History Characters / InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusChloeCerise

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: She's so ''used'' to the bullying at school and no one coming to help her that not only can she list everything her class did to her in a tone of someone reading a grocery list.

** A literal example of heart being a strength. Barring Chloe's cloak and amulet, the things Ash likes about her is how she's "nice to Yamper," and in the orienteering event hosted by the Cerise Institute, she was the one keeping focus and getting people out of trouble. Chloe is dismissive of these traits [[OvershadowedByAwesome because it's not like anyone actually notices them]] over Ash's battling skills and reputation as the Alola League Champion, Goh's dream for Mew and ability to capture so many Pokemon at once, and her father's research of human-Pokémon. But in Act 2, Goh finally admits Chloe's kindness and concern for him ''are'', in fact, her best traits. If it wasn't for Chloe watching out for him, Goh probably would've had it worse off/be dead because it's shown that without ''someone'' keeping an eye on him, he'll end up recklessly endangering himself (like the time he nearly drowned chasing a Vivillon because he refused to listen to Chloe warning him to step back) or that without her constant reminders to do his homework, he's fallen behind in his studies because [[BrilliantButLazy he found no reason to pick them up himself]] and no reason to make friends at school who could've done the job for her. Being kind is also how she gained practically every single member of the Red Lotus Uprising except Atticus. Taking a blow of hot water for Lexi, standing up for Amelia when Henry and Walter mock her, and gaining the courage to befriend Hewie.

* HasAType: It's not mentioned throughout the story, but Chloe does seem to gravitate towards Pokemon certain traits: specifically macabre looking ones with CuteLittleFangs should they have any. Her Mirage partner is Hewie the Houndoom and "Firefly Funhouse Car" has her stroke a Zubat that landed on her shoulder and lovingly stare at a small Pumpkaboo (not to mention she fell in love with Ghost Pokémon after meeting a shiny one)

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: She's so ''used'' to the bullying at school and no one coming to help her that not only can she list everything her class did to her in a tone of someone reading a grocery list, but she tells Asher to just speak whatever insult comes to mind because she's so broken to retaliate any further.

** Also isn't it quite convenient her ''first'' denizen partner just so happens to have been the one who knows the Conductor's ''original'' identity? Without this piece of information, Chloe would never have been able to get Amelia on her side.

* HasAType: It's not mentioned throughout the story but Chloe does have a certain type of Pokémon she gravitates towards: macabre looking ones with CuteLittleFangs should they have any. Her Mirage partner is Hewie the Houndoom and "Firefly Funhouse Car" has her stroke a Zubat that landed on her shoulder and lovingly stare at a small Pumpkaboo (not to mention she fell in love with macabre Pokémon after meeting a shiny one)

** A literal example of heart being a strength. Barring Chloe's cloak and amulet, the things Ash likes about her is how she's "nice to Yamper," and in the orienteering event hosted by the Cerise Institute, she was the one keeping focus and getting people out of trouble. Chloe is dismissive of these traits [[OvershadowedByAwesome because it's not like anyone actually notices them]] over Ash's battling skills and reputation as the Alola League Champion, Goh's dream for Mew and ability to capture so many Pokemon at once, and her father's research of human-Pokémon. But in Act 2, Goh finally admits Chloe's kindness and concern for him ''are'', in fact, her best traits. If it wasn't for Chloe watching out for him, Goh probably would've had it worse off/be dead because it's shown that without ''someone'' keeping an eye on him, he'll end up recklessly endangering himself (like the time he drowned chasing a Vivillon because he refused to listen to Chloe warning him to step back) or that without her constant reminders to do his homework, he's far behind in his studies because [[BrilliantButLazy he's found no reason to pick them up himself]] and no reason to make friends at school who could've done the job for her. Not to mention that being kind is how she gained practically every single member of the Red Lotus Uprising except Atticus. Taking a blow of hot water for Lexi, standing up for Amelia when Henry and Walter mock her, and taking the courage to befriend Hewie.

** [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. Chloe was the only one in her class who liked horror and other scary things, and because she felt lonely, she tried desperately to get them involved by constantly bringing it up. However, she ultimately wound up ''alienating'' her classmates even further. Chloe admits that she was stubborn about this because she wanted to be like Goh in the way that ''he'' handled things in regards to his passions of wanting Mew.

** In general, Chloe's aspirations of being a brave and heroic badass of a girl stem from what she ''believed'' Goh wanted from her since she didn't have a dream to pursue like he constantly boasted or was a coward who could never be as great as him. But in reality, Goh honestly liked her true self as someone kind and ''supportive'' of him when he was at his lowest point and just wanted her to be more open with herself. The only reason it takes forever for him to get to that realization is that he struggled to acknowledge this.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Chloe's treatment of Goh and most of the main male characters is borderline abusive: She threw Goh's phone into a bowl of curry before shoving a different bowl in his face, and generally shut him and Ash both out of her life, completely gave up on her father because of ''one'' misunderstanding, and [[spoiler:drove Professor Sycamore, ''the man who helped her get some rest and comfort on the Train'', into complete and utter madness because she needed to verbally trash ''something or someone'' after Sara's gloating and he happened to be nearby.]] She doesn't get called out for any of these, and in fact, for the [[spoiler:Professor Sycamore]] one, Specter outright comforts her by telling her ''it's in fact '''Sycamore's''' fault and not her own''. She does acknowledge that what she did to Sycamore was her fault and vows to make it up to him now matter what.

* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: One of Chloe's biggest frustrations is not being appreciated for the things she does for people. The problem with this is that she always ''expects'' to be rewarded for very mundane things that aren't worth fussing over.

** The whole thing of Goh's offhand remark on how Chloe's "not into Pokémon anymore" in ''Journeys'' episode 11 gets focus in Act 2. Turns out, Chloe actually ''did'' like Pokémon once, Ghost-types specifically; but Goh was so sheltered by his parents due to a camping incident that nearly ended with him drowning and her attempts to get her classmates into them led to her them ostracizing her, and ultimately she began to hate Pokémon and herself for not being like everyone else who ''didn't'' like monsters or creepy things.

** Like her counterpart from ''Infinity Train: Blossoming Trail'', Chloe is a more bitter and spiteful version of Luz Noceda from the WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse. Both Chloe and Luz are outcasts from their classmates because of their interests that are looked down on because there not seen as normal. They both enter a new world, with Chole entering the Infinity Train and Luz entering The Boiling Isles; both of them find both acceptance and friends in their new world and prefer the new world to the old one. The difference is that despite it being implied that Luz is afraid of human teens because of all the time her classmates bullied her and that the only connection to her world is her mother, she continued to be a kind and forgiving person, and it implies that she does not wish harm on her former classmates. Chloe, however, despite generally loving and caring for her new friends and little brother back home, has a lot of anger and spite towards her parents, classmates. and her father's co-workers. Unlike Luz, whose weird antics as a young child caused other parents to talk badly about her for benign things like collecting shed snake skins, Chloe got parents to talk and think badly of her for actions that nearly got other children killed, and unlike Luz who would also endanger others accidentally, Chloe would intentionally assault others such as Sara and Goh, and outright threaten to murder them, validating the suspicions of those who questioned them. Eventually, Chole's anger and spite have tragic consequences for her classmates and family, while Luz's actions, while initially causing her mom some distress, would ultimately mend friction that had started to form between them.
** Chloe reflects darkly on the character of Penny from ''Scarlet and Violet''. Both are introverted nerds who faced bullying problems that would ultimately lead the both of them to be taken out of school events, afterschool for Chloe and entirely for Penny, for their own healing. Both are implied to be from well off families, as Chloe's father affords a rather large research facility in a major city while Penny is hinted to be the paternal niece of the massively rich Chairman Rose. Both are fans of mass media and both have created longstanding problems in their wake after they left, and are often paired alongside extroverts they find exasperating at times (Ash and to an extent Goh for Chloe, the other main characters, particularly Nemona, for Penny). And while Chloe herself is not directly linked to Eevee, [[spoiler: her alternate self is]]. However Penny did not intend for Team Star to cause any problems after she left, and both set to save them from themselves while also doing what she can to clean up her mistake, a level of self-reflection Chloe has shown to be unable to muster as she handles her own lingering problems back home. Penny, while she also groans at her family's antics and the antics of Nemona, does not loath or hate them in anyway similar to that of Chloe to her own family and friends and would never desire to hurt them. Ultimately Chloe is who Penny would be if she actually wanted to have people, from her bullies to her friends and family, severely hurt and ruined.

* CuddleBug: Chloe loves hugs, with many scenes of people/denizens/Pokemon giving her them in order to help calm her down. TruthInTelevision in that hugs are proven to reduce stress.

* DoesNotLikeMen: Just like in the original trilogy, she has shades of this for those in the Pokémon world, being angry at Ash for unintentionally taking Goh away from her, and at Goh for getting all the privileges which ''never'' let him face a round of bullying, forced expectations to be like his parents, being humiliated for trying to Tackle a Ghost-type, being pushed to end her life because no one, especially ''him'', cares for her garbage opinions, and the fact that Goh is never ''ever'' grateful for anything she's done for him. And the less we talk about her father, the better. She gradually learns to forgive them and is shown to get along with other males like Yuri, Specter, and Professor Sycamore.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: After assuming that she's the same girl from ''Blossoming Trail'', the end of Twisted Lab Car and beginning of Ninjala Car displays how she's different: she's wavers over how she felt giving Goh her farewell text, does eventually give in to make amends when prompted by Atticus and Lexi, and when Goh chews her out for not doing more, she opens up (after a large cry) that she ''did'' do wrong and confess why she acted that way. In these scenarios, it proves that Chloe ''can'' slowly come out of her shell and confront herself. It just takes some nudging from others.

* IJustWantToBeYou: After getting verbally torn apart by Goh in Harvest Moon Car for her nasty attitude and lack of concern for other people, Chloe breaks down and tearfully admits that her real, '''true''' motive for becoming Chloe of the Vermillion and acting the way she did during their Ghost-hunt was because she wanted to be the "perfect best friend" she thought Goh wanted from her and began acting more like him in the hopes that he would finally acknowledge her as a true friend regardless if she's not into Pokémon like he is.

** She made a big deal when Goh didn't show enough appreciation for her bringing him his homework. By the time he finally decides to do the same for her, and learning the implications of what his no-showing is doing to his academic life, she's too broken and suicidal to care for something so ''minor'' as homework.

** "Firefly Funhouse Car" shows Chloe taking the the steps to talk to Goh again, texting him that she's fine and would like to try to mend fence; a sharp contrast to the girl whose texts to him were to berate him for neglecting her and then shutting him out of her life.

** Chloe tried to be exactly like the extroverted Pokemon-loving friend she thought Goh wanted because he never cared for a single thing she did and shut her away when she tried to get close...when all this time he liked her ''as she already was'' in being kind, quiet, and concerned for him but was incapable of noticing any of this due to his own issues and lack of help. Moreover, while Tokio was the catalyst for Goh refusing to make friends, he actually tried searching for her for ''three days''.
*** Chloe makes a large deal out of how badly Goh took Tokio's 'betrayal', but she herself took Goh's own distancing from her in the few months before the story far worse than Goh, all the while Goh was getting out of the post-Tokio funk without any problems or collateral damage.
** She made a big deal when Goh didn't show enough appreciation for her bringing him his homework. By the time he finally decides to do the same for her, she's too broken and suicidal to care for something so ''minor''.

** A literal example of heart being a strength. Barring Chloe's cloak and amulet, the things Ash likes about her is how she's "nice to Yamper," and in the orienteering event hosted by the Cerise Institute, she was the one keeping focus and getting people out of trouble. Chloe is dismissive of these traits [[OvershadowedByAwesome because it's not like anyone actually notices them]] over Ash's battling skills and reputation as the Alola League Champion, Goh's dream for Mew and ability to capture so many Pokemon at once, and her father's research of human-Pokémon. But in Act 2, Goh finally admits Chloe's kindness and concern for him ''are'', in fact, her best traits. If it wasn't for Chloe watching out for him, Goh probably would've had it worse off/be dead because it's shown that without ''someone'' keeping an eye on him, he'll end up recklessly endangering himself (like the time he drowned chasing a Vivillon because he refused to listen to Chloe warning him to step back) Not to mention that being kind is how she gained practically every single member of the Red Lotus Uprising except Atticus. Taking a blow of hot water for Lexi, standing up for Amelia when Henry and Walter mock her, and taking the courage to befriend Hewie.

** Goh did this to her over the years, forcing her to shut up when she asked what happened in Ilex Forest, told her she was a coward when she was trying to warn him about not jumping over a river, and cried and whined how his birthday present wasn't "perfect". What did she do to deserve this? Nothing; Goh was just being angsty and bratty about a white haired boy she would not know for a few more years.

** Goh did this to her over the years, forcing her to shut up when she asked what happened in Ilex Forest, told her she was a coward when she was trying to warn him about not jumping over a river, and cried and whined how his birthday present wasn't "perfect"? What did she do to deserve this? Nothing; Goh was just being angsty and bratty about a white haired boy she would not know for a few more years.

* BulliedIntoDepression: Being thoroughly bullied by her own class just because she talked too much about her hobbies and subsequently being ignored by her sole ChildhoodFriend for Mew, her parents and pretty much ''every'' adult figure she interacted with has caused Chloe to become withdrawn, afraid of hoping for things to get better. [[DrivenToSuicide She has contemplated the thought of ending her life a few times]] and has become cynical, irritable, anxious, and distrustful about people ''actually helping or noticing her'', already expecting Asher to make a comment about her being a "monster lover" even though the shadow has never met her before. She's also lost any interest in things, particular her loves of the arts, and has anxiety attacks over not being seen as exceptional or "perfect", and even had intrusive thoughts of wanting to attack Goh for not paying attention to her.

* IneffectualLoner: Back before the Infinity Train came along, Chloe was generally left by her lonesome, and she wasn't capable of making any friends due to both them not sharing the same interests at her, and her own intense temper and LackOfEmpathy making it hard for people to find her approachable.
* InNameOnly: Fits this even moreso than her original trilogy self; at least in that Chloe's case, she was written back when the canon Chloe didn't have much of an established personality nor significant focus put on her[[labelnote:Explanation]]''Blossoming Trail'' was written prior to Episode 29, Chloe's second focus episode[[/labelnote]], meaning the interpretation given to her, while not flattering, was at least somewhat possible. This Chloe doesn't have that excuse, having been written long ''after'' the canon Chloe got an established personality, making both Chloes come across as radically different characters.

** Sara is the cause of all her misery at school, yet Chloe seems to have no interest in going after her. Instead, she lashes out at those closest to her, which include Goh, Ash, her father, and even [[spoiler: Professor Sycamore]]. Justified in this case as if she tried retaliating, then Sara or her classmates would ramp up the bullying or she'll end up expelled.

* DiligentHeroSlothfulVillain: To be a hero on the Infinity Train took a lot of work, and Chloe put in the efforts required to become respected and to do cool things, whether it be in combat or stage productions to boost morale. In contrast, Sara uses manipulations to get ''others'' around her to do as she wishes and never bothers to improve herself. As a result, when on an even enough footing during the climax of the Cyan Desert Car, Chloe wins.

** Sara is the cause of all her misery at school, yet Chloe seems to have no interest in going after her. Instead, she lashes out at those closest to her, which include Goh, Ash, her father, and even [[spoiler: Professor Sycamore]].

** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. She and Goh share a similar FriendlessBackground, with Goh's birthday party being the best example, as the only people who ever attended were her and Parker, who hates Goh, and nobody else showed up. However, rather than take this chance to see something she shared with him, Chloe instead focused on the fact Goh was being very [[UngratefulBastard ungrateful]] over the fact she showed up at the party ''at all'', she gives him homework sheets that he "doesn't really need", or she was his only friend for the longest of times and he didn't appreciate her presence (it's later revealed he was never ungrateful at all, just not able to properly express it and he was always okay if Chloe was his only friend). It takes ''years'' before both of them realize the connection, and by then so much damage has been done it's a miracle their friendship hasn't fully fallen apart.

* FriendlessBackground: Chloe has no friends to speak of prior to entering the Train, as Goh is (seemingly) too busy with Ash and his endless chase for Mew to notice her struggles. Parker tells Goh that on her last birthday, no one at school bothered to show up at her house (and Chloe herself admits that she didn't invite him because she thought that he wouldn't be interested). Even then, outside of the Red Lotus Uprising, the denizens of the Infinity Train aren't so much "friends" as they're "blindly obedient sycophants who worship the ground she walks on". Thankfully, she starts repairing bonds with Ash and Goh and starts opening up with Victor and Gloria.