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Team Meanies (Japanese: チーム イジワルズ Team Ijiwarus) is a rescue team in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon; however, unlike most rescue teams which rescue Pokémon out of the goodness of their hearts, Team Meanies use their rescue team status as a way of gaining wealth and power. Its members are Gengar, Medicham and Ekans.

In the games

Team Meanies get their introduction in the games when they confront the hero's team and steal their mail, they explain that they only became a rescue team for the wealth and power it gives them and that they hope for world domination. Fortunately for the player, just after they leave, Pelipper delivers some new mail.

The next encounter with Team Meanies is just after the hero is given a mission to rescue Metapod. Team Meanies challenge the player to try and save Metapod first, if they succeed, they will force Caterpie to join them. The player must later confront them in the Sinister Woods where they are defeated in battle just before retrieving Metapod.

Further in the game, Gengar spreads untrue rumors about how the player is the cause of all the natural disasters and he or she must flee from society to get the proof from Ninetales that Gengar's rumors are untrue. After this Team Meanies flee from Pokémon Square.

Towards the end of the game Gengar strangely decides to save the player after defeating the main boss.

Moves used

Within the storyline, Gengar knows the moves Dream Eater and possibly Teleport.

*Ekans has both Intimidate and Shed Skin as his abilities, due to Mystery Dungeon employing both abilities that certain Pokémon can have.

Gengar's past

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Many years ago, there was a foolish human who dared to try and grab one of Ninetales' tails. For this there was a curse laid upon him, however, the human's Gardevoir took the curse upon herself to save her master and the human fled the scene fearing for his life abandoning his brave Gardevoir. Ninetales then prophesied that this selfish human would one day be reborn as a Pokémon as punishment for his deed.

In the manga

Only Gengar is shown in this manga series, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team.

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Gengar's role is similar to that of the games, except that Gengar releases Zapdos and Moltres to try and to attack Ginji and Mudkip. When they succeeded in defeating the 2 legendary birds, Gengar calls upon Team A.C.T., but they finally stopped believing in the rumors when Ninetales appeared and explained that Gengar is the actual cursed human. Gengar finally releases Groudon to attack the rescue team, but to no avail. When Groudon attacks, Mudkip tries to convince Gengar to change his heart. He finally does, and helps them save the place from being destroyed.

Moves used

• Double-Edge

Pokémon owned

As a Human

• Gardevoir ♀

In the anime

In the TV special Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate!, Team Meanies are the main antagonists. They say that they'll be the ones to save Pichu's big brother Pikachu from Skarmory on Mt. Steel. Before leaving they steal the majority of Team Go-Getters' berries.

However, after arriving at Mt. Steel, Team Meanies trick Pichu into going the wrong way and trap it behind a rock slide, where it was found by Team Go-Getters. Team Go-Getters later find Team Meanies beaten up on the track where they tell Team Go-Getters that Skarmory is too strong; however, Team Go-Getters give their last Oran Berry to them and continue to the top.

Moves used

Gengar

• Night Shade
• Confusion

Voice actors

• Japanese
  • Gengar: 神奈延年 Nobutoshi Canna
  • Ekans: 天田真人 Masato Amada
  • Medicham: Tarako

• English
  • Gengar: Billy Beach
  • Ekans: Bill Rogers
  • Medicham: Sarah Natochenny

• Spanish
  • Gengar: Rais David Báscones (Spain)
  • Ekans: Alfredo Martínez (Spain)
  • Medicham: Carolina Tak (Spain)

Trivia

• In the first airing of Team Go-Getters out of the Gate, Ekans was mistakenly called Arbok by Gengar. This has been fixed in subsequent airings.
• In the manga series, despite Gengar being a human and turned into a Pokémon after 1000 years by Ninetales, he's still referred to as "Gengar," not his human name.

Related articles

For more information on these Pokémon's species, see Gengar, Ekans, and Medicham.