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Archer アポロ Apollo
Art from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Gender	Male
Eye color	Teal
Hair color	Black*, Teal*
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Johto, Kanto
Trainer class	ExecutiveGSCHGSS AdminFRLG Team Rocket AdminPE Pokémon TrainerPE
Generation	II, III, IV, VII
Games	Gold, Silver, Crystal, FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee!, Stadium 2, Masters EX
Member of	Team Rocket
Rank	Executive, Interim Boss
Game animation cameos	Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer
English voice actor	Christian La Monte[1] (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Kōji Takahashi (Masters EX)

Archer (Japanese: アポロ Apollo) is one of the Team Rocket Executive introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver. He was not given an official name or design to distingush him from the other male Executives until Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

In the core series games

An unnamed male Team Rocket Admin that may be Archer appeared in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen in the Rocket Warehouse on Five Island. He is the leader of the Sevii Islands branch of Team Rocket, and accuses the player of spreading rumors that Team Rocket has disbanded, something he does not believe. When the player defeats him, he recognizes the Earth Badge and accepts that Giovanni has been defeated, finally disbanding Team Rocket, but he vows to find him and resurrect Team Rocket someday. The computer he was working on mentions the effect of radio waves on Pokémon evolution, foreshadowing Team Rocket's later actions.

Three years later, Archer is the interim head of Team Rocket during the absence of Giovanni. He leads the team in its takeover of the Goldenrod Radio Tower, aiming to locate his missing leader and bring him back to the team. After being defeated, he disbands the organization again and disappears.

Archer appears in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! as Giovanni's trusted confidant and deputy. He is first seen in the Team Rocket Hideout, meeting with Giovanni regarding his studying of the Silph Scope. Though Giovanni dismisses the Silph Scope itself as a toy, he agrees with Archer's assessment that it proves Silph Co. can provide technology useful to Team Rocket and gives Archer the assignment to plan Team Rocket's attack on the company. As he leaves Giovanni's office, he comes across the player, and battles them to keep them from reaching Giovanni. After his defeat, he allows the player to pass. He later appears during Team Rocket's invasion of Silph, where he battles the player and Trace with the assistance of a Grunt. Despite his initial failure to stop the player and Trace, he returns soon after with the intent of wasting as much of their time as he can. Trace decides to battle Archer so that the player may reach Giovanni.

Later, following the disbandment of Team Rocket, Archer can be found in Giovanni's office in the Team Rocket Hideout. He challenges the player to one last battle out of anger for their defeat of Giovanni. Following his defeat, he reveals that he expected the player to show up eventually and drafted a letter to them, in which he congratulates the player for becoming Champion and declares his intent to leave Kanto to found a stronger incarnation of Team Rocket somewhere else before announcing the organization's return. Archer questions himself regarding what he wanted the player to think of him, then tears up the letter and leaves, bidding the player farewell.

Pokémon

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Rocket Executive Goldenrod Radio Tower Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $2520

Types: Dark Fire Held item: None Houndour♂ Lv.33 Faint Attack Dark   --       Ember Fire   --       Bite Dark   --       Roar Normal   --       Type: Poison Unknown Held item: None Koffing♂ Lv.33 Sludge Poison   --       SmokeScreen Normal   --       Tackle Normal   --       Haze Ice   --       Types: Dark Fire Held item: None Houndoom♂ Lv.35 Faint Attack Dark   --       Ember Fire   --       Bite Dark   --       Smog Poison   --

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Team Rocket Admin Rocket Warehouse FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $1760

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♂ Lv.53 Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Air Cutter Flying   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Weezing♂ Lv.54 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Explosion Normal   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Types: Dark Fire Ability: Early Bird Held item: None Houndoom♂ Lv.55 Flamethrower Fire   --       Crunch Dark   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Iron Tail Steel   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Executive Archer Goldenrod Radio Tower HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $3040

Types: Dark Fire Ability: Early Bird Held item: None Houndour♂ Lv.35 Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Roar Normal Status   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Koffing♂ Lv.35 Sludge Poison Special   --       SmokeScreen Normal Status   --       Tackle Normal Physical   --       Haze Ice Status   --       Types: Dark Fire Ability: Early Bird Held item: None Houndoom♂ Lv.38 Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Smog Poison Special   --

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

First battle

Team Rocket Admin Archer Team Rocket Hideout Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Reward: $3,300
Type: Poison Unknown Mega Stone: None Weezing♂ Lv.33 Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Poison Flying Mega Stone: None Golbat♂ Lv.33 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Second battle

Archer battles the player and Trace alongside a Team Rocket Grunt during the attack on Silph Co.

Team Rocket Admin and Team Rocket Archer Grunt Silph Co. Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Reward: $4,652

Type: Electric Unknown Mega Stone: None Electrode Lv.37 Self-Destruct Normal Physical   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Swift Normal Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Poison Flying Mega Stone: None Golbat♂ Lv.37 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Poison Unknown Mega Stone: None Weezing♂ Lv.37 Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Protect Normal Status   --       Type: Poison Unknown Mega Stone: None Muk♀ Lv.34 Toxic Poison Status   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Minimize Normal Status   --       Protect Normal Status   --       Type: Normal Unknown Mega Stone: None Raticate♀ Lv.34 Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Third battle

Pokémon Trainer Archer Team Rocket Hideout Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Reward: $5,400

Type: Electric Unknown Mega Stone: None Electrode Lv.54 Thunder Electric Special   --       Foul Play Dark Physical   --       Explosion Normal Physical   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Types: Poison Flying Mega Stone: None Golbat♂ Lv.54 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Mega Stone: None Magmar♂ Lv.54 Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Thunder Punch Electric Physical   --       Clear Smog Poison Special   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Type: Poison Unknown Mega Stone: None Weezing♂ Lv.54 Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --

In the side series games

Archer also appears in Pokémon Stadium 2. He is the final member of a group of Team Rocket members who bar the player's progress to the Mahogany Gym after they've defeated Jasmine. In Round 1, his team has no clear theme, but in Round 2, most of his Pokémon know Swagger. He also appears in the Challenge Cup during Round 2, taking part in the Poké Ball and Ultra Ball divisions of the tournament.

Pokémon

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

Rocket Executive Johto Gym Leader Castle Stadium 2

Types: Dark Fire Held item: Scope Lens DOOMAP♂ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Crunch Dark   --       Flamethrower Fire   --       Types: Poison Flying Held item: Burnt Berry GOLBAP♂ Lv.50-100 Giga Drain Grass   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Bite Dark   --       Type: Normal Unknown Held item: PSNCureBerry PERSIAP♂ Lv.50-100 Slash Normal   --       Thunder Electric   --       Faint Attack Dark   --       Iron Tail Steel   --       Type: Ghost Unknown Held item: Mint Berry MISDREAVAP♀ Lv.50-100 Curse ???   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Pain Split Normal   --       Types: Grass Poison Held item: PRZCureBerry VICTREAP♂ Lv.50-100 Sunny Day Fire   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Razor Leaf Grass   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Held item: Bitter Berry WOBBUFFAP♀ Lv.50-100 Counter Fighting   --       Mirror Coat Psychic   --       Safeguard Normal   --       Destiny Bond Ghost   --