Team Galactic Grunt (Trainer class)
A Galactic Grunt (Japanese: ギンガだんのしたっぱ Team Galactic Underling) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation IV games. They are the grunts of Team Galactic. There are male and female versions, and they all dress in the spacesuit-looking outfits that are the Team Galactic uniforms and have light blue hair that is cut quite short and rounded.
In the games
In the games, Galactic Grunts generally act as footsoldiers and guards for Team Galactic. Like all villain team Grunts, they are not individually named. Unlike other team grunts however, such as Rocket grunts, Aqua grunts and Magma grunts, Team Galactic grunts don't seem to get what are the global objectives of the team and often speak nonsense about them, which makes them look silly as to why they joined the team in the first place. Sometimes, certain Galactic grunts drop keys to their warehouses and HQs when they are defeated and/or they run away.
They generally use a combination of Glameow, Stunky, Croagunk, Zubat, Houndour, Murkrow, and the Wurmple line.
Appearance
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In the anime
Galactic Grunts have made multiple appearances in the anime, with the first appearance being in A Secret Sphere of Influence!. They also appeared in Enter Galactic!, Losing Its Lustrous and Double Team Turnover!, Steeling Peace of Mind!, Saving the World From Ruins!, and Gateway to Ruin!. Some grunts wear glasses and, as shown in Gateway to Ruin!, are trained to fight with Bōs (or Quarterstaves).
Pokémon
Each Galactic Grunt appears to be issued with one or two Golbat each. These Golbat are used either in battle or for aerial research.
The Golbat have collectively used five moves: Air Cutter, Shadow Ball, Sludge Bomb, Supersonic and Protect. | ||
Debut | Enter Galactic! | |
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Voice actors | ||
Japanese | Shin'ichirō Miki | |
English | Shin'ichirō Miki |
In the manga
Pokémon DP Adventure
In Pokémon DP Adventure a Galactic Grunt known as B-2 is given a recurring role in the manga. He is distinguishable from other grunts due to his jiggling buttocks after being bitten by Hareta.
Pokémon
Wurmple |
Beautifly |
Graveler |
Drapion |
Croagunk |
Trivia
- The Galactic Grunt battle music has a funk and jazz element in it, while there is a funk and jazz group called the Galactic.
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This Trainer Class article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games. |