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* AnyoneCanDie: Not just several treasured Pokemon[[spoiler:, even a party member has been killed in a Pokemon attack]].
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* AnyoneCanDie: Everytime a big emergency happens, someone's going to die. Not just several treasured Pokemon[[spoiler:, 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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* BlowYouAway: Red questions why Flying is a type when it's used to describe anything that could fly. [[spoiler: Inspired by Red's questions though, Pallet Labs managed to isolate the very substance whose abundance within a species determines if it is a Flying-Type or not]].
* FamedInStory: The three main characters all eventually become famous in their own right:
** Blue was initially known by virtue of being Professor Oak's grandson, but he eventually gets fame on his own merits after winning his gym battles and helping out in various emergencies.
** Leaf started becoming a household name after she started writing articles and helped Blue take down a Renegade.
** Red became as famous as Blue and Leaf because [[spoiler: he was the one that came up with a working plan to mass capture the notoriously difficult-to-catch Abra, and his research proved that there is something physical and detectable that gives a Psychic their powers]].
** Blue was initially known by virtue of being Professor Oak's grandson, but he eventually gets fame on his own merits after winning his gym battles and helping out in various emergencies.
** Leaf started becoming a household name after she started writing articles and helped Blue take down a Renegade.
** Red became as famous as Blue and Leaf because [[spoiler: he was the one that came up with a working plan to mass capture the notoriously difficult-to-catch Abra, and his research proved that there is something physical and detectable that gives a Psychic their powers]].
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* 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.
* GeniusCripple: Mewtwo was ''deliberately'' created with debilitating physical illness as a means of keeping it under control. Giovanni fears [[{{Foreshadowing}} what would happen]] if Mewtwo found that out.
* GeniusCripple: Mewtwo was ''deliberately'' created with debilitating physical illness as a means of keeping it under control. Giovanni fears [[{{Foreshadowing}} what would happen]] if Mewtwo found that out.
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* 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.
pleasant. Humans that come back out are effectively brain-dead at worst, regressed to toddler level at best.
* GeniusCripple: Mewtwo was''deliberately'' created with a debilitating physical illness illness. [[spoiler: This was on ''purpose'' as a means of keeping it under control. Giovanni fears [[{{Foreshadowing}} what would happen]] if Mewtwo found that out.out]].
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** Red has Psychic abilities, but due to trauma from his father's death, he is initially unable to actually use them. Other Psychics are helping him overcome his trauma so he can use hispowers.powers.
** Later on, [[spoiler: Red did research on Abra and his research shows that there is ''something'' that grants Psychic powers, but being on the road, he can't isolate what that is himself. The research did propel him to a household name though]].
** Red has Psychic abilities, but due to trauma from his father's death, he is initially unable to actually use them. Other Psychics are helping him overcome his trauma so he can use his
** Later on, [[spoiler: Red did research on Abra and his research shows that there is ''something'' that grants Psychic powers, but being on the road, he can't isolate what that is himself. The research did propel him to a household name though]].
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* CallingYourAttacks: Competitive Trainers play this smartly, often using customised commands for attack names so their opponent wouldn't know which attack is actually coming.
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* AnyoneCanDie: Not just several treasured Pokemon[[spoiler:, even a party member has been killed in a Pokemon attack]].
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* 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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* PsychicPowers: Red has Psychic abilities, but due {{Kaiju}}: The legendary birds are generally referred to trauma from his father's death, he is initially unable to as the Stormbringers, and are [[SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat City threats]] just by their ''presence''. If they were actually use them. Other Psychics are helping him overcome his trauma so he can use his powers.rampaging, rather than just flying around, they'd easily be Regional threats.
* PsychicPowers: Red has Psychic abilities, but due to trauma from his father's death, he is initially unable to actually use them. Other Psychics are helping him overcome his trauma so he can use his powers.
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* SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat: The legendary birds are generally referred to as the Stormbringers, and are City threats just by their ''presence''. If they were actually rampaging, rather than just flying around, they'd easily be Regional threats.
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* GeniusCripple: Mewtwo was ''deliberately'' created with debilitating physical illness as a means of keeping it under control. Giovanni fears [[Foreshadowing what would happen]] if Mewtwo found that out.
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* GeniusCripple: Mewtwo was ''deliberately'' created with debilitating physical illness as a means of keeping it under control. Giovanni fears [[Foreshadowing [[{{Foreshadowing}} what would happen]] if Mewtwo found that out.
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* SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat: The legendary birds are generally referred to as the Stormbringers, and are City threats just by their ''presence''. If they were actually rampaging, rather than just flying around, they'd easily be Regional threats.
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* TheEmpath: The first level of making a psychic connection involves sensing someone's emotions. And combining that with their words can be quite informative.
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* HumanPopsicle: Bill's lab contains [[spoiler: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 [[spoiler:, because pokeballs capable of catching humans are illegal]].
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* ChallengingTheChief: Gym challengers can battle the Leader for Membership at the gym, Mastery of the gym's teachings (which grants a badge), or Leadership of the gym, in ascending order of difficulty.
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* ChallengingTheChief: ChallengingTheChief:
** Gym challengers can battle the Leader for Membership at the gym, Mastery of the gym's teachings (which grants a badge), or Leadership of the gym, in ascending order of difficulty.
** Gym challengers can battle the Leader for Membership at the gym, Mastery of the gym's teachings (which grants a badge), or Leadership of the gym, in ascending order of difficulty.
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* GeniusCripple: Mewtwo was ''deliberately'' created with debilitating physical illness as a means of keeping it under control. Giovanni fears [[Foreshadowing what would happen]] if Mewtwo found that out.
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* ChallengingTheChief: Gym challengers can battle the Leader for Membership at the gym, Mastery of the gym's teachings (which grants a badge), or Leadership of the gym, in ascending order of difficulty.
** Blue challenged Lieutenant Surge in a different way; he made a dig at the whole challenge system, because the gym is all about teaching teamwork but they fight the Leader as individuals. Surge is intrigued, and tells him to seek Membership and design a better system.
** Blue challenged Lieutenant Surge in a different way; he made a dig at the whole challenge system, because the gym is all about teaching teamwork but they fight the Leader as individuals. Surge is intrigued, and tells him to seek Membership and design a better system.
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* TheDreaded: Renegades, any criminal who would use Pokemon to commit crimes, 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. There are people that take issue with risking innocent people being condemned as a Renegade, but they're in the minority.
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* TheDreaded: Renegades, any criminal criminals who would use Pokemon to commit crimes, 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. There are people that take issue with risking innocent people being condemned as a Renegade, Renegades, but they're in the minority.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: One chapter reveals why Pokeballs can't be used on humans; they can, but the effects it has on on a human's mind are ''not'' pleasant.
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* 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 it's 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 data on Charmander about how it's 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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* MythologyGag: 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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* 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.
* NatureIsNotNice: Pokemon are for the most part dangerous. Pokeballs mitigate some, but not all, of the danger they pose.
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Despite being about twelve at the start of the story, the three main characters are all incredibly mature for their age due to their upbringing under the leading Pokemon Professors of their respective regions. And also because humans in general psychologically mature faster than in real life, due to evolutionary and cultural pressures. They need all hands on deck to protect civilization from wild Pokemon attacks, after all. And that brings us to...
* 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.
* NatureIsNotNice: See above.
* 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.
* NatureIsNotNice: See above.
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Despite being about twelve at the start of the story, the three main characters are all incredibly mature for their age due to their upbringing under the leading Pokemon Professors of their respective regions. And also because humans in general psychologically mature faster than in real life, due to evolutionary and cultural pressures. They need all hands on deck to protect civilization from wild Pokemon attacks, after all. And that brings us to...\n* 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.\n* NatureIsNotNice: See above.
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Despite being about twelve at the start of the story, the three main characters are all incredibly mature for their age due to their upbringing under the leading Pokemon Professors of their respective regions. And also because humans in general psychologically mature faster than in real life, due to evolutionary and cultural pressures. They need all hands on deck to protect civilization from wild pokemon Pokemon attacks, after all. And that brings us to...
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* NatureisNotNice: See above.
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* NatureisNotNice: NatureIsNotNice: See above.
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Despite being about twelve at the start of the story, the three main characters are all incredibly mature for their age due to their upbringing under the leading Pokemon Professors of their respective regions. (And And also because humans in general psychologically mature faster than in real life, due to evolutionary and cultural pressures. They need all hands on deck to protect civilization from wild pokemon attacks, after all.) And that brings us to...
* 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.
* NatureisNotNice: See above.
* 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.
* NatureisNotNice: See above.
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Despite being about twelve at the start of the story, the three main characters are all incredibly mature for their age due to their upbringing under the leading Pokemon Professors of their respective regions. (And also because humans in general mature faster than in real life, due to evolutionary and cultural pressures. They need all hands on deck to protect civilization from wild pokemon attacks, after all.)
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* AbsentMindedProfessor: Bill is a talented scientist, but he has poor people skills. He couldn't remember why he asked to meet with Red and Leaf, having them go far out of their way in the process, and they consider helping him get some drinks to be a real possibility after a few minutes talking to him.
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* TheDreaded: Renegades, any criminal who would use Pokemon to commit crimes, 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 a lot more innocent people. There are people that takes issue with this, but they're in the minority.
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* InfoDump: To Blue's annoyance, Red is prone to explaining things in greater detail that he'd like, such as when Red explains behaviour theory and how it applies to Pokemon.
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* 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 it's 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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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Leaf is the daughter and granddaughter of Aurea and Cedric Juniper in this fic.
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* IntrepidReporter: Leaf develops into one after finding joy in writing a news article about a museum and discovering that something went wrong in the handling of a Renegade.
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* 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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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9794740/1/Pokemon-The-Origin-of-Species Pokemon: The Origin of Species]] by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5118664/DaystarEld Daystar Eld]]
Summary: Enter the world of Pokémon from a rational perspective. 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. No time for rookie mistakes here: he's on a quest to discover the true nature of Pokémon, and maybe even find out where they really come from.
A RationalFic that drew inspiration from other such fics, the story attempts to craft the world of Pokemon in a way where everything has a scientific basis or is otherwise extensively researched.
!!''Pokémon: The Origin of Species'' contains examples of:
* DarkIsNotEvil: Blue and his older sister Daisy are both Dark. Only their family and friends know due to the stigma attached to being Dark.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Red, Blue and Green have a lengthy discussion on why the Type Chart is the way it is.
* FantasticRacism: There is a social stigma against people who are Dark. Psychics also get some of this but to a lesser extent due to all the things they do for society.
* 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.
* PsychicPowers: Red has Psychic abilities, but due to trauma from his father's death, he is unable to actually use them. Other Psychic are helping him overcome his trauma so he could use his powers.
* ToBeAMaster: Blue doesn't just want to be the Champion of his region, he wants to be ''the greatest'' Champion of his region.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Despite being about twelve at the start of the story, the three main characters are all incredibly mature for their age due to their upbringing under the leading Pokemon Professors of their respective regions.
Summary: Enter the world of Pokémon from a rational perspective. 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. No time for rookie mistakes here: he's on a quest to discover the true nature of Pokémon, and maybe even find out where they really come from.
A RationalFic that drew inspiration from other such fics, the story attempts to craft the world of Pokemon in a way where everything has a scientific basis or is otherwise extensively researched.
!!''Pokémon: The Origin of Species'' contains examples of:
* DarkIsNotEvil: Blue and his older sister Daisy are both Dark. Only their family and friends know due to the stigma attached to being Dark.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Red, Blue and Green have a lengthy discussion on why the Type Chart is the way it is.
* FantasticRacism: There is a social stigma against people who are Dark. Psychics also get some of this but to a lesser extent due to all the things they do for society.
* 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.
* PsychicPowers: Red has Psychic abilities, but due to trauma from his father's death, he is unable to actually use them. Other Psychic are helping him overcome his trauma so he could use his powers.
* ToBeAMaster: Blue doesn't just want to be the Champion of his region, he wants to be ''the greatest'' Champion of his region.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Despite being about twelve at the start of the story, the three main characters are all incredibly mature for their age due to their upbringing under the leading Pokemon Professors of their respective regions.
