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* CreepyChild: Whatever those girls are that keep appearing to the main character.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Rather, pants for Diz. To the point where he'll wear a jacket and a scarf, but no pants. Eventually they manage to get him to wear a miniskirt.
* {{Fangirl}}: Trainer when she meets Lenora, and again when she meets Cynthia.
* {{Fangirl}}: Trainer when she meets Lenora, and again when she meets Cynthia.
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* AlluringAnglerfish: Most ghosts do this at some point.
* [[spoiler: AnArmAndALeg]]: [[spoiler: Carlita's tail gets chopped off during the battle with Nick.]]
* [[spoiler: AnArmAndALeg]]: [[spoiler: Carlita's tail gets chopped off during the battle with Nick.]]
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* AlluringAnglerfish: Most ghosts do this at some point.
* [[spoiler: AnArmAndALeg]]:AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Carlita's tail gets chopped off during the battle with Nick.]]
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* [[ArtificialLimbs Artifical Tail]]: [[spoiler: Carlita]] is probably going to get one. But even with that, she still [[spoiler: will never dance again.]]
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* [[ArtificialLimbs Artifical Tail]]: ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler: Carlita]] is probably going to get one. But even with that, she still [[spoiler: will never dance again.]]
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* [[spoiler: BrokenPedestal]]: The plot and much of the character interactions later in the story thrive off of this trope.
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* CheerfulChild: Cossette, and sometimes even Carlita.
** Completely averted with the protagonist and Benjamin.
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* DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler: Benjamin's mother was executed for being in Team Galactic. His father is in prison for life.]]
** [[spoiler: Abigail, the first person to undergo Arceus's test, is the first person to fall victim to the rabid Abomasnow]]
** [[spoiler: Abigail, the first person to undergo Arceus's test, is the first person to fall victim to the rabid Abomasnow]]
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* DeathByOriginStory: DeathByOriginStory:
** [[spoiler: Benjamin's mother was executed for being in Team Galactic. His father is in prison for life.]]
** [[spoiler: Abigail, the first person to undergo Arceus's test, is the first person to fall victim to the rabidAbomasnow]]Abomasnow.]]
** [[spoiler: Benjamin's mother was executed for being in Team Galactic. His father is in prison for life.]]
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** [[spoiler: Don't forget Vaporeon.]]
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* [[spoiler: DiedInYourArmsTonight: Averted with Mitzi - she was already dead by the time Ree got to her.]]
* [[spoiler: DiedInYourArmsTonight: Averted with Mitzi - she was already dead by the time Ree got to her.]]
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* [[DoesNotLikeShoes Does Not Like Pants]]: Diz. To the point where he'll wear a jacket and a scarf, but no pants. Eventually they manage to get him to wear a miniskirt.
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* [[spoiler:AbusivePrecursors: The Celebi. They were originally meant to help keep the world on the right track, but due to ImmortalityImmorality, they eventually decided to start reshaping history. Some of their changes, such as making humans more resilient, are genuinely beneficial. But in order to achieve this, they had to steal children near the time of birth, and raise them as {{Unwitting Pawn}}s.]]
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* [[spoiler:AbusivePrecursors: The AbusivePrecursors: [[spoiler:The Celebi. They were originally meant to help keep the world on the right track, but due to ImmortalityImmorality, they eventually decided to start reshaping history. Some of their changes, such as making humans more resilient, are genuinely beneficial. But in order to achieve this, they had to steal children near the time of birth, and raise them as {{Unwitting Pawn}}s.]]
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* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Pedestal Pedestal]] by Digtal Skitty. A story that starts out deceptively similar to other stories. A young trainer aspires ToBeAMaster, with great dreams of being the best, placing his hoped-for Pokemon on a [[TitleDrop pedestal]]. A year later than most trainers, he finally receives his starter... a Numel, called [[CharacterTitle Pedestal]]. HilarityEnsues, but not for long. The DarkerAndEdgier comes later, with prophecies, genre deconstructions, and the consequences of ignoring warnings. However, it still has moments of comedy. Referred to as NamNar, the main character is accident prone, idealistic and amazingly paranoid about [[AchillesHeel double weaknesses]].
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7136839/1/Ree-Majors-Wonderful-Journey Ree Major's Wonderful Journey]], also by Digital Skitty. Following the story of [[SirSwearsALot Ree Majors]], a video game nerd and her starter, [[SweetTooth Mister Snivy Whiplash]], or Whippy for short and their goal: to get all the Unova badges within a [[RaceAgainstTheClock time limit]]. As opposed to [=NamNar=], Ree is hotheaded, rash, and prone to fighting her way out of situations with her favorite companion: [[ICallItVera Sophia]].
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7599030/1/Transgression Transgression]] by Crukix and interestingly, the second of his stories in the series. Transgression follows another [[NamelessNarrative nameless narrator]], referred to originally by the author as Trainer. As opposed to the other stories, Trainer has already had her Pokemon for a year before the story starts and when we first meet her, she has no intention of becoming a trainer, hoping instead to go to school and study history. However, one day whilst playing on the beach with her best friend, they come across the dead body of a [[OlympusMons legendary Pokemon]]. As it turns out, the [[GovernmentConspiracy government]] isn't too keen on people coming into contact with legendary Pokemon, [[ContinuityNod due to events of the previous games]].
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Regret Regret]] also by Crukix, is his first contribution to the series and the last in chronological order so far. The main character is another nameless narrator, referred to as Soldier by the author. Soldier is wound back in time 80 years to stop the BadFuture from occurring, with little more than a few vague pointers as to what he needs to do.
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7136839/1/Ree-Majors-Wonderful-Journey Ree Major's Wonderful Journey]], also by Digital Skitty. Following the story of [[SirSwearsALot Ree Majors]], a video game nerd and her starter, [[SweetTooth Mister Snivy Whiplash]], or Whippy for short and their goal: to get all the Unova badges within a [[RaceAgainstTheClock time limit]]. As opposed to [=NamNar=], Ree is hotheaded, rash, and prone to fighting her way out of situations with her favorite companion: [[ICallItVera Sophia]].
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7599030/1/Transgression Transgression]] by Crukix and interestingly, the second of his stories in the series. Transgression follows another [[NamelessNarrative nameless narrator]], referred to originally by the author as Trainer. As opposed to the other stories, Trainer has already had her Pokemon for a year before the story starts and when we first meet her, she has no intention of becoming a trainer, hoping instead to go to school and study history. However, one day whilst playing on the beach with her best friend, they come across the dead body of a [[OlympusMons legendary Pokemon]]. As it turns out, the [[GovernmentConspiracy government]] isn't too keen on people coming into contact with legendary Pokemon, [[ContinuityNod due to events of the previous games]].
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Regret Regret]] also by Crukix, is his first contribution to the series and the last in chronological order so far. The main character is another nameless narrator, referred to as Soldier by the author. Soldier is wound back in time 80 years to stop the BadFuture from occurring, with little more than a few vague pointers as to what he needs to do.
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* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Pedestal Pedestal]] ''Fanfic/{{Pedestal}}'' by Digtal Skitty. A story that starts out deceptively similar to other stories. A young trainer aspires ToBeAMaster, with great dreams of being the best, placing his hoped-for Pokemon on a [[TitleDrop pedestal]]. A year later than most trainers, he finally receives his starter... a Numel, called [[CharacterTitle Pedestal]]. HilarityEnsues, but not for long. The DarkerAndEdgier comes later, with prophecies, genre deconstructions, and the consequences of ignoring warnings. However, it still has moments of comedy. Referred to as NamNar, [=NamNar=], the main character is accident prone, idealistic and amazingly paranoid about [[AchillesHeel double weaknesses]].
*[[http://www.''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7136839/1/Ree-Majors-Wonderful-Journey Ree Major's Wonderful Journey]], Journey]]'', also by Digital Skitty. Following the story of [[SirSwearsALot Ree Majors]], a video game nerd and her starter, [[SweetTooth Mister Snivy Whiplash]], or Whippy for short and their goal: to get all the Unova badges within a [[RaceAgainstTheClock time limit]]. As opposed to [=NamNar=], Ree is hotheaded, rash, and prone to fighting her way out of situations with her favorite companion: [[ICallItVera Sophia]].
*[[http://www.''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7599030/1/Transgression Transgression]] Transgression]]'' by Crukix and interestingly, the second of his stories in the series. Transgression follows another [[NamelessNarrative nameless narrator]], referred to originally by the author as Trainer. As opposed to the other stories, Trainer has already had her Pokemon for a year before the story starts and when we first meet her, she has no intention of becoming a trainer, hoping instead to go to school and study history. However, one day whilst playing on the beach with her best friend, they come across the dead body of a [[OlympusMons legendary Pokemon]]. As it turns out, the [[GovernmentConspiracy government]] isn't too keen on people coming into contact with legendary Pokemon, [[ContinuityNod due to events of the previous games]].
*[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Regret Regret]] ''Fanfic/{{Regret}}'' also by Crukix, is his first contribution to the series and the last in chronological order so far. The main character is another nameless narrator, referred to as Soldier by the author. Soldier is wound back in time 80 years to stop the BadFuture from occurring, with little more than a few vague pointers as to what he needs to do.
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* {{AFGNCAAP}}: The protagonist can be seen as this, sometimes. [[spoiler: Not any more! Now we have his full name, gender and [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/TEAM-AWESOME-149112749 several]] [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/99-fate-164295789 pieces]] [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/Pedestal-REAL-Reason-163061462 of]] [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/62-effort-166456099 art]] by the author to give us an idea of his appearance! So what if it took 150+ chapters?]]
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* {{AFGNCAAP}}: The protagonist can be seen as this, sometimes. [[spoiler: Not any more! Now we have his full name, gender TheAllConcealingI: There are more than 150 chapters at this point and [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/TEAM-AWESOME-149112749 several]] [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/99-fate-164295789 pieces]] [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/Pedestal-REAL-Reason-163061462 of]] [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/62-effort-166456099 art]] by we ''still'' don't know the author to give us an idea of his appearance! So what if it took 150+ chapters?]]narrator's name.
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* BittersweetEnding
* BlindSeer: Katerina.
* BlindSeer: Katerina.
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%%* TheBusCameBack: For Hanna at the end of the Vaporeon arc.
* TheCavalry: Played straight for both sides during [[spoiler: the battle with Lola on Stark Mountain.]]
--> Sela: "Looks like I'm playing cavalry again, huh?"
--> Sela: "Looks like I'm playing cavalry again, huh?"
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* FeaturelessProtagonist: The protagonist can be seen as this, sometimes. [[spoiler: Not any more! Now we have his full name, gender and [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/TEAM-AWESOME-149112749 several]] [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/99-fate-164295789 pieces]] [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/Pedestal-REAL-Reason-163061462 of]] [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/62-effort-166456099 art]] by the author to give us an idea of his appearance! So what if it took 150+ chapters?]]
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* KickChick: Carlita.
* KidHero
* [[spoiler: LipstickLesbian: Alicia.]]
* LethalLavaLand: The inside of Stark Mountain.
* KidHero
* [[spoiler: LipstickLesbian: Alicia.]]
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Nick]].
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: Again, Nick.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Nick]].
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: Again, Nick.]]
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The narrator's name is revealed at the end of the last chapter.]]
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* %%* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Nick]].
* TheRunaway: Cossette is implied to have run away from home after having an argument with her parents, shortly after the main character moves to Sunyshore, and is currently living with him in the gym.
%%* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: Again, Nick.]]
%%* [[spoiler:RivalTurnedEvil]]
* TheRunaway: Cossette is implied to have run away from home after having an argument with her parents, shortly after the main character moves to Sunyshore, and is currently living with him in the gym.
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* TemptingFate: [=NamNar=] ''actively'' avoids this at this point.
* TheAllConcealingI: There are more than 150 chapters at this point and we ''still'' don't know the narrator's name.
* TheBusCameBack: For Hanna at the end of the Vaporeon arc.
* TheCavalry: Played straight for both sides during [[spoiler: the battle with Lola on Stark Mountain.]]
--> Sela: "Looks like I'm playing cavalry again, huh?"
* TheFashionista: Hanna shows shades of this.
* TheNotLoveInterest: Hanna.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The narrator's name is revealed at the end of the last chapter.]]
* TheRunaway: Cossette is implied to have run away from home after having an argument with her parents, shortly after the main character moves to Sunyshore, and is currently living with him in the gym.
* TheStarscream: Ike.
* TheStoic: Des.
* TheAllConcealingI: There are more than 150 chapters at this point and we ''still'' don't know the narrator's name.
* TheBusCameBack: For Hanna at the end of the Vaporeon arc.
* TheCavalry: Played straight for both sides during [[spoiler: the battle with Lola on Stark Mountain.]]
--> Sela: "Looks like I'm playing cavalry again, huh?"
* TheFashionista: Hanna shows shades of this.
* TheNotLoveInterest: Hanna.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The narrator's name is revealed at the end of the last chapter.]]
* TheRunaway: Cossette is implied to have run away from home after having an argument with her parents, shortly after the main character moves to Sunyshore, and is currently living with him in the gym.
* TheStarscream: Ike.
* TheStoic: Des.
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* TheAllConcealingI: There are more than 150 chapters at this point and we ''still'' don't know the narrator's name.
* TheBusCameBack: For Hanna at the end of the Vaporeon arc.
* TheCavalry: Played straight for both sides during [[spoiler: the battle with Lola on Stark Mountain.]]
--> Sela: "Looks like I'm playing cavalry again, huh?"
* TheFashionista: Hanna shows shades of this.
* TheNotLoveInterest: Hanna.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The narrator's name is revealed at the end of the last chapter.]]
* TheRunaway: Cossette is implied to have run away from home after having an argument with her parents, shortly after the main character moves to Sunyshore, and is currently living with him in the gym.
* TheStarscream: Ike.
* TheStoic: Des.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Carlita and Alice.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: The [[spoiler: riot in Sunyshore]].
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* ActionGirl: Ree.
* AnyoneCanDie: Oh god [[spoiler: Mitzi]] why?
* AxeCrazy: Again, Ree though most of the time it's [[MamaBear justified]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ree and any of her team can qualify.
* BigDamnHeroes: This seems to be Allen's whole gig.
* BreakTheCutie: After what happened to [[spoiler: Mitzi, Ree]] definitely qualifies for this.
* CliffHanger: A standard for this series.
* CombatPragmatist: Lala.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Another standard for this series.
* [[spoiler: DeathByOriginStory: Harper the first.]]
* AnyoneCanDie: Oh god [[spoiler: Mitzi]] why?
* AxeCrazy: Again, Ree though most of the time it's [[MamaBear justified]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ree and any of her team can qualify.
* BigDamnHeroes: This seems to be Allen's whole gig.
* BreakTheCutie: After what happened to [[spoiler: Mitzi, Ree]] definitely qualifies for this.
* CliffHanger: A standard for this series.
* CombatPragmatist: Lala.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Another standard for this series.
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* GreyAndGrayMorality
* LovableCoward: Jackster.
* MacheteMayhem: More baseball bat mayhem, but definitely Ree.
* MamaBear: Ree.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Almost everyone to [[spoiler: Mitzi]].
* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Seems to be a staple of Digital Skitty's contributions.
* GreyAndGrayMorality
* LovableCoward: Jackster.
* MacheteMayhem: More baseball bat mayhem, but definitely Ree.
* MamaBear: Ree.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Almost everyone to [[spoiler: Mitzi]].
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* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: Craig]] if [[spoiler: he's]] even dead at all.
* PutOnABus: Ali and Jerry.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: Craig]] if [[spoiler: he's]] even dead at all.
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* BreakTheCutie: Mia, very much so.
** Erra also qualifies.
* BuffySpeak: Most characters drop into this occasionally.
** Erra also qualifies.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Adryan.
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* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7136839/1/Ree-Majors-Wonderful-Journey Ree Major's Wonderful Journey]], also by Digital Skitty. Following the story of [[SirSwearsALot Ree Majors]], a video game nerd and her starter, [[SweetTooth Mister Snivy Whiplash]], or Whippy for short and their goal: to get all the Unova badges within a [[TimedMission time limit]]. As opposed to NamNar, Ree is hotheaded, rash, and prone to fighting her way out of situations with her favorite companion: [[ICallItVera Sophia]].
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* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7136839/1/Ree-Majors-Wonderful-Journey Ree Major's Wonderful Journey]], also by Digital Skitty. Following the story of [[SirSwearsALot Ree Majors]], a video game nerd and her starter, [[SweetTooth Mister Snivy Whiplash]], or Whippy for short and their goal: to get all the Unova badges within a [[TimedMission [[RaceAgainstTheClock time limit]]. As opposed to NamNar, [=NamNar=], Ree is hotheaded, rash, and prone to fighting her way out of situations with her favorite companion: [[ICallItVera Sophia]].
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* PowderKegCrowd
* PowerTrio: (In The Beginning)
** Super Ego: Nick
** Ego: Narrator
** Id: Hanna
* PowerTrio: (In The Beginning)
** Super Ego: Nick
** Ego: Narrator
** Id: Hanna
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* RealityEnsues: Quite frequently.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: As of the latest chapter, the colony of Shiftry, who are only acting [[spoiler: because most of Celebi's plans end up ruining the world]]. [[TheJester Loki]] also qualifies - he can battle well, but his main interests are pranking others and playing around.
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Playthings Series is a name given to a set of four {{Pokemon}} fanfics written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/791422/Digital-Skitty Digital Skitty]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1634629/Crukix Crukix]]. The first two stories in the series are written by Digital Skitty, with the latter two by Crukix. WordOfGod is that it wasn't planned this way, so retroactive changes and frequent uses of ShrugOfGod can be seen in attempts to make their universes compatible. The series itself can be seen as a DarkerAndEdgier take on Pokemon as a whole, with CharacterDeath of both original characters and canon ones.
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Playthings Series is a name given to a set of four {{Pokemon}} ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fanfics written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/791422/Digital-Skitty Digital Skitty]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1634629/Crukix Crukix]]. The first two stories in the series are written by Digital Skitty, with the latter two by Crukix. WordOfGod is that it wasn't planned this way, so retroactive changes and frequent uses of ShrugOfGod can be seen in attempts to make their universes compatible. The series itself can be seen as a DarkerAndEdgier take on Pokemon as a whole, with CharacterDeath of both original characters and canon ones.
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Playthings Series is a name given to a set of four {{Pokemon}} fanfics written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/791422/Digital-Skitty Digital Skitty]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1634629/Crukix Crukix]]. The first two stories in the series are written by Digital Skitty, with the latter two by Crukix. WordOfGod is that it wasn't planned this way, so retroactive changes and frequent uses of ShrugOfGod can be seen in attempts to make their universes compatible. The series itself can be seen as a DarkerAndEdgier take on Pokemon as a whole, with CharacterDeath of both original characters and canon ones.
The timeline of the stories (so far) is:
* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Pedestal Pedestal]] by Digtal Skitty. A story that starts out deceptively similar to other stories. A young trainer aspires ToBeAMaster, with great dreams of being the best, placing his hoped-for Pokemon on a [[TitleDrop pedestal]]. A year later than most trainers, he finally receives his starter... a Numel, called [[CharacterTitle Pedestal]]. HilarityEnsues, but not for long. The DarkerAndEdgier comes later, with prophecies, genre deconstructions, and the consequences of ignoring warnings. However, it still has moments of comedy. Referred to as NamNar, the main character is accident prone, idealistic and amazingly paranoid about [[AchillesHeel double weaknesses]].
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7136839/1/Ree-Majors-Wonderful-Journey Ree Major's Wonderful Journey]], also by Digital Skitty. Following the story of [[SirSwearsALot Ree Majors]], a video game nerd and her starter, [[SweetTooth Mister Snivy Whiplash]], or Whippy for short and their goal: to get all the Unova badges within a [[TimedMission time limit]]. As opposed to NamNar, Ree is hotheaded, rash, and prone to fighting her way out of situations with her favorite companion: [[ICallItVera Sophia]].
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7599030/1/Transgression Transgression]] by Crukix and interestingly, the second of his stories in the series. Transgression follows another [[NamelessNarrative nameless narrator]], referred to originally by the author as Trainer. As opposed to the other stories, Trainer has already had her Pokemon for a year before the story starts and when we first meet her, she has no intention of becoming a trainer, hoping instead to go to school and study history. However, one day whilst playing on the beach with her best friend, they come across the dead body of a [[OlympusMons legendary Pokemon]]. As it turns out, the [[GovernmentConspiracy government]] isn't too keen on people coming into contact with legendary Pokemon, [[ContinuityNod due to events of the previous games]].
* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Regret Regret]] also by Crukix, is his first contribution to the series and the last in chronological order so far. The main character is another nameless narrator, referred to as Soldier by the author. Soldier is wound back in time 80 years to stop the BadFuture from occurring, with little more than a few vague pointers as to what he needs to do.
Be sure to sort the tropes into their appropriate folders.
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[[folder: Playthings Series]]
!!The series as a whole contains examples of:
* AnyoneCanDie: And how!
* CliffHanger: There are some awful ones across all the stories.
* CosmicPlaything: In case the title of the series didn't give it away.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Obviously.
* DeadpanSnarker: Each story has at least one of these.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Good luck finding a character in these stories that's perfectly good or bad.
* MoodWhiplash
* NamelessNarrative: Three out of four stories qualifies.
* WhamEpisode: Each story has at least one of these
* WhamLine: Oh god, some of them are [[TearJerker awful]], most are [[NightmareFuel evil]] and a few are just [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious]]
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[[folder: Pedestal]]
!!This fanfic contains examples of:
* AbortedArc: What ever happened to that red jacket...?
* AccidentalAimingSkills: The protagonist is pro at this - especially when trying to catch birds.
* ActionGirl: Carlita.
** [[spoiler: Ultimately, Hanna. Her secret weapon lays waste to Nick's team, and she even beats Nick himself in a fistfight.]]
* ActionSurvivor: It's a wonder that the protagonist is still alive at this point, especially after being mauled by Pokemon (and people!) so many times.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Both Hanna and [[spoiler: Nick]] have one.
* {{AFGNCAAP}}: The protagonist can be seen as this, sometimes. [[spoiler: Not any more! Now we have his full name, gender and [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/TEAM-AWESOME-149112749 several]] [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/99-fate-164295789 pieces]] [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/Pedestal-REAL-Reason-163061462 of]] [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/62-effort-166456099 art]] by the author to give us an idea of his appearance! So what if it took 150+ chapters?]]
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Harlan has a massive crush on the moody feline that is Ike, to the point of [[spoiler: choosing the go with the main character after Nick dies to stay close to him.]]
* AlluringAnglerfish: Most ghosts do this at some point.
* [[spoiler: AnArmAndALeg]]: [[spoiler: Carlita's tail gets chopped off during the battle with Nick.]]
* AntiAir: Ike was meant to be this, but Kostya and Alice are used, more often than not - mostly because the protagonist doesn't believe Ike can be trusted.
* AnyoneCanDie
* ApatheticCitizens: Deconstructed.
* ArcWords: You will face many trials. Do not let yourself become dark. Do not get sidetracked with the injustices of the world; do not become angry and bitter. And, when the time comes, let go.
** However, the ''full'' text was interrupted; it first ran 'And, when the time comes, let go of h—'.
* [[ArtificialLimbs Artifical Tail]]: [[spoiler: Carlita]] is probably going to get one. But even with that, she still [[spoiler: will never dance again.]]
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Literally with Jude, though it's actually a shiny Pokemon. Still hilarious.
* BabiesEverAfter
* BackForTheFinale: Jude makes an appearance for [[spoiler: Oonu's]] funeral in the final chapter.
* BattleAmongstTheFlames: The main character has been involved in four so far: when he breaks out of the warehouse during The Tournament arc, when he faces Vaporeon in Sunyshore, [[spoiler: the battle with Lola outside Stark Mountain and finally the battle with Nick inside Stark Mountain.]]
* BattleButler: Jacques, Cossette's loyal Gallade.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: This makes up a large part of the plot.
* BestServedCold: Hanna seems to have spent an awful long time training up Molly [[spoiler: to kill Nick.]]
--> "Look, if you're worried about me, really. Don't. I've been preparing this for ''years''."
* BigDamnHeroes: Interestingly, two examples in The Tournament arc: [[spoiler: inverted when [=NamNar=] busts ''out'' of the building to save people, and when the main antagonist, Nick, shows up and kills his own followers to stop the fighting and probably save them from a very bloody CurbStompBattle.]]
** Lucian at the very end of the Vaporeon Arc.
** Sela and Vaikuntha tend to become this from time to time, most recently [[spoiler:with the rest of the Gym leaders at Stark Mountain]].
* BigSleep: [[spoiler: Nick, when he's killed by Arceus]]
--> [[spoiler: Then, he shut his eyes tight and leaned against Chase, just as the white pokémon leaned down and pressed the tip of its snout against the dragon's forehead.]]
* BilingualBonus: Cossette and her family speak French natively, and it's been implied that Jude speaks it, too.
* BittersweetEnding
* BlindSeer: Katerina.
* BloodSplatteredInnocents: The main character, although how innocent he is at this point in the story is debatable. And more often than not, it's his own blood.
** [[spoiler: Cossette, very literally taken.]]
* [[spoiler: BrokenPedestal]]: The plot and much of the character interactions later in the story thrive off of this trope.
* ButtMonkey: The protagonist. Let's face it, life for him isn't exactly peachy.
* CerebusSyndrome: It starts off as a cheerful, humorous story about a trainer starting his Pokemon journey, but soon there's more blood than Pokemon battles. [[FromBadToWorse It got worse]] from there.
* CharacterTitle
* CheerfulChild: Cossette, and sometimes even Carlita.
** Completely averted with the protagonist and Benjamin.
* ChekhovsGunman: Lola. First introduced way back in the beginning as a random goth trainer who got stranded in Snowpoint. Then pops up again during the tournament and gym race arc. Then is killed on national televison. However the latest chapters have revealed that, [[spoiler: [[FakingTheDead not only is she alive]], she's responsible for worsening Nick's SanitySlippage, she fixed the gym race slightly so the main character got a gym position, she organized the nightmare attack, she owns the Xatu that has been invading the main character's dreams lately, she goaded the main character into attacking Vaporeon by sending messages from Nick's number, she knows the truth about the prison break and helped to cover the main characters involvement in it, and finally she's 'the first' in the ghosts' prophecy...]]
* CliffHanger: There are some truly terrible ones, some coming right after an even worse one before it.
* ClimacticBattleResurrection: A minor one happened during the battle against Vaporeon, where [[spoiler: nearly everyone except for the main character and his group get killed.]] Also it seems that [[spoiler: the entire battle on Stark Mountain is this, as everyone except the main character, Lola and Nick get taken out of action.]]
* ComingOfAgeStory: The story starts off ''technically'' when the protagonist is ten. Five years so far have passed.
* ConflictingLoyalty: The main character is torn between [[spoiler: desperately believing that Nick can be saved and taking him out for the safety of the region.]]
* CosmicPlaything: Implied ever since [[spoiler: Arceus]] had a cameo. More strongly implied with the [[ItMakesSenseInContext "Starly dream".]]
** More than implied now. It's just not [[spoiler:the MC that's the plaything - it's Abigail and Nick.]]
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Somewhat averted. In Stark Mountain characters wearing dark clothing are shown to be boiling and non fire pokemon have a hard time battling for long periods due to the heat. It can also easily kill and destroy things. However a [[RopeBridge rickety rope bridge]] can still stand without bursting into flames...
* CreatorCameo: [[spoiler: Chapter 94.]]
* CurseCutShort: Fairly often, although more and more in recent chapters due to the rating going up.
** Chapter 121 starts off with a "Holy freaking sh—", the first time the protagonist has resorted to such language.
* CynicismCatalyst: A dead little brother was [[spoiler: the catalyst for Nick's FreakOut]].
* DanceBattler: Carlita to a T. [[spoiler: Not any more. Without her tail, the doctors aren't even sure she'll be able to manage a slow waltz.]]
* DarkIsEvil: The dark-haired trainer [[spoiler: turned out to be Nick, and we find that out just before his FreakOut]]. He has also been stated to wear dark clothes from then on out.
** [[spoiler: In Chapter 147, it is implied that the dark-haired monster might actually be Lola.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: Rather, ghost types aren't evil. Mostly.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Duh.
* DeadpanSnarker: The protagonist, Lola, other characters on rarer occasions.
* DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler: Benjamin's mother was executed for being in Team Galactic. His father is in prison for life.]]
** [[spoiler: Abigail, the first person to undergo Arceus's test, is the first person to fall victim to the rabid Abomasnow]]
* DeusExMachina[=/=]DiabolusExMachina: The entire [[spoiler: Arceus scene]] in the chapter 154 could be seen as this.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of many Pokemon friendship fics.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: The mercenary's girlfriend, Zoe, dies this way after being shot by Vaporeon.
* DisguisedInDrag: The protagonist cross dresses as a girl in order to get past border control.
** And to get out of the Sunyshore Gym, although he actually [[spoiler:swapped places with a specific girl to get out]].
* DoubleMeaningTitle
* EarlyBirdCameo: Lola gets introduced way back when the main character and Hanna first visited Snowpoint City, and only pops up again during The Tournament arc. Also, the Electabuzz that the main character owned for all of 10 minutes comes back later with a more important role, [[spoiler: as one of Lola's pokemon.]]
* EnemyMine: The protagonist teams up with the mercenary who attacked him early on in the story in order to infiltrate Vaporeon's hideout. [[spoiler: He gets betrayed, as some of his friends suspected he would.]]
* [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Even The Boys Want Him]]: Nick, the protagonist.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Ike gets his eye slashed and is therefore blinded.]]
* EvilFormerFriend [[spoiler: Nick to the protagonist.]]
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Sela Schaffer states this when she realizes who the protagonist is during the Gym Race arc.
** [[spoiler:"Well, no, but—look at him! He's famous! And he's so tiny! I thought he'd be bigger. He looked bigger on the television."]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Nick.]]
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: The only way for the story to end peacefully at this point is if [[spoiler: Nick goes to jail or dies]]. Considering the protagonist's feelings towards him and [[spoiler: the fact that he already ''bailed him out of prison once before'']]...
** [[spoiler: He dies. Via Arceus]].
* FallenHero: [[spoiler: Nick.]]
* FamedInStory: Played straight with the protagonist, though it's an unfortunate thing as it could reveal [[spoiler: his friendship with Nick]].
** Nick, [[spoiler: even before his [[FreakOut ''incident'']]]].
** Jude, played straight.
** Vaporeon is a TV celebrity and Arianna seems to be pretty well known in fashion circles, if [[TheFashionista Hanna's]] reaction is anything to go by.
* {{Fangirl}}: Implied with Hanna's remark in chapter 16. She has also been shown to root for the protagonist and Alicia's relationship, even going as far as to help him out.
** Cossette, to an extent.
* FlatWhat: Nick's reaction to [[spoiler: hearing that Matthew is dead]]. Possibly deconstructed, given the circumstances and description of how flat the word was.
* FourIsDeath: There are four Pidgey chicks when the main character adopts them. Is it ''that'' surprising that not all of them make it? [[spoiler: Poor Oonu and Woonu...]]
* FreakOut: [[spoiler: Nick]] suffers a HUGE one.
** Most of Sunyshore and the remaining Gym race trainers suffer one during the [[spoiler: media attack]].
** Benjamin has one after [[spoiler: he kills someone for the first time.]]
-->[[spoiler: Lola: I hid some security tapes from a certain prison incident.]]
* FluffyTheTerrible: The Tyranitar [[spoiler: that Hanna uses against Nick]] is called Molly.
* FullNameBasis: At the point of her introduction, it was almost exclusively Sela Schaffer. More and more, it's Nick or Nicholas Sayre, too.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: The main villain only snapped and killed in revenge of [[spoiler: his little brother's death]] because the government did absolutely nothing about it, even ''when it happened before'' (and to the main character!). Many characters have voiced sentiments agreeing with his basic ideals, even if he took things too far.
-->"Not to mention the fact that when you get to be this high in the world, especially in today's training climate, we're all about five minutes from pulling a [[spoiler: Nick Sayre]]."
-->"No we're—"
-->"I don't know where ''you'' were, but I was in Sunyshore fighting off trainers and Pokemon with my goddamn ''fists'' when that riot broke out. You were all fighting tooth and nail against each other. And judging on your Luxray's behavior, you're not a perfectly innocent trainer, either," she snapped, cold once more. I reeled back, caught off guard by the personality change. "The fact of the matter is that each and every one of us has the potential to turn just as bad, if not worse, than he is. All it takes is the proper trigger. For him, it was Matthew."
** Although he now has followers who completely agree with him, possibly more than he himself agrees.
** The 'good guys' also have done horrible things. The main character himself [[spoiler: has killed a Pokemon]], is more keen on stopping his [[spoiler: ex-best friend]] instead of his fanatical followers, Shadow Sneaked an entire camera crew to who knows where and never bothered to care about where they potentially ended up, may or may not have been indirectly responsible for the deaths of at least eight Pokemon, and, of course, could very well be responsible for [[spoiler: Nick becoming a monster and causing the rest of the tragedies]], anyway.
* GroinAttack: Hanna uses one during her fistfight with [[spoiler: Nick.]]
* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler: Ike and Carlita become this after the Stark Mountain fiasco.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: The main character, more and more as the story wears on.
** [[spoiler: Lampshaded by ''Arceus'', of all things.]]
--> [[spoiler: ''"...even if some of its members can be slightly self-depreciating at times."'']]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Vai gets stabbed with one of Koel's feathers.]]
* HoldYourHippogriffs: Any time a real-world idiom that references an animal is used, the appropriate Pokemon is substituted.
* HolyHandGrenade: [[spoiler:Arceus ''is'' more or less used as a willing weapon.]]
* HotBlooded: Carlita, Des (when he gets mad, anyway).
* ImAHumanitarian: Several lines of ghosts, most notably the Duskull line, have been stated to eat humans as part of their diet. Dusclops can speak in human tongue specifically to lure children to them. [[spoiler: Kostya just evolved, and he suddenly doesn't need his translator anymore.]]
* ICanStillFight: Carlita quotes this as she desperately tries to stop the main character from recalling her. [[spoiler: She really can't, as she's just had her tail chopped off and can barely walk without it.]]
--> "I can still fight! I—I'm not bleeding anymore, see?"
* IdiotHair: The protagonist is shown to have one in pictures drawn by the author.
* IHaveYourWife: Happens a ''lot''. [[spoiler: The cops keep Benjamin with them in order to draw out his parents, who were members of Team Galactic, after they started an armed siege when the organization fell. Vaporeon holds the mercenary's girlfriend hostage in order to ensure his loyalty. Lola does this to Alicia to get the the main character's side to withdraw their pokemon during a battle. Finally, Nick's family was held hostage to get him to hand himself in to the authorities.]]
* IncompatibleOrientation: Archie and [[spoiler: Alicia]], and their respective relationships with the protagonist.
* ImportantHaircut: Cynthia cuts her hair short after the Champions Tragedy.
** During the Gym race, Hanna cut her hair, too.
* ImprobableWeapon: Skarmory feathers have become an increasingly popular alternative to swords.
* InTheBack: [[spoiler: Lola stabs Vai this way during the chaos of the Stark Mountain battle.]]
* InnocentBlueEyes: The protagonist has them. They play an essential part in [[spoiler: convincing a delusional Nick that he's not his brother.]]
--> Those big blue eyes, so wide, so trusting, so confused.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Nick is quite a bit older than the protagonist and even Hanna.
** Somewhat the norm, though, considering Benjamin and Cossette are the only major characters who are younger than the protagonist, anyway. Most of his friends seem to be at least a year or two older.
* IronicEpisodeTitle: "It Is Cruelty To Be Humane To Rebels" in the chapter where [[spoiler: Stantler and Houndoom are murdered]], "Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This" for the [[spoiler: nightmare chapter]], "A Horizon To Catch Up To" for [[spoiler: the protagonist's MoralEventHorizon]], and many others.
* JadeColoredGlasses: Definitely in place on our protagonist, especially considering that most recently, he has [[spoiler: been more worried about ''where'' to put the bodies and actively wished for Vaporeon's death.]]
* JustifiedTitle
* KarmaHoudini: Depending on whether or not you believe she was lying, [[spoiler:Lola qualifies. If she was telling the truth, she masterminded at least most of the major plot points and was even behind several deaths, albeit indirectly. And while she dies, she ''wanted'' to die. She died happily, knowing she was able to get one last, great rise out of the protagonist. Aside from some mild injuries, she didn't suffer any sort of karma.]]
* KarmicTwistEnding: Arguably, most of the ghosts' warning turns out to have this to some degree. [[spoiler: The protagonist was effectively put on trial by the public during the Gym race arc, he ''purposely'' was out trying to become as dark as possible to avoid psychic locks, he's been nothing ''but'' sidetracked to the point that Arceus had to drop in on his dreams to try to set him back on track, his personality has become much more cynical and distant, and he ''still'' hasn't let go of Nick.]] The real kicker is that he is even aware of the last one, and simply is unable to. The only part of the prophecy that's been completely played straight so far is that they told him not to die - but it's unknown whether that was the ghosts' attempt at humor or honestly a part of the warning.
* KickChick: Carlita.
* KidHero
* [[spoiler: LipstickLesbian: Alicia.]]
* LethalLavaLand: The inside of Stark Mountain.
* LivingShadow: Kostya and Pollyanna both fit this regularly - but subverted a bit in that that's not their real form.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Hanna, Alice to an extent.
* MacheteMayhem: Vaikuntha could go this way.
** [[spoiler: Lola recently picked up the habit as well. With actual results.]]
** The protagonist's efforts to jump and the bandwagon [[EpicFail have so far fallen a bit flat.]]
--> [[spoiler: "Wow, that was... sort of pathetic," Nick called encouragingly. "Wanna try again?"]]
* MadnessMantra: Nick has one when [[spoiler: he's in jail]].
--> "…I want to be alone, I want to be alone…"
* MamaBear: Alice, most trainers if their teams are threatened.
* MindScrew: [[spoiler: The nightmares.]]
** Arguably, what the [[spoiler: ghosts and even Arceus have been hinting at all along]].
* MiseryBuildsCharacter: Out-of-story, but the author loves this trope.
* MoodWhiplash: Even lampshaded by a couple characters at various points.
* MoralityPet: The Pidgey chicks and Cossette for the narrator. Zarek, too, although for a shorter time.
** In a way, most Pokemon become this to their trainers, and even vice versa.
* MotorMouth: Alicia talks a lot, especially when nervous.
* MusicalThemeNaming: Alice.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood:
-->"[=NamNar=], c'mere."
-->"Uh, ''who''?"
-->"You, silly."
-->"That's not my name. My name is--"
-->"Ach! No, none of that yet."
* NamelessNarrative: We (and [[WordOfGod the author]]) call him [=NamNar=], short for the Nameless Narrator, since his name is never revealed during the course of the story. The author keeps the protagonist's gender unknown for half the story. The protagonist's name is literally the ''last two words of the story''.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler: Des to Isabella, [=NamNar=] to Woonu, [=NamNar=] to Archie, [=NamNar=] to Lola... And most recently, [=NamNar=] to Nick.]]
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Initially played straight with Hanna, but she has come into her own later in the story.
* NeverFoundTheBody: The bodies of many people who died in the Vaporeon Arc, [[spoiler: including Archie and Lola]] were never recovered due to the place they died in going up in flames. [[spoiler:[[FakingTheDead However the real reason that Lola's was never recovered was because she wasn't actually dead in the first place...]]]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Taken ''UpToEleven''.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: [[spoiler: Nick attempts to collect all his pokeballs before fleeing from the police.]]
--> [[spoiler: He'd be damned before he left another one of his team behind.]]
* NoNameGiven: The protagonist of the story. See NamelessNarrative above.
* NotMeThisTime: Turns out [[spoiler: Nick wasn't the one who killed Byron. He was actually trying to save the guy!]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Des, short for [[CharacterTitle Pedestal]].
* OutsourcingFate[=/=]HumanityOnTrial: [[spoiler: Arceus tries to judge humanity based on the actions of the main characters]].
* ParentsInDistress: [[spoiler: Nick's parents were held hostage by an armed gunman who demanded that he hand himself in. Trying to rescue them is what got him caught.]]
* PeacefulInDeath: [[spoiler: Nick and Chase.]]
--> [[spoiler: It was Nick Sayre and his Garchomp, laying side by side. Eyes closed and the ghost of a smile. Chase curled around him, protective and loyal even then. Both of them dead.]]
* PlayedForLaughs: A lot of the violence is. Only to coincide with MoodWhiplash when the other characters/the readers realize that the injuries don't simply go away.
* PowderKegCrowd
* PowerTrio: (In The Beginning)
** Super Ego: Nick
** Ego: Narrator
** Id: Hanna
* PragmaticAdaptation: In this 'verse, you can buy Pokemon translators that let you understand your Pokemon.
* ProperlyParanoid: Well, Des ''is'' weak against water...
** Likewise, Vaikuntha won't let Koel fight fire Pokemon.
* PropheticFallacy: And how!
* ProphecyTwist: [[spoiler: Not becoming [[DarkIsNotEvil dark doesn't mean becoming evil]]; it means using dark type Pokemon to hide from psychics]]. See KarmicTwistEnding above.
* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: It's hard to tell. But then there are the nightmares. Which takes this trope somewhat literally, as [[spoiler:a psychic caused them]].
** Earlier in the story, the protagonist regularly gets dreams visited by [[ItMakesSenseInContext stalker ghosts and goddesses of love]]. Again, taken a little more literally, as he didn't actually see the future in any of them.
* PsychoSupporter: If they use a [[ItMakesSenseInContext Pokemon name]], chances are they fit this.
* PutOnABus: Happens to Hanna and Jude at different points during the Vaporeon arc.
* RealMenEatMeat: Partially subverted, in the fact that the protagonist fought with vegetarianism and killing Pokemon for food. He went back to eating them, however.
* [[spoiler:RivalTurnedEvil]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Nick]].
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: Again, Nick.]]
* ScrewDestiny: Played straight, subverted, inverted, and all around just screwed around with to the point where even the cast isn't sure what would be screwing destiny and whether or not anything they've done counts as it.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jude ditches the main character after his WhatTheHellHero moment at the end of the Vaporeon arc. The main character does this when [[spoiler: he quits being a gym leader after the events at Stark Mountain.]]
* SelectiveSlaughter: [[spoiler: Nick, Houndoom, Stantler. If you ''deserve'' your Pokemon, well then, you're okay in their books!]]
** [[spoiler: Don't forget Vaporeon.]]
* SelfFulfillingProphecy
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Nick fits this trope best, surprisingly enough.
** His Garchomp, Chase, is a shout-out to Chevy Chase, voice of the landshark in the SaturdayNightLive skits.
** We also have [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Chekhov]], [[Series/DoctorWho Who]], [[Creator/IsaacAsimov Patru]], [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream Harlan]], [[Creator/JulesVerne Jules]], and [[TheTwilightZone Ser]], which is short for Serling.
* ShoutOut: One part has a small reference to MarbleHornets and the SlendermanMythos. [[ParanoiaFuel The protagonist reacts accordingly.]]
* ShovelStrike: Used to [[spoiler: kill Stantler and Houndoom]].
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Hanna towards Nick in the first half of the story. Gender bent with the protagonist and Alicia in the second half.
** Also, Cossette counts as a smitten ''preteen'' girl.
** Sonya, towards Nathan, although her exact age is unknown.
* SoProudOfYou: This is pretty much the last thing [[spoiler: Nick says to the protagonist before he leaves for evildom.]]
** Partially subverted in the fact that the protagonist refuses to see his parents' pride in him, instead concentrating on their constant worry.
* {{Socialite}}: Hanna.
* SourSupporter: Ike would qualify.
** Sometimes, even Des fills this trope when his trainer gets whiny or loses track of the right way.
* SpoiledBrat: Hanna, though the fandom loves her for it.
** Cossette and Zarek fit this, too, thanks to the main character.
* StaticStunGun: Ike, most of Lola's team.
* StayInTheKitchen: The main character bans Hanna and Cossette from coming with him to [[spoiler: face Nick]]. This is justified though, as [[spoiler: he thinks]] Hanna doesn't have any pokemon and Cossette has next to no battle experience and only has a crippled Gallade to rely on. [[spoiler: This doesn't dissuade them in the least.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Carlita shows signs of this when [[spoiler: the main character tells her she can't dance.]]
--> I couldn't decide whether or not she was forcing herself to be cheerful.
* StoutStrength: Des.
* StrangerSafety: The Pokemon universe thrives off of this, and our hero is no exception.
* StunnedSilence: Carlita, after the main character tells her that [[spoiler: she can't dance any more.]]
--> [[spoiler: "Carlita, you won't be able to dance again."]]
--> She was perfectly silent.
* SympatheticMurderer: [[spoiler: Nick, the protagonist.]]
* TalkingYourWayOut: The main character orders his pokemon to do this in order to convert some hostile pokemon to their side. Probably would've worked better if they weren't in the middle of a raging battle at the time...
--> Alice: ''"You want me to go and talk to a hostile Garchomp?"''
* TeamMom: The protagonist. It's even been lampshaded by a couple characters..
* TemptingFate: [=NamNar=] ''actively'' avoids this at this point.
* TheAllConcealingI: There are more than 150 chapters at this point and we ''still'' don't know the narrator's name.
* TheBusCameBack: For Hanna at the end of the Vaporeon arc.
* TheCavalry: Played straight for both sides during [[spoiler: the battle with Lola on Stark Mountain.]]
--> Sela: "Looks like I'm playing cavalry again, huh?"
* TheCheerleader: Hanna doesn't lampshade it; she proclaims it, drags others along with her, and even dresses for the part.
* TheFashionista: Hanna shows shades of this.
* TheMessiah: Vaikuntha.
* TheNotLoveInterest: Hanna.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The narrator's name is revealed at the end of the last chapter.]]
* TheRunaway: Cossette is implied to have run away from home after having an argument with her parents, shortly after the main character moves to Sunyshore, and is currently living with him in the gym.
* TheStarscream: Ike.
* TheStoic: Des.
* ThemeNaming: Jude plays this straight, though some of it is a little... obscure and random.
** The Eevee litter Isabella and Alexander came from all had four-syllable names that started with vowels.
* TitleDrop: The main character gives an ''epic'' one during his confrontation with [[spoiler: Nick.]]
--> [[spoiler: "But I'm finally going to fix that, one way or another. I'm taking you down off of that pedestal, Nick. And if I have to kill you to do that, to keep Sinnoh safe from you, I will."]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: Also Ike.
* TokenMiniMoe: Cossette.
* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: The dark-haired trainer turning out to be Nick.]]
** Not really. More like a [[TomatoInTheMirror]] for the protagonist, and a sufficiently [[GenreSavvy]] reader already suspects that [[spoiler: the dark-haried trainer might be Nick; after all he's one of the only characters we know who is dark-haired and we've seen him with a Snorunt...]]
** [[spoiler: The black hoodie-wearing trainer turning out to be ''Lola''.]]
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Carlita and Alice.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: The [[spoiler: riot in Sunyshore]].
* TouchOfDeath: Seems to be how [[spoiler: Arceus kills Nick and Chase.]]
* TrollingCreator: [[spoiler: Played with in Chapter 94 which turns out to be an elaborate April Fools Chapter. The Creator does admit at the end that she does feel bad for screwing up one of the characters' lives.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Alice.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: For a short time.
** Mirrored in the Gym race arc, with the introductions of Vaikuntha and Alicia.
** Possibly Des, Carlita, and Ike, and then later Kostya, Alice, and Zarek.
** [[spoiler: The Pidgey chicks were for awhile.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler: Chapter 148, told by Nick as his sanity starts slipping.]]
* UnlikelyHero
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Vaporeon has shades of this.]]
** [[spoiler: NICK. He murdered Hanna's team to stop the protagonist from getting too involved with him.]]
* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack:
-->"Guys, ''no''. I want to name them! And Des—Vai, really?"
-->"''No, Vi. It's said differently. And uses different letters''," he replied smartly.
-->"I still will get confused and I'm the one deciding what to name them!"
-->Three guesses as to what they ended up being named.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Boy is this drilled home during [[spoiler: the confrontation between the main character and Nick.]]
--> [=NamNar=]: "I thought you were my friend. I thought you were still... Good, somewhere, in there."
* WhamEpisode: Chapter 57.
** Chapter 132, as well.
* WhamLine: Chapter 121: [[spoiler: "Des. Kill it."]]
** Chapter 147: [[spoiler: "I've missed you so much, Matthew."]]
** The meaning of these words: [[spoiler: "Let go."]]
** Chapter 156 is ''full'' of them. The most jarring would have to be [[spoiler: "...A slow waltz, perhaps," and "...he won't be able to see again."]]
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Pedestal]] gives an absolutely ''epic'' one to the protagonist. It [[HesBack snaps him out of his mindset]].
** Again: [[spoiler: "Des. Kill it."]]
** And ''again'': [[spoiler:the protagonist DID just murder someone in relatively cold blood]]. And is then more or less rewarded for it, and at the very least, forgiven by most of the cast.
** Jude also gives one the the main character, complete with a punch to the face, after his attempts to team up with the mercenary in the Vaporeon arc go pear shaped.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: [[spoiler: Chapters 151 and 152]].
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: Nick]].
* WouldHitAGirl: The protagonist smacks Lola with a Skarmory feather to shut her up while [[spoiler: confronting Nick]].
--> "What. I'm not afraid to hit a girl, and she's been infuriating and awful this entire night."
** The protagonist also slaps Hanna. To be fair, she started it.
* YouAreNotAlone: Hanna lectures the main character about this after [[spoiler: he tries to talk her down from killing Nick.]]
--> "You do ''not'' have to bear the weight of the world on your shoulders, contrary to popular belief. I am here to help you."
* YouCantFightFate: [[spoiler: The protagonist doesn't realize what he's supposed to do until it's too late, failing to avert the horrible future]]
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[[folder: Ree Major's Wonderful Journey]]
!!This fanfic contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Ree.
* AnyoneCanDie: Oh god [[spoiler: Mitzi]] why?
* AxeCrazy: Again, Ree though most of the time it's [[MamaBear justified]].
* BadAss: Once more, Ree shows shades of this. As does Lala, Whippy and Allen.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ree and any of her team can qualify.
* BigDamnHeroes: This seems to be Allen's whole gig.
* BreakTheCutie: After what happened to [[spoiler: Mitzi, Ree]] definitely qualifies for this.
* CliffHanger: A standard for this series.
* CombatPragmatist: Lala.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Another standard for this series.
* [[spoiler: DeathByOriginStory: Harper the first.]]
* [[spoiler: DiedInYourArmsTonight: Averted with Mitzi - she was already dead by the time Ree got to her.]]
* EvilBrit: Maybe not so much evil, but Lala (from the Pokemon POV chapters) qualifies.
* GreyAndGrayMorality
* LoveableCoward: Jackster.
* MacheteMayhem: More baseball bat mayhem, but definitely Ree.
* MamaBear: Ree.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Almost everyone to [[spoiler: Mitzi]].
* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Seems to be a staple of Digital Skitty's contributions.
* PutOnABus: Harry and Kev for a small period of time, though Harry does come back. Happens with all of Ree's travelling companions though.
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Maya to almost any boy, possibly [[spoiler: Harry]] to Ree.
* TheReveal: In the first chapter no less! [[spoiler: Ree is pregnant]].
* WhamLine: Chapter One: [[spoiler: Ree had to earn the gym badges in well under a year, and she couldn't go home until she had, because she was pregnant]].
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[[folder: Transgression]]
!!This fanfic contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: The main character herself
* ActionSurvivor: Again the main character. So far she's survived Steelix, a murderous Gengar and zombies.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny!: The main character again
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Apparently the reason for the death of the legendary Pokemon.
* BodyHorror: What happens in Eterna with the Gastly and their victims.
* CloudCuckoolander: Trainer, so much so.
* CreepyChild: Whatever those girls are that keep appearing to the main character.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite how clueless the main character often is, she's surprisingly adept at focusing for a Pokemon battle.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Duh.
* [[DoesNotLikeShoes Does Not Like Pants]]: Diz. To the point where he'll wear a jacket and a scarf, but no pants. Eventually they manage to get him to wear a miniskirt.
* {{Fangirl}}: Trainer when she meets Lenora, and again when she meets Cynthia.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Almost every Pokemon the main character imagines owning ends with like this - like a Haxorus named Sprinkles.
* Groin Attack: The first battle the main character fights, she loses. When she's told to hand over money, this is her reaction to the other trainer.
* HiddenDepths: Ali, a human training nothing but fighting Pokemon, is studying for a qualification in psychology. She also apparently loves Eevee and is overjoyed to find a store full of Eevee toys.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Ali is the same age as the main character's older brother
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Diz does this to Jerry, the main character's brother a few times. Needless to say, Trainer is not pleased.
* NamelessNarrative
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: Craig]] if [[spoiler: he's]] even dead at all.
* PutOnABus: Ali and Jerry.
* YouCantFightFate: The main character is even explicitly told as much.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Regret]]
!!This fanfic contains examples of:
* [[spoiler:AbusivePrecursors: The Celebi. They were originally meant to help keep the world on the right track, but due to ImmortalityImmorality, they eventually decided to start reshaping history. Some of their changes, such as making humans more resilient, are genuinely beneficial. But in order to achieve this, they had to steal children near the time of birth, and raise them as {{Unwitting Pawn}}s.]]
* AchillesHeel: Played straight in that every Pokemon has one or more weak spots. The Soldier's relatively untrained Sableye manages to get the upper hand on a wild, dangerous Nuzleaf by exploiting the sensitivity of its nose. The Soldier's training also involved being able to identify and recall these on a number of Pokemon.
* ActionGirl: Lacey.
* ActionSurvivor: Arguably everyone, given the nature of the world they live in.
* AfterTheEnd: The story starts off this way, with people living in small camps, fighting each other and [[ImAHumanitarian eating their own dead]].
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Somewhat. Generally it seems that the more power a person or Pokémon has, the more they abuse it. Case and point being [[spoiler:the Sinnoh Elite Four member Aaron]].
** Played with in the case of the Gardevoir. [[HiveMind They know of memories and feelings from fellow individuals]] and for them, raping others and skinning them alive is a perfectly natural fact, and a tradition that must be defended. And they ''will'' go after someone that has killed one of their numbers. It's unknown if Gallades think the same way, since the only one we know shrugs it off.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Chris', from her point of view.
* AnimalTalk: Aaron, who can commune with every form of insect, Pokemon or not. [[spoiler:Too bad he was a bad guy]].
* AntiHero: The main character himself.
* AnyoneCanDie: People and Pokémon both. So far we have [[spoiler:three of the main character's Pokémon, one of Adryan's, Jennifer, and a number of characters murdered by the main character himself]].
** We recently lost [[spoiler:Mia and Xander]], and very close together at that. ''Anyone'' really can die.
*** [[spoiler:Adryan just died in Chapter 54, too.]]
* ArmorIsUseless: Averted. The Soldier bears many scars and bullet marks due to his previous lack of its usage.
* ArtificialLimbs: Chris, who has an artificial arm after an incident with a Parasect.
* AttackAttackAttack: The protagonist's general battle strategy, until it's pointed out to him how flawed that plan is.
* AxCrazy: Lacey. She starts off by [[spoiler:trying to murder the main character]], kills random Pokémon whilst still with her trainer or goes off on her own to do so, and [[spoiler: massacred most of her former clan]]. Scar also seems to be getting this way when battling, and Erra, since Fallarbor (justified in that she was affected by some sort of toxin that keeps her in a sort of adrenalin overdrive).
* {{Badass}}: The main character, somewhat. Most of his pokemon too.
* BattleButler: Alistair, the character's Gallade. He finishes his sentences with honorifics like 'sir' and gives everyone little apt titles.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Pretty much the reason behind the whole story.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[PapaWolf You don't want to harm Adryan's Pokémon]].
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Bug-type Pokemon, with emphasis on "creepy".
* BigDamnHeroes: Averted. Every time something bad happens, the main character has to figure out how to escape on his own, with back up arriving just after the crisis, if at all.
* BilingualBonus: The random Italian-speaking guy in Chapter 21.
* BlackBestFriend: Chris is this to Adryan.
* BlessedWithSuck: Humans can use Psychic Pokemon to see the future. It comes with the price of getting a terminal brain tumor, though.
** Telepathy also counts. When the human first has a Pokemon speak to them telepathically, it causes intense migraines until they've adapted.
* BoomHeadshot: Each headshot is stated to end in an explosion of blood, bone and brain.
* BreakTheCutie: Mia, very much so.
** Erra also qualifies.
* BuffySpeak: Most characters drop into this occasionally.
* {{Chestburster}}: Erra, in Chapter 38. We later find out it's because [[spoiler:the man was forced to swallow her Pokéball]].
* ChildSoldiers: The main character mentions he became one at about 13.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Every other chapter seems to end with one.
* ColdSniper: Arguably the main character starts off as this.
* CrapsackWorld: The horrible future the main character is from, [[spoiler: which apparently was conjured by the Celebi and the main character's imagination.]]
* DarkFic: Mostly all the time, though there are rare moments of happiness or laughter.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Pretty much the basis of the story.
* DarkIsEvil: Lacey.
* DarkIsNotEvil: As of the latest chapter, the colony of Shiftry, who are only acting [[spoiler: because most of Celebi's plans end up ruining the world]]. [[TheJester Loki]] also qualifies - he can battle well, but his main interests are pranking others and playing around.
* DeadpanSnarker: The Soldier, Alistair, Lacey when she's translated, Adryan and Chris.
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Chillingly deconstructed. [[spoiler:There exists a spring that, if a Celebi's corpse is placed within it, it will be brought back to life. The amount of time this takes is equivalent to how long the Celebi had lived... the first time. The second time, it takes half of its total lifespan. The third time, it takes half of ''that''. One of them even says that after enough deaths, it only takes a few minutes for them to come back. The downside to this is that while they're recovering, their spirit is still aware, having fun in the Afterlife. When they come back, they're not allowed to go back until they die again, which means every time they die, they spend less and less time at peace. Eventually, they decided to start killing their newborns, [[CruelMercy since that would save them the tragedy later on.]]]]
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of a lot of friendship-based fics, in addition to a lot of other Pokemon-based fics. Also the depiction of some Pokémon, Gardevoir in particular - the author goes a long way to get away from the general stereotype used.
** Same goes for Pokémon instincts - if a Gardevoir is on heat, it won't care what it captures as long as it can use the victim to sate its sexual desires.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: While capturing a Pokemon works with this in mind, it takes time to earn its trust and to train it up. After a capture, the protagonist often spends the next few chapters (or weeks in-universe) trying to bond with it.
* DoesntLikeGuns: Averted. No one seems to have a problem with firearms, and the Soldier only feels truly protected with one at hand. Lacey has some interest in them, and even tried to learn shooting as a Nuzleaf - it didn't go well because of her fragile wrists, so she was promised to be taught as a Shiftry (so far, nothing on it was mentioned again).
* DrugsAreBad: And everyone knows it. [[spoiler:The Soldier becomes addicted to a sort of serum that resembles heroine, and even knowing it's a very bad thing, he can't stop using it. Later on we find it is medicine for poison Pokémon, and a lethal concoction to anything else.]]
* EarthIsABattlefield: In the future, Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and possibly Unova are torn apart by war and a [[TheVirus highly contagious]] HatePlague.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Most of the wild Pokemon encountered so far are bloodthirsty monsters and only the trained ones seem capable of being relatively normal, depending on who their trainer is.
* {{Expy}}: The author admits that he thinks of Hoenn to be like Australia, Sinnoh like Canada and it seems that the Sevii Isles hold an accent similar to old English.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: From the start we're told that the main character fails his mission.
* YaoiFangirl: Drunken Mia, very much so.
* FreakOut: The protagonist suffers one when he's told the theory that [[spoiler:if he stops the BadFuture, he'll disappear]].
* GreyAndGrayMorality: The main character plays this trope to a T: he's out to save the world (or himself) and if he has to kill people to do so, so be it.
* GunsAreWorthless: Averted. Pokémon and people alike are killed quite effectively with guns.
* HandCannon: The Soldier packs a .50 AE Desert Eagle, and he knows how to use it.
* HealingFactor: Synthesis works like this, but it takes a few hours to work effectively.
* HeroicBSOD: The protagonist, when he thinks that [[spoiler:saving the world will kill him]].
** Before that, when he tells Adryan of his encounter with two Gardevoir. He sits and cries for ''hours'', and his mind blanks out to the point that no one, be it human or Pokémon, can break him out of his stupor.
* HumansAreBastards[=/=]HumansAreMorons: Psychic-types say that all the time.
* LivingShadow: Haunters are nothing but purple shadows with bright red eyes.
* MoodWhiplash: A number of times.
* MoralityPet: Xander, to an extent. For a while, he's the only thing keeping the main character from becoming a sociopath.
* MythologyGag: Played with. A number of them are deconstructed and made fun of in text, such as warping to the nearest Pokemon center when all your Pokemon faint.
* MysteriousPast: Everyone, even the main character and the Pokemon too. It doesn't help that the protagonist doesn't really care about his friends' pasts, which means that we don't get to know either.
* NailedToTheWagon: The Soldier gets [[spoiler: forcibly addicted to a serum extracted from poison Pokémon, and can't [[GoingColdTurkey go cold turkey]] by himself. Scar does the trick by breaking the syringe's needle and stabbing him in the arm with it. It works - the Soldier starts to mind his addiction after that, and seeks help to get rid of it.]]
* NamelessNarrative: The protagonist, until the final chapters.
* {{Ninja}}: Played with. Adryan's Electabuzz seems to think that she's one.
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Averted with Chris, who builds up her own business with her own work.
* NoodleIncident: A number. Quite often if Adryan and Chris are having a conversation. One of the best involves Adryan talking about his Rapidash.
--->'''Adryan''': There's nothing quite as bad as having your Pokémon urinating in public without a care in the world. Worse still if it happens to be over a small child.
* NoNameGiven: To the point that even the supporting characters don't use a proper vocative. The most we've seen the main character being called is Soldier, as a joke.
** Averted at the end. It's [[spoiler:revealed in Chapter 58]].
* ParentalAbandonment: We're told early on that Adryan's mother has wiped her hands of him, but never given a definitive reason. We later discover it's because [[spoiler:he came out of the closet. Turns out she's a massive homophobe]].
* PokemonSpeak: Averted. Most psychics are capable of telepathy, but actual Pokemon are only ever referred to as 'speaking' in grunts, growls, snarls and other animalistic sounds like in the games.
* PsychicPowers: The [[CaptainObvious Psychic Pokemon]]. Given the mythology, one would expect Psychic-adapted humans to be similar.
* PsychoElectro: [[spoiler: Erra]] has become this as of late. See AxCrazy above for [[JustifiedTrope a good explanation]].
* RapeAsDrama: Played straight with the protagonist, even if it's not consummated. Comes up again later with [[spoiler: Mia]].
* RealityEnsues: Quite frequently.
* RivalTurnedEvil: Played with. [[spoiler: Adryan]] flips out at one point [[ItMakesSenseInContext and has a man kill himself]] because he thinks [[spoiler: he murdered Adryan's Rapidash]]. The protagonist is understandably freaked out. Then we later find out why: [[spoiler:it was actually one of the protagonist's Pokémon that killed the Rapidash]].
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The Soldier in the Fallarbor gym. [[spoiler:After being kidnapped, tortured and forcibly addicted, he massacres almost the entire staff, even those not responsible.]]
* SexySecretary: Professor Birch's. The soldier even wonders if she was hired just because of her looks. [[spoiler: Turns out she also had an affair with the Professor]].
* ShowerOfAngst: The protagonist, after Dewford.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Adryan.
* StraightGay: [[spoiler: Adryan. So much so. Also a massive case of FridgeBrilliance, in that every conversation where he's mentioned previous lovers is composed of gender-neutral terms. It knocks the soldier for six when he finds out]].
* TakeThat: There's a number of small jibes at the Pokemon media in general.
* TheAllConcealingI
* TokenMinority: Subverted - out of the Soldier's three human friends, one is a half black/half Asian woman and the other is later revealed to have always been a StraightGay, as seen above. His final human friend is also a {{Yaoi}}-obsessed maniac at times.
* TransformationSequence: Averted. Pokémon evolution is stated to be a long, slow process, akin to real-life growth. When the Pokémon does finally reach the ultimate stage of evolution, it locks itself inside its Pokéball or hides away somewhere quiet.
* WhenTreesAttack: Sort of, in that Shiftry are described as looking like twisted, knotted old trees.
* YouCantFightFate: Played straight in that when the soldier tries to get away from having to save the world, he ends up being dragged back into having to do so. [[spoiler: However, we learn that his life is essentially planned, which makes this trope even more applicable.]]
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The timeline of the stories (so far) is:
* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Pedestal Pedestal]] by Digtal Skitty. A story that starts out deceptively similar to other stories. A young trainer aspires ToBeAMaster, with great dreams of being the best, placing his hoped-for Pokemon on a [[TitleDrop pedestal]]. A year later than most trainers, he finally receives his starter... a Numel, called [[CharacterTitle Pedestal]]. HilarityEnsues, but not for long. The DarkerAndEdgier comes later, with prophecies, genre deconstructions, and the consequences of ignoring warnings. However, it still has moments of comedy. Referred to as NamNar, the main character is accident prone, idealistic and amazingly paranoid about [[AchillesHeel double weaknesses]].
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7136839/1/Ree-Majors-Wonderful-Journey Ree Major's Wonderful Journey]], also by Digital Skitty. Following the story of [[SirSwearsALot Ree Majors]], a video game nerd and her starter, [[SweetTooth Mister Snivy Whiplash]], or Whippy for short and their goal: to get all the Unova badges within a [[TimedMission time limit]]. As opposed to NamNar, Ree is hotheaded, rash, and prone to fighting her way out of situations with her favorite companion: [[ICallItVera Sophia]].
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7599030/1/Transgression Transgression]] by Crukix and interestingly, the second of his stories in the series. Transgression follows another [[NamelessNarrative nameless narrator]], referred to originally by the author as Trainer. As opposed to the other stories, Trainer has already had her Pokemon for a year before the story starts and when we first meet her, she has no intention of becoming a trainer, hoping instead to go to school and study history. However, one day whilst playing on the beach with her best friend, they come across the dead body of a [[OlympusMons legendary Pokemon]]. As it turns out, the [[GovernmentConspiracy government]] isn't too keen on people coming into contact with legendary Pokemon, [[ContinuityNod due to events of the previous games]].
* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Regret Regret]] also by Crukix, is his first contribution to the series and the last in chronological order so far. The main character is another nameless narrator, referred to as Soldier by the author. Soldier is wound back in time 80 years to stop the BadFuture from occurring, with little more than a few vague pointers as to what he needs to do.
Be sure to sort the tropes into their appropriate folders.
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[[folder: Playthings Series]]
!!The series as a whole contains examples of:
* AnyoneCanDie: And how!
* CliffHanger: There are some awful ones across all the stories.
* CosmicPlaything: In case the title of the series didn't give it away.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Obviously.
* DeadpanSnarker: Each story has at least one of these.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Good luck finding a character in these stories that's perfectly good or bad.
* MoodWhiplash
* NamelessNarrative: Three out of four stories qualifies.
* WhamEpisode: Each story has at least one of these
* WhamLine: Oh god, some of them are [[TearJerker awful]], most are [[NightmareFuel evil]] and a few are just [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious]]
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[[folder: Pedestal]]
!!This fanfic contains examples of:
* AbortedArc: What ever happened to that red jacket...?
* AccidentalAimingSkills: The protagonist is pro at this - especially when trying to catch birds.
* ActionGirl: Carlita.
** [[spoiler: Ultimately, Hanna. Her secret weapon lays waste to Nick's team, and she even beats Nick himself in a fistfight.]]
* ActionSurvivor: It's a wonder that the protagonist is still alive at this point, especially after being mauled by Pokemon (and people!) so many times.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Both Hanna and [[spoiler: Nick]] have one.
* {{AFGNCAAP}}: The protagonist can be seen as this, sometimes. [[spoiler: Not any more! Now we have his full name, gender and [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/TEAM-AWESOME-149112749 several]] [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/99-fate-164295789 pieces]] [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/Pedestal-REAL-Reason-163061462 of]] [[http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/62-effort-166456099 art]] by the author to give us an idea of his appearance! So what if it took 150+ chapters?]]
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Harlan has a massive crush on the moody feline that is Ike, to the point of [[spoiler: choosing the go with the main character after Nick dies to stay close to him.]]
* AlluringAnglerfish: Most ghosts do this at some point.
* [[spoiler: AnArmAndALeg]]: [[spoiler: Carlita's tail gets chopped off during the battle with Nick.]]
* AntiAir: Ike was meant to be this, but Kostya and Alice are used, more often than not - mostly because the protagonist doesn't believe Ike can be trusted.
* AnyoneCanDie
* ApatheticCitizens: Deconstructed.
* ArcWords: You will face many trials. Do not let yourself become dark. Do not get sidetracked with the injustices of the world; do not become angry and bitter. And, when the time comes, let go.
** However, the ''full'' text was interrupted; it first ran 'And, when the time comes, let go of h—'.
* [[ArtificialLimbs Artifical Tail]]: [[spoiler: Carlita]] is probably going to get one. But even with that, she still [[spoiler: will never dance again.]]
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Literally with Jude, though it's actually a shiny Pokemon. Still hilarious.
* BabiesEverAfter
* BackForTheFinale: Jude makes an appearance for [[spoiler: Oonu's]] funeral in the final chapter.
* BattleAmongstTheFlames: The main character has been involved in four so far: when he breaks out of the warehouse during The Tournament arc, when he faces Vaporeon in Sunyshore, [[spoiler: the battle with Lola outside Stark Mountain and finally the battle with Nick inside Stark Mountain.]]
* BattleButler: Jacques, Cossette's loyal Gallade.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: This makes up a large part of the plot.
* BestServedCold: Hanna seems to have spent an awful long time training up Molly [[spoiler: to kill Nick.]]
--> "Look, if you're worried about me, really. Don't. I've been preparing this for ''years''."
* BigDamnHeroes: Interestingly, two examples in The Tournament arc: [[spoiler: inverted when [=NamNar=] busts ''out'' of the building to save people, and when the main antagonist, Nick, shows up and kills his own followers to stop the fighting and probably save them from a very bloody CurbStompBattle.]]
** Lucian at the very end of the Vaporeon Arc.
** Sela and Vaikuntha tend to become this from time to time, most recently [[spoiler:with the rest of the Gym leaders at Stark Mountain]].
* BigSleep: [[spoiler: Nick, when he's killed by Arceus]]
--> [[spoiler: Then, he shut his eyes tight and leaned against Chase, just as the white pokémon leaned down and pressed the tip of its snout against the dragon's forehead.]]
* BilingualBonus: Cossette and her family speak French natively, and it's been implied that Jude speaks it, too.
* BittersweetEnding
* BlindSeer: Katerina.
* BloodSplatteredInnocents: The main character, although how innocent he is at this point in the story is debatable. And more often than not, it's his own blood.
** [[spoiler: Cossette, very literally taken.]]
* [[spoiler: BrokenPedestal]]: The plot and much of the character interactions later in the story thrive off of this trope.
* ButtMonkey: The protagonist. Let's face it, life for him isn't exactly peachy.
* CerebusSyndrome: It starts off as a cheerful, humorous story about a trainer starting his Pokemon journey, but soon there's more blood than Pokemon battles. [[FromBadToWorse It got worse]] from there.
* CharacterTitle
* CheerfulChild: Cossette, and sometimes even Carlita.
** Completely averted with the protagonist and Benjamin.
* ChekhovsGunman: Lola. First introduced way back in the beginning as a random goth trainer who got stranded in Snowpoint. Then pops up again during the tournament and gym race arc. Then is killed on national televison. However the latest chapters have revealed that, [[spoiler: [[FakingTheDead not only is she alive]], she's responsible for worsening Nick's SanitySlippage, she fixed the gym race slightly so the main character got a gym position, she organized the nightmare attack, she owns the Xatu that has been invading the main character's dreams lately, she goaded the main character into attacking Vaporeon by sending messages from Nick's number, she knows the truth about the prison break and helped to cover the main characters involvement in it, and finally she's 'the first' in the ghosts' prophecy...]]
* CliffHanger: There are some truly terrible ones, some coming right after an even worse one before it.
* ClimacticBattleResurrection: A minor one happened during the battle against Vaporeon, where [[spoiler: nearly everyone except for the main character and his group get killed.]] Also it seems that [[spoiler: the entire battle on Stark Mountain is this, as everyone except the main character, Lola and Nick get taken out of action.]]
* ComingOfAgeStory: The story starts off ''technically'' when the protagonist is ten. Five years so far have passed.
* ConflictingLoyalty: The main character is torn between [[spoiler: desperately believing that Nick can be saved and taking him out for the safety of the region.]]
* CosmicPlaything: Implied ever since [[spoiler: Arceus]] had a cameo. More strongly implied with the [[ItMakesSenseInContext "Starly dream".]]
** More than implied now. It's just not [[spoiler:the MC that's the plaything - it's Abigail and Nick.]]
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Somewhat averted. In Stark Mountain characters wearing dark clothing are shown to be boiling and non fire pokemon have a hard time battling for long periods due to the heat. It can also easily kill and destroy things. However a [[RopeBridge rickety rope bridge]] can still stand without bursting into flames...
* CreatorCameo: [[spoiler: Chapter 94.]]
* CurseCutShort: Fairly often, although more and more in recent chapters due to the rating going up.
** Chapter 121 starts off with a "Holy freaking sh—", the first time the protagonist has resorted to such language.
* CynicismCatalyst: A dead little brother was [[spoiler: the catalyst for Nick's FreakOut]].
* DanceBattler: Carlita to a T. [[spoiler: Not any more. Without her tail, the doctors aren't even sure she'll be able to manage a slow waltz.]]
* DarkIsEvil: The dark-haired trainer [[spoiler: turned out to be Nick, and we find that out just before his FreakOut]]. He has also been stated to wear dark clothes from then on out.
** [[spoiler: In Chapter 147, it is implied that the dark-haired monster might actually be Lola.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: Rather, ghost types aren't evil. Mostly.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Duh.
* DeadpanSnarker: The protagonist, Lola, other characters on rarer occasions.
* DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler: Benjamin's mother was executed for being in Team Galactic. His father is in prison for life.]]
** [[spoiler: Abigail, the first person to undergo Arceus's test, is the first person to fall victim to the rabid Abomasnow]]
* DeusExMachina[=/=]DiabolusExMachina: The entire [[spoiler: Arceus scene]] in the chapter 154 could be seen as this.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of many Pokemon friendship fics.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: The mercenary's girlfriend, Zoe, dies this way after being shot by Vaporeon.
* DisguisedInDrag: The protagonist cross dresses as a girl in order to get past border control.
** And to get out of the Sunyshore Gym, although he actually [[spoiler:swapped places with a specific girl to get out]].
* DoubleMeaningTitle
* EarlyBirdCameo: Lola gets introduced way back when the main character and Hanna first visited Snowpoint City, and only pops up again during The Tournament arc. Also, the Electabuzz that the main character owned for all of 10 minutes comes back later with a more important role, [[spoiler: as one of Lola's pokemon.]]
* EnemyMine: The protagonist teams up with the mercenary who attacked him early on in the story in order to infiltrate Vaporeon's hideout. [[spoiler: He gets betrayed, as some of his friends suspected he would.]]
* [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Even The Boys Want Him]]: Nick, the protagonist.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Ike gets his eye slashed and is therefore blinded.]]
* EvilFormerFriend [[spoiler: Nick to the protagonist.]]
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Sela Schaffer states this when she realizes who the protagonist is during the Gym Race arc.
** [[spoiler:"Well, no, but—look at him! He's famous! And he's so tiny! I thought he'd be bigger. He looked bigger on the television."]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Nick.]]
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: The only way for the story to end peacefully at this point is if [[spoiler: Nick goes to jail or dies]]. Considering the protagonist's feelings towards him and [[spoiler: the fact that he already ''bailed him out of prison once before'']]...
** [[spoiler: He dies. Via Arceus]].
* FallenHero: [[spoiler: Nick.]]
* FamedInStory: Played straight with the protagonist, though it's an unfortunate thing as it could reveal [[spoiler: his friendship with Nick]].
** Nick, [[spoiler: even before his [[FreakOut ''incident'']]]].
** Jude, played straight.
** Vaporeon is a TV celebrity and Arianna seems to be pretty well known in fashion circles, if [[TheFashionista Hanna's]] reaction is anything to go by.
* {{Fangirl}}: Implied with Hanna's remark in chapter 16. She has also been shown to root for the protagonist and Alicia's relationship, even going as far as to help him out.
** Cossette, to an extent.
* FlatWhat: Nick's reaction to [[spoiler: hearing that Matthew is dead]]. Possibly deconstructed, given the circumstances and description of how flat the word was.
* FourIsDeath: There are four Pidgey chicks when the main character adopts them. Is it ''that'' surprising that not all of them make it? [[spoiler: Poor Oonu and Woonu...]]
* FreakOut: [[spoiler: Nick]] suffers a HUGE one.
** Most of Sunyshore and the remaining Gym race trainers suffer one during the [[spoiler: media attack]].
** Benjamin has one after [[spoiler: he kills someone for the first time.]]
-->[[spoiler: Lola: I hid some security tapes from a certain prison incident.]]
* FluffyTheTerrible: The Tyranitar [[spoiler: that Hanna uses against Nick]] is called Molly.
* FullNameBasis: At the point of her introduction, it was almost exclusively Sela Schaffer. More and more, it's Nick or Nicholas Sayre, too.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: The main villain only snapped and killed in revenge of [[spoiler: his little brother's death]] because the government did absolutely nothing about it, even ''when it happened before'' (and to the main character!). Many characters have voiced sentiments agreeing with his basic ideals, even if he took things too far.
-->"Not to mention the fact that when you get to be this high in the world, especially in today's training climate, we're all about five minutes from pulling a [[spoiler: Nick Sayre]]."
-->"No we're—"
-->"I don't know where ''you'' were, but I was in Sunyshore fighting off trainers and Pokemon with my goddamn ''fists'' when that riot broke out. You were all fighting tooth and nail against each other. And judging on your Luxray's behavior, you're not a perfectly innocent trainer, either," she snapped, cold once more. I reeled back, caught off guard by the personality change. "The fact of the matter is that each and every one of us has the potential to turn just as bad, if not worse, than he is. All it takes is the proper trigger. For him, it was Matthew."
** Although he now has followers who completely agree with him, possibly more than he himself agrees.
** The 'good guys' also have done horrible things. The main character himself [[spoiler: has killed a Pokemon]], is more keen on stopping his [[spoiler: ex-best friend]] instead of his fanatical followers, Shadow Sneaked an entire camera crew to who knows where and never bothered to care about where they potentially ended up, may or may not have been indirectly responsible for the deaths of at least eight Pokemon, and, of course, could very well be responsible for [[spoiler: Nick becoming a monster and causing the rest of the tragedies]], anyway.
* GroinAttack: Hanna uses one during her fistfight with [[spoiler: Nick.]]
* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler: Ike and Carlita become this after the Stark Mountain fiasco.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: The main character, more and more as the story wears on.
** [[spoiler: Lampshaded by ''Arceus'', of all things.]]
--> [[spoiler: ''"...even if some of its members can be slightly self-depreciating at times."'']]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Vai gets stabbed with one of Koel's feathers.]]
* HoldYourHippogriffs: Any time a real-world idiom that references an animal is used, the appropriate Pokemon is substituted.
* HolyHandGrenade: [[spoiler:Arceus ''is'' more or less used as a willing weapon.]]
* HotBlooded: Carlita, Des (when he gets mad, anyway).
* ImAHumanitarian: Several lines of ghosts, most notably the Duskull line, have been stated to eat humans as part of their diet. Dusclops can speak in human tongue specifically to lure children to them. [[spoiler: Kostya just evolved, and he suddenly doesn't need his translator anymore.]]
* ICanStillFight: Carlita quotes this as she desperately tries to stop the main character from recalling her. [[spoiler: She really can't, as she's just had her tail chopped off and can barely walk without it.]]
--> "I can still fight! I—I'm not bleeding anymore, see?"
* IdiotHair: The protagonist is shown to have one in pictures drawn by the author.
* IHaveYourWife: Happens a ''lot''. [[spoiler: The cops keep Benjamin with them in order to draw out his parents, who were members of Team Galactic, after they started an armed siege when the organization fell. Vaporeon holds the mercenary's girlfriend hostage in order to ensure his loyalty. Lola does this to Alicia to get the the main character's side to withdraw their pokemon during a battle. Finally, Nick's family was held hostage to get him to hand himself in to the authorities.]]
* IncompatibleOrientation: Archie and [[spoiler: Alicia]], and their respective relationships with the protagonist.
* ImportantHaircut: Cynthia cuts her hair short after the Champions Tragedy.
** During the Gym race, Hanna cut her hair, too.
* ImprobableWeapon: Skarmory feathers have become an increasingly popular alternative to swords.
* InTheBack: [[spoiler: Lola stabs Vai this way during the chaos of the Stark Mountain battle.]]
* InnocentBlueEyes: The protagonist has them. They play an essential part in [[spoiler: convincing a delusional Nick that he's not his brother.]]
--> Those big blue eyes, so wide, so trusting, so confused.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Nick is quite a bit older than the protagonist and even Hanna.
** Somewhat the norm, though, considering Benjamin and Cossette are the only major characters who are younger than the protagonist, anyway. Most of his friends seem to be at least a year or two older.
* IronicEpisodeTitle: "It Is Cruelty To Be Humane To Rebels" in the chapter where [[spoiler: Stantler and Houndoom are murdered]], "Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This" for the [[spoiler: nightmare chapter]], "A Horizon To Catch Up To" for [[spoiler: the protagonist's MoralEventHorizon]], and many others.
* JadeColoredGlasses: Definitely in place on our protagonist, especially considering that most recently, he has [[spoiler: been more worried about ''where'' to put the bodies and actively wished for Vaporeon's death.]]
* JustifiedTitle
* KarmaHoudini: Depending on whether or not you believe she was lying, [[spoiler:Lola qualifies. If she was telling the truth, she masterminded at least most of the major plot points and was even behind several deaths, albeit indirectly. And while she dies, she ''wanted'' to die. She died happily, knowing she was able to get one last, great rise out of the protagonist. Aside from some mild injuries, she didn't suffer any sort of karma.]]
* KarmicTwistEnding: Arguably, most of the ghosts' warning turns out to have this to some degree. [[spoiler: The protagonist was effectively put on trial by the public during the Gym race arc, he ''purposely'' was out trying to become as dark as possible to avoid psychic locks, he's been nothing ''but'' sidetracked to the point that Arceus had to drop in on his dreams to try to set him back on track, his personality has become much more cynical and distant, and he ''still'' hasn't let go of Nick.]] The real kicker is that he is even aware of the last one, and simply is unable to. The only part of the prophecy that's been completely played straight so far is that they told him not to die - but it's unknown whether that was the ghosts' attempt at humor or honestly a part of the warning.
* KickChick: Carlita.
* KidHero
* [[spoiler: LipstickLesbian: Alicia.]]
* LethalLavaLand: The inside of Stark Mountain.
* LivingShadow: Kostya and Pollyanna both fit this regularly - but subverted a bit in that that's not their real form.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Hanna, Alice to an extent.
* MacheteMayhem: Vaikuntha could go this way.
** [[spoiler: Lola recently picked up the habit as well. With actual results.]]
** The protagonist's efforts to jump and the bandwagon [[EpicFail have so far fallen a bit flat.]]
--> [[spoiler: "Wow, that was... sort of pathetic," Nick called encouragingly. "Wanna try again?"]]
* MadnessMantra: Nick has one when [[spoiler: he's in jail]].
--> "…I want to be alone, I want to be alone…"
* MamaBear: Alice, most trainers if their teams are threatened.
* MindScrew: [[spoiler: The nightmares.]]
** Arguably, what the [[spoiler: ghosts and even Arceus have been hinting at all along]].
* MiseryBuildsCharacter: Out-of-story, but the author loves this trope.
* MoodWhiplash: Even lampshaded by a couple characters at various points.
* MoralityPet: The Pidgey chicks and Cossette for the narrator. Zarek, too, although for a shorter time.
** In a way, most Pokemon become this to their trainers, and even vice versa.
* MotorMouth: Alicia talks a lot, especially when nervous.
* MusicalThemeNaming: Alice.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood:
-->"[=NamNar=], c'mere."
-->"Uh, ''who''?"
-->"You, silly."
-->"That's not my name. My name is--"
-->"Ach! No, none of that yet."
* NamelessNarrative: We (and [[WordOfGod the author]]) call him [=NamNar=], short for the Nameless Narrator, since his name is never revealed during the course of the story. The author keeps the protagonist's gender unknown for half the story. The protagonist's name is literally the ''last two words of the story''.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler: Des to Isabella, [=NamNar=] to Woonu, [=NamNar=] to Archie, [=NamNar=] to Lola... And most recently, [=NamNar=] to Nick.]]
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Initially played straight with Hanna, but she has come into her own later in the story.
* NeverFoundTheBody: The bodies of many people who died in the Vaporeon Arc, [[spoiler: including Archie and Lola]] were never recovered due to the place they died in going up in flames. [[spoiler:[[FakingTheDead However the real reason that Lola's was never recovered was because she wasn't actually dead in the first place...]]]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Taken ''UpToEleven''.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: [[spoiler: Nick attempts to collect all his pokeballs before fleeing from the police.]]
--> [[spoiler: He'd be damned before he left another one of his team behind.]]
* NoNameGiven: The protagonist of the story. See NamelessNarrative above.
* NotMeThisTime: Turns out [[spoiler: Nick wasn't the one who killed Byron. He was actually trying to save the guy!]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Des, short for [[CharacterTitle Pedestal]].
* OutsourcingFate[=/=]HumanityOnTrial: [[spoiler: Arceus tries to judge humanity based on the actions of the main characters]].
* ParentsInDistress: [[spoiler: Nick's parents were held hostage by an armed gunman who demanded that he hand himself in. Trying to rescue them is what got him caught.]]
* PeacefulInDeath: [[spoiler: Nick and Chase.]]
--> [[spoiler: It was Nick Sayre and his Garchomp, laying side by side. Eyes closed and the ghost of a smile. Chase curled around him, protective and loyal even then. Both of them dead.]]
* PlayedForLaughs: A lot of the violence is. Only to coincide with MoodWhiplash when the other characters/the readers realize that the injuries don't simply go away.
* PowderKegCrowd
* PowerTrio: (In The Beginning)
** Super Ego: Nick
** Ego: Narrator
** Id: Hanna
* PragmaticAdaptation: In this 'verse, you can buy Pokemon translators that let you understand your Pokemon.
* ProperlyParanoid: Well, Des ''is'' weak against water...
** Likewise, Vaikuntha won't let Koel fight fire Pokemon.
* PropheticFallacy: And how!
* ProphecyTwist: [[spoiler: Not becoming [[DarkIsNotEvil dark doesn't mean becoming evil]]; it means using dark type Pokemon to hide from psychics]]. See KarmicTwistEnding above.
* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: It's hard to tell. But then there are the nightmares. Which takes this trope somewhat literally, as [[spoiler:a psychic caused them]].
** Earlier in the story, the protagonist regularly gets dreams visited by [[ItMakesSenseInContext stalker ghosts and goddesses of love]]. Again, taken a little more literally, as he didn't actually see the future in any of them.
* PsychoSupporter: If they use a [[ItMakesSenseInContext Pokemon name]], chances are they fit this.
* PutOnABus: Happens to Hanna and Jude at different points during the Vaporeon arc.
* RealMenEatMeat: Partially subverted, in the fact that the protagonist fought with vegetarianism and killing Pokemon for food. He went back to eating them, however.
* [[spoiler:RivalTurnedEvil]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Nick]].
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: Again, Nick.]]
* ScrewDestiny: Played straight, subverted, inverted, and all around just screwed around with to the point where even the cast isn't sure what would be screwing destiny and whether or not anything they've done counts as it.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jude ditches the main character after his WhatTheHellHero moment at the end of the Vaporeon arc. The main character does this when [[spoiler: he quits being a gym leader after the events at Stark Mountain.]]
* SelectiveSlaughter: [[spoiler: Nick, Houndoom, Stantler. If you ''deserve'' your Pokemon, well then, you're okay in their books!]]
** [[spoiler: Don't forget Vaporeon.]]
* SelfFulfillingProphecy
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Nick fits this trope best, surprisingly enough.
** His Garchomp, Chase, is a shout-out to Chevy Chase, voice of the landshark in the SaturdayNightLive skits.
** We also have [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Chekhov]], [[Series/DoctorWho Who]], [[Creator/IsaacAsimov Patru]], [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream Harlan]], [[Creator/JulesVerne Jules]], and [[TheTwilightZone Ser]], which is short for Serling.
* ShoutOut: One part has a small reference to MarbleHornets and the SlendermanMythos. [[ParanoiaFuel The protagonist reacts accordingly.]]
* ShovelStrike: Used to [[spoiler: kill Stantler and Houndoom]].
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Hanna towards Nick in the first half of the story. Gender bent with the protagonist and Alicia in the second half.
** Also, Cossette counts as a smitten ''preteen'' girl.
** Sonya, towards Nathan, although her exact age is unknown.
* SoProudOfYou: This is pretty much the last thing [[spoiler: Nick says to the protagonist before he leaves for evildom.]]
** Partially subverted in the fact that the protagonist refuses to see his parents' pride in him, instead concentrating on their constant worry.
* {{Socialite}}: Hanna.
* SourSupporter: Ike would qualify.
** Sometimes, even Des fills this trope when his trainer gets whiny or loses track of the right way.
* SpoiledBrat: Hanna, though the fandom loves her for it.
** Cossette and Zarek fit this, too, thanks to the main character.
* StaticStunGun: Ike, most of Lola's team.
* StayInTheKitchen: The main character bans Hanna and Cossette from coming with him to [[spoiler: face Nick]]. This is justified though, as [[spoiler: he thinks]] Hanna doesn't have any pokemon and Cossette has next to no battle experience and only has a crippled Gallade to rely on. [[spoiler: This doesn't dissuade them in the least.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Carlita shows signs of this when [[spoiler: the main character tells her she can't dance.]]
--> I couldn't decide whether or not she was forcing herself to be cheerful.
* StoutStrength: Des.
* StrangerSafety: The Pokemon universe thrives off of this, and our hero is no exception.
* StunnedSilence: Carlita, after the main character tells her that [[spoiler: she can't dance any more.]]
--> [[spoiler: "Carlita, you won't be able to dance again."]]
--> She was perfectly silent.
* SympatheticMurderer: [[spoiler: Nick, the protagonist.]]
* TalkingYourWayOut: The main character orders his pokemon to do this in order to convert some hostile pokemon to their side. Probably would've worked better if they weren't in the middle of a raging battle at the time...
--> Alice: ''"You want me to go and talk to a hostile Garchomp?"''
* TeamMom: The protagonist. It's even been lampshaded by a couple characters..
* TemptingFate: [=NamNar=] ''actively'' avoids this at this point.
* TheAllConcealingI: There are more than 150 chapters at this point and we ''still'' don't know the narrator's name.
* TheBusCameBack: For Hanna at the end of the Vaporeon arc.
* TheCavalry: Played straight for both sides during [[spoiler: the battle with Lola on Stark Mountain.]]
--> Sela: "Looks like I'm playing cavalry again, huh?"
* TheCheerleader: Hanna doesn't lampshade it; she proclaims it, drags others along with her, and even dresses for the part.
* TheFashionista: Hanna shows shades of this.
* TheMessiah: Vaikuntha.
* TheNotLoveInterest: Hanna.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The narrator's name is revealed at the end of the last chapter.]]
* TheRunaway: Cossette is implied to have run away from home after having an argument with her parents, shortly after the main character moves to Sunyshore, and is currently living with him in the gym.
* TheStarscream: Ike.
* TheStoic: Des.
* ThemeNaming: Jude plays this straight, though some of it is a little... obscure and random.
** The Eevee litter Isabella and Alexander came from all had four-syllable names that started with vowels.
* TitleDrop: The main character gives an ''epic'' one during his confrontation with [[spoiler: Nick.]]
--> [[spoiler: "But I'm finally going to fix that, one way or another. I'm taking you down off of that pedestal, Nick. And if I have to kill you to do that, to keep Sinnoh safe from you, I will."]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: Also Ike.
* TokenMiniMoe: Cossette.
* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: The dark-haired trainer turning out to be Nick.]]
** Not really. More like a [[TomatoInTheMirror]] for the protagonist, and a sufficiently [[GenreSavvy]] reader already suspects that [[spoiler: the dark-haried trainer might be Nick; after all he's one of the only characters we know who is dark-haired and we've seen him with a Snorunt...]]
** [[spoiler: The black hoodie-wearing trainer turning out to be ''Lola''.]]
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Carlita and Alice.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: The [[spoiler: riot in Sunyshore]].
* TouchOfDeath: Seems to be how [[spoiler: Arceus kills Nick and Chase.]]
* TrollingCreator: [[spoiler: Played with in Chapter 94 which turns out to be an elaborate April Fools Chapter. The Creator does admit at the end that she does feel bad for screwing up one of the characters' lives.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Alice.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: For a short time.
** Mirrored in the Gym race arc, with the introductions of Vaikuntha and Alicia.
** Possibly Des, Carlita, and Ike, and then later Kostya, Alice, and Zarek.
** [[spoiler: The Pidgey chicks were for awhile.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler: Chapter 148, told by Nick as his sanity starts slipping.]]
* UnlikelyHero
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Vaporeon has shades of this.]]
** [[spoiler: NICK. He murdered Hanna's team to stop the protagonist from getting too involved with him.]]
* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack:
-->"Guys, ''no''. I want to name them! And Des—Vai, really?"
-->"''No, Vi. It's said differently. And uses different letters''," he replied smartly.
-->"I still will get confused and I'm the one deciding what to name them!"
-->Three guesses as to what they ended up being named.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Boy is this drilled home during [[spoiler: the confrontation between the main character and Nick.]]
--> [=NamNar=]: "I thought you were my friend. I thought you were still... Good, somewhere, in there."
* WhamEpisode: Chapter 57.
** Chapter 132, as well.
* WhamLine: Chapter 121: [[spoiler: "Des. Kill it."]]
** Chapter 147: [[spoiler: "I've missed you so much, Matthew."]]
** The meaning of these words: [[spoiler: "Let go."]]
** Chapter 156 is ''full'' of them. The most jarring would have to be [[spoiler: "...A slow waltz, perhaps," and "...he won't be able to see again."]]
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Pedestal]] gives an absolutely ''epic'' one to the protagonist. It [[HesBack snaps him out of his mindset]].
** Again: [[spoiler: "Des. Kill it."]]
** And ''again'': [[spoiler:the protagonist DID just murder someone in relatively cold blood]]. And is then more or less rewarded for it, and at the very least, forgiven by most of the cast.
** Jude also gives one the the main character, complete with a punch to the face, after his attempts to team up with the mercenary in the Vaporeon arc go pear shaped.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: [[spoiler: Chapters 151 and 152]].
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: Nick]].
* WouldHitAGirl: The protagonist smacks Lola with a Skarmory feather to shut her up while [[spoiler: confronting Nick]].
--> "What. I'm not afraid to hit a girl, and she's been infuriating and awful this entire night."
** The protagonist also slaps Hanna. To be fair, she started it.
* YouAreNotAlone: Hanna lectures the main character about this after [[spoiler: he tries to talk her down from killing Nick.]]
--> "You do ''not'' have to bear the weight of the world on your shoulders, contrary to popular belief. I am here to help you."
* YouCantFightFate: [[spoiler: The protagonist doesn't realize what he's supposed to do until it's too late, failing to avert the horrible future]]
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[[folder: Ree Major's Wonderful Journey]]
!!This fanfic contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Ree.
* AnyoneCanDie: Oh god [[spoiler: Mitzi]] why?
* AxeCrazy: Again, Ree though most of the time it's [[MamaBear justified]].
* BadAss: Once more, Ree shows shades of this. As does Lala, Whippy and Allen.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ree and any of her team can qualify.
* BigDamnHeroes: This seems to be Allen's whole gig.
* BreakTheCutie: After what happened to [[spoiler: Mitzi, Ree]] definitely qualifies for this.
* CliffHanger: A standard for this series.
* CombatPragmatist: Lala.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Another standard for this series.
* [[spoiler: DeathByOriginStory: Harper the first.]]
* [[spoiler: DiedInYourArmsTonight: Averted with Mitzi - she was already dead by the time Ree got to her.]]
* EvilBrit: Maybe not so much evil, but Lala (from the Pokemon POV chapters) qualifies.
* GreyAndGrayMorality
* LoveableCoward: Jackster.
* MacheteMayhem: More baseball bat mayhem, but definitely Ree.
* MamaBear: Ree.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Almost everyone to [[spoiler: Mitzi]].
* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Seems to be a staple of Digital Skitty's contributions.
* PutOnABus: Harry and Kev for a small period of time, though Harry does come back. Happens with all of Ree's travelling companions though.
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Maya to almost any boy, possibly [[spoiler: Harry]] to Ree.
* TheReveal: In the first chapter no less! [[spoiler: Ree is pregnant]].
* WhamLine: Chapter One: [[spoiler: Ree had to earn the gym badges in well under a year, and she couldn't go home until she had, because she was pregnant]].
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[[folder: Transgression]]
!!This fanfic contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: The main character herself
* ActionSurvivor: Again the main character. So far she's survived Steelix, a murderous Gengar and zombies.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny!: The main character again
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Apparently the reason for the death of the legendary Pokemon.
* BodyHorror: What happens in Eterna with the Gastly and their victims.
* CloudCuckoolander: Trainer, so much so.
* CreepyChild: Whatever those girls are that keep appearing to the main character.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite how clueless the main character often is, she's surprisingly adept at focusing for a Pokemon battle.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Duh.
* [[DoesNotLikeShoes Does Not Like Pants]]: Diz. To the point where he'll wear a jacket and a scarf, but no pants. Eventually they manage to get him to wear a miniskirt.
* {{Fangirl}}: Trainer when she meets Lenora, and again when she meets Cynthia.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Almost every Pokemon the main character imagines owning ends with like this - like a Haxorus named Sprinkles.
* Groin Attack: The first battle the main character fights, she loses. When she's told to hand over money, this is her reaction to the other trainer.
* HiddenDepths: Ali, a human training nothing but fighting Pokemon, is studying for a qualification in psychology. She also apparently loves Eevee and is overjoyed to find a store full of Eevee toys.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Ali is the same age as the main character's older brother
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Diz does this to Jerry, the main character's brother a few times. Needless to say, Trainer is not pleased.
* NamelessNarrative
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: Craig]] if [[spoiler: he's]] even dead at all.
* PutOnABus: Ali and Jerry.
* YouCantFightFate: The main character is even explicitly told as much.
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[[folder: Regret]]
!!This fanfic contains examples of:
* [[spoiler:AbusivePrecursors: The Celebi. They were originally meant to help keep the world on the right track, but due to ImmortalityImmorality, they eventually decided to start reshaping history. Some of their changes, such as making humans more resilient, are genuinely beneficial. But in order to achieve this, they had to steal children near the time of birth, and raise them as {{Unwitting Pawn}}s.]]
* AchillesHeel: Played straight in that every Pokemon has one or more weak spots. The Soldier's relatively untrained Sableye manages to get the upper hand on a wild, dangerous Nuzleaf by exploiting the sensitivity of its nose. The Soldier's training also involved being able to identify and recall these on a number of Pokemon.
* ActionGirl: Lacey.
* ActionSurvivor: Arguably everyone, given the nature of the world they live in.
* AfterTheEnd: The story starts off this way, with people living in small camps, fighting each other and [[ImAHumanitarian eating their own dead]].
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Somewhat. Generally it seems that the more power a person or Pokémon has, the more they abuse it. Case and point being [[spoiler:the Sinnoh Elite Four member Aaron]].
** Played with in the case of the Gardevoir. [[HiveMind They know of memories and feelings from fellow individuals]] and for them, raping others and skinning them alive is a perfectly natural fact, and a tradition that must be defended. And they ''will'' go after someone that has killed one of their numbers. It's unknown if Gallades think the same way, since the only one we know shrugs it off.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Chris', from her point of view.
* AnimalTalk: Aaron, who can commune with every form of insect, Pokemon or not. [[spoiler:Too bad he was a bad guy]].
* AntiHero: The main character himself.
* AnyoneCanDie: People and Pokémon both. So far we have [[spoiler:three of the main character's Pokémon, one of Adryan's, Jennifer, and a number of characters murdered by the main character himself]].
** We recently lost [[spoiler:Mia and Xander]], and very close together at that. ''Anyone'' really can die.
*** [[spoiler:Adryan just died in Chapter 54, too.]]
* ArmorIsUseless: Averted. The Soldier bears many scars and bullet marks due to his previous lack of its usage.
* ArtificialLimbs: Chris, who has an artificial arm after an incident with a Parasect.
* AttackAttackAttack: The protagonist's general battle strategy, until it's pointed out to him how flawed that plan is.
* AxCrazy: Lacey. She starts off by [[spoiler:trying to murder the main character]], kills random Pokémon whilst still with her trainer or goes off on her own to do so, and [[spoiler: massacred most of her former clan]]. Scar also seems to be getting this way when battling, and Erra, since Fallarbor (justified in that she was affected by some sort of toxin that keeps her in a sort of adrenalin overdrive).
* {{Badass}}: The main character, somewhat. Most of his pokemon too.
* BattleButler: Alistair, the character's Gallade. He finishes his sentences with honorifics like 'sir' and gives everyone little apt titles.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Pretty much the reason behind the whole story.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[PapaWolf You don't want to harm Adryan's Pokémon]].
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Bug-type Pokemon, with emphasis on "creepy".
* BigDamnHeroes: Averted. Every time something bad happens, the main character has to figure out how to escape on his own, with back up arriving just after the crisis, if at all.
* BilingualBonus: The random Italian-speaking guy in Chapter 21.
* BlackBestFriend: Chris is this to Adryan.
* BlessedWithSuck: Humans can use Psychic Pokemon to see the future. It comes with the price of getting a terminal brain tumor, though.
** Telepathy also counts. When the human first has a Pokemon speak to them telepathically, it causes intense migraines until they've adapted.
* BoomHeadshot: Each headshot is stated to end in an explosion of blood, bone and brain.
* BreakTheCutie: Mia, very much so.
** Erra also qualifies.
* BuffySpeak: Most characters drop into this occasionally.
* {{Chestburster}}: Erra, in Chapter 38. We later find out it's because [[spoiler:the man was forced to swallow her Pokéball]].
* ChildSoldiers: The main character mentions he became one at about 13.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Every other chapter seems to end with one.
* ColdSniper: Arguably the main character starts off as this.
* CrapsackWorld: The horrible future the main character is from, [[spoiler: which apparently was conjured by the Celebi and the main character's imagination.]]
* DarkFic: Mostly all the time, though there are rare moments of happiness or laughter.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Pretty much the basis of the story.
* DarkIsEvil: Lacey.
* DarkIsNotEvil: As of the latest chapter, the colony of Shiftry, who are only acting [[spoiler: because most of Celebi's plans end up ruining the world]]. [[TheJester Loki]] also qualifies - he can battle well, but his main interests are pranking others and playing around.
* DeadpanSnarker: The Soldier, Alistair, Lacey when she's translated, Adryan and Chris.
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Chillingly deconstructed. [[spoiler:There exists a spring that, if a Celebi's corpse is placed within it, it will be brought back to life. The amount of time this takes is equivalent to how long the Celebi had lived... the first time. The second time, it takes half of its total lifespan. The third time, it takes half of ''that''. One of them even says that after enough deaths, it only takes a few minutes for them to come back. The downside to this is that while they're recovering, their spirit is still aware, having fun in the Afterlife. When they come back, they're not allowed to go back until they die again, which means every time they die, they spend less and less time at peace. Eventually, they decided to start killing their newborns, [[CruelMercy since that would save them the tragedy later on.]]]]
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of a lot of friendship-based fics, in addition to a lot of other Pokemon-based fics. Also the depiction of some Pokémon, Gardevoir in particular - the author goes a long way to get away from the general stereotype used.
** Same goes for Pokémon instincts - if a Gardevoir is on heat, it won't care what it captures as long as it can use the victim to sate its sexual desires.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: While capturing a Pokemon works with this in mind, it takes time to earn its trust and to train it up. After a capture, the protagonist often spends the next few chapters (or weeks in-universe) trying to bond with it.
* DoesntLikeGuns: Averted. No one seems to have a problem with firearms, and the Soldier only feels truly protected with one at hand. Lacey has some interest in them, and even tried to learn shooting as a Nuzleaf - it didn't go well because of her fragile wrists, so she was promised to be taught as a Shiftry (so far, nothing on it was mentioned again).
* DrugsAreBad: And everyone knows it. [[spoiler:The Soldier becomes addicted to a sort of serum that resembles heroine, and even knowing it's a very bad thing, he can't stop using it. Later on we find it is medicine for poison Pokémon, and a lethal concoction to anything else.]]
* EarthIsABattlefield: In the future, Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and possibly Unova are torn apart by war and a [[TheVirus highly contagious]] HatePlague.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Most of the wild Pokemon encountered so far are bloodthirsty monsters and only the trained ones seem capable of being relatively normal, depending on who their trainer is.
* {{Expy}}: The author admits that he thinks of Hoenn to be like Australia, Sinnoh like Canada and it seems that the Sevii Isles hold an accent similar to old English.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: From the start we're told that the main character fails his mission.
* YaoiFangirl: Drunken Mia, very much so.
* FreakOut: The protagonist suffers one when he's told the theory that [[spoiler:if he stops the BadFuture, he'll disappear]].
* GreyAndGrayMorality: The main character plays this trope to a T: he's out to save the world (or himself) and if he has to kill people to do so, so be it.
* GunsAreWorthless: Averted. Pokémon and people alike are killed quite effectively with guns.
* HandCannon: The Soldier packs a .50 AE Desert Eagle, and he knows how to use it.
* HealingFactor: Synthesis works like this, but it takes a few hours to work effectively.
* HeroicBSOD: The protagonist, when he thinks that [[spoiler:saving the world will kill him]].
** Before that, when he tells Adryan of his encounter with two Gardevoir. He sits and cries for ''hours'', and his mind blanks out to the point that no one, be it human or Pokémon, can break him out of his stupor.
* HumansAreBastards[=/=]HumansAreMorons: Psychic-types say that all the time.
* LivingShadow: Haunters are nothing but purple shadows with bright red eyes.
* MoodWhiplash: A number of times.
* MoralityPet: Xander, to an extent. For a while, he's the only thing keeping the main character from becoming a sociopath.
* MythologyGag: Played with. A number of them are deconstructed and made fun of in text, such as warping to the nearest Pokemon center when all your Pokemon faint.
* MysteriousPast: Everyone, even the main character and the Pokemon too. It doesn't help that the protagonist doesn't really care about his friends' pasts, which means that we don't get to know either.
* NailedToTheWagon: The Soldier gets [[spoiler: forcibly addicted to a serum extracted from poison Pokémon, and can't [[GoingColdTurkey go cold turkey]] by himself. Scar does the trick by breaking the syringe's needle and stabbing him in the arm with it. It works - the Soldier starts to mind his addiction after that, and seeks help to get rid of it.]]
* NamelessNarrative: The protagonist, until the final chapters.
* {{Ninja}}: Played with. Adryan's Electabuzz seems to think that she's one.
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Averted with Chris, who builds up her own business with her own work.
* NoodleIncident: A number. Quite often if Adryan and Chris are having a conversation. One of the best involves Adryan talking about his Rapidash.
--->'''Adryan''': There's nothing quite as bad as having your Pokémon urinating in public without a care in the world. Worse still if it happens to be over a small child.
* NoNameGiven: To the point that even the supporting characters don't use a proper vocative. The most we've seen the main character being called is Soldier, as a joke.
** Averted at the end. It's [[spoiler:revealed in Chapter 58]].
* ParentalAbandonment: We're told early on that Adryan's mother has wiped her hands of him, but never given a definitive reason. We later discover it's because [[spoiler:he came out of the closet. Turns out she's a massive homophobe]].
* PokemonSpeak: Averted. Most psychics are capable of telepathy, but actual Pokemon are only ever referred to as 'speaking' in grunts, growls, snarls and other animalistic sounds like in the games.
* PsychicPowers: The [[CaptainObvious Psychic Pokemon]]. Given the mythology, one would expect Psychic-adapted humans to be similar.
* PsychoElectro: [[spoiler: Erra]] has become this as of late. See AxCrazy above for [[JustifiedTrope a good explanation]].
* RapeAsDrama: Played straight with the protagonist, even if it's not consummated. Comes up again later with [[spoiler: Mia]].
* RealityEnsues: Quite frequently.
* RivalTurnedEvil: Played with. [[spoiler: Adryan]] flips out at one point [[ItMakesSenseInContext and has a man kill himself]] because he thinks [[spoiler: he murdered Adryan's Rapidash]]. The protagonist is understandably freaked out. Then we later find out why: [[spoiler:it was actually one of the protagonist's Pokémon that killed the Rapidash]].
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The Soldier in the Fallarbor gym. [[spoiler:After being kidnapped, tortured and forcibly addicted, he massacres almost the entire staff, even those not responsible.]]
* SexySecretary: Professor Birch's. The soldier even wonders if she was hired just because of her looks. [[spoiler: Turns out she also had an affair with the Professor]].
* ShowerOfAngst: The protagonist, after Dewford.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Adryan.
* StraightGay: [[spoiler: Adryan. So much so. Also a massive case of FridgeBrilliance, in that every conversation where he's mentioned previous lovers is composed of gender-neutral terms. It knocks the soldier for six when he finds out]].
* TakeThat: There's a number of small jibes at the Pokemon media in general.
* TheAllConcealingI
* TokenMinority: Subverted - out of the Soldier's three human friends, one is a half black/half Asian woman and the other is later revealed to have always been a StraightGay, as seen above. His final human friend is also a {{Yaoi}}-obsessed maniac at times.
* TransformationSequence: Averted. Pokémon evolution is stated to be a long, slow process, akin to real-life growth. When the Pokémon does finally reach the ultimate stage of evolution, it locks itself inside its Pokéball or hides away somewhere quiet.
* WhenTreesAttack: Sort of, in that Shiftry are described as looking like twisted, knotted old trees.
* YouCantFightFate: Played straight in that when the soldier tries to get away from having to save the world, he ends up being dragged back into having to do so. [[spoiler: However, we learn that his life is essentially planned, which makes this trope even more applicable.]]
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