History Webcomic / DatingATeamMagmaGrunt

An ongoing ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''-based doujinshi styled comedy {{webcomic}} written and drawn by South Korean artist [[https://twitter.com/kdk5011?lang=en-gb Gooberman]], ''Dating a Team Magma Grunt'' follows the events of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Omega Ruby]]'' focusing on the developing romance between Brendan (the male protagonist of Ruby and Sapphire) and the titular Magma Grunt, NoNameGiven[[note]]Gooberman refers to her a Miss Team Magma out of universe[[/note]].

* BrickJoke: In Chapter 9, the Magma Grunt and Brendan apparently had argument after he compared her to an Octillery. In Chapter 11, the pair come across a whole school of Octillery in a cave, and Brendan jokes that they think the Grunt is one of them.
* ChastityCouple: Brendan and the Magma Grunt. Justified in that she's in her twenties while Brendan ''barely in his teens''. The most we see is a (barely) offscreen first kiss in Chapter 8.

* DisproportionateRetribution: In Chapter 4, after the Aqua Grunt insults the Magma Grunt and Team Magma, Brendan decides to challenge her to battle in which [[ExactWords he'd only use a Fire/Ground type.]] [[spoiler: He used ''Primal Groudon.'']]

* FirstKiss: ''Heavily implied''[[note]]From what we see, it's either them kissing, or them pressing their faces against each other[[/note]] when Magma Grunt asks this as her prize from Brendan, who's confident demeanor is shaken up for the first time. Lisia actually witnesses the kiss with a blush. Roxanne later claims that the Magma Grunt had phoned her to excitedly gush about said first kiss.

** Also, when the Team Magma grunt refers to Roxanne (her best friend and the Gym Leader) as a crybaby with a big forehead, text boxes point out that she is also this. Might explain why they're friends after all.

* LoveAtFirstPunch: Magma Grunt fell in love with Brendan when he lent her a caring hand... After a annihilating her without even giving her a chance to attack in a Pokemon battle. Aqua Grunt fell in love with Brendan after he [[CurbStompBattle utterly]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill destroyed]] [[OlympusMons her]] in a Pokémon battle.

* NotSoDifferent: The Magma Grunt and her best friend, the gym leader Roxanne. Despite the former being a former criminal and basic trainer and the latter being a responsible school teacher and gym leader, they're best friends. While Roxanne says this was because it was because they were the only kids, it's noted that both of them have crybaby-personalities and are sensitive to how other people think about them while also both having large foreheads.

* SeriousBusiness: Brandon challenges the Team Aqua grunt to a duel for making fun of his girlfriend. Silly, but standard for Pokemon. Using [[OlympusMons Groudon]] is not standard.

* {{Moe}}: Magma Grunt in general, with a good dash of {{Dojikko}} for a good measure.

* BeachEpisode: Chapter 10.

* WeightWoe: [[spoiler: Chapter 11 reveals that the reason Magma Grunt wanted the wishing stone was because she had recently gained some weight. Brendan finds this ridiculous, especially since he can't even she the difference]].

As of mid 2015, the webcomic has been placed on a temporary hiatus due to Gooberman being sent to the Korean military to fulfill a two-year mandatory service (as is required by all male Korean citizens). The translator informs readers that while Gooberman will continue to try and update as best he can, a very long delay should be expected.

[[https://twitter.com/kdk5011/status/1076163169884692481 As of January 2019]], Gooberman appears to have resumed work on this doujinshi, as seen by this twitter post.

As of February 16th, 2019, English translations of chapter 11 have been released.

* ChildhoodFriends: Before her family moved to Pastoria, the Magma Grunt was best friends with Roxanne, as in the ''Gym Leader.'' Mildly deconsturcted in that it was only because they were the only kids in the area though the two do care for one another,

* FirstKiss: ''Heavily implied''[[note]]From what we see, it's either them kissing, or them pressing their faces against each other[[/note]] when Magma Grunt asks this as her prize from Brendan, who's confident demeanor is shaken up for the first time. Lisia actually witnesses the kiss with a blush.

* ChastityCouple: Brendan and the Magma Grunt. Justified in that she's in her twenties while Brendan ''isn't even a teenager yet''. The most we see is a (barely) offscreen first kiss in Chapter 8.

An ongoing ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''-based doujinshi styled comedy {{webcomic}} written and drawn by South Korean artist [[https://twitter.com/kdk5011?lang=en-gb Gooberman]], ''Dating a Team Magma Grunt'' follows the events of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Omega Ruby]]'' focusing on the developing romance between Brendan (the male protagonist of Ruby and Sapphire) and the titular Magma Grunt, NoNameGiven.

* FirstKiss: ''Heavily implied'' when Magma Grunt asks this as her prize from Brendan, who's confident demeanor is shaken up for the first time. Lisia actually witnesses the kiss with a blush.

* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Implied and lampshaded in Chapter 10, when the Magma Grunt - who is wearing nothing but a bikini - takes out her wallet. Brendan wonders where she was keeping it.

[[https://twitter.com/kdk5011/status/1076163169884692481 As of January 2019]], Gooberman seems to have resumed work on this doujinshi.

As of mid 2015, the webcomic has been placed on a temporary hiatus due to Gooberman being sent to the Korean military to fulfill a two-year mandatory service (as is required by all male Korean citizens born after January 1998). The translator informs readers that while Gooberman will continue to try and update as best he can, a very long delay should be expected.

An ongoing ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''-based doujinshi styled comedy {{webcomic}} written and drawn by [[https://twitter.com/kdk5011?lang=en-gb Gooberman]], ''Dating a Team Magma Grunt'' follows the events of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Omega Ruby]]'' focusing on the developing romance between Brendan (the male protagonist of Ruby and Sapphire) and the titular Magma Grunt, NoNameGiven.

As of mid 2015, the webcomic has been placed on a temporary hiatus due to Gooberman being sent to the South Korea military to fulfil a two-year mandatory service. The translator informs readers that while Gooberman will continue to try and update as best he can, a very long delay should be expected.

* GreenEyedMonster: When Magma Grunt saw Brendan with May, she was initially suspicious, but her worries were proven for naught. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] upon meeting Lisia, where she came across as this when in actuality she was just tense from working up the nerve to ask for an autograph.

* ChildhoodFriends: Before her family moved to Pastoria, Magma Grunt was friends with Roxanne.

* DarkHorseVictory: [[spoiler: When the Magma Grunt and Aqua Grunt compete for Brendan in a Pokémon contest, ''Tobias'' [[note]]That guy from the anime who beat Ash with a Darkrai and a Latios[[/note]] wins.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[IncrediblyLamePun Luvdisc is in the air.]]'']]

Read [[http://mangafox.me/manga/pokemon_dating_a_team_magma_grunt_doujinshi/ here]].

** This also applies to Magma Grunt.

* ParentalSubstitute: Magma Grunt muses that she thinks of Archie as her father figure.

* FakeOutOpening: Chapter 9 appears to reveal that [[spoiler:the Magma Grunt had just been using Brandon to get her hands on Primal Groudon, in order to restore Team Magma to full strength. This is driven home by the chapter's cover [[WhamShot depicting a shattered photograph with the caption "Dated a Team Magma Grunt"]].]] Then she and Brendan [[BreakingTheFourthWall shout "April Fools!"]], and we're told that the ''real'' Chapter 9 is still to come.

* LoveAtFirstPunch: Magma Grunt fell in love with Brendan after he lending her a caring hand... After a annihilating her Numel in a single turn. Aqua Grunt fell in love with Brendan after he [[CurbStompBattle utterly]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill destroyed]] [[OlympusMons her]] her in a Pokémon battle.

* MuggingTheMonster: Aqua Grunt somehow doesn't recognize that Brendan is the League Champion when he challenges her to a match.

An ongoing ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''-based doujinshi styled comedy {{webcomic}} written and drawn by [[https://twitter.com/kdk5011?lang=en-gb Gooberman]], ''Dating a Team Magma Grunt'' follows the events of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Omega Ruby]]'' focusing on the developing romance between Brendan (the male protagonist of Ruby and Sapphire) and the titular Magma Grunt.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

* GreenEyedMonster: When Magma Grunt saw Brendan with May, she was initially suspicious, but her worries were proven for nought. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] upon meeting Lisia, where she came across as this when in actuality she was just tense from working up the nerve to ask for an autograph.
* HiddenDepths: Aqua Grunt manages to be surprisingly cute while performing in a Pokémon contest.

* LoveAtFirstPunch: Aqua Grunt fell in love with Brendan after he [[CurbStompBattle utterly]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill destroyed]] [[OlympusMons her]] her in a Pokémon battle.

* ShipperOnDeck: Lisia, and she was loving every minute of it.

* NoKillLikeOverkill: Brendan has no qualms using [[spoiler: '''''PRIMAL GROUDON''''']] to put a Team Aqua Grunt in her place.

* SeriousBusiness: Brandon challenges the Team Aqua grunt to a duel for making fun of his girlfriend. Silly, but standard for Pokemon. Using [[OlympusMons Groundon]] is not standard.

As of early 2016, the webcomic has been placed on a temporary hiatus due to Gooberman being sent to the South Korea military to fulfil a two-year mandatory service. The translator informs readers that while Gooberman will continue to try and update as best he can, a very long delay should be expected.

* SecretRelationship: Magma Grunt ''tries'' to keep her relationship with Brendan a secret, but this doesn't even last a single chapter because Courtney saw the two of them together.

* MeetTheInLaws: Chapter 6 has the titular Magma Grunt meeting Brendan's parents (it was entirely unplanned, Norman just happened to be passing by when the two of them were on a date and invited her over for dinner). Despite the very obvious age gap, his parents approve.