List of Team Rocket's disguises: Difference between revisions

[[File:Team Rocket disguises Alola.png|thumb|250px|Team Rocket's disguises, commonly used in {{series|Sun & Moon}}]]

[[Jessie]], [[James]] and {{MTR}}, like other [[Team Rocket]] members, often use a variety of disguises in order to carry out their schemes. The obvious and bizarre costumes serve as a {{wp|running gag}} in the {{pkmn|anime}}, where {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} usually fail to recognize {{TRT}} until it is too late.

==[[Original series]]==

===[[Kanto]]===

|Jessie, James, and Meowth appear in black {{wp|Ōendan}} outfits, complete with hats, black shades, and a flag emblazoned with an R. Jessie's outfit has a blue undershirt, James's a red one, and Meowth's is green. {{an|Misty}} sees through their disguises and thanks them for their support, much to their surprise.

|Jessie and James both appear in {{wp|Ganguro}} styles, infamous for having dark tans and bright makeup. Their outfits include black shoes, short skirts, and James wearing a blonde wig that somewhat resembles his regular hairdo, and Jessie an orange one similar to her hairstyle, making this the first time James dresses like a woman in the series.

|Jessie and James later pose as waiters on the [[S.S. Anne|St. Anne]] alongside other {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s to help support {{an|Giovanni}}'s plan to steal all of the Pokémon belonging to the {{pkmn|Trainer}}s aboard the ship.

|Jessie and James both don swimsuits to enter the Swimsuit and Pokémon Costume contest, and James wears an inflatable bodysuit giving him large breasts to give him a more feminine appearance. James' disguise is notable for causing the initial ban of this episode in the United States.

|Jessie and James wear hula girls outfits complete with {{wp|Lei (garland)|lei}} necklaces, green grass skirts and wigs. They greet Ash and his friends as they enter [[Saffron City]], and whisk them away to a building to collect their prize for being the millionth visitor to the city.  

|Jessie and James disguise themselves as "[[Ashley]]'s" parents, with Jessie wearing a pink kimono robe and glasses and her hair tied up in a bun on top, and James wearing a bald cap, a fake nose and glasses with Meowth hidden under his shirt to simulate a belly

|''[[EP028|Pokémon Fashion Flash]]''

|Jessie and James are disguised as fashion artists. Jessie wears a black top and a red slit skirt, while James wears a long black coat and red slacks. Both also wear glasses. Meowth simply wears a blue jacket with a yellow undershirt, serving as the cashier for Salon Roquét.  

Jessie and James reused these outfits in ''[[AG013|All Things Bright and Beautifly!]]'' and ''[[AG035|Win, Lose or Drew!]]''. Jessie would again reuse this outfit for the Lilycove Pokemon Contest in ''[[AG090|Pokéblock, Stock and Berry]]'' and ''[[AG091|Lessons in Lilycove]]''.

|Jessie, James and Meowth steal {{OBP|Giant|EP029}}’s clothes and {{p|Hitmonlee}} to enter the [[P1 Grand Prix]].

|Jessie, James and Meowth appear wearing Japanese scarves and coats upon entering the restaurant to pose as Kaz [[Gym]] bodyguards.

|Jessie and James both disguise themselves as punk rockers, complete with leather jackets, pierced ears, wild wigs and the like, when they let our heroes use a stage to let {{an|Jigglypuff}} {{m|Sing}}.  

|[[File:Disguises EP048.png|150px|center]]

|Jessie and Meowth wear black "invisible" costumes and push James into his {{TP|James|parents}}' estate as Jessie tries to imitate James's voice to collect the will.  

Meowth wears the "invisible" costume again in ''[[AG029|Ready, Willing, and Sableye]]''. The "invisible" costumes were reused by all three in the two-part Ash versus [[Paul]] battle arc, ''[[DP131|Pedal to the Meddle]]'' and ''[[DP132|Evolving Strategies]]''.

|Jessie and James pose as female Egg-sellers with old-fashioned dresses, bonnets, and baskets full of fake [[Pokémon Egg]]s in an attempt to steal the {{TP|Misty|Togepi}} Egg.

|Jessie and James perform a fake magic act for the {{tc|Schoolkid|schoolchildren}}, with Jessie wearing a magician's tuxedo, top hat and glasses, and James wearing a pink dress and disguised as the lovely assistant.

|Jessie and James disguise themselves as [[Officer Jenny]] while using a megaphone that disguises their voices as other characters, such Ash and Misty.

The trio reuses these outfits in ''[[DP096|Losing Its Lustrous!]]'' and ''[[DP097|Double Team Turnover!]]''.

|Jessie and James pose as an elderly couple, complete with gray wigs and old-fashioned clothes. Jessie wears glasses and James wears a fake mustache.

Jessie reuses the disguise in ''[[EP251|Beauty is Skin Deep]]''.

|Jessie and James enter the [[Pokémon League]] test in disguise. Jessie wears a gray woman's business outfit, black skirt, glasses with her hair in braids and black Mary Jane shoes, while James also wears glasses, along with a blue suit. This is also one of the few times where one of the duo didn't recognize the other in disguise, James didn't recognize Jessie until after she took off her glasses.

|The trio wears {{wp|Swan Lake}}-inspired costumes and performs in the [[Cerulean Gym]]'s Underwater Ballet show. Jessie dresses as a prince, while James is in a pink tutu and Meowth has a swan float ring around his waist.

James's ballet outfit reappears in ''[[EP122|Flower Power]]''.

|Jessie and James pose as aliens, complete with their own UFO, while kidnapping Pikachu.

|Jessie and James disguise themselves as a news crew for PNN, Pokémon News Network, and they wanted to interview Ash in a segment called ''Pokémon Masters of Tomorrow''. This is the first time that they tricked someone onscreen who wasn't Ash and his friends. Instead, they tricked Delia into telling them where Ash is.

|Jessie and James pose as {{wp|Vikings}}, with Meowth as the boat's {{wp|Fgurehead (object)|figurehead}}. In their latest ploy, they offer Ash and his friends a trip from [[Old Shore Wharf]] to [[New Island]], and later their boat is overturned by a large wave.

 

|The trio poses as old hermits and attempts to steal meatball kebabs from a rest stop near [[Mt. Hideaway]].

They reappear in these outfits in ''[[EP195|The Poké Spokesman]]''.

|Jessie wears this outfit as she makes her own way to compete in the [[Indigo League]] with [[Otoshi]]'s stolen [[Badge]]s. She also attempted to steal another Trainer's Badges, but James and Meowth intervened.

Jessie appears in a similar outfit in ''[[EP274|Outrageous Fortunes]]'' as a fortune teller and cons [[Delaney]] into handing over his prized {{p|Poliwrath}}. Jessie would wear this outfit again in ''[[AG045|A Togepi Mirage!]]'', though it is colored purple this time.

|Jessie and James disguise themselves as League Officials in ancient Greek maidens' costumes. They are able to take the {{p|Moltres}} Flame from the torch bearer during the [[Indigo League]] Opening Ceremony.

|Jessie is disguised in a Nurse Joy costume complete with a mask and James disguises himself as an ordinary nurse (with a surgical mask covering his mouth and glasses) at a fake Pokémon Center that they set up. Surprisingly Jessie's Nurse Joy disguise was an imitation of the real Nurse Joy's appearance where the lips did not move, which Brock took notice of.

| Jessie and James pose as physical examiners for the Pokemon League, where they collect Pokémon from [[Indigo League]] competitors.

===[[Orange Archipelago]]===

| The trio poses as food vendors at Ash's welcome home party.

| Jessie first appears in an air-hostess costume, while James is dressed as the captain in a ploy to get Ash and his friends to board their blimp destined for [[Valencia Island]].

| They are also disguised as a waitress and waiter aboard the blimp.

| The trio upgrades their blimp from the previous episode, and while dressed as air captains, they lure Ash and Misty onto their airship.

| Jessie and James take inspiration from [[Pinkan Island]]'s [[List of alternately colored Pokémon in the anime|unusually pink colored Pokémon]], and pose as a pink {{p|Tauros}} and {{p|Gengar}}, respectively.

In ''[[AG059|Manectric Charge]]'', the duo uses these costumes again to lure {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} into a fake carnival in [[Mauville City]], but this time, they are based on Gengar and Tauros's typical color schemes.

|Jessie, James, and Meowth disguise themselves as pirates.  

| Jessie and James cross-dress as newlyweds.

| James and Meowth don farmer costumes while they search for [[Salveyo Weed]].

|The pair later poses as a mother pushing an infant in a stroller. However, Misty is not fooled by James's sad story or by the pair's disguises.

===[[Johto]]===

| The trio poses as [[Baseball|Team Electabuzz]] fans to convince [[Casey]], an avid Electabuzz fan, to have a [[rematch]] against {{Ash}} while they plot to snatch Pikachu.

|The trio disguises themselves as park rangers to avoid being detected while they illegally mine for amberite.

|The trio dresses as medieval thieves stealing items akin to [[The Black Arachnid]].

These disguises reappear in ''[[EP212|Takin' It on the Chinchou]]''.

|Jessie and James disguise themselves as doctors, wearing full white suits with gloves, mouth covers, glasses and white skullcaps with red lines and a Red Cross on the front.

|Jessie and James are weakly disguised as survey takers from the Pokémon Bureau.

|The trio are disguised as farmers.

James and Meowth would later reuse these outfits in ''[[EP247|Outrageous Fortunes]]''.

|Meowth disguises himself as a {{p|Sunflora}} for the first time. He dressed up as a Sunflora for a total of six additional times in the [[Pokémon anime]], specifically in ''[[EP178|The Grass Route]]'', ''[[AG011|A Bite to Remember]]'', ''[[AG116|Pacifidlog Jam]]'', ''[[DP033|All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go!]]'', ''[[DP036|A Secret Sphere of Influence!]]'', and ''[[DP137|Three Sides to Every Story!]]''.

Jessie and James reuse their casual outfits while competing in the [[Pastoria Croagunk Festival]] in ''[[DP082|Cream of the Croagunk Crop!]]''.

| They first appear in costume as they flood water into their pitfall trap with Ash and his friends trapped inside.

| Team Rocket wears detective outfits while they spy on Ash and his friends.

| Jessie leads her "{{p|Metapod}} men", Meowth and James, to battle [[Mr. Parker|Gligarman]].

| The trio decides to wear plant-inspired costumes to blend in with their surroundings while they wait to ambush Ash during his [[Azalea Gym]] challenge.

| Jessie and James disguise themselves as inventors with a "machine" that supposedly makes the user's Pokémon stronger, but instead, winds up as empty [[Poké Ball]]s.

| Jessie and James pose as auxiliary ladies from the Pokémon Battler's Association, though Wobbuffet's unannounced appearance helped Ash and his friends see through the disguises.

| James, inspired from a phony Pokémon zodiac book given to them by a disguised Butch and Cassidy, dresses in a {{p|Moltres}} costume for the first time. He wears the costume again in ''[[EP191|The Dunsparce Deception]]''.

|The trio disguises themselves as a ventriloquist act called "The [[Dugtrio Trio]]", with Meowth as the dummy.

Jessie and James reappear in these outfits in ''[[EP240|Some Like it Hot]]'', though with purple and orange tuxedos and pants instead. In ''[[AG010|You Said a Mouthful]]'', Jessie and James wear these same outfits while they take over {{OBP|Anthony|AG010}}'s unofficial [[Gym]]. They reappear in these outfits again in ''[[AG184|Strategy Tomorrow - Comedy Tonight!]]''.

| After learning that the [[Bug-Catching Contest]] was restricted to people under age 16, Jessie, James, and Meowth attempt to make themselves appear younger by dressing in student-style clothes, with Meowth as an infant.

|[[File:Team Rocket's Disguise2 EP161.png|150px]]

| Jessie wears a {{p|Venomoth}} costume as a ploy to attract {{t|Bug}} Pokémon to her, while James and Meowth are armed with nets.

| Jessie and James appear in kimonos, with Jessie holding a goldfish in a bag while James has sweet treats in his hands.

| The trio disguises themselves as trees, helping them camouflage with their forest surroundings while they plot to steal a wild {{p|Sudowoodo}}.

| Team Rocket arrives on the scene in ninja outfits. While Jessie and James wear navy-blue, Meowth and Wobbuffet are dressed in red.

| Jessie and James appear in polo shirts and shorts while they compete in the [[Seaking Catching Day]].

| Jessie and James disguise themselves as stylists, while their Pokémon are elaborately and colorfully decorated as a part of the [[Pokémon Beauty Contest]].

| After their cover was blown by [[Officer Jenny]], Jessie and James pose as doctors, demanding that the beauty contestants hand over their Pokémon for a routine physical examination.

These disguises reappear in ''[[AG011|A Bite to Remember]]''.

|[[File:TeamRocketDisguiseEP174.png|150px]]

|Jessie and James disguise themselves as [[Duplica]] and {{Ash}} respectively. This appears to serve no real purpose as they immediately reveal themselves to the real Duplica and Ash and are not seen in the outfits again. James would repeat the Ash disguise in ''[[XY029|Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!]]''.

| Team Rocket announces their arrival with a magic show while wearing magician coats.

| Team Rocket attends a tea ceremony at the [[Kimono Sisters]]' tea house dressed in their best formal attire.

| Jessie and James pose as archaeologists, with Meowth disguised as a {{wp|Mummification|mummy}}. Their disguises work, as they are led to [[Remoraid Lake]].

|[[File:Team Rocket Disguise EP187.png|150px]]

| Jessie and James performs their {{motto}} while wearing ski gear.

| Jessie and James pose as excavators in the hopes of finding a hot spring that they can earn money from.

|[[File:Team Rocket Disguise2 EP191.png|150px]]

| Jessie disguises as a town messenger with a blue shirt, straw hat. and a hand bell while announcing the Pokémon stage show, in which James wears the Moltres costume first shown in ''The Fortune Hunters'', and Meowth wears a {{p|Dunsparce}} costume, much to the disappointment of the kids watching.

| Jessie and James disguise themselves as scientists testing out a new invention, the PokéPod.

|[[File:Team Rocket Disguise EP194.png|150px]]

| Jessie and James wear {{wp|Sumo}} wrestler costumes and enter the [[Sumo Conference]], with Wobbuffet disguised as a {{p|Miltank}}.

|[[File:Team Rocket's Disguise EP198.png|150px]]

| Team Rocket appears in more formal attire, with James posing as [[Temacu]]'s fiancée and Jessie as her maid of honor.

Jessie wears the black dress and yellow blazer again in ''[[EP234|Xatu the Future]]'', ''[[AG050|Pros and Con Artists]]'', ''[[AG052|Cheer Pressure]]'', ''[[AG111|Eight Ain't Enough]]'', ''[[AG121|Hi Ho Silver Wind!]]'', ''[[AG148|A Chip Off the Old Brock]]'', and ''[[AG152|On Olden Pond]]''.

| Team Rocket poses as acrobats while they kidnap the street performers' Pokémon.

| Jessie and James steal their outfits from two TV station security guards.

In ''[[DP059|Luxray Vision!]]'', the group reuses these guard outfits to remain undetected while they steal an [[Old Charm]].

| Jessie and James take a pair of blimp attendant uniforms to remain undercover while they steal the passengers' jewelry and Pokémon.

| Jessie and James disguise themselves as a desert rock to capture Pikachu.

| Jessie and James pose as a waiter and waitress aboard a ship bound for the [[Whirl Islands]].

In ''[[AG101|Vanity Affair]]'', the trio wear these outfits while working at a waterfront café. Later they, Ash, and his friends are invited onto [[Drake]]'s ship. Their café apparel proves to be the perfect disguise as the trio kidnap Pikachu with ease.

| The trio poses as meteorologists, and at Meowth's request, they assist Orville, a {{p|Pidgey}}, in his attempt to fly to the Moon.

|[[File:TeamRocketDisguiseEP220.png|150px]]

| Jessie and James disguise themselves in standard black Team Rocket uniforms in order to sneak into an underwater Rocket lab and take credit for [[Dr. Namba|Professor Namba]]'s plan. Later, in ''[[EP222|A Promise is a Promise]]'', Jessie and James once again don the black Rocket uniforms in a second attempt to steal the captured {{p|Lugia}}.

| Team Rocket disguises themselves as {{wp|Geisha}} girls as they try to steal an unevolved {{p|Eevee}} that would later evolve into an {{TP|Sakura|Espeon}}.

| The trio and Wobbuffet make their entry as eggs with the R logo.

| Jessie and James wear electric-proof suits, complete with a blue helmet with protective visors and gloves. While their armor works, they forget to protect their [[Team Rocket's mechas|balloon]] and are sent blasting off.

| The trio poses as {{wp|American football}}ers.

| Team Rocket's outfits are a reference to "{{wp|Morning Musume}}", a famous Japanese female pop group.

| The trio disguises themselves in [[Maroon Town]] as [[DJ Mary]] (Jessie), {{an|Professor Oak}} (James), and a loud-mouthed radio producer (Meowth). James would repeat the Oak disguise in ''[[DP139|A Faux Oak Finish!]]''

| The trio had begun working at the {{OBP|Battle Park|Johto}}, but after seeing Ash and his friends arrive, they decide to pose as tough Trainers. They battle Ash using the park's [[Rental Pokémon]].

| Jessie and James pose as an elderly couple, which allows them to get close to [[Clair's Dratini]].

James reuses this disguise in ''[[AG021|Which Wurmple's Which?]]''.

| Jessie and James disguise themselves as [[Nurse Joy]] and a generic doctor, respectively, claiming to be from the [[New Bark Town]] Pokémon Center, with Meowth hiding in Jessie's dress to act as Nurse Joy's breasts. The two try to steal the {{AP|Larvitar}} that just hatched after they get rid of the real Nurse Joy, but Brock is able to tell Jessie was an impostor due to the mask's mouth not moving, among other details.

|''[[EP259|Entei At Your Own Risk]]''

| Team Rocket poses as food taste test researchers and manage to lure Ash and his Pokémon into their truck before taking off. They reuse the disguises from ''[[AG128|Shocks and Bonds]]'' to ''[[AG131|At the End of the Fray]]''.

Team Rocket wears similar outfits in ''[[AG189|Gathering the Gang of Four!]]'', though the outfits also featured white undershirts. In ''[[DP040|Top-Down Training!]]'', and from ''[[DP050|Tag! We're It...!]]'' to ''[[DP052|Smells Like Team Spirit!]]'', the trio wears these outfits, but with blue shirts this time.

| Meowth dresses up as a Sneasel to convince a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{p|Sneasel}} to join the trio. After their smoke-bomb goes off, Team Rocket only retrieves Meowth by mistake. {{jo|Harrison}} goes on to {{pkmn|battle}} and {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} the {{TP|Harrison|Sneasel}}.

Meowth reappears as a Sneasel in ''[[DP056|The Keystone Pops!]]''.

| Jessie, James, and Meowth wear the same waitress, waiter, and cook outfits in ''[[AG020|Brave the Wave]]''.

| Jessie and James pose as Silver League officials in an attempt to steal Pikachu.

=={{series|Advanced Generation}}==

|While Jessie and James pose as researchers, they use Meowth, disguised as a {{p|Persian}}, to illustrate the power of their evolution machine to Max and {{p|Poochyena}}. They also have Meowth dress as an {{p|Azurill}}, a {{p|Sunflora}}, an {{p|Aipom}}, and a {{p|Murkrow}}, while {{p|Pikachu}} and {{p|Pichu}} costumes are also seen.

| Jessie and James pose as members of a congratulatory committee in an attempt to steal the [[Rustboro City]] {{pkmn|Coordinator}}s' Pokémon.

|The trio dresses up as roadside construction workers while they dig a tunnel to the [[Rustboro Gym]].

These outfits reappear in ''[[AG055|Poetry Commotion!]]'', ''[[AG056|Going, Going, Yawn!]]'', and ''[[AG060|Delcatty Got Your Tongue]]''.

|Jessie and James pose as researchers in an attempt to infiltrate the [[Devon Corporation]].

|Jessie and James pose as boaters and offer Ash and his friends a lift from [[Dewford Island]] to [[Slateport City]].

|Jessie and James wear {{tc|Clown}} costumes as they steal Pikachu in the middle of [[Butler]]'s magician show.

|In their second set of disguises, Team Rocket sells fake [[Pokéblock]].

These outfits reappear in ''[[DP004|Dawn of a New Era!]]'', where the trio lures Ash and his friends to their fake inn. However, the wind blows over the cardboard facades and reveals their true identities. James, {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}}, and Meowth wear these disguises once again in ''[[DP011|Mounting a Coordinator Assault!]]''.

|The trio poses as snow cone vendors in [[Slateport City]].

|Jessie and James enter [[Mauville City]]'s [[Trick House]] in outfits resembling school uniforms.

|[[File:Team Rocket Disguise AG042.png|150px]]

|Jessie and James perform their {{motto}} as an {{p|Illumise}} and {{p|Volbeat}}, respectively. Like the actual Pokémon, the costumes' tails light up.

|Jessie and James dress as [[Mirage Kingdom]] guards and kidnap {{an|Misty}} and her {{TP|Misty|Togepi}} on [[Colonel Hansen]]'s orders.

|Jessie and James break into [[the Greenhouse]] run by [[Eliza]] dressed as royal guards.

|The trio sets up a tent in [[Fallabor Town]] in an attempt to scam money from Pokémon Coordinators.

|James and his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} pose as satisfied customers.

|Jessie enters the Fallabor Contest in disguise as "Jessica".

|Jessie and James dress in traditional German clothing and pose as a couple seeking treatment for their injured Meowth in order to infiltrate [[Dr. Abby]]'s clinic. Their facade is exposed after Meowth speaks while receiving a massage.

The trio reuses these outfits in ''[[AG159|Off the Unbeaten Path]]''

|Jessie performs in the [[Verdanturf City]] Contest as "Jesslana".

|''[[AG068|Double Dilemma]]''

|Team Rocket dresses up as [[Petalburg City]] [[Gym Leader]] [[Norman]] and his family. Jessie disguises herself as [[Caroline]], James as Norman, Meowth as May, and Wobbuffet as Max. The disguises fooled much of [[North Petalburg]]'s citizens, but the real May and Max eventually revealed the trio's disguises.

James reuses the Norman disguise in ''[[AG121|Hi Ho Silver Wind!]]''.

|The trio poses as a repair crew and rigs the local [[Pokémon Center]]'s Poké Ball Transporter machine to transfer the [[Poké Ball]]s directly to them, with the {{pkmn|Trainer}}s receiving empty ones in return.

|While James competes in the [[Crossgate PokéRinger]] competition, Jessie sets up a massage stall with Meowth disguised as a satisfied {{p|Wingull}} in an attempt to steal Trainers' Pokémon.

|Jessie and James pose as cleaners at [[Isaiah]]'s lab to cover the fact that they stole a rare pearl.

These disguises reappear in ''[[AG119|The Ribbon Cup Caper]]''.

|Jessie and James pose as ship captains during their plan to ambush Ash and his friends on their journey from [[Muscle Island]] to [[Mossdeep City]].

|Jessie and James perform an operatic version of their {{motto}} in the [[Mossdeep Gym]], complete with costumes.

|Team Rocket joins forces with Ash, his friends, and [[Sigourney]] to quell a rampaging {{pkmn2|giant}} {{p|Claydol}}. James and Ash dress as eggplants to attract Claydol, but Sigourney soon realizes that Claydol dislikes the vegetable. Following what the legend said of quelling the Claydol, the girls dress up as maidens, but it is Wobbuffet's maid outfit that attracts Claydol's attention.

Wobbuffet wears this outfit again in ''[[DP062|Tanks for the Memories!]]'' while working as a maid for Team Rocket's pop-up café.

|Team Rocket interrupts [[Samantha]]'s ribbon dance with their own performance.

|The trio poses as {{p|Absol}} hunters in a village in [[Izabe Island]].

|James disguises himself in a grayish brown suit with a matching hat, white gloves, a mustache, and glasses, calling himself Lord Sir James Jamison, Esquire. Jessie and Meowth are disguised as a {{p|Gardevoir}} and a {{p|Kirlia}}, respectively. James would wear the same disguise in ''[[AG148|A Chip off the Old Brock]]'' but with a different mustache.

Meowth's Kirlia costume reappears during the Pacifidlog Contest Battle Rounds in ''[[AG116|Pacifidlog Jam]]''.

|In their money-making scheme, James poses as [[Sootopolis City]] [[Gym Leader]] [[Juan]].

|Jessie enters the Pacifidlog Contest as "The Jester", which continues on in ''[[AG116|Pacifidlog Jam]]''.

|Jessie and James pose as professional [[Pokéblock]] tasters while Meowth and Wobbuffet steal the Pokémon Center's Pokéblock supply.

|Jessie and James disguise themselves as waiting staff aboard the [[S.S. St. Flower]] in the hopes of stealing the precious [[Ribbon Cup]].

|Jessie and James disguise themselves as [[Officer Jenny]] and [[Nurse Joy]], respectively, while attempting to steal the {{p|Moltres}} Flame where a crowd of real Jennies and Joys are appearing. Interestingly, unlike when Jessie disguised as Nurse Joy previously, James does not use a mask, but their disguises for the most part appear flawless, except for their true eyes obviously being shaped differently from the real Joys and Jennies, and also because of James's blatantly fake falsetto voice.

|Team Rocket dresses up as characters from ''[[Pokémon Sunday]]''. Jessie dresses as Becky, James as Red-Hakase, Meowth as Golgo-Sachou, and Wobbuffet as a human cameraman.

|Jessie wears a red dress for the [[Saffron City]] Contest. She wears this outfit again for the [[Chrysanthemum Island]] Contest in ''[[AG162|Spontaneous Combusken!]]'' and the [[Mulberry City]] Contest in ''[[AG174|New Plot, Odd Lot!]]''

|Jessie and James pose as an elderly couple with their ill {{p|Snorlax}}, which is actually Wobbuffet and Meowth in a costume, to steal from {{OBP|Katie|AG148}}'s pharmacy.

|The trio poses as a team of architects for [[Mr. Saridakis]]' planned Leisure Land project.

|Jessie, James, and Meowth arrive at the [[Pokémon Ninja School]] in their own ninja outfits.

|Jessie disguises as [[Pike Queen Lucy]], while Wobbuffet, James, and Meowth pose as the facility's attendants.

|Jessie and James pose as a welcoming committee and quickly escort Ash and his friends to a massage parlor in the hope of capturing Pikachu.

They wear these outfits again in ''[[AG177|Grating Spaces!]]'', when the trio pose as re-decorators and temporarily take over the [[Pewter Gym]]. They reuse the outfits yet again while posing as traveling salesmen in ''[[AG184|Strategy Tomorrow - Comedy Tonight!]]''.

|Team Rocket sets up a stall outside the [[Gardenia Town]] [[Contest Hall]], where they sell ribbons and Contest memorabilia. They are dressed in hippie-style clothing.

|Meowth and [[James's Mime Jr.]] disguise themselves as {{p|Smoochum}} in order to fool a trio of parent {{p|Jynx}}, but their disguises fail.

|Jessie, under the pseudonym "Jessidia", serves as the [[Kanto Grand Festival]] host alongside [[Lilian Meridian]]. Meowth, Wobbuffet, and James are the camera crew.

|Meowth poses as a {{p|Weavile}}, but the disguise does not impress the [[wild Pokémon]].

Meowth dresses as a Weavile again while competing in the [[Pokémon Dress-Up Contest]] in ''[[DP033|All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go!]]''.

|Jessie, James, and Meowth disguise themselves as [[Nurse Joy]], [[Raoul Contesta]], and [[Mr. Sukizo]], respectively, and volunteer to judge the [[Contest Battle]] between {{an|May}} and [[Drew]]. However, their cover is blown by [[Harley]] and his {{TP|Harley|Cacturne}}.

|Team Rocket disguises themselves as members of the Pokésitter Union.

|Team Rocket are disguised as fishermen while reeling in a group of Pokémon with a net.

=={{series|Diamond & Pearl}}==

|''[[DP007|Like it of Lup It!]]''

|Jessie, James, and Meowth pose as International Pokémon Court judges to preside over an argument over stolen {{Berries}} between a {{p|Golduck}} and a trio of {{p|Ludicolo}}. However, Team Rocket are revealed to be the true culprits.

|While establishing the unofficial Powerzone [[Gym]], Jessie poses as the [[Gym Leader]] "Princess Powerzone", and wears a dress and glasses with remarkable likeness to her {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}}. James dresses up in a white suit with a pink shirt and matching pink tie and orange shades. Meowth wears a red suit with a blue bow tie and regular shades.

|[[Officer Jenny]] shows Ash and his friends a surveillance photograph of Team Rocket from a recent robbery. The trio was revealed to have covered their faces with scarves while they stole machine parts to build their latest mecha.

|Jessie, James, and Meowth dress up as {{tc|Clown}}s in [[Jubilife City]] while handing out [[Pokétch]]es. However, the Pokétches are rigged with a speaker, which Team Rocket uses to hypnotize and steal Pokémon.

|Jessie and James disguise themselves as {{tc|Hiker}}s, while Meowth dresses as a {{p|Shiftry}}. It is only after {{an|Dawn}} checks her [[Pokédex]] that Meowth's true identity is revealed.

|Team Rocket dons miner gear while they excavate the [[Oreburgh Mine]]. They go undetected by Ash and his friends.

The trio reuses these outfits in ''[[DP063|Hot Springing a Leak!]]'', ''[[DP131|Pedal to the Mettle!]]'', and ''[[DP133|Uncrushing Defeat!]]''.

|The trio disguises themselves as [[Fossil|Ancient Pokémon]] [[Pokémon Professor|experts]] disguises. They fool [[Dr. Kenzo]], who takes them on a guided tour through the [[Oreburgh Mining Museum]].

|The trio disguises themselves as the "C-Button League". Aside from shirts with the letter "C", they wear sunglasses with the letter "C" making up the frames.

|''[[DP029|The Champ Twins!]]''  

|Jessie, James, and Meowth dress up like cowboys and pose as Trainers in order to get attention from the reporter {{si|Rhonda}} and her ''[[Sinnoh Now]]'' news team. They attempt the same ploy in ''[[DP033|All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go!]]''.

|rowspan=2|''[[DP036|A Secret Sphere of Influence!]]''  

|Jessie and James, with Meowth in disguise as a {{p|Sunflora}}, steal the [[Adamant Orb]] from the [[Eterna Historical Museum]] in broad daylight.

|After they realize that Meowth's disguise is too distinctive, the trio discards their first disguises for more respectable business attire. However, [[Dawn's Piplup]] and [[Nando]]'s Sunflora see the trio change and later reveal Team Rocket's true identities to Ash and the others.

|The trio disguises themselves as an entertainer's group aboard a steamboat. Jessie poses as a pop idol, while Meowth and James wear {{p|Minun}} and {{p|Plusle}} costumes, respectively.

|The trio dresses up as exquisite [[Type-enhancing item#Soft sand|sand]] merchants to try to steal {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Hippopotas}}. They include a bag of sand to lure Hippopotas into and a picnic blanket in their disguise.

|rowspan=2|''[[DP046|A Maze-ing Race!]]''  

|The trio offers Dawn and her friends a map through a cave system in exchange for a group photo.

|Jessie, James, and Meowth pose as boulders to separate Ash and Pikachu while they navigate through a maze.

|Jessie, Meowth, and {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} pose as employees from the Pokémon Au Pair service. However, James, who is still upset from leaving his {{TP|James|Cacnea}} with [[Gardenia]] in [[DP054|the previous episode]], spoils the scam.

|Jessie and James pose as {{tc|Psychic}}s, while Meowth disguises himself as a {{p|Sneasel}}, to capture a troublesome {{p|Spiritomb}}.

|While setting up a pop-up cafe, Jessie and Wobbuffet wear French maid outfits, while James poses as a butler and Meowth as a baby. However, their overbearingly nice service and poor products scare customers away.

|Team Rocket competes in the [[Pastoria Croagunk Festival]] with Meowth dressed up as their {{p|Croagunk}}.

|Team Rocket infiltrates the [[Pokémon Summer Academy]]. Jessie takes her position as the Green Team's leader "Jessilinda" while Meowth and James work as cleaners. The trio wears these disguises until ''[[DP091|One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!]]''.

|The Team Rocket trio wears disguises similar to that of [[The Black Arachnid]] and call themselves '''The Black Arachnid II''' as they steal from a [[Pokémon Center]].

|Jessie, disguised as Jessilina, wears a [[Fantina]]-inspired look for her performance in the [[Celestic Town]] [[Pokémon Contest]].

|Jessie and James are disguised as ''[[Sinnoh Star]]'' reporters and Meowth as a photographer to find out about the Scarf Monster everyone is talking about in [[Solaceon Town]]. These costumes are used again in ''[[DP115|Stealing the Conversation!]]''.

|The trio works at a local [[Pokémon Center]] as gardeners, even giving [[Paul's Torterra]] a pruning.

|As part of their latest scheme to steal Pokémon, Team Rocket sets up a fake [[Poké Ball]] Storage Center in [[Hearthome City]]. Their plan and disguises fall through, however, after {{an|Barry}} asks for his Pokémon back.

In ''[[DP170|An Elite Coverup!]]'', the trio wears similar outfits, with orange aprons instead, while they pose as {{tc|Pokémon Breeder}}s running a phony [[Pokémon Day Care]].

|Jessie and James pose as an air hostess and cameraman, respectively.

|While wreaking havoc across [[Canalave City]] with their nightmare machine., Team Rocket makes money by selling fake [[Lunar Wing]]s made from {{p|Pidgey}} feathers and lacquer. [[Officer Jenny]] overhears Meowth and busts the trio's scheme.

| Team Rocket disguise themselves as members of the "Pokémon Rescue Group". They reuse these costumes in ''[[DP164|Piplup, Up and Away!]]''.

| [[File:Team Rocket Disguise DP106.png|150px]]

| Jessie and James were again disguised as punk rockers to draw attention to a poster to a school called the Pokémon Friendship School. Later, Jessie poses as a teacher at the Pokémon Friendship School while James is the aerobics instructor.

| Jessie is disguised as a lady who has lost her {{p|Piplup}}, while James and Meowth are disguised as gentlemen.

| The trio starts another sham business, a {{p|Phione}}-watching tour. While Jessie and James pose as salespeople, Meowth wears a Phione costume. To the trio's surprise, however, several Phione actually appear during the tour.

| [[File:Team Rocket Disguise DP124.png|150px]]

| James poses as a proud father in the audience as Jessie, going by the pseudonym "Jessilynlyn", and Meowth compete in the [[Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament]].

| In an attempt to steal [[Marilyn]]'s Pokémon, Jessie poses as "Jessarilyn" alongside [[James's Mime Jr.]] The plan is thwarted after Marilyn refuses the {{pkmn|battle}} offer because Mime Jr. isn't cute enough.  

| The three disguise themselves as students at the Snowpoint school. Jessie and James wears glasses. While Jessie has a yellow blouse and long brown skirt, James wears a two-toned green raglan sleeve shirt and blue jeans and Meowth dons a yellow baseball cap with a blue oval, a purple T-shirt and blue shorts.

| The trio wears trench-coats, hats, and dark glasses to remain undercover while they take they train between [[Snowpoint City]] and [[Lake Acuity]].

| The trio stages a [[Sinnoh Pokémon Hustle]] event in [[Greenstation Town]] to recruit new [[Team Rocket]] members.  

| Team Rocket works for [[Sayer]] during the [[Twinleaf Festival]]. Some of their duties include preparing the {{p|Goldeen}}-catching game and running the {{p|Octillery}} snack stall. They remained in these outfits until ''[[DP141|Challenging a Towering Figure!]]''.

The trio wears these outfits again while running a souvenir stall during the [[Lily of the Valley Conference]], held from ''[[DP183|League Unleashed!]]'' to '' [[DP189|The Semi-Final Frontier!]]''.

| Jessie and James are disguised as TV hosts and Meowth as a cameraman in order to lure Ash and his friends insider their "[[Trainer Tower]]".

| With Jessie feeling unwell, James competes and goes on to win the [[Lilypad Town]] [[Pokémon Contest]] as "Jessilina". James's disguise fools everyone, with the only notable difference being a blue strand of hair poking out from the magenta wig.

| The trio works under [[Professor Kodama]] as lab assistants. Their disguises are ruined, however, after Kodama reveals their identities in front of Ash and his friends.

| Jessie and James, along with [[Looker]], disguise themselves as {{tc|Galactic Grunt}}s in order to stop [[Cyrus]]'s plan to start a new world order. They reused the outfits in ''[[DP152|The Battle Finale of Legend]]''.

| When James returns to one of his summer homes in the region, Jessie disguises herself as [[Jessebelle]] to gain entry, and Meowth is disguised as a dapper gentleman with a top hat.

James and Meowth reuse the tuxedos in ''[[DP155|Double-Time Battle Training!]]'', ''[[DP174|Last Call — First Round!]]'', and ''[[DP175|Opposites Interact!]]''.

| [[File:Team Rocket Disguise DP160.png|150px]]

| Team Rocket disguises themselves as [[Pokémon groomer|massage therapists]] during the [[Pokéathlon]] in [[Camellia Town]].

| Team Rocket disguises themselves as [[Pokémon Center]] employees.

| Team Rocket disguises themselves as janitors.

=={{series|Best Wishes}}==

[[File:Best Wishes Team Rocket.png|thumb|250px|Team Rocket's disguises in the {{series|Best Wishes}}|250px]]

In the {{series|Best Wishes}}, Team Rocket has been using special disguises to hide their identities. Each one has a long overcoat, a pair of sunglasses, and a hat. Jessie's outfit is purple, James's is blue, and Meowth's is brown. Unlike most of Team Rocket's other disguises, this one has been seen in more than one episode, being seen in most of the Best Wishes episodes they appeared in up to ''[[BW023|Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!]]'', and again in ''[[BW038|Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!]]'' and ''[[BW039|Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!]]''. Disguises as other people like in the other previous series have appeared less often, the only ones in the first season being in ''[[BW030|A UFO For Elgyem!]]'' and ''[[BW037|A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!]]'' if Meowth's Umbreon disguise is not counted. They started disguising again from ''[[BW110|The Name's N!]]'' onwards.

| Jessie and James dress up like business-people in order to capture {{p|Elgyem}}.

| [[Jessie]] and [[James]] disguise themselves as {{tc|Fisherman|fishermen}} for the fake [[fishing]] competition they were holding.

| They disguise themselves as regular people on a ship to [[Castelia City]]. Jessie is wearing a short blue dress and a hat and her hair is in a bun, James has a ponytail a hat and a suit, and Meowth has a lea and jacket on.

| James disguises himself as an old man and deliberately collides with [[Professor Juniper]] to swap the ship tickets for ones that will allow Ash and his friends to board their ship.

|After that, Jessie disguises as a woman selling tickets to a ship to go back to [[Kanto]], James disguises as the ship captain, and Meowth disguises as a sailor. The disguises fool Ash and his friends and leads them to board Team Rocket’s vessel. The scheme is ruined after [[Ash's Oshawott]] overhears Team Rocket's private conversation.  

| Jessie and James pose as representatives from the "Happy [[Honey Island]] Sweet Treat Tourist Bureau". Ash conveniently wins the factory tour and sample testing prize, but tour abruptly stops after Team Rocket reveal their true identities.

| Jessie, James and Meowth dress casually to hide their uniforms.  

| Jessie and James paint Meowth like a {{p|Dewott}} so he can participate in the [[Scalchop King Competition]] and win the tournament’s golden trophy.

| The Team Rocket trio, along with Ash and Pikachu, put on {{p|Beheeyem}} masks to go unnoticed by [[Capacia Island]]’s citizens that were possessed by an actual Beheeyem, and had the actual Pokémon face on their heads.

| Meowth dresses as a {{p|Golem}} to participate in the [[Pokémon Sumo Tournament]]. Jessie and James also dress casually to pretend to be Golem's {{pkmn|Trainer}}s.

| After hearing [[Alexa]] narrating the ''Legend of the Comet and the Hero'', they dress themselves as the [[Ghost (type)|Ghost Pokémon]] that appear in the tale. James disguises himself as a {{p|Gengar}}, Jessie uses a {{p|Dusknoir}} costume and Meowth dresses as {{p|Banette}}.

| In order to steal the Decolore cruise ship passengers' Pokémon, James disguises himself as [[Porter]] so he could ask for the people's [[Poké Ball]]s to supposedly protect them from Team Rocket.  

| Since they have to attack the ship at the same time, Jessie covers James's absence from the trio by disguising half of herself as James.

=={{series|XY}}==

{{incomplete|section|needs=XY series casual clothing and anime disguises from [[S18]] and [[S19]]}}

| The trio infiltrate [[Professor Sycamore]]’s lab as researchers in the hopes of stealing Pokémon.

Jessie and James use these outfits again in ''[[XY029|Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!]]'', as they try to convince Clemont to build a machine for them.

| Jessie poses as a [[Pokémon groomer]] named “Jessally”, with James and Meowth as her assistants and Wobbuffet as a model, in order to steal Pokémon.

|[[File:Team Rocket Disguise XY013.png|150px]]

| Team Rocket shows up at the kindergarten class as street performer troupe. Jessie leads the trio, with James dressed up like a {{p|Beartic}} and Meowth as a {{p|Cubchoo}}. This was so they could kidnap {{AP|Pikachu}} along with {{p|Sylveon}}.

| Jessie pose as staff from a PokéVision production company. Their acting captures Ash and his friends attention before the trio reveal themselves and make off with Pikachu, [[Clemont's Dedenne]] and [[Serena's Braixen|Serena's Fennekin]].

| Jessie and James disguise themselves as Chefs while they compete in the [[Poké Puff Contest]].

|[[File:Team Rocket Disguise XY029.png|150px]]

| James poses as {{Ash}} [[EP174|again]], with Jessie as {{an|Serena}}, Meowth dresses as {{an|Bonnie}} with a hand puppet to look like {{TP|Clemont|Dedenne}}, and [[James's Inkay]] goes as {{TP|Ash|Pikachu}}. Team Rocket go on to commit thefts and chaos across a town, but surveillance footage and statements from Ash and his friends reveals the ploy.  

Inkay is seen wearing its Pikachu costume in ''[[XY082|A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?]]''.

| Team Rocket infiltrate the [[Kalos]] [[Pokémon Summer Camp]] as chefs.

| Jessie, James and Meowth wear [[Nurse Joy]] costumes as they sneak into the [[Coumarine City]] [[Pokémon Center]] and kidnap a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{p|Vanillite}}. This is notably the first time James has cross-dressed since the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}.

| Team Rocket disguises themselves as [[Poké Ball Factory]] employees so they can steal Ash, and his friends' [[Poké Ball]]s.

| Team Rocket attend the costume-filled [[Gourgeist Festival]]. Jessie wears a {{p|Mismagius}} outfit, James goes as a {{p|Gourgeist}}, Meowth as a {{p|Banette}}, Wobbuffet dresses in a {{p|Sawk}} costume and Inkay reprises its {{p|Pikachu}} outfit from ''[[XY029|Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!]]''.

| Team Rocket disguise themselves as news reporters to interview [[Cosette]] and [[Sophie]] about the [[Anistar City]] Sundial. Jessie and James’s costumes bear a striking resemblance to [[Gabby and Ty]] respectively.

| Team Rocket dress up as members of the {{p|Ralts}} evolutionary line [[AG109|again]]. Jessie's Wobbuffet as Ralts, {{MTR}} as {{p|Kirlia}}, James as {{p|Gallade}} and Jessie]] as {{p|Gardevoir}}. Meowth and Jessie are both disguised as the same Pokémon as the previous time. Jessie also goes to wear a {{p|Phantump}} costume.

=={{series|Sun & Moon}}==

Throughout the series, Team Rocket are usually disguised in casual clothing, wearing shirts, shorts and hats.