Tournament Time
is a Pokémon Self-Insert Fic written by gelefant.
Each chapter features the author participating in a different tournament themed around a certain type.
Artwork for the fanfic can be found here, here, here, and here.
Tropes in this fanfic include:
- The Ace: Jermaine wins every tournament in the story and is acknowledged as a powerful/strong Trainer by others.
- Alliterative Title: Tournament Time, the Festive Feud, and the Fairy Face-Off.
- Ambiguously Human:
- The Fairy Face-Off is held by a group of people calling themselves the Faerie Court, but it's never made clear if they're actually fairies or not.
- The Water Paradise is held by a group of people calling themselves the Lords of the Ocean, but it's never established if they're actually deities/merfolk.
- Cave Mouth: All the caves on the island where the Dragon King Cup is held resemble dragon mouths.
- Christmas Episode: The Festive Feud takes place during the week of Christmas.
- Christmas Town: The Festive Feud is held at Santa's workshop.
- Creepy Cemetery: There's one behind the haunted mansion being used for the Spooky Cup.
- Demonic Possession: Rosalie does this to Jermaine after he wins the Spooky Cup. The real reason she held the tournament was to find and merge with a strong Ghost-type Trainer in a bid to move on to the afterlife.
- Dragged Off to Hell: Happens to Rosalie after she's defeated.
- Dragon Hoard: Alluded to. The prize for winning the Dragon King Cup is described as a hoard of Dragon Gems.
- Dragon Tamer: Every Dragon-type specialist at the time of writing participates in the Dragon King Cup.
- Enchanted Forest: The Fairy Face-Off is held in an enchanted forest.
- Faerie Court: As mentioned above, the Fairy Face-Off is held by a group of people calling themselves as such, but it's never made clear if they're actually fairies or not.
- Halloween Episode: The Spooky Cup happens on Halloween.
- Haunted House: The Spooky Cup is held in an old mansion haunted by both actual ghosts and Ghost-type Pokémon.
- An Ice Person: The Festive Feud is an Ice-type tournament that every Ice-type specialist at the time of writing attends.
- Lord of the Ocean: As mentioned above, the Water Paradise is held by a group of people calling themselves the Lords of the Ocean, but it's never established if they're actually deities/merfolk.
- Making a Splash: The Water Paradise is a Water-type tournament that every Water-type specialist at the time of writing attends.
- Monster-Shaped Mountain: The Dragon King Cup is held on a dragon-shaped island. The island's caves, mountains, and rivers are also dragon-shaped.
- Not Just a Tournament: The real reason Rosalie held the Spooky Cup was so she could find a strong Ghost-type Trainer, possess them, and attempt to move on to the afterlife. She fails.
- Our Dragons Are Different: The Dragon King Cup is a Dragon-type tournament that every Dragon-type specialist at the time of writing attends.
- Our Fairies Are Different: The aptly named Fairy Face-Off is a Fairy-type tournament that every Fairy-type specialist attends.
- Our Ghosts Are Different: The Spooky Cup is a Ghost-type tournament held by the ghost of a woman named Rosalie. Every Ghost-type specialist attends.
- Pirate Episode: Pirates attack not long after the Water Paradise is over.
- Santa Claus: Santa is the host of the Festive Feud.
- Shout-Out:
- Rosalie's plot for the Spooky Cup contains elements similar to The Haunted Mansion (2003).
- What the Pokémon poachers do to the enchanted forest after the Fairy Face-Off is finished takes cues from FernGully: The Last Rainforest and Pokémon 4Ever.
- Soul Power: Every Ghost-type specialist at the time of writing attends the Spooky Cup.
- Tournament Arc: Each chapter features a different tournament.
- Underwater City: The Water Paradise is held near one.
- Unstoppable Rage: Happens to many of the dragon island's Dragon Pokémon after the Dragon King Cup is over. Thankfully, the Trainers are able to calm them down.
