Line #41 WebAnimation/PokemonBattleRoyaleUltraBeasts


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4	''Pokémon Battle Royale: ULTRA BEASTS!'' is the 6th entry of ''WebAnimation/PokemonBattleRoyale'' collaborated by Creator/JeremyChinshue and Lockstin from WebVideo/{{Gnoggin}}. Simulating Earth once again, all the Ultra Beasts are sent out to fight and determine which will be victorious.
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6	The battle is preceded by ''WebAnimation/GigantamaxPokemonBattleRoyale'' and followed by ''WebAnimation/StarterPokemonBattleRoyale''.
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8	You can watch the video [[https://youtu.be/O5myIiXLqug here]] and watch Lockstin's commentary [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyQkW1oTlMc here]].
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10	* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Kartana is an origami samurai with [[BladeBelowTheShoulder arm-blades]] said to be capable of cutting through literally anything.
11	* AliensStealCattle: The first thing the extradimensional Nihilego does upon being sent out to a Miltank ranch is to grab one of the Milk Cow Pokemon and carry it away. Lockstin refers to the trope directly during his analysis.
12	-->'''Lockstin:''' Hey look, it's an "alien abducting a cow" trope.
13	* AnArmAndALeg:
14	** Pheromosa destroys Buzzwole's arms with well-placed kicks.
15	** Kartana decides that the best way to free Pheromosa from Naganadel's adhesive poison is to cut off its limbs, leaving it unable to run away from Guzzlord.
16	** Guzzlord's arm-tongues get cut off by Kartana, leaving it no choice but to try and suck in Kartana with its main mouth.
17	* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Poipole is the only Ultra Beast present to be a pre-evolution of another one, and spends most of its screentime playfully attacking Stakataka. [[DeconstructedTrope Consequently, it's also the first casualty of the Battle Royale.]]
18	* BerserkButton:
19	** Stakataka is content to merely dodge all of Poipole's attacks until Poipole sits on top of it, at which point Stakataka's eyes turn red and it attempts to shake Poipole off; failing in that, it yoinks Poipole inside of itself and crushes it.
20	** Pheromosa and Buzzwole's truce ends when the latter pats the massively germophobic roach-like Ultra Beast on the head, which enrages the former to kill the latter in revenge.
21	* ButtMonkey: Pheromosa ends up suffering the most abuse in the battle, as it gets possessed by Nihilego, has its personal space violated by Buzzwole, glued to the ground by Naganadel, and finally gets all of its limbs chopped off by Kartana before getting eaten by Guzzlord.
22	* CompanyCrossReferences: A Snugooi from Lockstin's ''WebVideo/PokemonLegendsNeoGhetsis'' series is shown roaming Oak's lab at the end.
23	* DelayedExplosion: In a humorous twist of the trope, Kartana destroying Celesteela's rockets is accompanied with an impressive-looking giant explosion... followed by a smaller stock effect explosion to cap it off a few seconds later.
24	* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Implied in TheStinger for Mawile, Banette, and baby Kangashkan. Their attempt to escape the simulator is hampered by the fact they need to navigate through over ''fifty billion'' storage boxes. But if the Sudowoodo's reaction is anything to go by, they don't have any intentions of stopping.]]
25	* DraconicAbomination: Lockstin's breakdown of Guzzlord describes it as a dragon-shaped black hole capable of eating anything, with the anime's lore treating it as by far the most powerful Ultra Beast. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Gameplay-wise]], however, it's rather middling, resulting in Kartana killing it from the inside.
26	* EnemyMine: A few pop up across the battle, mainly in reference to the Trading Card Game where some Ultra Beasts are paired together:
27	** Pheromosa and Buzzwole start off allied with each other, with the latter even saving the former from Nihilego possession. Buzzwole neglecting to remember that Pheromosa HatesBeingTouched ends the truce, however.
28	** Guzzlord and Naganadel join forces with each other late in the battle, sharing a moment with each other where the former screams and the latter nods, seemingly establishing a truce. This one also doesn't last when Guzzlord swallows Naganadel in its attempt to suck in Kartana.
29	** Pheromosa manages to charm Kartana to its side and faces off against Guzzlord and Naganadel with it. Unfortunately for Pheromosa, Kartana's only solution to freeing the former from Nagandel's sticky poison is [[AnArmAndALeg to cut off Pheromosa's limbs]], which makes it easy prey for Guzzlord.
30	* FascinatingEyebrow: Pheromosa raises an eyebrow at the sight of the power plant that Xurkitree lights up.
31	* FreezeFrameBonus: When the video cuts to Professor Oak's lab, notifications from [[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Professors Sada and Turo]] about "Paradox Pokémon" pop up on the monitor running the battle royale.
32	* FunWithSubtitles: Blacephalon vocalizes with silly-sounding noises. When it spots the light show Xurkitree is creating at the power plant, a series of honks and a slipping sound effect are subtitled as "Finally! A worthy opponent! [in clown]".
33	* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Poipole's and Naganadel's ability to shoot super sticky poison is nowhere near as impressive-sounding as the other Ultra Beasts' powers, like Guzzlord's black hole of a stomach or Kartana's ability to cut anything. As Lockstin's video notes, however, this ability is actually very powerful, as Naganadel can use this, along with its perfect accuracy, to negate many of the Ultra Beasts' abilities.
34	* HoistByHisOwnPetard:
35	** Both Poipole and Stakataka succumb to this thanks to each other’s actions. Poipole gets crushed by Stakataka following it pestering the creature too much, and Poipole’s adhesive poison ends up sticking to Stakataka, preventing it from moving and thus causing it to get eaten by Guzzlord.
36	** Nihilego attempts to possess Blacephelon, who then proceeds to explode its head and thus blow up Nihilego.
37	** [[spoiler:Guzzlord eating Kartana ends up resulting in Kartana dealing a fatal blow to its innards, subsequently eliminating Guzzlord.]]
38	** [[spoiler:Kartana invoked AttackTheTail on Naganadel by slicing its stinger, only for that trope to literally backfire on Kartana, resulting in its death and Naganadel's PhyrricVictory.]]
39	* KillItThroughItsStomach: [[spoiler:Guzzlord dies after it swallows Kartana and the latter Ultra Beast uses its AbsurdlySharpBlade properties to deal a fatal blow to its insides.]]
40	* MythologyGag:
41	** The team-ups of Buzzwole and Pheromosa, as well as Guzzlord and Naganadel, are based on several trading cards depicting both pairs together as TAG TEAM cards.
42	** When Pheromosa is possessed by Nihilego, the latter ends up transforming into the form it assumed when possessing Lusamine. Lusamine's appearance visually resembles Pheromosa.
43	** Kartana's backwards speech, Guzzlord's meme screams, and Blacephalon and Xurkitree's rivalry are all references to their anime appearances.
44	* NoblewomansLaugh: Stakataka performs one after crushing Poipole inside itself, only to promptly transition into an OhCrap when it discovers it can't rearrange itself and is in the path of Guzzlord's feeding frenzy.
45	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Buzzwole saves Pheremosa from being hijacked by Nihilego when Nihilego attempts to use Pheremosa as a puppet and even tries to reassure Pheremosa with head pats after Nihilego is thrown into the horizon. Unfortunately, Pheremosa really, ''really'' HatesBeingTouched, leading to Buzzwole losing its arms and getting kicked into space as a result.
46	* NoSell: Nihilego attempts to fuse with Naganadel by latching onto its head... and fails because Naganadel's brain is actually in its abdomen.
47	* OhCrap:
48	** Poipole can only scream in horror after it gets trapped inside Stakataka and the latter Ultra Beast shows aggression by having [[TheWormThatWalks its component bricks]] turn their red eyes inward and start chorusing [[Series/DoctorWho "EXTERMINATE!"]].
49	** Stakataka performs an EyeTake with several of its bricks when it realizes it glued itself together when it squished Poipole and Guzzlord is rapidly approaching its position.
50	** Pheromosa gets an impressive look of horror when it gets immobilized by Naganadel's poison and realizes what Kartana is going to do to free it right before [[AnArmAndALeg it cuts its limbs off]].
51	* OverlyLongGag: An implied variation: when Buzzwole is sent out, it immediately starts flexing while a chant of "BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!" plays. The video focuses on other Ultra Beasts for a couple of minutes; when it goes back to Buzzwole, it's still flexing to the beat of the same audio clip.
52	* PyrrhicVictory:
53	** Stakataka manages to kill Poipole by [[TheWallsAreClosingIn moving the walls of its body together to squish it]] as revenge for pressing its BerserkButton. However, Poipole's sticky poison gets squeezed out and glues Stakataka solid, leaving it unable to flee from Guzzlord.
54	** [[spoiler:Naganadel]] ends up the victor of the battle royale after one final showdown with [[spoiler:Kartana]], but only barely. It still ends up horribly injured, with [[spoiler:its stinger]] lost in the exchange.
55	* PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite only being a foot tall, Kartana can [[AbsurdlySharpBlade slice through various objects and Ultra Beasts as if they were made of butter]].
56	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Stakataka's usually blue eyes all turn red once it gets angry and starts trying to kill Poipole.
57	* SdrawkcabSpeech: Kartana speaks exclusively in reversed [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Jetstream Sam]] voice clips.
58	* ShoutOut:
59	** The scene before all the Beast Balls are sent out is a direct reference to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
60	** Poipole's arrival in Alola resembles [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Stitch's arrival on Earth]] as immortalized in the "send me an angel" meme, though it uses [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]] voice clips.
61	** Guzzlord's roar is a memetic scream sound effect as a TakeThat to the anime giving it a normal-sounding scream instead of a proper roar.
62	** Celesteela shares the same goals as the [[VideoGame/Portal2 Space Core]], and utters some of its lines as it takes off.
63	** Stakataka uses sound effects from various series:
64	*** The noise it makes as it shapeshifts from a castle to its usual form is the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' transformation sound effect.
65	*** The noise it makes when dodging Poipole's attacks is the sound effect for building structures in the ''VideoGame/{{LEGO Adaptation Game}}s''.
66	*** When Poipole sits on top of it, the pressing of its BerserkButton is accentuated by the sirens from the ''[[Film/{{Alien}} Nostromo]]''[[Film/{{Alien}} 's self-destruct sequence]].
67	*** When it prepares to crush Poipole, it speaks using voice clips of [[Series/DoctorWho Daleks]].
68	** When it emerges from its Beast Ball, Naganadel screeches using [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley]]'s sound clips from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.
69	** After Pheromosa destroys the bulked-up Buzzwole's arms, it shrinks into an emaciated state in a reference to Toshinori Yagi from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''.
70	** All of Kartana's lines are dialogue from [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Jetstream Sam]] played in reverse.
71	** Blacephalon at one point decides to hide in a sewer like another [[Literature/{{It}} fellow alien clown]]. It even lures the childlike Nihilego over to a sewer grate.
72	** Buzzwole flexes to the beat like [[VideoGame/RhythmHeaven a certain other muscular fighter]], while the chants of "BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!" are taken from the Buzz Lightyear commercial in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''.
73	** When Blacephalon honks a challenge at Xurkitree, the latter responds with the music notes from ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'', Blacephalon letting out the Skull Kid's cackle from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' in turn.
74	** Once defeated, Celesteela's head floats out in space in a manner reminiscent of how Crewmates are ejected in ''VideoGame/AmongUs'', with the word "SPAAAAAACE" replacing the confirmation that the Crewmate was ejected.
75	** [[spoiler:Kartana killing Guzzlord from the inside]] is depicted with the same visual and sound effects as the player's final blow to the last boss of an ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' Genocide run.
76	* TheStinger: Continuing the StoryArc introduced in ''WebAnimation/MegaPokemonBattleRoyale'', the researchers' Sudowoodo is seen watching the computers as Banette, baby Kangashkan, and Mawile move through the storage boxes, clearly attempting to escape. The Sudowoodo grimaces at the sight of this, and at the fact that it doesn't know the password to log on to the system.
77	* ATwinkleInTheSky:
78	** Buzzwole rips Nihilego off of Pheromosa's head and hurls it into the sky, producing a gleam of light.
79	** Pheromosa eliminates Buzzwole by kicking the latter so high into the starry sky, it doesn't come back.
80	* VacuumMouth: Guzzlord inhales Naganadel and Kartana after its pincer-tipped tongues are cut off.
81	* VictoryFakeout: As soon as Guzzlord sucks in Naganadel and Kartana, the video's victory banner and fanfare pop up... [[spoiler:only to immediately stop cold with a slash from within Guzzlord and a 9999999 damage number popping up above it, after which Guzzlord blows up and Naganadel and Kartana come out of the explosion.]]
82	* TheWallsAreClosingIn: Stakataka kills Poipole by trapping it within itself, then moving the walls that form its body together until it squishes Poipole.
83	* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Kartana does one thing, and one thing very well: cut stuff. As the Pokédex claims that it can cut anything, this is more or less all it needs to do in the fight. Of course, when it comes time to ''help'' a team member, like its ally Pheromosa when it gets struck by Naganadel's sticky poison, it only has [[AnArmAndALeg one way it can provide aid.]]
84	* WouldHurtAChild: Considering how Poipole is essentially a baby Ultra Beast due to being Naganadel's pre-evolution, Stakataka crushing Poipole to death inside its body can definitely count.

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