU mini-series of their own following Green), the heavy implication that Yuuki is [[RapeAsDrama raped]] if he loses to Kagari or suffocating in the vacuum of space as the meteor destroys Earth if he loses to Deoxys, life being slowly drained out of Kalos as Kalem and Serena can merely watch as they also lay slowly dying, Nate and Rosa being impaled with icicles... Though the most terrifying one is arguably Hikari’s fate, in which Akagi creates his new world... except Hikari, who is carried through with him, having gone through severe DeathOfPersonality, [[AndIMustScream merely a husk of her former self, a daughter figure who Akagi can shape through his own hands, just like the world itself...]]]].

%%* BigEater: Dekapon, Red's Snorlax, is obviously one.
* BoisterousBruiser: Despite Lapras’ serene reputation, Lapis, Red’s Lapras, is more of this. Unfortunately, like Ann, half the time he doesn’t seem to know his own strength.

* {{Keet}}: Yellow the Pikachu, especially after he gets over his homesickness. He has a tradition of cheerfully waking everyone up by running around camp and crying “Pika pi!” and is said to walk with a bounce in his step. (Pending)

** Sharing this with his trainer is 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 also a lot like Hibiki in that she apparently has quite a sense of justice, as a POV segment shows that the way Silver treats his Pokémon really angers her.
** In a different way from the above two, Riki the Heracross, who has a huge Samurai Complex and is apparently obsessed with honor.

* {{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 seeing his “parent” as vulnerable.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan:
** Yuuki and Skipper. The former is a rough-and-tumble, brash, and cocky kid, the latter is coolheaded, graceful, and modest.
** Yuuki is also definitely the manly man to Mitsuru’s sensitive guy; Yuuki is Yuuki, while the latter is a somewhat sheltered, shy, and initially insecure one.

* TheIdiotFromOsaka: Yuuki is from Johto, and unlike how his counterparts tend to be, he’s one of the most brash, stubborn protagonists out of the entire lineup aside from Hilda.

* GenkiGirl: Mint, Hikari’s Shinx/Luxio/Luxray. Her first instinct when coming out of her ball is often to jump all over Hikari before facing the battle, though this doesn’t happen in serious battles.

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