History VideoGame / PokemonScarletAndViolet

** This is the first time since ''Ruby/Sapphire'' that the third legendary doesn't even make a physical appearance in the base game, only as some background info. Furthermore, [[spoiler:while past third legendaries have at least some relationship with the cover legendaries, however minor or brief [[labelnote:E.g.]][[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Necrozma]] hails from Ultra Space like Solgaleo and Lunala, and [[VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon can fuse with either]], while [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Eternatus]] the alien had a brief conflict with Zacian/Zamazenta in the game's distant past[[/labelnote]], Terapagos is so utterly divorced from Koraidon/Miraidon, with their most direct link being that the time machine used to summon the Raidons is powered by Tera Crystals.]]

** The Paldea region is directly based on the Iberian Peninsula, mostly Spain with some Portuguese elements. It's implied that it has a sizeable amount of Galarian immigrants and visitors, injecting a bit of Gibraltar into things, as well as keeping up with the stereotype that Brits eventually move to Spain.

* FantasyCounterpartMap: The map of Paldea looks like the Iberian peninsula to reflect its [[FantasyCounterpartCulture cultural basis.]] Oddly, the northeastern-most part of the map, which would presumably connect Paldea to [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY southern Kalos]] (the Pokémon world equivalent to Spain's neighbor France) is blocked off by impassible mountains.

** The Paldea region is directly based on the Iberian Peninsula, mostly Spain with some Portuguese elements. It's implied that it has a sizeable amount of Galar immigrants and visitors, injecting a bit of Gibraltar into things, as well as keeping up with the stereotype that Brits eventually move to Spain.

** The Paldea region is directly based on the Iberian Peninsula, mostly Spain with some Portuguese elements.

** Nemona's team will consist of the starter that has a weakness to yours (Fuecoco < Quaxly < Sprigatito < Fuecoco). Her endgame team will consist of Lycanroc (Day), Goodra, Dudunsparce, Orthworm, and Pawmot. Her final pokemon will be either Skeledirge, Quaquaval, or Meowscarada.

* NatureVersusTechnology: The Paradox Pokemon featured in each game have a unifying theme. The ''Scarlet'' exclusives feature prehistoric, ancient variations of modern-day Pokemon, while the ''Violet'' exclusives feature futuristic, almost robotic variations of modern-day Pokemon. The designs of the professor in the game also represent this: Violet's Turo wears a futuristic bodysuit, while Scarlet's Sada wears what resembles the clothes of early humans.

** As of patch 3.0.1., Smeargle attempting to use the move Transform in a wild battle will cause the move to fail. This is an ObviousRulePatch to work around a [[GoodBadBugs bug that allowed players to repeatedly steal items from a wild Smeargle that transformed into another pokemon that's holding an item, effectively duplicating that item.]]

* DiscardAndDraw: Hail, both the move and the weather condition, were removed entirely, replaced with the Snowscape move and the Snowstorm weather condition for the purposes of Ability and move triggers. Instead of Hail's passive damage to non-Ice-type Pokémon, Snowstorm gives Ice-types a Defense boost while active.

** As of patch 3.0.1., Smeargle attempting to use the move Transform will cause the move to fail. This is an ObviousRulePatch to work around a [[GoodBadBugs bug that allowed players to repeatedly steal items from a wild Smeargle that transformed into another pokemon that's holding an item, effectively duplicating that item.]]

** In The Indigo Disk, all of the BB League Elite Four have some kind of uniform modification to varying degrees. Namely, these are Cripsin’s chef’s uniform/apron, Amarys’ iron boots, Lacey’s pink cardigan, and Drayton’s jacket and Dragon trainer’s cape.

* NonUniformUniform: While the protagonist can't customize their school uniform besides choosing between the Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter set, they can wear any shoes, socks, gloves, hat, and glasses as they see fit, even if they buy it somewhere. This is handwaved by having the school rule say that as long as the student wear the proper shirt and pants, they can choose whatever else they want to wear.

** The top bread is not needed to get the full effect of the sandwiches, meaning if you made your sandwich ingredients piled up and you believe that the top bread could topple it and ruin the desired effects, you may toss it aside and the sandwich will still give you your desired effect. You can even do this at Crispin's trial, [[DeveloperForesight though he will comment on it if you do]].

** You can now get egg moves without hatching an egg via usage of the new Mirror Herb item. Just have an empty move set on the Pokémon holding the Mirror Herb, set up a picnic with said Pokémon and the Pokémon with the egg move you want in your party, and let a minute pass. The Pokémon holding the Mirror Herb now has the egg move. This is the ''only'' way to get certain egg moves for Pokémon that aren't in the same Egg Group as the one that already knows the move (i.e. Tinkatink gets Ice Hammer as an Egg Move, but Crabominable, the only Pokémon that can learn it legitimately, is not in the same Egg Group).

** The top bread is not needed to get the full effect of the sandwiches, meaning if you made your sandwich ingredients piled up and you believe that the top bread could topple it and ruin the desired effects, you may toss it aside and the sandwich will still give you your desired effect.

* GenreShift: [[spoiler:As Penny lampshades, ''Mochi Mayhem'' goes into horror movie territory due to everyone in the town acting weird after eating Pecharunt's brainwashing mochi.]]

*** As of the ''Mochi Mayhem'' epilogue, the Gastly line are no longer the only Ghost/Poison types: [[spoiler:Pecharunt is Poison/Ghost]].

*** [[spoiler:Iron Thorns is a reference to the Mecha-Tyranitar from the Pokéstar Studios in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', as well, as a ShoutOut to Mechagodzilla.]]
*** [[spoiler:Roaring Moon bears some resemblance to Mega Salamence, which is even called the "blood-soaked crescent" in one of its PokéDex entries.]]
*** [[spoiler:Iron Valiant's entry in the Occulture magazine says that it may have been made by a mad scientist to create the most powerful psychic Pokémon, which resembles Mewtwo's backstory of being created by a mad scientist to be the most powerful Pokémon in the world.]]

*** [[spoiler:Scream Tail looks as if it is an ancient ancestor Jigglypuff that possesses a wild temperament and a feral appearance, most notably a long bushy tail from the top of its head.]]
*** [[spoiler:Brute Bonnet looks almost identical to Amoonguss, hinting that the former is the ancestor of the latter, with its bonnet-like growth and saurian appearance being the two most distinguishing features.]]
*** [[spoiler:Flutter Mane is an ancestor of Misdreavus with longer hair, red eyes, and spikes going down its head.]]
*** [[spoiler:Slither Wing and Iron Moth are the ancestor and descendant respectively of Volcarona.]]
*** [[spoiler:Sandy Shocks is an ancestor of Magneton that uses elongated magnets to walk rather than using electromagnetism to float. It derives its name from the iron sand stuck to its body.]]
*** [[spoiler:Iron Bundle is a descendant of Delibird that attacks and moves about by expelling ice from an apparatus attached to where Delibird's tail would be.]]
*** [[spoiler:Iron Hands is a descendant of Hariyama with a pair of electromagnetically floating hands.]]
*** [[spoiler:Iron Jugulis is a descendant of Hydreigon.]]
*** [[spoiler:Iron Thorns is a descendant of Tyranitar that has a more levelheaded and pacifistic nature compared to contemporary Tyranitar.]]
*** [[spoiler:Roaring Moon is an ancestor of Salamence with a single feathered wing and a strong yet inexplicable resemblance to Mega Salamence.]]
*** [[spoiler:Iron Valiant is a descendant of Gardevoir and Gallade, taking attributes from both. It's said to cruelly cut down anything and anyone that stands against it with its shining blade.]]
*** [[spoiler:Walking Wake is an ancestor of Suicune that resembles a theropod dinosaur. In the Scarlet Book, it looks like a mix between the Legendary Beasts that's quadrupedal and has Raikou's legs, Entei's face, and Suicune's crest. The Pokémon itself is bipedal and only draws from Suicune.]]
*** [[spoiler:Raging Bolt is an ancestor of Raikou that resembles a Brontosaurus with its cloud-like mane wrapped around its head.]]
*** [[spoiler:Iron Leaves is a descendant of Virizion. In the Violet Book, it looks like a mix between the Swords of Justice minus Keldeo that has Terrakion's legs, Cobalion's torso, and Virizion's head. The Pokémon itself only draws from Virizion.]]
*** [[spoiler:Iron Crown is a descendant of Cobalion with slightly more jagged horns than its contemporary counterpart.]]

** [[spoiler:Arven summoning the reason behind finding the Herba Mystica and his jerkish attitude; ''his injured partner, Mabosstiff, lying on the ground.'']]

** You can now get egg moves without hatching an egg via usage of the new Mirror Herb item. Just have an empty move set on the Pokémon holding the Mirror Herb, set up a picnic with said Pokémon and the Pokémon with the egg move you want in your party, and let a minute pass. The Pokémon holding the Mirror Herb now has the egg move. This is the ONLY way to get certain egg moves for Pokémon that aren't in the same Egg Group as the one that already knows the move (i.e. Tinkatink gets Ice Hammer as an Egg Move, but Crabominable, the only Pokémon that can learn it legitimately, is not in the same Egg Group).
** After clearing ''The Indigo Disk'''s story, talking to Briar will allow you to use your Tera Orb without needing to recharge it, saving countless trips to the Pokémon Center or the self-healing stations for Tera Orb recharging.

** In ''The Indigo Disk'', Hisuian Qwilfish's evolution method into Overqwil has been changed to where it no longer needs to use Barb Barrage in Strong Style (due to that mechanic being ''Legends: Arceus''-exclusive). Instead, it just needs to be leveled up while knowing Barb Barrage to trigger the evolution. This is not only to make completing the Blueberry Pokédex easier, but also allows a player to get an Overqwil without having to transfer between the two games. Stantler, however, did not get this treatment, so you will still need to transfer between the two games if you want to use a Wyrdeer.

** You can now get egg moves without hatching an egg via usage of the new Mirror Herb item. Just have an empty move set on the Pokémon holding the Mirror Herb, set up a picnic with said Pokémon and the Pokémon with the egg move you want in your party, and let a minute pass. The Pokémon holding the Mirror Herb now has the egg move. This is the ONLY way to get certain egg moves for Pokemon that aren't in the same Egg Group as the one that already knows the move (i.e. Tinkatink gets Ice Hammer as an Egg Move, but Crabominable, the only Pokemon that can learn it legitimately, is not in the same Egg Group).

** In ''The Indigo Disk'', Hisuian Qwilfish's evolution method into Overqwil has been changed to where it no longer needs to use Barb Barrage in Strong Style (due to that mechanic being ''Legends: Arceus''-exclusive). Instead, it just needs to be leveled up while knowing Barb Barrage to trigger the evolution. This is not only to make completing the Blueberry Pokédex easier, but also allows a player to get an Overqwil without having to transfer between the two games. Stantler, however, does not get this treatment, due to it not being in the Blueberry Pokédex.

* MacabreMothMotif: [[spoiler:Adding to its eerie atmosphere, Area Zero features nearly every fully-evolved moth-based Pokémon up to that point.[[note]]Venomoth, Masquerain (Japanese name: Amemoth), Frosmoth, Volcarona and Volcarona's time-shifted counterparts (Slither Wing and Iron Moth, depending on the version). The only absent fully-evolved moth-based Pokémon are Dustox, Wormadam and Mothim, which are not available in the game entirely.[[/note]]]]

* OnlyShopInTown: With the exception of largest city Mesagoza, which has three Delibird Presents, two Chansey Supply, and repeating similar restaurants, as well as the two Delibird Presents locations in Cascarrafa, every town has exactly one store by any one name and as such that store is the only place you can get those specific items.

** In ''The Indigo Disk'', during [[spoiler:the champion battle with Kieran, if you send out Ogerpon, he will target all of his attacks at her, even if it wouldn't make sense to do so from a strategic standpoint.]]

** In ''The Indigo Disk'', during [[spoiler:the champion battle with Kieran, if you send out Ogerpon, he will target all of his attacks at it, even if it wouldn't make sense to do so from a strategic standpoint.]]

* LostWorld: [[spoiler:Area Zero is this. Found within the Great Crater of Paldea (which formed one million years in the past), very little is known about it other than that it is exceedingly dangerous, and in fact so little is known about it ''because'' it's so dangerous. An Ancient Empire bankrupted itself funding expeditions into Area Zero over centuries, with it being said none of the explorers ever succeeding in reaching its depths. In the modern day, what little is known about Area Zero is compiled in the Scarlet Book or Violet Book, depending on which version you play; an account of the first successful research trip to the depths two hundred years prior. Among the myriad of wonders present in Area Zero are the Herba Mystica that can heal Pokémon from death's door that even Pokémon Centers are unable to help, the crystals that Tera Orbs are made from, and many exceedingly powerful and dangerous Pokémon. However, perhaps the most mysterious of all are the Paradox Pokémon, Pokémon seemingly from the distant past or future. What makes them so incredibly mysterious is that not all of them are present in the crater as a result of the professor's experiments with time travel, as the Scarlet/Violet Book contains records of all known Paradox Pokémon and the book records events from some two centuries before their experiments.]]

* MacabreMothMotif: [[spoiler:Adding to its eerie atmosphere, Area Zero features nearly every fully-evolved moth-based Pokémon up to that point.[[note]]Venomoth, Masquerain (Japanese name: Amemoth), Frosmoth, Volcarona and Volcarona's time-shifted counterparts (Slither Wing and Iron Moth, depending on the version). The only absent fully-evolved moth-based Pokémon are Dustox, Wormadam, and Mothim, which are not available in the game entirely.[[/note]]]]

* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:Area Zero. The place is crawling with Paradox Pokémon, but they're not even remotely the scary part. The real horror lies the fact a eldritch legendary Pokémon crashed into the Paldea region a million years ago, which was described by the book written by Heath, and we don't ''[[TheGhost even see this thing face to face]]''. We know what it's capable of, but the main source of information on it has been dead for around two hundred years. All we know in the present is that it's ''somewhere'' in Area Zero and that it has hexagonal plates.]]

** Raifort is a firm believer in this, regardless of version. She vastly prefers ancient history, and complains when she has to cover more recent events in a later lecture.

* OnlyShopInTown: With the exception of largest city Mesagoza, which has three Delibird Presents, two Chansey Supply, and repeating similar restaurants, as well as the two Delibird Presents locations in Cascarrafa, every town has exactly one store by any one name, and as such that store is the only place you can get those specific items.

* UnreliableNarrator: The stories presented in ''The Teal Mask'' are riffled with this:

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: [[spoiler:Area Zero, deep within the million year old Great Crater of Paldea, is home to some very dangerous Pokémon that seemingly don't even hail from the present day, either coming from an age long past or from the distant future. It serves as the final area of the game, where you must rescue Professor Sada or Turo from the depths]].

** The [[spoiler:other Koraidon/Miraidon will always use Taunt on the first turn of the battle proper. This individual has been shown to be an abusive bully to your Koraidon/Miraidon, hence it "taunting" a Pokémon who, at the time, will never have a non-attacking move and is thus unaffected by Taunt.]]

** Speaking of, the [[spoiler: other Koraidon/Miraidon will always use Taunt on the first turn of the battle proper. This individual has been shown to be an abusive bully to your Koraidon/Miraidon, hence it "taunting" a Pokémon who, at the time, [[ArtificialStupidity will never have]] a [[TropesAreTools non-attacking move]] and is thus unaffected by Taunt.]]