History Fanfic / Pokeumans

** For April 1, 2013, a joke version of the next chapter was released where about ten paragraphs in [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere a random Groudon appeared out of nowhere]] [[HilarityEnsues and killed everyone in a ridiculous overblown fashion.]]

%%* TheDarkChick: [[spoiler: Mindy.]]

* ThirteenIsUnlucky: In a somewhat meta example, Chapter 13 turns out to be very unlucky for [[spoiler: Reggie]].

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Only the best fighters get to have any authority in a Pokéuman base.

** When Brandon becomes [[spoiler: Mega Brandon]], he doesn't remember anything he did in that form. [[KillEmAll Which is a problem]], because then Andy gets to [[AmnesiacDissonance torment him with it]]. In a sense, this is more like TheCorruption since it doesn't exist until he is exposed to [[spoiler: Lucarionite]].

* JustWokeUpThatWay: Several transformees discover the beginning of their changes as they look in the mirror in the morning. Bonus points are ''lost'' if they [[DreamingOfThingsToCome just had a dream about being the species in question]] (one of the group's {{Pet Peeve Trope}}s).

* MadeOfIron[=/=]HealingFactor: Brandon's Energy Channelling aside, it is pretty well established canon that Pokéumans are far more resistant and recover from harm faster than normal humans do.

* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: And we mean everyone, to the point of becoming a PetPeeveTrope.

* BalefulPolymorph: Not everyone takes their transformation as well as others. If not because of the species, it's because of the fact they can't leave the base for fear of capture and torture.
** For some, like Andy of the X-Trio in the original story, it's because now YouAreWhatYouHate.

The main story is declared cancelled in 2022 as per WordOfGod, citing the whole thing as OldShame.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Commander Sarmen Cuczoff of the Long Island PRT.

* NotSoDifferent: Andy tries to torment Brandon with this after [[spoiler:Mega Brandon kills a camp of Extinctionists]]. It actually comes very close to working.

* PuppyDogEyes: AB is prone to use these in attempts to persuade Brandon, although they don't always work.
* TheQuietOne: Kyle and Sakato in the main squad.

* SealedGoodInACan: See SoulJar.
* ShipTease: Brandon and Starr do a ''lot'' of this.

** The chief librarian at Long Island is a Noctowl named Mr. [[VidoeGame/{{Okami}} Lechku]].
* {{Sizeshifter}}: John the Dewott's special ability.

* TheStoic: Sakato somewhat, Kyle very much so.

* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: The Training Tower in Otium Village allows for an opportunity for some of this.

* WhamEpisode: Ch. 17 Part 2, where things take a [[CerebusSyndrome drastic turn for the worse]].

%%** An InUniverse occurrence of the event saw [[NoodleIncident a guy named Willy get flushed down a toilet]].

* ConsummateLiar: [[spoiler: Mindy's specialty.]]
* TheCSIEffect: Mike tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this when acting as defense lawyer. Suffice to say, it doesn't work.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique:
** Total Absorption, which grants enormous power but is fatal to the enemy (it literally ''consumes their aura'') and can bring out a SuperpoweredEvilSide.
* TheDarkChick: [[spoiler: Mindy.]]

* ADeathInTheLimelight: [[spoiler: Officer Johnny. Also Reggie, but [[DownplayedTrope not to the same extent]]. ]]

* EldritchLocation: Mt. Temporal and Mt. Reverse.

* FictionalDocument: Spiritus' memoirs.

* HostageForMacGuffin: A very brief one in Chapter 9.

* LightningBruiser: Sakato. And we do mean 'lightning'.
* MacGuffin: The Gemstone Files, and then later the Dimensional Gems.
** MineralMacGuffin

* MissionControl: Darren assumes this role in the early stages of the last story arc.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Dean of the X-Trio.]]

* TheMourningAfter: See DespairEventHorizon.
* MyInstinctsAreShowing: Brandon is often quite embarassed by his wagging tail, especially in early chapters.
* MysteriousWaif: Kyle Uchia the Lucario-Ninetales hybrid. See WaifProphet.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: Mr. Raso, who had a strong relation with Cameron.]]
* NiceGirl: Starr, and Amy. [[TheHeart Definitely Amy.]]

* OldMaster: Xatu of Otium Village.

** What was it that ended the Great War? [[spoiler:Zygarde. That's it. Just Zygarde. With its immense power, it restored a state of Order to the damaged world. However, the knowledge that the Order wouldn't last prompted the mass emigration to the Pokédimension]].

* ThePrankster: Mike is all over this trope.

** Larry Bellowich the Loudred.

* AlternateHistory

* CallingYourAttacks: Depending on the writer.

* ContinuitySnarl: In such a large SharedUniverse these are inevitable.
* EnergyWeapon: Yep, Pokéxtinction's got those.

* FanVerse

* RecursiveFanfiction
* ReplacementGoldfish: The clones.
* {{Retcon}}: Originally it was Brandon's Energy Chanelling abilities that meant he could receive messages in the Dream Dimension, but this was changed and now it's open to all.

* SharedUniverse
* SlowTransformation: It takes a full week.

* SpiritAdvisor

* ActionGirl: Starr and Amy, most notably.

** InUniverse example: See NoodleIncident.

* BigBad: Mr. X.
* BigBrotherMentor: Reggie is this to Brandon and TeamDad to everyone else in the main team.
* BigDamnHeroes: Ch. 9 has a mild one. Ch. 17 has an ''awesome'' one.
* BigEater: Mike the Ditto, particularly in his Munchlax form.
* BigFun: William the Snorlax.
* BigGood: Asula. The Even Bigger Good is Mew.

* ButtMonkey: Mike.
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Mr. X and Asula.]]

* CoDragons: The X-Trio.

* GigglingVillain: Andy the Toxicroak.
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Dean.]]

* TheHeart: Amy the Jigglypuff.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Officer Johnny.]]
* HeroWorshipper: [[TheApprentice AB]] has plenty of this towards Brandon.

* {{Jerkass}}: MSN.

** Something non-specified also happened on April Fools Day (in-universe) that involved a guy named Willy getting flushed down the toilet. This lead to Mike being HoistByHisOwnPetard in Chapter 10.

* {{Seer}}: See WaifProphet.

''Pokéumans'' is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fanfic written by [=Pokemonmanic3595=], which has in turn spawned hundreds of spinoff stories and a SharedUniverse. The original series focused on a Lucario Pokeuman named Brandon in the secret base under [[BigApplesauce Long Island]] in America and his battles against the Mewtwo scientist, [[BigBad Mr. X]].

* {{Humanshifting}}: Humanisation tech allows for Pokeumans to become human, although wearing it for too long can cause genetic mutations.

** JerkassWoobie see HiddenDepths.

Pokeumans is a fanfic written by [=Pokemonmanic3595=], which has in turn spawned hundreds of spinoff stories and a SharedUniverse. The original series focused on a Lucario Pokeuman named Brandon in the secret base under [[BigApplesauce Long Island]] in America and his battles against the Mewtwo scientist, [[BigBad Mr. X]].

[[TheMasquerade Hidden from everyday society]], there are certain people who can transform into Pokemon. These are called Pokeumans. Some want to live in peace with humanity, while others believe that they are a [[CantArgueWithElves superior race]].

But not all is well. A SecretWar rages between the Pokeuman and the Pokextinction organizations. The former sees themselves as rebels, hiding from humanity due to fear of persecution or fighting against an oppressive system. The latter, on the other hand, fear the Pokeuman want a world ruled by only Pokeuman and thus, they strive to serve as [[TheMenInBlack humanities’ guardians]]. Other parts of Pokextinction feel the Pokeumans should not exist at all, and are attempting to make sure of this themselves.

In November 2018 [=Pokemonmanic3595=] began a {{rewrite}} of the original series called Pokeumans Remastered, to redo earlier scenes with the benefit of experience and clean up/remove some details that he was unhappy with the first time around. Any chapters of the original series that do not have a Remastered replacement are still canon, but if you want to get the amended and improved version of the backbone story then [[http://fav.me/dcrjy2k start here]].

[[http://pokeumans.deviantart.com/ The group homepage can be found here.]]

!!Tropes found in the original Pokeumans series include:

** For April 1st 2013, a joke version of the next chapter was released where about ten paragraphs in [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere a random Groudon appeared out of nowhere]] [[HilarityEnsues and killed everyone in a ridiculous overblown fashion.]]

* BambooTechnology: [[spoiler: The original Pokemon have lots of this, given how simply and in tune with nature they live.]]

* BewareTheQuietOnes: Sakato Hanaturo the Vaporeon hardly says anything, although [[CharacterDevelopment he opens up with time]], and is too consumed by his training to spend time with people at the beginning of the story. But that training has made him a formidible fighter.

* FailureKnight: [[spoiler:The fact Sakato wasn't fast enough to save his friend Connor is the driving reason behind his training to be the fastest Pokeuman pretty much ever.]]

* FightingAShadow: [[spoiler: The legendaries fought by the heroes in the PokeDimension arc were actually mirages to protect the keys to Mt. Origin. Justified in that the legendaries have important jobs maintaining things like the flow of time and the balance of the ecosystem and such.]]

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Mega Brandon killing everyone in the Pokextinction camp sends Brandon into a severe depression.]]

* MadeOfIron: Asula. As well as being ridiculously powerful, she also later shows ability to shrug off Pokextinction lasers that completely incapacitate weaker Pokeumans. Potentially justified in [[spoiler: her really being roughly a hundred years old, and so having had plenty of time to train.]]

** All of [[spoiler: the original Pokemon]] live this way, apparently.

** What was it that ended the Great War? [[spoiler:Zygarde. That's it. Just Zygarde. With its immense power, it restored a state of Order to the damaged world. However, the knowledge that the Order wouldn't last prompted the mass emigration to the Pokedimension]].

* PuppyDogEyes: AB is prone to use these in attenpts to persuade Brandon, although they don't always work.

** Lull periods are marked with reference to them enjoying various games, films, shows etc while giving time for plot points to develop.

* StealthInsult: Spiritus admits that the original Pokemon referred to the developing humans as ''Homo Stultus''.

** [[spoiler:Mega Lucario Brandon. A barely sentient feral monster that destroys the entire Pokextinction camp in minutes and very nearly kills Andy outright.]]

** [[spoiler: Mega Brandon]]. A level of power unshown by anyone else in the story yet, but also a practically feral monster.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Only the best fighters get to have any authority in a Pokeuman base.

* BloodKnight: Pokemon (and Pokeumans) are naturally combative.

* ChildSoldiers: Given that Pokeumans are prone to transform in their teens, this was sadly inevitable.

* CombatPragmatist: A common element of Pokeuman battles is using moves in ways other than the obvious.

* EnergyWeapon: Yep, Pokextinction's got those.
* ExtranormalInstitute: Pokeuman and Pokextinction bases are effectively schools, but with some non-standard lessons.

* FirstLawOfGenderBending: If fate/ancestry determines that a boy will become a female-only species, he's going to become a she. This is irreversible. The reverse is also true. If a girl becomes a Nidoking then he's now stuck that way too.

* TheGreatOffscreenWar: Often referred to as 'The Great War', the original conflict between people and Pokemon. Few details are known, except that it went really badly for both sides involved.
* HeroesRUs: The Pokeumans organisation, who train students among other things to be prepared to fight Pokextinction.

* InterSpeciesRomance: The original Pokemon, who had families with humans. Also any Pokeuman falling in love with any species not the same as them is technically this.

* MadeOfIron[=/=]HealingFactor: Brandon's Energy Channelling aside, it is pretty well established canon that Pokeumans are far more resistant and recover from harm faster than normal humans do.

* {{Masquerade}}: Pokeumans and Pokextinction live in societies hidden from humans, hiding in underground bases and erasing the memories of anybody unfortinate enough to discover the secret.
* MemoryWipingCrew: Conducted by both Pokextinction and the [=PRT=] to maintain TheMasquerade.

* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Pokeumans acquire new natural instincts on transforming, to help them handle their new powers/senses/number of legs etc. One may pick up certain traits of the species like those seen in the Pokedex (eg. Zangoose and Seviper instinctively hating each other).
* MutantDraftBoard: Joining either the Pokeumans or Pokextinction is mandatory for a transformee, but this isn't enforced by TheGovernment as in other versions of this trope.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Don't mess with Pokextinction.

* {{Retcon}}: Originally it was Brandon's Energy Chanelling abilities that meant he could recieve messages in the Dream Dimension, but this was changed and now it's open to all.

* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Disguised Pokeumans look like normal people.

* UnreliableExpositor: The official group page has two conflicting accounts of how the war between Pokeumans and Pokextinction came to be.
** Details common to both versions: After the dinosaurs went extinct, an advanced species called Pokemon became the dominant species on Earth. Eventually, humans evolved. Pokemon used special stones to disguise themselves as humans and had families with the humans, passing down their genes. Eventually, Pokemon and humanity went to war. The war ultimately resulted in the Pokemon wiping the humans' memories of them and leaving Earth for another dimension, leaving Mew behind to observe the humans and make sure they were forgotten. Eventually, in 1910, a man named Mr. X had an encounter with Mew. This encounter caused a genetic shockwave that turned the Pokemon genes from recessive to dominant, transforming affected humans into Pokemon and killed Mr. X's entire party save himself and one other survivor (established in the original series to be [[spoiler:Asula]]). Mr. X himself was transformed into a Mewtwo, and founded Pokextinction to wipe out the Pokemon once and for all. Mew founded the Pokeumans to combat him, and eventually took the form of Satoshi Tajiri to create the Pokemon games as a tool to scout for potentially affected humans.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/galactic-rainbow/art/The-Official-History-of-Pokeumans-287849614 According to the Pokeumans]], the Pokemon society was a utopia. Humanity's intelligence developed far faster than their morals, and they eventually began to enslave and exploit Pokemon, leading the Pokemon to rebel. Mr. X found one of Mew's hairs and accidentally caused the shockwave when he tried to restore it to a living organism. His founding of Pokextinction is driven by anger at Pokemon for rebelling against the rule of humans. Mew and the Pokeumans' ultimate goal is to create a world where Pokemon and humanity can live in peace and harmony.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/galactic-rainbow/art/The-Official-History-of-Pokextinction-319516439 According to Pokextinction]], the Pokemon society was a SocialDarwinist hellhole. When humans evolved, Pokemon enslaved them and subject them to horrific experiments, including breeding. Eventually, humanity rebelled and drove the Pokemon off of Earth. Mr. X was exploring the jungles of South America when Mew appeared, beat the shit out of him, and murdered his entire party save him and one other survivor. Mew unleashed the shockwave himself in order to restore rule of Earth to the Pokemon. Mr. X founded Pokextinction to stop him and save humanity from the Pokemon, and Mew founded the Pokeumans as an extension of his will.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Yep, Pokextinction's got those.

* {{Adorkable}}: Cameron Taylor, the bipedal Hippopotas.

* SnowcloneTitle: Chapter 9, of the TropesForDummies variety.

** [[https://www.deviantart.com/galactic-rainbow/art/The-Official-History-of-Pokextinction-319516439 According to Pokextinction]], the Pokemon society was a SocialDarwinist hellhole. When humans evolved, Pokemon enslaved them and subject them to horrific experiments, including breeding. Eventually, humanity rebelled and drove the Pokemon off of Earth. Mr. X was exploring the jungles of South America when Mew appeared, beat the shit out of him, and murdered his entire party save him and one other survivor. Mew unleashed the shockwave himself in order to restore rule of Earth to the Pokemon.

** Details common to both versions: After the dinosaurs went extinct, an advanced species called Pokemon became the dominant species on Earth. Eventually, humans evolved. Pokemon used special stones to disguise themselves as humans and had families with the humans, passing down their genes. Eventually, Pokemon and humanity went to war. The war ultimately resulted in the Pokemon wiping the humans' memories of them and leaving Earth for another dimension, leaving Mew behind to observe the humans and make sure they were forgotten. Eventually, a man named Mr. X had an encounter with Mew. This encounter caused a genetic shockwave that turned the Pokemon genes from recessive to dominant, transforming affected humans into Pokemon and killed Mr. X's entire party save himself and one other survivor (established in the original series to be [[spoiler:Asula]]). Mr. X himself was transformed into a Mewtwo, and founded Pokextinction to wipe out the Pokemon once and for all. Mew founded the Pokeumans to combat him, and eventually took the form of Satoshi Tajiri to create the Pokemon games as a tool to scout for potentially affected humans.

** When Asula is angry, [[UnstoppableRage she's ''really'' angry.]] She even has GlowingEyesOfDoom.

** Details common to both versions: After the dinosaurs went extinct, an advanced species called Pokemon became the dominant species on Earth. Eventually, humans evolved. Pokemon used special stones to disguise themselves as humans and had families with the humans, passing down their genes. Eventually, Pokemon and humanity went to war. The war ultimately resulted in the Pokemon wiping the humans' memories of them and leaving Earth for another dimension, leaving Mew behind to observe the humans and make sure they were forgotten. Eventually, a man named Mr. X had an encounter with Mew. This encounter caused a genetic shockwave that turned the Pokemon genes from recessive to dominant, transforming affected humans into Pokemon. Mr. X himself was transformed into a Mewtwo, and founded Pokextinction to wipe out the Pokemon once and for all. Mew founded the Pokeumans to combat him, and eventually took the form of Satoshi Tajiri to create the Pokemon games as a tool to scout for potentially affected humans.

** Details common to both versions: After the dinosaurs went extinct, an advanced species called Pokemon became the dominant species on Earth. Eventually, humans evolved. Pokemon used special stones to disguise themselves as humans and had families with the humans, passing down their genes.

* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty: A lot of Dustin of the Elite Four's strategy boils down to this, using all of his Ghost powers (and his disturbingly-uncaring attitude to his opponents' lives) to screw with them and cheat in any way he likes.

But not all is well. A SecretWar rages between the Pokeuman and the Pokextinction organizations. The former sees themselves as rebels, hiding from humanity due to fear of persecution or fighting against an oppressive system. The latter, on the other hand, fear the Pokeuman want a world ruled by only Pokeuman and thus, they strive to serve as [[TheMenInBlack humanities’ guardians]].