History Fanfic / SOSchip

** LF's character album: [[Music/ImagineDragons "Natural"]], [[Music/{{Rush}} "Roll the Bones," "Entre Nous"]], "Deep Water," and [[Music/PanicAtTheDisco "This Is Gospel"]]. [[note]] In order, here's what they deal with: "Natural" is about LF's fierce determination; "Roll the Bones" deals with her philosophical waxing and- due to the lyrics of Neil Peart- a manifestation of her SesquipidalianLoquaciousness; "Entre Nous" is about her friendships with all the other members of the Koffiehuis; "Deep Water" specifically deals with her friendship with HP and how she feels as though she needs HP to help her survive in life; and "This Is Gospel" deals with her belief, outlined in later chapters, [[spoiler: that she is falling apart and feels that she ''can't'' survive in life without HP.]] [[/note]]

** [[TheSongBeforeTheStorm “Hostile California”]] is based on the music of '70’s-'80’s rock and prog rock bands; specifically, the music of Music/{{Rush}} and Music/DreamTheater.

** The trope is once again mentioned by oghond at the start of “Lingual Mechination,” this time in reference to a RealLife moment of this from Music/{{Rush}}’s notoriously shy drummer, Neil Peart (see the Rush page for more context).

* TransformationSequence: Koffie’s seven Mechinations, which are described in great detail in the fanfic and are accompanied by Koffie’s parts splitting and rearranging themselves into the mecha in question while other parts simply form into existence. The sequence is almost always accompanied by a cover of Music/{{Rush}}’s “YYZ” instrumental- save for Absent’s, which is instead accompanied by an instrumental cover of [[Music/NineInchNails “Ahead of Ourselves”]], and Ian's, which is accompanied by the ''Smash Ultimate'' version of "Pollyanna (I Believe in You)".

** oghond´s character album: [[Music/KellyClarkson "Broken and Beautiful"]], [[Music/PanicAtTheDisco "New Perspective"]], [[Music/ImagineDragons "It's Time]], [[Music/{{Queen}} "Bicycle Race"]], and [[Music/{{Rush}} "Caravan"]]. [[note]] In order, here's what they deal with: "Broken and Beautiful" revolves around oghond's flaws in communication and how she has slowly become more open with accepting them; both "New Perspective" and "It's Time" involve her desire to learn more about the Dutch language and more about herself; "Bicycle Race," naturally, is about oghond's obsession with UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands as a whole, and "Caravan" is about oghond's great imagination, ambition, and desire to travel the world on Koffie. [[/note]]

** Two chapters later, in “A Coder on Board,” it’s used again, this time with oghond and Absent. Shortly after Absent is turned into an Oshawott, oghond doesn’t recognize him, [[DownplayedTrope though he does think he sounds slightly familiar.]] While the "[[OhMyGods Arceus' unholy flank]]" nearly gets her, the real kicker is when, upon hearing that HP saved his life, Absent turns to HP and remarks "[[CatchPhrase Pride yourself]]". From ''that'' line, oghond recognizes him immediately, as that line is Absent's catchphrase, and is extremely delighted to see him again.

* ThematicThemeTune: ''[[https://youtu.be/Vq_0RzZAbm4 Never lose your way/Never show dismay on things you’ve yet to see...]]''

* UnaccustomedAsIAmToPublicSpeaking: The first thing LF said to oghond when they met was "Please excuse me for my horrible English." [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish Her English is good enough that you wouldn't know she was German unless you were told.]] It's TruthInTelevision- this ''is'' in fact the first thing she said to the real oghond when they met and she had to speak through HP.

* ArcNumber: Absent has a bit of a penchant for the number 13 - in Chapter 3, for example, in the montage he manages to get out questions to thirteen of the Vandertramps.

* CharacterTic: Absent facepalms rather often, [[OnlySaneMan but not for no reason.]]

* CourtroomEpisode: “A Few Crude Stams.” Half of it takes place within a courtroom.

* DeadpanSnarker: ''Absent.'' When he is recounted the story of what happened to oghond and her foreign friends in the previous two chapters, his response is "[[RefugeInAudacity That's so stupid I have no choice but to believe you.]]"

* DisapprovingLook: [[FaceOfAThug Absent can't help but wear such a look all the time,]] but he can look more disapproving when he wants to.

* FantasticRacism: Crude stams aren't thought of very highly in Wereldia. In fact, the mistreatment of them is so terrible that when Ian sees the footage of Pols being mistreated and taken away by cops in Yuunarii's video in "Unlucky Seven and Lucky Thirteen", he is ''extremely'' disturbed.

* FiveTemperamentEnsemble: SmallNameBigEgo oghond]], [[GenkiGirl hypedgirl]], and [[ThePollyanna Ian]] are sanguine, [[OnlySaneMan Absent]] is melancholic, [[SophisticatedAsHell [=LonelyFox=]]] is choleric, [[ShrinkingViolet HP]] is phlegmatic, and Yuunarii is leukine.

* {Geek}}: oghond. In the first chapter she’s revealed to have a love of the Canadian band Rush, and her musical project ''Theatre/FreewillIn2112'' is mentioned. Not to mention her extreme adoration of the Dutch language and of the Netherlands as a whole. In the narration, she often goes on long-winded tangents, gushing repeatedly about her love for musicals, Rush, and OOCIsSeriousBusiness as a trope. To such an extent that the series’ episodic CouchGag is oghond going on a tangent about the themes of the episode itself.

* LastChorusSlowDown: "'''SO... BOARD... THE... KOFSCHIP! IT DON'T MATTAH...'''" Given that "Kofschip!" is inspired by big band Broadway numbers,and includes a kickline, this was pretty much expected.
* LazyBum: ''Passé.'' He's introduced in Chapter 2 simply laying there and letting life pass him by, not doing a single thing.

** Monté (from monter: “to climb”): [[ThePollyanna Eternally optimistic.]]

* PronounTrouble: ''Nobody'' knows what pronoun to use for Koffie. oghond calls Koffie “it,” as does hypedgirl. As for Absent, he starts out calling Koffie "it," then switches to "she," then "they." However, he eventually switches firmly into calling Koffie "she" due to maritime tradition, and within time everyone else follows suit.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: [[WriteWhoYouKnow All seven of the main characters are real people,]] and all were asked by the real oghond if they wanted to be characters in the story. They all said yes.
** ''Theatre/FreewillIn2112'' is actually a real project created by oghond, and it is indeed a Rush-based JukeboxMusical.

* TransformationNameAnnouncement: "''Het Kofschip- Mech Veranderd! Mech [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Een]]/[[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Twee]]/[[HumongousMecha Drie]]/[[MothMenace Vier]]/Vijf/[[BunniesForCuteness Zes]]/[[{{Kaiju}} Zeven]]!''"

-->''We're living in a [[RefrainFromAssuming hostile]] [[NonAppearingTitle situation]]''

* RefrainFromAssuming: Lampshaded before the title track of "Hostile California".

* BalefulPolymorph: Subverted. While everyone who was initially human reacts with some mixture of confusion and excitement at no point do they express anger over being transformed. Except for Absent, but that's [[MyFavoriteShirt more over his jacket than his form]]. The same cannot be said, however, for Absent's family members, who are all [[WhatTheHellHero livid]] at Sierra for leaving them in their Pokemon forms, as their lives have only gotten worse because of it.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Frau Potter is given ''[[RuleOfThree three]]'' in rapid succession in "Family Matters": One from Absent, the longest one of the three; [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness one from HP]], [[GratuitousGerman which is entirely in German]], and one from Sierra, [[TranquilFury who calmly tears into her while]] [[BalefulPolymorph painfully transforming her into a Volcarona.]] The first one-- containing the memorable "bloody hell, I bet you only had her out of wedlock" line-- was [[WordOfGod reportedly]] [[OneTakeWonder nailed by the real Absent Coder in one take.]]

* {{Nerd}}: oghond. In the first chapter she’s revealed to have a love of the Canadian band Rush, and her musical project ''Theatre/FreewillIn2112'' is mentioned. Not to mention her extreme adoration of the Dutch language and of the Netherlands as a whole. In the narration, she often goes on long-winded tangents, gushing repeatedly about her love for musicals, Rush, and OOCIsSeriousBusiness as a trope. To such an extent that the series’ episodic CouchGag is oghond going on a tangent about the themes of the episode itself.
** Ian also counts, thanks to his love of superhero and kaiju films, magical girl shows, and MOTHER-- among tons and ''tons'' of other things.

** "Unlucky Seven and Lucky Thirteen" gives us our first proper introduction to Ian Salberg, who is on a plane ride home from Japan after having seen the latest Godzilla movie. When he gets the news of the mecha fights at Folsom Lake and Sac City college, he is absolutely ecstatic, and later on expresses optimism at the thought of going onto the ''S.S. Tex-Kofschip''. He is also not in the least bit fazed by his transformation into a Pokemon, and in fact thinks that him becoming a Ralts is the coolest thing in the world-- much to the dismay of literally everyone else on board, who have had to deal with the exact opposite thanks to the West family's dilemmas on Rachimas Eve. All of this serves to help establish Ian as ThePollyanna of the main group, as well as a massive {{Nerd}}.

* FiveTemperamentEnsemble: [[{{Nerd}} og]][[SmallNameBigEgo hond]], [[GenkiGirl hypedgirl]], and [[ThePollyanna Ian]] are sanguine, [[OnlySaneMan Absent]] is melancholic, [[SophisticatedAsHell [=LonelyFox=]]] is choleric, [[ShrinkingViolet HP]] is phlegmatic, and Yuunarii is leukine.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Somewhat surprisingly, this trope is much more common than one might think it would be-- though given that the fic is quite literally [[LifeEmbellished based on reality]], it also makes more sense.
** First and foremost, none of any of the main members of the Koffiehuis, with the exception of Absent, return to their families, due to the undeniable fact that if their families were to see them as Pokemon, they would ''freak out''. Indeed, when Absent initially reunites with his family in "Hostile California," they don't recognize him initially, and when they ''do'' realize that it's him, "freak out" is ''exactly'' what they do. When the Aleph-Null ship comes down and lands in the Camp, they freak out ''even more.'' On top of this, the fact that they've been turned into Pokemon also means that reality ensues regarding the consequences of their transformation: Absent's parents are now ''terrified'' of going out in public in fear that they'll become pariahs for being, respectively, a Dark-type illusionary fox and a Fire-Dark type heel wrestler cat Pokemon. [[note]] Ironically, Zoroark and Incineroar- and especially the former- are some of the ''most popular Pokemon in all of history,'' but assuming that neither of them want the attention associated with being said Pokemon, negative consequences still ensue. [[/note]] As for Absent himself? Not only is he now five feet shorter than he used to be- which means that he can only access certain things by ''standing on books or a stool''- but he can no longer operate a video game controller or anything else that requires precise finger movement. Yeah, PowerpuffGirlHands (or paws, in this case) don't work in real life quite like they do in fiction.
** While the fire that Aleph-Null lets loose on Folsom Lake in "Hostile California" mostly succeeds in creating a cool piece of glass art, the college still gets damaged-- not only is the roof of Cypress Hall melted, but the ceiling has burn marks on it, highly implying that had it not been for the glass roof, the fire would have spread to the rest of the building and burned down all of Cypress Hall.
** As is mentioned at the end of "Lingual Mechination," HP's fear of Mechination probably won't go away fully by the course of the episode-- and as we see in "The Mark Will Be Made," Part One, it doesn't. If anything, HP's even ''more'' terrified of Mechination now, and that fear increases tenfold when she's ''actually forced to fight''. At the very least, she has a cushion for pin-slapping, but it's highly likely that if she's forced to fight again, not only will she be terrified of it, she'll outright refuse to, since there is a ''very'' high risk of her burning herself in the flames of any of M4's attacks (save for the hypnosis one). Ultimately, come "The Mutt in the Mirror", this is exactly what ends up happening.

* DisapprovingLook: [[FaceOfAThug Absent can't help but wear such a look all the time,]] [[UpToEleven but he can look more disapproving when he wants to.]]

* TransformationNameAnnouncement: "''Het Kofschip- Mech Veranderd! Mech [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Een]]/[[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Twee]]/[[HumongousMecha Drie]]/[[MothMenace Vier]]/[[{{Kitsune}} Vijf]]/[[BunniesForCuteness Zes]]/[[{{Kaiju}} Zeven]]!''"

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20761034 Pokemon:]] [=SOSchip=]'' (pronounced "sauce-skip,"), is a semi-educational fanfic series based on the real-life friendships and linguistic obsession of the author, oghond, who also is the author of ''Fanfic/PokemonXNimjaPlayTheGame''. The series revolves around oghond and her six friends, all but two of whom are foreigners. Two of them, [[ShrinkingViolet HP]] and [[SophisticatedAsHell LonelyFox]], are German, and another two, [[GenkiGirl hypedgirl]] and [[{{Meganekko}} Yuunari]], are from the Netherlands. The fifth friend, [[DeadpanSnarker Absent,]] is from California, while the sixth, [[SixthRanger Ian]], hails from New York (the state, not the city). After the five girls are turned into Pokémon under mysterious circumstances, they rediscover the ''S.S. Tex-Kofschip,'' a talking, transforming ship who has the ability to travel to other dimensions. They soon decide to travel through dimensions - and across the world - in order to teach Dutch and French to everyone. Picking up Absent (and, in Chapter 21, Ian) along the way, they soon discover that there is a society of so-called "lingual purists" known as the Aleph-Null Task Force who want to establish English as the one spoken language in the world.

* FiveTemperamentEnsemble: [[{{Nerd}} og]][[SmallNameBigEgo hond]], [[GenkiGirl hypedgirl]], and [[ThePollyanna Ian]] are sanguine, [[OnlySaneMan Absent]] is melancholic, [[SophisticatedAsHell [=LonelyFox=]]] is choleric, [[ShrinkingViolet HP]] is phlegmatic, and [[{{Meganekko}} Yuunarii]] is leukine.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: The source of Koffie’s nickname. Because oghond can’t pronounce the "SCH" in ''kofschip,'' the ship suggests it be shortened down to Koffie, to which oghond happily agrees.

* BalefulPolymorph: Subverted. While everyone who was initially human reacts with some mixture of confusion and excitement at no point do they express anger over being transformed. Except for Absent, but that's [[MyFavoriteShirt more over his jacket than his form]]. The same cannot be said, however, for Absent's family members, who are all [[WhatTheHellHero livid]] at Sierra for leaving them in their Pokemon forms, as their lives have only gotten worse because of it (see RealityEnsues).

* PetTheDog: Somewhat surprisingly, [[DeadpanSnarker Absent]] has had a ''lot'' of these moments. The most notable one, however, occurs at the very end of "Came Back Haunted"-- twice. The first moment is when he gives a freezing oghond his warm soft jacket to sleep under after [[spoiler: her bedsheets and blankets get covered in blood after she is possessed by Baphomet]], and the second moment is his heart-to-heart with oghond at the end of the chapter, in which he assures her that even though [[RealityEnsues he's no longer the same Absent that oghond first became friends with]], for all his snark and vitriol [[VitriolicBestBuds he's still a friend]] and [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre doesn't want to see her go through as drastic a change as he did.]] This later on gets reinforced at the end of "Calm Before the Torrent Comes," in which Absent tells oghond that he "can't hate her" despite her [[SmallNameBigEgo egoism]] and [[GenkiGirl intense hyperactivity]].
* ProneToTears: The ''S.S. Tex-Kofschip'', [[RealityEnsues being a ship stranded under dust for 35 years]], has caused it to have difficulty in parsing human emotions such as anger. More specifically, it believes that if anyone is angry at it, that must mean it's a horrible ship. Therefore, if anyone even slightly raises their voice, for any reason, and Koffie is in earshot, it will start tearing up the minute it hears.

*** '''Absent''': Where do you stay on your travels?
*** '''Ian''': [I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT HIS LINE TRANSLATES TO]