Team Rocket Grunt

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A Team Rocket Grunt (Japanese, Generation I: ロケットだんいん Team Rocket Member; II: ロケットだんいんのしたっぱ Team Rocket Underling Member, III: ロケットだんのしたっぱ Team Rocket Underling) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation I games. They are the peons of Team Rocket. Originally, they were males only, but in Generation II, female Team Rocket Grunts started to appear. They also stopped carrying whips. They all dress in the Team Rocket uniforms with giant "R"s on them.

They use a fairly large variety of Pokémon, but often employ Poison-type Pokémon more than others.

In Generation I they were known simply as Rockets, in Generation II, this became Rocket Grunts and in Generation III, Team Rocket Grunt.

Unlike other Trainer classes, Team Rocket Grunts are never given individual names. This has puzzled many fans. However, it may be to prevent the player from becoming sympathetic towards these characters. There are, however, four grunts that appear to be related to each other in Silph Co. This tradition of not giving Grunts individual names has continued with the other three villainous teams, whose members are also referred to as grunts.

In Pokémon Gold and Silver, the female Rocket Grunt has an appearance similar to that of Cassidy and wears an outfit that looks like Jessie's.

Appearance

Team Rocket Grunt Sprites Image from Red and Blue Jessie and James's sprite from Yellow Images from Gold, Silver, and Crystal Images from FireRed and LeafGreen Images from HeartGold and SoulSilver

Artwork

Rocket Grunt Artwork Images from Stadium 2

See also

• Rocket Brothers
• Team Rocket grunts

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