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* Greevil uses a team of six shadow Pokémon, plus [=XD001=]. He uses the three legendary birds, as well as Rhydon, Tauros, and Exeggutor. At first, they seem to be random, however back in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', these mons were quite overused and known for being meta-popular Pokémon for their effectiveness, and Greevil's old. This was a shout out to the competitive scene which is fitting of someone with the ambitions of Greevil and nostalgia of the older games.
* Why, despite the fact that Eldes is not fond of Cipher, did he get four Shadow Pokémon while his brother, who is more villainous, got only three? Perhaps, their father Greevil, saw [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Eldes as the most responsible one, while Ardos is more impulsive.]]

** Alternatively: Krane explains that this version of the Snag Machine was designed not to work on anything but Shadow Pokémon. It's possible that Snagem had time to test it before you arrived, and realized that it wouldn't be useful to them unless they could get you on their side... (and, possibly, steal your Aura Reader.)

** Being clean is the soul of Shinto religion. Therefore, the act of creating Shadow Pokémon is one of the most heinous and inexcusable crimes in the franchise while purifying them is one of the most noble and heroic deeds.
** Silver symbolizes the moon which has both a light side (full moon) and a dark side (new moon) with Shadow Lugia as the dark side.

* Orre is a NightmareFuel Refinery, and FridgeHorror is merely a byproduct. A desert region with almost no wild Pokémon, criminal presence out the ass, a [[PoliceAreUseless horrifically ineffectual police department]] ''even by Pokémon standards'', and Cipher, who {{mind rape}}s Pokémon for power and profit, trains their personnel in the arts of spreading terror, and has no qualms whatsoever about hurting - or even ''killing'' - anyone who obstructs their dominion. Researching every brand of FridgeHorror in-depth is such an arduous process that we will instead redirect you to Pokémon's [[NightmareFuel/{{Pokemon}} Nightmare Fuel page]] so you can research the Orre folder for yourself. But what's scarier about all this? How many games outside of ''Colosseum'' and ''XD'' reference Orre by name? Zero - not even ''Black and White'' utter a word of this. Then again, what's listed below may have something to do with the lack of references... sweet dreams.

* Greevil wanting to have Shadow Pokemon that don't need underlings to control them sounds worse with the fact that the S.S. Libra caper at the beginning was made possible merely by remote commands by a mook to Shadow Lugia. If the Shadow Pokémon process was perfected, Greevil could have very well have done it with any number of Shadow Pokémon and coordinated practically whatever he wanted including attacking people. And that's without the extremely powerful legendary.
* Its revealed that after the events of Colosseum Mirror B broke off from Cipher to form his own Team. However while Trudly and Folly are present the OTHER Mirror B Peons Reath and Ferma are nowhere to be seen. In the Post Game of Pokemon Colosseum the two can be found in Pyrite Cave... [[AndIMustScream which is now]] [[FateWorseThanDeath sealed off.]]

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* Its revealed that after the events of Colosseum Mirror B broke off from Cipher to form his own Team. However while Trudly and FOlly are present the OTHER Mirror B Peons Reath and Ferma are nowhere to be seen. In the Post Game of Pokemon Colosseum the two can be found in Pyrite Cave... which is now sealed off

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* Greevil uses a team of six shadow Pokémon, plus [=XD001=]. He uses the three legendary birds, as well as Rhydon, Tauros, and Exeggutor. At first, they seem to be random, however back in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', these mons were quite overused, and Greevil's old. This was a shout out to the Gen Wunners.

* When you try to retrieve your Snag Machine from Gonzap before heading to the Cipher Key Lair, he offers to return it to you without a battle if you join their fight against Cipher, saying that they plan to snag Cipher's Shadow Pokéemon. He was probably lying about this, because they wouldn't have known which Pokéemon to take (unless they used a Shadow move) because they didn't take the Aura Reader, which, aside from having Rui with you, is the only reliable method for normal people to determine whether or not they're battling a Shadow Pokemon.

* Greevil uses a team of six shadow Pokéemon, plus [=XD001=]. He uses the three legendary birds, as well as Rhydon, Tauros, and Exeggutor. At first, they seem to be random, however back in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', these mons were quite overused, and Greevil's old. This was a shout out to the Gen Wunners.

* Why, despite the fact that Eldes is not fond of Cipher, did he got four Shadow Pokéemon while his brother, who is more villainous, got only three? Perhaps, their father Greevil, saw [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Eldes as the most responsible one, while Ardos is more impulsive.]]

** Alternatively: Krane explains that this version of the Snag Machine was designed not to work on anything but Shadow Pokéemon. It's possible that Snagem had time to test it before you arrived, and realized that it wouldn't be useful to them unless they could get you on their side... (and, possibly, steal your Aura Reader.)
* There are some very deep symbolic meanings behind the concept of Shadow Pokéemon and Shadow Lugia.
** Being clean is the soul of Shinto religion. Therefore, the act of creating Shadow Pokéemon is one of the most heinous and inexcusable crimes in the franchise while purifying them is one of the most noble and heroic deeds.

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[[AC:FridgeBrilliance]]
* Greevil uses a team of six shadow Pokemon, plus [=XD001=]. He uses the three legendary birds, as well as Rhydon, Tauros, and Exeggutor. I always thought the non-legendaries on this guy's team were kind of random, but then I looked at the tiers for Red and Blue; those three are OU tier from Red and Blue, and Greevil's old. This was a shout out to the Gen Wunners.
* Why, despite the fact that Eldes is not fond of Cipher, get four Shadow Pokemon while his brother, who is more villainous, get only three? Perhaps, their father Greevil, saw [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Eldes as the most responsible one, while Ardos is more impulsive.]]
* When you try to retrieve your Snag Machine from Gonzap before heading to the Cipher Key Lair, he offers to return it to you without a battle if you join their fight against Cipher, saying that they plan to snag Cipher's Shadow Pokemon. He was probably lying about this, because they wouldn't have known which Pokemon to take (unless they used a Shadow move) because they didn't take the Aura Reader, which, aside from having Rui with you, is the only reliable method for normal people to determine whether or not they're battling a Shadow Pokemon.
** Alternatively: Krane explains that this version of the Snag Machine was designed not to work on anything but Shadow Pokemon. It's possible that Snagem had time to test it before you arrived, and realized that it wouldn't be useful to them unless they could get you on their side... (and, possibly, steal your Aura Reader.)
* There are some very deep symbolic meanings behind the concept of Shadow Pokemon and Shadow Lugia.
** Being clean is the soul of Shinto religion. Therefore, the act of creating shadow Pokemon is one of the most heinous and inexcusable crimes in the franchise while purifying them is one of the most noble and heroic deeds.

[[AC:FridgeHorror]]
* ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'' has the two sailors thrown overboard in the opening, without even a life-vest and are explicitly missing 3 days after the event. It is not so much "fridge" as "[[NeverSayDie we can't flat out say they died with an E rating]]".
** Now that one thinks about it, Orre is a Nightmare Fuel Refinery, and FridgeHorror is merely a byproduct. A desert region with almost no wild Pokémon, criminal presence out the ass, a [[PoliceAreUseless horrifically ineffectual police department]] ''even by Pokémon standards'', and Cipher, who {{MindRape}}s Pokémon for power and profit, trains their personnel in the arts of spreading terror, and has no qualms whatsoever about hurting - or even ''killing'' - anyone who obstructs their dominion (see the note above about the missing sailors - that's Cipher's handiwork). Researching every brand of FridgeHorror in-depth is such an arduous process that I will instead redirect you to Pokémon's [[NightmareFuel/{{Pokemon}} Nightmare Fuel page]] so you can research the Orre folder for yourself. But what's scarier about all this? How many games outside of ''Colosseum'' and ''XD'' reference Orre by name? Fucking zero - not even ''Black and White'' utter a word of this. Then again, what's listed above may have something to do with the lack of references... sweet dreams.
* Greevil wanting to have Shadow Pokemon that don't need underlings to control them sounds worse with the fact that the S.S. Libra caper at the beginning was able to be done merely by remote commands by a mook to Shadow Lugia. If the Shadow Pokémon process was perfected Greevil could have very well have done it with any number of Shadow Pokémon and coordinated practically whatever he wanted including attacking people. And that's without the extremely powerful legendary.