History YMMV / APikachuInLove

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Several aspects of the fic point to it being written around 2000-2002. The narrative is set in Johto without any subtle nods to later events in the anime, and Pikachu is unironically worried about Ash growing up one day and leaving him behind; the two went on to have adventures together in half a dozen regions after Johto, and Ash eventually became one of the most infamous cases of NotAllowedToGrowUp in anime history. The fic is also styled archaically, being presented as a blank white page with text written in an unconventional font, and is hosted on a ''Pokemon''-specific fansite[[note]]that in itself is a time capsule to 90s / early 2000s web design[[/note]] instead of a general fanfiction archive.

* HilariousInHindsight: If the UnintentionalPeriodPiece example is true and it was made when the anime was still "young", then Pikachu, you need not worry about what'll happen with you and Ash in the future... because he [[NotAllowedToGrowUp ain't growing up anytime soon]].
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Besides being set in Johto without any subtle nods of what would come next in the anime, there's still some minor things that point to its age, such as it's unconventional font it's written in, being only found on ''Pokemon Towers'', a website that in itself is a time capsule to 90s / early 2000s web design, and unironically has Pikachu worrying about the fact that one day Ash will grow up and possibly leave him in the process. Considering Ash would eventually become one of the most infamous cases of NotAllowedToGrowUp in anime history... All this seems to peg it being written around the late 90s / early 2000.
* TheWoobie: ''Pikachu'' of all Pokemon. [[spoiler: Over the course of the fic, he finds love, but starts to question his bond with Ash, nearly gets mauled to death by an Ursaring because of his LoveInterest carefree nature, and at the end realizes just how important his bond with Ash is, and has to make a choice between living in the wild with Pichi or continuing his adventures with Ash. He decides to stay with Ash, which results in one of the most depressing goodbyes in possibly all of Pokémon fanfiction. If Misty hadn't already given him a hug and started to comfort him shortly after, the audience might have tried to do so by hugging their computer monitors instead.]]

* InternalDeconstruction: While the fic does pick apart certain character types, the bulk of the story is picking at the FridgeHorror that's inherent to trainer/Pokemon bonds. Despite [[ComicBookTime what the anime may tell you]], Ash ''won't'' be a child for his entire life, and while Ash and Pikachu have a strong bond, there's an inherent language barrier that prevents them from truly becoming friends like how Ash is with Misty and Brock. When Pikachu finally gets a chance for a deep connection with another Pikachu, it's this exact bond that causes nothing but problems and strife for much of the fic. [[spoiler: Even in the end, where Pikachu ultimately chooses to stick with Ash, there's an air of bittersweetness to it since he had to give up someone he loved to do so.]]

* IdiotPlot: So much of the drama in this fic could have easily been avoided if Pikachu and Pichi had the right of mind to ''tell their trainers about each other''. Ash certainly isn't the kind of trainer who would force his best friend to make such a choice and is by no means opposed to more traveling companions given past track record, and what little we learn about Pichi's trainer makes her sound decent enough to do the same. Instead, they get it in their heads that telling their trainers would mean they would never see each other again, and ultimately [[spoiler: are forced to part ways over it]]. Not even [[spoiler: ''Misty'']] has the revelation of how stupid this is when [[spoiler: she]] finds out, nor does [[spoiler: she]] try to do anything to help!

* HilariousInHindsight: If the UnintentionalPeriodPiece example is true and it was made when the anime was still "young", then Pikachu, you need not worry about what'll happen with you and Ash in the future... because he [[NotAllowedToGrowUp ain't growing up anytime soon.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Or [[{{Narm}} painfully hilarious]] in hindsight, depending on who you ask. If the UnintentionalPeriodPiece example is true and it was made when the anime was still "young", then Pikachu, you need not worry about what'll happen with you and Ash in the future... because he [[NotAllowedToGrowUp ain't growing up anytime soon.]]

* {{Narm}}: One of the major sources of conflict in this fic is Pikachu coming to terms with the fact that Ash won't be young or a trainer forever. While it makes sense InUniverse, considering Ash is one of ''the'' most infamous cases of NotAllowedToGrowUp in anime history, it can be [[CringeComedy cringe-inducing hilarious]] to some if taken from an out of universe perspective.

* IdiotPlot: So much of the drama in this fic could have easily been avoided if Pikachu and Pichi had the right of mind to ''tell their trainers about each other''. Ash certainly isn't the kind of trainer who would force his best friend to make such a choice, and is by no means opposed to more travelling companions given past track record, and what little we learn about Pichi's trainer makes her sound decent enough to do the same. Instead, they get it in their heads that telling their trainers would mean they would never see each other again, and ultimately [[spoiler: are forced to part ways over it]]. Not even [[spoiler: ''Misty'']] has the revolation of how stupid this is when [[spoiler: she]] finds out, nor does [[spoiler: she]] try to do anything to help!
* {{Narm}}: One of the major sources of conflict in this fic is Pikachu coming to terms with the fact that Ash won't be young or a trainer forever. While it makes sense InUniverse, considering Ash is one of ''the'' most infamous cases of NotAllowedToGrowUp in anime history, it can be [[CringeComedy cringe inducing hilarious]] to some if taken from an out of universe perspective.
* TheWoobie: ''Pikachu'' of all Pokemon. [[spoiler: Over the course of the fic, he finds love, but starts to question his bond with Ash, nearly gets mauled to death by an Ursaring because of his LoveInterest carefree nature, and at the end realizes just how important his bond with Ash is, and has to make a choice between living in the wild with Pichi or continuing his adventures with Ash. He decides to stay with Ash, which results in one of the most depressing goodbyes in possibly all of Pokémon fanfiction. If Misty hadn't already gave him a hug and started to confort him shortly after, the audience might have tried to do so by hugging their computer monitors instead.]]

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Beside being set in Johto without any subtle nods of what would come next in the anime, there's still some minor things that point to it's age, such as it's unconventional font it's written in, being only found on ''Pokemon Towers'', a website that in itself is a time capsule to 90s / early 2000s webdesign, and unironically has Pikachu worrying about the fact that one day Ash will grow up and possibly leave him in the process. Considering Ash would eventually become one of the most infamous cases of NotAllowedToGrowUp in anime history... All this seems to peg it being written around late 90s / early 2000.

* FridgeLogic: The fact that it never accrued to either Pikachu or Pichi to just ''tell'' their trainers about each other [[spoiler: instead of being forced to go their separate ways at the end.]] Given Ash's past track record, he would have been more than accepting of it [[spoiler: and likely would have been willing to have a few more traveling companions if it meant Pikachu would be happy,]] and from what we hear of Faith from Pichi she sounds nice enough and would probably understand as well. Sure, [[spoiler: it would of probably bought them the rest of the region together at ''most'']] but at least it's better than [[spoiler: being forced to split up after only three days of only just getting to really know each other, and likely never seeing each other again.]]

* UnintentionalPeroidPiece: Beside being set in Johto without any subtle nods of what would come next in the anime, there's still some minor things that point to it's age, such as it's unconventional font it's written in, being only found on ''Pokemon Towers'', a website that in itself is a time capsule to 90s / early 2000s webdesign, and unironically has Pikachu worrying about the fact that one day Ash will grow up and possibly leave him in the process. Considering Ash would eventually become one of the most infamous cases of NotAllowedToGrowUp in anime history... All this seems to peg it being written around late 90s / early 2000.

* {{Narm}}: One of the major sources of conflict in this fic is Pikachu coming to terms with the fact that Ash won't be young or a trainer forever. While it makes sense InUniverse, considering Ash is one of ''the'' most infamous cases of NotAllowedToGrowUp in anime history, it can be [[CringeComedy cringe inducing hilarious]] if taken from an out of universe perspective.

* {{Narm}}: One of the major sources of conflict in this fic is Pikachu coming to terms with the fact that Ash won't be young or a trainer forever. While it makes sense in universe, considering Ash is one of ''the'' most infamous cases of NotAllowedToGrowUp in anime history, it can be [[CringeComedy cringe inducing hilarious]] if taken from an out of universe perspective.

* {{Narm}}: One of the major sources of conflict in this fic is Pikachu coming to terms with the fact that Ash won't be young or a trainer forever. While it makes sense in universe, considering Ash is one of ''the'' most infamous cases of NotAllowedToGrowUp in anime history...

* CommonMarySueTraits: Pichi sports a few. Namely, having blue eyes (an unusual eye color for Pikachus, who usually only have black eyes), wearing a [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow sky blue bow]], having [[PinkGirlBlueBoy pink cheeks instead of red]], her voice being mentioned to sound like a new born babies, and [[spoiler: managing to beat Ursaring after it nearly ''killed'' Pikachu, granted though it was through indirect means.]] Considering the nature of this fic though, this might have been [[InvokedTrope intentional]].

* TheWoobie: ''Pikachu'' of all Pokemon. [[spoiler: ''ESPECIALLY'' at the end when he decides to stay with Ash. If Misty hadn't already gave him a hug and started to confort him shortly after, the audience might have instead.]]

* FridgeLogic: The fact that it never accrued to either Pikachu or Pichi to just ''tell'' their trainers about eachother [[spoiler: instead of being forced to go their separate ways at the end.]] Given Ash's past track record, he would have been more than accepting of it [[spoiler: and likely would have been willing to have a few more traveling companions if it meant Pikachu would be happy,]] and from what we hear of Faith from Pichi she sounds nice enough and would probably understand as well. Sure, [[spoiler: it would of probably bought them the rest of the region together at ''most'']] but at least it's better than [[spoiler: being forced to split up after only three days of only just getting to really know each other, and likely never seeing each other again.]]

* FridgeLogic: The fact that it never accrued to either Pikachu or Pichi to just ''tell'' their trainers about eachother [[spoiler: instead of being forced to go their seprate ways at the end.]] Given Ash's past track record, he would have been more than accepting of it [[spoiler: and likely would have been willing to have a few more traveling companions if it ment Pikachu would be happy,]] and from what we hear of Faith from Pichi she sounds nice enough and would probably understand as well. Sure, [[spoiler: it would of probably bought them the rest of the region together at ''most'']] but at least it's better than [[spoiler: being forced to split up after only three days of only just getting to really know eachother, and likely never seeing eachother again.]]

* FridgeLogic: The fact that it never accured to either Pikachu or Pichi to just ''tell'' their trainers about each other [[spoiler: instead of being forced to go their seprate ways at the end.]] Given Ash's past track record, he would have more than accepting of it [[spoiler: and likely would have been willing to have a few more traveling companions if it ment Pikachu would be happy,]] and from what we hear of Faith from Pichi she sounds nice enough and would probably understand as well. Sure, [[spoiler: it would of probably bought them a region together at ''most'']] but at least it's better than [[spoiler: being forced to split up after only three days of only just getting to really know eachother, and likely never seeing eachother again.]]

* CommonMarySueTraits: Pichi sports a few. Name, having blue eyes, wearing a sky blue bow, has pink cheeks instead of red, her voice being mentioned to sound like a new born babies, and [[spoiler: managing to beat Ursaring after it nearly ''killed'' Pikachu, granted though it was through indirect means.]] Considering the nature of this fic though, this might have been [[InvokedTrope intentional]].

* CommonMarySueTraits: Pichi sports a few. Name, having blue eyes, wearing a sky blue bow, has pink cheeks instead of red, her voice being mentioned to sound like a new born babies, and [[spoiler: her DeusExMachina of [=KOing=] an Ursuring with Thunder after being badly beatten by it before hand.]] Considering the nature of this fic though, this might have been [[InvokedTrope intentional]].

* CommonMarySueTraits: Pichi sports a few. Name, having blue eyes, wearing a sky blue bow, has pink cheeks instead of red, her voice being mentioned to sound like a new born babies, and [[spoiler: her DeusExMachina of [=KOing=] an Ursuring with Thunder after being badly beatten by it before hand.]] Considering the nature of this fic though, this might have been [[InvokedTrope intentional]].

* CommonMarySueTraits: Pichi sports a few. Name, having blue eyes, wearing a sky blue bow, has pink cheeks instead of read, her voice being mentioned to sound like a new born babies, and [[spoiler: her DeusExMachina of [=KOing=] an Ursuring with Thunder after being badly beatten by it before hand.]] Considering the nature of this fic though, this might have been [[InvokedTrope intentional]].