Welcome to the one-hundredth-and-seventy-second episode of the Hidden Details blog!
Have you found some obscure reference or detail in this comic? A JoJo reference? A sneaky little Loss? A callback to a previous comic? Let us know what you've found in the comments! Every detail that has been found will be added to the list below. Once everything has been found, this comic will officially be marked with "all details found".
Link to the comic for your convenience
Please only comment with ONE hidden detail or reference!
There's one Loss, one Balthazar, one Miep and one crewmate. Bonus comics don't count.
1: Right on the money, Generic Hero! I thought it'd be funny to have the personalities of the Elite 4 members switched around a bit, so in this universe, Rika is the one sobbing while Hassel is remaining calm. And yes Tolis, the actual baby is comforting her.
2: Baxcalibur is one of Hassel's Pokémon in his Elite 4 battle. I had to somehow depict them defeating the Elite 4, so I included a knocked-out Baxcalibur in the first panel which also functions as a boost for Poppy.
3: Rockruff is actually awoo-ing along with Skeledirge's song in the first panel, A Sad Fat Dragon with No Friends!
4: Larry is posing like he does in the actual game when you beat him.
5: Sora is wearing Geeta's outfit from the actual games. So I guess that's not actually Geeta's personal attire but a suit every Top Champion has to wear, Percylegallois?
6: Oh. I hadn't considered a Pluto reference, Pen Heart. But Arceus indeed does say woof. But only because I thought it was funny.
7: The speech bubble is once again depicted as holy text, as mentioned by Jon Brouse.
7: I really should have let Arceus use Judgement, that would have fitted better. But for some reason I chose to use Dragon Pulse, which is actually what those pink/purple beams are supposed to depict.
8: It also has a little crewmate hidden in it, as found by Daniel Myhre!
9: Duck Hunt Dog sniffs at the knocked-out Meowscarada in the fifth panel as if to check if his Pokémon buddy is okay.
10: Miep's tail appears behind Daisy in the fifth panel. Good eyes, The Negotiator!
11: Uh... I must admit I don't remember Giratina's entrance in Legends: Arceus, Edgar Castro, but you mentioned the Dusk Ball which I thought fitted Giratina well.
12: Shame no one got this one! Giratina's cry is the one that appears in Pokémon Platinum! I have no clue how that word would sound in real life though.
13: This week's loss is hidden in the stars in the final panel, close to Giratina's tentacle thingy. I have no idea what they're supposed to be either, Spirit of Gotham.
14: There's a tiny little silhouette visible next to Rockruff in the final panel and that is indeed the boy Balthazar/Stubunny, Brandon Digwood!
15: And the well-known JoJo TBC arrow appears once more, as mentioned by Cameron Devera.
Next week around this time, I'll reveal all the details. The ones that have not been found will be marked italic.
Jon Brouse
2023-05-20 12:26:08 +0000 UTCRhys Hendo
2023-05-20 11:29:10 +0000 UTCRussell Hale
2023-05-19 22:14:08 +0000 UTCRedSet Laree
2023-05-19 19:06:59 +0000 UTCPokedude14
2023-05-19 18:26:12 +0000 UTCBrandon Digwood
2023-05-19 14:59:35 +0000 UTCThe Negotiator
2023-05-19 14:44:49 +0000 UTCPenHeart3
2023-05-19 14:31:07 +0000 UTCA Sad Fat Dragon with No Friends
2023-05-19 14:27:46 +0000 UTCCalvin Barbanell
2023-05-19 14:27:30 +0000 UTCTolis
2023-05-19 14:24:33 +0000 UTCBenjaMan64
2023-05-19 14:13:44 +0000 UTCEdgar Castro
2023-05-19 14:06:14 +0000 UTCLord Circe
2023-05-19 14:03:37 +0000 UTCPercylegallois
2023-05-19 14:03:04 +0000 UTCDeuce Ray
2023-05-19 14:02:39 +0000 UTCGeneric Hero
2023-05-19 14:01:33 +0000 UTCSpirit of Gotham
2023-05-19 14:01:08 +0000 UTCCameron Devera
2023-05-19 14:00:30 +0000 UTC