History VideoGame / PokemonBlack2AndWhite2

* ShallIRepeatThat: Bianca asks this after explaining the Habitat List upgrade for the Pokédex. It would seem that Bianca is related to [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Kaepora Gaebora]] as [[ScrappyMechanic the cursor defaults to "Yes"]], forcing those unfortunate enough to have been [[ButtonMashing mashing the A button]] to accidentally make her repeat herself. This was particularly annoying for those playing the Japanese versions who didn't even know what was being said.

* TakeThat: There's an Ace Trainer that you can fight in Chargestone Cave, who boasts about the fact that he's created the perfect team with the help of the Internet. After defeating him, he admits that he lost because he just took someone else's idea of building teams instead of coming up with it himself. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything How]] [[MetaGame interesting...]]
** To add on to this, Roxie herself mocks you in the World Tournament if you're guilty of doing the same thing.

* ThemeNaming: There are models named after electrical scientists [[UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla Nikola]] (Tesla), (John Ambrose) Fleming, and (Andre-Marie) Ampere in Elesa's Gym. There are also two Black Belts named [[{{Franchise/Rocky}} Rocky and Drago]].
** The Nimbasa Gym junior trainers are all named after famous inventors/engineers. Nikola is named after Serbian-American engineer Nikola Tesla, from whom she also gets her Japanese name; Fleming is named after English physicist John Ambrose Fleming, while her Japanese name Frémy comes from the French chemist Edmond Frémy; and Ampère is named after French physicist André-Marie Ampère. Two of them are also SI units: tesla for magnetic flux density and ampere for electric current.

** Meta-example. Even though the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkTsd0iU97s trailer]] is for the games, it's anime-styled. And the normal anime, when compared to the trailer, is... meh.
*** This works for the male protagonist, too; while many fans were at first disappointed with his goofy appearance, the trailer manages to make him look quite badass.

** Kyurem's new forms. They have 170 in their main attacking stat. Black Kyurem has 170 for its base Attack, and White Kyurem has 170 for its base Special Attack.
*** To elaborate, 170 as an Attack/Special Attack stat is second ''only'' to [[GlassCannon Attack Forme Deoxys]], also the second one ever to best Mewtwo's 154, leaving that one with the third highest at this point.
*** The Base stat total for each forme of Kyurem is '''700'''. The only Pokémon with a higher base stat total is ''Arceus'', the creator of the Pokémon universe (Who has 720).

** [[spoiler:In a way, the entire lower peninsula of Unova counts as well. What was once the location of the starting town is now only open post-game, full of powerful trainers.]]
*** [[spoiler: The former NoobCave of Wellspring Cave is now tougher than Challenger's Cave was]]!

* WakeUpCallBoss: Clay, who is arguably harder in this game than he was in the previous one. Your Rival warns you outside the Driftveil Gym that he's tough, and he's ''not kidding''. Going up against three Pokémon that know Bulldoze is very hard, even if you have Type advantage.
** N's Darmanitan is easily the toughest of his Pokémon. It's the second highest leveled of them (35[[note]]Behind a Lv. 55 Woobat in Wellspring Cave[[/note]]), and is found in an area usually full of Pokémon whose levels are only in the late 10s/early 20s.
*** Not as much if you use Memory Link later on, but if you do it early enough, Darmanitan can and will knock out your whole party, especially since it comes with Flare Blitz. Doesn't help that it can be pretty unexpected[[note]]if you didn't watch ''Black'' & ''White'''s opening[[/note]], since it was never in any of N's in-game teams.

** [[spoiler:When the Plasma Frigate freezes Opelucid City]], the animation looks very similar to the firing of Lawrence's airship cannon, from ''Pokemon: The Movie 2000''.
*** On that note, {{LetsPlay/Marriland}} [[https://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=IxPo-nyBkZ0 commented in one of his White 2 videos]] that Colress' design bears a striking resemblance to that of Lawrence himself.
* NeverSayDie: Averted in some minor cases, where some villagers say they were born in where they live and will die where they live, as well as in one of the Pokéstar movies (Love and Battles).
** Should be noted that [[spoiler:Kyurem almost freezing the player at Ghetsis' command]] is NOT a case of this, but is instead people mistaking the original Japanese text for something else.
* NoFairCheating: If you use a Walk Through Walls cheat on the Plasma Frigate to avoid entering the password or disabling the force fields, once you reach Colress' room, he will have the team he uses after you've beaten the Elite Four and Champion full of Level 72+ Pokémon. And you're more than likely gonna get slaughtered.

* NoOSHACompliance: Skyla's Gym is guilty of this once again, having gigantic fans blow the PC around tiny walkways hanging from the ceiling of an airplane hangar. [[spoiler:Though at least the fan at the very end blows you straight out of the Gym after you beat Skyla. Convenient!]]
** This is sort of [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by your mother if you call her in Mistralton. (She references the previous version of the gym, but seeing as it's still not exactly safe...)

** Additionally, there are some other differences between the games other than Pokémon. Like with previous games, some places are different (like Reversal Mountain or Opelucid City) between versions. Sometimes the items itself found in the area are different! You get a free Flame Orb in White 2 or a Toxic Orb if playing Black 2 (both in the same place). To get the other one you need to buy them with Battle Points.
*** One interesting example of this is Route 4, which looked identical in the previous versions but now looks very different depending on whether you're playing Black 2 or White 2.

* OrangeBlueContrast: In addition to the black/white contrast, the box art for each version has this. Black Kyurem is black-blue (for electricity), while White Kyurem is white-red (for fire).
** [[spoiler: Also appears in the design of the new Badge Check Gates near Victory Road, coupled with the aforementioned black/white contrast.]]

* PostEndGameContent: Seriously, just ''count'' the number of [[NPCRoadblock NPC Roadblocks]] in the game as you play through it. If they aren't along the [[FollowThePlottedLine Plotted Line]], they're probably cordoning off an area containing this.

** SuicidalOverconfidence: They become this later - [[CurbStompBattle Lv. 16 Drilbur and Lv. 16 Marill versus Level 65 Lucario or worse.]] While this is generally standard for every Pokemon game, it's particularly notable with the breeders, who challenge you ''everytime'' you pass by; they have to remember you by some point.

* RainbowSpeak: While the game normally lacks this, there is a single incidence where the word 'Kyurem' is highlighted in a person's dialogue bubble.
** Additionally, [[spoiler:N shouting a command to save you from Kyurem's icicles]] is colored blueish in Black 2 and reddish in White 2.
* RealMenWearPink: Two tough-looking thugs challenge you to a battle and then send out the adorable Petilil and Cottonee, they compliment your cute Pokémon after you beat them.

* SceneryPorn: From Aspertia City's lookout.
** Also, like the Skyarrow Bridge from the original B/W, the Marine Tube. It gets even better when it's night.

%%* ShipTease: Some of Skyla's conversations with the player character suggest this.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Black 2'' and ''White 2'' are loose equivalents to ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' in that they serve as direct sequels to a fresh generation, add more Pokémon to the regional Pokédex, and make many of their predecessors' early areas visitable in the postgame. The main differences are that ''[=B2W2=]'' take place in the same region as their predecessors and are part of the same generation, and the "new" Pokémon introduced are actually older Pokémon not native to Unova.

* CuttingOffTheBranches: In the previous games, the player could capture Kyurem, which would implicitly prevent the events of ''Black 2 and White 2'' from occurring. As such, Kyurem was not caught canonically prior to these games. The same applies without plot relevance to Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion, who also appear in both games. It is however averted with Tornadus/Thundurus and the version mascot of the previous games, both of which were apparently caught by the previous protagonist.

* DownerEnding: An in-universe example. When Roxie's dad makes a movie as the Riolu-Man, he acts terribly and fails to defeat the movie's BigBad, Brycen-Man.
** You can also pull this on yourself when making a movie by failing the mission objective or your Pokémon fainting. (Unless you have to lose on purpose to achieve the desired ending, which is sometimes the case.)
** Several of the Strange endings (particularly in the Invaders series) are this.

* ForcedTutorial: As per series tradition. Bianca shows you the ropes this time around.
** However, a lot of basic stuff, you'll be asked "Do you know how to...?" and can say "Yes" or "no", and they'll just move on.

* GainaxEnding: Similar to the DownerEnding example above, you can cause these in the Pokéstar Studio movies by meeting the mission objective but not following the script ''in a particular way''. This is also the best possible result, as the audience will regard it as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome and even give the Pokemon who were in it a special "star" status, with its own animation.
** To quote one of the directors after such an ending:
---> "Cut! I guess? Not even I know what's going on anymore."

* HeelFaceTurn: Several members of Team Plasma, including Rood of the Seven Sages, left the group and reformed and are headquartered in Driftveil City. They have taken to looking after abandoned Pokémon and assist the PlayerCharacter in his or her mission to defeat Team Plasma.
** N is also now on the good side, but unlike much of the other reformed members of Plasma, he is actively defying his adopted father, Ghetsis.

* {{Jerkass}}: A Socialite in Humilau City who, if you speak to her in her house, asks you to walk with her Mienfoo for a little while. She becomes pretty arrogant if you try to leave, watch TV or look in the trash can. (She gives you a Pearl for doing this, which is worth 700, or slightly more if you sell it to the guy in Iccirus City; clearly, there are better ways to earn money.)

** Ghetsis, once again, proves that he is a ''very'' extreme example.

* LavaAddsAwesome: Reversal Mountain is filled with burning hot magma in ''Pokémon White 2'' (whereas in ''Pokémon Black 2'' it has pools of water).
** And of course [[spoiler:the Heatran that shows up there later, once you have the Magma Stone]].

* LivingLegend: Sabrina. She seems to have gotten a ''lot'' of fans in Unova now that she's started her acting career. Quite a few people at [=PokeStar=] Studios admire her, and a guy at the PWT calls her "Queen Sabrina".
** In fact, if the player takes advantage of [=PokeStar=] Studios and avoid the Bad Endings, he or she can pretty much become the same. The more movies you make, the more fans you get, and you can actually get valuable and hard-to-find items from these fans, eventually gaining access to your own private dressing room if you complete all the Good Endings (which has no tangible benefit in regards to gameplay, but is still interesting.)

* LongSongShortScene: The epic music for Route 10, fitting of the last leg of your journey is only played in a certain house accessible only during one of the 4 seasons, and stops when you leave. Why? [[spoiler: Because Route 10 is gone.]]
** To a lesser extent, the music that is used after [[spoiler:N's dragon saves you from Kyurem's attack]], which was also played in between entering N's Castle in the first games. In there, you at least had control over your character (allowing you to reorganize your team and what not), but here the scene passes by while you're pressing A and you have no control over it, so it got arguably ''worse'' treatment here.
* LuckBasedMission: The Gym Leaders section of the Pokémon World Tournament. You can only have three Pokémon on your person when battling, and it is difficult, if not impossible, to prepare for every possible type you'd face. You simply have to hope you encounter Gym Leaders favorable to the types you have on your team.
** The Rental Tournament is even worse. In all the others you at least get to pick Pokemon you raised yourself and whose moves you already know. The Rental Tournament gives you a choice of 6 random Pokemon whose movesets and hold items are set and may not be very good (one possible Pokemon is a Simisage with no STAB attacks).

* BoringButPractical:
** Lillipup and its evolutions are surprisingly helpful throughout the entire game. Lillipup, a Normal-type ComMon, can be found at the second area the player visits (Floccesy Ranch.) Not long after, the player is handed the TM for Return (a Normal-type move that does more damage the more friendly the user is with the trainer) and a Silk Scarf (a held item boosting the power of Normal-type attacks.) Once the Lillipup has max friendship (not hard to do by just walking around a lot,) you've got a powerful sweeper on your hands that can KO just about anything that doesn't resist Normal-type in one or two hits. This even includes some of the infamously difficult late-game Mons, such as ''Ghetsis' Hydreigon''.

* BraggingRightsReward: For beating ''White 2'', you unlock the game's Easy Mode...because clearly if you can beat the game on Normal difficulty, you'll want to play more of it at a lower difficulty, right? Averted for ''Black 2'', where the reward for beating the game is to unlock Challenge (Hard) Mode.

** A young lady in northern Humilau City has this to offer: "This dress is comfy and easy to wear..."

* CommonPlaceRare: The fishing rod. As with the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackandWhite first games]], you don't get it post-game.

* ContinuityLockout: Averted; you are refreshed on key events that happened in ''Black and White''. Justified in that Nate and Rosa are not Hilda or Hilbert, and live pretty separated from the rest of Unova, so they likely wouldn't be ''as'' familiar with these events as Team Plasma, Cheren, Bianca, or the Gym Leaders would.

* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: When you fight the Champion, the background looks you're flying through space. The "platforms" your Pokémon stand on still look like the floor of the room you're in though.

* WillfullyWeak: Cheren's usage of many differently leveled Pokémon, combined his dialogue with Alder about his new Gym Leader position, implies that Gym Leaders may actively hold back against challengers. The intent seems to be that they are to ''challenge'' trainers, not curb-stomp them. Cheren also comments that he could've won if he'd had his regular team with him after you get your badge from him, confirming this idea even more.

** Kyurem's new forms. They have [[UpToEleven 170]] in their main attacking stat. Black Kyurem has 170 for its base Attack, and White Kyurem has 170 for its base Special Attack.

* UpToEleven: You thought the Rare Candies were awesome? Think again. According to an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99K2IBfpk2s English trailer]], Join Avenue can have Wonder Dessert which (apparently) raises a Pokémon's level by three, and Wonder Dinner which raises it by '''[[GameBreaker eight]]'''. For comparison, the best thing in that category so far was Golden Seed from Mystery Dungeon series, raising the level by five. Well yeah, they cost a lot more than other items (Dessert was priced at 43650, Dinner at 93120).

%%* LostWoods: Pinwheel Forest and Lostlorn Forest are still here, but neither are available until the post game.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The expanded Unova Dex Includes 301 Pokémon, which is a little less than half of all Pokémon total at the time of release (649). You encounter and are able to catch nearly all of these just during the main questline, with even more catchable postgame. On the human side, all the gym leaders and champions from the first four generations (32 leaders and 5 champions [[spoiler: [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg as well as]] [[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo Red]]]] are battle-able in the Pokemon World Tournament).
** Taken UpToEleven with all Pokémon you can catch in-game (be it in regional Pokédex or not). When counting both games, you get over '''470'''[[note]] Not all are available directly (eg. Lotad as you need to breed Lombre, but still...) and few are limited by ''gender'', not version[[/note]] Pokémon to catch. That's just few Pokémon short of the ''National'' Pokédex in fourth Generation!
*** And counting the tie-in Dream World and Dream Radar, the number of available Pokemon is upped to 586. And of the remaining 63, only 4 of 'em aren't starters or legendaries [[note]] Pichu, Pikachu, Raichu, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Unown]][[/note]]
*** And even then, this time around, one can get a seen entry of Pikachu and Raichu, if one battles every possible trainer (Pikachu is owned by a kid near the Daycare center, while Raichu is owned by the maid on the Royal Unova), so use of the GTS alone guarantees the ability to demand at least one member of each family barring the starters, legendaries, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Unown]].

''Pokémon Black 2'' and ''Pokémon White 2'' are Generation V ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS. They are sequels to the earlier Generation V games, ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''. The games were released on June 23 2012 in Japan, the October 7th, 2012 in North America, and October 12th in Europe.

* DiscOneNuke: Freaking everywhere if you know where to look.
** Floccesy Ranch gives players access to Huge Power Azurill and Riolu early. Huge Power allows the Azurill family to have twice the physical attack power, while Riolu has a powerful Happiness evolution in Lucario which, with a bit of grinding, can be used as early as in [[PoisonousPerson Roxie]]'s gym to completely [[NoSell deny]] her team.
** You can also get yourself an Arcanine as early as Route 4 as long as you don't mind having to teach it moves via TM and tutoring.
** On Route 4, there is a Lv 25 Braviary or Mandibuzz depending on the version you're playing and the day, namely Monday in White 2 for Braviary and Thursday in Black 2 for Mandibuzz. They normally level up from their pre-evolved forms at Lv ''54'', making these ones underleveled but available for most of the game unlike a regular Braviary or Mandibuzz. They both have their Hidden Ability that both of them can put to good use. Mandibuzz gets Weak Armour which drops its Def upon being hit by boosts its Spd, which it can actually put to good use with supportive moves like Tailwind or a boosting move like Nasty Plot, while Braviary gets Defiant, which will boost its already pretty high Atk by two stages if it's afflicted by a stat drop. With abilities like Intimidate or moves like Metal Sound flying around, Braviary can take the stat drops and take advantage of them.
** For those that got the game early enough, Genesect is one. Its Steel/Bug typing make a lot of early stuff absolute cakewalks, but it loses a bit of its steam later on due to [[WeaksauceWeakness its extreme vulnerability to fire]]. It's difficult in the battle with Cheren, however, as you need one badge to get it to obey you. Otherwise, the fight will probably go on much longer than anticipated.
** If you have the Dream Radar, you can get several powerful Pokémon including the aforementioned Riolu and the new forms of the Kami trio- [[UpToEleven BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE FIRST TOWN!]]. The best part is that they'll have your Trainer ID, meaning they'll never disobey you. After catching Landorus you can even get the chance to capture the Gen IV version mascots [[OldSaveBonus if you have their corresponding game inserted when the Dream Radar is booted]]. A full team of legendaries as soon as you acquire the Pokédex? It can be done.
** If you play around with the Pokéstar movies immediately after they're available, you can potentially obtain more items than you know what to do with... items like MAX REVIVES and HYPER POTIONS.
** N's Pokemon can be a minor one. It may not seem it... until you get a level 35 Darmanitan with his Dream World ability.
*** And every one of them has an IV of 30 in each of their stats.
*** As well as receiving the traded Pokémon EXP bonus.
** Route 5's Hidden Grotto, which Bianca [[ButThouMust forces you to check out with her]] upon trying to enter the route, contains a Minccino with its Dream World ability Skill Link. This enables all multi-hit moves that would normally do between 2-5 hits to ''always'' do 5 hits. Since its evolution gets access to some good multi-hit moves (if you have Heart Scales) on top of its STAB SignatureMove TailSlap, you can turn this adorable creature into a [[KillerRabbit vicious killing machine]] rather quickly. You can acquire this before or after the 4th gym.
** Not technically Disc 1, but Professor Juniper will give you a Lucky Egg in Celestial Tower, which will make leveling your Pokemon vastly easier. Also, Audino hunting can stack with that.

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'''As this is a sequel, [[LateArrivalSpoiler there may be unmarked spoilers from the previous games]]. You have been warned.'''

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[[caption-width-right:260:Get ready to enter the 2D world of Pokemon, one final time.]]

''Pokémon Black 2'' and ''Pokémon White 2'' are Generation V ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS. They are sequels to the earlier Generation V games, ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''. Featuring an expanded Unova, Pokemon from previous generations returning, and [[AndNowforSomeoneCompletelyDifferent brand new protagonists]], the games take place [[TimeSkip two years after the first two Unova-based games]]. A different, new form of Kyurem from the previous games is the mascot of each game, with each game having its own form (Black Kyurem for ''Black 2''; White Kyurem for ''White 2'').

The games were released in the USA on October 7th, 2012 (and in Europe on October 12th, 2012). The ''Iwata Asks'' interview for the games can be read [[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/ds/pokemon-black2-white2/0/0 here]].

[[caption-width-right:260:Truth and ideals, fused together?!]]

''Pokémon Black 2'' and ''Pokémon White 2'' are Generation V ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS. They are sequels to the earlier Generation V games, ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''. Featuring an expanded Unova, Pokemon from other generations returning, and [[AndNowforSomeoneCompletelyDifferent brand new protagonists]], the games take place [[TimeSkip two years after the first two Unova-based games]]. A different, new form of Kyurem from the previous games is the mascot of each game, with each game having its own form (Black Kyurem for ''Black 2''; White Kyurem for ''White 2'').

''Pokémon Black 2'' and ''Pokémon White 2'' are Generation V ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS. They are sequels to the earlier Generation V games, ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''. Featuring an expanded Unova, Pokemon Returning from Gen 1-4, and [[AndNowforSomeoneCompletelyDifferent brand new protagonists]], the games take place [[TimeSkip two years after the first two Unova-based games]]. A different, new form of Kyurem from the previous games is the mascot of each game, with each game having its own form (Black Kyurem for ''Black 2''; White Kyurem for ''White 2'').

''Pokémon Black 2'' and ''Pokémon White 2'' are Generation V ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS. They are sequels to the earlier Generation V games, ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''. Featuring an expanded Unova and [[AndNowforSomeoneCompletelyDifferent brand new protagonists]], the games take place [[TimeSkip two years after the first two Unova-based games]]. A different, new form of Kyurem from the previous games is the mascot of each game, with each game having its own form (Black Kyurem for ''Black 2''; White Kyurem for ''White 2'').

* AlienInvasion: The ''Invaders'' movie series.
* AllJustADream: The conclusion to [[spoiler:Brycen-Man Strikes Back Harder]], as well as [[spoiler:the strange ending to Love and Battles 3...[[MindScrew perhaps]].]]

* DownerEnding: All of the bad endings, and most of the strange ones.
* DoWellButNotPerfect: How you get most of the "Strange" endings.

* FaceHeelTurn: You can do this if you get the strange ending to the first Invader movie.

* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Arkham from Ghost Eraser. Lampshaded in the strange ending, in which the Majin kills him for being cliche.

* [[LoveAtFirstPunch Love At First Pokémon Battle]]: The whole point of the ''Love and Battles'' series.

* NarmCharm: Implied to be the case with the strange endings since they give out more of a box office draw than the good endings. [[invoked]]

* NeverTrustATitle: This can happen at times, with the strange ending.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: The Full Metal Cop slips into this at times. By the end, he's realized that this was a mistake.
* PlayingAgainstType: You usually play the hero while Brycen (or someone else) plays the villain. In the Full Metal Cop series, your roles are reversed. [[invoked]]
* ThePowerOfLove: What allows for [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Monica]] to go back to normal in The Giant Woman series. Interestingly, sibling love brings Monica back to normal immediately, while romantic love doesn't shrink her down completely for a long time.
* {{Railroading}}: Most of the Pokestar Studios movies. The opponent AI changes depending on whether you follow the script and/or say the right lines. If you don't get it right, the enemy will usually destroy you on the next turn. If you do everything correctly, you usually can get through the movie all right.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Can be achieved through your own volition in Pokéstar Studios movies. Also a case of CreatorBreakdown.
* RegalRinglets: Rosa, in the "Mystery Doors of the Magical Land" series, gets a pair as her role of princess.

* ScoobyDooHoax: If you achieve the strange ending in each of the "Ghost Eraser" scenarios except the fourth, what appears to be a haunting is actually a scam being run by someone trying to make money. Naturally, the hero charater (ie, your character) is ''not'' pleased at being called to investigate a false alarm.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Pretty much Serizawa's sole motive in ''Big Monster''.

** "Big Monster" is a reference to {{Kaiju}} films, with a giant Tyranitar reminiscent of Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, a Mecha-Tyranitar boss, and a villain named [[Film/{{Gojira}} Serizawa]]

* ShoutOut: The movie series ''Timegate Traveler'' is probably a shout-out to ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'', it's a BadFuture where Pokémon control humans, with a time-traveler ending up there and having to try and escape. And if you get the bad ending in the third film, the protagonist ends up taking an artifact back that results in the eventual bug-type Pokemon uprising-not unlike Zira and Cornelius's son being born in the past and leading the ape uprising in the fourth film.

** "Big Monster" is naturally one to {{Kaiju}} films, with a [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} giant Tyranitar]], and even a Mecha-Tyranitar boss and a villain named [[Film/{{Gojira}} Serizawa]]
* SoreLoser: In the strange ending of "Love and Battles 2", if you're playing as a boy, you win against Barabra, who won every battle against every guy who asked her out up to that point. Afterwards, she calls you a terrible guy and leaves.
* StableTimeLoop: You are barely able to prevent the BadFuture in the Timegate Traveller series... and in the process, discover that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero you travelling forward in time and bringing the Evolution Stone back with you was what caused the bad future in the first place!]] By going back without the stone, the bad future is presumably averted.

* {{Troperiffic}}: You betcha.

* VillainProtagonist: The "Full Metal Cop" scenario of Pokéstar Studios, where ''you'' play the villain. (Albeit one who reforms in the end, if you get the Good Ending.)

* TheDanza: Every character you play in the Pokéstar Studios movies is this. Even if the character goes by a nickname or code name, it will be revealed that their real name is the player's name at some point. Brycen also plays as a villain in his movies named as Brycen-Man. [[invoked]]

* OffTheRails: It's possible to do this, leading to a bad ending or a Strange ending.
** SchrodingersGun[=/=]YouCantThwartStageOne: It's very seldom that the strange endings of the first movies in a series take into account later revelations.

%%* OminousLatinChanting: [[spoiler:Ghetsis' battle theme again. [[{{Mondegreen}} DENNNNIS!]]]]

* EndOfAnAge: Meta-Example: these games were the final games with 2D graphics in the main series.