History Fridge / PokemonGoldAndSilver

* A move-related one: Moonlight restores more HP during harsh sunlight. It may seem like ViolationofCommonSense at first, but it makes sense if you know that the Moon doesn't actually produce its own light. Moonlight is really sunlight reflected from the parts of the Moon's surface where the Sun's light strikes. Of course Moonlight would restore more HP when there's more sunlight available.

* The reason some characters make fun of Clair's outfit is out of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]], since she's Johto's MsFanservice. Look at her: [[BoobsOfSteel The largest bust]] and [[HartmanHips widest hips]] of the Johto Leaders, a skintight outfit that emphasizes both, a cool cape, and [[PowerIsSexy the position of toughest Gym Leader]]. The remakes amp this with a pair of sexy boots and a battle sprite that pulls a BoobsAndButtPose. Throw in her CharacterDevelopment in ''Crystal'' and the remakes, and what's not to like about her?

* How did Red survive three years atop a freezing mountain with no insulating clothes? Probably by feeding himself off of wild Pokemon, having his Snorlax keep him warm, his Blastoise provide him water, and his Charizard heat the food and water, alongside sharing Snorlax's role of keeping Red warm. However, that leaves his Espeon, Venusaur and Pikachu unaccounted for. And what would happen Snorlax, Blastoise and Charizard would run out of PP? (''HG/SS'' mitigates this for Espeon by replacing him with a Lapras, who, being part Ice-type, is immune to freezing, but the others are still unnaccounted for.) Unless there's some GameplayAndStorySegregation that allows the Pokémon to [[MundaneUtility use moves for mundane purposes]] involved, Red could have survived ''that'' long, MemeticBadass status aside. Not to mention he'd be bored out of his mind.

* How did Red survive three years atop a freezing mountain with no insulating clothes? Probably by feeding himself off of wild Pokemon, having his Snorlax keep him warm, his Blastoise provide him water, and his Charizard heat the food and water, alongside sharing Snorlax's role of keeping Red warm. However, that leaves his Espeon, Venusaur and Pikachu unaccounted for. And what would happen Snorlax, Blastoise and Charizard would run out of PP? (''HG/SS'' mitigates this for Espeon by replacing him with a Lapras, who, being part Ice-type, is immune to freezing, but the others are still unnaccounted for.) Unless there's some GameplayAndStorySegregation that allows the Pokémon to [[MundaneUtility use moves for mundane purposes]] involved, I don't think Red could have survived ''that'' long, MemeticBadass status aside. Not to mention he'd be bored out of his mind.

* How did Red survive three years atop a freezing mountain with no insulating clothes? Probably by feeding himself off of wild Pokemon, having his Snorlax keep him warm, his Blastoise provide him water, and his Charizard heat the food and water, alongside sharing Snorlax's role of keeping Red warm. However, that leaves his Espeon, Venusaur and Pikachu unaccounted for. And what would happen Snorlax, Blastoise and Charizard would run out of PP? (''HG/SS'' mitigates this for Espeon by replacing him with a Lapras, who, being part Ice-type, is immune to freezing, but the others are still unnaccounted for.) Unless there's some GameplayAndStorySegregation that allows the Pokémon to [[MundaneUtility use moves for mundane purposes]] involved, I don't think Red could have survived ''that'' long, MemeticBadass status aside.

* How did Red survive three years atop a freezing mountain with no insulating clothes? Probably by feeding himself off of wild Pokemon, having his Snorlax keep him warm, his Blastoise provide him water, and his Charizard heat the food and water, alongside sharing Snorlax's role of keeping Red warm. However, that leaves his Espeon, Venusaur and Pikachu unaccounted for. And what would happen Snorlax, Blastoise and Charizard would run out of PP? (''HG/SS'' mitigates this for Espeon by replacing him with a Lapras, who, being part Ice-type, is immune to freezing, but the others are still unnaccounted for.) Unless there's some GameplayAndStorySegregation regarding moves that allows the Pokémon to [[MundaneUtility use them for mundane purposes]] involved, I don't think Red could have survived ''that'' long, MemeticBadass status aside.

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* There may be a reason that Whitney and Clair both refuse to hand over your badge at first -- think about [[ThatOneBoss what they have in common]], and think about how many tries most players have to make to beat either of them. Odds are, neither of them are even ''used'' to losing. (With that in mind, it makes [[VideoGame/PokemonRedandBlue Sabrina]] look surprisingly mature as well).

** Similarly, Jasmine's team (2 Magnemites and a Steelix that knows Sunny Day) makes a lot more sense if you look at it from the perspective of being designed to counter Water Types (which the player would've had access to 15 of[[note]]Feraligatr, Politoed, Quagsire, Tentacruel, Seaking, Lapras, Slowbro, Slowking, Golduck, Gyarados, Kingler, Lanturn, Corsola, Mantine and Azumarill - all of which can learn Surf[[/note]] by the time they got to Olivine, compared to the 4 Fire Types[[note]]Quilava, Magmar, Flareon, and either Growlithe or Vulpix[[/note]] available to the player at that point. In particular, Lanturn is likely the reason she doesn't have a Skarmory on her team - Steel/Flying is weak against Electric types!

* The Blackthorn City Gym has lava all over the place. Seems kind of weird for a dragon gym, but then you remember that ice is their only other weakness.

* Though the Dark Type was touted under one of the new features of these games, you get only Umbreon and Sneasel before reaching Kanto... and you can only get Sneasel before the player can get to the 8th Gym! Though several non-Dark Pokémon can use Dark-type attacks, this would be a problem if you want to take advantage of STAB or the immunity to Psychic-type attacks. The Ghost-type Ecruteak Gym and the Psychic-type Will of the Elite Four account this lack. More specifically, all of the Pokémon in the Ecruteak Gym are part of the Gastly line, which are half-Poison; the pure Ghost-type Misdreavus, despite being a Generation II Pokémon, is absent. Someone can either use one of the several Normal-type Pokémon that can use Dark-type attacks (and are immune from Ghost-type attacks) or use a Ground-type Pokémon where Ground-type attacks are super-effective. [[note]]In Generation II, Abilities, including the Levitate Ability, did not exist.[[/note]] This principle carries out to Will: all of his Pokémon are dual-typed. You only get some more Dark types in the location near the Psychic-type Saffron Gym, which uses a variety of Psychic Pokémon. [[FridgeLogic However, this leaves the question on why some Generation II Pokémon are not located in the Generation II region Johto but rather in the Generation II region Kanto.]]

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* In ''[=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=]'', when you visit Copycat's new home, her parents mention that she lost the doll a boy gave to her a few years ago. Go upstairs and visit Copycat and what Pokémon does she have? Banette, the abandoned doll Pokémon.

* From the game player's perspective, there's little in the way of replay value or even purpose in ''RGBY'' after the Elite Four/Blue are defeated, the major options left are to collect all of the Pokémon or raise your team to absurdly high levels. By yourself, it's impossible to complete the Pokédex without trading with other people, so that just leaves endless level grinding. This means that, by isolating himself at Mt. Silver, Red has, in a meta-sort-of-way, done exactly what any lonely player too attached to playing ''RGBY'' would eventually do with nothing else to do. Players still on ''RGBY'' when ''GS'' were announced might probably still be level grinding their team to hold out until the new game. So what's Red doing on Mt. Silver? It's not like he had anyone else to talk to and there was nothing else for him in Kanto as the Champion, and the Pokémon in Mt. Silver are even stronger for level grinding than those in Cerulean Cave, so it's like, why not? Mt. Silver is also in close proximity to Johto, so maybe Red was hoping he would be discovered by a different Champion from a different area for a challenge. By ''GSC'', the fruits of Red's labor are finally witnessed, with three years worth of isolated level grinding unleashed into trainer battle at last. Red must have been (silently) ecstatic to have a new purpose when Ethan/Kris stumbled upon him for battle, as this gave Red something new and productive to do for the first time in three years. Red leaves the mountain after being defeated because he was satisfied that at long last there exists another trainer stronger than him, finally moving on to do other things.
** There's also the possibility that the Red in Mt. Silver is a ghost, and that by defeating him you finally put his spirit at rest, and he can ascend to a higher existence. It's the way his mother in Pallet Town refers to him. She says stuff like ''"he's been gone a while"'', ''"I'm worried about him"'', ''"he'll be back soon"'', etc. She's probably in denial that her son is dead. Blue's nature also seems different in ''GSC'' than it does in ''RGBY'', so it's also possible the realization that his rival had passed on led to Blue no longer having an equal in strength, and thus fell out of interest in battling anyone, which is why he is less arrogant and impish in the second generation (if you choose to disregard the Raticate theory, that is).
** Red's mom is worried because that's what a mom does when her son is out having adventures. Her very first dialogue consists of her saying that she'll miss Red when he's out traveling. Blue's personality is a little better in ''Gold / Silver'' simply because he's older now (he wasn't malicious in ''Red / Blue'', just a brat). Plus, he doesn't have any reason to antagonize the player character anyway, as he's not his "rival".
** Red and Blue reappeared in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', and have both visibly aged, meaning Red is still alive and well.
* Why is the Daycare Lady in ''[=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=]'' so convinced that you and the opposite sex friend are a romantic couple? Because she's used to thinking about sexual compatibility and pairings, given that the daycare is also often used for breeding Pokemon, and she probably got used to being around Pokemon who are sexually active.
** Also, the Daycare Couple are the grandparents of the player's best friend and neighbour. It isn't uncommon to have close relatives who ship you and your best mate, especially if the two of you grew up together.

** Also in ''[=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=]'', there's a reason his Magneton and Sneasel aren't evolved, despite the fact that the games are from the 4th Generation. There are no places where Magneton can evolve in either Kanto or Johto, while the item necessary to evolve Sneasel is found only at the Battle Frontier, where Silver is never seen.

* The Pokéwalker gadget accompanying ''[=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=]'' may seem like just another attempt by Creator/{{Nintendo}}[=/=]Creator/GameFreak to make nerds get some exercise. Remember, however, the Pokémon Pikachu 2, a step counter that was released around the same time as the original ''Gold and Silver''. Not only did they reboot the games, they rebooted the accompanying gadget!

* The final Rocket Grunt in ''Gold/Silver/Crystal'', [[KeepItForeign who spoke in broken English in the English-speaking versions]], apparently spouted GratuitousEnglish in the original Japanese, and in ''[=HeartGold/SoulSilver=]'', it's revealed that he is indeed a foreigner and that he intends to return to his homeland to try to restart Team Rocket there. He's then found in Icirrus City in ''Black & White''. Whereas the first four regions were all based on regions of Japan, Unova is based on a region of America -- presumably their native language really ''is'' English whereas the native language of Kanto/Johto/Hoenn/Sinnoh is Japanese!

* Pryce's Pokémon, even in Heart Gold and Soul Silver, are [[BreatherBoss lower level than Jasmine's]] and only slightly stronger than those rocket grunts and admins you just wrecked. Game Freak's "DarthWiki/IdiotProgramming" strikes again, huh? Well, this can actually be GameplayAndStoryIntegration - Pryce is quite elderly. Makes sense that he's not as strong as he was back in the day.

** Also in ''HeartGold/SoulSilver, there's a reason his Magneton and Sneasel aren't evolved, despite the fact that the games are from the 4th Generation. There are no places where Magneton can evolve in either Kanto or Johto, while the item necessary to evolve Sneasel is found only at the Battle Frontier, where Silver is never seen.

* Professor Oak admits in this game to being fifty-years-old, which appears to have been an age somebody at Game Freak picked without thinking through the implications--the three year TimeSkip means Oak would've been age forty-seven during ''Fire Red'' and ''Leaf Green'', and if Blue's age of 11 (it was AllThereInTheManual of the original ''Red'' and ''Blue'') is the same in the VideoGameRemake, then the Professor would've been thirty-six when Blue was born and even younger when Blue's older sister Daisy was. Somehow the Oak family managed to squeeze two whole generations into a mere ''thirty years''.

* Professor Oak admits in this game to being fifty-years-old, which appears to have been a date somebody at Game Freak picked without thinking through the implications--the three year TimeSkip means Oak would've been age forty-seven during ''Fire Red'' and ''Leaf Green'', and if Blue's age of 11 (it was AllThereInTheManual of the original ''Red'' and ''Blue'') is the same in the VideoGameRemake, then the Professor would've been thirty-six when Blue was born and even younger when Blue's older sister Daisy was. Somehow the Oak family managed to squeeze two whole generations into a mere ''thirty years''.

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* The Pokéwalker gadget accompanying ''[=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=]'' may seem like just another attempt by Creator/GameFreak to make nerds get some exercise. Remember, however, the Pokémon Pikachu 2, a step counter that was released around the same time as the original ''Gold and Silver''. Not only did they reboot the games, they rebooted the accompanying gadget!