Starters (Rewrite & Remastered)

Starters (Rewrite & Remastered), is a fan Rewrite & Remaster of Starters, which is maintained and written by Kyron Saif & Maestro. Starters was originally created by Movieunleashers (AKA Dane Powroznik). Starters as early as Aug 20th 2011, started as a Test Film using physical paper cutouts, until it evolved into a full fledged series, that used Southpark style cutout animations. This series eventually become pretty well written, and evolved from just "Pokémon Fanfiction".

The Rewrite & Remaster is a non-true to life crossover, that takes place after the events of Typomaniac, and has an entirely different outcome and story after those events depending on the Universe. The art style is a combination of Dane's old style in Starters, keeping the charm of the original, while adding things from his new style in Dr. Sylveon Discord Gaming (vaguely), also with some unique changes that are either a direct combination of both, take inspiration from something Dane Powroznik himself has made, or even very small additions from the original Pokémon's design. The animation style temporarily changes away from the typical "cutout" style animation depending on the situation.

There is an Official Discord Server for the project, that I encourage anyone who takes interest in said project to join.

## The Main Deviation

Starters is ***not*** Pokémon, as the two are pretty distinct and shouldn't be confused. The original Starters series takes a major turn away from what is known of the original Pokémon, and incorporates a lot of mature themes, and inspiration from Southpark. Arguably, it extends further than the typical lovey dovey "Fanfiction" you would see on something like Wattpad. Starters has a unique storyline, having *vague* elements from Pokémon (such as Lavender Town, and the whole concept of Legendaries), but takes a completely different approach in some aspects. Sure, Lavender Town in Starters has "the ghosts of dead Pokémon", but it's entirely different from Lavender Town's lore in the original games, that being the whole "Pokémon Tower is the burial ground for dead Pokémon". It also takes a different approach with Hypno, even if you consider the non-canon Creepypasta, Hypno's Lullaby (if you want to go as far as mentioning media that extends from the *actual, **original*** canon of Pokémon, in a way that doesn't derive from the canon. For example, the Creepypasta originated from the Pokémon Fire Red Pokédex entry for Hypno, which reads, "It carries a pendulum-like device. There once was an incident in which it took away a child it hypnotized."). Hypno is initially viewed as this strange Antagonist, who seemingly "lured" children into his Orphanage, and hypnotized them. While the hypnotizing aspect *does* still exist, that, and even Hypno himself, are nothing like how their counterparts in Hypno's Lullaby, or even vaguely in Pokémon Fire Red *actually* are, as Hypno was obviously a form of protagonist, while the hypnotizing was meant to aid the children (or even the main trio) in seeing what everything was supposed to look like in Lavender Town. Anything else in the series doesn't even classify it as "Pokémon" for obvious reasons. Even a Pokémon's Element of Power is a dead giveaway, as those literally don't exist in the canon of Pokémon, and types are determined differently anyway.

## Differences

In contrast to the original Starters series, things are either completely different, new, or have been altered from their original counterpart.

Said things are as follows:

* The story takes place sometime after the events of Typomaniac, and before the events of Out in the Reign, with the exclusion of the events from the original Lavender Town & Ditto Disaster, having it's own spin on the two in the story.
* The removal of the existence of "The World Game"
* Jirachi and Dr. Sylveon no longer being the only relevant antagonists (excluding things like the Dittos, etc.)
* The Rules being relevant in different ways
* The Land of the Legendaries and The Underworld having distinct names (unlike the original where it was implied weirdly)
* Almost consistent interaction with Giratina & Arceus, and more Legendaries have involvement, instead of in a single portion of the series.
* The inclusion of characters that otherwise didn't exist before/characters that shared a plane of existence with a character from the Starters universe (aka, it would make sense for them to co-exist)
* Power scaling
* The inclusion of criminal organizations, such as a unique version of Team Rocket, having it's own branches scattered across the world, them having their own form of relevance to the main story.

## Characters/Cast

FaizenGiratinaArceusSisterEevee.pngEevee ♀BrotherEevee.pngEevee ♂Dr. Sylveon ♂Mewoth.pngMewothJirachiMissingNo.pngMissingNo. & FriendsDark Faizen.pngDark FaizenRidamu.pngRidamuFennekinChespinMudkipLitten.pngLittenCyndaquilTepigBulbasaurTurtwig.pngTurtwigChikorita.pngChikoritaScraggy.pngScraggyGurdurr.pngGurdurrRalts.pngRaltsOddish.pngOddishPsyduck.pngPsyduckLugiaFloatzelDusty.pngDusty (Dusty Fennekin)Tebbie.pngTebbie (Tebbie Teddiursa)Point.pngPointT-PEIG.pngT-PEIGPolpo.pngPolpoRetributionResentment.pngResentment