History YMMV / PokemonDiamondAndPearl

* StoicWoobie[=/=]JerkassWoobie: Volkner and maybe Cyrus.

** Can't forget about Cyrus, now, can we? He's either a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, an iredeemable monster, or both.

** Can't forget about Cyrus, now, can we?

** Moreso in "Platinum" than in "Diamond" or "Pearl", where he makes the ''stupid'' mistake of letting you free the Lake Trio, who then proceed to destroy his plans as a result. In "Platinum", he's [[CrazyPrepared prepared for this]], making ''two'' Red Chains instead of one so that he can bind both Dialga ''and'' Palkia, whose combined power blocks out the Lake Trio when they try to save the day.
* MemeticMutation: DEEDLE DEEDLE DEEDLE DEE! '''''WHOOOOOP'''''

** Champion Cynthia's Garchomp is a ''far'' straighter example of ThatOneBoss, as well as Cyrus's Weavile.

** WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Definitely Cyrus.

** Ambipom. Sure it's [p[BoringYetPractical actually not too shabby in competitive play]], but most fans hate the little bugger for being an attempt at UglyCute [[{{Gonk}} gone horribly wrong]]. From its IdiotHair to its [[SlasherSmile creepy grin]] and [[FreudWasRight phallic-looking fingers]], this is one of the least-loved Pokémon ever.

* ScrappyMechanic: Stealth Rock. Holy shit. While entry hazards are essential to prevent the game from turning into a switchfest, there were two mistakes in Stealth Rock: making it a TM which everyone and their mother can learn (thankfully fixed in BW), and making it Rock-type. Rock type is pretty much the best offensive type in the game. Unlike Spikes or Toxic Spikes, nothing is immune to it, so the only way to get rid of is the still rare, still weak, and still useless against Ghosts Rapid Spin. More than that, Flying types with their famous immunity to Spikes are weak to SR. Meaning each time they enter the battlefield, they are hit for a quarter their health. Bug/Flying types are hit for ''half''. It defined the metagame so much, Pokemon analyses often go "Yadda yadda, good stats, diverse movepool, lots of resistances, all-around a solid Pokemon - no, wait. It's weak to Stealth Rock. Nope, don't bother with this useless piece of shit."

* ScrappyMechanic: Stealth Rock. Holy shit. While entry hazards are essential to prevent the game from turning into a switchfest, there were two mistakes in Stealth Rock: making it a TM which everyone and their mother can learn (thankfully fixed in BW), and making it Rock-type. Rock type is pretty much the best offensive type in the game. Unlike Spikes, nothing is immune to it. More than that, Flying types with their famous immunity to Spikes are weak to SR. Meaning each time they enter the battlefield, they are hit for a quarter their health. Bug/Flying types are hit for ''half''. It defined the metagame so much, Pokemon analyses often go "Yadda yadda, good stats, diverse movepool, all-around a solid Pokemon - no, wait. It's weak to stealth rock. Nope, don't use this useless piece of shit."

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Dawn. Some of the characters she's been paired with include [[DistaffCounterpart Lucas]], [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Barry]], [[LesYay Cynthia]], [[DatingCatwoman Cyrus]], [[{{Lolicon}} Riley]], and [[EstrogenBrigadeBait Volkner]]! And those are just some of the more common ones!

* EvilIsCool: Cyrus may have be beyond redemption, but that didn't change the fact that he was badass.

* XenSyndrome: After the interesting battles with Team Galactic, Cyrus and the version legendary, you go back to the same old Pokemon ExcusePlot of collecting badges (Well, one badge) and fighting the Elite Four. Along with ForcedLevelGrinding, probably the [[ThatOneLevel worst Victory Road in the series]] and the hardest Champion battle.

** Hearing Cyrus' past from his grandfather in Platinum. Especially considering [[NietzcheWannabe what]] it's shaped him into.

** Hearing Cyrus' past from his grandfather in Platinum. Especially considering what it's shaped him into now.

** Hearing Cyrus' past from his grandfather in Platinum.

** Can't forget Cyrus....

** It probably depends on which game you're playing; he comes across as much more straightforwardly evil in ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl'' then he does in ''Platinum'', where he's shown to have a FreudianExcuse and his goals, while horrific and twisted, were treated as somewhat more pitiful by the characters in-game.

** WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Definitely Cyrus.

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Dawn. Some of the characters she's been paired with include [[DistaffCounterpart Lucas]], [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Barry]], [[LesYay Cynthia]], [[DatingCatwoman Cyrus]], [[Lolicon Riley]], and [[EstrogenBrigadeBait Volkner]]! And those are just some of the more common ones!

* BaseBreaker: Barry is either {{Adorkable}} and a worthy rival or annoying and not as {{Badass}} as [[PokemonRedAndBlue Blue]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]].

* BaseBreaker: Barry is either {{Adorkable}} and a worthy rival or annoying and not as {{Badass}} as [[PokemonRedAndBlue Blue]] and [[PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]].

* MagnificentBastard: Cyrus; he's a charismatic leader, a master of exploting emotions, and always one step ahead of you.

*** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Its evolution Bibarel can learn all [=TMs=] except Fly. Makes him the best HM slave in the whole game and one of the best in the series due to its sheer abundance (In RSE the best HM slave is commonly believed to be Tropius, who is very rare)
* ScrappyMechanic: Stealth Rock. Holy shit. While entry hazards are essential to prevent the game from turning into a switchfest, there were two mistakes in Stealth Rock: making it a TM which everyone and their mother can learn (thankfully fixed in BW), and making it Rock-type. Rock type is pretty much the best offensive type in the game. Unlike Spikes, nothing is immune to it. More than that, Flying types with their famous immunity to Spikes are weak to SR. Meaning each time they enter the battlefield, they are hit for a quarter their health. Bug/Flying types are hit for ''half''. It defined the metagame so much, pokemon analyses often go "Yadda yadda, good stats, diverse movepool, all-around a solid pokemon - no, wait. It's weak to stealth rock. Nope, don't use this useless piece of shit."

* SurpriseDifficulty: Because the original Sinnoh dex well... sucked (see CharacterSelectForcing), a lot of the gym leaders don't actually use their preferred type for the majority of their team, making them harder to sweep with a single Pokémon that knows a Super Effective move.

** [[ThatOneBoss That One Miniboss]]: the unavoidable double battle near Veilstone City. They don't look like anything interesting from faraway - just a Cool Trainer duo - and people approach them like regular trainers, with switchgrinding and everything. And are murdered. Brutally. Good luck especially if it's a Nuzlocke.
** Champion Cynthia's Garchomp.

* CosmicHorrorStory: The Legendaries and their role in the story arguably makes it this.
** LovecraftLite: There's no way in Hell that a mere human could ever capture and control the top-tier Legendaries in a proper CosmicHorrorStory.