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| 15 | [[center:[[WMG:''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeries characters index]]\ |
| 16 | [-'''Series-wide:''' [[Characters.PokemonTheSeriesOriginalTrio Original Trio]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]], [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPikachu Pikachu]]) | '''Team Rocket Organization''' ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTrio Team Rocket Trio]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSupportingCast Supporting Cast]]\ |
| 17 | [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeries Original Series]] ([[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]])\ |
| 18 | '''Others:''' [[Characters/PokemonMovies Movie characters]]-]]]]] |
| 19 | |
| 20 | !Team Rocket (Rocket-dan) |
| 21 | [[quoteright:640:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/team_rocket_grunts_anime.png]] |
| 22 | A massive criminal syndicate based in the Kanto and Johto regions, dedicated to stealing rare and powerful Pokémon for nefarious purposes, with the end goal being world domination. They are responsible for many conflicts and crises in the show, most notably with the creation of Mewtwo and Operation Tempest. Despite their criminal reputation, they rarely interfere with Ash and his friends. |
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| 24 | |
| 25 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 26 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 27 | * AdaptationalBadass: In the games, Team Rocket was merely a [[TheMafia regional mafia]] that was only interested in stealing and selling rare Pokémon for money, and was easily shut down by one kid starting out on their Pokémon journey. They're not even responsible for the creation of Mewtwo. In the anime, Team Rocket is much bigger, loaded with a lot of advanced technology and resources that it's more of a NGOSuperpower than a local crime syndicate. And they are not so easily defeated when a 10-year-old and his partner Pikachu interferes with their plans. |
| 28 | * AdaptationalVillainy: The anime emphasizes a lot more on Team Rocket's goal for world domination than other adaptations of Team Rocket. While it is mentioned in the games that Team Rocket's eventual goal is to rule the world, more emphasis was placed on them trying to make a profit out of their schemes rather doing something world-threatening. The anime depiction of Team Rocket would [[RetCanon eventually be integrated back into the games]] in the form of [[VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon Team Rainbow Rocket]], which heavily emphasized on Giovanni's bid for world domination. |
| 29 | * CanonForeigner: Not the organization itself, but rather its members. Nearly all the members are anime originals rather than characters based off the games, with the exceptions being Giovanni and Dr. Fuji (though Fuji in the games is not member of Team Rocket). This makes sense back in early days since Giovanni was the only named member of the team in Gen I and Gen II (not counting Jessie and James in ''Yellow''). Archer, Ariana, Proton, and Petrel, the Rocket Executives of ''Gold and Silver'' wouldn't be named until the remakes ''[=HeartGold and SoulSilver=]'' in 2009, long after the anime establishes the hierarchy of Team Rocket. |
| 30 | * FacelessGoons: In the original series, the Team Rocket Grunts have their eyes obscured by their hats or at least framed as a sort of shadowy DominoMask, giving them appropriately BlatantBurglar appearances. Newer series starting in ''Black & White'' averts this trope entirely by giving each Rocket Grunt individual faces no longer obscured in shadows. |
| 31 | * GreaterScopeVillain: They are implied to be a major problem in the world, with G-Men, Looker, and various authorities trying to find and shut down their operations. But since the anime series is focused on Ash's personal journey to become a Pokémon Master, the Team Rocket organization is rarely featured except for event episodes. If anything, they only exist to give Jessie, James, and Meowth a grounded reason to continue pursuing the fruitless goal of capturing Pikachu (namely to climb the ranks). |
| 32 | * HighTurnoverRate: Team Rocket doesn't tolerate failure, and Rocket members who fail too many times either get booted out of the organization or simply quit. Christopher, [[spoiler:Cassidy, and Butch]] are among the most notable former members of Team Rocket. And that's not counting Team Rocket members who got arrested after their operations were busted. This makes the Team Rocket trio's tenacity to remain in the organization a lot more impressive since they would typically be the first ones to receive the boot. In fact, they did get kicked out of Team Rocket for failing to pay their debts in one episode, but are let back in because the Rocket recruiter mentions that the organization was suffering a shortage of members as a result of the high turnover. |
| 33 | * NebulousEvilOrganisation: Team Rocket's criminal network is entrenched in both the Kanto and Johto regions, with plans to expand into regions such as Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola, and Galar once their rivals are dealt with. They finance many schemes ranging from stealing Pokémon to using powerful artifacts that control Pokémon to creating the most powerful Pokémon in existence. All of this is to prepare Team Rocket for eventual world domination. |
| 34 | * NGOSuperpower: Despite being a crime syndicate, Team Rocket has enough resources to build hi-tech vehicles and bases across the globe that would fill any real world superpower with envy. |
| 35 | * OffscreenVillainDarkMatter: The organization's vast criminal network is where Jessie, James, and Mewoth get all their resources to build traps, robots, and other crazy inventions to catch Pikachu and other Pokémon. {{Deconstructed}} in the Johto seasons where it's revealed that the Team Rocket trio's repeated failures have accumulated a deficit in Team Rocket's finances, and Giovanni demands that the trio repaid their debts first before even thinking of asking him for more resources. |
| 36 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', Team Rocket was disbanded by Giovanni after he was defeated by Red in the final Gym battle at Viridian City. There was an attempt to revive Team Rocket in the sequel games, ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', but it was thwarted by the new trainer from Johto and subsequently, Team Rocket was finished. In the anime, due to Ash rarely crossing paths with Giovanni, the Team Rocket organization remains operational by the end of the series, outliving all of its villainous rivals. |
| 37 | * SupervillainLair: They have many bases in Kanto, most infamously the Viridian Gym which acts as a public front for Team Rocket to test out Mewtwo and other powerful Pokémon. But after the Viridian Gym got destroyed, the Rocket headquarters got relocated to a conspicuous military building in the middle of nowhere (usually a desert canyon or forest) with a big R in the middle. |
| 38 | * TheSyndicate: Out of the all the villainous teams introduced in the anime, Team Rocket is the biggest of them all. And they only got more influential in the underworld when their major rivals get disbanded or arrested by the authorities, leaving them free to expand and rule. |
| 39 | * TakeOverTheWorld: Their goal is to expand their criminal organization across the globe, steal rare and powerful Pokémon, and use them for world domination. |
| 40 | [[/folder]] |
| 41 | |
| 42 | !!Leadership |
| 43 | [[folder:Giovanni (Sakaki)]] |
| 44 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GiovanniPoint_3692.jpg]] |
| 45 | [[caption-width-right:350:You're just the players in my master plan!]] |
| 46 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HirotakaSuzuoki (1st voice), Creator/KentaMiyake (current) |
| 47 | -->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/TedLewis (1st voice, 4Kids; current voice), Craig Blair (2nd voice) |
| 48 | -->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Alejandro Villeli (Season 1-10, current), Creator/HumbertoSolorzano (only in Season 11) |
| 49 | -->'''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Ruperto Ares (Seasons 1-3), José Escobosa (Season 5 onwards), Roberto Encinas (AG Episode 002), Rafael Azcárraga (Special ''Mewtwo Returns'') |
| 50 | -->'''Voiced in European French by:''' Patrick Descamps |
| 51 | |
| 52 | The boss of Team Rocket and the now former Gym Leader of the Viridian Gym. |
| 53 | ---- |
| 54 | * AdaptationalVillainy: This version of Giovanni lacks the redeeming traits he has in the games, such as his honorable streak from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', or the [[AFatherToHisMen sheer devoted loyalty]] of TheRemnant in ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver''. |
| 55 | * AdaptedOut: All but the Rhydon from his video game roster are omitted in the anime. |
| 56 | * ArcVillain: Though usually acting as the GreaterScopeVillain, he does take center stage a few times in the series. |
| 57 | ** Of the Kanto arc, back when Jessie, James and Meowth actually worked for him. Afterwards he was DemotedToExtra and just sent them along on fool's errands. |
| 58 | ** He returned to the role during Team Rocket's ''Black & White'' arcs, taking up the role more directly in early Season 14 and the end of Season 15. |
| 59 | * AscendedExtra: Giovanni was for the large part a GreaterScopeVillain until ''Black & White'', where he takes the role of ArcVillain, directly assigning the trio most of their missions and fronting Operation Tempest personally. He retires back to headquarters afterwards however, back to his usual role. |
| 60 | * BadBoss: Right before he was DemotedToExtra (until he became a primary antagonistic force in Unova and reminded the fans that yes, you ''do not'' mess with this man), Giovanni made the cold decision to make Jessie and James head of the blimp squad, blimps that were so old they fell apart from just one flight, which he had been intending so that the trio could crash and he could collect the insurance policy on their blimp. Yes, he was possibly going to ''kill them off''. |
| 61 | * BigBad: Acts as this for the ''Mewtwo Returns'' TV movie, trying to capture Mewtwo and his clone Pokémon. |
| 62 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Ends up corrupted and driven to insanity by the Reveal Glass at the climax of Operation Tempest. |
| 63 | * CanonForeigner: Inverted. Giovanni is the only Team Rocket member in the anime to have originated from the games. |
| 64 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: While he maintains his sinister disposition in later series, his BadBoss aspects are seen less and less. In many cases he comes off as a more pragmatic figure closer to his games counterpart, knowing when to cut his losses, and treating his minions with less abuse. Due to this (and Giovanni straight up forgetting about them and what incompetents they were originally), Jessie and James actually manage to keep on his good side most of the time ''Best Wishes'' onwards, either by deceit or convenient circumstances making them look useful. |
| 65 | * CluelessBoss: It's not so much he is incompetent, but by the time of ''Diamond and Pearl'', Jessie and James had become such washouts that Giovanni had completely forgotten about them, and thus started believing their exaggerated claims of success, allowing them to bumble their way into his good books for the time being. His secretary Matori has questioned his trust in the trio. |
| 66 | * TheComicallySerious: Which makes Meowth's [[ImagineSpot daydreams]] about him all the weirder. |
| 67 | ** Or the chibi Creator/GeneKelly dance. |
| 68 | ** The Bagon and the coconut. Good Arceus Almighty, ''the Bagon and the coconut!'' |
| 69 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: He owned Pokémon Land, an attraction park featuring giant robot Pokémon, implying that he is some sort of businessman, or at least has a lot of money to throw around. |
| 70 | * CurbStompBattle: He's shown giving one to Gary by using Mewtwo. |
| 71 | * DeathGlare: To the point it's almost his default expression. The trio feel rather intimidated when he looks their way to say the least. |
| 72 | * DemotedToExtra: Until ''Black and White'', then once again for ''XY'', only to gradually return to prominence in ''Sun and Moon''. |
| 73 | * DeusExitMachina: He goes off on some Team Rocket business just in time for Ash's eighth Kanto gym battle. He never actually returns to his post as Gym Leader after this, for unknown reasons. |
| 74 | * DiabolicalMastermind: And one with a conqueror complex, too. |
| 75 | * DoNotTauntCthulhu: In one of his rare less-than-intelligent moments, he decided insult Mewtwo ''right in his face'' and paid the price by losing his HQ. |
| 76 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: In the 'Birth of Mewtwo' CD drama. |
| 77 | * EvilBrit: Has a very pronounced British accent in the dub courtesy of Ted Lewis, and Craig Blair to a lesser extent. |
| 78 | * EvilIsNotAToy: |
| 79 | ** Ke was using Mewtwo to curb-stomp challengers at his gym and do random tasks before he got his base destroyed from saying too much. |
| 80 | ** The overwhelming power of the Reveal Glass takes control of him, temporarily driving him into insanity. |
| 81 | * TheFaceless: He was this for the majority of the Kanto series until Gary fights him. From that point on, Giovanni started to make more physical appearances (as well as dropping his VoiceOfTheLegion). |
| 82 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He's cultured, civilized, and intelligent... and one of the most repulsive people in the series. His attitude towards his enemies is one of condescension at best and derision at worst. |
| 83 | * FreudianExcuse: He describes his mother in rather... caressing tones in the CD drama, but his mother seems cold towards him and refers to him only as her 'brat boy'. This probably caused him to become [[EvilerThanThou eviler than her]], as part of a means to prove himself. He may have something of an InferioritySuperiorityComplex in this case. |
| 84 | * GracefulLoser: The resolution to Operation Tempest shows he knows when to cut his losses. |
| 85 | * GreaterScopeVillain: |
| 86 | ** Ash and co very seldom fight Giovanni directly, but being the leader of the Team Rocket organization, he is responsible for the TerribleTrio Jessie, James and Meowth and any other Team Rocket member they face in their journeys. Especially such during the Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh arcs, when he grew so tired of the Trio's incompetence that he pretty much allowed them to do their own thing. Was also this for Mewtwo's character in the first movie. |
| 87 | ** He is to date, the only crime boss in the Pokémon anime to go largely un-confronted and undefeated, with a still operating organization looming in the shadows. |
| 88 | * IdiotBall: Taunting [[PhysicalGod Mewtwo]] to his face wasn't exactly the best idea he had, considering that Mewtwo at the time was WillfullyWeak in order to not hurt the people and Pokémon he's sent to deal with too badly. But when the above event happens, then he responds by tearing his armour apart like tinfoil and reducing Giovanni's base to a smouldering crater. |
| 89 | * InfinityPlusOneSword: In the first movie, it's explained how he acquired Mewtwo...and later on, how it destroyed the Team Rocket HQ. |
| 90 | * KarmaHoudini: As of the series finale his organization is fully intact and still running strong while Ash and co. have gotten nowhere around to even slowing him down, making him the sole villainous organization leader to avoid any comeuppance for his crimes in the long run. |
| 91 | * KnightOfCerebus: Whenever we finally see him in person, he is usually far more serious, malicious and intimidating than most of the comical Team Rocket ensemble, and even a large helping of side antagonists. |
| 92 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: He and all his Team Rocket agents (save the [=TRio=]) had their memories of Mewtwo wiped by the {{Mon}} in question towards the end of ''Mewtwo Returns''. |
| 93 | * LaughingMad: In the Operation Tempest episodes, thanks to the power of the Reveal Glass. |
| 94 | * MadeOfIron: Please remember, Giovanni survived Mewtwo destroying his headquarters with nothing more than a few scrapes and a bad attitude. Being MadeOfIron must be a prerequisite for joining Team Rocket. |
| 95 | * ManipulativeBastard: Of Mewtwo initially claiming that the two were partners to get him to work for Giovanni. That was until Gio got cocky enough to [[IdiotBall tell Mewtwo to its face that he lied and considered the Pokémon his most powerful puppet]]. Mewtwo blew up one of his headquarters in response and escaped (while Gio was showhow unharmed from it all). |
| 96 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: He is evidently a multi-millionaire. Whether this is due to being the boss of Team Rocket or his status as a gym leader is unclear. |
| 97 | * MightMakesRight: Giovanni only values Pokémon based on how powerful they are. Even when Jessie, James, and Meowth gives him a rare (and certainly valuable) Pokémon that is Togepi, Giovanni dismisses them when they fail to explain what the baby Pokémon can do, never once considering how much money he could make by selling it in the BlackMarket. |
| 98 | * MrExposition: Had a [[Film/AustinPowers Basil Exposition]] role towards Jessie, James, and Meowth early into ''Black & White.'' |
| 99 | * OmnicidalManiac: For a terrifying few minutes, he becomes this when he accidentally absorbs the power of the Reveal Glass, which drives him insane and desiring to destroy the world. Thankfully, Jessie, James and Meowth snap him out of it. |
| 100 | * OrcusOnHisThrone: While he is to some degree a GreaterScopeVillain, he is so often OutOfFocus and rarely seen taking active part or even plotting any schemes in the series, you'd have to remind yourself the main trio even work for him. He has confronted the heroes only a handful of times in nearly a thousand episodes. |
| 101 | * PetTheDog: |
| 102 | ** Seems to genuinely love his Persian. |
| 103 | ** As shown since Unova, he will also praise the trio for their rare moments of usefulness. |
| 104 | ** He's implied to have had at least some respect for Jessie's mother, Miyamoto, which may be part of the reason he keeps Jessie on the team in the first place. |
| 105 | * PragmaticVillainy: Keeps Jessie, James, and Meowth in his service in spite of their numerous failures because their tendency to follow Ash from region to region often makes them the only Rocket presence in those places, and this tends to draw out rival villainous organizations in the open. |
| 106 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: He can post bail for anyone (other than him) in the team who got sent to jail. |
| 107 | * ShoutOut: Giovanni's depiction in the original series is a loving homage to all the [[Franchise/JamesBond classic Bond villains]]. Specifically to [[Characters/JamesBondBlofeld Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], being a shadowy mastermind that runs a massive criminal network who never shows his face and is seen petting his RightHandCat. |
| 108 | * TheSociopath: Shows himself to be this from time to time, especially in ''Mewtwo Returns'' where he has no concern for the suffering of others or [[PragmaticVillainy the benefit of his organization]] as long as he gets what he wants. |
| 109 | * TruerToTheText: Giovanni becomes more in line with his game counterpart starting from ''Black & White'' where he actively schemes a major plot for world domination that gets Ash involved in the conflict. By the ''XY'' series, he wears a black suit similar to his appearance in the games. |
| 110 | * TheUnfought: In stark contrast to ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', where he's defeated and his organization disbanded near the end point, Ash and Giovanni never encounter each other in the original series, or even learn of each other's existence. After several thousand episodes, this is finally [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in their brief fight in ''Black & White'' -- after which they never confront each other ever again. |
| 111 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: He was an early example of this trope, played as serious and menacing in contrast to the comedic Team Rocket trio. |
| 112 | * VillainsOutShopping: |
| 113 | ** According to a spiel by Meowth about what Giovanni would do with a Magby, he apparently holds a company barbecue. |
| 114 | ** Also, in the episode "The Evolution Solution," Giovanni was having a vacation and was seen relaxing on the beach alongside his Persian wanting to relive some stress after the incident with Mewtwo. |
| 115 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: In his first few appearances, his voice was extremely deep and echoey through a vocoder effect. This was dropped in "The Battle of the Badge". |
| 116 | * WorthyOpponent: After Operation Tempest is sabotaged by Ash and Pikachu, Giovanni, after regaining his senses, merely gives a small, almost impressed smirk before walking off. He also is shown looking thoughtful when Jessie and James talk about how special Pikachu is afterward. This is probably the nearest he has gotten to some mutuality on the trio's obsession with Pikachu. [[spoiler: His respect for Pikachu grows even more after it alongside Ash won the World Coronation Series with Giovanni declaring Pikachu as the strongest Pokémon in the world.]] |
| 117 | * WouldHurtAChild: |
| 118 | ** Unsurprisingly, he was willing to crush Ash to death to convince Meloetta to further his plans in Operation Tempest. |
| 119 | ** In the Birth of Mewtwo CD drama, after Mewtwo takes down a defeated trainer's Magmar, he not only steals said Magmar, he also orders Mewtwo to attack the child. ''Yikes''. |
| 120 | [[/folder]] |
| 121 | |
| 122 | [[folder:Matori]] |
| 123 | [[quoteright:308:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/matori_pokemon_sm.png]] |
| 124 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KiyomiAsai |
| 125 | -->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/EmilyJenness |
| 126 | -->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Erica Edwards (Diamond & Pearl), Karla Falcón (Best Wishes!), Danann Galván (Sun & Moon) |
| 127 | -->'''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Gloria Núñez (DP and BW series), Amalia Cantarero (XY Series), Carmen Podio (Sun & Moon Series onwards) |
| 128 | |
| 129 | Giovanni's secretary and assistant, first introduced in the final episode of the ''Diamond and Pearl'' series. She is the one to contact Jessie, James and Meowth via Delibird to inform them of their promotion. |
| 130 | ---- |
| 131 | * AscendedExtra: She becomes more of a prominently recurring character in ''Sun and Moon'', even being the commander of Team Rocket's elite unit, the Matori Matrix. |
| 132 | * CharacterisationClickMoment: In early appearances, Matori is usually just Giovanni's secretary. Come ''Sun and Moon'' she becomes TheStraightMan monitoring the main trio's bumbling, leading her to gain a larger more active role. |
| 133 | * ADayInTheLimelight: [=SM122=] has Matori in a lead role, journeying to Alola to claim Bewear from Jessie and James, and suffering a lot of their usual antics. |
| 134 | * EliteMooks: Her personal squad, known as Matori Matrix, are stated to be elite troops. This is proven as they are are far more capable at battling than the usual grunts, to the point they even managed to defeat the main characters' Pokémon and capture them. |
| 135 | * HyperCompetentSidekick: To some degree, while Giovanni isn't stupid, his observation of the TerribleTrio is minimal. Matori on the other hand is slightly skeptical about them, and monitors them recurrently throughout ''Sun and Moon'' to make sure they make some ongoing progress. |
| 136 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Was exclusively Giovanni's secretary until ''Sun and Moon'' when she assembled Matori Matrix and was shown leading Team Rocket missions herself. |
| 137 | * NoNameGiven: She is only referred to as "Sakaki's secretary" in Japanese credit rolls and official artwork. Her name, Matori, was only spoken once - by Meowth in some versions of ''Best Wishes!'' episode 23. In the English dubbed version, however, the line where her name was spoken was edited, and according to casting director Tom Wayland, she has no official name in English. Her name is said in the English dub during the Necrozma Arc of ''Sun and Moon'', however. |
| 138 | * NotSoAboveItAll: |
| 139 | ** She finally leads a mission in the Sun and Moon series to seek Alola's legendaries, only for her and her whole team to fall victim to same chi draining as the other adults and get rather handily blasted off in their first (rather unenthusiastic) attempt. It's only after things revert to normal that Matori starts taking the mission seriously again, though even then, the combined efforts of Professor Kukui and Tapu Koko lead to them retreating without much of a fight. |
| 140 | ** In [=SM122=] she returns to Alola to take Bewear back to HQ. The whole escapade leads to her getting the run-around by the Team Rocket trio and Bewear's antics, even getting blasted off with them at one point. By the end of the episode she and Alolan Meowth are left battered and shaken, and ''terrified'' of Bewear. |
| 141 | * ObstructiveBureaucrat: In later seasons, the Team Rocket trio are recurrently shown having to report their progress to Matori, including tending to masses of paper work, lectures, and writing formal apologies to HQ whenever they don't meet ends, something they find almost as insufferable as facing Giovanni himself. It is also implied that dealing with Matori's regulations was a large pivot for Butch and Cassidy finally quitting Team Rocket altogether. |
| 142 | * PetTheDog: She is quite grateful towards the TerribleTrio after they seemingly hand her Alolan Meowth, unaware how infuriated Jessie is that it ditched them to be with her rival. She later praises them again for obtaining a Z-Ring and a Mimikium Z from Nanu. |
| 143 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: For a villainous group at least. She seems to keep watchful eye on Jessie and James throughout their Alola mission. Unlike other Team Rocket members however, this is less out of petty spite and more to ensure they are making some contribution to the organisation. She usually relents whenever they bear something of an accomplishment. |
| 144 | ** Subverted in [=JN024=], where she tells the trio that Giovanni has given them a vacation as a reward for their devotion towards their missions... which turns out to be a convenient lie that she invented in order to keep the "dead weight" out of the way of her own large-scale operation, proudly remarking to one of her operatives that having their "problems" go on a "break" was the right choice. |
| 145 | ** She once again subverts this in [=JN074=], where she manages to manipulate the trio into searching for Cresselia under the pretense of it being a direct order from Giovanni and the possibility for a promotion if they're successful. She notes to herself afterward that while it's fine if they succeed (since it would benefit her directly), she is mainly recruiting them for the operation as potential scapegoats, fully intending to blame them if things happen to go south. |
| 146 | * SatelliteCharacter: To Giovanni up until ''Sun and Moon'', where she begins having more interaction with the [=TRio=] and her own Team Rocket unit. |
| 147 | * ScaryShinyGlasses: In her appearance in episode 95 of ''Best Wishes!''. |
| 148 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Evolves into one for the Team Rocket trio akin to Butch and Cassidy by the final season of ''Sun and Moon''. |
| 149 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: She has only one brief role in the ''Diamond and Pearl'' series, having made arrangements for the {{Terrible Trio}}'s promotion in Unova that would form most of their role throughout the 'Best Wishes'' series. She became a RecurringCharacter in later seasons. |
| 150 | * SmugSnake: She's ''very'' confident in the abilities of herself and her team. Which means that whenever they face defeat, she doesn't handle it well at all. |
| 151 | * TheStoic: Becomes NotSoStoic in ''Sun and Moon'', where she's more prone to irritation, and grows a visible fear towards Bewear. |
| 152 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: |
| 153 | ** Starting by the later points of ''Sun and Moon'', she and her group fill the role of a more fearsome Team Rocket antagonist, as well as a comedic rival to the main trio, a role that Butch and Cassidy (and by extension Giovanni himself) used to have. |
| 154 | ** Her role as Giovanni's right-hand woman makes her one to Domino from ''Mewtwo Returns''. |
| 155 | * UnknownRival: In ''Sun and Moon'', Jessie wants to displace her as Giovanni's right-hand woman. Matori neither knows nor cares. |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | !!Elite Officers |
| 159 | [[folder:Domino]] |
| 160 | [[quoteright:130:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/domino_1.png]] |
| 161 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KotonoMitsuishi |
| 162 | -->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/KerryWilliams |
| 163 | -->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Christine Byrd |
| 164 | -->'''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Sofía Galán |
| 165 | -->'''Voiced in European French by:''' Marie Van R |
| 166 | |
| 167 | Also known as [[Franchise/JamesBond 009]] and the Black Tulip, Domino is one of Team Rocket's most elite agents. She only appears in ''Anime/PokemonMewtwoReturns'', where she is the secondary antagonist behind her boss, Giovanni. |
| 168 | ---- |
| 169 | * AmusingInjuries: After all her impressive feats, Domino ends up humiliated when she slips on a wet floor and face-plants into a bucket of water. |
| 170 | * BadassNormal: Unlike the vast majority of characters, Domino has no known Pokémon. That doesn't slow her down, however; she is a skilled fighter and demonstrates some advanced gymnastic skills. Her weapon of choice is an electrically-charged "tulip," which can administer a nasty shock that can incapacitate even large Pokémon such as Nidoqueen. |
| 171 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Ash and co. meet her when she seems to be a nice albeit air-headed ValleyGirl. As it turns out, she is neither air-headed nor nice at all. |
| 172 | * ButNotTooEvil: The original Japanese version had Domino make it blatantly clear that if her enemies didn't cooperate as hostages, she ''would'' use lethal force on them. This is completely removed in the English dub. |
| 173 | * CutenessProximity: Domino can't help but find the baby clone Pokémon adorable. |
| 174 | * TheDragon: To Giovanni. |
| 175 | * DumbBlonde: {{Exploited}}, she disguises herself as one. |
| 176 | * ImprobableAge: She seems rather young to be an elite officer of Team Rocket. |
| 177 | * LaserGuidedKarma: She demotes Jessie, James and Meowth to janitor duty, telling them to clean the floor until she can see her face in it. Later, as she's fleeing from attacking Bug-type Pokémon, she slips on the wet floor and falls face-first into the bucket of water the [=TRio=] were using. |
| 178 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: Disguises herself as a college ValleyGirl who is a student of Cullen Calix. Once she locates Mewtwo, she drops the act and attacks Ash and the others. |
| 179 | * OjouRinglets: Has two curly pigtails. |
| 180 | * PragmaticVillainy: She advised against torturing Mewtwo since he's too valuable to risk harm, and was annoyed at Giovanni doing so anyway since ItsPersonal. |
| 181 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: She's high enough in Team Rocket to get away with objecting to Giovanni, and doesn't need Pokémon to put up a fight. |
| 182 | * RedBaron: Domino, aka the Black Tulip, aka Agent 009. |
| 183 | * ShockAndAwe: Her electric tulip. |
| 184 | * ValleyGirl: Domino acts like one in the dub as part of her disguise. |
| 185 | [[/folder]] |
| 186 | |
| 187 | [[folder:Iron-Masked Marauder (Vicious)]] |
| 188 | See [[Characters/PokemonMovies here]] for more about the Iron-Masked Marauder. |
| 189 | [[/folder]] |
| 190 | |
| 191 | [[folder:Pierce (Flint)]] |
| 192 | [[quoteright:244:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pierce_bw.png]] |
| 193 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/JinYamanoi |
| 194 | -->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/DanGreen |
| 195 | -->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/EduardoGarza |
| 196 | -->'''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Alejandro Peyo García |
| 197 | |
| 198 | A high-ranked Team Rocket operative, he is first revealed as the [=TRio's=] contact in Unova, assigned to assist them in the Meteonite mission. |
| 199 | ---- |
| 200 | * OneSteveLimit: He gets a DubNameChange to Pierce because, although Flint is a credible English name, ''two'' characters (Brock's father and the Sinnoh Elite Four member) also have it. |
| 201 | * SatelliteCharacter: Seemed to only exist to give Jessie and James information. |
| 202 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears from the story following the postponed/cancelled "Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma" two-parter. Said episodes would have justified his already-intended departure as due to most of the Team Rocket organization getting forced out of Unova when Team Plasma's interference leaves them vulnerable. |
| 203 | [[/folder]] |
| 204 | |
| 205 | [[folder:Gozu]] |
| 206 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gozu.png]] |
| 207 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by''': Keikō Sakai |
| 208 | -->'''Voiced in English by''': Pete Zarustica |
| 209 | -->'''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Miguel Ángel Muro |
| 210 | |
| 211 | A member of Team Rocket's elite "Matori Matrix" unit, and Matori's second-in-command. |
| 212 | ---- |
| 213 | * BenevolentBoss: Shows traces of this by suggesting to Matori to not go into the Ultra Wormhole to focus on the damage the ship has out of concern for the group not being able to return. |
| 214 | * CurbStompBattle: His Mega Aggron effortlessly defeats Kukui's Braviary and Faba's Hypno and Alakazam with a single Heavy Slam. He later ends up on the receiving end by Kukui's Incineroar. |
| 215 | * EliteMook: By virtue of being the first member of Team Rocket in the anime capable of performing Mega Evolution and has the battling skill to use it. |
| 216 | * EyepatchOfPower: Wears one over his right eye. There's nothing actually wrong with said eye though, he just wears it to look cool. |
| 217 | * SuperMode: He has an Aggron which can Mega Evolve. |
| 218 | [[/folder]] |
| 219 | |
| 220 | !!Agents |
| 221 | [[folder:Jessie (Musashi), James (Kojirou), and Meowth (Nyarth)]] |
| 222 | See [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTrio here]] for more about the Team Rocket trio of Jessie, James, and Meowth. |
| 223 | [[/folder]] |
| 224 | |
| 225 | [[folder:Cassidy (Yamato) and Butch (Kosaburo)]] |
| 226 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/butch_cassidy_motto.png]] |
| 227 | [[caption-width-right:350:"Now here's our mission, so you better listen!"]] |
| 228 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MasakoKatsuki (Yamato), Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Kosaburo) |
| 229 | -->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MeganHollingshead, Andi Whaley, Emily Williams (Cassidy), and Creator/EricStuart and Creator/JimmyZoppi (Butch) (EN) |
| 230 | -->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Jaqueline Castañeda (Original Series), Maggie Vera (Chronicles), Erica Edwards (Advance Generation), Adriana Casas (Diamond & Pearl) (Cassidy), and Sergio Gutierrez Coto (Original Series), Héctor Emmanuel Gómez, Creator/EnzoFortuny and Creator/IrwinDaayan (Chronicles), Christian Strempler (Advance Generation) and Alan Prieto (Diamond & Pearl) (Butch) |
| 231 | -->'''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Conchi López (Cassidy), Creator/ClaudioSerrano (Butch) |
| 232 | |
| 233 | Two recurring agents of Team Rocket, Cassidy and Butch are more competent than Jessie, James and Meowth and wear the traditional black Team Rocket uniform rather than the trio's white outfits. They started to suffer from VillainDecay in ''Anime/PokemonChronicles'' and this, combined with a 14-year long absence, culminated to their eventual status in ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries''. |
| 234 | ---- |
| 235 | * AccidentalMisnaming: In a RunningGag, nobody gets Butch's name right. |
| 236 | * AlphaBitch: Cassidy frequently acts this way towards Jessie. |
| 237 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: They were essentially versions of Jessie and James who were actually competent, at least until {{Flanderization}} set in. |
| 238 | * BeautyIsBad: Much like their rivals, Cassidy and Butch are charismatic, good-looking individuals that also happen to be [[CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying Villains]]. |
| 239 | * BerserkButton: Getting Butch's name wrong tends to make him a wee bit mad. He's accidentally called himself the wrong name trying to correct someone out of habit when they got his name ''right''. |
| 240 | * TheBusCameBack: After 14 real-time years of absence, they reappear in the 95th episode of ''Anime/PokemonJourneys''. |
| 241 | * ButtMonkey: Usually a result of Butch's name, though by ''Chronicles'' they're both full time bumbling villains. Cassidy has a more prominent moment in "Showdown at the Oak Corral"; at Oak's lab, she's [[HiddenInPlainSight disguised as a Nidoqueen (Butch as a Golem)]], and unwillingly gains the attention of an attracted Nidoking. |
| 242 | * CardCarryingVillain: If their motto is anything to go by. |
| 243 | * CatchPhraseSpoutingDuo: An alternate version of the usual trio's motto. |
| 244 | * CombatStilettos: Cassidy's boots have more noticeable heels than Jessie's. |
| 245 | * EscalatingWar: By their later appearances, the trio's feud with the two was far more even handed and slapstick. |
| 246 | * EvilerThanThou: Particularly in their first few episodes. When first appearing they were introduced as Rocket agents that were more competent, more successful and far more ruthless than the Trio the heroes were familiar with, with none of their affable sides and more subtle comedic traits, who could instantly supplant the Trio in evilness. Their operations were large scale and dangerous, and most of their appearances required {{Enemy Mine}}s between Ash and Jessie and James to defeat. This lessened over time, until they ended up as incompetent and goofy as the trio and were eventually phased out. Since Unova, whenever the show has wanted to do "Team Rocket, but actually dangerous," they've just given the main trio the SmartBall. |
| 247 | * EvilIsHammy: They're no less over-the-top than their rivals, complete with their own version of the Team Rocket motto. |
| 248 | * EvilVersusEvil: They use nearly all their schemes to screw over Jessie and James in the process, leading the trio to either compete with them or form an EnemyMine with Ash and his friends. |
| 249 | * {{Flanderization}}: In ''Pokémon Chronicles'', they become just as incompetent as their rivals, likely to serve as {{Suspiciously Similar Substitute}}s in other arcs and regions. |
| 250 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 251 | ** While Jessie, James, and Meowth are bumbling, incompetent losers held in complete disdain by Giovanni, Cassidy and Butch are successful, top-ranked agents who get special treatment by their boss. The main Team Rocket trio are also sympathetic villains who have [[EvenEvilHasStandards strong moral limits]] on what they'll do to Pokémon, while Cassidy and Butch are completely unapologetic evildoers with far more sinster schemes. They also have a Raticate as their TeamPet to act like a foil to Meowth, being a [[YouDirtyRat rat]] to Meowth's cat. |
| 252 | ** As of ''Journeys'', they still fill this role, but in a completely different way. [[spoiler:While Cassidy and Butch have moved on from evil and now live successful lives without each other, the main Team Rocket trio are stuck in a never-ending cycle of failed evil schemes. James and Meowth try to break away but are ultimately forced back to Team Rocket, losing yet another chance at a HeelFaceTurn]]. |
| 253 | * HateSink: They filled this role in the original series, as not only are they more competent evil-doers than Jessie and James but are also insufferably arrogant, vicious and power-hungry {{Jerkass}}es while being so. |
| 254 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:At some point prior to ''Journeys'', they officially left Team Rocket and went their separate ways, with Butch running a bakery and Cassidy running a restaurant]]. |
| 255 | * {{Irony}}: They pretty much became jokes while Jessie and James became much better at the job. [[spoiler:Unlike the trio, this causes them to leave Team Rocket]]. |
| 256 | * JokerImmunity: Like their rivals, they have a tendency to cheat death whenever [[ATwinkleInTheSky they get blasted off into the sky]]. However, most of the time, they simply get sent to prison by Officer Jenny... only to later get out due to their connections with Giovanni. |
| 257 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Despite everything they did while members of Team Rocket-- including brainwashing an entire island and kidnapping a Legendary Pokémon-- they still perform a HeelFaceTurn with seemingly no consequence]]. |
| 258 | * KnightOfCerebus: Subverted. Their schemes are generally more insidious and dangerous than normal, and often leads to Ash and friends taking the situation a lot more seriously than they ever would with the Team Rocket trio. But despite having a higher competency level than their Rocket rivals, they are still beaten and humiliated at episode's end. By the time of ''Ruby and Sapphire'', they've been reduced to a slightly more competent version of Jessie, James, and Meowth. |
| 259 | * NoRespectGuy: Despite being more credible villains, they tend to be referred to as nothing more than "that ''other'' Team Rocket" by the hero cast (as Tracey once did in ''Pokémon Chronicles'', before he and Delia both proceed to call Butch the wrong name). They are at least more respected within the organization, though even there, no one seems to remember Butch's name. |
| 260 | * PaletteSwap: |
| 261 | ** Cassidy (who debuted in the 1998 episode Recap/PokemonS1E57TheBreedingCenterSecret) is based directly on Ken Sugimori's female Rocket grunt design, which [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rocket%27s_Sneak_Attack_(Team_Rocket_16) first appeared]] in the ''TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}}'' trading card game in 1997. In order to avoid redundancy (the female grunt has the same white uniform and red hair already used by Jessie), Cassidy became a blonde wearing a black uniform. |
| 262 | ** [[DownplayedTrope Butch's hairstyle]] appears to be just Cassidy's in a different hue and with no pigtails. |
| 263 | * PetTheDog: In ''Journeys'', [[spoiler:Cassidy lets the usual trio stay somewhere warm when they're caught in the snow, and Butch lets Meowth work with him for a while]]. |
| 264 | * ProudBeauty: Cassidy is every bit as vain as Jessie, constantly boasting about her beauty at every opportunity she gets. |
| 265 | * PutOnABus: ''Journeys'' establishes [[spoiler:they've left Team Rocket for good ''and'' split up with one another, rendering it extremely unlikely they'll come back in the future]]. |
| 266 | * PutOnAPrisonBus: Unlike other Rocket members, who either escape or [[ATwinkleInSky get blasted off into the sky]], Cassidy and Butch are usually arrested by Officer Jenny, who then puts them in a paddy wagon that drives the Rocket duo off to prison. [[CardboardPrison They get out in the next episode they appear in]], usually explained as Giovanni bailing them out. This became a RunningGag until the Lugia arc in the "Master Quest" season, where they were given the traditional blasting off to the sky defeat, and this became the new norm for the Rocket duo. |
| 267 | * ReflexiveResponse: Butch is so used to people getting his name wrong that, sometimes when Cassidy gets it ''right,'' he automatically corrects her before catching himself. Occasionally calling ''himself'' the wrong name. |
| 268 | * RightHandVersusLeftHand: The main reason why they tend to come into conflict with Jessie, James and Meowth. The Trio rarely have any idea what their cell is up to, and typically stumble across Butch and Cassidy's schemes without initially realizing what's going on - on more than one occasion, Butch and Cassidy have had their "legitimate" businesses nearly robbed by the Trio, who were unaware that it was really a Rocket front. On others Butch and Cassidy have knowingly lumped an oblivious Trio in with their other victims, despite them being on the same side. |
| 269 | * RightHandAttackDog: Butch and Cassidy seem to have a fondness for canine Pokémon, having used, at various points, a Houndour, a Mightyena, and a Granbull. |
| 270 | * TheRival: To Jessie, James and Meowth, with both teams vying to one-up each other's evil schemes. |
| 271 | * RunningGag: The cast getting Butch's name wrong, usually resulting in him going in a furious tirade. At least once or twice, someone (usually Cassidy) said his name right, and [[ReflexiveResponse he still corrected them before catching himself]]. |
| 272 | * SameCharacterButDifferent: Their characters from the original series to ''Diamond and Pearl'' are completely overhauled for their return in ''Journeys''. [[spoiler:They've long since given up crime and are content living modest lifestyles apart from each other, a far cry from the arrogant, [[EvilIsHammy hammy]], [[CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying Villains]] they once were.]] |
| 273 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: By ''Journeys'', [[spoiler:they got fed up with the repetitive Team Rocket lifestyle and quit the organization]]. |
| 274 | * ShadowArchetype: To Jessie and James. |
| 275 | ** They represent what Jessie and James could have been if they didn't have a HiddenHeartOfGold, successful Rocket agents that have Giovanni's favor, but have committed enough serious crimes for the police to haul them to an actual prison rather than being blasted off into the sky ([[VillainDecay initially]]). |
| 276 | ** Despite the fact they work well together as a duo, they do not have as strong of a friendship bond as Jessie, James, and Meowth do. As a result, while the Team Rocket trio manages to stick together in the organization through their lowest moments, Cassidy and Butch don't last as long after suffering VillainDecay, [[spoiler:which leads them to leave Team Rocket as a whole after Matori gets wind of their failures. And due to their lack of a strong bond, they went their separate ways pursuing new careers. Thus, they now serve as a glimpse into the future Jessie, James, and Meowth would have had if they quit Team Rocket: Successful careers at the expense of never being together ever again.]] |
| 277 | * SignatureMon: Raticate is this for the duo as a whole. It wouldn't be until Johto that Butch and Cassidy each got ''individual'' signature Pokémon--namely Hitmontop for Butch and Houndour for Cassidy. |
| 278 | * SitcomArchNemesis: As they became as comical as the main trio, their rivalry with them ultimately evolved into this, with almost as much childish bickering on their part. |
| 279 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Their later goofier personalities were likely to act as such to Jessie and James, taking their role of IneffectualSympatheticVillain in side stories outside the trio's current region. They even started blasting off. |
| 280 | * TeamRocketWins: Most of their face offs end with Jessie, James and Meowth getting the last laugh. In "The Fortune Hunters" however they end up blasting off the trio without much effort. Subverts TheBadGuyWins however since the twerps in turn easily defeat and arrest them straight afterwards. |
| 281 | * TerribleTrio: They're technically a duo but just to one-up their rivals, they often complete their motto by having their on-and-off TeamPet Raticate cap off in a similar fashion like Meowth. |
| 282 | * VilerNewVillain: While more competent than the main trio as villains, they lack most of their redeeming qualities, and thus the LaserGuidedKarma second winds that come with it, which is one circumstance the trio can often best them through. |
| 283 | * VillainDecay: Though their rivalry with the main trio made them more comical as the main series went along, they remained fairly threatening, at least relatively. In ''Chronicles'' however, they outright take over as the GoldfishPoopGang. |
| 284 | * VillainTeamUp: Willingly join up with Jessie and James for once in "The Ole' Berate and Switch!". Rather surprisingly it's the trio that prove EvilerThanThou this time and [[TheStarscream leave booby traps to get the duo caught by Ash and friends]]. |
| 285 | * VocalDissonance: Butch certainly doesn't ''look'' like he should have such a low, croaky voice (at least in the dub). |
| 286 | * YouDirtyRat: Their answer to Meowth is Cassidy's Raticate, who often caps off their villainous motto. |
| 287 | [[/folder]] |
| 288 | |
| 289 | [[folder:Attila (Buson)]] |
| 290 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/attila.png]] |
| 291 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by''' Creator/NobuyukiHiyama |
| 292 | -->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MarcThompson |
| 293 | -->'''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Alejandro Peyo García |
| 294 | |
| 295 | A former Pokémon poacher turned Team Rocket member, Attila is one of the main antagonists of "The Legend of Thunder" special alongside his partner Hun. A High-Ranking-Officer that's determined to capture the legendary Pokémon Raikou in order to become a legend himself and help Team Rocket's goals. |
| 296 | ---- |
| 297 | * BigBadDuumvirate: He is this with Hun. The two of them serve as the main antagonists for the special and both work together to capture Raikou no matter the cost. |
| 298 | * TheCameo: He's seen during the ninth movie's opening sequence where he and Hun successfully capture Rayquasa for Professor Sebastian to study. |
| 299 | * CoolShades: He wears a nice pair of black sunglasses. |
| 300 | * EvilPoacher: The English dub states that he was just an ordinary poacher before joining Team Rocket and even after joining them it doesn't stop him from trying to poach Pokémon. However the original Japanese doesn’t mention this. |
| 301 | * ExtraOreDinary: Has a Skarmory. |
| 302 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Inverted. He's blond but his heart is far from a heart of gold. He has no issue torturing Pokémon, especially legendary ones like Raikou. |
| 303 | * TheNicknamer: He often nicknames opponents he fights. For example he calls Jimmy "Hero boy", Vincent "Sissy boy", and Raikou "Thunder wonder". |
| 304 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: He tries to invoke this when Jimmy calls Hun and him out for their cruel methods of capturing Raikou saying they're just doing what all trainers do which is add Pokémon to their collection. Of course Jimmy retorts with a ShutUpHannibal speech saying how wrong he is. |
| 305 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Downplayed. While we don't see much of his and Hun's battle with Rayquaza, we definitely see them successfully capture it for Team Rocket. |
| 306 | * PoisonousPerson: Has a Muk. |
| 307 | * RedOniBlueOni: He's the red to Hun's blue. While Hun is normally stoic and calm, he's much more expressive and can be easily angered. |
| 308 | * ThemeNaming: Like the other Rocket duos, he and his partner are named after a famous criminal in the English dub -- in this case, Attila the Hun. |
| 309 | [[/folder]] |
| 310 | |
| 311 | [[folder:Hun (Basho)]] |
| 312 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/500px_hun.png]] |
| 313 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa |
| 314 | -->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/VeronicaTaylor |
| 315 | -->'''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' María Jesús Nieto |
| 316 | |
| 317 | A high-ranking officer of Team Rocket, and partner to Attila. He's one of the main antagonists of "The Legend of Thunder" special. |
| 318 | ---- |
| 319 | * BigBadDuumvirate: With Hun, the two of them serving as the main antagonists of "The Legend of Thunder". |
| 320 | * ExtraOreDinary: Has a Steelix. |
| 321 | * NotSoStoic: He becomes less stoic as the special goes on and the heroes keep interfering with his plans, to the point that he seems to enjoy ordering Steelix to attack them by the end. |
| 322 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Downplayed. While we don't see much of his and Attila's battle with Rayquaza, we definitely see them successfully capture it for Team Rocket. |
| 323 | * RedOniBlueOni: He's the blue to Attila's red. While he's normally stoic and calm, Attila's much more expressive and can be easily angered. |
| 324 | * ShesAManInJapan: A complicated case -- while a mistranslation in the script led to Hun being portrayed as a female in the English dub, he's not referred to with any gendered pronouns aside from those used collectively with Attila (e.g. "those guys"). The Brazilian dub refers to him with female pronouns, and the European Portuguese dub gives him a traditionally female name. |
| 325 | * TheStoic: He's fairly calm and logical, especially when compared to his partner. |
| 326 | * ThemeNaming: Like the other Rocket duos, he and his partner are named after a famous criminal in the English dub -- in this case, Attila the Hun. |
| 327 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: His hair is close to white in color, and he's a loyal member of Team Rocket. |
| 328 | [[/folder]] |
| 329 | |
| 330 | !!Scientists |
| 331 | [[folder:Dr. Fuji]] |
| 332 | See [[Characters/PokemonMovies here]] for more about Dr. Fuji. |
| 333 | [[/folder]] |
| 334 | |
| 335 | [[folder:Dr. Namba]] |
| 336 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_namba.png]] |
| 337 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/IchiroNagai |
| 338 | -->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JimmyZoppi |
| 339 | -->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Francisco Colmenero (Original Series), Daniel Abundis (Advance Generation), Hugo Navarrete (Diamond & Pearl), César Arias (Chronicles) |
| 340 | -->'''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Luis Gaspar (Season 5), Roberto Cuenca Martínez (Chronicles, DP Episode 065), José Escobosa (AG Episode 176) |
| 341 | |
| 342 | One of Team Rocket's scientists, and perhaps the one who most embodies the "mad" in MadScientist, Dr. Namba seems to be Cassidy and Butch's superior officer. |
| 343 | ---- |
| 344 | * AccidentalMisnaming: He knows that someone is getting his name wrong no matter what part of the globe that person is, and conveniently ''phones'' them! One of them saw him dial Cassidy just so he could yell at Jessie (the actual person who got his name wrong that time). |
| 345 | -->'''Jessie:''' You tell Professor Fanboy---, huh? \ |
| 346 | '''Cassidy:''' Huh? \ |
| 347 | (''Cassidy answers her phone, then throws it to Jessie.'') \ |
| 348 | '''Cassidy:''' It's for you. \ |
| 349 | '''Jessie:''' Oh. \ |
| 350 | (''Jessie catches the phones then called Namba who called her to yell at her to correct her.'') \ |
| 351 | '''Jessie:''' Hello? \ |
| 352 | '''Namba:''' IT'S STILL NAMBA!! |
| 353 | * ArcVillain: Of the Lugia three-parter during ''Master Quest''. |
| 354 | * BerserkButton: Much like with Butch, getting his last name wrong makes him angry. It happens four times in his final appearance in the ''DP Battle Dimension'' episode, "Sleight of Sand", with the second time being Jessie who called him "Professor Fanboy". |
| 355 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He hasn't been seen since ''Diamond and Pearl''. |
| 356 | * ColdBloodedTorture: Subverted since the torture session is hilarious. |
| 357 | * {{Expy}}: His personality and hair brings [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Dr. Wily]] into mind. |
| 358 | * GrumpyOldMan: Not the friendliest codger around, for sure. |
| 359 | * MadScientist: He has a fierce temper, wants to do unethical scientific experiments on Pokémon, and he works for Team Rocket. |
| 360 | * MissionControl: To Butch and Cassidy. |
| 361 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Fishsticks. |
| 362 | * VillainDecay: All his appearances since his original stint as ArcVillain emphasize more on his comedic traits, and the downward spiral of Butch and Cassidy's success rate certainly doesn't help. |
| 363 | [[/folder]] |
| 364 | |
| 365 | [[folder:Dr. Zager (Dr. Seger)]] |
| 366 | [[quoteright:342:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dr__Zager_Pokemon_Anime_9101.jpg]] |
| 367 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Masayuki Omoro |
| 368 | -->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MarcThompson |
| 369 | -->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Jaime Vega |
| 370 | -->'''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Vicente Gil |
| 371 | |
| 372 | An esteemed, elderly Team Rocket scientist introduced to the [=TRio=] by Pierce. He was first brought into Unova to aid in the mission to locate the Meteonite, and has since become Jessie, James, and Meowth's commanding officer while Giovanni is absent. |
| 373 | ---- |
| 374 | * ArcVillain: He's the one calling the shots in the Nimbasa mission, [[spoiler:which technically included Meowth's FakeDefector phase]]. He also is the sole mastermind behind the mission at Twist Mountain. |
| 375 | * AscendedExtra: He's introduced as just a side character, but soon evolves into TheHeavy for much of the Unova arc. |
| 376 | * BenevolentBoss: He seems to have a good relationship with the trio and cares about their safety. |
| 377 | * TheComicallySerious: During the climax of the Battle Subway mission, where he keeps on snarling back at Jessie and James continuing to bug him over what to do. |
| 378 | * CoolOldGuy: He's a skilled scientist who provides a lot of support to the trio, and he's not afraid to dive into the action personally. When things go south during the Nimbasa subway mission, he pilots a helicopter in an effort to yank a malfunctioning train off the tracks. |
| 379 | * TheHeavy: During Seasons 14-15, he functions as the primary antagonist of ''Best Wishes'' in Giovanni's absence. |
| 380 | * LargeHam: In his NotSoStoic moments. |
| 381 | * MadScientist: Though far more composed than most. |
| 382 | * MilkingTheGiantCow: [[http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae32/Playerking95/BW078-12.png OBSERVE]]! |
| 383 | * MissionControl: To Jessie, James, and Meowth, though he's not above getting in on the action himself. |
| 384 | * NobleDemon: Shows signs of it in Operation Tempest, where he, like the trio, is visibly unnerved at BrainwashedAndCrazy Giovanni's claims of wanting to destroy all of Unova. |
| 385 | * PetTheDog: Warning the TerribleTrio of a mansion he reputed to be haunted and dangerous is either this or PragmaticVillainy (since he doesn't want to lose his three agents). |
| 386 | ** Similarly, him sending the trio the Basculin-shaped submarine on the final ED credits for the series. He likely didn't ''have'' to do this since Team Rocket as a whole was done with Unova, yet he's still keeping in touch with his agents and providing for them. [[HeartwarmingInHindsight And since friendship is the theme of that ED credits...]] |
| 387 | * PutOnABus: He returned to Kanto at the end of Season 15, and hasn't been seen since. He does have a cameo appearance in the final ED credits for the Japanese version of ''Best Wishes'', though, sending the [=TRio=] the blueprints for their Basculin submarine. |
| 388 | * TheStoic: [[NotSoStoic Unless]] he's [[GrumpyOldMan angry]], or [[LargeHam excited]] due to [[MadScience scientific discovery]]. |
| 389 | [[/folder]] |
| 390 | |
| 391 | !!Team Rocket Academy |
| 392 | [[folder:Viper]] |
| 393 | [[quoteright:640:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/viper_13.png]] |
| 394 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Seizō Katō\ |
| 395 | '''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MikePollock |
| 396 | |
| 397 | The drill sergeant of Team Rocket Academy. He was Jessie, James, Butch and Cassidy's mentor before they graduated to Rocket agents. |
| 398 | ---- |
| 399 | * DelinquentHair: He sports a dark blue mohawk just in case you forgot he works for a villainous organization. |
| 400 | * DrillSergeantNasty: He's the drill instructor training villains and his name is certainly nasty but in a surprising subversion, he's merely stern at the worst and is far more reasonable than even Giovanni. He even allows Cassidy, Butch, Jessie and James to graduate despite the fact ''none of them'' captured the Red Snorlax in their final test. |
| 401 | * IronicName: Viper is an appropriate name for a member of Team Rocket, but compared to other members of the criminal organization, Viper is surprisingly reasonable and fair. Even when his trainees technically failed to catch the Red Snorlax, Viper still gives them passing grades to graduate to fully-fledge Team Rocket agents. |
| 402 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Although Jessie has a HighTurnoverRate regarding her partners, Viper doesn't expel Jessie from Team Rocket as Giovanni demanded, insisting that his cadet still has strong potential that needs the right partner. He ends up proving it after partnering Jessie with James and Meowth. |
| 403 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He only appears in ''Anime/PokemonChronicles'' episode "Training Daze", but he is the reason why Jessie, James and Meowth are together as the iconic Team Rocket trio (and to lesser extent, why Cassidy and Butch are together as the rivals of the [=TRio=]). |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | [[folder:Christopher (Yūsaku)]] |
| 407 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Jun Konno\ |
| 408 | '''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/SeanSchemmel |
| 409 | |
| 410 | A fellow underclassman from Jessie and James' training days at the Team Rocket Academy. Unable to perform well in the academy but treated with kindness from Jessie and James, Christopher quits Team Rocket to become a famous noodle chef in Sinnoh, creating a noodle shop restaurant chain in honor of his friends. |
| 411 | ---- |
| 412 | See [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl here]] for more about Christopher. |
| 413 | [[/folder]] |
| 414 | |
| 415 | !!Pokémon |
| 416 | [[folder:Persian]] |
| 417 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/giovanni_persian.png]] |
| 418 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RicaMatsumoto |
| 419 | -->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RicaMatsumoto |
| 420 | |
| 421 | Giovanni's right hand cat, much to the ire of Meowth. Often seen being petted by its master. |
| 422 | ---- |
| 423 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The apple in Giovanni's eye that Meowth so direly wants to be. Naturally the latter loathes it. |
| 424 | * CanonImmigrant: As with many aspects of the game, ''Yellow'', ''Stadium'' and ''Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee'' updated Giovanni's battle to utilize Persian (though in the latter game, Persian is only used on his first two battles). |
| 425 | * CurbStompBattle: Dishes one to Ash's Pikachu, easily taking his Iron Tail head-on then knocking him out with one Power Gem. |
| 426 | * FlatCharacter: Aside from its fondness of Giovanni, Persian's characterization is pretty limited, having very few expressive or sapient characteristics even compared to standard Pokémon. |
| 427 | * HiddenBadass: Persian is almost never active, spending most of its appearances lazily snuggling beside its master. When it finally does battle however, it proves quite deadly, as Ash's Pikachu can personally attest to. |
| 428 | * MoralityPet: One of ''very'' few individuals Giovanni shows affection and care towards. At least one manga backstory reveals Giovanni rescued Persian as a child. |
| 429 | * OrcusOnHisThrone: It took until "Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!" all the way in ''Best Wishes'' for Persian to finally take part in a battle. It lived up to the wait however, and flattened Pikachu with one Power Gem attack. |
| 430 | * RightHandCat: Obviously made to take this role beside Giovanni. It does at times serve as an AttackAnimal, even defeating Ash's Pikachu in ''Best Wishes''. |
| 431 | * ShadowArchetype: Persian occupies a position that Meowth wishes to have: Being pampered as the right hand cat of the most powerful crime boss. However, Meowth can never achieve that position because Giovanni values powerful Pokémon, something that Persian represents and yet Meowth refuses to evolve into. |
| 432 | * SignatureMon: Being Giovanni's right hand cat and the symbol of Meowth's unobtainable position, it always appears alongside its master even though Giovanni is typically associated with Ground-types such as Rhydon. |
| 433 | * UnknownRival: It seems pretty apathetic towards Meowth's envious hatred of it. |
| 434 | [[/folder]] |
| 435 | |
| 436 | [[folder:Mewtwo]] |
| 437 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Masachika Ichimura (adult), Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo (young) (Japanese), Jay Goede (''Mewtwo Strikes Back''), Creator/DanGreen (''Mewtwo Returns'' onward) (English), Enrique Mederos (Latin American Spanish, ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'' and ''Mewtwo Returns''), Luis Leonardo Suarez (Latin American Spanish, ''Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution'' and ''Journeys''), Creator/GuilhermeBriggs (Brazilian Portugeese), Creator/MarioZucca (Italian) |
| 438 | |
| 439 | A modified clone of Mew, designed by Team Rocket scientists to be Giovanni's most powerful Pokémon in his arsenal. However, Mewtwo rebelled against its creators and escaped, causing Team Rocket to heavily invest in [[Anime/PokemonMewtwoReturns an operation to reclaim Mewtwo]] as their property. |
| 440 | ---- |
| 441 | Information about Mewtwo is found in ''Characters/PokemonMovies''. |
| 442 | [[/folder]] |
| 443 | |
| 444 | |
| 445 | [[folder:Delibird]] |
| 446 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px_team_rocket_delibird_5.png]] |
| 447 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi |
| 448 | |
| 449 | A delivery Delibird that recurrently gives messages and packages to the trio, sometimes good, sometimes not. |
| 450 | ---- |
| 451 | * TheBusCameBack: Makes a return in [=JN145=], delivering to Jessie and James [[spoiler:all the Pokémon they had previously left at headquarters]]. |
| 452 | * EvilDebtCollector: Debuted in the Johto arc this way, though not particularly evil acting, it constantly {{Troll}}ed the main trio for their unpaid debts to the organization. |
| 453 | * InstantMessengerPigeon: Often works as such for Team Rocket, frequently used to deliver items or provisions to the trio. |
| 454 | [[/folder]] |
| 455 | |
| 456 | [[folder:Alolan Meowth (Alolan Nyarth)]] |
| 457 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/accurate.JPG]] |
| 458 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by''': Creator/RikakoAikawa |
| 459 | -->'''Voiced in English by''': Pete Zarustica |
| 460 | |
| 461 | An Alolan Meowth snuck into Jessie and James's secret hideout in [=SM062=]. It then stole Meowth's money and booked a plane ticket to Kanto, where it went to Team Rocket HQ and became Matori's assistant. |
| 462 | ---- |
| 463 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: It acts politely and obediently before new potential owners, only to double cross and abandon them the instant a better locale comes forth. Anyone that it can't use, it drops the sweet act and just heckles and torments for cruel fun. |
| 464 | * {{Doppelganger}}: It snuck into Team Rocket's secret base because Meowth was covered in mud at the time, so they just thought it was ''him''. They later figured out it was too nice to be him. |
| 465 | * EvilCounterpart: Set up as one to Team Rocket's Meowth. |
| 466 | * {{Fauxshadowing}}: It seemed like Alolan Meowth would be caught by the trio to make use of their Darkium Z. However, it points out it is useless without a Z-Ring, and upon finding out about Giovanni, it quickly switches bases before they can even set about getting one. |
| 467 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: It gets away with trolling and conning the Team Rocket trio in its first appearance, and gets a cosy position in headquarters as Matori's RightHandCat. In later episodes where Matori becomes more active however, it starts to fall victim to the antics expected from a Team Rocket agent. |
| 468 | * ManipulativeBastard: States to have gone through a large amount of homes and masters, implied to be through the same backstabbing method it used on Jessie and James. It also intends to usurp Giovanni's Persian as the boss' "top cat" (much to the chagrin of Team Rocket's Meowth, who wants to do the exact same). |
| 469 | * OnlySaneMan: The only member of Matori Matrix that doesn't fall victim to Alola's behavioral effects, thus left exasperated by no one having the energy to pull off the mission at first. |
| 470 | * TheRival: To Meowth, for the position of Giovanni's "top cat". |
| 471 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Jessie and James get caught in another losing battle with the twerps, Alolan Meowth inducts Team Rocket's Meowth to battle alone and sets about moving to Giovanni's HQ. |
| 472 | * ShadowArchetype: Has the same manipulative streak as Team Rocket Meowth (as is even far more cunning and swift about it), however while Team Rocket's Meowth is AffablyEvil and cares about his own teammates, Alolan Meowth is a cruel backstabber that only cares about it's own welfare. |
| 473 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Joins Matori as one for the Team Rocket trio (especially Meowth). |
| 474 | * SmugSnake: Alolan Meowths are {{Smug Smiler}}s by default, but this one has the devious attitude to match. [=SM122=] shows what happens [[VillainousBreakdown when things stop going its way however]]. |
| 475 | * SoftSpokenSadist: A "Poké-speak" example. It's mannerisms are pretty much always suave and mild mannered, which even Meowth's bitter translations can't hide, but when not manipulating people for it's own means, it's a petty bully that affably mocks it's previous con victims. |
| 476 | * TeamRocketWins: Though the trio are hardly happy about it, Alolan Meowth does count as a Pokémon they encountered that got sent to Giovanni (albeit unknowingly to them). Giovanni was even fully convinced they gave it to him, and offered his praise, adding it to the trio's very small quota of successfully captured Pokémon. |
| 477 | * {{Troll}}: Mercilessly taunts and pranks Team Rocket's Meowth ForTheLulz behind Jessie and James' back. When the latter two are no longer useful to it, it mocks them from it's new home in Team Rocket HQ as well, leaving Jessie livid. |
| 478 | * VillainousBreakdown: In [=SM122=], it and Matori try to make off with Stufful, only to find it is the Team Rocket trio's Meowth in disguise. While Matori is [[TranquilFury understatedly pissed]], Alolan Meowth, flies into a rage and tries to unload Fury Swipes on Meowth, though Bewear intervenes. |
| 479 | * VillainousFriendship: Despite its self-serving nature, it genuinely seems to like Matori as its new owner, and they are [[EmpathyPet usually mutual on everything]]. |
| 480 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It hasn't made an appearance since ''Sun and Moon'' ended. While Matori and her Matrix make multiple further appearances in ''Journeys'', Alolan Meowth has simply vanished without a trace. |
| 481 | [[/folder]] |
| 482 | |
| 483 | [[folder:Pelipper]] |
| 484 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/team_rocket_pelipper.png]] |
| 485 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by''': |
| 486 | -->'''Voiced in English by''': Laurie Hymes |
| 487 | |
| 488 | A Pokémon that appears in ''Pokémon Journeys'' who works with Jessie and James and delivers the Rocket Prize Master. It had its first official battle in ''[=JN049=]''. |
| 489 | ---- |
| 490 | * AscendedExtra: Originally just showed up to deliver the Prize Master but after ''[=JN049=]'', it's been hanging around with Team Rocket. |
| 491 | * MakingASplash: A part water type that knows Hydro Pump. |
| 492 | * PelicanPackagePouch: Wherever it goes, it carries the Rocket Prize Master in its beak. |
| 493 | * PetTheDog: It is mostly just doing its job as carrier of the Prize Master. It does show some camaraderie towards the trio however, such as battling in place of the empty Prize Master in ''[=JN058=]'' and using it to rescue them from a Trapinch in ''[=JN095=]''. |
| 494 | * TookALevelInBadass: From its debut, its main role is to pretty much supply the Rocket Prize Master. However after the Prize Master was empty in ''[=JN049=]'', Pelipper itself battled the group, being able to power through a Spark attack from Chloe's Yamper (despite having a ''double'' weakness toward Electric Type attacks). |
| 495 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: It messing with the Rocket Prize Master is what caused the events of ''[=JN058=]''. |
| 496 | [[/folder]] |
| 497 | |
| 498 | !!Japanese Radio Drama |
| 499 | [[folder:Madame Boss]] |
| 500 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/madame_boss.png]] |
| 501 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HiromiTsuru |
| 502 | |
| 503 | The former leader of Team Rocket and Giovanni's mother. She appeared in the Japanese-only RadioDrama, ''[[Radio/PokemonTheBirthOfMewtwo The Birth Of Mewtwo]]''. |
| 504 | ---- |
| 505 | * AdaptedOut: She isn't in the animated version of the radio drama. |
| 506 | * MissingMom: She is Giovanni's deceased mother. |
| 507 | * PosthumousCharacter: She died between Miyamoto going missing and current-time. |
| 508 | * UnnamedParent: She's Giovanni's mother but is only referred to as her title. |
| 509 | [[/folder]] |
| 510 | |
| 511 | [[folder:Miyamoto]] |
| 512 | [[quoteright:305:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/345px_miyamoto.png]] |
| 513 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by''': Creator/YumiTouma |
| 514 | |
| 515 | The mother of Jessie, and a high-ranking member of Team Rocket. She appeared in the Japanese-only RadioDrama, ''[[Radio/PokemonTheBirthOfMewtwo The Birth Of Mewtwo]]''. |
| 516 | ---- |
| 517 | * TheAce: She is the favorite of Madame Boss, who calls her "the ideal image of Team Rocket". |
| 518 | * AdaptedOut: Her portions aren't in the animated adaptation of the radio drama. |
| 519 | * {{Determinator}}: She never gave up on trying to capture Mew. |
| 520 | * DetrimentalDetermination: Much like her daughter, Miyamoto doesn't know when to quit when it becomes apparent that the Pokémon she wants is uncatchable. Consequently, she ends up wasting most of her life pursuing Mew instead of caring for her daughter, [[GenerationXerox who grows up doing the same thing with Ash's Pikachu]]. |
| 521 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Miyamoto and her daughter Musashi (Jessie) are named after the famous Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. |
| 522 | * GenerationXerox: Her fruitless attempts to find and catch Mew seems to foreshadow how her own daughter, Jessie, will face the same hopeless situation with Ash's Pikachu. |
| 523 | * GiveHimANormalLife: She loved her daughter, but gave her up for adoption with this goal. |
| 524 | * {{Irony}}: She left Jessie in foster care to go on a mission in hopes of eventually giving Jessie a better life. Jessie ended up growing up impoverished and constantly failing to do anything she pursued, before somehow winding up in Team Rocket herself. |
| 525 | ** Miyamoto's considered to be one of the best agents Team Rocket ever had, but Jessie and her team have been rendered comedic, ineffectual villains constantly stalking and being overpowered by a 10 year old and his Pikachu. |
| 526 | *** Though in a double dose of irony, her daughter ''has'' managed to show that she can excel at things not related to theft, has managed to somewhat improve their standing with Team Rocket, and has a lifelong companionship with her own team. Miyamoto meanwhile, despite being considered one of the best Rockets, has been isolated for ''years'', devoted entirely to her mission of capturing Mew even though everyone presumes she is dead. |
| 527 | * MissingMom: To Jessie. She went missing while looking for Mew in the Andes mountains. It's stated she still made reports after her presumed death, so it seems she isn't dead. |
| 528 | * NeverFoundTheBody: She's apparently alive, but no one in-series knows this. |
| 529 | * PreciousPhoto: She carried a photo of her young daughter with her while on her mission to capture Mew. |
| 530 | * SanitySlippage: She continues hunting for Mew and making reports that never reach Team Rocket HQ, and is clearly going crazier as the years pass by with no success. |
| 531 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: To date, she hasn't been featured in the anime, but in her quest to find Mew she became the first person to record Mew's vocalizations. This eventually led to the expedition to find Mew's DNA, which resulted in the creation of Mewtwo. |
| 532 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Jessie looks a lot like her mother. |
| 533 | * UndyingLoyalty: She is completely devoted to Team Rocket. |
| 534 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Miyamoto simply disappears after her encounter with Mew and is never brought up in the anime series itself. She is implied to be still alive, but this plot thread is never properly resolved. |
| 535 | [[/folder]] |
| 536 | |
| 537 | [[folder:Mondo]] |
| 538 | [[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/120px_mondo.png]] |
| 539 | -->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TakehitoKoyasu |
| 540 | |
| 541 | A grunt that appears in the Japanese-only RadioDrama, ''Radio/ItsAWhiteTomorrowTeamRocket''. He assists Jessie, James, and Meowth with supplies. |
| 542 | ---- |
| 543 | * CustomUniform: Despite being a regular grunt, he wears the white Rocket uniform that is only worn by his idols instead of the traditional black uniform. |
| 544 | * HeroWorshipper: Or Villain Worshipper depending on how you view the [=TRio=], but Mondo looks up to Jessie, James, and Meowth as his idol and enjoys hearing their many stories of how they tried to capture Pikachu. He even has a crush on Jessie. |
| 545 | * IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery: Irritation is a strong word, but it is clear that his admiration of the Team Rocket trio leads to him wearing a custom white Rocket uniform. |
| 546 | * OffscreenVillainDarkMatter: The radio drama reveals he is the offscreen middle man giving the Team Rocket trio all their food and supplies the entire time, being a "Team Rocket Special Delivery Member Trainee". Evidently, he only operates in the Kanto since the Team Rocket trio started having problems with food and supply shortages starting in Johto. |
| 547 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Mondo is a new character who never appears elsewhere. This is lampshaded when Jessie and Meowth question who Mondo is. |
| 548 | [[/folder]] |
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