History TakeThat / PokemonResetBloodlines

* In an omake from the Ketchumverse, Bloodline Ash and Ranger Ash arrive in the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' universe, which is explicitly stated to have the rule of "everything must revolve around Bella Swan." Since the two of them don't worship the ground she walks on and can't be punished for their "transgression" by the laws of the universe, their presence causes a reality-breaking paradox which results in the place falling apart. No points for guessing what the author is trying to say about the series.

* Belladonna was partly based on an incarnation of Franchise/HarryPotter from a Fanfiction called "The Ilvermorny Champion". This version of the Boy Who Lived had a bad habit of doing some awful things to those who hurt his friends and family, so the author created a character with a similar mindset whose actions are portrayed as wrong.

** The omake of Chapter 36 took a further potshot at the former by pointing out that the idea of Fanfiction writers doing so basically puts a Caterpie in a person's shorts. (10-12 inch penises are not uncommon in Fanfiction, which is as tall as a Caterpie. And an Eevee. And a Froakie. And a Pichu. The omake basically compared the entire thing to having a Pichu sticking out of your crotch.)

* Chapter 29, again, had a few jabs at some of the Shudo-era moralizing: when Sliggoo is shown to be terrified of Ariados, Janine notes that such a fear is not easy to pick up on, as Ariados are not common in Kanto like other predatory species such as Raticate. As such, Janine notes that going into a speech about how Ash should have known about Sliggoo's fear of Ariados would be pretentious.

* The Omake of Chapter 27 has this towards Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn for its poor layout and excessive tags, and the abuse thereof. The author also casually admits to hating the site in the Author's Note at the beginning of the chapter. While Cross admits he would not be against a Archive version of Reset, and one did eventually come, he basically says that someone else would have to manage it.

* The Clair Oneshot has one aimed at ''LightNovel/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'' and the rules for gym leaders within, with Clair snarking about her possibly having a third loss in a row damaging the gym's rep, to which Yari snaps that they "don't live in some silly universe where three straight losses would lose the family gym".

* Belladonna was partly based on an incarnation of Franchise/HarryPotter from a Fanfiction called "The Ilvermorny Champion". This version of the Boy Who Lived had a bad habit of doing some awful things to those who hurt his friends and family, so the author created a character with a similar mindset whose actions are portrayed as wrong.
* The first part of Ash's DreamSequence in Chapter 24 has a TakeThat towards [[BetrayalFic Betrayal Fics]] that are common in the Pokemon fandom.
* The April Fools 2017 chapter takes its time to be a TakeThat against ExecutiveMeddling.
* Chapter 27's end commentary has a few aimed at things that annoyed the author during the long writing period. Among them is ''ComicBook/MarvelLegacy'''s removal of Parker Industries and their resetting of Peter Parker's status to his everyman roots (with a snark about Tony Stark's personal reboots thrown in at Marvel's expense as well), as well as WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} video from Jim Sterling about it being moral to 'pirate Nintendo's stuff'.
* Chapter 29's end has one at Harem Fanfiction tendency to not only describe the main male character as being [[BiggerIsBetterInBed well endowed]] as a selling point, as well as having other characters [[TeenyWeenie be the opposite]], particularly ones the author doesn't like.
** The omake of Chapter 36 took a further potshot at the former by pointing out that the idea of Fanfiction writers doing so basically puts a Caterpie in a person's short (10-12 inch penises are not uncommon in Fanfiction, which is as tall as a Caterpie. And an Eevee. And a Froakie. And a Pichu). The omake basically compared the entire thing to having a Pichu sticking out of your crotch.
* Chapter 29 also has [[spoiler:Sabrina referring to the original timeline Indigo League]] as "utterly incompetent from the managing side".
* Chapter 29, again, had a few jabs at some of the Shudo-era moralizing: when Sligoo is shown to be terrified of Ariados Janine notes that such a fear was something that wasn't that was easy to pick up, as Ariados are not common in Kanto like a Raticate. As such Janine notes that going into a speech about how Ash should have known that to be pretentious.
* Chapter 31 has Misty reference the anime tropes that would have Misty yell at Ash for accidentally [[AccidentalPervert seeing Iris naked]] (as common in harem comedies) with her specifically saying that doing that, particularly with awareness that it was an accident would make her an utterly unpleasant individual.
* Chapter 38 takes a not-so-subtle potshot at [[TeenDrama Teen Dramas]], with Blaine mentioning that he wants his granddaughter not to have any of that for as long as possible.
* Chapter 40 has Electra Artisan, whose name and darker interests are specifically aimed at Creator/ElectronicArts, even if the Electra of Reset isn't as scummy as her Shudo cross counterpart.
* Chapter 54 has Belladonna discussing with Ash the InsecureLoveInterest trope, pointing out how often it happens in fiction and considering it ridiculous, since she believes that only the other person should decide if they are worthy of their love.

* One omake has a potshot against the ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' series for its excessive reliance on multiplayer.
* In an omake from the Ketchumverse, Bloodline Ash and Ranger Ash arrive in the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' universe, which is explicitly stated to have the rule of "everything must revolve around Bella Swan." Since the two of them don't worship the ground she walks on and can't be punished for their "transgression" by the laws of the universe, their presence causes a reality-breaking paradox which results in the place falling apart. No points for guessing what the author is trying to say about the series.
* The first Ketchumverse Omake suggests that all the Worlds where the Pokemon Coma Theory is a thing have been taken over by 'the Ashs of Darkness' as part of a evil Multiversal Empire.
** Chapter 30 throws another pot shot at it, making some jokes at the idea of Brock being a representation of Ash's sexual urges.

* Chapter 39's omake throws yet more shade at betrayal fics, with Ash outright saying that people getting replaced with robot duplicates is the only way they could make sense.

* During the Whitney Oneshot, Whitney fights a Muk with one of her Miltank and harshly defeats it, stating that she'd never lose to a Muk. The Author confirms this was a potshot aimed at Ashes of the Past, though he does clarify he likes the fic overall.
* The Author also commented during the Gary oneshot that he believes Pokemon Anime XY was better than Shudo's run.
* The Argenta one-shot is a rather big one towards competitive battling (which in the more recent years features less and less variety, with most players using only a handful of Pokemon with the same moves), and Smogon in particular (for encouraging this mindset). Though it's softened somewhat in the end with the message that everybody should be free to choose and use their preferred Pokemon, even if it's from the strongest tiers.
* The Falkner one-shot has a very subtle one towards the use of [[OlympusMons Legendary Pokémon]] in competitive battling (and most likely Tobias as well): when Satsuki asks Falkner what does he plan to do once he catches Ho-Oh and Lugia, he assures her that he won't take them to the Pokémon League and "use them to crush the dreams of some hapless kid half [his] age".

** It also contains a more subtle potshot at ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'', when the author flat-out refuses to write "All-Star Ash and Pikachu''.
* The Gladion Interlude takes some potshots at more contentious erotica series, such as ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' and ''Literature/{{Gor}}''.
* The Clair Oneshot has one aimed at ''LightNovel/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'' and the rules for gym leaders within, with Clair snarking about her possibly having a third loss in a row damaging the gym's rep, to which Yari snaps that they "don't live in some silly universe where three straight losses would lose the family gym".

* The Melemele grand trial oneshot has Hau, upon seeing how uber serious Gladion talks and acts, asks him if he's trying to get into a [[DarkerAndEdgier modern reboot movie]].

* The Omake of Chapter 27 has this towards 'Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn' for its poor layout and excessive tags, and the abuse thereof. The author also casually admits to hating the site in the Author's Note at the beginning of the chapter. While Cross admits he would not be against a Archive version of Reset, and one did eventually come, he basically says that someone else would have to manage it.

* Pokémon Reset Bloodlines: The Movie - The Fanfiction has quite a few, notably one against ShippingWars which even the embodiment of bad Fanfiction trends 'Darkern Edgier' [[EveryoneHasStandards doesn't want anything to do with]].

* The Gladion Interlude takes some potshots at more contentious erotica series, such as ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' and ''Literature/Gor''.

* Chapter 27's end commentary has a few aimed at things that annoyed the author during the long writing period. Among them is ''ComicBook/MarvelLegacy'''s removal of Parker Industries and their resetting of Peter Parker's status to his everyman roots (with a snark about Tony Stark's personal reboots thrown in at Marvel's expense as well), as well as the WebVideo/Jimquisition video from Jim Sterling about it being moral to 'pirate Nintendo's stuff'.