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* ConflictingLoyalty: After Trip arrived in town, Ash found himself caught between his old rival and Goh, his new friend and coworker. Trip insisted that Ash needed to [[ToughLove leave Goh alone]] to consider the consequences of his actions, as it was [[TheOnlyWayTheyWillLearn the only way to get him to listen]]. Goh, meanwhile, demanded that Ash come with him and leave Trip behind in response to that treatment- and because he was [[GreenEyedMonster very jealous]] about someone being around [[BirdsOfAFeather his new friend]]. In the end, Ash chose to support Trip, both because [[RelationshipUpgrade they were newly dating]] and because Trip promised him it actually ''was'' the best way to help [[TookALevelInJerkass Goh]]. Sadly, this choice [[FromBadToWorse didn't end well]].
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* HurtingHero: Aside from him blaming himself for Chloe's troubles, he tells Trip that he was horrified during the Unown incident and her mother brainwashed by Entei. And as Goh spirals into a breakdown, he feels guiltier and guiltier for unwittingly causing these problems.
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* ChekhovMIA: Charizard being off on an errand (to find Ash a 'birthday present in Kalos') is mentioned as the reason he's not present. [[spoiler: He returns at the climax of Wisteria, alongside Greninja who was his birthday present]].
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* ChekhovMIA: Charizard being off on an errand (to find Ash a 'birthday present in Kalos') is mentioned as the reason he's not present.present during Blossoming Trail's events. [[spoiler: He returns at the climax of Wisteria, alongside Greninja who was his birthday present]].
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: In chapter 26, he is so furious with Parker that after the Unown are defeated, he slaps the boy's face hard enough to knock him into the ground for his torture of Vermillion City. It's rather telling when others like Trip, Serena, Molly, and their Pokemon are also angry enough that they don't restrain him from doing so.
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* BalefulPolymorph: Gets transformed into Ashachu once again during ''Voyage of Wisteria''.
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* ForcedTransformation: Gets transformed into Ashachu once again during ''Voyage of Wisteria''.
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* RantInducingSlight: During an otherwise civil dinner at his house, his mother merely ''suggesting'' she might not be able to forgive Chloe causes him to ''explode'', calling her out and ''[[KickTheDog comparing her to Parker]]''.
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* StaticCharacter: The difference between Ash at the start of the series and at the end is mostly in some nuance and maturity, as he more or less snaps back from his sadder, more distraught characterization in early ''Blossoming Trail'' over the course of middle and later ''Blossoming Trail''. This return to his core characterization allows him to be a supportive, generally mentally healthy figure for Chloe and Goh to bounce or lean off of to various levels of success.
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[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailRedLotusTrio Red Lotus Trio]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPassengers Passengers]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheApex The Apex]]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailCageOfFlauros Cage of Flauros]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheUnsubsCrew The Unsub's Crew]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPokemonWorld Pokémon World]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailVermillionCity Vermillion City]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailGohFujihachi Goh Fujihachi]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailParkerCerise Parker Cerise]]], '''The Ketchum Family''', [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPokemonTrainers Pokémon Trainers]]) -] ]]]]
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[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailRedLotusTrio Red Lotus Trio]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPassengers Passengers]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheApex The Apex]]], Apex]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailGraceMonroe Grace Monroe]]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailCageOfFlauros Cage of Flauros]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheUnsubsCrew The Unsub's Crew]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPokemonWorld Pokémon World]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailVermillionCity Vermillion City]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailGohFujihachi Goh Fujihachi]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailParkerCerise Parker Cerise]]], '''The Ketchum Family''', [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPokemonTrainers Pokémon Trainers]]) -] ]]]]
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Just a quick entry I wanted to make! I have a few longer entries in the works, but this seemed like a simple addition for now.
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* ObliviousToHatred: Ash's GuiltComplex was complicated by just how long it took him (and, in fairness, most other characters) to grasp that Chloe genuinely ''[[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence hated him]]'' for ''enjoying himself'' while in her vicinity. Sure, Ash could have offered a wider variety of options in inviting Chloe out, but she ''could have'' had fun accompanying the boys on at least ''some'' of those trips. Chloe just wasn't about to give [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Ash Ketchum]] the satisfaction unless the invitations happened on ''her'' terms.
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Ash has saved the world countless times, and even without considering that idea, he's the Alolan league champion and a certified NiceGuy who treats everybody at Cerise Institute, including Chloe, with amicability. Despite this, the Cerise Institute doesn't treat him any differently than other trainers, and Chloe and Parker paint him as a black hole that wants to take everything away from him. Granted, it's noted that people have a habit of not looking him up and treating him as just another trainer, and the EasilyCondemned part only applies to Chloe and her group, but it's still somewhat notable.
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: DudeWheresMyRespect:
** Ash has saved the world countless times, and even without considering that idea, he's the Alolan league champion and a certified NiceGuy who treats everybody at Cerise Institute, including Chloe, with amicability. Despite this, the Cerise Institute doesn't treat him any differently than other trainers, and Chloe and Parker paint him as a black hole that wants to take everything away from him. Granted, it's noted that people have a habit of not looking him up and treating him as just another trainer, and the EasilyCondemned part only applies to Chloe and her group, but it's still somewhatnotable.notable.
** It's not exclusive to Vermillion City either; when Pallet Town is visited in the sequel, it becomes clear that the adults don't exactly have a high opinion of Ash, precisely ''because'' of all his feats and achievements striking at their insecurities.
** Ash has saved the world countless times, and even without considering that idea, he's the Alolan league champion and a certified NiceGuy who treats everybody at Cerise Institute, including Chloe, with amicability. Despite this, the Cerise Institute doesn't treat him any differently than other trainers, and Chloe and Parker paint him as a black hole that wants to take everything away from him. Granted, it's noted that people have a habit of not looking him up and treating him as just another trainer, and the EasilyCondemned part only applies to Chloe and her group, but it's still somewhat
** It's not exclusive to Vermillion City either; when Pallet Town is visited in the sequel, it becomes clear that the adults don't exactly have a high opinion of Ash, precisely ''because'' of all his feats and achievements striking at their insecurities.
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* EasilyForgiven: Ash has a ''really bad'' habit of shoving things under the bridge with people who have wronged him, regardless of whether they deserve it or not, and specially when taking the pain they give him into account. It literally takes [[spoiler: being mind raped into becoming a mad hatter by Parker and an evil version of Chloe]] for him to finally quit being so forgiving.
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* EasilyForgiven: Ash has a ''really bad'' habit of shoving things under the bridge with people who have wronged him, regardless of whether they deserve it or not, and specially when taking the pain they give him into account. It literally takes [[spoiler: being mind raped into becoming a mad hatter by Parker and an evil version of Chloe]] for him to finally quit being so forgiving.forgiving towards ''somebody''.
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** Also related to Parker, Ash is generally a very forgiving person; he's even forgiven people who tried to kill him before. However, the Unown incident was so damaging to not only himself, but those around him, that he simply can't bring himself to ''ever'' forgive the perpetrator for it.
* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: Ash is the kind of person who becomes friends with everyone and always sees the good in people, but he comes to loath Parker just as much as anybody else after the Unown incident.
* ExtremeDoormat: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], since he at least tries to defend himself, but the rapidly deteriorating situation in Vermillion City and Parker and Chloe's refusal to ''stop'' blaming himself for their problems causes him to lose this attitude, eventually developing a GuiltComplex out of it. He eventually GrewASpine and came out of it, however,
* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: Ash is the kind of person who becomes friends with everyone and always sees the good in people, but he comes to loath Parker just as much as anybody else after the Unown incident.
* ExtremeDoormat: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], since he at least tries to defend himself, but the rapidly deteriorating situation in Vermillion City and Parker and Chloe's refusal to ''stop'' blaming himself for their problems causes him to lose this attitude, eventually developing a GuiltComplex out of it. He eventually GrewASpine and came out of it, however,
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** Also related to Parker, Ash is generally a very forgiving person; he's even forgiven people who tried to kill him before. However, the Unown incident was so damaging to not only himself, but those around him, that he simply can't bring himself to ''ever'' forgive the perpetrator little brat for it.
* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: Ash is the kind of person who becomes friends with everyone and always sees the good in people, but he comes to loath Parker just as much as anybody else after the Unownincident.
incident. This becomes even more pronounced in the sequel, as Ash makes it no secret to Chloe that he not only won't forgive her brother, which she accepts, but that he doesn't even want to think about seeing him again.
* ExtremeDoormat: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], since he at least tries to defend himself, but the rapidly deteriorating situation in Vermillion City and Parker and Chloe's refusal to ''stop'' blaming himself for their problems causes him to lose this attitude, eventually developing a GuiltComplex out of it. He eventually GrewASpine andcame grew out of it, however,however, with the first sign of this being him ''punching Parker in the face'' when he tries to claim he's innocent of wrongdoing.
* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: Ash is the kind of person who becomes friends with everyone and always sees the good in people, but he comes to loath Parker just as much as anybody else after the Unown
* ExtremeDoormat: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], since he at least tries to defend himself, but the rapidly deteriorating situation in Vermillion City and Parker and Chloe's refusal to ''stop'' blaming himself for their problems causes him to lose this attitude, eventually developing a GuiltComplex out of it. He eventually GrewASpine and
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* GoodIsNotSoft: He's a legitimate NiceGuy in a city full of the JerkWithAHeartOfGold at best, but not only does he throw ''all of his Pokémon'' at the Unown, but ''punches Parker in the face'' when the little brat tries to deny responsibility about what happened.
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* GoodIsNotSoft: He's a legitimate NiceGuy in a city full of the JerkWithAHeartOfGold at best, but not only does he throw ''all of his Pokémon'' at the Unown, but ''punches Parker in the face'' when the little brat tries to deny responsibility about what happened.
* NonProtagonistResolver: It is he, alongside Gladion and [[spoiler:Zamazenta and Zacian]], who ultimately [[spoiler: defeat Eternatus and bring an end to The Darkest Day.]]
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* OnlyFriend: Is Goh's best and only friend in the present, since Goh's obsession with capturing Mew caused the friendship with Chloe to disintegrate into nothing and Goh stated that he didn't want to make new friends in the past. Unfortunately, Arc 2 is showing Goh at his lowest and rejecting Ash as a friend when the former learns that Ash is [[spoiler:together with Trip.]]
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* OnlyFriend: Is Goh's best and only friend in the present, since Goh's obsession with capturing Mew caused the friendship with Chloe to disintegrate into nothing and Goh stated that he didn't want to make new friends in the past. Unfortunately, Arc 2 is showing Goh at his lowest and rejecting Ash as a friend when the former learns that Ash is [[spoiler:together with Trip.]]
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* WorfHadTheFlu: He's one of the most powerful characters in the story, but he doesn't get to show it as he spends most of that time [[GuiltComplex in a funk regarding how he didn't do enough]] or [[MindRape being brainwashed into being unable to do anything to help]]. Once both of these get dealt with, Ash makes it ''very'' clear he's not someone to be messed with.
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* WorfHadTheFlu: He's one of the most powerful characters in the story, but he doesn't get to show it as he spends most of that time either [[GuiltComplex in a funk regarding how he didn't do enough]] or [[MindRape being brainwashed into being unable to do anything to help]]. Once both of these get dealt with, Ash makes it ''very'' clear he's not someone to be messed with.
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* CameBackStrong: Once he gets released from Parker and [=UnChloe=]'s brainwashing, not only does he return to be his confident self from before, but he regains his strong will to such an extent that he ''refuses'' to be torn down by his mistake once again.
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* CameBackStrong: Once he gets released from Parker and [=UnChloe=]'s brainwashing, not only does he return to be his confident self from before, but he regains his strong will to such an extent that he ''refuses'' to be torn down by his mistake once again. And as a result of Gary sending Ash his reserves from Pallet Town, them staying at the Cerise lab afterwards, and then moving operations to said lab, Ash has access to pretty much his entire team (sans Charizard, whose out at the time) for the duraton of the story. Combined with also grabbing the Z-Ring, Ash comes back from the events of early Blossoming Trail better than ever.
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** By the end of the Unown incident, however, Ash practically tears down this trope to bits in his callout, not only making it clear he could only do so much as an outsider, but that he at least made more than practically everybody else in Vermillion City, ''even the very same people who were accussing him''.
* CameBackStrong: Once he gets released from Parker and [=UnChloe=]'s brainwashing, not only does he return to be his confident self from before, but he regains his strong will to such an extent that he ''refuses'' to be torn down by his mistake once again.
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** Ash ''does not'' like Team Rocket but even he hopes they stay far away from the [[spoiler:Parker and Unown]] powered mess for their own safety.
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** Ash ''does not'' like Team Rocket Rocket, but even he hopes they stay far away from the [[spoiler:Parker and Unown]] powered mess for their own safety.
** Also related to Parker, Ash is generally a very forgiving person; he's even forgiven people who tried to kill him before. However, the Unown incident was so damaging to not only himself, but those around him, that he simply can't bring himself to ''ever'' forgive the perpetrator for it.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Ash typically only fights with a few Pokemon at a time, and even when he has a full team, he doesn't summon his strongest one right away. The Unown incident, however, is such a big threat that Ash not only breaks this rule and uses more than six Pokemon, but he summons ''just about every single Pokemon he's kept at Oak's ranch'' in order to deal some serious damage to [=UnChloe=].
* KarmicJackpot: Despite having every reason to detest her and not want anything to do with her, Ash forgives Chloe and decides to help her get back on her feet once she returns from the Train. As a reward, Chloe defends him when the adults of Pallet Town try to slander him, and helps take down teir plan to demonize him once and for all.
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* TurnTheOtherCheek: This is how he wants to approach the situation with Chloe; while some bad things were done in her name, Ash sees her as the scared, insecure girl who was treated horribly by Vermillion City, and who just wants a friend. Delia ''not'' agreeing with this notion sets him off.
** He ''doesn't'' extend the same generosity to [[spoiler: Parker]], however, given how everything they did caused Ash to be done with them.
** He ''doesn't'' extend the same generosity to [[spoiler: Parker]], however, given how everything they did caused Ash to be done with them.
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* TurnTheOtherCheek: This is how he wants to approach the situation with Chloe; while some bad things were done in her name, Ash sees her as the scared, insecure girl who was treated horribly by Vermillion City, and who just wants a friend. Delia ''not'' agreeing with this notion sets him off.
off, though he eventually apologizes and agrees that she has everything to disagree.
** He ''doesn't'' extend the same generosity to[[spoiler: Parker]], Parker, however, given how everything they not only did caused Ash he have a personal hand in utterly demolishing Ash's will, compared to be done with them.Chloe's indirect approach, but it's quite clear that he only said he did it in Chloe's name in order to justify his own desire for revenge against all costs.
** He ''doesn't'' extend the same generosity to
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* WorfHadTheFlu: He's one of the most powerful characters in the story, but he doesn't get to show it as he spends most of that time [[GuiltComplex in a funk regarding how he didn't do enough]] or [[MindRape being brainwashed into being unable to do anything to help]]. Once both of these get dealt with, Ash makes it ''very'' clear he's not someone to be messed with.
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* TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople: Parker enslaving and torturing those around him with the Unown was just the kick in the pants that Ash needed to get back to normal in story.
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** Thanks to sleep deprivation, he ends up ''yelling at his mother and comparing her to Parker'' when Deliah argues Chloe might be indirectly responsible for everything that happened with the Unown. Given Ash is a MommasBoy, this comes as quite jarring.
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* TheAce: He's a skilled Pokémon Trainer and the ''Champion of the Alola League'', making him this in Chloe's eyes. This plus the ability to make friends both easily and readily is how Goh similarly views Ash in the second part of the story.
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* TheAce: He's a skilled Pokémon Trainer and the ''Champion of the Alola League'', making him this in Chloe's eyes. This plus the ability to make friends both easily and readily is how Goh similarly views Ash in the second part of the story.
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* TheAce: He's a skilled Pokémon Trainer and the ''Champion of AchillesInHisTent: Ash is an unbelievably powerful trainer, being the Alola League'', making him this League Champion and all, but he opts out in Chloe's eyes. This plus early ''Blossoming Trail'' when the ability situation at Vermillion City causes his mood to make friends both easily go sour, eventually leading into a pretty damn severe GuiltComplex. [[spoiler: The Unown incident]] becomes the point when he decides enough is enough and readily is how Goh similarly views Ash in the second part of the story. returns to his former self.
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* MommasBoy: His father's not in the picture, so his closest, and only, parental relationship is with his mother, and the two get along pretty well.
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* MadeOutToBeAJerkass: [[DownplayedTrope Insensitive actually]], but it's the same principle. When Trip first arrives and asks for info, the characters (especially Parker) word their responses in just the right/wrong way to make it seem like Ash deliberately ignored Chloe and her problems until she blew up and got Trainnapped. This is a very big reason for how Ash gets treated from here on out, and once the situation gets reanalyzed, everybody is shocked and regretful, to say the least.
* MommasBoy: His father's not in the picture, so his closest, and only, parental relationship is with his mother, and the two get along pretty well. In fact, him ''yelling at her and comparing her to Parker'' is used as the moment to make it clear just how much the events of Act 2 affected him.
* MommasBoy: His father's not in the picture, so his closest, and only, parental relationship is with his mother, and the two get along pretty well. In fact, him ''yelling at her and comparing her to Parker'' is used as the moment to make it clear just how much the events of Act 2 affected him.
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* AesopAmnesia: Partially. ''Knight of the Orange Lily'' reveals one of the lessons he got from Nanu was not to let anger and negativity overwhelm him. While the anger half was remembered, the negavity is completely forgotten as he takes whatever people tell him about the Chloe situation at face value, up until he develops a GuiltComplex over it.
* AllLovingHero: He's kind and caring to people and Pokémon. However, Chloe sees him in a negative light; a "black hole" that sucks up everything. And being a kind person is not necessarily a one size fits all trait. It's reconstructed later - his sincerity and good intentions make him the first person [[spoiler:Chloe reaches out to and forgives, and he even requests that she just cooks for him to prove that she's sorry in comparison to her just wanting to rescue three broken trainers from Silent Hill.]].
* AllLovingHero: He's kind and caring to people and Pokémon. However, Chloe sees him in a negative light; a "black hole" that sucks up everything. And being a kind person is not necessarily a one size fits all trait. It's reconstructed later - his sincerity and good intentions make him the first person [[spoiler:Chloe reaches out to and forgives, and he even requests that she just cooks for him to prove that she's sorry in comparison to her just wanting to rescue three broken trainers from Silent Hill.]].
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* AdaptationalWimp: In canon, one of Ash's most prominent character traits is his determination and ability to stand strong no matter what the world throws at him. In here, his will is far weaker, with the BlameGame around Vermillion City causing him to break and develop a GuiltComplex, something that he didn't come close to getting in far worse situations. [[spoiler: The Unown situation]] causes him to decide to subvert this trope once and for all, regaining his strength and ''refusing'' to be a scapegoat anymore.
* AesopAmnesia: Partially. ''Knight of the Orange Lily'' reveals one of the lessons he got from Nanu was not to let anger and negativity overwhelm him. While the anger half was remembered, thenegavity negativity is completely forgotten as he takes whatever people tell him about the Chloe situation at face value, up until he develops a GuiltComplex over it.
it. It takes until [[spoiler: the Unown situation]] for him yo remember the other half, and regain his strength.
* AllLovingHero: He's kind and caring to people and Pokémon. However, Chloe sees him in a negative light; a "black hole" that sucks up everything. And being a kind person is not necessarily a one size fits all trait. It's reconstructed later - his sincerity and good intentions make him the first person [[spoiler:Chloe reaches out to and forgives, and he even requests that she just cooks for him to prove that she's sorry in comparison to her just wanting to rescue three broken trainers from Silent Hill.]]. However, as [[spoiler: Parker]] can attest, even he has his limits.
* AesopAmnesia: Partially. ''Knight of the Orange Lily'' reveals one of the lessons he got from Nanu was not to let anger and negativity overwhelm him. While the anger half was remembered, the
* AllLovingHero: He's kind and caring to people and Pokémon. However, Chloe sees him in a negative light; a "black hole" that sucks up everything. And being a kind person is not necessarily a one size fits all trait. It's reconstructed later - his sincerity and good intentions make him the first person [[spoiler:Chloe reaches out to and forgives, and he even requests that she just cooks for him to prove that she's sorry in comparison to her just wanting to rescue three broken trainers from Silent Hill.]]. However, as [[spoiler: Parker]] can attest, even he has his limits.
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* AndIMustScream: Because of his Aura powers, he is somewhat aware of everything happening around him during [[spoiler:his time as Parker's Mad Hatter under [=UnChloe=]'s geas.]]
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* AndIMustScream: Because of his Aura powers, he is somewhat aware of everything happening around him during [[spoiler:his time as Parker's Mad Hatter under [=UnChloe=]'s geas.]]]] This only further fuels his anger towards the ringleader.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: In chapter 26, he is so furious with Parker that after the Unown are defeated, he slaps the boy's face hard enough to knock him into the ground for his torture of Vermillion City. It's rather telling when others like Trip, Selena, Molly, and their Pokemon are also angry enough that they don't restrain him from doing so.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: In chapter 26, he is so furious with Parker that after the Unown are defeated, he slaps the boy's face hard enough to knock him into the ground for his torture of Vermillion City. It's rather telling when others like Trip, Selena, Serena, Molly, and their Pokemon are also angry enough that they don't restrain him from doing so.
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* InformedAttribute: Early in the story, Ash is touted as the Alola league champion and a powerful trainer. After his duel with Chloe, however, he spends more time being called out and developing a severe guilt complex than actually doing anything to fulfill this idea in the early part of ''Blossoming Trail''. Luckily, he gets better and following the events of the Unown Arc we regularly see him battling to show this part of him more, to the point of him managing to defeat ''Raihan'' in a full battle in late Wisteria.
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** Early in the story, Ash is touted as the Alola league champion and a powerful trainer. After his duel with Chloe, however, he spends more time being called out and developing a severe guilt complex than actually doing anything to fulfill this idea in the early part of ''Blossoming Trail''. Luckily, he gets better and following the events of the Unown Arc we regularly see him battling to show this part of him more, to the point of him managing to defeat ''Raihan'' in a full battle in late Wisteria.
** Likewise, Chloe compares him to a black hole, as a being who sucks up all the attention away from her. As the story goes on, however, this clearly is proven false: not only do people rarely approach Ash after Chloe gets taken, but when they do, it's to ''blame him'' for what happened.
** Early in the story, Ash is touted as the Alola league champion and a powerful trainer. After his duel with Chloe, however, he spends more time being called out and developing a severe guilt complex than actually doing anything to fulfill this idea in the early part of ''Blossoming Trail''. Luckily, he gets better and following the events of the Unown Arc we regularly see him battling to show this part of him more, to the point of him managing to defeat ''Raihan'' in a full battle in late Wisteria.
** Likewise, Chloe compares him to a black hole, as a being who sucks up all the attention away from her. As the story goes on, however, this clearly is proven false: not only do people rarely approach Ash after Chloe gets taken, but when they do, it's to ''blame him'' for what happened.
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** Ash, the near indomitable Trainer who's faced the end of the world multiple times, breaks into a guilt-ridden mess as things spiral in Vermillion City. Needless to say, everybody is shocked when this happens.
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with him not befriending Chloe and his supposed treatment to her. Trip took it as a sign that Ash wasn't himself, since he usually manages to befriend everybody he meets and is a typical NiceGuy, rather than the uncaring person who's apathetic to Chloe's problems. In reality, Ash didn't treat Chloe any different or any worse than he did his other companions; it's just careful wording from everybody to make him seem like the bad guy and Trip just buying into it, no questions asked.
** After the Unown get dispelled, Ash straight up ''punches Parker and makes it clear he will never forgive him''. Given this is [[AllLovingHero Ash]] we're talking about, it's made very clear just how badly Parker has messed up.
** Thanks to sleep deprivation, he ends up ''yelling at his mother and comparing her to Parker'' when Deliah argues Chloe might be indirectly responsible for everything that happened with the Unown. Given Ash is a MommasBoy, this comes as quite jarring.
** Ash, the near indomitable Trainer who's faced the end of the world multiple times, breaks into a guilt-ridden mess as things spiral in Vermillion City. Needless to say, everybody is shocked when this happens.
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with him not befriending Chloe and his supposed treatment to her. Trip took it as a sign that Ash wasn't himself, since he usually manages to befriend everybody he meets and is a typical NiceGuy, rather than the uncaring person who's apathetic to Chloe's problems. In reality, Ash didn't treat Chloe any different or any worse than he did his other companions; it's just careful wording from everybody to make him seem like the bad guy and Trip just buying into it, no questions asked.
** After the Unown get dispelled, Ash straight up ''punches Parker and makes it clear he will never forgive him''. Given this is [[AllLovingHero Ash]] we're talking about, it's made very clear just how badly Parker has messed up.
** Thanks to sleep deprivation, he ends up ''yelling at his mother and comparing her to Parker'' when Deliah argues Chloe might be indirectly responsible for everything that happened with the Unown. Given Ash is a MommasBoy, this comes as quite jarring.
