Line #40 WebAnimation/AskosverseShorts


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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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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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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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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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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