History WebAnimation / PokemonRusty

** [[spoiler:Peanut Butter, the perfect Bidoof, beats the Elite Four by [[CruelAndUnusualDeath causing tiny Bidoofs to burst out of Agatha's eyes and mouth]]. The other three immediately alter the rules so Rusty replaces her (and doesn't kill them).]]

** Subverted, unfortunately for the world. Come Episode 16 onwards, where [[spoiler:Rusty is freed from prison by his golden Bidoof, which he decided to call "Peanut Butter". Peanut Butter is also shown to have god-like powers. With PB willing to do his every whim, Rusty has so far: broken out of jail and let a whole bunch of murderers free, robbed every trainer in Kanto of their badges (with their corpses being sealed in a blood stained sack) and brutally murders Agatha of the Elite Four]]. Be afraid world. Be very afraid...

** Then, because of his lack of empathy, [[spoiler: he denies Peanut Butter the chance to learn compassion[[labelnote:*]]since he can only learn four moves[[/labelnote]] and instead allows him to learn bloody vengeance[[labelnote:*]]because it sounds cool[[/labelnote]]. This paves way for a dystopia for humanity where Pokémon have enslaved them.]] NiceJobBreakingItHero, indeed.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Okay, the "hero" part is kinda stretching it, but [[spoiler:in "Legendaries", Rusty and Peanut Butter take a tour of the Safari Zone and see a poacher trying to kill an Arceus. Witnessing mankind's greed firsthand, Peanut Butter learns compassion... [[YouHaveResearchedBreathing but can only know four moves]]. Rusty, being Rusty of course, thinks that's boring. [[HeelFaceTurn Then Peanut Butter learns vengeance, kills the poacher, declares that the age of man ruling over Pokémon is over]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and makes Rusty his first slave when he tries to make Peanut Butter go back in his pokeball]]]].

** Jillian the EV trainer. [[spoiler:Creates the Perfect Bidoof in the episode "How to Create the Perfect Pokémon". Said Bidoof returns in the 2017 episodes, and is shown to be even more destructive than Rusty. Even actually having a bloodthirsty side]]!

** Rusty himself, in spite of all the awful things he's done, is still perfectly capable of seeing how obviously [[BestialityIsDepraved screwed]] [[PaedoHunt up]] the EV Trainer is.

* InfantImmortality:
** Averted; while part of Team Rocket, Rusty accidentally runs a kid over in a truck because he couldn't reach the brake.
** Played straight with Rusty, however. He's 10-years-old but all the injuries he sustains throughout the series don't seem to be permanent.

-->'''Peanut Butter:''' I live only to slake your blood thirst, Father.

** In every episode Professor Tree appears in, he gets followed by a pair of Pidgeys.

[[caption-width-right:350:I wanna be the very worst, like no one ever was.]]

The entire series can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVTLsQ8iNCM here]].

-->'''Rusty:'''No! That Pokémon cost me like ten dollars! It was gelato.

* MuggingTheMonster: Team Rocket Grunts attempting to rob random people accidentally find [[spoiler: Red]] who sicks his high level Pokémon on them and straight up kills them.

* AmbiguousInnocence: Oh, Rusty. Completely and blissfully ignorant of everything as he destroys everything in his path.

** Blaine. [[spoiler:After [[CurbstompBattle thoroughly handing Rusty his ass]], Rusty begins feeling that his dreams of becoming a Pokémon Master are dashed and that he should just return home and work in his parents' deli. Blaine's pity and giving a "badge" (a seashell) to Rusty causes him to renew his dreams and keep going, which leads to more Pokémon deaths at his hands]].

On October 21, 2017, a SpiritualSuccessor called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUqP5xnwstc Pokémon Ralphie]]'' debuted, starring a former Bug Catcher named Ralphie who is under the delusion that he is Red's number one rival.

* PlotHole: A resistance member asks why, if [[spoiler:a Rusty stayed home in the new timeline, how the future Rusty would have been picked up by his father if his father believed Rusty never left home]]. He's murdered before anyone can question this inconsistency.

** And then he heard about how Legendary Pokémonare hunted for profit, and he learned compassion (which Rusty forbade him from remembering because he already had 4 moves) and thirst for vengeance (which Rusty allowed because it sounded cool). [[spoiler: So he went ahead and enslaved the world.]]

* TheDitz: [[CaptainObvious Take a wild guess]].

** This is ultimately Rusty's fate; [[spoiler: After he screwed up LaResistance's plans to topple Peanut Butter's reign, Past-Rusty shows the latter the error of his ways[[labelnote:*]]through sandwiches[[/labelnote]] and he hits the ResetButton on everything he did. Then he subjects Future-Rusty to imprisonment at his father's deli where he'll make sandwiches for the rest of his life without harming another innocent Pokémon or person.[[/spoiler]]

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Rusty has demonstrated several times in the series that he's easily distracted by the littlest things. Notable examples include [[spoiler:trying to convince a police officer he's innocent of any wrongdoing and then asking where he got his cop badge from, thinking it was a gym badge (before getting tazed), or "remembering" that he still has to catch Legendary Pokemon... after "battling" the Elite Four (which involves his golden god-like Bidoof named Peanut Butter ''killing'' poor, poor Agatha)]].

** And then he heard about how Legendary Pokemon are hunted for profit, and he learned compassion (which Rusty forbade him from remembering because he already had 4 moves) and thirst for vengeance (which Rusty allowed because it sounded cool). [[spoiler: So he went ahead and enslaved the world.]]

** Out of all the Pokemon, Bidoofs and Zubats have suffered the most in the series.

** The [[LaResistance last remaining humans opposing Peanut Butter]] decide that the only way to save humanity is to use Dialga to send Rusty back in time so he can convince his past self to give up on Pokemon training. [[spoiler:They didn't account for future Rusty redoing all the events that led to Peanut Butter's regime.]]

** Then, because of his lack of empathy, [[spoiler: he denies Peanut Butter the chance to learn compassion[[labelnote:*]]since he can only learn four moves[[/labelnote]] and instead allows him to learn bloody vengeance[[labelnote:*]]because it sounds cool[[/labelnote]]. This paves way for a dystopia for humanity where Pokemon have enslaved them.]] NiceJobBreakingItHero, indeed.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Rusty's only concern is his dream to be a Pokémon master. When Team Rocket captures him and plan to steal his Pokémon? He hands them over and begs them not to kill him without any prompting from them. His Vanillite, Venomoth and Cubone are killed in the battle with Blaine? He breaks down because he lost and didn't get a badge, not because of their deaths. "Ghost Tower" is the biggest offender. When the ghosts of his Pokémon come, he states, not assumes, they came to tell him not to feel bad even though he clearly doesn't. Even after they declare hate for him, he believes they all missed him.

** The music that plays when Rusty enters the Herb shop in "Pokemon Documentary" is "Is This Love" by Music/BobMarley.

* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler: Rusty was sent back in time to stop his past self from becoming a Pokemon Master to avoid the Bidocalypse. While he succeeds in stopping past Rusty, future Rusty opts to replay everything over again exactly the same way, Bidocalypse and all.]]
* StreetUrchin: Rusty willingly invokes this trope when he essentially abandoned his home to become the greatest "Pokemon Master". Since then, he's admitted out loud that he hasn't seen his parents in months since his father's accident with Snorlax and then later mentions that he's been eating out of garbage cans to survive for a whole year.

** The old man who informs Rusty about Hidden Machines, or [=HMs=], when you think about it. Rusty immediately decides to just give up and go home upon encountering a tree that was blocking his path. However, an old man shows up and tells Rusty that what he needs is an [=HM=] (which Rusty just so happens to already have on him, having bought some while at the mall). Unfortunately, now that Rusty knows about [=HMs=], he tries to unsuccessfully teach his Pokemon a few of them (including strength, fly, flash, and surf), which lead to the deaths of a few more of his Pokémon (and [[UpToEleven causing a forest fire in the process]]).
** Rusty himself could possibly even qualify. His self-centeredness notwithstanding, all he wants to do is to become a Pokémon master and a lot of the trouble he causes appear to be unintentional on his part.
** Jillian the EV trainer. [[spoiler:Creates the Perfect Bidoof in the episode "How to Create the Perfect Pokemon". Said Bidoof returns in the 2017 episodes, and is shown to be even more destructive than Rusty. Even actually having a bloodthirsty side]]!

** Blaine as well. He's an old man but sounds like somebody who's in their mid-30s. The same can pretty much be said for the daycare lady in "How To Breed the Perfect Pokemon."

** Ultimately averted; [[spoiler: After Peanut Butter takes over the world and subjects humanity to his rule, LaResistance sends Rusty back in time using a Dialga to convince his past-self (since Rusty won't listen to anyone but himself) to work at his father's deli [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong so everything he did the entire series]] [[RetCon won't lead up to this moment]]. He succeeds, [[AllForNothing only to redo his entire adventure]] and repeat everything that happened. However, thanks to Past-Rusty not becoming LethallyStupid and creating incredible sandwiches, [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Peanut Butter learns the error of his ways]] and journeys with Past-Rusty and EV Trainer's Clefa across the stars after undoing everything he inflicted. [[LaserGuidedKarma He also imprisons Future-Rusty at his father's deli to make sandwiches for the rest of his life]].]]