Executive (Trainer class)
An Executive (Japanese: ロケットだんかんぶ Team Rocket Executive), known as a Team Rocket Admin (Japanese: ロケットだんかんぶ Team Rocket Executive) in Generation III, and as Team Rocket Executive (Japanese: ロケットだんいんのかんぶ Team Rocket executive member) in Generation II, is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation II games. They are the heads of Team Rocket after Giovanni abandons the organization. They tend to use a combination of Template:Type2 and Template:Type2 Pokémon.
There are four of them; there are three men and one woman. They were unnamed in Generation II, but they all got individual names and sprites in Generation IV. Archer disbands Team Rocket after he is defeated.
Differences between Generations
Generation II
In Generation II, this class technically didn't exist as all the characters who would eventually carry the title retained the same class as other members of Team Rocket. Thus, their Trainer class was Rocket (Japanese: ロケットだんいん Team Rocket member) and each had the name Executive (Japanese: のかんぶ Executive), only having the sprites only differ between genders.
In Generation II, the characters of male and female Executive were adapted into Pokémon Adventures manga as Keane and Chermaine, respectively. Their game counterparts are Archer and Ariana. Grey from the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga is also based on the male Executive design. His role within the team is also based on Archer's.
Generation III
In FireRed and LeafGreen Versions, two higher-ranking members of Team Rocket appear in command of the Rocket Warehouse. They seem to be two of the same members who would head the Team in Johto three years later. Here, their Trainer class was changed to Team Rocket (Japanese: ロケットだん Team Rocket) in order to remain identical the Grunts', whose sprites they also shared. However, they are both given the name Admin (Japanese: かんぶ Executive).
Generation IV
Their Trainer classes are finally dissociated from those of the Grunts when they make a return in HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions, where they are each known as an Executive. However, the Japanese Trainer classes remain unchanged from Generation III, but they are still given names. They are all adapted from the Executives from Gold and Silver Versions but given individual names and identities. Their names, Proton, Petrel, Ariana, and Archer, refer to real-life rockets or missiles in all languages, much like Team Galactic's Commanders, who were named after celestial bodies. These characters were all adapted into characters in the Pokémon Adventures manga, retaining their unique identities.
Appearance
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Trainer list
Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal
Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | Pokémon | |||||
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Rocket Executive | Initial battle | $5184 | Lv.36 |
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Rocket Executive | Initial battle | $1584 | Lv.22 |
Lv.22 |
Lv.24 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
First rematch | $2160 | Lv.30 |
Lv.30 |
Lv.30 |
Lv.30 |
Lv.32 |
Lv.30 | |
Rocket Executive | Initial battle | $1800 | Lv.23 |
Lv.23 |
Lv.25 |
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First rematch | $2304 | Lv.32 |
Lv.32 |
Lv.32 |
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Rocket Executive | Initial battle | $2520 | Lv.33 |
Lv.33 |
Lv.35 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen
Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | Pokémon | |||||
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Team Rocket Admin | Initial battle | $1728 | Lv.53 |
Lv.54 |
Lv.55 |
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Team Rocket Admin | Initial battle | $1760 | Lv.53 |
Lv.54 |
Lv.55 |
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Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver
Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | Pokémon | |||||
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Executive Proton | Initial battle | $480 | Lv.8 |
Lv.12 |
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First rematch | $1320 | Lv.28 |
Lv.33 |
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Executive Petrel | Initial battle | $880 | Lv.22 |
Lv.22 |
Lv.24 |
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First rematch | $1200 | Lv.30 |
Lv.30 |
Lv.30 |
Lv.30 |
Lv.32 |
Lv.30 | |
Executive Ariana | Initial battle | $2960 | Lv.25 |
Lv.25 |
Lv.27 |
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First rematch | $2560 | Lv.32 |
Lv.32 |
Lv.32 |
------- | ------- | ------- | |
Executive Archer | Initial battle | $3040 | Lv.35 |
Lv.35 |
Lv.38 |
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Trivia
- Though Rocket Executives are members of Team Rocket, like Rocket Grunts, the background theme played when fighting them is the normal Trainer battle theme in Gold, Silver, and Crystal Versions. This was rectified in HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions, where all members of Team Rocket-related Trainer classes play the Rocket battle theme.
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Team Rocket | |||||
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Rocket Game Corner • Team Rocket Hideout • Viridian Gym • Team Rocket HQ • Rocket Warehouse | |||||
Boss | Admins | ||||
Giovanni (Masters • Pocket Monsters) |
Archer (Masters) |
Ariana (Masters) |
Petrel (Masters) |
Proton (Masters) | |
Other members | |||||
Jessie (Masters) • James (Masters) • Meowth • Team Rocket Grunts (Rocket Siblings) • Scientists (Gideon) Grey (Golden Boys) • Kaede (How I Became a Pokémon Card) | |||||
See also: Pokémon the Series • Adventures • Team GO Rocket • Team Rainbow Rocket
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