History YMMV / PokemonScarletAndViolet

** Penny brings up her dad at one point during a dialogue [[spoiler:in Area Zero]]. Due to her not mentioning her mother in said dialogue, fans have assumed her father is a single parent. One of the major arguments in favor of this is Pokémon's [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver interesting]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite parental]] [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon characters]]]].

* ItWasHisSled: The existence of the Paradox Pokémon. Come early 2023, even the Pokémon Company itself no longer bothered trying to hide it.

** Iono is often called a VTuber. While her design and mannerisms definitely resemble a VTuber's, in-universe, she doesn’t use a virtual avatar for her streams. She shows her real-life appearance on-camera, which would make her a Fleshtuber.

* ItWasHisSled: The appearance of the Paradox Pokémon. As The Pokémon Company no longer ever bothered to hide them by early 2023.

* EvilIsCool: Pecharunt and the Loyal Three are the first Pokémon in the main games to take center stage as the primary villains of their DLC stories with little human involvement, and have their fans who like them for being malicious Pokémon.

** With ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', since the Paldea world map looks very similar to that of Aionios, and because a bunch of the new Pokemon designs heavily recall specific characters from that game[[note]]Armarouge and Ceruledge strongly resemble Cammuravi and Ethel, two rivals from that game. The Tinkaton line is often compared to Sena due to being small girls who wield enormous hammers. And the Sprigatito line is often compared to Juniper or Mio due to their shared CuteKitten aspects, as well as Meowscarada's mask [[spoiler:which strongly resembling M's]].[[/note]]. While ''Xenoblade'' fans often rib on ''Scarlet and Violet'' for their inferior graphical quality and poor optimization compared to ''[=XC3=]'', it's common to find fans who enjoy both games while acknowledging their relative strengths and flaws or to find Pokémon in trades and playthroughs with ''Xenoblade''-themed nicknames. This becomes HilariousInHindsight, given that both games have a similar plot twist of [[spoiler:the main authority figures that you barely interact with turning out to be antagonistic robot duplicates]].

** Kieran's battles in ''Teal Mask'' are managable, even when he swaps several of his ComMons out with some heavier hitters near the end of the DLC, but the battle against him in ''Indigo Disk'', where he [[spoiler: becomes the BB League Champion,]] is a whole 'nother ball game. [[spoiler: He starts off with Dragonite and Politoed, the latter having the Drizzle ability and the former knowing Hurricane and Thunder, moves that are 100% accurate in the rain. Next up is his Porygon-Z with an Adaptability-enhanced Hyper Beam further boosted by a [[CastFromHitPoints Life Orb]], a combination that can one-shot all but the tankiest Sp. Def. builds. Most aggravating of all, though, is his Grimmsnarl, who's packing a [[ActionInitiative Prankster-boosted]] [[BarrierWarrior Light Screen and Reflect]]. Grimmsnarl ''will'' use both these moves at the earliest opportunity, and because he's holding a [[LastChanceHitPoint Focus Sash]] and you can't Prankster-Taunt Dark types, you are very unlikely to knock him out before he sets both barriers up. Combine this with his Incineroar lowering your attack further with Intimidate, and his Hydrapple holding an Assault Vest (which highly boosts Sp. Def, at the cost of being unable to use Status moves) and knowing the ''insanely'' dangerous Fickle Beam attack (which has a chance of doubling its power from 80 to '''''160'''''), and, unless any of your team members know any barrier-breaking moves such as Psychic Fangs or Brick Break, you'll be in for a ''very'' hard time knocking the second half of his party out. Brought out an Ice type against said Hydrapple? Kieran will make you quickly regret your decision by Terastallizing it into a ''Fighting-type''. He may have [[TookALevelInJerkass taken a level in jerkass and arrogancy]], but Kieran damn well ''earned'' that champion title.]]

** Kieran's battles in ''Teal Mask'' are managable, even when he swaps several of his ComMons out with some heavier hitters near the end of the DLC, but the battle against him in ''Indigo Disk'', where he [[spoiler: becomes the BB League Champion,]] is a whole 'nother ball game. [[spoiler: He starts off with Dragonite and Politoed, the latter having the Drizzle ability and the former knowing Hurricane and Thunder, moves that are 100% accurate in the rain. Next up is his Porygon-Z with a Life Orb-enhanced Hyper Beam further boosted by its Adaptability ability, a combination that can one-shot all but the tankiest Sp. Def. builds. Most aggravating of all, though, is his Grimmsnarl, who's packing a [[ActionInitiative Prankster-boosted]] [[BarrierWarrior Light Screen and Reflect]]. Grimmsnarl ''will'' use both these moves at the earliest opportunity, and because he's holding a [[LastChanceHitPoint Focus Sash]] and you can't Prankster-Taunt Dark types, you are very unlikely to knock him out before he sets both barriers up. Combine this with his Incineroar lowering your attack further with Intimidate, and his Hydrapple holding an Assault Vest (which highly boosts Sp. Def, at the cost of being unable to use Status moves) and knowing the ''insanely'' dangerous Fickle Beam attack (which has a chance of doubling its power from 80 to '''''160'''''), and, unless any of your team members know any barrier-breaking moves such as Psychic Fangs or Brick Break, you'll be in for a ''very'' hard time knocking the second half of his party out. Brought out an Ice type against said Hydrapple? Kieran will make you quickly regret your decision by Terastallizing it into a ''Fighting-type''. He may have [[TookALevelInJerkass taken a level in jerkass and arrogancy]], but Kieran damn well ''earned'' that champion title.]]

** Kieran's battles in ''Teal Mask'' are managable, even when he swaps several of his ComMons out with some heavier hitters near the end of the DLC, but the battle against him in ''Indigo Disk'', where he [[spoiler: becomes the BB League Champion,]] is a whole 'nother ball game. [[spoiler: He starts off with Dragonite and Politoed, the latter having the Drizzle ability and the former knowing Hurricane and Thunder, moves that are 100% accurate in the rain. Next up is his Porygon-Z with a Life Orb-enhanced Hyper Beam further boosted by its Adaptability ability, a combination that can one-shot all but the tankiest Sp. Def. builds. Most aggravating of all, though, is his Grimmsnarl, who's packing a [[ActionInitiative Prankster-boosted]] [[BarrierWarrior Light Screen and Reflect]]. Grimmsnarl ''will'' use both these moves at the earliest opportunity, and because he's holding a [[LastChanceHitPoint Focus Sash]] and you can't Prankster-Taunt Dark types, you are very unlikely to knock him out before he sets both barriers up. Combine this with his Incineroar lowering your attack further with Intimidate, and his Hydrapple holding an Assault Vest (which highly boosts Sp. Def, at the cost of being unable to use Status move) and knowing the ''insanely'' dangerous Fickle Beam attack (which has a chance of doubling its power from 80 to '''''160'''''), and, unless any of your team members know any barrier-breaking moves such as Psychic Fangs or Brick Break, you'll be in for a ''very'' hard time knocking the second half of his party out. Brought out an Ice type against said Hydrapple? Kieran will make you quickly regret it by Terastallizing it into a ''Fighting-type''. He may have [[TookALevelInJerkass taken a level in jerkass and arrogancy]], but Kieran damn well ''earned'' that champion title.]]

** Kieran's battles in ''Teal Mask'' are managable, even when he swaps several of his ComMons out with some heavier hitters near the end of the DLC, but the battle against him in ''Indigo Disk'', where he [[spoiler: becomes the BB League Champion,]] is a whole 'nother ball game. [[spoiler: He starts off with Dragonite and Politoed, the latter having the Drizzle ability and the former knowing Hurricane and Thunder, moves that are 100% accurate in the rain. Next up is his Porygon-Z with a Life Orb-enhanced Hyper Beam further boosted by its Adaptability ability, a combination that can one-shot all but the tankiest Sp. Def. builds. Most aggravating of all, though, is his Grimmsnarl, who's packing a [[ActionInitiative Prankster-boosted]] [[BarrierWarrior Light Screen and Reflect]]. Grimmsnarl ''will'' use both these moves at the earliest opportunity, and because he's holding a [[LastChanceHitPoint Focus Sash]] and you can't Prankster-Taunt Dark types, you are very unlikely to knock him out before he sets both barriers up. Combine this with his Incineroar lowering your attack further with Intimidate, and his Hydrapple holding an Assault Vest (which highly boosts Sp. Def, at the cost of being unable to use Status move) and knowing the ''insanely'' dangerous Fickle Beam attack (which has a chance of doubling its power from 80 to '''''160'''''), and, unless any of your team members know any barrier-breaking moves such as Psychic Fangs or Brick Break, you'll be in for a ''very'' hard time knocking the second half of his party out. Kieran may have [[TookALevelInJerkass taken a level in jerkass and arrogancy]], but he damn well ''earned'' that champion title.]]

** Kieran's battles in ''Teal Mask'' are managable, even when he swaps several of his ComMons out with some heavier hitters near the end of the DLC, but the battle against him in ''Indigo Disk'', where he [[spoiler: becomes the BB League Champion,]] is a whole 'nother ball game. [[spoiler: He starts off with Dragonite and Politoed, the latter having the Drizzle ability and the former knowing Hurricane and Thunder, moves that are 100% accurate in the rain. Next up is his Porygon-Z with a Life Orb-enhanced Hyper Beam further boosted by its Adaptability ability, a combination that can one-shot all but the tankiest Sp. Def. builds. Most aggravating of all, though, is his Grimmsnarl, who's packing a [[ActionInitiative Prankster-boosted]] [[BarrierWarrior Light Screen and Reflect]]. Grimmsnarl ''will'' use both these moves at the earliest opportunity, and because he's holding a [[LastChanceHitPoint Focus Sash]] and you can't Prankster-Taunt Dark types, you are very unlikely to knock him out before he sets both barriers up. Combine this with his Incineroar lowering your attack further with Intimidate, and his Hydrapple holding an Assault Vest (which highly boosts Sp. Def, at the cost of being unable to use Status move) and knowing the ''insanely'' dangerous Fickle Beam attack (which has a chance of doubling its power from 80 to '''''160'''''), and, unless any of your team members know any barrier-breaking moves such as Psychic Fangs or Brick Break, you'll be in for a ''very'' hard time knocking the second half of his party out.]]

** Kieran's in ''Teal Mask'' are managable, even when he swaps several of his ComMons out with some heavier hitters near the end of the DLC, but the battle against him in ''Indigo Disk'', where he [[spoiler: becomes the BB League Champion,]] is a whole 'nother ball game. [[spoiler: He starts off with Dragonite and Politoed, the latter having the Drizzle ability and the former knowing Hurricane and Thunder, moves that are 100% accurate in the rain. Next up is his Porygon-Z with a Life Orb-enhanced Hyper Beam further boosted by its Adaptability ability, a combination that can one-shot all but the tankiest Sp. Def. builds. Most aggravating of all, though, is his Grimmsnarl, who's packing a [[ActionInitiative Prankster-boosted]] [[BarrierWarrior Light Screen and Reflect]]. Grimmsnarl ''will'' use both these moves at the earliest opportunity, and because he's holding a [[LastChanceHitPoint Focus Sash]] and you can't Prankster-Taunt Dark types, you are very unlikely to knock him out before he sets both barriers up. Combine this with his Incineroar lowering your attack further with Intimidate, and his Hydrapple holding an Assault Vest (which highly boosts Sp. Def, at the cost of being unable to use Status move) and knowing the ''insanely'' dangerous Fickle Beam attack (which has a chance of doubling its power from 80 to '''''160'''''), and, unless any of your team members know any barrier-breaking moves such as Psychic Fangs or Brick Break, you'll be in for a ''very'' hard time knocking the second half of his party out.]]

* UnexpectedCharacter:
** Although several fans did predicted cross-generational evolutions as a concept to continue in Scarlet and Violet, this game and both ''The Teal Mask'' and ''The Indigo Disk'' DLC introduced new evolutions to Pokémon not many expected to receive.
*** Girafarig into Farigiraf, since it’s a Johto-related evoluton that is Normal / Psychic that came after Legends: Arceus where Stantler, another Johto Pokémon, can evolve into another Normal / Psychic in Wyrdeer.
*** Bisharp into Kingambit, considering that Bisharp was already an OU staple among Smogoners until the SV metagame, and is already solid in-game. This is especially notable as Kingambit is the first cross-generational evolution introduced to an Unova Pokémon in their standard form, not counting the White-Striped form of Basculin.
*** The DLC reveal trailers brought evolutions to two Pokémon of the Galar region, which by itself is unexpected. Applin gets a new branched evolution in Dipplin in the Kitakami region of ''The Teal Mask'', but this is nothing compared to Duraludon, a Pokémon with 535 Base Stat Total, gaining a new one in the form of Archaludon in ''The Indigo Disk''. What makes this even more unexpected is that Duraludon has a Gigantamax form in the Galar region like Flapple and Appletun, the two evolutions introduced alongside Applin, and while it isn't the first not fully evolved Pokémon to have an evolution and a Gigantamax form, it's the first one that isn't synonymous with "Pokémon Mascot". [[spoiler:When ''The Teal Mask'' came out however, Dipplin one-upped Archaludon because it was able to use Eviolite, which shocked players because it meant that the already unexpected evolution was going to evolve again. Sure enough, ''The Indigo Disk'' introduced Hydrapple.]]

** After TheReveal of [[spoiler:Pecharunt's backstory via the official Youtube channel, Pecharunt itself is subject to this. Is it truly evil? Was it always merely seeking love from its adoptive parents? Was it motivated more by selfishness (less "I want them to ''[[IJustWantToBeLoved love]]'' me!" and more "I want them to love ''[[ItsAllAboutMe me!]]''")? While the website implies that Pecharunt is aware of the negative side-effects of its actions, it's unclear if it's truly malevolent or simply thinks the ends justify the means]]. There's also the fact that this [[spoiler:recontextualizes its actions in the ''Mochi Mayhem'' epilogue -- was it seeking the masks so that it could finally finish its goal of bringing them to the old couple, tragically unaware of the fact that they're almost certainly long dead by now? Did it somehow figure out that they're gone and [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds try to take over Kitakami out of pain and grief]]?]]

* FanDislikedExplanation: The explanation in ''The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero'' that [[spoiler:Paradox Pokemon aren't past/future versions of pre-existing Pokemon, but Pokemon from alternate timelines whom were brought into the main Pokemon world by Terapagos' power]] has been derided by some fans for being an extremely weak and anticlimactic explanation for what the main game kept open as a major mystery, as well as robbing the former of their mystique in favour of making them a replacement for Ultra Beasts.

*** Dondozo and Amoongus are infamous for potentially being impossible to solo if they have the wrong Tera type; even more favorable Tera types are difficult to take down alone. Dondozo has incredible bulk and can boost its Water attacks with Rain Dance, while Amoongus has the guaranteed-to-cause-sleep move Spore (unless you bring a Grass-type) and excels at making people waste time using the Heal cheer to wake their Pokémon up. Even in online play, Dondozo and Amoongus raids will often end in failure if the other players don't know what they're doing.

* CatharsisFactor: Any event in which 5-Star Blissey Tera Raids spawn across Paldea qualifies. You get tons of Tera Shards and Rare/Exp. Candies from beating them, their only known moves are completely worthless[[note]]to be specific, their moves are Heal Pulse (which heals their opponents), Softboiled (which only restores a ''very'' small fraction of their HP, since they're Tera Bosses), Seismic Toss (which does minimal damage to high-level mons) and Last Resort (which runs off their horrendously low Attack stats)[[/note]], and they don't [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard play dirty]] by negating your team's stat changes/Abilities or taking your Tera charges. You actually have to go well out of your way and ''try'' to lose against them. It's especially therapeutic if you've had the misfortune of dealing with them in [=PvP=] battles due to their self-healing abilities.

* CatharsisFactor: Any event in which 5-Star Blissey Tera Raids spawn across Paldea qualifies. You get tons of Tera Shards and Rare/Exp. Candies from beating them, their only known moves are completely worthless[[note]]to be specific, their moves are Heal Pulse (which heals their opponents), Softboiled (which only restores a ''very'' small fraction of their HP, since they're Tera Bosses), Seismic Toss (which does minimal damage to high-level mons) and Last Resort (which runs off their horrendously low Attack stats)[[/note]], and they don't [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard play dirty]] by negating your team's stat changes/Abilities or taking your Tera charges. You actually have to go well out of your way and ''try'' to lose against them. It's especially therapeutic if you've had the misfortune of dealing with them in [=PvP=] battles due to their self healing abilities.

* CatharsisFactor: Any event in which 5-Star Blissey Tera Raids spawn across Paldea qualifies. You get tons of Tera Shards and Rare/Exp. Candies from beating them, their only known moves are completely worthless[[note]]to be specific, their moves are Heal Pulse (which heals their opponents), Softboiled (which only restores a ''very'' small fraction of their HP, since they're Tera Bosses), Seismic Toss (which does minimal damage to high-level mons) and Last Resort (which runs off their horrendously low Attack stats)[[/note]], and they don't [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard play dirty]] by negating your team's stat changes/Abilities or taking your Tera charges. You actually have to go well out of your way and ''try'' to lose against them. It's especially therapeutic if you've had the misfortune of dealing with them in PvP battles due to their self healing abilities.

* CatharsisFactor: Any event in which 5-Star Blissey Tera Raids spawn across Paldea qualifies. You get tons of Tera Shards and Rare/Exp. Candies from beating them, their only known moves are completely worthless[[note]]to be specific, their moves are Heal Pulse (which heals their opponents), Softboiled (which only restores a ''very'' small fraction of their HP, since they're Tera Bosses), Seismic Toss (which does minimal damage to high-level mons) and Last Resort (which runs off their horrendously low Attack stats)[[/note]], and they don't [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard play dirty]] by negating your team's stat changes/Abilities or taking your Tera charges. You actually have to go well out of your way and ''try'' to lose against them. It's especially therapeutic if you've had the misfortune of [[StoneWall dealing with them]] [[HealThyself in PvP]] [[StatusEffects battles]].

* CatharsisFactor: Any event in which 5-Star Blissey Tera Raids spawn across Paldea qualifies. You get tons of Tera Shards and Rare/Exp. Candies from beating them, their only known moves are completely worthless[[note]]to be specific, their moves are Heal Pulse (which heals their opponents), Softboiled (which only restores a ''very'' small fraction of their HP, since they're Tera Bosses), Seismic Toss (which does minimal damage to high-level mons) and Last Resort (which runs off their horrendously low Attack stats)[[/note]], and they don't go out of their way to cheat by negating your team's stat changes/Abilities or taking your Tera charges. You actually have to go well out of your way and ''try'' to lose against them. It's especially therapeutic if you've had the misfortune of [[StoneWall dealing with them]] [[HealThyself in PvP]] [[StatusEffects battles]].

* CatharsisFactor: Any time Blissey Tera Raid events spawn across Paldea qualifies. You get tons of Tera Shards and Rare/Exp. Candies from beating them, their only known moves are completely worthless[[note]]Heal Pulse (which heals their opponents), Softboiled (which only restores a very small fraction of their HP here), Seismic Toss (which does minimal damage to high-level mons) and Last Resort (which runs of their horrendously low Attack power)[[/note]], and they don't go out of their way to cheat by negating your team's stat changes/Abilities or taking your Tera charges. You actually have to go well out of your way and ''try'' to lose against them. It's especially theraputic if you've had the misfortune of [[StoneWall dealing with them]] [[HealThyself in PvP battles]].

** Kieran is yet another character often fan-diagnosed as autistic, thanks to his introverted personality, his fixation on Ogerpon (which can be read as a special interest) and how his extreme emotional reactions to his more devastating losses which, especially in ''The Indigo Disk'', could be read as meltdowns. He has several animations that could be interpreted as stimming, such as tapping the front of his foot, straightening his loose hair and beating a fist against his hip; and others where he constantly avoids eye contact while talking.[[spoiler: After ''Mochi Mayhem'', his dialogue with Penny at the club even has both at a loss at how to have any semblance of casual conversation.]]

** Kieran is yet another character often fan-diagnosed as autistic, thanks to his introverted personality, his fixation on Ogerpon (which can be read as a special interest) and how his extreme emotional reactions to his more devastating losses which, especially in ''The Indigo Disk'', could be read as meltdowns.

** Chien-Pao is an absolute menace of a legendary Pokémon. It's best described as Weavile but better (and Weavile is already good) - it sports an excellent 120 Attack and 135 Speed and has access to powerful moves like Icicle Crash, Sacred Sword, and Throat Chop. But what ''really'' makes Chien-Pao absurdly cracked is its Ability, Sword of Ruin. It applies a Defense debuff to all surrounding Pokémon except for Chien-Pao itself, ensuring it hits really hard from the get-go. What makes Sword of Ruin so powerful is that it's a Defense debuff ''aura'' that's permanently active as long as Chien-Pao is on the field, resulting in one hell of a sweeper that doesn't require too much setup, eventually sending Chien-Pao to the banlist to accompany the below-mentioned Chi-Yu.

** And, of course, the male player character who, for the first time in the core series, can buy wear feminine clothing options, allowing you to ''play as a drag queen'' or just a boy with no hangups about gendered leg clothing.