Poké Wars: Difference between revisions

{{quote|"''I think back on those peaceful days we took for granted. When our genocide wasn't even conceivable, when killing a Pokémon was crazy, when a simple Ember didn't end in 3rd degree burns, and when I didn't worry about whether I would live to see morning.''"|Intro blurb for ''The Subsistence''}}

 

 

The six stories in the series are ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4480577/1/Poke_Wars_The_Subsistence Poké Wars: The Subsistence]'', ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5351220/1/Poke_Wars_The_Coalescence Poké Wars: The Coalescence]'', ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5743346/1/Poke_Wars_The_Incipience Poké Wars: The Incipience]'', ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6246931/1/Poke_Wars_The_Exigence Poké Wars: The Exigence]'', ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7549205/1/Poke_Wars_The_Truculence Poké Wars: The Truculence]'', and ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7942372/1/Poke_Wars_The_Defervescence Poké Wars: The Defervescence]''

* [[Dying as Yourself]] - {{spoiler|Harley's Ariados}} gets consumed by bloodlust but when he does a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], he reverts to {{spoiler|Ariados that Harley}} loved.

* [[Earth Is a Battlefield]] - [[Pokémon Red and Blue|Kanto]], [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|Johto]], [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Hoenn]], [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|Sinnoh]], [[Pokémon Colosseum|Orre]], [[Pokémon Ranger|Fiore, Oblivia, Almia]], and [[Pokémon Black and White|Unova]] have all become war torn [[Crapsack World|hell holes]].

* [[Emotions vs. Stoicism]]: On Lugia's side, we have Mesprit, the living incarnation of emotions that is clearly shown suffering after seeing the atrocities of the war-torn world. On Ho-oh's side, we have Uxie, who sees emotions as a distraction in the way of his experiments.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Subverted. Ho-oh is at first horrified at the concept of {{spoiler|wiping out the entire species of Grimer and Muk}}. He only goes along with it after hearing Uxie's reasoning, justifying it to himself with the rationale of {{spoiler|those Pokémon being by-products of humanity and therefore an extension of humans}}.

* [[Improbable Species Compatibility]] - Andrew mention this, even using the example of the Skitty and Wailord to point of how weird were egg groups sometimes. Everyone is shocked from the revelation, but he quickly rectifies that it only have happened on in vitro fertilization experiments because in nature, [[Unfortunate Implications|it would be physically imposible to make them breed...]] Later, Jennifer comments [[Take That|how Arceus have created the world in such a strange way.]] Andrew responds to her telling that a popular theory is that Wailord and Wailmer where, a long time ago, Pokémon who lived on land.

* [[Hover Tank]] - ''The Pokémon They Carried'' mentions one of these, the M009 Blastoise.

* [[Humans Are Special]] - Some of the Legendaries believe humans will earn their place in the post dampener removal [[Death World]]. [[Expanded Universe]] stories confirm this.

* [[Humans Are Warriors]] - Darkrai's quote says it all:

* [[Mass Super-Empowering Event]] - Aside from the one affecting the Pokémon, Lugia uses his own orb of creation to {{spoiler|remove the dampeners of humans}}.

* [[Mercy Kill]]: Ash to the unfortunate survivors in the sea of murderous Pokémon and Kaiza, and Samurai to his Pinsir.

* [[Military and Warfare Tropes|Military Fiction]] - ''The Pokémon They Carried'', ''Dawn of a New Era'' and ''The Divergence'' have elements of this genre.

* [[Mind Over Manners]]: Sabrina forgets this being so happy to meet Ash again, Lt. Surge and Samurai attempted to kill her. Not to mention the way she embarrassed Misty and Dawn...

* [[Human Popsicle|Mon Popsicle]] - Kyogre freezes Manaphy in a pyramid of ice.

* [[Psycho Electro]] - Raikou is... rather unbalanced. He does have a moment of sympathy towards humans at first, but decides to have blind faith in Ho-Oh and follow his orders regardless.

** Pikachu, after destroying a cluster of Muk. The temporary energy gain alters his behavior from "eager to fight" to "bloodthirsty".

* [[Razor Floss]] - Ariados silk can take this form.

* [[Razor Wind]] - Aside from the standard Razor Wind and Air Cutter attacks from the Pokémon canon, Samurai eventually gains the ability to swing his katana with such force that he can generate a blade of air.

* [[The Resenter]]: Shadow Lugia is very much this towards the original, and Ho-oh goads Kyogre into being this towards Manaphy.

* [[Resurrective Immortality]]: Ho-oh has been thrown into a mountain and had his limbs and head torn apart, and come back none the worse for wear. According to Uxie, only a legendary is able to have this ability - if a normal Pokémon had it, they'd fall under [[Born-Again Immortality]].

** [[The Hyena|Banette's]] [[The Dark Knight|"Awww, why so serious?"]] taunt to the Golem.

* [[Shown Their Work]] - Cornova ''really'' knows the ins and outs of nearly every detail about the Pokémon anime universe.

* [[Smug Snake]] - Ho-oh can be this at times.

* [[Start of Darkness]] - ''Lugia's Wish'' explains why Lugia's brother is so pissed with him.

* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: Cacturne accepts that this could be his way to go when he faces off against the pack of Ursaring. {{spoiler|Fortunately, he survives.}}

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