Web Animation / Askosverse Shorts

The Askosverse Shorts are a series of intra-connected "shorts" set within The Askosverse, taking place inbetween Pokémon Petunia and Project Pandora. Due to this, they can be considered a Interquel.

They can all be watched here.

Due to there being nine Shorts, all tropes will be separated into their own folders.

The Askosverse Shorts contain examples of the following tropes:

Short # 1 - "Business Partners"

• Child Hater - Wyatt regrets having children.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones - Wyatt and Colton become a item within the story of this Short.
• Not That Kind of Partner - Subverted. Colton thinks his relationship with Wyatt is a Strictly Professional Relationship. It turns out not to be.
• The Evils of Free Will - This is Wyatt and Colton's Evil Plan.
• Sore Loser - Wyatt is this.
• Sissy Villain - 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.
• Wouldn't Hurt a Child - Colton chastises Wyatt for manipulating Peter.

Short # 2 - "Defenders of Fritho"

• A Nazi by Any Other Name - King Fabio colonises the Fritho region, genociding the native population in the process.
• Dude, Where's My Respect?- Nico Face Heel Turns in order to prove that he's better than Lorri.
  • This is also because Nico is a He-Man Woman Hater.
    • Nico: "Of course she would fall in love with this place...women always do."
• My God, What Have I Done? - Lorri decides to defect from the Delwissan Empire after realising that she helped Fabio commit genocide.
• The Bad Guy Wins - Despite Lorri and Tohowhal's efforts, the colonisation of Fritho is completed in the end.
• Unwitting Pawn - Lorri is manipulated into believing that nobody lives on Fritho...when there is.
• Would Be Rude to Say "Genocide" - Fabio defends his actions by stating the world is "kill or be killed".

Short # 3 - "Young Scientist"

• Crack Defeat - Atiel loses the science fair to the kid with the baking soda volcano - his sister.
  • Violet: "Well, if you want to win, some kid with a baking soda volcano always makes it into the Top 3."
• Green-Eyed Monster - Atiel succumbs to his own jealously surrounding his sister and Face Heel Turns.
  • For a literal take, Atiel starts wearing green contact lenses in Short 7.
• Hide and No Seek - Elara tells Atiel to wait for her to come back. She never does.
• Notorious Parent- Virgil worked for both Team Rocket and Team Galactic in order to keep food on the table.
• Science Fair - Atiel comes 3rd in one.
• Separated at Birth - Atiel and Elara are twins. Upon them being born, Atiel was taken in by his father, and Elara was taken in by her mother.
• Solomon Divorce - The mother took Elara, and the father took Atiel.
• Start of Darkness - After being overshadowed by his sister one too many times, Atiel, at his most vulnerable, sides with Wyatt.
• Teen Genius - Atiel is the titular Young Scientist, as he invents the world's first Artificial Intelligence.
• The Svengali - Wyatt does this to Atiel.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid - Atiel had a rather normal life before interacting with Elara.
• When You Coming Home, Dad? - Implied with Virgil.
• We Can Rule Together - Wyatt convinces Atiel to join him.

Short # 4 - "Galactic Girl"

• Delusions of Parental Love - For the entire time Elara is in Team Galactic, she believes that her mother still cares about her. She doesn't.
• Evil Matriarch - Elara's mother is Commander Jupiter of Team Galactic.
• Sour Outside, Sad Inside - Elara essentially bullies Atiel, but only because she feels like she doesn't deserve his kindness. ^note  See: Project Pandora.
• The End of the World as We Know It - Team Galactic's plan involves destroying this universe in order to create a new universe with no emotion. Elara is fine with this.

Short # 5 - "On the Run"

• Artistic License – Child Labor Laws - Harlow is a pre-teen, and yet is working as a waitress at her family's diner.
• Calling Card - In the letter that Sasha left before her disappearance, Team Flare's logo is seen on the corner.
• Doomed by Canon - 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.
• Evil Uncle - Francis is this.
• I Just Want to Be Special - Justified - Harlow wants to be a Pokemon Trainer like other kids her age.
• Parents in Distress - Harlow's mother disappears, so Harlow starts to look for her.
• Making the Choice for You - Sasha refuses to join Team Flare alongside her brother Francis. A few days later, she ends up missing...

Short # 6 - "Scattered"

• Amateur Sleuth: Violet starts to become one in The Stinger.
• Deus ex Machina: Before Elara is mind controlled, Entei intervenes and saves her at the last second.
• Learned from the News: Violet finds out her mom died through this.
• Missing Mom - Violet's mom disappears during a business trip, and is killed in a car crash.
• Smash to Black - When Anita crashes the car, the scene cuts to black.

Short # 7 - "Selfless Hero"

• Heroic Lineage - Zander's aunt is Champion Cynthia of Sinnoh. Pokemon battling is In the Blood.
• The Hero - Zander is this. Plus, it's in the title.
• Returning Big Bad - Sawyer and Maisie (who had a minor role in Short 3) return as villains here.

Short # 8 - "Blossoms"

• Cherry Blossoms - When Nina confesses to Peter, they're in a garden filled with cherry blossom trees.
  • This is also The Namesake.
• Crush Blush - Peter has this around Nina.
• Drunk with Power - After Short 2, Nico became King Fabio's new right-hand man. This made him do... a lot of things.
• How Dad Met Mom - Peter and Nina later get married, and parent the protagonist of Pokémon Lavender.
• Love Confession - 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.
• Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil - It's heavily implied that Nico assaulted Lorri at some point after Short 2.
• Sex Slave - After Lorri switched sides during Short 2, she was punished with becoming this to Nico.
  • She even had two kids be born out of this...
• Starting a New Life - Lorri runs away with her kids and changes her name to Lydia Dalca.

Short # 9 - "An Unown Future"

• Angsty Surviving Twin - Is played with further in Level Up, but Basil can never be the same again after the passing of his brother.
• Best Friends-in-Law - This technically happens before Short 9, but Basil's best friend Nina ends up marrying his brother, Peter.
• Boy Meets Girl - Basil and Clover first met in Pokémon Petunia, and didn't reconnect until a few years later.
• Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life - Elaborated upon more in 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".
  • Basil is the one with the "Unown Future".
• Double-Meaning Title:
  • As seen above, Basil's future is unknown.
  • BUT the title also foreshadows Project Pandora, which is fuelled by the Pokemon Unown.
    • This also makes this a Pun-Based Title.
• Following in Relative's Footsteps - Basil's dad (Professor Palm) retires, leaving Basil to become the new Pokemon Professor.
• Never Found the Body - Subverted, and Foreshadowed in Short 6. Peter's body was never found - and in the post-credits scene, it's revealed that he never died in the car crash (but was still heavily injured).
• Solemn Ending Theme: A cover of Light Of My Life is Sung for the credits.
• Sickeningly Sweethearts - Basil and Clover are basically besties.
  • This also applies to Nina and Peter.