Line #12 Fanfic/TheBugTypeQueen


1	''The Bug-Type Queen'', written by [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/members/lordcirce.294282/ LordCirce]] is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' x ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' crossover where Taylor gets sucked up by a side-effect of multiple Bakuda bombs, and finds herself in the world of Pokémon, filled with large, sentient, super-powered bugs. She had a long journey ahead, until she arrives home and makes her way through this world alongside her slowly expanding swarm.
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3	This story can be read at [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-bug-type-queen-worm-pokemon-cross.368877/ Space Battles]], [[DeadFic but has not been updated since 2016]].
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5	'''Beware unmarked spoilers below!'''
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7	!!Tropes:
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9	* AdaptationalVillainy: Damian Daisuke wasn't a saint in how he treated Charmander in the anime, but here he has multiple warrants for his arrest for poaching, among other things.
10	* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. The Green Web Rollers look intimidating, but they're big fans of bug-types like Spinarak.
11	* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The Weedle family sort out who is the "Elder" by who is the best at stabbing (i.e. strongest).
12	* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Or at the very least really pissed off. The Pinsir that joins the Swarm basically attacked everyone it came across until they knocked it out after being hurt by the Rockets and Taylor has to try and keep in it check.
13	* BerserkButton: Torturing Bug-types (like Team Rocket does to break stolen Pokémon) feeds their suffering straight into Taylor's brain. The results are... predictable.
14	* BigCreepyCrawlies: Let's see... you have Beedrill, Butterfree, and Paras to start with. Then we get Heracross and Pinsir.
15	* BloodKnight: A small case with Charmander wanting to prove itself in battle despite being only seven months old. Nurse Justine has to remind Taylor that he needs to be at least a year old before getting into serious battles or it would run the risk of stunting its growth.
16	* BringMeMyBrownPants: Bakuda craps herself when meeting the Swarm for the first time.
17	* CombatPragmatist: Taylor will not let Rockets or their patsies send out their Pokémon if she can help it.
18	* CorruptCop: Some of the officers in Cerulean City were corrupt and working with Damien, causing a conflict with Taylor. Officer Jenny is pissed when she becomes aware of them acting how they did without permission and opens an investigation.
19	* CurbStompBattle:
20	** Taylor's attack on the Game Corner. The only thing the Rockets do that has any real effect is blocking a hall with Sandstorm to buy time to teleport out.
21	** The Interludes depict this happening to anyone who meets Taylor in Brockton Bay after her time in [=PokeEarth=] - she's taken so many levels in badass (not to mention added in bugs that are meaner than any to ever live in Earth) that no one can defeat her.
22	* CuteMonster: Spinarak and Charmander.
23	%%* DynamicEntry: How Taylor busts into the Celadon Game Corner.
24	* EnergyBeings: Pokémon, with their ability to be converted into an energy state being how pokeballs capture them.
25	%%* EyeBeams: Signal Beam, as used by Spinarak.
26	%%* FierySalamander: Charmander.
27	* FlashForward: The Interludes flash to the future, where Taylor has spent years in another world/dimension.
28	* TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne: Elder can sense relatively how strong his opponents are.
29	* {{Hellgate}}: Mr. Fuji creates a machine to poke a hole into the Spirit World in Lavender Town. It... goes about as well as you'd expect and Agatha of the Elite Four is called in to deal with it.
30	* HiveQueen: Taylor, due to her power linking her to her swarm. The sense of unity causes the Beedrill to feel loyalty to her, though it's not enforced via compulsion.
31	* HollywoodHeartAttack: Danny has one when Taylor shows up in the first interlude, given everything that's happened to her without him knowing. Luckily, Clawitzer has Heal Pulse.
32	%%* IJustWantToBeBadass: Charmander.
33	%%* InstantSedation: Sleep Powder is a wonderful thing.
34	* InsultToRocks: Agatha's opinion of Mr. Fuji is low enough that once Taylor explains what she wanted, the Ghost trainer wearily groans she would have better luck consulting [[SitcomArchnemesis Professor Oak]].
35	* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours: Tattletale ends up being a victim of this trope, as her SherlockScan (which she claims is mindreading) can be nullified by Ariados, who possesses PsychicPowers, ''including actual mind reading''.
36	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Psyduck has to constantly put this on Bakuda because she keeps trying to make bombs out of the food she's given.
37	* MercyLead: Taylor gives the Undersiders fair-warning that she's going to start cleaning up Brockton Bay in half-an-hour.
38	* MindScrew: Brock and the Pewter City trainers who have gathered to defend the city have this reaction when a swarm of Butterfree joins the swarm of Beedrill outside of the city limits. This is because normally, Butterfree and Beedrill don't get along.
39	* MythologyGag:
40	** The Gym Trainers at Pewter Gym are from the Pokémon games: Liam is from [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen]] and Jerry and Edwin are from [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver]].
41	** After Taylor talks with Brock about how the Pokémon world works and he suggests to talk to Mr. Fuji, Edwin teases Brock about not asking Taylor out to which Brock gets embarrased. This an obvious nod to his [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries anime counterpart]].
42	* NoSell: Volcarona casually stops Lung's fire in a flashforward.
43	%%* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Spark.
44	* OhCrap:
45	** The Pewter City resident's response to the [[ScaryStingingSwarm Beedrill swarm]].
46	** Brock and Jerry's response when they see the Beedrill swarm with some Weedle and Kakuna with Brock calling it a "migration".
47	* OldSoldier: Monty, an old Heracross with dozens of scars and injuries it considers trophies.
48	* OlympusMons: By the time she returns from her trip through the Pokémon world, Taylor has befriend a few from her dialogue, including Hoopa.
49	* PlotRelevantAgeUp: The Interlude segments have Taylor post-trip to the Pokémon world, where years have passed and she's in her twenties.
50	%%* PoisonousPerson: The Beedrill.
51	%%* PsychicPowers: Taylor's Butterfree specialize in this.
52	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Officer Jenny, Agatha, Brock... honestly, Taylor is slightly baffled by the number of them compared to her experiences on Earth Bet.
53	* TheResenter: Charmander is grateful to Taylor for taking him in, but hates being restrained from fighting because it's too young.
54	%%* ThinkingUpPortals: Hoopa's ability.
55	* ScaryStingingSwarm: The majority of Taylor's swarm are [[BeeAfraid Beedrill]].
56	* {{Seers}}: Xatu can see the potential futures that Taylor has in 3.7.
57	* ShootOutTheLock: How Beedrill get past a locked door with Twineedles.
58	* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Taylor with Bug Pokémon, those with psychic abilities, and Rachel, who can partially understand canine Pokémon.
59	* {{Telepathy}}: Aridados has this ability as a Pokémon that knows Psychic.
60	* WheresTheKaboom: Paras' Damp ability stops explosions from going off, including Bakuda's bombs.
61	* YearInsideHourOutside: How things turned out in the FlashForward segments. Taylor briefly mentions that Palkia and Dialga were responsible for dropping her back at the moment she left.

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