1 | ''The Askosverse Shorts'' are a series of intra-connected "shorts" set within {{WebAnimation/The Askosverse}}, taking place inbetween {{WebAnimation/Pokemon Petunia}} and {{WebAnimation/Project Pandora}}. Due to this, they can be considered a {{Interquel}}. |
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3 | They can all be watched [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdijWnW6jM2wGJbTDvM7Izt62-rjwR9p_&si=wjAqbRDLj1fpvsoK here]]. |
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5 | Due to there being nine Shorts, all tropes will be separated into their own folders. |
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7 | !! ''The Askosverse Shorts'' contain examples of the following tropes: |
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11 | [[folder: Short #1 - "Business Partners"]] |
12 | * ChildHater - Wyatt regrets having children. |
13 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes - Wyatt and Colton become a item within the story of this Short. |
14 | * NotThatKindOfPartner - Subverted. Colton thinks his relationship with Wyatt is a {{Strictly Professional Relationship}}. It turns out ''not'' to be. |
15 | * TheEvilsOfFreeWill - This is Wyatt and Colton's {{Evil Plan}}. |
16 | * SoreLoser - Wyatt is this. |
17 | * SissyVillain - Downplayed. Though Colton shows a ''few'' traits of this, he's not the stereotypical portrayal of this trope. [[note]] See the Trivia tab for ''why'' he sounds feminine. [[/note]] |
18 | * WouldntHurtAChild - Colton chastises Wyatt for manipulating Peter. |
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22 | [[folder: Short #2 - "Defenders of Fritho"]] |
23 | * ANaziByAnyOtherName - King Fabio colonises the Fritho region, genociding the native population in the process. |
24 | * DudeWheresMyRespect- Nico {{Face Heel Turn}}s in order to prove that he's better than Lorri. |
25 | ** This is also because Nico is a HeManWomanHater. |
26 | *** ''Nico: "Of course she would fall in love with this place...women always do."'' |
27 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone - Lorri decides to defect from the Delwissan Empire after realising that she helped Fabio commit genocide. |
28 | * TheBadGuyWins - Despite Lorri and Tohowhal's efforts, the colonisation of Fritho is completed in the end. |
29 | * UnwittingPawn - Lorri is manipulated into believing that nobody lives on Fritho...when there ''is''. |
30 | * WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide - Fabio defends his actions by stating the world is [[TheSocialDarwinist "kill or be killed"]]. |
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34 | [[folder: Short #3 - "Young Scientist"]] |
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36 | * CrackDefeat - Atiel loses the science fair to the kid with the baking soda volcano - ''his sister''. |
37 | ** ''Violet: "Well, if you want to win, some kid with a baking soda volcano always makes it into the Top 3."'' |
38 | * GreenEyedMonster - Atiel succumbs to his own jealously surrounding his sister and {{Face Heel Turn}}s. |
39 | ** For a literal take, Atiel starts wearing ''green contact lenses'' in Short 7. |
40 | * HideAndNoSeek - Elara tells Atiel to wait for her to come back. She never does. |
41 | * NotoriousParent- Virgil worked for both Team Rocket ''and'' Team Galactic in order to keep food on the table. |
42 | * ScienceFair - Atiel comes 3rd in one. |
43 | * SeparatedAtBirth - Atiel and Elara are twins. Upon them being born, Atiel was taken in by his father, and Elara was taken in by her mother. |
44 | * SolomonDivorce - The mother took Elara, and the father took Atiel. |
45 | * StartOfDarkness - After being [[SiblingRivalry overshadowed by his sister one too many times]], Atiel, at his most vulnerable, sides with Wyatt. |
46 | * TeenGenius - Atiel is the titular Young Scientist, as he invents ''the world's first {{Artificial Intelligence}}''. |
47 | * TheSvengali - Wyatt does this to Atiel. |
48 | * UsedToBeASweetKid - Atiel had a rather normal life before interacting with Elara. |
49 | * WhenYouComingHomeDad - Implied with Virgil. |
50 | * WeCanRuleTogether - Wyatt convinces Atiel to join him. |
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54 | [[folder: Short #4 - "Galactic Girl"]] |
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56 | * DelusionsOfParentalLove - For the entire time Elara is in Team Galactic, she believes that her mother still cares about her. She doesn't. |
57 | * EvilMatriarch - Elara's mother is Commander Jupiter of Team Galactic. |
58 | * SourOutsideSadInside - Elara essentially bullies Atiel, but only because she feels like she doesn't deserve his kindness. [[note]] See: {{WebAnimation/Project Pandora}}. [[/note]] |
59 | * TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt - Team Galactic's plan involves destroying this universe in order to create a new universe with no emotion. [[YourDaysAreNumbered Elara is fine with this]]. |
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62 | [[/folder]] |
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64 | [[folder: Short #5 - "On the Run"]] |
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66 | * ArtisticLicenseChildLaborLaws - Harlow is a pre-teen, and yet is working as a waitress at her family's diner. |
67 | * CallingCard - In the letter that Sasha left before her disappearance, Team Flare's logo is seen on the corner. |
68 | * DoomedByCanon - Harlow notices Atiel waiting for Elara to come back, but her actually ''talking'' to Atiel would divert the events of Short 3. So Harlow conveniently gets distracted. |
69 | * EvilUncle - Francis is this. |
70 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial - Justified - Harlow wants to be a Pokemon Trainer like other kids her age. |
71 | * ParentsInDistress - Harlow's mother disappears, so Harlow starts to look for her. |
72 | * MakingTheChoiceForYou - Sasha refuses to join Team Flare alongside her brother Francis. A few days later, she ends up missing... |
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77 | [[folder: Short #6 - "Scattered"]] |
78 | * AmateurSleuth: Violet starts to become one in TheStinger. |
79 | * DeusExMachina: Before Elara is mind controlled, Entei intervenes and saves her at the last second. |
80 | * LearnedFromTheNews: Violet finds out her mom died through this. |
81 | * MissingMom - Violet's mom disappears during a business trip, and is killed in a car crash. |
82 | * SmashToBlack - When Anita crashes the car, the scene cuts to black. |
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85 | [[/folder]] |
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87 | [[folder: Short #7 - "Selfless Hero"]] |
88 | * HeroicLineage - Zander's aunt is Champion Cynthia of Sinnoh. Pokemon battling is InTheBlood. |
89 | * TheHero - Zander is this. Plus, it's in the title. |
90 | * ReturningBigBad - Sawyer and Maisie (who had a minor role in Short 3) return as villains here. |
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92 | [[/folder]] |
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94 | [[folder: Short #8 - "Blossoms"]] |
95 | * CherryBlossoms - When Nina confesses to Peter, they're in a garden filled with cherry blossom trees. |
96 | ** This is also TheNamesake. |
97 | * CrushBlush - Peter has this around Nina. |
98 | * DrunkWithPower - After Short 2, Nico became King Fabio's new right-hand man. This made him do... a ''lot'' of things. |
99 | * HowDadMetMom - Peter and Nina later get married, and parent the protagonist of {{WebAnimation/Pokemon Lavender}}. |
100 | * LoveConfession - The main plot of the Short revolves around the ''blossoming'' feelings Peter and Nina have for each other - ending with Nina admitting her feelings to Peter. |
101 | * RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil - It's heavily implied that [[spoiler: Nico assaulted Lorri at some point after Short 2]]. |
102 | * SexSlave - After Lorri switched sides during Short 2, she was punished with becoming this to Nico. |
103 | ** [[ChildByRape She even had two kids be born out of this...]] |
104 | * StartingANewLife - Lorri runs away with her kids and changes her name to Lydia Dalca. |
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106 | [[/folder]] |
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108 | [[folder: Short #9 - "An Unown Future"]] |
109 | * AngstySurvivingTwin - Is played with further in [[Fanfic/AskosverseFicCollection Level Up]], but Basil can never be the same again after the passing of his brother. |
110 | * BestFriendsInLaw - This technically happens ''before'' Short 9, but Basil's best friend Nina ends up marrying his brother, Peter. |
111 | * BoyMeetsGirl - Basil and Clover first met in {{WebAnimation/Pokemon Petunia}}, and didn't reconnect until a few years later. |
112 | * DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife - Elaborated upon more in [[WebAnimation/JaydreamersOCSnippets Project Metameleia]], but Basil sees what Peter has accomplished with his life and feels left behind - he wants to be ''more'' than just "the same old Basil". |
113 | ** Basil is the one with the "Unown Future". |
114 | * DoubleMeaningTitle: |
115 | ** As seen above, Basil's future is unknown. |
116 | ** BUT the title also foreshadows WebAnimation/ProjectPandora, which is fuelled by the Pokemon Unown. |
117 | *** This also makes this a PunBasedTitle. |
118 | * FollowingInRelativesFootsteps - Basil's dad (Professor Palm) retires, leaving Basil to become the new Pokemon Professor. |
119 | * NeverFoundTheBody - [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], and [[{{Foreshadowing}} Foreshadowed]] in Short 6. Peter's body was never found - and in [[TheStinger the post-credits scene]], it's revealed that [[NotQuiteDead he never died in the car crash]] (but was still heavily injured). |
120 | * SolemnEndingTheme: A cover of [[https://youtu.be/G1JE-DJjE9w?si=x33ZOV8l1o2byMpF Light Of My Life]] is Sung for the credits. |
121 | * SickeninglySweethearts - Basil and Clover are basically besties. |
122 | ** This also applies to Nina and Peter. |
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