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>Be at regional Pokémon tournament
>Ready to show off my sick team
>First match, opponent leads with Incineroar
>Classic, nothing surprising
>Manage to win, feel pretty good
>Second match, another Incineroar
>Okay, a bit repetitive, but whatever
>Third match, yet *another* Incineroar
>Starting to feel like I’m in an episode of *The Twilight Zone*
>Quarterfinals: every team has an Incineroar
>One guy actually has a team of six Incineroars
>He just calls them “Incineroar 1” through “Incineroar 6”
>Semifinals: Incineroar mirror match
>Four Incineroars on the field, all just glaring at each other
>Feels like a WWE promo
>Crowd starts chanting “In-cin-er-oar, In-cin-er-oar”
>The judges join in
>Finals: both players bring six Incineroars
>One dude actually painted his shiny, but it’s still just Incineroar
>Commentators are losing it
>“Oh wow, it’s a close match—oh wait, it’s another Incineroar using Flare Blitz”
>Battle rages on, feels like watching a really intense Garfield wrestling match
>Suddenly, a wild Incineroar walks into the stadium
>No trainer, just a wild one
>Everyone stops, dead silent
>It steps onto the stage
>Uses *Roar*
>All other Incineroars faint instantly
>Judges don’t even question it
>“And the winner is… this wild Incineroar!”
>Crowd goes wild, chanting its name
>Incineroar just flexes, then leaves the building like a champ
>Leave tournament with a new realization
>We are all just side characters in Incineroar’s world
