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, and was first made available on September 17, 2020.

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. 140, Base Potential		458	165	235	275	188	226
Lv. 140, Max Potential		578	225	295	335	248	286
Mega Weezing
Lv. 140, Base Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 140, Max Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—

Availability

James could be teamed up with during the special event Blasting Off Again (September 17, 2020 to January 25, 2021).

Moves

Name	Type	Category	Move gauge	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Description
Sludge	Poison	Special	2	42	50	100%	An opponent	Has a chance (30%) of leaving the target poisoned.
X Defense	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	Self	Raises the user's Defense by two stat ranks.
Poison Gas	Poison	Status	2	—	—	90%	All opponents	Leaves the target poisoned.
Prepare to Fight!	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	Self	Restores the user's HP by approximately 40% of its maximum HP. Raises the user's Sp. Def by two stat ranks.
Sync moves
Make It Double Sludge	Poison	Special	—	200	240	—	An opponent	This move's power increases when the target is poisoned or badly poisoned.

Skills

Name	Description
Passive Skills
Last Word	The user 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.
Expedition Skills
Rare ↑ 2 Fiery ↓ 2	Raises the following discovery level by 2: • Rare Cache Lowers the following discovery level by 2: • Fiery Crystal

Sync grid

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

Other Pokémon

Traveling with

Meowth ♂

Appearances

Battle appearances

James and Weezing can be battled against in:

• Special event: Blasting Off Again (September 17, 2020 to January 25, 2021)

Story appearances

James appears in his normal outfit in the following story areas:

• Special events:
  • Double Trouble
  • 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		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

• This James is from the alternate movie continuity, as Team Rocket makes a reference to chasing a Shiny Celebi through a jungle before arriving at Pasio.
• 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!"
• James is one of the few sync pairs with less than seven dialogues in the Pokémon Center, with only three.
• Jessie and James are the only two non-Egg sync pairs to still lack an expanded sync grid.

Origin

James's design is based on his appearance in the anime, as well as in Pokémon Yellow, Let's Go, Pikachu!, and Let's Go, Eevee!. During the original series of the anime, Weezing served as James's signature Pokémon. It is also his only known Pokémon in the core series games. Weezing's Dex entry comes from Pokémon Ruby.

In other languages

Prepare to Fight! Language Title Japanese 不屈の闘志！ Fukutsu no Tōshi! Mandarin Chinese 不屈不撓的鬥志！ Bùqū-Bùnáo de Dòuzhì! French Jamais découragés ! German Mich erschüttert nichts! Italian Una volontà indomabile! Korean 불굴의투지! Bulgur-ui Tuji! Spanish Alma indomable

Make It Double Sludge Language Title Japanese ラブリーチャーミーな ヘドロこうげき Raburī Chāmī na Hedoro Kōgeki Mandarin Chinese 可愛又迷人之 污泥攻擊 Kě'ài yòu Mírén zhī Wūní Gōngjí French Jusqu'à la voie lactée ! Détritus ! German Schlammbad der Machtbesessenheit Italian Fango esteso fino alle stelle Korean 포켓몬의 감초, 귀염둥이 악당의 오물공격 Pokémon-ui Gamcho, Gwiyeomdung-i Akdang-ui Omul Gonggyeok Spanish Lodo de más Allá del Espacio Exterior

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