I suspect it's because it gets stale after a while.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanIs there a trope for Digimon's style, where Cerebus Syndrome causes this trope to be played straight from the start of every season, but avert in the end with Apocalymon, Belial Vamdemon, D-Reaper, Lucemon Chaos Mode or whatever is the newest Big Bad?
Edited by NerdyTimesIt must be noted that Pokémon doesn't exactly play this trope that way: see its entry in Strictly Formula for details. Team Rocket does play the trope straight, however, whenever their scheme involves some kind of robot. * The trope is also played straight in episodes featuring Gym Leaders and Contests, wherein the Mot W is usually the opponent's monster that causes our hero's team the most trouble.
In fact, the details on Strictly Formula are so... strictly formula that whenever a Pokemon causes trouble on its own (i.e. without interference from Team Rocket) and plays the Trope straight it may count as a Double Subversion.
Just why do people think this trope is "bad" anyway? Can't we all agree there have been interesting uses of it?
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