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** Another Epilogue reveals that: [[spoiler:The entire story was being watched by a mysterious figure aka the ''head of Elipzo'' from ''Infinity Train: Seeker of Crocus'' who kidnaps Gladion, Tokio and Specter to give them a do-over on their ill-fated Train Trip.
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** Another Epilogue reveals that: [[spoiler:The entire story was being watched by a mysterious figure aka the ''head of Elipzo'' from ''Infinity Train: Seeker of Crocus'' ''FanFic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'' who kidnaps Gladion, Tokio and Specter to give them a do-over on their ill-fated Train Trip.Trip]].
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Arc 1, "The Fantasy", started on December 8th, 2020 and finally ended on July 20th, 2021. Arc 2 started with Gladion entering The Fog Car on July 21st, 2021. The story would eventually be completed in December 25th, 2021.
2021. Another epilogue was posted on January 1st, 2022. What this means is yet to be seen.
** Since the story takes place before Book 3, it fleshes out more of the atrocities the Apex committed and how they're too stubborn to admit they're wrong.
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* AllForNothing: Gladion doesn't want to admit that everything he did for his sister was this. All he had to do was show Type: Null/Silvally and explain that it was trying to help her from Nihilego to help her sister get through her trauma.
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* AllForNothing: AllForNothing:
** Gladion doesn't want to admit that everything he did for his sister was this. All he had to do was show Type: Null/Silvally and explain that it was trying to help her from Nihilego to help her sister get through hertrauma.trauma.
** [[spoiler:His attempts to stop the Apex using the tapes fails; it instead radicalizes them even ''more'' and he, Specter and Tokio are forced to make an early exit.]]
** Gladion doesn't want to admit that everything he did for his sister was this. All he had to do was show Type: Null/Silvally and explain that it was trying to help her from Nihilego to help her sister get through her
** [[spoiler:His attempts to stop the Apex using the tapes fails; it instead radicalizes them even ''more'' and he, Specter and Tokio are forced to make an early exit.]]
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* TheBet: In Chapter 2, Lusamine and Lillie bet to see whether or not Lillie will forgive Gladion within six months. If Lusamine wins, the two must go to a convention in cosplay. If Lillie wins, Lusamine steps down as Aether Foundation President.
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* TheBet: In Chapter 2, Lusamine and Lillie bet to see whether or not Lillie will forgive Gladion within six months. If Lusamine wins, the two must go to a convention in cosplay. If Lillie wins, Lusamine steps down as Aether Foundation President. [[spoiler:The epilogue has Lusamine winning.]]
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** The Tape Car: [[spoiler:The Tape Car is saved and the Apex is kicked out, but they'll still be wreaking havoc until Chloe enters. Lampetia's reduced to a heart stolen by Tiffany. The White Gestalt have no choice to leave, with Gladion, Specter and Tokio choosing to do so while London stays behind. Gladion feels cheated out of his goal but Larkspur reassures him that he still did some good and he was able to help Tokio finally return after two years.]]
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** The Tape Car: [[spoiler:The Tape Car is saved and the Apex is kicked out, but they'll still be wreaking havoc until Chloe enters. Lampetia's reduced to a heart stolen by Tiffany. The White Gestalt have no choice to leave, with Gladion, Specter and Tokio choosing to do so while London stays behind. Gladion feels cheated out of his goal but Larkspur reassures him that he still did some good and he was able to help Tokio finally return after two years. But even ''that'' becomes bitter because Tokio won't see Goh until long after Chloe leaves the train, meaning that Goh and Chloe will still have their fall-out.]]
** Another Epilogue reveals that: [[spoiler:The entire story was being watched by a mysterious figure aka the ''head of Elipzo'' from ''Infinity Train: Seeker of Crocus'' who kidnaps Gladion, Tokio and Specter to give them a do-over on their ill-fated Train Trip.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Lillie calls out on Gladion basically walking out on her when she needed him the most, stating that he could've prevented a lot of tragedy if he actually told someone about Faba's schemes years ago. Dulse th
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* WhatTheHellHero: Lillie calls out on Gladion basically walking out on her when she needed him the most, stating that he could've prevented a lot of tragedy if he actually told someone about Faba's schemes years ago. Dulse ththen brings up why ''she'' didn't do the same with her mother.
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Arc 1, "The Fantasy", started on December 8th, 2020 and finally ended on July 20th, 2021. Arc 2 started with Gladion entering The Fog Car on July 21st, 2021. The story would eventually be completed in December, December 25th, 2021.
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Arc 1, "The Fantasy", started on December 8th, 2020 and finally ended on July 20th, 2021. Arc 2 started with Gladion entering The Fog Car on July 21st, 2021. The story would eventually be completed in December, 2021.
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* AccusationFic: The story takes a dim view of Gladion's actions in the anime, stripping him of his ProtagonistCenteredMorality and having Lillie get furious over how he stayed silent about the incident that traumatized her, running off to train without so much as a word regarding where he'd gone or what he was doing. However, Dulse later questions if Lillie could've done anything by just telling Lusamine in the first place.
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* AccusationFic: The story takes a dim view of Gladion's actions in the anime, stripping him of his ProtagonistCenteredMorality and having Lillie get furious over how he stayed silent about the incident that traumatized her, running off to train without so much as a word regarding where he'd gone or what he was doing. However, Dulse later questions if Lillie could've done anything by just telling ''telling'' Lusamine in the first place.
** Due to Necrozma appearing after Ash's battle with Nanu, at least ''ten episodes'' worth of the anime got shaved off.
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* AdultFear:
** A five-year-old Mallow and her Bounsweet ran away from the hospital after stating that she hated her mother for apologizing on how she got sick (this being the last time she ever saw or ''spoke'' to her mother), got sucked onto the Train, and didn't arrive back home for three months, worrying her father and older brother even more than having to see Mallow's mother already passing away.
** Gladion is on the Train and no one except Mallow and perhaps Lusamine even shows any concern about what he might be going through and they won't even know or '''care''' about his situation for a few more months. Lillie herself does not give a flying feather if her brother was gone forever.
** Robbie Jewell's fears mirrors that of Tulip Olsen: his parents were divorcing and he hated it and believes that getting something on the Train will magically fix everything.
** Tokio had gone missing for two years and Mallow is horrified to learn that this was all caused by guilt for failing to keep a promise with a friend. And that's ''not'' going into what he went through on the Train.
* AlienSky: Gladion muses on this when he enters the Toy Brick Car and sees the "sun" as a large lightbulb. This is also noted in the Charcoal Car having different shades of grey to indicate day/night, the 400 Rabbits Car is perpetually purple and the Shock Street Car is red-orange.
** A five-year-old Mallow and her Bounsweet ran away from the hospital after stating that she hated her mother for apologizing on how she got sick (this being the last time she ever saw or ''spoke'' to her mother), got sucked onto the Train, and didn't arrive back home for three months, worrying her father and older brother even more than having to see Mallow's mother already passing away.
** Gladion is on the Train and no one except Mallow and perhaps Lusamine even shows any concern about what he might be going through and they won't even know or '''care''' about his situation for a few more months. Lillie herself does not give a flying feather if her brother was gone forever.
** Robbie Jewell's fears mirrors that of Tulip Olsen: his parents were divorcing and he hated it and believes that getting something on the Train will magically fix everything.
** Tokio had gone missing for two years and Mallow is horrified to learn that this was all caused by guilt for failing to keep a promise with a friend. And that's ''not'' going into what he went through on the Train.
* AlienSky: Gladion muses on this when he enters the Toy Brick Car and sees the "sun" as a large lightbulb. This is also noted in the Charcoal Car having different shades of grey to indicate day/night, the 400 Rabbits Car is perpetually purple and the Shock Street Car is red-orange.
** Specter asks Gladion what happens if his little plan with the memory tapes actually works. Gladion just answers "The quest is over then we go home."
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** Alex Shepherd / The Bogeyman has a bigger role in Knight of the Orange Lily as the author felt like she gave him the short end of the stick.
** Despite being one of the victims of the Lost Incident, the amount of episodes he has focus on can be counted one hand and so can the number of duels he's been (3 full duels, two offscreen ones), along with how he has no impact on Season 3 of VRAINS because his seiyuu was unavailable to voice lines till the finale. Specter gets a bigger role here.
** Despite being one of the victims of the Lost Incident, the amount of episodes he has focus on can be counted one hand and so can the number of duels he's been (3 full duels, two offscreen ones), along with how he has no impact on Season 3 of VRAINS because his seiyuu was unavailable to voice lines till the finale. Specter gets a bigger role here.
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** Alex Shepherd / The Bogeyman has a bigger role in Knight of the Orange Lily ihere as the author felt like she gave him the short end of the stick.
stick in ''Blossoming Trail''.
** Despite being one of the victims of the Lost Incident, the amount of episodeshe Specter has focus on can be counted one hand and so can the number of duels he's been (3 full duels, two offscreen ones), along with how he has no impact on Season 3 of VRAINS because his seiyuu was unavailable to voice lines till the finale. Specter gets a bigger role here.
** Despite being one of the victims of the Lost Incident, the amount of episodes
* BittersweetEnding: Due to it being a prequel, this tends to happen.
** The 400 Rabbits Car: [[spoiler:The truth about the White Rabbit is revealed, London is force to kill Lampetia and Gladion has to tell Larkspur to stay behind because of this. However, Gladion is able to convince Tokio to start working on himself to go home and they, Specter and London work together to become White Gestalt.]]
** The Tape Car: [[spoiler:The Tape Car is saved and the Apex is kicked out, but they'll still be wreaking havoc until Chloe enters. Lampetia's reduced to a heart stolen by Tiffany. The White Gestalt have no choice to leave, with Gladion, Specter and Tokio choosing to do so while London stays behind. Gladion feels cheated out of his goal but Larkspur reassures him that he still did some good and he was able to help Tokio finally return after two years.]]
** The 400 Rabbits Car: [[spoiler:The truth about the White Rabbit is revealed, London is force to kill Lampetia and Gladion has to tell Larkspur to stay behind because of this. However, Gladion is able to convince Tokio to start working on himself to go home and they, Specter and London work together to become White Gestalt.]]
** The Tape Car: [[spoiler:The Tape Car is saved and the Apex is kicked out, but they'll still be wreaking havoc until Chloe enters. Lampetia's reduced to a heart stolen by Tiffany. The White Gestalt have no choice to leave, with Gladion, Specter and Tokio choosing to do so while London stays behind. Gladion feels cheated out of his goal but Larkspur reassures him that he still did some good and he was able to help Tokio finally return after two years.]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In the Fog Car, [[spoiler:Dark Easter's assault on Specter comes apart as a child now grown up finally getting retribution on an abusive parent. In particular, Dark Easter notes that Specter attacked them because they "exist", which can reflect a child questioning if they're so hated because they're born.]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** In the Fog Car, [[spoiler:Dark Easter's assault on Specter comes apart as a child now grown up finally getting retribution on an abusive parent. In particular, Dark Easter notes that Specter attacked them because they "exist", which can reflect a child questioning if they're so hated because they're born.]]
** In the Fog Car, [[spoiler:Dark Easter's assault on Specter comes apart as a child now grown up finally getting retribution on an abusive parent. In particular, Dark Easter notes that Specter attacked them because they "exist", which can reflect a child questioning if they're so hated because they're born.]]
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** After The Bogeyman throws London into an empty room, he rants about how things are going to Hell and then questions if it can get any worse. [[spoiler:He then gets a good look at a broken Specter...]]
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** After The Bogeyman Bogeyman/Pyramid Head throws London into an empty room, room in the Fog Car, he rants about how things are going to Hell and then questions if it can get any worse. [[spoiler:He then gets a good look at a broken Specter...]]
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** The Puppet Hospital Car has White Gestalt and the Apex leaders meeting for the first time and Part 2 has [[spoiler:Poipole drawing Necrozma on the ground, meaning that he's arriving ''earlier'' than in canon.]]
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** The Puppet Hospital Car has White Gestalt and the Apex leaders meeting for the first time and Part 2 has [[spoiler:Poipole drawing Necrozma on the ground, meaning that he's arriving ''earlier'' -- as in ''ten episodes earlier'' -- than in canon.]]
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** After Ash defeats Nanu, [[spoiler:Poipole draws the image of Necrozma, which shouldn't happen for another 10 episodes.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Lillie calls out on Gladion basically walking out on her when she needed him the most, stating that he could've prevented a lot of tragedy if he actually told someone about Faba's schemes years ago.
* WhatTheHellHero: Lillie calls out on Gladion basically walking out on her when she needed him the most, stating that he could've prevented a lot of tragedy if he actually told someone about Faba's schemes years ago.
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** After Ash defeats Nanu, [[spoiler:Poipole draws the image of Necrozma, which shouldn't happen for another 10 episodes.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: Lillie calls out on Gladion basically walking out on her when she needed him the most, stating that he could've prevented a lot of tragedy if he actually told someone about Faba's schemes years ago. Dulse th
* WhatTheHellHero: Lillie calls out on Gladion basically walking out on her when she needed him the most, stating that he could've prevented a lot of tragedy if he actually told someone about Faba's schemes years ago. Dulse th
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** Gladion's grand quest to become stronger wasn't particularly glamorous. Training and fighting others proved exhausting, and he had to ensure he kept enough money on hand to afford hotel rooms. It's very telling that he considers these to have been great sacrifices on his part, as well. In Chapter 4, Gladion notes how far and between he would get for a decent shower and realizes why quests omit that part out of re-tellings.
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* RealityEnsues:
** Gladion's grand quest to become stronger wasn't particularly glamorous. Training and fighting others proved exhausting, and he had to ensure he kept enough money on hand to afford hotel rooms. It's very telling that he considers these to have been great sacrifices on his part, as well. In Chapter 4, Gladion notes how far and between he would get for a decent shower and realizes why quests omit that part out of re-tellings.
** From Lillie's perspective, Gladion left her behind for years, deliberately withholding critical information that could have helped her because he decided she was too fragile to handle it. Naturally, she's not thrilled by any of that and doesn't stick to the helpless role he mentally cast her in.
** Because Gladion wasn't around for Lillie's Character Development, he's still seeing her as some fragile flower instead of the feisty girl who will literally throw herself into danger to protect Snowy and take the initiative to save their mother.
** Gladion's grand quest to become stronger wasn't particularly glamorous. Training and fighting others proved exhausting, and he had to ensure he kept enough money on hand to afford hotel rooms. It's very telling that he considers these to have been great sacrifices on his part, as well. In Chapter 4, Gladion notes how far and between he would get for a decent shower and realizes why quests omit that part out of re-tellings.
** From Lillie's perspective, Gladion left her behind for years, deliberately withholding critical information that could have helped her because he decided she was too fragile to handle it. Naturally, she's not thrilled by any of that and doesn't stick to the helpless role he mentally cast her in.
** Because Gladion wasn't around for Lillie's Character Development, he's still seeing her as some fragile flower instead of the feisty girl who will literally throw herself into danger to protect Snowy and take the initiative to save their mother.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[Foreshadowing/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Has its own page.]]
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** Tokio had gone missing for two years and Mallow is horrified to learn that this was all caused by guilt for failing to keep a promise with a friend. And that's not going into what he went through on the Train.
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** Tokio had gone missing for two years and Mallow is horrified to learn that this was all caused by guilt for failing to keep a promise with a friend. And that's not ''not'' going into what he went through on the Train.
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** Lillie completely blames Gladion for hiding the truth about what happened with Nihilego from her. Dulse turns it around by stating that Lillie herself never told Lusamine that she even ''had'' a trauma in the first place.
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** Lillie completely blames Gladion for hiding the truth about what happened with Nihilego from her. Dulse turns it around by stating that Lillie herself never told Lusamine that she even ''had'' a trauma in the first place.place and is just as responsible for her traumas lasting longer than it should.
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** In the Windfish Car, Lin holds no hard feelings over what London did to Lampetia, stating that he did what was necessary.
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** In the Windfish Car, Lin holds no hard feelings over what London did to Lampetia, stating that he did what was necessary. [[spoiler: When she's revived, Lampetia herself doesn't hold it against London, as she did request it.]]
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* IgnoredEpiphany: While contemplating recent events on the beach, Gladion wonders whether it might have been better to simply ''tell'' his sister what happened, only to dismiss the notion. When Lillie confronts him, he blows her off entirely. Later in the 400 Rabbits Car, when he, Specter and London are telling Tokio how his parents have been worried about him, Gladion dismisses the idea of his family actually concerned about his whereabouts.
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* IgnoredEpiphany: While contemplating recent events on the beach, Gladion wonders whether it might have been better to simply ''tell'' his sister what happened, only to dismiss the notion. When Lillie confronts him, he blows her off entirely. Later in the 400 Rabbits Car, when he, Specter and London are telling Tokio [[spoiler:Tokio how his parents have been worried about him, him]], Gladion dismisses the idea of his family actually concerned about his whereabouts.
** Act 2 wastes no time to spoil Season 3 of ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'' in how Ai and Roboppy have human bodies.
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* MacabreMothMotif: Chapter 3 is focused around them. The fairy tale talks about a butterfly who grants a jailed thief a wish to be covered in darkness. Gladion is so freaked out in the Village of Whirlpools / The Spiral Car that he gets disturbed by the ''butterflies'', who aren't even bigger than his hand. And the wannabe thief who tried to steal his Poké balls gets encountered by a swarm of butterflies.
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* MacabreMothMotif: Chapter 3 is focused around them. The fairy tale talks about a butterfly who grants a jailed thief a wish to be covered in darkness. Gladion is so freaked out in the Village of Whirlpools / The Spiral Car that he gets disturbed by the ''butterflies'', who aren't even bigger than his hand. And the wannabe thief who tried to steal his Poké balls gets encountered by a swarm of butterflies. [[spoiler: These same butterflies return in the Puppet Hospital Car just as White Gestalt use the ''Psyke'' rocket to travel to the Tape Car]].
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*** Moreover, the situation with [[spoiler:Dark Easter]] would never had happened if Specter took a few seconds to calm down and let them talk things through. Specter himself is ashamed at his actions.
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*** Moreover, the situation with [[spoiler:Dark Easter]] would never had happened if Specter took a few seconds to calm down and let them talk things through. Specter himself is ashamed at his actions.actions when he learns the truth.
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** When the author describes that Specter was picked up between the end of Season 2 and the beginning of Season 3 in VRAINS, she adds that no one was going to care since he "barely does anything important" which is a jab at how, despite being a prominent member of the Knight of Hanoi, he's DemotedToExtra in the 3rd season -- due to his seiyuu being unavailable at the time -- and gets easily worked by Ai.
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** When the author describes that Specter was picked up between the end of Season 2 and the beginning of Season 3 in VRAINS, she adds that no one was going to care since he "barely does anything important" which is a jab at how, despite being a prominent member of the Knight of Hanoi, he's DemotedToExtra in the 3rd season -- due to his seiyuu being unavailable at the time -- and gets easily worked worfed by Ai.
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** Gladion questions how no one else except him is seeing a Train ''in the middle of the sea''.
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** In the prologue, Gladion questions how no one else except him is seeing a Train ''in the middle of the sea''.
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** Lillie Montblanc got her brother stuck on the Train because of her idea to gift him orange lilies. Mallow even warns her to not go through with it and now Gladion is another passenger about to fight a cult and will chew her out on this months later in Blossoming Trail that Gladion could've been dead all because of her.
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** Lillie Montblanc got her brother stuck on the Train because of her idea to gift him orange lilies. Mallow even warns her to not go through with it and now Gladion is another passenger about to fight a cult and will chew her out on this months later in Blossoming Trail ''Blossoming Trail'' that Gladion could've been dead all because of her.
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** The 400 Rabbits Car changes the direction of the story when it reveals [[spoiler:Tokio Chiso as the leader of the 400 Rabbits having been brainwashed into the role to replace the original White Rabbit '''by his own consent''' after Grace murdered the original one.. The last part has Gladion decide to take on an ImpossibleTask to trap the Apex, Lampetia is shattered by her own request, Gladion asks Larkspur to stay behind and he, London, Specter and Tokio decide to form a group, White Gestalt, to topple the Apex once and for all.]]
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** The 400 Rabbits Car changes the direction of the story when it reveals [[spoiler:Tokio Chiso as the leader of the 400 Rabbits having been brainwashed into the role to replace the original White Rabbit '''by his own consent''' after Grace murdered the original one..one. The last part has Gladion decide to take on an ImpossibleTask to trap the Apex, Lampetia is shattered by her own request, Gladion asks Larkspur to stay behind and he, London, Specter and Tokio decide to form a group, White Gestalt, to topple the Apex once and for all.]]
** The Puppet Hospital Car has White Gestalt and the Apex leaders meeting for the first time and Part 2 has [[spoiler:Poipole drawing Necrozma on the ground, meaning that he's arriving ''earlier'' than in canon.]]
** After Ash defeats Nanu, [[spoiler:Poipole draws the image of Necrozma, which shouldn't happen for another 10 episodes.]]
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* WhiteBunny: One of these serves as the leader of the 400 Rabbits Car [[spoiler:and he's ''not'' a rabbit; he's actually Tokio Chisou]].
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* WhiteBunny: One The 400 Rabbits Car has numerous white bunnies like Kisaragi. In fact, one of these serves as the leader of the 400 Rabbits Car [[spoiler:and he's ''not'' a rabbit; he's actually Tokio Chisou]].
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** Specter's plot essentially plays out as someone figuring out their sexual identity: Specter is afraid of confessing the truth to his family, has done research online and with others who have gone through that experience, is very close to the female Lampetia but refuses the advances of Easter (who has a masculine appearance but uses 'They').
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Gladion Montblanc keeping the Nihilego incident a secret was one thing. Bugging off elsewhere while the Ultra Beasts attacked was just outright poor planning on his part, not only because it proved to be harder than he thought, but because it made him look worse than he already was.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Gladion Montblanc keeping the Nihilego incident a secret was one thing. Bugging off elsewhere while the Ultra Beasts attacked was just outright poor planning on his part, not only because it proved to be harder than he thought, but because it made him look worse than he already was.
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* AdultFear: [[AdultFear/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Has its own page.]]
* AfterlifeExpress: Gladion assumes the Train sent him to the afterlife when he wakes up at what looks like the Pearly Gates. Then he hears One-One's introduction video.
* AliceAllusion: Gladion wished to be a knight like from the tale of the girl who went through a mirror. In The Toy Brick Car, he notes that the feast is similar to Queen Alice's own but with "less math lessons and napping queens". The 400 Rabbits Car is nothing ''but'' a humongous AliceAllusion starting from the MadHatter London -- who is in his Lucha Underground attire and was ''also'' a walking AliceAllusion on his own -- to the leader being known as The White Rabbit.
* AfterlifeExpress: Gladion assumes the Train sent him to the afterlife when he wakes up at what looks like the Pearly Gates. Then he hears One-One's introduction video.
* AliceAllusion: Gladion wished to be a knight like from the tale of the girl who went through a mirror. In The Toy Brick Car, he notes that the feast is similar to Queen Alice's own but with "less math lessons and napping queens". The 400 Rabbits Car is nothing ''but'' a humongous AliceAllusion starting from the MadHatter London -- who is in his Lucha Underground attire and was ''also'' a walking AliceAllusion on his own -- to the leader being known as The White Rabbit.
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** A five-year-old Mallow and her Bounsweet ran away from the hospital after stating that she hated her mother for apologizing on how she got sick (this being the last time she ever saw or ''spoke'' to her mother), got sucked onto the Train, and didn't arrive back home for three months, worrying her father and older brother even more than having to see Mallow's mother already passing away.
** Gladion is on the Train and no one except Mallow and perhaps Lusamine even shows any concern about what he might be going through and they won't even know or '''care''' about his situation for a few more months. Lillie herself does not give a flying feather if her brother was gone forever.
** Gladion is on the Train and no one except Mallow and perhaps Lusamine even shows any concern about what he might be going through and they won't even know or '''care''' about his situation for a few more months. Lillie herself does not give a flying feather if her brother was gone forever.
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** A five-year-old Mallow and her Bounsweet ran away from the hospital after stating that she hated her mother for apologizing on how she got sick (this being the last time she ever saw or ''spoke'' spoke to her mother), got sucked onto the Train, and didn't arrive back home for three months, worrying her father and older brother even more than having to see Mallow's mother already passing away.
** Gladion is on the Train and no one except Mallow and perhaps Lusamine even shows any concern about what he might be going through and they won't even know or'''care''' care about his situation for a few more months. Lillie herself does not give a flying feather if her brother was gone forever.
** Gladion is on the Train and no one except Mallow and perhaps Lusamine even shows any concern about what he might be going through and they won't even know or
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* AfterlifeExpress: Gladion assumes the Train sent him to the afterlife when he wakes up at what looks like the Pearly Gates. Then he hears One-One's introduction video.
* AliceAllusion: Gladion wished to be a knight like from the tale of the girl who went through a mirror. In The Toy Brick Car, he notes that the feast is similar to Queen Alice's own but with "less math lessons and napping queens". The 400 Rabbits Car is nothing ''but'' a humongous AliceAllusion starting from the MadHatter London -- who is in his Lucha Underground attire and was ''also'' a walking AliceAllusion on his own -- to the leader being known as The White Rabbit.
* AdultFear:
** A five-year-old Mallow and her Bounsweet ran away from the hospital after stating that she hated her mother for apologizing on how she got sick (this being the last time she ever saw or ''spoke'' to her mother), got sucked onto the Train, and didn't arrive back home for three months, worrying her father and older brother even more than having to see Mallow's mother already passing away.
** Gladion is on the Train and no one except Mallow and perhaps Lusamine even shows any concern about what he might be going through and they won't even know or '''care''' about his situation for a few more months. Lillie herself does not give a flying feather if her brother was gone forever.
** Robbie Jewell's fears mirrors that of Tulip Olsen: his parents were divorcing and he hated it and believes that getting something on the Train will magically fix everything.
** Tokio had gone missing for two years and Mallow is horrified to learn that this was all caused by guilt for failing to keep a promise with a friend. And that's not going into what he went through on the Train.
* AliceAllusion: Gladion wished to be a knight like from the tale of the girl who went through a mirror. In The Toy Brick Car, he notes that the feast is similar to Queen Alice's own but with "less math lessons and napping queens". The 400 Rabbits Car is nothing ''but'' a humongous AliceAllusion starting from the MadHatter London -- who is in his Lucha Underground attire and was ''also'' a walking AliceAllusion on his own -- to the leader being known as The White Rabbit.
* AdultFear:
** A five-year-old Mallow and her Bounsweet ran away from the hospital after stating that she hated her mother for apologizing on how she got sick (this being the last time she ever saw or ''spoke'' to her mother), got sucked onto the Train, and didn't arrive back home for three months, worrying her father and older brother even more than having to see Mallow's mother already passing away.
** Gladion is on the Train and no one except Mallow and perhaps Lusamine even shows any concern about what he might be going through and they won't even know or '''care''' about his situation for a few more months. Lillie herself does not give a flying feather if her brother was gone forever.
** Robbie Jewell's fears mirrors that of Tulip Olsen: his parents were divorcing and he hated it and believes that getting something on the Train will magically fix everything.
** Tokio had gone missing for two years and Mallow is horrified to learn that this was all caused by guilt for failing to keep a promise with a friend. And that's not going into what he went through on the Train.
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* [[AllForNothing/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail All For Nothing]]
* [[AscendedExtra/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Ascended Extra]]
* [[BittersweetEnding/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Bittersweet Ending]]
* [[CentralTheme/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Central Theme]]
* [[ContinuityNod/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Continuity Nod]]
* [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Deconstructed Character Archetype]]
* [[DeconstructionFic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Deconstruction Fic]]
* [[DidntThinkThisThrough/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Didnt Think This Through]]
* [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Does This Remind You Of Anything]]
* [[DoubleStandard/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Double Standard]]
* [[DramaticIrony/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Dramatic Irony]]
* [[EveryoneHasStandards/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Everyone Has Standards]]
* [[Foil/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Foil]]
* [[Foreshadowing/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Foreshadowing]]
* [[ForWantOfANail/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail For Want Of A Nail]]
* [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse]]
* [[HiddenDepths/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Hidden Depths]]
* [[InnocentlyInsensitive/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Innocently Insensitive]]
* [[Irony/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Irony]]
* [[PlotParallel/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Plot Parallel]]
* [[PoorCommunicationKills/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Poor Communication Kills]]
* [[RealityEnsues/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Reality Ensues]]
* [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail The Reason You Suck Speech]]
* [[ShoutOut/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Shout Out]]
* [[TakeThat/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Take That]]
* [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Unwitting Instigator Of Doom]]
* [[WhatTheHellHero/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail What The Hell Hero]]
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[[index]]
* [[AllForNothing/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail All For Nothing]]
* [[AscendedExtra/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Ascended Extra]]
* [[BittersweetEnding/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Bittersweet Ending]]
* [[CentralTheme/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Central Theme]]
* [[ContinuityNod/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Continuity Nod]]
* [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Deconstructed Character Archetype]]
* [[DeconstructionFic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Deconstruction Fic]]
* [[DidntThinkThisThrough/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Didnt Think This Through]]
* [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Does This Remind You Of Anything]]
* [[DoubleStandard/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Double Standard]]
* [[DramaticIrony/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Dramatic Irony]]
* [[EveryoneHasStandards/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Everyone Has Standards]]
* [[Foil/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Foil]]
* [[Foreshadowing/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Foreshadowing]]
* [[ForWantOfANail/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail For Want Of A Nail]]
* [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse]]
* [[HiddenDepths/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Hidden Depths]]
* [[InnocentlyInsensitive/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Innocently Insensitive]]
* [[Irony/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Irony]]
* [[PlotParallel/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Plot Parallel]]
* [[PoorCommunicationKills/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Poor Communication Kills]]
* [[RealityEnsues/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Reality Ensues]]
* [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail The Reason You Suck Speech]]
* [[ShoutOut/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Shout Out]]
* [[TakeThat/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Take That]]
* [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Unwitting Instigator Of Doom]]
* [[WhatTheHellHero/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail What The Hell Hero]]
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* AllForNothing: [[AllForNothing/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Has its own page.]]Gladion doesn't want to admit that everything he did for his sister was this. All he had to do was show Type: Null/Silvally and explain that it was trying to help her from Nihilego to help her sister get through her trauma.
* AscendedExtra:
** Alex Shepherd / The Bogeyman has a bigger role in Knight of the Orange Lily as the author felt like she gave him the short end of the stick.
** Despite being one of the victims of the Lost Incident, the amount of episodes he has focus on can be counted one hand and so can the number of duels he's been (3 full duels, two offscreen ones), along with how he has no impact on Season 3 of VRAINS because his seiyuu was unavailable to voice lines till the finale. Specter gets a bigger role here.
** Paul London doesn't appear in ''Lucha Underground'' until Season 3 and even then his arc mostly revolved around obsessing over Mascarita Sagrada as the White Rabbit and then going full SanitySlippage when he meets said White Rabbit and offers up his partners for guidance. And in the show itself he only gets two ''solo'' matches of his own with the other being Trios matches and a 3 vs 1 handicapped match. He's one of the central heroes of ''Knight of the Orange Lily'' and has a minor, yet significant role in ''Voyage of Wisteria'' when [[spoiler:he broadcasts a challenge to gather what remains of the Apex to be dragged into the Hazbin Car where he's currently residing.]].
** Alex Shepherd / The Bogeyman has a bigger role in Knight of the Orange Lily as the author felt like she gave him the short end of the stick.
** Despite being one of the victims of the Lost Incident, the amount of episodes he has focus on can be counted one hand and so can the number of duels he's been (3 full duels, two offscreen ones), along with how he has no impact on Season 3 of VRAINS because his seiyuu was unavailable to voice lines till the finale. Specter gets a bigger role here.
** Paul London doesn't appear in ''Lucha Underground'' until Season 3 and even then his arc mostly revolved around obsessing over Mascarita Sagrada as the White Rabbit and then going full SanitySlippage when he meets said White Rabbit and offers up his partners for guidance. And in the show itself he only gets two ''solo'' matches of his own with the other being Trios matches and a 3 vs 1 handicapped match. He's one of the central heroes of ''Knight of the Orange Lily'' and has a minor, yet significant role in ''Voyage of Wisteria'' when [[spoiler:he broadcasts a challenge to gather what remains of the Apex to be dragged into the Hazbin Car where he's currently residing.]].
* CentralTheme:
** Quests. Gladion went on what he saw as a "noble" quest to save his sister and grow stronger...but he went into this delusion so much that he made things worse for everyone involved. He's currently on his own quest to end the Apex and the story likes to deconstruct what it really takes to go on these quests.
** Hidden appearances: The Toy Brick Car has two passengers in Robbie Jewell and Penelope Mouse, who are much more meets the eye. Fittingly, the Toy Brick Car is about unlocking someone's inner creativity.
** Quests. Gladion went on what he saw as a "noble" quest to save his sister and grow stronger...but he went into this delusion so much that he made things worse for everyone involved. He's currently on his own quest to end the Apex and the story likes to deconstruct what it really takes to go on these quests.
** Hidden appearances: The Toy Brick Car has two passengers in Robbie Jewell and Penelope Mouse, who are much more meets the eye. Fittingly, the Toy Brick Car is about unlocking someone's inner creativity.
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* DeconstructionFic: [[DeconstructionFic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Has its own page.]]
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* DeconstructionFic: [[DeconstructionFic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Has its DeconstructionFic:
** Of Gladion's ProtagonistCenteredMorality. Gladion feels like ''he'' is the hero who went on an epic quest to help his sister. This story points out that he did more harm than good by keeping the Nihilego incident silent, and the [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy]] of tearing into his mother for being oblivious when he ''chose'' not to tell her. Lillie realizes that [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot a lot of what she went through could have been prevented (or at least lessened)]] if he had [[PoorCommunicationKills shared what he knew with others]], and hadn't worked to keep her LockedOutOfTheLoop regarding her ownpage.]]missing memories. Rather than regarding him as her heroic older brother who gallantly protected her, she sees somebody who went haring off on his own, leaving her behind for ''years''. One of the {{Central Theme}}s is getting Gladion to recognize that [[IDidWhatIHadToDo not all of his actions were justified]], and that no matter how much he [[NeverMyFault wants to deny it]], he [[NiceJobBreakingItHero unintentionally hurt his sister with his actions]].
** Of grand quests. They're usually romanticized as great things, but the prologue story notes that most people don't want to tell how boring it is, or how people slept in the cold, or how they could be injured without anyone to heal them.
** Lillie's role as a DamselInDistress. Gladion thought that she was a fragile flower who couldn't handle the weight of what happened, whereas the anime shows that she has a lot of courage and bravery in her -- from going through Salandit to get Snowy's egg to even jumping off a building with the high chance of her dying to save her from Team Rocket -- and Gladion just can't accept the fact that his sister [[CharacterDevelopment grown stronger]] over the years and doesn't need saving. Least of all when it's arguably doing more harm than good.
** AdultsAreUseless: The only reason they're so useless is because they don't have all the info. Gladion's decision to handle the situation by himself hampered any chances of his mother learning what happened until much later on.
** While Chloe was enthusiastic about meeting people from other worlds, Chapter 3 introduces a boy who instead ''resents'' his fellow passengers from coming from more exciting universes, boiling with resentment over the notion that they may never experience anything more magical than their time on the Train.
** Of Gladion's ProtagonistCenteredMorality. Gladion feels like ''he'' is the hero who went on an epic quest to help his sister. This story points out that he did more harm than good by keeping the Nihilego incident silent, and the [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy]] of tearing into his mother for being oblivious when he ''chose'' not to tell her. Lillie realizes that [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot a lot of what she went through could have been prevented (or at least lessened)]] if he had [[PoorCommunicationKills shared what he knew with others]], and hadn't worked to keep her LockedOutOfTheLoop regarding her own
** Of grand quests. They're usually romanticized as great things, but the prologue story notes that most people don't want to tell how boring it is, or how people slept in the cold, or how they could be injured without anyone to heal them.
** Lillie's role as a DamselInDistress. Gladion thought that she was a fragile flower who couldn't handle the weight of what happened, whereas the anime shows that she has a lot of courage and bravery in her -- from going through Salandit to get Snowy's egg to even jumping off a building with the high chance of her dying to save her from Team Rocket -- and Gladion just can't accept the fact that his sister [[CharacterDevelopment grown stronger]] over the years and doesn't need saving. Least of all when it's arguably doing more harm than good.
** AdultsAreUseless: The only reason they're so useless is because they don't have all the info. Gladion's decision to handle the situation by himself hampered any chances of his mother learning what happened until much later on.
** While Chloe was enthusiastic about meeting people from other worlds, Chapter 3 introduces a boy who instead ''resents'' his fellow passengers from coming from more exciting universes, boiling with resentment over the notion that they may never experience anything more magical than their time on the Train.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Gladion Montblanc keeping the Nihilego incident a secret was one thing. Bugging off elsewhere while the Ultra Beasts attacked was just outright poor planning on his part, not only because it proved to be harder than he thought, but because it made him look worse than he already was.
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* DoubleStandard: See [[DoubleStandard/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail here]].
* DramaticIrony: [[DramaticIrony/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Has its own page.]]
* DramaticIrony: [[DramaticIrony/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Has its own page.]]
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* DoubleStandard: See [[DoubleStandard/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail here]].
DoubleStandard:
** As the Author's Notes point out, the anime presented Gladion as a hero that boldly called Lusamine out for her ignorance, while glossing over the little detail that Gladion withheld vital information. The part he played in their family's tragedy was never called out, treating his quest for strength as noble self-sacrifice, never mind the impact it had upon others. Least of all Lillie, the one he was supposedly doing this all for.
*** Moreover, while Gladion is on the train himself, this wouldn't have happened if Lillie didn't give that bouquet of orange lilies in the first place. So while ''he'' has to go through trauma on the train and have a high chance of being injured or killed, she can not give a fuck about her brother abandoning her. Mallow will chew her out on this in ''Blossoming Trail'', stating that for all of Gladion's faults, at least he ''cared'' and Lillie didn't.
** In Chapter 10, the author notes that she has an annoyance with people making Grace seem the more innocent out of her and Simon even though it was all ''Grace's'' idea to make the Apex, hence the author wrote the scene of [[spoiler:Grace killing Utahoshi]] to remind everyone that Grace Monroe was still just as responsible for her actions as Simon was.
** Lillie completely blames Gladion for hiding the truth about what happened with Nihilego from her. Dulse turns it around by stating that Lillie herself never told Lusamine that she even ''had'' a trauma in the first place.
*DramaticIrony: [[DramaticIrony/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Has its own page.DramaticIrony:
** Gladion insists that everything he did was for Lillie's sake... while completely dismissing how ''she'' feels about any of it, or the [[NiceJobBreakingItHero impact his decisions had on her]]. When she [[WhatTheHellHero confronts him]], he dismisses her anger as ignorance and [[UngratefulBitch ingratitude]].
*** Part of his indignation stems from his belief that he's the ''only reason'' why she was able to overcome her TraumaInducedAmnesia. The irony of this is ''that's exactly what she's so angry about'' -- because ''HE'' retained his memories of that incident and chose to keep her LockedOutOfTheLoop for '''years'''. And would have ''continued'' keeping her in the dark if not for circumstances entirely out of his control. Circumstances that he was '''furious''' about at the time.
** Though he admired the [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland White Knight's]] nobility and dedication, he mentally notes that he doesn't want to [[DorkKnight be a bumbler]] who [[LordErrorProne missed obvious details]]. And yet, his willful ignorance and dismissal of anything that doesn't suit his story makes him closer to that character than he cares to admit. And he also has his ''own'' dorky moments.
** In Chapter 2, Ash assumes Gladion is going through some trials and he'll ask about Gladion's whereabouts. Gladion is going through trials...just not in the Alola region.
*** Chapters later, he hopes that another Greenfield incident never happens again...Parker would like a big word with you...
** In the 400 Rabbits Car, Gladion tries to reassure [[spoiler:Tokio]] that their friend forgave them for not showing up on time. [[spoiler:Those who watched ''Journeys'' episode 32 recall that Goh called Tokio a liar and shut himself for not being there, and it caused more problems for Goh's friendship with Chloe down the line.]]
*** [[spoiler:Kisaragi's plan to stop the Apex involves the Apex killing off passengers in an attempt to realize how much pain they put. Gladion rejects it because of the line it crosses and convincing the Apex that what they're doing is justified. However, as ''Blossoming Trail'' reveals, it was when Simon killed Chloe and the unsettling revelation that denizens were formerly dead passengers came to light that the Apex realized that what they were doing is wrong and it ultimately ended with them separated. So while Kisaragi's plan was marred, he ''was'' right that the Apex would be appalled by their actions.]]
** As the Author's Notes point out, the anime presented Gladion as a hero that boldly called Lusamine out for her ignorance, while glossing over the little detail that Gladion withheld vital information. The part he played in their family's tragedy was never called out, treating his quest for strength as noble self-sacrifice, never mind the impact it had upon others. Least of all Lillie, the one he was supposedly doing this all for.
*** Moreover, while Gladion is on the train himself, this wouldn't have happened if Lillie didn't give that bouquet of orange lilies in the first place. So while ''he'' has to go through trauma on the train and have a high chance of being injured or killed, she can not give a fuck about her brother abandoning her. Mallow will chew her out on this in ''Blossoming Trail'', stating that for all of Gladion's faults, at least he ''cared'' and Lillie didn't.
** In Chapter 10, the author notes that she has an annoyance with people making Grace seem the more innocent out of her and Simon even though it was all ''Grace's'' idea to make the Apex, hence the author wrote the scene of [[spoiler:Grace killing Utahoshi]] to remind everyone that Grace Monroe was still just as responsible for her actions as Simon was.
** Lillie completely blames Gladion for hiding the truth about what happened with Nihilego from her. Dulse turns it around by stating that Lillie herself never told Lusamine that she even ''had'' a trauma in the first place.
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** Gladion insists that everything he did was for Lillie's sake... while completely dismissing how ''she'' feels about any of it, or the [[NiceJobBreakingItHero impact his decisions had on her]]. When she [[WhatTheHellHero confronts him]], he dismisses her anger as ignorance and [[UngratefulBitch ingratitude]].
*** Part of his indignation stems from his belief that he's the ''only reason'' why she was able to overcome her TraumaInducedAmnesia. The irony of this is ''that's exactly what she's so angry about'' -- because ''HE'' retained his memories of that incident and chose to keep her LockedOutOfTheLoop for '''years'''. And would have ''continued'' keeping her in the dark if not for circumstances entirely out of his control. Circumstances that he was '''furious''' about at the time.
** Though he admired the [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland White Knight's]] nobility and dedication, he mentally notes that he doesn't want to [[DorkKnight be a bumbler]] who [[LordErrorProne missed obvious details]]. And yet, his willful ignorance and dismissal of anything that doesn't suit his story makes him closer to that character than he cares to admit. And he also has his ''own'' dorky moments.
** In Chapter 2, Ash assumes Gladion is going through some trials and he'll ask about Gladion's whereabouts. Gladion is going through trials...just not in the Alola region.
*** Chapters later, he hopes that another Greenfield incident never happens again...Parker would like a big word with you...
** In the 400 Rabbits Car, Gladion tries to reassure [[spoiler:Tokio]] that their friend forgave them for not showing up on time. [[spoiler:Those who watched ''Journeys'' episode 32 recall that Goh called Tokio a liar and shut himself for not being there, and it caused more problems for Goh's friendship with Chloe down the line.]]
*** [[spoiler:Kisaragi's plan to stop the Apex involves the Apex killing off passengers in an attempt to realize how much pain they put. Gladion rejects it because of the line it crosses and convincing the Apex that what they're doing is justified. However, as ''Blossoming Trail'' reveals, it was when Simon killed Chloe and the unsettling revelation that denizens were formerly dead passengers came to light that the Apex realized that what they were doing is wrong and it ultimately ended with them separated. So while Kisaragi's plan was marred, he ''was'' right that the Apex would be appalled by their actions.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** While the introduction to the Toy Brick Car arc is titled "''Literature/TheSixSwans''", the opening fable instead tells the tale of a mouse making [[DealWithTheDevil a disastrous deal with a cat]]. This makes more sense after [[spoiler:the Black Tyrant is revealed as Penelope Mouse]].
*** The insignia of the Black Tyrant's armor will look quite familiar for those into Sly Cooper and the fairy tale that begins The Toy Brick Car is a parallel to a certain mouse from the series...
** The 400 Rabbits Car has a ''lot'' of foreshadowing.
*** The fairy tale that starts the 400 Rabbits Car is a retelling of Paul London's story in ''Wrestling/LuchaUnderground'' Season 4, when he [[spoiler:murdered Mascarita Sacrada in order to obtain guidance from the White Rabbit, an action he will have to repeat on Lampetia.]] Similarly, the "White Rabbit" in the story is actually a human. [[spoiler:So is the White Rabbit of the 400 Rabbits Car.]]
*** On their way to the White Rabbit's Domain, London remarks the time he held someone hostage with a carrot. Next chapter, he tries to attack Gladion's Umbreon with a carrot.
*** Kisaragi offers a drink to Gladion to which Gladion immediately refuses as he is paranoid of what would happen if he drinks it. That same drink was given to [[spoiler:Tokio]].
*** [[spoiler:Tokio wished Grace died alone while repeatedly bashing her in the stomach. Two stories later, his wish comes true as she dies when Ogami repeatedly stabs her in the stomach.]]
** When London asks where Easter comes from, they point to the ceiling. London assumes that Easter is a guardian angel to protect Specter. Lin confirms that it's almost accurate; Easter is from the sky, because they're a lightning bolt that struck Specter, and they ''do'' want to help Specter.
** When Death Eye shapeshifts into the worst fears of the White Gestalt, for Specter it turns into a large clay golem. The next chapter reveals that Specter has been talking to Yusaku, Takeru and Aoi about their Ignis and knowing about Earth, who ''also'' is a clay golem.
* ForWantOfANail:
** Part of the driving force of the story is the notion of how differently things might have gone if Gladion had confessed about what he'd witnessed that fateful night much sooner.
** Lillie confronting Gladion before he slips away to tackle the Grand Trials winds up dramatically changing his plans, as his outrage over her daring to go off-script attracts the Train.
** Had Lillie heeded Mallow's warning about the orange lilies, or Mallow made more of an effort to explain how Gladion would be taken by an interdimensional train because of this, Lillie might not have gone through with her plan. Then again, it's implied that Mallow knows that stating this would make her sound absolutely crazy.
** While the introduction to the Toy Brick Car arc is titled "''Literature/TheSixSwans''", the opening fable instead tells the tale of a mouse making [[DealWithTheDevil a disastrous deal with a cat]]. This makes more sense after [[spoiler:the Black Tyrant is revealed as Penelope Mouse]].
*** The insignia of the Black Tyrant's armor will look quite familiar for those into Sly Cooper and the fairy tale that begins The Toy Brick Car is a parallel to a certain mouse from the series...
** The 400 Rabbits Car has a ''lot'' of foreshadowing.
*** The fairy tale that starts the 400 Rabbits Car is a retelling of Paul London's story in ''Wrestling/LuchaUnderground'' Season 4, when he [[spoiler:murdered Mascarita Sacrada in order to obtain guidance from the White Rabbit, an action he will have to repeat on Lampetia.]] Similarly, the "White Rabbit" in the story is actually a human. [[spoiler:So is the White Rabbit of the 400 Rabbits Car.]]
*** On their way to the White Rabbit's Domain, London remarks the time he held someone hostage with a carrot. Next chapter, he tries to attack Gladion's Umbreon with a carrot.
*** Kisaragi offers a drink to Gladion to which Gladion immediately refuses as he is paranoid of what would happen if he drinks it. That same drink was given to [[spoiler:Tokio]].
*** [[spoiler:Tokio wished Grace died alone while repeatedly bashing her in the stomach. Two stories later, his wish comes true as she dies when Ogami repeatedly stabs her in the stomach.]]
** When London asks where Easter comes from, they point to the ceiling. London assumes that Easter is a guardian angel to protect Specter. Lin confirms that it's almost accurate; Easter is from the sky, because they're a lightning bolt that struck Specter, and they ''do'' want to help Specter.
** When Death Eye shapeshifts into the worst fears of the White Gestalt, for Specter it turns into a large clay golem. The next chapter reveals that Specter has been talking to Yusaku, Takeru and Aoi about their Ignis and knowing about Earth, who ''also'' is a clay golem.
* ForWantOfANail:
** Part of the driving force of the story is the notion of how differently things might have gone if Gladion had confessed about what he'd witnessed that fateful night much sooner.
** Lillie confronting Gladion before he slips away to tackle the Grand Trials winds up dramatically changing his plans, as his outrage over her daring to go off-script attracts the Train.
** Had Lillie heeded Mallow's warning about the orange lilies, or Mallow made more of an effort to explain how Gladion would be taken by an interdimensional train because of this, Lillie might not have gone through with her plan. Then again, it's implied that Mallow knows that stating this would make her sound absolutely crazy.
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* HiddenDepths: [[HiddenDepths/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Has its own page.]]Gladion Montblanc:
** He may be a chuunibyou with hand-poses and dramatic lines, but he recalls having read ''Through the Looking Glass'' and admiring the White Knight's dedication.
** He also seems to know at least a little bit about the language of flowers, since he's visibly ''furious'' when he receives the bouquet of orange lilies.
** He has a hidden love of castles, reading many books about them and making sandcastles when he was younger.
** He may be a chuunibyou with hand-poses and dramatic lines, but he recalls having read ''Through the Looking Glass'' and admiring the White Knight's dedication.
** He also seems to know at least a little bit about the language of flowers, since he's visibly ''furious'' when he receives the bouquet of orange lilies.
** He has a hidden love of castles, reading many books about them and making sandcastles when he was younger.
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** Gladion was aware of ''exactly'' what caused his sister's TraumaInducedAmnesia. Unfortunately, he decided that [[TheOnlyOne only he could fix everything]], and rather than sharing what he knew with anyone, kept Lillie and everyone else LockedOutOfTheLoop while he embarked on a quest to become a powerful trainer. Upon learning that Lusamine ''hadn't'' known about the incident like he'd assumed, he [[WhatTheHellHero accused her of being a negligent mother]], refusing to acknowledge [[NeverMyFault the role he'd played in that]]. His adventure on the Infinity Train is sparked off by an argument with Lillie over this, where she points out [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot how she might have gotten help years ago]] if he'd spoken up sooner.
*** Lillie's entire life could've potentially been better if Gladion actually told someone like Professor Kukui or Wicke what he knew much, ''much'' sooner.
** Mallow's attempt to warn Lillie that her gift could send her or Gladion into 'a bad place' fails since her friend doesn't realize she's speaking literally. She even tries to ask others if anyone is worried about where he is. But since she never brings up the Infinity Train (For fear of people thinking she's crazy), no one will believe her (except Captain Phyco because he's somewhat aware of the mythos connected to the Train itself).
** When Lillie talks about Gladion abandoned her to Dulse and left her with her trauma, Dulse questions why Lillie kept it bottled up and never told Lusamine. After all, what was preventing ''her'' from talking to her mother?
*** The film Gladion is ForcedToWatch in the Fog Car reveals one of the answers to that question: shame. Lillie truly had no idea ''why'' she was so afraid of Pokémon, and [[IJustWantToBeNormal just wanted to be normal]] and not burden others with her problems. And all of this could've been avoided if Gladion ''stayed'' and explained things to him.
** It's assumed that most of Specter's problems will only be solved if he manages to explain what's going on him. Ryoken is shocked to learn that Specter went behind his back to discuss the idea of having a bond with the Ignis (particularly his, Earth) and Easter is trying to get him to confess what's going on in his mind. It's gotten to the point that Alex Shepherd [[spoiler:brutally attacks Paul London and impales him on a spear, nearly ''killing the wrestler'' because Specter didn't fess up sooner.]]
*** Moreover, the situation with [[spoiler:Dark Easter]] would never had happened if Specter took a few seconds to calm down and let them talk things through. Specter himself is ashamed at his actions.
** Gladion was aware of ''exactly'' what caused his sister's TraumaInducedAmnesia. Unfortunately, he decided that [[TheOnlyOne only he could fix everything]], and rather than sharing what he knew with anyone, kept Lillie and everyone else LockedOutOfTheLoop while he embarked on a quest to become a powerful trainer. Upon learning that Lusamine ''hadn't'' known about the incident like he'd assumed, he [[WhatTheHellHero accused her of being a negligent mother]], refusing to acknowledge [[NeverMyFault the role he'd played in that]]. His adventure on the Infinity Train is sparked off by an argument with Lillie over this, where she points out [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot how she might have gotten help years ago]] if he'd spoken up sooner.
*** Lillie's entire life could've potentially been better if Gladion actually told someone like Professor Kukui or Wicke what he knew much, ''much'' sooner.
** Mallow's attempt to warn Lillie that her gift could send her or Gladion into 'a bad place' fails since her friend doesn't realize she's speaking literally. She even tries to ask others if anyone is worried about where he is. But since she never brings up the Infinity Train (For fear of people thinking she's crazy), no one will believe her (except Captain Phyco because he's somewhat aware of the mythos connected to the Train itself).
** When Lillie talks about Gladion abandoned her to Dulse and left her with her trauma, Dulse questions why Lillie kept it bottled up and never told Lusamine. After all, what was preventing ''her'' from talking to her mother?
*** The film Gladion is ForcedToWatch in the Fog Car reveals one of the answers to that question: shame. Lillie truly had no idea ''why'' she was so afraid of Pokémon, and [[IJustWantToBeNormal just wanted to be normal]] and not burden others with her problems. And all of this could've been avoided if Gladion ''stayed'' and explained things to him.
** It's assumed that most of Specter's problems will only be solved if he manages to explain what's going on him. Ryoken is shocked to learn that Specter went behind his back to discuss the idea of having a bond with the Ignis (particularly his, Earth) and Easter is trying to get him to confess what's going on in his mind. It's gotten to the point that Alex Shepherd [[spoiler:brutally attacks Paul London and impales him on a spear, nearly ''killing the wrestler'' because Specter didn't fess up sooner.]]
*** Moreover, the situation with [[spoiler:Dark Easter]] would never had happened if Specter took a few seconds to calm down and let them talk things through. Specter himself is ashamed at his actions.
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** Gladion's grand quest to become stronger wasn't particularly glamorous. Training and fighting others proved exhausting, and he had to ensure he kept enough money on hand to afford hotel rooms. It's very telling that he considers these to have been great sacrifices on his part, as well. In Chapter 4, Gladion notes how far and between he would get for a decent shower and realizes why quests omit that part out of re-tellings.
** From Lillie's perspective, Gladion left her behind for years, deliberately withholding critical information that could have helped her because he decided she was too fragile to handle it. Naturally, she's not thrilled by any of that and doesn't stick to the helpless role he mentally cast her in.
** Because Gladion wasn't around for Lillie's Character Development, he's still seeing her as some fragile flower instead of the feisty girl who will literally throw herself into danger to protect Snowy and take the initiative to save their mother.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Lillie Montblanc ends up on the receiving end of one. After she accuses Mallow of explaining the train in a vague, roundabout way, Mallow rips into her for not listening to her warnings and the extremely callous way she treated Gladion's disappearance - including convincing herself that she wouldn't care if something bad happened to her brother just because he constantly left her behind. What drives her to tears is hearing from Mallow how her action of presenting Gladion a bouquet of orange lilies later led to him being taken by the Train, thus making her responsible for everything that happened to him there.
** Gladion's grand quest to become stronger wasn't particularly glamorous. Training and fighting others proved exhausting, and he had to ensure he kept enough money on hand to afford hotel rooms. It's very telling that he considers these to have been great sacrifices on his part, as well. In Chapter 4, Gladion notes how far and between he would get for a decent shower and realizes why quests omit that part out of re-tellings.
** From Lillie's perspective, Gladion left her behind for years, deliberately withholding critical information that could have helped her because he decided she was too fragile to handle it. Naturally, she's not thrilled by any of that and doesn't stick to the helpless role he mentally cast her in.
** Because Gladion wasn't around for Lillie's Character Development, he's still seeing her as some fragile flower instead of the feisty girl who will literally throw herself into danger to protect Snowy and take the initiative to save their mother.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Lillie Montblanc ends up on the receiving end of one. After she accuses Mallow of explaining the train in a vague, roundabout way, Mallow rips into her for not listening to her warnings and the extremely callous way she treated Gladion's disappearance - including convincing herself that she wouldn't care if something bad happened to her brother just because he constantly left her behind. What drives her to tears is hearing from Mallow how her action of presenting Gladion a bouquet of orange lilies later led to him being taken by the Train, thus making her responsible for everything that happened to him there.
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** Larkspur wears a shirt that has a few letters removed. But filling them reads [[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Camp Half-Blood]].
** Larkspur teases Gladion by showing her teleportation ability and stating that she didn't tell him, "Don't drown".
** [[Manga/{{Uzumaki}} The Spiral Car]] holds the Village of Whirlpools, and Gladion nearly steps on the body of a boy who's mutated into a half-snail creature. The car he's about to enter as the Toy Brick Car ends is called [[Manga/BlackParadox The Black Paradox Car]].
** After encountering the half-snail child in The Spiral Car, Gladion catches himself clinging to Larkspur much like [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo 'that cowardly dog from those mystery-hunter cartoons']].
** Larkspur states that the naming system for her and her sisters goes [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty "La Li Lu Le Lo".]]
** Kiawe exclaims that the Ultra Beasts know [[VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves neither friend nor foe, only DESTRUCTION]].
** The Toy Brick Car is based off of ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' with Master Vitruvius and Emmet being denizens.
** The shields Gladion sees in the Toy Brick Car have numerous coats of arms on it ranging from: [[Anime/YuGiOh an inverted puzzle with an eye in the center and a green six-pointed star within two circles]], [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the head of a blue spiky beast]] and [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot the face of an orange marsupial]]. Names brandished on the shields include: Lannister, Zi Britannia and Yuki.
** The Black Tyrant ''refuses'' to reference the [[TropeNamer Trope]]-[[OnlyAFleshWound Naming]] ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' moment.
** The White Rabbit's outfit is inspired by the Rabbit from ''Series/TheMaskedSinger''.
** After White Gestalt ties with Mad Ben, Gladion's speech asks of the audience [[Film/{{Gladiator}} "Are you not entertained?!"]]
** Larkspur wears a shirt that has a few letters removed. But filling them reads [[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Camp Half-Blood]].
** Larkspur teases Gladion by showing her teleportation ability and stating that she didn't tell him, "Don't drown".
** [[Manga/{{Uzumaki}} The Spiral Car]] holds the Village of Whirlpools, and Gladion nearly steps on the body of a boy who's mutated into a half-snail creature. The car he's about to enter as the Toy Brick Car ends is called [[Manga/BlackParadox The Black Paradox Car]].
** After encountering the half-snail child in The Spiral Car, Gladion catches himself clinging to Larkspur much like [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo 'that cowardly dog from those mystery-hunter cartoons']].
** Larkspur states that the naming system for her and her sisters goes [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty "La Li Lu Le Lo".]]
** Kiawe exclaims that the Ultra Beasts know [[VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves neither friend nor foe, only DESTRUCTION]].
** The Toy Brick Car is based off of ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' with Master Vitruvius and Emmet being denizens.
** The shields Gladion sees in the Toy Brick Car have numerous coats of arms on it ranging from: [[Anime/YuGiOh an inverted puzzle with an eye in the center and a green six-pointed star within two circles]], [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the head of a blue spiky beast]] and [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot the face of an orange marsupial]]. Names brandished on the shields include: Lannister, Zi Britannia and Yuki.
** The Black Tyrant ''refuses'' to reference the [[TropeNamer Trope]]-[[OnlyAFleshWound Naming]] ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' moment.
** The White Rabbit's outfit is inspired by the Rabbit from ''Series/TheMaskedSinger''.
** After White Gestalt ties with Mad Ben, Gladion's speech asks of the audience [[Film/{{Gladiator}} "Are you not entertained?!"]]
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** When the author describes that Specter was picked up between the end of Season 2 and the beginning of Season 3 in VRAINS, she adds that no one was going to care since he "barely does anything important" which is a jab at how, despite being a prominent member of the Knight of Hanoi, he's DemotedToExtra in the 3rd season -- due to his seiyuu being unavailable at the time -- and gets easily worked by Ai.
** Chapter 10 has the author note that she dislikes those who immediately put [[DracoInLeatherPants a pair of leather pants]] on Grace because for all of the things Grace did in Book 3, she's the reason why the Apex was created in the first place which is why the author [[spoiler:had Grace kill Utahoshi without a shred of sympathy and doing it for Tokio's "protection"]] to remind everyone that Grace Monroe was still a monster and sheds no tears over what she did.
** When the author describes that Specter was picked up between the end of Season 2 and the beginning of Season 3 in VRAINS, she adds that no one was going to care since he "barely does anything important" which is a jab at how, despite being a prominent member of the Knight of Hanoi, he's DemotedToExtra in the 3rd season -- due to his seiyuu being unavailable at the time -- and gets easily worked by Ai.
** Chapter 10 has the author note that she dislikes those who immediately put [[DracoInLeatherPants a pair of leather pants]] on Grace because for all of the things Grace did in Book 3, she's the reason why the Apex was created in the first place which is why the author [[spoiler:had Grace kill Utahoshi without a shred of sympathy and doing it for Tokio's "protection"]] to remind everyone that Grace Monroe was still a monster and sheds no tears over what she did.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
** Lillie Montblanc got her brother stuck on the Train because of her idea to gift him orange lilies. Mallow even warns her to not go through with it and now Gladion is another passenger about to fight a cult and will chew her out on this months later in Blossoming Trail that Gladion could've been dead all because of her.
** Grace Monroe [[spoiler:murdered Utahoshi in the 400 Rabbits Car right in front of Tokio over the excuse that she was "protecting him". This leads to Tokio's guilt complex and wish to become the new White Rabbit and is brainwashed by Kisaragi who also decides to create Project Solitaire to send denizens and ''passengers'' into the path of the Apex in an attempt to have them killed and thus have the cult wake up to what their actions has caused.]]
** Lillie Montblanc got her brother stuck on the Train because of her idea to gift him orange lilies. Mallow even warns her to not go through with it and now Gladion is another passenger about to fight a cult and will chew her out on this months later in Blossoming Trail that Gladion could've been dead all because of her.
** Grace Monroe [[spoiler:murdered Utahoshi in the 400 Rabbits Car right in front of Tokio over the excuse that she was "protecting him". This leads to Tokio's guilt complex and wish to become the new White Rabbit and is brainwashed by Kisaragi who also decides to create Project Solitaire to send denizens and ''passengers'' into the path of the Apex in an attempt to have them killed and thus have the cult wake up to what their actions has caused.]]
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** A five-year-old Mallow and her Bounsweet ran away from the hospital after stating that she hated her mother for apologizing on how she got sick (this being the last time she ever saw or ''spoke'' to her mother), got sucked onto the Train, and didn't arrive back home for three months, worrying her father and older brother even more than having to see Mallow's mother already passing away.
** Gladion is on the Train and no one except Mallow and perhaps Lusamine even shows any concern about what he might be going through and they won't even know or '''care''' about his situation for a few more months. Lillie herself does not give a flying feather if her brother was gone forever.
** Robbie Jewell's fears mirrors that of Tulip Olsen: his parents were divorcing and he hated it and believes that getting something on the Train will magically fix everything.
** Tokio had gone missing for two years and Mallow is horrified to learn that this was all caused by guilt for failing to keep a promise with a friend. And that's not going into what he went through on the Train.
** A five-year-old Mallow and her Bounsweet ran away from the hospital after stating that she hated her mother for apologizing on how she got sick (this being the last time she ever saw or ''spoke'' to her mother), got sucked onto the Train, and didn't arrive back home for three months, worrying her father and older brother even more than having to see Mallow's mother already passing away.
** Gladion is on the Train and no one except Mallow and perhaps Lusamine even shows any concern about what he might be going through and they won't even know or '''care''' about his situation for a few more months. Lillie herself does not give a flying feather if her brother was gone forever.
** Robbie Jewell's fears mirrors that of Tulip Olsen: his parents were divorcing and he hated it and believes that getting something on the Train will magically fix everything.
** Tokio had gone missing for two years and Mallow is horrified to learn that this was all caused by guilt for failing to keep a promise with a friend. And that's not going into what he went through on the Train.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In the Fog Car, [[spoiler:Dark Easter's assault on Specter comes apart as a child now grown up finally getting retribution on an abusive parent. In particular, Dark Easter notes that Specter attacked them because they "exist", which can reflect a child questioning if they're so hated because they're born.]]
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''Infinity Train: Knight of the Orange Lily'' is a ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' {{Crossover}} by Green Phantom Queen, the same author of ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' with help from co-authors crossoverpairinglover and [=ShadyMissionary=]. This story is a {{Prequel}} to ''Blossoming Trail'', taking place during the ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'' anime (particularly Episodes 55 to 87) and sometime after Book 2 of ''Infinity Train''.
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''Infinity Train: Knight of the Orange Lily'' is a ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' {{Crossover}} by Green Phantom Queen, the same author of ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' with help from co-authors crossoverpairinglover and [=ShadyMissionary=]. This story is the second story of the ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomverse'' and is a {{Prequel}} to ''Blossoming Trail'', taking place during the ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'' anime (particularly Episodes 55 to 87) and sometime after Book 2 of ''Infinity Train''.
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* AccompliceByInaction: Lillie accuses her brother of being this, as he effectively abandoned her without any explanation when he ran off with Type: Null, and endeavored to keep her LockedOutOfTheLoop regarding what happened with Nihilego.
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* AccompliceByInaction: Lillie accuses her brother of being this, as he effectively abandoned her without any explanation when he ran off with Type: Null, and endeavored to keep her LockedOutOfTheLoop regarding what happened with Nihilego. Dulse turns it around -- why didn't ''she'' tell her mom about her problems if they were that bad?
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** Specter's duty to stop the Ignis is done, so what's left to do for the Knight of Hanoi?
** London never thought beyond getting guidance for the White Rabbit and is now the sole member of the Rabbit Tribe.
** London never thought beyond getting guidance for the White Rabbit and is now the sole member of the Rabbit Tribe.
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** Specter's duty to stop the Ignis is done, done[[labelnote:Explanation]]He was taken in before the events of Season 3 happened so he doesn't know of [[spoiler:Ai]][[/labelnote]], so what's left to do for the Knight of Hanoi?
** London never thought beyond getting guidance for the White Rabbit and is now the sole member of the Rabbit Tribe. He admits that his obsession caused him to not be there for one his friends (who killed themselves) and he hasn't talked to the other one after that.
** London never thought beyond getting guidance for the White Rabbit and is now the sole member of the Rabbit Tribe. He admits that his obsession caused him to not be there for one his friends (who killed themselves) and he hasn't talked to the other one after that.
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** The notion that Gladion's quest to protect his sister might have been AllForNothing and ultimately hurt her more than it helped serves as one for him.
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** The notion that Gladion's quest to protect his sister might have been AllForNothing and ultimately hurt her more than it helped serves as one for him. [[spoiler:It finally sinks in during the Fog Car trip when he sees a movie at how Lillie suffered on his grand quest.]]
** In the Fog Car, Walter wants to have a go at Alex's prisoner [[spoiler:(Specter)]]. Alex snarks that Walter can have fun when he gets his own.
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* CerebusSyndrome: While the story starts with dark scenes like [[spoiler:Gladion drugged to forget who he was]] and the horrors of the Spiral Car, it's about Gladion on his journey to become a knight. Then the 400 Rabbits Car turns ''that'' on its head with the unsettling reveal of how far denizens will go to get vengeance on the Apex and brings in the PsychologicalHorror traits ''Blossoming Trail'' brought to the table.
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* CerebusSyndrome: While the story starts with dark scenes like [[spoiler:Gladion drugged to forget who he was]] and the horrors of the Spiral Car, it's about Gladion on his journey to become a knight. Then the 400 Rabbits Car turns ''that'' on its head with the unsettling reveal of how far denizens will go to get vengeance on the Apex and brings in the PsychologicalHorror traits ''Blossoming Trail'' brought to the table.table when Act 2 has the White Gestalt enter the ''Fog Car''.
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** Specter's duel disk comes in handy when [[spoiler:he gets Mallow and Captain Phyco's message for Gladion and Tokio.]]
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** Specter's duel disk comes in handy when [[spoiler:he gets Mallow and Captain Phyco's message for Gladion and Tokio. It later becomes a way for Easter to obtain a body that won't hurt Specter albeit it splits them into two halves.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Somehow manages to be this than ''Blossoming Trail'' given the seriousness of Gladion's plan to stop the Apex, [[spoiler:Kisaragi's plans to create an anti-Apex faction and the fact that Silent Hill is a prominent location in ''Act 2'' and packs in more torture and psychological trauma than the entirety of ''Blossoming Trail'' Act 3!]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Somehow The Infinity Train side somehow manages to be this than ''Blossoming Trail'' given the seriousness of Gladion's plan to stop the Apex, [[spoiler:Kisaragi's plans to create an anti-Apex faction and the fact that Silent Hill is a prominent location in ''Act 2'' and packs in more torture and psychological trauma than the entirety of ''Blossoming Trail'' Act 3!]]
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** [[spoiler:Tokio]] is found in the 400 Rabbits Car, but they're off the Train by the time ''Blossoming Trail'' starts.
** As ''Voyage of Wisteria'' reveals [[spoiler:what Gladion does with a group he made will be forgotten until after the Apex is defeated for good. Moreover, London is still on the Train at the time albeit because he has a five-digit number that won't be going down anytime soon.]]
** As ''Voyage of Wisteria'' reveals [[spoiler:what Gladion does with a group he made will be forgotten until after the Apex is defeated for good. Moreover, London is still on the Train at the time albeit because he has a five-digit number that won't be going down anytime soon.]]
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** [[spoiler:Tokio]] is [[spoiler:Tokio and Specter]] are found in the 400 Rabbits Car, but they're off the Train by the time ''Blossoming Trail'' starts.
** As ''Voyage of Wisteria'' reveals [[spoiler:what Gladion does with a group he made will be forgotten until after the Apex is defeated for good. Moreover, London is still on the Trainat the time albeit because he has a five-digit number that won't be going down anytime soon.alongside Easter.]]
** As ''Voyage of Wisteria'' reveals [[spoiler:what Gladion does with a group he made will be forgotten until after the Apex is defeated for good. Moreover, London is still on the Train
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* GenreDeconstruction: Of fairytales and epic quests as stated by WordOfGod.
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* GenreDeconstruction: Of fairytales and epic knights going on quests as stated by WordOfGod.
** London's role from ''Wrestling/LuchaUnderground'' in encountering the White Rabbit and [[spoiler:murdering Mascarita along with offering Saltador and Mala Suerte to Matanza]] is brought up.
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* LivingStatue: There are a species of denizens called kore that act like an archaic information system on the Train. Members include Larkspur (Gladion's partner), Lampetia (Specter's partner) and a third one named Lin currently in the Windfish Car.
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* LivingStatue: There are a species of denizens called kore ''korai'' that act like an archaic information system on the Train. Members include Larkspur (Gladion's partner), Lampetia (Specter's partner) and a third one named Lin currently in the Windfish Car.
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* NeverMyFault: Gladion refuses to see himself as anything but the hero. He blamed Ash for Cosmog randomly teleporting Lillie to where he was training Type: Null, and when he learned that Lusamine had no clue about what Faba had done, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tore into her for her ignorance]] while ignoring that he could have alerted her to what happened ''years'' ago.
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* NeverMyFault: Gladion refuses to see himself as anything but the hero. He blamed Ash for Cosmog randomly teleporting Lillie to where he was training Type: Null, and when he learned that Lusamine had no clue about what Faba had done, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tore into her for her ignorance]] while ignoring that he could have alerted her to what happened ''years'' ago. [[spoiler:He realizes his mistakes in the Fog Car.]]
** In the Fog Car, all of Specter's problems come from [[spoiler:assaulting Easter without letting them explain themselves and throwing them out a window, causing Alex Shepherd / The Bogeyman to sense their anguish and then start gunning for them as ''Pyramid Head'', not stopping the torture on him and later London until the Knight of Hanoi confesses to his problems.]]
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* PsychologicalHorror: Just like in ''Blossoming Trail'', the story starts off as light-hearted before the nightmares start coming out to play. The 400 Rabbits Car takes place in a realm with a dark forest and purple sky where there's no sense of time and Gladion starts losing it after what seems to be a few days. The White Rabbit's domain has slanted walls and furniture, and the White Rabbit himself is an uncanny serene figure in the shape of a young boy in a straitjacket and a mechanical throne on spider legs. And that's ''not'' getting into Specter's AlternateIdentityAmnesia or the truth about the White Rabbit themselves...
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* PsychologicalHorror: Just like in ''Blossoming Trail'', the story starts off as light-hearted before the nightmares start coming out to play. The 400 Rabbits Car takes place in a realm with a dark forest and purple sky where there's no sense of time and Gladion starts losing it after what seems to be a few days. The White Rabbit's domain has slanted walls and furniture, and the White Rabbit himself is an uncanny serene figure in the shape of a young boy in a straitjacket and a mechanical throne on spider legs. And that's ''not'' getting into Specter's AlternateIdentityAmnesia or the truth about the White Rabbit themselves...[[spoiler:or how Arc 2 starts in ''Silent Hill''...]]
** After The Bogeyman throws London into an empty room, he rants about how things are going to Hell and then questions if it can get any worse. [[spoiler:He then gets a good look at a broken Specter...]]
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* WhamEpisode: The 400 Rabbits Car changes the direction of the story when it reveals [[spoiler:Tokio Chiso as the leader of the 400 Rabbits having been brainwashed into the role to replace the original White Rabbit '''by his own consent''' after Grace murdered the original one.. The last part has Gladion decide to take on an ImpossibleTask to trap the Apex, Lampetia is shattered by her own request, Gladion asks Larkspur to stay behind and he, London, Specter and Tokio decide to form a group, White Gestalt, to topple the Apex once and for all.]]
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** The 400 Rabbits Car changes the direction of the story when it reveals [[spoiler:Tokio Chiso as the leader of the 400 Rabbits having been brainwashed into the role to replace the original White Rabbit '''by his own consent''' after Grace murdered the original one.. The last part has Gladion decide to take on an ImpossibleTask to trap the Apex, Lampetia is shattered by her own request, Gladion asks Larkspur to stay behind and he, London, Specter and Tokio decide to form a group, White Gestalt, to topple the Apex once and for all.]]
** The Fog Car, as usual, ends up being this: [[spoiler:Alex Shepherd reveals himself to be a denizen thanks to One-One ''killing him'' and repurposing him into the Bogeyman, Specter reaches his breaking point by kicking Easter out of a window before the denizen returns to torture him (before it's revealed that he actually attacked one ''half'' of Easter), Gladion realizes his role in Lillie's trauma and Lampetia is revived.]]
** The 400 Rabbits Car changes the direction of the story when it reveals [[spoiler:Tokio Chiso as the leader of the 400 Rabbits having been brainwashed into the role to replace the original White Rabbit '''by his own consent''' after Grace murdered the original one.. The last part has Gladion decide to take on an ImpossibleTask to trap the Apex, Lampetia is shattered by her own request, Gladion asks Larkspur to stay behind and he, London, Specter and Tokio decide to form a group, White Gestalt, to topple the Apex once and for all.]]
** The Fog Car, as usual, ends up being this: [[spoiler:Alex Shepherd reveals himself to be a denizen thanks to One-One ''killing him'' and repurposing him into the Bogeyman, Specter reaches his breaking point by kicking Easter out of a window before the denizen returns to torture him (before it's revealed that he actually attacked one ''half'' of Easter), Gladion realizes his role in Lillie's trauma and Lampetia is revived.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Somehow manages to be this than ''Blossoming Trail'' given the seriousness of Gladion's plan to stop the Apex, [[spoiler:Kisaragi's plans to create an anti-Apex faction and the fact that Silent Hill is a prominent location in ''Act 2'' and packs in more torture and psychological trauma than the entirety of ''Blossoming Trail'' Act 3!]]
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* [[AscendedExtra/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Ascended Extra]]
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Arc 1, "The Fantasy", started on December 8th, 2020 and finally ended on July 20th, 2021. Arc 2 started with Gladion entering The Fog Car on July 21st, 2021.
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** The end of the Intermission and Act 1 ends with five familiar words to those who read ''Blossoming Trail'': [[spoiler:'''''WELCOME TO SILENT HILL''''']]
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* AndThenWhat: Gladion faces this dilemma after the Nihilego incident; sure it's gone, but that doesn't mean that other monsters from Ultra Space won't appear. Lillie is doing fine now that her trauma is gone, she has a Pokémon partner and plenty of friends. Lusamine recovered from the Mother-Beast incident, so what's left to do now? His reasoning to go take the Island Challenge seems more like an excuse to do ''something''.
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* AndThenWhat: The White Gestalt members face this.
** Gladion faces this dilemma after the Nihilego incident; sure it's gone, but that doesn't mean that other monsters from Ultra Space won't appear. Lillie is doing fine now that her trauma is gone, she has a Pokémon partner and plenty of friends. Lusamine recovered from the Mother-Beast incident, so what's left to do now? His reasoning to go take the Island Challenge seems more like an excuse to do''something''.''something''.
** Specter's duty to stop the Ignis is done, so what's left to do for the Knight of Hanoi?
** London never thought beyond getting guidance for the White Rabbit and is now the sole member of the Rabbit Tribe.
** Gladion faces this dilemma after the Nihilego incident; sure it's gone, but that doesn't mean that other monsters from Ultra Space won't appear. Lillie is doing fine now that her trauma is gone, she has a Pokémon partner and plenty of friends. Lusamine recovered from the Mother-Beast incident, so what's left to do now? His reasoning to go take the Island Challenge seems more like an excuse to do
** Specter's duty to stop the Ignis is done, so what's left to do for the Knight of Hanoi?
** London never thought beyond getting guidance for the White Rabbit and is now the sole member of the Rabbit Tribe.
** In the Canals of Fondue Car, we see how Gladion became a hero in fighting the giant beast (Hippy-Hop) and his name as the White Wolf Trainer. It's later revealed that his marble statue would be built later, and it's there when Chloe enters the car in ''Blossoming Trail''.
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* OnceAnEpisode: WordOfGod states that the fairy-tale openings will only be used at the beginning of each new car mostly to avoid burnout.
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* OnceAnEpisode: WordOfGod states that the fairy-tale openings will only be used at the beginning of each new car mostly to avoid burnout. At the penultimate chapter of Act 1, they'll be dropped completely to signify a darker turn for the story.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: Gladion muses about how without water, the bouquet Lillie gave him will wither away, anticipating that the same will happen to his sister's resentment of him. He then places the flowers into the hands of a statue, [[spoiler:bringing them to life, much like how his actions unknowingly nurtured said resentment in the first place]].
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* RuleOfSymbolism: RuleOfSymbolism:
** Gladion muses about how without water, the bouquet Lillie gave him will wither away, anticipating that the same will happen to his sister's resentment of him. He then places the flowers into the hands of a statue, [[spoiler:bringing them to life, much like how his actions unknowingly nurtured said resentment in the firstplace]].place]].
** In the Canals of Fondue Car, the penultimate chapter of Act 1, Gladion and Specter ditch their white jackets for black just as the author notes that the next act is going to get darker.
** Gladion muses about how without water, the bouquet Lillie gave him will wither away, anticipating that the same will happen to his sister's resentment of him. He then places the flowers into the hands of a statue, [[spoiler:bringing them to life, much like how his actions unknowingly nurtured said resentment in the first
** In the Canals of Fondue Car, the penultimate chapter of Act 1, Gladion and Specter ditch their white jackets for black just as the author notes that the next act is going to get darker.
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** Lusamine has potentially done this by betting that it would only take her children three or four months to make up. She's confident enough in her assessment to put her career on the line, stating that she'll step down if they haven't reconciled by then... blissfully unaware that her son is currently trapped on the Train.
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** Lusamine has potentially done this by betting that it would only take her children three or four six months to make up. She's confident enough in her assessment to put her career on the line, stating that she'll step down if they haven't reconciled by then... blissfully unaware that her son is currently trapped on the Train.
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** In the Charcoal Car, Gladion muses on who'd ever use a donut holer as a weapon.
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* [[EveryoneHasStandards/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Everyone Has Standards]]
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** Larkspur wears a shirt that has a few letters removed. But filling them reads [[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Camp Half-Blood]].
** Larkspur teases Gladion by showing her teleportation ability and stating that she didn't tell him, "Don't drown".
** [[Manga/{{Uzumaki}} The Spiral Car]] holds the Village of Whirlpools, and Gladion nearly steps on the body of a boy who's mutated into a half-snail creature. The car he's about to enter as the Toy Brick Car ends is called [[Manga/BlackParadox The Black Paradox Car]].
** After encountering the half-snail child in The Spiral Car, Gladion catches himself clinging to Larkspur much like [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo 'that cowardly dog from those mystery-hunter cartoons']].
** Larkspur states that the naming system for her and her sisters goes [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty "La Li Lu Le Lo".]]
** Kiawe exclaims that the Ultra Beasts know [[VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves neither friend nor foe, only DESTRUCTION]].
** The Toy Brick Car is based off of ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' with Master Vitruvius and Emmet being denizens.
** The shields Gladion sees in the Toy Brick Car have numerous coats of arms on it ranging from: [[Anime/YuGiOh an inverted puzzle with an eye in the center and a green six-pointed star within two circles]], [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the head of a blue spiky beast]] and [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot the face of an orange marsupial]]. Names brandished on the shields include: Lannister, Zi Britannia and Yuki.
** The Black Tyrant ''refuses'' to reference the [[TropeNamer Trope]]-[[OnlyAFleshWound Naming]] ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' moment.
** The White Rabbit's outfit is inspired by the Rabbit from ''Series/TheMaskedSinger''.
** Larkspur wears a shirt that has a few letters removed. But filling them reads [[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Camp Half-Blood]].
** Larkspur teases Gladion by showing her teleportation ability and stating that she didn't tell him, "Don't drown".
** [[Manga/{{Uzumaki}} The Spiral Car]] holds the Village of Whirlpools, and Gladion nearly steps on the body of a boy who's mutated into a half-snail creature. The car he's about to enter as the Toy Brick Car ends is called [[Manga/BlackParadox The Black Paradox Car]].
** After encountering the half-snail child in The Spiral Car, Gladion catches himself clinging to Larkspur much like [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo 'that cowardly dog from those mystery-hunter cartoons']].
** Larkspur states that the naming system for her and her sisters goes [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty "La Li Lu Le Lo".]]
** Kiawe exclaims that the Ultra Beasts know [[VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves neither friend nor foe, only DESTRUCTION]].
** The Toy Brick Car is based off of ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' with Master Vitruvius and Emmet being denizens.
** The shields Gladion sees in the Toy Brick Car have numerous coats of arms on it ranging from: [[Anime/YuGiOh an inverted puzzle with an eye in the center and a green six-pointed star within two circles]], [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the head of a blue spiky beast]] and [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot the face of an orange marsupial]]. Names brandished on the shields include: Lannister, Zi Britannia and Yuki.
** The Black Tyrant ''refuses'' to reference the [[TropeNamer Trope]]-[[OnlyAFleshWound Naming]] ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' moment.
** The White Rabbit's outfit is inspired by the Rabbit from ''Series/TheMaskedSinger''.
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** Larkspur wears a shirt that has a few letters removed. But filling them reads [[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Camp Half-Blood]].
** Larkspur teases Gladion by showing her teleportation ability and stating that she didn't tell him, "Don't drown".
** [[Manga/{{Uzumaki}} The Spiral Car]] holds the Village of Whirlpools, and Gladion nearly steps on the body of a boy who's mutated into a half-snail creature. The car he's about to enter as the Toy Brick Car ends is called [[Manga/BlackParadox The Black Paradox Car]].
** After encountering the half-snail child in The Spiral Car, Gladion catches himself clinging to Larkspur much like [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo 'that cowardly dog from those mystery-hunter cartoons']].
** Larkspur states that the naming system for her and her sisters goes [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty "La Li Lu Le Lo".]]
** Kiawe exclaims that the Ultra Beasts know [[VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves neither friend nor foe, only DESTRUCTION]].
** The Toy Brick Car is based off of ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' with Master Vitruvius and Emmet being denizens.
** The shields Gladion sees in the Toy Brick Car have numerous coats of arms on it ranging from: [[Anime/YuGiOh an inverted puzzle with an eye in the center and a green six-pointed star within two circles]], [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the head of a blue spiky beast]] and [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot the face of an orange marsupial]]. Names brandished on the shields include: Lannister, Zi Britannia and Yuki.
** The Black Tyrant ''refuses'' to reference the [[TropeNamer Trope]]-[[OnlyAFleshWound Naming]] ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' moment.
** The White Rabbit's outfit is inspired by the Rabbit from ''Series/TheMaskedSinger''.ShoutOut: [[ShoutOut/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Has its own page]].
** Larkspur wears a shirt that has a few letters removed. But filling them reads [[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Camp Half-Blood]].
** Larkspur teases Gladion by showing her teleportation ability and stating that she didn't tell him, "Don't drown".
** [[Manga/{{Uzumaki}} The Spiral Car]] holds the Village of Whirlpools, and Gladion nearly steps on the body of a boy who's mutated into a half-snail creature. The car he's about to enter as the Toy Brick Car ends is called [[Manga/BlackParadox The Black Paradox Car]].
** After encountering the half-snail child in The Spiral Car, Gladion catches himself clinging to Larkspur much like [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo 'that cowardly dog from those mystery-hunter cartoons']].
** Larkspur states that the naming system for her and her sisters goes [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty "La Li Lu Le Lo".]]
** Kiawe exclaims that the Ultra Beasts know [[VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves neither friend nor foe, only DESTRUCTION]].
** The Toy Brick Car is based off of ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' with Master Vitruvius and Emmet being denizens.
** The shields Gladion sees in the Toy Brick Car have numerous coats of arms on it ranging from: [[Anime/YuGiOh an inverted puzzle with an eye in the center and a green six-pointed star within two circles]], [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the head of a blue spiky beast]] and [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot the face of an orange marsupial]]. Names brandished on the shields include: Lannister, Zi Britannia and Yuki.
** The Black Tyrant ''refuses'' to reference the [[TropeNamer Trope]]-[[OnlyAFleshWound Naming]] ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' moment.
** The White Rabbit's outfit is inspired by the Rabbit from ''Series/TheMaskedSinger''.
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The night before Professor Kukui and Burnet's wedding, Gladion is about to head off to partake in the Trials in an attempt to get stronger. But before he gest a chance to do so, his sister, Lillie wants to give a farewell gift him: a bouquet of lilies. However, they happen to be ''orange'' lilies, which hints that Lillie doesn't really have any kind feelings for her brother as she believes that he is mostly to blame for her problems by abandoning her and never confessing what happened in the first place. Frustrated, Gladion walks off and wants to prove that he ''is'' the hero, the knight in shining armor who would go through Hell itself to save his sister...
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However, they happen to be ''orange'' lilies, which hints that Lillie doesn't really have any kind feelings for her brother as she believes that he is mostly to blame for her problems by abandoning her and never confessing what happened in the first place. Frustrated, Gladion walks off and wants to prove that he ''is'' the hero, the knight in shining armor who would go through Hell itself to save his sister...
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* AccusationFic: The story takes a dim view of Gladion's actions in the anime, stripping him of his ProtagonistCenteredMorality and having Lillie get furious over how he stayed silent about the incident that traumatized her, running off to train without so much as a word regarding where he'd gone or what he was doing.
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* AccusationFic: The story takes a dim view of Gladion's actions in the anime, stripping him of his ProtagonistCenteredMorality and having Lillie get furious over how he stayed silent about the incident that traumatized her, running off to train without so much as a word regarding where he'd gone or what he was doing. However, Dulse later questions if Lillie could've done anything by just telling Lusamine in the first place.
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** Per WordOfGod, the banned episode of Ash and the Passimians is going to be skipped.
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** Per WordOfGod, the The banned episode of Ash and the Passimians is going to be skipped.skipped, according to the author.
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* CallForward:CallForward: Plenty, given that this is a prequel.
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** When Gladion rests up in the Toy Brick Car, he listens to the history of the Train that picks up when Tulip herself entered. [[spoiler:Gladion uses Tulip's story to help Robbie go through his emotions invovling his parents' divorce.]]
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** When Gladion rests up in the Toy Brick Car, he listens to the history of the Train that picks up when Tulip herself entered. [[spoiler:Gladion uses Tulip's story to help Robbie go through his emotions invovling involving his parents' divorce.]]
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Mallow and Captain Phyco try to send a message onto the Infinity Train and gets picked up by Specter's Duel Disk. [[spoiler:Moreover the message was for Gladion and Tokio and Specter is currently in the same care both are residing in which he lampshades.]]
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Mallow and Captain Phyco try to send a message onto the Infinity Train and gets picked up by Specter's Duel Disk. [[spoiler:Moreover the message was for Gladion and Tokio and Specter is currently in the same care car both are residing in which he lampshades.]]
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** While watching Kiawe train for his rematch against Viren, Dulse learns about Gladion from Lillie and the trauma he kept from her. Dulse then questions that while Gladion knew the truth about what was going on, Lillie herself did nothing to tell this to Lusamine which could've made Lusamine more aware of what was going on before Gladion returned.
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** While watching Kiawe train for his rematch against Viren, Dulse learns about Gladion from Lillie and the trauma he kept from her. Dulse then questions that while Gladion knew the truth about what was going on, Lillie herself did nothing ''nothing'' to tell this to Lusamine which could've made Lusamine more aware of what was going on before Gladion returned.Lusamine.
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* WhamEpisode: The 400 Rabbits Car changes the direction of the story when it's reveals [[spoiler:Tokio Chiso as the leader of the 400 Rabbits having been brainwashed into the role to replace the original White Rabbit '''by his own consent'''. The last part has Gladion decide to take on an ImpossibleTask to trap the Apex, Lampetia is shattered by her own request, Gladion asks Larkspur to stay behind and he, London, Specter and Tokio decide to form a group, White Gestalt, to topple the Apex once and for all.]]
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* WhamEpisode: The 400 Rabbits Car changes the direction of the story when it's it reveals [[spoiler:Tokio Chiso as the leader of the 400 Rabbits having been brainwashed into the role to replace the original White Rabbit '''by his own consent'''.consent''' after Grace murdered the original one.. The last part has Gladion decide to take on an ImpossibleTask to trap the Apex, Lampetia is shattered by her own request, Gladion asks Larkspur to stay behind and he, London, Specter and Tokio decide to form a group, White Gestalt, to topple the Apex once and for all.]]
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** While watching Kiawe train for his rematch against Viren, Dulse learns about Gladion from Lillie and the trauma he kept from her. Dulse then questions that while Gladion knew the truth about what was going on, Lillie herself did nothing to tell this to Lusamine which could've made Lusamine more aware of what was going on before Gladion returned.
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