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2013-06-18T18:13:13Z

Rocket Girl:

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User:Rocket Girl

2012-07-13T08:56:48Z

Rocket Girl: /* About Me */

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== About Me ==

{{User Female}}
{{User Anime}}
{{User Favorite Shipping|RocketShipping.png|RocketShipping}}
{{User Favorite|052|Meowth}}
{{User Bulbagarden forums staff}}

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Hello everyone. My name is Rocket Girl. If you don't already know me from Bulbagarden (where I'm now known as Musashi), the only thing you need to know is that I love Rocketshipping. The reason I joined Bulbapedia was because the [[Rocketshipping]] page was in a desperate need to be redone, but I've also edited some other pages as well. I'm a complete newbie at this wiki thing, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of things. I'm also a moderator of the anime section in Bulbagarden's forums.

===Article(s) in Progress:===
* [[User:Rocket Girl/TR Radio show]]
* [[User:Rocket Girl/TR Radio show/Transcript]]

Team Rocket's Secret Empire (Twitter)

2012-07-11T00:25:07Z

Rocket Girl: /* Gallery */

[[File:Giovanni TR Radio.png|thumb|Pokémon Radio logo]]
'''Team Rocket's Secret Empire''' (Japanese: '''ロケット{{tt|団|だん}}ひみつ{{tt|帝国|ていこく}}''' ''Rocket Gang's Secret Empire'') is an official<ref>[http://blog.pokemon-movie.jp/2012/06/post_369.html Official Pokémon movie blog]</ref> {{wp|Twitter}} account operating under the tag '''@Pokemon_Radio''' that was set up on June 2, 2012. It is being used to promote "[[Pokémon Radio]]", which began on July 1, 2012. The radio show and tweets are written by Pokémon's sound director [[Masafumi Mima]].

The tweets are submitted in-character as {{an|Giovanni}}, and occasionally [[Giovanni's Persian|his Persian]], [[Matori]], {{MTR}}, or [[James]]. The account reveals information about [[Team Rocket]] that is not currently found elsewhere. So far the account has made 102 tweets. The account's location is set as the [[Kanto]] region.

==Description==
{| {{Schemetable|Unova}}
! Japanese
! English
|-
|ロケット団のサカキだ！我々は、このtwitterを利用して広く団員を募り、世界征服に乗り出す。さあ、集えロケット団の名の下へ！キーワードは、“Poke’mon Radio show! ロケット団ひみつ帝国”だ！
|This is Giovanni of Team Rocket. Using this Twitter, we set out to widely recruit members and to begin world domination. So gather under the name of Team Rocket! The catch phrase is "Pokémon Radio show! It's Team Rocket's Secret Empire!".
|}
|}

==List of tweets==
Tweets are listed chronologically. All times are JST.

{| {{Schemetable|Unova}}
! width=90px | Date
! Japanese
! English
|-
| 12:35 AM June 2, 2012
| Coming soon.....[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] http://pic.twitter.com/r7kCSXju
| Coming soon.....[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] http://pic.twitter.com/r7kCSXju
|-
| 12:38 AM June 2, 2012
| いよいよ世界征服に向けたミッションのカウントダウンが始まる。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| The countdown for the mission for world domination finally begins. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 2:25 PM June 2, 2012
| いい子だ。ペルシアン。団員が続々と集まっているぞ。だが、ミッションをコンプリートするには、まだまだ足りない。全世界の者たちよ。我が下に集うのだ。
| What a good pet. Persian. The members are gathering one after another. But, to complete the mission, it's still not enough. People of the whole world! Gather under my command.
|-
| 12:00 PM June 3, 2012
| おはよう。団員の諸君！サカキだ。今後もミッションコンプリートのため、諸君らの広報活動に期待する！
| Good morning. To all gang members! This is Giovanni. From hereafter, for the sake of completing our mission, we expect your publicity.
|-
| 9:51 AM June 7, 2012
| ペルニャ～!今日もいい子だ。おはよう団員の諸君。我々のミッションは全世界70億人すべてを団員としロケット団帝国をつくることである! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Purr-nya! You're a good pet today too. Good morning, members of Team Rocket. Our mission is to make the entire world of 7 billion people the members of our team and create Team Rocket's empire. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 12:28 AM June 8, 2012
| 団員の諸君。本日の広報活動ご苦労だった。だがまだまだ世界征服には程遠い。さらなる健闘を期待しているぞ。
| Members. You did great spreading the information today. However we're still far from the world's domination. I expect even more effort!
|-
| 10:02 AM June 8, 2012
| おはよう諸君。今日も諸君らの活動に期待する。ペルニャ～!よしよしペルシアン。安心しろ。我が団員たちは優秀だ。必ずやミッションをコンプリートするだろう。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Good morning, everyone. I expect activity from you today too. Purr-nya~! There, there, Persian. Keep calm. My members are excellent. I bet they will surely complete the mission. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 11:31 PM June 8, 2012
| 団員の諸君。本日も任務ご苦労だった。ペルニャ～。ペルシアンもそう言っているようだ。んっ！これは•••奴らめ…フッ。まあ様子を見るとするか。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Followers. You have done fine work today as well. Purr-nya~. Yes, Persian agrees as well. Huh? What's going on? It... it's them. Those blasted... Hmph. Let's bide our time and observe just a bit more for now. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 10:42 AM June 9, 2012
| おはよう諸君。本日もよい成果があがることを期待する。ロケット団帝国創設をともに目指そう！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Good morning, everyone. I expect that also today your good results will even raise. Our goal is to establish Team Rocket's empire together! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 4:09 PM June 9, 2012
| なにっ！ロケット団シンオウ支部が••• [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| What! The Team Rocket Sinnoh region branch.... [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 4:39 PM June 9, 2012
| 団員の諸君。心配は無用だ。今まで通り広報活動に励んでくれたまえ。しばらく留守にする。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members. Worrying is useless. You've done me well with the public relations work you have been doing until now. I'm going away for a while. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 6:16 PM June 9, 2012
| ペルニャ～ン…ペルニャ～ン… [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Purr-nya… purr-nya… [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 8:30 PM June 9, 2012
| ペルニャ～…ペルニャ～…ペルゥ…… [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Purr-nya… purr-nya… purr…… [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 12:02 PM June 10, 2012
| ペルニャ～ン。ペルゥ…。秘書「ペルシアン。心配せんでも良い。サカキ様なら大丈夫じゃ。それにしても、自ら…まあ他人に任せられない性分でもあるが…」[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Purr-nya. Purr… [[Matori|Secretary]]: "Persian, You don’t need to worry. Since it's Mr. Giovanni, he's gonna be alright. Even if so, naturally… Well, it's in his nature that he can't entrust things to others, but…" [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 12:11 PM June 10, 2012
| 秘書「ん？ラジオの企画書？また、あのニャース達か…少しはまともになってはきたが。一体ラジオで何をしようとしているやら…」[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Secretary: "Huh? Radio's proposal? Again, that {{MTR}}'s group?… But they have become a little more decent. But what the heck are they trying to do with the radio…" [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 6:05 PM June 10, 2012
| サカキさま!失礼しますニャ…ニャニャ！ラジオの企画のご返事を頂こうと参上したが本部には誰もいないのニャ。企画書も机に置きっぱなしニヤ…直接ボスと連絡をとれるわけでもニャいし。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Giovanni! Excuse me nya nya! We were hoping for a reply to the radio proposal but there's no one at headquarters nya. I'll leave the written proposal on the desk nya... we don't have direct contact with the boss nya. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 6:40 PM June 10, 2012
| … … … … そうニャ！ボスの野望である団員70億人をニャーたちが、ラジオで呼びかければいいのニャ。ニャんたる名案！さすがニャーなのニャ！ついでにボスの留守中はこのツイッターを有効に使わせて頂くニヤ。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| … … … … really nya! Wouldn't it be good if we could call the 7 billion gang members of Sakaki's ambitions via the radio nya? What a good idea nya! That's expected of us nya! Then, in the boss's absence, these tweeters can be effectively used to receive nya. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 7:21 PM June 10, 2012
| にょ～し！決定ニャ！！ポケモンラジオで団員を増やし、サカキ様に褒めてもらうのニャ！後はいつから始めるかだニャ…[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Alright! It's decided! If we increase the Pokémon Radio gang members, Mr. Giovanni will praise us nya! Afterwards, I wonder when we can start nya… [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 8:31 PM June 10, 2012
| ラッキ～。ん？ラッキー？サカキ様は出張中だニャ…薬ニャら机の上に置いていくニャ。サカキ様も色々ご多忙なんだニャ… … …ニャハハ～！思いついたニャ！ラッキー7！7月からニャ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Lucky~. Huh? Lucky? Mr. Giovanni is in delegation nya. As for the medicine, I'll put it on the desk, nya. I can see that Mr. Giovanni also has a busy schedule… … Nyahahaha! It reminds me! Lucky 7! Beginning from July, nya! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 9:34 PM June 10, 2012
| サカキ様の野望、団員70億人を目指し、ニャ～達ロケット団は、ポケモンラジオを7月1日からおっぱじめるのニャ！詳しくは明日明らかになるニャ！早速ムサシとコジロウに相談ニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Aiming for Mr. Giovanni's ambition of 7 billion gang members, nya Team Rocket will start Pokémon Radio from July 1 nya! Tomorrow the details will become clear nya! I will consult Jessie and James immediately nya! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 8:20 AM June 11, 2012
| 団員のみんな！おはようニャ！ラジオの詳細はこれをみるニャ！Pokémon Radio Show！ロケット団ひみつ帝国 http://www.interfm.co.jp/rocketdan/ [http://twitter.com/#!/InterFM761_JP @InterFM761_JP]から　[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| All gang members! Good morning! Look at the radio details here nya! Pokémon Radio Show! Team Rocket's Secret Empire http://www.interfm.co.jp/rocketdan/ from [http://twitter.com/#!/InterFM761_JP @InterFM761_JP]　[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 3:21 PM June 11, 2012
| すごいニャ、すごいニャ！団員が続々と集まってるニャ！これにゃら絶対サカキ様も褒めてくれるニャ。団員の諸君、これからもよろしく頼むのニヤ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Amazing nya, amazing nya! Gang members are gathering one after another nya! For this Mr. Giovanni will absolutely praise me nya. Gang members, I thank you for this nya! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 9:06 PM June 11, 2012
| 団員の諸君！ニャースだニャ。もう少しで1万人突破ニャ。ニャハハ～!この勢いならニャー達のスピード出世はきっと間違いなしニャ。今後もよろしく頼むニャ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members! This is Meowth nya. We've almost broken through to 10000 people nyahaha! With this influence nya we will surely speedily succeed without fail nya! From now rely on us nya!
|-
| 9:13 PM June 11, 2012
| って言ってるうちに突破ニャ。これでペルシアンのポストはいただきニヤ。…ペルニャ!!いたいニャ！何するニャ。今にみてるニャ！今日は帰る!![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| …while I was saying that we broke through nya. With this, I will take Persian's post nya. …Purr-nya!! That hurts nya! What are you doing nya. Now I'm watching you nya! Go home for today!!
|-
| 8:53 AM June 12, 2012
| 団員の諸君！おはようニャ！ニャースだニャ。すごいニャ。１日でこんなに団員が増えるニャんて。みんニャこの調子で頑張るのニャ。さすればサカキ様が戻られた時、きっとお喜びになるはずニヤ。ニャんだかとってもいい感じ～!
| Gang members! Good morning nya! This is Meowth nya. Amazing nya. In one day we had such an increase in gang members nya. Everyone-nya persist in this trend nya. If you do, when Mr. Giovanni comes back he surely should become pleased nya. Nya-somehow this is a really good feeling!
|-
| 2:28 PM June 12, 2012
| 【ペルシアン】ペル！ペルニャ～。ペル、ペルニャ～、ペルペル。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Persian: Purr! Purr-nya. Purr, purr-nya, purr purr.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 2:29 PM June 12, 2012
| 【ニャース】ニャにニャに。「おいニャース。サカキ様を失望させないようにせいぜい頑張れよ。まっ、無理だと思うけど」って腹立つニャ～！今にニャフンって言わせてやるにゃ！
| Meowth: Nya-what nya-what. It says "Hey Meowth. In order to not disappoint Mr. Giovanni continue this as much as possible. But I think that's impossible." That makes me angry nya! Now I'll make him say nyathing nya.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:21 PM June 12, 2012
| 【ニャース】団員の諸君。こんばんニャ！応援ありがとニャ。おみゃーらが絶対楽しめるラジオにするニャ。団員70億人、スピード出世でいい感じ～！ばいニャら！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Meowth: Gang members. Good evening nya! Thanks for your help nya. You will absolutely enjoy the radio show nya. 7 billion people, we will feel good due to a speedy success.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:47 AM June 13, 2012
| 【ニャース】団員の諸君。おはようだニャ。今日もサカキ様のために頑張るのニャ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Meowth: Gang members. Good morning nya. Persist for Mr. Giovanni today nya![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 8:26 June 13, 2012
| 団員の諸君、こんばんニャ。ニャースだニャ。ラジオの企画は順調に進行中だニャ！あとは、色々な地方の団員にも聞けるようにニャゴシエート中だニャ。応援よろしくニャ。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members, evening nya. This is Meowth nya. The radio plan is progressing well nya! After, I will nyagotiate so gang members in various regions can listen as well nya. Your help is welcomed nya.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 10:36 AM June 16, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おはようニャ！ニャースだニャ。ニャゴシエートは順調ニャ！各地方でも聞いてもらえるようにウエブラジオを考えてるニヤ。我ながら名案ニャ。応援宜しくニャ。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members. Good morning nya! This is Meowth nya. The nyagotiations are going well nya! So that people in any region can listen we are considering web radio nya. I think it is a good idea. Thanks for you help nya.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 9:41 AM June 17, 2012
| ペルニャ～ペルニャ～ペルペルニャ～![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Purr-nya Purr-nya Purr-nya![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:47 AM June 17, 2012
| ニャにニャに。おみゃーもサカキ様がいなくて寂しい。何をいってるニャ。サカキ様は我らロケット団繁栄のために頑張っておられるニャ。だから戻られるまでに少しでも多くの団員を集めるニャ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Nya-what nya-what. Mr. Giovanni not being here is lonely for you too? What are you saying nya? Mr. Giovanni is working hard in order to make Team Rocket prosper nya. Therefore until he returns, even if we are few we must gather more gang members nya![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:50 AM June 17, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おはようニャ！今日も広報活動よろしく頼むニャ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members. Good morning nya! Please publicize us today as well nya![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 11:20 AM June 18, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おそようニャ！今日も頑張るニャ。しかし、放送は決まったものの、やっぱりラジオは中身が重要ニャ。優秀なトレーナーやポケモンを団員にするには…ニャニャ～[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members. Good morning nya! Continue today as well nya. However, although the broadcast has been decided, the surprising radio will have important contents nya. To make excellent Trainers and Pokémon into gang members… nya nya.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:27 PM June 18, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ。ニャースだニャ。気づいたらもうこんな時間だニャ。にゃるほど。ジムリーダーを団員にとは…にゃは～。かなりハードルが高いのニャ。どう口説くかが問題ニャ。とりあえず今日はもう寝るニャ。バイニャら！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members. Good evening nya. This is Meowth nya. I just realized the time nya. That's right. Gym Leaders becoming gang members… nya-ha. They a quite good at battling nya. How we will persuade them is a problem nya. For now, today I'm going to lay down nya. Bye nya.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:38 AM June 19, 2012
| 今日もボスはこう言うのニャ。「ニャース、ラジオ計画は順調のようだな。もはやペルシアンではなくニャースの時代だ」…って夢だったニョか!いや、きっとこれは正夢ニャ。今日も１日頑張るニャ。どうやらラジオの番宣も流れ始めたみたいニャし。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:13 PM June 19, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ。今日はあるミッションで、サブウエイマスターと接触したニャ。理由は聞かないでくれニャ。そのうち分かるニャ。くぅ～!ニャつらめ… ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 1:05 PM June 20, 2012
| 団員の諸君。ニャースだニャ。ニャゴシエート成功ニャ！ウエブラジオ決定ニャ。詳細は追って知らせるニャ。いい感じ～! ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:23 PM June 20, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ。ニャースだニャ。ラジオ放送がいよいよ近づいてきたニャ。ニャけどまだ世界征服には優秀な育てやとポケモンがたりニャいニャ。どんな奴が団員として相応しいかニャ。う～ん… ‪ ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:14 AM June 22, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おはようニャ。ラジオ放送まで後9日！いよいよニャー達のミッションが始まるニャ。きっとボスもお喜びになるはずニャ。 ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:27 AM June 22, 2012
| ペルニャ～ペル、ペル、ペルペルニャ～。 ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:27 AM June 22, 2012
| ニャに。サカキ様はおミャーの事など眼中にニャい。全然団員が集まってないしな。って、くぅ～!これでも食らうニャ！みだれひっかき！… … …その技は…はニャ～～！やな感じ～！今に見てるニャ～。 ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 12:31 PM June 23, 2012
| ふニャ～!よく寝たニャ。団員の諸君。おそようニャ。たまには休みも必要ニャ。さて、団員を集めるいい企画を考えるとするかニャっと。皆もよろしく頼むニャ！ ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 7:27 PM June 25, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ！ニャースだニャ。にゃは～。番組のロゴが出来たのニャ！われニャがらセンスがいいのニャ。いよいよ放送まであと6日ニャ。 ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] [http://pic.twitter.com/eL8OhIi4 pic.twitter.com/eL8OhIi4]
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| 8:27 PM June 26, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ。ラジオ放送まで後５日ニャ!ニャんとかここまで…って、ここで安心してる場合じゃニャいニャ。もっと団員を増やさねば。さすればサカキ様が戻られた時きっとお喜びになるはずニャ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 8:51 PM June 26, 2012
| ラジオ放送を聞けない地方のみんニャ。吉報ニャ！放送翌日から期間限定ニャが、ウエブラジオもやるから安心するニャ。これで団員の増加間違いなしニャ！我ニャがらニャ～の頭はキレキレニャ。さらに！Podcastも進行中ニャ! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 2:44 PM June 28, 2012
| 団員の諸君。サカキだ。留守中の広報活動ご苦労。かなり団員が増えたようだな。だがまだ世界征服には足りぬ。今後の更なる活動に期待する。んっ！これは…あいつらがラジオで団員を… … フッ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:30 PM June 28, 2012
| 団員の諸君！サカキだ。イッシュ地方の制圧に向けてミッションは進行中だ。その名も、「オペレーションテンペスト」…。その制圧のカギとなるのがメロエッタだ。ニャース達の行動に注目せよ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 7:46 PM June 29, 2012
| 団員の諸君。ニャースだニャ。ニャんとサカキ様がニャー達の事を気にかけてくれてるニャんて。いい感じ～!ニョ～し。ラジオ放送まで後２日ニャ！頑張るのニャ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:52 AM June 30, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おはようニャ。ニャはは～!いよいよ放送が明日に迫ったニャ。ニャーの考え出した企画だから盛り上がる事間違いなしニャ。皆楽しみに待っているのニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 7:46 AM July 1, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おはようニャ。ついにこの日が来たニャ！19時からラジオ放送開始にゃ。長い道のりだったニャ～。ムサシ、コジロウと一緒に盛り上げるから絶対に聞くのニャ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 4:38 PM July 1, 2012
| 団員の諸君。ラジオ放送まであと三時間を切ったニャ！絶対みんな聞いてくれニャ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:34 PM July 1, 2012
| 放送まであと30分ニャ！そし今日のゲストはピカチュウやマネネなどを育てているプロだニャ。団員にすべきかどうかしっかり見極めるニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:45 PM July 1, 2012
| 団員の諸君。放送はインターFMニャ。 Pokémon Radio Show！ロケット団ひみつ帝国 [http://www.interfm.co.jp/rocketdan/ interfm.co.jp/rocketdan/ ] [http://twitter.com/InterFM761_JP @InterFM761_JP] [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:57 PM July 1, 2012
| 団員の諸君。いよいよ放送開始ニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:18 PM July 1, 2012
| ニャは～!とりあえず第1回のラジオ大成功だったニャ。団員の諸君も楽しんでくれたようでよかったニャ。みんニャの意見を参考にしつつ、今後の番組を盛り上げていくのニャ。きっとこれでサカキ様もお喜びになるはずニャ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:29 PM July 1, 2012
| おっ？これがニャースの言っていたボスのツイッターか・・・。いやー、いきなりラジオなんて言うからテンションが上がりまくったぜ。何を喋ったか、覚えてないしｗ。ゆっくりと、団員のつぶやきでも見るか・・・。
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| 10:35 PM July 1, 2012
| すげーーっ！？つぶやいた途端に団員たちの反応が！？ツイッター、恐るべし！でも、面白いな～。みんな、ちゃんと聴いてくれてたんだな～。いいかんじぃ～っ！これからも、たまにコソっとつぶやくから、そん時はよろしくな！んじゃ、来週も～ビクトリー！
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| 1:32 PM July 2, 2012
| 昨日の放送を聞けなかった団員の諸君！ウエブラジオの配信がスタートしたニャ！詳細は、 [http://www.kids-station.com/pms/ kids-station.com/pms/] [http://www.animate.tv/radio/pokemon/ animate.tv/radio/pokemon/] [http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/rd/ tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/rd/] をチェックニャ！ポッドキャストもあるニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 1:08 AM July 3, 2012
| おっ？団員のみんな結構つぶやいてるじゃん！なになに？アメリカ在住だから、ポッドキャストもあって良かった？そうかぁ～。外国からも聴いてくれてんのかぁ～、嬉しいねぇ～。何回やれるかは、わかんないけど最後までつきあってくれよ～。
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| 1:12 AM July 3, 2012
| おっと！つぶやきをチェックしてる場合じゃないっ！ニャースの奴に、次の育て屋さんを見付けて来いって、言われたんだ。ん～？何処にあるんだ、育て屋名鑑は・・・。なんで、こんなコソコソとボスの部屋に潜入してやらなきゃならないんだ？ったく～・・・。あっ！あったぞ！「育て屋名鑑１９９７～」。
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| 1:14 AM July 3, 2012
| とりあえず、これを持って・・・。ボス～、すぐに返しますから～。お借りして行きますねぇ～。
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| 3:41 PM July 3, 2012
| ペルニャ～!ペルニャ～～ペルニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 3:47 PM July 3, 2012
| …よしよし、いい子だペルシアン。団員の諸君。サカキだ！今日も広報活動ご苦労。どうやらニャース達のラジオは……フッフッ。だが、世界征服にはまだまだ団員が足りぬ。諸君らの今後の更なる活動に期待する。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 8:25 PM July 3, 2012
| 失礼しますニャ～!ニャニャ～。サカキ様は留守ニャのか～。って、サカキ様がラジオに反応してる？これはきっとスピード出世のチャンスニャ！これを見ればさらにお喜びにニャる事間違いニャしニャ。ふニャ～！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] [http://pic.twitter.com/AaPDRUZ7 pic.twitter.com/AaPDRUZ7]
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| 11:45 PM July 3, 2012
| 育て屋名鑑、お返ししまーっす。あっ、ペルシアンだ。スヤスヤといい感じ～に寝てるぞ～。気付かれないようにっと！棚に戻して・・・・。よし！ん？これは？ＡＫＢの本があるぞ？ボスってば？まぁ、いいや。今日はこれを借りて行こうっと！じゃぁな、ペルシアン！いい夢を～。
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| 12:33 AM July 4, 2012
| サカキ様は本当にお優しい。あのような者たちに手を差し伸べるとは……ニャース達にはどこまで期待して良いやら。それにしても私の愛読書が棚から無くなっているのは気のせいだろうか？サカキ秘書 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:01 PM July 4, 2012
| 団員の諸君。サカキだ！本日も広報活動ご苦労。… …トレンド1位。そして団員が2万人突破。これをニャースたちが…フッ。だが世界征服への道のりはまだ遠い。今後も更なる活動に期待する。優秀な育て屋の情報を待っているぞ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:55 PM July 5, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ！第二回のラジオ放送まで後３日ニャ。そして、ニャんと！ゲストの育て屋が決定したニャ。どうやらオーキド博士の知り合いのようだニャ。 ‪ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:24 PM July 5, 2012
| ん？ニャースの奴がＴぶやいてるぞ？次回の育て屋が、オオキド博士の知り合い？！びみょーな書き方だなぁ～。ジャリンコのママか？みょーに仲良い感じだったし。研究好きのケンジか？まっ、来てからの楽しみかな。おっと、ＡＫＢの本を返さなきゃ・・・。おじゃましました～。
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| 9:01 PM July 6, 2012
| ゴホン。サカキ様は本当にお忙しい人じゃ。いったい何時お休みになられてるのやら。んっ！これはAKBの本。無くなったと思っていたがここにあったか…最近は、歳で記憶があいまいになってきたようじゃ。これはライブに行かねば！ ‪ ‪ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 3:01 PM July 7, 2012
| 第２回目の放送が、もう明日に迫ってる？一週間って早いなぁ～。明日は何をやらされるやら・・・。テンション高めにいかないとなぁ。ん？相変わらず、ムサシのつぶやきは無しか・・・、まっ、あいつがやるとも思えんし。
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| 3:05 PM July 7, 2012
| おっ？団員のみんな、結構育て屋のアイディアを出してくれてるじゃん。シゲル、デント、アイリス、タケシかぁ～。とりあえず、メモメモ！決めるのは俺じゃないけど、団員のつぶやきは、大事にしないとなぁ～。しっかし、ボスの部屋はいつも綺麗だなぁ～。
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| 11:05 PM July 7, 2012
| ニャニャ！それにしてもコジロウ張り切ってるニャ～。ニャ～も負けてられないのニャ。二回目の放送もいよいよ明日ニャし。ムサシにもツイッターの使い方教えてみようかニャ。無駄かもしれニャいけど。 ‪ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 1:15 PM July 8, 2012
|団員の諸君。こんにちはニャ。いよいよ今日19時から第二回ラジオが放送だニャ。これを聞いて、どんどんロケット団員を増やして欲しいのニャ。なお、今日の放送は新企画があるニャ。ちょっとした画像を放送中にうぴーするニャ。お楽しみに！ ‪ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:08 PM July 8, 2012
|うぉーーっ、一時間前だぁ！ニャースが言っていたダンボールって、これか？ったく、人使いが荒いんだから・・・。なんだ、軽いじゃん！そう言えば、まだムサシを見てないなぁ～・・・、遅刻か？あと、番組スタートまで５０分しかないぞぉ～！
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| 6:15 PM July 8, 2012
|なに？うＰは、うっぴーじゃなくて、うっぷ？へぇ～そうなんだぁ～。でも、もう遅いかも・・・。ムサシは、かなりうっぴーが気に入っている～。せっかくアドバイスをもらったが、我がロケット団はうっぴーで通す事にする！（でないとムサシに何されるか・・・）。おっと！それよりムサシを捜さないと！
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| 6:19 PM July 8, 2012
|なになに？リアルタイムで聴けない？そうかぁ～。Ｗｅｂ配信も色々あるらしいから、オンエアーに近いのを選んで聴いてくれよ！今度、詳細をニャースにつぶやかせるからな！っていうか、ムサシを捜してたんだ！そう言えば、ロビーに座っていた男の人、あの人が今日の育て屋さんか？
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| 6:20 PM July 8, 2012
|ムサシーーーーーどこだーぁ？！
|Jessie... where are you?!
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| 6:29 PM July 8, 2012
|ムサシがいないぃぃぃ～っ！このままだと第２回にして、俺とニャースのみの放送に・・・。つぶやきの情報は～。なになに？あっちあっち？はい？ここだぁぁぁぁぁ？ムサシだったら俺の隣で寝てる？・・・そ、それはワイルドだぜぇ～！って、遊んでる場合じゃないっつーのっ！ムサシー！！！！
| Jessie's missing! If it continues like this, only Meowth and I will appear in the second episode... Tweet's news is... What what? Over there? Yes? Hereeeee? "Jessie is sleeping next to me?"<ref>[https://twitter.com/pokemon_radio/status/221896477524508672 This is in reference to a reply by ganimata_kt151. This person replied to the "Jessie... where are you?!" tweet by saying that Jessie was sleeping right next to him. ]</ref>... This... this is crazy! This is not the time to play! Jessie!!!!
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| 6:43 PM July 8, 2012
|ムーーーサーーーシーーーっ！
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| 6:43 PM July 8, 2012
|ペルニャ？
| Purr-nya?
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| 6:43 PM July 8, 2012
|ムサシ？
| Jessie?
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| 6:44 PM July 8, 2012
|ペル？
| Purr?
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| 6:44 PM July 8, 2012
|紛らわしいんだよっ！ペルシアン！
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| 6:49 PM July 8, 2012
|団員の皆さん、実に残念なご報告があります。本日の第２回、ポケモンラジオ、ロケット団ひみつ帝国ですが、ムサシがいな・・・・・　　　　　ん？
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| 6:52 PM July 8, 2012
|いましたーーーっ！ムサシがいました！おまんじゅうを買いに行っていたようです！ってなわけで、放送まであと１０分！打ち合わせがほとんど無しのぶっつけ本番状態で行く事になりそうです！今週もハイテンションだぁ～！お騒がせしましたっ！
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| 6:55 PM July 8, 2012
|５分前！みんなぁ～！ラジオのスタンバイだぜぇ～！それじゃ、番組で会おう！
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| 7:20 PM July 8, 2012
|QQ(ダブルキュー)から送られてきたブツはこれニャ！うぴーその１ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] [http://pic.twitter.com/xWa0eVYX pic.twitter.com/xWa0eVYX]
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| 7:20 PM July 8, 2012
|うぴーその２ニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] [http://pic.twitter.com/ZbjSK5Lq pic.twitter.com/ZbjSK5Lq]
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| 7:22 PM July 8, 2012
|うぴーその３ニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] [http://pic.twitter.com/H29ECWv8 pic.twitter.com/H29ECWv8]
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| 9:05 PM July 8, 2012
|ニャは～！今日の放送はどうだったかニャ？それにしても食べ物の事となるとムサシは…コジロウも心配性過ぎるしニャ。やっぱりニャ～がいないとだめなのニャ。でも団員の反応も良いみたいニャし。この調子で頑張るニャ！ビクトリー!ニャんだかとってもいい感じ～! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:11 PM July 8, 2012
|ニャを、今日の放送を聞けなかったと言うみんニャは、明日から期間限定配信のウエブラジオかポッドキャストを聞くニャ。ではバイニャら！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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==Origin==
It is possibile that this revelation is related to a proposal by [[Megumi Hayashibara]], a Japanese voice actress who provides the voices of many characters in the [[Pokémon anime]] including [[Jessie]]. Around a year ago, she told Pokémon's sound director [[Masafumi Mima]] that she wanted him to prepare "Team Rocket's Late Nights Radio" for the [[Team Rocket trio]] to appear in. He agreed to the idea, but nothing more has been heard about it since until now. Masafumi Mima, who is a great fan of Team Rocket himself, [http://twitter.com/Sunma47/status/198898074230333441 said] on May 6, 2012 on [http://twitter.com/#!/Sunma47 his Twitter]:

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| ニャース、ムサシ、コジロウ三人の大人しか聴けないラジオ番組！楽しいと思うんだけどなぁ〜。何故、クールなロケット団になったのか？とか、表では語れない、そんなロケット団の事情〜。ゲストはサカキ様？ソーナンス？グレッグル？よーし！企画書でも書くか！でも、何処へ出せば？
| The trio of {{MTR}}, [[Jessie]] and [[James]]'s radio program that only adults could listen to! I think it would be fun... Why did they become cool Team Rocket? Or, something they can't talk about openly, such Team Rocket's considerations… Giovanni as a guest? [[Jessie's Wobbuffet|Wobbuffet]]? [[Brock's Croagunk|Croagunk]]? Alright! Even if it's just a proposal, I'll write it! But, where should I submit it?
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Pokémon Radio coming soon.jpg|Image from the first tweet
File:Rocketradio.png|Revealed image from the official website
File: Pokémon_Radio_Show_logo.png|The official logo
</gallery>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
{{bulbanews|Team Rocket's 'Pokémon Radio' show on Twitter}}
{{bulbanews|Team Rocket radio show to premiere July 1st}}
* [http://twitter.com/#!/Pokemon_Radio Team Rocket's Secret Empire Twitter account]
* [http://www.interfm.co.jp/rocketdan/ Pokémon Radio on 76.1 InterFM]
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f228/pokemon-radio-twitter-133610/ Discussion thread on Bulbagarden forums]

[[Category:Anime]]
[[Category:Pokémon meta]]

Team Rocket's Secret Empire (Twitter)

2012-07-11T00:18:51Z

Rocket Girl:

[[File:Giovanni TR Radio.png|thumb|Pokémon Radio logo]]
'''Team Rocket's Secret Empire''' (Japanese: '''ロケット{{tt|団|だん}}ひみつ{{tt|帝国|ていこく}}''' ''Rocket Gang's Secret Empire'') is an official<ref>[http://blog.pokemon-movie.jp/2012/06/post_369.html Official Pokémon movie blog]</ref> {{wp|Twitter}} account operating under the tag '''@Pokemon_Radio''' that was set up on June 2, 2012. It is being used to promote "[[Pokémon Radio]]", which began on July 1, 2012. The radio show and tweets are written by Pokémon's sound director [[Masafumi Mima]].

The tweets are submitted in-character as {{an|Giovanni}}, and occasionally [[Giovanni's Persian|his Persian]], [[Matori]], {{MTR}}, or [[James]]. The account reveals information about [[Team Rocket]] that is not currently found elsewhere. So far the account has made 102 tweets. The account's location is set as the [[Kanto]] region.

==Description==
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|ロケット団のサカキだ！我々は、このtwitterを利用して広く団員を募り、世界征服に乗り出す。さあ、集えロケット団の名の下へ！キーワードは、“Poke’mon Radio show! ロケット団ひみつ帝国”だ！
|This is Giovanni of Team Rocket. Using this Twitter, we set out to widely recruit members and to begin world domination. So gather under the name of Team Rocket! The catch phrase is "Pokémon Radio show! It's Team Rocket's Secret Empire!".
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==List of tweets==
Tweets are listed chronologically. All times are JST.

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| 12:35 AM June 2, 2012
| Coming soon.....[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] http://pic.twitter.com/r7kCSXju
| Coming soon.....[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] http://pic.twitter.com/r7kCSXju
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| 12:38 AM June 2, 2012
| いよいよ世界征服に向けたミッションのカウントダウンが始まる。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| The countdown for the mission for world domination finally begins. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 2:25 PM June 2, 2012
| いい子だ。ペルシアン。団員が続々と集まっているぞ。だが、ミッションをコンプリートするには、まだまだ足りない。全世界の者たちよ。我が下に集うのだ。
| What a good pet. Persian. The members are gathering one after another. But, to complete the mission, it's still not enough. People of the whole world! Gather under my command.
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| 12:00 PM June 3, 2012
| おはよう。団員の諸君！サカキだ。今後もミッションコンプリートのため、諸君らの広報活動に期待する！
| Good morning. To all gang members! This is Giovanni. From hereafter, for the sake of completing our mission, we expect your publicity.
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| 9:51 AM June 7, 2012
| ペルニャ～!今日もいい子だ。おはよう団員の諸君。我々のミッションは全世界70億人すべてを団員としロケット団帝国をつくることである! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Purr-nya! You're a good pet today too. Good morning, members of Team Rocket. Our mission is to make the entire world of 7 billion people the members of our team and create Team Rocket's empire. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 12:28 AM June 8, 2012
| 団員の諸君。本日の広報活動ご苦労だった。だがまだまだ世界征服には程遠い。さらなる健闘を期待しているぞ。
| Members. You did great spreading the information today. However we're still far from the world's domination. I expect even more effort!
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| 10:02 AM June 8, 2012
| おはよう諸君。今日も諸君らの活動に期待する。ペルニャ～!よしよしペルシアン。安心しろ。我が団員たちは優秀だ。必ずやミッションをコンプリートするだろう。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Good morning, everyone. I expect activity from you today too. Purr-nya~! There, there, Persian. Keep calm. My members are excellent. I bet they will surely complete the mission. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 11:31 PM June 8, 2012
| 団員の諸君。本日も任務ご苦労だった。ペルニャ～。ペルシアンもそう言っているようだ。んっ！これは•••奴らめ…フッ。まあ様子を見るとするか。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Followers. You have done fine work today as well. Purr-nya~. Yes, Persian agrees as well. Huh? What's going on? It... it's them. Those blasted... Hmph. Let's bide our time and observe just a bit more for now. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:42 AM June 9, 2012
| おはよう諸君。本日もよい成果があがることを期待する。ロケット団帝国創設をともに目指そう！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Good morning, everyone. I expect that also today your good results will even raise. Our goal is to establish Team Rocket's empire together! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 4:09 PM June 9, 2012
| なにっ！ロケット団シンオウ支部が••• [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| What! The Team Rocket Sinnoh region branch.... [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 4:39 PM June 9, 2012
| 団員の諸君。心配は無用だ。今まで通り広報活動に励んでくれたまえ。しばらく留守にする。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members. Worrying is useless. You've done me well with the public relations work you have been doing until now. I'm going away for a while. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:16 PM June 9, 2012
| ペルニャ～ン…ペルニャ～ン… [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Purr-nya… purr-nya… [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 8:30 PM June 9, 2012
| ペルニャ～…ペルニャ～…ペルゥ…… [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Purr-nya… purr-nya… purr…… [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 12:02 PM June 10, 2012
| ペルニャ～ン。ペルゥ…。秘書「ペルシアン。心配せんでも良い。サカキ様なら大丈夫じゃ。それにしても、自ら…まあ他人に任せられない性分でもあるが…」[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Purr-nya. Purr… [[Matori|Secretary]]: "Persian, You don’t need to worry. Since it's Mr. Giovanni, he's gonna be alright. Even if so, naturally… Well, it's in his nature that he can't entrust things to others, but…" [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 12:11 PM June 10, 2012
| 秘書「ん？ラジオの企画書？また、あのニャース達か…少しはまともになってはきたが。一体ラジオで何をしようとしているやら…」[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Secretary: "Huh? Radio's proposal? Again, that {{MTR}}'s group?… But they have become a little more decent. But what the heck are they trying to do with the radio…" [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:05 PM June 10, 2012
| サカキさま!失礼しますニャ…ニャニャ！ラジオの企画のご返事を頂こうと参上したが本部には誰もいないのニャ。企画書も机に置きっぱなしニヤ…直接ボスと連絡をとれるわけでもニャいし。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Giovanni! Excuse me nya nya! We were hoping for a reply to the radio proposal but there's no one at headquarters nya. I'll leave the written proposal on the desk nya... we don't have direct contact with the boss nya. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:40 PM June 10, 2012
| … … … … そうニャ！ボスの野望である団員70億人をニャーたちが、ラジオで呼びかければいいのニャ。ニャんたる名案！さすがニャーなのニャ！ついでにボスの留守中はこのツイッターを有効に使わせて頂くニヤ。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| … … … … really nya! Wouldn't it be good if we could call the 7 billion gang members of Sakaki's ambitions via the radio nya? What a good idea nya! That's expected of us nya! Then, in the boss's absence, these tweeters can be effectively used to receive nya. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 7:21 PM June 10, 2012
| にょ～し！決定ニャ！！ポケモンラジオで団員を増やし、サカキ様に褒めてもらうのニャ！後はいつから始めるかだニャ…[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Alright! It's decided! If we increase the Pokémon Radio gang members, Mr. Giovanni will praise us nya! Afterwards, I wonder when we can start nya… [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 8:31 PM June 10, 2012
| ラッキ～。ん？ラッキー？サカキ様は出張中だニャ…薬ニャら机の上に置いていくニャ。サカキ様も色々ご多忙なんだニャ… … …ニャハハ～！思いついたニャ！ラッキー7！7月からニャ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Lucky~. Huh? Lucky? Mr. Giovanni is in delegation nya. As for the medicine, I'll put it on the desk, nya. I can see that Mr. Giovanni also has a busy schedule… … Nyahahaha! It reminds me! Lucky 7! Beginning from July, nya! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:34 PM June 10, 2012
| サカキ様の野望、団員70億人を目指し、ニャ～達ロケット団は、ポケモンラジオを7月1日からおっぱじめるのニャ！詳しくは明日明らかになるニャ！早速ムサシとコジロウに相談ニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Aiming for Mr. Giovanni's ambition of 7 billion gang members, nya Team Rocket will start Pokémon Radio from July 1 nya! Tomorrow the details will become clear nya! I will consult Jessie and James immediately nya! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 8:20 AM June 11, 2012
| 団員のみんな！おはようニャ！ラジオの詳細はこれをみるニャ！Pokémon Radio Show！ロケット団ひみつ帝国 http://www.interfm.co.jp/rocketdan/ [http://twitter.com/#!/InterFM761_JP @InterFM761_JP]から　[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| All gang members! Good morning! Look at the radio details here nya! Pokémon Radio Show! Team Rocket's Secret Empire http://www.interfm.co.jp/rocketdan/ from [http://twitter.com/#!/InterFM761_JP @InterFM761_JP]　[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 3:21 PM June 11, 2012
| すごいニャ、すごいニャ！団員が続々と集まってるニャ！これにゃら絶対サカキ様も褒めてくれるニャ。団員の諸君、これからもよろしく頼むのニヤ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Amazing nya, amazing nya! Gang members are gathering one after another nya! For this Mr. Giovanni will absolutely praise me nya. Gang members, I thank you for this nya! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:06 PM June 11, 2012
| 団員の諸君！ニャースだニャ。もう少しで1万人突破ニャ。ニャハハ～!この勢いならニャー達のスピード出世はきっと間違いなしニャ。今後もよろしく頼むニャ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members! This is Meowth nya. We've almost broken through to 10000 people nyahaha! With this influence nya we will surely speedily succeed without fail nya! From now rely on us nya!
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| 9:13 PM June 11, 2012
| って言ってるうちに突破ニャ。これでペルシアンのポストはいただきニヤ。…ペルニャ!!いたいニャ！何するニャ。今にみてるニャ！今日は帰る!![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| …while I was saying that we broke through nya. With this, I will take Persian's post nya. …Purr-nya!! That hurts nya! What are you doing nya. Now I'm watching you nya! Go home for today!!
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| 8:53 AM June 12, 2012
| 団員の諸君！おはようニャ！ニャースだニャ。すごいニャ。１日でこんなに団員が増えるニャんて。みんニャこの調子で頑張るのニャ。さすればサカキ様が戻られた時、きっとお喜びになるはずニヤ。ニャんだかとってもいい感じ～!
| Gang members! Good morning nya! This is Meowth nya. Amazing nya. In one day we had such an increase in gang members nya. Everyone-nya persist in this trend nya. If you do, when Mr. Giovanni comes back he surely should become pleased nya. Nya-somehow this is a really good feeling!
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| 2:28 PM June 12, 2012
| 【ペルシアン】ペル！ペルニャ～。ペル、ペルニャ～、ペルペル。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Persian: Purr! Purr-nya. Purr, purr-nya, purr purr.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 2:29 PM June 12, 2012
| 【ニャース】ニャにニャに。「おいニャース。サカキ様を失望させないようにせいぜい頑張れよ。まっ、無理だと思うけど」って腹立つニャ～！今にニャフンって言わせてやるにゃ！
| Meowth: Nya-what nya-what. It says "Hey Meowth. In order to not disappoint Mr. Giovanni continue this as much as possible. But I think that's impossible." That makes me angry nya! Now I'll make him say nyathing nya.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:21 PM June 12, 2012
| 【ニャース】団員の諸君。こんばんニャ！応援ありがとニャ。おみゃーらが絶対楽しめるラジオにするニャ。団員70億人、スピード出世でいい感じ～！ばいニャら！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Meowth: Gang members. Good evening nya! Thanks for your help nya. You will absolutely enjoy the radio show nya. 7 billion people, we will feel good due to a speedy success.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:47 AM June 13, 2012
| 【ニャース】団員の諸君。おはようだニャ。今日もサカキ様のために頑張るのニャ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Meowth: Gang members. Good morning nya. Persist for Mr. Giovanni today nya![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 8:26 June 13, 2012
| 団員の諸君、こんばんニャ。ニャースだニャ。ラジオの企画は順調に進行中だニャ！あとは、色々な地方の団員にも聞けるようにニャゴシエート中だニャ。応援よろしくニャ。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members, evening nya. This is Meowth nya. The radio plan is progressing well nya! After, I will nyagotiate so gang members in various regions can listen as well nya. Your help is welcomed nya.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:36 AM June 16, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おはようニャ！ニャースだニャ。ニャゴシエートは順調ニャ！各地方でも聞いてもらえるようにウエブラジオを考えてるニヤ。我ながら名案ニャ。応援宜しくニャ。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members. Good morning nya! This is Meowth nya. The nyagotiations are going well nya! So that people in any region can listen we are considering web radio nya. I think it is a good idea. Thanks for you help nya.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:41 AM June 17, 2012
| ペルニャ～ペルニャ～ペルペルニャ～![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Purr-nya Purr-nya Purr-nya![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:47 AM June 17, 2012
| ニャにニャに。おみゃーもサカキ様がいなくて寂しい。何をいってるニャ。サカキ様は我らロケット団繁栄のために頑張っておられるニャ。だから戻られるまでに少しでも多くの団員を集めるニャ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Nya-what nya-what. Mr. Giovanni not being here is lonely for you too? What are you saying nya? Mr. Giovanni is working hard in order to make Team Rocket prosper nya. Therefore until he returns, even if we are few we must gather more gang members nya![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:50 AM June 17, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おはようニャ！今日も広報活動よろしく頼むニャ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members. Good morning nya! Please publicize us today as well nya![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 11:20 AM June 18, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おそようニャ！今日も頑張るニャ。しかし、放送は決まったものの、やっぱりラジオは中身が重要ニャ。優秀なトレーナーやポケモンを団員にするには…ニャニャ～[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members. Good morning nya! Continue today as well nya. However, although the broadcast has been decided, the surprising radio will have important contents nya. To make excellent Trainers and Pokémon into gang members… nya nya.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:27 PM June 18, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ。ニャースだニャ。気づいたらもうこんな時間だニャ。にゃるほど。ジムリーダーを団員にとは…にゃは～。かなりハードルが高いのニャ。どう口説くかが問題ニャ。とりあえず今日はもう寝るニャ。バイニャら！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members. Good evening nya. This is Meowth nya. I just realized the time nya. That's right. Gym Leaders becoming gang members… nya-ha. They a quite good at battling nya. How we will persuade them is a problem nya. For now, today I'm going to lay down nya. Bye nya.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:38 AM June 19, 2012
| 今日もボスはこう言うのニャ。「ニャース、ラジオ計画は順調のようだな。もはやペルシアンではなくニャースの時代だ」…って夢だったニョか!いや、きっとこれは正夢ニャ。今日も１日頑張るニャ。どうやらラジオの番宣も流れ始めたみたいニャし。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:13 PM June 19, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ。今日はあるミッションで、サブウエイマスターと接触したニャ。理由は聞かないでくれニャ。そのうち分かるニャ。くぅ～!ニャつらめ… ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 1:05 PM June 20, 2012
| 団員の諸君。ニャースだニャ。ニャゴシエート成功ニャ！ウエブラジオ決定ニャ。詳細は追って知らせるニャ。いい感じ～! ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:23 PM June 20, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ。ニャースだニャ。ラジオ放送がいよいよ近づいてきたニャ。ニャけどまだ世界征服には優秀な育てやとポケモンがたりニャいニャ。どんな奴が団員として相応しいかニャ。う～ん… ‪ ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:14 AM June 22, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おはようニャ。ラジオ放送まで後9日！いよいよニャー達のミッションが始まるニャ。きっとボスもお喜びになるはずニャ。 ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:27 AM June 22, 2012
| ペルニャ～ペル、ペル、ペルペルニャ～。 ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:27 AM June 22, 2012
| ニャに。サカキ様はおミャーの事など眼中にニャい。全然団員が集まってないしな。って、くぅ～!これでも食らうニャ！みだれひっかき！… … …その技は…はニャ～～！やな感じ～！今に見てるニャ～。 ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 12:31 PM June 23, 2012
| ふニャ～!よく寝たニャ。団員の諸君。おそようニャ。たまには休みも必要ニャ。さて、団員を集めるいい企画を考えるとするかニャっと。皆もよろしく頼むニャ！ ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 7:27 PM June 25, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ！ニャースだニャ。にゃは～。番組のロゴが出来たのニャ！われニャがらセンスがいいのニャ。いよいよ放送まであと6日ニャ。 ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] [http://pic.twitter.com/eL8OhIi4 pic.twitter.com/eL8OhIi4]
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| 8:27 PM June 26, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ。ラジオ放送まで後５日ニャ!ニャんとかここまで…って、ここで安心してる場合じゃニャいニャ。もっと団員を増やさねば。さすればサカキ様が戻られた時きっとお喜びになるはずニャ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 8:51 PM June 26, 2012
| ラジオ放送を聞けない地方のみんニャ。吉報ニャ！放送翌日から期間限定ニャが、ウエブラジオもやるから安心するニャ。これで団員の増加間違いなしニャ！我ニャがらニャ～の頭はキレキレニャ。さらに！Podcastも進行中ニャ! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 2:44 PM June 28, 2012
| 団員の諸君。サカキだ。留守中の広報活動ご苦労。かなり団員が増えたようだな。だがまだ世界征服には足りぬ。今後の更なる活動に期待する。んっ！これは…あいつらがラジオで団員を… … フッ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:30 PM June 28, 2012
| 団員の諸君！サカキだ。イッシュ地方の制圧に向けてミッションは進行中だ。その名も、「オペレーションテンペスト」…。その制圧のカギとなるのがメロエッタだ。ニャース達の行動に注目せよ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 7:46 PM June 29, 2012
| 団員の諸君。ニャースだニャ。ニャんとサカキ様がニャー達の事を気にかけてくれてるニャんて。いい感じ～!ニョ～し。ラジオ放送まで後２日ニャ！頑張るのニャ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:52 AM June 30, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おはようニャ。ニャはは～!いよいよ放送が明日に迫ったニャ。ニャーの考え出した企画だから盛り上がる事間違いなしニャ。皆楽しみに待っているのニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 7:46 AM July 1, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おはようニャ。ついにこの日が来たニャ！19時からラジオ放送開始にゃ。長い道のりだったニャ～。ムサシ、コジロウと一緒に盛り上げるから絶対に聞くのニャ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 4:38 PM July 1, 2012
| 団員の諸君。ラジオ放送まであと三時間を切ったニャ！絶対みんな聞いてくれニャ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:34 PM July 1, 2012
| 放送まであと30分ニャ！そし今日のゲストはピカチュウやマネネなどを育てているプロだニャ。団員にすべきかどうかしっかり見極めるニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:45 PM July 1, 2012
| 団員の諸君。放送はインターFMニャ。 Pokémon Radio Show！ロケット団ひみつ帝国 [http://www.interfm.co.jp/rocketdan/ interfm.co.jp/rocketdan/ ] [http://twitter.com/InterFM761_JP @InterFM761_JP] [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:57 PM July 1, 2012
| 団員の諸君。いよいよ放送開始ニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:18 PM July 1, 2012
| ニャは～!とりあえず第1回のラジオ大成功だったニャ。団員の諸君も楽しんでくれたようでよかったニャ。みんニャの意見を参考にしつつ、今後の番組を盛り上げていくのニャ。きっとこれでサカキ様もお喜びになるはずニャ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:29 PM July 1, 2012
| おっ？これがニャースの言っていたボスのツイッターか・・・。いやー、いきなりラジオなんて言うからテンションが上がりまくったぜ。何を喋ったか、覚えてないしｗ。ゆっくりと、団員のつぶやきでも見るか・・・。
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| 10:35 PM July 1, 2012
| すげーーっ！？つぶやいた途端に団員たちの反応が！？ツイッター、恐るべし！でも、面白いな～。みんな、ちゃんと聴いてくれてたんだな～。いいかんじぃ～っ！これからも、たまにコソっとつぶやくから、そん時はよろしくな！んじゃ、来週も～ビクトリー！
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| 1:32 PM July 2, 2012
| 昨日の放送を聞けなかった団員の諸君！ウエブラジオの配信がスタートしたニャ！詳細は、 [http://www.kids-station.com/pms/ kids-station.com/pms/] [http://www.animate.tv/radio/pokemon/ animate.tv/radio/pokemon/] [http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/rd/ tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/rd/] をチェックニャ！ポッドキャストもあるニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 1:08 AM July 3, 2012
| おっ？団員のみんな結構つぶやいてるじゃん！なになに？アメリカ在住だから、ポッドキャストもあって良かった？そうかぁ～。外国からも聴いてくれてんのかぁ～、嬉しいねぇ～。何回やれるかは、わかんないけど最後までつきあってくれよ～。
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| 1:12 AM July 3, 2012
| おっと！つぶやきをチェックしてる場合じゃないっ！ニャースの奴に、次の育て屋さんを見付けて来いって、言われたんだ。ん～？何処にあるんだ、育て屋名鑑は・・・。なんで、こんなコソコソとボスの部屋に潜入してやらなきゃならないんだ？ったく～・・・。あっ！あったぞ！「育て屋名鑑１９９７～」。
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| 1:14 AM July 3, 2012
| とりあえず、これを持って・・・。ボス～、すぐに返しますから～。お借りして行きますねぇ～。
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| 3:41 PM July 3, 2012
| ペルニャ～!ペルニャ～～ペルニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 3:47 PM July 3, 2012
| …よしよし、いい子だペルシアン。団員の諸君。サカキだ！今日も広報活動ご苦労。どうやらニャース達のラジオは……フッフッ。だが、世界征服にはまだまだ団員が足りぬ。諸君らの今後の更なる活動に期待する。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 8:25 PM July 3, 2012
| 失礼しますニャ～!ニャニャ～。サカキ様は留守ニャのか～。って、サカキ様がラジオに反応してる？これはきっとスピード出世のチャンスニャ！これを見ればさらにお喜びにニャる事間違いニャしニャ。ふニャ～！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] [http://pic.twitter.com/AaPDRUZ7 pic.twitter.com/AaPDRUZ7]
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| 11:45 PM July 3, 2012
| 育て屋名鑑、お返ししまーっす。あっ、ペルシアンだ。スヤスヤといい感じ～に寝てるぞ～。気付かれないようにっと！棚に戻して・・・・。よし！ん？これは？ＡＫＢの本があるぞ？ボスってば？まぁ、いいや。今日はこれを借りて行こうっと！じゃぁな、ペルシアン！いい夢を～。
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| 12:33 AM July 4, 2012
| サカキ様は本当にお優しい。あのような者たちに手を差し伸べるとは……ニャース達にはどこまで期待して良いやら。それにしても私の愛読書が棚から無くなっているのは気のせいだろうか？サカキ秘書 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:01 PM July 4, 2012
| 団員の諸君。サカキだ！本日も広報活動ご苦労。… …トレンド1位。そして団員が2万人突破。これをニャースたちが…フッ。だが世界征服への道のりはまだ遠い。今後も更なる活動に期待する。優秀な育て屋の情報を待っているぞ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:55 PM July 5, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ！第二回のラジオ放送まで後３日ニャ。そして、ニャんと！ゲストの育て屋が決定したニャ。どうやらオーキド博士の知り合いのようだニャ。 ‪ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:24 PM July 5, 2012
| ん？ニャースの奴がＴぶやいてるぞ？次回の育て屋が、オオキド博士の知り合い？！びみょーな書き方だなぁ～。ジャリンコのママか？みょーに仲良い感じだったし。研究好きのケンジか？まっ、来てからの楽しみかな。おっと、ＡＫＢの本を返さなきゃ・・・。おじゃましました～。
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| 9:01 PM July 6, 2012
| ゴホン。サカキ様は本当にお忙しい人じゃ。いったい何時お休みになられてるのやら。んっ！これはAKBの本。無くなったと思っていたがここにあったか…最近は、歳で記憶があいまいになってきたようじゃ。これはライブに行かねば！ ‪ ‪ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 3:01 PM July 7, 2012
| 第２回目の放送が、もう明日に迫ってる？一週間って早いなぁ～。明日は何をやらされるやら・・・。テンション高めにいかないとなぁ。ん？相変わらず、ムサシのつぶやきは無しか・・・、まっ、あいつがやるとも思えんし。
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| 3:05 PM July 7, 2012
| おっ？団員のみんな、結構育て屋のアイディアを出してくれてるじゃん。シゲル、デント、アイリス、タケシかぁ～。とりあえず、メモメモ！決めるのは俺じゃないけど、団員のつぶやきは、大事にしないとなぁ～。しっかし、ボスの部屋はいつも綺麗だなぁ～。
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| 11:05 PM July 7, 2012
| ニャニャ！それにしてもコジロウ張り切ってるニャ～。ニャ～も負けてられないのニャ。二回目の放送もいよいよ明日ニャし。ムサシにもツイッターの使い方教えてみようかニャ。無駄かもしれニャいけど。 ‪ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 1:15 PM July 8, 2012
|団員の諸君。こんにちはニャ。いよいよ今日19時から第二回ラジオが放送だニャ。これを聞いて、どんどんロケット団員を増やして欲しいのニャ。なお、今日の放送は新企画があるニャ。ちょっとした画像を放送中にうぴーするニャ。お楽しみに！ ‪ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:08 PM July 8, 2012
|うぉーーっ、一時間前だぁ！ニャースが言っていたダンボールって、これか？ったく、人使いが荒いんだから・・・。なんだ、軽いじゃん！そう言えば、まだムサシを見てないなぁ～・・・、遅刻か？あと、番組スタートまで５０分しかないぞぉ～！
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| 6:15 PM July 8, 2012
|なに？うＰは、うっぴーじゃなくて、うっぷ？へぇ～そうなんだぁ～。でも、もう遅いかも・・・。ムサシは、かなりうっぴーが気に入っている～。せっかくアドバイスをもらったが、我がロケット団はうっぴーで通す事にする！（でないとムサシに何されるか・・・）。おっと！それよりムサシを捜さないと！
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| 6:19 PM July 8, 2012
|なになに？リアルタイムで聴けない？そうかぁ～。Ｗｅｂ配信も色々あるらしいから、オンエアーに近いのを選んで聴いてくれよ！今度、詳細をニャースにつぶやかせるからな！っていうか、ムサシを捜してたんだ！そう言えば、ロビーに座っていた男の人、あの人が今日の育て屋さんか？
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| 6:20 PM July 8, 2012
|ムサシーーーーーどこだーぁ？！
|Jessie... where are you?!
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| 6:29 PM July 8, 2012
|ムサシがいないぃぃぃ～っ！このままだと第２回にして、俺とニャースのみの放送に・・・。つぶやきの情報は～。なになに？あっちあっち？はい？ここだぁぁぁぁぁ？ムサシだったら俺の隣で寝てる？・・・そ、それはワイルドだぜぇ～！って、遊んでる場合じゃないっつーのっ！ムサシー！！！！
| Jessie's missing! If it continues like this, only Meowth and I will appear in the second episode... Tweet's news is... What what? Over there? Yes? Hereeeee? "Jessie is sleeping next to me?"<ref>[https://twitter.com/pokemon_radio/status/221896477524508672 This is in reference to a reply by ganimata_kt151. This person replied to the "Jessie... where are you?!" tweet by saying that Jessie was sleeping right next to him. ]</ref>... This... this is crazy! This is not the time to play! Jessie!!!!
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| 6:43 PM July 8, 2012
|ムーーーサーーーシーーーっ！
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| 6:43 PM July 8, 2012
|ペルニャ？
| Purr-nya?
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| 6:43 PM July 8, 2012
|ムサシ？
| Jessie?
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| 6:44 PM July 8, 2012
|ペル？
| Purr?
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| 6:44 PM July 8, 2012
|紛らわしいんだよっ！ペルシアン！
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| 6:49 PM July 8, 2012
|団員の皆さん、実に残念なご報告があります。本日の第２回、ポケモンラジオ、ロケット団ひみつ帝国ですが、ムサシがいな・・・・・　　　　　ん？
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| 6:52 PM July 8, 2012
|いましたーーーっ！ムサシがいました！おまんじゅうを買いに行っていたようです！ってなわけで、放送まであと１０分！打ち合わせがほとんど無しのぶっつけ本番状態で行く事になりそうです！今週もハイテンションだぁ～！お騒がせしましたっ！
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| 6:55 PM July 8, 2012
|５分前！みんなぁ～！ラジオのスタンバイだぜぇ～！それじゃ、番組で会おう！
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| 7:20 PM July 8, 2012
|QQ(ダブルキュー)から送られてきたブツはこれニャ！うぴーその１ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] [http://pic.twitter.com/xWa0eVYX pic.twitter.com/xWa0eVYX]
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| 7:20 PM July 8, 2012
|うぴーその２ニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] [http://pic.twitter.com/ZbjSK5Lq pic.twitter.com/ZbjSK5Lq]
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| 7:22 PM July 8, 2012
|うぴーその３ニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] [http://pic.twitter.com/H29ECWv8 pic.twitter.com/H29ECWv8]
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| 9:05 PM July 8, 2012
|ニャは～！今日の放送はどうだったかニャ？それにしても食べ物の事となるとムサシは…コジロウも心配性過ぎるしニャ。やっぱりニャ～がいないとだめなのニャ。でも団員の反応も良いみたいニャし。この調子で頑張るニャ！ビクトリー!ニャんだかとってもいい感じ～! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:11 PM July 8, 2012
|ニャを、今日の放送を聞けなかったと言うみんニャは、明日から期間限定配信のウエブラジオかポッドキャストを聞くニャ。ではバイニャら！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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==Origin==
It is possibile that this revelation is related to a proposal by [[Megumi Hayashibara]], a Japanese voice actress who provides the voices of many characters in the [[Pokémon anime]] including [[Jessie]]. Around a year ago, she told Pokémon's sound director [[Masafumi Mima]] that she wanted him to prepare "Team Rocket's Late Nights Radio" for the [[Team Rocket trio]] to appear in. He agreed to the idea, but nothing more has been heard about it since until now. Masafumi Mima, who is a great fan of Team Rocket himself, [http://twitter.com/Sunma47/status/198898074230333441 said] on May 6, 2012 on [http://twitter.com/#!/Sunma47 his Twitter]:

{| {{Schemetable|Unova}}
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| ニャース、ムサシ、コジロウ三人の大人しか聴けないラジオ番組！楽しいと思うんだけどなぁ〜。何故、クールなロケット団になったのか？とか、表では語れない、そんなロケット団の事情〜。ゲストはサカキ様？ソーナンス？グレッグル？よーし！企画書でも書くか！でも、何処へ出せば？
| The trio of {{MTR}}, [[Jessie]] and [[James]]'s radio program that only adults could listen to! I think it would be fun... Why did they become cool Team Rocket? Or, something they can't talk about openly, such Team Rocket's considerations… Giovanni as a guest? [[Jessie's Wobbuffet|Wobbuffet]]? [[Brock's Croagunk|Croagunk]]? Alright! Even if it's just a proposal, I'll write it! But, where should I submit it?
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Pokémon Radio coming soon.jpg|Image from the first tweet
File:Rocketradio.png|Revealed image from the official website
</gallery>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
{{bulbanews|Team Rocket's 'Pokémon Radio' show on Twitter}}
{{bulbanews|Team Rocket radio show to premiere July 1st}}
* [http://twitter.com/#!/Pokemon_Radio Team Rocket's Secret Empire Twitter account]
* [http://www.interfm.co.jp/rocketdan/ Pokémon Radio on 76.1 InterFM]
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f228/pokemon-radio-twitter-133610/ Discussion thread on Bulbagarden forums]

[[Category:Anime]]
[[Category:Pokémon meta]]

Team Rocket's Secret Empire (Twitter)

2012-07-10T23:19:43Z

Rocket Girl: /* List of tweets */

[[File:Giovanni TR Radio.png|thumb|Pokémon Radio logo]]
'''Team Rocket's Secret Empire''' (Japanese: '''ロケット{{tt|団|だん}}ひみつ{{tt|帝国|ていこく}}''' ''Rocket Gang's Secret Empire'') is an official<ref>[http://blog.pokemon-movie.jp/2012/06/post_369.html Official Pokémon movie blog]</ref> {{wp|Twitter}} account operating under the tag '''@Pokemon_Radio''' that was set up on June 2, 2012. It is being used to promote "[[Pokémon Radio]]", which began on July 1, 2012. The radio show and tweets are written by Pokémon's sound director [[Masafumi Mima]].

The tweets are submitted in-character as {{an|Giovanni}}, and occasionally [[Giovanni's Persian|his Persian]], [[Matori]], {{MTR}}, or [[James]]. The account reveals information about [[Team Rocket]] that is not currently found elsewhere. So far the account has made 71 tweets. The account's location is set as the [[Kanto]] region.

==Description==
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|ロケット団のサカキだ！我々は、このtwitterを利用して広く団員を募り、世界征服に乗り出す。さあ、集えロケット団の名の下へ！キーワードは、“Poke’mon Radio show! ロケット団ひみつ帝国”だ！
|This is Giovanni of Team Rocket. Using this Twitter, we set out to widely recruit members and to begin world domination. So gather under the name of Team Rocket! The catch phrase is "Pokémon Radio show! It's Team Rocket's Secret Empire!".
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==List of tweets==
Tweets are listed chronologically. All times are JST.

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| 12:35 AM June 2, 2012
| Coming soon.....[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] http://pic.twitter.com/r7kCSXju
| Coming soon.....[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] http://pic.twitter.com/r7kCSXju
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| 12:38 AM June 2, 2012
| いよいよ世界征服に向けたミッションのカウントダウンが始まる。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| The countdown for the mission for world domination finally begins. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 2:25 PM June 2, 2012
| いい子だ。ペルシアン。団員が続々と集まっているぞ。だが、ミッションをコンプリートするには、まだまだ足りない。全世界の者たちよ。我が下に集うのだ。
| What a good pet. Persian. The members are gathering one after another. But, to complete the mission, it's still not enough. People of the whole world! Gather under my command.
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| 12:00 PM June 3, 2012
| おはよう。団員の諸君！サカキだ。今後もミッションコンプリートのため、諸君らの広報活動に期待する！
| Good morning. To all gang members! This is Giovanni. From hereafter, for the sake of completing our mission, we expect your publicity.
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| 9:51 AM June 7, 2012
| ペルニャ～!今日もいい子だ。おはよう団員の諸君。我々のミッションは全世界70億人すべてを団員としロケット団帝国をつくることである! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Purr-nya! You're a good pet today too. Good morning, members of Team Rocket. Our mission is to make the entire world of 7 billion people the members of our team and create Team Rocket's empire. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 12:28 AM June 8, 2012
| 団員の諸君。本日の広報活動ご苦労だった。だがまだまだ世界征服には程遠い。さらなる健闘を期待しているぞ。
| Members. You did great spreading the information today. However we're still far from the world's domination. I expect even more effort!
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| 10:02 AM June 8, 2012
| おはよう諸君。今日も諸君らの活動に期待する。ペルニャ～!よしよしペルシアン。安心しろ。我が団員たちは優秀だ。必ずやミッションをコンプリートするだろう。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Good morning, everyone. I expect activity from you today too. Purr-nya~! There, there, Persian. Keep calm. My members are excellent. I bet they will surely complete the mission. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 11:31 PM June 8, 2012
| 団員の諸君。本日も任務ご苦労だった。ペルニャ～。ペルシアンもそう言っているようだ。んっ！これは•••奴らめ…フッ。まあ様子を見るとするか。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Followers. You have done fine work today as well. Purr-nya~. Yes, Persian agrees as well. Huh? What's going on? It... it's them. Those blasted... Hmph. Let's bide our time and observe just a bit more for now. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:42 AM June 9, 2012
| おはよう諸君。本日もよい成果があがることを期待する。ロケット団帝国創設をともに目指そう！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Good morning, everyone. I expect that also today your good results will even raise. Our goal is to establish Team Rocket's empire together! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 4:09 PM June 9, 2012
| なにっ！ロケット団シンオウ支部が••• [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| What! The Team Rocket Sinnoh region branch.... [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 4:39 PM June 9, 2012
| 団員の諸君。心配は無用だ。今まで通り広報活動に励んでくれたまえ。しばらく留守にする。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members. Worrying is useless. You've done me well with the public relations work you have been doing until now. I'm going away for a while. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:16 PM June 9, 2012
| ペルニャ～ン…ペルニャ～ン… [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Purr-nya… purr-nya… [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 8:30 PM June 9, 2012
| ペルニャ～…ペルニャ～…ペルゥ…… [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Purr-nya… purr-nya… purr…… [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 12:02 PM June 10, 2012
| ペルニャ～ン。ペルゥ…。秘書「ペルシアン。心配せんでも良い。サカキ様なら大丈夫じゃ。それにしても、自ら…まあ他人に任せられない性分でもあるが…」[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Purr-nya. Purr… [[Matori|Secretary]]: "Persian, You don’t need to worry. Since it's Mr. Giovanni, he's gonna be alright. Even if so, naturally… Well, it's in his nature that he can't entrust things to others, but…" [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 12:11 PM June 10, 2012
| 秘書「ん？ラジオの企画書？また、あのニャース達か…少しはまともになってはきたが。一体ラジオで何をしようとしているやら…」[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Secretary: "Huh? Radio's proposal? Again, that {{MTR}}'s group?… But they have become a little more decent. But what the heck are they trying to do with the radio…" [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 6:05 PM June 10, 2012
| サカキさま!失礼しますニャ…ニャニャ！ラジオの企画のご返事を頂こうと参上したが本部には誰もいないのニャ。企画書も机に置きっぱなしニヤ…直接ボスと連絡をとれるわけでもニャいし。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Giovanni! Excuse me nya nya! We were hoping for a reply to the radio proposal but there's no one at headquarters nya. I'll leave the written proposal on the desk nya... we don't have direct contact with the boss nya. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
|-
| 6:40 PM June 10, 2012
| … … … … そうニャ！ボスの野望である団員70億人をニャーたちが、ラジオで呼びかければいいのニャ。ニャんたる名案！さすがニャーなのニャ！ついでにボスの留守中はこのツイッターを有効に使わせて頂くニヤ。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| … … … … really nya! Wouldn't it be good if we could call the 7 billion gang members of Sakaki's ambitions via the radio nya? What a good idea nya! That's expected of us nya! Then, in the boss's absence, these tweeters can be effectively used to receive nya. [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 7:21 PM June 10, 2012
| にょ～し！決定ニャ！！ポケモンラジオで団員を増やし、サカキ様に褒めてもらうのニャ！後はいつから始めるかだニャ…[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Alright! It's decided! If we increase the Pokémon Radio gang members, Mr. Giovanni will praise us nya! Afterwards, I wonder when we can start nya… [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 8:31 PM June 10, 2012
| ラッキ～。ん？ラッキー？サカキ様は出張中だニャ…薬ニャら机の上に置いていくニャ。サカキ様も色々ご多忙なんだニャ… … …ニャハハ～！思いついたニャ！ラッキー7！7月からニャ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Lucky~. Huh? Lucky? Mr. Giovanni is in delegation nya. As for the medicine, I'll put it on the desk, nya. I can see that Mr. Giovanni also has a busy schedule… … Nyahahaha! It reminds me! Lucky 7! Beginning from July, nya! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:34 PM June 10, 2012
| サカキ様の野望、団員70億人を目指し、ニャ～達ロケット団は、ポケモンラジオを7月1日からおっぱじめるのニャ！詳しくは明日明らかになるニャ！早速ムサシとコジロウに相談ニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Aiming for Mr. Giovanni's ambition of 7 billion gang members, nya Team Rocket will start Pokémon Radio from July 1 nya! Tomorrow the details will become clear nya! I will consult Jessie and James immediately nya! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 8:20 AM June 11, 2012
| 団員のみんな！おはようニャ！ラジオの詳細はこれをみるニャ！Pokémon Radio Show！ロケット団ひみつ帝国 http://www.interfm.co.jp/rocketdan/ [http://twitter.com/#!/InterFM761_JP @InterFM761_JP]から　[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| All gang members! Good morning! Look at the radio details here nya! Pokémon Radio Show! Team Rocket's Secret Empire http://www.interfm.co.jp/rocketdan/ from [http://twitter.com/#!/InterFM761_JP @InterFM761_JP]　[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 3:21 PM June 11, 2012
| すごいニャ、すごいニャ！団員が続々と集まってるニャ！これにゃら絶対サカキ様も褒めてくれるニャ。団員の諸君、これからもよろしく頼むのニヤ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Amazing nya, amazing nya! Gang members are gathering one after another nya! For this Mr. Giovanni will absolutely praise me nya. Gang members, I thank you for this nya! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:06 PM June 11, 2012
| 団員の諸君！ニャースだニャ。もう少しで1万人突破ニャ。ニャハハ～!この勢いならニャー達のスピード出世はきっと間違いなしニャ。今後もよろしく頼むニャ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members! This is Meowth nya. We've almost broken through to 10000 people nyahaha! With this influence nya we will surely speedily succeed without fail nya! From now rely on us nya!
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| 9:13 PM June 11, 2012
| って言ってるうちに突破ニャ。これでペルシアンのポストはいただきニヤ。…ペルニャ!!いたいニャ！何するニャ。今にみてるニャ！今日は帰る!![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| …while I was saying that we broke through nya. With this, I will take Persian's post nya. …Purr-nya!! That hurts nya! What are you doing nya. Now I'm watching you nya! Go home for today!!
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| 8:53 AM June 12, 2012
| 団員の諸君！おはようニャ！ニャースだニャ。すごいニャ。１日でこんなに団員が増えるニャんて。みんニャこの調子で頑張るのニャ。さすればサカキ様が戻られた時、きっとお喜びになるはずニヤ。ニャんだかとってもいい感じ～!
| Gang members! Good morning nya! This is Meowth nya. Amazing nya. In one day we had such an increase in gang members nya. Everyone-nya persist in this trend nya. If you do, when Mr. Giovanni comes back he surely should become pleased nya. Nya-somehow this is a really good feeling!
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| 2:28 PM June 12, 2012
| 【ペルシアン】ペル！ペルニャ～。ペル、ペルニャ～、ペルペル。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Persian: Purr! Purr-nya. Purr, purr-nya, purr purr.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 2:29 PM June 12, 2012
| 【ニャース】ニャにニャに。「おいニャース。サカキ様を失望させないようにせいぜい頑張れよ。まっ、無理だと思うけど」って腹立つニャ～！今にニャフンって言わせてやるにゃ！
| Meowth: Nya-what nya-what. It says "Hey Meowth. In order to not disappoint Mr. Giovanni continue this as much as possible. But I think that's impossible." That makes me angry nya! Now I'll make him say nyathing nya.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:21 PM June 12, 2012
| 【ニャース】団員の諸君。こんばんニャ！応援ありがとニャ。おみゃーらが絶対楽しめるラジオにするニャ。団員70億人、スピード出世でいい感じ～！ばいニャら！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Meowth: Gang members. Good evening nya! Thanks for your help nya. You will absolutely enjoy the radio show nya. 7 billion people, we will feel good due to a speedy success.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:47 AM June 13, 2012
| 【ニャース】団員の諸君。おはようだニャ。今日もサカキ様のために頑張るのニャ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Meowth: Gang members. Good morning nya. Persist for Mr. Giovanni today nya![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 8:26 June 13, 2012
| 団員の諸君、こんばんニャ。ニャースだニャ。ラジオの企画は順調に進行中だニャ！あとは、色々な地方の団員にも聞けるようにニャゴシエート中だニャ。応援よろしくニャ。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members, evening nya. This is Meowth nya. The radio plan is progressing well nya! After, I will nyagotiate so gang members in various regions can listen as well nya. Your help is welcomed nya.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:36 AM June 16, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おはようニャ！ニャースだニャ。ニャゴシエートは順調ニャ！各地方でも聞いてもらえるようにウエブラジオを考えてるニヤ。我ながら名案ニャ。応援宜しくニャ。[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members. Good morning nya! This is Meowth nya. The nyagotiations are going well nya! So that people in any region can listen we are considering web radio nya. I think it is a good idea. Thanks for you help nya.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:41 AM June 17, 2012
| ペルニャ～ペルニャ～ペルペルニャ～![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Purr-nya Purr-nya Purr-nya![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:47 AM June 17, 2012
| ニャにニャに。おみゃーもサカキ様がいなくて寂しい。何をいってるニャ。サカキ様は我らロケット団繁栄のために頑張っておられるニャ。だから戻られるまでに少しでも多くの団員を集めるニャ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Nya-what nya-what. Mr. Giovanni not being here is lonely for you too? What are you saying nya? Mr. Giovanni is working hard in order to make Team Rocket prosper nya. Therefore until he returns, even if we are few we must gather more gang members nya![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:50 AM June 17, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おはようニャ！今日も広報活動よろしく頼むニャ！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members. Good morning nya! Please publicize us today as well nya![http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 11:20 AM June 18, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おそようニャ！今日も頑張るニャ。しかし、放送は決まったものの、やっぱりラジオは中身が重要ニャ。優秀なトレーナーやポケモンを団員にするには…ニャニャ～[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members. Good morning nya! Continue today as well nya. However, although the broadcast has been decided, the surprising radio will have important contents nya. To make excellent Trainers and Pokémon into gang members… nya nya.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:27 PM June 18, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ。ニャースだニャ。気づいたらもうこんな時間だニャ。にゃるほど。ジムリーダーを団員にとは…にゃは～。かなりハードルが高いのニャ。どう口説くかが問題ニャ。とりあえず今日はもう寝るニャ。バイニャら！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
| Gang members. Good evening nya. This is Meowth nya. I just realized the time nya. That's right. Gym Leaders becoming gang members… nya-ha. They a quite good at battling nya. How we will persuade them is a problem nya. For now, today I'm going to lay down nya. Bye nya.[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:38 AM June 19, 2012
| 今日もボスはこう言うのニャ。「ニャース、ラジオ計画は順調のようだな。もはやペルシアンではなくニャースの時代だ」…って夢だったニョか!いや、きっとこれは正夢ニャ。今日も１日頑張るニャ。どうやらラジオの番宣も流れ始めたみたいニャし。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:13 PM June 19, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ。今日はあるミッションで、サブウエイマスターと接触したニャ。理由は聞かないでくれニャ。そのうち分かるニャ。くぅ～!ニャつらめ… ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 1:05 PM June 20, 2012
| 団員の諸君。ニャースだニャ。ニャゴシエート成功ニャ！ウエブラジオ決定ニャ。詳細は追って知らせるニャ。いい感じ～! ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:23 PM June 20, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ。ニャースだニャ。ラジオ放送がいよいよ近づいてきたニャ。ニャけどまだ世界征服には優秀な育てやとポケモンがたりニャいニャ。どんな奴が団員として相応しいかニャ。う～ん… ‪ ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:14 AM June 22, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おはようニャ。ラジオ放送まで後9日！いよいよニャー達のミッションが始まるニャ。きっとボスもお喜びになるはずニャ。 ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:27 AM June 22, 2012
| ペルニャ～ペル、ペル、ペルペルニャ～。 ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:27 AM June 22, 2012
| ニャに。サカキ様はおミャーの事など眼中にニャい。全然団員が集まってないしな。って、くぅ～!これでも食らうニャ！みだれひっかき！… … …その技は…はニャ～～！やな感じ～！今に見てるニャ～。 ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 12:31 PM June 23, 2012
| ふニャ～!よく寝たニャ。団員の諸君。おそようニャ。たまには休みも必要ニャ。さて、団員を集めるいい企画を考えるとするかニャっと。皆もよろしく頼むニャ！ ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 7:27 PM June 25, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ！ニャースだニャ。にゃは～。番組のロゴが出来たのニャ！われニャがらセンスがいいのニャ。いよいよ放送まであと6日ニャ。 ‪[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] [http://pic.twitter.com/eL8OhIi4 pic.twitter.com/eL8OhIi4]
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| 8:27 PM June 26, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ。ラジオ放送まで後５日ニャ!ニャんとかここまで…って、ここで安心してる場合じゃニャいニャ。もっと団員を増やさねば。さすればサカキ様が戻られた時きっとお喜びになるはずニャ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 8:51 PM June 26, 2012
| ラジオ放送を聞けない地方のみんニャ。吉報ニャ！放送翌日から期間限定ニャが、ウエブラジオもやるから安心するニャ。これで団員の増加間違いなしニャ！我ニャがらニャ～の頭はキレキレニャ。さらに！Podcastも進行中ニャ! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 2:44 PM June 28, 2012
| 団員の諸君。サカキだ。留守中の広報活動ご苦労。かなり団員が増えたようだな。だがまだ世界征服には足りぬ。今後の更なる活動に期待する。んっ！これは…あいつらがラジオで団員を… … フッ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:30 PM June 28, 2012
| 団員の諸君！サカキだ。イッシュ地方の制圧に向けてミッションは進行中だ。その名も、「オペレーションテンペスト」…。その制圧のカギとなるのがメロエッタだ。ニャース達の行動に注目せよ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 7:46 PM June 29, 2012
| 団員の諸君。ニャースだニャ。ニャんとサカキ様がニャー達の事を気にかけてくれてるニャんて。いい感じ～!ニョ～し。ラジオ放送まで後２日ニャ！頑張るのニャ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:52 AM June 30, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おはようニャ。ニャはは～!いよいよ放送が明日に迫ったニャ。ニャーの考え出した企画だから盛り上がる事間違いなしニャ。皆楽しみに待っているのニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 7:46 AM July 1, 2012
| 団員の諸君。おはようニャ。ついにこの日が来たニャ！19時からラジオ放送開始にゃ。長い道のりだったニャ～。ムサシ、コジロウと一緒に盛り上げるから絶対に聞くのニャ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 4:38 PM July 1, 2012
| 団員の諸君。ラジオ放送まであと三時間を切ったニャ！絶対みんな聞いてくれニャ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:34 PM July 1, 2012
| 放送まであと30分ニャ！そし今日のゲストはピカチュウやマネネなどを育てているプロだニャ。団員にすべきかどうかしっかり見極めるニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:45 PM July 1, 2012
| 団員の諸君。放送はインターFMニャ。 Pokémon Radio Show！ロケット団ひみつ帝国 [http://www.interfm.co.jp/rocketdan/ interfm.co.jp/rocketdan/ ] [http://twitter.com/InterFM761_JP @InterFM761_JP] [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:57 PM July 1, 2012
| 団員の諸君。いよいよ放送開始ニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:18 PM July 1, 2012
| ニャは～!とりあえず第1回のラジオ大成功だったニャ。団員の諸君も楽しんでくれたようでよかったニャ。みんニャの意見を参考にしつつ、今後の番組を盛り上げていくのニャ。きっとこれでサカキ様もお喜びになるはずニャ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:29 PM July 1, 2012
| おっ？これがニャースの言っていたボスのツイッターか・・・。いやー、いきなりラジオなんて言うからテンションが上がりまくったぜ。何を喋ったか、覚えてないしｗ。ゆっくりと、団員のつぶやきでも見るか・・・。
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| 10:35 PM July 1, 2012
| すげーーっ！？つぶやいた途端に団員たちの反応が！？ツイッター、恐るべし！でも、面白いな～。みんな、ちゃんと聴いてくれてたんだな～。いいかんじぃ～っ！これからも、たまにコソっとつぶやくから、そん時はよろしくな！んじゃ、来週も～ビクトリー！
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| 1:32 PM July 2, 2012
| 昨日の放送を聞けなかった団員の諸君！ウエブラジオの配信がスタートしたニャ！詳細は、 [http://www.kids-station.com/pms/ kids-station.com/pms/] [http://www.animate.tv/radio/pokemon/ animate.tv/radio/pokemon/] [http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/rd/ tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/rd/] をチェックニャ！ポッドキャストもあるニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 1:08 AM July 3, 2012
| おっ？団員のみんな結構つぶやいてるじゃん！なになに？アメリカ在住だから、ポッドキャストもあって良かった？そうかぁ～。外国からも聴いてくれてんのかぁ～、嬉しいねぇ～。何回やれるかは、わかんないけど最後までつきあってくれよ～。
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| 1:12 AM July 3, 2012
| おっと！つぶやきをチェックしてる場合じゃないっ！ニャースの奴に、次の育て屋さんを見付けて来いって、言われたんだ。ん～？何処にあるんだ、育て屋名鑑は・・・。なんで、こんなコソコソとボスの部屋に潜入してやらなきゃならないんだ？ったく～・・・。あっ！あったぞ！「育て屋名鑑１９９７～」。
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| 1:14 AM July 3, 2012
| とりあえず、これを持って・・・。ボス～、すぐに返しますから～。お借りして行きますねぇ～。
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| 3:41 PM July 3, 2012
| ペルニャ～!ペルニャ～～ペルニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 3:47 PM July 3, 2012
| …よしよし、いい子だペルシアン。団員の諸君。サカキだ！今日も広報活動ご苦労。どうやらニャース達のラジオは……フッフッ。だが、世界征服にはまだまだ団員が足りぬ。諸君らの今後の更なる活動に期待する。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 8:25 PM July 3, 2012
| 失礼しますニャ～!ニャニャ～。サカキ様は留守ニャのか～。って、サカキ様がラジオに反応してる？これはきっとスピード出世のチャンスニャ！これを見ればさらにお喜びにニャる事間違いニャしニャ。ふニャ～！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] [http://pic.twitter.com/AaPDRUZ7 pic.twitter.com/AaPDRUZ7]
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| 11:45 PM July 3, 2012
| 育て屋名鑑、お返ししまーっす。あっ、ペルシアンだ。スヤスヤといい感じ～に寝てるぞ～。気付かれないようにっと！棚に戻して・・・・。よし！ん？これは？ＡＫＢの本があるぞ？ボスってば？まぁ、いいや。今日はこれを借りて行こうっと！じゃぁな、ペルシアン！いい夢を～。
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| 12:33 AM July 4, 2012
| サカキ様は本当にお優しい。あのような者たちに手を差し伸べるとは……ニャース達にはどこまで期待して良いやら。それにしても私の愛読書が棚から無くなっているのは気のせいだろうか？サカキ秘書 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:01 PM July 4, 2012
| 団員の諸君。サカキだ！本日も広報活動ご苦労。… …トレンド1位。そして団員が2万人突破。これをニャースたちが…フッ。だが世界征服への道のりはまだ遠い。今後も更なる活動に期待する。優秀な育て屋の情報を待っているぞ。 [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:55 PM July 5, 2012
| 団員の諸君。こんばんニャ！第二回のラジオ放送まで後３日ニャ。そして、ニャんと！ゲストの育て屋が決定したニャ。どうやらオーキド博士の知り合いのようだニャ。 ‪ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 10:24 PM July 5, 2012
| ん？ニャースの奴がＴぶやいてるぞ？次回の育て屋が、オオキド博士の知り合い？！びみょーな書き方だなぁ～。ジャリンコのママか？みょーに仲良い感じだったし。研究好きのケンジか？まっ、来てからの楽しみかな。おっと、ＡＫＢの本を返さなきゃ・・・。おじゃましました～。
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| 9:01 PM July 6, 2012
| ゴホン。サカキ様は本当にお忙しい人じゃ。いったい何時お休みになられてるのやら。んっ！これはAKBの本。無くなったと思っていたがここにあったか…最近は、歳で記憶があいまいになってきたようじゃ。これはライブに行かねば！ ‪ ‪ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 3:01 PM July 7, 2012
| 第２回目の放送が、もう明日に迫ってる？一週間って早いなぁ～。明日は何をやらされるやら・・・。テンション高めにいかないとなぁ。ん？相変わらず、ムサシのつぶやきは無しか・・・、まっ、あいつがやるとも思えんし。
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| 3:05 PM July 7, 2012
| おっ？団員のみんな、結構育て屋のアイディアを出してくれてるじゃん。シゲル、デント、アイリス、タケシかぁ～。とりあえず、メモメモ！決めるのは俺じゃないけど、団員のつぶやきは、大事にしないとなぁ～。しっかし、ボスの部屋はいつも綺麗だなぁ～。
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| 11:05 PM July 7, 2012
| ニャニャ！それにしてもコジロウ張り切ってるニャ～。ニャ～も負けてられないのニャ。二回目の放送もいよいよ明日ニャし。ムサシにもツイッターの使い方教えてみようかニャ。無駄かもしれニャいけど。 ‪ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 1:15 PM July 8, 2012
|団員の諸君。こんにちはニャ。いよいよ今日19時から第二回ラジオが放送だニャ。これを聞いて、どんどんロケット団員を増やして欲しいのニャ。なお、今日の放送は新企画があるニャ。ちょっとした画像を放送中にうぴーするニャ。お楽しみに！ ‪ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 6:08 PM July 8, 2012
|うぉーーっ、一時間前だぁ！ニャースが言っていたダンボールって、これか？ったく、人使いが荒いんだから・・・。なんだ、軽いじゃん！そう言えば、まだムサシを見てないなぁ～・・・、遅刻か？あと、番組スタートまで５０分しかないぞぉ～！
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| 6:15 PM July 8, 2012
|なに？うＰは、うっぴーじゃなくて、うっぷ？へぇ～そうなんだぁ～。でも、もう遅いかも・・・。ムサシは、かなりうっぴーが気に入っている～。せっかくアドバイスをもらったが、我がロケット団はうっぴーで通す事にする！（でないとムサシに何されるか・・・）。おっと！それよりムサシを捜さないと！
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| 6:19 PM July 8, 2012
|なになに？リアルタイムで聴けない？そうかぁ～。Ｗｅｂ配信も色々あるらしいから、オンエアーに近いのを選んで聴いてくれよ！今度、詳細をニャースにつぶやかせるからな！っていうか、ムサシを捜してたんだ！そう言えば、ロビーに座っていた男の人、あの人が今日の育て屋さんか？
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| 6:20 PM July 8, 2012
|ムサシーーーーーどこだーぁ？！
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| 6:29 PM July 8, 2012
|ムサシがいないぃぃぃ～っ！このままだと第２回にして、俺とニャースのみの放送に・・・。つぶやきの情報は～。なになに？あっちあっち？はい？ここだぁぁぁぁぁ？ムサシだったら俺の隣で寝てる？・・・そ、それはワイルドだぜぇ～！って、遊んでる場合じゃないっつーのっ！ムサシー！！！！
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| 6:43 PM July 8, 2012
|ムーーーサーーーシーーーっ！
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| 6:43 PM July 8, 2012
|ペルニャ？
| Purr-nya?
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| 6:43 PM July 8, 2012
|ムサシ？
| Jessie?
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| 6:44 PM July 8, 2012
|ペル？
| Purr?
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| 6:44 PM July 8, 2012
|紛らわしいんだよっ！ペルシアン！
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| 6:49 PM July 8, 2012
|団員の皆さん、実に残念なご報告があります。本日の第２回、ポケモンラジオ、ロケット団ひみつ帝国ですが、ムサシがいな・・・・・　　　　　ん？
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| 6:52 PM July 8, 2012
|いましたーーーっ！ムサシがいました！おまんじゅうを買いに行っていたようです！ってなわけで、放送まであと１０分！打ち合わせがほとんど無しのぶっつけ本番状態で行く事になりそうです！今週もハイテンションだぁ～！お騒がせしましたっ！
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| 6:55 PM July 8, 2012
|５分前！みんなぁ～！ラジオのスタンバイだぜぇ～！それじゃ、番組で会おう！
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| 7:20 PM July 8, 2012
|QQ(ダブルキュー)から送られてきたブツはこれニャ！うぴーその１ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] [http://pic.twitter.com/xWa0eVYX pic.twitter.com/xWa0eVYX]
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| 7:20 PM July 8, 2012
|うぴーその２ニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] [http://pic.twitter.com/ZbjSK5Lq pic.twitter.com/ZbjSK5Lq]
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| 7:22 PM July 8, 2012
|うぴーその３ニャ！ [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan] [http://pic.twitter.com/H29ECWv8 pic.twitter.com/H29ECWv8]
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| 9:05 PM July 8, 2012
|ニャは～！今日の放送はどうだったかニャ？それにしても食べ物の事となるとムサシは…コジロウも心配性過ぎるしニャ。やっぱりニャ～がいないとだめなのニャ。でも団員の反応も良いみたいニャし。この調子で頑張るニャ！ビクトリー!ニャんだかとってもいい感じ～! [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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| 9:11 PM July 8, 2012
|ニャを、今日の放送を聞けなかったと言うみんニャは、明日から期間限定配信のウエブラジオかポッドキャストを聞くニャ。ではバイニャら！[http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Rocketdan #Rocketdan]
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==Origin==
It is possibile that this revelation is related to a proposal by [[Megumi Hayashibara]], a Japanese voice actress who provides the voices of many characters in the [[Pokémon anime]] including [[Jessie]]. Around a year ago, she told Pokémon's sound director [[Masafumi Mima]] that she wanted him to prepare "Team Rocket's Late Nights Radio" for the [[Team Rocket trio]] to appear in. He agreed to the idea, but nothing more has been heard about it since until now. Masafumi Mima, who is a great fan of Team Rocket himself, [http://twitter.com/Sunma47/status/198898074230333441 said] on May 6, 2012 on [http://twitter.com/#!/Sunma47 his Twitter]:

{| {{Schemetable|Unova}}
! Japanese
! English
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| ニャース、ムサシ、コジロウ三人の大人しか聴けないラジオ番組！楽しいと思うんだけどなぁ〜。何故、クールなロケット団になったのか？とか、表では語れない、そんなロケット団の事情〜。ゲストはサカキ様？ソーナンス？グレッグル？よーし！企画書でも書くか！でも、何処へ出せば？
| The trio of {{MTR}}, [[Jessie]] and [[James]]'s radio program that only adults could listen to! I think it would be fun... Why did they become cool Team Rocket? Or, something they can't talk about openly, such Team Rocket's considerations… Giovanni as a guest? [[Jessie's Wobbuffet|Wobbuffet]]? [[Brock's Croagunk|Croagunk]]? Alright! Even if it's just a proposal, I'll write it! But, where should I submit it?
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Pokémon Radio coming soon.jpg|Image from the first tweet
File:Rocketradio.png|Revealed image from the official website
</gallery>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
{{bulbanews|Team Rocket's 'Pokémon Radio' show on Twitter}}
{{bulbanews|Team Rocket radio show to premiere July 1st}}
* [http://twitter.com/#!/Pokemon_Radio Team Rocket's Secret Empire Twitter account]
* [http://www.interfm.co.jp/rocketdan/ Pokémon Radio on 76.1 InterFM]
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f228/pokemon-radio-twitter-133610/ Discussion thread on Bulbagarden forums]

[[Category:Anime]]
[[Category:Pokémon meta]]

User:Rocket Girl/TR Radio show/Transcript

2012-07-06T22:58:58Z

Rocket Girl: /* Intro */

*Jessie
*James
*Meowth
*Ikue Ohtani
*Various Pokemon

The radio show begins with Jessie, James and Meowth acting serious and professional like they do in the current anime.

Alright! Point 6-3-4-2 has been marked.

With this, we'll be sure to to get Meloetta.

We should report to Dr. Zager right away nya!

Meowth, we've already sent him mail.

As expected of you, James.

Heh, it’s natural for a professional like me.

Yeah.

By the way, Jessie...can I ask you something?

What?

What kind of professionals are we?

Huh?

When did the three of us become this cool?

Hmm? Hmm?

Th-that's...so we can get closer to Team Rocket's goals. Everything's for Giovanni's sake!

But! This professional style...

Hmm hmm?

Can we really aim for the top...when we're acting this way?

James!

No! Today I want you to make this clear with me. Jessie!

Eh!?

Are you really ok about such a Team Rocket?

Um, uh...

Are you...really having fun?

Eh...

Up until now,

(violin music starts playing)

you've always openly said and done what you like! You didn't care what others thought of you at all! But now, whenever we talk to each other, it's just to confirm our plans!

That's...that's...

Is this really OK? Is doing things the way we've been doing them up until now really OK for you?

Stop it James!

I can't...this Team Rocket...

Stop nya! You know that the three of us have to have conversations with each other nya!

Yes, that's right.

Meowth, are you satisfied? For a Pokémon who can speak human language, you have fewer lines than any other Pokémon...no...than any of the three of us!

That really hurts! You're going too far...

I can't do this anymore! No matter how many times we say "For Giovanni's sake!" this life is…!

To tell you the truth, I've recently started to feel the same way as you, James!

Jessie!

But… while it may be true, this is something the three of us decided together. I’m also following the path of an actress who’s being forced.

(Jessie and James whimper)

It can't be helped nya...I've been saving something for a time like this. Take a look!

(fanfare plays)

Eh? A plan?

"Using the radio, we'll make 7 billion people members of Team Rocket, all for the sake of our boss."

That's right! By broadcasting over the radio, we'll get every human on the planet join us and receive praise from the boss!

Eh!? And we'll be able to speak freely?

Of course nya! If we don't speak normally then we can't put on a proper radio show nya!

But wait a minute! Won't Dr. Zager get mad at us for this?

He doesn't have to know about this nya. This will be a secret broadcast from our hideout.

(bubbling with excitement) Secret!?

A se-cret---!

That's right! Let's go ahead and get started!

The regular show starts with Jessie and Meowth introducing the name of the show - "Pokémon Radio Show! Team Rocket’s Secret Empire" and an instrumental of "Team Rocket Forever" plays. Meowth introduces himself as the personality. Jessie gets really excited and introduces herself as the main personality who loves sushi and sashimi. James thanks his fans from all over the world for waiting and introduces himself as the show’s chairman. They all start clapping their hands. After that, Meowth asks James about explaining the contents of the show in easy words, since he is the chairman. James all of sudden loses his self-confidence and starts stuttering, so he tells the main personality Jessie to do it instead of him. Jessie accepts and says that they’re going to talk chaotically about whatever they want for the rest of the show as James laughs. She almost babbled out their address, but Meowth stops her, because it’s secret. She decides to hand over “this bothersome explanation” to Meowth and she and James get happy.

Well, it can’t be helped then, nya.

(James laughs in the background)

This show was created in order to make Team Rocket number one in the world and get our boss, Giovanni, to the top. That’s why we’ll use the radio to exchange various information, increase the amount of our comrades rapidly, and to make the whole world members of Team Rocket. In short, with everyone’s help we’ll create Team Rocket’s country, nya!

Jessie wonders what this information exchange is about and how they'll do the members’ assembly. James asks how will they accomplish getting all these new members. Meowth asks them if they heard about Twitter. James knows about it, but Jessie is confused and doesn’t know what a social network is.

On Twitter there’s an account called “Team Rocket’s Secret Empire” that’s related to this show. You only need to follow it to become a member. In short, you can become our comrade!

Is this way really ok? Isn’t it too easy?

So, everyone who wants to become friends with Team Rocket, gather! Don’t forget to follow it right away!

The goal is… 7 billion members!

Wa.. wait a sec! So if someone doesn’t have a computer or a cell phone, they can’t do it, right? Ee… Grade school students, twerps and the like aren’t allowed, I guess?

Well, we’ll think about it little by little…

(James laughs)

You didn’t give it much thought…

Meowth announces that it’s time for the radio corner and he welcomes a Pokémon caretaker. James gets confused as he didn’t hear about this before. Meowth hands him some papers and tells him to read it.

"In this corner, we invite people who have always been taking care of Pokémon…"

Aa, I got it, they’re guests.

Yeah, guests. … "and listen to them talk on various topics, whatever comes up." Pokémon raising specialists! You may never know what kind of talk comes up, so don’t miss it! Sorry. "In this corner, we decide which various Pokémon caretakers as well as Pokémon could fit in Team Rocket."

After the commercial, the trio welcomes their special guest which is Ikue Ohtani. After greeting her, rap music suddenly starts playing and Jessie is surprised. James starts singing to its tune though.

(rapping) Before you came, I thought of asking questions singing, I have no doubt about this, yo.

(rapping) That sounds pretty good to me!

(rapping) Tell us what month were you born, where do you come from, what’s your pet’s name, yo.

Hey, hey!

It fits, doesn’t it? As planned.

(rapping) Tokyo, yo! Ordinary woman born in August! Pet’s name is simply Iku-chan, yo!

Somebody yells "Victooory!" as "Iku-chan" and “Victory” sound similar.

(rapping) What was the production you debuted in, nya? Tell us your representative productions, nya yo!

Nya yo.

Nya yo.

Nya yo fits perfectly somehow.

(rapping) Got it! “Ganbare, Kickers!” was my debut work! Yeey! What my representative works are, I wonder? Somehow this is difficult! “Kobo, the Li'l Rascal”, “Hime-chan’s ribbon”, “Zatch Bell”! “One Piece”!

She overdid it.

(rapping) And I can’t forget about “Po-ké-mon”! Yeeeeah!

They end it with thanking Ohtani and admitting it was awesome. Meowth suggests that they can talk about various things from now on while Ohtani will be presenting the Pokémon she’s raising, but James says that he first wants to ask her impression about their mission. Ohtani congratulates them and starts clapping her hands. As the Rockets seem to be surprised, she explains that it seems to her that they will succeed in their evil scheme. The trio says that they’re happy for getting praised like this and ask her if she really means it. She confirms it and replies that she loves their evil schemes. Jessie says that they just weren’t prepared for hearing such nice words.

Jessie then says that she wants to see Pikachu since Ohtani is raising it. Ohtani suggests to take Pikachu out. Once it appears, the trio screams in excitement. Jessie wonders if it’s okay to catch it here. Ohtani asks her in a suspicious tone what she meant by that. Jessie gets nervous and explained that she only said it absentmindledly and it wasn’t like she had an intention to do it. As they start talking at once, James tells them to change the topic and suggests Ohtani put Pikachu in Jessie’s lap. Jessie refuses as she’s too scared, but Ohtani tries to do that anyway.

Comecomecomecome!

(angrily) Pika pika piii..!

Ah, nonononononono…

That’s unusal, it’s troubled with something. Because normally it’s used to people.

Ah, so it is?

It’s ok, so stay calm.

What? It’s not going.

It’s cute and it stole my heart right away…

Pika?

… but I want to ask for a break today.

(irritated) Pikachu…

After that, Jessie and James are eager to listen to Ohtani’s story about raising Pikachu.

Their guest replies that Pikachu is relatively free and uncontrolled, and even though there were some difficult moments, but she managed to raise it without bigger problems, so it was pretty easy. Then they talk about various Pokémon that Ohtani raises and wonder together which would fit Team Rocket. They start with Goldeen. Jessie has a hunch that it would do well, since it looked cheerful. But then, she remembered something and she asks Ohtani if there’s some bluff behind it. She denies in a slightly offended tone. Jessie starts telling her about an old guy who’s selling Goldeens, but Ohtani corrects her, saying it was Magikarp salesman. They end up talking about him and his sneaky ways of forcing people to buy from him. James cuts the talk off, as they got too far off topic.

He suggests obtaining Roselia. When Roselia appears and Jessie admits “It’s groovy, but… it would be pretty if not for…”, the Pokemon starts screaming in a high-pitched tone, scaring everyone. Meowth admits that it’s cute but raising it must be hard and Ohtani agrees with him. After this, Jessie asks her if she has Banette too, because she thinks it’s cute. Ohtani confirms it, but tells her to wait a little, because it’s hiding somewhere. Jessie and James suggest calling it or looking for it with a Pokéball. When Banette suddenly appears, it gets very agitated by something and starts rampaging in the studio. James tries to stop it. Ohtani wonders if it’s because of the studio being orange and orange color is known as a stimulant. James notices that Ohtani is wearing orange clothes today and they talk about the color orange more.

I heard that the color orange is good for your liver.

(everyone laughs)

So, James… you better wear orange all the time!

Me?! I should wear orange?

James then says that he will go shopping in Roppongi, since it’s in the neighborhood.

Jessie admits that this talk got very personal. Then she mentions Mime Jr., Team Rocket’s Pokemon they “never stopped loving”. When the Pokémon appears, they all scream from excitement.

So cute, so cute! I want to see it!

But you’re seeing it now.

(everyone laughs)

I wish Mime Jr. would always be together with us.

Then James and Jessie ask Ohtani, what’s the key to raising Pokémon.

I guess it’s the desire to talk.

Like, a conversation?

Woooo….

Hmm… yeah, in Japanese.

Yeah.

You might say that… well, I’m raising Pikachu who’s Satoshi’s partner… so I want to talk with him about things, I want to teach him something, things like that.

Like, “Come here!”, “This is tasty”…

Yeah, for example.

Aaa....

I’m also raising James’ Mime Jr. It seemed to join Team Rocket so vigorously… awesome. It also has its own version of saying “This feels bad!”.

Mi-me mime!!

Oh, it flew off…

Ah, I already feel better today…

Your yearning softened a lot, didn’t it?

Yes, it softened a lot.

Later, Jessie asks their guest if there are Pokémon that are easy to raise and Pokémon that are hard to raise. When she says yes, James asks her for example so she started with Pokémon that are difficult to talk with, because it’s hard to mimic their sound. First she impersonated Oddish which she liked from the beginning. Then she tells the story of how hard it was for her to voice Zoey’s Glameow, because she had to learn the technique of rolling her r’s in the right way.

As they end the talk about Pokémon that Ohtani raises, Jessie begins the talk about the movie, as she expresses her regret that they aren’t appearing in it. However, Meowth seems to have a big role in the movie’s short, as well as Pikachu. Later, Ohtani promotes the movie.

Pocket Monsters Best Wishes, The Movie: Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo, along with the movie short: Meloetta's Dazzling Recital. Presented to the public on July 14th!

The Rockets clap their hands and praise her for sounding like a professional personality.

Get everyone together and see the movie please!

We will! James and I will go see it immediately!

Will we go together with everyone?

After this, they end the corner with thanking Ohtani for being their guest, and then take a break for a commercial.

When they return they start the next corner called “Team Rocket’s Knowledge Check” which is a short quiz. Meowth explains that they’re going to guess the titles of Pokémon opening and ending songs. Jessie says immediately to leave it to her. Meowth adds that if they know the answer, they should say the names of three Pokémon they know fast and then they could answer with the song’s title. However, they can’t repeat the name of a Pokémon they already said before. If their answer is wrong, they’re going to get clothespins attached to their arms. Jessie and James protest because it would hurt, and it was just supposed to be fun. Meowth ignores them and plays the first song’s fragment which is "Team Rocket Forever". Jessie volunteers to answer when Meowth reminds her to give Pokémon names first. As she names the Pokémon: Bulbasaur, Glameow, Pikachu, Meowth gives her the privilege to guess the song. Jessie is surprised and James starts to laugh. She says “I’ve been deceived” as she thought it was going to be a Pokémon names quiz. Then she answers that it’s “Team Rocket’s Song”. Meowth informs her that she was close, but it wasn’t right answer. James volunteers to answer as Jessie gets a clothespin attached to her. He lists Poliwag, Poliwhirl and Poliwrath and then gives the right title of the song. Jessie gets pouty because she said it was Team Rocket’s song and James says that it was his fault. Meanwhile, Meowth says general information about the song. When he says that it was produced in December of 1997, they’re all surprised that it was such a long time ago.

Then Meowth switches to the next song, "Face Forward Team Rocket". This time, the one who is clueless is James. Jessie is teasing him as she seems to know. Meowth plays the song one more time and Jessie decides to guess it. She goes with Meloetta, Kyurem and Snivy and gives the right answer. After that they sing along to the song as Meowth plays it once again. He says that it was Team Rocket’s single from July of 2001, and was 12th Pokemon anime ending which had Wobbuffet starring in it too. The next song is "Aim to Be a Pokémon Master". Jessie and James can’t believe it’s a song and not just a quote since all they heard was Ash saying “Pokemon! Getto da ze!”. They ask their guest if she knows the answer and she guesses it right. Meowth informs them that this single was produced in 1997 too and sold 120,000 copies in its first six months of release and 200,000 copies all time. This makes everyone impressed as they clap their hands. Next, Meowth gives homework for all members listening to the radio to guess the title of the next song before next week, and he plays its fragment two times. With this, they end the quiz and Meowth plays a shortened version of Team Rocket’s theme, "Team Rocket Forever".

After the song, Meowth asks everyone their thoughts about the first episode of Team Rocket’s program. Jessie says that she’s happy and James replies only with simple “Yeah”. She asks him why he’s such in low spirits. He replies that it was because he was thinking about various things, and admitted that he really is happy. Then they talk about the Twitter account of the radio program, to which their listeners can forward their questions and wishes. Meanwhile Ohtani says that she wants to give it a try and become their member too. They tell her that she can tweet as well. James comes up with the idea for a corner in which he could boast about his bottlecap collection. When Meowth reminds him that it would be hard to see them, James says that he could show photos on Twitter. Later Meowth announces to all members that they can ask questions relating to the corners or their special guests. As they’re out of time, they finish their program saying “Victory! This feels good!”.

User:Rocket Girl/TR Radio show/Transcript

2012-07-06T22:24:10Z

Rocket Girl:

*Jessie
*James
*Meowth
*Ikue Ohtani
*Various Pokemon

The radio show begins with Jessie, James and Meowth acting serious and professional like they do in the current anime.

Alright! Point 6-3-4-2 has been marked.

With this, we'll be sure to to get Meloetta.

We should report to Dr. Zager right away nya!

Meowth, we've already sent him mail.

As expected of you, James.

Heh, it’s natural for a professional like me.

Yeah.

By the way, Jessie...can I ask you something?

What?

What kind of professionals are we?

Huh?

When did the three of us become this cool?

Hmm? Hmm?

Th-that's...so we can get closer to Team Rocket's goals. Everything's for Giovanni's sake!

But! This professional style...

Hmm hmm?

Can we really aim for the top...when we're acting this way?

James!

No! Today I want you to make this clear with me. Jessie!

Eh!?

Are you really ok about such a Team Rocket?

Um, uh...

Are you...really having fun?

Eh...

Up until now,

(violin music starts playing)

you've always openly said and done what you like! You didn't care what others thought of you at all! But now, whenever we talk to each other, it's just to confirm our plans!

That's...that's...

Is this really OK? Is doing things the way we've been doing them up until now really OK for you?

Stop it James!

I can't...this Team Rocket...

Stop nya! You know that the three of us have to have conversations with each other nya!

Yes, that's right.

Meowth, are you satisfied? For a Pokémon who can speak human language, you have fewer lines than any other Pokémon...no...than any of the three of us!

That really hurts! You're going too far...

I can't do this anymore! No matter how many times we say "For Giovanni's sake!" this life is…!

To tell you the truth, I've recently started to feel the same way as you, James!

Jessie!

But… while it may be true, this is something the three of us decided together. I’m also following the path of an actress who’s being forced.

(Jessie and James whimper)

It can't be helped nya...I've been saving something for a time like this. Take a look!

(fanfare plays)

Eh? A plan?

"Using the radio, we'll make 7 billion people members of Team Rocket, all for the sake of our boss."

That's right! By broadcasting over the radio, we'll get every human on the planet join us and receive praise from the boss!

Eh!? And we'll be able to speak freely?

Of course nya! If we don't speak normally then we can't put on a proper radio show nya!

But wait a minute! Won't Dr. Zager get mad at us for this?

He doesn't have to know about this nya. This will be a secret broadcast from our hideout.

(Bubbling with excitement) Secret!?

A se-cret---!

That's right! Let's go ahead and get started!

The regular show starts with Jessie and Meowth introducing the name of the show - "Pokémon Radio Show! Team Rocket’s Secret Empire" and an instrumental of "Team Rocket Forever" plays. Meowth introduces himself as the personality. Jessie gets really excited and introduces herself as the main personality who loves sushi and sashimi. James thanks his fans from all over the world for waiting and introduces himself as the show’s chairman. They all start clapping their hands. After that, Meowth asks James about explaining the contents of the show in easy words, since he is the chairman. James all of sudden loses his self-confidence and starts stuttering, so he tells the main personality Jessie to do it instead of him. Jessie accepts and says that they’re going to talk chaotically about whatever they want for the rest of the show as James laughs. She almost babbled out their address, but Meowth stops her, because it’s secret. She decides to hand over “this bothersome explanation” to Meowth and she and James get happy.

Well, it can’t be helped then, nya.

(James laughs in the background)

This show was created in order to make Team Rocket number one in the world and get our boss, Giovanni, to the top. That’s why we’ll use the radio to exchange various information, increase the amount of our comrades rapidly, and to make the whole world members of Team Rocket. In short, with everyone’s help we’ll create Team Rocket’s country, nya!

Jessie wonders what this information exchange is about and how they'll do the members’ assembly. James asks how will they accomplish getting all these new members. Meowth asks them if they heard about Twitter. James knows about it, but Jessie is confused and doesn’t know what a social network is.

On Twitter there’s an account called “Team Rocket’s Secret Empire” that’s related to this show. You only need to follow it to become a member. In short, you can become our comrade!

Is this way really ok? Isn’t it too easy?

So, everyone who wants to become friends with Team Rocket, gather! Don’t forget to follow it right away!

The goal is… 7 billion members!

Wa.. wait a sec! So if someone doesn’t have a computer or a cell phone, they can’t do it, right? Ee… Grade school students, twerps and the like aren’t allowed, I guess?

Well, we’ll think about it little by little…

(James laughs)

You didn’t give it much thought…

Meowth announces that it’s time for the radio corner and he welcomes a Pokémon caretaker. James gets confused as he didn’t hear about this before. Meowth hands him some papers and tells him to read it.

"In this corner, we invite people who have always been taking care of Pokémon…"

Aa, I got it, they’re guests.

Yeah, guests. … "and listen to them talk on various topics, whatever comes up." Pokémon raising specialists! You may never know what kind of talk comes up, so don’t miss it! Sorry. "In this corner, we decide which various Pokémon caretakers as well as Pokémon could fit in Team Rocket."

After the commercial, the trio welcomes their special guest which is Ikue Ootani. After greeting her, rap music suddenly starts playing and Jessie is surprised. James starts singing to its tune though.

(rapping) Before you came, I thought of asking questions singing, I have no doubt about this, yo.

(rapping) That sounds pretty good to me!

(rapping) Tell us what month were you born, where do you come from, what’s your pet’s name, yo.

Hey, hey!

It fits, doesn’t it? As planned.

(rapping) Tokyo, yo! Ordinary woman born in August! Pet’s name is simply Iku-chan, yo!

Somebody yells "Victooory!" as "Iku-chan" and “Victory” sound similar.

(rapping) What was the production you debuted in, nya? Tell us your representative productions, nya yo!

Nya yo.

Nya yo.

Nya yo fits perfectly somehow.

(rapping) Got it! “Ganbare, Kickers!” was my debut work! Yeey! What my representative works are, I wonder? Somehow this is difficult! “Kobo, the Li'l Rascal”, “Hime-chan’s ribbon”, “Zatch Bell”! “One Piece”!

She overdid it.

(rapping) And I can’t forget about “Po-ké-mon”! Yeeeeah!

They end it with thanking Ootani and admitting it was awesome. Meowth suggests that they can talk about various things from now on while Ootani will be presenting the Pokémon she’s raising, but James says that he first wants to ask her impression about their mission. Ootani congratulates them and starts clapping her hands. As the Rockets seem to be surprised, she explains that it seems to her that they will succeed in their evil scheme. The trio says that they’re happy for getting praised like this and ask her if she really means it. She confirms it and replies that she loves their evil schemes. Jessie says that they just weren’t prepared for hearing such nice words.

Jessie then says that she wants to see Pikachu since she’s raising it. Ootani suggests to take Pikachu out. Once it appears, the trio screams in excitement. Jessie wonders if it’s okay to catch it here. Ootani asks her in a suspicious tone what she meant by that. Jessie gets nervous and explained that she only said it absentmindledly and it wasn’t like she had an intention to do it. As they start talking at once, James tells them to change the topic and suggests Ootani put Pikachu in Jessie’s lap. Jessie refuses as she’s too scared, but Ikue tries to do that anyway.

Comecomecomecome!

(angrily) Pika pika piii..!

Ah, nonononononono…

That’s unusal, it’s troubled with something. Because normally it’s used to people.

Ah, so it is?

It’s ok, so stay calm.

What? It’s not going.

It’s cute and it stole my heart right away…

Pika?

… but I want to ask for a break today.

(irritated) Pikachu…

After that, Jessie and James are eager to listen to Ootani’s story about raising Pikachu.

Their guest replies that Pikachu is relatively free and uncontrolled, and even though there were some difficult moments, but she managed to raise it without bigger problems, so it was pretty easy. Then they talk about various Pokémon that Ootani raises and wonder together which would fit Team Rocket. They start with Goldeen. Jessie has a hunch that it would do well, since it looked cheerful. But then, she remembered something and she asks Ootani if there’s some bluff behind it. She denies in a slightly offended tone. Jessie starts telling her about an old guy who’s selling Goldeens, but Ootani corrects her, saying it was Magikarp salesman. They end up talking about him and his sneaky ways of forcing people to buy from him. James cuts the talk off, as they got too far off topic.

He suggests obtaining Roselia. When Roselia appears and Jessie admits “It’s groovy, but… it would be pretty if not for…”, the Pokemon starts screaming in a high-pitched tone, scaring everyone. Meowth admits that it’s cute but raising it must be hard and Ootani agrees with him. After this, Jessie asks her if she has Banette too, because she thinks it’s cute. Ootani confirms it, but tells her to wait a little, because it’s hiding somewhere. Jessie and James suggest calling it or looking for it with a Pokéball. When Banette suddenly appears, it gets very agitated by something and starts rampaging in the studio. James tries to stop it. Ootani wonders if it’s because of the studio being orange and orange color is known as a stimulant. James notices that Ootani is wearing orange clothes today and they talk about the color orange more.

I heard that the color orange is good for your liver.

(Everyone laughs)

So, James… you better wear orange all the time!

Me?! I should wear orange?

James then says that he will go shopping in Roppongi, since it’s in the neighborhood.

Jessie admits that this talk got very personal. Then she mentions Mime Jr., Team Rocket’s Pokemon they “never stopped loving”. When the Pokémon appears, they all scream from excitement.

So cute, so cute! I want to see it!

But you’re seeing it now.

(Everyone laughs)

I wish Mime Jr. would always be together with us.

Then James and Jessie ask Ootani, what’s the key to raising Pokémon.

I guess it’s the desire to talk.

Like, a conversation?

Woooo….

Hmm… yeah, in Japanese.

Yeah.

You might say that… well, I’m raising Pikachu who’s Satoshi’s partner… so I want to talk with him about things, I want to teach him something, things like that.

Like, “Come here!”, “This is tasty”…

Yeah, for example.

Aaa....

I’m also raising James’ Mime Jr. It seemed to join Team Rocket so vigorously… awesome. It also has its own version of saying “This feels bad!”.

Mi-me mime!!

Oh, it flew off…

Ah, I already feel better today…

Your yearning softened a lot, didn’t it?

Yes, it softened a lot.

Later, Jessie asks their guest if there are Pokémon that are easy to raise and Pokémon that are hard to raise. When she says yes, James asks her for example so she started with Pokémon that are difficult to talk with, because it’s hard to mimic their sound. First she impersonated Oddish which she liked from the beginning. Then she tells the story of how hard it was for her to voice Zoey’s Glameow, because she had to learn the technique of rolling her r’s in the right way.

As they end the talk about Pokémon that Ootani raises, Jessie begins the talk about the movie, as she expresses her regret that they aren’t appearing in it. However, Meowth seem to have a big role in the movie’s short as well as Pikachu. Later, Ootani promotes the movie.

Pocket Monsters Best Wishes, The Movie: Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo, along with the movie short: Meloetta's Dazzling Recital. Presented to the public on July 14th!

The Rockets clap their hands and praise her for sounding like a professional personality.

Get everyone together and see the movie please!

We will! James and I will go see it immediately!

Will we go together with everyone?

After this, they end the corner with thanking Ootani for being their guest, and then take a break for a commercial.

When they return they start the next corner called “Team Rocket’s Knowledge Check” which is a short quiz. Meowth explains that they’re going to guess the titles of Pokémon opening and ending songs. Jessie says immediately to leave it to her. Meowth adds that if they know the answer, they should say the names of three Pokémon they know fast and then they could answer with the song’s title. However, they can’t repeat the name of a Pokémon they already said before. If their answer is wrong, they’re going to get clothespins attached to their arms. Jessie and James protest because it would hurt, and it was just supposed to be fun. Meowth ignores them and plays the first song’s fragment which is "Team Rocket Forever". Jessie volunteers to answer when Meowth reminds her to give Pokémon names first. As she names the Pokémon: Bulbasaur, Glameow, Pikachu, Meowth gives her the privilege to guess the song. Jessie is surprised and James starts to laugh. She says “I’ve been deceived” as she thought it was going to be a Pokémon names quiz. Then she answers that it’s “Team Rocket’s Song”. Meowth informs her that she was close, but it wasn’t right answer. James volunteers to answer as Jessie gets a clothespin attached to her. He lists Poliwag, Poliwhirl and Poliwrath and then gives the right title of the song. Jessie gets pouty because she said it was Team Rocket’s song and James says that it was his fault. Meanwhile, Meowth says general information about the song. When he says that it was produced in December of 1997, they’re all surprised that it was such a long time ago.

Then Meowth switches to the next song, "Face Forward Team Rocket". This time, the one who is clueless is James. Jessie is teasing him as she seems to know. Meowth plays the song one more time and Jessie decides to guess it. She goes with Meloetta, Kyurem and Snivy and gives the right answer. After that they sing along to the song as Meowth plays it once again. He says that it was Team Rocket’s single from July of 2001, and was 12th Pokemon anime ending which had Wobbuffet starring in it too. The next song is "Aim to Be a Pokémon Master". Jessie and James can’t believe it’s a song and not just a quote since all they heard was Ash saying “Pokemon! Getto da ze!”. They ask their guest if she knows the answer and she guesses it right. Meowth informs that this single was produced in 1997 too and sold 120,000 copies in its first six months and 200,000 copies all time, which made everyone impressed as they clap their hands. Next, Meowth gives homework for all members listening to the radio to guess the title of the next song before next week, and he plays its fragment two times. With this, they end the quiz and Meowth plays a shortened version of Team Rocket’s theme, "Team Rocket Forever".

After the song, Meowth asks everyone their thoughts about the first episode of Team Rocket’s program. Jessie says that she’s happy and James replies only with simple “Yeah”. She asks him why he’s such in low spirits. He replies that it was because he was thinking about various things, and admitted that he really is happy. Then they talk about the Twitter account of the radio program, to which their listeners can forward their questions and wishes. Meanwhile Ootani says that she wants to give it a try and become their member too. They tell her that she can tweet as well. James comes up with the idea for a corner in which he could boast about his bottlecap collection. When Meowth reminds him that it would be hard to see them, James says that he could show photos on Twitter. Later Meowth announces to all members that they can ask questions relating to the corners or their special guests. As they’re out of time, they finish their program saying “Victory! This feels good!”.

User:Rocket Girl/TR Radio show/Transcript

2012-07-06T21:43:02Z

Rocket Girl: /* Intro */

*Jessie
*James
*Meowth
*Ikue Ohtani
*Various Pokemon

The radio show begins with Jessie, James and Meowth acting serious and professional like they do in the current anime.

Alright! Point 6-3-4-2 has been marked.

With this, we'll be sure to to get Meloetta.

We should report to Dr. Zager right away nya!

Meowth, we've already sent him mail.

As expected of you, James.

Heh, it’s natural for a professional like me.

Yeah.

By the way, Jessie...can I ask you something?

What?

What kind of professionals are we?

Huh?

When did the three of us become this cool?

Hmm? Hmm?

Th-that's...so we can get closer to Team Rocket's goals. Everything's for Giovanni's sake!

But! This professional style...

Hmm hmm?

Can we really aim for the top...when we're acting this way?

James!

No! Today I want you to make this clear with me. Jessie!

Eh!?

Are you really ok about such a Team Rocket?

Um, uh...

Are you...really having fun?

Eh...

Up until now,

(violin music starts playing)

you've always openly said and done what you like! You didn't care what others thought of you at all! But now, whenever we talk to each other, it's just to confirm our plans!

That's...that's...

Is this really OK? Is doing things the way we've been doing them up until now really OK for you?

Stop it James!

I can't...this Team Rocket..." 

Stop nya! You know that the three of us have to have conversations with each other nya!" 

Yes, that's right." 

Meowth, are you satisfied? For a Pokémon who can speak human language, you have fewer lines than any other Pokémon...no...than any of the three of us!

That really hurts! You're going too far...

I can't do this anymore! No matter how many times we say "For Giovanni's sake!" this life is…!

To tell you the truth, I've recently started to feel the same way as you, James!

Jessie!

But… while it may be true, this is something the three of us decided together. I’m also following the path of an actress who’s being forced.

(Jessie and James whimper)

It can't be helped nya...I've been saving something for a time like this. Take a look!

(fanfare plays)

Eh? A plan?

"Using the radio, we'll make 7 billion people members of Team Rocket, all for the sake of our boss."

That's right! By broadcasting over the radio, we'll get every human on the planet join us and receive praise from the boss!

Eh!? And we'll be able to speak freely?

Of course nya! If we don't speak normally then we can't put on a proper radio show nya!

But wait a minute! Won't Dr. Zager get mad at us for this?

He doesn't have to know about this nya. This will be a secret broadcast from our hideout.

(Bubbling with excitement) Secret!?

A se-cret---!" 

That's right! Let's go ahead and get started!

The regular show starts with Jessie and Meowth introducing the name of the show - "Pokémon Radio Show! Team Rocket’s Secret Empire" and an instrumental of "Team Rocket Forever" plays. Meowth introduces himself as the personality. Jessie gets really excited and introduces herself as the main personality who loves sushi and sashimi. James thanks his fans from all over the world for waiting and introduces himself as the show’s chairman. They all start clapping their hands. After that, Meowth asks James about explaining the contents of the show in easy words, since he is the chairman. James all of sudden loses his self-confidence and starts stuttering, so he tells the main personality Jessie to do it instead of him. Jessie accepts and says that they’re going to talk chaotically about whatever they want for the rest of the show as James laughs. She almost babbled out their address, but Meowth stops her, because it’s secret. She decides to hand over “this bothersome explanation” to Meowth and she and James get happy.

Well, it can’t be helped then, nya.

(James laughs in the background)

This show was created in order to make Team Rocket number one in the world and get our boss, Giovanni, to the top. That’s why we’ll use the radio to exchange various information, increase the amount of our comrades rapidly, and to make the whole world members of Team Rocket. In short, with everyone’s help we’ll create Team Rocket’s country, nya!

Jessie wonders what this information exchange is about and how they'll do the members’ assembly. James asks how will they accomplish getting all these new members. Meowth asks them if they heard about Twitter. James knows about it, but Jessie is confused and doesn’t know what a social network is.

On Twitter there’s an account called “Team Rocket’s Secret Empire” that’s related to this show. You only need to follow it to become a member. In short, you can become our comrade!

Is this way really ok? Isn’t it too easy?

So, everyone who wants to become friends with Team Rocket, gather! Don’t forget to follow it right away!

The goal is… 7 billion members!

Wa.. wait a sec! So if someone doesn’t have a computer or a cell phone, they can’t do it, right? Ee… Grade school students, twerps and the like aren’t allowed, I guess?

Well, we’ll think about it little by little…

(James laughs)

You didn’t give it much thought…

Meowth announces that it’s time for the radio corner and he welcomes a Pokémon caretaker. James gets confused as he didn’t hear about this before. Meowth hands him some papers and tells him to read it.

"In this corner, we invite people who have always been taking care of Pokémon…"

Aa, I got it, they’re guests.

Yeah, guests. … "and listen to them talk on various topics, whatever comes up." Pokémon raising specialists! You may never know what kind of talk comes up, so don’t miss it! Sorry. "In this corner, we decide which various Pokémon caretakers as well as Pokémon could fit in Team Rocket."

After the commercial, the trio welcomes their special guest which is Ikue Ootani. After greeting her, rap music suddenly starts playing and Jessie is surprised. James starts singing to its tune though.

(rapping) Before you came, I thought of asking questions singing, I have no doubt about this, yo.

(rapping) That sounds pretty good to me!

(rapping) Tell us what month were you born, where do you come from, what’s your pet’s name, yo.

Hey, hey!

It fits, doesn’t it? As planned.

(rapping) Tokyo, yo! Ordinary woman born in August! Pet’s name is simply Iku-chan, yo!

Somebody yells "Victooory!" as "Iku-chan" and “Victory” sound similar.

(rapping) What was the production you debuted in, nya? Tell us your representative productions, nya yo!

Nya yo.

Nya yo.

Nya yo fits perfectly somehow.

(rapping) Got it! “Ganbare, Kickers!” was my debut work! Yeey! What my representative works are, I wonder? Somehow this is difficult! “Kobo, the Li'l Rascal”, “Hime-chan’s ribbon”, “Zatch Bell”! “One Piece”!

She overdid it.

(rapping) And I can’t forget about “Po-ké-mon”! Yeeeeah!

They end it with thanking Ootani and admitting it was awesome. Meowth suggests that they can talk about various things from now on while Ootani will be presenting the Pokémon she’s raising, but James says that he first wants to ask her impression about their mission. Ootani congratulates them and starts clapping her hands. As the Rockets seem to be surprised, she explains that it seems to her that they will succeed in their evil scheme. The trio says that they’re happy for getting praised like this and ask her if she really means it. She confirms it and replies that she loves their evil schemes. Jessie says that they just weren’t prepared for hearing such nice words.

Jessie then says that she wants to see Pikachu since she’s raising it. Ootani suggests to take Pikachu out. Once it appears, the trio screams in excitement. Jessie wonders if it’s okay to catch it here. Ootani asks her in a suspicious tone what she meant by that. Jessie gets nervous and explained that she only said it absentmindledly and it wasn’t like she had an intention to do it. As they start talking at once, James tells them to change the topic and suggests Ootani put Pikachu in Jessie’s lap. Jessie refuses as she’s too scared, but Ikue tries to do that anyway.

Comecomecomecome!

(angrily) Pika pika piii..!

Ah, nonononononono…

That’s unusal, it’s troubled with something. Because normally it’s used to people.

Ah, so it is?

It’s ok, so stay calm.

What? It’s not going.

It’s cute and it stole my heart right away…

Pika?

… but I want to ask for a break today.

(irritated) Pikachu…

After that, Jessie and James are eager to listen to Ootani’s story about raising Pikachu.

Their guest replies that Pikachu is relatively free and uncontrolled, and even though there were some difficult moments, but she managed to raise it without bigger problems, so it was pretty easy. Then they talk about various Pokémon that Ootani raises and wonder together which would fit Team Rocket. They start with Goldeen. Jessie has a hunch that it would do well, since it looked cheerful. But then, she remembered something and she asks Ootani if there’s some bluff behind it. She denies in a slightly offended tone. Jessie starts telling her about an old guy who’s selling Goldeens, but Ootani corrects her, saying it was Magikarp salesman. They end up talking about him and his sneaky ways of forcing people to buy from him. James cuts the talk off, as they got too far off topic.

He suggests obtaining Roselia. When Roselia appears and Jessie admits “It’s groovy, but… it would be pretty if not for…”, the Pokemon starts screaming in a high-pitched tone, scaring everyone. Meowth admits that it’s cute but raising it must be hard and Ootani agrees with him. After this, Jessie asks her if she has Banette too, because she thinks it’s cute. Ootani confirms it, but tells her to wait a little, because it’s hiding somewhere. Jessie and James suggest calling it or looking for it with a Pokéball. When Banette suddenly appears, it gets very agitated by something and starts rampaging in the studio. James tries to stop it. Ootani wonders if it’s because of the studio being orange and orange color is known as a stimulant. James notices that Ootani is wearing orange clothes today and they talk about the color orange more.

I heard that the color orange is good for your liver.

(Everyone laughs)

So, James… you better wear orange all the time!

Me?! I should wear orange?

James then says that he will go shopping in Roppongi, since it’s in the neighborhood.

Jessie admits that this talk got very personal. Then she mentions Mime Jr., Team Rocket’s Pokemon they “never stopped loving”. When the Pokémon appears, they all scream from excitement.

So cute, so cute! I want to see it!

But you’re seeing it now.

(Everyone laughs)

I wish Mime Jr. would always be together with us.

Then James and Jessie ask Ootani, what’s the key to raising Pokémon.

I guess it’s the desire to talk.

Like, a conversation?

Woooo….

Hmm… yeah, in Japanese.

Yeah.

You might say that… well, I’m raising Pikachu who’s Satoshi’s partner… so I want to talk with him about things, I want to teach him something, things like that.

Like, “Come here!”, “This is tasty”…

Yeah, for example.

Aaa....

I’m also raising James’ Mime Jr. It seemed to join Team Rocket so vigorously… awesome. It also has its own version of saying “This feels bad!”.

Mi-me mime!!

Oh, it flew off…

Ah, I already feel better today…

Your yearning softened a lot, didn’t it?

Yes, it softened a lot.

Later, Jessie asks their guest if there are Pokémon that are easy to raise and Pokémon that are hard to raise. When she says yes, James asks her for example so she started with Pokémon that are difficult to talk with, because it’s hard to mimic their sound. First she impersonated Oddish which she liked from the beginning. Then she tells the story of how hard it was for her to voice Zoey’s Glameow, because she had to learn the technique of rolling her r’s in the right way.

As they end the talk about Pokémon that Ootani raises, Jessie begins the talk about the movie, as she expresses her regret that they aren’t appearing in it. However, Meowth seem to have a big role in the movie’s short as well as Pikachu. Later, Ootani promotes the movie.

Pocket Monsters Best Wishes, The Movie: Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo, along with the movie short: Meloetta's Dazzling Recital. Presented to the public on July 14th!

The Rockets clap their hands and praise her for sounding like a professional personality.

Get everyone together and see the movie please!

We will! James and I will go see it immediately!

Will we go together with everyone?

After this, they end the corner with thanking Ootani for being their guest, and then take a break for a commercial.

When they return they start the next corner called “Team Rocket’s Knowledge Check” which is a short quiz. Meowth explains that they’re going to guess the titles of Pokémon opening and ending songs. Jessie says immediately to leave it to her. Meowth adds that if they know the answer, they should say the names of three Pokémon they know fast and then they could answer with the song’s title. However, they can’t repeat the name of a Pokémon they already said before. If their answer is wrong, they’re going to get clothespins attached to their arms. Jessie and James protest because it would hurt, and it was just supposed to be fun. Meowth ignores them and plays the first song’s fragment which is "Team Rocket Forever". Jessie volunteers to answer when Meowth reminds her to give Pokémon names first. As she names the Pokémon: Bulbasaur, Glameow, Pikachu, Meowth gives her the privilege to guess the song. Jessie is surprised and James starts to laugh. She says “I’ve been deceived” as she thought it was going to be a Pokémon names quiz. Then she answers that it’s “Team Rocket’s Song”. Meowth informs her that she was close, but it wasn’t right answer. James volunteers to answer as Jessie gets a clothespin attached to her. He lists Poliwag, Poliwhirl and Poliwrath and then gives the right title of the song. Jessie gets pouty because she said it was Team Rocket’s song and James says that it was his fault. Meanwhile, Meowth says general information about the song. When he says that it was produced in December of 1997, they’re all surprised that it was such a long time ago.

Then Meowth switches to the next song, "Face Forward Team Rocket". This time, the one who is clueless is James. Jessie is teasing him as she seems to know. Meowth plays the song one more time and Jessie decides to guess it. She goes with Meloetta, Kyurem and Snivy and gives the right answer. After that they sing along to the song as Meowth plays it once again. He says that it was Team Rocket’s single from July of 2001, and was 12th Pokemon anime ending which had Wobbuffet starring in it too. The next song is "Aim to Be a Pokémon Master". Jessie and James can’t believe it’s a song and not just a quote since all they heard was Ash saying “Pokemon! Getto da ze!”. They ask their guest if she knows the answer and she guesses it right. Meowth informs that this single was produced in 1997 too and sold 120,000 copies in its first six months and 200,000 copies all time, which made everyone impressed as they clap their hands. Next, Meowth gives homework for all members listening to the radio to guess the title of the next song before next week, and he plays its fragment two times. With this, they end the quiz and Meowth plays a shortened version of Team Rocket’s theme, "Team Rocket Forever".

After the song, Meowth asks everyone their thoughts about the first episode of Team Rocket’s program. Jessie says that she’s happy and James replies only with simple “Yeah”. She asks him why he’s such in low spirits. He replies that it was because he was thinking about various things, and admitted that he really is happy. Then they talk about the Twitter account of the radio program, to which their listeners can forward their questions and wishes. Meanwhile Ootani says that she wants to give it a try and become their member too. They tell her that she can tweet as well. James comes up with the idea for a corner in which he could boast about his bottlecap collection. When Meowth reminds him that it would be hard to see them, James says that he could show photos on Twitter. Later Meowth announces to all members that they can ask questions relating to the corners or their special guests. As they’re out of time, they finish their program saying “Victory! This feels good!”.

User:Rocket Girl/TR Radio show/Transcript

2012-07-06T19:59:51Z

Rocket Girl: /* Intro */

*Jessie
*James
*Meowth
*Ikue Ohtani
*Various Pokemon

The radio show begins with Jessie, James and Meowth acting serious and professional like they do in the current anime.

Alright! Point 6-3-4-2 has been marked.

With this, we'll be sure to to get Meloetta.

We should report to Dr. Zager right away nya!

Meowth, we've already sent him a mail.

As expected of you, James

Heh, it’s natural for a professional like me

Yeah.

By the way, Jessie...can I ask you something?

What?

What kind of professionals are we?

Huh?

When did the three of us become this cool?

Hmm? Hmm?

Th-that's...so we can get closer to Team Rocket's goals. Everything's for Giovanni's sake!

But! This professional style...

Hmm hmm?

Can we really aim for the top...when we're acting this way?

James!

No! Today I want you to make this clear with me. Jessie!

Eh!?

Are you really ok about such a Team Rocket?

Um, uh...

Are you...really having fun?

Eh...

Up until now, (violin music starts playing) you've always openly said and done what you like! You didn't care what others thought of you at all! But now, whenever we talk to each other, it's just to confirm our plans!

That's...that's...

Is this really OK? Is doing things the way we've been doing them up until now really OK for you?

Stop it James!

I can't...this Team Rocket..." 

Stop nya! You know that the three of us have to have conversations with each other nya!" 

Yes, that's right." 

Meowth, are you satisfied? For a pokemon who can speak human language, you have fewer lines than any other pokemon...no...than any of the three of us!

That really hurts! You're going too far...

I can't do this anymore! No matter how many times we say "For Giovanni's sake!" this life is…!

To tell you the truth, I've been recently starting to feel the same way as you, James!

Jessie!

But… while it may be true, this is something the three of us decided together. I’m also following the path of an actress who’s being forced.

It can't be helped nya...I've been saving something for a time like this. Take a look!

(fanfare plays)

Eh? A plan?

Using the radio, we'll make 7 billion people members of Team Rocket, all for the sake of our boss.

That's right! By broadcasting over the radio, we'll get every human on the planet join us and receive praise from the boss!

Eh!? And we'll be able to speak freely?

Of course nya! If we don't speak normally then we can't put on a proper radio show nya!

But wait a minute! Won't Dr. Zager get mad at us for this?

He doesn't have to know about this nya. This will be a secret broadcast from our hideout.

(bubbling with excitement) Secret!?

A se-cret---!" 

That's right! Let's go ahead and get started!

The regular show starts with Jessie and Meowth introducing the name of the show - "Pokemon Radio Show! Team Rocket’s Secret Empire" and Team Rocket Forever music playing. Meowth introduces himself as the personality. Jessie gets really excited and introduces herself as the main personality who loves sushi and sashimi. James thanks his fans from all over the world for waiting and introduces himself as the show’s chairman. They all start clapping hands. After that, Meowth asks James about explaining the contents of the show in easy words, since he is the chairman. James all of sudden loses his self-confidence and starts stuttering, so he tells the main personality Jessie to do it instead of him. Jessie accepts it and says that they’re going to talk chaotically about whatever they want for the rest of the show as James laughs. She almost babbled out their address, but Meowth stops her, because it’s secret. She decides to hand over “this bothersome explanation” to Meowth and she and James get happy.

Well, it can’t be helped then, nya.

(James laughs in the background)

This show was created in order to make Rocket-Dan the number one in the world and get our boss, Giovanni to the top. That’s why we’ll use the radio to exchange various informations, increase the amount of our fellows rapidly and to make the whole world members of Team Rocket. In short, with everyone’s help we’ll create Team Rocket’s country, nya!

Jessie wonders what’s this information exchange about and how will they do the members’ assembly. James asks how will they accomplish getting all these fellow members. Meowth asks them if they heard about Twitter. James knows about it, but Jessie is confused and she doesn’t know what a social network is.

On Twitter there’s an account called “Team Rocket’s Secret Empire” that’s related to this show. You only need to follow it to become a member. In short you can become our fellow!

Is this way really ok? Isn’t it too easy?

So, everyone who wants to become friends with Team Rocket, gather! Don’t forget to follow right away!

The goal is… 7 billion members!

Wa.. wait a sec! So if someone doesn’t have a computer or a cell phone, they can’t do it, right? Ee… Grade school students, twerps and the like aren’t allowed, I guess?

Well, we’ll think about it little by little…

(James laughs)

You didn’t give it much thought…

Meowth announces that it’s time for the radio corner and he welcomes a Pokemon caretaker. James gets confused as he didn’t hear about this before. Meowth hands him some paper and tells him to read it.

In this corner, we invite people who have been always taking care of Pokemon…

Aa, I got it, they’re guests.

Yeah, guests. … and listen to them talk on various topics, whatever comes up. *he stops reading* Pokemon raising specialists! You may never know what kind of talk comes up, so don’t miss it! Sorry. *reads again* In this corner, we decide which various Pokemon caretakers as well as Pokemon could fit in Team Rocket.

After the commercial, the trio welcomes their special guest which is Ikue Ootani. After greeting her, rap music suddenly starts playing and Jessie is surprised. James starts singing to its tune though.

(rapping) Before you came, I thought of asking questions singing, I have no doubt about this, yo.

(rapping) That sounds pretty good to me!

(rapping) Tell us what month were you born, where do you come from, what’s your pet’s name, yo.

Hey, hey!

It fits, doesn’t it? As planned.

(rapping) Tokyo, yo! Ordinary woman born in August! Pet’s name is simply Iku-chan, yo!

Somebody yells "Victooory!" as "Iku-chan" and “victory” sound similar.

(rapping) What was the production you debuted in, nya? Tell us your representative productions, nya yo!

Nya yo.

Nya yo.

Nya yo fits perfectly somehow.

(rapping) Got it! “Ganbare, Kickers!” was my debut work! Yeey! What my representative works are, I wonder? Somehow this is difficult! “Kobo, the Li'l Rascal”, “Hime-chan’s ribbon”, “Zatch Bell”! “One Piece”!

She overdid it.

(rapping) And I can’t forget about “Po-ke-mon”! Yeeeeah!

They end it with thanking Ootani and admitting it was awesome. Meowth suggests that they can talk about various things from now on while Ootani will be presenting the pokemon she’s raising, but James says that he first wants to ask her about her impression about their mission. Ootani congratulates them and starts clapping her hands. As Rockets seem to be surprised, she explains that it seems to her that they will succeed in their evil scheme. The trio says that they’re happy for getting praised like this and ask her if she really means it. She confirms it and replies that she loves their evil schemes. Jessie says that they just weren’t prepared for hearing such nice words.

Jessie says that she wants to see Pikachu since she’s raising it. Ootani suggests to take Pikachu out. Once it appears, the trio screams in excitement. Jessie wonders if it’s okay to catch it here. Ootani asks her in suspicious tone what she meant by that. Jessie gets nervous and explained that she only said it absentmindledly and it wasn’t like she had an intention to do it. As they started talking at once, James tells them to change the topic and suggest Ootani to put Pikachu in Jessie’s lap. Jessie refuses as she’s too scared, but Ikue tries to do that anyway.

Comecomecomecome!

(angrily) Pika pika piii..!

Ah, nonononononono…

That’s unusal, it’s troubled with something. Because normally it’s used to people.

Ah, so it is?

It’s ok, so stay calm.

What? It’s not going.

It’s cute and it stole my heart right away…

Pika?

… but I want to ask for a break today.

(irritated) Pikachu…

After that, Jessie and James are eager to listen to Ootani’s story about raising Pikachu.

Their guest replies that Pikachu is relatively free and uncontrolled, and even though there were some difficult moments, but she managed to raise it without bigger problems, so it was pretty easy. Then they talk about various Pokemon that Ootani raises and wonder together which would fit Team Rocket. They start with Goldeen. Jessie has a hunch that it would do well, since it looked cheerful. But then, she remembered something and she asks Ootani if there’s some bluff behind it. She denies in a slightly offended tone. Jessie starts telling her about an old guy who’s selling Goldeens, but Ootani corrects her, saying it was Magicarp salesman. They end up talking about him and his sneaky ways of forcing people to buy from him. James cuts the talk off, as they got off-topic too much.

He suggests obtaining Roselia. When Roselia appears and Jessie admits “It’s groovy, but… it would be pretty if not for…”, Pokemon starts screaming in a high-pitched tone, scaring everyone. Meowth admits that it’s cute but raising it must be hard and Ootani agrees with him. After this, Jessie asks her if she has Banette too, because she thinks it’s cute. Ootani confirms it, but tells her to wait a little, because it’s hiding somewhere. Jessie and James suggest calling it or looking for it with a pokeball. When Banette suddenly appears, it gets very agitated by something and it starts rampaging in the studio. James tries to stop it. Ootani wonders if it’s because of the studio being orange and orange color is known as stimulant. James notices that Ootani is wearing orange clothes today and they talk about the color orange more.

I heard that orange color is good for your liver.

(everyone laughs)

So, James… you better wear orange all the time!

Me?! I should wear orange?

James then says that he will go shopping in Roppongi, since it’s in the neighborhood.

Jessie admits that this talk got very personal. Then she mentions Mime Jr., Team Rocket’s Pokemon they “never stopped loving”. When the Pokemon appears, they all scream from excitement.

So cute, so cute! I want to see it!

But you’re seeing it now.

(everyone laughs)

I wish Mime Jr. would be always together with us.

Then James and Jessie ask Ootani, what’s the key to raising Pokemon.

I guess it’s the desire to talk.

Like, a conversation?

Woooo….

Hmm… yeah, in Japanese.

Yeah.

You might say that… well, I’m raising Pikachu who’s Satoshi’s partner… so I want to talk with him about things, I want to teach him something, things like that.

Like, “come here!”, “this is tasty”…

Yeah, for example.

Aaa....

I’m also raising James’ Mime Jr. It seemed to join Team Rocket so vigorously… awesome. It also had its own version of saying “This feels bad!”.

Mi-me mime!!

Oh, it flew off…

Ah, I feel better already today…

Your yearning softened a lot, didn’t it?

Yes, it softened a lot.

Later, Jessie asks their guest if there are Pokemon that are easy to raise and Pokemon that are hard to raise. When she says yes, James asks her for example so she started with Pokemon that are difficult to talk with, because it’s hard to mimic their sound. First she impersonated Oddish which she liked from the beginning. Then she tells the story of how hard it was for her to voice Zoey’s Glameow, because she had to learn the technique of rolling her r’s in the right way.

As they end the talk about Pokemon that Ootani raises, Jessie begins the talk about the movie, as she expresses her regret that they aren’t appearing in it. However, Nyasu seem to have a big role in the movie’s short as well as Pikachu. Later, Ootani promotes the movie.

Pocket Monsters Best Wishes, The Movie: Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo, along with the movie short: Meloetta's Dazzling Recital. Presented to the public on July 14th!

Rockets clap their hands, they praise her for sounding like a professional personality.

Get everyone together and see the movie please!

We will! James and I will go see it immediately!

Will we go together with everyone?

After this, they end the corner with thanking Ootani for being their guest, and they take a break for a commercial.

When they return they start the next corner, called “Team Rocket’s Knowledge Check” which is a short quiz. Meowth explains that they’re going to guess the titles of Pokemon opening and ending songs. Jessie says immediately to leave it to her. Meowth adds that if they know the answer, they should say names of the three Pokemon they know fast and then they could answer with the song’s title. However, they can’t repeat the name of the Pokemon they said before already. If their answer is wrong, they’re going to get clothespins attached to their arms. Jessie and James protest because it would hurt, and it was just supposed to be fun. Meowth ignores them and plays the first song’s fragment which is Team Rocket Forever. Jessie volunteers to answer when Meowth reminds them to give Pokemon names first. As she names the pokemon: Bulbasaur, Glameow, Pikachu, Meowth gives her priviledge to guess the song. Jessie is surprised and James starts to laugh. She says “I’ve been deceived” as she thought it was going to be Pokemon names quiz. Then she answers that it’s “Team Rocket’s Song”. Meowth informs her that she was close, but it wasn’t right answer. James volunteers to answer as Jessie gets a clothespin attached. He lists Poliwag, Poliwhirl and Poliwrath and then he gives the right title of the song. Jessie gets pouty because she said it was Team Rocket’s song and James says that it was his fault. Meanwhile, Meowth says general information about the song. When he says that it was produced in December of 1997, they’re all surprised that it was such a long time ago.

Then Meowth switches to the next song, Face Forward Team Rocket. This time, the one who is clueless is James. Jessie is teasing him as she seems to know. Meowth plays the song one more time and Jessie decides to guess it. She goes with Meloetta, Kyurem and Snivey and gives the right answer. After that they sing along to the song as Meowth plays it once again. He says that it was Team Rocket’s single from July of 2001, and was 12th Pokemon anime ending which had Wobbuffet starring in it too. The next song is Aim to Be a Pokémon Master. Jessie and James can’t believe it’s a song and not just a quote since all they heard is Ash saying “Pokemon! Getto da ze!”. They ask their guest if she knows the answer and she guesses it right. Meowth informs that this single was produced in 1997 too and sold in 120,000 copies in six months since it went on sale and 200,000 copies all time, which made everyone impressed as they clap their hands. Next, Meowth gives homework for all members listening to the radio to guess the title of the next song before next week, and he plays its fragment two times. With this, they end the quiz and Meowth plays shortened version of Team Rocket’s theme, Team Rocket Forever.

After the song, Meowth asks everyone about their thoughts about the first episode of Team Rocket’s program. Jessie says that she’s happy and James replied only with simple “Yeah”. She asks him why he’s such in low spirits. He replies that it was because he was thinking about various things, and he admitted that he really is happy. Then they talk about the Twitter account of the radio program, to which their listeners can forward their questions and wishes. Meanwhile Ootani says that she wants to give it a try and become their member too. They tell her that she can tweet too. James comes up with the idea for a corner in which he could boast about his bottlecap collection. When Meowth reminds him that it would be hard to see them, James says that he could show photos on Twitter. Later Meowth announces to all members that they can ask questions relating to the corners or their special guests. As they’re out of time, they finish their program saying “Victory! It feels good!”.

User:Rocket Girl/TR Radio show

2012-07-06T19:20:51Z

Rocket Girl: /* Synopsis */

== '''Episode 001''' ==

The first episode of ''Pokemon Radio Show! Team Rocket's Secret Empire'' aired on July 1, 2012.

==Synopsis==


The radio show begins with Jessie, James and Meowth acting serious and professional like they do in the current anime.


The regular show starts with Jessie and Meowth introducing the name of the show - "Pokemon Radio Show! Team Rocket’s Secret Empire" and '''[[Team Rocket Forever]]''' music playing. Meowth introduces himself as the personality. Jessie gets really excited and introduces herself as the main personality who loves sushi and sashimi. James thanks his fans from all over the world for waiting and introduces himself as the show’s chairman. They all start clapping hands. After that, Meowth asks James about explaining the contents of the show in easy words, since he is the chairman. James all of sudden loses his self-confidence and starts stuttering, so he tells the main personality Jessie to do it instead of him. Jessie accepts it and says that they’re going to talk chaotically about whatever they want for the rest of the show as James laughs. She almost babbled out their address, but Meowth stops her, because it’s secret. She decides to hand over “this bothersome explanation” to Meowth and she and James get happy.


Jessie wonders what’s this information exchange about and how will they do the members’ assembly. James asks how will they accomplish getting all these fellow members. Meowth asks them if they heard about Twitter. James knows about it, but Jessie is confused and she doesn’t know what a network is.


Meowth announces that it’s time for the radio corner and he welcomes Pokemon caretaker. James gets confused as he didn’t hear about this before. Meowth hands him some paper and tells him to read it.


After the commercial, the trio welcomes their special guest which is Ikue Ootani. After greeting her, rap music suddenly starts playing and Jessie is surprised. James starts singing to its tune though:


They end it with thanking Ootani and admitting it was awesome. Meowth suggests that they can talk about various things from now on while Ootani will be presenting the pokemon she’s raising, but James says that he first wants to ask her about her impression about their mission. Ootani congratulates them and starts clapping her hands. As Rockets seem to be surprised, she explains that it seems to her that they will succeed in their evil scheme. The trio says that they’re happy for getting praised like this and ask her if she really means it. She confirms it and replies that she loves their evil schemes. Jessie says that just weren’t prepared for hearing such nice words.

Jessie says that she wants to see Pikachu since she’s raising it. Ootani suggests to take Pikachu out. Once it appears, the trio screams in excitement. Jessie wonders if it’s okay to catch it here. Ootani asks her in suspicious tone what she meant by that. Jessie gets nervous and explained that she only said it absentmindledly and it wasn’t like she had an intention to do it. As they started talking at once, James tells them to change the topic and suggest Ootani to put Pikachu in Jessie’s lap. Jessie refuses as she’s too scared, but Ikue tries to do that anyway.


After that, Jessie and James are eager to listen to Ootani’s story about raising Pikachu.

Their guest replies that Pikachu is relatively free and uncontrolled, and even though there were some difficult moments, but she managed to raise it without bigger problems, so it was pretty easy. Then they talk about various Pokemon that Ootani raises and wonder together which would fit Team Rocket. They start with Goldeen. Jessie has a hunch that it would do well, since it looked cheerful. But then, she remembered something and she asks Ootani if there’s some bluff behind it. She denies in a slightly offended tone. Jessie starts telling her about an old guy who’s selling Goldeens, but Ootani corrects her, saying it was Magicarp salesman. They end up talking about him and his sneaky ways of forcing people to buy from him. James cuts the talk off, as they got off-topic too much.

He suggests obtaining Roselia. When Roselia appears and Jessie admits “It’s groovy, but… it would be pretty if not for…”, Pokemon starts screaming in a high-pitched tone, scaring everyone. Meowth admits that it’s cute but raising it must be hard and Ootani agrees with him. After this, Jessie asks her if she has Banette too, because she thinks it’s cute. Ootani confirms it, but tells her to wait a little, because it’s hiding somewhere. Jessie and James suggest calling it or looking for it with a pokeball. When Banette suddenly appears, it gets very agitated by something and it starts rampaging in the studio. James tries to stop it. Ootani wonders if it’s because of the studio being orange and orange color is known as stimulant. James notices that Ootani is wearing orange clothes today and they talk about orange color more.


James then says that he will go shopping in Roppongi, since it’s in the neighborhood.

Jessie admits that this talk got very personal. Then she mentions Mime Jr., Team Rocket’s Pokemon they “never stopped loving”. When pokemon appears, they all scream from excitement.

James: So cute, so cute! I want to see it!

Jessie: But you’re seeing it now.

*everyone laughs*

Jessie: I wish Mime Jr. would be always together with us.

Then James and Jessie ask Ootani, what’s the key to raising Pokemon.

Ootani: I guess it’s the desire to talk.

James: Like, a conversation?

Jessie: Woooo….

Ootani: Hmm… yeah, in Japanese.

James: Yeah.

Ootani: You might say that… well, I’m raising Pikachu who’s Satoshi’s partner… so I want to talk with him about things, I want to teach him something, things like that.

Jessie: Like, “come here!”, “this is tasty”…

Ootani: Yeah, for example.

Jessie: Aaa....

Ootani: I’m also raising James’ Mime Jr. It seemed to join Team Rocket so vigorously… awesome. It also had its own version of saying “it feels bad!”.

Mime Jr: Mi-me mime!!

Ootani: Oh, it flew off…

James: Ah, I feel better already today…

Jessie: Your yearning softened a lot, didn’t it?

James: Yes, it softened a lot.

Later, Jessie asks their guest if there are Pokemon that are easy to raise and Pokemon that are hard to raise. When she says yes, James asks her for example so she started with Pokemon that are difficult to talk with, because it’s hard to mimic their sound. First she impersonated Oddish which she liked from the beginning. Then she tells the story of how hard it was for her to voice Zoey’s Glameow, because she had to learn the technique of rolling her r’s in the right way.

As they end the talk about Pokemon that Ootani raises, Jessie begins the talk about the movie as she expresses her regret that they aren’t appearing in it. However, Nyasu seem to have a big role in the movie’s short as well as Pikachu. Later, Ootani promotes the movie.

Ootani: Pokemon Black and White, The Movie: Kyurem vs The Sacred Swordsman Keldeo, along with the movie short: Meloetta’s Sparkling Recital. Presented to public on July 14th!

Rockets clap their hands, they praise her for sounding like professional personality.

Ootani: Get everyone together and see the movie please!

Jessie: We will! Kojiro and me will come to see it immediately!

James: Will we go together with everyone?

After this, they end the corner with thanking Ootani for being their guest, and they take a break for a commercial.

Afterwards, they start the next corner, called “Team Rocket’s Knowledge Check” which is a short quiz. Meowth explains that they’re going to guess the titles of Pokemon opening and ending songs. Jessie says immediately to leave it to her. Meowth adds that if they know the

answer, they should say fast names of the three Pokemon they know and then they could answer with the song’s title, however, they can’t repeat the name of the Pokemon they said before already. If their answer will be wrong, they’re going to get clothes-pins attached to their arms. Rockets protest because it would hurt, and it was just supposed to be fun. Meowth ignores them and plays the first song’s fragment which is Roketto Dan yo eien ni. Jessie volunteers to answer when Meowth reminds them to give Pokemon names first. As she names the pokemon: Bulbasaur, Glameow, Pikachu, Meowth gives her priviledge to guess the song. Jessie is surprised and James starts to laugh. She says “I’ve been deceived” as she thought it was going to be Pokemon names quiz. Then she answers that it’s “Team Rocket’s Song”. Meowth informs her that she was close, but it wasn’t right answer. James volunteers to answer as Jessie gets clothes-pin attached. He lists Poliwag, Poliwhirl and Poliwrath and then he gives the right title of the song. Jessie gets pouty because she said it was Team Rocket’s song and James says that it was his fault. Meanwhile, Meowth says general information about the song. When he says that it was produced in December of 1997, they’re all surprised that it was so long time ago. Then Meowth switches to the next song, Maemuki Roketto Dan. This time, the one who is clueless is James. Jessie is teasing him as she seems to know. Meowth plays the song one more time and Jessie decides to guess it. She goes with Meloetta, Kyurem and Snivey and gives the right answer. After that they sing along to the song as Meowth plays it once again. He says that it was Team Rocket’s single from July of 2001,it was 12th Pokemon anime ending and had Wobbuffet starring in it too. The next song is Mezase! Pokemon Master!. Jessie and James can’t believe it’s a song and not just a quote since all they heard is Ash saying “Pokemon! Getto da ze!”. They ask their guest if she knows the answer and she guesses it right. Meowth informs that this single was produced in 1997 too and has been sold in 120 thousands copies in half a year since it came on sale and 200 thousands copies as of all time, which put everyone is under impression as they clap their hands. Next, Meowth gives a homework for all members listening to the radio to guess the title of the next song before next week and he plays its fragment two times. With this, they end the quiz and Meowth plays shortened version of Team Rocket’s theme, Roketto Dan yo eien ni.

After the song, Meowth asks everyone about their thoughts after the first episode of Team Rocket’s programme. Jessie says that she’s happy and James replied only with simple “yeah”. She asks him why he’s such in low spirits. He replies that it was because he was thinking about various things, and he admitted that he really is happy. Then they talk about Twitter account of the radio programme, to which their listeners can forward their questions and wishes. Meanwhile Ootani says that she wants to give it a try and become their member too. They tell her that she can tweet too. James comes up with the idea for a corner in which he could boast about his bottlecap collection. When Meowth reminds him that it would be hard to see them, James says that he could show photos on Twitter. Later Meowth announces all members that they can ask questions relating to the corners or their special guests. As they’re out of time, they finish their programme saying “Victory! It feels good!”.

==Major events==
* Team Rocket decides to return to their normal selfs for the radio show and keep it a secret from Dr. Zager.

==Characters==
===Humans===
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[Ikue Ohtani]]

===Pokémon===
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Pikachu}}
* {{p|Goldeen}}
* {{p|Roselia}}
* {{p|Banette}}
* {{TP|Zoey|Glameow}} (Zoey's)

==Trivia==
* [[Shin'ichirō Miki]] is a frequent drinker in real life. Jessie saying James should wear orange because it's good for your liver is probably a reference to that.
* {{wp|Roppongi}} is a a fashionable shopping area in {{wp|Japan}}. There are lots of foreigners and it has a rich night-life.

User:Rocket Girl/TR Radio show/Transcript

2012-07-06T19:15:49Z

Rocket Girl: /* Intro */

*Jessie
*James
*Meowth
*Ikue Ohtani
*Various Pokemon

The radio show begins with Jessie, James and Meowth acting serious and professional like they do in the current anime.

Alright! Point 6-3-4-2 has been marked.

With this, we'll be sure to to get Meloetta.

We should report to Dr. Zager right away nya!

Meowth, we've already sent him a mail.

As expected of you, James

Heh, it’s natural for a professional like me

Yeah.

By the way, Jessie...can I ask you something?

What?

What kind of professionals are we?

Huh?

When did the three of us become this cool?

Hmm? Hmm?

Th-that's...so we can get closer to Team Rocket's goals. Everything's for Giovanni's sake!

But! This professional style...

Hmm hmm?

Can we really aim for the top...when we're acting this way?

James!

No! Today I want you to make this clear with me. Jessie!

Eh!?

Are you really ok about such a Team Rocket?

Um, uh...

Are you...really having fun?

Eh...

Up until now, (violin music starts playing) you've always openly said and done what you like! You didn't care what others thought of you at all! But now, whenever we talk to each other, it's just to confirm our plans!

That's...that's...

Is this really OK? Is doing things the way we've been doing them up until now really OK for you?

Stop it James!

I can't...this Team Rocket..." 

Stop nya! You know that the three of us have to have conversations with each other nya!" 

Yes, that's right." 

Meowth, are you satisfied? For a pokemon who can speak human language, you have fewer lines than any other pokemon...no...than any of the three of us!

That really hurts! You're going too far...

I can't do this anymore! No matter how many times we say "For Giovanni's sake!" this life is…!

To tell you the truth, I've been recently starting to feel the same way as you, James!

Jessie!

But… while it may be true, this is something the three of us decided together. I’m also following the path of an actress who’s being forced.

It can't be helped nya...I've been saving something for a time like this. Take a look!

(fanfare plays)

Eh? A plan?

Using the radio, we'll make 7 billion people members of Team Rocket, all for the sake of our boss.

That's right! By broadcasting over the radio, we'll get every human on the planet join us and receive praise from the boss!

Eh!? And we'll be able to speak freely?

Of course nya! If we don't speak normally then we can't put on a proper radio show nya!

But wait a minute! Won't Dr. Zager get mad at us for this?

He doesn't have to know about this nya. This will be a secret broadcast from our hideout.

(bubbling with excitement) Secret!?

A se-cret---!" 

That's right! Let's go ahead and get started!

The regular show starts with Jessie and Meowth introducing the name of the show - "Pokemon Radio Show! Team Rocket’s Secret Empire" and '''[[Team Rocket Forever]]''' music playing. Meowth introduces himself as the personality. Jessie gets really excited and introduces herself as the main personality who loves sushi and sashimi. James thanks his fans from all over the world for waiting and introduces himself as the show’s chairman. They all start clapping hands. After that, Meowth asks James about explaining the contents of the show in easy words, since he is the chairman. James all of sudden loses his self-confidence and starts stuttering, so he tells the main personality Jessie to do it instead of him. Jessie accepts it and says that they’re going to talk chaotically about whatever they want for the rest of the show as James laughs. She almost babbled out their address, but Meowth stops her, because it’s secret. She decides to hand over “this bothersome explanation” to Meowth and she and James get happy.

Well, it can’t be helped then, nya.

(James laughs in the background)

This show was created in order to make Rocket-Dan the number one in the world and get our boss, Giovanni to the top. That’s why we’ll use the radio to exchange various informations, increase the amount of our fellows rapidly and to make the whole world members of Team Rocket. In short, with everyone’s help we’ll create Rocket-Dan’s country, nya!

Jessie wonders what’s this information exchange about and how will they do the members’ assembly. James asks how will they accomplish getting all these fellow members. Meowth asks them if they heard about Twitter. James knows about it, but Jessie is confused and she doesn’t know what a network is.

On Twitter there’s an account called “Team Rocket’s Secret Empire” that’s related to this show. You only need to follow it to become the member. In short you can become our fellow!

Is this way really ok? Isn’t it too easy?

So, everyone who wants to become friends with Team Rocket, gather! Don’t forget to follow right away!

The goal is… 7 billion members!

Wa.. wait a sec! So if someone doesn’t have a computer or a cell phone, they can’t do it, right? Ee… Grade school students, twerps and the like aren’t allowed, I guess?

Well, we’ll think about it little by little…

(James laughs)

You didn’t give it much thought…

Meowth announces that it’s time for the radio corner and he welcomes Pokemon caretaker. James gets confused as he didn’t hear about this before. Meowth hands him some paper and tells him to read it.

In this corner, we invite people who have been always taking care of Pokemon…

Aa, I got it, they’re guests.

Yeah, guests. … and listen to them talk on various topics, whatever comes up. *he stops reading* Pokemon raising specialists! You may never know what kind of talk comes up, so don’t miss it! Sorry. *reads again* In this corner, we decide which various Pokemon caretakers as well as Pokemon could fit in Team Rocket.

After the commercial, the trio welcomes their special guest which is Ikue Ootani. After greeting her, rap music suddenly starts playing and Jessie is surprised. James starts singing to its tune though:

(rapping) Before you came, I thought of asking questions singing, I have no doubt about this, yo.

(rapping) That sounds pretty good to me!

(rapping) Tell us what month were you born, where do you come from, what’s your pet’s name, yo.

Hey, hey!

It fits, doesn’t it? As planned.

(rapping) Tokyo, yo! Ordinary woman born in August! Pet’s name is simply Iku-chan, yo!

Somebody: Victooory! (Iku-chan and “victory” sound similar)

(rapping) What was the production you debuted in, nya? Tell us your representative productions, nya yo!

Nya yo.

Nya yo.

Nya yo fits perfectly somehow.

(rapping) Got it! “Ganbare, Kickers!” was my debut work! Yeey! What my representative works are, I wonder? Somehow this is difficult! “Kobo, the Li'l Rascal”, “Hime-chan’s ribbon”, “Zatch Bell”! “One Piece”!

She overdid it.

(rapping) And I can’t forget about “Po-ke-mon”! Yeeeeah!

They end it with thanking Ootani and admitting it was awesome. Meowth suggests that they can talk about various things from now on while Ootani will be presenting the pokemon she’s raising, but James says that he first wants to ask her about her impression about their mission. Ootani congratulates them and starts clapping her hands. As Rockets seem to be surprised, she explains that it seems to her that they will succeed in their evil scheme. The trio says that they’re happy for getting praised like this and ask her if she really means it. She confirms it and replies that she loves their evil schemes. Jessie says that just weren’t prepared for hearing such nice words.

Jessie says that she wants to see Pikachu since she’s raising it. Ootani suggests to take Pikachu out. Once it appears, the trio screams in excitement. Jessie wonders if it’s okay to catch it here. Ootani asks her in suspicious tone what she meant by that. Jessie gets nervous and explained that she only said it absentmindledly and it wasn’t like she had an intention to do it. As they started talking at once, James tells them to change the topic and suggest Ootani to put Pikachu in Jessie’s lap. Jessie refuses as she’s too scared, but Ikue tries to do that anyway.

Comecomecomecome!

Pikachu (angrily): Pika pika piii..!

Ah, nonononononono…

That’s unusal, it’s troubled with something. Because normally it’s used to people.

Ah, so it is?

It’s ok, so stay calm.

What? It’s not going.

It’s cute and it stole my heart right away…

Pikachu: Pika?

… but I want to ask for a break today.

Pikachu *irritated*: Pikachu…

After that, Jessie and James are eager to listen to Ootani’s story about raising Pikachu.

Their guest replies that Pikachu is relatively free and uncontrolled, and even though there were some difficult moments, but she managed to raise it without bigger problems, so it was pretty easy. Then they talk about various Pokemon that Ootani raises and wonder together which would fit Team Rocket. They start with Goldeen. Jessie has a hunch that it would do well, since it looked cheerful. But then, she remembered something and she asks Ootani if there’s some bluff behind it. She denies in a slightly offended tone. Jessie starts telling her about an old guy who’s selling Goldeens, but Ootani corrects her, saying it was Magicarp salesman. They end up talking about him and his sneaky ways of forcing people to buy from him. James cuts the talk off, as they got off-topic too much.

He suggests obtaining Roselia. When Roselia appears and Jessie admits “It’s groovy, but… it would be pretty if not for…”, Pokemon starts screaming in a high-pitched tone, scaring everyone. Meowth admits that it’s cute but raising it must be hard and Ootani agrees with him. After this, Jessie asks her if she has Banette too, because she thinks it’s cute. Ootani confirms it, but tells her to wait a little, because it’s hiding somewhere. Jessie and James suggest calling it or looking for it with a pokeball. When Banette suddenly appears, it gets very agitated by something and it starts rampaging in the studio. James tries to stop it. Ootani wonders if it’s because of the studio being orange and orange color is known as stimulant. James notices that Ootani is wearing orange clothes today and they talk about orange color more.

I heard that orange color is good for your liver.

(everyone laughs)

So, James… you should better wear orange all the time!

Me?! I should wear orange?

James then says that he will go shopping in Roppongi, since it’s in the neighborhood.

Jessie admits that this talk got very personal. Then she mentions Mime Jr., Team Rocket’s Pokemon they “never stopped loving”. When pokemon appears, they all scream from excitement.

James: So cute, so cute! I want to see it!

Jessie: But you’re seeing it now.

*everyone laughs*

Jessie: I wish Mime Jr. would be always together with us.

Then James and Jessie ask Ootani, what’s the key to raising Pokemon.

Ootani: I guess it’s the desire to talk.

James: Like, a conversation?

Jessie: Woooo….

Ootani: Hmm… yeah, in Japanese.

James: Yeah.

Ootani: You might say that… well, I’m raising Pikachu who’s Satoshi’s partner… so I want to talk with him about things, I want to teach him something, things like that.

Jessie: Like, “come here!”, “this is tasty”…

Ootani: Yeah, for example.

Jessie: Aaa....

Ootani: I’m also raising James’ Mime Jr. It seemed to join Team Rocket so vigorously… awesome. It also had its own version of saying “it feels bad!”.

Mime Jr: Mi-me mime!!

Ootani: Oh, it flew off…

James: Ah, I feel better already today…

Jessie: Your yearning softened a lot, didn’t it?

James: Yes, it softened a lot.

Later, Jessie asks their guest if there are Pokemon that are easy to raise and Pokemon that are hard to raise. When she says yes, James asks her for example so she started with Pokemon that are difficult to talk with, because it’s hard to mimic their sound. First she impersonated Oddish which she liked from the beginning. Then she tells the story of how hard it was for her to voice Zoey’s Glameow, because she had to learn the technique of rolling her r’s in the right way.

As they end the talk about Pokemon that Ootani raises, Jessie begins the talk about the movie as she expresses her regret that they aren’t appearing in it. However, Nyasu seem to have a big role in the movie’s short as well as Pikachu. Later, Ootani promotes the movie.

Ootani: Pokemon Black and White, The Movie: Kyurem vs The Sacred Swordsman Keldeo, along with the movie short: Meloetta’s Sparkling Recital. Presented to public on July 14th!

Rockets clap their hands, they praise her for sounding like professional personality.

Ootani: Get everyone together and see the movie please!

Jessie: We will! Kojiro and me will come to see it immediately!

James: Will we go together with everyone?

After this, they end the corner with thanking Ootani for being their guest, and they take a break for a commercial.

Afterwards, they start the next corner, called “Team Rocket’s Knowledge Check” which is a short quiz. Meowth explains that they’re going to guess the titles of Pokemon opening and ending songs. Jessie says immediately to leave it to her. Meowth adds that if they know the answer, they should say fast names of the three Pokemon they know and then they could answer with the song’s title, however, they can’t repeat the name of the Pokemon they said before already. If their answer will be wrong, they’re going to get clothes-pins attached to their arms. Rockets protest because it would hurt, and it was just supposed to be fun. Meowth ignores them and plays the first song’s fragment which is Roketto Dan yo eien ni. Jessie volunteers to answer when Meowth reminds them to give Pokemon names first. As she names the pokemon: Bulbasaur, Glameow, Pikachu, Meowth gives her priviledge to guess the song. Jessie is surprised and James starts to laugh. She says “I’ve been deceived” as she thought it was going to be Pokemon names quiz. Then she answers that it’s “Team Rocket’s Song”. Meowth informs her that she was close, but it wasn’t right answer. James volunteers to answer as Jessie gets clothes-pin attached. He lists Poliwag, Poliwhirl and Poliwrath and then he gives the right title of the song. Jessie gets pouty because she said it was Team Rocket’s song and James says that it was his fault. Meanwhile, Meowth says general information about the song. When he says that it was produced in December of 1997, they’re all surprised that it was so long time ago. Then Meowth switches to the next song, Maemuki Roketto Dan. This time, the one who is clueless is James. Jessie is teasing him as she seems to know. Meowth plays the song one more time and Jessie decides to guess it. She goes with Meloetta, Kyurem and Snivey and gives the right answer. After that they sing along to the song as Meowth plays it once again. He says that it was Team Rocket’s single from July of 2001,it was 12th Pokemon anime ending and had Wobbuffet starring in it too. The next song is Mezase! Pokemon Master!. Jessie and James can’t believe it’s a song and not just a quote since all they heard is Ash saying “Pokemon! Getto da ze!”. They ask their guest if she knows the answer and she guesses it right. Meowth informs that this single was produced in 1997 too and has been sold in 120 thousands copies in half a year since it came on sale and 200 thousands copies as of all time, which put everyone is under impression as they clap their hands. Next, Meowth gives a homework for all members listening to the radio to guess the title of the next song before next week and he plays its fragment two times. With this, they end the quiz and Meowth plays shortened version of Team Rocket’s theme, Roketto Dan yo eien ni.

After the song, Meowth asks everyone about their thoughts after the first episode of Team Rocket’s programme. Jessie says that she’s happy and James replied only with simple “yeah”. She asks him why he’s such in low spirits. He replies that it was because he was thinking about various things, and he admitted that he really is happy. Then they talk about Twitter account of the radio programme, to which their listeners can forward their questions and wishes. Meanwhile Ootani says that she wants to give it a try and become their member too. They tell her that she can tweet too. James comes up with the idea for a corner in which he could boast about his bottlecap collection. When Meowth reminds him that it would be hard to see them, James says that he could show photos on Twitter. Later Meowth announces all members that they can ask questions relating to the corners or their special guests. As they’re out of time, they finish their programme saying “Victory! It feels good!”.

Team Rocket's Secret Empire (Twitter)

2012-07-05T22:01:08Z

Rocket Girl: Added writer info and updated Twitter stats.

User:Rocket Girl/TR Radio show

2012-07-05T21:47:35Z

Rocket Girl:

== '''Episode 001''' ==

The first episode of ''Pokemon Radio Show! Team Rocket's Secret Empire'' aired on July 1, 2012.

==Synopsis==

*Jessie
*James
*Meowth
*Ikue Ohtani
*Various Pokemon

The radio show begins with Jessie, James and Meowth acting serious and professional like they do in the current anime.

Alright! Point 6-3-4-2 has been marked.

With this, we'll be sure to to get Meloetta.

We should report to Dr. Zager right away nya!

Meowth, we've already sent him a mail.

As expected of you, James

Heh, it’s natural for a professional like me

Yeah.

By the way, Jessie...can I ask you something?

What?

What kind of professionals are we?

Huh?

When did the three of us become this cool?

Hmm? Hmm?

Th-that's...so we can get closer to Team Rocket's goals. Everything's for Giovanni's sake!

But! This professional style...

Hmm hmm?

Can we really aim for the top...when we're acting this way?

James!

No! Today I want you to make this clear with me. Jessie!

Eh!?

Are you really ok about such a Team Rocket?

Um, uh...

Are you...really having fun?

Eh...

Up until now, (violin music starts playing) you've always openly said and done what you like! You didn't care what others thought of you at all! But now, whenever we talk to each other, it's just to confirm our plans!

That's...that's...

Is this really OK? Is doing things the way we've been doing them up until now really OK for you?

Stop it James!

I can't...this Team Rocket..." 

Stop nya! You know that the three of us have to have conversations with each other nya!" 

Yes, that's right." 

Meowth, are you satisfied? For a pokemon who can speak human language, you have fewer lines than any other pokemon...no...than any of the three of us!

That really hurts! You're going too far...

I can't do this anymore! No matter how many times we say "For Giovanni's sake!" this life is…!

To tell you the truth, I've been recently starting to feel the same way as you, James!

Jessie!

But… while it may be true, this is something the three of us decided together. I’m also following the path of an actress who’s being forced.

It can't be helped nya...I've been saving something for a time like this. Take a look!

(fanfare plays)

Eh? A plan?

Using the radio, we'll make 7 billion people members of Team Rocket, all for the sake of our boss.

That's right! By broadcasting over the radio, we'll get every human on the planet join us and receive praise from the boss!

Eh!? And we'll be able to speak freely?

Of course nya! If we don't speak normally then we can't put on a proper radio show nya!

But wait a minute! Won't Dr. Zager get mad at us for this?

He doesn't have to know about this nya. This will be a secret broadcast from our hideout.

(bubbling with excitement) Secret!?

A se-cret---!" 

That's right! Let's go ahead and get started!

The regular show starts with Jessie and Meowth introducing the name of the show - "Pokemon Radio Show! Team Rocket’s Secret Empire" and '''[[Team Rocket Forever]]''' music playing. Meowth introduces himself as the personality. Jessie gets really excited and introduces herself as the main personality who loves sushi and sashimi. James thanks his fans from all over the world for waiting and introduces himself as the show’s chairman. They all start clapping hands. After that, Meowth asks James about explaining the contents of the show in easy words, since he is the chairman. James all of sudden loses his self-confidence and starts stuttering, so he tells the main personality Jessie to do it instead of him. Jessie accepts it and says that they’re going to talk chaotically about whatever they want for the rest of the show as James laughs. She almost babbled out their address, but Meowth stops her, because it’s secret. She decides to hand over “this bothersome explanation” to Meowth and she and James get happy.

Well, it can’t be helped then, nya.

(James laughs in the background)

This show was created in order to make Rocket-Dan the number one in the world and get our boss, Giovanni to the top. That’s why we’ll use the radio to exchange various informations, increase the amount of our fellows rapidly and to make the whole world members of Team Rocket. In short, with everyone’s help we’ll create Rocket-Dan’s country, nya!

Jessie wonders what’s this information exchange about and how will they do the members’ assembly. James asks how will they accomplish getting all these fellow members. Meowth asks them if they heard about Twitter. James knows about it, but Jessie is confused and she doesn’t know what a network is.

On Twitter there’s an account called “Team Rocket’s Secret Empire” that’s related to this show. You only need to follow it to become the member. In short you can become our fellow!

Is this way really ok? Isn’t it too easy?

So, everyone who wants to become friends with Team Rocket, gather! Don’t forget to follow right away!

The goal is… 7 billion members!

Wa.. wait a sec! So if someone doesn’t have a computer or a cell phone, they can’t do it, right? Ee… Grade school students, twerps and the like aren’t allowed, I guess?

Well, we’ll think about it little by little…

(James laughs)

You didn’t give it much thought…

Meowth announces that it’s time for the radio corner and he welcomes Pokemon caretaker. James gets confused as he didn’t hear about this before. Meowth hands him some paper and tells him to read it.

In this corner, we invite people who have been always taking care of Pokemon…

Aa, I got it, they’re guests.

Yeah, guests. … and listen to them talk on various topics, whatever comes up. *he stops reading* Pokemon raising specialists! You may never know what kind of talk comes up, so don’t miss it! Sorry. *reads again* In this corner, we decide which various Pokemon caretakers as well as Pokemon could fit in Team Rocket.

After the commercial, the trio welcomes their special guest which is Ikue Ootani. After greeting her, rap music suddenly starts playing and Jessie is surprised. James starts singing to its tune though:

(rapping) Before you came, I thought of asking questions singing, I have no doubt about this, yo.

(rapping) That sounds pretty good to me!

(rapping) Tell us what month were you born, where do you come from, what’s your pet’s name, yo.

Hey, hey!

It fits, doesn’t it? As planned.

(rapping) Tokyo, yo! Ordinary woman born in August! Pet’s name is simply Iku-chan, yo!

Somebody: Victooory! (Iku-chan and “victory” sound similar)

(rapping) What was the production you debuted in, nya? Tell us your representative productions, nya yo!

Nya yo.

Nya yo.

Nya yo fits perfectly somehow.

(rapping) Got it! “Ganbare, Kickers!” was my debut work! Yeey! What my representative works are, I wonder? Somehow this is difficult! “Kobo, the Li'l Rascal”, “Hime-chan’s ribbon”, “Zatch Bell”! “One Piece”!

She overdid it.

(rapping) And I can’t forget about “Po-ke-mon”! Yeeeeah!

They end it with thanking Ootani and admitting it was awesome. Meowth suggests that they can talk about various things from now on while Ootani will be presenting the pokemon she’s raising, but James says that he first wants to ask her about her impression about their mission. Ootani congratulates them and starts clapping her hands. As Rockets seem to be surprised, she explains that it seems to her that they will succeed in their evil scheme. The trio says that they’re happy for getting praised like this and ask her if she really means it. She confirms it and replies that she loves their evil schemes. Jessie says that just weren’t prepared for hearing such nice words.

Jessie says that she wants to see Pikachu since she’s raising it. Ootani suggests to take Pikachu out. Once it appears, the trio screams in excitement. Jessie wonders if it’s okay to catch it here. Ootani asks her in suspicious tone what she meant by that. Jessie gets nervous and explained that she only said it absentmindledly and it wasn’t like she had an intention to do it. As they started talking at once, James tells them to change the topic and suggest Ootani to put Pikachu in Jessie’s lap. Jessie refuses as she’s too scared, but Ikue tries to do that anyway.

Comecomecomecome!

Pikachu (angrily): Pika pika piii..!

Ah, nonononononono…

That’s unusal, it’s troubled with something. Because normally it’s used to people.

Ah, so it is?

It’s ok, so stay calm.

What? It’s not going.

It’s cute and it stole my heart right away…

Pikachu: Pika?

… but I want to ask for a break today.

Pikachu *irritated*: Pikachu…

After that, Jessie and James are eager to listen to Ootani’s story about raising Pikachu.

Their guest replies that Pikachu is relatively free and uncontrolled, and even though there were some difficult moments, but she managed to raise it without bigger problems, so it was pretty easy. Then they talk about various Pokemon that Ootani raises and wonder together which would fit Team Rocket. They start with Goldeen. Jessie has a hunch that it would do well, since it looked cheerful. But then, she remembered something and she asks Ootani if there’s some bluff behind it. She denies in a slightly offended tone. Jessie starts telling her about an old guy who’s selling Goldeens, but Ootani corrects her, saying it was Magicarp salesman. They end up talking about him and his sneaky ways of forcing people to buy from him. James cuts the talk off, as they got off-topic too much.

He suggests obtaining Roselia. When Roselia appears and Jessie admits “It’s groovy, but… it would be pretty if not for…”, Pokemon starts screaming in a high-pitched tone, scaring everyone. Meowth admits that it’s cute but raising it must be hard and Ootani agrees with him. After this, Jessie asks her if she has Banette too, because she thinks it’s cute. Ootani confirms it, but tells her to wait a little, because it’s hiding somewhere. Jessie and James suggest calling it or looking for it with a pokeball. When Banette suddenly appears, it gets very agitated by something and it starts rampaging in the studio. James tries to stop it. Ootani wonders if it’s because of the studio being orange and orange color is known as stimulant. James notices that Ootani is wearing orange clothes today and they talk about orange color more.

I heard that orange color is good for your liver.

(everyone laughs)

So, James… you should better wear orange all the time!

Me?! I should wear orange?

James then says that he will go shopping in Roppongi, since it’s in the neighborhood.

==Major events==
* Team Rocket decides to return to their normal selfs for the radio show and keep it a secret from Dr. Zager.

==Characters==
===Humans===
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[Ikue Ohtani]]

===Pokémon===
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Pikachu}}
* {{p|Goldeen}}
* {{p|Roselia}}
* {{p|Banette}}
* {{TP|Zoey|Glameow}} (Zoey's)

==Trivia==
* [[Shin'ichirō Miki]] is a frequent drinker in real life. Jessie saying James should wear orange because it's good for your liver is probably a reference to that.
* {{wp|Roppongi}} is a a fashionable shopping area in {{wp|Japan}}. There are lots of foreigners and it has a rich night-life.

User:Rocket Girl/TR Radio show

2012-07-05T20:35:51Z

Rocket Girl:

== '''Episode 001''' ==

The first episode of ''Pokemon Radio Show! Team Rocket's Secret Empire'' aired on July 1, 2012.

==Synopsis==


==Dialogue==
*Jessie
*James
*Meowth

The radio show begins with Jessie, James and Meowth acting serious and professional like they do in the current anime.

Kojiro: "Alright! Point 6-3-4-2 has been marked."

*Musashi: "With this, we'll be sure to to get Meloetta."

Nyasu: "We should report to Seger-Hakase right away nya!"

Kojiro: "Nyasu, we've already sent him a mail."

*Musashi: "As expected of you, Kojiro"

Kojiro: "Heh, it’s natural for a professional like me"

*Musashi: "Yeah, ”

Kojiro: "By the way, Musashi...can I ask you something?" 

*Musashi: "What?" 

Kojiro: "What kind of professionals are we?" 

*Musashi: "Huh?" 

Kojiro: "When did the three of us become this cool?" 

*Musashi: "Hmm? Hmm?" 

Nyasu: "Th-that's...so we can get closer to the Rocket-Dan's goals. Everything's for Sakaki-sama's sake!" 

Kojiro: "But! This professional style..." 

*Musashi: "Hmm hmm?" 

Kojiro: "Can we really aim for the top...when we're acting this way?" 

*Musashi: "Kojirou!" 

Kojirou: "No! Today I want you to make this clear with me. Musashi!" 

*Musashi: "Eh!?" 

Kojiro: "Are you really ok about such Rocket-Dan?" 

*Musashi: "Um, uh..." 

Kojiro: "Are you...really having fun?" 

*Musashi: "Eh..." 

Kojiro: "Up until now, (violin music starts playing) you've always openly said and done what you like! You didn't care what others thought of you at all! But now, whenever we talk to each other, it's just to confirm our plans!" 

*Musashi: "That's...that's..." 

Kojiro: "Is this really OK? Is doing things the way we've been doing them up until now really OK for you?" 

*Musashi: "Stop it Kojirou!" 

Kojiro: "I can't...this Rocket-Dan..." 

Nyasu: "Stop nya! You know that the three of us have to have conversations with each other nya!" 

*Musashi: "Yes, that's right." 

Kojirou: "Nyasu, are you satisfied? For a pokemon who can speak human language, you have fewer lines than any other pokemon...no...than any of the three of us!" 

Nyasu: "That really hurts! You're going too far..." 

Kojiro: "I can't do this anymore! No matter how many times we say "For Sakaki-sama's sake!" this life is…!" 

*Musashi: "To tell you the truth, I've been recently starting to feel the same way as you, Kojirou!" 

Kojiro: "Musashi!" 

*Musashi: "But… while it may be true, this is something the three of us decided together. I’m also following the path of an actress who’s being forced." 

Nyasu: "It can't be helped nya...I've been saving something for a time like this. Take a look!" 

(fanfare plays)

*Musashi: "Eh? A plan?"

Kojiro: "Using the radio, we'll make 7 billion people members of the Rocket-Dan, all for the sake of our boss." 

Nyasu: "That's right! By broadcasting over the radio, we'll get every human on the planet join us and receive praise from the boss!" 

*Musashi: "Eh!? And we'll be able to speak freely?" 

Nyasu: "Of course nya! If we don't speak normally then we can't put on a proper radio show nya!" 

Kojiro: "But wait a minute! Won't Dr Seger get mad at us for this?" 

Nyasu: "He doesn't have to know about this nya. This will be a secret broadcast from our hideout." 

*Musashi: (bubbling with excitement) "Secret!?" 

Kojiro: "A se-cret---!" 

Nyasu: "That's right! Let's go ahead and get started!"

The regular show starts with Jessie and Meowth introducing the name of the show - "Pokemon Radio Show! Team Rocket’s Secret Empire" and "Roketto Dan you eien ni" music playing. Meowth introduces himself as the personality. Jessie gets really excited and introduces herself as the main personality who loves sushi and sashimi. James thanks his fans from all over the world for waiting and introduces himself as the show’s chairman. They all start clapping hands. After that, Meowth asks James about explaining the contents of the show in easy words, since he is the chairman. James all of sudden loses his self-confidence and starts stuttering, so he tells the main personality Jessie to do it instead of him. Jessie accepts it and says that they’re going to talk chaotically about whatever they want for the rest of the show as James laughs. She almost babbled out their address, but Meowth stops her, because it’s secret. She decides to hand over “this bothersome explanation” to Meowth and she and James get happy.

Meowth: "Well, it can’t be helped then, nya. *James laughs in the background* This show was created in order to make Rocket-Dan the number one in the world and get our boss, Giovanni to the top. That’s why we’ll use the radio to exchange various informations, increase the amount of our fellows rapidly and to make the whole world members of Team Rocket. In short, with everyone’s help we’ll create Rocket-Dan’s country, nya! "

Jessie wonders what’s this information exchange about and how will they do the members’ assembly. James asks how will they accomplish getting all these fellow members. Meowth asks them if they heard about Twitter. James knows about it, but Jessie is confused and she doesn’t know what a network is.

Meowth: On Twitter there’s an account called “Team Rocket’s Secret Empire” that’s related to this show. You only need to follow it to become the member. In short you can become our fellow!”.

Kojiro: Is this way really ok? Isn’t it too easy?

Meowth: So, everyone who wants to become friends with Team Rocket, gather! Don’t forget to follow right away!

James: The goal is… 7 billion members!

*Jessie: Wa.. wait a sec! So if someone doesn’t have a computer or a cell phone, they can’t do it, right? Ee… Grade school students, twerps and the like aren’t allowed, I guess?

Meowth: Well, we’ll think about it little by little…

(James laughs)

*Jessie: You didn’t give it much thought…

Meowth announces that it’s time for the radio corner and he welcomes Pokemon caretaker. James gets confused as he didn’t hear about this before. Meowth hands him some paper and tells him to read it.

James: In this corner, we invite people who have been always taking care of Pokemon…

*Jessie: Aa, I got it, they’re guests.

James: Yeah, guests. … and listen to them talk on various topics, whatever comes up. *he stops reading* Pokemon raising specialists! You may never know what kind of talk comes up, so don’t miss it! Sorry. *reads again* In this corner, we decide which various Pokemon caretakers as well as Pokemon could fit in Team Rocket.

After the commercial, the trio welcomes their special guest which is Ikue Ootani. After greeting her, rap music suddenly starts playing and Jessie is surprised. James starts singing to its tune though:

James (rapping): Before you came, I thought of asking questions singing, I have no doubt about this, yo.

Ootani (rapping): That sounds pretty good to me!

*Jessie (rapping): Tell us what month were you born, where do you come from, what’s your pet’s name, yo.

Ootani: Hey, hey!

*Jessie: It fits, doesn’t it? As planned.

Ootani (rapping): Tokyo, yo! Ordinary woman born in August! Pet’s name is simply Iku-chan, yo!

Somebody: Victooory! (Iku-chan and “victory” sound similar – transl.)

Meowth (rapping): What was the production you debuted in, nya? Tell us your representative productions, nya yo!

*Jessie: Nya yo.

Meowth: Nya yo.

*Jessie: Nya yo fits perfectly somehow.

Ootani (rapping): Got it! “Ganbare, Kickers!” was my debut work! Yeey! What my representative works are, I wonder? Somehow this is difficult! “Kobo, the Li'l Rascal”, “Hime-chan’s ribbon”, “Zatch Bell”! “One Piece”!

*Jessie: She overdid it.

Ootani (rapping): And I can’t forget about “Po-ke-mon”! Yeeeeah!

They end it with thanking Ootani and admitting it was awesome. Meowth suggests that they can talk about various things from now on while Ootani will be presenting the pokemon she’s raising, but James says that he first wants to ask her about her impression about their mission. Ootani congratulates them and starts clapping her hands. As Rockets seem to be surprised, she explains that it seems to her that they will succeed in their evil scheme. The trio says that they’re happy for getting praised like this and ask her if she really means it. She confirms it and replies that she loves their evil schemes. Jessie says that just weren’t prepared for hearing such nice words.

Jessie says that she wants to see Pikachu since she’s raising it. Ootani suggests to take Pikachu out. Once it appears, the trio screams in excitement. Jessie wonders if it’s okay to catch it here. Ootani asks her in suspicious tone what she meant by that. Jessie gets nervous

and explained that she only said it absentmindledly and it wasn’t like she had an intention to do it. As they started talking at once, James tells them to change the topic and suggest Ootani to put Pikachu in Jessie’s lap. Jessie refuses as she’s too scared, but Ikue tries to do that anyway.

*Jessie: Comecomecomecome!

Pikachu (angrily): Pika pika piii..!

*Jessie: Ah, nonononononono…

Ikue: That’s unusal, it’s troubled with something. Because normally it’s used to people.

*Jessie: Ah, so it is?

James: It’s ok, so stay calm.

Ikue: What? It’s not going.

*Jessie says: It’s cute and it stole my heart right away…

Pikachu: Pika?

*Jessie: … but I want to ask for a break today.

Pikachu *irritated*: Pikachu…

After that, Jessie and James are eager to listen to Ootani’s story about raising Pikachu.

Their guest replies that Pikachu is relatively free and uncontrolled, and even though there were some difficult moments, but she managed to raise it without bigger problems, so it was pretty easy. Then they talk about various Pokemon that Ootani raises and wonder together which would fit Team Rocket. They start with Goldeen. Jessie has a hunch that it would do well, since it looked cheerful. But then, she remembered something and she asks Ootani if there’s some bluff behind it. She denies in a slightly offended tone. Jessie starts telling her about an old guy who’s selling Goldeens, but Ootani corrects her, saying it was Magicarp salesman. They end up talking about him and his sneaky ways of forcing people to buy from him. James cuts the talk off, as they got off-topic too much. He suggests obtaining Roselia. When Roselia appears and Jessie admits “It’s groovy, but… it would be pretty if not for…”, Pokemon starts screaming in a high-pitched tone, scaring everyone. Meowth admits that it’s cute but raising it must be hard and Ootani agrees with him. After this, Jessie asks her if she has Banette too, because she thinks it’s cute. Ootani confirms it, but tells her to wait a little, because it’s hiding somewhere. Jessie and James suggest calling it or looking for it with a pokeball. When Banette suddenly appears, it gets very agitated by something and it starts rampaging in the studio. James tries to stop it. Ootani wonders if it’s because of the studio being orange and orange color is known as stimulant. James notices that Ootani is wearing orange clothes today and they talk about orange color more.

Meowth: I heard that orange color is good for your liver.

*everyone laughs*

*Jessie: So, James… you should better wear orange all the time!

James: Me?! I should wear orange?

Then he says that he will go shopping to Roppongi, since it’s in the neighbourhood.

==Major events==

* Team Rocket decides to return to their normal selfs for the radio show and keep it a secret from Seger.

==Characters==
===Humans===
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[Ikue Ohtani]]

===Pokémon===
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Pikachu}}
* {{p|Goldeen}}
* {{p|Roselia}}
* {{p|Glameow}}
* {{p|Banette}}

==Trivia==
* Miki Shinichiro is a frequent drinker in real life. Jessie saying James should wear orange because it's good for your liver is probably a reference to that.
* Roppongi is a high class district in Japan.

User:Rocket Girl/TR Radio show

2012-07-05T20:01:51Z

Rocket Girl: WIP

== '''Episode 001''' ==

The first episode of ''Pokemon Radio Show! Team Rocket's Secret Empire'' aired on July 1, 2012.

==Synopsis==


==Dialogue==
*Jessie
*James
*Meowth

The radio show begins with Jessie, James and Meowth acting serious and professional like they do in the current anime.

Kojiro: "Alright! Point 6-3-4-2 has been marked."

*Musashi: "With this, we'll be sure to to get Meloetta."

Nyasu: "We should report to Seger-Hakase right away nya!"

Kojiro: "Nyasu, we've already sent him a mail."

*Musashi: "As expected of you, Kojiro"

Kojiro: "Heh, it’s natural for a professional like me"

*Musashi: "Yeah, ”

Kojiro: "By the way, Musashi...can I ask you something?"

*Musashi: "What?"

Kojiro: "What kind of professionals are we?"

*Musashi: "Huh?"

Kojiro: "When did the three of us become this cool?"

*Musashi: "Hmm? Hmm?"

Nyasu: "Th-that's...so we can get closer to the Rocket-Dan's goals. Everything's for Sakaki-sama's sake!"

Kojiro: "But! This professional style..."

*Musashi: "Hmm hmm?"

Kojiro: "Can we really aim for the top...when we're acting this way?"

*Musashi: "Kojirou!"

Kojirou: "No! Today I want you to make this clear with me. Musashi!"

*Musashi: "Eh!?"

Kojiro: "Are you really ok about such Rocket-Dan?"

*Musashi: "Um, uh..."

Kojiro: "Are you...really having fun?"

*Musashi: "Eh..."

Kojiro: "Up until now, (violin music starts playing) you've always openly said and done what you like! You didn't care what others thought of you at all! But now, whenever we talk to each other, it's just to confirm our plans!"

*Musashi: "That's...that's..."

Kojiro: "Is this really OK? Is doing things the way we've been doing them up until now really OK for you?"

*Musashi: "Stop it Kojirou!"

Kojiro: "I can't...this Rocket-Dan..."

Nyasu: "Stop nya! You know that the three of us have to have conversations with each other nya!"

*Musashi: "Yes, that's right."

Kojirou: "Nyasu, are you satisfied? For a pokemon who can speak human language, you have fewer lines than any other pokemon...no...than any of the three of us!"

Nyasu: "That really hurts! You're going too far..."

Kojiro: "I can't do this anymore! No matter how many times we say "For Sakaki-sama's sake!" this life is…!"

*Musashi: "To tell you the truth, I've been recently starting to feel the same way as you, Kojirou!"

Kojiro: "Musashi!"

*Musashi: "But… while it may be true, this is something the three of us decided together. I’m also following the path of an actress who’s being forced."

Nyasu: "It can't be helped nya...I've been saving something for a time like this. Take a look!"

(fanfare plays)

*Musashi: "Eh? A plan?"

Kojiro: "Using the radio, we'll make 7 billion people members of the Rocket-Dan, all for the sake of our boss."

Nyasu: "That's right! By broadcasting over the radio, we'll get every human on the planet join us and receive praise from the boss!"

*Musashi: "Eh!? And we'll be able to speak freely?"

Nyasu: "Of course nya! If we don't speak normally then we can't put on a proper radio show nya!"

Kojiro: "But wait a minute! Won't Dr Seger get mad at us for this?"

Nyasu: "He doesn't have to know about this nya. This will be a secret broadcast from our hideout."

*Musashi: (bubbling with excitement) "Secret!?"

Kojiro: "A se-cret---!"

Nyasu: "That's right! Let's go ahead and get started!"

The regular show starts with Jessie and Meowth introducing the name of the show - "Pokemon Radio Show! Team Rocket’s Secret Empire" and "Roketto Dan you eien ni" music playing. Meowth introduces himself as the personality. Jessie gets really excited and introduces herself as the main personality who loves sushi and sashimi. James thanks his fans from all over the world for waiting and introduces himself as the show’s chairman. They all start clapping hands. After that, Meowth asks James about explaining the contents of the show in easy words, since he is the chairman. James all of sudden loses his self-confidence and starts stuttering, so he tells the main personality Jessie to do it instead of him. Jessie accepts it and says that they’re going to talk chaotically about whatever they want for the rest of the show as James laughs. She almost babbled out their address, but Meowth stops her, because it’s secret. She decides to hand over “this bothersome explanation” to Meowth and she and James get happy.

Meowth: "Well, it can’t be helped then, nya. *James laughs in the background* This show was created in order to make Rocket-Dan the number one in the world and get our boss, Giovanni to the top. That’s why we’ll use the radio to exchange various informations, increase the amount of our fellows rapidly and to make the whole world members of Team Rocket. In short, with everyone’s help we’ll create Rocket-Dan’s country, nya! "

Jessie wonders what’s this information exchange about and how will they do the members’ assembly. James asks how will they accomplish getting all these fellow members. Meowth asks them if they heard about Twitter. James knows about it, but Jessie is confused and she doesn’t know what a network is.

Meowth: On Twitter there’s an account called “Team Rocket’s Secret Empire” that’s related to this show. You only need to follow it to become the member. In short you can become our fellow!”.

Kojiro: Is this way really ok? Isn’t it too easy?

Meowth: So, everyone who wants to become friends with Team Rocket, gather! Don’t forget to follow right away!

James: The goal is… 7 billion members!

*Jessie: Wa.. wait a sec! So if someone doesn’t have a computer or a cell phone, they can’t do it, right? Ee… Grade school students, twerps and the like aren’t allowed, I guess?

Meowth: Well, we’ll think about it little by little…

(James laughs)

*Jessie: You didn’t give it much thought…

Meowth announces that it’s time for the radio corner and he welcomes Pokemon caretaker. James gets confused as he didn’t hear about this before. Meowth hands him some paper and tells him to read it.

James: In this corner, we invite people who have been always taking care of Pokemon…

*Jessie: Aa, I got it, they’re guests.

James: Yeah, guests. … and listen to them talk on various topics, whatever comes up. *he stops reading* Pokemon raising specialists! You may never know what kind of talk comes up, so don’t miss it! Sorry. *reads again* In this corner, we decide which various Pokemon caretakers as well as Pokemon could fit in Team Rocket.

After the commercial, the trio welcomes their special guest which is Ikue Ootani. After greeting her, rap music suddenly starts playing and Jessie is surprised. James starts singing to its tune though:

James (rapping): Before you came, I thought of asking questions singing, I have no doubt about this, yo.

Ootani (rapping): That sounds pretty good to me!

*Jessie (rapping): Tell us what month were you born, where do you come from, what’s your pet’s name, yo.

Ootani: Hey, hey!

*Jessie: It fits, doesn’t it? As planned.

Ootani (rapping): Tokyo, yo! Ordinary woman born in August! Pet’s name is simply Iku-chan, yo!

Somebody: Victooory! (Iku-chan and “victory” sound similar – transl.)

Meowth (rapping): What was the production you debuted in, nya? Tell us your representative productions, nya yo!

*Jessie: Nya yo.

Meowth: Nya yo.

*Jessie: Nya yo fits perfectly somehow.

Ootani (rapping): Got it! “Ganbare, Kickers!” was my debut work! Yeey! What my representative works are, I wonder? Somehow this is difficult! “Kobo, the Li'l Rascal”, “Hime-chan’s ribbon”, “Zatch Bell”! “One Piece”!

*Jessie: She overdid it.

Ootani (rapping): And I can’t forget about “Po-ke-mon”! Yeeeeah!

They end it with thanking Ootani and admitting it was awesome. Meowth suggests that they can talk about various things from now on while Ootani will be presenting the pokemon she’s raising, but James says that he first wants to ask her about her impression about their mission. Ootani congratulates them and starts clapping her hands. As Rockets seem to be surprised, she explains that it seems to her that they will succeed in their evil scheme. The trio says that they’re happy for getting praised like this and ask her if she really means it. She confirms it and replies that she loves their evil schemes. Jessie says that just weren’t prepared for hearing such nice words.

Jessie says that she wants to see Pikachu since she’s raising it. Ootani suggests to take Pikachu out. Once it appears, the trio screams in excitement. Jessie wonders if it’s okay to catch it here. Ootani asks her in suspicious tone what she meant by that. Jessie gets nervous

and explained that she only said it absentmindledly and it wasn’t like she had an intention to do it. As they started talking at once, James tells them to change the topic and suggest Ootani to put Pikachu in Jessie’s lap. Jessie refuses as she’s too scared, but Ikue tries to do that anyway.

*Jessie: Comecomecomecome!

Pikachu (angrily): Pika pika piii..!

*Jessie: Ah, nonononononono…

Ikue: That’s unusal, it’s troubled with something. Because normally it’s used to people.

*Jessie: Ah, so it is?

James: It’s ok, so stay calm.

Ikue: What? It’s not going.

*Jessie says: It’s cute and it stole my heart right away…

Pikachu: Pika?

*Jessie: … but I want to ask for a break today.

Pikachu *irritated*: Pikachu…

After that, Jessie and James are eager to listen to Ootani’s story about raising Pikachu.

Their guest replies that Pikachu is relatively free and uncontrolled, and even though there were some difficult moments, but she managed to raise it without bigger problems, so it was pretty easy. Then they talk about various Pokemon that Ootani raises and wonder together which would fit Team Rocket. They start with Goldeen. Jessie has a hunch that it would do well, since it looked cheerful. But then, she remembered something and she asks Ootani if there’s some bluff behind it. She denies in a slightly offended tone. Jessie starts telling her about an old guy who’s selling Goldeens, but Ootani corrects her, saying it was Magicarp salesman. They end up talking about him and his sneaky ways of forcing people to buy from him. James cuts the talk off, as they got off-topic too much. He suggests obtaining Roselia. When Roselia appears and Jessie admits “It’s groovy, but… it would be pretty if not for…”, Pokemon starts screaming in a high-pitched tone, scaring everyone. Meowth admits that it’s cute but raising it must be hard and Ootani agrees with him. After this, Jessie asks her if she has Banette too, because she thinks it’s cute. Ootani confirms it, but tells her to wait a little, because it’s hiding somewhere. Jessie and James suggest calling it or looking for it with a pokeball. When Banette suddenly appears, it gets very agitated by something and it starts rampaging in the studio. James tries to stop it. Ootani wonders if it’s because of the studio being orange and orange color is known as stimulant. James notices that Ootani is wearing orange clothes today and they talk about orange color more.

Meowth: I heard that orange color is good for your liver.

*everyone laughs*

*Jessie: So, James… you should better wear orange all the time!

James: Me?! I should wear orange?

Then he says that he will go shopping to Roppongi, since it’s in the neighbourhood.

==Major events==

* Team Rocket decides to return to their normal selfs for the radio show and keep it a secret from Seger.

==Characters==
===Humans===
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[Ikue Ohtani]]

===Pokémon===
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Pikachu}}
* {{p|Goldeen}}
* {{p|Roselia}}
* {{p|Glameow}}
* {{p|Banette}}

==Trivia==
* Miki Shinichiro is a frequent drinker in real life. Jessie saying James should wear orange because it's good for your liver is probably a reference to that.
* Roppongi is a high class district in Japan.

BW084

2012-06-14T22:40:11Z

Rocket Girl: /* Trivia */

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'''Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 2)''' (Japanese: '''激闘タチワキジム！VSホミカ（後編）''' ''Fierce Fighting at {{tt|Tachiwaki|Virbank}} Gym! VS Homika!! (Part 2)'') is the 84th episode of the {{series|Best Wishes}}, and the 741st episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on June 14, 2012.

{{spoilers}}

==Synopsis==
{{incomplete synopsis}}




==Major events==
* {{Ash}} continues his [[Gym]] battle with [[Homika]] and wins, earning himself the {{Badge|Toxic}}, completing his requirement for the [[Unova League]].
* Ash finds out that the Unova League will begin in three months.

{{animeevents}}

===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====


==Characters==
===Humans===
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|Iris}}
* {{an|Cilan}}
* [[Homika]]
* [[Roo]]
* [[Cook]]
* Boy
* [[Battle judge|Referee]]
* Audience

===Pokémon===
[[File:Dare da BW084.png|thumb|200px|right|{{tt|Dare da?|Who's That Pokémon?}}]]

[[Who's That Pokémon?]]:  {{p|Garbodor}} ''(Japan)''

* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Axew}} ({{OP|Iris|Axew}})
* {{p|Pignite}} ({{OP|Ash|Pignite}})
* {{p|Leavanny}} ({{OP|Ash|Leavanny}})
* {{p|Palpitoad}} ({{OP|Ash|Palpitoad}})
* {{p|Garbodor}} ([[Homika]]'s)
* {{p|Scolipede}} ([[Homika]]'s)
* {{p|Meloetta}} ({{an|Meloetta|anime}})

==Trivia==
[[File:BW084 error.png|thumb|220px|The error]]
* [[Professor Oak's lecture|Team Rocket's Pokémon Live Caster]]: ''[[M15|Kyurem VS the Scared Swordsman: Keldeo]]''
** {{TRT}} hijacks the Live Caster from {{an|Professor Oak}} at the beginning of this segment.
** Viewers could call one of three [[Media:trphonenumbers.jpg|phone numbers]] to hear a mission from either [[Jessie]], [[James]], or {{MTR}}. 10 random callers won a copy of {{game|Black and White|s|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2|2}}.
* This two-part episode marks the first time an episode has received a known dub title before airing in Japan, as {{n|More 'Rival Destinies' episode titles revealed|the title was first revealed}} two days before this episode aired.
* This marks the first time "Next Time A New Beginning!" is put at the end of the episode instead of "To Be Continued" without Ash beginning a new journey in the next episode.
===Errors===
* In one scene, the background appears over [[Homika]]'s hair.

===Dub edits===

==In other languages==

{{stub|Anime|Episode}}

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PokéShipping

2012-05-27T21:08:33Z

Rocket Girl: /* Anime evidence */ This was never said.

{{ship}}
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[[Image:Pokeship.jpg|250px|thumb|Ash and Misty in [[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]] {{pkmn|manga}}]]
'''PokéShipping''' (Japanese: '''サトカス''' ''SatoKasu'') is one of many names given to the couple of {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}}, supported by many fans of the [[Pokémon anime]]. In the early years, PokéShipping is one of the most popular Ship in the fandom; it still maintains a strong following to this day, along with {{s|Advance}}, {{s|Contest}}, and {{s|Pearl}}.
{{spoilers}}

==Anime evidence==
In the beginning, Pikachu "fried" Misty's bike, and she then held Ash responsible. Misty began to follow Ash to make sure he would pay off his debt to her. They bickered constantly, but, needless to say, their friendship grew stronger as the series progressed. They relied on each other not only for friendship, but for support as well. Many fans have taken quotes and actions by characters as evidence for PokéShipping in the anime, however some of this evidence appears only in the dub version and can still be taken as friendship depending on your point of view. In the original Japanese, the dialogue is read as a friendship between Ash and Misty with no romantic undertones. In a reverse fashion, many of the quotes in support of PokéShipping in the Japanese version were changed completely when translated into the English dub to come across more like friendship.

===Misty's hints===
Most other Shippers tend to agree that Misty has a crush on Ash. This evidence became most prevalent during the Orange Season, long before it became occasional to set upon Ash a girl who becomes infatuated with him.

* ''[[EP003|Ash Catches a Pokémon]]''
: Ash, willing to continue his journey alone, is followed by Misty. Upon noticing her pursuing him in [[Viridian Forest]], Ash puts her on the spot and asks her, "Why are you still following me?" Misty sweat-drops and unconvincingly stutters back, "M...My [[bicycle|bike]]! I'm holding you responsible for my bike!" in an insincere manner.

: Why she is following him is made apparent near the end of the episode where she says, "I've never known anyone like him. He really does love Pokémon." She does so in body language befitting that of an infatuated girl. Also, in her statement, it is pretty much implied that she has some sort of interest in knowing Ash, who, at this point, is someone she barely knows. Furthermore, in this and the next episode, Misty seems very eager to make physical (if not courtly) contact with Ash.

* ''[[EP004|Challenge of the Samurai]]
: When Samurai is searching for Ash, Misty runs toward him, shouting, "Ash!" sounding worried or scared.

*''[[EP007|The Water Flowers of Cerulean City]]''
: Misty tells {{an|Daisy}} that she's back home because of Ash. The remark makes Daisy think Ash and Misty are a couple, which causes Misty to blush an intense shade of red. Also the episodes before this, while trying to get Ash to avoid coming to this city would suggest other locations, often stating because they are "so romantic".

*''[[EP009|The School of Hard Knocks]]''
: While Ash and {{an|Brock}} fall into infatuation with [[Giselle]], Misty gets angry. Some say that she was jealous because of Ash, while others say that it was because of {{s|Gym|Brock}}.

*''[[EP012|Here Comes The Squirtle Squad]]''
: When Ash gets caught in an explosion to protect {{AP|Squirtle}}, she screams Ash's name, while Brock just stares.

*''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the ghost skulls attack them, Misty grabs Ash's arm and holds on to him tightly. Ash never seems to have any problem with this, if anything looking like he wanted to be comforted, suggesting that they both look to each other when they are scared and are not embarrassed by this.
: At the end of the episode, Misty invites Ash to dance. When Ash accepts, she takes his hand and they are then seen dancing together as the episode ends.

*''[[EP023|The Tower of Terror]]''
: At the beginning of the episode, Ash, Brock and Misty are walking through the mist on their way to Lavender Town and Brock says they should probably hold hands. Ash and Misty eagerly reply, "Okay!" The two of them hold hands and continue walking, but Brock, who came up with the idea, mistook Pikachu's tail for Ash's hand; Only Ash and Misty are holding hands. Also, when Brock grabs Pikachu's tail because he can't see through the mist, Pikachu fires an electric attack out of fear and Misty grabs onto Ash.

:Later, when Misty thought that Ash had died, she is driven to almost tears, but is interrupted by Ash who comes back to life and she wipes her nose and blushes.

*''[[EP032|The Ninja Poké-Showdown]]''
: As Ash, Misty, and Brock follow a [[Venonat]] through the Fuchisa Gym, Ash runs into a invisible wall. When the group turns away, Ash runs into another invisible wall and and falls. When she sees this, Misty grabs Ash by the waist and helps him up. Her face expresses concern. After Ash has gotten up, Misty continues to hold on to his arm for a few moments. Brock is completely still while this is happening. Later, when Misty and Brock think Ash had died, Misty is almost driven to tears.

*''[[EP043|March of the Exeggutor Squad]]''
: When Misty sees Ash lying unconscious on the ground, she panics and runs to his side, begging Pikachu to "do something."

*''[[EP046|Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon]]''
: When Misty, Brock, and Squirtle are digging through the rocks to save Ash, Misty, in the dub, says to herself "Listen Ash you'd better hold on, don't forget you still owe me a new bike!" In the original Japanese Misty says Ash had better not die on her, suggesting that she needs to reassure herself that Ash is okay.

* ''[[EP059|Volcanic Panic]]''
: One of the clearest examples to fans of Misty's growing feelings towards Ash in the Indigo League, would be the fact that she completely forgot about her bike being destroyed by Ash, supposedly being the only reason for her traveling with him.

* ''[[EP069|Lights,Camera,Quack-tion]]''
: When {{an|Jigglypuff}} {{m|sing}}s its song, Misty is seen sleeping on top of Ash's back.

* ''[[EP083|Poké Ball Peril]]''
: Near the end of the episode, with Brock having left Ash and Misty to travel alone, [[James]] says, "I think we may have captured a pair of romantic creatures in our little cage," after which [[Jessie]] swoons and {{MTR}} blurts out, "They're lovebirds!" Ash and Misty deny it all but blush.

: The idea of Ash and Misty as a couple becomes a sub-theme throughout the subsequent Orange League Season, culminating into events in the second movie.

* ''[[EP093|Navel Maneuvers]]''
: [[Danny]], the [[Navel Island]] [[Gym Leader]], quickly picks up on the nature of Ash and Misty's relationship during one of their arguments and says, "I can see the two of you are pretty close." After Misty asks what he meant by that, he replied, "What's that saying? 'You always hurt the one you love...'"

* ''[[EP100|Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon]]''
: After {{oi|Ralph}}'s {{p|Nidoran♂|Tony}} and {{oi|Emily}}'s {{p|Nidoran♀|Maria}} kiss and evolve, {{Tracey}} comments about whether the battle or the kiss made them evolve. The idea of kissing embarrasses Misty and provokes Ash to ask the question, "Do people change when they get kissed?" after which Misty answers to him, "Guess we'll have to find out ourselves..." Earlier in the episode, Tracey compared the interaction between the Nidoran's Trainers to the relationship between Misty and Ash (although both vehemently deny it).

*''[[EP101|Get Along, Little Pokémon!]]''
: As the storm comes Misty collapses from exhaustion and Ash is shown in the next scene to be holding her by the waist as he helps her to the safety of the rock.
: Misty yells, "Be careful, Ash!" before he goes to save the {{p|Magnemite}}. Misty has done this on many occasions.

* ''[[EP102|The Mystery Menace]]''
: When Misty sees the monster behind Ash, she screams in fear it might hurt him. When Ash turns around, she yells at him to do something. Tracey is completely silent while all of this is happening.
: After Ash passes out from fear, Misty is shown kneeling by his side, watching him to make sure he's okay. Tracey is standing by the creature.

* ''[[EP103|Misty Meets Her Match]]''
: This entire episode alone serves as conclusive evidence that Misty not only likes Ash but possibly has developed a case of young love for him. [[Rudy]], the [[Trovita Island]] Gym Leader, has a case of "love at first sight" with Misty after she saves his sister, [[Mahri]]. After several advances from Rudy, Misty agrees to what is essentially an impromptu date with Rudy, leaving Ash and Tracey to themselves and later declines Rudy's invitation to stay help him in the gym.

: According to accounts of the original Japanese version, during the dance after the date, Rudy not only asked Misty to stay on the island, but to marry him. What is significant here is that Misty was actually considering his proposal, evidenced by the fact that she didn't refuse him outright. Throughout Ash's gym battle with Rudy, Misty is clearly torn between deciding which boy meant more to her, finally rooting for Ash in the end as {{AP|Squirtle}} is hit by a {{m|Thunderbolt}} from Rudy's {{p|Starmie}}. Rudy, in shock mutters, "She wants ''him.''"

*''[[EP107|Charizard Chills]]''
: When Charizard was thrashing around wildly, Misty tried to run to Ash's aid, and was only held back by Tracey.
: When Misty finds out that Ash's hands were rubbed raw, she gave up her blanket so Ash's hands wouldn't get any worse.

*''[[EP110|The Stun Spore Detour]]''
: Every time that Tracey and Ash need attention Misty comes to Ash first or expresses more concern for Ash.

*''[[EP124|Snubbull Snobbery]]''
: Misty finds a star map, and Ash says, "I know where the stars are, Misty." Misty giggles and blushes after that remark.

*''[[EP170|A Better Pill To Swallow]]''
: When [[Old Man Shuckle]] gives Ash his medicine and the medicine explodes in Ash's stomach, Misty asks Old Man Shuckle what he gave Ash. He reveals that it was Pokémon medicine, and Misty gets really angry. She calms down once Ash wakes up and says, "You know what? My stomach-ache is all gone!"

* ''[[EP185|The Light Fantastic]]''
: When Misty introduces Ash to [[Nurse Joy]], Joy quickly exclaims, "What a little cutie!" referring to {{AP|Pikachu}} on Ash's head. But Misty and Brock mistakenly think she's referring to Ash. Brock is left completely shocked, but Misty not only gets shocked, but quickly develops the same jealous expression she displayed when Melody flirted with Ash.

* ''[[EP198|The Heartbreak of Brock]]''
: After [[Temacu]] expresses her thoughts about marriage to Brock, Misty says to Ash, "You and I will be married someday too." And Ash nods his head without realizing what she had just said, and then shouts "WHOOA?" She could have easily meant that they would be married someday to different people, not necessarily to each other. However, this is a dub edit. In the original, Misty said, "Looks like she fell for {{tt|Takeshi|Brock}} in first sight."

: While giving a pep talk to Brock about pursuing a possible relationship with Temacu, Misty says, "Take it from me, it's a lot easier to like someone who likes you than to like someone who doesn't." Brock then asks her, "How do you know?", after which Misty gasps, blushes, then coyly replies, "Well that's...what I've heard..." She is not referring to Brock (much to the dismay of {{s|Gym|GymShippers}}), since she is openly encouraging Brock to pursue Temacu.

* ''[[EP217|The Perfect Match]]''
: When Ash and Misty find out that they have to battle each other, both are extremely shocked, not wanting to battle against each other.

* ''[[EP267|Love, Pokémon Style]]''
: When [[Macy]] first invites Ash out to lunch, Misty quickly cuts in between the two and comments that Ash is "booked". Later in the same scene, Macy questions Misty's right to interrupt in Ash's personal affairs when she's not his girlfriend. Misty looks quite unimpressed as Macy continues to flirt with Ash.

* ''[[EP273|Gotta Catch Ya Later]]''
: The departure of Misty from the group is a very emotional affair. After all is said and done, Misty says to herself, "Well, Ash Ketchum, finally, I know how you feel about me."
:In this episode, Misty gives Ash her handkerchief. In Japanese, as well as many other eastern Asian cultures, giving a handkerchief is done to, "wipe away tears" when someone leaves your life (eg. a death, a breakup, or saying goodbye to a good friend). 
:Misty got her own good-bye song (which completely left Brock out). Ash was pretty clueless about how upset Misty was when they found out she had to leave, but when they actually parted, he did say that she’s his best friend, and cried when they left.

* ''[[SS011|A Date With Delcatty]]''
: In the original version, Misty initially rejects [[Georgio]] because there is "someone else." Taking into account of Misty's evident feelings in the series prior to this episode, it can be inferred that Misty is making a reference to Ash.

* ''[[AG133|The Right Place and the Right Mime]]''
: After Ash is saved from the {{p|Tauros}} by Bayleef, Misty and Tracey come to check on them. Ash comments that his Pokémon are stronger than ever, and Misty tells him that Pokémon start acting like their Trainers, and teases him about knowing a 'certain Trainer' that has been running wild, while winking towards Ash.
: When Max informs everybody that the nearest [[Battle Frontier]] facility is near Cerulean City, both Misty and Ash are delighted that they can travel together for a while, and she gives him a wink.

* ''[[Pokémon Live!]]''
: In this show, Misty yearns to tell her feelings for Ash, but is too afraid to tell him.

====Various songs====
* ''[[Misty's Song]]'' is a song from the ''[[Pokémon 2.B.A. Master]]'' soundtrack in which Misty sings that she loves Ash. She also says that she wants to confess her love to Ash. This is one of the strongest pieces of evidence for PokéShipping. Part of the song was played in the episode ''[[EP132|For Crying Out Loud]]'', although the canonization of the song is disputed.
* On the ''[[Pokémon Christmas Bash]]'' CD there are two songs that show strong evidence of her feelings towards Ash.
**The first song on the CD entitled ''{{OBP|Pokémon Christmas Bash|song}}'' has the three main characters along with Team Rocket singing about what they want for Christmas. In Misty's stanza she sings "Hey Santa if you're really listenin' / My wishlist has only one thing / Just gimme one dance with Ash / At the Pokémon Christmas bash!".
**Another song on the CD called ''[[Under the Mistletoe]]'' has Misty singing about how she wants Ash to know her feeling for him and about how she wants to meet Ash under the mistletoe. On the other hand, Ash is singing about how he hopes to not to be caught under the mistletoe, although at first he doesn't move away- many fans claim this is Shipping from Ash's side. Near the song's end, after leaving Ash feeling paranoid about the mistletoe, Misty has got Ash under the mistletoe. Ash realizes this, freaks out, and runs off to eat more cookies while leaving Misty wondering what his problem is.
* ''[[He Drives Me Crazy]]'' is a song from ''[[Totally Pokémon]]'' and ''[[Pokémon 3: The Ultimate Soundtrack]]'' that is sung from Misty's perspective, although it was not sung by [[Rachael Lillis]]. This song highlights the feelings that Misty has but does not understand. Many PokéShippers regard this song as having undeniable proof of Misty's feelings for Ash.
* ''[[It Takes Two]]'' is a song used to advertise {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}}. It states evidence from both sides on how they work together as a team.

===Ash's hints===
Even PokéShippers will admit that Ash has not shown any proof of liking Misty beyond the already established platonic feelings. Naturally, PokéShippers believe Ash is capable of ''liking'' Misty. Furthermore, the theory also extends to the possible belief that Ash does love Misty, but is not mature enough to realize it. This idea is supported by the fact that Ash acts jealous when another guy shows interest in Misty or vice-versa, and the flirtatious tone of some of their teasing. This theory explains their bickering (to cover up how they really feel about each other), and it can be argued that Ash displays real feelings for Misty when she is vulnerable or scared.

* ''[[EP012|Here Comes The Squirtle Squad]]''
: When Ash sees that Pikachu, Misty, and Brock aren't in the cave, he yells Pikachu's name; then has a vision of Misty falling, and calls out her name too. Brock is never mentioned.

* ''[[EP017|Island of the Giant Pokémon]]''
: When Ash regains consciousness, he sees Misty still unconscious and rushes over to her, shakes her and yells at her to get up. Then he notices Brock and tells him to get up, but he remains by Misty's side.

* ''[[EP018|Beauty and the Beach]]''
: When Misty shows up, holding a beach ball along with her bathing suit on, Ash stares at her with what some describe as a love-struck expression, and comments on how Misty looks like a girl for once. After Ash said that, she blushed an intense red. Later, when [[Moe]] yells at the group, Ash quickly hides behind Misty and holds her by the shoulders, showing he looks to her when he is scared or needs support.

[[File:Ash Misty Hold Hands.png|250px|thumb|Ash and Misty holding hands in ''[[EP020|Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]'']]
* ''[[EP020|Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: Ash does a double take when Misty appears with her hair down and dressed in a formal kimono. Upon seeing her, the camera switches to his perspective, the bubbly background usually associated with passionate moments is used, romantic harp strings are played, and Misty's surprised facial expression clearly shows she is being looked at with interest. Also, the entire theme of the episode was romance-oriented, so it's only logical to assume this scene between Ash and Misty is as well. Interestingly enough, Misty was asking Ash to dance. When Ash accepts, Misty takes his hand and they are seen dancing together as the episode ends.

*''[[EP028|Pokémon Fashion Flash]]''
: When Misty goes missing, Ash expresses extreme concern.

* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]''
: Ash, thinking Misty is entering the Princess Festival Contest to take a picture with the movie star host, gets jealous, groaning with his arms crossed, "You must really want that picture with [[Fiorello Cappucino|Fiorello]]...". Surprisingly, Misty reassures him she's only doing it for the doll set. Also, when Misty was dressed in a kimono during the contest, Ash stared at her and said, "Ohhh...", but so did Brock.

* ''[[EP023|The Tower of Terror]]''
: When Ash sees Misty and Brock standing outside waiting for him, he decides to tease Misty, ignoring Brock. Once awake from being unconscious, Ash immediately greets Misty, not even mentioning Brock or Pikachu.

* ''[[EP090|In The Pink]]''
: When Ash wakes up after being thrown onto Pinkan Island, he immediately asks for Misty and Pikachu, leaving Tracey out completely.

* ''[[EP093|Navel Maneuvers]]''
: Climbing Navel Island's central mountain, Misty tells Danny the gym leader to be extra careful. Seeing how much concern Misty is giving to Danny, Ash with the same jealous expression yells, "What's she so worried about him for?!". He's distracted so much by Misty's little crush on Danny that he loses his concentration and falls down the mountain a bit. Much like his behavior in "Princess vs. Princess", another male getting Misty's attention seems to bother him. When Danny states, "What do they say, you always hurt the one you love?" Misty and Ash become extremely embarrassed. As Danny walks off, Misty runs up to him and says, "Oh, you've got it all wrong. I'd never get involved with a little kid like him. I prefer the more mature, intellectual type." Ash seems very disappointed after hearing that.

*''[[EP101|Get Along Little Pokémon]]''
: As the rain storm approaches and as Misty is unable to walk, Ash grabs Misty by the hand, arm and the rest of her body and leads her towards the cave. He then gently lowers her down, but keeps his arms wrapped around her. Afterwords, he stares at her with care in his eyes.

*''[[EP102|The Mystery Menace]]''
: When the creature pulls Misty into the sewer, Ash screams Misty's name, not even mentioning Togepi. After all the bubbles from where Misty was pulled in disappear, Ash screams again. After Tracey announces they should save her and Togepi, Ash's face gets angry, and says he will.

*''[[EP103|Misty Meets Her Match]]''
: [[Rudy]] moves in to court Misty after she helps rescue his younger sister, [[Mahri]]. Ash is clearly put out by Rudy's behavior, and jealous when Misty is flattered by the attention. When Rudy compliments Misty about her beautiful eyes during his attack test, Ash gets distracted and accidentally calls Charizard. Rudy invites Misty to dinner, and Ash is shocked when she accepts and appears unhappy when she leaves. Later on, during the battle against Ash, Rudy looks at Misty and says "I dedicate this match the girl who saved my sister and stole my heart." Ash doesn't seem very happy and sarcastically replies, "That's real nice, but the victory is gonna be mine!" He gets a little antagonized with Misty when she tells him to beat Rudy, telling her he's not stupid, as if her recent behavior had upset and unsettled him.

: After Rudy presents Ash with his badge, he gives Misty some flowers, accepting her decision to stay with Ash. More importantly, he says, "I hope you know you're a very lucky guy, Ash." Ash cluelessly replies, "Lucky? What do you mean?" Rudy laughs and says, "You'll see some day." Ash just frowns in confusion. This incident supports the theory that Ash loves Misty, but he doesn't quite realize it yet. This is one of the stronger hints given that Misty and Ash may someday end up together.

*''[[EP110|The Stun Spore Detour]]''
: When Ash was really feverish, he asks in a weak voice for Misty and not for Pikachu or Tracey (or even [[Delia Ketchum|his mom]]).

*''[[EP121|Illusion Confusion]]''
: Ash expresses his horror when Misty is scared by illusions of Bug Pokémon, and gets angry with {{p|Hoothoot}} for running away, because it is the only one who can 'save Misty.'

*''[[EP132|For Crying Out Loud]]''
:When Misty, Pikachu, and [[Wilhelmina]]'s {{p|Marill}} are lost on an island and the others go to find them, Ash mutters, "Don't worry, we'll find Misty," not even mentioning Marill or his beloved Pikachu.

*''[[EP137|Foul Weather Friends]]''
: When Misty is trying to save {{p|Oddish}} from flying into the tornado, Ash screams her name and pulls her down by the waist, similar to how Brock did for {{jo|Mariah}} when she tried to save the {{p|Hoppip}}, whom he was currently crushing on.

* ''[[EP216|Dueling Heroes]]''[[File:Misty special lure DP034.png|thumb|right|Ash displaying [[Misty's special lure]]]]
: Prior to Misty's battle, Ash wakes up to find Misty staring out the window. They have a little talk and after that, Ash continues to gaze at Misty silently.
: Brock comments about how Misty's battling style reminds him so much of Ash. Furthermore, Ash and Misty share similar victory poses when they win their round.

* ''[[AG044|The Princess and the Togepi]]''
: Upon showing Ash the invitation to the Togepi Festival, Ash gets excited and walks off happily. But Misty quickly pulls him back by the hood. Later on, when Misty gets abducted by Team Rocket, Ash is the first one to run after her.

*''[[AG133|The Right Place and the Right Mime]]''
: When Max informs everyone that the nearest [[Battle Frontier]] facility is near Cerulean City, Ash is pleased that Misty is able to travel with him and the group for a while.

*''[[AG134|A Real Cleffa-hanger]]''
: May tries to befriend a Cleffa, but the Pokémon backs away from her in fright. Misty figures that it will talk to {{p|Azurill}}, and then Azurill jumps off her arms and starts playing with the Cleffa. Ash tells Misty how great her idea was.

: When the Ash and the gang looks for Misty, Max, and Pikachu, Ash is the one carrying Misty's Spheal bag.

*''[[AG187|The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing]]''
:Ash is feeling down about losing but regains his confidence back when he receives gifts from his mother and his friends. He especially shows off Misty's special lure to Pikachu with a big smile on his face. It shows that Misty still cares about him, far away as he is, romantically or not.

* ''[[DP034|Buizel Your Way Out of This]]''
: When Ash and the others are fishing, Ash uses the special lure Misty made for him. Dawn asks if she could use it, but Ash refuses, causing them both to argue. While they are distracted, a {{AP|Buizel}} comes and takes their lures, causing Ash to panic. He is determined to get the lure back, and once it is returned, he seems very happy and relieved.

==Movie evidence==
*''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: When Mewtwo throws Ash back with its psychic powers, Misty quickly runs up to him and asks if he's okay (Brock only stays put). At the ending, there's a scene of Ash, Misty, and Brock sleeping in their sleeping bags. Ash and Misty are placed conveniently near each other, while Brock's position is relatively away from them. When Ash is petrified by the fighting between Mew and Mewtwo, Misty murmurs "Please no" while Pikachu attempts to revive him.

[[Image:PokeShipping 3.png|thumb|325px|right|Misty is annoyed as Melody flirts with Ash]]
* ''[[M02|The Power of One]]''
: In the Japanese trailer of the film, there was a scene that was animated specifically for that trailer. When Ash jumps down the cliff to save his Pikachu, Misty tries to follow him but Tracey holds her back. Misty looks completely distressed, as can be seen by her tears.
: P2K, otherwise known as 'The Power of One', or 'Revelation Lugia' is the conclusion to everything related to Misty's love for Ash in the Orange Season. In this movie, Misty gets competition in the form of Melody, the Festival Maiden of the Legend Ceremony. {{mov|Melody}}, upon greeting our heroes, immediately comes up to Ash and plants a kiss on his cheek, provoking a glare of jealousy from Misty. Also, after Melody's performance at the festival party, she quickly kneels in front of Ash and grabs hold of his arm, provoking Misty to gasp and growl again in subdued jealousy.
:Also, upon being called Ash's girlfriend, Misty blushes uncontrollably. When Misty is talking about how stubborn Ash is, Melody starts to tease her, saying how Misty will have to get used to it once her and Ash get married. Upon hearing this, Misty protests, but blushes as well.
:Near the end, Misty openly admits to Melody that Ash is "her burden" and goes off to rescue him in Melody's place, stating that he'll never be alone as he'll always have her, which Melody respects (due to the debating between her and Misty of Misty liking Ash throughout the movie).

* ''[[M04|Celebi: Voice of the Forest|Pokémon 4Ever]]''
: When our heroes are running from a Pokémon, Misty trips along the way. Ash (and Brock) run back to help her. They get to safety, at least for a little while, and all of a sudden some Pokémon appear to attack them. Ash runs in front of her and spreads his arms out to protect Misty.
:When Ash and Sammy are saved by Celebi and come down, Misty shouts, "Ash is okay!", not even mentioning Sam, Celebi, or Pikachu.

* ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes]]''
: When {{mov|Bianca}}/{{p|Latias}} kissed Ash on the dock, Misty was so shocked that not only did she develop the same jealous expression seen in the series, but she also dropped her {{TP|Misty|Togepi}}.

* ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
:In the dubbed version of the movie, Ash makes a reference on Misty (not by name): on the last day of the comet's showing, Max is disappointed that he will have to part with Jirachi; Ash sits down with him by the river and reassures him that Jirachi will always will be in his heart, telling him "A good friend left me, and I miss her everyday. But I know we'll be friends forever.", obviously referring to Misty. However, this elements are only in the dubbed versions. In the original, Ash talks about a completely different thing, trying to explain to Max that a thousand years last like a single istant for Jirachi and its comet, and it would't be the same staying with him (he doesn't even mention missing a friend or similar things).

==Manga evidence==
===[[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]===
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu {{pkmn|manga}}, Ash has a huge crush on {{Gary}}'s older sister, [[Daisy Oak|May]]. However, there are some cases where Ash shows attraction towards Misty. He finds her eye-catching, especially when he first sees her in her Gym uniform, which happens to be a very attractive swimsuit (in the original). Another event is during a scene in a hot spring in the second volume (though the scene was cut from the American release of the manga).

Just like in the anime, [[Rudy]] also proposed to Misty, and Ash shows great deal of bitterness toward it.

==Other hints==
[[Image:PokeShipping 4.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A scan featuring Ash and Misty with Pokémon]]
For those already convinced about PokéShipping, there do exist events which suggest inconclusively, something along the lines of romance. But the difference between hints and proofs are that proofs are essentially ironclad and undebatable in contemporary debate, whereas hints are quite debatable, and are open to interpretation. The following is a listing of some that are considered to be debatable hints, all of which vary in strength and worth.

* ''[[EP005|Showdown at Pewter City]]''
: Misty is surprisingly eager to start a Pokémon-sharing relationship with Ash in this episode and gets very upset when Ash refuses. Later, while Ash is charging up Pikachu's electric sacs, Misty again offers help to Ash and gets snubbed. She then grumbles and says, "What do I care..." and runs off. Misty somewhat admits by her behavior and dialogue that she's really interested in getting to know him better.

* ''[[EP006|Clefairy and the Moon Stone]]''
: Misty, at the beginning of this episode, continually keeps mentioning how "romantic" the surroundings are. She continues to do this not only in this episode, but subsequent episodes as well.

* ''[[EP007|The Waterflowers of Cerulean City]]''
: At the outskirts of [[Cerulean City]], Misty attempts to dissuade Ash from going into the city by tempting him to go to [[Vermilion City]]. She does so by mentioning the "neat Pokémon, the yachts pulling into the harbor, and a spot way up on a hill where you can sit and watch a romantic sunset". The mentioning of a romantic scene subtly suggests what she might have intended for all along, especially with how many times she's talked about romantic things in previous episodes.

* ''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown!]]''
: After Nurse Joy breaks up an argument between the two of them, she comments that they say when two people fight, they really care about each other; although Ash and Misty instantly reject the idea, they are both blushing slightly when they turn away from the other.

[[Image:PokeShipping 5.png‎|thumb|250px|right|Ash's ghost lifting Misty up in the air in ''[[EP023|The Tower of Terror]]'']]
* ''[[EP023|The Tower of Terror]]''
: When Ash enters the tower alone to try and catch a Ghost Pokémon, and is subsequently briefly separated from his body, Misty is the first one of her and Brock to express concern about how long Ash and Pikachu are taking inside. When Ash hovers beside her in his ghost form and lifts her in the air, Misty is the only one who can hear him despite Brock standing only a foot or so away from her, potentially hinting at a closer bond between the two. Also, before Ash and Pikachu return to their bodies, Misty is visibly near to tears as she pleads for Ash to wake up, and blushes immensely when he wakes up and greets her.

* ''[[EP026|Pokémon Scent-sation!]]''
: Misty, unaware that Ash is disguised as a girl among the crowd and using the same girlish demeanor she used in "Ash Catches A Pokémon," dreamily admits to the group, "I wish Ash would've heard that story..." She openly is expressing a desire for Ash's presence.

: Also, during Ash's gym battle with [[Erika]], the girls in the crowd start acknowledging Ash's skill and how much more impressive he is than he looks, provoking Misty to smile with reassurance.

* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: At the beginning of the episode, Ash is marching and singing. Misty is right behind him and longingly stares at him until they reach the [[Kanto Safari Zone|Safari Zone]] warden's house. After Ash sings out his last lines, Misty imitates his enthusiasm and sings her own lines as well. Of course, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."

: Also, later in the episode, when Ash is about to dive in the water to grab the bomb that Team Rocket threw in there, Misty stops him, and says that it is too dangerous. Although this hint is under debate simply because it could be merely her worrying for Ash, (as a friend would do), she also sends down her Staryu to save Ash after he is down there for too long. And afterward, when he comes back up, Misty smiles and is thrilled that he is alive, with a blush apparent.

* ''[[EP043|March of the Exeggutor Squad]]''
: Misty goes into perhaps the most extreme fits of blushing in the history of the series, all provoked by a simple compliment from Ash about her skimpy stage outfit. No one blushes like that out of mere embarrassment. She clearly holds Ash's opinion of her in exclusive priority.

* ''[[EP045|The Song of Jigglypuff]]''
: As Jigglypuff begins singing in the woods, Ash and Brock are standing next to each other while Pikachu and Misty are sitting a couple feet away. After Jigglypuff is done singing, Brock and Pikachu are sprawled out asleep by themselves while Misty and Ash are slumped against each other. It might not have meant anything if the two were already standing by each other, in which case it would have just been convenient, but they weren't. Either they moved into this position because they are very comfortable with each other, or the director(s) might have just thrown this in to plant an idea. It is also interesting to note that when they wake up, Misty comments, "What a nice nap."

* ''[[EP061|The Misty Mermaid]]''
: Before the performance, Ash says, "This is gonna be great! I can't wait to see Misty!" While watching the show, Ash says to Brock, "Misty's doing really good!"

: At the end of this episode, Ash tells Misty how amazing she was at her performance of the underwater play. Misty disproportionately calls Ash's comments "sweet talk" and reminds him of the bike he owes her, something she supposedly forgot about back on [[Cinnabar Island]].

* ''[[EP068|Make Room for Gloom]]''
: Upon arriving at the Xanadu Nursery, Brock spies on a pretty girl behind the window, after which Ash comes to look and says he doesn't see a pretty girl. Misty then says, "Just turn around" and giggles, clearly addressing Ash. Ash then jokes about her hallucinating, then starts chuckling.

: Ash, finally spotting a {{p|Gloom}} behind the window, asks Brock if "he's getting 'misty' over a gloom," This causes Misty to pull Ash's mouth wide with her fingers and ask him what is he saying about her, mistaking Ash's 'misty' comment with herself. Both seem to be blushing in the midst of their playfulness.

* ''[[EP077|Fourth Round Rumble]]''
: While watching Ash's match on the grass field in the spectator stands with Brock, Misty becomes particularly vocal whenever Brock shows signs of attraction for Ash's current opponent [[Jeanette Fisher]], yelling at Brock to remember whose side he is meant to be on. She also feels sorry for Ash when his mother and Professor Oak show up to tell him that all of Pallet Town is now rooting for him, recognizing the increased pressure this will put Ash under.

* ''[[EP155|Forest Grumps]]''
:At the beginning of the episode, Ash and Misty are surprisingly close to one another while tending to their Pokémon. Brock on the other hand is away from them asleep behind a tree.
:Upon reunion, Ash and Misty exclaim each other's names in joy, with Brock totally ignored by Misty, while the camera focuses on their faces. What's interesting to note is how the scripting and animation seem to focus just on their reunion alone.

* ''[[EP167|A Hot Water Battle]]''
: After losing a beach ball, {{AP|Chikorita}}, {{AP|Cyndaquil}}, and {{AP|Totodile}} begin arguing over whose fault it was. Not realizing that they're fighting, Ash sends them off to find the beach ball. When they run off eagerly to prove themselves, Ash comments, "See Misty, they get along just like we do." Misty, who knows that the Pokémon were fighting, then says, "I hope not," possibly suggesting that her relationship with Ash is of special importance to her.

* ''[[AG133|The Right Place and the Right Mime]]''
: When Ash finally arrives home after his travels in Hoenn, he finds Misty at his house. She makes a point of being there, specifically so that she could see Ash as soon as he arrived back from Hoenn even though she apparently has no idea how soon exactly he would be returning. For all she knew, she could have been expecting a wait for a long time.
: Azurill is a good excuse to go down there but it does not explain her behavior:
:*Why did she stay at Ash's mother's house, and not at Oak's laboratory?
:*Why was she so concerned about getting to see Ash as soon as he arrived?
:*How can her somewhat wistfully delivered line of how Ash is the same as always be explained?
:*Why couldn't she have simply delayed her trip down there until Ash had already arrived?

* ''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]''
: Ash considers Misty as a rival at times and, when given the chance, he likes showing off to impress her. In this special episode, Ash receives an invitation from [[Dr. Yung]]. Upon reaching the mansion of Dr. Yung, he is surprised to see Misty and Professor Oak there. As Misty proceeds on asking him why he is there, Ash waves the invitation in front of him in an attempt to show off, saying that he got invited because of his great skills as a trainer. Misty stays composed and shows her own invitation, telling him that she also got invited, which surprises Ash.
[[File:Misty Winking At Ash.png|thumb|250px|Misty winks at Ash while speaking to him]]

: When Dr. Yung asks Ash and Misty to battle, Ash quickly expresses his excitement only to be foiled by Misty. The Gym Leader reminds Ash of his manners and says "Ladies first!" while winking an eye at him.

: In order to save Professor Oak, Ash decides to sneak into the castle through underwater. He could have chosen May or Max to come with him, but he chose Misty.

[[File:Spurt Card Ash loves Misty.png‎|thumb|250px|Misty and Delia, featured on the Queen of Hearts Card in the tenth Japanese OP, ''[[Spurt!]]'']]
* ''[[Aim to Be a Pokémon Master]]
: In the first ever opening theme song of the Pokémon anime, there is a scene where the Ash and {{ashfr|his friends}} are in a forest by a campfire. It's an interesting note to see Ash and Misty sitting very close to each other, while Brock is quite far from them, sitting on the other side.

* ''[[Spurt!]]''
: In the fifth and final opening theme song for the Japanese Advanced Generation Pokémon anime series, Misty was shown in a "Queen of Hearts" card together with [[Delia Ketchum]]. One could say the two girls on the card likely represent the more important females in Ash's life.

* ''[[Under the Mistletoe]]''
: This song includes hints from both. Ash sings about that he is happy tonight and Misty sings about she knows she will meet her true love under the mistletoe. Later during this song, Misty comments that she and Ash stand under the mistletoe. Also, both sing they want to tell something to [[Santa Claus|St. Nicholas]]. Finally, when they are both under the mistletoe, Ash runs off. However, being created by 4Kids and so by the dub, this song doesn't belong to any original part of the anime.

*Misty constantly yelled at and insulted Ash throughout the show, and is an example of the hiding of feelings for children of that age, however depending on how much older they have gotten since they had met, this may or may not be a very big clue.

*When Jigglypuff sings its song, Misty and Ash are often seen leaning against each other in their sleep.

* When Misty was part of the group, Ash was well aware of signs of romance between humans and Pokémon, even knowing if a girl was flirting with him (such as when he nervously ran away from Macy in ''[[EP267|Love, Pokémon Style]]''). After she left the group, Ash has shown signs of being oblivious to anything romantic taking place around him, as well as not knowing when a girl was interested in him.

==Alternate names==
PokéShipping, as with many of the more popular Ships, is known by a variety of different names. Following the emergence of PokéShipping from amongst these as the de-facto standard, the other names have become associated with certain groups within the PokéShipping fandom, or certain methods of Shipping. A prominent few are detailed below.

* '''GakiShipping''' - An early term coined around the same time as TwerpShipping, the name was originally meant to be descriptive of both Ash & Misty being ''gakis'' (Gaki being a somewhat rude way to refer to a child in Japanese), but has since evolved to describe the actual shipper, and is now used only in an insulting manner towards shippers (not necessarily just PokéShippers) who use flimsy evidence to support their position, or otherwise act childish, especially when referring to their supported 'ships.

* '''SatoKasu''' - The original (Japanese) term for the ship, using the standard Japanese naming method of combining the first 2 characters from each characters name, starting with the dominant character.

* '''SakaShipping''' - Another early name for the pairing, from '''Sa'''toshi and '''Ka'''sumi.

* '''BikeShipping''' - this name refers to Ash and Pikachu breaking Misty's bike, and is among the least used of all names for this pairing.

* '''SushiShipping''' - from Ka'''su'''mi and Sato'''shi'''. Combining portions of the characters' names to form words was common early on, but now is hardly ever used.

* '''TwerpShipping''' - The original (English) name for the ship, the term is currently used primarily only amongst users on TRHQ, and by those who primarily associate themselves with {{s|Rocket}}.

* '''AAML''' - Standing for Ash And Misty Love. Also '''AAMRN''', Ash And Misty Romance Novel.

==Trivia==
* They have battled against each other twice for the ownership of a Pokémon: {{p|Togepi}} and {{p|Totodile}}.
* The two have shared similar victory poses in the series. Imitation is known to be the ultimate form of flattery.
* [[Ash's Pikachu]] took a liking to Misty very early in the show. {{an|Professor Oak}} and other characters have stated that Pokémon reflect the feelings of their Trainers.


==External links==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f300/pokeshipping-general-discussion-55952 Pokéshipping Discussion Thread] on BMGf

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[[File:Jessie James AG.png|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[File:RocketShipping.png|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the [[Electric Tale of Pikachu volume 4|last volume]] of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside [[ET20|the epilogue]] were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in the Pokémon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on RocketShipping.

Nowadays, thanks to the episode ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]'', RocketShipping has had a resurgence in popularity, and Rocketshippers feel more confident about their ship than ever.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[File:James Jessie SS012.png|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[SS012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[EP123|Spinarak Attack]]''
: After James managed to break into the storeroom, Jessie started to flirt with him and appreciate his skills as she nudged him with her arm.
* ''[[SS012|Training Daze!]]''
: When James lets go of Meowth's tail and drops into the river, Jessie screams for him.
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} This causes Jessie to turn and look at him, very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles: Roamin' Off]]''
: Once Jessie learns about James being in danger, she immediately rushes to look for him. She saves him by attacking Metagross with her Seviper and Yanmega, but then, she finds herself in danger as well, as she was nearly killed by Metagross along with James. When James apologized for getting her into this mess, she smiled and said that that's what friends were for.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up. In ''[[DP171|Dawn of a Royal Day!]]'', James cheered on Jessie using her real name and did not correct himself.
* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: When it looked like Jessie and James were going to die, James says to Jessie "Someone, who said that beautiful people are destined to have a sad fate, must have meant us." implying that he thinks Jessie is beautiful.
* ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]''
: After Jessie is expelled from the test, James says in a determined voice that he'll do his best for her.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety. After they land, their parachute falls on top of them and they scramble to get out of it. During this, Jessie says "Where do you think you're touching?!" implying that James is doing more than simply trying to get out of the parachute.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
: James dresses himself and their Pokémon as Hina Matsuri dolls to cheer Jessie up after her loss.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier]]''
: As Regirock and Registeel use Lock-On attack to aim at Team Rocket, James immediately carries Jessie and tries to escape the dungeons, wanting to rescue her.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks]]''
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in Contests) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.
* ''[[DP146|Dressed for Jess Success!]]''
: When a sick Jessie overexerts herself and begins to faint, James catches her, helps her stand up, and supports her weight as he walks her back to bed, all the while having a comforting smile on his face. When Meowth says Jessie should rest, James agrees, saying with a caring tone of voice that "That would be best." Later, James disguises himself as Jessalina and enters his first contest in her place. He ends up winning the ribbon, and when Jessie sees the ribbon she hugs only James.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that people who were simply friends normally wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched and hugs Jessie, begging her to not abandon him. She assures him that she won't.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to be separated from her, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: At the end of the episode, Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but then he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. James goes on to tell her he'd rather have his freedom with Team Rocket rather than money. They then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP050|Who Gets to Keep Togepi?]]''
: This episode gave the first evidence of Jessie and James sleeping next to each other.
* ''[[SS012|Training Daze!]]''
: In spite of being severely injured, James comes back to join their mission, to Jessie's shock. He assures her that he won't run away this time. She gets touched by his act and wipes away her tears.
: Then, when James wanted to let go of Meowth's tail again, telling Jessie and Meowth to continue the test without him so they can become a good team, and Jessie refused to leave him behind, he let go nevertheless. However, that time, she made in time to grab onto his hand. When he told her to let him go and she refused again, he looked visibly touched.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interpreted as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
[[Image:DP133 Scale.png|250px|thumb|left|The scale in the Rocket motto.]]
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* ''[[DP133|Uncrushing Defeat!]]''
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[M08|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[M02|The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says to Jessie and James "You guys act love-love all the time", causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[M08|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]''
: At the end of the manga, Jessie and James end up married with a child on the way, and in the epilogue there is a panel in which we see a flashback to James confessing his love to Jessie. There is also some suggestive physical contact between the two throughout the manga.
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed as a bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as {{p|Volbeat}} and {{p|Illumise}}, and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore, which may be a reference to the the manga ''{{wp|The Rose of Versailles}}''.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, some RocketShippers use this, among other things, to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Trivia==
[[File:Jessie James fear hug.png|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's parents|James's mother]] and [[Jessiebelle|fiancée]] look very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.
* Jessie and James have had voice actors with prominent roles in the {{wp|Slayers}} anime series. Jessie's seiyuu, [[Megumi Hayashibara]], is also seiyuu to the main protagonist and heroine of Slayers, {{wp|Lina Inverse}}, while James's most famous English voice actor, [[Eric Stuart]], dubbed the voice for Lina's self-proclaimed guardian and constant traveling companion, {{wp|Gourry Gabriev}}. Incidentally, the two characters fell in love with each other over time.
* Due to a mistranslation before release of ''[[M04|Celebi: Voice of the Forest]]'', it was mistakenly thought for a time that the [[Iron-Masked Marauder]] was the future son of Jessie and James.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=55903 Rocketshipping General Discussion]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]
* [http://z10.invisionfree.com/Rocketshipper_Forum/index.php?act=idx Rocketshipper forum]
* [http://rocketshippinganthology.webs.com/ Rocketshipping anthology] A fan art and fiction project by fans

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]

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== AntiRocketShippers ==

Do AntiRocketShippers '''count'''? They aren't even RocketShippers! Why not add "AntiPokéShippers" to the types of PokéShippers? [[User:Ketsuban|Ketsuban]]

It's worth noting their major arguments against the pairing. [[User:Argy|Argy]]

Question on that -- Then why ''isn't'' there a section for "AntiPokéShippers" in the PokéShippers page?? Seems a little bias to me. I am thinking the Sects of RocketShipping needs to be rewritten. Instead of there being a section for "AntiRocketShippers" under the categories of RocketShipping (which makes no sense to me), there should just be a paragraph noting the major arguments against the pairing. --[[User:Mistress Puff|Puff]] 17:21, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

== Hints ==

Does anyone know a page we can link to that lists hints for RocketShipping? I want to link to Pokemopolis' anti-RocketShipping page, but it would be unfair to have that as the only external link. [[User:Fabu-Vinny|FabuVinny]] 14:01, 25 October 2005 (CDT)

Done and done. [[User:Musashi|Musashi]]

== R*cketshippers==

Just curious, in reference to the last edit made on (15:15, 25 March 2007) by [[User:FrozenPandaMan|FrozenPandaMan]] - Why has the term "R*cketshippers" been changed to "Rocketshippers". :/ I'm not exactly active on creating shipping names, I just follow them - So before I make an edit I just want to know what the current shipping term should be for the 'old school shippers'. --[[User:Mistress Puff|Puff]] 16:22, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

== Offensiveness ==

Whilst I agree with freedom and speech and the right to state what you believe, I think that this comment under RocketShippers: "Lives for any sort of event that can be considered a hint, no matter how small. The infamous manga is their bible." and a few others is a little too much. :/ Stating facts against the shipping is fine and all, but that just seems a bit too harsh to me and could be potentially insulting. (As I'm new here, I didn't want to edit anything before discussing it first.) Your thoughts? --[[User:Rachie|Rachie]] 16:35, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

I very much agree -- I think that this entire article should be looked at and revised.. What gets me is that there is an AntiRocketShipper section, and yet there is nothing like that in some of the other shipping pages -- PokéShipping is a main example. --[[User:Mistress Puff|Puff]] 04:28, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

== A strange feeling ==

I have a strange feeling that James might not be HEterosexual He thinks ♂♂ and not ♂♀ {{unsigned|Formerpokéfan}}
:Sign your posts, and just because you have a feeling DOES NOT mean that it's true. Until stated within the anime, it's Fanon (Fan-made). <strike>Even if I personally think James may be Bi</strike>. [[User:Takoto|Takoto タコト]]| サソデイ = 愛 00:04, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

oh and btw, crossdressing isnt gay only 5% of crossdressers are gay (Not includding transvestites) {{unsigned|Formerpokéfan}}
:On the other hand, crossdressers are transvestites. '''[[User:Optimatum|<sc>Θρtιmαtum♏</sc>]][[User talk:Optimatum|Talk]]|[[User:Optimatum/sig/Pikachu|Links]]''10:51 27 Aug 2008'''''

::Most tranvestites are straight. Eddie Izzard (well-known British crossdressing comedian) compares it to being a "male lesbian." ~ShinyAeon, Aug 20, 2009, 5:10 AM CST

== Overhaul ==

I did an overhaul of the page to make it less biased. Feel free to edit as you see fit, but please don't make it that biased and rude again. D: [[User:CherryParanoia|CherryParanoia]] 05:50, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Removing the sects is one thing, but can we leave the rest of the page as it was? I don't think this current version gives as much information as the previous one. Bulbagarden Rocketshippers worked very hard on giving the page the revamp it desperately needed back in May, so I think the history section should be restored to what it was. [[User:Rocket Girl|Rocket Girl]] 07:10, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm all for keeping the sects, too. They're defunct now, but they're still a significant part of the ship's history. Either way, I think the page should be changed back to how it was before this "overhaul". The Bulbagarden Rocketshippers worked hard to make it presentable and informative, and it was just fine the way it was because of their extensive revamp. --[[User:Demon of Light|Demon of Light]] 07:33, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm with Demon of Light. Unlike the other ships, Rocketshippings' sects are a HUGE and notable part of its history. And from what I've read, I know you think you're doing the page a big favour (maybe you read old comments saying that the page was rubbish .etc.) but like Rocket Girl said, the Bulbagarden Rocketshippers put a lot of thought into it and gave the page a massive overhaul in May. What you've done is like taking a step backwards rather than forwards and it's now less informative than before. --[[User:ii kanji|ii kanji]] 10:23, 20 August 2009

:I'm also for keeping the sects in - there are so many older websites and fanfic comments out there that mention them, new fans that run into the terms need an overview! And - biased? Shipping is a bias in and of itself. I really don't understand what you mean, CherryParanoia. And needless to say, if you're going to make accusations of rudeness, you should be specific about what exactly you believe was "rude." I vote we restore the page as it was, and then reexamine it - if there's some specific wording you object to, then a little precise surgery will suffice better than this mass amputation. ~ShinyAeon, Aug 20, 2009, 4:56 AM CST

==A hint==
In some episode, I cant really remember which, I think it was early AG, James says something like "but Jessie darling..." I would add this but, as I cant remember the episode... --[[User:Juzey|Juzey]][[Shaymin (Pokémon)|!!]] ''([[User talk:Juzey|Talk]])'' 17:49, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

That was only in the dub so it doesn't count. [[User:Rocket Girl|Rocket Girl]] 20:50, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

RocketShipping

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Rocket Girl: Undo revision 1300992 by TopCoordinatorAlex (talk) Dub only line.

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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[File:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the [[Electric Tale of Pikachu volume 4|last volume]] of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside [[ET20|the epilogue]] were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in the Pokémon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on RocketShipping.

Nowadays, thanks to the episode ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]'', RocketShipping has had a resurgence in popularity, and Rocketshippers feel more confident about their ship than ever.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[SS012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[EP123|Spinarak Attack]]''
: After James managed to break into the storeroom, Jessie started to flirt with him and appreciate his skills as she nudged him with her arm.
* ''[[SS012|Training Daze!]]''
: When James lets go of Meowth's tail and drops into the river, Jessie screams for him.
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} This causes Jessie to turn and look at him, very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles: Roamin' Off]]''
: Once Jessie learns about James being in danger, she immediately rushes to look for him. She saves him by attacking Metagross with her Seviper and Yanmega, but then, she finds herself in danger as well, as she was nearly killed by Metagross along with James. When James apologized for getting her into this mess, she smiled and said that that's what friends were for.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up. In [[DP171]] James cheered on Jessie using her real name and did not correct himself.
* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: When it looked like Jessie and James were going to die, James says to Jessie "Someone, who said that beautiful people are destined to have a sad fate, must have meant us." implying that he thinks Jessie is beautiful.
* ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]''
: After Jessie is expelled from the test, James says in a determined voice that he'll do his best for her.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety. After they land, their parachute falls on top of them and they scramble to get out of it. During this, Jessie says "Where do you think you're touching?!" implying that James is doing more than simply trying to get out of the parachute.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
: James dresses himself and their Pokémon as Hina Matsuri dolls to cheer Jessie up after her loss.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier]]''
: As Regirock and Registeel use Lock-On attack to aim at Team Rocket, James immediately carries Jessie and tries to escape the dungeons, wanting to rescue her.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks]]''
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in Contests) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.
* ''[[DP146|Dressed for Jess Success!]]''
: When a sick Jessie overexerts herself and begins to faint, James catches her, helps her stand up, and supports her weight as he walks her back to bed, all the while having a comforting smile on his face. When Meowth says Jessie should rest, James agrees, saying with a caring tone of voice that "That would be best." Later, James disguises himself as Jessalina and enters his first contest in her place. He ends up winning the ribbon, and when Jessie sees the ribbon she hugs only James.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that people who were simply friends normally wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched and hugs Jessie, begging her to not abandon him. She assures him that she won't.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to be separated from her, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: At the end of the episode, Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but then he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. James goes on to tell her he'd rather have his freedom with Team Rocket rather than money. They then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP050|Who Gets to Keep Togepi?]]''
: This episode gave the first evidence of Jessie and James sleeping next to each other.
* ''[[SS012|Training Daze!]]''
: In spite of being severely injured, James comes back to join their mission, to Jessie's shock. He assures her that he won't run away this time. She gets touched by his act and wipes away her tears.
: Then, when James wanted to let go of Meowth's tail again, telling Jessie and Meowth to continue the test without him so they can become a good team, and Jessie refused to leave him behind, he let go nevertheless. However, that time, she made in time to grab onto his hand. When he told her to let him go and she refused again, he looked visibly touched.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interpreted as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* ''[[DP133|Uncrushing Defeat!]]''
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[M08|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[M02|The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says to Jessie and James "You guys act love-love all the time", causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[M08|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]''
: At the end of the manga, Jessie and James end up married with a child on the way, and in the epilogue there is a panel in which we see a flashback to James confessing his love to Jessie. There is also some suggestive physical contact between the two throughout the manga.
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed as a bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as {{p|Volbeat}} and {{p|Illumise}}, and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore, which may be a reference to the the manga ''{{wp|The Rose of Versailles}}''.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, some RocketShippers use this, among other things, to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's parents|James's mother]] and [[Jessiebelle|fiancée]] look very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.
* Jessie and James have had voice actors with prominent roles in the {{wp|Slayers}} anime series. Jessie's seiyuu, [[Megumi Hayashibara]], is also seiyuu to the main protagonist and heroine of Slayers, {{wp|Lina Inverse}}, while James's most famous English voice actor, [[Eric Stuart]], dubbed the voice for Lina's self-proclaimed guardian and constant traveling companion, {{wp|Gourry Gabriev}}. Incidentally, the two characters fell in love with each other over time.
* Due to a mistranslation before release of ''[[M04|Celebi: Voice of the Forest]]'', it was mistakenly thought for a time that the [[Iron-Masked Marauder]] was the future son of Jessie and James.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=55903 Rocketshipping General Discussion]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]
* [http://z10.invisionfree.com/Rocketshipper_Forum/index.php?act=idx Rocketshipper forum]
* [http://rocketshippinganthology.webs.com/ Rocketshipping anthology] A fan art and fiction project by fans

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]

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RocketShipping

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Rocket Girl: /* Jessie's hints */ Was only said in the dub. James didn't even say anything in the original.

RocketShipping

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Rocket Girl: Undo revision 1221164 by Sceinic (talk) Dub only line.

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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[File:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the [[Electric Tale of Pikachu volume 4|last volume]] of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside [[ET20|the epilogue]] were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in the Pokémon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on RocketShipping.

Nowadays, thanks to the episode ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]'', RocketShipping has had a resurgence in popularity, and Rocketshippers feel more confident about their ship than ever.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[SS012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[EP123|Spinarak Attack]]''
: After James managed to break into the storeroom, Jessie started to flirt with him and appreciate his skills as she nudged him with her arm.
* ''[[SS012|Training Daze!]]''
: When James lets go of Meowth's tail and drops into the river, Jessie screams for him.
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} This causes Jessie to turn and look at him, very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles: Roamin' Off]]''
: Once Jessie learns about James being in danger, she immediately rushes to look for him. She saves him by attacking Metagross with her Seviper and Yanmega, but then, she finds herself in danger as well, as she was nearly killed by Metagross along with James. When James apologized for getting her into this mess, she smiled and said that that's what friends were for.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up. In [[DP171]] James cheered on Jessie using her real name and did not correct himself.
* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: When it looked like Jessie and James were going to die, James says to Jessie "Someone, who said that beautiful people are destined to have a sad fate, must have meant us." implying that he thinks Jessie is beautiful.
* ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]''
: After Jessie is expelled from the test, James says in a determined voice that he'll do his best for her.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety. After they land, their parachute falls on top of them and they scramble to get out of it. During this, Jessie says "Where do you think you're touching?!" implying that James is doing more than simply trying to get out of the parachute.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
: James dresses himself and their Pokémon as Hina Matsuri dolls to cheer Jessie up after her loss.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier]]''
: As Regirock and Registeel use Lock-On attack to aim at Team Rocket, James immediately carries Jessie and tries to escape the dungeons, wanting to rescue her.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks]]''
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in Contests) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.
* ''[[DP146|Dressed for Jess Success!]]''
: When a sick Jessie overexerts herself and begins to faint, James catches her, helps her stand up, and supports her weight as he walks her back to bed, all the while having a comforting smile on his face. When Meowth says Jessie should rest, James agrees, saying with a caring tone of voice that "That would be best." Later, James disguises himself as Jessalina and enters his first contest in her place. He ends up winning the ribbon, and when Jessie sees the ribbon she hugs only James.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that people who were simply friends normally wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched and hugs Jessie, begging her to not abandon him. She assures him that she won't.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to be separated from her, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: At the end of the episode, Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but then he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. James goes on to tell her he'd rather have his freedom with Team Rocket rather than money. They then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP050|Who Gets to Keep Togepi?]]''
: This episode gave the first evidence of Jessie and James sleeping next to each other.
* ''[[SS012|Training Daze!]]''
: In spite of being severely injured, James comes back to join their mission, to Jessie's shock. He assures her that he won't run away this time. She gets touched by his act and wipes away her tears.
: Then, when James wanted to let go of Meowth's tail again, telling Jessie and Meowth to continue the test without him so they can become a good team, and Jessie refused to leave him behind, he let go nevertheless. However, that time, she made in time to grab onto his hand. When he told her to let him go and she refused again, he looked visibly touched.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interpreted as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* ''[[DP133|Uncrushing Defeat!]]''
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[M08|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[M02|The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says to Jessie and James "You guys act love-love all the time", causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[M08|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]''
: At the end of the manga, Jessie and James end up married with a child on the way, and in the epilogue there is a panel in which we see a flashback to James confessing his love to Jessie. There is also some suggestive physical contact between the two throughout the manga.
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as {{p|Volbeat}} and {{p|Illumise}}, and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore, which may be a reference to the the manga ''{{wp|The Rose of Versailles}}''.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, some RocketShippers use this, among other things, to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's parents|James's mother]] and [[Jessiebelle|fiancée]] look very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.
* Jessie and James have had voice actors with prominent roles in the {{wp|Slayers}} anime series. Jessie's seiyuu, [[Megumi Hayashibara]], is also seiyuu to the main protagonist and heroine of Slayers, {{wp|Lina Inverse}}, while James's most famous English voice actor, [[Eric Stuart]], dubbed the voice for Lina's self-proclaimed guardian and constant traveling companion, {{wp|Gourry Gabriev}}. Incidentally, the two characters fell in love with each other over time.
* Due to a mistranslation before release of ''[[M04|Celebi: Voice of the Forest]]'', it was mistakenly thought for a time that the [[Iron-Masked Marauder]] was the future son of Jessie and James.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=55903 Rocketshipping General Discussion]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]
* [http://z10.invisionfree.com/Rocketshipper_Forum/index.php?act=idx Rocketshipper forum]
* [http://rocketshippinganthology.webs.com/ Rocketshipping anthology] A fan art and fiction project by fans

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]

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2010-07-25T18:10:06Z

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Hello everyone. My name is Rocket Girl. If you don't already know me from Bulbagarden (where I'm now known as Musashi), the only thing you need to know is that I love Rocketshipping. The reason I joined Bulbapedia was because the [[Rocketshipping]] page was in a desperate need to be redone, but I've also edited some other pages as well. I'm a complete newbie at this wiki thing, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of things. I'm also a moderator of the anime section in Bulbagarden's forums.

RocketShipping

2010-07-25T04:40:40Z

Rocket Girl: /* Jessie's hints */ Meron's right. This isn't a hint.

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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the [[Electric Tale of Pikachu volume 4|last volume]] of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

Nowadays, thanks to the episode ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]'', Rocketshipping has had a resurgence in popularity, and Rocketshippers feel more confident about their ship than ever.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[SS012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[EP123|Spinarak Attack]]''
: After James managed to break into the storeroom, Jessie started to flirt with him and appreciate his skills as she nudged him with her arm.
* ''[[SS012|Training Daze!]]''
: When James lets go of Meowth's tail and drops into the river, Jessie screams for him.
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} This causes Jessie to turn and look at him very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles: Roamin' Off]]''
: Once Jessie learns about James being in danger, she immediately rushes to look for him. She saves him by attacking Metagross with her Seviper and Yanmega, but then, she finds herself in danger as well, as she was nearly killed by Metagross along with James. When James apologized for getting her into this mess, she smiled and said that that's what friends were for.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up. In [[DP171]] James cheered on Jessie using her real name and did not correct himself.
* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: When it looked like Jessie and James were going to die, James says to Jessie "Someone, who said that beautiful people are destined to have a sad fate, must have meant us." implying that he thinks Jessie is beautiful.
* ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]''
: After Jessie is expelled from the test, James says in a determined voice that he'll do his best for her.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety. After they land, their parachute falls on top of them and they scramble to get out of it. During this, Jessie says "Where do you think you're touching?!" implying that James is doing more than simply trying to get out of the parachute.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
: James dresses himself and their Pokémon as Hina Matsuri dolls to cheer Jessie up after her loss.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier]]''
: As Regirock and Registeel use Lock-On attack to aim at Team Rocket, James immediately carries Jessie and tries to escape the dungeons, wanting to rescue her.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks]]''
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in Contests) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.
* ''[[DP146|Dressed for Jess Success!]]''
: When a sick Jessie overexerts herself and begins to faint, James catches her, helps her stand up, and supports her weight as he walks her back to bed, all the while having a comforting smile on his face. When Meowth says Jessie should rest, James agrees, saying with a caring tone of voice that "That would be best." Later, James disguises himself as Jessalina and enters his first contest in her place. He ends up winning the ribbon, and when Jessie sees the ribbon she hugs only James.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that people who were simply friends normally wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched and hugs Jessie, begging her to not abandon him. She assures him that she won't.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to be separated from her, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: At the end of the episode, Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but then he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. James goes on to tell her he'd rather have his freedom with Team Rocket rather than money. They then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP050|Who Gets to Keep Togepi?]]''
: This episode gave the first evidence of Jessie and James sleeping next to each other.
* ''[[SS012|Training Daze!]]''
: In spite of being severely injured, James comes back to join their mission, to Jessie's shock. He assures her that he won't run away this time. She gets touched by his act and wipes away her tears.
: Then, when James wanted to let go of Meowth's tail again, telling Jessie and Meowth to continue the test without him so they can become a good team, and Jessie refused to leave him behind, he let go nevertheless. However, that time, she made in time to grab onto his hand. When he told her to let him go and she refused again, he looked visibly touched.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interpreted as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* ''[[DP133|Uncrushing Defeat!]]''
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[M08|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[M02|The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says to Jessie and James "You guys act love-love all the time", causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[M08|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]''
: At the end of the manga, Jessie and James end up married with a child on the way, and in the epilogue there is a panel in which we see a flashback to James confessing his love to Jessie. There is also some suggestive physical contact between the two throughout the manga.
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's parents|James's mother]] and [[Jessiebelle|fiancée]] look very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.
* Jessie and James have had voice actors with prominent roles in the {{wp|Slayers}} anime series. Jessie's seiyuu, [[Megumi Hayashibara]], is also seiyuu to the main protagonist and heroine of Slayers, {{wp|Lina Inverse}}, while James's most famous English voice actor, [[Eric Stuart]], dubbed the voice for Lina's self-proclaimed guardian and constant traveling companion, {{wp|Gourry Gabriev}}. Incidentally, the two characters fell in love with each other over time.
* Due to a mistranslation before release of ''[[M04|Celebi: Voice of the Forest]]'', it was mistakenly thought for a time that the [[Iron-Masked Marauder]] was the future son of Jessie and James.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as {{p|Volbeat}} and {{p|Illumise}}, and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore, which may be a reference to the the manga ''{{wp|The Rose of Versailles}}''.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, some Rocketshippers use this, among other things, to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=55903 Rocketshipping General Discussion]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]
* [http://z10.invisionfree.com/Rocketshipper_Forum/index.php?act=idx Rocketshipper forum]
* [http://rocketshippinganthology.webs.com/ Rocketshipping anthology] A fan art and fiction project by fans

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]

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Type: Wild

2010-07-08T02:17:45Z

Rocket Girl: /* Intro */

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'''Type: Wild''' (Japanese: '''タイプ：ワイルド''' lit. '' Taipu: Wairudo'', also known as '''Pallet Town Song''') was the fifth ending theme of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was used from [[EP069]] to [[EP103]], and was sung by [[Rica Matsumoto]]. An English language version of the song was also produced. The English version is sung by Roby Tanshi.

==Ending animation==
Ash's [[Pokédex]] floats around before opening up. As it opens the running silhouettes of Ash and Pikachu appear on the side of the screen while Ash and Pikachu themselves appear on the bottom. The screen of the Pokédex displays scenes from several of Ash's adventures as Ash reminisces about his life before becoming a Pokémon trainer. He then reaffirms his dream of becoming a [[Pokémon Master]]. The song ends with a picture of Ash and Pikachu on the screen of the Pokédex.

===Characters===
Excluding Ash and his Pikachu, all other characters only appear on the Pokédex.
====Humans====
* [[Ash Ketchum]]
* Pokémon Lovers Club members
* Fossil hunters

====Pokémon====
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Pidgeotto}} ({{OP|Ash|Pidgeot}})
* {{p|Caterpie}} ({{OP|Ash|Butterfree}})
* {{p|Metapod}} ({{OP|Ash|Butterfree}})
* {{p|Butterfree}} ({{OP|Ash|Butterfree}})
* {{p|Bulbasaur}} ({{OP|Ash|Bulbasaur}})
* {{p|Charmander}} ({{OP|Ash|Charizard}})
* {{p|Charizard}} ({{OP|Ash|Charizard}})
* {{p|Squirtle}} ({{OP|Ash|Squirtle}})
* {{p|Krabby}} ({{OP|Ash|Kingler}})
* {{p|Primeape}} ({{OP|Ash|Primeape}})
* {{p|Muk}} ({{OP|Ash|Muk}})
* {{p|Tauros}} ({{OP|Ash|Tauros}}; multiple)
* {{p|Horsea}} ({{OP|Misty|Horsea}})
* {{p|Psyduck}} ({{OP|Misty|Psyduck}})
* {{p|Lickitung}} ({{OP|Jessie|Lickitung}})

* {{p|Pidgey}}
* {{p|Ratatta}}
* {{p|Magikarp}}

* {{p|Beedrill}}
* {{p|Paras}}
* {{p|Sandshrew}}
* {{p|Clefairy}} (several)
* {{p|Clefable}} (several)
* {{p|Oddish}}

* {{p|Raichu}} ({{OP|Lt. Surge|Raichu}})
* {{p|Abra}} ({{OP|Sabrina|Kadabra}})
* {{p|Kadabra}} ({{OP|Sabrina|Kadabra}})
* {{p|Haunter}} ({{OP|Sabrina|Haunter}})
* {{p|Oddish}} ([[Celadon Gym]]'s)
* {{p|Exeggcute}} ([[Celadon Gym]]'s)
* {{p|Bellsprout}} ([[Celadon Gym]]'s)
* {{p|Tangela}} ([[Erika]]'s)
* {{p|Gloom}} ({{OP|Erika|Gloom}})
* {{p|Venomoth}} ([[Koga]]'s)
* {{p|Venonat}} ([[Aya]]'s)
* {{p|Drowzee}} (Pokémon Lovers Club's)
* {{p|Hypno}} (Pokémon Lovers Club's)
* {{p|Machop}} ([[P1 Grand Prix]] participant's)
* {{p|Hitmonchan}} ([[Giant]]'s)
* {{p|Hitmonlee}} ({{ka|Anthony}}'s)
* {{p|Growlithe}} ([[Lara Laramie|Lara]]'s)
* {{p|Rapidash}} ([[Lara Laramie|Lara]]'s)
* {{p|Cloyster}} ([[Tyra]]'s)
* {{p|Ditto}} ([[Duplica]]'s; no nickname)
* {{p|Eevee}} ([[Mikey]]'s)
* {{p|Scyther}} ([[Yas Gym Leader]]'s)
* {{p|Electabuzz}} ([[Kas Gym Leader]]'s)
* {{p|Farfetch'd}} ({{ka|Keith}}'s)
* {{p|Tentacruel}} ([[Giant Pokémon|giant]])
* {{p|Gastly}}
* {{p|Gengar}}
* {{p|Mankey}}
* {{p|Grimer}} (several)
* {{p|Magnemite}}
* {{p|Magneton}} (several)
* {{p|Diglett}}
* {{p|Dugtrio}}
* {{p|Kangaskhan}} (3)
* {{p|Dratini}}
* {{p|Snorlax}}
* {{p|Venusaur}}
* {{p|Blastoise}}

==Lyrics==
===Japanese===
{|
|- style="background: #fff;"
! Japanese
! English
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| <ab>{{tt|マサラタウンに　さよならしてから|Masara Taun ni sayonara-shite kara}}
{{tt|どれだけの時間が　経っただろう|dore dake no jikan tatta darō}}
{{tt|すり傷　切り傷　仲間の数|surikizu kirikizu nakama no kazu}}
{{tt|それはちょっと自慢かな|sore wa chotto jiman ka na}}

{{tt|あの頃すっごく　流行っていたから|ano koro suggoku hayatte ita kara}}
{{tt|買いに走った　このスニーカーも|kai ni hashitta kono sunīkā mo}}
{{tt|今では世界中　探しても見つからない|ima de wa sekaijū sagashite mo mitsukaranai}}
{{tt|最高の　ボロボロ靴さ|saikō no boroboro kutsu sa!}}

{{tt|いつの間にか　タイプ：ワイルド|itsu no ma ni ka Type: Wild!}}
{{tt|少しずつだけど　タイプ：ワイルド|sukoshi-zutsu dakedo Type: Wild!}}
{{tt|もっともっと　タイプ：ワイルド|motto motto Type: Wild!}}
{{tt|強くなるよ　タイプ：ワイルド|tsuyoku naru yo Type: Wild!}}

{{tt|スーツケースも　記念写真も|sūtsukēsu mo kinen-shashin mo}}
{{tt|ガイドもいらない　旅だけど|gaido mo iranai tabi dakedo}}
{{tt|出会ったみんなの暖かさ|deatta minna no atatakasa}}
{{tt|それはちゃんと　もって帰るよ|sore wa chanto motte kaeru yo!}}

{{tt|なんだかとっても　つらい感じの|nandaka tottemo tsurai kanji no}}
{{tt|思い出だって　あったはずだけど|omoide datte atta hazu dakedo}}
{{tt|気づかないうちに　リュックのほころびから|kizukanai uchi ni ryukku no hokorobi kara}}
{{tt|こぼれ落ちて　しまったようさ|koboreochite shimatta yō sa!}}

{{tt|いつの間にか　タイプ：ワイルド|itsu no ma ni ka Type: Wild!}}
{{tt|少しずつだけど　タイプ：ワイルド|sukoshi-zutsu dakedo Type: Wild!}}
{{tt|もっともっと　タイプ：ワイルド|motto motto Type: Wild!}}
{{tt|強くなるよ　タイプ：ワイルド|tsuyoku naru yo Type: Wild!}}

{{tt|いつの間にか　タイプ：ワイルド|itsu no ma ni ka Type: Wild!}}
{{tt|少しずつだけど　タイプ：ワイルド|sukoshi-zutsu dakedo Type: Wild!}}
{{tt|もっともっと　タイプ：ワイルド|motto motto Type: Wild!}}
{{tt|強くなるよ　タイプ：ワイルド|tsuyoku naru yo Type: Wild!}}</ab>
| <ab>''Since I've said good-bye to Pallet Town
I guess a bit of time was passed
Scrapes, cuts, all my friends
Was that bragging a bit?

Since they were so popular at the time
I ran to buy these sneakers
And now I've searched across the world - they can't be found
They're worn out; the best!

Before you know it, Type: Wild!
Little by little, Type: Wild!
More and more, Type: Wild!
Gonna be strong, Type: Wild!

Suitcases, souvenirs
and tour guides are unneeded on this trip
Because when we met, everyone's warmth
Perfectly lead us back home

Even though I have memories
of a few painful things
I don't even notice as they fall out
from a hole in backpack

Before you know it, Type: Wild!
Little by little, Type: Wild!
More and more, Type: Wild!
Gonna be strong, Type: Wild!

Before you know it, Type: Wild!
Little by little, Type: Wild!
More and more, Type: Wild!
Gonna be strong, Type: Wild!''</ab>
|}

===English===
<ab>''Let's go!

Remembering the days
I trained hard and I played
In our [[Pallet Town]].
Feeling so proud of the {{AP|friends}} that I made
Knowing our goals are the same.
The sneakers that I wear,
The coolest of all pair,
Take me everywhere.
You'll only find them in Pallet Town,
Worn out but the best you will find.
They help me get through
My journeys time after time.

Oh, yeah!

And before you know it, Type: Wild!
Gonna reach my goal, Type: Wild!
Keep on going, Type: Wild!
Gonna be strong, Type: Wild!

Yeah! Oh yeah! Pallet Town! Oh yeah!

Traveling by day,
Competing along the way,
Is my destiny.
No guides, no maps to tell me where I'm going,
My heart just leads the way.
The friends I made while traveling
Help me to keep going.
A {{pkmn|master}} is what I'm gonna be.
I'm getting there, but not easily.
But I can't stop
Trying to be what I wanna be.

And before you know it, Type: Wild!
Gonna reach my goal, Type: Wild!
Keep on going, Type: Wild!
Gonna be strong, Type: Wild!

And before you know it, Type: Wild!
Gonna reach my goal, Type: Wild!
I'm gonna keep on going, Type: Wild!
Gonna be strong, Type: Wild!

For I know, this will be reality
So follow all your dreams.''</ab>

==Trivia==
* The music that plays in the beginning of the song is from ''[[Together With the Wind]]'', the ending theme from the Japanese version of ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''.
* This song is a commonly heard song in many episodes of the Japanese version of the anime.

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RocketShipping

2010-01-28T22:26:20Z

Rocket Girl: /* James' hints */

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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the last volume of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

Nowadays, thanks to the episode ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]'', Rocketshipping has had a resurgence in popularity, and Rocketshippers feel more confident about their ship than ever.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[EP123|Spinarak Attack]]''
: After James managed to break into the storeroom, Jessie started to flirt with him and appreciate his skills as she nudged him with her arm.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: When James lets go of Meowth's tail and drops into the river, Jessie screams for him.
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} This causes Jessie to turn and look at him very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles: Roamin' Off]]''
: Once Jessie learns about James being in danger, she immediately rushes to look for him. She saves him by attacking Metagross with her Seviper and Yanmega, but then, she finds herself in danger as well, as she was nearly killed by Metagross along with James. When James apologized for getting her into this mess, she smiled and said that that's what friends were for.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up.
Also in the Diamond and Pearl series, he has stated on occasion how proud of her he is. It should be noted that Jessie has not been around when he has said this, and that the dub has not kept these lines.
* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: When it looked like Jessie and James were going to die, James says to Jessie "Someone, who said that beautiful people are destined to have a sad fate, must have meant us." implying that he thinks Jessie is beautiful.
* ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]''
: After Jessie is expelled from the test, James says in a determined voice that he'll do his best for her.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety. After they land, their parachute falls on top of them and they scramble to get out of it. During this, Jessie says "Where do you think you're touching?!" implying that James is doing more than simply trying to get out of the parachute.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
: James dresses himself and their Pokémon as Hina Matsuri dolls to cheer Jessie up after her loss.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier]]''
: As Regirock and Registeel use Lock-On attack to aim at Team Rocket, James immediately carries Jessie and tries to escape the dungeons, wanting to rescue her.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks]]''
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in them) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.
* ''[[DP146|Dressed for Jess Success!]]''
: When a sick Jessie overexerts herself and begins to faint, James catches her, helps her stand up, and supports her weight as he walks her back to bed, all the while having a comforting smile on his face. When Meowth says Jessie should rest, James agrees, saying with a caring tone of voice that "That would be best." Later, James disguises himself as Jessalina and enters his first contest in her place. He ends up winning the ribbon, and when Jessie sees the ribbon she hugs only James.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that people who were simply friends normally wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched. They hug and say how they'll never forget each other.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to be separated from her, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: At the end of the episode, Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but then he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. James goes on to tell her he'd rather have his freedom with Team Rocket rather than money. They then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP050|Who Gets to Keep Togepi?]]''
: This episode gave the first evidence of Jessie and James sleeping next to each other.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: In spite of being severely injured, James comes back to join their mission, to Jessie's shock. He assures her that he won't run away this time. She gets touched by his act and wipes away her tears.
: Then, when James wanted to let go of Meowth's tail again, telling Jessie and Meowth to continue the test without him so they can become a good team, and Jessie refused to leave him behind, he let go nevertheless. However, that time, she made in time to grab onto his hand. When he told her to let him go and she refused again, he looked visibly touched.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interptied as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* ''[[DP133|Uncrushing Defeat!]]''
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says to Jessie and James "But you two are burning with love for each other!" causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]''
: At the end of the manga, Jessie and James end up married with a child on the way, and in the epilogue there is a panel in which we see a flashback to James confessing his love to Jessie. There is also some suggestive physical contact between the two throughout the manga.
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's mother]] looks very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.
* Jessie and James have had voice actors with prominent roles in the {{wp|Slayers}} anime series. Jessie's seiyuu, [[Megumi Hayashibara]], is also seiyuu to the main protagonist and heroine of Slayers, {{wp|Lina Inverse}}, while James's most famous English voice actor, [[Eric Stuart]], dubbed the voice for Lina's self-proclaimed guardian and constant traveling companion, {{wp|Gourry Gabriev}}. Incidentally, the two characters fell in love with each other over time.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as {{p|Volbeat}} and {{p|Illumise}}, and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore, which may be a reference to the the manga ''{{wp|The Rose of Versailles}}''.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, some Rocketshippers use this, among other things, to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=9442 Rocketshipping Club...!!]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://rocketfics.free.fr/ Rocket-Fics] French fanfic site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105443/ Rocketshipping General Discussion on Serebii.Net Forums]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]

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RocketShipping

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Rocket Girl: Undo revision 982539 by Neopuff (Talk) This is a dub only "hint".

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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the last volume of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

Nowadays, thanks to the episode ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]'', Rocketshipping has had a resurgence in popularity, and Rocketshippers feel more confident about their ship than ever.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[EP123|Spinarak Attack]]''
: After James managed to break into the storeroom, Jessie started to flirt with him and appreciate his skills as she nudged him with her arm.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: When James lets go of Meowth's tail and drops into the river, Jessie screams for him.
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} This causes Jessie to turn and look at him very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles: Roamin' Off]]''
: Once Jessie learns about James being in danger, she immediately rushes to look for him. She saves him by attacking Metagross with her Seviper and Yanmega, but then, she finds herself in danger as well, as she was nearly killed by Metagross along with James. When James apologized for getting her into this mess, she smiled and said that that's what friends were for.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up.
Also in the Diamond and Pearl series, he has stated on occasion how proud of her he is. It should be noted that Jessie has not been around when he has said this, and that the dub has not kept these lines.
* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: When it looked like Jessie and James were going to die, James says to Jessie "Someone, who said that beautiful people are destined to have a sad fate, must have meant us." implying that he thinks Jessie is beautiful.
* ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]''
: After Jessie is expelled from the test, James says in a determined voice that he'll do his best for her.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety. After they land, their parachute falls on top of them and they scramble to get out of it. During this, Jessie says "Where do you think you're touching?!" implying that James is doing more than simply trying to get out of the parachute.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
: James dresses himself and their Pokémon as Hina Matsuri dolls to cheer Jessie up after her loss.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier]]''
: As Regirock and Registeel use Lock-On attack to aim at Team Rocket, James immediately carries Jessie and tries to escape the dungeons, wanting to rescue her.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks]]''
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in them) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.
* ''[[DP146]]''
: When a sick Jessie overexerts herself and begins to faint, James catches her, helps her stand up, and supports her weight as he walks her back to bed, all the while having a comforting smile on his face. When Meowth says Jessie should rest, James agrees, saying with a caring tone of voice that "That would be best." Later, James disguises himself as Jessalina and enters his first contest in her place. He ends up winning the ribbon, and when Jessie sees the ribbon she hugs only James.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that people who were simply friends normally wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched. They hug and say how they'll never forget each other.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to be separated from her, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: At the end of the episode, Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but then he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. James goes on to tell her he'd rather have his freedom with Team Rocket rather than money. They then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP050|Who Gets to Keep Togepi?]]''
: This episode gave the first evidence of Jessie and James sleeping next to each other.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: In spite of being severely injured, James comes back to join their mission, to Jessie's shock. He assures her that he won't run away this time. She gets touched by his act and wipes away her tears.
: Then, when James wanted to let go of Meowth's tail again, telling Jessie and Meowth to continue the test without him so they can become a good team, and Jessie refused to leave him behind, he let go nevertheless. However, that time, she made in time to grab onto his hand. When he told her to let him go and she refused again, he looked visibly touched.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interptied as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* ''[[DP133|Uncrushing Defeat!]]''
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says to Jessie and James "But you two are burning with love for each other!" causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]''
: At the end of the manga, Jessie and James end up married with a child on the way, and in the epilogue there is a panel in which we see a flashback to James confessing his love to Jessie. There is also some suggestive physical contact between the two throughout the manga.
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's mother]] looks very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.
* Jessie and James have had voice actors with prominent roles in the {{wp|Slayers}} anime series. Jessie's seiyuu, [[Megumi Hayashibara]], is also seiyuu to the main protagonist and heroine of Slayers, {{wp|Lina Inverse}}, while James's most famous English voice actor, [[Eric Stuart]], dubbed the voice for Lina's self-proclaimed guardian and constant traveling companion, {{wp|Gourry Gabriev}}. Incidentally, the two characters fell in love with each other over time.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as {{p|Volbeat}} and {{p|Illumise}}, and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore, which may be a reference to the the manga ''{{wp|The Rose of Versailles}}''.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, some Rocketshippers use this, among other things, to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=9442 Rocketshipping Club...!!]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://rocketfics.free.fr/ Rocket-Fics] French fanfic site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105443/ Rocketshipping General Discussion on Serebii.Net Forums]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]

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RocketShipping

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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the last volume of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

Nowadays, thanks to the episode ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]'', Rocketshipping has had a resurgence in popularity, and Rocketshippers feel more confident about their ship than ever.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[EP123|Spinarak Attack]]''
: After James managed to break into the storeroom, Jessie started to flirt with him and appreciate his skills as she nudged him with her arm.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: When James lets go of Meowth's tail and drops into the river, Jessie screams for him.
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} This causes Jessie to turn and look at him very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles: Roamin' Off]]''
: Once Jessie learns about James being in danger, she immediately rushes to look for him. She saves him by attacking Metagross with her Seviper and Yanmega, but then, she finds herself in danger as well, as she was nearly killed by Metagross along with James. When James apologized for getting her into this mess, she smiled and said that that's what friends were for.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up.
Also in the Diamond and Pearl series, he has stated on occasion how proud of her he is. It should be noted that Jessie has not been around when he has said this, and that the dub has not kept these lines.
* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: When it looked like Jessie and James were going to die, James says to Jessie "Someone, who said that beautiful people are destined to have a sad fate, must have meant us." implying that he thinks Jessie is beautiful.
* ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]''
: After Jessie is expelled from the test, James says in a determined voice that he'll do his best for her.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety. After they land, their parachute falls on top of them and they scramble to get out of it. During this, Jessie says "Where do you think you're touching?!" implying that James is doing more than simply trying to get out of the parachute.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
: James dresses himself and their Pokémon as Hina Matsuri dolls to cheer Jessie up after her loss.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier]]''
: As Regirock and Registeel use Lock-On attack to aim at Team Rocket, James immediately carries Jessie and tries to escape the dungeons, wanting to rescue her.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks]]''
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in them) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.
* ''[[DP146]]''
: When a sick Jessie overexerts herself and begins to faint, James catches her, helps her stand up, and supports her weight as he walks her back to bed, all the while having a comforting smile on his face. When Meowth says Jessie should rest, James agrees, saying with a caring tone of voice that "That would be best." Later, James disguises himself as Jessalina and enters his first contest in her place. He ends up winning the ribbon, and when Jessie sees the ribbon she hugs only James.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that people who were simply friends normally wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched. They hug and say how they'll never forget each other.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to be separated from her, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: At the end of the episode, Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but then he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. James goes on to tell her he'd rather have his freedom with Team Rocket rather than money. They then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP050|Who Gets to Keep Togepi?]]''
: This episode gave the first evidence of Jessie and James sleeping next to each other.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: In spite of being severely injured, James comes back to join their mission, to Jessie's shock. He assures her that he won't run away this time. She gets touched by his act and wipes away her tears.
: Then, when James wanted to let go of Meowth's tail again, telling Jessie and Meowth to continue the test without him so they can become a good team, and Jessie refused to leave him behind, he let go nevertheless. However, that time, she made in time to grab onto his hand. When he told her to let him go and she refused again, he looked visibly touched.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interptied as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* ''[[DP133|Uncrushing Defeat!]]''
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says to Jessie and James "But you two are burning with love for each other!" causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]''
: At the end of the manga, Jessie and James end up married with a child on the way, and in the epilogue there is a panel in which we see a flashback to James confessing his love to Jessie. There is also some suggestive physical contact between the two throughout the manga.
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's mother]] looks very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.
* Jessie and James have had voice actors with prominent roles in the {{wp|Slayers}} anime series. Jessie's seiyuu, [[Megumi Hayashibara]], is also seiyuu to the main protagonist and heroine of Slayers, {{wp|Lina Inverse}}, while James's most famous English voice actor, [[Eric Stuart]], dubbed the voice for Lina's self-proclaimed guardian and constant traveling companion, {{wp|Gourry Gabriev}}. Incidentally, the two characters fell in love with each other over time.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as {{p|Volbeat}} and {{p|Illumise}}, and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore, which may be a reference to the the manga ''{{wp|The Rose of Versailles}}''.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, some Rocketshippers use this, among other things, to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=9442 Rocketshipping Club...!!]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://rocketfics.free.fr/ Rocket-Fics] French fanfic site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105443/ Rocketshipping General Discussion on Serebii.Net Forums]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]

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Talk:James

2009-11-28T21:13:02Z

Rocket Girl: /* Hair */

: He is based on a combination of the character of Leonardo Medici Bundle from the anime Sengoku Majin GoShogun and 弁天小僧菊之介 Sarasvati boy Kikunosuke from the kabuki 『白波五人男』 The Five Scoundrels of White Waves.

Please explain how this conclusion was reached. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 03:05, 14 October 2005 (CDT)

:[http://web.archive.org/web/20021118215900/sekichiku.freehosting.net/faq_r-dan.htm Here] on the late Encyclopedia Pokemonica. --[[User:Argy|Argy]] 20:20, 15 October 2005 (CDT)

::Hmm, it doesn't really offer any evidence there either. Of course, Sonansu's model is easy enough to recognise, but... - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 00:45, 16 October 2005 (CDT)

Weezing, Victreebel, Cacnea, Chimecho, Mime Jr., Carnivine... half of his main Pokémon have been Plant-type. Is that enough to qualify him for the Plant-type trainer category? --[[User:Pie|Pie]] ~[[User talk:Pie|♪]][[Special:Contributions/Pie|♫]] 22:47, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
:I'd imagine so. As the seasons progressed, he diverged to more Grass-types while Jessie took mainly Poison-types. If she's a Poison trainer, he should be a Grass trainer. --'''[[User:TTEchidna|T]][[User talk:TTEchidna|T]][[wp:Echidna|Echidna]]''' 00:05, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

** The reason I added Jesse as a Poison-type trainer is because she specifically said she prefered Poison-type Pokemon in the Koga episode. Has James ever said anything to that effect regarding Grass-types?

:: Natane seemed to think he is a Grass-type trainer. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 07:33, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

== Inclusion ==

Should we include {{MTR}}?--[[User:Kuki|Kuki]][[User talk:Kuki|Talk]] 16:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

No, since he isn't owned by the Team Rocket memebers and if you remember in one episode that it was Meowth's own choice to join. He wasnt captured by a member and forced to work for them.

Isn't James the only character besides Ash to have a Pokèmon in training? Why don't we include that? --[[User:CoreyLynch|CoreyLynch]] 14:53, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

== Important! (Regarding James' or James's) ==

After reading a headline in Newsday, it is confirmed that you DO NOT need the s after in apostrophe for something belonging to James, for example.

To quote the headline "'''YANKS'''' BATS QUIETED BY BLUE JAYS"

We need to change all articles pertaining to James back to James_____--[[User:Kuki|Kuki]][[User talk:Kuki|Talk]] 19:06, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
:That's because Yanks is the plural of Yank. If James were the plural of Jame, you'd be correct. But unless James is revealed to be some sort of alien composed of millions of tiny Jame beings (which would be totally awesome, by the way), it all stays as "James's."
:Besides, newspapers are just as capable of screwing up as the rest of us. --[[User:Martonimos|Martonimos]][[User talk:Martonimos|((Argh]]|[[Special:Contributions/Martonimos|Blargh))]] 19:08, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
::No, when it said '''Yanks'''' it was talking about more than one person. Plural nouns only get an apostrophe: the birds' nests (more than one bird with one nest each) and singular nouns get 's like: the bird's nests (one bird owning multiple nests). Learn the rules of grammar. ''[[User:Moldy orange|'''Moldy''']][[User talk:Moldy orange|'''Orange''']]'' 19:12, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Apologies for the edit conflicts, Moldy. Anyway, I've spent a lot of time researching this, as I have to use the posessive form of Samus in my fanfics a lot. --[[User:Martonimos|Martonimos]][[User talk:Martonimos|((Argh]]|[[Special:Contributions/Martonimos|Blargh))]] 19:14, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I realized, sorry bout that--[[User:Kuki|Kuki]][[User talk:Kuki|Talk]] 19:16, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
:'s cool. --[[User:Martonimos|Martonimos]][[User talk:Martonimos|((Argh]]|[[Special:Contributions/Martonimos|Blargh))]] 19:27, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

== Sprite ==

Could any upload a sprite of Jessie and/or James ? ShinyPiKa 22:27, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Ask Taviource or Kenji-Girl--[[User:Kuki|Kuki]][[User talk:Kuki|Talk]] 23:05, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
:Why would you want a sprite for them? Do you mean the ones from Yellow? --[[Special:Contributions/Kenji-girl|☆]][[Tracey Sketchit|'''ケンジ''']][[User:Kenji-girl|'''ガール''']] 01:19, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
::Yes ShinyPiKa 15:34, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
:::Aww dangit.... I don't have them... neh. Sorry. [[User:Rocket Admin Hunter Blade|R.A. Hunter B.]] 18:58, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

== Uh.... ==

Can somebody please fix the James article page? The side menu is now at the bottom of the page, and the text for it has been shrunk. [[User:Rocket Admin Hunter Blade|R.A. Hunter B.]] 03:49, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
:the same with Jessie's----[[user:ultamatecharizard|ultamatecharizard]]

== Achievements ==

In the article it says that James hasn't achieved much, but in the Chronicles episode Training Daze he and Jessie were promoted and got their white uniforms. Jessie and James are higher up than a regular Team Rocket member. Should this be mentioned? [[User:Taromon777|Taromon777]] 23:24, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
:They are not higher than others, in fact, Giovanni pushes them away into foreign places to get rid of them, if I remember correctly. [[User:The Dark Fiddler|The Dark Fiddler]] - [[User talk:The Dark Fiddler|Nos hablamos?]] 23:25, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

== Should we... ==

Should we add that James is often offended by his own pokemon? (Victreebel, and later Cacnea and Carnivine)--[[User:Tobytse99|tobytse]] 13:22, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

I think we should.--[[User:Maii|Maii{{MS|471|Glaceon}}]] 17:38, 16 October 2009 (UTC)Maii

== Hair ==

I don't want to start an edit war. XD So i'm bringing it up here. His hair appears blue in the TCG artwork, but in the anime it's clearly periwinkle. I brought it up in photoshop, and it's directly between the blue and purple section of the color scale, leaning towards purple. There's been numerous debates on his hair color in the fandom, and no one can ever seem to come to a compromise. So i looked it up, asked various art teachers in my district, and they all said his hair doesn't fit into either category. So i looked up what color it is, and it's periwinkle. Even if he has been said to have blue hair by characters, they're simplifying it. So i think we should put it as periwinkle, seeing as if we put either "blue" or "purple" we'd be incorrect. [[User:CherryParanoia|CherryParanoia]] 06:33, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

I'd like to know just when someone in the anime called it blue. It's clearly lavender. Not sure where CherryParanoia is getting periwinkle from, but that's incorrect as well. --[[User:Rocket Girl|Rocket Girl]] 06:42, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
:If we used Crayola color names in the character infoboxes there would be no end to the arguments that would be had. Blue may be simplifying it, but simple is good. [[User:Umeko|梅子]][[User talk:Umeko|❀]][[Special:Contributions/Umeko|✿]] 06:53, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

::Just like to point out: <nowiki>http://i46.tinypic.com/14l3evd.jpg</nowiki> I just did that on photoshop with the image from the bulba page. First shows his hair being between blue and pink. Second showing where his hair comes up on the color scale (between purple and blue). Last showing Periwinkle. Which i now realize it blatantly isn't. It's more of a Blue-Violet. So i think we should put it as that. [[User:CherryParanoia|CherryParanoia]] 06:56, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
:::The Magikarp salesman once referred to him as "blue haired young man." in the anime. Technically, Misty's hair is orange, yet we still refer to it as red. Let's try not to be knit picky about it. --[[Tracey Sketchit|'''ケンジ''']][[User talk:Kenji-girl|'''の''']][[User:Kenji-girl|'''ガール''']] 07:10, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
::::But its an issue commonly argued in the fandom (and orange hair is normally called Red IRL, so that makes sense). And was that dub-added about the hair? Can't trust dub added things. And even if it was in the japanese, they do not commonly use more in-depth words for color (as i learned in class). Really, to end the fighting (and make both sides happy) we should just put it as Blue-Violet. Because Blue will anger people (who commonly bug me to change the page) and Purple will bug people (like you) so lets compromise. [[User:CherryParanoia|CherryParanoia]] 07:17, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::C'mon, i was trying to be a good editter and make this work. =_= A compromise was what i think this needs, considering no one will ever agree on his hair color. Everyone i know in the #teamrocket room says his hair is lavender, but you people here say blue. So i was making a compromise instead of getting into an edit war. Can we talk it out and make it work? I already showed evidence it isn't blue, at least in the anime. So we need to find some sort of compromise so an edit war doesn't begin... --[[User:CherryParanoia|'''Cherry''']][[User talk:CherryParanoia|'''Paranoia''']] 21:07, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::Unless the Magikarp salesman said that in Japanese I don't think that should count. --[[User:Rocket Girl|Rocket Girl]] 21:13, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Talk:James

2009-11-27T06:42:58Z

Rocket Girl: /* Hair */

RocketShipping

2009-11-15T18:43:28Z

Rocket Girl: /* James' hints */

{{ship}}
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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the last volume of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

Nowadays, thanks to the episode ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]'', Rocketshipping has had a resurgence in popularity, and Rocketshippers feel more confident about their ship than ever.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[EP123|Spinarak Attack]]''
: After James managed to break into the storeroom, Jessie started to flirt with him and appreciate his skills as she nudged him with her arm.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: When James lets go of Meowth's tail and drops into the river, Jessie screams for him.
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} This causes Jessie to turn and look at him very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles: Roamin' Off]]''
: Once Jessie learns about James being in danger, she immediately rushes to look for him. She saves him by attacking Metagross with her Seviper and Yanmega, but then, she finds herself in danger as well, as she was nearly killed by Metagross along with James. When James apologized for getting her into this mess, she smiled and said that that's what friends were for.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up.
Also in the Diamond and Pearl series, he has stated on occasion how proud of her he is. It should be noted that Jessie has not been around when he has said this, and that the dub has not kept these lines.
* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: When it looked like Jessie and James were going to die, James says to Jessie "Someone, who said that beautiful people are destined to have a sad fate, must have meant us." implying that he thinks Jessie is beautiful.
* ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]''
: After Jessie is expelled from the test, James says in a determined voice that he'll do his best for her.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety. After they land, their parachute falls on top of them and they scramble to get out of it. During this, Jessie says "Where do you think you're touching?!" implying that James is doing more than simply trying to get out of the parachute.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
: James dresses himself and their Pokémon as Hina Matsuri dolls to cheer Jessie up after her loss.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier]]''
: As Regirock and Registeel use Lock-On attack to aim at Team Rocket, James immediately carries Jessie and tries to escape the dungeons, wanting to rescue her.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks]]''
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in them) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.
* ''[[DP146]]''
: When a sick Jessie overexerts herself and begins to faint, James catches her, helps her stand up, and supports her weight as he walks her back to bed, all the while having a comforting smile on his face. When Meowth says Jessie should rest, James agrees, saying with a caring tone of voice that "That would be best." Later, James disguises himself as Jessalina and enters his first contest in her place. He ends up winning the ribbon, and when Jessie sees the ribbon she hugs only James.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that people who were simply friends normally wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched. They hug and say how they'll never forget each other.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to be separated from her, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: At the end of the episode, Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but then he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. James goes on to tell her he'd rather have his freedom with Team Rocket rather than money. They then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP050|Who Gets to Keep Togepi?]]''
: This episode gave the first evidence of Jessie and James sleeping next to each other.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: In spite of being severely injured, James comes back to join their mission, to Jessie's shock. He assures her that he won't run away this time. She gets touched by his act and wipes away her tears.
: Then, when James wanted to let go of Meowth's tail again, telling Jessie and Meowth to continue the test without him so they can become a good team, and Jessie refused to leave him behind, he let go nevertheless. However, that time, she made in time to grab onto his hand. When he told her to let him go and she refused again, he looked visibly touched.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interptied as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* [[DP133]]
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says to Jessie and James "But you two are burning with love for each other!" causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]''
: At the end of the manga, Jessie and James end up married with a child on the way, and in the epilogue there is a panel in which we see a flashback to James confessing his love to Jessie. There is also some suggestive physical contact between the two throughout the manga.
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's mother]] looks very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.
* Jessie and James have had voice actors with prominent roles in the {{wp|Slayers}} anime series. Jessie's seiyuu, [[Megumi Hayashibara]], is also seiyuu to the main protagonist and heroine of Slayers, {{wp|Lina Inverse}}, while James's most famous English voice actor, [[Eric Stuart]], dubbed the voice for Lina's self-proclaimed guardian and constant traveling companion, {{wp|Gourry Gabriev}}. Incidentally, the two characters fell in love with each other over time.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as {{p|Volbeat}} and {{p|Illumise}}, and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore, which may be a reference to the the manga ''{{wp|The Rose of Versailles}}''.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, some Rocketshippers use this, among other things, to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=9442 Rocketshipping Club...!!]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://rocketfics.free.fr/ Rocket-Fics] French fanfic site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105443/ Rocketshipping General Discussion on Serebii.Net Forums]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]
{{Project Shipping notice}}
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RocketShipping

2009-10-13T22:25:14Z

Rocket Girl: Japanese quotes

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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the last volume of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

Nowadays, thanks to the episode ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]'', Rocketshipping has had a resurgence in popularity, and Rocketshippers feel more confident about their ship than ever.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[EP123|Spinarak Attack]]''
: After James managed to break into the storeroom, Jessie started to filrt with him and appreciate his skills as she nudged him with her arm.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: When James lets go of Meowth's tail and drops into the river, Jessie screams for him.
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} This causes Jessie to turn and look at him very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles: Roamin' Off]]''
: Once Jessie learns about James being in danger, she immediately rushes to look for him. She saves him by attacking Metagross with her Seviper and Yanmega, but then, she finds herself in danger as well, as she was nearly killed by Metagross along with James. When James apologized for getting her into this mess, she smiled and said that that's what friends were for.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up.
Also in the Diamond and Pearl series, he has stated on occasion how proud of her he is. It should be noted that Jessie has not been around when he has said this, and that the dub has not kept these lines.
* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: When it looked like Jessie and James were going to die, James says to Jessie "Someone, who said that beautiful people are destined to have a sad fate, must have meant us." implying that he thinks Jessie is beautiful.
* ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]''
: After Jessie is expelled from the test, James says in a determined voice that he'll do his best for her.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety. After they land, their parachute falls on top of them and they scramble to get out of it. During this, Jessie says "Where do you think you're touching?!" implying that James is doing more than simply trying to get out of the parachute.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
: James dresses himself and their Pokémon as Hina Matsuri dolls to cheer Jessie up after her loss.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier]]''
: As Regirock and Registeel use Lock-On attack to aim at Team Rocket, James immediately carries Jessie and tries to escape the dungeons, wanting to rescue her.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks]]''
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in them) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.
* ''[[DP146]]''
: Jessie starts to faint and James catches her, helps her stand up, and holds on to her as he tries to walk her back to bed. He has a sweet smile on his face as he does this. Meowth says Jessie should rest, and James says in a very caring and sweet tone that "That would be best." Later, James disguises himself as Jessalina in order to win Jessie her third ribbon. The fact that James wins a contest on his first try shows how much he wanted Jessie to have her third ribbon.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that people who were simply friends normally wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched. They hug and say how they'll never forget each other.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to be separated from her, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: At the end of the episode, Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but then he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. James goes on to tell her he'd rather have his freedom with Team Rocket rather than money. They then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP050|Who Gets to Keep Togepi?]]''
: This episode gave the first evidence of Jessie and James sleeping next to each other.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: In spite of being severely injured, James comes back to join their mission, to Jessie's shock. He assures her that he won't run away this time. She gets touched by his act and wipes away her tears.
: Then, when James wanted to let go of Meowth's tail again, telling Jessie and Meowth to continue the test without him so they can become a good team, and Jessie refused to leave him behind, he let go nevertheless. However, that time, she made in time to grab onto his hand. When he told her to let him go and she refused again, he looked visibly touched.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interptied as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* [[DP133]]
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says to Jessie and James "But you two are burning with love for each other!" causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]''
: At the end of the manga, Jessie and James end up married with a child on the way, and in the epilogue there is a panel in which we see a flashback to James confessing his love to Jessie. There is also some suggestive physical contact between the two throughout the manga.
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's mother]] looks very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.
* Jessie and James have had voice actors with prominent roles in the {{wp|Slayers}} anime series. Jessie's seiyuu, [[Megumi Hayashibara]], is also seiyuu to the main protagonist and heroine of Slayers, {{wp|Lina Inverse}}, while James's most famous English voice actor, [[Eric Stuart]], dubbed the voice for Lina's self-proclaimed guardian and constant traveling companion, {{wp|Gourry Gabriev}}. Incidentally, the two characters fell in love with each other over time.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as {{p|Volbeat}} and {{p|Illumise}}, and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore, which may be a reference to the the manga ''{{wp|The Rose of Versailles}}''.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, some Rocketshippers use this, among other things, to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=9442 Rocketshipping Club...!!]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://rocketfics.free.fr/ Rocket-Fics] French fanfic site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105443/ Rocketshipping General Discussion on Serebii.Net Forums]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]
{{Project Shipping notice}}
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[[Category:Electric Tale of Pikachu ships|RocketShipping]]
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[[Category:Ships with Jessie]]

RocketShipping

2009-10-05T07:20:20Z

Rocket Girl: DP146

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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the last volume of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

Nowadays, thanks to the episode ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]'', Rocketshipping has had a resurgence in popularity, and Rocketshippers feel more confident about their ship than ever.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[EP123|Spinarak Attack]]''
: After James managed to break into the storeroom, Jessie started to filrt with him and appreciate his skills as she nudged him with her arm.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: When James lets go of Meowth's tail and drops into the river, Jessie screams for him.
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} This causes Jessie to turn and look at him very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles: Roamin' Off]]''
: Once Jessie learns about James being in danger, she immediately rushes to look for him. She saves him by attacking Metagross with her Seviper and Yanmega, but then, she finds herself in danger as well, as she was nearly killed by Metagross along with James. When James apologized for getting her into this mess, she smiled and said that that's what friends were for.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up.
Also in the Diamond and Pearl series, he has stated on occasion how proud of her he is. It should be noted that Jessie has not been around when he has said this, and that the dub has not kept these lines.
* ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]''
: After Jessie is expelled from the test, James says in a determined voice that he'll do his best for her.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety. After they land, their parachute falls on top of them and they scramble to get out of it. During this, Jessie says "Where do you think you're touching?!" implying that James is doing more than simply trying to get out of the parachute.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
: James dresses himself and their Pokémon as Hina Matsuri dolls to cheer Jessie up after her loss.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier]]''
: As Regirock and Registeel use Lock-On attack to aim at Team Rocket, James immediately carries Jessie and tries to escape the dungeons, wanting to rescue her.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks]]''
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in them) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.
* ''[[DP146]]''
: Jessie starts to faint and James catches her, helps her stand up, and holds on to her as he tries to walk her back to bed. He has a sweet smile on his face as he does this. Meotwh says Jessie should rest, and James says in a very caring and sweet tone that "That would be best." Later, James disguises himself as Jessalina in order to win Jessie her third ribbon. The fact that James wins a contest his first time out shows how much he wanted Jessie to have her third ribbon.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that people who were simply friends normally wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched. They hug and say how they'll never forget each other.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to go, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: At the end of the episode, Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but then he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. James goes on to tell her he'd rather have his freedom with Team Rocket rather than money. They then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP050|Who Gets to Keep Togepi?]]''
: This episode gave the first evidence of Jessie and James sleeping next to each other.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: In spite of being severely injured, James comes back to join their mission, to Jessie's shock. He assures her that he won't run away this time. She gets touched by his act and wipes away her tears.
: Then, when James wanted to let go of Meowth's tail again, telling Jessie and Meowth to continue the test without him so they can become a good team, and Jessie refused to leave him behind, he let go nevertheless. However, that time, she made in time to grab onto his hand. When he told her to let him go and she refused again, he looked visibly touched.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interptied as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* [[DP133]]
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says that Jessie and James act lovey dovey all the time causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]''
: At the end of the manga, Jessie and James end up married with a child on the way, and in the epilogue there is a panel in which we see a flashback to James confessing his love to Jessie. There is also some suggestive physical contact between the two throughout the manga.
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's mother]] looks very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.
* Jessie and James have had voice actors with prominent roles in the {{wp|Slayers}} anime series. Jessie's seiyuu, [[Megumi Hayashibara]], is also seiyuu to the main protagonist and heroine of Slayers, {{wp|Lina Inverse}}, while James's most famous English voice actor, [[Eric Stuart]], dubbed the voice for Lina's self-proclaimed guardian and constant traveling companion, {{wp|Gourry Gabriev}}. Incidentally, the two characters fell in love with each other over time.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as {{p|Volbeat}} and {{p|Illumise}}, and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore, which may be a reference to the the manga ''{{wp|The Rose of Versailles}}''.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, some Rocketshippers use this, among other things, to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=9442 Rocketshipping Club...!!]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://rocketfics.free.fr/ Rocket-Fics] French fanfic site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105443/ Rocketshipping General Discussion on Serebii.Net Forums]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]
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[[Image:Pokeship.jpg|250px|thumb|Ash and Misty in [[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]] [[manga]]]]
'''PokéShipping''' (Japanese: '''サトカス''' ''SatoKasu'') is one of the many names given to the {{Ash}}/[[Misty]] coupling supported by many fans of the [[Pokémon anime]]. In the early years of the fandom, PokéShipping was the most popular Ship in existence and it still maintains a strong following to this day.

==Anime Evidence==
At the beginning, Ash broke Misty's bike. Misty began to follow Ash to make sure he would pay off his debt to her. They bickered constantly, but, needless to say, their friendship grew stronger as the series progressed. They relied on each other not only for friendship, but for support as well.

===Misty's===
Most other Shippers tend to agree that Misty's love for Ash is undeniable. This evidence became most prevalent during the Orange Season, long before it became occasional to set upon Ash a girl who becomes infatuated with him.

* ''[[EP003|Ash Catches a Pokémon]]''
: Ash, willing to continue his journey alone, is followed by Misty. Upon noticing her pursuing him in [[Viridian Forest]], Ash puts her on the spot and asks her, "Why are you still following me?" Misty sweatdrops and unconvincingly stutters back, "M...My [[bike]]! I'm holding you responsible for my bike!" in an insincere manner.

: Why she is following him is made apparent near the end of the episode where she says, "I've never known anyone like him. He really does love Pokémon." She does so in body language befitting that of an infatuated girl. Also, in her statement, it is pretty much implied that she has some sort of interest in knowing Ash, who, at this point, is someone she barely knows. Furthermore, in this and the next episode, Misty seems very eager to make physical (if not courtly) contact with Ash.

*''[[EP007|The Water Flowers of Cerulean City]]''
: Misty tells {{an|Daisy}} that she's back home because of Ash. The remark makes Daisy think Ash and Misty are a couple, which causes Misty to blush.

*''[[EP009|The School of Hard Knocks]]''
: While Ash and [[Brock]] fall into infatuation with [[Giselle]], Misty gets mad. Some say that she was jealous because of Ash, others say that was because of {{s|GymShipping|Brock}}.

*''[[EP023|The Tower of Terror]]''
: At the beginning of the episode, Ash, Brock and Misty are walking through the mist on their way to Lavender Town and Brock says they should probably hold hands. Ash and Misty eagerly reply, "Okay!" The two of them hold hands and continue walking, but Brock, who came up with the idea isn't involved at all; Only Ash and Misty are holding hands. Also, when Brock grabs Pikachu's tail because he can't see through the mist, Pikachu fires an electric attack out of fear and Misty grabs onto Ash.

:Later, when Misty thought that Ash had died, she is driven to almost tears, but is interrupted by Ash who comes back to life and wipes her nose and blushes.

* ''[[EP083|Poké Ball Peril]]''
: Near the end of the episode, with Brock having left Ash and Misty to travel alone, [[James]] says, "I think we may have captured a pair of romantic creatures in our little cage," after which [[Jessie]] swoons and {{MTR}} blurts out, "They're lovebirds!" Ash and Misty deny it all.

: The idea of Ash and Misty as a couple becomes a sub-theme throughout the subsequent Orange League Season, culminating into events in the 2nd movie.

* ''[[EP093|Navel Maneuvers]]''
: [[Danny]], the [[Navel Island]] [[Gym Leader]], quickly picks up on the nature of Ash and Misty's relationship during one of their arguments and says, "I can see the two of you are pretty close." After Misty asks what he meant by that, he replied, "What's that saying? 'You always hurt the one you love..."

* ''[[EP100|Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon]]''
: After the [[Ralph]]'s {{p|Nidoran♂|Nidoran♂ (Tony)}} and {{oi|Emily}}'s {{p|Nidoran♀|Nidoran♀ (Maria)}}♀♀ kiss and evolve, {{Tracey}} comments about whether the battle or the kiss made them evolve. The idea of kissing embarrasses Misty and provokes Ash to ask the question, "Do people change when they get kissed?" after which Misty answers to him, "Guess we'll have to find out ourselves..." Earlier in the episode, Tracey compared the interaction between the Nidoran's trainers to the relationship between Misty and Ash (although both vehemently deny it).

*''[[EP101|Get Along, Little Pokémon!]]''
: Misty yells, "Be careful, Ash!" before he goes to save the {{p|Magnemite}}. Misty has done this on many occasions.

* ''[[EP103|Misty Meets Her Match]]''
: This entire episode alone serves as conclusive evidence that Misty not only likes Ash but possibly has developed a case of young love for him. [[Rudy]], the [[Trovita Island]] Gym Leader, has a case of "love at first sight" with Misty after she saves his sister, [[Mahri]]. After several advances from Rudy, Misty agrees to what is essentially an impromptu date with Rudy, leaving Ash and Tracey to themselves.

: According to accounts of the original Japanese version, during the dance after the date, Rudy not only asked Misty to stay on the island, but to marry him. What is significant here is that Misty was actually considering his proposal, evidenced by the fact that she didn't refuse him outright. Throughout Ash's gym battle with Rudy, Misty is clearly torn between deciding which boy meant more to her, finally rooting for Ash in the end as {{AP|Squirtle}} is hit by a {{m|Thunderbolt}} from Rudy's {{p|Starmie}}. Rudy, in shock mutters, "She wants ''him.''"

*''[[EP110|The Stun Spore Detour]]''
:Every time that Tracey and Ash need attention Misty comes to Ash first or expresses more concern for Ash.

*''[[EP124|Snubbull Snobbery]]''
: Misty finds a star map, and Ash says, "I know where the stars are, Misty." Misty giggles and blushes after that remark.

*''[[EP170|A Better Pill To Swallow]]''
: When [[Old Man Shuckle]] gives Ash his medicine and the medicine explodes in Ash's stomach, Misty asks Old Man Shuckle what he gave Ash. He reveals that it was Pokémon medicine, and Misty gets really angry. She calms once Ash wakes up and says, "You know what? My stomach-ache is all gone!"

* ''[[EP185|The Light Fantastic]]''
: When Misty introduces Ash to [[Nurse Joy]], Joy quickly exclaims, "What a little cutie!" referring to {{AP|Pikachu}} on Ash's head. But Misty and Brock mistakenly think she's referring to Ash. Brock is left completely shocked, but Misty not only gets shocked, but quickly develops the same jealous expression she displayed when Melody flirted with Ash.

* ''[[EP188|Spring Fever]]''
:On this and many other occasions in the series, when Ash falls into Team Rocket's trap Misty (off camera) runs toward Ash and passionately grabs his arm to get him back to safety.

* ''[[EP198|The Heartbreak of Brock]]''
: After [[Temacu]] expresses her thoughts about marriage to Brock, Misty says to Ash, "You and I will be married someday too." And Ash nods his head without realizing what she had just said, and then shouts "WHOOA?" She could have easily meant that they would be married someday to different people, not necessarily to each other. However, this is a dub edit. In the original, Misty said, "Looks like she fell for {{tt|Takeshi|Brock}} in first sight."

: While giving a pep talk to Brock about pursuing a possible relationship with Temacu, Misty says, "Take it from me, it's a lot easier to like someone who likes you than to like someone who doesn't." Brock then asks her, "How do you know?", after which Misty gasps, blushes, then coyly replies "Well that's...what I've heard..." She is not referring to Brock (much to the dismay of {{s|GymShipping|GymShippers}}), since she is openly encouraging Brock to pursue Temacu.

* ''[[EP267|Love, Pokémon Style]]''
: When [[Macey|Macy]] first invites Ash out to lunch, Misty quickly cuts in between the two and comments that Ash is "booked". Later in the same scene, Macy questions Misty's right to interrupt in Ash's personal affairs when she's not his girlfriend. Misty looks quite unimpressed as Macy continues to flirt with Ash.

* ''[[EP273|Gotta Catch Ya Later]]''
: The departure of Misty from the group is a very emotional affair. After all is said and done, Misty says to herself, "Well, Ash Ketchum, finally, I know how you feel about me".
:In this episode, Misty gives Ash her handkerchief. Apparently, in Japan that means that a girl cares for a boy. 
:Misty got her own good-bye song (which completely left Brock out). Ash was pretty clueless about how upset Misty was when they found out she had to leave, but when they actually parted, he did say that she’s his best friend, and cried when they left.

* ''[[H011|A Date With Delcatty]]''
: In the original version, Misty initially rejects [[Georgio]] because there is "someone else". Taking into account of Misty's evident feelings in the series prior to this episode, it can be inferred that Misty is making a reference to Ash.

* ''Pokémon Live''
: In this show, Misty yearns to tell her feelings for Ash, but is too afraid to tell him.

====Various songs====
* ''[[Misty's Song]]'' is a song from the 2BA MASTER Soundtrack in which Misty sings that she loves Ash. She also says that she wants confess her love to Ash, this one of the strongest pieces of evidence for PokéShipping, though the canonicity of the track is unclear (there's nothing to specifically contradict it, but the song has never been used in the anime). It was written by Ken Cummings and directed by John Loeffler for the 2BA MASTER Soundtrack.
**Ash does not have a song for Misty.
* On the ''[[Pokémon Christmas Bash]]'' CD there are two songs that show strong evidence of her feelings towards Ash.
**The first song on the CD entitled ''Pokémon Christmas Bash'' has the three main characters along with Team Rocket singing about what they want for Christmas. In Misty's stanza she sings " Hey Santa if you're really listenin' My wishlist has only one thing, Just gimme one dance with Ash, At the Pokémon Christmas bash!".
**Another song on the CD called ''[[Under the Mistletoe]]'' has Misty singing about how she wants Ash to know her feeling for him and about how she wants to meet Ash under the mistletoe. On the other hand, Ash is singing about how he hopes to not to be caught under the mistletoe, although at first he doesn't move away- many fans claim this is shipping from Ash's side. Near the song's end, after leaving Ash feeling paranoid about the mistletoe, Misty has got Ash under the mistletoe. Ash realizes this, freaks out, and runs off to eat more cookies while leaving Misty wondering what his problem is.
* [[Toi et Moi]], the Japanese ending song of [[The Power of One]], references PokéShipping several times, all from Misty's perspective; in particular, the reference to saving the one she loves from drowning (as in the movie.)
* ''[[He Drives Me Crazy]]'' is a song from ''[[Pokemon 3: The Ultimate Soundtrack]]'' that is sung from Misty's perspective, even though it was not sung by [[Rachael Lillis]]. This song highlights the feelings that Misty has but does not understand. Many PokéShippers regard this song as having undeniable proof of Misty's feelings for Ash.

===Ash's===
Even PokéShippers will admit that Ash has not shown any overt proof of liking Misty beyond the already established platonic feelings. This reality often provokes Shippers opposed to PokéShipping—namely PalletShippers—to question Ash's sexual orientation, as well.

Naturally, PokéShippers believe Ash is heterosexual, and that he is capable of ''liking'' Misty. Furthermore, the theory also extends to the possible belief that Ash does love Misty, but is not mature enough to realize it. This idea is supported by the fact that Ash tends to act somewhat jealous when another guy shows interest in Misty or vice-versa, and the flirtatious tone of some of their teasing. This theory explains their bickering (to cover up how they really feel about each other) and it can be argued that Ash displays real feelings for Misty when she is vulnerable or scared.

* ''[[EP018|Beauty and the Beach]]''
: When Misty shows up, holding a beach ball along with her bathing suit on, Ash comments on how Misty looks like a girl for once. Later, when [[Moe]] yells at the group, Ash quickly hides behind Misty and holds her by the shoulders.

* ''[[EP020|Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''[[File:Ashmistyholdhands.jpg|250px|thumb|Ash and Misty holding hands in ''[[EP020|Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]'']]
: Ash does a double take when Misty appears with her hair down and dressed in a formal kimono. Upon seeing her, the camera switches to his perspective, the bubbly background usually associated with passionate moments is used, romantic harp strings are played, and Misty's surprised facial expression clearly shows she is being looked at with interest. Also, the entire theme of the episode was romance-oriented, so it's only logical to assume this scene between Ash and Misty is as well.

*''[[EP028|Pokémon Fashion Flash]]''
: When Misty goes missing, Ash expresses extreme concern.

* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]''
: Ash, thinking Misty is entering the Princess Festival Contest to take a picture with the movie star host, gets a little jealous, groaning with his arms crossed, "You must really want that picture with [[Fiorello Cappucino|Fiorello]]...". Surprisingly, Misty reassures him she's only doing it for the doll set. Ash, whether he's aware of it or not, feels threatened by the presence of another male in Misty's life. Also, when Misty was dressed in a kimono during the contest, Ash stared at her and said, "Ohhh...", but so did Brock.

* ''[[EP093|Navel Maneuvers]]''
: Climbing Navel Island's central mountain, Misty tells Danny the gym leader to be extra careful. Seeing how much concern Misty is giving to Danny, Ash with the same jealous expression yells, "What's she so worried about him for?!". He's distracted so much by Misty's little crush on Danny that he loses his concentration and falls down the mountain a bit. Much like his behavior in "Princess vs. Princess", another male getting Misty's attention seems to bother him. When Danny states, "What do they say, you always hurt the one you love?" Misty and Ash become extremely embarrassed. As Danny walks off, Misty runs up to him and says, "Oh, you've got it all wrong. I'd never get involved with a little kid like him. I prefer the more mature, intellectual type." Ash seems very disappointed after hearing that.

*''[[EP101|Get Along Little Pokémon]]''
: As the rain storm approaches and as Misty is unable to walk, Ash grabs Misty by the hand, arm and the rest of her body and leads her towards the cave. Afterwords, he stares at her with care in his eyes.

*''[[EP103|Misty Meets Her Match]]''
: [[Rudy]] moves in to court Misty after she helps rescue his younger sister, [[Mahri]]. Ash is clearly put out by Rudy's behavior, and jealous when Misty is flattered by the attention. When Rudy compliments Misty about her beautiful eyes during his attack test, Ash gets distracted and accidentally calls Charizard. Rudy invites Misty to dinner, and Ash is shocked when she accepts and appears unhappy when she leaves. Later on, during the battle against Ash, Rudy looks at Misty and says "I dedicate this match the girl who saved my sister and stole my heart." Ash doesn't seem very happy and sarcastically replies, "That's real nice, but the victory is gonna be mine!" He gets a little antagonized with Misty when she tells him to beat Rudy, telling her he's not stupid, as if her recent behavior had upset and unsettled him.

: After Rudy presents Ash with his badge, he gives Misty some flowers, accepting her decision to stay with Ash. More importantly, he says, "I hope you know you're a very lucky guy, Ash." Ash cluelessly replies, "Lucky? What do you mean?" Rudy laughs and says, "You'll see some day." Ash just frowns in confusion. This incident supports the theory that Ash loves Misty, but he doesn't quite realize it yet. This is one of the stronger hints given that Misty and Ash may someday end up together.

*''[[EP121|Illusion Confusion]]''
: Ash expresses his horror when Misty is scared by illusions of Bug Pokemon, and gets angry with Hoothoot for running away, because it is the only one who can 'save Misty.'

*''[[EP132|For Crying Out Loud]]''
:When Misty, Pikachu, and [[Wilhelmina]]'s Marill are lost on an island and the others go to find them, Ash mutters, "Don't worry, we'll find Misty," not even mentioning Marill or his beloved Pikachu.

* ''[[EP216|Dueling Heroes]]''[[Image:Misty_lure.png|thumb|right|Ash displaying [[Misty's_special_lure|Misty's special lure]]]]
: Prior to Misty's battle, Ash wakes up to find Misty staring out the window. They have a little talk and after that, Ash continues to gaze at Misty silently.
: Brock comments about how Misty's battling style reminds him so much of Ash. Furthermore, Ash and Misty share similar victory poses when they win their round.

* ''[[AG044|The Princess and the Togepi]]''
: Upon showing Ash the invitation to the Togepi Festival, Ash gets excited and walks off happily. But Misty quickly pulls him back by the hood. Later on, when Misty gets abducted by Team Rocket, Ash is the first one to run after her.

: Ash (and also Brock) defends Misty from [[Colonel Hansen]] and his Pokémon. He then tells Misty to run away for hers and Togepi's safety.

*''[[AG133|The Right Place and the Right Mime]]''
: When Max informs everyone that the nearest [[Battle Frontier]] facility is near Cerulean City, Ash is pleased that Misty is able to travel with him and the group for a while.

*''[[AG134|A Real Cleffa-hanger]]''
: May tries to befriend a Cleffa, but the Pokémon backs away from her in fright. Misty figures that it will talk to {{p|Azurill}}, and then Azurill jumps off her arms and starts playing with the Cleffa. Ash tells Misty how great her idea was.

: When the Ash and the gang looks for Misty, Max, and Pikachu, Ash is the one carrying Misty's Spheal bag.

*''[[AG187|The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing]]''
:Ash is feeling down about losing but regains his confidence back when he receives gifts from his mother and his friends. He especially shows off Misty's special lure to Pikachu with a big smile on his face.

* ''[[DP034|Buizel Your Way Out of This]]''
: In this episode when Ash and the others are fishing Ash uses the special lure Misty made for him, and when Dawn asked if she could use it Ash refused causing them both to argue, but while they were distracted a {{AP|Buizel}} came and took their lure's causing Ash to get panicked and with all his determination he planned to get the lure back, once it was returned he seemed very happy and relieved.

==Movie Evidence==
*''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: When Mewtwo throws Ash back with its psychic powers, Misty quickly runs up to him and asks if he's okay (Brock only stays put). At the ending, there's a scene of Ash, Misty, and Brock sleeping in their sleeping bags. Ash and Misty are placed conveniently near each other, while Brock's position is relatively away from them. When Ash is petrified by the fighting between Mew and Mewtwo, Misty murmurs "Please no" while Pikachu attempts to revive him.

* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: In the Japanese trailer of the film, there was a scene that was animated specifically for that trailer. When Ash jumps down the cliff to save his Pikachu, Misty tries to follow him but Tracey holds her back. Misty looks completely distressed, as can be seen by her tears.

: P2K, otherwise known as 'The Power of One', or 'Revelation Lugia' is the conclusion to everything related to Misty's love for Ash in the Orange Season. In this movie, Misty gets competition in the form of Melody, the Festival Maiden of the Legend Ceremony. {{mov|Melody}}, upon greeting our heroes, immediately comes up to Ash and plants a kiss on his cheek, provoking a glare of jealousy from Misty. Also, after Melody's performance at the festival party, she quickly kneels in front of Ash and grabs hold of his arm, provoking Misty to gasp and growl again in subdued jealousy.

: Also, upon being called Ash's girlfriend, Misty blushes uncontrollably.

: Near the end, Misty openly admits to Melody that Ash is "her burden" and goes off to rescue him in Melody's place, stating that he'll never be alone as he'll always have her, which Melody respects (due to the constant debating between her and Misty of Misty liking Ash throughout the movie).

* ''[[Pokemon 4ever]]''
: When our heroes are running from a Pokémon, Misty trips along the way. Ash (and Brock) run back to help her. They get to safety, at least for a little while, and all of a sudden some Pokémon appear to attack them. Ash runs in front of her and spreads his arms out to protect Misty.
:When Ash and Sammy are saved by Celebi and come down, Misty shouts, "Ash is okay!", not even mentioning Sam, Celebi, or Pikachu.

* ''[[Pokemon Heroes]]''
: When [[Bianca]]/{{p|Latias}} kissed Ash on the dock, Misty was so shocked that not only did she develop the same jealous expression seen in the series, but she also dropped her {{TP|Misty|Togepi}}.

* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: On the last day of the comet's showing, Max is disappointed that he will have to part with Jirachi. Ash sits down with him by the river and reassures him that Jirachi will always will be in his heart. Ash tells him, "I had a really good friend, and I miss her every day." Many people would think this would be Misty. However this is in the dub only and can be argued. In the original, he only implies that he had many friends he needed to say goodbye to, not particularly a ''her''.

: In the Spanish language version, {{Ash}} says, "Sabes, yo extraño mucho a mi mejor amiga." It means ''I really miss my best friend'' (''amiga'' meaning a female friend, as opposed to ''amigo'', a male friend) He could very well be referring to Misty.

==Manga Evidence==
===[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]===
In the Electric Tale of Pikachu {{pkmn|manga}}, Ash has a huge crush on {{Gary}}'s older sister, [[Daisy Oak|May]]. However, there are some cases where Ash shows attraction towards Misty. He finds her eye-catching, especially when he first sees her in her Gym uniform, which happens to be a very sexy swimsuit (in the original). Another event is during a scene in a hot spring in the second volume (though the scene was cut from the American release of the manga).

Just like in the anime, [[Rudy]] also proposed to Misty, and Ash shows great deal of bitterness toward it.

===[[Pokémon Zensho]]===
When Ash arrives at the Cerulean Gym, he is given a pair of swimming trunks as that is all that is allowed inside the pool arena. Misty appears soon after, prompting a blush from him. Soon after, during the battle, he sends out his Charmander, which is afraid of going near the water since the flame on its tail might go out. His Pikachu is sent next, but having no idea of what to do around the water, it falls in. As he attempts to save his Pokémon, Ash gets a cramp and nearly drowns, but Misty manages to rescue him.

Later on, as Ash and Pikachu dry themselves off, Misty suggests that she teach them how to properly move around in the water, so they can stand a better chance next time. He trains along with Pikachu, who floats on a life saver. Misty attempts to take the device away from the mouse, only to see that it is clinging to it. Eventually, as Ash and Pikachu end up improving. As he sits around with a Seel, Misty relays a story over how a Dewgong rescued her once when a large wave swept her underwater at the beach. Due to that experience, she feels gratitude toward the Pokémon.

After Ash thwarts an attack by a Rocket Grunt, she awards him with the Cascade Badge and her Seel, telling him that she hopes to meet the Dewgong that rescued her someday.

==Other hints==
[[Image:Ashmisty and water pokemon.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A scan featuring Ash and Misty with Pokémon]]
For those already convinced about PokéShipping, there do exist events which suggest inconclusively, something along the lines of romance. But the difference between hints and proofs are that proofs are essentially ironclad and undebatable in contemporary debate, whereas hints are quite debatable, and are open to interpretation. The following is a listing of some that are considered to be debatable hints, all of which vary in strength and worth.

* ''[[EP005|Showdown at Pewter City]]''
: Misty is surprisingly eager to start a Pokémon-sharing relationship with Ash in this episode and gets very upset when Ash refuses. Later, while Ash is charging up Pikachu's electric sacs, Misty again offers help to Ash and gets snubbed. She then grumbles and says, "What do I care..." and runs off. Misty somewhat admits by her behavior and dialogue that she's really interested in getting to know him better.

* ''[[EP006|Clefairy and the Moon Stone]]''
: Misty, at the beginning of this episode, continually keeps mentioning how "romantic" the surroundings are. She continues to do this not only in this episode, but subsequent episodes as well.

* ''[[EP007|The Waterflowers of Cerulean City]]''
: At the outskirts of [[Cerulean City]], Misty attempts to dissuade Ash from going into the city by tempting him to go to [[Vermilion City]]. She does so by mentioning the "neat Pokémon, the yachts pulling into the harbor, and a spot way up on a hill where you can sit and watch a romantic sunset". The mentioning of a romantic scene subtly suggests what she might have intended for all along, especially with how many times she's talked about romantic things in previous episodes.

* ''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown!]]''
: After Nurse Joy breaks up an argument between the two of them, she comments that they say when two people fight, they really care about each other; although Ash and Misty instantly reject the idea, they are both blushing slightly when they turn away from the other.

[[Image:Ash_lifting_Misty.png‎|thumb|right|Ash's ghost lifting Misty up in the air in ''[[EP023|The Tower of Terror]]'']]
* ''[[EP023|The Tower of Terror]]''
: When Ash enters the tower alone to try and catch a Ghost Pokémon, and is subsequently briefly separated from his body, Misty is the first one of her and Brock to express concern about how long Ash and Pikachu are taking inside. When Ash hovers beside her in his ghost form and lifts her in the air, Misty is the only one who can hear him despite Brock standing only a foot or so away from her, potentially hinting at a closer bond between the two. Also, before Ash and Pikachu return to their bodies, Misty is visibly near to tears as she pleads for Ash to wake up, and blushes immensely when he wakes up and greets her.

* ''[[EP026|Pokémon Scent-sation!]]''
: Misty, unaware that Ash is disguised as a girl among the crowd and using the same girlish demeanor she used in "Ash Catches A Pokémon", dreamily admits to the group, "I wish Ash would've heard that story..." She openly is expressing a desire for Ash's presence.

: Also, during Ash's gym battle with [[Erika]], the girls in the crowd start acknowledging Ash's skill and how much more impressive he is than he looks, provoking Misty to smile with reassurance.

* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: At the beginning of the episode, Ash is marching and singing. Misty is right behind him and longingly stares at him until they reach the [[Kanto Safari Zone|Safari Zone]] warden's house. After Ash sings out his last lines, Misty imitates his enthusiasm and sings her own lines as well. Of course, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."

: Also, later in the episode, when Ash is about to dive in the water to grab the bomb that Team Rocket threw in there, Misty stops him, and says that it is too dangerous. Although this hint is under debate simply because it could be merely her worrying for Ash, (as a friend would do), she also sends down her Staryu to save Ash after he is down there for too long. And afterward, when he comes back up, Misty smiles and is thrilled that he is alive, with a blush apparent.

* ''[[EP043|March of the Exeggutor Squad]]''
: Misty goes into perhaps the most extreme fits of blushing in the history of the series, all provoked by a simple compliment from Ash about her skimpy stage outfit. No one blushes like that out of mere embarrassment. She clearly holds Ash's opinion of her in exclusive priority.

* ''[[EP045|The Song of Jigglypuff]]''
: As Jigglypuff begins singing in the woods, Ash and Brock are standing next to each other while Pikachu and Misty are sitting a couple feet away. After Jigglypuff is done singing, Brock and Pikachu are sprawled out asleep by themselves while Misty and Ash are slumped against each other. It might not have meant anything if the two were already standing by each other, in which case it would have just been convenient, but they weren't. Either they moved into this position because they are very comfortable with each other, or the director(s) might have just thrown this in to plant an idea. It is also interesting to note that when they wake up, Misty comments, "What a nice nap."

* ''[[EP061|The Misty Mermaid]]''
: At the end of this episode, Ash tells Misty how amazing she was at her performance of the underwater play. Misty disproportionately calls Ash's comments "sweet talk" and reminds him of the bike he owes her, something she supposedly forgot about back on [[Cinnabar Island]].

* ''[[EP068|Make Room for Gloom]]''
: Upon arriving at the Xanadu Nursery, Brock spies on a pretty girl behind the window, after which Ash comes to look and says he doesn't see a pretty girl. Misty then says, "Just turn around" and giggles, clearly addressing Ash. Ash then jokes about her hallucinating, then starts chuckling.

: Ash, finally spotting a {{p|Gloom}} behind the window, asks Brock if "he's getting 'misty' over a gloom," This causes Misty to pull Ash's mouth wide with her fingers and ask him what is he saying about her, mistaking Ash's 'misty' comment with herself. Both seem to be blushing in the midst of their playfulness.

* ''[[EP077|Fourth Round Rumble]]''
: While watching Ash's match on the grass field in the spectator stands with Brock, Misty becomes particularly vocal whenever Brock shows signs of attraction for Ash's current opponent [[Jeanette Fisher]], yelling at Brock to remember whose side he is meant to be on. She also feels sorry for Ash when his mother and Professor Oak show up to tell him that all of Pallet Town is now rooting for him, recognizing the increased pressure this will put Ash under.

* ''[[EP155|Forest Grumps]]''
: At the beginning of the episode, Ash and Misty are surprisingly close to one another while tending to their Pokémon. Brock on the other hand is away from them asleep behind a tree.

: Upon reunion, Ash and Misty exclaim each other's names in joy while the camera focuses on their faces. What's interesting to note is how the scripting and animation seem to focus just on their reunion alone.

* ''[[AG133|The Right Place and the Right Mime]]''
: When Ash finally arrives home after his travels in Hoenn, he finds Misty at his house. She makes a point of being there, specifically so that she could see Ash as soon as he arrived back from Hoenn even though she apparently has no idea how soon exactly he would be returning. For all she knew, she could have been expecting a wait spanning multiple weeks.
: Azurill is a good excuse to go down there but it does not explain her behavior:
:*Why did she stay at Ash's mother's house, and not at Oak's laboratory?
:*Why was she waiting at Ash's mother's house for days and days for Ash's arrival, especially given that they didn't know exactly how long Ash would take to return?
:*Why was she so concerned about getting to see Ash as soon as he arrived?
:*How can her somewhat wistfully delivered line of how Ash is the same as always be explained?
:*Why couldn't she have simply delayed her trip down there until Ash had already arrived?

* ''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon]]''
: Ash considers Misty as a rival at times and, when given the chance, he likes showing off to impress her. In this special episode, Ash receives an invitation from [[Dr. Yung]]. Upon reaching the mansion of Dr. Yung, he is surprised to see Misty and Professor Oak there. As Misty proceeds on asking me why he is there, Ash waves the invitation in front of him in an attempt to show off, saying that he got invited because of his great skills as a trainer. Misty stays composed and shows her own invitation, telling him that she also got invited, which surprises Ash.

: When Dr. Yung asks Ash and Misty to battle, Ash quickly expresses his excitement only to be foiled by Misty. The Gym Leader reminds Ash of his manners and says "Ladies first!" while winking an eye at him.

: In order to save Professor Oak, Ash decides to sneak into the castle through underwater. He could have chosen May or Max to come with him, but he chose Misty.

* ''[[Aim to Be a Pokémon Master]]
: In the first ever opening theme song of the Pokémon Anime, there is a scene where the Ash and [[Ash's Friends|friends]] are in a forest by a campfire. It's an interesting note to see Ash and Misty sitting very close to each other, while Brock is quite far from them, sitting on the other side.

* ''[[Spurt!]]''
[[File:Spurt Card Ash loves Misty.png‎|thumb|Misty and Delia, featured on the Queen of Hearts Card in the tenth Japanese OP, ''[[Spurt!]]'']]
: In the fifth and final opening theme song for the Japanese Advanced Generation Pokémon anime series, Misty was shown in a "Queen of Hearts" card together with [[Delia Ketchum]]. One could say the two girls in the card likely represent the more important females in Ash's life.

* ''[[Under the Mistletoe]]''
: This song includes hints from both. Ash sings about that he is happy tonight and Misty sings about she knows she will meet her true love under the mistletoe. Later during this song, Misty comments that she and Ash stand under the mistletoe. Also, both sing they want to tell something to [[Santa Claus|St. Nicholas]].

*Misty constantly yelled at and insulted Ash through out the show, and is an example of the hiding of feelings for children of that age, however depending on how much older they have gotten since they had met, this may or may not be a very big clue.
*Every time that Ash has a near-death-experience or Misty thinks that Ash is dead, she expresses extreme sorrow, almost to the extent of sobbing.

==Alternate names==
PokéShipping, as with many of the more popular Ships, is known by a variety of different names. Following the emergence of PokéShipping from amongst these as the de-facto standard, the other names have become associated with certain groups within the PokéShipping fandom, or certain methods of shipping. A prominent few are detailed below.

* '''GakiShipping''' - An early term coined around the same time as TwerpShipping, the name was originally meant to be descriptive of both Ash & Misty being ''gakis'' (Gaki being a somewhat rude way to refer to a child in Japanese), but has since evolved to describe the actual shipper, and is now used only in an insulting manner towards shippers (not necessarily just PokéShippers) who use flimsy evidence to support their position, or otherwise act childish, especially when referring to their supported 'ships.

* '''SatoKasu''' - The original (Japanese) term for the ship, using the standard Japanese naming method of combining the first 2 characters from each characters name, starting with the dominant character.

* '''SakaShipping''' - Another early name for the pairing, from '''Sa'''toshi and '''Ka'''sumi.

* '''BikeShipping''' - this name refers to Ash and Pikachu breaking Misty's bike, and is among the least used of all names for this pairing.

* '''SushiShipping''' - from Ka'''su'''mi and Sato'''shi'''. Combining portions of the characters' names to form words was common early on, but now is hardly ever used.

* '''TwerpShipping''' - The original (English) name for the ship, the term is currently used primarily only amongst users on TRHQ, and by those who primarily associate themselves with {{s|RocketShipping}}.

* '''AAML''' - Standing for Ash And Misty Love. Also '''AAMRN''', Ash And Misty Romance Novel.

==Trivia==
* Ash and Misty are the only human characters who were shown bleeding in an episode: Misty in ''[[EP041|Wake Up Snorlax!]]'' and Ash in ''[[EP129|Ignorance is Blissey]]'' and ''[[DP053|Tears For Fears!]]''.
* The both of them have held hands a couple of times in the series and when they do, the camera focuses on their hands for a moment.
* [[Ash's Pikachu]] and [[Misty's Togetic]], as a Togepi, are seen being carried around by their Trainers. These two Pokémon never reside in a [[Poké Ball]]. Misty also carries around her {{TP|Misty|Azurill}}, as well (though it should be noted that her Azurill was implied to have been placed in a Poké Ball offscreen sometime after returning to the gym, as evidenced by her Azurill not being present at all in ''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]'').
* They both used a [[Lure Ball]] to capture their {{type2|Water}} Pokémon, {{AP|Totodile}} and {{TP|Misty|Corsola}}, in the Johto region. Interestingly, both Water-type Pokemon are very energetic.
* They have battled against each other twice for the ownership of a Pokémon: {{p|Togepi}} and {{p|Totodile}}.
* The two have shared similar victory poses in the series.
* Misty is the only female companion of Ash who is not a Coordinator, as she is a Gym Leader who specializes in [[Water-type]] Pokémon. Like Brock, she has also acted as Ash's coach when she was still traveling with the group.
* [[Ash's Pikachu]] took a liking to Misty very early in the show. [[Professor Oak]] and other characters have stated that Pokémon reflect the feelings of their trainers.

==Notable PokéShippers==
*{{an|Daisy}}
*[[Tracey Sketchit]]
*{{mov|Melody}}
*[[Danny]]
*[[Nurse Joy]]
*[[Jessie]], [[James]] & {{MTR}}

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=34915 PokéShipping Discussion Thread]

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2009-09-23T21:31:04Z

Rocket Girl: /* Jessie's hints */

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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the last volume of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

Nowadays, thanks to the episode ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]'', Rocketshipping has had a small resurgence is popularity, and Rocketshippers feel more confident about their ship than ever.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[EP123|Spinarak Attack]]''
: After James managed to break into the storeroom, Jessie started to filrt with him and appreciate his skills as she nudged him with her arm.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: When James lets go of Meowth's tail and drops into the river, Jessie screams for him.
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} This causes Jessie to turn and look at him very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles: Roamin' Off]]''
: Once Jessie learns about James being in danger, she immediately rushes to look for him. She saves him by attacking Metagross with her Seviper and Yanmega, but then, she finds herself in danger as well, as she was nearly killed by Metagross along with James. When James apologized for getting her into this mess, she smiled and said that that's what friends were for.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up.
Also in the Diamond and Pearl series, he has stated on occasion how proud of her he is. It should be noted that Jessie has not been around when he has said this, and that the dub has not kept these lines.
* ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]''
: After Jessie is expelled from the test, James says in a determined voice that he'll do his best for her.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety. After they land, their parachute falls on top of them and they scramble to get out of it. During this, Jessie says "Where do you think you're touching?!" implying that James is doing more than simply trying to get out of the parachute.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks]]''
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in them) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that people who were simply friends normally wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched. They hug and say how they'll never forget each other.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. They say they'd rather have their freedom than money, then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to go, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie gets is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interptied as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* [[DP133]]
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says that Jessie and James act lovey dovey all the time causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]''
: At the end of the manga, Jessie and James end up married with a child on the way, and in the epilogue there is a panel in which we see a flashback to James confessing his love to Jessie. There is also some suggestive physical contact between the two throughout the manga.
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's mother]] looks very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.
* Jessie and James have had voice actors with prominent roles in the {{wp|Slayers}} anime series. Jessie's seiyuu, [[Megumi Hayashibara]], is also seiyuu to the main protagonist and heroine of Slayers, {{wp|Lina Inverse}}, while James's most famous English voice actor, [[Eric Stuart]], dubbed the voice for Lina's self-proclaimed guardian and constant traveling companion, {{wp|Gourry Gabriev}}. Incidentally, the two characters fell in love with each other over time.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as {{p|Volbeat}} and {{p|Illumise}}, and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore, which may be a reference to the the manga ''{{wp|The Rose of Versailles}}''.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, some Rocketshippers use this, among other things, to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=9442 Rocketshipping Club...!!]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://rocketfics.free.fr/ Rocket-Fics] French fanfic site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105443/ Rocketshipping General Discussion on Serebii.Net Forums]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]
{{Project Shipping notice}}
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[[Category:Electric Tale of Pikachu ships|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Ships with James]]
[[Category:Ships with Jessie]]

User:Rocket Girl

2009-09-23T21:21:36Z

Rocket Girl:

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== About Me ==

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Hello everyone. My name is Rocket Girl. If you don't already know me from Bulbagarden (where I'm now known as Musashi), the only thing you need to know is that I love Rocketshipping. The reason I joined Bulbapedia was because the [[Rocketshipping]] page was in a desperate need to be redone, but I've also edited some other pages as well. I'm a complete newbie at this wiki thing, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of things.

RocketShipping

2009-09-20T02:46:24Z

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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the last volume of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

Nowadays, thanks to the episode ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]'', Rocketshipping has had a small resurgence is popularity, and Rocketshippers feel more confident about their ship than ever.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} This causes Jessie to turn and look at him very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up.
Also in the Diamond and Pearl series, he has stated on occasion how proud of her he is. It should be noted that Jessie has not been around when he has said this, and that the dub has not kept these lines.
* ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]''
: After Jessie is expelled from the test, James says in a determined voice that he'll do his best for her.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety. After they land, their parachute falls on top of them and they scramble to get out of it. During this, Jessie says "Where do you think you're touching?!" implying that James is doing more than simply trying to get out of the parachute.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks]]''
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in them) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that normal boy and girl friends wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched. They hug and say how they'll never forget each other.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. They say they'd rather have their freedom than money, then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to go, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie gets is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interptied as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* [[DP133]]
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says that Jessie and James act lovey dovey all the time causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]''
: At the end of the manga, Jessie and James end up married with a child on the way, and in the epilogue there is a panel in which we see a flashback to James confessing his love to Jessie. There is also some suggestive physical contact between the two throughout the manga.
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's mother]] looks very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as {{p|Volbeat}} and {{p|Illumise}}, and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore, which may be a reference to the the manga ''{{wp|The Rose of Versailles}}''.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, some Rocketshippers use this, among other things, to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=9442 Rocketshipping Club...!!]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://rocketfics.free.fr/ Rocket-Fics] French fanfic site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105443/ Rocketshipping General Discussion on Serebii.Net Forums]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]
{{Project Shipping notice}}
[[Category:Shipping|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Anime ships|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Electric Tale of Pikachu ships|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Ships with James]]
[[Category:Ships with Jessie]]

RocketShipping

2009-09-20T02:01:30Z

Rocket Girl:

{{ship}}
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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the last volume of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

Nowadays, thanks to the episode ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]'', Rocketshipping has had a small resurgence is popularity, and Rocketshippers feel more confident about their ship than ever.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} This causes Jessie to turn and look at him very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up.
Also in the Diamond and Pearl series, he has stated on occasion how proud of her he is. It should be noted that Jessie has not been around when he has said this, and that the dub has not kept these lines.
* ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]''
: After Jessie is expelled from the test, James says in a determined voice that he'll do his best for her.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety. After they land, their parachute falls on top of them and they scramble to get out of it. During this, Jessie says "Where do you think you're touching?!" implying that James is doing more than simply trying to get out of the parachute.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks]]''
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in them) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that normal boy and girl friends wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched. They hug and say how they'll never forget each other.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. They say they'd rather have their freedom than money, then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to go, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie gets is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interptied as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* [[DP133]]
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says that Jessie and James act lovey dovey all the time causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]''
: At the end of the manga, Jessie and James end up married with a child on the way, and in the epilogue there is a panel in which we see a flashback to James confessing his love to Jessie. There is also some suggestive physical contact between the two throughout the manga.
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's mother]] looks very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as {{p|Volbeat}} and {{p|Illumise}}, and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, some Rocketshippers use this, among other things, to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=9442 Rocketshipping Club...!!]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://rocketfics.free.fr/ Rocket-Fics] French fanfic site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105443/ Rocketshipping General Discussion on Serebii.Net Forums]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]
{{Project Shipping notice}}
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User talk:CherryParanoia

2009-08-20T07:15:00Z

Rocket Girl: /* Rocketshipping Page */

To all those who find this:

Sorry i keep screwing up. I keep getting annoyed by the fact the official Romanization of the japanese pokemon names are horribly wrong. Though i can't fix it due to the fact it's unofficial to do it right. -.-;; So if i keep screwing up on this, sorry! I've screwed up twice so far, and i hopefully won't again. I keep forgetting it's supposed to be wrong. xD;;

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== Please ==

..don't change the Japanese ''trademarked'' romanization into the actual Japanese translation. They're different. '''►[[User:Kevzo8|Ҝə]][[Special:Contributions/Kevzo8|υz]][[User_talk:Kevzo8|ø8]]''' 06:27, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

==Talk Page Comments==
Please don't erase talk page comments for no reason. Trust me, you do NOT want to end up like {{u|Big Johnno}}, who got into an edit war with [[User:Fabu-Vinny|a sysop]] over comments the former had erased and was trying to keep erased. That user ended up blocked and subsequently had every erased comment restored. --'''►[[User:Kevzo8|Ҝə]][[Special:Contributions/Kevzo8|υz]][[User_talk:Kevzo8|ø8]]''' 07:08, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

-I erased it repeatedly cuz i got the message. I editted the pages cuz i saw a mistake in Kana reading, only to find a few minutes later you wanted it incorrect. So i'm sorry i tried to fix the readings. I only erased this cuz i knew what you meant, and i found no reason in keeping it up on this page.-Cherry Paranoia

== Um ==

When you undid me, you changed Empoleon's name back to "Enberuto". That's not its Japanese name. It's "Emperte". --[[Tracey Sketchit|'''ケンジ''']][[User talk:Kenji-girl|'''の''']][[User:Kenji-girl|'''ガール''']] 04:47, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

== Please. ==

I fixed it's name to the actual japanese characters on the page, from which completely clashes with what you changed it to. Though, i just checked. The trademarked romanji is different from what his name actually is, so i see your point. My apologies. I thought you were changing it the other way around. My bad. n.n; {{unsigned|CherryParanoia}}.
:Yeah... --[[Tracey Sketchit|'''ケンジ''']][[User talk:Kenji-girl|'''の''']][[User:Kenji-girl|'''ガール''']] 04:51, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

== Psst... ==

[[Talk:Ash Ketchum#Ash's age: A CLEAR EXPLANATION|I gots a secret]]. --[[Tracey Sketchit|'''ケンジ''']][[User talk:Kenji-girl|'''の''']][[User:Kenji-girl|'''ガール''']] 23:54, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

:Still, it says a year has passed, so therefore he's aged a year. :/ Even if they don't state "Ash is now 11", he should be 11 years old. Thats why they measure age in "years". Lol. So if he was ten, and it's been a year, he's 11 YEARS old.

I'm not saying we should change his age on the page because they haven't said it. I'm just saying he happens to be older than ten, so somewhere it should say his current age is AT LEAST 11, not exactly 11, ya know? :o {{unsigned|CherryParanoia}}

:Did you even read what I said? In The Simpsons, even though they mention and imply years passing by, Bart is still 10 and in the 4th grade. It's a cartoon. They don't have to apply by the rules of time if they don't want to... Doesn't matter if they stated a year or two went by. --[[Tracey Sketchit|'''ケンジ''']][[User talk:Kenji-girl|'''の''']][[User:Kenji-girl|'''ガール''']] 00:04, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

::Then THAT should be put into the trivia or something. "Even if years go by in the series, the characters stay the same age due to..." i dunno. Cartooniness? O_o [[User:CherryParanoia|CherryParanoia]] 00:06, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

:::We do have an article on it: [[Aging in the anime]]. --[[Tracey Sketchit|'''ケンジ''']][[User talk:Kenji-girl|'''の''']][[User:Kenji-girl|'''ガール''']] 00:07, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

:::: I'll check that out. :3 Thanks [[User:CherryParanoia|CherryParanoia]] 00:08, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

== [[Talk:DP119]] ==

It's staying down, GOT IT?! --[[User:CuboneKing|Cu]][[User talk:CuboneKing|bo]][[Special:Contributions/CuboneKing|ne]][[Cubone (Pokémon)|King]] 00:52, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
:Okay. O_o Don't need to get all mad. Lol. [[User:CherryParanoia|CherryParanoia]] 22:50, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
::By the way, YOU need to stop being a JERK and do some edits to the MAINSPACE!!!! --[[User:CuboneKing|Cu]][[User talk:CuboneKing|bo]][[Special:Contributions/CuboneKing|ne]][[Cubone (Pokémon)|King]] 00:59, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
:::Lol. Someone has an anger problem. xD Calm down. [[User:CherryParanoia|CherryParanoia]] 01:02, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
::::I'll only calm down if you get editing on the mainspace! --[[User:CuboneKing|Cu]][[User talk:CuboneKing|bo]][[Special:Contributions/CuboneKing|ne]][[Cubone (Pokémon)|King]] 01:03, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
:::::Don't order me around? :o It's just a website. No need to get upset. xD [[User:CherryParanoia|CherryParanoia]] 01:06, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
::::::If I were an admin I would {{m|block}} you right now. Now, listen to me, DO SOME MAINSPACE EDITS!!!!!! --[[User:CuboneKing|Cu]][[User talk:CuboneKing|bo]][[Special:Contributions/CuboneKing|ne]][[Cubone (Pokémon)|King]] 01:11, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Whoa. Dude, you can't ''force'' someone to edit the mainspace. If you want someone to, then ask them nicely. If they keep spamming talk or userspace edits, then they'll take the consequences and you can continue on with your life. {{bp|COC|There's no need to yell}}.--'''Dark''' [[Mask of Ice|'''ICE''']] (User:Cold)([[user:Cold|page]], [[User talk:Cold|talk]]) 01:12, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
::::::::Alright. PLEASE edit the mainspace. Happy, Cold?! --[[User:CuboneKing|Cu]][[User talk:CuboneKing|bo]][[Special:Contributions/CuboneKing|ne]][[Cubone (Pokémon)|King]] 01:14, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::Yeah, i was about to quote the COC. xD Thanks DarkIce. :) I edit what i see fit. If the Main Pages don't need edits, why should i edit them? [[User:CherryParanoia|CherryParanoia]] 01:15, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
::::::::::If you can't edit the mainspace, why bother signing up?! --[[User:CuboneKing|Cu]][[User talk:CuboneKing|bo]][[Special:Contributions/CuboneKing|ne]][[Cubone (Pokémon)|King]] 01:19, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::::In case i see a case in which i need to edit it? Look, let's say i go to Gyarados's page. There's no problems with it. I move on. The way you're acting, it's like you want me to go edit it where there's no reason to. I have the account so i can make edits if i see a problem. I'm not going to go make needless edits. So please stop freaking out on my talk page. You go on with your life and make your edits, and i'll make mine when i see fit. [[User:CherryParanoia|CherryParanoia]] 01:21, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
::::::::::::Do you know anything about [[Hasbro]] because that article could use help. [[User:Turtwig A|Turt]][[wig]] [[Turtwig (Pokémon)|A]] '''''[[Special:Contributions/Turtwig_A|Contributions]]''''' '''''[[User talk:Turtwig A|Talk]]''''' 01:25, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

== Rocketshipping Page ==

Bulbagarden Rocketshippers spent a long time discussing what changes should and shouldn't be made to the page before it was revamped back in May. Can you please just leave it alone? [[User:Rocket Girl|Rocket Girl]] 06:47, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Let me add one to what I said. I know the comments section said it needed a revamp, but if you check the history section, that's exactly what we did back in May. So that's why I think it should be left as it is. I don't have a problem with removing the sects, I just think the rest of it should be restored. [[User:Rocket Girl|Rocket Girl]] 07:14, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Talk:RocketShipping

2009-08-20T07:10:48Z

Rocket Girl: /* Overhaul */

== Overhaul ==

I did an overhaul of the page to make it less biased. Feel free to edit as you see fit, but please don't make it that biased and rude again. D: [[User:CherryParanoia|CherryParanoia]] 05:50, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Removing the sects is one thing, but can we leave the rest of the page as it was? I don't think this current version gives as much information as the previous one. Bulbagarden Rocketshippers worked very hard on giving the page the revamp it desperately needed back in May, so I think the history section should be restored to what it was. [[User:Rocket Girl|Rocket Girl]] 07:10, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

== AntiRocketShippers ==

Do AntiRocketShippers '''count'''? They aren't even RocketShippers! Why not add "AntiPokéShippers" to the types of PokéShippers? [[User:Ketsuban|Ketsuban]]

It's worth noting their major arguments against the pairing. [[User:Argy|Argy]]

Question on that -- Then why ''isn't'' there a section for "AntiPokéShippers" in the PokéShippers page?? Seems a little bias to me. I am thinking the Sects of RocketShipping needs to be rewritten. Instead of there being a section for "AntiRocketShippers" under the categories of RocketShipping (which makes no sense to me), there should just be a paragraph noting the major arguments against the pairing. --[[User:Mistress Puff|Puff]] 17:21, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

== Hints ==

Does anyone know a page we can link to that lists hints for RocketShipping? I want to link to Pokemopolis' anti-RocketShipping page, but it would be unfair to have that as the only external link. [[User:Fabu-Vinny|FabuVinny]] 14:01, 25 October 2005 (CDT)

Done and done. [[User:Musashi|Musashi]]

== R*cketshippers==

Just curious, in reference to the last edit made on (15:15, 25 March 2007) by [[User:FrozenPandaMan|FrozenPandaMan]] - Why has the term "R*cketshippers" been changed to "Rocketshippers". :/ I'm not exactly active on creating shipping names, I just follow them - So before I make an edit I just want to know what the current shipping term should be for the 'old school shippers'. --[[User:Mistress Puff|Puff]] 16:22, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

== Offensiveness ==

Whilst I agree with freedom and speech and the right to state what you believe, I think that this comment under RocketShippers: "Lives for any sort of event that can be considered a hint, no matter how small. The infamous manga is their bible." and a few others is a little too much. :/ Stating facts against the shipping is fine and all, but that just seems a bit too harsh to me and could be potentially insulting. (As I'm new here, I didn't want to edit anything before discussing it first.) Your thoughts? --[[User:Rachie|Rachie]] 16:35, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

I very much agree -- I think that this entire article should be looked at and revised.. What gets me is that there is an AntiRocketShipper section, and yet there is nothing like that in some of the other shipping pages -- PokéShipping is a main example. --[[User:Mistress Puff|Puff]] 04:28, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

== A strange feeling ==

I have a strange feeling that James might not be HEterosexual He thinks ♂♂ and not ♂♀ {{unsigned|Formerpokéfan}}
:Sign your posts, and just because you have a feeling DOES NOT mean that it's true. Until stated within the anime, it's Fanon (Fan-made). <strike>Even if I personally think James may be Bi</strike>. [[User:Takoto|Takoto タコト]]| サソデイ = 愛 00:04, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

oh and btw, crossdressing isnt gay only 5% of crossdressers are gay (Not includding transvestites) {{unsigned|Formerpokéfan}}
:On the other hand, crossdressers are transvestites. '''[[User:Optimatum|<sc>Θρtιmαtum♏</sc>]][[User talk:Optimatum|Talk]]|[[User:Optimatum/sig/Pikachu|Links]]''10:51 27 Aug 2008'''''

User talk:CherryParanoia

2009-08-20T06:47:17Z

Rocket Girl:

RocketShipping

2009-08-19T23:11:30Z

Rocket Girl: How did we forget this?!

{{ship}}
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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the last volume of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} This causes Jessie to turn and look at him very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up.
Also in the Diamond and Pearl series, he has stated on occasion how proud of her he is. It should be noted that Jessie has not been around when he has said this, and that the dub has not kept these lines.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety. After they land, their parachute falls on top of them and they scramble to get out of it. During this, Jessie says "Where do you think you're touching?!" implying that James is doing more than simply trying to get out of the parachute.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* [[DP123]]
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in them) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that normal boy and girl friends wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched. They hug and say how they'll never forget each other.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. They say they'd rather have their freedom than money, then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to go, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie gets is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interptied as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* [[DP133]]
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says that Jessie and James act lovey dovey all the time causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]''
: At the end of the manga, Jessie and James end up married with a child on the way. There is also some suggestive physical contact between the two throughout the manga.
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's mother]] looks very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as [[Volbeat]] and [[Illumise]], and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, many Rocketshippers use this to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=9442 Rocketshipping Club...!!]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://rocketfics.free.fr/ Rocket-Fics] French fanfic site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105443/ Rocketshipping General Discussion on Serebii.Net Forums]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]
{{Project Shipping notice}}
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[[Category:Ships with James]]
[[Category:Ships with Jessie]]

RocketShipping

2009-08-19T21:47:58Z

Rocket Girl: Updating Dratini hint.

{{ship}}
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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the last volume of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} This causes Jessie to turn and look at him very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up.
Also in the Diamond and Pearl series, he has stated on occasion how proud of her he is. It should be noted that Jessie has not been around when he has said this, and that the dub has not kept these lines.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety. After they land, their parachute falls on top of them and they scramble to get out of it. During this, Jessie says "Where do you think you're touching?!" implying that James is doing more than simply trying to get out of the parachute.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* [[DP123]]
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in them) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that normal boy and girl friends wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched. They hug and say how they'll never forget each other.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. They say they'd rather have their freedom than money, then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to go, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie gets is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interptied as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* [[DP133]]
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says that Jessie and James act lovey dovey all the time causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's mother]] looks very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as [[Volbeat]] and [[Illumise]], and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, many Rocketshippers use this to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=9442 Rocketshipping Club...!!]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://rocketfics.free.fr/ Rocket-Fics] French fanfic site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105443/ Rocketshipping General Discussion on Serebii.Net Forums]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]
{{Project Shipping notice}}
[[Category:Shipping|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Anime ships|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Electric Tale of Pikachu ships|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Ships with James]]
[[Category:Ships with Jessie]]

RocketShipping

2009-08-19T19:07:48Z

Rocket Girl: Forgot to link to Mime Jr.

{{ship}}
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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the last volume of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} This causes Jessie to turn and look at him very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up.
Also in the Diamond and Pearl series, he has stated on occasion how proud of her he is. It should be noted that Jessie has not been around when he has said this, and that the dub has not kept these lines.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* [[DP123]]
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in them) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that normal boy and girl friends wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched. They hug and say how they'll never forget each other.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. They say they'd rather have their freedom than money, then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to go, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie gets is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interptied as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* [[DP133]]
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says that Jessie and James act lovey dovey all the time causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's mother]] looks very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as [[Volbeat]] and [[Illumise]], and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, many Rocketshippers use this to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=9442 Rocketshipping Club...!!]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://rocketfics.free.fr/ Rocket-Fics] French fanfic site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105443/ Rocketshipping General Discussion on Serebii.Net Forums]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]
{{Project Shipping notice}}
[[Category:Shipping|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Anime ships|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Electric Tale of Pikachu ships|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Ships with James]]
[[Category:Ships with Jessie]]

RocketShipping

2009-08-19T19:06:16Z

Rocket Girl: /* Jessie's hints */

{{ship}}
----
[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the last volume of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG154|Reversing the Charges]]''
: When blasting off, James says that no matter how times this happens, he's fine as long as he's with with his Mime Jr. This causes Jessie to turn and look at him very annoyed.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up.
Also in the Diamond and Pearl series, he has stated on occasion how proud of her he is. It should be noted that Jessie has not been around when he has said this, and that the dub has not kept these lines.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* [[DP123]]
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in them) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that normal boy and girl friends wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched. They hug and say how they'll never forget each other.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. They say they'd rather have their freedom than money, then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to go, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie gets is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interptied as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* [[DP133]]
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says that Jessie and James act lovey dovey all the time causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's mother]] looks very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as [[Volbeat]] and [[Illumise]], and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, many Rocketshippers use this to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]
*[[Toshihiro Ono]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=9442 Rocketshipping Club...!!]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://rocketfics.free.fr/ Rocket-Fics] French fanfic site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105443/ Rocketshipping General Discussion on Serebii.Net Forums]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]
{{Project Shipping notice}}
[[Category:Shipping|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Anime ships|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Electric Tale of Pikachu ships|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Ships with James]]
[[Category:Ships with Jessie]]

RocketShipping

2009-08-17T22:54:19Z

Rocket Girl: Added something in Jessie's hints, as well as adding a non anime evidence section.

{{ship}}
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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the last volume of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]''
: Jessie blushes after James plugs the holes in {{ho|Guy}}'s {{p|Exploud}}.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up.
Also in the Diamond and Pearl series, he has stated on occasion how proud of her he is. It should be noted that Jessie has not been around when he has said this, and that the dub has not kept these lines.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* [[DP123]]
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in them) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that normal boy and girl friends wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched. They hug and say how they'll never forget each other.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. They say they'd rather have their freedom than money, then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to go, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie gets is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interptied as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]''
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* [[DP133]]
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless, visibly heart broken, and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says that Jessie and James act lovey dovey all the time causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

===Non anime evidence===
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.
* ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]''
: During stage five in The Spa, they are dressed bridal couple, with the Bridal March as the theme.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's mother]] looks very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as [[Volbeat]] and [[Illumise]], and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, many Rocketshippers use this to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=9442 Rocketshipping Club...!!]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://rocketfics.free.fr/ Rocket-Fics] French fanfic site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105443/ Rocketshipping General Discussion on Serebii.Net Forums]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]
{{Project Shipping notice}}
[[Category:Shipping|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Anime ships|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Electric Tale of Pikachu ships|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Ships with James]]
[[Category:Ships with Jessie]]

RocketShipping

2009-07-04T20:52:51Z

Rocket Girl: /* Shared hints */

{{ship}}
----
[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the last volume of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up.
Also in the Diamond and Pearl series, he has stated on occasion how proud of her he is. It should be noted that Jessie has not been around when he has said this, and that the dub has not kept these lines.
* ''[[EP035|The Legend of Dratini]]''
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles: Roamin' Off]]''
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* [[DP123]]
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in them) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that normal boy and girl friends wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched. They hug and say how they'll never forget each other.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. They say they'd rather have their freedom than money, then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to go, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like {{Ash}} and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie gets is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interptied as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* ''[[DP117|Noodles: Roamin' Off]]''
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* [[DP133]]
: One image from their motto shows Jessie and James on a set of scales with a pink heart symbol on it, seemingly at balance despite it swinging slightly.
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says that Jessie and James act lovey dovey all the time causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's mother]] looks very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as [[Volbeat]] and [[Illumise]], and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, many Rocketshippers use this to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=9442 Rocketshipping Club...!!]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://rocketfics.free.fr/ Rocket-Fics] French fanfic site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105443/ Rocketshipping General Discussion on Serebii.Net Forums]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]
{{Project Shipping notice}}
[[Category:Shipping|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Anime ships|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Electric Tale of Pikachu ships|RocketShipping]]
[[Category:Ships with James]]
[[Category:Ships with Jessie]]

AG029

2009-06-19T20:50:00Z

Rocket Girl: /* Trivia */

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prevtitle=Seeing is Believing |
nextcode=AG030 |
nexttitle=A Meditite Fight |
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altepcode=EP303 |
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title_ja_trans=The Startling Yamirami! |
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broadcast_us=May 1, 2004 |
en_series=Pokémon Advanced |
en_op=[[I Wanna Be A Hero]] |
ja_op=[[Advance Adventure|アドバンス・アドベンチャー]] |
ja_ed=[[Polka O Dolka|ポルカ・オ・ドルカ]] |
olmteam=Team Ota |
scenario=園田英樹 |
storyboard=藤本義孝 |
director=ながはまのりひこ |
art=向山祐治 |
morecredits=yes |
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footnotes=* [[filb-eppics:ag029|Screenshots on Filb.de]] }}
'''Ready, Willing, and Sableye''' (Japanese: '''ヤミラミでドッキリ！''' ''The Startling {{tt|Yamirami|Sableye}}!'') is the 29th episode of the {{series|Advanced Generation}} and the 303rd episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 12, 2003 and in the United States on May 1, 2004.
{{spoilers}}
== Synopsis ==
{{Incomplete synopsis}}

== Major events ==
=== Debuts ===
==== Pokémon debuts ====
* {{p|Sableye}}

== Characters ==
=== Humans ===
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|May}}
* [[Brock]]
* [[Max]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]

=== Pokémon ===
[[Who’s That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Nosepass}}
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ({{OP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}})
* {{p|Taillow}} ({{OP|Ash|Taillow}})
* {{p|Treecko}} ({{OP|Ash|Treecko}})
* {{p|Corphish}} ({{OP|Ash|Corphish}})
* {{p|Torchic}} ({{OP|May|Torchic}})
* {{p|Beautifly}} ({{OP|May|Beautifly}})
* {{p|Forretress}} ({{OP|Brock|Forretress}})
* {{p|Lotad}} ({{OP|Brock|Lotad}})
* {{p|Mudkip}} ({{OP|Brock|Mudkip}})
* {{p|Sableye}} (debut)

== Trivia ==
* The English dub title is based on the phrase "ready, willing, and able."
* The disguise worn by {{MTR}} in this episode is the same one he wore in ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''. This episode aired 5 years and a day from the date of that episode.
=== Errors ===
=== Dub edits ===
* Jessie's skirt is lengthened for a few scenes in the dub.

==In other languages==
* French: '''{{tt|Un pokémon farceur|A pokémon joker}}'''
* German: '''{{tt|Das Minenmonster|The mine monster}}'''
* Italian: '''{{tt|Sorprese in miniera|Surprises in the mine}}'''
* Latin American Spanish: '''{{tt|¡El susto de Sableye!|The big Sableye scare!!}}'''
* Brazilian Portuguese: '''{{tt|Pronto para o que Der e Vier|Ready for what may Happen and Come}}'''
* Iberian Spanish: '''{{tt|Preparados para los sustos de Sableye|Ready for Sableye's scares}}'''

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EP048

2009-06-19T20:45:49Z

Rocket Girl: /* Trivia */

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colorscheme=Kanto|
title_en=Holy Matrimony! |
title_ja=ガーディとコジロウ |
title_ja_trans=Gardie and Kojiro |
screen=yes |
broadcast_jp=June 11, 1998 |
broadcast_us=March 13, 1999 |
en_series=Indigo League |
en_op=[[Pokémon Theme]] |
ja_op=[[Aim to Be a Pokémon Master|めざせポケモンマスター]] |
ja_ed=[[Pocket Fantasy|ポケットにファンタジー]] |
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scenario=武上純希 |
storyboard=日高政光 |
director=小川浩司 |
art=志村泉 |
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'''Holy Matrimony!''' (Japanese: '''ガーディとコジロウ''' ''{{tt|Gardie and Kojiro|Growlithe and James}}'') is the 48th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 11, 1998, and in the United States on March 13, 1999.

{{spoilers}}
== Synopsis ==

{{Ash}}, {{AP|Pikachu}}, [[Misty]], and [[Brock]] are merrily walking across the countryside until they come across a poster of a young boy who bears a great resemblance to [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]]. Just then, a limousine shows up, and an old man asks the trio if they've seen the boy. Ash answers yes if it was James. Shortly after the old man takes the gang with him in the limo, [[Jessie]], James, and {{MTR}} also show up and look at the poster. Jessie and Meowth are convinced that the boy in the poster ''is'' James, but he denies it. Nevertheless, Team Rocket follow Ash and friends in the same direction.

The old man, who is revealed to be James' butler, tells Ash, Misty, Brock, and {{AP|Pikachu}} all about how James is a millionaire, yet ran away from his home at a young age, as well as show them a huge doghouse that belongs to James' favorite [[Pokémon]], [[Growlie]], as well as a gigantic mansion. Team Rocket have also arrived, yet James isn't very keen.

Once inside the mansion, the butler tells our heroes that James' parents died earlier that morning, and unless he marries his fiancée in 24 hours, all of James' money will go to charity.

As the gang wonder how to find him, Team Rocket fall off the roof, with Jessie and Meowth beating on James because he refuses to get married. Ash tells them to stop, and Brock agrees that it's James' decision on whether he wants to get married or not. James then tells everyone a story of when he died on a cold night with Growlie howling sadly. Everyone else is left crying, except Misty, who yells that the story is false because James is right here. James then makes a run for it, but Jessie and Meowth lasso him back.

A few minutes later, James is wearing a blue suit, and Jessie and Meowth are wearing invisible costumes. They knock on the door, and the butler is pleased to see his master home again. He then takes James up to the room where his "deceased" parents rest in peace. But then, laughing can be heard from inside the coffins - and out jump James' parents, both alive! James knew that they would pull off a trick like this, and he tries to escape, but gets captured immediately. Ash and friends realize that this was all part of a big plan to get James to come home and get married.

Upstairs, James is really frightened to see his future wife, [[Jessiebelle]], who seems to be a dead ringer for Jessie. Then, they head down into the basement, where James's parents tell him that he needs to be taught a lesson for running away from home, as well as tell Jessie and Meowth that they saw them all the time and only pretended to not notice. After having fun cracking her whip at her future husband, Jessiebelle sicks her Pokémon, {{p|Vileplume}}, on James, knocking him out, along with everyone else (except his parents), with {{m|Stun Spore}}. Jessiebelle then vows to force James to become a gentleman even if it kills both of them.

Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu, Jessie, and Meowth are then thrown out of the mansion, then hear a pounding on the doghouse door, which is burst open to reveal Growlie, as he rescues James from Jessiebelle and Vileplume.

James, Growlie, and the others hide in the doghouse. Jessie is disgusted by Jessiebelle's behavior, and James explains that Jessiebelle is the real reason why he left home. Ever since the announcement of their engagement, Jessiebelle kept following James everywhere he went. A flashback shows a young James running out of his house with a young Jessiebelle, carrying an {{p|Oddish}}, far behind. As the flashback ends, James admits that if he marries Jessiebelle, it will be the worst mistake of his life. Growlie is the only real friend James has on this stuffy estate. Suddenly, Jessiebelle and Vileplume burst through the wall, sending Jessie and Meowth flying, and a [[Pokémon Battle|battle]] is on. Vileplume tries do another Stun Spore, but Growlie and Pikachu shoot a combination of {{m|Ember}} and a {{m|ThunderShock}} right back at it, causing Jessiebelle and Vileplume to run away in fear.

Jessiebelle knocks James' parents into a pond of {{p|Magikarp}}, leaving them convinced that she's too good for their son. From the bushes, James says goodbye to Growlie and asks it to look after his parents, because James would rather live the free low-life with Team Rocket instead of the upper-crust lifestyle. Growlie howls sadly as James heads off.

Meanwhile, Jessie and Meowth are sad, because they think James got married to Jessiebelle. But then, they hear a familiar voice that says "Prepare for trouble." It is James, flying in the Meowth balloon, and he brings Jessie aboard and they vow to continue their own lifestyle. As Jessie and James look into each other's eyes, Meowth yells that they forgot him.

Finally, Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu are being chased by Jessiebelle, who's demanding that they help her find James.

== Major events ==

=== Debuts ===
*[[Jessiebelle]]
*[[James's parents]]
====Pokémon debuts====
* [[Growlie]]

== Characters ==
=== Humans ===
* {{Ash}}
* [[Misty]]
* [[Brock]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[James's parents]]
* [[Jessiebelle]]


=== Pokémon ===
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Vileplume}}

* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Growlithe}} ({{OP|James|Growlithe}}; nicknamed ''Growlie'')
* {{p|Oddish}} ([[Jessiebelle]]'s; flashback)
* {{p|Vileplume}} ([[Jessiebelle]]'s)
* {{p|Magikarp}}

== Trivia ==
* James's faux flashback appears to be based upon Fyodor Dostoevsky's short story, [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=DosOrph.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=all "The Little Orphan."] James (as a small child) is dressed like a street urchin, and dies in front of a painting of a choir of angels on a cold winter night. James recalls that "the boy departed this world" and that "he was found frozen solid." In "The Little Orphan," a young poor boy freezes to death in the cold on Christmas Eve. He wakes up in heaven to find himself surrounded by all the other forgotten children, looking up at the splendor of Jesus' Christmas tree.
* This is one of the few times Brock was easily fooled by a blatant lie told by Team Rocket. He was seen crying in mourning for James when he told the story that he was frozen near a church, and died. This can be considered ironic, since he's considered to be the wisest, most level headed person on the group.
* Two episodes regarding Team Rocket's past are referenced in this episode, when James pretends to have amnesia and says that he remembers [[EP009|flunking out of Pokémon Tech]] and [[EP036|joining a bicycle gang]].
* {{MTR}} wore this same disguise in a [[AG029|later episode]], which aired 5 years and a day from the date of this episode. The disguises worn by [[Jessie]] and {{MTR}} were once again used in [[DP131|another episode]], which aired exactly 11 years from the air date of this episode.

=== Errors ===

*Ash tells Pikachu to do electric shock, a non-existing move, instead of ThunderShock.

=== Dub edits ===
*The poster with James's picture says 尋ね人 ''tazunebito'' (missing person) in the original. This is painted over with "Missing" in the dub.

==In other languages==
* Brazilian Portuguese: '''{{tt|Sagrado Matrimônio|Holy Matrimony}}'''
* Finnish: '''{{tt|Avioliitto kutsuu!|Marriage is calling!}}'''
* French: '''{{tt|Un sacré mariage|A holy marriage}}'''
* German: '''{{tt|Verliebt, verlobt, verheiratet...|In love, engaged, married...}}'''
* Italian: '''{{tt|Matrimonio in vista|Marriage ahead}}'''
* Latin American Spanish: '''{{tt|¡Santo matrimonio!|¡Holy matrimony!}}'''
* Iberian Spanish: '''{{tt|Sagrado matrimonio|Sacred matrimony}}'''
* Swedish: '''{{tt|Bröllop på gång|Marriage under way}}'''

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RocketShipping

2009-06-07T23:12:07Z

Rocket Girl: /* James' hints */

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[[Image:AG_jessie_james.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James]]
'''RocketShipping''' (Japanese: '''コジムサ''' ''KojiMusa'') is the theory, belief, or hope that [[Jessie]] and [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] are or will become romantically involved in the {{pkmn|anime}}. It is also known as '''JAJL''', or ''Jessie and James Love''.

==History of RocketShipping==
[[Image:Rocketshipping.jpg|thumb|206px|An image from the epilogue to Electric Tale of Pikachu]]

The term "RocketShipping" was the first time the suffix "[[Shipping]]" had been applied to any couple outside of the {{wp|X-Files}} fandom where it originated. Maria Rocket and other fans on the message board of [[TRHQ]] applied the term to Jessie and James. Other names for the pairing were coined later.

The RocketShipping fandom has seen some changes over the years. In the beginning, there was only one kind of RocketShipper—the one who thought that Jessie and James were attracted to each other. Some fans hoped they would eventually become a full-fledged couple. The situation grew more intense when a member of TRHQ came across an untranslated graphic novel in a bookstore.

Upon first glance, it appeared to be simply the last volume of [[Toshihiro Ono]]'s [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga, which was in the process of being released in the United States. However, inside the book was something that changed the face of the fandom. Inside the epilogue were two important scenes: one was James confessing his love to Jessie; the other was a full-page illustration in which Jessie and James were married and Jessie visibly pregnant. Most importantly of all, this was all official and approved by [[Nintendo]].

The RocketShipping fan community went crazy. It finally had officially sanctioned proof that Jessie and James were a romantic couple. Some believed that it was only a matter of time before something similar happened in the TV anime series.

Eventually, the famous manga was translated and released in the United States, and RocketShippers rejoiced now that they could hold the evidence in their own hands. Around the same time, a website named [[Pokemopolis]] was getting attention for rebutting the "evidence" found in the manga. Pokemopolis became and has remained the most prominent anti-Rocketshipping site in Pokemon fandom, as well as the main proponent of the theory that James is gay.

Around the same time, the number and frequency of the Rocketshippy hints on the anime decreased, along with other changes in characterization. As a result, the RocketShipping fan community split into several sects, each with different takes on Rocketshipping.

==Sects of RocketShipping==
These sects were in use to differentiate between various "types" of RocketShipper who each had a different perception of the ship. It should be noted, however, that they have not actively been in use in the fandom since the {{series|Advanced Generation}} of the anime started airing in America.

===RocketShippers===
This is the general term for anyone who supports the idea of Jessie and James being a couple, whether past, present, or future. It is was also a term for a sect consisting of people who believe that Jessie and James are currently not in love but believed that they eventually would be.

===R*cketShippers===
This was a more extreme type of RocketShipper, who believed that Jessie and James are currently attracted to each other. They fervently denied that James is anything but heterosexual.

===QueerShippers===
Self-proclaimed "in-character RocketShipping". Supporters generally believed that James plays the role of a woman and Jessie plays the role of a man, but that they would become a couple nevertheless.

===WrongRocketShippers===
Smaller sect which believed that Jessie and James are currently in a "friends with benefits" type relationship. They didn't necessarily believe that they are in love with each other, but did believe that they have some kind of secret physical relationship going on. They took a more relaxed and joking stance to the Ship.

===AntiRocketShippers===
Supporters denied any sort of romantic relationship between Jessie and James. They liked to see them as best friends, but nothing more. In most cases, they believed that James is undeniably gay, based on the more camp portrayal of James by [[Eric Stuart]] and James' crossdressing. Opinions on Jessie's sexuality varied.

==Evidence==
The following is a list of points that point to a potential relationship between James and Jessie.
===Anime evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
[[Image:H012_jessie_blush.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie blushing after James accidentally falls on top of her in ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]'']]
* ''[[EP145|A Farfetch'd Tale]]''
: Jessie blushes and looks at James adoringly when he is doing well in battle against Ash and company.
* ''[[H012|Training Daze!]]''
: Despite having had twelve previous partners and managing to abandon them all without regret, when James is in the hospital and cannot join her for the final task, Jessie almost gives up. She then blushes when James accidentally falls on top of her.
* ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]''
: Jessie looked annoyed when James freaked out at the idea of being married to her.
* ''[[AG176|The Ole' Berate and Switch]]''
: After Jessie, James, and Meowth decide to split up, [[Cassidy]] convinces James to join her. Jessie sees her drag him away and kicks a fire extinguisher in anger.
* ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]''
: Jessie tries to cheer James up by stealing {{AP|Buizel}} for him (and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} for herself). When she sees how happy this has made him she smiles and holds his hands.

====James' hints====
In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} when James watches Jessie participate in events under an assumed name, he keeps forgetting to call her by her fake name, and instead calls her Jessie before correcting himself. This could be taken as meaning he cares more about watching her participate than the current plan Team Rocket is up to. As of the latest episode in Japan, no one has noticed James make this slip up.
Also in the Diamond and Pearl series, he has stated on occasion how proud of her he is. It should be noted that Jessie has not been around when he has said this, and that the dub has not kept these lines.
* [[EP035]]
: When [[Kaiser]] starts shooting at Team Rocket, James smiles and tells Jessie to trust him, then grabs her by the waist and jumps off the roof to what he believed to be to safety.
* ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]
: After losing to [[Misty]] in the Princess Festival Contest, James hold Jessie's hands and tries to cheer her up by giving her a Team Rocket version of the doll set she wanted.
* ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''
: James blushes after Jessie compliments him on having a good memory.
* ''[[EP141|Good 'Quil Hunting]]''
: Jessie is feeling down and James holds her hands and tells her things to cheer her up. They also hug.
* [[DP117]]
: When Jessie left to pursue a career in Contests, James was visibly hurt and wondered how strong their bond really was. He then ran off and cried. Later in the episode after Jessie saved him, James got on his knees and cried because he was happy she came back.
* [[DP123]]
: Up until this episode, James has never liked Jessie using his Pokémon in Contests, mostly due to her mistreatment of {{TP|James|Chimecho}}. He now has no problem with it (most likely due to the fact Jessie has treated all his Pokemon very well since, and she is doing well in them) and even told {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} that's he counting on it and Jessie's third ribbon depends on it.

====Shared hints====
Jessie and James have a tendency to hug or hold onto each other when they are scared (dubbed "fearhugs" by RocketShippers) or happy. Jessie and James also don't have a problem with physical contact such as sleeping on parts of the other's body or holding each other in ways that normal boy and girl friends wouldn't.

* ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]''
: James wants the others to leave him behind, but Jessie tells him they'll go across together. James looks touched. They hug and say how they'll never forget each other.
* ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]''
: Jessie is upset that James might have left to marry his fiance and inherit his money, but he appears in their Meowth balloon and picks her up. They say they'd rather have their freedom than money, then smile and stare into each others eyes. They completely forget to pick up {{MTR}}.
* ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''
: When the [[Ghost of Maiden's Peak|ghost]] is dragging James away and he cries that he doesn't want to go, Jessie pulls out a bazooka and shoots the ghost. When James smiles at her with watery eyes and says her name adoringly, she says, "Don't get the wrong idea!" and attempts to hide the fact that she did it for his sake.
* ''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]''
: When [[Oscar and Andi]] assume Jessie and James are a couple, James looks confused and Jessie just ignores it. Since they didn't get upset at it like [[Ash]] and {{an|May}} did, it could be interpreted that neither has a problem with the idea. Later in the episode James was teasing Jessie about being ugly in a joking way, and Jessie smiled and covered her ears and pretended not to hear it. Since Jessie gets is obsessed with her appearance, her lack of getting mad about it and the joking way James did it might be interptied as flirting. At the end of the episode when Jessie and James made up, they linked arms and smiled at each other.
* ''[[AG141|Hail to the Chef]]''
: Jessie and James were seen asleep on a bed with the covers partly over them. Jessie was sleeping on top of James.
* [[DP117]]
: When a {{shiny2}} {{p|Metagross}} was about to kill Jessie and James, James smiled sweetly at Jessie and said that life wasn't a waste because he spent it with good friends. Jessie agreed and said that if there were another world after they die, they'd meet again there. James agreed to that, smiled, and no longer looked afraid.
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]
: When Jessie, James and [[Mondo]] are about to be attacked by a hoard of {{p|Beedrill}}, they recite the lines of a famous {{wp|Kabuki}} scene when two lovers do a double suicide.

===Movie evidence===
====Jessie's hints====
* ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
: At the end of the movie Jessie and James are holding onto each other and talking about how they don't care about wishes anymore and are just happy to be alive. They smile and Jessie says she's fine just doing this.

====James' hints====
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: After the leukocytes gets Jessie, James uses his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to try and rescue Jessie. He gets out of the way when it tries to hug him showing how serious he is taking this. After he fails to rescue Jessie they both cry out to each other and she is dragged down. James stands there speechless and then gets engulfed as well.

====Shared hints====
* ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
: Jessie and James are hugging each other throughout most of the movie.
* ''[[The Power of One]]''
: Meowth says that Jessie and James act lovey dovey all the time causing Jessie and James to get upset and blush. A few minutes later they are seen hugging each other.
* ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
: Jessie and James are seen holding onto each other after they are freed from the leukocytes.

==Trivia==
[[Image:EP005_firstfearhug.jpg|220px|thumb|Jessie and James' first fearhug in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'']]
* [[James's mother]] looks very similar to Jessie.
* Jessie and James' first fearhug was at the end of the episode ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]''.
* Unlike other popular shippings, RocketShipping has no main rival ship. Many Rocketshippers use this as evidence that the writers are leaning toward this ship becoming canon one day.
* Jessie and James have a {{wp|ramen}} shop named after them.

==Similarities==
* Jessie and James have both owned {{type2|Poison}} Pokémon until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}.
* They both have a similar style of fashion and always coordinate their outfits. They have also donned various disguises pretending to be a couple, most notably as a couple getting married, as [[Volbeat]] and [[Illumise]], and wearing outfits similar to the ones [[Oscar and Andi]] wore.
* Jessie and James frequently use each other's Pokémon. Their Pokémon have rarely ever had a problem with this, and sometimes are happy about it.
* James' {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon have occasionally "attacked" Jessie the same way they do James. Since James' Pokémon do it out of affection, many Rocketshippers use this to show that Jessie and James have a close relationship.

==Notable RocketShippers==
*{{MTR}}
*[[Nanny and Pop-Pop]]
*[[Oscar and Andi]]

==On Bulbagarden forums==
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=9442 Rocketshipping Club...!!]

==External links==
===RocketShipping support===
* [http://type-wild.net/rocket/ A White Tomorrow] The fanlisting for the relationship between Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro)
* [http://rocketfics.free.fr/ Rocket-Fics] French fanfic site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/rocketshipper/ The Rocketshipper Photo Album]
* [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105443/ Rocketshipping General Discussion on Serebii.Net Forums]
* [http://rocketshippyclub.deviantart.com/ Rocketshippy Fanart Club on Deviantart]

===AntiRocketShipping support===
* [http://www.pokemopolis.net/rocket/rockship.htm Pokemopolis' AntiRocketshipping page]
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