History Anime / PokemonTheSeries

* ThemeTuneExtended: Occurs with several of the English theme songs (and the majority of Japanese songs). Some of the extended versions can be heard in select episodes, but such extended songs are typically heard in [[{{Film/Pokemon}} the Pokémon movies]]. Usually, the movie in question will feature the theme song of the season that is airing at the time of the movie's release. The first original series' theme song is probably the most notable example, though - it received [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZdzY9TGu1c an extended version of the regular show theme]] ''and'', for ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hvqFZzbV24 a remix of said extended edition.]]

A list of the various movies can be found [[{{Film/Pokemon}} here]]. A LightNovel adaptation of the series was written by its original head writer Creator/TakeshiShudo. For more information, see [[Literature/PocketMonstersTheAnimation here]].

** Then there's the [[Film/{{Pokemon}} numerous movies for the Pokémon anime]]. The first nineteen are essentially [[TheMovie big screen adventures]] of Ash and his friends, depending on the season the movie debuted in. [[Anime/PokemonIChooseYou The twentieth movie]] isn't a movie for the ''Sun and Moon'' seasons, but instead an AlternateContinuity version of the series' first ever episode, namely it due to being a MilestoneCelebration. [[Anime/PokemonThePowerOfUs The following movie]] would stay in that continuity and [[Anime/MewtwoStrikesBackEvolution the movie after that]] was a 3D CG remake of ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''.

** In ''Journeys'', Ash and Goh meet up with Mewtwo from the original series where they do battle. It's also featured episodes in which past companions from previous series have appeared, so far including Korrina from Kalos, three instances with Dawn from Sinnoh, and the entire cast from Alola.

* ThreeAmigos: Ash, Brock/Tracey/Cilan/Clemont/Goh, and Misty/May/Dawn/Iris/Serena/Chloe. Advanced Generation and XY both add a TagalongKid- Max and Bonnie, respectively. The Ash, Goh and Chloe trio is more downplayed as the latter only joins them in specifc epsiodes, [[CharacterDevelopment but started joining them more often as time went on.]]

* TookALevelInKindness: Certain characters who started out as antagonists gradually soften up if they [[TheAtoner manage to redeem themselves]].

** In "Battling At Full Volume" a guitarist trainer with a mohawk exclusively battled powerful Pikachu. His Pikachu had his fur styled like [[DelinquentHair a fauxhawk]].

* UniqueMomentRuined: A frequnt recurring issue for Ash, starting from the Kanto League, is that he often ''just'' misses out on winning a Pokemon League Championship in each region due to something happening to screw him over at a critical point in the tournament (if it wasn't a case of the opponent simply being just that much better), to the extent that fans got used to it being a RunningGag per region. In the case of the aforementioned Kanto League, he lost a crucial match because his Charizard chose the worst time to be disobedient to his commands; he underwent a HeroicBSOD for a brief time immediately afterward. [[spoiler:Which is why fans got thrown for a loop when he finally won the Alola League]].

** Acerola owns a shiny Mimikyu she calls "Mimikins" and eventually catches the Gengar called "Greedy Rapooh".

** Acerola owns a Mimikyu she calls "Mimikins".

* BioweaponBeast: The origin of Mewtwo. He was cloned from the DNA of the mythical and nigh-allpowerful Pokémon Mew by scientists for Giovanni, the boss of Team Rocket. Right after his birth CloningBlues sets in, but Giovanni did manage to trick him for a while into serving as his attack animal.

* KissingDiscretionShot: Happened at least twice in the anime: Nurse Joy's Jynx kissed Brock while he's delirious; Serena kissed Ash; Kukui and Burnett kissed each other at their wedding. While kisses on the cheek, forehead, or nose has been shown off-screen, any mouth-to-mouth kiss are hidden due to ''TV Guidelines'' in Japan.

* NonDubbedGrunts: Some Pokémon, mostly the ones who kept their Japanese names. The dub even credits the Japanese seiyuu.

** ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesAimToBeAPokemonMaster Pokémon: Aim to Be a Pokémon Master]]'': [[EndOfAnAge After 25 years, Ash and Pikachu will retire]] as the main protagonists, and will be sent off in this miniseries, which contains the final episodes of ''Pokémon Journeys: The Series''.

* CatsAreMean: Feline-inspired Pokémon in the anime are recurrently prone to attitude problems or untrustworthy behaviour, even if it ranges from being [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold somewhat rough natured heroes]] or outright antagonists. The main villain Pokémon is Team Rocket's Meowth, a cat, which of course complements the fact that the anime's flagship Pokémon, Ash's Pikachu, is a mouse.

* PatternCodedEggs: The shells of Pokémon eggs look like the Pokémon they will eventually hatch into. For example, Brock's pink and white Happiny hatched from a pink egg with a white stripe around its midsection. But starting from ''Anime/PokemonJourneys'', this trope is averted when Ash receives an egg that resembles the 10-km egg from ''Videogame/PokemonGo'', being plain white with light blue spots and bearing no resemblance to the Riolu that hatches from it.

* SacredFirstKiss: Happened at least twice in the series. Brock received his first kiss from Jynx in an [[BannedEpisode episode banned from the USA]] and Ash received one from Serena in the final ''XY'' episode. Both of these were offscreen due to TV guidelines in Japan.

* SacredFirstKiss: Happened at least twice in the series. Brock received his first kiss from Jynx in a BannedEpisode and Ash received one from Serena in the final ''XY'' episode. Both of these were offscreen due to TV guidelines in Japan.

* SacredFirstKiss: Happened at least twice in the series. Brock received his first kiss from Jynx in a BannedEpisode and Ash received one from Serena in the final ''XY'' episode.

* SamusIsAGirl: Due to Pokémon genders being [[AmbiguousGender ambiguous]], a plot twist can occur where a Pokémon is revealed to be a certain gender after it is assumed to be the other, such as Jessie's Yanmega (a big scary dragonfly with a very deep reverberating voice), who was revealed to be a female.

** Brock's first partner was an Onix, and both he and it were introduced in the series as exceptionally powerful. After joining Ash, both got hit with TheWorfEffect and were the subject of constant defeats, but once both had been PutOnABus, they managed to make a spectacular comeback and demolished all in their path. It helped that Onix had since evolved into a Steelix, and gained Mega-Evolution, in the same way that Brock had evolved from wanting to be a breeder to becoming a doctor instead. Some of his other Mons, like Marshtomp and Ludicolo, picked up on his girl-crazy habits, but others like his Geodude are often OutOfFocus like he tended to be in comparison to the rest of the group.

** Clemont's Bunnelby is the StraightMan to the ComicRelief that is Chespin, as both it and its owner have to temper down the squirrel's tendencies to wander off, get distracted by other Pokémon, or handle Chespin's voracious appetite.

* BreakThemByTalking:In Sun and Moon, Nanu uses this as a tactic when battling Ash, using taunts and insults to bait Ash into making strategic mistakes and letting his emotions get in the way of the battle. He eventually learns to overcome this.

* TooHungryToBePolite: When all of Goh's Pokémon go crazy due to their food going missing, they all start to attack each other and almost put his 3 Cascoon at risk. Only averted with his Farfetch'd, Skwovet, Pidgy and Cubone who manage to stay calm and help get everyone back to normal.