James (Masters)

James コジロウ Kojirō
James's model
No.	104
English voice actor	Carter Cathcart
Japanese voice actor	Shin-ichiro Miki
Description	This member of Team Rocket extends his reach to the stars above, working day and night with Jessie and Meowth to make the dreams of their boss, Giovanni a reality.

James (Japanese: コジロウ Kojirō) is a Pokémon Trainer in Pokémon Masters EX, based on the character of the same name in the anime, who later went on to make appearances in the core series games. He forms a sync pair with Weezing. The sync pair could be obtained during the limited-time event, Blasting Off Again.

Weezing

	Type			Poison
	Move type			Poison
	Role			Tech
	Base Potential			★★★
Weezing ♂	Weakness			Psychic
Weezing loves the gases given off by rotted kitchen garbage. This Pokémon will find a dirty, unkempt house and make it its home. At night, when the people in the house are asleep, it will go through the trash.
Stats	HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Lv. 125, Base Potential	428	153	217	254	173	208
Lv. 125, Max Potential	548	213	277	314	233	268
Lv. 125, Base Potential	—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 125, Max Potential	—	—	—	—	—	—

Moves

Name	Type	Category	Move gauge	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Description
Sludge	Poison	Special	2	42	50	100%	An opponent	Has a moderate chance of leaving the target poisoned.
X Defense	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	Self	Sharply raises the user's Defense.
Poison Gas	Poison	Status	2	—	—	90%	All opponents	Leaves all opposing sync pairs poisoned.
Prepare to Fight!	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	Self	Restores a bit of the user's HP. Sharply raises the user's Sp. Def.
Sync moves
Make It Double Sludge	Poison	Special	—	200	240	—	An opponent	Its power increases if the target is poisoned or badly poisoned.

Skills

Name	Description
Passive Skills
Last Word	The Pokémon uses Explosion immediately before fainting.
Theme Skills
Poison Tech	Raises allies' Attack and Sp. Atk by 12 when using Poison-type attacks. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 12.
Kanto Tech	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 1. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 1.
Villain Tech	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 1. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 1.
Team Rocket Forever Tech	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 2. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 2.

Sync Grid

The sync grid for James and Weezing is a basic grid which has not yet been expanded.

Name	Effect	Energy required	Sync orb required	Move level required
HP +10	HP +10	0	5	1
Defense +5	Defense +5	0	5	1
Sp. Atk +5	Sp. Atk +5	0	5	1
Sp. Atk +5	Sp. Atk +5	0	5	1
Sp. Def +5	Sp. Def +5	0	5	1
Speed +5	Speed +5	0	5	1

Availability

James and Weezing can be battled against in:

• Event: Blasting Off Again

Sync Pair Stories

• Team Rocket On the Move!
• Prepare for Fireworks!
• Extend Our Plot to the Stars Above!

Quotes

Main article: Team Rocket trio/Quotes#James

Gallery

VS model from Pokémon Masters EX				James's sync move mindscape (Team Rocket logo)
Trainer emote Nice!	Trainer emote Watch out!		Trainer emote Let's do this!		Trainer emote Thanks!

Trivia

• James is one of the few characters in Pokémon Masters EX who shares his English and Japanese voice actors with his main series anime counterpart.
• Upon reaching his maximum level, James breaks the fourth wall by saying, "Nothing can stop us now! Not even the writers!"

Characters appearing in Pokémon Masters EX

Pasio Scottie • Bettie Kanto Brock • Misty • Lt. Surge • Erika • Blaine • Lorelei • Bruno • Agatha • Janine • Koga • Blue • Giovanni • Lance • Leaf • Professor Oak • Red • Sabrina • Jessie • James Johto Kris • Bugsy • Whitney • Pryce • Clair • Will • Karen • Lyra • Ethan • Silver • Jasmine • Morty Hoenn Brendan • Roxanne • Brawly • Flannery • Norman • Winona • Tate • Liza • Phoebe • Drake • Noland • Glacia • Zinnia • Steven • Wallace • Wally • Lucy • Lisia • May Sinnoh Barry • Roark • Gardenia • Maylene • Crasher Wake • Candice • Flint • Cheryl • Marley • Thorton • Cynthia • Fantina • Dawn • Cyrus • Volkner Unova Rosa • Clay • Skyla • Brycen • Iris • Marshal • Shauntal • Roxie • Marlon • Cheren • Hilbert • Hilda • Elesa • Caitlin • Grimsley • Burgh • Alder • Nate • Bianca • N Kalos Grant • Korrina • Ramos • Wulfric • Siebold • Wikstrom • Viola • Calem • Valerie • Clemont • Serena • Professor Sycamore • Lysandre • Diantha Alola Hau • Olivia • Sophocles • Mina • Hapu • Kahili • Nanu • Acerola • Kukui • Guzma • Plumeria • Lusamine • Gladion • Lillie • Molayne • Mallow Galar Gloria • Piers • Leon • Marnie NPCs Paulo • Professor Bellis • Lear • Sawyer • Rachel • Trista • Tricia • Trinnia Darach • Meowth • Ryuki • Team Break

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