Line #140 DarthWiki/PokemonAssVersion


1	A VideoGame/PokemonRed romhack by @/{{Wax}} [[DevelopmentHell still under work]].\
2	The plot is [[BlatantLies simple]]: you, an eleven-year-old sheltered slave, are offered your very first {{Mon}} by Oak, who is the sole person of authority in the lost Pallet Town. He gives you the choice between [[GreenThumb Bulbasaur]], [[PlayingWithFire Charmander]], or [[MakingASplash Squirtle]]. His own grandson, TheRival, is put behind, just so he can [[ElementalRockPaperScissors outplay you and pick the mon that is efficient against yours]].\
3	In exchange for this mon, Oak wants you to fill his Pokedex's data by [[GottaCatchEmAll catching all the Pokemon]] from [[WalkingTheEarth the Kanto region]]. All of this while your rival gets out to defeat the Pokemon Gym Leaders, collect their badges and beat the Elite Four [[ToBeAMaster to become the Champion]], thereby granting Oak power over all the Kanto Region.\
4	Along the way, you'll have to deal with another Pokemon-related world takeover attempt: [[CardCarryingVillain Team Rocket]] also exists and [[TheDon Giovanni]] tries to upstage everyone by catching ghost Pokemon, forcing mass-production of Master Balls for his personal use, and becoming a Gym Leader.\
5	Eventually, TheRival becomes the Champion by using Pokemon over level 100, most notable of which [[OlympusMons Mewtwo]], who isn't catchable in this hack because it is the FinalBoss.
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9	!Pokemon Ass Version's story contains examples of:
10	* AbusiveParents: The main character's mother doesn't care much about her son, but given [[RapeAsDrama what she's been subjected to at the hands of the Oaks]], she's understandably [[BrokenBird broken]].
11	* {{Angrish}}: The Bug Catchers in Viridian Forest when they're defeated, since they're based off of WebVideo/{{Smosh}}'s Metrosexual Hipster.
12	* BigBadWannabe: Giovanni, PlayedForLaughs from his first appearance until he quits.
13	** [[spoiler:Quickly followed by Oak who has his world takeover attempt foiled, and even his grandson abandoning him.]]
14	* CharacterDevelopment: Only TheRival and the main character have any. The Gym Leaders have for only growth their recognizing you as an enemy to Oak, and nobody else is seen often enough.
15	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The FinalBoss is TheRival's level 128 Mewtwo. [[spoiler:TheRival's MadnessMantra after losing includes: "You can't beat Mewtwo!"]]
16	* DisappearedDad: GuideDangIt on who said dad is though.
17	* FreeRangeChildren: Both the main character and TheRival. However, it's a concern for the rest of the world instead of their parents, since both are the KidWithTheRemoteControl and unleash heaps of abuse onto the outside world.
18	* {{Jerkass}}: Almost everyone, including [[GoodIsNotNice the main character]].
19	** TheRival takes the cake as he bullies everyone (the main character's mother being his favourite [[TheChewToy chew toy]]) he comes across. In this game, ''he is the one to fuse Bill with a Clefairy''.
20	* LampshadeHanging: Oak's Pokedex rating via PC makes little sense since only the main character and TheRival even have one. A panel (written by Lance) says: "Oak rates Pokedex via PC. But there's only 2 of'em."
21	* MeaningfulName: The rom itself. Everyone is an [[{{Jerkass}} ASS]]!
22	* ShoutOut
23	** The PlayerCharacter's CanonName is [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Austin]] and TheRival's is [[Wrestling/TheRock Rock]] for a reason. They pick up CatchPhrase after catchphrase and a bit of attitude from the two wrestlers over the course of the plot. Also, Giovanni bills himself as [[Wrestling/BretHart "the best there is"]], though he doesn't ever say the full catchphrase.
24	* TakeOverTheWorld: Oak and Giovanni's endgame. You have to foil both.
25	* WorldOfJerkass: It's the '''whole damn premise'''.
26	! Characters
27	[[folder:TheProtagonist]]
28	!!!Tropes associated with TheProtagonist:
29	* BastardBastard -> HeroicBastard: Starts out as the first, being out to take his anger out on everyone and their dog. He transitions throughout the journey and focuses himself on TheRival, helps that he mellows out a bunch.
30	* CanonName: Austin.
31	* CatchPhrase:
32	---> "I won't do what you tell me."
33	* {{Expy}}: To Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin.
34	* PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: Starts with a mindset akin to this, but eventually his hatred focuses on the Oaks.
35	* RebelliousSpirit
36	* SavingTheWorld: As a side-effect of beating Giovanni, the Oaks' and Mewtwo's hides, the main character does this. [[AntiHero He doesn't really care so much.]]
37	* SociopathicHero -> UnscrupulousHero
38	* TheVoiceless: Averted, he opens his mouth to berate many [=NPCs=], even one guy who just doesn't have enough pokeballs to catch Pokemon with. The dialogue only gets extensive with more important persons, like TheRival or Giovanni.
39	* WorthyOpponent: The Gym Leaders admit feeling him as one and perceive his intent more and more with each passing defeat. Blaine takes the cake as he already knows the main character is good ''before'' fighting him.
40	[[/folder]]
41	[[folder:TheProtagonist's Mother]]
42	!!!Tropes associated with TheProtagonist's mother:
43	* OpenMindedParent: Subverted. The only reason she lets her son go is because she StoppedCaring about her son and hopefully it gets TheRival off of her.
44	* RapeAsDrama: Heavily suggested when she says that hopefully her son leaving gets TheRival off of her.
45	[[/folder]]
46	[[folder:TheRival]]
47	!!!Tropes associated with TheRival:
48	* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:His final defeat causes a VillainousBreakdown since after failing to TakeOverTheWorld for his grandpa, he is now useless and [[YouHaveFailedMe disposable]].]]
49	* {{Expy}}: To Wrestling/TheRock, specifically [[{{Heel}} Corporate Champion]] Rock.
50	* ItsAllAboutMe: He grows progressively into this. [[spoiler:It gets worse once he gets [[OlympusMons Mewtwo]], to a point Oak came to confirm his grandson's victory but also to reaffirm his authority]].
51	* LargeHam: Gets hammier with time.
52	* ObligatorySwearing: He's still an example of HelloInsertNameHere, but at least he's still HelloInsertNameHere MOTHERFUCKING OAK.
53	* RunningGag: He makes a YourMom joke before running away after losing. When this gag ends, TheRival starts [[TookALevelInBadass meaning business]].
54	* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Eventually starts asking you to refer to him as "the [[HelloInsertNameHere rival]]".
55	* TookALevelInBadass: He starts being referred to as a figure of horror by Blaine, signalling he got Mewtwo. Everyone in Victory Road who talks about him is scared shitless of him and even Lance had to admit defeat.
56	[[/folder]]
57	[[folder:Samuel Oak]]
58	!!!Tropes associated with Oak:
59	* BadBoss: He treats everyone like crap. Even TheRival is just a pawn for him. [[spoiler:This ends up biting him in the ass when his grandson turns on him due to going ItsAllAboutMe too]].
60	* ComplexityAddiction: Forces TheProtagonist to go fill a Pokedex to assist TheRival's efforts to become Champion all he wants. He could've just shot him but instead chose to force half of the world's hatred on a kid who has to complete, by said kid's words, "the shittiest sidequest ever". Which also hands him the opportunity to foil his plans.
61	* {{Expy}}: To Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, except he takes the "I am the devil himself!" claim and runs with it.
62	* ObligatorySwearing: On one of the game's earliest lines.
63	---> "My name is Oak. Samuel FUCKING Oak!"
64	* {{Troll}}: He let a sign in Viridian Forest behind a grass patch that says "You wasted time reading it.".
65	[[/folder]]
66	[[folder:Gym Leaders]]
67	!!!Tropes associated with the Gym Leaders:
68	* QuirkyMinibossSquad
69	!!!Tropes associated with Brock:
70	* ShoutOut: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear "Heaven or Hell, LET'S ROCK!"]]
71	!!!Tropes associated with Misty:
72	* MoodSwinger: A total bitch before losing, SickeninglySweet after.
73	* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: The main character ticks her off by invoking this trope, her BerserkButton.
74	!!!Tropes associated with Surge:
75	* DarkerAndEdgier: He threatens to zap you and beat your teeth out of your mouth, as well as butchering your Pokemon like in a slasher movie.
76	** Which is a ShoutOut to his dialogue in the French version of the original game.
77	* {{Eagleland}}: Type 2, though he's not fat, but has the self-centeredness, aggressiveness and obnoxiousness to count.
78	!!!Tropes associated with Erika:
79	* FlashbackNightmare: When you challenge her, you wake her out of one she's having about TheRival's rampage in her gym (he ravaged all the beautiful [[ScrappyMechanic CUT]] trees).
80	%%* HeavySleeper
81	%%* LipstickLesbian: Full force in there.
82	%%* TheStoner: Implied with her sleepyhead tendencies.
83	* StrawFeminist: There's a reason her gym is full of girls.
84	!!!Tropes associated with Koga:
85	* CatchPhrase: Just like Manga/{{Naruto}}, believe it!
86	* DefeatMeansFriendship: Expects this from the main character.
87	* EasilyForgiven: Invokes this, but the main character still doesn't like him.
88	* TheMaze: His version of it has a blatant opening right in front of the entrance.
89	* {{Troll}}: If you walk directly into him, he'll talk forever about how hard the trials were while there's an opening right next to him, and you can take it.
90	!!!Tropes associated with Sabrina:
91	* CombatSadomasochist: She actually uses that whip she has. On herself.
92	* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Almost all there ever is about fighting her.
93	* PsychicPowers: As usual.
94	** PowerPerversionPotential: She lampshades hers', except she doesn't actually use it.
95	!!!Tropes associated with Blaine:
96	* {{Angst}}: See MyGreatestFailure for why. There's a reason he sheltered himself in his gym.
97	* CoolOldGuy: He has a bit of a nasty streak and another angsty streak, but that aside, he's the same Blaine we know.
98	* HeroicBSOD: He is in the middle of one, and the main character has to snap him out of it.
99	* MyGreatestFailure: This game runs with the "Blaine created Mewtwo" theories. Getting beat by TheRival using the Pokémon he made makes Blaine worry for the world.
100	!!!Tropes associated with Giovanni:
101	''(see Team Rocket folder)''
102	[[/folder]]
103	[[folder:Elite Four]]
104	!!!Tropes associated with the Elite Four:
105	* QuirkyMinibossSquad: More true to form than the Gym Leaders, since they're always together.
106	!!!Tropes associated with Lorelei:
107	* TheDitz: Taking a page from [[Franchise/TouhouProject Cirno]], who is associated with ice.
108	* DumbMuscle: Not as straightforward as Bruno, but she counts. Her Pokémon' are levels above 100. But she is also really stupid.
109	* VerbalTic: She's got a lisp.
110	!!!Tropes associated with Bruno:
111	* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He's not the first to be mentioned to train with his Pokemon. He mentions, however, [[TakingTheBullet taking hits for them]], [[GameplayAndStorySegregation which isn't reflected in gameplay]].
112	* DumbMuscle: He says he'll go into battle with his Pokemon, [[LeeroyJenkins which is stupid considering what one can do to a human]].
113	* NoIndoorVoice: Not on default, but his KO scream (read: his dialogue upon being defeated) is in capslock, prompting a DeadpanSnarker answer from the main character.
114	---> '''[[HelloInsertNameHere PC]]''': "Ouch, my ears."
115	!!!Tropes associated with Agatha:
116	* NeverSayDie: Defies the trope, mentioning killing the main character and the Oaks quite often in her dialogue. And after losing, she asks you directly to kill TheRival.
117	* PsychoExGirlfriend: To Oak. She's still the lesser evil of the two.
118	* ReformedButNotTamed: After losing, she doesn't have a change of attitude.
119	!!!Tropes associated with Lance:
120	* TheComicallySerious: In the hatemail they sent to Oak.
121	* GodzillaThreshold: Lance did all his cheating to fight Mewtwo.
122	* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: His way of judging everyone's character: taking Hyper Beams to them.
123	* PlayfulHacker: Mentions his "1337 [=H4x0r=] 5k1llz".
124	[[/folder]]
125	[[folder:Team Rocket]]
126	!!!Tropes associated with Team Rocket:
127	* {{Angrish}}: Some of them devolve into this upon defeat.
128	* TheFourGods: There are four Rocket brothers, and in this hack they're named Tiger, Bird, Turtle and [[GratuitousGerman Drach]].
129	* FunetikAksent: Many of their {{Mook}}s talk like they're black.
130	!!!Tropes associated with Giovanni:
131	* BigBadWannabe: Definitely doesn't measure up to the original, much less the Oaks.
132	* BreakTheHaughty: On his first battle. He then is under a permanent VillainousBreakdown.
133	* CrazyPrepared: He knew the main character would roll in at Silph Co. Some rockets shout "Main character alert!" or "[[HelloInsertNameHere NAME]] Alert!"
134	* HairTriggerTemper: In contrast to normal Giovanni. When you defeat him, he starts [[SelfDemonstratingArticle SPEAKING ENTIRELY IN CAPSLOCK!]]
135	* RageQuit: On the entire game after his Viridian Gym defeat.
136	[[/folder]]
137
138	!Pokemon Ass Version's gameplay contains examples of:
139	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: [Insert name of rival here] Motherfucking Oak still always shows up ahead of you.
140	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Charizard is a Dragon-type, as many wanted... but the other starters too become Dragon-type, along with enough other Pokemon that the Dragon-type becomes almost commonplace. And the type's weakness to Dragon plus the ubiquitous Hyper Beam now being Dragon-type means that Dragon isn't a broken type, and that makes Charizard the same GlassCannon as before, with weaknesses just as blatant.
141	* CharacterSelectForcing: Defied in your starter choice. Despite the buffed stats, Venusaur isn't the starter of choice it is in the original game, mainly because Brock uses an Aerodactyl. Charmander also has an easier time against Brock due to getting Dragon-type attacks (with STAB) much earlier than the other starters.
142	* ComMons: Rattata (and its evolution Raticate when you progress through the game) is still almost everywhere, especially in early-game zones, and mostly on the highest spot on the wild Pokemon list for any place, meaning you have around 25% chance of meeting one anywhere. This is much less than in the original game, but much more than any individual evolutionary line in the whole game. While the ComMons aspect is downplayed, all ComMons TookALevelInBadass.
143	** Zubat got his status lampshaded on a panel in Mt.Moon, despite not quite being as frequent an encounter in this ROM.
144	---> "Goddamn ZUBAT warning!"
145	* CriticalHit: Couldn't be nerfed. All instant-crit moves have lost power as a result.
146	* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Some Pokemon had their whole typing changed, most notably [[AsianFoxSpirit Ninetales]], which from a pure Fire-type became a Ghost/Rock-type. Also, all stone and trade-related evolutions (except Eevee, who still evolves with stones) are changed to simple level-up evolutions which, due to the easy nature of the first levels, are bumped up. In consequence, not only will using a Leaf Stone not work to evolve your Exeggcute, you'll need to grind it up to level '''47''' to have an Exeggutor. Also, stopping evolutions is useless: any Pokemon learn all their possible attacks before evolving.
147	* FakeUltimateMook: Onix's status as this was defied, since it's been heavily buffed. It remains somewhat true though, as its base stat total is the lowest possible of all evolved Pokémon.
148	* FixedDamageAttack: All were taken off of this hack. Only attacks that halve HP remain, but they are much more numerous as compensation, adding Toxic, Psywave, Submission and Confuse Ray.
149	* FinalBoss: TheRival, and his Pokemon being [[MyRulesAreNotYourRules at levels you can never reach]] as well as having [[OlympusMons Mewtwo]] while you can not get any Pokemon that's as strong as it makes due for the fact that his mons have no [=EVs=].
150	* GlitchEntity : [=MissingNo=] is still here, and an easy way to farm these Rare Candies.
151	* GuideDangIt: The way Oak gives you 5 Pokeballs still isn't mentioned. You need to beat TheRival on Route 22 before buying any Pokeball or getting more caught data (by evolving your starter).
152	** Several facts about the story mentioned in this page are only stated by WordOfGod.
153	* HelloInsertNameHere: Well, duh.
154	* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum: Inverted: The League's levels are over 100 simply because they can, and your rival's [[OlympusMons Mewtwo]] is level 128.
155	* LevelGrinding: While the enemies' levels (and the evolution levels too) are much higher, this is made much easier by several factors:
156	** All mons maximum experience is 800000 instead of the standard 1000000 or more.
157	** Non-fully-evolved Mons give much more EXP, making early level grinding around three times as fast.
158	** You can actually enter Diglett's Cave before you fight Brock. The levels of the 'mons in this cave hover around the high-twenties or low-thirties, which you can reach by that point with some LevelGrinding.
159	** In Saffron City, you can buy Rare Candies, which can give your 'mons their last few levels.
160	* MagikarpPower: Except there's no absurdly weak critter anymore: even Magikarp itself gets respectable stats (though the ATK stat required to use Tackle definitely isn't its forte).
161	* {{Nerf}}: Some Generation I [[GameBreaker things]] had to be heavily nerfed.
162	** The [[OneStatToRuleThemAll Special stat]] has been heavily reduced ''(at least relatively because of the huge general stat increase)'' for most non-legendary Pokemon.
163	** Psychic-types: Their weakness to Ghost is put in the ROM properly (it wasn't a bug, but a programming error, easy to rectify) and Ghost-type Pokemon and moves are much more common, as well as resistant to it. And all of the makeshift counters that were used in Gen I were buffed: Jolteon with Pin Missile as the move always hits for high damage (as much as if your normal Pin Missile always hit 5 times), and some Fighting-types had their Special stat more-than-doubled (most notably Hitmonchan).
164	*** The Psychic move itself was nerfed. In that most moves received a huge powerup, and its power, while increased, is now relatively low.
165	*** Alakazam deserves special mention again: its 250 base Special, even with the stat increase, results in such CripplingOverspecialization to the point that its Speed got nerfed '''in a game that applied a 150% modifier to most bases'''. While you can still get one just as early (though Abra can only be found on Route 24), it's much harder to solo the game with it since its low Speed and Defense greatly hinder it.
166	*** [[OlympusMons Mew]][[FinalBoss two]] is somewhat nerfed too despite his unobtainability. Most of its stats are relatively decreased, except Attack since it tries to fill the niche of both [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Mega-Mewtwos]]. And its Amnesia now only upgrades Special by one rank.
167	*** Mew is not nerfed the slightest bit, aside from the hardship of catching him due to the Special stat changes altering the requirements for the Mew glitch to actually cause an encounter with Mew (it's still possible to get one just as early), forcing you to either beat the game or [[SequenceBreaking get beat across Cerulean Cave if you want to get it before the League]]. In the event you use the Mew glitch to get it, it will not only know Pound as usual, but it has Psywave (which halves your HP), Night Shade (here a flinch move) and Psybeam.
168	*** Exeggutor's Special stat was nerfed, and due to its type-change giving it more weaknesses and a relatively reduced HP stat, it can't take beatings too well, and its base Speed isn't reliable at all.
169	*** Slowbro lost Amnesia's brokenness, making it lose most of its high-level ability.
170	** Double Team. Evasion boosts disappear from this hack. All this move gives now is a simple Defense boost.
171	*** Minimize has been triply nerfed. All sprite-change moves are hacked to be [[EpicFail self-kill moves]] with minimal or zero damage that absolutely nobody can learn properly.
172	** The Toxic + Leech Seed combination doesn't work anymore: Toxic was changed to halving the opponent's HP.
173	** High critical-ratio moves' power have been relatively nerfed (read:buffed less), though they're still viable to be spammed, with damage that can't be lowered and is still the best this side of Hyper Beam.
174	** Blizzard. While freezing is removed, it's still a force to be reckoned with since if it hits, you still get a 30% flinch chance, meaning it can still act as a death sentence on a faster Pokémon.
175	** Jolteon, despite its Psychic-counteracting buffs (usable Pin Missile, and a Normal type that resists Psychic in this hack), has taken a relative hit to its Special stat.
176	** Wrap-trapping doesn't exist, limiting stunlock DeathOfAThousandCuts to flinch moves, that are not guaranteed due to the at best 30% chance.
177	** Normal-type isn't the best offensive type in the game given the much more common spread of Rock (most Pokémon that evolved with stones in the original game instead become Rock-type here) and Ghost-types. Also, since all StatusEffects were removed, Body Slam trades the 30% paralysis for a 30% flinch rate and has a lowered base power, and Hyper Beam being Dragon-type means no STAB on it for Normal-types (except Tauros, who is Normal-Dragon-type here).
178	** Earthquake is less a catch-all offensive move now that it has 10% flinch and Poison isn't weak to Ground.
179	** Snorlax got its special unchanged despite the massive increase in stats and it has relatively weaker HP than normal, but its Defense has massively increased. The Amnesia nerf means that its Special-tanking ability greatly suffers.
180	** Chansey got more Attack and Defense, but it's really nerfed by comparison to the original game. Its Special-walling dominance is also put to a stop with its HP being unchanged from the original (due to being close to the cap).
181	** Tauros keeps its very solid stats, but almost every other 'mon got buffed to its level (or close). It also gained a Dragon typing in addition to its Normal type, giving it an additional weakness to Dragon. Since Dragon-type is specially-based, Hyper Beam (which is Dragon-type) will probably take it out in one hit. Fighting-type moves being more common and more useful, plus Fighting-type 'mons being buffed, means it can be beaten more easily.
182	** Persian got nerfed too, by becoming a Ground-type (to fit as Giovanni's ace) and consequently gaining more weaknesses. It underwent a stat spread change, with much more Attack but much less Speed, and Slash's power was relatively nerfed too. Besides, the much higher number of Ghost-types and Rock-types make STAB Slash much less threatening.
183	** Starmie's Special nerf and its change to [=Water/Rock=] type make it much weaker, because of the additional Fighting and Ground-type weaknesses.
184	* OneHitKill: Somewhat defied. One-hit-KO moves are changed to be simply very powerful, no-effect moves. They can still easily result in [=OHKOs=].
185	* OptionalBoss: Mew is in the depths of [[BonusLevelOfHell Cerulean Cave]]. Though, it is level 64, and you have likely defeated Mewtwo to see it, so it won't put up a fight of any sort.
186	* PowerTrio: Not only the starters and the Eeveelutions, but several other Pokemon have been reworked as such, sharing similar stats.
187	** Parasect, Rapidash and Seadra now make one, with the same type as the starters (including the Dragon-type at their final levels of evolution). They become Pokémon of choice for your rival, since he gets one of them depending on your own starter, and Lance whips out '''all three of them'''.
188	** Jynx, Electabuzz and Magmar are also treated as one.
189	* SequenceBreaking: The 7 first Gyms can be beaten in any order. Even Brock can be skipped since the guy who blocks your path doesn't realize there's a sneaky path just behind him. You don't need Cut to go to Surge and Erika's Gyms, making the Misty fight skippable. You also don't even need Surf anymore to go to Cinnabar and beat Blaine.
190	* SpamAttack: Attacks that could hit up to 5 times in the same turn were taken off to avoid randomness. Now they all hit twice.
191	* StatusEffects: Defied: all are removed from the game.

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