| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ancienverse_1.png]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Love. Teamwork. The beginning of a saga.]] |
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| 4 | ->''"Once every seven years there was a tournament celebrating the bonds between people and Pokemon. Of course, Serena expected Ash to want to take part, but she had no idea the ways in which it would change their lives for good or ill. She was confident, however, that by the end of that week, something between herself and Ash would be different."'' |
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| 6 | [[AC:Official Summary for ''Love in the Time of Teamwork'']] |
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| 8 | The ''Ancienverse'' is an [[http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?656317-Shipping-Oscars-2016 award-winning]] series of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' fan fictions by Epicocity, first published in 2016. Set within the continuity of the ''XYZ'' series of the anime (and, later, beyond), the stories are written in past tense and focus mainly on the characters Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie, with some other characters as well from time to time. The fics, while having romance as a major subplot, focus heavily on action with some drama and suspense as well. The series was later split into two trilogies: ''The Kalos Trilogy'', which were the first three books set in Kalos, after which, diverging from the canon anime entirely, and ''The Alola Trilogy'' which continues the events of the ''Ancienverse'' into the Alola region, before ending on the final set of fics called ''The Road to Tomorrow''. |
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| 10 | The ''The Kalos Trilogy'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11810169/1/Love-in-the-Time-of-Teamwork Love in the Time of Teamwork]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11986845/1/Love-in-the-Time-of-Turbulence Love in the Time of Turbulence]]'', and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12176803/1/Love-in-the-Time-of-Tribulations Love in the Time of Tribulations]]'' are set within the ''XYZ'' continuity, starting after ''A Watershed Moment'' (XYZ 15), wherein Ash and his Kalos friends take part in a tournament known as the Kalos Team Tournament. However, dark plots are brewing behind the scenes including the enigmatic Zinnia and (in later books) the mysterious and dangerous Team Neo and DARC. In the middle of this, Ash and Serena deal with their own blossoming romance as they try to put a stop to the plans to destroy their world. This series split-off from canon with ''Tribulations'' after XYZ 43. |
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| 12 | On March 7th, 2017, a second trilogy (known as ''The Alola Trilogy'') started with ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12395283/1/Love-in-the-Time-of-Tropics Love in the Time of Tropics]]'', following Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie into the Alola region with a TruerToTheText Sun & Moon rewrite. It was preceded by a group of three oneshots. |
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| 14 | Upon the conclusion of ''The Alola Trilogy'', a final story and associated oneshots/threeshots began posting on October 31st, 2017, with the final story, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12776822/1/Love-in-the-Time-of-Tomorrow Love in the Time of Tomorrow]]'' finishing its posting by February 25th, 2018. |
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| 16 | The series entered a period of technical hiatus, with the story finished, but eventually returned in 2021 with a short story following Ash's battle with Diantha and the eventual ''Galar Trilogy'', focusing on a new character, Gloria, as she seeks to become Champion of Galar under Ash's mentorship (this time co-authored with Viroro-kun). |
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| 18 | During the summer of 2022, Epicocity published a prequel ("Book Zero") to the whole series, "Love in the Time of Trepidation". This story, set in the Hisui region, follows Akari's journey to learn what happened to her injured brother, Rei. |
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| 20 | The completed list of stories in the ''Ancienverse'' are listed below (the flagship titles in bold): |
| 21 | ---- |
| 22 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | [[folder:The Kalos Trilogy]] |
| 25 | |
| 26 | * '''''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11810169/1/Love-in-the-Time-of-Teamwork Love in the Time of Teamwork]]''''' |
| 27 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11916363/1/Firsts-Fans-and-Failures Firsts, Fans and Failures]]'' |
| 28 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11928180/1/A-Little-Give-and-Take A Little Give and Take]]'' |
| 29 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11962748/1/A-Starlit-Sibling-Session-About-Scientific-Sweethearts A Starlit Sibling Session About Scientific Sweethearts]]'' |
| 30 | * '''''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11986845/1/Love-in-the-Time-of-Turbulence Love in the Time of Turbulence]]''''' |
| 31 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12081895/1/Fragmented-Figments Fragmented Figments]]'' |
| 32 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12157297/1/Seconds-Skates-and-Science Seconds, Skates and Science]]'' |
| 33 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12166998/1/Quietude Quietude]]'' |
| 34 | * '''''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12176803/1/Love-in-the-Time-of-Tribulations Love in the Time of Tribulations]]''''' |
| 35 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12365332/1/Thirds-Thrills-and-Temperatures Thirds, Thrills and Temperatures]]'' |
| 36 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12376257/1/Nova Nova]]'' |
| 37 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12385952/1/Striving-for-a-Smile Striving for a Smile]]'' |
| 38 | [[/folder]] |
| 39 | ---- |
| 40 | [[folder:The Alola Trilogy]] |
| 41 | * '''''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12395283/1/ Love in the Time of Tropics]]''''' |
| 42 | * '''''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12500175/1/Love-in-the-Time-of-Trials Love in the Time of Trials]]''''' (direct sequel to ''Tropics'') |
| 43 | * '''''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12605943/1/Love-in-the-Time-of-Tenacity Love in the Time of Tenacity]]''''' (finale of the ''Alola Trilogy'') |
| 44 | [[/folder]] |
| 45 | ---- |
| 46 | [[folder:The Road to Tomorrow]] |
| 47 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12708292/1/Fourths-Films-and-Forgiveness Fourths, Films and Forgiveness]]'' |
| 48 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12717310/1/A-Performer-s-Proposal A Performer's Proposal]]'' |
| 49 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12725071/1/Broken-Flowers-Healing-Sunshine Broken Flowers, Healing Sunshine]]'' |
| 50 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12732675/1/Love-in-the-Time-of-Matrimony Love in the Time of Matrimony]]'' |
| 51 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12756743/1/ The Road to Tomorrow]]'' |
| 52 | * '''''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12776822/1/Love-in-the-Time-of-Tomorrow Love in the Time of Tomorrow]]''''' |
| 53 | [[/folder]] |
| 54 | ---- |
| 55 | [[folder:After Tomorrow And the Galar-Coda Trilogy]] |
| 56 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13932318/1/Finals-Fights-and-Flights Finals, Fights, and Flights]]'' |
| 57 | * '''''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13944461/1/Love-in-the-Time-of-Traveling Love in the Time of Traveling]]''''' |
| 58 | * '''''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13983362/1/Love-in-the-Time-of-Turmoil Love in the Time of Turmoil]]''''' |
| 59 | * '''''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14017064/1/Love-in-the-Time-of-Temerity Love in the Time of Temerity]]''''' |
| 60 | [[/folder]] |
| 61 | ---- |
| 62 | [[folder:Book Zero]] |
| 63 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14089335/1/Love-in-the-Time-of-Trepidation Love in the Time of Trepidation]]'' |
| 64 | [[/folder]] |
| 65 | ---- |
| 66 | !!The ''Ancienverse'' contains examples of: |
| 67 | |
| 68 | [[folder:Tropes A-C]] |
| 69 | |
| 70 | * AbandonedArea: The radio station outside Nova Town. Also the Pokémon Sanctuary in ''The Road to Tomorrow''. |
| 71 | * AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Rowlet, being an owl, naturally shows this off in his curiosity. |
| 72 | * AbsoluteXenophobe: Both Zinnia and DARC show shades of this towards [[spoiler: the characters from the main universe.]] |
| 73 | * AbsurdCuttingPower: Greninja is able to slice through solid rock and laser beams. See CuttingThroughEnergy. |
| 74 | ** In the ''Alola Trilogy'', he's able to [[spoiler:cut through a Z-Move]]. |
| 75 | * AbusiveParents: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Michael]] really could not care less about his daughter and looks at her death as necessary. |
| 76 | ** [[spoiler:Lusamine]] plays this to the extreme. Between stalking her son's every move and forcing her daughter to be her perfect little doll, she's the practical personification of this. |
| 77 | * AbsurdlySharpBlade: Greninja's Cut and Aerial Ace are able to cut through solid rock in Ash-Greninja form. |
| 78 | * AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: The ''Alola Trilogy'' is completely different from the ''Sun and Moon'' anime, not just in tone and characters, but also in how the trials are set up. Yet given that it's an AlternateContinuity, it leads to this trope. |
| 79 | * AccidentalKiss: Clemont and Korrina have one in the one shot ''Second, Skates, and Science''. |
| 80 | ** Hau and Lillie have one offscreen, leading to awkwardness between them. |
| 81 | * AccidentalHandHold: Serena and Ash do this after the third day of the Kalos Team Tournament. |
| 82 | * AccidentalMisnaming: Like in the anime, no one, not even his partner Cassidy can get Butch's name right. |
| 83 | * AccuserOfTheBrethren: IDEAL constantly reinforces their view that former criminals don't deserve chances at redemption. |
| 84 | * AcidTripDimension: The Ultra Space. Between the glimpses into tied worlds, the future and past memories, it qualifies. |
| 85 | * ActBreak: The ending of each book of the ''Alola Trilogy'' serves as this. |
| 86 | * ActionDad: [[spoiler:Jack Ketchum]]. Later on, [[spoiler:Serena's father, Y]]. |
| 87 | * ActionGirl: Pick a girl; any girl. Odds are they're this. Bonus points to Serena, who becomes this. |
| 88 | ** Bonus points to Lillie, as well, who starts as even ''less'' of an action girl than Serena. |
| 89 | * ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: ''Tribulations'' is heavily driven by action, except for the major scenes where [[spoiler:Serena speaks with Reeree.]] Expect this a lot in the series in general. |
| 90 | * ActionPrologue: The first chapter of Tropics opens up with a ChaseScene before becoming far more relaxed. |
| 91 | ** Done again in ''Tomorrow'': the first chapter opens with [[spoiler:Nova Town attacked and ARC destroyed]] before returning to a calmer level. |
| 92 | * ActuallyIAmHim: Acerola does this in ''Trials'' when she reveals she's a captain to the group. |
| 93 | * AdaptationalAlternateEnding: ''Tribulations'' serves as this, in a way, for the ''XY & Z'' series. |
| 94 | * AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Ash, Serena and Clemont have quite a bit more angst through the ''Alola Trilogy'', especially in comparison to the counterpart adaptation of the anime. |
| 95 | * AdaptationalContextChange: [[spoiler:Lusamine's final words]] receive this compared to the source material as they're out of deep regret in her final moments, rather than just the toxin clearing from her head. |
| 96 | * AdaptedOut: Mohn. Despite many mentions, he's been KilledOffForReal in this universe. |
| 97 | * AdoptivePeerParent: Ash and Serena serve as this to Lillie. |
| 98 | * AdorableAbomination: [[spoiler:Marshadow]]. He acts like a little child, loving praise and even giggling a bit, only to spend most of the time trying to kill Ash and Pikachu. |
| 99 | ** Hau is this as well, considering his cheerful attitude and love for malasadas. |
| 100 | ** Lillie qualifies as well. Especially in tandem with Hau once they become an OfficialCouple. By then, they can't even kiss without hurting themselves! |
| 101 | * AdultsAreUseless: Played with. Diantha and the adults on Team Neo, along with Team Rocket, are instrumental in stopping the [[BigBad Dalton's]] plan, but it's ultimately the kids who play the biggest hand in bringing it down. |
| 102 | ** However, this trope mostly being played straight elsewhere in the franchise is a driving motivation for Dalton and Team Neo. They believe that children shouldn't have to carry such a huge burden. |
| 103 | * AdventureFriendlyWorld: Considering all the evil organizations, this definitely applies for the main characters. |
| 104 | ** Ironically, a point of concern for Dalton, who believes it shouldn't be this way. |
| 105 | * AesopCollateralDamage: Gladion needs to learn to work with others. Him ''not'' working with others causes [[spoiler:Lillie to be taken by Lusamine to further her disastrous plans.]] |
| 106 | * AffablyEvil: Dalton is rather kind to Ash and Seamus [[spoiler:when he isn't trying to kill them]]. |
| 107 | * AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Pikipek likes to tap people on the forehead. |
| 108 | * AFriendInNeed: The gang drops everything to save Lillie...no matter the consequences that result. |
| 109 | * AfterActionPatchUp: The protagonists spend their time recovering after both the Ancien Debacle and the Nova Incident. |
| 110 | ** More straight after the Poni Raid in ''Tenacity'' where the characters spend a chapter getting patched-up and figure out the next plan. |
| 111 | * AfterActionVillainAnalysis: The heroes all spend time discussing DARC and its leader [[spoiler:Michael]] after a tremendous battle that left them defeated. |
| 112 | ** Repeated again in ''Tomorrow'' when everyone meets at the League Hub to decide the course of the final battle. |
| 113 | * AgelessBirthdayEpisode: Subverted. While Ash is always 10 in canon, he explicitly ages here, though no definite age is given outside of vague hints that he's turned 16. |
| 114 | * AGlitchInTheMatrix: Ash is able to sense something is wrong in [[spoiler:the perfect world when he sees Zinnia and then wins the Kalos League.]] |
| 115 | * AGoodWayToDie: [[spoiler:Reeree seems to go out like this, dying as "Serena" rather than "Reeree".]] |
| 116 | ** [[spoiler:Nanu definitely goes out this way, choosing his method of death and taking Tolbert and Louise with him.]] |
| 117 | * AirVentPassageway: Pikachu and Chespin open up the doors to the radio station by getting in through one of these. |
| 118 | * ALessonInDefeat: Team Ketchum ultimately delivers this to Team Brutal on the fourth and fifth days. |
| 119 | ** Gary delivers it again to [[spoiler:Travis, after he sides with the Draconids]]. And Ash again in ''Turbulence''. |
| 120 | ** [[spoiler:Hala gives this to Ash early after his arrival on Melemele.]] Though not in the same way as one would expect. |
| 121 | * AlienInvasion: What the attack of the Ultra Beasts amounts to. |
| 122 | * AllAbusersAreMale: Averted. While Carl qualifies, both Lusamine and Deirdre show their less-than-pleasant sides when it comes to their children. |
| 123 | * AllAccordingToPlan: ''Tenacity'': The heroes make it to Lusamine, only to learn [[spoiler:she wanted all of them to be there to take control of Solgaleo and Lunala]]. |
| 124 | * AllDeathsFinal: Except for one notable exception in the past, no character that dies comes back to life. |
| 125 | * AllForNothing: ''Tribulations'': The defense of AZ ends with DARC [[spoiler:getting control of the key, Reeree dying and most of the heroes' spirits crushed]]. |
| 126 | ** ''Trials'': The rescue mission for Lillie becomes pointless when [[spoiler:Lusamine and Guzma escape into the Ultra Space]] and Lillie is forced to stand up, herself. |
| 127 | * AllIsWellThatEndsWell: Very much in effect. |
| 128 | --> [[spoiler:"And Ash and Serena Ketchum embarked on a new beginning, the next chapter in their lives."]] |
| 129 | * AlliterativeTitle: Most of the oneshots follow this naming scheme as seen above. The main stories all are a variation on "Love in the Time of T..." |
| 130 | * AllMythsAreTrue: Turns out to be the case in both Ancien City and Nova Town. |
| 131 | * AllThereInTheManual: Bruce, Trent and Portia's backstory (though jokingly) is given in a Twitter post by the author [[https://twitter.com/EpicocityFanfic/status/782410578681888768 here]]. Though, many of these details later became confirmed or outright implied in the stories themselves. |
| 132 | * AllUpToYou: One by one, the rest of Team Ketchum leaves the battle against Seamus up to Ash. |
| 133 | ** Seamus turns over the battle against Dalton solely to Ash after [[TakingTheBullet giving him an opening]]. |
| 134 | ** Diantha does this in for Ash [[spoiler:when she chooses to save Serena and Clemont over herself, dying and leaving the battle to Ash.]] |
| 135 | * AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: ''Tomorrow'' kicks off with [[spoiler:ARC's base exploding and killing most of its members.]] |
| 136 | * AllYourPowersCombined: Subverted. Ash [[spoiler:defeats Deirdre with everyone helping him through Ho-oh's feather to land a final blow.]] |
| 137 | * AlmostOutOfOxygen: Serena when she [[spoiler:tries to rescue Ash from drowning]]. |
| 138 | * AlphabeticalThemeNaming: The titles of each major installment are always "Love in the Time of (something starting with T)". |
| 139 | * AlphaStrike: Team Neo does this when it attacks the League Summit. |
| 140 | * AlternateContinuity: The entire series becomes one starting from XYZ 15, with the Ancien Debacle being the impetus behind it all. |
| 141 | ** Downplayed in general, though. Many canon events (at least through XYZ) are mentioned to have occurred more-or-less the same during the [[TimeSkip time skips]] between the stories. The only real difference is that Ash and Serena are now a couple. However, ''Tribulations'' functions as a full-on alternate ending the the Kalos saga, diverging after the end of the Team Flare crisis. |
| 142 | ** The Alola Trilogy functions as this to the ''Sun & Moon'' anime, with a plot much more in line with the games and the ''XY'' companions still accompanying Ash. |
| 143 | * AlternateSelf: [[spoiler:Reeree, Clime, Mimi and Gary are this for Serena, Clemont, Miette and Gary. There was also an Ash, though he died.]] |
| 144 | ** Later, [[spoiler:Serena's ''actual'' father, Y, comes into the picture, as a contrast to the then-dead Michael.]] |
| 145 | * AlternateUniverse: Zinnia and the other Draconids are from one. |
| 146 | ** [[spoiler: Turns out several members of DARC hail from a separate one, with the added twist that they are doppelgangers of several major cast members, namely Gary, Serena, Clemont, Paul, and Miette]]. |
| 147 | ** The Ultra Space is a major influence in the Alola Trilogy, and it's even speculated that [[spoiler:destroyed alternate worlds get absorbed into it]]. |
| 148 | * AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Horribly averted in ''Tribulations'' when [[spoiler:Ash chooses to help his father rather than Serena, leading to Reeree's death.]] |
| 149 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The lesson that Team Brutal is forced to learn. Most of them understand it, renaming themselves Team Nova, but it leads Travis to TakeALevelInJerkass. |
| 150 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Implied to the be the reason Ash and Serena didn't tell their monthers that they're dating right away. |
| 151 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Giovanni personifies this, to both the heroes ''and'' IDEAL. |
| 152 | * AMillionIsAStatistic: Plenty of trainers are lost in the battle at Geosenge, though only [[spoiler:the death of Ash's father]] truly matters to the main characters. |
| 153 | * Subverted in ''Tomorrow'' when a funeral is held for all the fallen, though focus is kept on the major characters. |
| 154 | * AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: The Z-Ring. |
| 155 | * AnchoredShip: Astrid/Rocky. [[spoiler:Rockey dies, leaving it so]]. |
| 156 | * AncientArtifact: The meteorites and the Four Gates. |
| 157 | * AncientTradition: The Island Trials for Alola. |
| 158 | * AndIMustScream: Nebby, [[spoiler:after Lusamine opens the Ultra Space with his power]]. |
| 159 | * AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Despite following Ash and the gang for most of the ''Alola Trilogy'', Chapter 8 of ''Trials'' suddenly cuts away to Gary and Steven on Poni Island. |
| 160 | ** After following Ash and company for the majority of the last seven books, Gloria is the new protagonist in the Galar trilogy. |
| 161 | * AndTheAdventureContinues: After everything is peaceful following he battle at Geosenge, Ash already takes Serena, Clemont and Bonnie's hands for their next adventure. |
| 162 | --> '''Ash''': Let's go everyone! Towards our next adventure. |
| 163 | ** The end of ''Tomorrow'': the final tipping point is past but [[spoiler:Serena's plan to expand what performing means, the reinstated ties to other dimensions and the announcement of Serena's pregnancy]] invokes this trope. The final line more or less hammers it in. |
| 164 | * AndTheRest: During the award ceremony at the end of ''Tribulations'', Diantha thanks "certain individuals" who couldn't attend. Shortly afterwards, a conspicious Inkay takes some medals, which Diantha visibly ignores. |
| 165 | * AndThisIsFor: Ash's final blow against Deirdre is accompanied by him screaming the name of almost every important character in the series, saying they're doing it together. |
| 166 | * AngerBornOfWorry: Serena has this towards Ash in ''Turbulence'' due to him throwing himself into situations and not letting her help. |
| 167 | * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Mairin gives one to Alain when he's suffering from a HeroicBOSD after Cedric's Swampert manhandles his Charizard. |
| 168 | * AnimalStampede: Pokemon stampede through Heahea when [[spoiler:the portal to the Ultra Space appears]]. |
| 169 | ** Happens offscreen prior to ''The Road to Tomorrow'', leaving many dead. |
| 170 | * AnimateInanimateObject: The Rotomdex. |
| 171 | * TheAnnouncer: Harrison "Harry" Kalas. |
| 172 | * AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Gladion is given this by [[spoiler:Lusamine]], forcing him to [[spoiler:hand over his sister so he can finally break free]], though, again, he's not given much of a choice. |
| 173 | * AntiAir: [[spoiler:The Aether Foundation has these kinds of cannons attached to their island.]] |
| 174 | * AntiHeroTeam: IDEAL: doing bad things for the good of the League. |
| 175 | * AntiVillain: Dalton. Despite his actions being morally wrong, his reasoning for doing so are ultimately for the greater good. |
| 176 | %%* AnxietyDreams: Ash has one regarding losing Serena in ''Turbulence''. |
| 177 | %%** He has another major one at the end of ''Tropics''. |
| 178 | * ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:IDEAL's victory disintegrates the entire world except for Ancien Stadium, leaving it in a void.]] |
| 179 | * ApocalypticGagOrder: The Pokemon League enacts this regarding the Day of Stars to prevent public panic. They do it again in ''Tomorrow'' to make sure the situation doesn't worsen. |
| 180 | * ApologizesALot: Lillie has the tendency to do this. |
| 181 | * APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Guzma is this to Hala, though Hala admits he has some part to blame in it. |
| 182 | * ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: Averted. At one point, Ash has almost all of his prized Pokémon on the scene, well above the mandated six. |
| 183 | %%* ArborealAbode: The Battle Tree |
| 184 | * ArcNumber: Seven. A tournament every seven years. DARC's "The Seven". There are even seven books! |
| 185 | * ArcVillain: Both Zinnia and Dalton serve as this for ''Teamwork'' and ''Turbulence'', respectively. |
| 186 | ** Lusamine, as per the games, is this for the entire ''Alola Trilogy''. |
| 187 | * ArcWelding: The events of the anime and everything in the previous two stories are all tied together by [[spoiler:Michael]] who is revealed to have manipulated all of the events to get to this moment, though he hoped it wouldn't come to this. |
| 188 | ** The giant orange Water Shuriken that Greninja (ineffectually) used against Alain's Charizard is revealed to be a Z-Move, lacking power due to lacking a Z-Crystal. |
| 189 | ** ''Tomorrow'' does a lot with this with the reveal that [[spoiler:the meteonite Team Rocket stole is called the Alpha and the meteorites in Ancien City are the Omega.]] Also, past events of the series are called into effect. |
| 190 | %%* ArcWords: Hope, Despair, Steps, Change, Identity, Love and Future. |
| 191 | * ArchEnemy: [[spoiler:Michael]]. The guy is responsible for almost every event of the series. |
| 192 | ** Guzma and his Goliosopd, to a lesser extent, serves as this for Ash and Greninja throughout Alola. |
| 193 | ** Also to a lesser extent, Plumeria is this to Clemont throughout Alola. |
| 194 | * ArchnemesisDad: Played with. [[spoiler:Michael]]...sorta. |
| 195 | * AreaOfEffect: Anytime Rayquaza wants to nuke something with Hyper Beam, a lot of stuff gets blown up. Usually mitigated via the use of Protect, Reflect, Light Screen, etc. |
| 196 | * [[AristocratsAreEvil Aristocrats Are Jerks]]: Keoni seems to be wealthy and is generally unpleasant to everyone. |
| 197 | * ArtifactAlias: All of the members of DARC continue to go by their code names even after their identities are revealed. Averted with ARC. |
| 198 | ** [[spoiler:It's obvious that Y's true name is Michael, but no one calls him that, for obvious reasons.]] |
| 199 | * ArtifactCollectionAgency: '''A'''rtifact '''R'''ecovery '''C'''orps. |
| 200 | * ArtifactOfDoom: The meteorites in ''Teamwork'' and the Four Gates in ''Turbulence'' |
| 201 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: Most of Team Brutal, notably Seamus, Rocky, and Travis. The former two lose it after a HeelFaceTurn, but Travis, if anything, turns it up to eleven. |
| 202 | * ArtificialGravity: Induced by Medicham to force opponents to the ground. |
| 203 | * AscendedExtra: Astrid plays a large role in the trilogy despite her limited screentime in the series proper. |
| 204 | ** Kahili from the games becomes this, mentoring Ash during a TimeSkip. |
| 205 | ** [[spoiler:Matori, Giovanni's assistant, is a main antagonist in ''Tomorrow'' where it's revealed she's the assassin on the group IDEAL.]] |
| 206 | * ASharedSuffering: Ash seems to connect with Hau based on their mutual [[spoiler:loss of parents]]. |
| 207 | ** Seems to be the reason all of Team Neo was able to come together. |
| 208 | * AsLongAsThereIsOneMan: Variation. Ash tells Aria that as long as one of them is still breathing, they'll keep fighting. |
| 209 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:After all the terrible crap Travis has pulled throughout the Ancienverse, it's a bit hard to feel sorry for him when [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice he gets impaled by Carl's Kabutops]]]]. He survives, though. [[spoiler:He's killed for good later, though this time with RedemptionEqualsDeath.]] |
| 210 | * AStormIsComing: What the League suspects is about to happen in Alola at the start of ''Tropics''. |
| 211 | * ATasteOfDefeat: Delivered to Team Brutal during the Tag Battle, and then on the final day. |
| 212 | * ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: [[spoiler:Gladion's desperation to free himself from his mother leads directly to the major loss for the heroes at the end of ''Trials''.]] |
| 213 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Rayquaza whenever it shows up. |
| 214 | * AttackOfTheTownFestival: Zinnia launches her attack right at the end of the Kalos Team Tournament, held during a festival in Ancien City. |
| 215 | * TheAtoner: |
| 216 | ** Seamus becomes this in ''Turbulence'' |
| 217 | ** Keoni becomes this in ''Fourths, Films, and Forgiveness'' by trying to add more romance scenes between Ash and Serena in Maka's movie to make up for the trouble he caused them in the ''Alola Trilogy''. |
| 218 | * AudioAdaptation: The first two chapters can be heard [[https://soundcloud.com/user-520934812/sets/love-in-the-time-of-teamwork here]]. |
| 219 | * AwfulTruth: Dalton hides the fact that [[spoiler:Merle died three years ago]] from Seamus to avoid causing him pain. |
| 220 | * AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity: [[spoiler:Ash and Jack spend time bonding while fighting against DARC.]] |
| 221 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Bonnie and Rotom constantly bicker...except for when they want to troll Keoni and show they care about each other. They also easily work together during [[spoiler:the attack on the Aether Foundation]]. Rotom later admits that Bonnie is his best friend. |
| 222 | ** Hits hard when Bonnie gets enraged [[spoiler:that Lusamine killed Rotom]]. |
| 223 | * AWorldHalfFull: The way the protagonists like to look at things when compared to the villains. Displayed most prominently at the end of ''Tribulations'' when Ash does what no other antagonist did by [[spoiler:moving beyond his grief and pain]]. |
| 224 | * AxCrazy: Travis. One hundred percent Travis. |
| 225 | * BabiesEverAfter: Implied to be the case for [[spoiler:Christopher and Bethany]] in ''Nova'', and outright confirmed in ''Tomorrow'', specifically a baby girl named Thea. |
| 226 | ** [[spoiler:Applies to Ash and Serena once she tells him that she's pregnant with their first child in the final chapter of the Ancienverse.]] |
| 227 | * BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Team Rocket as a whole is wiped out halfway through ''Tomorrow'', including previously notable agents Domino, Pierce, Zager, Butch and Cassidy, and Giovanni. The only known survivors are Jessie, James, and Meowth (who defected), and Matori (who was never loyal to begin with).]] |
| 228 | * BackForTheFinale: Almost every character that was in ''Teamwork'' and ''Turbulence'' comes back once more in ''Tribulations'' for TheFinalBattle. |
| 229 | ** Most of them also return in ''Tenacity'', along with other major anime characters that hadn't yet appeared in the Ancienverse. |
| 230 | ** ''Tomorrow'' essentially features every character via at least a mention for the final battle. [[spoiler:Even Zinnia.]] |
| 231 | * {{Backstory}}: Seamus' and Travis' gets filled in during ''Turbulence''. |
| 232 | ** Guzma gets one in full midway into ''Tenacity''. |
| 233 | * BadassAdorable: Bonnie goes well on her way to become this, definitely succeeding by ''Tomorrow''. Hau is definitely this. |
| 234 | * BadassArmy: All of the trainers gathered to fight on the Final Day. |
| 235 | * BadassCrew: Ash's Pokemon team. |
| 236 | ** Whenever the group gets together to take down the enemy, they really show it off. |
| 237 | * BadassInDistress: Ash is held captive for a chunk of ''Turbulence'', unable to do anything. |
| 238 | * BadassTeacher: Kahili...as unorthodox as her teaching methods are. |
| 239 | * BadDate: Ash and Serena have one in ''Firsts, Fans and Failures'', but ultimately ends well with Serena happy with Ash's efforts and them spending time together. |
| 240 | ** It's repeated alongside Clemont and Korrina in ''Seconds, Skates and Science'', which also ends well for both Ash & Serena, and Clemont & Korrina. |
| 241 | * BaddieFlattery: Both Zinnia and Dalton praise Ash's skill as a trainer throughout their clashes. |
| 242 | ** Deirdre views Ash as a WorthyOpponent that makes her feel alive when clashing with him. |
| 243 | * BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Seamus and Travis both do this in ''Teamwork'', but it's reduced to just Travis by ''Turbulence''. |
| 244 | * BarrierBustingBlow: Pancham smashes through his own pile of stones that are defending Mimi's Meowstic in order to defeat him. |
| 245 | * BashBrothers: Jael and Kael of the Draconids are literally this. |
| 246 | * BattleCouple: Ash and Serena. Bethany and Christopher. Later, Clemont and Korrina. |
| 247 | ** Theta and Chi provide a villainous example. |
| 248 | ** Lillie and Hau become this much later. |
| 249 | * BattleCry: Ash retains his "I choose you!". |
| 250 | ** Rocky uses "Let's wreck!" |
| 251 | * BattleInTheRain: The battle for [[spoiler:the final fragment from AZ]] takes place in the rain on the beach. |
| 252 | ** [[spoiler:Ash and Gladion have a major one outside Po Town]], fittingly representing their current state with one another. |
| 253 | * BattleInterruptingShout: [[spoiler:Serena screams "STOP IT!" to put an end to Ash and Gladion's fist fight.]] |
| 254 | * BeakAttack: Both Rowlet and Pikipek attack in this way. |
| 255 | * BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Serena, Clemont and Ash respectively within their major roles throughout the series. |
| 256 | * BeautyEqualsGoodness: Certainly the case for both Serena and Aria, who are seen as some of the most beautiful individuals in-universe, with the lovely personalities to match. |
| 257 | * BecauseDestinySaysSo: [[spoiler:Michael truly believes his world will be destroyed because of this unless he does something by destroying the main world.]] |
| 258 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Travis' reasoning for [[spoiler:pushing Seamus out of the way of Yveltal's DeathRay.]] |
| 259 | * BefriendingTheEnemy: Serena befriends Reeree after connecting with her. |
| 260 | * BeforeIChangeMyMind: [[spoiler:Plumeria demands that Lillie comes with her, saying she won't harm anyone...but if she doesn't do it right away, she may not be so forgiving towards her friends.]] |
| 261 | * BehemothBattle: [[spoiler: Mega Latios vs. Mega Latias.]] More appropriately, [[spoiler:Xerneas vs. Yveltal]] in the climax of ''Tribulations''. |
| 262 | * BeingWatched: The main characters consistently get this feeling on Akala Island, which turns out to be [[spoiler:Squishy]]. |
| 263 | * BeleagueredAssistant: Chrissy is this for Mayor Aston of Ancien City until she gets a promotion. |
| 264 | * BeneathSuspicion: [[spoiler:None of the heroes or Champions seem to consider Michael to have any hand in Alola's events, given that he's dead.]] |
| 265 | * BerserkButton: Do NOT harm Pokemon needlessly in front of Ash. Or Serena. Don't hurt Serena either. |
| 266 | ** Hurting Bonnie is a bad idea for anyone wanting to stay on Clemont's good side. |
| 267 | ** Belittling Ash turns out to make Serena angry. |
| 268 | * BerserkerTears: Serena cries these after [[spoiler:Reeree sacrifices herself to save her.]] |
| 269 | * BetaCouple: Clemont and Korrina are this to Ash and Serena. |
| 270 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: The main characters are incredibly kind and forgiving. Push them the wrong way and...well...three toppled villainous organizations have something to say about it. |
| 271 | * BigBad: [[spoiler:Michael]] is this for not only the fic, but the entire anime, as well. [[spoiler:Even in death, his influence make him a GreaterScopeVillain.]] |
| 272 | * BigBadDuumvirate: Lusamine and Guzma serve as this for the ''Alola Trilogy''. |
| 273 | * BigBadEnsemble: Giovanni and [[spoiler:the Four Pillars]] have opposing plans for the future in ''Tomorrow'', compacted by [[spoiler:Michael continuing his role as GreaterScopeVillain]]. |
| 274 | * BigBadSlippage: Dalton was a kind, if stern, teacher. Then [[spoiler:he lost his daughter]] and everything he saw which followed turned him into the leader of Team Neo. |
| 275 | ** This is especially so for Guzma, who was once like Ash (read: street smart, BookDumb), until all the abuse and neglect from those around him made him rather prone to become an evil puppet for [[spoiler:Lusamine]]. |
| 276 | * BigBadassBattleSequence: "The Final Day" consists of an army of trainers against an army of Pokemon and DARC, including 6 titanic trainer battles, a battle against the BigBad, and including several OlympusMons. |
| 277 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Clemont will ''always'' jump to save Bonnie, no matter what. So will Ash and Serena. |
| 278 | * BigDamnHeroes: Ash pulls this when he saves Serena by deflecting Zinnia's attack. |
| 279 | ** Clemont's group to Ash on top of Team Neo's airship. |
| 280 | ** Team Rocket tends to pull this at least once a story, if not more. [[spoiler:Indeed, they pull it thrice in ''Tomorrow''.]] |
| 281 | * TheBigDamnKiss: Ash and Serena share one following their confessions. |
| 282 | ** Another example is Clemont & Korrina in ''Tenacity'' when she arrives in Alola to help in the final battle and he's beyond ecstatic to see her. |
| 283 | ** [[spoiler:Gloria finally plants one on Hop in Chapter 22 of ''Temerity'', which he returns. Complete with following a death-defying experience and flying atop Corviknight.]] |
| 284 | * BigEater: Cedric always has a bag of chips in his arm. |
| 285 | * BigScrewedUpFamily: [[spoiler:Lusamine is psychotic and trying to destroy the world, her son is working for a band of thugs and is willing to sell people out to save himself (at first), while her daughter is still suffering from the years of abuse at her hands.]] It makes Reeree's family look ''normal''. |
| 286 | ** Travis's entire family qualifies. First we have Travis who's AxCrazy, than we have his father Carl, who's not much different and even tries to kill Travis with no remorse, and finally we have [[spoiler:his mother Deirdre who tries to reset the world and committed genocide at least twice in order to do so]]. |
| 287 | * BilingualBonus: Many of the character and town names in ''The Alola Trilogy'' have a special meaning that applies to the characters or locations in Hawaiian. |
| 288 | * BirthdayEpisode: The one-shot ''Striving for a Smile'' and the opening of ''Tropics'' revolve around Ash's birthday. Humorously, since Ash never celebrated it previously, he doesn't know how old he is, and [[TheUnreveal the story doesn't give any concrete answer]]. |
| 289 | * BitchSlap: Serena gives Keoni a pretty fierce one after he insults Ash one too many times. |
| 290 | * BizarreTasteInFood: Kiawe tries to hint that Mallow has this, though she denies it. |
| 291 | * BlackCloak: Reeree wears one. |
| 292 | * BlofeldPloy: [[spoiler:Nihilego emerges from a portal, seemingly about to kill the heroes...until Lusamine orders it to kill Faba, instead.]] |
| 293 | * BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:Reeree coughs blood after being impaled.]] |
| 294 | * BloodierAndGorier: Tribulations has much more blood and violence than previous entries. |
| 295 | * BloodKnight: Nanu. 100% Nanu. |
| 296 | ** Ash and Alain qualify with their love of battling strong opponents. |
| 297 | * BloodlessCarnage: Usually what happens throughout fights. Averted when [[spoiler:Travis stabs Seamus, and later Ash.]] |
| 298 | ** Averted when [[spoiler: Carl runs his son through with Kabutops]] and [[spoiler: Reeree is impaled with two Metal Claws]]. |
| 299 | * BloodSplatteredInnocents: [[spoiler:Serena, when she holds a dying Reeree in her arms.]] |
| 300 | * BluffTheImposter: How Serena tricks "Wulfric" into revealing his true identity. |
| 301 | * BondingOverMissingParents: Ash and Hau come to bond over the [[spoiler:mutual death of parents, including Ash's father.]] Ash and Gladion do the same. |
| 302 | * BookcasePassage: Lusamine has one in her office to the labs in her mansion. |
| 303 | * BookEnds: ''Trials'' begins and ends with Lusamine saying almost the same exact lines. |
| 304 | ** To a greater extent: the series begins and ends in Ancien City. |
| 305 | * BorrowedCatchphrase: Serena uses Ash's "I choose you" on the final day of the Peace Tournament. |
| 306 | * BreakTheBadass: Alain essentially shuts down after [[spoiler:Cedric [[CurbStompBattle effortlessly beats Charizard]] with his Swampert.]] |
| 307 | ** Ash goes through this in the final trial to the point of almost giving up after reliving his past failures. |
| 308 | * BrickJoke: One to the main series, when Team Rocket makes their Tera Tera Meowth after having made a Mega Mega, and a Giga Giga in the past. |
| 309 | * BrilliantButLazy: Ash's Rowlet is a competent fighter, but is content to sleep most of the time. Eventually grows out of it by the time he evolves into Decidueye. |
| 310 | * BrokenPedestal: The first time Seamus saw a Pokemon battle on TV, it was Ash's victory over Drake in the Orange Islands, leading Seamus to aspire to be as strong as him. However, Ash's non-success in subsequent Leagues slowly led Seamus to believe that that victory was just a fluke and that Ash is a complete joke. The events of the Team Tournament manage to turn this into a RebuiltPedestal. |
| 311 | ** Also has this for Dalton after seeing his actions as leader of Team Neo. |
| 312 | * BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Alain and Mairin. |
| 313 | * BunglingInventor: Clemont retains this, though in a clutch he always delivers. |
| 314 | ** Notably, he creates a rather mundane invention in ''Tropics'' (a Berry-harvesting machine), and everyone is shocked when it ''doesn't'' explode by itself. [[YankTheDogsChain Team Skull destroys it anyway, though]]. |
| 315 | * TheBusCameBack: Numerous past friends of Ash return in the Team Tournament, including Brock, Gary, May, Dawn, and Conway. |
| 316 | ** [[spoiler:Squishy and Z-2 also make a return appearance in Alola.]] |
| 317 | ** Harry Kalas returns in ''Tenacity'' to commentate on the Hope Leilani and Alola League. |
| 318 | ** Several prominent Team Rocket agents reappear in ''Tomorrow'', including Butch and Cassidy, Domino, Pierce, and Dr. Zager. |
| 319 | ** In the same story, the Team Rocket trio retrieves their Sinnoh Pokemon, left at HQ at the end of DP. Even their Unova Pokemon appear. |
| 320 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: The battle with Team Magma and Aqua is little more than a memory and footnote in Ash's life, but to Dalton it was ''everything'' since [[spoiler:his daughter died because of the villainous teams' actions]]. |
| 321 | * ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Nebby and Lunala have to stay in the Ultra Space after Lusamine and Necrozma are defeated, in order to rebuild. It's made clear that the two dimensions won't be able to interact for a long time, if ever]]. |
| 322 | * CainAndAbel: Seamus and Travis have shades of this, though they aren't related. |
| 323 | * CallBack: ''Starlit'' refers back to Lilia meeting Clemont. |
| 324 | * CallForward: ''Teamwork'' references the fact that Ash and Serena's next stop is Fleurrh City, and that the Master Class is upcoming. |
| 325 | ** ''Turbulence'' references numerous things in its final chapter: |
| 326 | *** Malva's appearance at the League. |
| 327 | *** Alain waiting at the Shalour Gym to battle Korrina. |
| 328 | *** Sawyer waiting in Lumiose and that he was waiting for Ash. |
| 329 | *** The Kalos Crisis incoming. |
| 330 | *** Ash vs. Astrid at the League. |
| 331 | * CallingTheOldManOut: Lillie finally reams her mother a new one for all of her horrible actions. Twice. |
| 332 | * CallingYourAttacks: It's a Pokemon story. This trope is a given. |
| 333 | * CallToAdventure: Diantha informing Ash of the Alola region and its challenges sets him off on his journey there. |
| 334 | * CampfireCharacterExploration: Ash learns of Seamus' past this way in ''Turbulence'' |
| 335 | * CannonFodder: The Pokemon army on the Final Day. They easily get blown away by the main cast and are mostly there to buy time. |
| 336 | * CantCatchUp: How Clemont feels through most of ''The Alola Trilogy'' in regards to Ash and Serena. He gets over it. |
| 337 | * CapturedSuperEntity: Nebby is taken captive by the [[spoiler:Aether Foundation and Lusamine]], leading the group to launch an assault to rescue it. |
| 338 | * CarvedMark: The group sees one on the back of an injured Bewear, and suspect that Team Skull is responsible. [[spoiler:It's actually from the Aether Foundation.]] |
| 339 | * TheCavalry: Numerous Gym Leaders and other trainers show up to battle DARC for the final key piece after it's already started. |
| 340 | * CelebCrush: Multiple people develop one on Ash and Serena after the events at Ancien and Nova. |
| 341 | * CelestialDeadline: The Day of Stars, which is the point where [[spoiler:the Ultra Space will be closest to the normal dimension, and the date when Lusamine unleashes the Ultra Beasts upon the world]]. |
| 342 | * TheCenterpieceSpectacular: The final day of the Kalos Team Tournament. |
| 343 | ** [[spoiler:The final battle with Team Rocket on Mount Lanakila.]] |
| 344 | * CentipedesDilemma: Ash always kept going towards his dream of being Pokemon Master. When Hala finally asks him what that is, Ash starts breaking down, slowly realizing he can't achieve his dream because he has no idea what it is. |
| 345 | * CentralTheme: Find hope, and take a step beyond despair. |
| 346 | * CerebusCallback: The series takes, while not innocent they are certainly not as serious, moments from the Orange Islands, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova and puts them in a darker light [[spoiler: by revealing the people and Pokemon that died during specific events]]. |
| 347 | ** As well, the bigger moments involving Legendaries are revealed to have been causing the fabric of reality to slowly tear apart. |
| 348 | ** And DARC turns out to have been aiding other villainous teams, attempting to bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. |
| 349 | * CerebusSyndrome: There's a relatively gradual escalation in the story. As it starts with a lighthearted tournament before the [[spoiler:Draconids attack]], though other than the city being damaged, nothing happens. Turbulence expands the scope of the plot, with a greater emphasis on past events, while Tribulations makes it far DarkerAndEdgier to the point that there are a handful of character deaths. |
| 350 | ** Zig-zagged with Alola, which largely seems like a much LighterAndSofter romp, except for when [[KnightOfCerebus Guzma and Lusamine]] enter the picture, culminating in a more personal, high-stakes battle in ''Tenacity''. |
| 351 | ** Fully enforced with ''Tomorrow'' as the darkest entry of the series featuring numerous character deaths, mass destruction and a lot of violence. |
| 352 | * ChallengingTheChief: Ash challenges the leader of a group of Jangmo-o to get them to move. [[spoiler:It joins his team.]] |
| 353 | * CharacterDeath: Happens to several people over the course of [[GrandeFinale ''Tomorrow'']], including [[spoiler:Lionel, Domino, Rocky, Pierce, and Zager.]] |
| 354 | * CharacterDevelopment: Many of the characters receive this. |
| 355 | ** Serena, in particular, goes from her still slightly timid character to someone able to match battle beats with top trainers, while coming out of her shell to outright command groups of trainers at a time. Most notable during the climax of ''Turbulence'' when she defies Kalos Champion Diantha to battle against Team Neo and lead the entire group. |
| 356 | ** Seamus of Team Brutal undergoes this in spades. He starts off as a cold and callous individual befitting his team's name. By the end of ''Teamwork'', he's beginning to rethink his actions and chooses to abandon his want to become famous and returns home. By the end of ''Turbulence'' he opens up his own school to move forward and be a kinder person. |
| 357 | ** This happens in spades through the ''Alola Trilogy''. Ash acknowledges who he is and what a Pokemon Master is; Serena comes to realize she can't take everything on by herself; Clemont accepts that he's behind his friends and that he doesn't ''need'' to surpass them; Bonnie becomes a competent Pokemn trainer; Hau learns how to take things seriously; Gladion starts working with others; Lillie breaks out of her shell; and Team Rocket starts realizing they have the power to do great things after all. |
| 358 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Merle seems to be the physically strongest human ever, physically fighting Greninja and holding her own. [[spoiler:Completely subverted when it turns out she's actually a Zoroark.]] |
| 359 | * ChekhovsExhibit: Yveltal's cocoon is mentioned as being in the Allearth Forest. [[spoiler:It later gets taken from there for DARC's plan.]] |
| 360 | * ChildProdigy: Bonnie is well on her way to being an amazing trainer...when she actually reaches the proper age, which she does by ''Tomorrow''. |
| 361 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: Ash suffers from this, wanting to help just about anyone with any problem. |
| 362 | * CircleOfStandingStones: The Four Gates in Nova Town look like this, with one in each of the four cardinal directions. |
| 363 | * CitadelCity: The Kalos League Headquarters appears to function like this. |
| 364 | * {{Cliffhanger}}: Reeree's identity is revealed at the end of Chapter 9 of ''Tribulations''...only to not be touched upon until Chapter 11. |
| 365 | ** Ash's Alola League match with [[spoiler:Gladion]] ends with the following narration: |
| 366 | --> [[spoiler:Silvally]]'s foot slipped, dropping the creature to its knees as it heaved. Pikachu began to fall. |
| 367 | * ClipboardOfAuthority: Diantha carries a tablet around, especially when she [[spoiler:becomes the de facto president of the League.]] |
| 368 | * ClothingDamage: Clemont's jumpsuit gets utterly destroyed early on in ''Tropics'', leading to a change of clothes. |
| 369 | * CluelessChickMagnet: Ash turns out to have been this regarding his past female companions. |
| 370 | ** Hau seems to be this, too, getting numbers from girls at malasada shops but not knowing what they mean. |
| 371 | * CodeName: Both ARC and DARC use these for anonymity. |
| 372 | ** For instance, [[spoiler:Jack Ketchum]]'s codename is [[MythologyGag Red]]. |
| 373 | * ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler:Carl uses Latios to MindRape Bonnie, making her shed TearsOfFear to gain information from Goodshow.]] |
| 374 | * CollapsingLair: The Team Neo ship breaks into numerous pieces [[spoiler:as Ash and his friends flee from it]]. |
| 375 | ** [[spoiler:Team Rocket's base upon being destroyed by IDEAL.]] |
| 376 | * CombatBreakdown: The final fight against [[spoiler:Mega Latios and Michael]] starts off throwing powerful attacks, but becomes little more than a glorified fist fight by the end. |
| 377 | * CombatParkour: Due to her long career as a performer, Serena shows she's more than capable of pulling this off in ''Tomorrow'' when [[spoiler:helping Ash fight Alastair]]. |
| 378 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Brock doesn't seem to get that the issue is that the boy's don't like their outfits; not that they don't like the girls'. |
| 379 | * TheComicallySerious: Believe it or not Paul, of all people, is this with his outburst at [[spoiler: Ash and Serena's wedding, stating if anyone had to object to them getting married, than they wouldn't have shown up]]. He's also shown to actually be having fun at their ceremony. |
| 380 | * CompositeCharacter: The Rotomdex in the Alola Trilogy is inhabited by the Rotom that Professor Oak caught in the ''Best Wishes'' series. In the canon anime, it's a different Rotom entirely. |
| 381 | * CondescendingCompassion: Keoni says that Serena ''could'' become the Ali'i ka Leilani, but not right now, only because she can't help that Ash is with her and holding her back. |
| 382 | * ConflictingLoyalty: Reeree becomes torn between saving the other world and her friends in DARC. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, besides Mimi, none of them feel the same way]]. |
| 383 | * ConservationOfNinjutsu: The Pokemon army is much larger than the Trainer army, but the latter is more successful. |
| 384 | * ConsultingAConvictedKiller: Diantha [[spoiler:meets with Travis in prison]] to obtain information on DARC's plan. |
| 385 | * ContinuityCavalcade: Numerous past characters, from the anime and the fic, show up in the third book of each trilogy. |
| 386 | * ContinuityCreep: The stories seem to be standalone, until ''Turbulence'' connects them suddenly to each other by Dalton's motivation for acting being Ancien, while also connecting it to the full anime at large. |
| 387 | * ContinuityLockout: Attempted to be averted in ''The Alola Trilogy'' despite the massive amount of connected characters and events. The story is a TruerToTheText AlternateContinuity of the ''Sun & Moon'' anime with the ''XY'' main cast, but most other characters from the previous trilogy and series are dropped. |
| 388 | * ContinuityNod: The Four Gates are noted to be [[spoiler:made of the same substance as the meteorites in Ancien City]]. |
| 389 | ** Dalton took his actions because of the Ancien Debacle. |
| 390 | ** The League holds a summit, partly due to all the evil plots Ash has been involved in. Alder hardly knows Ash, because he interacted with him the least. |
| 391 | ** The BW meteonite becomes a major plot in ''Tomorrow'', having been kept by Team Rocket since their Unova plans failed in the unaired episodes. |
| 392 | * CoupledCouples: Ash and Serena spend quite some time with Clemont and Korrina, especially in the one-shot ''Seconds, Skates, and Science''. |
| 393 | * CrapsaccharineWorld: [[spoiler:IDEAL puts Ash in one of these close to the end of ''Tomorrow'' where he never fought Zinnia after the Kalos Team Tournament, defeated Alain in the Kalos League, and got together with Serena much sooner than what he actually did...although he immediately figures out that something wasn't right with the world he was in]]. |
| 394 | * CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Serena performs this [[spoiler:on Ash]] at the end of ''Turbulence''. |
| 395 | * CrazyPrepared: Clemont likes to pretend that he's this with his inventions. |
| 396 | * CreateYourOwnHero: By causing all of the events in the world in an attempt to destroy it, they made Ash strong enough to the point that he's powerful enough to stop DARC in its tracks. |
| 397 | * CripplingOverspecialization: Not quite crippling, but Clemont points out to Serena that relying on Braixen's Fire-type moves limits the appeals in the Leilani Ceremonies. She takes the advice and begins using the Normal-type move Hidden Power more often, and later gets Braixen to learn Psyshock. |
| 398 | * CrowdChant: The crowd at the Kalos Team Tournament calls for an off-field fight between Team Ketchum and Team Brutal on the third day. |
| 399 | * CrowdPanic: The crowd at the Kalos Team Tournament is sent into this when the Draconids attack. |
| 400 | * CrushBlush: Serena, before she and Ash get together. Even after, occasionally. |
| 401 | ** Lillie also falls victim to this regarding Hau. [[ObliviousToLove Naturally]], he doesn't get it. |
| 402 | * CryIntoChest: Serena does this to Ash after losing on the first day of the Kalos Team Tournament. |
| 403 | * CueTheSun: The sun rises after the Final Day and [[spoiler:Jack Ketchum's death]]. |
| 404 | ** Also happens after the FinalBattle in the Alola Trilogy. |
| 405 | ** And again at the end of ''Tomorrow''. Epicocity loves this trope, apparently. |
| 406 | * CurbStompBattle: Rocky's Rhyperior destroys Portia's Vaporeon on the first day of the tournament. |
| 407 | ** Ash suffers one in his first battle with Zinnia. |
| 408 | ** Reeree's Pangoro is on the receiving end from Lionel's Mega Banette. |
| 409 | ** Alain's Mega Charizard, of all 'mons, is taken down pretty easily by Cedric's Mega Swampert. |
| 410 | * CurbStompCushion: |
| 411 | ** DARC delivers one to the protagonists in their first major appearance, with Alain's Charizard able to get in a few hits, but ultimately being unable to do anything. [[spoiler:Especially when Latios shows up.]] |
| 412 | ** Hau is on the receiving end of one from Ash in their first battle, losing 3-1. He's pretty good-natured about it, though. |
| 413 | * CurseCutShort: Rocky has one in regards to Travis. |
| 414 | * CuteOwl: Rowlet, naturally. |
| 415 | * CuttingTheKnot: The protagonists do this by outright having the meteorites destroyed to stop Zinnia's plan instead of trying to defeat the hordes of attacking Dragon-types. |
| 416 | * CuttingThroughEnergy: Greninja manages to do it when he [[spoiler:uses Cut to slice through Mega Latios' Hyper Beam.]] |
| 417 | * CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:Seeing the League fail to make any meaningful strides to stop villainous organizations after the death of his daughter leads Dalton to believe it needs to be destroyed as it is now.]] |
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| 420 | [[folder:Tropes D-H]] |
| 421 | * DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:Jack Ketchum left home permanently in order to commit full time to battling DARC.]] |
| 422 | * DamselInDistress: Bonnie gets kidnapped by DARC in Tribulations. |
| 423 | ** Lillie in ''Trials''. [[spoiler:She breaks out of it just in time.]] |
| 424 | * DanceBattler: Tierno, as in the series. |
| 425 | ** Maka and her Oricorio show shades of this. |
| 426 | * DancesAndBalls: The Victory Ball. |
| 427 | * DanceOfRomance: Ash and Serena share a dance at the Victory Ball. |
| 428 | ** The obvious [[spoiler:at Ash and Serena's wedding]]. |
| 429 | * DareToBeBadass: Ash calls everyone at the Kalos Power Plant to summon all the courage they have to fight for their world in the final battle. |
| 430 | * DarkActionGirl: Zinnia serves as this in ''Teamwork''. Merle is this in ''Turbulence'', [[spoiler:at least, until it's revealed she's a Zoroark]], and Reeree and Mimi fill the role in ''Tribulations''. |
| 431 | * DarkerAndEdgier: Than the anime starting from the end of ''Teamwork''. Continues to get [[CerebusSyndrome darker]] as the series goes on. |
| 432 | ** Seems to have resorted to LighterAndSofter as of ''The Alola Trilogy'', only to veer straight back here by ''Tomorrow''. |
| 433 | * DatePeepers: Every one of their friends watch as Ash and Serena confess to each other. Bonnie even follows them on a date. |
| 434 | * DawnOfAnEra: The defeat of DARC ushers in a new, brighter era for the world at large. Doubles down at the end of the series. |
| 435 | * TheDayOfReckoning: What "The Final Day" is [[spoiler:for both worlds]]. |
| 436 | * DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Merle]] |
| 437 | * DeadAlternateCounterpart: [[spoiler:The other Ash Ketchum is revealed to have died in a rockslide long before ''Tribulations''.]] |
| 438 | * DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:Zoroark masquerades as Merle for most of ''Turbulence'']] |
| 439 | * DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Lusamine has Faba [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stabbed by Nihilego]] then [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe snapped in half]] after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he succeeds in opening the portal to Ultra Space for her]].]] |
| 440 | ** [[spoiler:Lusamine herself is given a MercyKill after her FusionDance is undone, as it's clear that she was already about to die]]. |
| 441 | * DeathIsASadThing: Played straight when the main characters, [[spoiler:and especially, Seamus, grieve over Dalton's death.]] |
| 442 | * DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:Dalton's entire driving motive after losing his daughter.]] |
| 443 | * DeclarationOfProtection: Serena makes one to Reeree. [[spoiler: She fails.]] |
| 444 | * DeconstructionFic: ''Turbulence'' plays as one, showing how all these earth-splitting events weren't so simply resolved, and just what sending children to journey on their own with little protection could lead to for those [[PlotArmor who aren't the main characters]]. |
| 445 | * DeepCoverAgent: [[spoiler: Michael, the Vice President of the League, is revealed to be the leader of DARC.]] |
| 446 | * DeflectorShield: The Ancien Warriors pool all of their Pokemon's protective moves together to defend themselves from [[spoiler:Rayquaza's Hyper Beam]]. |
| 447 | * DesignatedGirlFight: Serena, Astrid and Bethany all face Theta (Tiffany). |
| 448 | ** Serena, Dawn and Astrid fight Reeree in ''Tribulations''. Later, Serena and Miette fight Mimi. |
| 449 | * DespairEventHorizon: Ash nearly goes over it at the end of ''Tribulations'' [[spoiler:after losing his father.]] |
| 450 | ** Dalton and Zinnia are both implied to have crossed it long ago. |
| 451 | ** [[spoiler:IDEAL has long since crossed it.]] |
| 452 | * DetectEvil: Greninja almost seems able to sense when trouble's happening. |
| 453 | * {{Determinator}}: All of the protagonists, special mention goes to Ash who continues fighting despite all the abuse he takes. |
| 454 | * DisappearedDad: Ash's father. [[spoiler:Eventually subverted when he becomes a major character in ''Tribulations''.]] |
| 455 | ** In ''The Alola Trilogy'', Gladion states that his father Mohn disappeared in an experiment years ago. |
| 456 | * DisappearsIntoLight: Happens to Zinnia and the Draconids after their defeat and the [[spoiler: destruction of the meteorites]]. |
| 457 | ** Also happens to DARC. Implied that they [[spoiler:returned to their own world.]] |
| 458 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: Seamus serves as this at the end of the Kalos Team Tournament. |
| 459 | * DiscOneNuke: Greninja, one of Ash's strongest Pokemon, goes with the group to Alola, though Ash never uses him this way. |
| 460 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Travis, after losing in the Tournament, [[spoiler:joins the Draconids and then Team Neo in an attempt to destroy the world and the people who beat him]]. |
| 461 | * DistantFinale: The Epilogue of ''Tribulations'' takes place seven years after the main story. |
| 462 | ** Zigzagged when much of the "Road to Tomorrow" series of stories take place after that point. |
| 463 | * DivergentCharacterEvolution: [[spoiler:The members of DARC are all radically different than their counterparts in the main universe owing to different pasts]]. |
| 464 | * DivertingPower: Team Rocket's Tera Tera Meowth diverts extra power to the limbs in order to [[spoiler:store the excess Mega Evolution energy]]. |
| 465 | * DividedWeFall: All the teams in the Kalos Team Tournament struggle against the Draconids because they were too busy arguing before the original attack. |
| 466 | * DontCelebrateJustYet: Dalton is defeated. Rayquaza is gone. Only, Serena realizes that Ash and Seamus have fallen into a lake with a giant airship on a collision course for them... |
| 467 | * DoomMagnet: Ash has started to be seen as this by the Champions in ''Tropics''. |
| 468 | * {{Doorstopper}}: The entire series consists of t flagship stories, with individual wordcounts between 150,000 and 300,000, and about 18 other oneshots. In total, that's about 1.8 million words. |
| 469 | * DoubleAgent: [[spoiler:Vice President Michael turns out to be the leader of DARC.]] |
| 470 | * DoubleMeaningTitle: Many chapter titles tend to have a double meaning such as "A Loss", "A Sunrise", "A Tear", etc. |
| 471 | ** Bonus points to the title of the first fic which refers to platonic, familial and romantic love as part of "Love" and "Teamwork" representing the tournament, ending ''and'' the villains. |
| 472 | * DoubleTake: Greninja has this reaction when he hears that Braixen is his love interest for a play he starred in during the the one shots ''First, Fans, and Failures''. |
| 473 | * DownToTheLastPlay: The Kalos Team Tournament essentially boils down to Ash vs. Seamus, with a single point hanging in the balance. |
| 474 | * DramaticChaseOpening: ''Tropics'' opens with Lillie on the run, getting chased. |
| 475 | * DramaticDrop: Delia's camera drops, informing Ash and Serena, much to their embarrassment and dread, that both mothers just saw them kissing. |
| 476 | ** Lillie drops her bag loudly at the mention of the Aether Foundation's president. |
| 477 | * DramaticIrony: In Alola, the gang frequently encounters some rude or suspicious-acting people, but don't think much about it. To the audience, however, it's painfully obvious that it's Team Rocket behind yet another PaperThinDisguise. |
| 478 | ** Serena chooses to go to Snowbelle City in ''Turbulence'' to find Ash, but the audience already knows he's at Shalour City. |
| 479 | * DramaticUnmask: [[spoiler: Merle is revealed to actually be a Zoroark towards the end of ''Turbulence''.]] |
| 480 | ** Many of the members of DARC in ''Tribulations'' wear masks of some kind, which cover up [[spoiler:the fact that they are alternate-universe counterparts of several of the cast]]. |
| 481 | * DressingAsTheEnemy: Serena and Dawn sneak aboard a Team Rocket airship, and put on some grunt uniforms to investigate when it returns to headquarters. They do fairly well, even briefly coming face-to-face with Giovanni, but the ruse falls apart when they run into Butch and Cassidy twice. Fittingly, the chapter is titled "An Infiltration". |
| 482 | * DrivenToVillainy: Dalton was pushed into this over time after he lost his wife [[spoiler:and then his daughter, which he blames on the League's inaction.]] |
| 483 | ** The same goes for the Alpha Squad members from their losses. |
| 484 | * DyingAsYourself: Played with. [[spoiler:Reeree chooses to make her own choice and die as the Serena she once was rather than what her father made her into.]] |
| 485 | ** [[spoiler:Lusamine finally overcomes her madness in her last moments, giving Lillie and Gladion her love]]. |
| 486 | * EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:Jack Ketchum]] appears in the last chapter of ''Turbulence'' despite not having a role until ''Tribulations''. |
| 487 | ** Maka appears in the second chapter of ''Tropics'', same as Keoni in Chapter 5, neither are fully introduced until Chapter 11 and 7 respectively. |
| 488 | ** The Four Pillars are mentioned in the last chapter of ''Tenacity'' before their major role in ''Tomorrow''. |
| 489 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: |
| 490 | ** ''Tribulations'' definitely becomes this with heavy losses, hard battles, and their beliefs being strained to the limits. Everything finally comes to a peaceful end, however. |
| 491 | ** ''Tomorrow'' certainly applies here between the numerous character deaths and general brutality of the finale. |
| 492 | * EasilyForgiven: Somewhat. Seamus and Team Brutal are forgiven for their actions, though more because of the situation than anything. |
| 493 | * EggSitting: Serena receives an egg that she takes care of in ''Tropics''. It eventually hatches into [[spoiler:an Alolan Sandshrew.]] |
| 494 | * EgocentricTeamNaming: Played with. Team Ketchum is clearly named after Ash, but it's Serena who coins it, and not Ash. |
| 495 | * EmbarrassedByAChild: Bonnie loves to do this with Ash and Serena, then later Clemont and Korrina along with Lillie and Hau. |
| 496 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Downplayed with Gary's "Ashy-boy". |
| 497 | * EmbodimentOfVice: The Seven of DARC all represent one of the Seven Deadly Sins. |
| 498 | * EmeraldPower: The meteorites all seem to glow a bright green no matter what. |
| 499 | * EmergencyAuthority: Diantha is granted full authority over the Kalos Region when [[spoiler:Goodshow is taken hostage.]] |
| 500 | * EmergencyBroadcast: One is given on the evening of Day 2 of the Peace Tournament to report on a lab fire. |
| 501 | * {{EMP}}: Reeree uses one to cause the platform at the Peace Tournament to fall. |
| 502 | * EmptyQuiver: The final key to activate the Ultimate Weapon inevitably ends up in DARC's hands. |
| 503 | * EndingMemorialService: Seamus, the main characters and everyone in the Nova Incident hold one for Dalton and [[spoiler:Merle]]. |
| 504 | * TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: What Gurkinn thinks Team Neo is up to. He isn't wrong, but it's not the way he thinks. |
| 505 | ** This is what DARC is trying to do, by any means necessary. [[spoiler:Their leader Micheal]] also aided other villainous teams' attempts, such as giving Team Galactic the possible location of the Spear Pillar. In the present day, DARC aims to bring it about by using [[spoiler:the Ultimate Weapon]]. |
| 506 | ** [[spoiler:Micheal eventually reveals that his own world is about to undergo one, and thinks he can avert that destruction by destroying this world]]. |
| 507 | * EndOfTheWorldSpecial: Serena has the chance to make a single wish with Jirachi. Subverted as nothing is actually fixed in Ancien City, but it does end the battle. |
| 508 | ** The same happens with [[spoiler:Ho-oh. The world is restored, but the city is in ruins and everyone who died is still dead.]] |
| 509 | * EnduranceDuel: Aria vs. Bruce becomes this, with time running out before a winner is decided. However, Brock notes that Aria had been gaining the advantage, and likely would've won with more time. |
| 510 | * EnemyMine: The protagonists team up with Team Neo [[spoiler:to force Rayquaza into the incomplete time portal.]] |
| 511 | ** Done with Team Rocket every time. |
| 512 | * EnergyAbsorption: Clemont designs a machine to [[spoiler:absorb the Mega Evolution energy contained in the Four Gates]]. |
| 513 | * EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity: The Tapus seem to provide Z-Rings for some currently unknown purpose to specific trainers. |
| 514 | * EpicFail: Team Ketchum doesn't score a single point on the first day of the Kalos Team Tournament. |
| 515 | * EqualOpportunityEvil: Team Neo is willing to take anyone to join their cause. |
| 516 | ** Team Skull accepts just about anybody as well, given they're considered the losers of Alola. |
| 517 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Seamus' first act is to liberally insult Serena. |
| 518 | ** Dalton is introduced by [[spoiler:bombing the League]] and then putting out a message inviting all trainers to join him. |
| 519 | ** Maka makes her introduction framing Serena as though she were filming a movie. |
| 520 | ** Keoni's intro has him insulting Jessie with a sneer, and later Ash and the others. |
| 521 | * EurekaMoment: When Lillie is terrified by the Aether Foundation, Ash is puzzled, as she didn't freak out during any of the group's previous interactions with them. However, he thinks back and realizes that she wasn't actually around those times (save for one quick and minor moment). |
| 522 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: |
| 523 | ** Zinnia very clearly loved Aster, and the Draconids love her. All the members of Alpha Squad are driven by this. |
| 524 | ** Subverted by Carl, who has [[spoiler:his son Travis ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice and then tossed into the ocean]]. |
| 525 | ** Plumeria of Team Skull genuinely cares for her brothers and sisters in the group, and hates seeing them hurt. |
| 526 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Team Neo will ''not'' hurt any children if they can help it. |
| 527 | * EveryoneCanSeeIt: From Brock, to Gary to everyone around them, they can all tell Serena has a crush on Ash...and eventually that Ash is falling for Serena. |
| 528 | * EveryonesBabySister: Bonnie is pretty much this through ''The Kalos Trilogy'' and still has shades of it in Alola, though Lillie begins to take this role there. |
| 529 | * EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Michael.]] |
| 530 | * EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler:Michael changes his clothes, removes his goatee and takes off his glasses when it's revealed he's the leader of DARC.]] |
| 531 | * EvilDoppelganger: [[spoiler:DARC is made of several corresponding, particularly, to Gary, Paul, Serena, Miette, and Clemont.]] |
| 532 | * EvilFormerFriend: Travis becomes this for the later parts of ''The Kalos Trilogy''. |
| 533 | ** It's implied, and later outright confirmed, that Guzma was this to Kukui, once upon a time. |
| 534 | * EvilIsHammy: Guzma seems to resort to ChewingTheScenery with his dialogue whenever he's in a scene. |
| 535 | * EvilPlan: Dalton has a major one running through with numerous parts until its completion. |
| 536 | * ExactlyExtyYearsAgo: Lots of mentions are made to something having happened in Alola 6 years ago, which resulted in the death of the Poni Island Kahuna and Nanu having a CynicismCatalyst. |
| 537 | * ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: Plumeria is described as wearing this. |
| 538 | * ExpendableAlternateUniverse: What DARC thinks regarding the main universe. |
| 539 | * ExperiencedProtagonist: The Ancienverse picks up when Ash is already quite the accomplished trainer in the middle of the XYZ Series. |
| 540 | * ExplainExplainOhCrap: Clemont informs Serena and Bethany of where he tracked Team Neo to...only to realize that [[spoiler: they're right overhead as they bomb the town]]. |
| 541 | * ExpositionDiagram: Diantha uses one to detail the battle plan for everyone before the FinalBattle. |
| 542 | * ExternalRetcon: [[spoiler:It's revealed that Michael and DARC were behind every villainous plot to date in the entire anime series.]] |
| 543 | * ExtremelyShortTimespan: The entirety of ''Turbulence'' takes place over roughly two days. |
| 544 | * TheExtremistWasRight: Diantha admits that Dalton had a point about the League needing to change. |
| 545 | * EyesAlwaysShut: Hala and Brock, as per their character designs. |
| 546 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Jack knows he'll die, but he goes out proudly.]] |
| 547 | * FacelessGoons: Team Neo operates this way with its grunts. |
| 548 | * FailedASpotCheck: Ash, Seamus and Clemont infiltrate an abandoned radio station...not realizing the place is lined with traps until too late. |
| 549 | * FamedInStory: Ash and his friends become very famous, particularly by the end of ''The Kalos Trilogy''. |
| 550 | * FamilyOfChoice: The main protagonists are a happy little family. Subverted in that most don't hate their biological family. |
| 551 | * FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Reeree getting impaled by Mega Scizor and Mega Aggron is described quite gruesomely.]] |
| 552 | * FanArt: The series has several different pieces, which can be seen on its covers. |
| 553 | %%* FanBoy: Sophocles is this for Clemont in ''Trials''. |
| 554 | * FanVerse: It ''is'' an entire universe of 7 major fics and numerous oneshots, after all. |
| 555 | * FatalFlaw: Alain's need to win bites him in the ass a lot until he gets over it. |
| 556 | %%* FatSlob: Cedric. Lampshaded by Jessie. |
| 557 | * FauxDeath: It appears that [[spoiler:Travis dies after being impaled by his father]]. He didn't. |
| 558 | %%* FeminineWomenCanCook: Serena certainly can, as can Lillie. |
| 559 | * FieldPowerEffect: Electric Terrain is used often by Clemont to power up Electric type moves. |
| 560 | * TheFinalBattle: The battle that takes place on "The Final Day" is precisely this. More accurately, [[spoiler:Ash, Serena and Clemont vs. Michael.]] |
| 561 | ** The battle that takes place on the "Day of Stars" with [[spoiler: Ash, Serena, Clemont, Bonnie, Team Rocket, Hau, Guzma, the Island Guardians, "Nebby", and Lunala vs. Lusamine and Necrozma]]. |
| 562 | ** The battle between Ash and Deirdre in "Tomorrow" |
| 563 | * FireForgedFriends: Everyone who fought after the Kalos Team Tournament becomes this. |
| 564 | ** Astrid joins this after The Nova Incident. |
| 565 | * FirstGirlWins: Serena, having been the first one to have met Ash as children, is also the one who ends up with him. |
| 566 | * FingerWag: Dierdre has a habit of doing this when talking to others. |
| 567 | * {{Flashback}}: A lengthy one in Chapter 21 of ''Teamwork'' showing Zinnia's past. |
| 568 | * FlatWhat: Gladion has then in the final chapter of Ancienverse when [[spoiler:Hau announces his plans to marry Lillie]]. |
| 569 | * FlowerMotif: Zinnia and Aster's names and meaning serve as this for the final act of ''Teamwork''. |
| 570 | * FollowYourNose: Rockruff uses her nose to find Revival Herb in Lush Jungle. |
| 571 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Bonnie and Clemont play this to a degree. More noticeable in Dartrix and Trumbeak, however. |
| 572 | * ForcedToWatch: President Goodshow is unable to do anything as [[spoiler:Bonnie is MindRaped by Latios]], as a way to coerce him into giving up some extremely important information to DARC. |
| 573 | * ForegoneConclusion: It's a given that Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie will survive the events of ''The Alola Trilogy''. |
| 574 | * ForgottenFallenFriend: Heavily averted. Serena's entire goal begins around keeping her promise to [[spoiler:Reeree]]. |
| 575 | ** [[spoiler:Lionel's death is much of the impetus behind the character's actions in ''Tomorrow'' and Ash even invokes a SayMyName when delivering the final blow.]] |
| 576 | * FormerFriendsPhoto: There's one of Seamus, Travis and Merle in Seamus' house. |
| 577 | ** Kukui has one of himself, Akela and Guzma. |
| 578 | * ForWantOfANail: Reeree's entire life changed when [[spoiler:she chose to stay in Kanto at the end of Summer Camp instead of going home to Kalos, drastically changing her and Ash's life in their world.]] |
| 579 | * TheFourLoves: Exemplified through the series: |
| 580 | ** ''Storge'': The XY family comes together as this, along with the relationship between Ash and [[spoiler:his father.]] |
| 581 | ** ''Philia'': Every major character relies on each other and their friendships to pull them through. |
| 582 | ** ''Eros'': Ash and Serena, given their romance, come across as this. |
| 583 | ** ''Agape'': Most notable between Serena and Reeree, despite the latter trying to kill the former. |
| 584 | --> '''Serena''': Share your pain with me...and I'll share my smile with you. |
| 585 | * FragileSpeedster: Gladion's Salandit. |
| 586 | * FriendlyRivalry: Ash has one of these with Sawyer in the Team Tournament, along with Tierno and Conway. |
| 587 | ** Serena has one with Miette, Nini, and Shauna. |
| 588 | ** In Alola, they form new rivalries with Hau and ''OriginalCharacter'' Maka, respectively. |
| 589 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Dalton goes from a teacher in a small town to a man able to bring the League to its knees. |
| 590 | ** [[spoiler:Michael, who goes from some unknown man in a country village to a complete mastermind that orchestrates nearly '''nine''' world-ending catasrophes.]] |
| 591 | * ForgettableCharacter: Bruce, Trent and Portia from the Kalos Team Tournament, to the point that they're barely even involved in the final conflict's resolution. |
| 592 | ** Humorously, Bruce and Trent reappear in ''Tribulations'', and Serena can't remember which is which. |
| 593 | * FrontlineGeneral: Diantha, Jack and Ash all take to the battlefield as they command it, usually fighting at the head of the army. |
| 594 | * FunWithAcronyms: ARC stands for the '''Artifact Recovery Corps'''. |
| 595 | ** DARC stands for the '''Destruction and Reparation Coalition'''. |
| 596 | ** Later on is the ASPEN Conference. |
| 597 | ** In "Tomorrow" there's [[spoiler:'''IDEAL''']] |
| 598 | *** [[spoiler:'''I'''ntelligence [[TheEvilGenius Louise]]]] |
| 599 | *** [[spoiler: '''D'''efense [[TheDragon Alastair]]]] |
| 600 | *** [[spoiler: '''E'''xplosion [[TheBrute Tolbert]]]] |
| 601 | *** [[spoiler: '''A'''ssassin Matori]] |
| 602 | *** [[spoiler: '''L'''eader [[BigBad Deidere]]]] |
| 603 | * FusionDance: [[spoiler:Necrozma combines with Lusamine and a Nililego to form the Motherbeast, the FinalBoss of the Alola Trilogy]]. |
| 604 | * FuumaShuriken: Greninja, naturally, uses one of these in Ash-Greninja form. |
| 605 | ** It's later theorized that the giant orange shuriken used against Alain's Charizard [[spoiler:was actually an incomplete Z-Move, explaining why it lacked power. Kukui manages to find a Greninjium-Z crystal and gives it to Ash. They subsequently master the move, now called "Scorching Shuriken", during Kiawe's Trial.]] |
| 606 | * GenericistGovernment: The Pokemon League is one of these. |
| 607 | * GenkiGirl: Maka. |
| 608 | * GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Alain receives one of these from Clemont, Mairin and Team Rocket as he starts to shut down again in his third battle with Cedric. |
| 609 | * GetItOverWith: [[spoiler:Alter!Gary]] requests this upon his defeat. |
| 610 | * GlorySeeker: Seamus, pre-CharacterDevelopment. |
| 611 | * GodzillaThreshold: Ash finally decides to call in [[spoiler:Latias with the Eon Flute in order to rescue Lillie from the Aether Foundation.]] |
| 612 | * GoingHomeAgain: Ash and his friends return to Pallet Town after the end of ''The Kalos Trilogy''. |
| 613 | * GoldfishPoopGang: Team Rocket, as always, but the Team Skull grunts in Alola take this up to eleven. Absolutely nobody takes them seriously, and Ash's group often overhears disparaging remarks about the grunts. |
| 614 | * GoMadFromTheRevelation: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Michael snaps when he finds out his world is doomed, leading him to work tirelessly to destroy any other world and person, including his own daughter, in the process.]] |
| 615 | * GoneHorriblyRight: The Seven are defeated in TheFinalBattle, only for that defeat to lead to [[spoiler:Yveltal breaking free and wreaking havoc.]] |
| 616 | * GoneHorriblyWrong: Team Neo's plan to [[spoiler:secure Rayquaza]] goes horribly wrong when it breaks free and starts trying to destroy everything, including them. |
| 617 | * GoodIsNotNice: Neither Lionel nor Aidan have any compunctions about being nasty to their enemies, despite being the good guys. |
| 618 | * GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Reeree dies this way.]] |
| 619 | -->[[spoiler:'''Reeree''': I'm sharing ''my'' smile with ''you''.]] |
| 620 | ** [[spoiler:Nanu goes out laughing as he takes down Tolbert and Louise.]] |
| 621 | * GoshDangItToHeck: Most of the canon characters don't use swear words (which makes it a case of OOCIsSeriousBusiness when they do). Original characters have no problem with it. |
| 622 | * GoThroughMe: Ash says a variant of this to Zinnia about hurting Serena. |
| 623 | * GottaGetYourHeadTogether: Most of the army covers their heads at the sound of [[spoiler:Yveltal's seals being released.]] |
| 624 | * GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: The Pokemon League serves as this for the world. |
| 625 | * GracefulLoser: New trainer Hau takes his loss to Ash in stride, [[spoiler:and he keeps this attitude when he loses to Ash again in the League]]. |
| 626 | * GrandFinale: ''Tribulations'' served as this for the series, but later subverted when the author decided to make the Alola Trilogy. |
| 627 | ** ''Tomorrow'' is the true finale of the Ancienverse. |
| 628 | * GratuitousForeignLanguage: Lots of Hawaiian words are used, especially by Hau, in ''The Alola Trilogy''. |
| 629 | * GraveMarkingScene: Played with. Ash stands before [[spoiler:his father's]] grave at the end of the first series. |
| 630 | * GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Lusmine's obsession with the Ultra Beasts is revealed to be yet another of Michael's plans to destroy the world, despite him being dead by this point. He's also the one that influenced Necrozma's actions, and set IDEAL's own plans into motion for the final story.]]. |
| 631 | * GreatEscape: Ash and Seamus' escape from Team Neo's airship and pursuers. |
| 632 | ** Bonnie and Goodshow also attempt one from DARC's base. |
| 633 | * GreatOffscreenWar: The war between ARC and DARC has waged for over a decade, but not a single moment is shown, other than through visions. |
| 634 | * GreenRocks: The meteorites and the Four Gates both glow green and hold mysterious properties. |
| 635 | * GroupHug: Tearjerking variety. [[spoiler:All of Ash's friends and Pokemon hug him while he grieves over his father's death.]] |
| 636 | * GrowingUpSucks: The main characters are forced to realize that they've had to grow up to face the numerous conflicts before them, and it gives them a responsibility to face them as well. |
| 637 | * GrowOldWithMe: Variation at the end of ''Tribulations''. Ash asks Serena to always be with him. |
| 638 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Astrid joins the group for a time during "Turbulence". |
| 639 | ** Hau acts like one from time to time. |
| 640 | * GuiltFreeExterminationWar: What DARC views their task of destroying the world as being by calling it "killing a nest of monsters". |
| 641 | * GutPunch: [[spoiler:Reeree's death.]] And [[spoiler:Merry's sacrifice.]] |
| 642 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Serena, who has honey-blonde hair and is arguably the nicest character in the series. |
| 643 | * HandWave: Pikachu and Greninja finding Ash is explained by "super, sneaky ninja skills and Travis is stupid" by the author himself. |
| 644 | * HappilyEverAfter: Implied to be the case at the end of the series. |
| 645 | * HappilyMarried: Kukui and Burnet. |
| 646 | ** Christopher and Bethany also get married during the second TimeSkip. |
| 647 | ** The threeshot ''Love in the Time of Matrimony'' is all about Ash and Serena finally getting married. |
| 648 | ** A lesser version by the "Road to Tomorrow" with [[BetaCouple Clemont and Korrina]] revealing that they're engaged |
| 649 | * HarbingerOfImpendingDoom: Rayquaza is this in ''Teamwork'' and ''Turbulence''. |
| 650 | * HateSink: Keoni. He's nowhere near as psychopathic as Travis, but more than makes up for by being a complete {{Jerkass}}. He hits on Serena at every opportunity, despite knowing she's Ash's girlfriend; thinks very little of Clemont and Ash's battling skills, even though he's lost to Ash; and in general seems to be a rich EntitledBastard. Even [[NiceGuy Serena]] quickly gets tired of dealing with him. |
| 651 | ** Thankfully, he goes through enough CharacterDevelopment to grow out of it. |
| 652 | * HearingVoices: Ash and Serena hear the voices of [[spoiler:Tapu Koko and Tapu Lele]] respectively, in their heads. |
| 653 | * TheHeart: Serena becomes this. |
| 654 | * HeelFaceTurn: |
| 655 | ** Team Brutal softens out and becomes Team Nova after losing the Kalos Team Tournament, except for Travis. |
| 656 | ** The Alpha Squad of Team Neo get integrated into ARC after they help save the day in ''Tribulations''. |
| 657 | ** Team Skull as a whole makes a gradual turn, first with Plumeria and the grunts wanting to save Guzma, and then Guzma himself once he comes to his senses. Humorously, they're still bickering on what their new name should be even years later. |
| 658 | ** [[spoiler:The Team Rocket trio of Jessie, James, and Meowth reluctantly become moles for ARC, but they fully and openly turn against Giovanni in ''Tomorrow'']]. |
| 659 | * HellIsThatNoise: [[spoiler:Yveltal's screeches before awakening]] make many of the trainers wonder what it is they're hearing. |
| 660 | * HeroicSacrifice: Jack does this at the end of the final battle in ''Tribulations'' to save Ash. |
| 661 | ** [[spoiler:Lionel sacrifices himself to save Aidan and the few remaining members of ARC when IDEAL attacks their base]]. |
| 662 | ** [[spoiler:''Nanu'' of all people does this in the final battle of ''Tomorrow'' and takes Tollbert and Louise with him]]. |
| 663 | ** [[spoiler:Rocky tries to do this to Tolbert early on in ''Tomorrow'', but while the latter survives, the action delayed him from chasing everyone else, narrowly averting SenselessSacrifice.]] |
| 664 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied that this is what DARC has become, believing the main characters to be the monsters, while slowly becoming monsters themselves. Noted by Serena. |
| 665 | --> '''Serena''': I won't. Because we're not like you. We don't live like we're already dead, like what we do doesn't matter. It does. |
| 666 | * HeyCatch: A variation when DARC ejects Mairin from their airship in order to provide a distraction to get away. |
| 667 | * HighDiveEscape: Ash jumps off of an airship [[spoiler:''twice'']]. |
| 668 | * HoldingHands: Ash and Serena do this a lot after [[RelationshipUpgrade becoming a couple]]. |
| 669 | * HollywoodEncryption: How Clemont tracks down Team Neo. |
| 670 | * HollywoodHealing: Despite getting pummeled, [[spoiler: slashed across the side, and nearly drowning]], Ash is completely fine with no scars. |
| 671 | ** The same applies to Clemont who [[spoiler: takes a Dragon Rush to the chest]] and is entirely fine a week later. |
| 672 | ** Seamus, as well, after [[spoiler: getting stabbed in the chest]]. |
| 673 | ** And then there's Travis, who [[spoiler:also gets ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice, and is dumped in the ocean for several hours before being rescued.]] A few days later, he's well enough to participate in the final battle. |
| 674 | * HormoneAddledTeenager: A toned down version, but starting from their third date in ''Thirds, Thrills, and Temperature'' to the end of the ''Alola Trilogy'', Ash and Serena increasingly become more physically intimate with each other to the point where their third date was ''ruined'' because of their hormones. Even though their intimacy never went past hugs or kissing, ''Tenacity'' both implies that something happened between them, and [[spoiler:shows that when both were exposed to Nihilego's neurotoxins, they could become much more intimate even in public]]. |
| 675 | * HonorBeforeReason: Ash chooses to take on Team Neo as soon as he realizes they're nearby, despite everyone else telling him it's a bad idea. |
| 676 | * HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Michael]] is defeated? Check. The Seven are done for? Yep. A plan to take care of [[spoiler:Yveltal]] and the Weapon are in place? For sure. Everything's going right for the heroes...[[spoiler:except the Weapon fires and takes Ash's father with it.]] |
| 677 | ** Four members of [[spoiler:IDEAL]] are down and Ash is engaging [[spoiler:Deirdre]]? Looks like a win! Except, [[spoiler:Deirdre was never there, has been in the city the whole time and IDEAL stands up to fight again, leading to the deaths of Diantha, Merry, Nanu...and IDEAL's victory.]] |
| 678 | * HugeRiderTinyMount: Talonflame carries Ash through the third day's obstacle course despite being half his size. |
| 679 | * HumansAreUgly: What Zinnia and the Draconids believe, particularly about the world they're in. |
| 680 | |
| 681 | [[/folder]] |
| 682 | [[folder:Tropes I-N]] |
| 683 | * IgnoredEpiphany: Travis never seems to learn that his horrible actions are the cause of all his strife, even after getting [[spoiler: impaled by his father.]] |
| 684 | ** Alain starts to suffer from this after being defeated by Cedric, shrinking into his old self rather than realizing his flaws. Thankfully, he snaps out of it. |
| 685 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: What Seamus wanted during the Kalos Team Tournament, in a sense. |
| 686 | * ImprovisedParachute: Serena has Sylveon use her Fairy Wind as this to land safely. |
| 687 | * IncitingIncident: [[spoiler:The League bombing]] in ''Turbulence'' kicks the entire plot off. |
| 688 | * IndyPloy: Ash pulls one escaping from Team Neo by using tree branches to get safe and circle away from Merle before flinging wild Pineco at her that explode. |
| 689 | * TheInfiltration: Ash leads his friends into infiltrating a radio station where Team Neo is believed to be located. |
| 690 | ** In ''Tomorrow'' Serena and Dawn [[spoiler:infiltrate Team Rocket headquarters to find information on Ash's whereabouts]]. |
| 691 | * TheInformant: Kalas turns out to be one for the Pokemon G-Men. |
| 692 | * InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: Serena is about to confess after the Tournament when the lights suddenly go out. |
| 693 | * InsideJob: [[spoiler:President Goodshow's kidnapping is revealed to be this after Michael is shown as the leader of DARC.]] |
| 694 | * InSpiteOfANail: [[spoiler:Michael]] believes that despite [[spoiler:Ash's death in his world]], the world will keep on going until it reaches the end of its time. |
| 695 | * InstantSedation: Bonnie, Mairin and [[spoiler:President Goodshow]] fall prey to this, courtesy of DARC. |
| 696 | * ItsPersonal: The battle with Team Rocket and [[spoiler:IDEAL]] becomes this to Aidan [[spoiler:after Lionel is killed by them]]. |
| 697 | * ItOnlyWorksOnce: When Ash is competing against Conway, his first move is to have [[FragileSpeedster Noivern]] confuse [[MightyGlacier Dusknoir]] so it can't set up Trick Room, like in their Sinnoh League match. |
| 698 | ** Similarly, Gary's Blastoise goes up against Travis's Magmorter, prompting the latter to gloatingly heat up the field to replicate how Ash's Charizard beat Blastoise in Johto. However, Gary reveals that he's long since thought up a counter; create so much steam that fire attacks are also ineffective. |
| 699 | * ItsProbablyNothing: Pikachu notices something in a forest they stop in for the night on their way to Allearth. Ash passes it off as nothing. Turns out they were being followed. |
| 700 | * ItWasWithYouAllAlong: Ash realizes that his answer to being a Pokemon Master is quite simply his desires of meeting and helping others, allowing him to proclaim that he's ''already'' a Pokemon Master. |
| 701 | * {{Jerkass}}: Seamus, pre-CharacterDevelopment. Travis, as well, though he never grew out of it. |
| 702 | * JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Travis does this after outright [[IgnoredEpiphany not learning his lesson]], going so far as to join Team Neo. |
| 703 | * JustAKid: Diantha's reasoning for why Ash and the others shouldn't be involved. |
| 704 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:Travis escapes overt punishment in numerous ways before finally dying at the end of ''Tribulations''.]] |
| 705 | * KeepAway: Talonflame and Yanmega play this game with each other with a Keystone. |
| 706 | * KidsAreCruel: Travis exhibits this best. |
| 707 | * KidsVersusAdults: Played with. The battle in ''Turbulence'' is essentially a battle between children and adults, with the children arguing that they [[GrowingUpSucks aren't quite children anymore]]. |
| 708 | * KillAllHumans: DARC's ultimate plan. |
| 709 | * KilledOffForReal: Numerous characters fall in the finale, including [[spoiler:Lionel and ARC, Rocky, Giovanni and nearly all of Team Rocket, Diantha and her Gardevoir, Nanu, and Merry.]] |
| 710 | * KillSat: The Ultimate Weapon essentially serves as this. Doubles as a LegendaryWeapon. |
| 711 | * KnightOfCerebus: |
| 712 | ** Zinnia is this for ''Teamwork'', while Dalton becomes this for the ''Ancienverse'' as a whole. DARC takes it even further in ''Tribulations''. |
| 713 | ** Guzma and Lusamine serve as this in the ''Alola Trilogy'', pushing at both the plot and Ash and Serena's own way of thinking. |
| 714 | * KnightTemplar: Dalton, who truly believes that what he's doing is the right way to do things. |
| 715 | * LadyOfWar: Aria during the Ancien Debacle. |
| 716 | ** Diantha during TheFinalBattle. |
| 717 | * LaserGuidedKarma: After all of his crap, [[spoiler:Travis finally meets his end via Yveltal's DeathRay, while those who repented survived.]] |
| 718 | * LastBreathBullet: Dalton is defeated, and the heroes down below have almost succeeded...[[spoiler: only for Travis to show up and slice Ash's side]]. Subverted in that neither die. |
| 719 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: The fact that [[spoiler:Ash's father died]] is pretty freely discussed from the ''Alola Trilogy'' on, so anyone coming in then would have this major event spoiled. |
| 720 | * LeaveHimToMe: Aidan and Astrid say this to Bethany and Christopher when [[spoiler:they come face to face with Tolbert in order to avenge Lionel and Rocky]] |
| 721 | * LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone: Averted. All of Ash's friends decide to peek on Ash and Serena's confessions and kiss with one another. |
| 722 | * LetsGetDangerous: Cedric drops his gluttonous mannerisms and odd demeanor when he decides to deliver a CurbStompBattle to Alain. |
| 723 | * LetsGetOutOfHere: Ash, Seamus and Clemont upon wanting to escape the radio station. |
| 724 | * LetsSplitUpGang: In ''Trials'', after Ash and Serena get into an argument on where their next destination is, she suggests they go their separate ways for a while. |
| 725 | * LifeEnergy: [[spoiler:Xerneas is awakened by draining this from Pokemon, and uses it to help destroy the Weapon.]] |
| 726 | * LightheartedRematch: Somewhat. Ash, Serena and Clemont battle members of Team Brutal at the beginning of ''Turbulence'', though it's just for fun. |
| 727 | * LineInTheSand: Diantha tells the trainers to only do what they think they can, but that if they join the fight, there's no turning back. |
| 728 | * TheLittleDetecto: Clemont builds two to track first airship emissions and then Mega Evolution Energy. |
| 729 | * LivingBattery: Yveltal serves as this for the Ultimate Weapon. |
| 730 | * TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Reeree, an alternate universe Serena, reveals that her version of Ash was killed in a rockslide not long into their journey together. She had moved to Kanto after the childhood summer camp, so they were just as close as the regular Ash and Serena]]. |
| 731 | ** NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Explicitly says this about the sudden nature of his death. |
| 732 | * LostSuperweapon: A major plot point in ''Tribulations'' is that the Ultimate Weapon from the games exists in this universe and was found by Dalton. DARC seeks to use it. |
| 733 | * LoveConfession: Both Ash and Serena make one to one another at the Victory Ball, following their dance, and finally becoming the OfficialCouple. |
| 734 | ** Ironically there's a second one in [[spoiler:IDEAL's perfect world]] but it comes off as hollow. |
| 735 | * LoveEpiphany: Ash has one developing through ''Teamwork'' but comes to realize what it is after Serena confesses to him. |
| 736 | * LoveTriangle: Averted and Played with. Serena thinks there might be one with past female companions of Ash's only for them to encourage her. However, Miette certainly seems to flirt with Ash, only to step aside the second Ash chooses Serena. |
| 737 | ** Keoni attempts to invoke this unsuccessfully. |
| 738 | * LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Ash's father Jack Ketchum (codename [[MythologyGag Red]]) shows up as the leader of ARC, fighting against DARC. He drops the bombshell early into the Peace Tournament in ''Tribulations'', though he does admit that he's been watching Ash's progress for years.]] |
| 739 | * MadeOfExplodium: Greninja's Water Shuriken seems to explode on contact with things. |
| 740 | * MadeOfIndestructium: The meteors in Acien City can take dozens of attacks without a single scratch. Clemont figures out that the only thing powerful enough to destroy them is [[spoiler:an attack from Mega Rayquaza]]. |
| 741 | * MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:Michael.]] From orchestrating ten different world-ending scenarios to impacting characters well after his death, this trope certainly applies. |
| 742 | * MagneticHero: Ash and Serena are both this, inspiring people to listen and follow them. |
| 743 | * MakeRoomForTheNewPlot: The celebrations of the Kalos Team Tournament are very quickly shoved aside in favor of the Draconids' arrival. |
| 744 | * MakingTheChoiceForYou: Clemont and Serena hold Ash back [[spoiler:so he doesn't have to decide between watching his father die, or dying with him.]] |
| 745 | * MakeUpOrBreakUp: Ash and Serena deal with wanting to protect each other, even going so far as for Ash to keep her out of danger instead of letting her fight. |
| 746 | * TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Micheal]] is revealed to have had a hand in the schemes of every single villainous team so far, including manipulating the Draconids and Team Neo. |
| 747 | * MassTeleportation: Diantha's Gardevoir manages to transport all of the trainers as far away from the Weapon as possible using teleportation. |
| 748 | * MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: The waiter and cooks of the cafe at the Peace Tournament always seem angry, gossipy or packing up. Later, Clemont notices that a random croissant is missing. Turns out they're Team Rocket, following them all along. |
| 749 | * MeaningfulName: Pick a name of any original character, just about: |
| 750 | ** Dalton: Meant to sound like Delta, or change, which is what he's trying to achieve |
| 751 | *** All of Alpha Squad's names have something to do with their purpose |
| 752 | ** The code names of most of DARC's members [[spoiler:resemble the names of their doppelgangers in the main universe, such as Reeree for Serena]] |
| 753 | ** Merle, meaning "shadow". is revealed to be [[spoiler:literally just that, since she's a Zoroark]]. |
| 754 | ** Most of [[spoiler:IDEAL]] shares in this, with Alastair meaning "defense", Toll being a reference to the toll gate of death, and [[spoiler:Deirdre meaning "Burning, sorrowful rage", which hints at her condition.]] |
| 755 | * MirrorUniverse: [[spoiler:Most of DARC hails from one.]] |
| 756 | * MisfitMobilizationMoment: After spending most of ''Teamwork'' battling and fighting with each other, all of the trainers are forced to come together to battle the current threat when Serena yells at them to get up. |
| 757 | * MisplacedRetribution: Travis decides to take out his constant losses on the world by wanting to destroy it. |
| 758 | * MissedHimByThatMuch: Gladion searches for Lillie, yet frequently runs into Ash just as she is busy elsewhere. |
| 759 | * MissileLockOn: Team Neo locks its weapons onto [[spoiler: the League and Nova Town]] early on in ''Turbulence''. |
| 760 | * MoleInCharge: [[spoiler:DARC's leader Michael is the Vice President of the Pokemon League the whole time.]] |
| 761 | * MomentKiller: After Ash and Serena kiss in an early chapter of ''Tribulations'', Miette shows up just to ruin it. |
| 762 | * MostFanficWritersAreGirls: Averted. Epicocity is male, though often mistaken for a girl due to his writing style. |
| 763 | * MotiveRant: Dalton delivers one before his final battle with Ash and Seamus. |
| 764 | ** [[spoiler:Michael]] later delivers one before the final battle against himself. |
| 765 | * MyCountryRightOrWrong: What The Seven all believe about their goal, no matter who it hurts. |
| 766 | * MySisterIsOffLimits: Gladion doesn't take too kindly to Hau being in love with Lillie, it get's even worse when Hau and Lillie become an OfficialCouple. He outright tries to strangle him in the final chapter. |
| 767 | * MythologyGag: The Totem Mimikyu acts much like Jessie's Mimikyu from the SM anime, having a hatred of Pikachu. It's explained that the abandoned Megamart used to have a Pikachu as its mascot, and seeing that popular image everyday gave the Totem Pokemon jealousy. |
| 768 | ** At one point, Jessie's Bewear runs across water, much to the astonishment of everyone watching. |
| 769 | * NamedWeapon: Not a weapon per se, but anything created by Clemont falls under this trope, as it is in the series proper. |
| 770 | * NeverMyFault: Travis can't seem to accept that his losses are his own fault, along with everything else in his life. |
| 771 | * NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Ash's mentality in rescuing Seamus while running from Team Neo. |
| 772 | * NotADate: Ash and Serena go to the third night's festival together. Serena views it as one, while Ash (at the time) views it as two friends hanging out together. |
| 773 | * NotSoAboveItAll: [[TheStoic Alain]] freaks out at having to wear a suit to a ceremony. |
| 774 | ** Greninja displays this in ''Tomorrow'' by gleefully diving into a basket of fruit at the end of the story, humorously surprising Ash. |
| 775 | |
| 776 | [[/folder]] |
| 777 | [[folder:Tropes O-Z]] |
| 778 | * OhCrap: Rocky when Ash thrashes his Rhyperior with Ash-Greninja. |
| 779 | * OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: Inverted. Dalton is much older than Ash. |
| 780 | * OlympusMons: Rayquaza plays a major role in the plots of ''Teamwork'' and ''Tribulations''. |
| 781 | ** In ''Tribulations'', a Latias works with ARC, while a Latios works with DARC. |
| 782 | ** [[spoiler:Both Xerneas and Yveltal are involved in the final battle.]] |
| 783 | ** The Tapus influence the backstory in Alola, and [[spoiler:Squishy and the blue Zygarde Core]] make a return appearance.. |
| 784 | ** [[spoiler:Ho-Oh and Marshadow]] have a prominent role in ''Tomorrow'' |
| 785 | * OmnicidalManiac: Travis eventually takes this mindset, continually wanting revenge on the whole world for perceived unfairness to himself (see NeverMyFault). |
| 786 | * OncePerEpisode: A Salamence appears in each flagship story of the Kalos Trilogy. |
| 787 | ** Team Rocket, more or less, only seems to be able to say their full motto once a flagship story, with any other attempt usually being cut off in some fashion. |
| 788 | * OneTrueSequence: Almost every single item the heroes go after in ''Tribulations'' inevitably leads to a battle with DARC, who are after the same thing. |
| 789 | * OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Dalton's Medicham Mega Evolves]] for the final battle in ''Turbulence''. |
| 790 | ** Several members of DARC have access to Mega Evolution as well. |
| 791 | ** Lusamine's FusionDance [[spoiler:with Necrozma and Nihilego to create the Motherbeast]]. |
| 792 | ** Surprisingly averted in ''Tomorrow'' when the final battle is actually just [[spoiler:Pikachu vs. Marshadow]]. |
| 793 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[NonActionGuy Clemont]] punches Edwin across the face during the Ancien Debacle, showing how serious the situation is. |
| 794 | * OpposingSportsTeam: While any team could qualify during the Kalos Team Tournament, Team Brutal fits this the best for every other team, especially Team Ketchum. |
| 795 | * OriginalPositionFallacy: [[spoiler:Michael dies when the Ultimate Weapon fires on him...which is what he was planning to do to the world.]] |
| 796 | * PaperThinDisguise: Team Rocket in the Kalos Team Tournament, to the point that Ash and co. can actually notice them this time! |
| 797 | * ThePardon: Alpha Squad are pardoned from their actions in the Nova Incident after helping in TheFinalBattle. Overlaps with RecruitingTheCriminal. |
| 798 | * ParentalSubstitute: Ash and Serena become this to Lillie in the Alola Trilogy even though she's not much younger than them. |
| 799 | ** Lionel becomes this to Ash after [[spoiler:his father dies.]] |
| 800 | * ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime: Delia and Grace happen to enter Centrico Plaza just in time to see Ash and Serena kissing. And they didn't know they were dating... |
| 801 | * PatrickStewartSpeech: |
| 802 | ** Ash delivers a number of these to [[spoiler:Michael]], though none of them are successful. |
| 803 | ** The final battle [[spoiler:with Deirdre]] becomes one long string of these. |
| 804 | * PercussivePrevention: Astrid knocks out Reeree with a rock to the head when she tries to kill Serena. |
| 805 | * PortalToThePast: [[spoiler:What Dalton is trying to achieve. This would subject the current universe to RetGone, which is why he has to be stopped.]] |
| 806 | * PreAsskickingOneLiner: "Let's wreck!" said by Rocky. |
| 807 | * ProtectedByAChild: Clime has no problem using Bonnie as a shield to protect himself against his opponents. |
| 808 | * ProudWarriorRace: The Draconids are implied to be this. |
| 809 | * TheQuietOne: Christopher. |
| 810 | * RaceAgainstTheClock: |
| 811 | ** Downplayed. The protagonists have to hurry to stop each dimensional rift from forming, but there's no explicit timer. |
| 812 | ** Everyone also has a limited amount of time to get into position before [[spoiler:the Ultra Beasts invade the world]]. |
| 813 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: |
| 814 | ** Diantha, as the head of the Kalos League, definitely destroys things in battle. Same with [[spoiler:Michael.]] |
| 815 | ** Hala displays this well when [[spoiler:he defeats Ash-Greninja relatively easily]]. |
| 816 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: AZ, as in game canon. |
| 817 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: |
| 818 | ** Zinnia delivers a scathing one to Serena about dreams and the future. |
| 819 | ** Serena finally snaps and gives a harsh one to Keoni, after one too many insulting remarks about Ash. It actually seems to get through his ItsAllAboutMe personality. |
| 820 | * RebuiltPedestal: Seamus has this for Ash by the end of ''Teamwork'', though the pedestal is even higher by the end of ''Turbulence''. |
| 821 | * RecruitingTheCriminal: |
| 822 | ** Alpha Squad is [[spoiler:released from prison and chooses to work for Diantha. Later, they begin working for the League full-time.]] |
| 823 | ** By the end of the Alola Trilogy, Team Rocket are offered a job with ARC, [[spoiler:which they took]]. |
| 824 | ** Cynthia and Steven imply that [[spoiler:they're willing to give Matori and Alastair a chance for redemption by working for the league in the future]]. Subverted in that [[spoiler:Matori and Alastair both used to work for the League in the first place]]. |
| 825 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Reeree comes to see the error of DARC's ways, and tries to stop the fighting, only to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice herself]] saving Serena's life.]] |
| 826 | ** [[spoiler:Travis' final action is to push Seamus out of the way of a DeathRay.]] |
| 827 | * RedemptionQuest: Seamus undergoes one throughout ''Turbulence'' [[spoiler:even attempting to kill himself]]. |
| 828 | * RedShirtArmy: Team Neo during the final battle; they get mowed down in droves by the protagonists. |
| 829 | * RefusalOfTheCall: Nanu would really prefer to not be a Kahuna, but there's no one else to give the duties to. |
| 830 | * RevengeBeforeReason: Travis tends to like taking revenge before carrying out any orders, even if it gets in the way of said orders. |
| 831 | * RelationshipCompression: Sawyer and Miette's romantic relationship is developed quickly throughout ''Tribulations'', rather than the whole series. |
| 832 | * RelationshipUpgrade: Ash and Serena become a couple at the end of ''Teamwork''. |
| 833 | ** Clemont and Korrina follow in their footsteps at the end of ''Turbulence''. |
| 834 | ** [[spoiler:Brock and Aria achieve this at the end of ''Tomorrow'']] |
| 835 | * ResignationsNotAccepted: DARC doesn't take kindly to [[spoiler:Reeree's betrayal, going so far as to kill her.]] |
| 836 | * RivalsTeamUp: In the ''Alola Trilogy'' Ash and Gladion team up to battle Guzma, despite being being at odds with each other. |
| 837 | ** To a lesser extent, Clemont and Plumeria do this in ''Tomorrow'' [[spoiler:when battling Louise]]. |
| 838 | * TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: Ash manages to [[spoiler:receive an invitation to take on the Champion's League, despite not winning the Kalos League.]] |
| 839 | * RhymesOnADime: Team Rocket, as per usual. |
| 840 | * SarcasticClapping: Zinnia does this upon revealing herself to the participants of the Kalos Team Tournament. |
| 841 | * SaveTheVillain: Ash attempts to save Dalton when he falls off the airship. |
| 842 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Clemont and Korrina. |
| 843 | * SayingTooMuch: During an EnemyMine, James offhandedly refers to Jessie's career in Ceremonies. This leads Serena to realize that [[PaperThinDisguise Jessilie is Jessie]], though she doesn't mention this to the rest of the group. |
| 844 | * ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Harrison "Harry" Kalas, when the Draconids attack. |
| 845 | * SecondPlaceIsForLosers: What Travis and Seamus think. Seamus grows out of it, but Travis never does. |
| 846 | * SecretWar: ARC vs. DARC. See GreatOffscreenWar |
| 847 | * SelfDestructingSecurity: The radio station is filled with Electrode that explode after Ash and Co. infiltrate it. |
| 848 | * SelfFulfillingProphecy: This is hinted to be what [[spoiler:Michael]] has done. In his actions taken to save his world, Ash points out that he may as well have doomed it as a result. Just the same, by putting strife in their world, it's made them all the more powerful to defeat him. |
| 849 | * ShipperOnDeck: Bonnie, Dawn, Gary, May, and Brock all seem to want Ash and Serena to get together. |
| 850 | ** Extra points to Dawn, who admits that she had a crush on Ash for awhile, but had gotten over it by the end of the Sinnoh saga. |
| 851 | ** Bonnie also teases Lillie and Hau in much the same way as Ash and Serena. |
| 852 | ** Keoni's father is this for Keoni and Maka. |
| 853 | ** Brock, May, Clemont, and Serena all appear to be this for [[spoiler: Max and Bonnie]] |
| 854 | * ShipTease: Astrid gets quite a bit with Rocky though it makes [[spoiler:Rocky's death in ''Tomorrow'' all the more tragic, especially in the end when Astrid reveals that Rocky had actually proposed to her]]. |
| 855 | ** Alain and Mairin are no exception to this either, as even after the timeskip it's still ambiguous whether or not they're a couple |
| 856 | ** Kiawe and Mallow got some of this in the ''Alola Trilogy'' |
| 857 | ** [[EntitledBastard Keoni]] and [[GenkiGirl Maka]] have this starting in the one shot ''Fourths, Films, and Forgiveness'' |
| 858 | ** [[spoiler: Max and Bonnie]] get a fair amount of this after the timeskip, with Brock even pointing out that they fight LikeAnOldMarriedCouple. They deny it. |
| 859 | ** Brock and Aria get plenty of this from ''Tribulations'' to the end when [[spoiler:they become an OfficialCouple]]. |
| 860 | * SignsOfTheEndTimes: |
| 861 | ** All the events happening in Kalos are a sign that the world is slowly breaking apart. |
| 862 | ** Taken up to eleven in ''Tomorrow'' when it's revealed [[spoiler:the world is dying.]] |
| 863 | * SingleTargetSexuality: No matter how much Tierno flirts with her, Serena is single-mindedly in love with Ash. |
| 864 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Serena loves Ash because of his kindness and determination. |
| 865 | * SinisterSurveillance: DARC makes use of this to find things through their Trevenant Network. |
| 866 | * SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains: Zinnia comes off as a Woobie Anti-Villain; Dalton straddles the line between Noble and Well-Intentioned; [[spoiler:Michael]] is the first to drop off the scale, while Lusamine continues it and [[spoiler:IDEAL]] just makes it all the more complicated. |
| 867 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Seamus and Travis, before they lose at the Kalos Team Tournament. |
| 868 | * SmokeOut: Tau's Skuntank does this all too often. |
| 869 | * SomeKindOfForceField: The Mark Omega has one of these by accident [[spoiler:thanks to Rayquaza being connected to the Four Gates.]] |
| 870 | * SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler:Jack's final words to Ash are this: "You've become a wonderful Pokemon Master."]] |
| 871 | * SoreLoser: Travis does not take losing well [[NeverMyFault at all]]. |
| 872 | * SpannerInTheWorks: Dalton perceives that Ash has done this in the past, and thus tries to preemtively remove him from the field. He still proves key to stopping Dalton's plan. |
| 873 | * SpitTake: Serena has one upon seeing the news report that [[spoiler:Ancien Castle was broken into]]. |
| 874 | * SpottingTheThread: A suspicious Serena figures out Wulfric isn't Wulfric by mentioning how Ash's Noivern defeated Avalugg with Flamethrower. Wulfric agrees. Except Noivern didn't battle in Snowbelle, and certainly doesn't know Flamethrower. |
| 875 | * StraightForTheCommander: Serena heads straight to take Zinnia on from the beginning. |
| 876 | ** Ash does the same for Dalton in ''Turbulence''. |
| 877 | * StressVomit: Serena does this frequently throughout ''Tomorrow'' due to [[spoiler:her pregnancy]] |
| 878 | * SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:Reeree chooses to sacrifice herself for Serena in a split second.]] |
| 879 | * SwissCheeseSecurity: The League clearly has this considering that villainous forces manage to [[spoiler:break through them, twice.]] |
| 880 | * TakeAThirdOption: [[spoiler:When Michael says the only options would be for Jack to try and carry the others away or let everyone die, Jack goes around it by having the Weapon fire on him...and only him.]] |
| 881 | * TakeThat: The ''Alola Trilogy'' takes numerous shots at the fact that the Sun and Moon anime is a departure from the usual travel format. |
| 882 | * TalkingIsAFreeAction: The characters can sometimes have extended conversations, not throwing a punch until finished. Sometimes averted as well, however. |
| 883 | * TakingTheBullet: Diantha does to protect her [[spoiler: already dead Gardevoir's body which in turn leads to ''her'' death]]. |
| 884 | * TearsOfFear: Rayquaza inspires this in anyone who sees it. |
| 885 | ** Everyone gets this when [[spoiler:Yveltal]] hits the battlefield. |
| 886 | ** Bonnie has these she meets an alternative reality version of her brother Clime, and again when she's being [[MindRape tortured]] by a Latios in ''Tribulations''. |
| 887 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: Most of the teams and Team Brutal during the Ancien Debacle. |
| 888 | ** Team Neo seems to have shades of this, particularly in their behavior towards Travis. |
| 889 | ** Plenty of the members of DARC can't stand each other, either. |
| 890 | ** Averted for [[spoiler:IDEAL]]. |
| 891 | * TerribleTrio: Downplayed. Team Rocket pop up throughout, but rarely create any actual problems. |
| 892 | ** In fact, they actually [[EnemyMine help out the heroes]] during the climax of ''Turbulence'', as well as midway through ''Tribulations''. |
| 893 | ** In Alola, they actually decide to cut back on attempting to steal the twerps' Pokemon, being satisfied to spy on them until things inevitably get heated up. |
| 894 | * ThatThingIsNotMyChild: Carl essentially feels this way about Travis, going to far as to have [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice have his Kabutops gut him.]] |
| 895 | ** [[spoiler:By contrast, Deidere freely admits she's the mother of Travis, but still feels he's a disappointment.]] |
| 896 | * ThisJustIn: The news instantly reports on the [[spoiler: League bombing]] right after it happens. |
| 897 | * ThrowingTheFight: Clemont, Alain and Mairin purposely lose their triple battle against Serena, Dawn and Astrid. |
| 898 | * TimeBomb: The protagonists only have until the "flower" of the Weapon blooms before it destroys everything. |
| 899 | * TimeSkip: Several, over the course of the series: |
| 900 | ** A six-month gap between the end of the Kalos Trilogy and the beginning of the Alola Trilogy. |
| 901 | ** Seven years pass between the end of the main plot of the two trilogies and the epilogue of ''Tribulations''. |
| 902 | ** One year passes between the wedding and the start of [[GrandFinale ''Tomorrow'']]. |
| 903 | * TookALevelInBadass: Bonnie does this quite frequently. |
| 904 | ** Hau does this in "Broken Flowers, Healing Sunshine" when [[spoiler:he replaces his grandfather Hala as Kahuna of Melemele Island and takes his place as one of the Alolan Elite Four]]. |
| 905 | ** In the final chapter of Ancienveres's "Tomorrow" [[spoiler:Alain and Paul are elevated to members of the Elite Four of Kalos and Sinnoh respectively replacing Malva who replaces Diantha as Champion of Kalos after her death and Bertha's retirement]]. |
| 906 | * TournamentArc: The majority of ''Teamwork'' is this. ''Tribulations'' appears to be similar, only for the tournament to quickly fade in importance once DARC shows up. Alain even [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness throws a match]] so he and the others can chase them. |
| 907 | * TownWithADarkSecret: Played with, in that Nova Town has a dark secret with [[spoiler:the Four Gates]], only no one there actually knows about it. |
| 908 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: Seamus comes to realize that this is exactly what Travis is to him. |
| 909 | * TrackingDevice: Clemont places one on Merle. |
| 910 | * TragicVillain: Dalton has shades of this, given that he only wants peace but uses horrible means to achieve it [[spoiler:and dies before he can see it come to pass.]] |
| 911 | * TreacherousAdvisor: Dalton to Seamus and Travis. |
| 912 | * {{Troll}}: Bonnie. Most definitely Bonnie. If there's a chance to tease Ash and Serena/Clemont and Korrina/Hau and Lillie, and make them flustered or uncomfortable she's ''going'' to take it without hesitation. She takes this up to eleven during ''Love In the Time of Matrimony'' where she [[spoiler:effectively blackmails Serena into letting her be a bridesmaid for her wedding where she had squishy steal the bouquet to pass it out evenly to [[BetaCouple Korrina for Clemont]], [[GenkiGirl Mairin]] for Alain, and Lillie for Hau. Even after Serena and Ash get married, Bonnie definitely pulls no punches on teasing them citing them as her [[ShipperOnDeck favorite couple]]]] |
| 913 | * TrueCompanions: Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie. |
| 914 | ** Team Nova (barring Travis) after "Teamwork" definitely qualify as this |
| 915 | ** A villainous example with [[spoiler:IDEAL]] who are also a close knit group. |
| 916 | * TurnOutLikeHisFather: Travis is really not all that different from Carl. |
| 917 | ** ''Tomorrow'' reveals that [[spoiler:his mother is not much better]]. |
| 918 | * TheUnmasking: Reeree's cloak is burned and she flings it off [[spoiler:revealing herself as a doppelganger of Serena.]] |
| 919 | ** Taken more literally with Mimi/[[spoiler: Miette]], who takes off her facemask. |
| 920 | * UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Dalton's aim is to create a more peaceful world despite his abhorrent methods. |
| 921 | * VillainousFriendship: Reeree and Mimi seem to have this dynamic within DARC. |
| 922 | * VillainousRescue: The [=TRio=] save Clemont, Marin, and Alain from Cedric. |
| 923 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Hau and Gladion eventually develop this dynamic, though Gladion is ''far'' more vitrolic than Hau, implied to be due to [[spoiler:MySisterIsOffLimits]]. |
| 924 | ** Bonnie and the Rotomdex qualify for this aswell. |
| 925 | * WakingUpElsewhere: Ash awakens on Team Neo's airship after getting knocked out. |
| 926 | * WalkOnWater: Greninja easily does this during the third day's competition. |
| 927 | * WarIsHell: And it shows by the end of ''Tribulations'' when each of the main characters has gone through heavy emotional development from loss. |
| 928 | * TheWarRoom: The Kalos Power Plant comes off as this with a big meeting between Diantha, Jack, Meyer and Sycamore. |
| 929 | * WeaponizedLandmark: The Weapon seems to just be some big rocks that are part of the landscape. |
| 930 | * WellIntentionedReplacement: [[spoiler: Zoroark transforms into Merle to keep Dalton from grieving too much...and the lie only grows.]] |
| 931 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Seamus and Travis, to an extent. |
| 932 | ** Played straight with [[spoiler:Jack and Michael.]] |
| 933 | ** As well as Kukui and Guzma. |
| 934 | * WeWouldHaveToldYouBut: Dalton doesn't tell Seamus [[spoiler: that Merle is dead]] to spare him the pain. |
| 935 | * WhamEpisode: ''Trials'' chapter 24. [[spoiler:Lillie, Gladion, and Lusamine are revealed to be family, the Aether Foundation is revealed to be working with Team Skull, as is Gladion, Lillie is taken by Team Skull.]] |
| 936 | ** Chapter 20 and 21 of ''Tomorrow'' [[spoiler:reveals that the Deidere that appeared throughout the story was an illusion the entire time, and that the ''real'' Deidere is bound to a wheelchair]]. |
| 937 | * WhamLine: [[spoiler: "My daughter, Merle, died three years ago off the coast of Monsu Island in Hoenn."]] |
| 938 | ** [[spoiler:"The one who set Lusamine on her path was the vice president of the League at the time, a man named Michael."]] |
| 939 | ** [[spoiler:"It was never real. The meteonite and myself have been in Ancien City from the very beginning."]] |
| 940 | * WhiteAndGreyMorality: While Ash and the other protagonists are very firmly on the right side of things, both Zinnia and Dalton aren't quite evil, only looking to attain things to soothe the pain they have. |
| 941 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Downplayed; one of the Team Tournament challenges involves Plusle and Minun, and Dawn (who had a fear of them due to an EmbarrassingNickname) is taking part. Ash notes that she seems a bit stiff, but is otherwise fine. |
| 942 | * TearsOfJoy: Ash sheds these in the finale of Ancienverse when [[spoiler:Serena tells him that she's pregnant with their first child]]. |
| 943 | * TheWorfEffect: Alain's Mega Charizard X, one of the strongest non-Legendaries in the series, whom even Ash-Greninja couldn't defeat, is easily beaten by Cedric's Mega Swampert. |
| 944 | * WorldLimitedToThePlot: Appears this way in ''Teamwork" due to only those characters at the Kalos Team Tournament getting involved. Averted in the sequels. |
| 945 | * WouldHurtAChild: Carl has no issues with having [[spoiler:Latios]] MindRape Bonnie in order to pressure President Goodshow into revealing the location of the Ultimate Weapon. |
| 946 | * WorthyOpponent: Dalton comes to consider Ash this after their final clash on the Mark Omega. |
| 947 | ** [[spoiler:Deirdre very much considers Ash this.]] |
| 948 | * YouCantThwartStageOne: Clemont's group is unable to prevent Team Neo from [[spoiler:obtaining the Scroll of Secrets and Gurkinn's Keystone]]. |
| 949 | ** The group, even with reinforcements, is unable to stop [[spoiler:Lusamine and Guzma from escaping into Ultra Space]]. |
| 950 | ** DARC's goal to [[spoiler:reactivate the Ultimate Weapon]] pretty much goes as they planned it to, with only a few minor bumps. |
| 951 | * YouRemindMeOfX: Zinnia tells Ash that he reminds her of Aster. |
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