Executive (Trainer class)

The Rocket Executives as seen in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

An Executive (Generation II: Rocket Executive; Japanese, Generation II: ロケットだんいんのかんぶ Team Rocket Executive Member, III and IV: ロケットだんかんぶ) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation II games. They are the heads of Team Rocket after Giovanni abandons the organization. There are four of them, three men (all sharing the same sprite) and a woman. They were unnamed in Generation II, until they all got individual names and sprites in Generation IV. Archer disbands Team Rocket after he is defeated.

In Generation II, the characters of male and female Executive were adapted into Pokémon Adventures manga as Keane and Chermaine, respectively. Their game counterparts are Archer and Ariana. Grey from the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga is also based on Archer's design.

They tend to use a combination of Template:Type2 and Template:Type2 Pokémon.

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, two higher-ranking members of Team Rocket appear in command of the Rocket Warehouse, with the title Team Rocket Admin (Japanese: ロケットだんかんぶ). Here, they use the same sprites as Team Rocket grunts.

The trainer class makes a return in the Gold and Silver remakes, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. Four characters appear: Proton, Petrel, Ariana and Archer. They are all adapted from original Executives from Pokémon Gold and Silver but given individual identities. Their Japanese names refer to real-life rockets/missiles, much like Team Galactic Commanders, who were named after celestial bodies.

Appearance

Artwork

Rocket Executive Artwork Images from Stadium 2

Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Rocket Executive	Initial battle	$5184	Lv.36	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Rocket Executive	Initial battle	$1584	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.24	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$2160	Lv.30	Lv.30	Lv.30	Lv.30	Lv.32	Lv.30
Rocket Executive	Initial battle	$1800	Lv.23	Lv.23	Lv.25	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$2304	Lv.32	Lv.32	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------
Rocket Executive	Initial battle	$2520	Lv.33	Lv.33	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Rocket Admin	Initial battle	$1728	Lv.53	Lv.54	Lv.55	-------	-------	-------
Rocket Admin	Initial battle	$1760	Lv.53	Lv.54	Lv.55	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Executive Proton	Initial battle	$480	Lv.8	Lv.12	-------	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$1320	Lv.28	Lv.33	-------	-------	-------	-------
Executive Petrel	Initial battle	$880	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.24	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$1200	Lv.30	Lv.30	Lv.30	Lv.30	Lv.32	Lv.30
Executive Ariana	Initial battle	$2960	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.27	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$2560	Lv.32	Lv.32	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------
Executive Archer	Initial battle	$3040	Lv.35	Lv.35	Lv.38	-------	-------	-------

Trivia

• Though Rocket Executives are members of Team Rocket, like Rocket Grunts, the background theme played when fighting them is the normal Trainer battle theme in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. This was rectified in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, where all members of Team Rocket-related Trainer classes play the Rocket battle theme.

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