History Podcast / PokemonWorldTourUnited

* [[ComicBookFantasyCasting Podcast Fantasy Casting]]: Emma from Celadon is played by Creator/ZendayaColeman.

* CombatPragmatist

* Hammerspace: The player characters' bags are seemingly limitless; their packs include several changes of clothes, their fossils, spare Pokéballs, camping equipment, food, and even their Pokémon. 

* MagicalMysteryMaze: The Underground Trial in Celadon takes place in the ruins of the original Rocket Hideout, with the portals replaced with Drilburs that toss the participants around the maze.

* RevealShot: 

* RealityEnsues: 

** Raleigh is seen putting out the fires caused by Bango and Treble, and returning the Snover to their natural habitat.

* RunningGag: 

* BewareTheSuperman

* BlatantLies: 

Pokémon World Tour: United is a podcast created by Hey! Jake And Josh, where they play through a Tabletop RPG of Pokémon, run by their friend Alan. Their characters are Rose Jenny and Cobalt, two trainers that start their journey from Pallet Town. Things are pretty normal, until they find some weird, sparkly dust on a statue and pay a visit to Rose's grandma at the police office...

The podcast was started in 2016, running concurrently to Jake and Josh's parent podcast, Pokémon World Tour. They often feature guest players, most frequently Shannon Manor, the show's artist.

The series can be listened to on iTunes[[https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pokemon-world-tour-united/id1154176782?mt=2]] and Stitcher[[http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/pwtpodcast/pokemon-world-tour-united]], and has a Twitter[[https://twitter.com/pwtpodcast?lang=en]] and Patreon[[https://www.patreon.com/heyjakeandjosh]]. The cast is also prolific on Twitter.

Major character details and tropes related to episodes after #11 will be whited out.

!!Pokémon World Tour: United contains examples of...
* AccidentalKidnapping: [[spoiler:Billy tries to kidnap a Nurse Joy from the Pokémon Center in Pewter; Cobalt gets in the way, and is summarily kidnapped by Team Rocket.]]

* AudioPlay: The podcast is a serial, with sequential episodes following Rose and Cobalt’s adventures. There is a short recap at the beginning of every episode, but it's best to listen to them in order.

* BlandNameProduct: Many real-world products and media have equivalents in the Pokémon world, including Oran berries for oranges, and Mesprit instead of Sprite.
* BigEater: Wood is almost addicted to food. Also applies to [[spoiler:Dreamer, Victor’s Munchlax]].
* BlatantLies:

* BlackSpeech: [[spoiler:Heard by Rose when Scramble uses one of Mewtwo’s attacks via Metronome.]]

* CanonDiscontinuity: Although it's set up in a manner similar to the anime, PWTU disregards all of the anime and the video games’ plot, except for the first generation..
* ChekovsGun
* ClingyMacGuffin: The one-feathered Taillow, that Cobalt tried to capture in the first or second episode, has been following him, and makes an appearance outside of Professor Skye’s lab.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Several Pokémon are caught by befriending them, rather than being beaten into submission. Also applies to Roxy, Kent’s Junior Trainer from Pewter City.
* DivineIntervention: [[spoiler:Mew]] has interacted with Rose and Cobalt’s adventures at least twice so far: once to [[spoiler:turn Staryu, Teddiursa, and Eevee into Shiny Pokémon]], and once by [[spoiler:impersonating a Clefairy so Cira and Rose can infiltrate Operation Fight Club.]]
* DogpileOfDoom: Used to heartwarming effect when Victor ends 025 buried under a blissful pile of the main party’s Pokémon.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: Pulled off by Cira and Rose to infiltrate Operation Fight Club. Also inverted, as [[spoiler:Cira considers herself to still be part of Team Rocket, but mostly dresses in normal clothes.]]
* EggMcGuffin: [[spoiler:The suspiciously large egg that Rose, Cobalt and Victor find in the depths of Mount Moon ends up hatching into twin Pokémon, Nyssa the Cleffa and Falsetto the Igglybuff.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: The Cerulean Gym is staffed by Enpoleons, who also presumably serve as BattleButlers.

* Foreshadowing: Odessa Jenny's [[spoiler:delirious rambling about Moltres and Team Rocket]], Billy's gloating about [[spoiler:possible corruption among the Jenny force and the greater Rocket scheme]], and the [[spoiler:darkness beasts that live in Mount Moon]] are not setting up an easy journey for Rose and Cobalt.

* FreeRangeChildren / WalkingTheEarth: Rose and Cobalt are wandering around Kanto with their new friend Victor. Averted for Rose and Cobalt, who are over the age legally allowed for trainers; played straight with Victor.
* GladiatorGames: [[spoiler:The purpose of Bonnie’s experiment in Mount Moon: set hordes of Jigglypuff against each other in fights until only the strongest remain, then use those strongest in Team Rocket’s service.]]
* GoodCopBadCop: Amanda and Eris, the Jennies that Rose, Cobalt and Cira meet outside of Mount Moon. Amanda is the kindly Good Cop, Aeris is the standoffish Bad Cop.
* GoodIsNotSoft

* GottaCatchThemAll: It’s Pokémon. What else did you expect?
* GottaRescueThemAll: [[spoiler:So far Cobalt has saved at least two Pokémon from Brian.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Treble to Cadence, and Scramble to Nyssa.
* Hammerspace: The player characters’ bags are seemingly limitless; their packs include several changes of clothes, their fossils, spare Pokéballs, camping equipment, food, and even their Pokémon.
* HamsterWheelPower: Team Rocket’s aerial transport is provided by a flock of Pidgey, Pidgeotto, and Spearow that are strapped to a hot-air balloon basket.
* HangoverSensitivity: Rose and Bango fall prey to this after a sleepover. Rose even gives Bango bacon to help, since he can’t take aspirin.

* HeroOfAnotherStory:

** In a Patreon-exclusive episode, Scramble, Baritone, Dominik, and Biscuit get their own SpotlightEpisode.
* HostileWeather: The first leg of Rose and Cobalt's journey includes unseasonably cold and stormy weather. [[spoiler:This is likely brought on by Team Rocket's implied tampering with the balance between Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres.]]

* ImplausibleHairColors: It’s Pokémon, people have hair of every color. Mocked by the gang at one point:
-->'''He has a hair color that appears in nature! Get ‘im!” '''
* InstantCostumeChange: Comes as par for the course for Rockets[[spoiler:, including Cira.]] Rose laments that she can't do this.

* ItsPronouncedTroPAY: Several of the characters have accents, causing the actors to corpse over Alan’s pronunciation of words like “Scoops,” “Smart” and “Moltres.”
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Victor’s mechanics-heavy lecture to Rose, Cobalt, Cira, Holly, and Scott on [[spoiler:the basics of Contest participation]] provokes lots of questions from the group, such as “What do dice have to do with it?”

* MamaBear: Chartreuse counts as this, towards Cobalt and her Pokémon; Rose also applies, although only towards her Pokémon.
* ManOfAThousandVoices: Alan, as the GM, voices all of the NPC’s and all of the Pokémon.
* MobstacleCourse: One of the final rooms of Mount Moon is a literal minefield of sleeping Pokémon, including Geodude, Graveler, Golem, Roggenrola, Onix, Steelix, and Aggron.
* Mockumentary: Episode 024 is a homage to [[Series/ParksAndRecreation]], taking place in a local nature park and featuring a ConfessionCam.
* MoodWhiplash: 024 has this, with the action cutting from the main party’s fight against a group of Snover, to Victor playing dance with Biscuit, Cubchoo, Sakura, and Baritone…to the main party screaming at the Abomasnow.
* MythologyGag: Apparently the line about “[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue You’re still light-years away from facing (Gym Leader)!]]” carries over as the Gym Leader changes.

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:It is pointed out to Cobalt (and Rose) that taking Brian’s Typhlosion is a common trait of Team Rocket. Rose justifies his action with a legal statute that allows for removal of Pokémon if there is evidence that the Pokémon has been abused by the Trainer.]]
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Pepper. It is technically dead and half-Ghost, does not have a tail flame, has a ThousandYardStare, and speaks in an echoing tone of voice. Its original owner, Isaac, also counts: he lived as a kind of warden of a halfway house for the dead, buried in the depths of Viridian Forest’s Lost Woods.]]
* PaletteSwap: Rose, Cobalt, Cira, and Victor each have a Shiny Pokémon, and Brian also has a Shiny Dragonair. They are treated as incredibly rare, mirroring the situation in the video games.
* PokemonSpeak: In this universe, none of the Pokémon speak human; Alan instead voices all of the Pokémon. Luckily, most of the trainers SpeaksFluentAnimal.
* RandomEncounters
* RealityEnsues:

* RealitySubtext: Jake and Scott in 024 (playing Rose and Raleigh) continue their real-life SiblingRivalry as their characters.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* RecurringExtra: Cira has appeared in several episodes; so far, the Gym Leaders tend to feature in at least two episodes. The cast also come across recurring {{Non Player Character}}s during their travels.
* RevealShot:

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: All over the place, since it’s Pokémon, but Cobalt and Rose Squee several times over some of the Pokémon they meet. Out of character, Jake, Josh, and Alan frequently obsess over the accessories and outfits that Alan keeps assigning to Biscuit.
* RunningGag:
** Cobalt and Rose taking selfies with Pokémon they meet.

* SecretIdentity/PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler:Cira's status as a renegade Rocket.]]
* ShapeshifterMashup: [[spoiler:In episode 023, TBD transforms into a combination of Bango and Scoops, resulting in the Fire-Grass type Growdo. After the intial Gonk, TBD proves quite useful.]]
* SharpDressedMan: Kent, the Pewter City Gym Leader, wears a nice vest and tie in his official artwork. This also applies to Trajan, the Cerulean Gym Leader.

** Bonnie’s Stunky is nicknamed [[Series/Friends Smelly Cat]].
** “Would you say that he’s a Ranger[[Series/PowerRangers …with Power]]?”
** In 024, Cobalt asks the Hoothoot, “Excuse me, sir, how many licks does it take…”
** The [[spoiler:Squirtle]] that [[spoiler:Rose]] catches is nicknamed [[WesternAnimation/Gargoyles Brooklyn]].
* SoundEffectBleep: The actors use their favorite Pokémon’s cries to cover up any swearing they might do.
* SnowedIn: The result of the snowstorm around the north of Kanto leaves our heroes snowed in at Professor Skye’s lab.
* StealthHiBye: Part of Cronenberg’s [[spoiler:and Pepper’s]] skill set, since [[spoiler:they’re part-Ghost.]] Weaponized by [[spoiler:Pepper]] during the Cerulean Gym battle to ''devastating'' effect.
* StockSoundEffect: They use sound effects and background music from the Pokémon video games.

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Cobalt and Rose frequently interrupt the action of the game to take pictures of new Pokémon with their Pokédexes.
* ThemeNaming: The region's professor is Professor Acorn (plants) and the main characters are Rose and Cobalt (colors). Cobalt's nicknames for his Pokémon are themed around music, Cira's nicknames are themed around famous directors, and Raleigh nicknames his Pokémon according to the alphabet.

* TragicBackstory: [[spoiler:Baritone used to be a Kangaskhan infant, but its mother was killed by the shadow beasts under Mount Moon. Sakura originally belonged to a Trainer who thought she had a cherry blossom bud, but was abandoned when her Trainer saw her bud was a rose bud.]]

* Tsundere: Roxy and Bass, Cobalt’s Nidoran.
* UncannyValley: [[spoiler:Pepper, the ghost Charmander that the kids find in Viridian Forest, ticks most of the boxes. When it fights in Rose’s first battle with Kent, he’s genuinely unsettled. It also applies to Rose’s Ditto, TBD, especially when commanded to mimic Bonnie of Team Rocket.]]
* UnlimitedWardrobe: The cast, especially Cira and Rose, have extensive wardrobes. Rose even laments the fact that she can’t wear any of her cute spring outfits because of the unseasonably cold weather. She even gets a CostumeTestMontage before the Pokémon Contest.
* UnusualEuphemism: Since there is (presumably) no God in Pokémon, the characters say “Oh my Arceus” instead.
* VideoPhone: These are available in every Pokémon Center. The main characters frequently keep in touch with their parents with them.

* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Cira is a Rocket.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Cobalt gives Harmony, his Paras, away to a boy in Kalos. Harmony was not used since her debut episode.]]

-->'''Odessa Jenny:''' [[spoiler:Sweetie, there’s—Moltres—The Rockets—they’ve done something ''awful'', dear. They’ve done something awful…all legends have a basis in reality, dear. Moltres, they…they…]]
* WingdingEyes: When a Pokémon (or Billy) is fainted, Alan frequently describes knocked-out Pokémon this way.
* WordOfSaintPaul: Shannon Manor, the show's official artist (and voice actor of Cira), makes short comics about adventures that happen outside of the podcast; they can be found on her Twitter[[https://twitter.com/shannonmanor]].

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: All over the place, since it’s Pokémon, but Cobalt and Rose Squee several times over some of thePokémon they meet. Out of character, Jake, Josh, and Alan frequently obsess over the accessories and outfits that Alan keeps assigning to Biscuit.

-->'''Skye (referring to Bango):''' I love dogs!\\

* RecurringExtra: Cira has appeared in several episodes; so far, the Gym Leaders tend to feature in at least two episodes. The cast also come across recurring NPCs during their travels.

The series can be listened to on iTunes and Stitcher, and has a Twitter and Patreon. The cast is also prolific on Twitter.

* ActuallyIAmHim: Trey is short for [[spoiler:Trajan, the Cerulean Gym Leader.]] Also applies to Professor Skye.

* BigEater: Wood is almost addicted to food. Also applies to [[spoiler:Dreamer, Victor’s Munchlax]].

* GottaCatchThemAll: It’s Pokémon. What else did you expect?

* HangoverSensitivity: Rose and Bango fall prey to this after a sleepover. Rose even gives Bango bacon to help, since he can’t take aspirin.

* ImplausibleHairColors: It’s Pokémon, people have hair of every color. Mocked by the gang at one point:
-->'''He has a hair color that appears in nature! Get ‘im!” '''

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:It is pointed out to Cobalt (and Rose) that taking Brian’s Typhlosion is a common trait of Team Rocket. Rose justifies his action with a legal statute that allows for removal of Pokémon if there is evidence that the Pokémon has been abused by the Trainer.]]

* PaletteSwap: Rose, Cobalt, Cira, and Victor each have a Shiny Pokémon, and Brian also has a Shiny Dragonair. They are treated as incredibly rare, mirroring the situation in the video games.

* ShapeshifterMashup: [[spoiler:In episode 023, TBD transforms into a combination of Bango and Scoops, resulting in the Fire-Grass type Growdo. After the intial Gonk, TBD proves quite useful.]]

* StealthHiBye: Part of Cronenberg’s [[spoiler:and Pepper’s]] skill set, since [[spoiler:they’re part-Ghost.]] Weaponized by [[spoiler:Pepper]] during the Cerulean Gym battle to ''devastating'' effect.

* UnlimitedWardrobe: The cast, especially Cira and Rose, have extensive wardrobes. Rose even laments the fact that she can’t wear any of her cute spring outfits because of the unseasonably cold weather. She even gets a CostumeTestMontage before the Pokémon Contest.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Cobalt gives Harmony, his Paras, away to a boy in Kalos. Harmony was not used since her debut episode.]]

* ActuallyIAmHim: Trey is short for [[spoiler:Trajan, the Cerulean Gym Leader.]] Also applies to Professor Skye.
* AudioPlay: The podcast is a serial, with sequential episodes following Rose and Cobalt’s adventures. There is a short recap at the beginning of every episode, but it's best to listen to them inorder.

* BigEater: Wood is almost addicted to food. Also applies to [[spoiler:Dreamer, Victor’s Munchlax]].

-->[[spoiler:'''Mewtwo:''' ‘’Psycho Cut’'.]]

* CanonDiscontinuity: Although it's set up in a manner similar to the anime, PWTU disregards the anime and most of the video games except for the first generation.

* GottaCatchThemAll

* HappilyMarried: Cobalt's parents.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Cira's adventures while separated from Rose and Cobalt can be found on Shannon Manor's Twitter. They include Cira answering wishes from the fountain and hanging out with gym leaders.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Pepper. It is technically dead and half-Ghost, does not have a tail flame, has a ThousandYardStare, and speaks in an echoing tone of voice. Its owner also counts: he lived as a kind of warden of a halfway house for the dead, buried in the depths of Viridian Forest’s Lost Woods.]]
* PaletteSwap: Rose, Cobalt, Cira, and Victor each have a Shiny Pokémon, and Brian also has a Shiny Dragonair. They are treated as incredibly rare, mirroring the situation in the video games.

* StealthHiBye: Part of Cronenberg’s [[spoiler:and Pepper’s]] skill set, since [[spoiler:they’re part-Ghost.]] Weaponized by [[spoiler:Pepper]] during the Cerulean Gym battle to ''devastating'' effect.

* ThemeNaming: The region's professor is Professor Acorn (plants) and the main characters are Rose and Cobalt (colors). Cobalt's nicknames for his Pokémon are themed around music, and Cira's nicknames are themed around famous directors.

* UnlimitedWardrobe: The cast, especially Cira and Rose, have extensive wardrobes. Rose even laments the fact that she can’t wear any of her cute spring outfits because of the unseasonably cold weather. She even gets a CostumeTestMontage before the Pokémon Contest.

* FreeRangeChildren / WalkingTheEarth: Rose and Cobalt are wandering around Kanto with their new friend Victor. Averted for Rose and Cobalt, played straight with Victor.

* HappilyMarried: Juliet and Crescendo, as much as Pokémon can be married. This also applies to Cobalt's parents.

* AccidentalMisnaming: Cobalt is frequently called Carl instead of his real name.
* AudioPlay: The podcast is a serial, with sequential episodes following Rose and Cobalt’s adventures. There is a short recap at the beginning of every episode, but it's best to listen to them inorder.
* BewareTheSuperman
* BlatantLies:
** Cobalt and Rose ''definitely'' weren't at the Viridian Police Station when it was attacked.
** [[spoiler:Yeah, Victor. The Clefairy ran away...]]
* ButtMonkey: Billy, and Victor, to a certain extent.
* CallingYourAttacks
* CanonDiscontinuity: Although it's set up in a manner similar to the anime, PWTU disregards the anime and most of the video games except for the first generation.
* ChekovsGun
* CombatPragmatist
* CreatorCameo: If there's a character that has any significant interaction with the gang, they're probably named after a Patreon or a fan. Examples include Shannon, the scientist the gang met in Mount Moon (after the show's artist, Shannon) and Professor Skye, the scientist living in Cerulean (after fan artist Skye).
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Several Pokémon are caught by befriending them, rather than being beaten into submission. Also applies to Roxy, Kent’s Junior Trainer from Pewter City.
* DivineIntervention: [[spoiler:Mew]] has interacted with Rose and Cobalt’s adventures at least twice so far: once to [[spoiler:turn Staryu, Teddiursa, and Eevee into Shiny Pokémon]], and once by [[spoiler:impersonating a Clefairy so Cira and Rose can infiltrate Operation Fight Club.]]
* DressingAsTheEnemy: Pulled off by Cira and Rose to infiltrate Operation Fight Club. Also inverted, as [[spoiler:Cira considers herself to still be part of Team Rocket, but mostly dresses in normal clothes.]]
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:There's ''something'' hiding in the depths of Mount Moon. That something is a colony of nebulous black masses that have color-changing eyes, are not affected by moves like Ember and Sleep Powder, and are responsible for the death of Baritone's mother and the Clefairy that protected them.]]
* FamilyBusiness: The police force in Kanto is entirely made up of the Jennies, all of whom are somehow related to Rose.
* Foreshadowing: Odessa Jenny's [[spoiler:delirious rambling about Moltres and Team Rocket]], Billy's gloating about [[spoiler:possible corruption among the Jenny force and the greater Rocket scheme]], and the [[spoiler:darkness beasts that live in Mount Moon]] are not setting up an easy journey for Rose and Cobalt.
* FunnyForeigner: Ross, the Breeder/Gardener that the gang meets on Route 3, has a [[Main/MauriceChevalierAccent ridiculous French accent]] since he's from Kalos.
* FreeRangeChildren / WalkingTheEarth: Rose and Cobalt are wandering around Kanto with their new friend Victor. Averted for Rose and Cobalt, played straight with Victor.
* GoodCopBadCop: Amanda and Eris, the Jennies that Rose, Cobalt and Cira meet outside of Mount Moon. Amanda is the kindly Good Cop, Aeris is the standoffish Bad Cop.
* GoodIsNotSoft
* GoodParents: Chartreuse and Cyan, Cobalt's parents, support him and love him wholeheartedly.
* GottaCatchThemAll
* Hammerspace: The player characters’ bags are seemingly limitless.
* HamsterWheelPower: Team Rocket’s aerial transport is provided by a flock of Pidgey, Pidgeotto, and Spearow that are strapped to a hot-air balloon basket.
* HappilyMarried: Juliet and Crescendo, as much as Pokémon can be married. This also applies to Cobalt's parents.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Cira's adventures while separated from Rose and Cobalt can be found on Shannon Manor's Twitter. They include Cira answering wishes from the fountain and hanging out with gym leaders.
* HostileWeather: The first leg of Rose and Cobalt's journey includes unseasonably cold and stormy weather. [[spoiler:This is likely brought on by Team Rocket's implied tampering with the balance between Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres.]]
* HurricaneOfPuns: Brought upon Rose by Cobalt on a frequent basis. This only gets worse during the Pewter Gym challenge with Kent and Roxy.
* InstantCostumeChange: Comes as par for the course for Rockets[[spoiler:, including Cira.]] Rose laments that she can't do this.
* LemonyNarrator: Applies to Alan as the DM and Narrator.
* LostWoods: Viridian Forest counts as this; the forest itself contains a smaller, creepier area that is referred to as the Lost Woods.
* MobstacleCourse: One of the final rooms of Mount Moon is a literal minefield of sleeping Pokémon, including Geodude, Graveler, Golem, Roggenrola, Onix, Steelix, and Aggron.
* MythologyGag: Apparently the line about “[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue You’re still light-years away from facing (Gym Leader)!]]” carries over as the Gym Leader changes.
* NeverSayDie: Both played straight and averted. [[spoiler:Rose and Cobalt are fully aware that Baritone's mother and its Clefairy protector are dead. They conceal this fact from Victor and Baritone.]]
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Pepper. It is technically dead and half-Ghost, does not have a tail flame, has a ThousandYardStare, and speaks in an echoing tone of voice. Its owner also counts: he lived as a kind of warden of a halfway house for the dead, buried in the depths of Viridian Forest’s Lost Woods.]]
* OutOfOrder
* PokemonSpeak: In this universe, none of the Pokémon speak human; Alan instead voices all of the Pokémon. Luckily, most of the trainers SpeaksFluentAnimal.
* RandomEncounters
* RealityEnsues:
** Following anime tradition, Rose and Cobalt take time out from their journey to train their teams. This includes having them practice their accuracy and evasion, and having Oddish do squats.
** After going through Mount Moon, Rose asks the scientists why it's been twenty years and nobody's built a train around the mountain.
** Victor has very understandable reactions to [[spoiler:everything that happens in Mount Moon.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* RecurringExtra: Cira and Kent have several run-ins with the main kids.
* RevealShot:
** The vanishing of the halfway house for lost spirits in the depths of Viridian Forest.
** [[spoiler:Episode 18 ends with Articuno perched over the exit of Mount Moon, watching Cobalt, Rose and Victor leave with a mysterious egg.]]
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: All over the place, since it’s Pokémon, but Cobalt and Rose Squee several times over some of thePokémon they meet. Out of character, Jake, Josh, and Alan frequently obsess over the accessories and outfits that Alan keeps assigning to Biscuit.
* RunningGag:
** Cobalt and Rose taking selfies with Pokémon they meet.
** Rose is definitely not a cop.
** Cobalt's teriyaki-flavored Friendship Jerky.
* SecretIdentity/PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler:Cira's status as a renegade Rocket.]]
* SharpDressedMan: Kent, the Pewter City Gym Leader, wears a nice vest and tie in his official artwork. This also applies to Trajan, the Cerulean Gym Leader.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Rose and Cobalt are ''very'' insistent on this. Nobody really believes them.
* SherlockHomage: Detective Psy and Voltorb are this.
* ShoutOut:
** Private Psy and Voltorb are Shout Outs to [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes and Watson]].
** In episode 6, the kids are welcomed to Viridian Forest by a [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse fountain featuring a woman in a flowing dress with curly hair, and water flowing from her eyes]].
** In episode 15, Rose and Cobalt meet a Trainer outside of Route 3, playing a game called [[VideoGame/PokemonGo Animals Go]].
* StockSoundEffect: They use sound effects and background music from the Pokemon video games.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Since the League Challenge is nonlinear, the Gym Leaders have rotating team rosters depending on how many badges the challenger has.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Cobalt and Rose frequently interrupt the action of the game to take pictures of new Pokémon with their Pokédexes.
* ThemeNaming: The region's professor is Professor Acorn (plants) and the main characters are Rose and Cobalt (colors). Cobalt's theme nicknames for his Pokémon are about music.
* TimeSkip: Takes place twenty years after the events of VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue.
* TragicBackstory: [[spoiler:Baritone used to be a Kangaskhan infant, but its mother was killed by the shadow beasts under Mount Moon. Sakura originally belonged to a Trainer who thought she had a cherry blossom bud, but was abandoned when her Trainer saw her bud was a rose bud.]]

* Tsundere: Roxy and Bass, Cobalt’s Nidoran.
* UncannyValley: [[spoiler:Pepper, the ghost Charmander that the kids find in Viridian Forest, ticks most of the boxes. When it fights in Rose’s first battle with Kent, he’s genuinely unsettled. It also applies to Rose’s Ditto, TBD, especially when commanded to mimic Bonnie of Team Rocket.]]
* VideoPhone: These are available in every Pokémon Center. The main characters frequently keep in touch with their parents with them.

* WhamLine:
** DM: You know that this is a Cubone. [[spoiler:You also know how Cubones are made.]]
** Grandma: [[spoiler:Rocket...Moltres...]]
* WingdingEyes: When a Pokémon (or Billy) is fainted, Alan frequently describes knocked-out Pokémon this way.
* WordOfSaintPaul: Shannon Manor, the show's official artist (and voice actor of Cira), makes short comics about adventures that happen outside of the podcast; they can be found on her Twitter[[https://twitter.com/shannonmanor]].

''Smell ya later!''

* AudioPlay: The podcast is a serial, with sequential episodes following Rose and Cobalt’s adventures.

* CanonDiscontinuity

* FreeRangeChildren / WalkingTheEarth: Rose and Cobalt are wandering around Kanto with their new friend Victor. To be fair, Rose and Cobalt are 17. Victor is not.
* GoodCopBadCop: Amanda and Eris, the Jennies that Rose, Cobalt and Cira meet outside of Mount Moon. Amanda is the kindly Good Cop, Eris is the standoffish Bad Cop.

* InstantCostumeChange: Comes as par for the course for Rockets[[spoiler:, including Cira.]]
* LemonyNarrator
* LostWoods

* NeverSayDie: Both played straight and averted. [[spoiler:Rose and Cobalt are fully aware that Baritone's mother and its protector Clefairy are dead. They conceal this fact from Victor and Baritone.]]
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Pepper. It is technically dead and half-Ghost, does not have a tail flame, has a Thousand-Yard Stare, and speaks in an echoing tone of voice. Its owner also counts: he lived as a kind of warden of a halfway house for the dead, buried in the depths of Viridian Forest’s Lost Woods.]]

* PokemonSpeak: In this universe, none of the Pokemon speak human; Alan instead voices all of the Pokemon. Luckily, most of the trainers SpeaksFluentAnimal.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: All over the place, since it’s Pokémon, but Cobalt and Rose Squee several times over some of thePokémon they meet.

* SharpDressedMan: Kent, the Pewter City Gym Leader, wears a nice vest and tie in his official artwork.

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Cobalt and Rose frequently interrupt the action of the game to take pictures of new Pokémon with their Pokedexes.
* ThemeNaming: The region's professor is Professor Acorn (plants) and the main characters are Rose and Cobalt (colors). Cobalt's theme nicknames for his Pokemon are about music.
* TimeSkip: Takes place twenty years after the events of [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue]].

* VideoPhone: These are available in every Pokemon Center. The main characters frequently keep in touch with their parents with them.

* WingdingEyes: When a Pokemon is fainted, Alan frequently describes knocked-out Pokemon this way.

* BlatantLies: Cobalt and Rose ''definitely'' weren't at the Viridian Police Station when it was attacked.

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:There's ''something'' hiding in the depths of Mount Moon. That something is a colony of nebulous black masses that have color-changing eyes, are not affected by moves like Ember and Sleep Powder, and are responsible for the death of a Clefairy, and may be responsible for the death of Baritone's mother.]]
* FunnyForeigner: Ross, the Breeder/Gardener that the gang meets on Route 3, has a ridiculous French accent since he's from Kalos.

* RealityEnsues: Following anime tradition, Rose and Cobalt take time out from their journey to train their teams. This includes having them practice their accuracy and evasion, and having Oddish do squats.

** Cobalt and Rose take lots of selfies with Pokemon, sometimes at the worst possible moments.

** Detective Psy and Voltorb are Shout Outs to [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes and Watson]].

* ThemeNaming: The region's professor is Professor Acorn (plants) and the main characters are Rose and Cobalt (colors)

* FunnyForeigner: Victor provides a lot of comic relief, and also comes from Kalos.
* FreeRangeChildren/WalkingTheEarth: Rose and Cobalt are wandering around Kanto with their new friend Victor. To be fair, Rose and Cobalt are 17. Victor is not.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: All over the place, since it’s Pokémon, but Cobalt and Cira Squee several times over some of thePokémon they meet.

* GottaCatch‘EmAll

* MythologyGag: Apparently the line about “You’re still light-years away from facing (Gym Leader)!” carries over as the Gym Leader changes.

* SecretIdentity/Paper-ThinDisguise: [[spoiler:Cira's status as a renegade Rocket.]]

* Chekov’sGun

* PokemonSpeak: In this universe, none of the Pokemon speak human; Alan instead voices all of the Pokemon. Luckily, the Trainers SpeakFluentAnimal.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: All over the place, since it’s Pokémon, but Cobalt and Cira Squee several times over some of the Pokémon they meet.

* Sharp-DressedMan: Kent, the Pewter City Gym Leader, wears a nice vest and tie in his official artwork.

* TheBusCameBack/CommutingByBus/RecurringExtra: Cira and Kent have several run-ins with the main kids.

Pokémon World Tour: United is a podcast created by Hey! Jake And Josh, where they play through a Tabletop RPG of Pokémon, run by their friend Alan. Their characters are Rose Jenny and Cobalt (last name here), two trainers that start their journey from Pallet Town. Things are pretty normal, until they find some weird, sparkly dust on a statue and pay a visit to Rose's grandma at the police office...

* BlatantLies: Cobalt ''definitely'' wasn't at the Viridian Police Station when it was attacked.

* InstantCostumeChange

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Rose and Cobalt are frequently mistaken to be dating, and have to correct practically everyone that they meet.

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Pokémon World Tour: United is a podcast created by Hey!JakeAndJosh, where they play through a Tabletop RPG of Pokémon, run by their friend Alan. Their characters are Rose Jenny and Cobalt (last name here), two trainers that start their journey from Pallet Town. Things are pretty normal, until they find some weird, sparkly dust on a statue and pay a visit to Rose's grandma at the police office...

** Detective Psy and Voltorb are Shout Outs to Sherlock Holmes and Watson.
** In episode 6, the kids are welcomed to Viridian Forest by a fountain featuring a woman in a flowing dress with curly hair, and water flowing from her eyes.

Pokémon World Tour: United is a podcast created by Jake and Josh, where they play through a Tabletop RPG of Pokémon, run by their friend Alan. Their characters are Rose Jenny and Cobalt (last name here), two trainers that start their journey from Pallet Town. Things are pretty normal, until they find some weird, sparkly dust on a statue and pay a visit to Rose's grandma at the police office...

* AccidentalKidnapping: Billy tries to kidnap a Nurse Joy from the Pokémon Center in Pewter; Cobalt gets in the way, and is summarily kidnapped by Team Rocket.

* BlatantLies: Cobalt is definitely not telling his mom that he fought against Team Rocket in Viridian. Nope.

* DivineIntervention: Mew has interacted with Rose and Cobalt’s adventures at least twice so far: once to turn Staryu, Teddiursa and Eevee into Shiny Pokémon, and once by impersonating a Clefairy so Cira and Rose can infiltrate Operation Fight Club.

* DressingAsTheEnemy: Pulled off by Cira and Rose to infiltrate Operation Fight Club. Also inverted, as Cira considers herself to still be part of Team Rocket, but mostly dresses in normal clothes.

* Hammerspace: The player characters’ bags are limitless.

* HurricaneOfPuns: Brought upon Rose by Cobalt on a frequent basis; only compounded during the Pewter Gym challenge with Kent and Roxy.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Again, Pepper. It is technically dead and half-Ghost, does not have a tail flame, has a Thousand-Yard Stare, and speaks in an echoing tone of voice. Its owner also counts: he lived as a kind of warden of a halfway house for the dead, buried in the depths of Viridian Forest’s Lost Woods.

* PokemonSpeak: In this universe, none of the Pokemon speak human; Alan instead voices all of the Pokemon. Luckily, the Trainers Speak Fluent Animal.

* RealityEnsues: Rose and Cobalt take out time to train their teams. This includes having them practice their accuracy, evasion, and having Oddish do squats.

* UncannyValley: Pepper, the ghost Charmander that the kids find in Viridian Forest, ticks most of the boxes. When it fights in Rose’s first battle with Kent, he’s genuinely unsettled. It also applies to Rose’s Ditto, TBD, especially when commanded to mimic Bonnie of Team Rocket.

•Accidental Kidnapping: Billy tries to kidnap a Nurse Joy from the Pokémon Center in Pewter; Cobalt gets in the way, and is summarily kidnapped by Team Rocket.

•Accidental Misnaming: Cobalt is frequently called Carl instead of his real name.

•Audio Play: The podcast is a serial, with sequential episodes following Rose and Cobalt’s adventures.

•Beware the Superman

•Blatant Lies: Cobalt is definitely not telling his mom that he fought against Team Rocket in Viridian. Nope.

•Calling Your Attacks

•Canon Discontinuity

•Chekov’s Gun

•Combat Pragmatist

•Defeat Means Friendship: Several Pokémon are caught by befriending them, rather than being beaten into submission. Also applies to Roxy, Kent’s Junior Trainer from Pewter City.

•Divine Intervention: Mew has interacted with Rose and Cobalt’s adventures at least twice so far: once to turn Staryu, Teddiursa and Eevee into Shiny Pokémon, and once by impersonating a Clefairy so Cira and Rose can infiltrate Operation Fight Club.

•Dressing As The Enemy: Pulled off by Cira and Rose to infiltrate Operation Fight Club. Also inverted, as Cira considers herself to still be part of Team Rocket, but mostly dresses in normal clothes.

•Free Range Children/Walking the Earth: Rose and Cobalt are wandering around Kanto with their new friend Victor. To be fair, Rose and Cobalt are 17. Victor is not.

•Good Is Not Soft

•Gotta Catch ‘Em All

•Hammerspace: The player characters’ bags are limitless.

•Hamster Wheel Power: Team Rocket’s aerial transport is provided by a flock of Pidgey, Pidgeotto, and Spearow that are strapped to a hot-air balloon basket.

•Hurricane of Puns: Brought upon Rose by Cobalt on a frequent basis; only compounded during the Pewter Gym challenge with Kent and Roxy.

•Instant Costume Change

•Lemony Narrator

•Lost Woods

•Mythology Gag: Apparently the line about “You’re still light-years away from facing (Gym Leader)!” carries over as the Gym Leader changes.

•Our Ghosts are Different: Again, Pepper. It is technically dead and half-Ghost, does not have a tail flame, has a Thousand-Yard Stare, and speaks in an echoing tone of voice. Its owner also counts: he lived as a kind of warden of a halfway house for the dead, buried in the depths of Viridian Forest’s Lost Woods.

•Out of Order

•Pokemon Speak: In this universe, none of the Pokemon speak human; Alan instead voices all of the Pokemon. Luckily, the Trainers Speak Fluent Animal.

•Random Encounters

•Reality Ensues: Rose and Cobalt take out time to train their teams. This includes having them practice their accuracy, evasion, and having Oddish do squats.

•Reasonable Authority Figure

•Ridiculously Cute Critter: All over the place, since it’s Pokémon, but Cobalt and Cira Squee several times over some of the Pokémon they meet.

•Running Gag: Cobalt and Rose take lots of selfies with Pokemon, sometimes at the worst possible moments.

•Sharp-Dressed Man: Kent, the Pewter City Gym Leader, wears a nice vest and tie in his official artwork.

•She Is Not My Girlfriend: Rose and Cobalt are frequently mistaken to be dating, and have to correct practically everyone that they meet.

•Sherlock Homage: Detective Psy and Voltorb are this.

•Shout Out:

oIn episode 6, the kids are welcomed to Viridian Forest by a fountain featuring a woman in a flowing dress with curly hair, and water flowing from her eyes.

•Stock Sound Effect: They use sound effects and background music from the Pokemon video games.

•Strong As They Need To Be: Since the League Challenge is nonlinear, the Gym Leaders have rotating team rosters depending on how many badges the challenger has.

•Talking Is A Free Action (Pokedex): Cobalt and Rose frequently interrupt the action of the game to take pictures of new Pokémon with their Pokedexes.

•The Bus Came Back/Commuting By Bus/Recurring Extra: Cira and Kent have several run-ins with the main kids.

•To Be Continued: Most episodes end with this style of outro, as described by DM Alan.

•Tsundere: Roxy and Bass, Cobalt’s Nidoran.

•Uncanny Valley: Pepper, the ghost Charmander that the kids find in Viridian Forest, ticks most of the boxes. When it fights in Rose’s first battle with Kent, he’s genuinely unsettled. It also applies to Rose’s Ditto, TBD, especially when commanded to mimic Bonnie of Team Rocket.

•Video Phone: These are available in every Pokemon Center. The main characters frequently keep in touch with their parents with them.

•Wingding Eyes: When a Pokemon is fainted, Alan frequently describes knocked-out Pokemon this way.

• Accidental Kidnapping: Billy tries to kidnap a Nurse Joy from the Pokémon Center in Pewter; Cobalt gets in the way, and is summarily kidnapped by Team Rocket.
• Accidental Misnaming: Cobalt is frequently called Carl instead of his real name.
• Audio Play: The podcast is a serial, with sequential episodes following Rose and Cobalt’s adventures.
• Beware the Superman
• Blatant Lies: Cobalt is definitely not telling his mom that he fought against Team Rocket in Viridian. Nope.
• Calling Your Attacks
• Canon Discontinuity
• Chekov’s Gun
• Combat Pragmatist
• Defeat Means Friendship: Several Pokémon are caught by befriending them, rather than being beaten into submission. Also applies to Roxy, Kent’s Junior Trainer from Pewter City.
• Divine Intervention: Mew has interacted with Rose and Cobalt’s adventures at least twice so far: once to turn Staryu, Teddiursa and Eevee into Shiny Pokémon, and once by impersonating a Clefairy so Cira and Rose can infiltrate Operation Fight Club.
• Dressing As The Enemy: Pulled off by Cira and Rose to infiltrate Operation Fight Club. Also inverted, as Cira considers herself to still be part of Team Rocket, but mostly dresses in normal clothes.
• Free Range Children/Walking the Earth: Rose and Cobalt are wandering around Kanto with their new friend Victor. To be fair, Rose and Cobalt are 17. Victor is not.
• Good Is Not Soft
• Gotta Catch ‘Em All
• Hammerspace: The player characters’ bags are limitless.
• Hamster Wheel Power: Team Rocket’s aerial transport is provided by a flock of Pidgey, Pidgeotto, and Spearow that are strapped to a hot-air balloon basket.
• Hurricane of Puns: Brought upon Rose by Cobalt on a frequent basis; only compounded during the Pewter Gym challenge with Kent and Roxy.
• Instant Costume Change
• Lemony Narrator
• Lost Woods
• Mythology Gag: Apparently the line about “You’re still light-years away from facing (Gym Leader)!” carries over as the Gym Leader changes.
• Our Ghosts are Different: Again, Pepper. It is technically dead and half-Ghost, does not have a tail flame, has a Thousand-Yard Stare, and speaks in an echoing tone of voice. Its owner also counts: he lived as a kind of warden of a halfway house for the dead, buried in the depths of Viridian Forest’s Lost Woods.
• Out of Order
• Pokemon Speak: In this universe, none of the Pokemon speak human; Alan instead voices all of the Pokemon. Luckily, the Trainers Speak Fluent Animal.
• Random Encounters
• Reality Ensues: Rose and Cobalt take out time to train their teams. This includes having them practice their accuracy, evasion, and having Oddish do squats.
• Reasonable Authority Figure
• Ridiculously Cute Critter: All over the place, since it’s Pokémon, but Cobalt and Cira Squee several times over some of the Pokémon they meet.
• Running Gag: Cobalt and Rose take lots of selfies with Pokemon, sometimes at the worst possible moments.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: Kent, the Pewter City Gym Leader, wears a nice vest and tie in his official artwork.
• She Is Not My Girlfriend: Rose and Cobalt are frequently mistaken to be dating, and have to correct practically everyone that they meet.
• Sherlock Homage: Detective Psy and Voltorb are this.
• Shout Out
o In episode 6, the kids are welcomed to Viridian Forest by a fountain featuring a woman in a flowing dress with curly hair, and water flowing from her eyes.
• Stock Sound Effect: They use sound effects and background music from the Pokemon video games.
• Strong As They Need To Be: Gym Leaders have rotating team rosters depending on how many badges the challenger has.
• Talking Is A Free Action (Pokedex): Cobalt and Rose frequently interrupt the action of the game to take pictures of new Pokémon with their Pokedexes.
• The Bus Came Back/Commuting By Bus/Recurring Extra: Cira and Kent have several run-ins with the main kids.
• To Be Continued: Most episodes end with this style of outro, as described by DM Alan.
• Tsundere: Roxy and Bass, Cobalt’s Nidoran.
• Uncanny Valley: Pepper, the ghost Charmander that the kids find in Viridian Forest, ticks most of the boxes. When it fights in Rose’s first battle with Kent, he’s genuinely unsettled. It also applies to Rose’s Ditto, TBD, especially when commanded to mimic Bonnie of Team Rocket.
• Video Phone: These are available in every Pokemon Center. The main characters frequently keep in touch with their parents with them.
• Wingding Eyes: When a Pokemon is fainted, Alan frequently describes knocked-out Pokemon this way.

The podcast was started in 2016, running concurrently to Jake and Josh's parent podcast, Pokémon World Tour. They frequently feature guest players, most frequently Shannon Manor, the show's artist.

The Bus Came Back/Commuting by Bus