History Fanfic / PennySavesPaldea

The fic can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14178115/1/Penny-Saves-Paldea here]] on fanfiction.net and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/43167658/chapters/108492955 here]] on Archive of Our Own. [[CompletedFic It finished on August 14, 2023]]. An AudioAdaptation by Katrina herself can also be found [[https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9hKa9rGt-GXaNVRG7dO1faTgZ2-v1Epc here]] on [=YouTube=].

* ContinuityNod: Penny's book about dealing with social anxiety references people from two previous Pokémon games. The author of the book is [[Characters/PokemonSwordAndShield G.L. Allister (the G.L likely meaning "Gym Leader"), who's terrified of showing his face in public]] without a mask covering most of it. One of the book's chapters is about people being unable to recognize that [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Professor Kukui and the Masked Royal]] are the same person.

* MisplacedRetribution: Clavell decides to help dismantle Team Star because he thinks they're responsible for distorting reality around Paldea. While Team Star ''is'' actively interacting with the distortions, they aren't responsible for them; the team is gathering data on the phenomena for their leader so she can figure out how to ''stop'' them from happening. [[spoiler:In addition, the International Police ends up thinking Team Star is behind the vanishings and pursues the protagonists to try and arrest them. Arven ends up having to explain to Blake about what's been going on with Team Star and his life in order to get the protagonist's names cleared]].

* OhCrap: Way too many times to count but particularly whenever a glitch is seen in action and at the end of the second Area Zero chapter when Penny sees a Great Tusk and Iron Treads (Pokémon that look like Ancient and Future versions of Donphan) about to fight

* ShoutOut: [[spoiler:Blake from ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' appears in Chapters 28, 40, 41 and 50, being referred to by his codename of "Arrester".]]

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot:[[spoiler:Blake points out in Chapter 40 that the heroes would have a much better standing with the police if the Team Star Admins hadn't ran and hid upon the International Police wanting to question them about the disappearances.]]

* ShoutOut:[[spoiler:Blake from ''Manga/Pokemon Adventures'' appears in Chapters 28, 40, 41 and 50, being referred to by his codename of "Arrester" and once again a high-ranking member of the International Police.]]

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot:[[spoiler:Blake points out in Chapter 40 that the heroes would have a much better standing with the police if the Team Star Admins hadn't ran and hid upon the International Police wanting to question them about the disappearances.

The fic can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14178115/1/Penny-Saves-Paldea here]] on fanfiction.net and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/43167658/chapters/108492955 here]] on Archive of Our Own. An AudioAdaptation by Katrina herself can also be found [[https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9hKa9rGt-GXaNVRG7dO1faTgZ2-v1Epc here]] on [=YouTube=].

* FlashyProtagonistsBlandExtras: Lampshaded when Arven notices that people who seem important usually have a strange sense of fashion, with him specifically noting Penny's hoodie and Eevee backpack and Juliana's neon-colored school uniform as signs they're destined for greatness. He then wonders if he's also important, as he carries a giant bag around everywhere he goes. Although Arven has no way of being aware of it, he's correct on both counts because the three of them are part of an EnsembleCast in a ''Pokemon'' game.

* MisplacedRetribution: Clavell decides to help dismantle Team Star because he thinks they're responsible for distorting reality around Paldea. While Team Star ''is'' actively interacting with the distortions, they aren't responsible for them; the team is gathering data on the phenomena for their leader so she can figure out how to ''stop'' them from happening.

* AscendedGlitch: The fic is based on the premise that ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'''s [[ObviousBeta numerous technical issues]] are the result of the Paldea region being in danger of being erased from reality.

The fic can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14178115/1/Penny-Saves-Paldea here]] on fanfiction.net and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/43167658/chapters/108492955 here]] on Archive of Our Own. A narrated reading by the author herself can also be found [[https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9hKa9rGt-GXaNVRG7dO1faTgZ2-v1Epc here]] on [=YouTube=].

The fic can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14178115/1/Penny-Saves-Paldea here]] on fanfiction.net and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/43167658/chapters/108492955 here]] on Archive of Our Own.

* BigNo: Juliana lets one loose when Cassiopeia cancels Operation Starfall. She's mainly distressed because [[spoiler:she's not sure how she's going to pay for her huge order of peanut butter without the LP she expected to earn from the operation]].

* DressCode: Penny is puzzled that Naranja Academy's dress code forbids students from wearing Pokémon-shaped backpacks but allows them to wear helmets that completely obscure their faces.

* PaperThinDisguise: Discussed in Penny's book as one of the chapters is about people who are unable to recognize that The Masked Royal is just Professor Kukui in a mask and without his jacket (which the player in the Generation VII games can lampshade by outright asking "Professor Kukui?" when they first meet The Masked Royal.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Penny is confused when Juliana beats Mela first as Mela is the second weakest of the Team Star bosses while Giacomo is the weakest. This is a nod to how players thought Mela would be the WarmUpBoss of "Starfall Street" due to the fact that she was the only one shown in the trailers when in the game, Giacomo is supposed to be fought first as his levels are the lowest.

* OffTheRails: The events that take place early on in ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' are implied to have still happened in the fic, but the various glitchy phenomena occurring around the region results in Penny deciding she can't ignore what's going on anymore shortly after the school Treasure Hunt starts. She ends up cancelling Operation Starfall to prioritize preserving reality, causing one of the game's three main storylines to grind to a halt. This ends up causing problems when Juliana is continuing to go around, dismantling Team Star bases.

* OffTheRails: The events that take place early on in ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' are implied to have still happened in the fic, but the various glitchy phenomena occurring around the region results in Penny deciding she can't ignore what's going on anymore shortly after the school Treasure Hunt starts. She ends up cancelling Operation Starfall to prioritize preserving reality, causing one of the game's three main storylines to grind to a halt.

* MundaneUtility: The anomalies present around Paldea have the potential to destroy the region. Ortega's father found an anomaly that duplicates objects and is using it to clone {{Rare Cand|y}}ies.

Something is causing the reality around Paldea to come apart at the seams. People and Pokemon alike clip through solid objects, blink out of existence, or move far too slowly. Worse yet, [[WeirdnessCensor very few people seem to recognize that anything unusual is happening.]] Penny has decided to try and do something about the situation before reality falls apart entirely, enlisting the help of Team Star to keep an eye out for anything unusual.

* ContinuityNod: Penny's book about dealing with social anxiety references people from two previous Pokemon games. The author of the book is [[Characters/PokemonSwordAndShield G.L. Allister (the G.L likely meaning "Gym Leader"), who's terrified of showing his face in public]] without a mask covering most of it. One of the book's chapters is about people being unable to recognize that [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Professor Kukui and the Masked Royal]] are the same person.
* DressCode: Penny is puzzled that Naranja Academy's dress code forbids students from wearing Pokemon-shaped backpacks but allows them to wear helmets that completely obscure their faces.

* WeirdnessCensor: Several people around Paldea have observed the odd phenomena taking place, which include things like inexplicably slow movements, people and Pokemon phasing through objects, and invisible stuff that should be visible. However, the majority of the population either think the occurrences are the results of Pokemon being themselves or just ignore them altogether. Oddly enough, all the people who properly notice the phenomena are important to the plot of ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet''; namely Penny, Arven, various members of Team Star, Director Clavell, and Juliana.