Pokemon: Gospel Version
was an attempt at rewriting Pokemon to be more Christian. The first chapter was posted in 2021 by a woman named Sarah Elizabeth, under the username "God's Little Princess."
In this version of Pokemon, Ash Ketchum has become old enough to get an angel from Reverend Oak. Along with Reverend Oak's daughter, Misty, Ash decides to convert the gym leaders of Unova to Christianity by battling the gym leaders' demons with the Christians' angels. However, an atheist named Colress is trying to run for champion, and so Ash and Misty, later joined by Brock, try to stop Colress from winning the election while on their journey.
The story is possibly a parody, due to the fact that Colress is writing a parody fanfiction within the story, and he is constantly annoyed at people taking his parody seriously. It is never confirmed in the story or by the author, however.
A prequel has been posted.
This story contains examples of:
- Affably Evil: Colress, the main antagonist, is demonized by almost every Christian character in the story, simply because he wants to pass laws that ensure that everyone, not just Christians, can practice their beliefs freely. The Christian characters view this as a terrible thing, because they believe that Christianity should be the only legal religion. Colress is genuinely kind and polite throughout the story, but he's treated like he's the devil.
- Age-Inappropriate Dress: Iris is a "scantily-clad TikTok dancer". The story makes no mention of her being older here than she is in canon, implying that she's dressed that way despite being a prepubescent girl.
- As the Good Book Says...: The protagonists recite passages from the Bible in order to command their Pokemon, or "angels", to attack.
- Author Avatar: Colress is implied to be this: throughout the story, he has been writing a satire story about an atheist professor who rewrites Lord of the Rings to be more scientific, which Ash and crew take seriously as a proof of his malice against Christians, much to his irritation.
- Beast and Beauty: In the last chapter, it is revealed that Nurse Joy is married to Mewtwo.
- Become a Real Boy: In the last chapter, it is revealed that Mewtwo performed an experiment on himself to turn himself into a human, in order for people to stop judging his marriage to Nurse Joy.
- Chickification: Misty goes from a tsundere tomboy to a girly girl who only wants to be Ash's future submissive wife.
- Denied Food as Punishment: In the final chapter, Nurse Joy has been keeping Iris tied up without food or water until she memorizes entire books of the Bible as punishment for her "sins".
- Downer Ending: The final chapter of the story ends poorly for Ash. Not only does N marry Misty before Ash can save her, but Colress wins the election and Ash is shot dead for protesting the results (though since Ash is a
Designated Hero, you probably won't be feeling too bad for him). - Easy Evangelism: Ash and Misty are able to convert most of the gym leaders with as little as a battle, especially early on in the story.
- Extreme Doormat: This story's version of Misty is VERY submissive and enabling of Ash's behavior, the exact opposite of the canon version of her who refuses to take most of his crap.
- Female Misogynist: Every female Christian character in the story, as well as the author, if the author is being serious.
- The Hero Dies: The ending has Ash be shot dead by the National Guard during a failed attempt to assassinate President-elect Colress.
- Hollywood Atheist: Everyone in Team Plasma is one of these to varying degrees.
- In Name Only: Basically everyone in the book. Ash is an evangelical, Misty is submissive and enabling of Ash's behavior, and Iris is an overtly sexual TikTok dancer.
- Mad Scientist: The final chapter reveals that Nurse Joy is creating Artificial Humans in the Pokémon Center's basement to serve as Christian missionaries.
- Only Sane Man: Colress is very much this, being incredulous and confused as to why the main characters have it out for him so badly when he doesn't even know them.
- Our Angels Are Different: The Christian characters' Pokémon are supposed to be angels, while the non-Christian characters' Pokémon are referred to as "daemons."
- Poe's Law: The story is suspected of being an example of this, but no one knows for sure. But that's the thing with Poe's Law: you never really know what's real and what's a parody.
- Related in the Adaptation: Aurea Juniper is Samuel Oak's wife in this story, and Misty is their daughter.
- Satellite Love Interest: Unlike her canon counterpart, this story's version of Misty has little personality, and only exists to be the "future submissive wife" of Ash.
- Shout-Out:
- The story repeatedly quotes lines from Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls... in ways that don't entirely make sense in context.
- The movie Brycen is shooting is about him getting trapped "in" an island with Josh Hutcherson. The prequel also has the author mention attending one of the Easter pageants at the Church of the Rock.
- Stay in the Kitchen: Female characters who are overly submissive and misogynistic (Misty) are portrayed as the good characters, while female characters who are not like that (Elesa, Iris) are portrayed as temptresses of sin.
- Would Hurt a Child: In the last chapter, it is revealed that Nurse Joy has been keeping Iris tied up, without food or water, until Iris can memorize entire books of the Bible. Ash is also shot dead in the same chapter for attempting to assassinate Colress, though he had it coming.
