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Team Rocket (ロケット団 ( だん ) , Roketto-dan) is a criminal system set to steal other people's Pokémon, with their headquarters in the Kanto Region and the Johto region and a branch in Sevii Islands. They are headed by Giovanni, who likewise doubles as the Viridian City Gym Leader.

Team Rocket's primary objective was obtaining powerful and rare Pokémon to help their criminal syndicate in the hopes of someday taking over the globe. They obtain these Pokémon by regular capture, or more than oftentimes, theft. In add-on to this they also perform inhumane experiments on Pokémon to further enhance their power.

one Games
- 1.1 Kanto
- 1.2 Sevii Islands
- 1.3 Johto
two Anime
- two.1 Jessie, James and Meowth
3 Members
- 3.i Other Members
four Logo
v Trivia
6 Gallery

Games

Team Rocket has appeared in various games including the Generation I, Generation II, Generation Three, Generation Iv, and Generation Seven games. In Pokémon Xanthous and Pokémon: Let'southward Go, Pikachu! and Let's Become, Eevee!, Squad Rocket's Jessie and James too appear in several locations and battle the histrion.

Kanto

Team Rocket in the original, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen games appear throughout the game. They first announced in Mt. Moon and and so are conducting their plans in Saffron City, the Game Corner in Celadon City and the Pokémon Tower.

According to the Lavender Boondocks residents, Team Rocket killed several Pokémon, including a Marowak that was a mother to a Cubone.. Team Rocket's principal headquarters used to be in the Game Corner at Celadon. They were conscientious to guard the underground button, but the player eventually discovers the button, which introduces the actor to Giovanni whom the player battles occasionally. The ii times the player battles him, Giovanni leaves behind the Silph Scope and the Master Ball after he is defeated.

Towards the cease of the game, Giovanni is revealed to be the missing Viridian City Gym Leader and he was attempting to rebuild Team Rocket in his gym. Like all of his encounters with the player, he is defeated and gives up the Earth Badge.

Sevii Islands

In the Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen versions, they besides appear in the Sevii Islands. A pair of them appear in Mt. Ember where they search for the Ruby and in Icefall Cavern where they are fought off with Lorelei's assistance. After a scientist retrieves the Sapphire from the dotted pigsty, the histrion can access their warehouse on Five Isle and defeat the Grunts, Admins and the Scientist to go it back.

Johto

They return to Johto three years afterward. In Azalea Boondocks, they threaten to cut off Slowpoke tails and sell them. When the player reaches the Lake of Rage he/she volition discover that Team Rocket was behind the Ruby Gyarados incident, and will join forces with Lance in an attempt to pull the plug. Team Rocket is eventually defeated, and in a last resort they take over the radio tower and hope to contact Giovanni, only are once again stopped. They are disbanded the last fourth dimension.

Anime

Team Rocket, in the anime, have a Base of operations of Operations in Kanto and are headed past Giovanni. Their headquarters were once located in between Pallet Town and Viridian City only has since been destroyed. It is at present in an unknown location inside of a big canyon. Squad Rocket has also been shown to accept branches in the Johto Region and other areas in Kanto. At some point of the anime serial' run, they are seen confronting another criminal organizations such as both Squad Aqua and Team Magma in Hoenn, Squad Galactic in Sinnoh, Squad Plasma in Unova, Squad Flare in Kalos and Team Skull in Alola. The only exception was their goal to conquer the Unova region by using the Kami trio and Meloetta but their plans are soon thwarted by Ash and the grouping when his Pikachu hits its ampliflied Electro Ball to the platform that Giovanni was continuing and was possessed by the Reveal Glass. This forces Jessie, James and Meowth to tackle their possessed dominate to the ground after he changes his programme from conquering Unova into destroying information technology due to beingness consumed past his ain evil ambitions equally previously stated past Ridley.

Their conquering plans are after followed by Team Flare when they controlled Z-ii who transformed into Zygarde in its 50% form and the Megalith and both of them are causing devastation in Lumiose City within the Kalos Region.

Jessie, James and Meowth

Featured more oft than the Squad equally a whole are Jessie, James and Meowth. These three are a small grouping of members that follow around Pokémon Trainer Ash Ketchum. They were start shown in the episode Pokémon Emergency! in an attempt to steal Pokémon from the Viridian City Pokémon Center, and were defeated by Ash. Ever since and then, they have mainly focused their attention on Ash in hopes of stealing his Pikachu. However they always fail and have been defeated hundreds of times with them blasting off into the sky, mostly via Pikachu'due south Thunderbolt set on. The trio'south persistence has led them to every region Ash has been to including Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, and later in the Alola Region. Since Ash started going to regions where Squad Rocket branches are not located, they also double equally founders of new branches in the region, although according to Cassidy, this is but a plot to go along them away so that they won't ruin Giovanni's plans. Then far they attempted (simply failed) to grade new Team Rocket branches in the Orangish Islands, Hoenn, and Sinnoh.

Jessie, James, and Meowth are mostly considered failures, every bit they almost are never successful in their schemes and are incompetent. Giovanni regularly refers to them as "a bumbling trio" and never wants them around his big plans every bit they "can't do anything correct". He thinks that this trio is so incompetent that he even considered firing them but he does non considering he cannot allow incompetence to enter his role after their leaving. Despite this fact they e'er strive to delight their dominate, and are very persistent in doing and then.

However, in Memories are Made of Bliss!, Giovanni finally accepts Jessie, James, and Meowth when they take the credit for defeating Cyrus and his organization Team Galactic as well as Hunter J and he gives them new assignments which results the trio getting promoted to Advanced Amanuensis.

In the second film, they really help Ash locate the third treasure needed to summon Lugia because if the world were to come to an end, there wouldn't be any Pokémon to steal. Slowking reveals to them at the end of the movie that the viewers really saw them practice something good for once.

Although they have been defeated by Ash and his friends at times, sometimes they are shown to exist bang-up strategists when trying to catch Pikachu. They have shown great use of mind strategy against Ash and his friends in the episode "Bound For Trouble", and they lured them correct into the trap before catching Pikachu, and also in "Nosotros're no Angels!", they are seen using back opponent'due south mecha weapon to counter back their opponent. Throughout almost the whole series, they accept at to the lowest degree one Pokémon that knows smokescreen, brume, and mist (e.g. Weezing, Seviper, Yamask, and Frillish) that would temporary blind and immobilise their opponents to aid themselves during their missions. They proved to be more superb strategists in Best Wishes! Season, such equally in the episode "Crisis from the Underground Up!" Other than that they are also experts in disguise. Their disguise dressing are most of the time successful that no one suspects them equally Squad Rocket until they reveal themselves.

In the 14th season (Black and White), they received a promotion to avant-garde agents later on they brand a contribution to disbanding Team Galactic by helping Detective Looker sneak into Team Galactic headquarters at Mount Coronet. However they took all the credit to their boss, lying well-nigh single-handed defeat of Team Galactic and Pokémon Hunter J, and they no longer serve as comic relief at all and have go more of a serious enemy. With their promotion, they received the official Team Rocket Grunt charcoal grey uniforms, only they later changed back into to their original, white uniforms in Battling for the Dear of Bug-Types! when they went dorsum to planning their ain schemes. In All-time Wishes! Season 1, they didn't "nail off" at all and virtually of the time they chop-chop retreated when they failed to capture Pikachu or any other Pokémon they accept planned to steal by escaping in air via para glider or jetpacks, but afterward they returned in Flavour 3 episode 11, they started "blasting off" again in a more than comical way. The trio have gained impressive athletic, hacking and infiltration abilities since arriving in their promotion and accept made capturing Pikachu less of a concern, instead focusing on major Team Rocket plans that will ultimately lead to conquest of Unova and the unabridged planet such as Operation Tempest. Although in Unova Survival Crisis! Giovanni was possessed past the Reveal Glass after Pikachu destroys the platform they are standing by using a huge and amplified Electro Brawl to rescue Meloetta in which he changes his programme from destroying Unova instead of conquering it. James, Jessie and Meowth eventually salve their boss by tackling him through the ground from his insane state rather than getting killed in the explosion which results them getting retreat immediately subsequently their programme is thrwarted. Later after Giovanni regains control of himself and thinking about what happened to him when he was possessed past the Reveal Glass, he directly orders to make a total retreat back to Kanto.

The trio returns in Unova to capture Pikachu afterward their boss orders their total retreat and his Operation Tempest is thwarted. Just like they did to disband Team Galactic, they were requested by Looker to stop Team Plasma led by Ghetsis and Doctor Colress who are responsible for creating the machine to control the Pokémon including the legendary Pokémon, Reshiram. After Team Plasma is disbanded, Giovanni gives the trio some praise after their success in defeating the grouping until in The Dream Continues! where he was looking for the results in how they defeat Team Plasma. Returning from Unova, they realized they had zilch to show for their efforts. Meowth improvised by saying that Woobat, Frillish, Yamask and Amoonguss were for Giovanni, forcing Jessie and James to turn them over to him.

In the XY series, the trio and returning member Wobbuffet completely returned to being comic relief despite retaining their hacking and infiltration abilities, upgraded technology, slight competence, and their boss' liking of them. After Team Flare is defeated, Giovanni congratulates the trio about their success of defeating Team Flare led by Lysandre and he orders them to return to Squad Rocket HQ in Kanto every bit the trio are seen quickly ran through the drome to become inside the aeroplane that flies through the Kanto region.

In the Lord's day and Moon series, Team Rocket gets a new gag. Bewear would have them away to the cavern at random times, from rescuing them from defeats to thwarting them from victories. Despite the trio still existence goofs and retaining their blast off gag, they are more serious than all previous seasons, minus the kickoff two seasons of Black and White.

Members

The following are members of Team Rocket. (Members with an asterisk to the side of their proper name ways they are function of the manga).

Bosses: Giovanni/Madame Boss*/Masked Man**
Rocket Executives: Archer/Ariana/Proton/Petrel/Grey*
Aristocracy Officers: Miyamoto*, Domino*, Vicious*
Officers: Tyson*, Attila*, Hun*, Keane**
Spies: Annie* and Oakley* (dub only)
Agents: Cassidy* (formerly), Butch* (formerly), Jessie, James, Ken**, Al**, Harry**, with Carr**, Sird**, Orm**
Viridian Gym Trainers: Cole, Kiyo, Samuel, Kelly, Yuji, Atsushi, Jason, Warren, Takashi
Sergeants: Lt. Surge**
Commanders: Karen**, Will**, Sabrina**, Koga**
Scientists: Professor Sebastian*, Professor Fuji*, Dr. Namba*, Doctor Zager* Fellow, Connor, Ed, Jerry, Jose, Joshua, Parker, Rodney, Taylor, Travis, Gideon, Jed (renamed Gregg in HeartGold and SoulSilver), Mitch, Ross, Marc (renamed Garett in HeartGold and SoulSilver), Rich (renamed Trenton in HeartGold and SoulSilver)
Others: Wendy*, Rocket Scout*, Mondo*, Sham**, Dalton, Rocket Brothers, Rocket Sisters

* - Anime only
** - Pokémon Adventures merely

Other Members

Besides Giovanni, Jessie, James, and Meowth in that location have besides been other Team Rocket members featured multiple times or having big roles. Another duo is Butch and Cassidy, who take been in multiple episodes and are the rivals of Jessie and James. Along with them is Attila and Hun who pursue Jimmy as Jessie and James pursue Ash. There are likewise non field agents that piece of work as scientists such equally Dr. Namba and Professor Sebastian. There have only been a pocket-sized number of Team Rocket Officers shown but such officers include Domino and Vicious. These high-ranking officers work solo and are considered the best in Squad Rocket.

Logo

In the games, the Team Rocket logo is a simple red "R", which was also used into the anime from the Original Serial to Diamond & Pearl. In Best Wishes! they started to employ a completely new majestic round 3D "R", when erstwhile logo used as secondary until XY, new logos was used on all mechas and equipment. In Sun & Moon it received a lilliputian update, getting a flat pattern. 3D logo is withal, but rarely used, when Jessie and James commonly utilise old logo.

Trivia

The anime gag of blast offs may have originated from Team Rocket. Co-ordinate to the series, Jessie, James, Meowth, and their Pokémon have blasted off over 700 times and stopped their gag when they reached Unova, but the gag returns in Adventures in Unova. Other Team Rocket members take blasted off likewise, including Butch and Cassidy and several other Team Rocket Grunts.
It is noted that Team Rocket and their Pokémon has blasted off more than any other characters in the series; All the same separately, Jessie has blasted off more than 500 times excluding James and Meowth; James has blasted off more than 500 times excluding Jessie and Meowth; Meowth has blasted off more than 700 times excluding Jessie and James; and Wobbuffet has blasted off more than 300 times. Butch and Cassidy have blasted off 10 times in the series with 2 of their boom offs being acquired directly past Ash and his friends and the other eight acquired by Delia Ketchum, Ritchie, Professor Oak, Gary, and Tracey.
The duos in Team Rocket, in English, are named later on infamous outlaws. Such as the American outlaws Jesse James and Butch Cassidy, Hunnic warlord Attila the Hun and Annie Oakley, an expert sharpshooter.
Jessie, James, and Meowth are considered to exist the three stooges of Pokémon considering their plans never work and are actually more funny than evil. They lost their position equally the three stooges when they reached Unova, but the position returned in Adventures in Unova.
- Considering of how long they've been trying to capture Pikachu, they probably have forgotten their initial reason for going after it.
- They've developed some PTSD with Thunderbolt due to the numerous times Pikachu has sent them "blasting off".
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Giovanni reveals what the initials for Rocket represent: Rhelp Onorthward the City, Chiliadnock out, Evil Tusks.
Team Rocket and Ash seem to have a difficult human relationship, despite both being hostile to each other. They are also instances when Ash and Team Rocket seem to intendance for each other. In "Noodles Roamin off" Ash even jokingly mentioned Team Rocket and their smash-offs in a positive way.
Sometimes, after Jessie, James, and Meowth have agreed to try what they remember is a genius program, they volition in unison sing a rhythmic, rhyming short vocal nearly how information technology'south going to make them rich. This started happening progressively more upwardly until they reached Unova.
Team Rocket has made more appearances than any other villainous group.
Ane of Team Rocket'due south line in their motto "A rose by any other proper noun'south just as sweet" is a nod to "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" which is derived from a famous quote in Romeo and Juliet.
The anime's Squad Rocket dresses different then the game's Squad Rocket.
In the anime, Team Rocket is the only villainous organization to nevertheless be active. Jessie, James and Meowth take had a paw in dismantling Teams Aqua, Magma, Galactic, Plasma and Flare, therefore erasing Team Rocket's competition.
in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Team Rocket has a Male and Female person costume for the Brawler type.
In the games, Team Rocket's admins are named afterward real-world rockets and missiles.

Gallery

v · d · e Members of Squad Rocket

Bosses Madame Dominate · Giovanni · Masked Homo

Executives Archer* · Ariana · Proton · Petrel Sham · Carl

Elite Officers Miyamoto · Vicious · Domino · Pierce

Officers Tyson · Attila · Hun

Spies Annie · Oakley

Summit Agents Cassidy · Butch · Jessie · James · Meowth (regularly)

Trios Ken · Al · Harry · Carr · Sird · Orm

Sergeants Viper · Lt. Surge

Commanders: Karen · Will · Sabrina · Koga

Scientists Professor Sebastian · Dr. Fuji · Dr. Namba · Doctor Zager · Gideon

Other Wendy · Matori · Scout · Mondo · Jubei · Gozu

v · d · east Villainous Teams

Major Villainous Teams (Main Series)

Team Rocket

Giovanni Archer · Ariana · Proton · Petrel Gideon

Team Magma

Maxie Courtney · Tabitha

Team Aqua

Archie Matt · Shelly

Squad Galactic

Cyrus Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Charon

Team Plasma

N Vii Sages (Ghetsis · Zinzolin · Ryoku · Giallo · Rood · Bronius · Gorm) Colress Anthea and Concordia · Shadow Triad

Team Flare

Lysandre Aliana · Bryony · Celosia · Mable · Xerosic

Squad Skull

Guzma Plumeria · Gladion

Aether Foundation

Lusamine Faba · Wicke · Mohn

Team Rainbow Rocket

Giovanni Maxie · Archie · Cyrus · Ghetsis · Lysandre · Faba

Squad Yell

Piers

Macro Creation

Rose Oleana

Major Villainous Teams (Side Series)

Cipher

(Colosseum) Evice Nascour Miror B. · Dakim · Venus · Ein (XD) Grand Main Greevil Lovrina · Snattle · Gorigan · Ardos · Eldes

Go-Rock Squad

Gordor Go-Stone Quads

Team Dim Sunday

Blake Hall Kincaid Heath · Lavana · Ice

Pokémon Pinchers

Societea Blue Eyes · Reddish Eyes · Imperial Eyes

Phobos Battalion

Team GO Rocket

Team Break