History Characters / PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTrio

** They believe that Pikachu is uniquely powerful and will do anything to ensure that perception, especially when Pikachu is so [[CurbstompBattle thoroughly defeated]] by an opponent that deems it weak. So they spend as much time encouraging Pikachu to get stronger as they are trying to steal Pikachu. And they succeed when Pikachu [[spoiler:defeats Leon's Charizard and thus becomes the strongest Pokémon in the World Coronation Series, making him possibly the strongest owned Pokémon in the world]]. The problem? Pikachu is now simply too powerful to be stolen at all and even worse, his trainer Ash now has arsenal of the strongest Pokémon in the world ready to rescue his partner from Team Rocket.

[-'''Series-wide:''' [[Characters.PokemonTheSeriesOriginalTrio Original Trio]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]], [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPikachu Pikachu]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketOrganization Team Rocket Organization]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTrio Team Rocket Trio]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSupportingCast Supporting Cast]]\\

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[-'''Series-wide:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPikachu Pikachu]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSupportingCast Supporting Cast]] | '''Team Rocket Trio''' | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketOrganization Team Rocket Organization]]\\
[[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesMistyAndBrock Misty and Brock]], [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire Ruby and Sapphire]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl Diamond and Pearl]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlMainCast Main Cast]], [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPaul Paul]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite Black & White]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXY XY]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon Sun & Moon]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeries Journeys]] ([[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesMainCast Main Cast]]) \\
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[-'''Series-wide:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPikachu Pikachu]] | '''Team Rocket Trio''' | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketOrganization Team Rocket Organization]]\\

** They believe that Pikachu is uniquely powerful and will do anything to ensure that perception, especially when Pikachu is so [[CurbstompBattle thoroughly defeated]] by an opponent that deems it weak. So they spend as much time encouraging Pikachu to get stronger as they are trying to steal Pikachu. And they succeed when Pikachu [[spoiler:defeats Leon's Charizard and thus becomes the strongest Pokémon in the World Coronation Series, making him partially strongest own Pokémon in the world]]. The problem? Pikachu is now simply too powerful to be stolen at all and even worse, his trainer Ash now has arsenal of the strongest Pokémon in the world ready to rescue his partner from Team Rocket.

* StatusQuoIsGod:
** Subverted in B/W. First, Team Rocket remained competent villains even when they went back to dressing in white and going after Pikachu and other Pokémon. Double subverted when [[spoiler:Meowth was "fired from TR" and joined forces with Ash's group for a few episodes....only to reveal that he was still with Team Rocket and was merely tricking Ash and co.]] Played more straight from the Decalore Islands arc and onward, though they show occasional shades of their former competence and Giovanni still shows passive interest in their progress.

* GoneHorriblyRight: They believe that Pikachu is uniquely powerful and will do anything to ensure that perception, especially when Pikachu is so [[CurbstompBattle thoroughly defeated]] by an opponent that deems it weak. From cheerleading to stealthy support, Team Rocket believes by keeping Pikachu strong as Pikachu, they would vindicate all the hardship and failures they endured trying to steal Pikachu since the beginning. And they succeeded when Pikachu becomes [[spoiler:the strongest Pokémon of the World Coronation Series by defeating Leon's Charizard]]. The problem? Now Pikachu is simply too powerful to be stolen at all and even worse, his trainer Ash now has arsenal of the strongest Pokémon in the world ready to rescue Pikachu.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Team Rocket are for the large part incompetent clowns, though a lot of times pull off successful heists or attacks that are only thwarted due to Ash and his friends being around. Sometimes even they are failing against the trio until [[DeusExMachina a powerful Pokémon or random twist of luck intervenes]]. This is especially evident since ''XY'', where the trio are as comical as ever, but retain some shades of their dangerous and cold blooded qualities from ''Best Wishes''.

** In addition their camaraderie was incredibly downplayed in early episodes, with frequent occasions they seemed to only barely tolerate each other. Their VillainousFriendship got established as their finalised characterisations set in, though even as late as the Sinnoh seasons, they would sometimes backstab or show more extreme distain for each other, while post-''Best Wishes'' they are rather consistently VitriolicBestBuds.

* EliteMook: In ''Best Wishes'' they got promoted into Giovanni's top ranks and became much more competent. They slowly lost this stance as the series went on, though have remained on Giovanni's good side for the time being. Judging by ''Sun and Moon'' they are also the first members of the organisation to master Z-Moves.

* GoldfishPoopGang: Over the course of the series, Team Rocket have devolved into this. ''Best Wishes'' gave them a 180 flip, making them extremely competent and formidable. In the Decalore Islands arc and on, however, Team Rocket is back to always losing in the end, though they now put up a consistently good fight.

** In the ''Sun and Moon'' Series, they build a small headquarters in the trunk above Bewear's den as a base of operations for their time in Alola. This due to the Bewear refusing to let them get away for too long, but they do enjoy the food and hospitality she provides them.

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[[folder:The Trio in General]]

!!!The Team Rocket trio exhibits the following tropes:

See [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesAshsPokemon here]] for more about the Team Rocket trio's Pokémon from the original series.

[[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]] ([[Characters.PokemonTheOriginalSeriesMistyAndBrock Misty and Brock]], [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire Ruby and Sapphire]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl Diamond and Pearl]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlMainCast Main Cast]], [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPaul Paul]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite Black & White]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXY XY]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon Sun & Moon]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeries Journeys]] ([[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesMainCast Main Cast]]) \\

See [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTriosPokemon here]].
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!!Alternate Versions of Team Rocket
[[folder:Mirror Team Rocket]]
A version of Team Rocket from the Mirror Dimension, who are apparently the world's greatest heroes.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: This Team Rocket are hailed as heroes and legends in their home dimension, instead of being petty thieves.
* BigGood: They're described as this, fighting against evildoers across the world.

[[folder:Alternate Team Rocket]]
A version of Team Rocket from the AlternateUniverse where they hatch the deadliest scheme of all: force Dialga and Palkia to fight each other, use their energies to reduce everyone's Pokémon into eggs, then steal them all!
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* AdaptationalBadass: Considering they nearly pull off a massive heist involving two major Legendaries, they make even the Unova Era Team Rocket look like idiots by comparison.
* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: Unlike the main Team Rocket, they have cool-looking armor that protects them from the effects of space-time, their Meowth can use Dark Pulse, and they actually tricked OlympusMons into fighting each others so they can pull off the heist of the century.
* DiabolicalMastermind: They came up with a plan to get Dialga and Palkia to fight each other, then trap them in the Red Chain. That way, while they fought, their energies would deage all Pokémon into eggs, allowing Team Rocket to steal them all and raise them as their own, then capture the two legendaries when they wore themselves down.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Being smarter than the main Team Rocket aside, they grossly underestimated how Dialga and Palkia could act when aggravated enough. Instead of wearing them down like they hoped, the duo wind up shorting all of the armor that's supposed to protect against the space-time effects, forcing Arceus to intervene to get them to stop.
* FountainOfYouth: When their armor shorts out, the space-time effects turn the [=TRio=] into teenagers.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After getting two legendaries to battle each other so they can reduce the entire world's Pokémon population into eggs for them to steal, Ash, Goh, Chloe, and Dawn, plus their alternate counterparts, smash their plans and blast them back to headquarters while they get deaged into teenagers.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Their armor can be shorted out by plain water.
* TheWorfEffect: Upon introducing themselves, they make short work of Ash's Lucario and Goh's Inteleon, both of whom had just taken out their main counterparts in seconds.

[-'''Series-wide:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPikachu Pikachu]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTrio Team Rocket Trio]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketOrganization Team Rocket Organization]]\\

[-'''Series-wide:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPikachu Pikachu]] | '''Team Rocket Trio''' | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTriosPokemon Team Rocket Trio's Pokemon]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketOrganization Team Rocket Organization]]\\
'''Major Characters:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesMisty Misty]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBrock Brock]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesMay May]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDawn Dawn]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPaul Paul]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesIris Iris]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSerena Serena]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesLillie Lillie]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesGoh Goh]] \\
'''Original Series:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Kanto, Orange Islands, Johto)]]\\
[[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesOneShotCharacters One-shot Characters]]\\
'''Advanced Generation:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Hoenn)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireGymLeadersAndFrontierBrains Gym Leaders and Frontier Brains]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireVillains Villains]]\\
'''Diamond and Pearl:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Sinnoh)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlVillains Villains]]\\
'''Black and White:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Unova)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteRivals Rivals]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteVillains Villains]]\\
'''XY:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Kalos)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYRivals Rivals]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYMegaEvolutionSpecials Mega Evolution Special]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYVillains Villains]]\\
'''Sun and Moon:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Alola)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonKahunasAndGuardianDeities Kahunas and Guardian Deities]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonAetherFoundation Aether Foundation]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonVillains Villains]]\\
'''Journeys:''' [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Journeys)]] | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesGalar Galar]] | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesOneShotCharacters One-shot Characters]]\\
'''Horizons:''' [[Characters/PokemonHorizonsTheSeriesLeadCharacters Lead Characters]] | [[Characters/PokemonHorizonsTheSeriesPokemon Pokémon]] | [[Characters/PokemonHorizonsTheSeriesAntagonists Antagonists]] | [[Characters/PokemonHorizonsTheSeriesSupportingCast Supporting Cast]]\\
'''Movies:''' [[Characters/PokemonMovies Movies 1 to 19]] | [[Characters/PokemonIChooseYou I Choose You!]] | [[Characters/PokemonThePowerOfUs The Power of Us]] | [[Characters/PokemonSecretsOfTheJungle Secrets of the Jungle]]-]]]]]