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** Sudz, Kalem's Froakie. Greninja give off an impression of calmness, even aloofness. Sudz is goofy, mischievous, and a bit of an airhead, and is stated to be 9 "In Froakie years", the youngest a starter has been. He [[LetsGetDangerous is a badass when he's actually supposed to be though]].

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sudz. He’s an airhead, and is generally rather childish, also seeming to be distracted half the time.

* BrutalHonesty: Red can tend to be brutally honest. People can be a bit taken aback by this (like Keisuke the homeless man who Red tells has a dirty abode), but sometimes it can be a positive thing (like when he tells Yuumi, a girl pressured to be a strong trainer by her parents to be a strong trainer, “Why do you have to do that if you don’t want to?”).

* CloudCuckooLander: Ann, Red’s Eevee and later Flareon, is somewhat of one. And as she’s [[CuteBruiser one of the physically strongest members of the party]] and her fire abilities, this causes some hiccups initially after evolving. She’s perfectly capable in battle though. [[spoiler:It isn’t clear if she grows close to Green during the timeskip because of this, or because she genuinely can see that he regrets what he has done]].

* {{Filler}}: One of the notable things about the “filler” in this arc is the handful of episodes revolving around interactions with what the author calls “characters of the day”, some of them based on the many faceless [=NPCs=], others not; apparently, these were to emphasize the theme of connecting with people, which was what Satoshi Tajiri originally intended to be the core of the series. These can range from the main duo just listening to a kid from an abusive home, sheltering from the rain under a homeless man’s makeshift roof, or Red arguing with a jaded former trainer that he has a chance at winning the league. [[spoiler:These seem one-off… But then a handful of them return in the next arc to tell Hibiki about said interactions]].

* DramaticIrony: Used for horror in “Salandit Trouble”. The duo are on Route 7, and Mizuki runs into a field and Yo follows her... [[OhCrap Not noticing the “Warning! Salandit breeding season! DO NOT ENTER!” sign.]] As they’re preparing lunch the duo start smelling something sweet, which Yo seems particularly fascinated by. Eventually he starts feeling “feverish” and “funny”, becoming increasingly flustered, breathing heavily, his heartbeat growing increasingly rapid. Litto and Rowley start acting strange as well, the former acting “itchy” and irritable, and Rowley seemingly confused, and 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. She eventually gets a bit worried, wondering if he’s actually sick. They send their Pokémon back in, though most of Yo’s Pokémon, as well as Raffy (Mizuki’s Rockruff) and Passhii (her Passimian) seem mysteriously unaffected (pending on which of Mizuki’s Pokémon are affected). Yo is hardly able to finish cooking, by which time he’s so flustered, insisting Mizuki not touch him, that he demands to be alone, shutting himself into his tent. As Mizuki and Passhii 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. Description of Yo is suspiciously sparse, but what is described (the Pokémon rubbing her snout against his face for example) is deeply uncomfortable. After Mizuki defeats the Pokémon and 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).

** Pikko the Toucannon can be rather scatterbrained as well.

* DramaticIrony: Used for horror in “Salandit Trouble”. The duo are on Route 7, and Mizuki runs into a field and Yo follows her... [[OhCrap Not noticing the “Warning! Salandit breeding season! DO NOT ENTER!” sign.]] As they’re preparing lunch the duo start smelling something sweet, which Yo seems particularly fascinated by. Eventually he starts feeling “feverish” and “funny”, becoming increasingly flustered, breathing heavily, his heartbeat growing increasingly rapid. Litto and Rowley start acting strange as well, the former acting “itchy” and irritable, and Rowley seemingly confused, and 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. She eventually gets a bit worried, wondering if he’s actually sick. They send their Pokémon back in, though Pikko (Yo’s Trumbeak) and Leia (his Comfey), as well as Raffy (Mizuki’s Rockruff) and Passhii (her Passimian) seem mysteriously unaffected (pending on which of Mizuki’s Pokémon are affected). Yo is hardly able to finish cooking, by which time he’s so flustered, insisting Mizuki not touch him, that he demands to be alone, shutting himself into his tent. As Mizuki and Passhii 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. Description of Yo is suspiciously sparse, but what is described (the Pokémon rubbing her snout against his face for example) is deeply uncomfortable. After Mizuki defeats the Pokémon and 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).

** Mizuki becomes used to Alola really quickly, while Yo has MovingAngst. He especially serves as a foil to Mizuki at the start, when he’s the most shy and withdrawn. He’s also by far the more levelheaded, and the feminine guy to Mizuki’s tomboy.

* {{Hotblooded}}: Raffy. She is yet another member of the “Yellow archetype”, i.e. she is the team hothead for this arc. Mizuki even takes note of the unbroken streak of hotheads being in every champion’s team as part of her LeaningOnTheFourthWall shtick when capturing Raffy, saying “Don’t you know, Yo-chan? Every winning Prodigy’s party has a battle-loving hothead!” (Gender pending)
** Mizuki to an extent as well.

* SupremeChef: Yo has extremely good cooking skills for his age. Of course, he passes the Grass Trial with flying colors. Mizuki on the other hand only passes barely with Yo coaching him the entire time.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Mizuki is a massive fangirl for her predecessors, and she’s also recognized the motions all of them go through. This is most apparent in how she, to their delight, is the only person who takes Team Skull seriously, jumping to the conclusion that they’re her Evil Team from their dark clothes. In any other game she would have been able to predict the story beats; too bad she’s in Sun and Moon.
--> Mizuki: This is where the 11-year-old hero sets out on their journey-quest thingy of destiny with their starter of choice, with the blessing of the professor in mind! The Route 1! Yes, Mizuki’s New Game starts here!
--> Yo: ...[[DeadpanSnarker You’re really convinced, aren’t you?]]
--> Mizuki: Yup!
--> Yo: And you aren’t going to listen to anything I say against that, right?
--> Mizuki: Nope!
--> Yo: Yeah, sounds like Mizuki alright.
--> Mizuki: Look, see? Route 1! Hope there will be some surprises, I hate boring! *starts walking off in a high stride, humming*
--> Yo: *shrugs*

* HotBlooded: There’s a Pokémon like this in the primary main character’s team every arc (except the Orre arcs where most party members rotate), the author referring to said Pokémon as “The Team Hothead” or “The Yellow Archetype”, due to Yellow being the first of this streak, followed by Merry (Mareep), Rai (Electrike), Cinnamon (Buneary), Burr (Drillbur), Oscar (Snivy), Salle (Charmander), and Raffy (Rockruff). They tend to love battle, be short-tempered, and be passionate, though the details can vary.

* {{Hotblooded}}: Raffy. She is yet another member of the “Yellow archetype”, i.e. she is the team hothead for this arc. Mizuki even takes note of the unbroken streak of hotheads being in every champion’s team as part of her LeaningOnTheFourthWall shtick when capturing Raffy, saying “Don’t you know, Yo? Every winning Prodigy’s party has a battle-loving hothead!” (Gender pending)

* NoBiologicalSex: Dex and Rotor, Mizuki and Yo’s Rotom [=PokéDexes=], are this. Yo doesn’t know whether to address them by “he” or “she”, and Rotor, to Yo’s initial confusion, says that “they” might be the closest thing he’s looking for.

* HotBlooded: There’s a Pokémon like this in the primary main character’s team every arc (except the Orre arcs where most party members rotate), the author referring to said Pokémon as “The Team Hothead” or “The Yellow Archetype”, due to Yellow being the first of this streak, followed by Merry (Mareep), Rai (Electrike), Cinnamon (Buneary), Burr (Drillbur), Oscar (Snivy), Salle (Charmander), and Raffy (Rockruff). They tend to love battle, be short-tempered, and be passionate, though the details can vary.

* NoBiologicalSex: Dex and Rotto, Mizuki and Yo’s Rotom [=PokéDexes=], are this. Yo doesn’t know whether to address them by “he” or “she”, and Rotto, to Yo’s initial confusion, says that “they” might be the closest thing he’s looking for.

--> '''Yo:''' So I’m supposed to call you “they” too, right?

* {{Hotblooded}}: Raffy. She is yet another member of the “Yellow archetype”, i.e. she is the team hothead for this arc. (Gender pending)

* NoBiologicalSex: Konpeito, Yo’s Minior, is one such Pokémon, and the first non-legendary in a protagonist’s party that is genderless. Yo doesn’t know whether to address them by “he” or “she”, until he’s told that “they” might be the closest thing he’s looking for. Nebby and Stella also lack gender in their bios, but are referred to with masculine and feminine pronouns respectively, much like Zekrom and Reshiram.

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Sometimes used to tell Pokemon apart, alongside maybe being drawn slightly differently in art; held items are most common (e.g. Yellow’s Light Ball pendant), though other identification are also not uncommon (e.g. Wes’s Eevee Brothers wearing neckerchiefs, Yellow wearing Red’s old hat), though they may be taken off in battle.
* ADogNamedDog: Averted as much as possible, unlike in most Pokémon media. Pretty much everyone names their Pokémon in Pikupro, because the author found this trope’s prominence in Pokémon media to be weird. In fact, unnamed Pokémon are a sign of trainers who see their Pokémon as tools, e.g. Silver (whose going to the Name Rater to name his Pokémon is an entire chapter showing how far he has come). There’s also another set of names Pokémon apparently use among themselves.

* 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 Tanetane). However, some species, such as most legendaries and psychic Pokemon, are as intelligent as if not smarter than the average human.

* NoBiologicalSex: Konpeito, Yo’s Minior, is one such Pokémon, and the first non-legendary in a protagonist’s party that is genderless. Yo doesn’t know whether to address them by “he” or “she”, until he’s told that “they” might be the closest thing he’s looking for. Nebby and Stella also lack gender in their bios, but are referred to with masculine and feminine pronouns respectively, much like Zekrom and Reshiram.

** Mizuki’s crushes on several men that seem to come and go on a whim (Pending).

* {{Hotblooded}}: Raffy. She is yet another member of the “Yellow” archetype, and is the team hothead for this arc.

* DramaticIrony: Used for horror in “Salandit Trouble”. The duo are on Route 7, and Mizuki runs into a field and Yo follows her... [[OhCrap Not noticing the “Warning! Salandit breeding season! DO NOT ENTER!” sign.]] As they’re preparing lunch the duo start smelling something sweet, which Yo seems particularly fascinated by. Eventually he starts feeling “feverish” and “funny”, becoming increasingly flustered, breathing heavily, his heartbeat growing increasingly rapid. Litto and Rowley start acting strange as well, the former acting “itchy” and irritable, and Rowley seemingly confused, and 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. She eventually gets a bit worried, wondering if he’s actually sick. They send their Pokémon back in, but Mizuki’s Mudbray (Pending, name undecided) seems unaffected. Yo is hardly able to finish cooking, by which time he’s so flustered, insisting Mizuki not touch him, that he demands to be alone, shutting himself into his tent. 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. Description of Yo is suspiciously sparse, but what is described (the Pokémon rubbing her snout against his face for example) is deeply uncomfortable. After Mizuki defeats the Pokémon and 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).

* HotBlooded: Hoenn has a hotblooded streak, usually when it comes to contests. Kyuryu’s hotblooded streak comes out when it comes to battle.

* RealMenWearPink: Hoenn is a well-built, not very feminine guy, but he’s more into contests than battles (though he likes them as well), no matter the category. In one comic, he and Kalos bond over their mutual appreciation of Pokémon beauty. By contrast, Kyuryu is more passionate about battle.

* BigEater: Dekapon, Red's Snorlax, is obviously one. Also Sandy, Leaf’s Sandslash. He’s drawn a bit pudgier than Sandslash usually are to show it.

* CloudCuckooLander: Ann, Red’s Eevee and later Flareon, makes as much sense as the method she was obtained. And as she’s [[CuteBruiser one of the physically strongest members of the party]] and her fire abilities, this causes some hiccups initially. She’s perfectly capable in battle though. [[spoiler:It isn’t clear if she grows close to Green during the timeskip because of this, or because she genuinely can see that he regrets what he has done]].

* HotBlooded: Red, actually, despite his reputation as TheSilentBob, is this just like in early official material. He’s passionate, insanely determined, has a very strong sense of justice, and can even have moments of ham. [[spoiler:Well, in this arc at least. Though even post-timeskip, flashes of this show through]].

* LoveTriangle: Parodied. [[PrinceCharmingWannabe Only Green thinks there’s actually a love triangle]], with neither Red nor Leaf (pending on latter) having any feelings for each other due to being so young and not really thinking about it; also, Leaf despises Green due to how he treated Red. Green, however, thinks that Leaf is playing hard to get and due to his whole seeing himself as the protagonist thing, had convinced himself that Red was his rival for Leaf’s heart as well, much to Red’s confusion and Leaf’s annoyance. (Pending. Maybe his feelings are hidden?)

** Herb, Hilda’s Simisage and second Pokémon, also acts as a foil to his trainer as well as Bucky the Emboar. He’s a very serious Pokémon with a businesslike demeanor to everything, and is baffled by his trainer’s behavior at first.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sudz is probably the best Pokemon example since Ann.

** Unova: Rick, a Braviary

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

* RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler:At the end, Akagi rejects Hikari’s offer to start over and turn over a new leaf.]]

* PetTheDog: One can immediately see that Akagi is a hypocrite by the fact that he names his Pokémon, showing that he has attachment to them, and the fact that he has a Crobat, facts that Hikari point out. He’s shown several times to question his own goals, and Hikari sees this, believing there’s good in him.

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

* PetTheDog: One can immediately see that Akagi is a hypocrite by the fact that he names his Pokémon, showing that he has attachment to them, and the fact that he has a Crobat, facts that Hikari point out. He’s shown several times to question his own goals, and Hikari sees this, believing there’s good in him. Unfortunately, he, believing he’s too far gone, chooses his goal anyway, and perishes for this, something Hikari is legitimately distraught by.

** Alola: Kenaona, a Comfey

** Unova: Sam, a Braviary

* BoisterousBruiser: [[{{Eagleland}} Unova]]. To a lesser extent Johto, though Kanto definitely sees her as this.

* MarriageOfConvenience: The reason Kyuryu married Hoenn. Well, Hoenn had actually been into her for a while, but she married him because of an increasingly competitive world required she needed another Region to protect her, and she turned to the nearest big Region, offering to be annexed on the condition that her culture be protected. This required her to really swallow her pride though. Despite this start, while it’s unknown if Kyuryu has true romantic feelings for Hoenn, they’ve been happily married for centuries.

* OfficialCouple: Hoenn x Kyuryu is the only one in the series that we know of, per the author.

* 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.

* ADogNamedDog: Averted as much as possible, unlike in most Pokémon media. Pretty much everyone names their Pokémon in Pikupro, because the author found this trope’s prominence in Pokémon media to be weird. In fact, unnamed Pokémon are a sign of trainers who see their Pokémon as tools, e.g. Silver (whose going to the Name Rater to name his Pokémon is an entire chapter showing how far he has come) and Akagi. There’s also another set of names Pokémon apparently use among themselves.

* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: Most Pokemon seem to accept that humans aren’t enemies, and even look forward to being captured, even if it’s just because of the free meals; though they’re also usually a bit distant initially towards the trainer themselves. Though there are still reminders that these are indeed wild animals, with correction devices on Pokéballs in the case of emergencies (though sadly that means these can be easily abused by abusive trainers).
* CarnivoreConfusion: Addressed. It’s shown that Pokémon, even the sweetest ones like Mint (Hikari’s Shinx), will try to eat other Pokémon, but they can be taught out of it rather easily. Pokémon raised by humans from birth also don’t seem to have the need to eat other Pokémon. And all humans in this interpretation of the Pokémon world are explicitly vegetarian according to WordOfGod (with the exception of some things like Slowpoke tails, something which people see as heinous), with any meat being soy meat or artificial meat.

* CrossdressingVoices: Almost all of the preteen male protagonists are “voiced” by female UTAU, with the notable exceptions of Green (Kaibara Daiki on the higher parts, Kaibara Daichi on lower parts, with reduced gender flags) and Yuuki (Root Leta). Their assigned UTAU never changes either (except Green, who gets two as a child due to how the voicebank works), though pitched versions of UTAU are often considered [[Rule63 sort of]] different characters anyway.

* HalloweenEpisode: If a series is running during Halloween, horror-themed stories may be posted, the tradition starting with [[spoiler:”Daisuke and Miki”]]. They can be {{Big Lipped Alligator Moment}}s (e.g. “Hibiki’s Nightmare” and “Vegetable Mareep”), though not always (I.e. (ambiguously) [[spoiler:”Daisuke and Miki”]] and “Silver’s Nightmare”).

** 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 Hinotaro, 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.

** Gloria’s Cinderace, Beck, despite his sporty appearance, has a Gentle Nature and is the most quiet and calm one of Team Gloria.

* LovableSexManiac: Cinnamon is a G-rated version of one, if how… affectionate he is with Mint and Eve after battles is any indication.
* PetTheDog: One can immediately see that Akagi is a hypocrite by the fact that he names his Pokémon, showing that he has attachment to them, and the fact that he has a Crobat, a fact that Hikari points out. He’s shown several times to question his own goals, and Hikari sees this, believing there’s good in him. Unfortunately, he chooses his goal anyway, and perishes for this, something Hikari is legitimately distraught by.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Mizuki is a massive fangirl for her predecessors, and she’s also recognized the motions all of them go through. This is most apparent in how she, to their delight, is the only person who takes Team Skull seriously, jumping to the conclusion that they’re her Evil Team from their dark clothes and “Team” naming scheme. In any other game she would have been able to predict the story beats; too bad she’s in Sun and Moon.

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Sundance and Moonshine wear grey and yellow neckerchiefs respectively.

* ShoutOut: All the starter names are real world references in the Galar stories; 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]].

** TheChick: Kyuryu