Team Galactic

Team Galactic (Japanese: ギンガ団 Ginga-dan lit. Galaxy Gang) is the villainous team in Sinnoh.

In the games

Among other things, Team Galactic tries to entice Pokémon to do their bidding, attempt to invite the region's Pokémon professor to do research for them, steal people's Pokémon, steal Lucas/Dawn's Pokédex, and threaten Lucas/Dawn.

Unlike past criminal syndicates, the existence of Team Galactic is an openly advertised fact; they even broadcast television commercials requesting the donation of Pokémon. However, their genuinely criminal operations remain covered-up. Team Galactic wants to catch the Pokémon that created the world: Dialga of time and Palkia of space, as well as Mesprit, Azelf, and Uxie so that their leader, Cyrus, can destroy the universe and rebuild it in his own image with himself as an absolute god. However, only the Commanders and Boss are aware of this plan, while the underlings think that it's simply an organization that collects rare Pokémon. Most of the Grunts joined because they were promised to be awarded rare Pokémon if they completed their assignments.

Admins and Boss

All of the Commanders of Team Galactic are named after planets:

• Commander Mars
• Commander Jupiter
• Commander Saturn
• Boss Cyrus

Pluto

Pluto is a new character expected to be introduced in Pokémon Platinum, yet to be released. Pluto will appear throughout the game as a Team Galactic member. Not much information is known about the professor, except he and Mars seems to be behind the attack on the Valley Windworks somehow. One screenshot has been released for Pluto, showing him at the Valley Windworks, behind Mars, trapping one of the Valley Windworks' workers. Like Handsome, a trainer sprite has been released for Pluto, meaning he might be seen as an opponent in battle.

In the anime

Team Galactic has made several appearances in the anime. So far, only two grunts and Saturn have appeared. They first appeared in A Secret Sphere of Influence!, though it was only a brief cameo at the end. They assigned the Team Rocket trio of Jessie, James, and Meowth to steal the Adamant Orb for them. Both Brock and Officer Jenny believed that the trio had been assigned to this work by Butch and Cassidy or Pokémon Hunter J.

In their next appearance in Journey to the Unknown!, Saturn brings the two grunts into the Solaceon Ruins. The Team Rocket trio observe them, following them inside. Using three plates, Saturn obtains a cube inside of the ruins, enraging the Unown and causing general chaos inside of the ruins. Before leaving, Saturn thanks the Team Rocket trio for their assistance in the earlier episode and his group escapes with his Bronzor.

Team Galactic appeared again in Enter Galactic!, where Saturn appears yet again. After exposing the cube obtained in Journey to the Unknown! to the Veilstone City meteorites, it transforms into the Spear Key. This episode is also the time when Ash and his friends finally encounter them. Their mission this time is apparently to steal some of Veilstone City's meteors. Saturn also battles Brock with their Toxicroak and Croagunk, respectively. However, no thanks to Ash, Dawn, Officer Jenny, and Paul's Electabuzz, the battle ends up in a draw and the mission is a complete failure, leaving Team Galactic to retreat. It is currently unknown why they wanted to steal the meteorites.

They will appear again in Celestic Town, in DP096 and DP097.

In other languages

Trivia

• Although "Team Galactic" is not incorrect, a more literal translation of the Japanese is "Team Galaxy" or "Galaxy Gang", possibly a reference to the Galaxy Gang in Pulseman.
• This is the only villainous team of the main games whose leader does not express regret after being defeated or seem dissuaded from further activities. However, considering how Saturn took over the Team Galactic HQ and is currently reforming it into a more beneficial organization, that might count towards its leader being (albeit in a different manner) dissuaded from further activities.
• Each Commander's hair resembles a different Pokémon; Mars's hair resembles Toxicroak, Jupiter's resembles a Medicham, and Saturn's hair resembles Purugly.
• Although Cipher Admin Venus from Pokémon Colosseum is not a Team Galactic operative (as far as is known), her name fits in with the other Galactic Commanders: Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Like the other Galactic Commanders her appearance also seems to be based loosely on a Pokémon, Cresselia, as she wears a pink dress (Cresselia is pink) with a crescent moon turned on its side on her back (Cresselia is very well connected with the crescent moon). This is interesting to note since Cresselia is a Generation IV Pokémon, while Colosseum takes place during Generation III, which seems to suggest that it is the other way around.
• Their uniforms resemble space suits, a reference to the Team's name.

See also

• Cyrus
• Saturn
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Galactic Boss
• Galactic Grunt
• Commander
• Galactic Eterna Building
• Galactic Veilstone Building
• Dialga (Pokémon)
• Palkia (Pokémon)
• Giratina (Pokémon)
• Dragon Trio
• Lake trio
• Uxie (Pokémon)
• Mesprit (Pokémon)
• Azelf (Pokémon)
• Mt. Coronet
• Spear Pillar
• Acuity Cavern
• Verity Cavern
• Valor Cavern
• Lake Verity
• Lake Valor
• Lake Acuity
• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions
• Pokémon Platinum Version

This article is a stub. You can help Bulbapedia by expanding it.