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She's more sad than angry when she loses.
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* RageQuit: Ava ''nearly'' does this twice. After her first game ends in a loss, she tries to throw away all of her Pokemon cards before her dad talks her out of it. Then after [[spoiler:losing to Edgar at Internationals]], she packs all of her stuff up and nearly quits the Pokémon club altogether before her mother talks her out of it.
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* RageQuit: Ava ''nearly'' does this twice. After her first game ends in a loss, she tries to throw away all of her Pokemon cards before her dad talks her out of it. Then after [[spoiler:losing to Edgar at Internationals]], she packs all of her stuff up and nearly quits the Pokémon club altogether before her mother talks her out of it.
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* SignatureMon: Ava is closely associated with Oddish, and she even brings a plush of one to her battles much like how International and Worlds players bring plushes of their signature Pokemon to the main stage.
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* SignatureMon: SignatureMon:
** Ava is closely associated with Oddish, and she even brings a plush of one to her battles much like how International and Worlds players bring plushes of their signature Pokemon to the main stage.
** Ava is closely associated with Oddish, and she even brings a plush of one to her battles much like how International and Worlds players bring plushes of their signature Pokemon to the main stage.
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* CanonForeigner: While most of the cards seen in the series are recreations of real ones, a few ones stand out as being apparently made up for the series and not available (yet) in the real card game. This includes Ava's Spoink, Vileplume, Darkrai ex and Bellossom ex, Celestine's Mismagius ex and Edgar's Falinks ex and Groudon.
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* CanonForeigner: While most of the cards seen in the series are recreations of real ones, a few ones stand out as being apparently made up for the series and not available (yet) in the real card game. This includes Ava's Spoink, Vileplume, Darkrai ex and Bellossom ex, Celestine's Mismagius ex ex, and Edgar's Falinks ex and Groudon.
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* CanonForeigner: While most of the cards seen in the series are recreations of real ones, a few ones stand out as being apparently made up for the series and not available (yet) in the real card game. This includes Ava's Vileplume and Darkrai ex, Celestine's Mismagius ex and Edgar's Falinks ex and Groudon.
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* CanonForeigner: While most of the cards seen in the series are recreations of real ones, a few ones stand out as being apparently made up for the series and not available (yet) in the real card game. This includes Ava's Vileplume and Spoink, Vileplume, Darkrai ex and Bellossom ex, Celestine's Mismagius ex and Edgar's Falinks ex and Groudon.
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* LightningReveal: The first look Ava and the audience get at Edgar's ace Groudon is when she imagines a lightning bolt illuminating the darkened stadium, revealing its presence outside of it.
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* BigEntrance: Ava does this twice. First, after her bad first day, she kicks open the house door and storms inside in a huff. Second, when she returns to the Pokemon Club, reinvigorated, she flings the door open hard enough to slam it...before politely requesting a rematch. Joshua also introduces himself to Ava by opening the door dramatically and shouting, "Challenge accepted!" He kicks down Ava's door in the second episode as well.
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* BigEntrance: BigEntrance:
** Ava does this twice. First, after her bad first day, she kicks open the house door and storms inside in a huff. Second, when she returns to the Pokemon Club, reinvigorated, she flings the door open hard enough to slam it...before politely requesting a rematch.
** Joshuaalso introduces himself to Ava by opening the door dramatically and shouting, "Challenge accepted!" He kicks down Ava's door in the second episode as well.well.
** Edgar summoning his ace Pokemon gets hyped up both in Ava's imagination and in the actual game. First, the rest of his team groups together and stomps in unison like an approaching Kaiju. Then, Ava imagines the Pokemon appearing outside the dark stadium, barely illuminated by lightning. Finally, a massive Groudon jumps into the stadium and gives a MightyRoar as Edgar slams the card on the table, the announcer hams up the move, and Ava looks on in shock.
** Ava does this twice. First, after her bad first day, she kicks open the house door and storms inside in a huff. Second, when she returns to the Pokemon Club, reinvigorated, she flings the door open hard enough to slam it...before politely requesting a rematch.
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** Edgar summoning his ace Pokemon gets hyped up both in Ava's imagination and in the actual game. First, the rest of his team groups together and stomps in unison like an approaching Kaiju. Then, Ava imagines the Pokemon appearing outside the dark stadium, barely illuminated by lightning. Finally, a massive Groudon jumps into the stadium and gives a MightyRoar as Edgar slams the card on the table, the announcer hams up the move, and Ava looks on in shock.
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* YouGotSpunk: Celestine compliments Ava on her skill before asking her how she'd do at regionals.
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** [[spoiler: When Edgar plays Groudon the legendary enters the imaginary battle in a manner akin to {{Franchise/Godzilla}} even letting out a roar almost exactly like the kaiju's.]]
** [[spoiler: Ava's Bellosom is clearly channelling [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku using his Kamehameha]] as it charges up and fires Solar Beam.]]
** [[spoiler: Ava's Bellosom is clearly channelling [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku using his Kamehameha]] as it charges up and fires Solar Beam.]]
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** [[spoiler: When [[spoiler:When Edgar plays Groudon the legendary enters the imaginary battle in a manner akin to {{Franchise/Godzilla}} even letting out a roar almost exactly like the kaiju's.]]
**[[spoiler: Ava's [[spoiler:Ava's Bellosom is clearly channelling [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku using his Kamehameha]] as it charges up and fires Solar Beam.]]
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* SoleSurvivor: Ava's Oddish card is the last of her original deck to stay in her possession after [[spoiler:the other cards are accidentally blown away while she's on the hotel balcony.]]
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** [[spoiler: When Edgar plays Groudon the legendary enters the imaginary battle in a manner akin to {{Franchise/Godzilla}} even letting out a roar almost exactly like the kaiju's.]]
** [[spoiler: Ava's Bellosom is clearly channelling [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku using his Kamehameha]] as it charges up and fires Solar Beam.]]
** [[spoiler: When Edgar plays Groudon the legendary enters the imaginary battle in a manner akin to {{Franchise/Godzilla}} even letting out a roar almost exactly like the kaiju's.]]
** [[spoiler: Ava's Bellosom is clearly channelling [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku using his Kamehameha]] as it charges up and fires Solar Beam.]]
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** Joshua's is Jolteon.
** Celestine's is Mismagius with it even being on her playmat.
** Falinks for Edgar Troy and the rest of Team Falinks.
** Celestine's is Mismagius with it even being on her playmat.
** Falinks for Edgar Troy and the rest of Team Falinks.
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* SoleSurvivor: Ava's Oddish card is the last of her original deck to stay in her possession after [[spoiler:the other cards are accidentally blown away while she's on the hotel balcony.]]
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''Pokémon: Path to the Peak'' is an animated ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' web series centering around [[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} the trading card series]], whose first episode premiered on August 11, 2023. It is animated by the same studio that created ''WebAnimation/BidoofsBigStand''.
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''Pokémon: Path to the Peak'' is an animated ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' web series centering around [[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} the trading card series]], whose first episode premiered on August 11, 2023. It is animated by TAIKO Studios, the same studio that created ''WebAnimation/BidoofsBigStand''.
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*** The little girl refers to Ava's deck as the "Oddish & Friends" deck, a name that matches the ones of the three starter decks from ''VideoGame/PokemonTradingCardGame''.
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* CanonForeigner: While most of the cards seen in the series are recreations of real ones, a few ones stand out as being apparently made up for the series and not available (yet) in the real card game. This includes Ava's Vileplume and Darkrai ex, Celestine's Mismagius ex and Edgar's Falinks ex and Groudon.
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* SpoilerCover: The poster, seen above, makes it pretty clear that Celestine isn't going to be a villain, since she's shown alongside Joshua with a friendly smile. Sure enough, while she's Ava's final opponent at regionals, she ends up a [[FriendlyRivalry friendly rival]] by the end.
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* SpoilerCover: The poster, seen above, makes it pretty clear that Celestine isn't going to be a villain, since she's shown alongside Joshua with a friendly smile. Sure enough, while she's Ava's final opponent at regionals, she ends up a [[FriendlyRivalry friendly rival]] by the end. The poster also prominently features Groudon [[spoiler:which turns out to be Edgar's final Pokémon.]]
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* YourSizeMayVary: When Groudon is first seen in battle, it looms over the stadium. Moments later, it's in the arena and much closer to its canonical size of 11 feet instead the {{Kaiju}} size glimpsed earlier. Justified because the battle takes place in Ava's imagination.
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* HeroicBSOD: Ava enters one in the third episode after [[spoiler:all of her cards are blown away.]] She wakes up the next day with little sleep, and she's despondent from crying when her friends come to check on her. She snaps out of it when Joshua and Celestine [[spoiler:sacrifice their own decks to help her rebuild hers.]]
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* HeroicBSOD: Happens to Ava twice:
** Ava enters one in the third episode after [[spoiler:all of her cards are blown away.]] She wakes up the next day with little sleep, and she's despondent from crying when her friends come to check on her. She snaps out of it when Joshua and Celestine [[spoiler:sacrifice their own decks to help her rebuild hers.]]
** Ava enters one in the third episode after [[spoiler:all of her cards are blown away.]] She wakes up the next day with little sleep, and she's despondent from crying when her friends come to check on her. She snaps out of it when Joshua and Celestine [[spoiler:sacrifice their own decks to help her rebuild hers.]]
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* InnerThoughtsOutsiderPuzzlement: When Ava takes her dad's advice to imagine she's battling with her Pokemon for real, she begins translating her actions in the card game into her imaginary battle in her head. When she pauses dramatically to think through her options or sees her cards affecting the world around her, the scene cuts to the other kids' perspective to show that she's zoned out and staring at nothing, much to their confusion. Fortunately, this doesn't mess up her gameplay whatsoever.
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* InnerThoughtsOutsiderPuzzlement: When Ava takes her dad's advice to imagine she's battling with her Pokemon Pokémon for real, she begins translating her actions in the card game into her imaginary battle in her head. When she pauses dramatically to think through her options or sees her cards affecting the world around her, the scene cuts to the other kids' perspective to show that she's zoned out and staring at nothing, much to their confusion. Fortunately, this doesn't mess up her gameplay whatsoever.
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* ILetYouWin: In their second duel, Edgar Troy scoops (concedes) the first round of his match against Ava. But unlike the first round of their previous duel, where he was genuinely outmatched by Ava's lucky start, the second time has him surrendering with the upper hand instead.
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* DecadeThemedFilter: When Ava's mom flashbacks to when she was a kid, the camera filter shifts to the sort of grainy quality common in late 90s-early 2000s home video cameras.
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* DecadeThemedFilter: When Ava's mom flashbacks to when she was a kid, the camera filter shifts from 2020s HD to the sort of grainy quality common in late 90s-early 2000s home video cameras.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Ava and Celestine have tanned skin but no defined race, as opposed to Joshua being unambiguously Black.
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* AllForNothing: In order for Ava to compete in the finals of Internationals,[[spoiler: Joshua and Celestine trade their cards to replace Ava's lost deck. Unfortunately, Ava lost in the final round. Subverted, as Ava continues to use the replacement deck at Worlds and manages to win, doing justice to her friends' sacrifice]].
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* AllForNothing: Zigzagged. In order for Ava to compete in the finals of Internationals,[[spoiler: Joshua Internationals, [[spoiler:Joshua and Celestine trade their cards to replace Ava's lost deck. Unfortunately, Ava lost loses in the final round. Subverted, as However, Ava continues to use the replacement deck at Worlds and manages to win, doing justice to her friends' sacrifice]].
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* DramaQueen: Ava's mother in the fourth episode when she reveals that [[spoiler:she used to play the card game professionally.]] The reveal before the flashback starts is accompanied by an extreme close-up of her face, her [[spoiler:opponent]] is portrayed with a demonic-sounding voice, she gives a dramatic, slow-motion scream when [[spoiler:he beats her,]] and she's blowing her nose and crying loudly when we cut back to the present.
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* DramaQueen: Ava's mother in the fourth episode when she reveals that [[spoiler:she used to play the card game professionally.]] The reveal before the flashback starts is accompanied by an extreme close-up of her face, her [[spoiler:opponent]] is portrayed with a demonic-sounding voice, she gives a dramatic, slow-motion scream when [[spoiler:he beats her,]] her]], and she's blowing her nose and crying loudly when we cut back to the present.
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* AllForNothing: In order for Ava to compete in the finals of Internationals,[[spoiler: Joshua and Celestine trade their cards to replace Ava's lost deck. Unfortunately, Ava lost in the final round. Subverted, as Ava continues to use the replacement deck at Worlds and manages to win, doing justice to her friends' sacrifice]].
* ElementalPersonalities: The characters use decks with predominant Pokemon types that reflect their personalities.
** Ava's is Grass, showing her growth.
** Joshua's is Electric (Lightning), fitting of his energetic nature.
** Celestine's are Ghost Pokemon (Ghost does not exist in the TCG, and her deck is mostly Psychic), showing how she may be scary and intimidating but very friendly when you get to know her, like actual ghosts.
** Tonio's is Normal (Colorless), as his role as a one-off character but otherwise a nice person.
** Edgar uses Fighting, like his competitive nature.
** Ava's is Grass, showing her growth.
** Joshua's is Electric (Lightning), fitting of his energetic nature.
** Celestine's are Ghost Pokemon (Ghost does not exist in the TCG, and her deck is mostly Psychic), showing how she may be scary and intimidating but very friendly when you get to know her, like actual ghosts.
** Tonio's is Normal (Colorless), as his role as a one-off character but otherwise a nice person.
** Edgar uses Fighting, like his competitive nature.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Edgar Troy scoops (concedes) his first round against Ava when she gets a lucky start that he implicitly can't counter. However, it may also have been to make her let her guard down for the following rounds.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Edgar Troy scoops (concedes) his first round against Ava when she gets a lucky start that he implicitly can't counter. However, it may also have been to make her let her guard down for the following rounds. He does this often.
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* DramaQueen: Ava's mother in the fourth episode when she reveals that [[spoiler:she used to play the card game professionally.]] The reveal before the flashback starts is accompanied by an extreme close-up of her face, her [[spoiler:opponent]] is portrayed with a demonic-sounding voice, she gives a dramatic, slow-motion scream when [[spoiler:he beats her,]] and she's blowing her nose and crying loudly when we cut back to the present.
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* PubescentBraces: When we see Ava's mother as a kid, she's wearing a set of braces.
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* PubescentBraces: When we see Ava's mother as a kid, she's wearing a set of braces.braces combined with NerdGlasses.
