Team Magma Grunt (Trainer class)
Team Magma Grunt マグマだんのしたっぱ Team Magma Underling | |
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Introduced in | Generation III |
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Appears in | Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Masters EX |
Gender | Both |
Anime debut | A Ruin with a View |
TCG debut | EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua |
TCG card | Team Magma Schemer, Team Magma Conspirator |
A Team Magma Grunt (Japanese: マグマだんのしたっぱ Team Magma Underling) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in the Generation III games. They are the peons of Team Magma. There are male and female versions, but they all dress in the recognizable red outfits associated with Team Magma.
In the games
In Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Omega Ruby, they serve alongside the primary antagonists while in Pokémon Sapphire and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, they assist the player in stopping Team Aqua. In Pokémon Emerald, Team Magma Grunts share the role of the antagonists alongside the Team Aqua Grunts.
They generally use a combination of Ground-, Fire-, Poison-, and Dark-type Pokémon.
Gallery
Artwork
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Artwork from Ruby and Sapphire by Ken Sugimori[2][3] |
Sprites and models
In the core series
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Sprites from Ruby and Emerald |
VS portraits from Omega Ruby | ||
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Overworld sprites from Ruby and Sapphire |
Overworld sprites from Emerald |
Former member's overworld sprite, in civilian attire, from Black 2 and White 2 |
Overworld models from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire |
In other games
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Overworld models from Masters EX |
VS models from Masters EX |
Trainer list
Pokémon Ruby
Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | Pokémon | |||||
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $180 | ![]() Lv.9 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $220 | ![]() Lv.11 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $300 | ![]() Lv.15 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $280 | ![]() Lv.14 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $400 | ![]() Lv.20 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♀ | Initial battle | $560 | ![]() Lv.28 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $540 | ![]() Lv.27 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $540 | ![]() Lv.27 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $520 | ![]() Lv.26 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $600 | ![]() Lv.30 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $620 | ![]() Lv.31 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $620 | ![]() Lv.31 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $640 | ![]() Lv.32 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♀ | Initial battle | $660 | ![]() Lv.33 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♀ | Initial battle | $620 | ![]() Lv.31 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $640 | ![]() Lv.32 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $600 | ![]() Lv.30 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $660 | ![]() Lv.33 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $740 | ![]() Lv.37 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $760 | ![]() Lv.38 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $720 | ![]() Lv.36 |
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Pokémon Emerald
Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | Pokémon | |||||
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Team Magma Grunt ♀ | Initial battle | $400 | ![]() Lv.20 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $400 | ![]() Lv.20 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $440 | ![]() Lv.22 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $580 | ![]() Lv.29 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $580 | ![]() Lv.29 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♀ | Initial battle | $580 | ![]() Lv.29 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂* | Initial battle | $560 | ![]() Lv.28 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂* | Initial battle | $560 | ![]() Lv.28 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $580 | ![]() Lv.29 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $580 | ![]() Lv.29 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $580 | ![]() Lv.29 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♀* | Initial battle | $580 | ![]() Lv.29 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂* | Initial battle | $580 | ![]() Lv.29 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $580 | ![]() Lv.29 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $580 | ![]() Lv.29 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♀ | Initial battle | $580 | ![]() Lv.29 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $580 | ![]() Lv.29 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂* | Initial battle | $580 | ![]() Lv.29 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂* | Initial battle | $580 | ![]() Lv.29 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♀ | Initial battle | $620 | ![]() Lv.31 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $640 | ![]() Lv.32 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $640 | ![]() Lv.32 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $600 | ![]() Lv.26 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $640 | ![]() Lv.32 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $640 | ![]() Lv.32 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $640 | ![]() Lv.32 |
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Pokémon Omega Ruby
Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | Pokémon | |||||
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $360 | ![]() Lv.9 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $520 | ![]() Lv.13 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $640 | ![]() Lv.16 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $560 | ![]() Lv.14 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♀* | Initial battle | $3,220 | ![]() Lv.23 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂* | Initial battle | $4,260 | ![]() Lv.29 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $1,120 | ![]() Lv.28 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $1,200 | ![]() Lv.30 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $1,120 | ![]() Lv.28 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♀ | Initial battle | $1,200 | ![]() Lv.30 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $1,440 | ![]() Lv.36 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $1,400 | ![]() Lv.33 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $1,360 | ![]() Lv.34 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $1,440 | ![]() Lv.36 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♀ | Initial battle | $1,360 | ![]() Lv.34 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $1,400 | ![]() Lv.35 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♀ | Initial battle | $1,400 | ![]() Lv.35 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♀ | Initial battle | $1,480 | ![]() Lv.37 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $1,480 | ![]() Lv.37 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $1,440 | ![]() Lv.34 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $1,480 | ![]() Lv.37 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂* | Initial battle | $720 | ![]() Lv.18 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $1,560 | ![]() Lv.39 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $1,640 | ![]() Lv.41 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♀ | Initial battle | $1,640 | ![]() Lv.41 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♀ | Initial battle | $1,640 | ![]() Lv.41 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $1,600 | ![]() Lv.38 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $2,000 | ![]() Lv.48 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $2,040 | ![]() Lv.51 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $1,960 | ![]() Lv.49 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂* | Initial battle | $1,000 | ![]() Lv.25 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂* | Initial battle | $7,540 | ![]() Lv.51 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $1,960 | ![]() Lv.49 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♀ | Initial battle | $1,960 | ![]() Lv.49 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♀ | Initial battle | $2,040 | ![]() Lv.51 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $2,040 | ![]() Lv.51 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $2,000 | ![]() Lv.48 |
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Team Magma Grunt ♂ | Initial battle | $2,040 | ![]() Lv.51 |
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In the anime
Main series
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Team Magma Grunts have made several appearances in the anime, using their Pokémon to infiltrate a target or to help Tabitha out. Magma Grunts debuted in A Ruin with a View, where they tried to find ancient Pokémon in the ruins under Oldale Town. They used Professor Alden to guide them there, and after collecting data from the ruins, escaped in their helicopter. In A Three Team Scheme!, they dug into a special shrine underground on Dewford Island, searching for Groudon and the Cave of Origin.
In The Spheal of Approval, two Grunts, along with Tabitha, tried to steal a curious stone linked with Groudon from the Oceanic Museum. They successfully escaped with most of the stone. They appeared again in Fight for the Meteorite!, where they stole a meteorite from Professor Cozmo and used it to power a machine to disturb Mt. Chimney. They battled Team Aqua and won, but their plans were ruined by Ash and his friends. Their last appearances were in Gaining Groudon! and The Scuffle of Legends!, where the awakening of Groudon and Kyogre caused mass destruction before the two Pokémon calmed down. No Team Magma Grunts were seen again after this episode, with the exception of Brodie, who appeared as an independent criminal in The Ribbon Cup Caper.
Pokémon
Debut | A Ruin with a View |
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Team Magma Grunts have multiple Houndoom that they used in their plans. In A Ruin with a View, they used them to infiltrate a Pokémon Center so they would not get in their way. Then, Team Rocket attacked and sent out Arbok and Weezing, who were too scared to fight and returned into their Poké Balls. They made a brief appearance in a flashback in A Three Team Scheme!.
Houndoom's only known move is Roar.
Debut | A Three Team Scheme! |
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Japanese | Katsuyuki Konishi |
English | Katsuyuki Konishi |
Team Magma Grunts have multiple Mightyena that they used in their plans. In A Three Team Scheme!, they used them to scare away Team Rocket from where they were digging. They appeared again in The Spheal of Approval, where one used a Shadow Ball to stop Captain Stern from intervening. It, along with Tabitha's Mightyena, then tried to stop Ash, his friends, Marius, and Stern from taking their briefcase by using Hyper Beam before escaping.
In Fight for the Meteorite!, they used them along with their Golbat to battle Team Aqua's Crawdaunt and Walrein. The Golbat and Mightyena were able to defeat all of their Pokémon. Their final appearances were in Gaining Groudon!, where they attacked Ash and his friends. Then, when Pikachu absorbed the Blue Orb, it knocked them out. In the next episode, they battled Team Aqua's Walrein.
Mightyena's known moves are Shadow Ball and Hyper Beam.
Debut | Fight for the Meteorite! |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | Shin-ichiro Miki |
English | Shin-ichiro Miki |
Team Magma Grunts have multiple Golbat that they used in their plans. In Fight for the Meteorite!, they used them along with their Mightyena to battle Team Aqua's Crawdaunt and Walrein. Golbat and Mightyena were able to faint all of their Pokémon.
Golbat's only known move is Air Cutter.
Pokémon Generations
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Multiple Team Magma Grunts appeared in The Vision in the Team Magma Hideout. Several of them were defeated by Brendan while he infiltrated the hideout. A small division of Grunts also boarded Submarine Explorer 1 along with Maxie and Tabitha for the Seafloor Cavern.
Pokémon
Debut | The Vision |
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Golbat was used in an attempt to stop Brendan from infiltrating the Team Magma Hideout. It battled Brendan's Sceptile and lost.
None of Golbat's moves are known.
Debut | The Vision |
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Mightyena was used in an attempt to stop Brendan from infiltrating the Team Magma Hideout. It battled Brendan's Sceptile and lost.
None of Mightyena's moves are known.
In the manga
Ash & Pikachu
Team Magma Grunts appeared in Two Groups Attacking! Magma VS. Aqua, where they were led by Tabitha.
Pokémon Adventures
Team Magma Grunts first appeared assisting Courtney during her raid on the Rusturf Tunnel. Several then boarded the submarine to the Seafloor Cavern along with Team Aqua Grunts.
In the Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc, Grunts of both Team Magma and Team Aqua assist Zinnia during her raid on Sea Mauville.
Pokémon
One of the Team Magma grunts sent out Magcargo to attack the group in Rusturf Tunnel.
None of Magcargo's moves are known.
One of the Team Magma grunts sent out Sandslash to attack the group in Rusturf Tunnel.
None of Sandslash's moves are known.
Debut | No Armaldo Is an Island |
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Debut | No Armaldo Is an Island |
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The grunts sent out Numel to attack Ruby and Sapphire at Seafloor Cavern.
None of Numel's moves are known.
Debut | No Armaldo Is an Island |
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The grunts sent out Shuppet to attack Ruby and Sapphire at Seafloor Cavern.
Shuppet's only known move is Knock Off*.
Debut | Goodra Spits |
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Koffing was sent out by Team Magma to assist Zinnia during her raid on Sea Mauville.
None of Koffing's moves are known.
Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire
The grunts only appear in We've Found Team Magma's Secret!! where their boss, Maxie, was having a meeting with them in their hideout. Later, they go after Mr. Briney's Peeko but failed to catch her when the Wingull only became interested in Mr. Briney.
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Team Magma Grunts or their Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Trivia
- In the English-language dub of Gaining Groudon, Tabitha directly addresses one Magma grunt as Derek. This makes him one of the very few villainous team grunts in the franchise to have a confirmed name.
- In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, a former Magma Grunt can be found in Icirrus City during winter, appearing as a Roughneck. He is in a relationship with a former female Aqua Grunt and neither seems to know the other's previous affiliation.
- In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, there is a former Magma Grunt with a former Aqua Grunt hiding in the Battle Resort, afraid that their respective teams will disapprove. Whether they are the same couple in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 is unknown, due to the couple's awareness of each other's past.
In other languages
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References
See also
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Team Magma Hideout • Jagged Pass Hideout | ||
Leader | Administrators | |
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Maxie (Masters) | Tabitha | Courtney (Masters) |
Other members | ||
Team Magma Grunts • Butler (Jirachi: Wish Maker) Brodie (Pokémon the Series) • Blaise (Adventures) | ||
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Zinnia (Masters) |
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