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Lance (Team Rocket)

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Lance
ランス Lance

Artwork from HG/SS
Gender Male
Eye color Green
Hair color Green
Hometown Unknown
Region Johto
Relatives Unknown
Class Rocket Executive
Generation IV
Games Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, SoulSilver
Team Team Rocket
Rank Executive

Lance (Japanese: ランス Lance) is one of the four Team Rocket Executives introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver. However, his true identity wasn't revealed until Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

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In the games

Image:VSRocketLance.png
Lance's VS sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver

Lance is first seen and battled in the Slowpoke Well, where Team Rocket is trying to cut off Slowpoke tails to make a profit. Later, the player meets and battles him for the second time in Goldenrod Radio Tower.

In Generation II he appeared only once, in the Goldenrod Radio Tower, with an ordinary Grunt originally taking his place in Slowpoke Well.

Lance has existed since Pokémon Gold and Silver. However, his existence was easy to miss because all Rocket Executives used the same sprite (which showed Apollo's canonical design), making it seem like there was only one Executive. Lance stayed without a canonical design until Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. His name was also revealed in those games (for other three Executives as well). The same situation happened to Lambda.

Pokémon

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

First battle


Second battle


Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

First battle


Second battle


Trivia

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese ランス Lance May be a reference to the MGM-52 Lance, a surface-to-surface missile used by the US Army.
Korean 랜스 Lance Same as the Japanese name.


Members of Team Rocket
Bosses: Giovanni | Madame Boss | Masked Man*
Rocket Executives: Apollo | Athena | Lance | Lambda | Grey*
Under the
Masked Man:
Keane | Chermaine | Will* | Karen*
Duos: Butch & Cassidy | Attila & Hun
Trios: Jessie & James & Meowth
Ken, Al & Harry (TRET) | Carr, Sird, & Orm (T3B)
Others: Admins | Scientists | Grunts
Gideon | Domino | Iron-Masked Marauder | Tyson | Wendy | Viper | Mondo
Miyamoto | Rocket Scout | Kaede | Koga* | Lt. Surge* | Sabrina*
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