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** Red recalls a memory of Professor Oak being vehemently against riding bikes indoors.
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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Giovanni is the Gym Leader of the Viridian Gym, but he notably spends a lot of time away doing other things. He was in fact officially censured for by a League official who was frustrated by how little time he spent actually being a Gym Leader.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Blue realizes he made an oversight when he tries to implement the scenario battles for the Vermillion Gym. He assumes if Surge approves, he'd just adopt it. Not once did Blue consider that the League also has to approve until League officials come by.
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* ArtificialMeat: Pokemon Rights group are making a concerted effort to phase out the consumption of Pokemon by developing artificial meat. One researcher is attempting to develop a commercially viable process by using Pokeball Technology.
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* DoYouWantToHaggle: Glen, being from Connacht, jokingly states that he is happy to sell out compared to the Kantonians. One dude asks him to wear a shirt saying "Connacht Sucks" and Glen tries to negotiate a higher price for it, asking for even higher on the second round to the shock of the other guy.
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** Red's and Blue's parents almost named them Satoshi and Shigeru respectively, the names their anime counterparts had in Japan.

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* FantasticLegalWeirdness: The existence of Psychic and Dark people in the setting results in the setting having a lot of laws targeted at them. The crime of Unprovoked Mental Harm is a thing that exists in the story to deal with Psychics that would use their powers to hurt other people, while discriminatory laws used to exist against Dark people that were only relatively recently repealed.

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The existence of Psychic and Dark people in the setting results in the setting having a lot of laws targeted at them. The crime of Unprovoked Mental Harm is a thing that exists in the story to deal with Psychics that would use their powers to hurt other people, while discriminatory laws used to exist against Dark people that were only relatively recently repealed.repealed.
** The existence of Pokemon means that there are laws regarding the usage of Pokemon against people, and a person found to be in violation is branded a Renegade and treated as the worst of criminals due to the potential damage they can do.
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* SelfImposedChallenge: Dark Trainers training Psychic-type Pokemon is generally not done due to the difficulties involved, which is why Blue wants to attempt it anyway as succeeding nets him more fame from achieving something considered too difficult.
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%%* ChekhovsGun: Red, Leaf and Blue all receive fossils from the Mount Moon excavation site.
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* AudienceSurrogate: Leaf, being a foreigner from Unova, is someone Red and Blue, being Kanto natives, can explain the local customs, laws, and general how-things-are-done-here rules to.
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* ShoutOut: Blue at one point quotes ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' when he tells Red "And if you don't believe in you, believe in the me that believes in you."
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* UnwantedFalseFaith: Brock is uncomfortable with the reverence and worship Pewter's citizens shower him with for his feat in taming Aeosis, a massive Onix viewed by them as a god and the progenitor of all Onix.
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* DrivenToMadness: Janine took advantage of the corrupt Frank Moore's pre-existing mental health issues by inflaming them with drugs and targeted harassment which led to his nervous breakdown.


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* VigilanteMan: Janine is driven to vigilantism because she noticed powerful people getting away with crimes, with one blatant one being a gang getting away with murdering two Rangers in spite of strong evidence against them because an army of lawyers came to their defence out of nowhere, causing their case to slow down, and in the meantime, ''every witness'' either changed their testimony or moved away.
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* FantasticLegalWeirdness: The existence of Psychic and Dark people in the setting results in the setting having a lot of laws targeted at them. The crime of Unprovoked Mental Harm is a thing that exists in the story to deal with Psychics that would use their powers to hurt other people, while discriminatory laws used to exist against Dark people that were only relatively recently repealed.
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* ChekhovsBoomerang: The Pokedex's ability to mimic the sounds of Pokemon comes in handy at many different points. Red first thinks to use it to attrack Pokemon in Viridian, before it gets used to scare wild Pikachu away from his and Leaf's position, and then gets used to attract wild Absol.
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* BadassBystander: Downplayed during [[spoiler: the hostage situation at Silph. While Blue is battling a renegade, several members of staff throw things at the renegade to distract him. It works.]]
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* KilledOffForReal: A lot of named characters, humans and Pokémon, die as the story progresses, but the most impactful was [[spoiler:Aiko's death. Blue and Red had a huge argument about what the latter should have done and it caused the group to split with Red leaving]].
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->'''Old Woman:''' "When I was your age, people respected the majuu, and that respect kept us safe. Now we have these machines to do that, but we lost the respect of forces greater than ourselves."\\
->'''Leaf:''' "I was always taught to respect pokemon, both as friends and threats."\\
->'''Old Woman:''' "No. This very name you use, 'pokemon,' shows how little respect there is... putting a majuu in a toy does not make them toys. The storm gods still soar above our heads, beyond the reach of our mortal tricks. How many have died, attempting to capture them?"\\
->'''Leaf:''' "But if one were ever caught, wouldn't that save a lot more lives, eventually?"\\
->'''Old Woman:''' "And who will this trainer be? What new calamities will they bring, with such power in their pocket? Kingdoms have warred for less, long before mankind's reach exceeded its grasp. Perhaps next someone will make a ball big enough and catch the earth, or throw it far enough and catch the sun. It is folly."

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->'''Old -> '''Old Woman:''' "When I was your age, people respected the majuu, and that respect kept us safe. Now we have these machines to do that, but we lost the respect of forces greater than ourselves."\\
->'''Leaf:''' '''Leaf:''' "I was always taught to respect pokemon, both as friends and threats."\\
->'''Old '''Old Woman:''' "No. This very name you use, 'pokemon,' shows how little respect there is... putting a majuu in a toy does not make them toys. The storm gods still soar above our heads, beyond the reach of our mortal tricks. How many have died, attempting to capture them?"\\
->'''Leaf:''' '''Leaf:''' "But if one were ever caught, wouldn't that save a lot more lives, eventually?"\\
->'''Old '''Old Woman:''' "And who will this trainer be? What new calamities will they bring, with such power in their pocket? Kingdoms have warred for less, long before mankind's reach exceeded its grasp. Perhaps next someone will make a ball big enough and catch the earth, or throw it far enough and catch the sun. It is folly."

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->'''Old Woman:''' "When I was your age, people respected the majuu, and that respect kept us safe. Now we have these machines to do that, but we lost the respect of forces greater than ourselves."

->'''Leaf:''' "I was always taught to respect pokemon, both as friends and threats."

->'''Old Woman:''' "No. This very name you use, 'pokemon,' shows how little respect there is... putting a majuu in a toy does not make them toys. The storm gods still soar above our heads, beyond the reach of our mortal tricks. How many have died, attempting to capture them?"

->'''Leaf:''' "But if one were ever caught, wouldn't that save a lot more lives, eventually?"

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->'''Old Woman:''' "No. This very name you use, 'pokemon,' shows how little respect there is... putting a majuu in a toy does not make them toys. The storm gods still soar above our heads, beyond the reach of our mortal tricks. How many have died, attempting to capture them?"

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->'''Leaf:''' "But if one were ever caught, wouldn't that save a lot more lives, eventually?"
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Unlike the games, the crew of the SS Anne frown on people letting larger Pokémon out while on the boat outside of the presentations. For the most part, the boat simply isn't made for letting Pokémon out except in limited and controlled circumstances.

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* RealityEnsues: Unlike the games, the crew of the SS Anne frown on people letting larger Pokémon out while on the boat outside of the presentations. For the most part, the boat simply isn't made for letting Pokémon out except in limited and controlled circumstances.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Unlike the games, the crew of the SS Anne frown on people letting larger Pokémon out while on the boat outside of the presentations. For the most part, the boat simply isn't made for letting Pokémon out except in limited and controlled circumstances.
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Instead of starting his journey in ignorance, Red has spent his years studying the creatures so central to his world... and he doesn't quite agree with all the information in his books. He's on a quest to discover the true nature of Pokémon, and maybe even find out where they really come from, accompanied by Blue Oak, who aims to become Indigo Champion so that he can capture or kill the legendary pokemon terrorizing the region, and Leaf Juniper, who wants to find a way for pokemon and people to live in harmony.

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Instead of starting his journey in ignorance, Red has spent his years studying the creatures so central to his world... and he doesn't quite agree with all the information in his books. He's on a quest to discover the true nature of Pokémon, and maybe even find out where they really come from, accompanied by Blue Oak, who aims to become Indigo Champion so that he can capture or kill the legendary pokemon Legendary Pokémon terrorizing the region, and Leaf Juniper, who wants to find a way for pokemon Pokémon and people to live in harmony.



* AnimalStampede: When enough Pokemon get scared, they flee in large numbers, causing a stampede. The larger the stampede, the greater the disaster. One such stampede occurred during a Tier 3 event that hit Vermillion City as a ''massive'' amount of Pokemon fled from an approaching Zapdos.
* AnyoneCanDie: Everytime a big emergency happens, someone's going to die. Not just several treasured Pokemon, not just named characters that the protagonists just met, [[spoiler: but even a party member has been killed in a Pokemon attack]].

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* AnimalStampede: When enough Pokemon Pokémon get scared, they flee in large numbers, causing a stampede. The larger the stampede, the greater the disaster. One such stampede occurred during a Tier 3 event that hit Vermillion City as a ''massive'' amount of Pokemon Pokémon fled from an approaching Zapdos.
* AnyoneCanDie: Everytime a big emergency happens, someone's going to die. Not just several treasured Pokemon, Pokémon, not just named characters that the protagonists just met, [[spoiler: but even a party member has been killed in a Pokemon Pokémon attack]].



* BehavioralConditioning: Pokeballs have behaviour programs meant to make sure Pokemon cannot attack a human being as well as suppress other dangerous or inconvenient instincts. They can also be used to make a Pokemon respond to certain commands in a certain way. [[spoiler: It is also possible to override the conditioning with Psychic powers, and Leaf is working with the Rangers to modify the conditioning to keep the part where they don't attack people while still keeping the rest of their instincts so they could still function in the wild]].

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* BehavioralConditioning: Pokeballs Pokéballs have behaviour programs meant to make sure Pokemon Pokémon cannot attack a human being as well as suppress other dangerous or inconvenient instincts. They can also be used to make a Pokemon Pokémon respond to certain commands in a certain way. [[spoiler: It is also possible to override the conditioning with Psychic powers, and Leaf is working with the Rangers to modify the conditioning to keep the part where they don't attack people while still keeping the rest of their instincts so they could still function in the wild]].



* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: While studying Pokemon states of mind with his psychic powers, Red discovers a way to loosen their conditioning and give them permission to act on instinct. This can give them an edge in battle, since their combat instincts are likely to be more efficient than their trainer's commands, but it can also potentially allow them to attack humans, which would be highly illegal.

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* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: While studying Pokemon Pokémon states of mind with his psychic powers, Red discovers a way to loosen their conditioning and give them permission to act on instinct. This can give them an edge in battle, since their combat instincts are likely to be more efficient than their trainer's commands, but it can also potentially allow them to attack humans, which would be highly illegal.



* DeathWorld: Has many elements of this. Used to be completely this in the distant past before humans began domesticating Pokemon. The invention of Pokeballs has helped reduce the world's deathworldiness, but nowhere near enough. The protagonists' Pokemon die to various large-scale incidents.
* DeusExMachina: The combined forces of several Champions and a group of other high-level trainers can't make a real dent in Groudon. Then [[spoiler: Rayquaza shows up and one-shots it with Dragon Ascent. Probably justified since this is canonically exactly what Rayquaza is meant to do. Giovanni actually invokes the deconstruction by pointing out that for all of humanity's accomplishments, they are still ''nothing'' compared to the most powerful of the Pokemon and uses that as part of his speech to get humanity to start taking more proactive steps in getting stronger]].

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* DeathWorld: Has many elements of this. Used to be completely this in the distant past before humans began domesticating Pokemon. Pokémon. The invention of Pokeballs Pokéballs has helped reduce the world's deathworldiness, but nowhere near enough. The protagonists' Pokemon Pokémon die to various large-scale incidents.
* DeusExMachina: The combined forces of several Champions and a group of other high-level trainers can't make a real dent in Groudon. Then [[spoiler: Rayquaza shows up and one-shots it with Dragon Ascent. Probably justified since this is canonically exactly what Rayquaza is meant to do. Giovanni actually invokes the deconstruction by pointing out that for all of humanity's accomplishments, they are still ''nothing'' compared to the most powerful of the Pokemon Pokémon and uses that as part of his speech to get humanity to start taking more proactive steps in getting stronger]].



* TheDreaded: Renegades, any criminals who would use Pokemon to attack humans, are widely feared. Because of the power of Pokemon, criminals using them in their activities are capable of significant amounts of damage. Those branded Renegades are put to death as quickly as possible to limit the damage. So feared are they that society accepts the occasional innocent person being wrongfully executed as an acceptable price to pay since a single Renegade running free could easily kill hundreds, if not thousands, of innocent people.

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* TheDreaded: Renegades, any criminals who would use Pokemon Pokémon to attack humans, are widely feared. Because of the power of Pokemon, Pokémon, criminals using them in their activities are capable of significant amounts of damage. Those branded Renegades are put to death as quickly as possible to limit the damage. So feared are they that society accepts the occasional innocent person being wrongfully executed as an acceptable price to pay since a single Renegade running free could easily kill hundreds, if not thousands, of innocent people.



* FantasticScience: Expanded on and emphasised compared to canon, with Red's ultimate goal as a researcher to find out the origin of Pokemon species.
* FateWorseThanDeath: One chapter reveals why Pokeballs can't be used on humans: they can, but the effects it has on a human's mind are ''not'' pleasant. Humans that come back out are effectively brain-dead at worst, regressed to toddler level at best. [[spoiler: Giovanni actually uses this on an employee as a punishment.]]

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* FantasticScience: Expanded on and emphasised compared to canon, with Red's ultimate goal as a researcher to find out the origin of Pokemon Pokémon species.
* FateWorseThanDeath: One chapter reveals why Pokeballs Pokéballs can't be used on humans: they can, humans. They ''can'', but the effects it has on a human's mind are ''not'' pleasant. Humans that come back out are effectively brain-dead at worst, regressed to toddler level at best. [[spoiler: Giovanni actually uses this on an employee as a punishment.]]



* GoddamnBats: Humorously lampshaded in-universe when Blue lists off the Pokemon that can be found in Mount Moon.

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* GoddamnBats: Humorously lampshaded in-universe when Blue lists off the Pokemon Pokémon that can be found in Mount Moon.



* {{Hammerspace}}: The same technology that allows Pokemon to be stored into Pokeballs also allows items to be stored in smaller spaces, making transport of items a lot easier. That technology being used on ''humans'' though is illegal due to things going wrong with a person's mind when they go through the process.

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* {{Hammerspace}}: The same technology that allows Pokemon Pokémon to be stored into Pokeballs Pokéballs also allows items to be stored in smaller spaces, spaces (referred to as Containers), making transport of items a lot easier. That technology being used on ''humans'' though is illegal due to things going wrong with a person's mind when they go through the process.



** [[spoiler: Bill's lab]] contains Pokeballs capable of targeting humans, and an automated system to put him in one when he dies, in case future science will be able to fix him. He can't tell anyone about this because pokeballs capable of catching humans are illegal.
** [[spoiler: Giovanni]] also has Pokeballs that can target humans, which he uses on anyone in his organisation who screwed up or betrays him. All his subordinates in the know fear ever being punished this way.
* InfoDump: To Blue's annoyance, Red is prone to explaining things in greater detail than he'd like, such as when Red explains behaviour theory and how it applies to Pokemon.

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** [[spoiler: Bill's lab]] contains Pokeballs Pokéballs capable of targeting humans, and an automated system to put him in one when he dies, in case future science will be able to fix him. He can't tell anyone about this because pokeballs pokéballs capable of catching humans are illegal.
** [[spoiler: Giovanni]] also has Pokeballs Pokéballs that can target humans, which he uses on anyone in his organisation who screwed up or betrays him. All his subordinates in the know fear ever being punished this way.
* InfoDump: To Blue's annoyance, Red is prone to explaining things in greater detail than he'd like, such as when Red explains behaviour theory and how it applies to Pokemon.Pokémon.



* KilledOffForReal: A lot of named characters, humans and Pokemon, die as the story progresses, but the most impactful was [[spoiler: Aiko's death. Blue and Red had a huge argument about what the latter should have done and it caused the group to split with Red leaving]].

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* KilledOffForReal: A lot of named characters, humans and Pokemon, Pokémon, die as the story progresses, but the most impactful was [[spoiler: Aiko's [[spoiler:Aiko's death. Blue and Red had a huge argument about what the latter should have done and it caused the group to split with Red leaving]].



** Youngster Joey is depicted here as the protagonist of an educational film that's basically meant to show you what ''not'' to do when being a Pokemon trainer.

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** Youngster Joey is depicted here as the protagonist of an educational film that's basically meant to show you what ''not'' to do when being a Pokemon Pokémon trainer.



* NatureIsNotNice: Pokemon are for the most part dangerous. Pokeballs mitigate some, but not all, of the danger they pose.

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* NatureIsNotNice: Pokemon Pokémon are for the most part dangerous. Pokeballs Pokéballs mitigate some, but not all, of the danger they pose.



* NonLethalKO: Defied; unlike canon, Pokémon (and humans) can easily die, and many do, from [[spoiler: Red's Hoot-hoot, destroyed with its PokeBall]], to [[spoiler:his Spearow, brought down by a swarm of Paras]], to [[spoiler: their friend Aiko, crushed under a collapsed burning building]].

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* NonLethalKO: Defied; unlike canon, Pokémon (and humans) can easily die, and many do, from [[spoiler: Red's Hoot-hoot, destroyed with its PokeBall]], PokéBall]], to [[spoiler:his Spearow, brought down by a swarm of Paras]], to [[spoiler: their friend Aiko, crushed under a collapsed burning building]].



* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Upon his first encounter with a Ghost-type Pokemon, Red experiences surrealism and fully appreciates the fact that they are just so different from other Pokemon.

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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Upon his first encounter with a Ghost-type Pokemon, Pokémon, Red experiences surrealism and fully appreciates begins to appreciate the fact that they are just so different from other Pokemon.Pokémon.



* RealityEnsues: Unlike the games, the crew of the SS Anne frown on people letting larger Pokemon out while on the boat outside of the presentations. For the most part, the boat simply isn't made for letting Pokemon out except in limited and controlled circumstances.

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* RealityEnsues: Unlike the games, the crew of the SS Anne frown on people letting larger Pokemon Pokémon out while on the boat outside of the presentations. For the most part, the boat simply isn't made for letting Pokemon Pokémon out except in limited and controlled circumstances.



* SecretTestOfCharacter: Professor Oak pulls one on the trio before they even begin their journey. [[spoiler: He purposefully alters the Pokedex data on Charmander about how its fire goes out when it dies to match the rumours of his time, wondering if Red, Blue or Leaf would notice and ask the right questions. He certainly didn't expect Red to catch on so quickly and independently discover the oil that powers Charmander's Fire-type attacks though]].

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* SecretTestOfCharacter: Professor Oak pulls one on the trio before they even begin their journey. [[spoiler: He purposefully alters the Pokedex Pokédex data on Charmander about how its fire goes out when it dies to match the rumours of his time, wondering if Red, Blue or Leaf would notice and ask the right questions. He certainly didn't expect Red to catch on so quickly and independently discover the oil that powers Charmander's Fire-type attacks though]].



* TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: This is part of why Renegades are so despised. Humanity’s survival has always been dependent on using Pokémon to protect themselves from other Pokemon that to turn those Pokemon against humanity is unthinkable. To go through with it is considered a huge act of betrayal against their fellow humans.

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* TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: This is part of why Renegades are so despised. Humanity’s survival has always been dependent on using Pokémon to protect themselves from other Pokemon Pokémon that to turn those Pokemon Pokémon against humanity is unthinkable. To go through with it is considered a huge act of betrayal against their fellow humans.



* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Compared to RealLife humans, the children of the setting are relatively mature due to Pokemon making the world deadlier and society is dependent on having as many hands as possible to deal with the incidents that happen relatively frequently. Even by the standards of the setting though, the three main characters are all incredibly mature for their age due to their upbringing under the leading Pokemon Professors of their respective regions.

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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Compared to RealLife humans, the children of the setting are relatively mature due to Pokemon Pokémon making the world deadlier and society is dependent on having as many hands as possible to deal with the incidents that happen relatively frequently. Even by the standards of the setting though, the three main characters are all incredibly mature for their age due to their upbringing under the leading Pokemon Pokémon Professors of their respective regions.

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* NonLethalKO: Defied; unlike canon, Pokémon (and humans) can easily die, and many do, from [[spoiler: Red's Hoot-hoot, destroyed with its PokeBall]], to [[spoiler:his Spearow, brought down by a swarm of Paras]], to [[spoiler: their friend Aiko, crushed under a collapsed burning building]].



* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Red has to make several hard choices during a Stormbringer attack. Blue strongly disagrees with one of them. [[spoiler: Red refused to join a friend who was entering a burning building in an attempt to save people trapped inside. He thought it was too dangerous, that the roof would soon come down and kill them. It did.]]
* NonLethalKO: Defied; unlike canon, Pokémon (and humans) can easily die, and many do, from [[spoiler: Red's Hoot-hoot, destroyed with its PokeBall]], to [[spoiler:his Spearow, brought down by a swarm of Paras]], to [[spoiler: their friend Aiko, crushed under a collapsed burning building]].



* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Red has to make several hard choices during a Stormbringer attack. Blue strongly disagrees with one of them. [[spoiler: Red refused to join a friend who was entering a burning building in an attempt to save people trapped inside. He thought it was too dangerous, that the roof would soon come down and kill them. It did.]]
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* NonLethalKO: Defied; unlike canon, Pokémon (and humans) can easily die, and many do, from [[spoiler: Red's Hoot-hoot, destroyed with its PokeBall]], to [[spoiler:his Spearow, brought down by a swarm of Paras]], to [[spoiler: their friend Aiko, crushed under a collapsed burning building]].
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* RedOniBlueOni: Inverted with Red Verres (who is more dispassionate and academic, and even [[spoiler: uses a mental partition to keep emotions from overwhelming him]]) and Blue Oak (who is passionate and driven and has more of a temper).
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* OutsideContextProblem: The cause of the Lavender Tower incident is [[spoiler: some sort of Ghost Marowak that is different from Alolan Marowak. A new species was not something the Pallet Trio, their friends, or the local Rangers were prepared for. After its defeat, they spend the rest of the day and the entire next day trying to figure out how it came to be and what tactics worked in subduing it in case something like it appears again, especially since four Rangers disappeared fighting it and are presumed dead since no one saw what actually happened to them]].
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* FantasticScience: Expanded on and emphasised compared to canon, with Red's ultimate goal as a researcher to find out the origin of Pokemon species.

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