Sird
Sird サキ Saque | |
Sird in the Diamond & Pearl chapter | |
Gender | Female |
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Eye color | Gray |
Hair color | Purple |
Hometown | Unknown |
Region | Unknown |
Member of | Team Rocket Team Galactic |
Rank | The Three Beasts Commander |
Sird (Japanese: サキ Saque) is one of The Three Beasts of Team Rocket in the FireRed & LeafGreen arc of the Pokémon Adventures manga. In the Diamond & Pearl arc she was revealed to be one of the Team Galactic Commanders.
History
Ruby & Sapphire arc
She first was seen as a silhouette in the Hoenn region with Giovanni, Carr and Orm. They recovered remains of the Blue and Red Orbs, which have been turned into a Ruby and Sapphire, after the battle between Groudon and Kyogre.
She was also responsible of the release of Archie and Maxie and gave them and armor and sword of unknown, mythical origin, probably without Giovanni and the others knowing it.
FireRed & LeafGreen arc
In her first appearance, Sird worked with Giovanni and the other Beasts on the Sevii Islands and fought and defeated Lorelei on Seven Island. Later, she fell from Team Rocket's helicopter after it was taken over by Carr, but she (unlike Orm) survived. She later tried to catch Deoxys by disabling it with an energy beam launched from her Poké Ball (later on revealed to be Darkrai being unleashed), but was foiled when Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, and Silver (along with Mewtwo) used their bodies to block the beam from Deoxys, who escaped. However, to their surprise, the five Pokédex holders' bodies were turned to stone as a result. Having one of Lorelei's ice cuffs pinned and rapidly expanding from her left leg before she attempted the capture, she fled after remarking that this new gain is nothing short of capturing Deoxys as she had intended.
Emerald arc
Later, after the climax of the battle against the evil Guile Hideout, Archie reveals that Sird temporarily saved his and Maxie's lives just as they were about to be killed while fleeing in an air-car, at the end of the Ruby & Sapphire arc. The means that she did this are unknown. She offered him and Maxie the armor and sword that would later transform Archie into Guile Hideout, claimed they would give eternal life, but said that there was only one armor so they would have to fight to the death to see who would gain the armor, with Archie winning and killing Maxie in the end. Strangely enough, after she gave the armor to Archie, she quoted Veilstone's Myth, which similarly refers to a man with a sword. Also worth noting is in a flashback from Crys, before Archie and the armor vanished, when she asked who was behind it Archie muttered out 'It was...', the first few syllables of Galactic, as in Team Galactic, foreshadowing Sird's connection to the team.
Diamond & Pearl arc
It is largely unknown what else Sird has done, but recently, she has appeared to take part in the battle of the Spear Pillar, talking with Jupiter and sporting a new Galactic-styled uniform. She still has problems with the injuries she suffered because of Lorelei.
It's revealed that she only helped Archie or worked with Team Rocket as an undercover mission for her boss Cyrus, in order to investigate about Pokémon from the outer-space, namely Jirachi or Deoxys. After her first encounter with the Dex holders, she became obsessed with the Pokédex so she brainwashed the Cloaked Grunt in order to get one.
As she is explaining all of this to Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn at Mt. Coronet, Riley appears and engages her in battle. She easily avoided all of his attacks and was able to escape along with the other Commanders.
Pokémon
Debut | Enter The Three Beasts |
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Persian seems to be Sird's most preferred battling Pokémon. She was first seen in the Icefall Cave where she was introduced alongside her trainer, just as Orm and Carr's first revealed Pokémon were. The next time she was seen, she fought against Lorelei in Red, Man of Failure and was overwhelmed and beaten by the Elite Four's well-trained Pokémon, causing Sird to resort to underhanded means to win.
Debut | Red, Man of Failure |
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Starmie is one of Sird's battlers and seems to be used mainly for minor aerial transport using its psychic levitation. Besides being used for old-fashioned battles, Sird also uses its Camouflage to sneak behind her opponents and take advantage of their vulnerability when their guard is down.
Starmie's known moves are Camouflage and Hyper Beam.
Debut | Viridian in the Heart |
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Banette is another of Sird's strong battlers. While she debuted much later than Sird's two other Pokémon, she proved quite versatile and nimble when she single-handedly overpowered Silver's Red Gyarados and succeeded in capturing him.
Banette's known moves are Shadow Ball, Will-O-Wisp, Double-Edge, Snatch, and Shadow Punch.
Debut | VS. Dialga and Palkia IV |
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Darkrai was the unseen Pokémon used by Sird to battle Mewtwo, which caused the petrification of Kanto Pokédex holders and Silver.
None of Darkrai's moves are known.
In the TCG
As stated in the official website, Sird is based on the Team Rocket Admin from the TCG.[1] The following is a list of cards named Rocket's Admin.
Name | Type | Rarity | Set | Set no. |
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Rocket's Admin. | T | EX Team Rocket Returns | 86/109 |
Trivia
- Due to Coronis's translation of the mangas, she is also popularly known as Storc in the fan community, as Coronis is fond of inventing Western names for manga-only characters who lack translated names.
- Sird has direct or indirect relation with all four main villainous teams from Generations I to IV. She was part of both Team Rocket and Team Galactic, and she gave armor and sword to both Archie and Maxie, the leaders of Team Aqua and Team Magma respectively.
- Sird, along with her former teammates, are based on various fictional monsters. In Sird's case, she is based off of Dracula.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | サキ Saque | From saque, Portuguese for "pillage". |
English | Sird (Chuang Yi) | |
Korean | 사이키 Saiki | Corruption of her Japanese name. |
Chinese (Taiwan) | 沙奇 Shāqí | Transliteration of her Japanese name. |
Chinese (Mainland China) | 萨奇 Sàqí | Transliteration of her Japanese name. |
References
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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Team Galactic | ||||
Team Galactic Eterna Building • Team Galactic HQ | ||||
Boss | Commanders | |||
Cyrus (Masters) |
Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Charon |
Other members | ||||
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Team Galactic Grunts • Scientists | ||||
In the manga | ||||
Adventures: Sird • Advanced level Grunt Diamond and Pearl Adventure!: Mitsumi • B-2 Phantom Thief 7: Io • Lily | ||||
See also: Galaxy Team |
This article is part of both Project Manga and Project CharacterDex, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Manga and CharacterDex, respectively. |