Executive (Trainer class)

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The Rocket Executives as seen in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

An Executive (Japanese: ロケットだんかんぶ Team Rocket Executive), known as a Team Rocket Admin (Japanese: ロケットだんかんぶ Team Rocket Executive) in Generation III, and as Team Rocket Executive (Japanese: ロケットだんいんのかんぶ Team Rocket executive member) in Generation II, 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. They tend to use a combination of Template:Type2 and Template:Type2 Pokémon.

There are four of them: three men and one woman. They were unnamed in Generation II, but they all got individual names and sprites in Generation IV. Archer disbands Team Rocket after he is defeated.

Differences between Generations

Generation II

In Generation II, this class technically didn't exist as all the characters who would eventually carry the title retained the same class as other members of Team Rocket. Thus, their Trainer class was Rocket (Japanese: ロケットだんいん Team Rocket member) and each had the name Executive (Japanese: のかんぶ Executive), only having the sprites only differ between genders.

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 the male Executive design. His role within the team is also based on Archer's.

Generation III

In FireRed and LeafGreen Versions, two higher-ranking members of Team Rocket appear in command of the Rocket Warehouse. They seem to be two of the same members who would head the Team in Johto three years later. Here, their Trainer class was changed to Team Rocket (Japanese: ロケットだん Team Rocket) in order to remain identical the Grunts', whose sprites they also shared. However, they are both given the name Admin (Japanese: かんぶ Executive).

Generation IV

Their Trainer classes are finally dissociated from those of the Grunts when they make a return in HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions, where they are each known as an Executive. However, the Japanese Trainer classes remain unchanged from Generation III, but they are still given names. They are all adapted from the Executives from Gold and Silver Versions but given individual names and identities. Their names, Proton, Petrel, Ariana, and Archer, refer to real-life rockets or missiles in all languages, much like Team Galactic's Commanders, who were named after celestial bodies. These characters were all adapted into characters in the Pokémon Adventures manga, retaining their unique identities.

Appearance

Artwork

Archer's sprite from Stadium 2	Arianna's sprite from Stadium 2

Trainer list

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
Team Rocket Admin	Initial battle	$1728	Lv.53	Lv.54	Lv.55	-------	-------	-------
Team 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 Gold, Silver, and Crystal Versions. This was rectified in HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions, where all members of Team Rocket-related Trainer classes play the Rocket battle theme.
• Ariana and Archer appear to be counterparts of Jessie and James, respectively. Ariana owns an Arbok, and Archer owns a Koffing, and they also have the same distinctive hair colors as in the anime.

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