Tropes/Wham Moments

Note: ✬ = Shown in the game, ☆ = Animated only

## Non-chapter episodes/specials

* ☆Remember Silver? The rival of Gold/Eric/Kris/Ethan/Lyra? Guess what...he's *Giovanni's son*. And how do the kids figure that out? The five kids get involved in a dimensional-travel accident and then travel back in time and fight him.

## Multi-chapter

* ✬The two Legends: Arceus runs:
	+ The day after Rei/Akari defeats Lord Avalugg, the space-time rift above Hisui inexplicably becomes worse. The protagonist goes to talk to Kamado about it...and what he says indicates that things are about to get *much* worse for them in particular.
		- *Kamado: **The first strike of that strange lightning, the one that drove Kleavor into a frenzy... It struck the night that Rei/Akari fell from the sky, did it not?***
	+ Sandwiched between the double Wham Shot of Beni being both Kamado's right hand *and* a ninja, we get this line:
		- *Beni: **While handling that, I suppose I'll handle you as well. Time we got rid of you, once and for all.***
	+ Toward the end of the episodes adapting the post-game quest "*Seeking The Remaining Plates*," resident Intrepid Merchant Volo drops this little bombshell on our hero...
		- '*Volo: **Ever since I became convinced that Arceus really does exist, there has been one question that consumed my thoughts... How can I meet such a being myself? It was in an attempt to answer this question that I originally sought out Giratina and had it tear open that rift in space and time...***
	+ When battling with Giratina and Volo, this line after Rei/Akari finally beats them accompanies a Victory Fakeout Wham Shot, proving that they're not out of the woods yet...
		- *"Giratina unleashed its true strength!"*
* ✬In the Kanto seasons, the moment when the protagonist finally comes into view of the mysterious Viridian City Gym Leader, who has been absent the entire time...and it is none other than Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, whom he/she has been clashing with over the course of his/her adventure.
* ✬In the Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire seasons:
	+ The intro shot of the battle with Wally at the end of Victory Road lingers on his new pendant...with a Key Stone in it. Yep, Wally can now use Mega Evolution too!
	+ In the Delta Arc, Brendan/May rides Mega Rayquaza into space and crashes head-on into a meteor, which is cool enough, but the sight of a familiar-looking triangle among the fragments of the meteor shocks him/her enough that it takes a few seconds to register that, yes, he/she *is* battling Deoxys in freaking space.
* ✬Remember how the Elite Four and championship run usually goes? Well it doesn't go so smoothly in the Black and White seasons. You see, after defeating the Elite Four, Hilbert/Hilda then goes to take on the champion, Alder...who has already lost to the now champion N. Then a *gigantic goddamn castle rises out of the ground.* Then Zekrom/Reshiram shows up to take the main hero(ine) on. Just then, the other dragon awakens, forcing the hero(ine) to catch it. After this, Hilbert/Hilda battles and defeats N. Story over? Not quite. Then Ghestis shows up and tells N that he'd been a tool his entire life for just the purpose of fulfilling the requirements of the legend and basically throws him out. Then Ghestis battles our main character, after which he disappears and N flies away with his dragon.
	+ Also, there's this line halfway through the two seasons, with the wham furthered by how it's implied to be casually delivered:
		- *N: **First, I must tell you...I am the king of Team Plasma.***
* ✬From the X and Y seasons:
	+ A fairly minor line shows up earlier and might let you know that Team Flare isn't as silly as it seems:
		- *"Allow me to spell it out for you! It's so Team Flare - and only Team Flare - can survive!"*
	+ A huge line comes from Lysandre via the Holo Caster that reveals him as the boss of Team Flare after you defeat the seventh Gym Leader, Olympia:
		- *Lysandre: **Pokémon Trainers. I come to you by the Holo Caster to make an important announcement. Listen well. Team Flare will revive the ultimate weapon, eliminate everyone who isn't in our group, and return the world to a beautiful, natural state. Unproductive fools are consuming our future... If nothing changes, the world will become ugly and conflicts will raze the land from end to end. I repeat. We will use the ultimate weapon and wipe the slate clean. I'm sorry, those of you who are not members of Team Flare, but this is adieu to you all.***
	+ And then from AZ's story.
		- *"There was a man and a Pokémon. He loved that Pokémon very much. A war began. The man's beloved Pokémon took part in the war. Several years passed. He was given a tiny box."*
	+ Before the final battle against Team Flare's leader.
		- *Lysandre: **I, too, shall use the Mega Ring and Mega Stone that you researched during your travels.***
		- *Calem/Serena: **What. On. Earth.***
* ✬The Sun and Moon seasons:
	+ The first visit to the Aether Foundation had a Wham Moment where the first Ultra Beast to show up, Nihilego, shows up, but doesn't compare to the second visit. In the second visit, Eilo/Selene finds out about Lusamine's true colors as an abusive parent to Lillie *and* Gladion, Team Skull, the built-up enemies to Aether Foundation, are in their plan too, and the illegal experimentation that is committed in Aether Foundation. Lusamine also manages to almost *kill* Nebby, Lillie's Cosmog, in a successful attempt to open the Ultra Wormhole, where the Ultra Beasts come from. At this moment, it opens, releasing Ultra Beasts on every island, leading up to the post-game quest of catching them.
		- This line not only gives you some insight into Gladion and Lillie's backstory, it's also the first indication into Lusamine's true colors.
			* *Gladion: **I was like an ornament to my mother. Wearing whatever she told me to wear, acting however she wanted me to act...***
		- The truth about Lillie and her mother, Lusamine, comes out - and naturally the main character is shocked:
			* *Lillie: **I don't need your approval, mother!***
			* *Lusamine: **The daughter who stole my Cosmog from me, and the son who took my Type: Null!***
			* *Elio/Selene: **You two... what?!***
	+ And naturally, the reveal of the Final Boss:
		- *Professor Kukui: **Oh yeah, Now you're the Pokémon League Champion!** [shakes his head] **Wouldn't it be nice if it were that simple?***
		- *✬"Necrozma's aura flared to life. Its stats rose."*
		- *☆Dusk/Aster: \*gulp\* This is gonna make me go down...*
	+ ☆Dusk/Aster becomes shocked when he/she goes up Mount Lanakila after beating the Climax Boss, only to run into Necrozma, said Climax Boss, looking awfully drained.
	+ ☆There are four during the Team Rainbow Rocket arc:
		- When Sophocles brings Dusk/Aster to the Festival Plaza because of an emergency, the protagonist sees it changed into a futuristic black castle with screens displaying a familiar 'R.' Team Rocket is back!
		- Dusk/Aster is plowing down the evil team, when suddenly...
			* *Juliana/Ash: **Dusk/Aster! [Team Rainbow Rocket boss member] is about to send in [Legendary Pokémon]! Do something, quick!***
			* *Dusk/Aster: **WHAT?!***
		- The Lysandre battle also contains a unique example:
			* *Dusk/Aster: **Wait... The opposing Gyarados's Gyaradosite is reacting to the Key Stone! QUICK, [Starter Pokémon of protagonist], POWER UP!!!!!***
		- When the protagonist battles Giovanni. If him sending out Mewtwo wasn't surprising enough, what goes next probably will be:
			* *Juliana/Ash: **Is it me, or is the opposing Mewtwo's Mewtonite X/Y reacting to the Key Stone?***
			* *Dusk/Aster: **It's time, Juliana/Ash. Enter my Magic Gem and empower me! I'M GONNA STRIKE HIM DOWN!!!!***
			* *Juliana/Ash: **WAIT-!!!***
			* *[Too late.]*
* ✬In *all four* of the Alola seaons:
	+ Lillie and Elio/Dusk/Selene/Aster play the Sun and Moon Flutes in order to summon the Legendary. What happens instead is that Nebby *evolves* into the Legendary.
	+ Elio/Dusk/Selene/Aster smashes his/her way through the Elite Four and climbs the final set of stairs to face the Champion. He/She gets into view of the platform, and sitting in the Champion's chair...is nobody. This time, *he/she* is the inaugural Champion.
* ✬The Scarlet and Violet seasons:
	+ A minor one occurs during the Elite Four battle, which reveals that a Gym Leader is also holding a spot on the Elite Four.
		- *Poppy: **It's your turn, Mr. Larry!***
	+ While there were hints beforehand, when Florian/Kimberly finally meets Professor Sada/Turo during the Area Zero expedition, she/he utters a line that turns all her/his previous appearances on her/his head.
		- *Sada/Turo: **Deactivating sleep mode.***

## Chapter 3: Third-Game

### Platinum

* A Wham Episode gets pulled off during the encounter at Spear Pillar... and judging by the Magic Gem's reaction, it seems like Casey is going to be having a hard time keeping herself in control...
	+ *✬Casey: **No, Cyrus. I WILL stop you from destroying the universe an...***
	+ *✬[after Giratina makes its grand entrance]*
	+ *✬Casey: Wait a second... Did he just awaken an inter-dimensional god Pokémon?! Oh, crap...*
	+ *☆[Soon enough, Giratina does its iconic jumpscare... causing the Platinum Magic Gem to react and cause Casey to white out.]*
	+ *☆Casey: **WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!***