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* DarkerAndEdgier: Characters swear readily, the rival is first encountered while he is [[MoralEventHorizon torturing a Bagon]], the co-leader of the QuirkyMiniBossSquad threatens to kill the player character when their Pokémon aren't around to protect them, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking some characters are just gratuitously obnoxious and nasty]].
** Also, the Gas-type attacks have names like "Sarin", "Mustard Gas", and "Lewisite". As one [[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonPrism beta tester]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/58f0vm/dusclops_attacks_with_lewdsite/d908gis put it:]]

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Characters DarkerAndEdgier:
** Earlier builds have gone this route: characters
swear readily, the rival is first encountered while he is [[MoralEventHorizon torturing a Bagon]], the co-leader of the QuirkyMiniBossSquad threatens to kill the player character when their Pokémon aren't around to protect them, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking some characters are just gratuitously obnoxious and nasty]].
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nasty]]. All of this is toned down in the 0.93 build, which brings the tone closer to that of an actual ''Pokemon'' game.
** The
Gas-type attacks attacks, however, still have names like "Sarin", "Mustard Gas", and "Lewisite". As one [[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonPrism beta tester]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/58f0vm/dusclops_attacks_with_lewdsite/d908gis put it:]]


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* NoOSHACompliance: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] with the sixth gym, which houses Gas-type trainers. Also [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]], as the toxic fumes within have caused the trainers to become lethargic and [[TheDitz dim-witted]].
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* LeetLingo: Naljo's professor speaks in this. Fortunately, you don't need to talk to him for long.

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* LeetLingo: Naljo's professor speaks spoke in this. this in one of the earlier builds. Fortunately, you don't need to talk to him for long.this was averted by the time the hack got leaked.
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* BossInMookClothing: These trainers often appear in optional endgame dungeons, such as the trainers with level 70+ Pokemono the trainer is required to beat before they can reach Moltres/Entei. However, ''Prism'' at least has one that appears much earlier in the game: a Milotic-welding fisherman that the player is required to beat before crossing a bridge.

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* BossInMookClothing: These trainers often appear in optional endgame dungeons, such as the trainers with level 70+ Pokemono the trainer is required to beat before they can reach Moltres/Entei. However, ''Prism'' at least has one that appears much earlier in the game: a Milotic-welding fisherman that the player is that's required to beat fight before crossing a bridge.continuing.
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* BossInMookClothing: These trainers often appear in optional endgame dungeons, such as the trainers with level 70+ Pokemono the trainer is required to beat before they can reach Moltres/Entei. However, ''Prism'' at least has one that appears much earlier in the game: a Milotic-welding fisherman that the player is required to beat before crossing a bridge.

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* VirtualPaperDoll: Ontop of defining a gender, the sprite of the player character and its palette can be modified into a wide variety of colors.

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* VirtualPaperDoll: Ontop On top of defining a gender, the sprite of the player character and its palette can be modified into a wide variety of colors.colors.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: In-Universe. An NPC at Spurge City Mall mentions that ''VideoGame/PokemonQuartz'' has a lot of profanity it in despite being rated E for Everyone - A nod towards the hack's prominence as a bootleg cart, with the box falsely claiming it to be given that rating.

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* LikeCannotCutLike: Played very much straight with the Sound-type, which has no effect on itself.
* MutualDisadvantage: Fire and Gas types are super-effective towards each other.



* MutualDisadvantage: Fire and Gas types are super-effective towards each other.
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If you are curious, there is a LetsPlay [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Fe4d0Ua8M here]]. All games cannot be obtained on the original website anymore, but a cursory Google can lead you to the patches.

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If you are curious, there is a LetsPlay of ''Brown'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Fe4d0Ua8M here]]. All games cannot be obtained on the original website anymore, but a cursory Google can lead you to the patches.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the available visuals for a male player character bear a close resemblance to kantonian Elite Four's Lance. [[spoiler:Hardly a coincidence, since he's the player's ''father'']].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the available visuals for a male player character bear a close resemblance to kantonian [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue kantonian]] Elite Four's Lance. [[spoiler:Hardly a coincidence, since he's the player's ''father'']].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the available visuals for a male player character bear a close resemblance to Kantonian Elite Four's Lance. [[spoiler:Hardly a coincidence, since he's the player's ''father'']].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the available visuals for a male player character bear a close resemblance to Kantonian kantonian Elite Four's Lance. [[spoiler:Hardly a coincidence, since he's the player's ''father'']].
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* MutualDisadvantage: Fire and Gas types are super-effective towards each other.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the available visuals for a male player character bear a close resemblance to Kantonian Elite Four's Lance. [[spoiler:Hardly a coincidence, since he's the player's ''father'']].
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While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009 (although an update was released in 2014), ''Prism'' nearly finished development (several working betas can be downloaded). ''Prism'' in a near-complete form premiered on ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' but was unfortunately Cease and Desisted by Nintendo five days before it was set to release (however, the release build and source code we're both leaked on 4chan's /v/ and /vp/ boards within 24 hours of the C&D). There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which was be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events - however, the conditions of the C&D means that production has ceased.

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While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009 (although an update was released in 2014), ''Prism'' nearly finished development (several working betas can be downloaded). ''Prism'' in a near-complete form premiered on ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' but was unfortunately Cease and Desisted by Nintendo five days before it was set to release (however, the release build and source code we're were both leaked on 4chan's /v/ and /vp/ boards within 24 hours of the C&D). There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which was be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events - however, the conditions of the C&D means that production has ceased.
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While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009 (although an update was released in 2014), ''Prism'' nearly finished development (several working betas can be downloaded). ''Prism'' in a near-complete form premiered on ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' but was unfortunately Cease and Desisted by Nintendo five days before it was set to release. There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which was be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events - however, the conditions of the C&D means that production has ceased.

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While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009 (although an update was released in 2014), ''Prism'' nearly finished development (several working betas can be downloaded). ''Prism'' in a near-complete form premiered on ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' but was unfortunately Cease and Desisted by Nintendo five days before it was set to release.release (however, the release build and source code we're both leaked on 4chan's /v/ and /vp/ boards within 24 hours of the C&D). There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which was be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events - however, the conditions of the C&D means that production has ceased.
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''Pokémon Brown'' and ''Pokémon Prism'' are two ''huge'' {{ROMHack}}s of Franchise/{{Pokemon}} games by ''[=KoolBoyMan=]'', based on ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon Red]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon Gold]]'', respectively. They are by far among the most well-known Pokémon hacks out there (they appear on TheOtherWiki, and [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Hack_games#Pok.C3.A9mon_Prism Bulbapedia]]) and that's not without good reason. They are by far the most edited Pokémon hacks out there, with only the sprites and Pokémon themselves the same.

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''Pokémon Brown'' and ''Pokémon Prism'' are two ''huge'' {{ROMHack}}s of Franchise/{{Pokemon}} games by ''[=KoolBoyMan=]'', based on ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon Red]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon Gold]]'', Crystal]]'', respectively. They are by far among the most well-known Pokémon hacks out there (they appear on TheOtherWiki, and [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Hack_games#Pok.C3.A9mon_Prism Bulbapedia]]) and that's not without good reason. They are by far the most edited Pokémon hacks out there, with only the sprites and Pokémon themselves the same.



While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009 (although an update was released in 2014), ''Prism'' is nearly finished development (several working betas can be downloaded). ''Prism'' in a near-complete form premiered on ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' and be available for download the following December on Christmas Day. There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which will be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events.

If you are curious, there is a LetsPlay [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Fe4d0Ua8M here]]. ''Brown'' can be downloaded [[http://www.rijon.com/brown/ here]] and ''Prism'' [[http://www.rijon.com/prism/ here]].

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While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009 (although an update was released in 2014), ''Prism'' is nearly finished development (several working betas can be downloaded). ''Prism'' in a near-complete form premiered on ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' but was unfortunately Cease and be available for download the following December on Christmas Day. Desisted by Nintendo five days before it was set to release. There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which will was be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events.

events - however, the conditions of the C&D means that production has ceased.

If you are curious, there is a LetsPlay [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Fe4d0Ua8M here]]. ''Brown'' All games cannot be obtained on the original website anymore, but a cursory Google can be downloaded [[http://www.rijon.com/brown/ here]] and ''Prism'' [[http://www.rijon.com/prism/ here]].
lead you to the patches.
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While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009 (although an update was released in 2014), ''Prism'' is nearly finished development (several working betas can be downloaded). ''Prism'' in a near-complete form premiered on ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' and be available for download the following December. There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which will be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events.

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While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009 (although an update was released in 2014), ''Prism'' is nearly finished development (several working betas can be downloaded). ''Prism'' in a near-complete form premiered on ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' and be available for download the following December.December on Christmas Day. There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which will be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events.

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* AnimalTalk: A Pokémon's speech is translated to perfect English if you talk to them as a Pokémon (some parts of the game let you walk one of your party members around the overworld).



* TranslationConvention: A Pokémon's speech is translated if spoken to while a player walks around on the overworld with one of their own Pokémon.
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* {{Bookends}}: After beating the Champion, there's another campsite scene. [[spoiler:This time with both your mother and Lance, your father.]] Also, the first gym and the final postgame gym are both Fire-type.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Or at least where you're camping. When you leave to get firewood, there's a landslide, and you can't get back. [[FromBadToWorse Then you ride a minecart offered by a suspicious man in a tunnel, and it breaks, trapping you alone in a cave.]] But then you run into a Larvitar blocking your path; it jumps into a Pokéball and comes along on your adventure.


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* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:The protagonist's father is Lance, the league champion. There's a little family reunion scene after you beat him.]]
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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Even after you're released from prison, certain guards will still call you a prisoner and throw you back in your ''unlocked'' cell if you try to enter a restricted area. None of the guards will stop you from releasing other prisoners, or capturing incarcerated Pokémon.


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* InterchangeableAntimatterKeys: The "cage key" item.
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* TheMissingno: [[spoiler: Phancero is based on the trope namer, to the point it's animation briefly turns into Missingno. It's encountered in the "glitch" city from the original games, and is part flying, in reference to Missingno being bird type.]]
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* OriginalGeneration: The game has five original "[[FanNickname Fakemon]]" legendaries that can be encountered and caught.
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--->'''[=VorpalNorman=]''' Are ''all'' the Gas-type attacks war crimes?

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** Also, the Gas-type attacks have names like "Sarin", "Mustard Gas", and "Lewisite". As one [[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonPrism beta tester]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/58f0vm/dusclops_attacks_with_lewdsite/d908gis put it:]]
--->'''[=VorpalNorman=]''' Are ''all'' the Gas-type attacks war crimes?
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While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009 (although an update was released in 2014), ''Prism'' is nearly finished development (a working beta can be downloaded though). ''Prism'' in it's complete form will premier on ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' and be available for download the following December. There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which will be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events.

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While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009 (although an update was released in 2014), ''Prism'' is nearly finished development (a (several working beta betas can be downloaded though). downloaded). ''Prism'' in it's complete a near-complete form will premier premiered on ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' and be available for download the following December. There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which will be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events.
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* ColorfulThemeNaming: The Palette Patrollers are named after different colors, and the Pokémon they use (including the Eeveelutions) are in the same color group the Pallet Patroller using them is.


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* InfinityMinusOneSword: You begin the game with the first stage of a ''pseudo-legendary''.
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* VirtualPaperDoll: The sprite of the player character and its palette can be modified.

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* VirtualPaperDoll: The Ontop of defining a gender, the sprite of the player character and its palette can be modified.modified into a wide variety of colors.
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While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009 (although an update was released in 2014), ''Prism'' is nearly finished development (a working beta can be downloaded though). ''Prism'' in it's complete form will premier on ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' and be available for download when the TPP run is finished. There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which will be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events.

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While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009 (although an update was released in 2014), ''Prism'' is nearly finished development (a working beta can be downloaded though). ''Prism'' in it's complete form will premier on ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' and be available for download when the TPP run is finished.following December. There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which will be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events.
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While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009 (although an update was released in 2014), ''Prism'' is still in development (a working beta can be downloaded though). There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which will be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events.

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While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009 (although an update was released in 2014), ''Prism'' is still in nearly finished development (a working beta can be downloaded though).though). ''Prism'' in it's complete form will premier on ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' and be available for download when the TPP run is finished. There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which will be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events.
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While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009, ''Prism'' is still in development (a working beta can be downloaded though). There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which will be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events.

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While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009, 2009 (although an update was released in 2014), ''Prism'' is still in development (a working beta can be downloaded though). There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which will be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events.
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''Pokémon Brown'' and ''Pokémon Prism'' are two ''huge'' {{ROMHack}}s of Franchise/{{Pokemon}} games by ''[=KoolBoyMan=]'', based on ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon Red]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon Gold]]'', respectively. They are by far among the most well-known Pokémon hacks out there (they appear on TheOtherWiki, and [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Hack_games#Pok.C3.A9mon_Prism Bulbapedia]]) and that's not without good reason. They are by far the most edited Pokémon hacks out there, with only the sprites and Pokémon themselves the same.

''Prism'' works as a "sequel" to ''Brown'', including more features and better graphics. Both games can be linked to each other, which allows the player to exchange Pokémon or battle.

These hacks add two new continents, a new story, improved graphics, all the Pokémon up to Generation IV, Pokémon-only segments (''Prism'' only), and a ''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome frickin' awesome new soundtrack]]''. (Again, ''Prism'' only)

While ''Brown'' was finished in 2009, ''Prism'' is still in development (a working beta can be downloaded though). There is another sequel, called ''Rijon Adventures'', which will be modified from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'', and currently places itself 20 years after Brown's events.

If you are curious, there is a LetsPlay [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Fe4d0Ua8M here]]. ''Brown'' can be downloaded [[http://www.rijon.com/brown/ here]] and ''Prism'' [[http://www.rijon.com/prism/ here]].

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!!Tropes used in multiple games:
* PunnyName: The ''Rijon'' region.

!!Tropes used in ''Brown'':
* ArtisticLicenseReligion: A miner does the main character a solid by giving him a certain item, but then specifies he's doing so for the good karma ''because he's a Buddhist''. Now, a ''Hindu'' might want good karma, but a Buddhist's main goal is to escape the cycle of karma as a whole, because ''all karma is bad''.
* BonusBoss: The [[spoiler:Pallet Ranger]] at the end of the BonusDungeon, with a team of Level 100 Pokemon. After beating him, the game informs you that you have basically completed everything.
* CallForward: Certain [[spoiler:Pallet Rangers]] cameo in the end stages of the game.
* TheCameo: A couple of significant individuals (including [[spoiler:Giovanni]]), and even a ''place'' - you can visit Azalea Town (Rijon is south of it), but not the rest of Johto since Azalea [[BrokenBridge was sealed off by an earthquake]].
* TheMissingno: While the hacker did his best to keep the actual trope namer from showing up throughout the course of the game, it is still affectionately parodied in one dungeon. An (intentionally) glitched looking Hypno sprite is used in place of the ghosts that appeared in Pokémon Tower. They still terrify your Pokémon, but by [[TheUnintelligible spouting garbled nonsense]] instead of demands for you to leave.
* ObviousRulePatch: New types were added to better balance the game, including the Dark type to counter Psychics as in all subsequent generations, and even a new type that is weak against Normal moves.
* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: There is one accessible even before the first Gym, a small single patch of tall grass ''inside a town'' with level 17 to 20 Pokémon (some rare ones like Pikachu, Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan), conveniently in the front of a Pokémon Center.
* TruthInTelevision: Although it's most likely a coincidence, there is, in fact, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castro_Valley,_California a real Castro Valley]].

!!Tropes used in ''Prism'':
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: As mentioned above, you can walk around the overworld as individual Pokémon in a few areas.
* CaptainErsatz: The Pallet Patrollers are very blatant PowerRangers knockoffs, complete with an 8-bit rendition of the Power Rangers theme as their encounter music. One Patroller wishes they could be called the [[TitleDrop Prism]] Rangers, and laments that [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} another team]] beat them to the name.
* ContestWinnerCameo: Winners of a contest held on Facebook were given the opportunity to have cameos as AI-controlled trainers.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Characters swear readily, the rival is first encountered while he is [[MoralEventHorizon torturing a Bagon]], the co-leader of the QuirkyMiniBossSquad threatens to kill the player character when their Pokémon aren't around to protect them, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking some characters are just gratuitously obnoxious and nasty]].
* GuestStarPartyMember: A Caterpie joins the player briefly to meet back up with his mother as a shout out to the tutorial stage of the first ''[[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Mystery Dungeon]]'' game.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The rival forcing a terrified Bagon to fight for its life sets the tone for his character very firmly.
* KnifeNut: This installment's rival, who employs a pocket knife for torturing Pokémon, and is on the search for monsters well suited to cutting and killing people (and Pokémon). [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Yet, most of his early team can learn only blunt attacks as opposed to slashing ones.]]
* LeetLingo: Naljo's professor speaks in this. Fortunately, you don't need to talk to him for long.
* QuirkyMiniBossSquad: The Pallet Patrollers.
* TookALevelInJerkAss: Every other NPC in the Naljo region, due to some unknown apparently supernatural influence spreading throughout the area.
* TotallyRadical: Josiah, leader of the first gym. He lapses out of his 90's lingo when he's explaining what the TM that he gives out does.
* TranslationConvention: A Pokémon's speech is translated if spoken to while a player walks around on the overworld with one of their own Pokémon.
* VirtualPaperDoll: The sprite of the player character and its palette can be modified.

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