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| [[Image:FL_Rockets.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Team Rocket Grunts in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen]] | | [[Team Rocket]], as with any well-organised criminal organisation, has certain ranks. It's not known if any of these are in any established hierarchical order, although the below table shows the apparent status of Team Rocket members and their ranks. |
| '''Team Rocket''' (Japanese: '''ロケット{{tt|団|だん}}''' ''Rocket Group'') is a highly organized criminal syndicate "in pursuit of evil" headed by [[Giovanni]] (called "The Boss" by his underlings) and based in [[Kanto]]. Its main focus is in stealing or capturing, then selling, rare and/or strong [[Pokémon]], but it also conducts cruel experimental research on Pokémon. Its final goal is to take over the world using Pokémon.
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| =In the games=
| | Although there are some exceptions, most Team Rocket members are referred to as [[Rocket]]s and can usually be identified by a large red R on their shirts. [[Team Rocket uniform]]s can be white ([[Jessie]]), black ([[Cassidy]]) or silver ([[Hun]]). While most [[Rockets]] seem to wear black uniforms, it is unknown if the colour actually means anything. |
| ==In Kanto==
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| In the [[Generation I]] games, and [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen]], Team Rocket focused its attention on Kanto, distributing Pokémon using the [[Rocket Game Corner]] in [[Celadon City]] and its secret [[Rocket Hideout|hideout]] underneath. It also committed various crimes including breaking into a house in [[Cerulean City]], killing a {{p|Marowak}} in [[Lavender Town]], and taking over [[Saffron City]] and the [[Silph Company]] Headquarters for its products, including the [[Poké Ball#Generation I Poké Balls|Master Ball]]. However, the games' hero/heroine ousted the team out of its hideout underneath the Game Corner, out of the Silph Company Headquarters, and out of the [[Pokémon Tower]], defeating Giovanni in a Pokémon battle twice. However, Giovanni returned to the [[Viridian City]] Gym, as he was also the legitimate [[Gym Leader]] there, but the hero/heroine defeated him there, too. Then, Giovanni, acknowledging him/her as the better trainer, disappeared without a trace.
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| Three years later, Team Rocket returned to Kanto to steal a critical part from the [[Power Plant]], but this plot was on a small scale and was ultimately the last appearance of Team Rocket in the games. Since only one member was involved, which is rather unlike most of Team Rocket's plots, it is possible that this was a semi-independent member that did not hear of Giovanni's fall.
| | The ranks in the following table are a result of [[fanon|fan speculation]]. |
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| ==In the Sevii Islands== | | =Ranks and examples= |
| In FireRed and LeafGreen, Team Rocket had a branch in the [[Sevii Islands]], searching for the [[Items#Ruby|Ruby]] and [[Items#Sapphire|Sapphire]] gems. This branch was based in the [[Rocket Warehouse]] in [[Five Isle Meadow]] in [[Chrono Island]]. In the end, the games' hero/heroine defeated the Admin there, making him realize that with Giovanni defeated in Kanto, all is lost for the Sevii branch. The team subsequently pulled out of the Sevii Islands. It has not been seen there since.
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| | ! Boss |
| | | [[Giovanni]], [[On'na Boss]] |
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| | ! Elite Officer |
| | | [[Domino]], [[Vicious]] |
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| | ! High-Ranking Officer |
| | | [[Attila]], [[Hun]], [[Tyson (Team Rocket)|Tyson]] |
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| | ! Spy |
| | | [[Annie]], [[Oakley]] |
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| | ! Agent |
| | | [[Jessie]], [[James]], [[Butch]], [[Cassidy]] |
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| | ! Supplier |
| | | [[Mondo]] |
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| | ! Dogsbody |
| | | [[Team Rocket grunts]] |
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| ==In Johto== | | =Anomalies= |
| In the [[Generation II]] games, three years after the aforementioned events, a new Team Rocket focused its attention on [[Johto]], setting up another base underneath a shop in [[Mahogany Town]] and building a machine that emitted high-frequency sound waves, enraging the {{p|Gyarados}} in the [[Lake of Rage]] north of Mahogany Town. With the help of [[Lance]], the [[League Champion]] from [[Indigo Plateau]], the games' hero/heroine foiled the team's operations. In a final and desperate attempt to contact their former leader, [[Giovanni]], members of the team attacked the [[Johto Radio Tower|Radio Tower]] in [[Goldenrod City]], but were ousted by the hero/heroine yet again.
| | The [[anime]] episode ''[[EP231|Dues and Don'ts]]'' revealed an unexplored side of [[Team Rocket]], introducing jobs within the Team which are not those of action, but of business. [[Wendy]], for example, works in personnel, and the [[Rocket Scout]] works in seeking out people worthy of becoming Rocket members. Because they are special in this way, they are not included in the above table. |
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| The members involved in the Johto plots may have some connection with the Sevii Islands branch of Team Rocket, as one of the computers there indicates a plan to use ultrasonic waves on Pokémon to make them evolve.
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| =In the anime=
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| [[Image:AG134_128.jpeg|thumb|Team Rocket reciting [[Team Rocket motto|their motto]]]]
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| In the anime, Team Rocket is based in Kanto, with many smaller branches reaching out in Kanto and Johto. Giovanni is the Gym Leader of Viridian City. There is also an underground school for training aspiring Team Rocket members. In addition, Team Rocket had its headquarters near [[Pallet Town]] and [[Viridian City]], but this was destroyed by [[Mewtwo (anime)|Mewtwo]] in its rage; it is unknown where the headquarters are now. All that is known is that the headquarters are now in a large canyon, seen when Jessie, James, and Meowth returned from the [[Hoenn]] region to report back to Giovanni. These headquarters were a huge metal building surrounded by grunts. The building is built at the end to the canyon
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| [[Image:TeamRocketAnime.png|left|thumb|The Team Rocket Trio]]
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| A trio of members, [[Jessie]], [[James]], and a talking [[Meowth (Team Rocket)|Meowth]], were defeated when on assignment to steal Pokémon from a Pokémon center by [[Ash Ketchum]], and since then have been following him everywhere on his journey, attempting to steal the [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] that defeated them and any other Pokémon, items, and money that happen to appear on the way. They recently returned (empty handed) from the Hoenn region after being deluded by Giovanni that they were to establish a new branch of Team Rocket there. It is unknown why they do not simply give Giovanni some of the [[Pokémon]] that they caught in [[Poké Ball]]s, such as [[Jessie's Seviper|Seviper]] or [[James's Cacnea|Cacnea]]. Meowth often fantasizes about pleasing "The Boss" with some hairbrained scheme- while replacing his [[Giovanni's Persian|Persian]] as his new favorite pet. In Giovanni's opinion, however, they are "a bumbling trio" that "can't do anything right," and as of yet, they have failed to come up with a single thing to present to him while eating up the organization's funding with their many robots and schemes. Occasionally, the trio is also forced to work with Ash and company in certain extreme circumstances. More recently, they followed Ash to [[Sinnoh]] by clinging to the side of his boat. They are still trying to steal Pikachu there. As in Hoenn region they think they are also there to set up a base. Giovanni stated to his Persian that he didn't even remember who they were when they contacted him.
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| Other notable members of Team Rocket include [[Butch]], [[Cassidy]], [[Professor Sebastian]], [[Attila]], [[Hun]], [[Namba]], [[Tyson (Team Rocket)|Tyson]], and [[Vicious]]. Jessie's mother, [[Miyamoto]], was once a member before she disappeared on an expedition to capture {{p|Mew}} while serving under Giovanni's mother, [[On'na Boss]]. Seemingly, all Team Rocket members who are Agents or above, up to Elite Officer, come in pairs.
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| Team Rocket has attempted to do many major and potentially globally-altering operations, including cloning DNA of Mew and altering it to form [[Mewtwo (anime)|Mewtwo]]. This stemmed out of a desire of Giovanni to appease his mother's obsession with Mew. When Mewtwo finally finished developing, he deceived Mewtwo into working for him, including defeating [[Gary]], but in the end, Mewtwo destroyed the secret Rocket headquarters and attempted to take over the world as revenge for his unnatural creation. Team Rocket also attempted to capture and control a {{p|Lugia}} and {{p|Celebi}}, and it also created a device that could force Pokémon to evolve.
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| =See also=
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| * [[Giovanni]]
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| * [[Mewtwo (anime)]]
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| * [[Team Rocket grunts]]
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| * [[Team Rocket scientists]]
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| * [[Team Rocket executives and administrators]]
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| =External links=
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| ==On Bulbagarden forums==
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| * [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=5811 Team Rocket fan club]
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Team Rocket, as with any well-organised criminal organisation, has certain ranks. It's not known if any of these are in any established hierarchical order, although the below table shows the apparent status of Team Rocket members and their ranks.
Although there are some exceptions, most Team Rocket members are referred to as Rockets and can usually be identified by a large red R on their shirts. Team Rocket uniforms can be white (Jessie), black (Cassidy) or silver (Hun). While most Rockets seem to wear black uniforms, it is unknown if the colour actually means anything.
The ranks in the following table are a result of fan speculation.
Ranks and examples
Anomalies
The anime episode Dues and Don'ts revealed an unexplored side of Team Rocket, introducing jobs within the Team which are not those of action, but of business. Wendy, for example, works in personnel, and the Rocket Scout works in seeking out people worthy of becoming Rocket members. Because they are special in this way, they are not included in the above table.
