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{{samename|character with the Trainer class "Team Rainbow Rocket"|Giovanni}}
{{Team Infobox
|teamname=Team Rainbow Rocket
|jpteamname=レインボーロケット団
|tmteamname=Rainbow Rocket-dan
|logo=Rainbow Rocket logo.png
|image=Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Team Rainbow Rocket.png
|caption=Artwork of Team Rainbow Rocket from {{pkmn|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}
|leader=[[Giovanni]]
|leadername=Boss
|region=[[Alola]]
|admins=[[Maxie]], [[Archie]], [[Cyrus]], [[Ghetsis]], [[Lysandre]], [[Faba]]
|adminname=Notable members
|targets=[[Festival Plaza]], [[Aether Paradise]], [[Pokémon multiverse]]
|hideout=[[Aether Paradise]] ([[Team Rocket's Castle]])
|text color=FFF
}}

'''Team Rainbow Rocket''' (Japanese: '''{{j|レインボーロケット{{ruby|団|だん}}}}''' ''Rainbow Rocket-dan'', literally ''Rainbow Rocket Gang''), also known as '''Team RR''' (Japanese: '''{{j|RR{{ruby|団|だん}}}}''' ''RR-dan'', literally ''RR Gang''), or just simply '''[[Team Rocket]]''' (Japanese: '''{{j|ロケット{{ruby|団|だん}}}}''' ''Rocket-dan'', literally ''Rocket Gang''), is a [[villainous team]] that appeared in {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}'s [[Episode RR]] story.

Team Rainbow Rocket is a restructured version of Team Rocket, which aims to conquer the {{pkmn|multiverse}} instead of just taking over a single {{pkmn|world}}. It is made up of various {{cat|villainous team leaders}} from alternate universes.

==In the core series games==
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===Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon===
Team Rainbow Rocket first appears during the Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon post-game when the organization takes over [[Festival Plaza]] and turns it into their virtual base. With the help of [[Sophocles]], the {{player}} drives Team Rainbow Rocket out of the plaza. However, immediately afterwards, the organization takes over [[Aether Paradise]] with the help of [[Faba]], who sides with Team Rainbow Rocket in an attempt to further his own career, transforming [[Lusamine]]'s mansion into [[Team Rocket's Castle]] and taking the [[Aether Foundation]] president hostage. This starts [[Episode RR]].

After defeating the traitorous Faba with the help of [[Lillie]], the player starts infiltrating Team Rocket's Castle. During their infiltration, the player encounters {{cat|villainous team leaders}} whom Team Rainbow Rocket has summoned from alternate worlds where they had succeeded in their respective goals via [[Ultra Wormhole]]s. Each of these leaders wields a [[Legendary Pokémon]] they managed to catch while fulfilling their plans. The player battles and defeats these leaders one by one, each providing them with a method to continue further into the castle. Finally, the player comes face to face with Team Rainbow Rocket's leader, [[Giovanni]], who reveals that Team Rainbow Rocket took over the Aether Foundation in order to access their research data and technology of other worlds, with the intention of building themselves an army of [[Ultra Beast]]s and conquering the {{pkmn|multiverse}}. After the player beats Giovanni, he will accept his defeat and leave, allowing [[Colress]] to restore the mansion to its original state and also send everyone back to their original worlds. As punishment for his treachery, Faba is demoted to intern.

Afterwards, Giovanni is seen teleporting to another world, intending to continue his evil schemes in a different reality.
{{endspoilers}}

==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
{{mas|Giovanni}} appears as the leader of Team Rainbow Rocket in [[Pokémon Masters EX]]. During the [[villain arc]], the organization serves to manipulate the other villainous teams for [[Team Rocket]]'s benefit. Ultimately, other villainous organizations form an alliance to stop Giovanni's plans from succeeding.

==Trivia==
* [[Team Skull]] is the only [[core series]] [[villainous team]] introduced as of [[Generation VII]] to not be represented in Team Rainbow Rocket.
* Team Rainbow Rocket is the only post-game exclusive villainous team in the core series {{pkmn|games}}.
** It is also the only core series villainous team introduced as of [[Generation VIII]] to not appear in {{aniseries|PTS}}.
* Giovanni's words when he departs the game's {{pkmn|universe}} foreshadow [[Team GO Rocket|Team Rocket's invasion]] of the real world in {{g|GO}}, as he utters similar words in Team Rocket's introduction trailer for Pokémon GO.

==Names==
{| class="roundtable" style="background:#666666 ; border:3px solid #CC0000"
|-
! style="background:#CCCCCC" | Language
! style="background:#CCCCCC" | Name
! style="background:#CCCCCC" | Origin
|-
| Japanese
| レインボーロケット団 ''Rainbow Rocket-dan''
| From ''{{wp|rainbow}}'' and ロケット団 ''Rocket-dan'' ([[Team Rocket]])
|-
| English, German,<br>European Spanish,<br>French, Italian
| Team Rainbow Rocket
| From ''rainbow'' and ''Team Rocket''
|-
| Latin American Spanish
| Equipo Rainbow Rocket
| From ''rainbow'' and ''Equipo Rocket'' (Team Rocket)
|-
| Korean
| 레인보우로켓단 ''Rainbow Rocket-dan''
| From ''rainbow'' and 로켓단 ''Rocket-dan'' (Team Rocket)
|-
| Chinese (Traditional)
| 彩虹火箭隊 ''Cǎihóng Huǒjiàn Duì'' / ''Chóihùhng Fójin Déui''
| rowspan="2" | From 彩虹 ''cǎihóng / chóihùhng'' (rainbow) and 火箭隊 / 火箭队 ''Huǒjiàn Duì / Fójin Déui'' (Team Rocket)
|-
| Chinese (Simplified)
| 彩虹火箭队 ''Cǎihóng Huǒjiàn Duì''
|-
| Czech
| Team Rainbow Rocket<br>Tým Rainbow Rocket
| Same as its English name<br>From its English name
|-
| Hindi
| टीम रेनबो रॉकेट ''Team Rainbow Rocket''
| Transcription of its English name
|-
| Hungarian
| Team Rainbow Rocket<br>Rainbow Rocket csapat<br>Szivárvány Rakéta Csapat
| Same as its English name<br>From its English name<br>From ''szivárvány'' (rainbow) and ''rakéta'' (rocket)
|-
| Polish
| Team Rainbow Rocket<br>Drużyna Rainbow Rocket<ref group=n>Trailers</ref>
| Same as its English name<br>From its English name
|-
| Brazilian Portuguese
| Equipe Rainbow Rocket
| rowspan="2" | From its Japanese and English name
|-
| European Portuguese
| Equipa Rainbow Rocket<ref group=n>[[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon]] website</ref><br>Team Rainbow Rocket<ref group=n>Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon trailer</ref>
|-
| Russian
| Команда Радужная Ракета ''Komanda Raduzhnaya Raketa''
| From ра́дужная ''ráduzhnaya'' (rainbow) and раке́та ''rakéta'' (rocket)
|}
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==Related articles==
* [[Team Rocket]]

{{Team Rainbow Rocket}}
{{Villainous teams}}

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[[Category:Villain groups|Rocket, Rainbow]]

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