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The Cloaked Grunt (Japanese: 上級したっぱ Advanced level Underling) is a recurring Galactic Grunt in the Pokémon Adventures manga. He is different from the other grunts in that he seems to have his own personality and serves under Cyrus directly.

The Cloaked Grunt first appears in VS. Staravia and Skuntank I at the Veilstone Lost and found storeroom. When Diamond goes inside the lost and found to look for Platinum's missing Pokédex he goes to pick it up only to have it quickly whisked away by the Grunt. The Grunt stares in awe of the Pokédex; praising it for the many abilities it possesses. Diamond demands that he return the Pokédex to him, however, the Grunt refuses and attacks his Lax with his Gible.

As he climbs down the ledge he was standing on he slips on the berries that Lax dropped when he was attacked and the Pokédex flies out of his hands. It lands in Diamond's hands and he immediately decides to make his escape. The Grunt quickly gets back on his feet and sends several more Grunts after him.

Later, while Saturn is being punished for his actions in the battle against Diamond, Pearl, Paka, and Uji he overhears that Saturn is still looking for a way to kidnap the heiress that Paka and Uji was supposed to guard. He flies to the Lost Tower (where Saturn had previously fought Paka and Uji) and locates the camera machine that Saturn had used and inside it, a blurry picture of Platinum.

He later appears in VS. Drifblim where he manages to fix the picture of Platinum and goes to find her father, Mr. Berlitz. He arrives at Canalave City where he confronts Mr. Berlitz and demands a large amount of ransom money for the safe return of his daughter who he claims to have kidnapped. At first Mr. Berlitz is unfazed at the threat due to him believing that Paka and Uji are safe and protecting Platinum but the Grunt shows him proof of their previous defeat at the hands of Saturn.

It is later revealed that Byron had overheard their conversation and jumped in to stop him; he asked who the Grunt was but he refused to answer. The next person to step in was Professor Rowan, who was wondering why Mr. Berlitz was taking so long to meet back up with him. With so many people in the vicinity, the Grunt became annoyed and threw a small cube at them which opened up trapped the Professor and Mr. Berlitz in a cage; he then leaves the scene on his Staraptor.

In his next appearance he is seen with Cyrus and watching the completion of the Galactic Bomb that was finished thanks to the ransom money the Grunt acquired from Mr. Berlitz. He later returns to Canalave so that he can free Professor Rowan and Mr. Berlitz from captivity; he states that he didn’t want to make them suffer any longer than they needed too. He reveals to a sleeping Platinum the Galactic Bomb is complete and that they plan to use it to blow up the three Sinnoh Lakes and capture the Pokémon that live inside them and takes his leave.

It is later revealed that he had hired two Roughnecks to attack Iron Island for an unknown reason, however, they were both defeated by Diamond and Riley. His next few appearances are minor and are usually just speaking to either Cyrus or Charon about Team Galactic affairs.

Later, when Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum infiltrate the Galactic HQ building to rescue the Lake guardians the Grunt encounters Diamond and begins battling him. He quickly takes notice of Diamond's Pokédex and reveals that he had done some research on them, he reveals that there were other children who have owned Pokédexes and that all of them had amazing adventures in their respective regions. As the two continue battling each other Diamond uses Pearl's Chahiko to battle the Grunt's Chingling which causes a powerful sound wave that causes the Grunt to hold his ears in pain. The sound waves cause him to stumble and accidentally activate the Fire extinguishers which fill the room with smoke.

The Grunt is still determined to prevent him from reaching the Lake guardians and presses a button that traps the three Sinnoh Dex Holders between a set of walls. He sends his Pokémon to attack them while they are trapped in the tight space. However, his interest in the Pokédex turns out to be his undoing as his Pokémon have picked up his feelings which the Sinnoh Dex Holders exploit by sacrificing their Pokédexes which distracts the Grunt's Pokémon and allows them to free the Lake guardians. His current whereabouts and if he still has their Pokédexes are unknown at this point.

Pokémon

Trivia

Team Galactic
Team Galactic HQ • Team Galactic Eterna Building • Galaxy Team
Boss	Commanders				Other members
Cyrus (Masters)	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Charon	Team Galactic Grunts	Scientists
Manga
Advanced level Grunt • B-2 • Io • Lily • Mitsumi • Sird

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