Direct
Trained
Trained adjective - Shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form.
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As Gannon is himself classically trained, he's probably doing it as a direct homage to Cato (mentioned in Real Life below) and for the same reasons.
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Ling-Ling is a direct expy of Pikachu, right down to having been trained by a boy who looks a lot like Ash Ketchum.
Source: Expy / Western Animation - Kris, under circumstances that amount to direct divine intervention, manages to get her Gift trained before she loses it completely, but nearly gets killed while doing so.
Source: Literature / Heralds of Valdemar
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