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* WasItReallyWorthIt - Josiah is not convinced by Lance's speech.
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* [[TwistEnding Twist [[WhamEpisode Wham Epilogue]] - Scene 11 is actually a separate part of the story, that shows in detail what else was going on from Scene 5 to Scene 10, and twists abound.
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* {{Deconstruction}} - played much like ''Coward'' (having to do with illegitimate gameplay), but subverted at the end. Josiah eventually does get defeated, and is the prime actor in destroying Scar.
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* {{Deconstruction}} - played much like ''Coward'' (having to do with illegitimate gameplay), but subverted at the end. Josiah eventually does get defeated, and is the prime actor in destroying Scar.Scar, the thing that had "caused" all the trouble in the first place.
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* ObliviouslyEvil - The Elites scare the protagonist into thinking she killed them.
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The ''Coward'' trilogy is a set of three {{Creepypasta}} stories (one of which is still to be written), about two kids who used [[GameShark Gamesharks]] to hack [[Pokémon]] {{Pokemon}} video games, and get into various paranormal troubles. The first was written by an author known only as Spiffy, the second written by an author named Daniel Ernston, and the third to be written by both of them.
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* {{Deconstruction}} Deconstruction - In many Pokémon creepypastas, the protagonist cheats, and awful things happen to them, so they swear off cheating. ''Coward'' is the story of a cheater that refuses to be scared away from her [[GameShark Gamesharky]] pleasures.
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* {Deconstruction} {{Deconstruction}} - In many Pokémon creepypastas, the protagonist cheats, and awful things happen to them, so they swear off cheating. ''Coward'' is the story of a cheater that refuses to be scared away from her [[GameShark Gamesharky]] pleasures.
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* ScareEmStraight - Lance goes as far as to construct a whole scenario to make Josiah think the consequences of his actions are real and not just a scare.
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* ShoutOut - "Was I going to end up like Sid in [[Toy Story]], a few [[ScareEmStraight scary experiences]] denying him a normal life because nobody told him his toys were conscious?"
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* ShoutOut - "Was I going to end up like Sid in [[Toy Story]], ToyStory, a few [[ScareEmStraight scary experiences]] denying him a normal life because nobody told him his toys were conscious?"
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The ''Coward'' trilogy is a set of three {{Creepypasta}} stories (one of which is still to be written), about two kids who used Game Sharks [[GameShark Gamesharks]] to hack Pokémon [[Pokémon]] video games, and get into various paranormal troubles. The first was written by an author known only as Spiffy, the second written by an author named Daniel Ernston, and the third to be written by both of them.
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* GenreShift - The second dream, with Spiky, starts the protagonist's quest to get the Elites off of her back, and has a distinctly children's fantasy feel. It darkens during the final battle, then lightens back up during the epilogue.
* GKChesterton - Ends with a quote from him.
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* NoFairCheating - The Elites try to enforce this trope. Ultimately, it's defied.
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* NotSoImaginaryFriend - The protagonist's Pokemon. The Elites are Not So Imaginary Enemies.
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* ScareEmStraight - It doesn't work. The protagonist is scared by her nightmare and [[AbominationAccusationAttack the thought that the Elite's accusations that she's a murderer are correct]], but resolves to keep cheating. Since that was before she learned the true nature of the Elites, it might strike people as [[ItsAllAboutMe immoral]]. On the other hand, a big theme of the story is not letting fear control you, which Josiah of ''Hero'' didn't learn until after all of his Pokémon died.
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* ShadowArchetype - The Elites in ''Coward'' are actually the dark sides of the real Elites.
* ShoutOut - "Was I going to end up like Sid in [[Toy Story]], a few [[ScareEmStraight scary experiences]] denying him a normal life because nobody told him his toys were conscious?"
* SpiritAdvisor - Spiky tells the protagonist about the nature of the Elites, and encourages her to be brave.
* ShoutOut - "Was I going to end up like Sid in [[Toy Story]], a few [[ScareEmStraight scary experiences]] denying him a normal life because nobody told him his toys were conscious?"
* SpiritAdvisor - Spiky tells the protagonist about the nature of the Elites, and encourages her to be brave.
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* SelfInsertFic - Spiffy claims that the events in the book are loosely based upon things she did in real life.
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* SelfInsertFic - Spiffy claims that the events in the book story are loosely based upon things she did in real life.
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* MeaningfulName - depending on whether you think the story is [FranzKafka Kafka-esque], Kafka can count.
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* MeaningfulName - depending on whether you think the story is [FranzKafka Kafka-esque], [[FranzKafka Kafka-esque]], Kafka can count.
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* BodyHorror - the scene where Lance peels away at Kafka's skin using a surgical scalpel in order to apply distortiform on it. Also, the injury to Josiah's vertebrae that cause his quadriplegia.
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* BodyHorror - the scene where Lance peels away at Kafka's [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable Kafka]]'s skin using a surgical scalpel in order to apply distortiform on it. Also, the injury to Josiah's vertebrae that cause his quadriplegia.quadriplegia.
* CliffHanger - Ends on this.
* CliffHanger - Ends on this.
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* NominalHero - Lance declares that Josiah is a hero, but Josiah doesn't think so. Could also be a case of Cowardly Lion.
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* NominalHero - Lance declares that Josiah is a hero, but Josiah doesn't think so. Could also be a case of Cowardly Lion.CowardlyLion.
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* DirtyCoward - Josiah is told by the Elite Four that he is this for avoiding playing the game for five
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* FluffyTamer - The protagonist is given a pep-talk by her Gengar and protected by her Mewtwo.
* IronicEcho - Psycher likes to repeat what the Elites say, like so:
->Lorelei: Screeching your precious cheats won't save you now. Don't fret, it will be over soon.
->Psycher: *uses Thunderbolt on Lorelei's Slowbro* It WILL be over soon, and we'll win.
->Lorelei: Screeching your precious cheats won't save you now. Don't fret, it will be over soon.
->Psycher: *uses Thunderbolt on Lorelei's Slowbro* It WILL be over soon, and we'll win.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonCute - Inverted. While the protagonist has a Mew in her team, we only see her interact with her Gengar and Mewtwo, both Pokémon known more for their power than their cuteness. Her Pikachu is impersonated by one of the Elites, who tries to convince her to stop cheating with sympathy ploys and [[DeliberatelyCuteChild cuteness]].
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* WhatMeasureIsANonCute - Inverted. While the protagonist has a Mew in her team, we only see [[FreakyIsCool her interact with her Gengar and Mewtwo, both Pokémon known more for their power than their cuteness. Mewtwo]]. Her Pikachu is impersonated by one of the Elites, who tries to convince her to stop cheating with sympathy ploys and [[DeliberatelyCuteChild cuteness]].
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* KillEmAll - Psycher with the Elite Four and their teams.
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* DownerEnding - Josiah loses all of his Pokémon and so does Lance.
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* DownerEnding - Josiah loses all of his Pokémon and so does Lance. In general it's a much less happy ending than the first one.
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* NonverbalMiscommunication - Kafka's moans of pain are actually attempted warnings to Josiah, but Lance tells Josiah that they are moans calling for the death of Scar. And Josiah believes him.
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* [[ClonesArePeopleToo Hacks Are Pokémon Too]] - Scar's argument for why he is real.
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* [[ClonesArePeopleToo Hacks Are Pokémon Too]] - Scar's argument for why he is real. Also pretty much the main theme of the story.
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* DisproportionateRetribution - Compared to ''Coward'', Josiah's "offense" is trivial, and yet he is punished much more sadistically for it.
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* DisproportionateRetribution - Compared to ''Coward'', Josiah's "offense" is trivial, and yet he is punished much more sadistically severely for it.
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* DirtyCoward - Josiah is told by the Elite Four that he is this for avoiding playing the game for five days.
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* DirtyCoward - Josiah is told by the Elite Four that he is this for avoiding playing the game for five days.five
* DisproportionateRetribution - Compared to ''Coward'', Josiah's "offense" is trivial, and yet he is punished much more sadistically for it.
* DisproportionateRetribution - Compared to ''Coward'', Josiah's "offense" is trivial, and yet he is punished much more sadistically for it.
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* HeelFaceTurn - Josiah, telling Scar to stand down while the Dragonite attacks it with a Thunder Punch. But depending on whose side you're looking at, it may also be a FaceHeelTurn.
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* NominalHero - Lance declares that Josiah is a hero, but Josiah doesn't think so.
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* NominalHero - Lance declares that Josiah is a hero, but Josiah doesn't think so. Could also be a case of Cowardly Lion.
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* {{Squick}} - Scene 11 is all of this with the BodyHorror scene.
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* WhatMeasureisANonCute - Inverted. While the protagonist has a Mew in her team, we only see her interact with her Gengar and Mewtwo, both Pokémon known more for their power than their cuteness. Her Pikachu is impersonated by one of the Elites, who tries to convince her to stop cheating with sympathy ploys and [[DeliberatelyCuteChild cuteness]].
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* WhatMeasureisANonCute WhatMeasureIsANonCute - Inverted. While the protagonist has a Mew in her team, we only see her interact with her Gengar and Mewtwo, both Pokémon known more for their power than their cuteness. Her Pikachu is impersonated by one of the Elites, who tries to convince her to stop cheating with sympathy ploys and [[DeliberatelyCuteChild cuteness]].
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* Foreshadowing - Scene 11 explains a lot of things that happen.
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* Body Horror - the scene where Lance peels away at Kafka's skin using a surgical scalpel in order to apply distortiform on it. Also, the injury to Josiah's vertebrae that cause his quadriplegia.
* DarkerAndEdgier - much more than the first one.
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* Body Horror BodyHorror - the scene where Lance peels away at Kafka's skin using a surgical scalpel in order to apply distortiform on it. Also, the injury to Josiah's vertebrae that cause his quadriplegia.
* DarkerAndEdgier - much more than the first one. In fact, one of the reasons the sequel was ever written at all was to provide a darker, much creepier parallel.
* DarkerAndEdgier - much more than the first one. In fact, one of the reasons the sequel was ever written at all was to provide a darker, much creepier parallel.
* DownerEnding - Josiah loses all of his Pokémon and so does Lance.
* Foreshadowing - Scene 11 explains a lot of things that happen.
* Foreshadowing - Scene 11 explains a lot of things that happen.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone - happens not once, but twice.
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* CowardlyLion - What the protagonist ends up being.
* DirtyCoward - The Elites would have the protagonist think she is this.
* [[CloningBlues Hacking Blues]] - Averted. Psycher has no angst about being a hack, a trait shared by Scar in the sequel. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Scar's owner, on the other hand...]]
* NoNameGiven - The protagonist is only ever called a coward, cheater, and a murderer.
* OffWithHisHead - How the Elites eventually die.
* PapaWolf - What Psycher acts like to the protagonist.
* PityingPerversion - The Elites offer to put the protagonist's hacked Pokémon, who they deem unnatural, "out of their misery".
* DirtyCoward - The Elites would have the protagonist think she is this.
* [[CloningBlues Hacking Blues]] - Averted. Psycher has no angst about being a hack, a trait shared by Scar in the sequel. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Scar's owner, on the other hand...]]
* NoNameGiven - The protagonist is only ever called a coward, cheater, and a murderer.
* OffWithHisHead - How the Elites eventually die.
* PapaWolf - What Psycher acts like to the protagonist.
* PityingPerversion - The Elites offer to put the protagonist's hacked Pokémon, who they deem unnatural, "out of their misery".
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* WhatMeasureisANonCute - Inverted. While the protagonist has a Mew in her team, we only see her interact with her Gengar and Mewtwo, both Pokémon known more for their power than their cuteness. Her Pikachu is impersonated by one of the Elites, who tries to convince her to stop cheating with sympathy ploys and [[DeliberatelyCuteChild cuteness]].
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* BloodFromTheMouth - Kafka starts bleeding in the mouth.
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* DirtyCoward - Josiah is told by the Elite Four that he is this for avoiding playing the game for five days.
* [[ClonesArePeopleToo Hacks Are Pokémon Too]] - Scar's argument for why he is real.
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* NominalHero - Lance declares that Josiah is a hero, but Josiah doesn't think so.
* NoNameGiven - Not until the end of Scene 10 do we finally find out the protagonist's name, Josiah Eltavan.
* ROMHack - Like ''Coward'' before it, more like a Game Shark hack.
* ThePowerOfBlood - Type O, and typical of a creepypasta.
* [[TwistEnding Twist Epilogue]] - Scene 11 is actually a separate part of the story, that shows in detail what else was going on from Scene 5 to Scene 10.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame - When Lance calls Josiah a hero, Josiah isn't convinced that he really did anything good.
* [[ClonesArePeopleToo Hacks Are Pokémon Too]] - Scar's argument for why he is real.
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* NominalHero - Lance declares that Josiah is a hero, but Josiah doesn't think so.
* NoNameGiven - Not until the end of Scene 10 do we finally find out the protagonist's name, Josiah Eltavan.
* ROMHack - Like ''Coward'' before it, more like a Game Shark hack.
* ThePowerOfBlood - Type O, and typical of a creepypasta.
* [[TwistEnding Twist Epilogue]] - Scene 11 is actually a separate part of the story, that shows in detail what else was going on from Scene 5 to Scene 10.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame - When Lance calls Josiah a hero, Josiah isn't convinced that he really did anything good.
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* DarkerAndEdgier - much more than the first one.
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* DarkerAndEdgier - much more than the first one.
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The ''Coward'' trilogy is a set of three {{Creepypasta}} stories (one of which is still to be written), about two kids who used Game Sharks to hack Pokémon video games, and get into various paranormal troubles. The first was written by an author known only as Spiffy, the second written by an author named Daniel Ernston, and the third to be written by both of them.
The first story, titled ''Coward'', can be read [[http://fyeahpokemoncreepypasta.tumblr.com/post/10841011192/coward here]].
The second story, titled ''Hero'', can be read [[http://pastebin.com/LsRqXApK here]].
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The first story, titled ''Coward'', can be read [[http://fyeahpokemoncreepypasta.tumblr.com/post/10841011192/coward here]].
The second story, titled ''Hero'', can be read [[http://pastebin.com/LsRqXApK here]].
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