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==Chapter 168=== | ===Chapter 168=== | ||
Grunts are put under mind control by Lt. Surge | Grunts are put under mind control by the Mask of Ice.And although the Elite Trio were saved from the mind control by Lt. Surge they are told by him to help free the other grunts from the Mask of Ice's mind control | ||
===Chapter 173=== | ===Chapter 173=== | ||
Revision as of 19:44, 28 July 2005
Team Rocket grunts act as fodder, enforcers, workmen, crooks, and backup for various leaders in Team Rocket.
In the games
In Kanto
In Pokémon Red and Blue and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the grunts are found in Mount Moon going after Fossils. In Cerulean City, one grunt is at the end of the Nugget Bridge recruiting for Team Rocket, and another had stolen a TM.
In Celadon City, the grunts operate a base under the Game Corner trafficking Pokémon all over the world.
They made their final appearance when they take over the Silph Co. headquarters. After the player defeats them there, Giovanni disappears without a trace, and the grunts are not seen after this.
In the Sevii Islands
In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, grunts are found on several of the Sevii Islands. On Island One, the player faces two in front of a cave which leads to the Ruby for the Net Center. On Island Four, the player helps Lorelei, who nearly defeated a grunt with her Lapras's Ice Beam. On Island Six, there is a grunt in front of Altering Cave. In the Ruin Valley, a Rocket scientist steals the Sapphire from the player. On Island Five, the player finds a group of male and female grunts operating from a warehouse obtaining a large number of Pokémon, most of them rare, and trying to make a working prototype of the high-frequency sound wave machine which would influence evolution; after the player defeats the grunts and the two administrators, they will pull out, but not before telling the player that they will find Giovanni and restore Team Rocket. They have not been seen in the islands since.
In Johto
In the Generation II games, three years after the events in Red/Blue and Fire Red/Leaf Green, a group of Rocket grunts operating out of Slowpoke Well take Slowpokes and cut off their tails to sell.
At Mahogany Town, the player finds a base underneath a shop in which the Rockets have been using a fully-working high-frequency sound wave machine that influences Pokémon evolution. The player works with Lance to stop them.
After winning the Glacier Badge, Professor Elm telephones the player and tells him or her that in a final attempt to contact their former leader, the Rocket grunts took over the Radio Tower in Goldenroad City, and the Radio Director was revealed to be a Rocket executive. The player must then travel to Goldenrod City Tunnel where the grunts were hiding the real Radio Director, who gives the player a card key that will access the third floor of the Radio Tower. It is here that the player is able to defeat the Rocket grunts and executives. Apart from a grunt stealing part of a power plant in Kanto, grunts are not seen after this defeat.
Pokémon
Red/Blue/Green/Yellow/FireRed/LeafGreen
- Sandshrew
- Rattata
- Zubat
- Ekans
- Drowzee
- Raticate
- Koffing
- Grimer
- Machop
- Sandslash
- Arbok
- Hypno
- Golbat
- Weezing
- Cubone
- Machoke
- Marowak
- Muk (FireRed/LeafGreen only)
- Gloom (FireRed/LeafGreen only)
- Houndour (FireRed/LeafGreen only)
- Vileplume (FireRed/LeafGreen only)
- Houndoom (FireRed/LeafGreen only)
Gold/Silver/Crystal
- Rattata
- Zubat
- Ekans
- Koffing
- Drowzee
- Venonat
- Golbat
- Gloom
- Raticate
- Murkrow
- Arbok
- Muk
- Vileplume
- Houndour
- Houndoom
In the anime
In the anime, the grunts have had few appearances. They first appear in Battle Aboard the St. Anne, under the command of Jessie, James, and Meowth, trapping trainers and trying to steal their Pokémon.
In Johto, they operate around the Lake of Rage under the command of Professor Sebastian and Tyson to help in Project R; the project's goal is to force Pokémon to evolve artificially, thus giving the group powerful Pokémon to use. Later, operating from a under sea base, grunts are under the command of Namba, Butch, and Cassidy, attempting to harness a Lugia and its child.
Unlike in the games, it has not been demonstrated that the grunts in the anime use or even have Pokémon of their own.
In the manga
Red/Blue/Green
Chapter 1
The grunts try to find Mew so that Team Rocket can finish development of Mewtwo.
Chapter 7
Searching Mt. Moon, a group of grunts tries to find a Moon Stone for Team Rocket's use.
Chapter 16
The grunts go after Blue, hoping they can get back a disk containing information on Mew.
Chapter 17
The grunts try to capture Mew, but Red and Blue interfere.
Chapter 25
The grunts are sent to catch Articuno.
Chapter 26
An army of grunts is sent to take out Blaine, who left Team Rocket due to the creation of Mewtwo. After Red helps Blaine escape, the grunts use Moltres that they captured on the Indigo Plateau; Red defeats it with an Aerodactyl that he brought back to life.
Chapter 28
As a part of the Saffron City invasion, the grunts use a Mr. Mime to put a Light Screen over the city; Red and Green, however, manage to get into the city.
Chapter 33
The grunts try to get out of Saffron City because of the fight between Red and Green and Koga. The Gym Leaders not aligned with Team Rocket block all the exits, keeping the grunts in.
Chapter 34
The Cinnabar Island base is destroyed by Mewtwo, taking out the grunts and scientists that work there.
Gold/Silver/Crystal
The grunts as well as the Team Rocket Elite Trio were reorganized under Mask of Ice and given the name Team Rocket Neo.
Chapter 102
The grunts are sent to cut the tails of Slowpoke living in the Slowpoke Well, but Silver stops them.
Chapters 108 and 109
Grunts, along with the two sub-leaders, Shum and Cart, are sent to destroy the Tin Tower, and are successful. However, they then lose a battle with Gold and Silver.
Chapter 153
Cart gives a speech telling the grunts that it is time for the public to officially learn about the return of Team Rocket.
Chapter 164
The Elite Trio and the grunts ride a train to the Indigo Pleateau.
Chapter 165
Grunts intrude upon the Gym Leaders' exhibition match.
Chapter 168
Grunts are put under mind control by the Mask of Ice.And although the Elite Trio were saved from the mind control by Lt. Surge they are told by him to help free the other grunts from the Mask of Ice's mind control
Chapter 173
Grunts are sent to retrieve the Rainbow Wing and the Silver Wing.
Chapter 175
The grunts on the train to the Indigo Pleatue are knocked out as Red and Green travel to fight Mask of Ice. Chuck tells the pair that the grunts will be taken care of.
