Team Skull Grunt (Trainer class)

Team Skull Grunt スカルだんのしたっぱ Team Skull Underling
Artwork from Sun and Moon
Other names
Introduced in	Generation VII
Appears in	Sun and Moon
Gender	Both
Counterpart	{{{counterpart}}}
Notable members	{{{members}}}
Anime debut	SM001|Alola to New Adventure!
TCG debut	[[(TCG)|]]
TCG card	{{{card}}}
Manga debut	Sun & Moon arc

A Team Skull Grunt (Japanese: スカルだんのしたっぱ Team Skull Underling) is a type of Pokémon Trainer introduced in Generation VII. They are members of Team Skull who are dressed in punk attire, called Skull Tanks, and wear bandannas with a skull motif. New members are responsible for purchasing their own uniforms. The Grunts keep their Pokémon in Nest Balls.

Appearance

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VS models from Sun and Moon

Trainer list

Pokémon Sun and Moon

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$256	Lv.8	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$320	Lv.10	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$352	Lv.11	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♀ Multi Battle with Grunt below	Initial battle	$704	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂ Multi Battle with Grunt above	Initial battle	$704	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$736	Lv.23	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$864	Lv.27	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$864	Lv.27	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$1,056	Lv.33	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$1,088	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♀	Initial battle	$1,088	Lv.33	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$1,056	Lv.33	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♀	Initial battle	$1,088	Lv.33	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂ Double Battle with Grunt below	Initial battle	$1,088	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♀ Double Battle with Grunt above	Initial battle	$1,088	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$1,088	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$1,088	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♀ Double Battle with Grunt below	Initial battle	$1,120	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♀ Double Battle with Grunt above	Initial battle	$1,120	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$1,088	Lv.34	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♀	Initial battle	$1,120	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$1,120	Lv.34	Lv.34	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♀	Initial battle	$1,120	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♀	Initial battle	$1,120	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$1,120	Lv.34	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♀	Initial battle	$1,120	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♀	Initial battle	$1,120	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$1,120	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♀	Initial battle	$1,120	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$1,184	Lv.37	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$1,184	Lv.37	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♀	Initial battle	$1,408	Lv.44	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Skull Grunt♂	Initial battle	$1,408	Lv.43	Lv.43	Lv.44	Lv.44	Lv.44	-------

In the anime

Team Skull Grunts in the anime

Team Skull Grunts made their debut appearance in Alola to New Adventure!. They will reappear again in SM011.

Several Grunts appeared in a flashback in SM005.

Pokémon

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Team Skull Grunts in Pokémon Adventures

Team Skull Grunts made their debut appearance in the Sun & Moon arc. A male and female Grunt hired Sun to remove wild Pyukumuku from a beach Team Skull considered their territory as a part-time job. Just as Sun finished the job, the Grunts returned to give him his pay, only to notice that a single Pyukumuku was not thrown away. Since the job meant that all Pyukumuku must be removed, the male Grunt refused to pay Sun.

The Grunts' ruse was foiled when Moon noticed the female Grunt dropping the last Pyukumuku when no one was looking. Angered, the male Grunt had his Salandit attack Moon and then proceeded to act like the attack broke Salandit's tail, which meant that Sun would have to work for free to pay off its medical bills. Angered, Sun sent out his Dollar to attack the Grunts, forcing them to run away.

Pokémon

		Salandit (×2)
		These two Salandit were used by the Team Skull Grunts that paid Sun to clean their beach of wild Pyukumuku. Although Sun succeeded, the female Grunt secretly placed another one in order to get out of giving Sun his pay. When Moon saw through this scheme, the male Grunt had his Salandit smack her with its tail and then lied that the event injured it. Angered by their lies, Sun had his Dollar defeat them, forcing the Grunts and the Salandit to run away. None of their moves are known.
Debut	Sun & Moon chapter

		Pyukumuku
		This Pyukumuku was secretly planted by a female Grunt in order to get out paying Sun for his part-time job. The deception was pointed out by Moon, who noticed the slime left behind by Pyukumuku on the Grunt's hand. Later, when the two Grunts were apologizing to Guzma for losing to Sun, the male Grunt blamed the whole ordeal on Pyukumuku, who punched him the face in return. None of their moves are known.
Debut	Sun & Moon chapter

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 骷髏隊的手下 Fūlòuh-déui-dīk Sáuhah Mandarin 骷髏隊的手下 Kūlóu-duì-de Shǒuxià * 骷髅队手下 Kūlóu-duì Shǒuxià * Czech Grunt týmu Skull Člen týmu Skull Dutch Voetsoldaat van Team Skull French Sbire de la Team Skull German Team Skull Rüpel Hungarian Koponya Csapat Tag Italian Recluta Team Skull Korean 스컬단의 조무래기 Seukeol-dan-ui Jomuraegi Polish Oprych z Zespołu Skull Członkowie Zespołu Skull European Portuguese Grunt do Team Skull Russian Ворчун Команды Череп Vorchun Komandy Cherep Spanish Recluta del Team Skull

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