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{{quote|''"Make a Pokémon that defeats all Pokémon other than Pokémon that defeat themselves!"''|(With apologies to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_paradox Bertrand Russell])}}
{{quote|''"Make a Pokémon that defeats all Pokémon other than Pokémon that defeat themselves!"''|(With apologies to [[wikipedia:Russellchr(27)s paradox|Bertrand Russell]])}}


{{quote|''"All his life, Ash has had a dream: [[Gotta Catch Em All|to Catch 'Em All]]. And now, he's finally done it– or has he? What mystery awaits him on Cinnabar's shore? And is he ready for where it will take him?"''|the summary}}
{{quote|''"All his life, Ash has had a dream: [[Gotta Catch Em All|to Catch 'Em All]]. And now, he's finally done it– or has he? What mystery awaits him on Cinnabar's shore? And is he ready for where it will take him?"''|the summary}}


'''Ash's Return''' is a short [[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokémon]] fanfic by "Questionnaire," following [[Idiot Hero|our hero Ash]]'s quest to find the mysterious [[The Missingno|"missing" Pokémon]]. Flavors of [[Godel Escher Bach]] and [[Inception]], with bits of "bored in Computation Structures class."
'''Ash's Return''' is a short [[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]] fanfic by "Questionnaire," following [[Idiot Hero|our hero Ash]]'s quest to find the mysterious [[The Missingno|"missing" Pokémon]]. Flavors of [[Godel Escher Bach]] and [[Inception]], with bits of "bored in Computation Structures class."


It can be read [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7134905/1/Ashs_Return here]. There is also a [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7521238/1/Ashs_Return_v2 rewritten version], currently incomplete.
It can be read [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7134905/1/Ashs_Return here]. There is also a [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7521238/1/Ashs_Return_v2 rewritten version], currently{{when}} incomplete.


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=== ''Ash's Return'' provides examples of the following tropes: ===

* [[Alien Geometries]]: The strangely-connecting doors in the "''city''."
* [[Alien Geometries]]: The strangely-connecting doors in the "''city''."
* [[Ascended Glitch]] / [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Missingno itself.
* [[Ascended Glitch]] / [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Missingno itself.
* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]: part of the "plan" in Chapter 3.
* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]: part of the "plan" in Chapter 3.
* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]: "Meowth making a {{media|Trollface23_877.png| large, toothy, lopsided grin}}."
* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]: "Meowth making a [[media:Trollface23_877.png|large, toothy, lopsided grin]]."
* [[Discontinuity]]: "We all know there are 150 Pokémon, and Mewtwo is the last" (says the one who owned a Togepi in the anime)
* [[Discontinuity]]: "We all know there are 150 Pokémon, and Mewtwo is the last" (says the one who owned a Togepi in the anime)
* [[Divide By Zero]] / [[Logic Bomb]]: the page quote at the top.
* [[Divide by Zero]] / [[Logic Bomb]]: the page quote at the top.
* [[Exposition]]: Chapter 2 is pretty much just this.
* [[Exposition]]: Chapter 2 is pretty much just this.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: "Wouldn't want anyone to get hurt, y'know?" and various less blatant examples.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: "Wouldn't want anyone to get hurt, y'know?" and various less blatant examples.
* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]]: What happened to Professor Vattha.
* [[Go Mad from the Revelation]]: What happened to Professor Vattha.
* [[Gratuitous Japanese]]: [[Gotta Catch Em All|Getto da ze!]] [[You Wake Up in A Room|Dokokashira?]]
* [[Gratuitous Japanese]]: [[Gotta Catch Em All|Getto da ze!]] [[You Wake Up in a Room|Dokokashira?]]
* [[Laser Guided Amnesia]]: "[[Show Don't Tell|I don't remember anything.]]"
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: "[[Show, Don't Tell|I don't remember anything.]]"
* [[Load Bearing Boss]]: invoked explicitly by name.
* [[Load-Bearing Boss]]: invoked explicitly by name.
* [[Ontological Mystery]], [[The All Concealing I]]: The italicized portions at the beginning of the chapters.
* [[Ontological Mystery]], [[The All-Concealing "I"]]: The italicized portions at the beginning of the chapters.
* [[Painting the Medium]]: Chapter 3 ("Parallel Process") uses three columns of text to represent [[Simultaneous Arcs|three simultaneous lines]] of action. [[Dynamic Entry|Until...]]
* [[Painting the Medium]]: Chapter 3 ("Parallel Process") uses three columns of text to represent [[Simultaneous Arcs|three simultaneous lines]] of action. [[Dynamic Entry|Until...]]
* [[Shout Out]]: The chapter titles are all references to some computer-science concept. The keys are named after the axioms of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zermelo<!-- E280%93Fraenkel_set_theory ZFC]] set theory. -->
* [[Shout-Out]]: The chapter titles are all references to some computer-science concept. The keys are named after the axioms of [[wikipedia:Zermelo%E2%80%93Fraenkel set theory|ZFC]] set theory.
* [[So What Do We Do Now]]: the beginning, actually.
* [[So What Do We Do Now?]]: the beginning, actually.
* [[Team Rocket Wins]]
* [[Team Rocket Wins]]


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Latest revision as of 14:37, 13 July 2021
"Make a Pokémon that defeats all Pokémon other than Pokémon that defeat themselves!"
—(With apologies to Bertrand Russell)
"All his life, Ash has had a dream: to Catch 'Em All. And now, he's finally done it– or has he? What mystery awaits him on Cinnabar's shore? And is he ready for where it will take him?"
—the summary

Ash's Return is a short Pokémon fanfic by "Questionnaire," following our hero Ash's quest to find the mysterious "missing" Pokémon. Flavors of Godel Escher Bach and Inception, with bits of "bored in Computation Structures class."

It can be read here. There is also a rewritten version, currently[when?] incomplete.

Tropes used in Ash's Return include:
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