Dusknoir (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky): Difference between revisions

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At one point, the player and partner approach Dusknoir with questions about the player's [[Dimensional Scream]] ability, and ask if he knows anything about where the player came from. They mention the player's name, with the player noticing that despite claiming to know nothing about the player's memory loss, Dusknoir might have had a small smile after hearing the name. When Grovyle is caught and is about to be taken back to the future, Dusknoir calls the duo up to him and says hastily that it is too soon for good-byes, grabbing them both and taking them to the future before the rest of the crowd even realizes what has just happened. However, after narrowly escaping Dusknoir's lair right after they arrive in the future, they venture through many dungeons and, in the end, manage to escape from the future for good with Grovyle as their new ally.  

They meet Dusknoir again at the end of the [[Hidden Land]], battling him and six {{p|Sableye}}. He is finally defeated when the player, partner and Grovyle force back an attack (that appeared to be {{m|Shadow Ball}}) into the "mouth" on his stomach, severely injuring him and sending his Sableye running back to the future in disbelief that Dusknoir had lost. After they defeat him, he rises and unleashes an attack on the player with the intent of finishing things, but Grovyle steps in. Grovyle then takes Dusknoir back to the future with him to prevent him from stopping the player and their partner from changing the future. Dusknoir, Grovyle, Primal Dialga, the Sableye, and the player are all erased from time when the player and their partner stop Temporal Tower's collapse, but Dialga revives the player as a reward for their sacrifice.  

In {{g|Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky}}, Dusknoir, Grovyle, Primal Dialga and the Sableye appear to survive, but are once again trapped in the dark future. Primal Dialga orders for its army to execute Dusknoir for his failure in the past, but Dusknoir gets away with the help of Grovyle. The two of them, despite their differences and dislike, team up together at the end of [[Barren Valley]] to find Primal Dialga.

As they travel through the now-collapsed Temporal Tower and [[Dark Ice Mountain]], Grovyle and Dusknoir begin to develop a sort of kinship with each other. Dusknoir eventually asks Grovyle why he is willing to sacrifice his life to change the past (hence eliminating the dark future from existence), and Grovyle responds that it is better to live a short life with glory and accomplishment than a long, empty life. He also notes that if he were to do something big (like stopping the planet's paralysis), even if he were to disappear, he would be remembered – and he wouldn't ''truly'' disappear. These ideas and concepts strike a chord with Dusknoir, although he does not show any sign of it.

==In the anime==

Dusknoir appeared in ''[[SS021|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness]]'' trying to stop Grovyle and [[Team Poképals]] from taking the [[Relic Fragment]] and going to [[Temporal Tower]] on [[Primal Dialga]]'s orders. He ambushed them at the top of the tower along with several {{p|Sableye}}, and attempted to escape via portal. However, his army of Sableye were no match for Team Poképals, and Dusknoir was ultimately defeated by a combination of Grovyle's {{m|Energy Ball}}, Chimchar's {{m|Fire Spin}}, and Piplup's {{m|Whirlpool}}.

===In the Pocket Monsters DP manga===

Dusknoir appears in ''[[PMDP18|Big Strategy for the Treasure Gate!!]]'' of {{OBP|Pocket Monsters DP|Kosaku Anakubo}}.

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