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''[[http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=282&st=0 Pokémon: Rise of the Rockets]]'' is an [[PlayByPostGames RPG]] hosted on Website/BZPower.
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''[[http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=282&st=0 Pokémon: Rise of the Rockets]]'' is an [[PlayByPostGames RPG]] hosted on Website/BZPower.
Platform/BZPower.
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* AdaptationExpansion: In massive amounts, owing to the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and world-building on all fronts--from new backstories for various Legendary Pokémon to entire political factions stemming from original-franchise groups.
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* AdaptationExpansion: In massive amounts, owing to the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and world-building on all fronts--from new backstories for various Legendary Pokémon to entire political factions stemming from original-franchise groups.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
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* AdultFear: The driving point for Sleight and Eileen after the six-month TimeSkip, owing to their son's disappearance. Doubly so for Sleight when Eileen winds up comatose from a Darkrai sent by Ford.
** Pops up again when Joker's children come under attack by a Darkrai sent by Ford.
** Cassie Mikazuki worked very hard to protect her family from Gerald Hikari because of her fear that he would use them in his psychotic schemes. Naturally, this was [[JustifiedTrope fully justified]].
** Pops up again when Joker's children come under attack by a Darkrai sent by Ford.
** Cassie Mikazuki worked very hard to protect her family from Gerald Hikari because of her fear that he would use them in his psychotic schemes. Naturally, this was [[JustifiedTrope fully justified]].
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* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
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* UnstoppableRage: Unsurprisingly, Wrath.
* WarFic: [[CaptainObvious Basically.]]
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* FiveBadBand: Arguably several.
** The Shadow Admins:
*** BigBad -- Sleight.
*** TheDragon -- Joker.
*** TheEvilGenius -- Buzz
*** TheBrute -- Bounty
*** TheDarkChick -- Ace.
** The Hojohsin League:
*** BigBad -- John Ford.
*** TheDragon -- James Pierce.
*** TheEvilGenius -- Maddison Hayes.
*** TheBrute -- Quincy Adams
*** TheDarkChick -- Tyler [=McKinley=].
** The Shadow Admins:
*** BigBad -- Sleight.
*** TheDragon -- Joker.
*** TheEvilGenius -- Buzz
*** TheBrute -- Bounty
*** TheDarkChick -- Ace.
** The Hojohsin League:
*** BigBad -- John Ford.
*** TheDragon -- James Pierce.
*** TheEvilGenius -- Maddison Hayes.
*** TheBrute -- Quincy Adams
*** TheDarkChick -- Tyler [=McKinley=].
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''[[http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=282&st=0 Pokémon: Rise of the Rockets]]'' is an [[PlayByPostGames RPG]] hosted on {{BZPower}}.
Website/BZPower.
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Currently holds the record as the [[LongRunner longest Pokémon RPG]] in [[Website/BZPower [=BZPower's=]]] history.
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Currently holds the record as the [[LongRunner longest Pokémon RPG]] in [[Website/BZPower [=BZPower's=]]] [=BZPower's=] history.
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* GottaCatchEmAll: Surprisingly averted, given [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} the source material]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in-game; even before Team Rocket destroyed Team Liberty's computer mainframe, it was stated that neither team had enough processing power to keep track of more than twenty Pokémon for all of the tens of thousands of trainers within each faction.
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* GottaCatchEmAll: GottaCatchThemAll: Surprisingly averted, given [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} the source material]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in-game; even before Team Rocket destroyed Team Liberty's computer mainframe, it was stated that neither team had enough processing power to keep track of more than twenty Pokémon for all of the tens of thousands of trainers within each faction.
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* TheRestShallPass: Happens during the finale of the Ford plot, with the large group of trainers breaking up into smaller groups to deal with Ford's "Children."
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** The Two Island strike team, going to take down John Ford
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* AfterActionPatchUp: Happens on occasion, when circumstances result in minor wounds to the trainers themselves. One such instance was Kyle Eston tending to a bloody nose after a confrontation with Ryan Hikari in Cerulean.
* AlasPoorVillain
** Though his status as a villain depends on interpretation, Nine's defeat and--by now pretty apparent--death was a very sobering moment.
** The Sins have actually tended to elicit this reaction during their defeats. Gluttony, in particular, prompted this.
* AllThereInTheManual: Between the Rise of the Rockets Wiki, WordOfGod, the side stories topic, and this very page, there is a lot of information that one might not necessarily pick up without doing a bit of outside-the-game research.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs
** The first large-scale battle in the game was Team Rocket's invasion of Four Island, against Team Liberty. Notably, this was the battle where one of Team Liberty's first major casualties occurred: Bluefalcon, one of their three leaders.
** Much later, Quincy Adams led an assault against Havoc, the main headquarters of Team Magma. Almost the entire organization was killed in the attack.
* AlasPoorVillain
** Though his status as a villain depends on interpretation, Nine's defeat and--by now pretty apparent--death was a very sobering moment.
** The Sins have actually tended to elicit this reaction during their defeats. Gluttony, in particular, prompted this.
* AllThereInTheManual: Between the Rise of the Rockets Wiki, WordOfGod, the side stories topic, and this very page, there is a lot of information that one might not necessarily pick up without doing a bit of outside-the-game research.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs
** The first large-scale battle in the game was Team Rocket's invasion of Four Island, against Team Liberty. Notably, this was the battle where one of Team Liberty's first major casualties occurred: Bluefalcon, one of their three leaders.
** Much later, Quincy Adams led an assault against Havoc, the main headquarters of Team Magma. Almost the entire organization was killed in the attack.
* SelfDestructMechanism: Possessed by all of the Team Rocket main bases. Only Purgatory's has been used at this point, to stop Eight and Three from gaining possession of any critical Rocket information.
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* SelfDestructMechanism: Possessed StormingTheCastle
** Done twice byall of the Team Rocket Liberty against Team Rocket's Hoenn base. Neither went particularly well.
** After one too many random attacks by Soil Colossus, Inc., Sleight personally led a raid against their mainbases. Only Purgatory's has been used at this point, headquarters, completely wiping them out in the process.
** Ho-Oh took the fight against the Searchers straight tostop Eight and Three from gaining possession their base of any critical Rocket information.operations after multiple attempts by them to capture it. They, too, were completely destroyed.
** Done twice by
** After one too many random attacks by Soil Colossus, Inc., Sleight personally led a raid against their main
** Ho-Oh took the fight against the Searchers straight to
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** Sonja, in particular, was added so that the Manaphy Mission would not solely involve [[TheSmurefettePrinciple Joker]] on the heroes' side and so that a bit of competence could be handed back to the female-Liberty population, especially since that plot was an immediate follow-up to the ill-fated Attack on Paradise plot line which saw recently-promoted Silvermind pick up the IdiotBall in full force.
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** Sonja, in particular, was added so that the Manaphy Mission would not solely involve [[TheSmurefettePrinciple [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Joker]] on the heroes' side and so that a bit of competence could be handed back to the (very small) female-Liberty population, especially since that plot was an immediate follow-up to the ill-fated Attack on Paradise plot line which saw recently-promoted Silvermind pick up the IdiotBall in full force.
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* AnimeHair: Naturally present.
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* AbortedArc: The unfortunate result of various players leaving the game. Cal Riggs's attempt to infiltrate Bounty's sect of Team Rocket, for instance, ended soon after it began due to his player vanishing, and thus was never followed up on in-story.
** In editing the Rise of the Rockets Wiki, however, [[GameMaster Parugi]] has worked to fill in the gaps wherever he can, so this has been averted in a number of cases.
* ActionGirl: Numerous, and on all sides! Joker, Bluefalcon, Sonja Baron, Olivia Seaton, Jenny Hakuda, Lafoyae Belrose, Jamie Arthur, Ellen Burks, and Esen Windred are just a few that immediately come to mind.
** ActionMom: Joker, Ace, Eileen Alaric, and Cassie Mikazuki are all examples.
** Also present in the form of its [[DarkActionGirl villainous counterpart]] with characters like Quincy Adams and Madison Hayes.
* ActionSurvivor: Present in some characters' backstories, but primarily shown during Hannah Wright's attack on Celadon City, where the majority of the combatants were the citizens of said city who were forced to fight to survive the incident.
* AdaptationExpansion: In massive amounts, owing to the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and world-building on all fronts--from new backstories for various Legendary Pokémon to entire political factions stemming from original-franchise groups.
* AdultFear: The driving point for Sleight and Eileen after the six-month TimeSkip, owing to their son's disappearance. Doubly so for Sleight when Eileen winds up comatose from a Darkrai sent by Ford.
** Pops up again when Joker's children come under attack by a Darkrai sent by Ford.
** Cassie Mikazuki worked very hard to protect her family from Gerald Hikari because of her fear that he would use them in his psychotic schemes. Naturally, this was [[JustifiedTrope fully justified]].
* AffablyEvil: A few villains.
** James Pierce, who never talks down to anyone without justification.
** Nine, if one considers him to be evil.
* AffirmativeActionGirl: At least for Parugi, part of the reason why characters like Esen, Victoire, and Eileen--and almost entirely why Sonja--were all introduced.
** Sonja, in particular, was added so that the Manaphy Mission would not solely involve [[TheSmurefettePrinciple Joker]] on the heroes' side and so that a bit of competence could be handed back to the female-Liberty population, especially since that plot was an immediate follow-up to the ill-fated Attack on Paradise plot line which saw recently-promoted Silvermind pick up the IdiotBall in full force.
* AnimeHair: Naturallypresent.present, given the source material.
** In editing the Rise of the Rockets Wiki, however, [[GameMaster Parugi]] has worked to fill in the gaps wherever he can, so this has been averted in a number of cases.
* ActionGirl: Numerous, and on all sides! Joker, Bluefalcon, Sonja Baron, Olivia Seaton, Jenny Hakuda, Lafoyae Belrose, Jamie Arthur, Ellen Burks, and Esen Windred are just a few that immediately come to mind.
** ActionMom: Joker, Ace, Eileen Alaric, and Cassie Mikazuki are all examples.
** Also present in the form of its [[DarkActionGirl villainous counterpart]] with characters like Quincy Adams and Madison Hayes.
* ActionSurvivor: Present in some characters' backstories, but primarily shown during Hannah Wright's attack on Celadon City, where the majority of the combatants were the citizens of said city who were forced to fight to survive the incident.
* AdaptationExpansion: In massive amounts, owing to the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and world-building on all fronts--from new backstories for various Legendary Pokémon to entire political factions stemming from original-franchise groups.
* AdultFear: The driving point for Sleight and Eileen after the six-month TimeSkip, owing to their son's disappearance. Doubly so for Sleight when Eileen winds up comatose from a Darkrai sent by Ford.
** Pops up again when Joker's children come under attack by a Darkrai sent by Ford.
** Cassie Mikazuki worked very hard to protect her family from Gerald Hikari because of her fear that he would use them in his psychotic schemes. Naturally, this was [[JustifiedTrope fully justified]].
* AffablyEvil: A few villains.
** James Pierce, who never talks down to anyone without justification.
** Nine, if one considers him to be evil.
* AffirmativeActionGirl: At least for Parugi, part of the reason why characters like Esen, Victoire, and Eileen--and almost entirely why Sonja--were all introduced.
** Sonja, in particular, was added so that the Manaphy Mission would not solely involve [[TheSmurefettePrinciple Joker]] on the heroes' side and so that a bit of competence could be handed back to the female-Liberty population, especially since that plot was an immediate follow-up to the ill-fated Attack on Paradise plot line which saw recently-promoted Silvermind pick up the IdiotBall in full force.
* AnimeHair: Naturally
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* AnyoneCanDieAnyoneCanDie: The casualty list in Rise of the Rockets is very high on almost all sides. Giovanni, Bluefalcon, Ace, Buzz, Carl Sandrock, Maxie, Archie, Ash Ketchum, Flint, Tate, Liza, Searcher... The list goes on and on.
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* BigBad: The story started out with Sleight as the primary BigBad, but over time evolved into a...
** BigBadEnsemble: Consisting of:
*** The four Shadow Admins--Sleight, Joker, Ace, and Bounty[[spoiler:--for the first arc, though they all eventually took a HeelFaceTurn (with the exception of Ace, who was KilledOffForReal early in the story.)]]
*** Sombra, the leader of the Ancient Darkrai, a group of Darkrai so powerful that in ancient times they managed to almost usurp Arceus himself. [[spoiler:Later defeated along with his followers, after three years real-time of slowly taking over Hoenn and Sinnoh.]]
*** John Ford, a terrorist and mastermind who effectively organized his own takeover of Hoenn alongside countless attacks on various characters and groups. Along with his [[FourIsDeath four Agents]], he has effectively taken over as the BigBad of the story.
*** [[spoiler:The SevenDeadlySins, trainers who were somehow corrupted by the Ancients during their takeover of Hoenn and Sinnoh, although the Sins do not appear to bear any relation to the Ancients in terms of motives. While they act independently of each other and thus could be considered to share the status of BigBad with each other (lower on the totem than Ford), Sloth appears to be the leader of the group itself, or at least the most powerful.]]
** BigBadEnsemble: Consisting of:
*** The four Shadow Admins--Sleight, Joker, Ace, and Bounty[[spoiler:--for the first arc, though they all eventually took a HeelFaceTurn (with the exception of Ace, who was KilledOffForReal early in the story.)]]
*** Sombra, the leader of the Ancient Darkrai, a group of Darkrai so powerful that in ancient times they managed to almost usurp Arceus himself. [[spoiler:Later defeated along with his followers, after three years real-time of slowly taking over Hoenn and Sinnoh.]]
*** John Ford, a terrorist and mastermind who effectively organized his own takeover of Hoenn alongside countless attacks on various characters and groups. Along with his [[FourIsDeath four Agents]], he has effectively taken over as the BigBad of the story.
*** [[spoiler:The SevenDeadlySins, trainers who were somehow corrupted by the Ancients during their takeover of Hoenn and Sinnoh, although the Sins do not appear to bear any relation to the Ancients in terms of motives. While they act independently of each other and thus could be considered to share the status of BigBad with each other (lower on the totem than Ford), Sloth appears to be the leader of the group itself, or at least the most powerful.]]
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* ArtifactTitle: "Rise of the Rockets" refers to the initial rise of Team Rocket into a multiple-region-spanning government power, and not necessarily to the conflicts that followed. As a result, while Team Rocket is still relevant, the title could be seen as unrelated to current events.
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** And new to the board, "Mr. Rage" from Ecruteak City. So much so that ''Legendary Pokémon'' lose all sensibility upon nearing him.
** Really, this applies to all of the SevenDeadlySin trainers.
** Really, this applies to all of the SevenDeadlySin trainers.
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** And new to the board, "Mr. Rage" from Rage"--or rather, Wrath--from Ecruteak City. So much so that ''Legendary Pokémon'' lose all sensibility upon nearing him.
** Really, this applies to all of theSevenDeadlySin SevenDeadlySins trainers.
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* AnimeHair: Ohohoho... yes.
* AndIMustScream: The [[spoiler: former]] inhabitants of [[spoiler: Azalea Town]], thanks to [[spoiler: the Unown.]]
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* DemonicPossession: Implied with [[spoiler: the jogger]] who [[spoiler: completely obliterated Lavaridge City's remains.]]
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* DemonicPossession: Implied with [[spoiler: the jogger]] jogger who [[spoiler: completely obliterated Lavaridge City's remains.]]remains. Later confirmed when it was revealed that this was, in fact, Sloth of the SevenDeadlySins.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: The Ancient Darkrai (with the exception of Nine,) sealed away in various locations with the intent for them to never again see the light of day.
** [[spoiler: Searcher]] being forced into [[spoiler: a dimension full of nothingness, doomed to die alone]], also qualifies.
* FiveBadBand: Arguably several, with the most prominent formed by the Shadow Admins.
** BigBad -- Sleight.
** TheDragon -- Joker.
** TheEvilGenius -- Buzz
** TheBrute -- Bounty
** TheDarkChick -- Ace.
** [[spoiler: Searcher]] being forced into [[spoiler: a dimension full of nothingness, doomed to die alone]], also qualifies.
* FiveBadBand: Arguably several, with the most prominent formed by the Shadow Admins.
** BigBad -- Sleight.
** TheDragon -- Joker.
** TheEvilGenius -- Buzz
** TheBrute -- Bounty
** TheDarkChick -- Ace.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: The Ancient Darkrai (with the exception of Nine,) sealed away in various locations with the intent for them to never again see the light of day.
day. Not that it sticks.
**[[spoiler: Searcher]] Searcher being forced into [[spoiler: a dimension full of nothingness, doomed to die alone]], alone, also qualifies.
* FiveBadBand: Arguablyseveral, with the most prominent formed by the several.
** The ShadowAdmins.
**Admins:
*** BigBad -- Sleight.
** *** TheDragon -- Joker.
** *** TheEvilGenius -- Buzz
** *** TheBrute -- Bounty
** *** TheDarkChick -- Ace.Ace.
** The Hojohsin League:
*** BigBad -- John Ford.
*** TheDragon -- James Pierce.
*** TheEvilGenius -- Maddison Hayes.
*** TheBrute -- Quincy Adams
*** TheDarkChick -- Tyler [=McKinley=].
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* FiveBadBand: Arguably
** The Shadow
**
*** BigBad -- Sleight.
** The Hojohsin League:
*** BigBad -- John Ford.
*** TheDragon -- James Pierce.
*** TheEvilGenius -- Maddison Hayes.
*** TheBrute -- Quincy Adams
*** TheDarkChick -- Tyler [=McKinley=].
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** And new to the board, [[spoiler: "Mr. Rage"]] Rage" from Ecruteak City. So much so that almost every ''Legendary Pokémon'' loses lose all sensibility upon nearing him.him.
** Really, this applies to all of the SevenDeadlySin trainers.
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* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler: Shade/Damien Vicens to Seth Vicens.]]
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* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler: Shade/Damien Vicens to Seth Vicens.]]
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* SanitySlippage: Seems to be a gradual case with Kyle Eston, what with the random appearances of [[spoiler: the black-haired boy that only he seems to be able to see.]] The injury he received during the attack on Four Island coupled with depression caused partially by his apparent [[ParentalAbandonment Parental Abandonment]] seems to have played a part in it.
* ShapeShifting: Reyna Draynes. [[spoiler:As well as virtually any other Zorua/Zoroark, with varying degrees of their ability to keep a solid state.]]
* ShapeShifting: Reyna Draynes. [[spoiler:As well as virtually any other Zorua/Zoroark, with varying degrees of their ability to keep a solid state.]]
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* SanitySlippage: Seems to be a gradual case with Kyle Eston, what with the random appearances of [[spoiler: the black-haired boy that only he seems to be able to see.]] The injury he received during the attack on Four Island coupled with depression caused partially by his apparent [[ParentalAbandonment Parental Abandonment]] ParentalAbandonment seems to have played a part in it.
* ShapeShifting: ReynaDraynes. [[spoiler:As Draynes, as well as virtually any other Zorua/Zoroark, with varying degrees of their ability to keep a solid state.]]
* ShapeShifting: Reyna
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* SignificantAnagram: [[spoiler:The Sins]], though usually referred to by their nicknames, have "real" names as well; these names can be rearranged [[spoiler: to spell a synonym or other word related to the sin they embody]].
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* SignificantAnagram: [[spoiler:The Sins]], The Sins, though usually referred to by their nicknames, have "real" names as well; some of these names can be rearranged [[spoiler: to spell a synonym or other word related to the sin they embody]].embody.
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* SelfDestructMechanism: Possessed by all of the Team Rocket main bases. Only [[spoiler: Purgatory's]] has been used at this point, to stop [[spoiler: Eight and Three]] from gaining possession of any critical Rocket information.
* TheAdjectivalMan: The Shadowed Man/[[spoiler: John Ford]].
* TheAdjectivalMan: The Shadowed Man/[[spoiler: John Ford]].
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* SelfDestructMechanism: Possessed by all of the Team Rocket main bases. Only [[spoiler: Purgatory's]] Purgatory's has been used at this point, to stop [[spoiler: Eight and Three]] Three from gaining possession of any critical Rocket information.
* TheAdjectivalMan: The ShadowedMan/[[spoiler: John Ford]].Man[=/=]John Ford.
* TheAdjectivalMan: The Shadowed
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** In the most recent arc, a team of trainers based on the seven deadly sins has appeared as major antagonists; unlike the previous examples, however, they literally [[JustifiedTrope embody the sin they're nicknamed after.]]
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* UnstoppableRage: Unsurprisingly, [[spoiler: Mr. Rage]].
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->''"Every story has two sides, typically the [[BlackAndWhiteMorality "good" side and the "evil" side.]] In Rise of the Rockets, you have a choice -- will you tell the story from [[LaResistance Team Liberty's]] point of view, in their efforts to liberate the world from Team Rocket's reign? Or will you fight for [[TheEmpire the Rockets]], seeking to crush rebellion and remake the world in your view?"''
''[[http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=282&st=0 Pokémon: Rise of the Rockets]]'' is an [[PlayByPostGames RPG]] hosted on {{BZPower}}.
Twenty years after the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White arc]], Team Rocket has risen to power once more -- and under new leadership, has taken control over the regions of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh. In response to this, a rebellion group called Team Liberty is formed, opposing Team Rocket's forceful reign. A war soon breaks out, with more and more people and groups becoming a part of the conflict.
Currently holds the record as the [[LongRunner longest Pokémon RPG]] in [[Website/BZPower [=BZPower's=]]] history.
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!!''Pokémon: Rise of the Rockets'' contains examples of:
* AnimeHair: Ohohoho... yes.
* AndIMustScream: The [[spoiler: former]] inhabitants of [[spoiler: Azalea Town]], thanks to [[spoiler: the Unown.]]
* AnyoneCanDie
* AuthorAppeal: Comes in spades with the players.
** For examples from Parugi, the RPG's "author"/creator: There is a recurring theme of four with his influence on the game -- four primary characters, four Shadow Admins, four Shadowed Man agents, four Team Rocket-controlled regions, Team Liberty operating from Four Island, etc...
* AuthorAvatar: In a few cases, to varying degrees.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Played very, very straight; the leaders of the various organizations have been said to be the most powerful members of said organizations. Even then, Ford didn't believe that a combined effort by his and ''three'' other organizations would be enough to take over Kanto, solely because of Shadow Admin Sleight's presence there.
* BerserkButton: Oh so many.
** [[RealityWarper Play around]] with the dimensional fabric, and [[TheAtoner Nine]] will not hesitate to [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomp you]].
* BrickJoke: On the way to confront Hayes in Coeur Tower, players Alku, Konuju, and Blade discussed what song would best represent the tone of the situation. One page later, after the fight had actually begun, Parugi provided his own suggestion.
* ChessMotif: Team Plasma's ranking system.
* ChildSoldiers: Played straight for the primary factions for a number of reasons, not the least of which being player preference; a large number of the named characters tend to be anywhere from their early to late teens.
* [[TheChosenOne The Chosen Ones]]: Evan Tierra, Seth Vicen and Kilm Prizak, to an extent, for the Sinnoh Dragons. Subverted in that they are more like caretakers and spreaders of the word than actual protectors.
* CloudCuckoolander: Done intentionally with Dan the Mad. Unfortunately, it [[{{Flanderization}} strayed quickly]] into {{Troll}} territory, causing the character to eventually be shelved.
** The Darkrai called Seven could also be considered this, though to a lesser extent.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Happens all too often -- even when the Game Master specifically tells people ''not'' to treat {{Mooks}} like a field of grass.
* DarkerAndEdgier
* DarkIsNotEvil: Blackskull, one of the leaders of the primary protagonist group, is a Dark-Type specialist.
* DemonicPossession: Implied with [[spoiler: the jogger]] who [[spoiler: completely obliterated Lavaridge City's remains.]]
* DisneyDeath: Done with Jayron Aaron at one point; done again later, and more surprisingly, with [[spoiler: Blackskull]].
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: By now, it's impossible to count how many times [[TooDumbToLive certain people have had to be told this]].
* DownerEnding: The Unova Arc, in which about a third of the region was destroyed and those responsible got away virtually unhindered, leaving those player characters involved to take the blame.
* EldritchAbomination: Several, all of them beings of massive power, some from other dimensions, and most of them finding the idea of causing mass death and destruction to be a ''bit'' too enjoyable. The Unown and the Ancient Darkrai (with the possible exception of [[TheAtoner Nine]]) stand out in particular.
* EpicFail: Ray ended up getting no sleep one night due to being unable to locate his assigned room in the Alamo.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cruel as they might be, the Shadow Admins all have families and care deeply for their Pokémon.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Sure, Team Rocket forcibly rook control of the Kanto regions, but they would never stoop to the wanton killings of random civilians that they're so often accused of. Corrupt politicians, on the other hand...
* FantasyPantheon: A number of Legendary Pokémon are seen as this; however, with the exception of Arceus and a select few others, their powers are generally overplayed by the populace.
* FateWorseThanDeath: The Ancient Darkrai (with the exception of Nine,) sealed away in various locations with the intent for them to never again see the light of day.
** [[spoiler: Searcher]] being forced into [[spoiler: a dimension full of nothingness, doomed to die alone]], also qualifies.
* FiveBadBand: Arguably several, with the most prominent formed by the Shadow Admins.
** BigBad -- Sleight.
** TheDragon -- Joker.
** TheEvilGenius -- Buzz
** TheBrute -- Bounty
** TheDarkChick -- Ace.
* GodModers: Unfortunately happens from time to time. Caused a bit of an out of game {{Wham Episode}} when the Game Master posted a rather... heated message making his views clear on people doing as much after the forums came back online and god-modding became something of a common sight.
* GottaCatchEmAll: Surprisingly averted, given [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} the source material]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in-game; even before Team Rocket destroyed Team Liberty's computer mainframe, it was stated that neither team had enough processing power to keep track of more than twenty Pokémon for all of the tens of thousands of trainers within each faction.
* HumanoidAbomination: Feral Tierra. The guy takes a bit too much joy in killing people...
** And new to the board, [[spoiler: "Mr. Rage"]] from Ecruteak City. So much so that almost every ''Legendary Pokémon'' loses all sensibility upon nearing him.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* LeftHanging: Many, many stories and characters have simply vanished off of the face of the earth as a result of player abandonment. See {{Unreliable Narrator}} below.
* LethalHarmlessPowers: Due to the mechanics of the game, attacks can be used in a lot more ways than they could elsewhere.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler: Shade/Damien Vicens to Seth Vicens.]]
* MissionControl: Done by Team Liberty, and to a lesser extent by the Shadowed Man.
* OminousMultipleScreens: As used by John Ford and Sleight.
* OneSteveLimit: Totally averted. To elaborate, there are two Kyles, three Johns, three Ethans (two whose last names start with "W,") two Scotts, three Zack/Zach/Zacs, at least two Wills... [[AvertedTrope The list goes on.]]
* ParentalIssues: Numerous.
* PokemonSpeak: Both played straight (by most regular Pokémon) and averted (by virtually every Legendary Pokémon.)
* RuleOfThree: Team Liberty is led by three people at a time. There are also the numerous groups of three Legendary Pokémon thanks to the source material.
* RunningGag: A rather dark example: If your name references the color green in any way, shape, or form, take warning -- you will probably die.
* SanitySlippage: Seems to be a gradual case with Kyle Eston, what with the random appearances of [[spoiler: the black-haired boy that only he seems to be able to see.]] The injury he received during the attack on Four Island coupled with depression caused partially by his apparent [[ParentalAbandonment Parental Abandonment]] seems to have played a part in it.
* ShapeShifting: Reyna Draynes. [[spoiler:As well as virtually any other Zorua/Zoroark, with varying degrees of their ability to keep a solid state.]]
* ShoutOut: Numerous, as seen [[ShoutOut/PokemonRiseOfTheRockets here]].
* SignificantAnagram: [[spoiler:The Sins]], though usually referred to by their nicknames, have "real" names as well; these names can be rearranged [[spoiler: to spell a synonym or other word related to the sin they embody]].
* SkilledButNaive: A ''very'' large number of player characters, [[JustifiedTrope most of them in their teens]]. One would think that in the face of nine elite enemy agents -- including an Executive of said enemy group -- [[TemptingFate smirking at and down-talking]] said elites [[IdiotBall would not be seen as a good idea]].
* SelfDestructMechanism: Possessed by all of the Team Rocket main bases. Only [[spoiler: Purgatory's]] has been used at this point, to stop [[spoiler: Eight and Three]] from gaining possession of any critical Rocket information.
* TheAdjectivalMan: The Shadowed Man/[[spoiler: John Ford]].
* TheGroup: The Searchers.
* ThemeNaming: Very common, and in varying forms.
** The original Shadow Admins' code names are all terms from Poker, while the code names of the leaders of Team Liberty all consist of a color + a noun, I.E. Goldhawk, Silvermind, Blackskull.
** Additionally, the ten Ancient Darkrai are named in descending order from highest power level to lowest, with [[TheMaster Sombra]] being Ten.
** John Ford and his operatives are all named after United States presidents.
** Don't forget the two Arthurs and their "Knights of the Round"
** In the most recent arc, a team of trainers based on the seven deadly sins has appeared as major antagonists; unlike the previous examples, however, they literally [[JustifiedTrope embody the sin they're nicknamed after.]]
* TheMusical: At one point, Parugi played a minor prank on the players by decreeing that in-character posts would have to be written in the style of a musical. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensued.]]
** [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] with the first fight against Sombra on top of Mt. Coronet.
** Has become something of a [[DiscreditedTrope Discredited Trope]] amongst the player base after being [[InvokedTrope invoked]] ''heavily'' in the Black Kyurem battle.
* TookALevelInBadass: ''Every'' player character at one point or another.
* UnreliableNarrator: Actually Unreliable Players. For one reason or another, a large number of players have disappeared over the course of the game, leaving their characters -- and in some cases, several fairly large plots -- [[LeftHanging totally unresolved]], along with forcing some non-player characters into a frozen state. As of late, Game Master Parugi has been working to resolve several of these plots.
* UnstoppableRage: Unsurprisingly, [[spoiler: Mr. Rage]].
* WarFic: [[CaptainObvious Basically.]]
* YouCanTurnBack: Sonja offers this to Kyle when she begins to notice his strange behavior in Nuvema Town. He declines, stating that he isn't about to turn back when he had just arrived in Unova.
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''[[http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=282&st=0 Pokémon: Rise of the Rockets]]'' is an [[PlayByPostGames RPG]] hosted on {{BZPower}}.
Twenty years after the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White arc]], Team Rocket has risen to power once more -- and under new leadership, has taken control over the regions of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh. In response to this, a rebellion group called Team Liberty is formed, opposing Team Rocket's forceful reign. A war soon breaks out, with more and more people and groups becoming a part of the conflict.
Currently holds the record as the [[LongRunner longest Pokémon RPG]] in [[Website/BZPower [=BZPower's=]]] history.
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!!''Pokémon: Rise of the Rockets'' contains examples of:
* AnimeHair: Ohohoho... yes.
* AndIMustScream: The [[spoiler: former]] inhabitants of [[spoiler: Azalea Town]], thanks to [[spoiler: the Unown.]]
* AnyoneCanDie
* AuthorAppeal: Comes in spades with the players.
** For examples from Parugi, the RPG's "author"/creator: There is a recurring theme of four with his influence on the game -- four primary characters, four Shadow Admins, four Shadowed Man agents, four Team Rocket-controlled regions, Team Liberty operating from Four Island, etc...
* AuthorAvatar: In a few cases, to varying degrees.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Played very, very straight; the leaders of the various organizations have been said to be the most powerful members of said organizations. Even then, Ford didn't believe that a combined effort by his and ''three'' other organizations would be enough to take over Kanto, solely because of Shadow Admin Sleight's presence there.
* BerserkButton: Oh so many.
** [[RealityWarper Play around]] with the dimensional fabric, and [[TheAtoner Nine]] will not hesitate to [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomp you]].
* BrickJoke: On the way to confront Hayes in Coeur Tower, players Alku, Konuju, and Blade discussed what song would best represent the tone of the situation. One page later, after the fight had actually begun, Parugi provided his own suggestion.
* ChessMotif: Team Plasma's ranking system.
* ChildSoldiers: Played straight for the primary factions for a number of reasons, not the least of which being player preference; a large number of the named characters tend to be anywhere from their early to late teens.
* [[TheChosenOne The Chosen Ones]]: Evan Tierra, Seth Vicen and Kilm Prizak, to an extent, for the Sinnoh Dragons. Subverted in that they are more like caretakers and spreaders of the word than actual protectors.
* CloudCuckoolander: Done intentionally with Dan the Mad. Unfortunately, it [[{{Flanderization}} strayed quickly]] into {{Troll}} territory, causing the character to eventually be shelved.
** The Darkrai called Seven could also be considered this, though to a lesser extent.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Happens all too often -- even when the Game Master specifically tells people ''not'' to treat {{Mooks}} like a field of grass.
* DarkerAndEdgier
* DarkIsNotEvil: Blackskull, one of the leaders of the primary protagonist group, is a Dark-Type specialist.
* DemonicPossession: Implied with [[spoiler: the jogger]] who [[spoiler: completely obliterated Lavaridge City's remains.]]
* DisneyDeath: Done with Jayron Aaron at one point; done again later, and more surprisingly, with [[spoiler: Blackskull]].
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: By now, it's impossible to count how many times [[TooDumbToLive certain people have had to be told this]].
* DownerEnding: The Unova Arc, in which about a third of the region was destroyed and those responsible got away virtually unhindered, leaving those player characters involved to take the blame.
* EldritchAbomination: Several, all of them beings of massive power, some from other dimensions, and most of them finding the idea of causing mass death and destruction to be a ''bit'' too enjoyable. The Unown and the Ancient Darkrai (with the possible exception of [[TheAtoner Nine]]) stand out in particular.
* EpicFail: Ray ended up getting no sleep one night due to being unable to locate his assigned room in the Alamo.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cruel as they might be, the Shadow Admins all have families and care deeply for their Pokémon.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Sure, Team Rocket forcibly rook control of the Kanto regions, but they would never stoop to the wanton killings of random civilians that they're so often accused of. Corrupt politicians, on the other hand...
* FantasyPantheon: A number of Legendary Pokémon are seen as this; however, with the exception of Arceus and a select few others, their powers are generally overplayed by the populace.
* FateWorseThanDeath: The Ancient Darkrai (with the exception of Nine,) sealed away in various locations with the intent for them to never again see the light of day.
** [[spoiler: Searcher]] being forced into [[spoiler: a dimension full of nothingness, doomed to die alone]], also qualifies.
* FiveBadBand: Arguably several, with the most prominent formed by the Shadow Admins.
** BigBad -- Sleight.
** TheDragon -- Joker.
** TheEvilGenius -- Buzz
** TheBrute -- Bounty
** TheDarkChick -- Ace.
* GodModers: Unfortunately happens from time to time. Caused a bit of an out of game {{Wham Episode}} when the Game Master posted a rather... heated message making his views clear on people doing as much after the forums came back online and god-modding became something of a common sight.
* GottaCatchEmAll: Surprisingly averted, given [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} the source material]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in-game; even before Team Rocket destroyed Team Liberty's computer mainframe, it was stated that neither team had enough processing power to keep track of more than twenty Pokémon for all of the tens of thousands of trainers within each faction.
* HumanoidAbomination: Feral Tierra. The guy takes a bit too much joy in killing people...
** And new to the board, [[spoiler: "Mr. Rage"]] from Ecruteak City. So much so that almost every ''Legendary Pokémon'' loses all sensibility upon nearing him.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* LeftHanging: Many, many stories and characters have simply vanished off of the face of the earth as a result of player abandonment. See {{Unreliable Narrator}} below.
* LethalHarmlessPowers: Due to the mechanics of the game, attacks can be used in a lot more ways than they could elsewhere.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler: Shade/Damien Vicens to Seth Vicens.]]
* MissionControl: Done by Team Liberty, and to a lesser extent by the Shadowed Man.
* OminousMultipleScreens: As used by John Ford and Sleight.
* OneSteveLimit: Totally averted. To elaborate, there are two Kyles, three Johns, three Ethans (two whose last names start with "W,") two Scotts, three Zack/Zach/Zacs, at least two Wills... [[AvertedTrope The list goes on.]]
* ParentalIssues: Numerous.
* PokemonSpeak: Both played straight (by most regular Pokémon) and averted (by virtually every Legendary Pokémon.)
* RuleOfThree: Team Liberty is led by three people at a time. There are also the numerous groups of three Legendary Pokémon thanks to the source material.
* RunningGag: A rather dark example: If your name references the color green in any way, shape, or form, take warning -- you will probably die.
* SanitySlippage: Seems to be a gradual case with Kyle Eston, what with the random appearances of [[spoiler: the black-haired boy that only he seems to be able to see.]] The injury he received during the attack on Four Island coupled with depression caused partially by his apparent [[ParentalAbandonment Parental Abandonment]] seems to have played a part in it.
* ShapeShifting: Reyna Draynes. [[spoiler:As well as virtually any other Zorua/Zoroark, with varying degrees of their ability to keep a solid state.]]
* ShoutOut: Numerous, as seen [[ShoutOut/PokemonRiseOfTheRockets here]].
* SignificantAnagram: [[spoiler:The Sins]], though usually referred to by their nicknames, have "real" names as well; these names can be rearranged [[spoiler: to spell a synonym or other word related to the sin they embody]].
* SkilledButNaive: A ''very'' large number of player characters, [[JustifiedTrope most of them in their teens]]. One would think that in the face of nine elite enemy agents -- including an Executive of said enemy group -- [[TemptingFate smirking at and down-talking]] said elites [[IdiotBall would not be seen as a good idea]].
* SelfDestructMechanism: Possessed by all of the Team Rocket main bases. Only [[spoiler: Purgatory's]] has been used at this point, to stop [[spoiler: Eight and Three]] from gaining possession of any critical Rocket information.
* TheAdjectivalMan: The Shadowed Man/[[spoiler: John Ford]].
* TheGroup: The Searchers.
* ThemeNaming: Very common, and in varying forms.
** The original Shadow Admins' code names are all terms from Poker, while the code names of the leaders of Team Liberty all consist of a color + a noun, I.E. Goldhawk, Silvermind, Blackskull.
** Additionally, the ten Ancient Darkrai are named in descending order from highest power level to lowest, with [[TheMaster Sombra]] being Ten.
** John Ford and his operatives are all named after United States presidents.
** Don't forget the two Arthurs and their "Knights of the Round"
** In the most recent arc, a team of trainers based on the seven deadly sins has appeared as major antagonists; unlike the previous examples, however, they literally [[JustifiedTrope embody the sin they're nicknamed after.]]
* TheMusical: At one point, Parugi played a minor prank on the players by decreeing that in-character posts would have to be written in the style of a musical. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensued.]]
** [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] with the first fight against Sombra on top of Mt. Coronet.
** Has become something of a [[DiscreditedTrope Discredited Trope]] amongst the player base after being [[InvokedTrope invoked]] ''heavily'' in the Black Kyurem battle.
* TookALevelInBadass: ''Every'' player character at one point or another.
* UnreliableNarrator: Actually Unreliable Players. For one reason or another, a large number of players have disappeared over the course of the game, leaving their characters -- and in some cases, several fairly large plots -- [[LeftHanging totally unresolved]], along with forcing some non-player characters into a frozen state. As of late, Game Master Parugi has been working to resolve several of these plots.
* UnstoppableRage: Unsurprisingly, [[spoiler: Mr. Rage]].
* WarFic: [[CaptainObvious Basically.]]
* YouCanTurnBack: Sonja offers this to Kyle when she begins to notice his strange behavior in Nuvema Town. He declines, stating that he isn't about to turn back when he had just arrived in Unova.
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