History Fridge / PokemonSwordAndShield

* After countless Dynamax Adventures, something had clicked; there are three Dynamax raids, and one Legendary raid. That makes up four, and then at the beginning, the scientist gives you a rental Pokémon, raising the amount to five. Lastly, if possible, there's another scientist that gives you a second rental Pokémon, totalling up to six. In other words, you're battling with a full party nearly every single time in Dynamax Adventures!

* Gym Leaders Bea and Allister are exclusive to ''Sword'' and ''Shield'' respectively. Bea uses Fighting-type Pokémon and has a tough personality, and swords are a weapon that can be used in combat. Allister is shy and timid, and prefers to hide himself; he *shields* himself from the world.

* Pointed out by a friend but makes sense in retrospect; Rose awakening Eternatus and beginning the Darkest Day is criticized heavily as mere impatience by everyone, including Leon himself, but think back to the fact that Rose takes a particular interest in how rapidly you rise through the ranks of the gym challenges, to the point that he starts the Darkest Day before it's time for the player to finally face Leon. Leon wasn't the champion Rose was counting on to catch Eternatus; ''YOU'' are. Releasing Eternatus before you can face off against Leon ensures you being around to aid in the coming battle, whereas doing it after may not guarantee your cooperation or even presence.

* There may be an in-universe reason why half of the National Pokédex is effectively [[PersonaNonGrata banned in Galar]] — the [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Ultra Beast incursion]]. The Ultra Beasts are essentially invasive species, and after the world saw the havoc they wreaked upon Alola, Galar decided that it wasn't taking ''any'' chances with foreign Pokémon. (Heck, you don't even need to look at the Ultra Beasts; the Yungoos and Alolan Rattata lines are both invasive species running amok and making a mess of the ecosystem.)

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* According to the Pokédex, Dubwool never uses its horns for battle, only for display. Of course it does; it couldn't do any damage with its horns even if it tried. Its larger horns are facing backwards and its smaller horns are too small to hurt anything.

* Chairman Rose's theme is [[{{Mondegreen}} misheard a lot]]. Two common ones are "Go Rose! Save everyone!", but the OminousLatinChanting can also be heard as "Rosa seda credo" or "Rosa seta credo", which means something like "Rose's thorned belief" or "Rose's calm belief". Rose would hear "Go Rose! Save everyone!", as he thinks of himself as a hero, but you're hearing that his plan is massively flawed.

* Some players have found that a noticeably large number of Pokémon that originate from [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] can be found in Galar; in addition, the Unovan Garbodor is one of only two Pokémon that can Gigantamax that isn't from Kanto or Galar (the other is [[OlympusMons Melmetal]], and even it made its main series debut in [[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee a gen 1 re-release]]). While some say it might be a Creator/MasahiroSakurai-esque bias from James Turner (Vanillite, one of the first Pokémon he designed and one that means a lot to him, is incredibly common throughout the game), Unova is largely inspired by the USA, and Galar by the UK; considering the extensive history the two countries share in real life, it makes sense that they'd share Pokémon between them!

* The fact that EXP-Share is available from the start, and Raid Battles nets you loads of EXP Candy can seem like an easy way to pick up pokemon and level them up quickly. Looking at it another way, however, it encourages people to pick up new pokemon and add them to their party with much less hassle - and given that with the two DLCs Sword and Shield have over 600 pokemon to find and catch, having methods to easily level new pokemon up to a similar level to party pokemon would be a huge help.

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* Hammerlocke Stadium doesn't just specialize in weather conditions, but each of its Trainers specializes in a unique one--the first Trainer uses rain, the second uses sunlight, the third uses hail, and Raihan himself uses sandstorms. Cut to the Champion's Cup, and Raihan now uses all weather conditions (except for hail). The Gym mission was almost like an Antepiece of sorts--at first, Raihan was testing the player's ability to adapt to weather conditions, but spread that test out over four battles. Now, however, he knows that they're able to best that, and thus pulls out ''three'' weather conditions at once to keep the player on their toes.

* Allister's normal league card mentions that he has the ability to see dead Ghost Pokémon after an accident he had at the age of four. It can be considered that the number four is an ''unlucky'' number especially in Japanese culture.

* Gym leaders Bea and Allister are exclusive to Sword and Shield respectively. Bea uses Fighting-type Pokémon and has a tough personality, and swords are a weapon that can be used in combat. Allister is shy and timid, and prefers to hide himself; he *shields* himself from the world.

* Some have pointed out the hilarious contradictions in both versions of Kabuto and Omanyte's Pokémon, where in Kabuto's Sword entry stated that it was on the brink of extinction, while Omanyte was too populated that it was becoming an invasive species. However, in Shield, there was no note for Omanyte being the problem, while Kabuto's Shield's entry stated that there were reported sightings. This actually makes some sense, as they're both version exclusives!

This page is for non-Gen VIII Pokémon entries regarding both ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''. For entries regarding the Gen VIII Pokémon, including the Galar regional forms, see Fridge.PokemonGenerationVIIIFamilies.

For FridgeLogic entries, see Headscratchers.PokemonSwordAndShield.

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* The ham-fisted nature of the story makes sense when you take into consideration one detail we've all grown accustomed to over the years: the protagonists are '''kids!''' Of course Hop and the protagonist are going to be kept in the dark about [[spoiler:Rose's plan to use [[OlympusMons Eternatus]] as a living battery for Galar]]. It's one thing to give a kid a fire-breathing lizard or an electric mouse as a pet. It's another thing entirely to pit them against [[spoiler:an alien dragon!]] Sure, it's a weak justification, but it's one that contextually makes the most sense.
* Remember Team Rainbow Rocket from ''Videogame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon''? The absence of Galar's villainous counterparts would obviously be chalked up to each game's respective release date, but even if Giovanni were to attempt to bring Galar's worst into his team, he'd have no luck. [[spoiler:Piers and Chairman Rose definitely would have turned his invitations down, as Guzma did before them.]]

* In ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', there is a random truck. Since it is the only one in the game and due to the LawOfConservationOfDetail, people (incorrectly) associated with the Mythical Pokémon Mew. [[spoiler:In Ballimere Lake, there is a random cooking pot on the ground, the only one in the game... and this time, the random unique object with no obvious purpose actually is tied to a Mythical, in this case Keldeo.]]

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* Some have pointed out the hilarious contradictions in both versions of Kabuto and Omanyte's Pok´mon, where in Kabuto's Sword entry stated that it was on the brink of extinction, while Omanyte was too populated that it was becoming an invasive species. However, in Shield, there was no note for Omanyte being the problem, while Kabuto's Shield's entry stated that there were reported sightings. This actually makes some sense, as they're both version exclusives!

* There's actually a good in-universe reason for the level cap in what Pokémon you can and can't catch at any given time, and it ties into the lore of the Pokémon-Human relationship that started back in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' (or was it another game?). I remember reading on another Pokémon page on the website about the way routes are planned. Something like (forgive me, it's not exactly what they said): "Each route and gym is planned according to how most trainers would travel, with the most dangerous being the final stop." Of course, this being an open area, you can't expect everyone to be fixed to a certain route. Perhaps the Pokémon picked up on that and decide that if you have yet to overcome that barrier yourself, then why should you have any rights to command them.