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[-'''Series-wide:''' [[Characters/PokemonAnimeAshAndPikachu Ash Ketchum and Pikachu]] | [[Characters/PokemonAnimeTeamRocket Team Rocket Trio]] | '''''Team Rocket Organization'''''\\
'''Original Series:''' [[Characters/PokemonAnimeOriginalSeriesPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Kanto, Orange Islands, Johto)]]\\
[[Characters/PokemonAnimeOriginalSeriesCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonAnimeOriginalSeriesGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonAnimeOriginalSeriesOneShotCharacters One-shot Characters]]\\
'''Advanced Generation:''' [[Characters/PokemonAdvancedGenerationPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Hoenn)]] | [[Characters/PokemonAdvancedGenerationCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonAdvancedGenerationOpponents Gym Leaders and Frontier Brains]]\\
'''Diamond and Pearl:''' [[Characters/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAnimePokemon Ash's Pokémon (Sinnoh)]] | [[Characters/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAnimeCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAnimeGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAnimeVillains Villains]]\\
'''Black and White:''' [[Characters/PokemonBlackAndWhiteAnimePokemon Ash's Pokémon (Unova)]] | [[Characters/PokemonBlackAndWhiteAnimeCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonBlackAndWhiteAnimeRivals Rivals]] | [[Characters/PokemonBlackAndWhiteAnimeGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonBlackAndWhiteAnimeVillains Villains]]\\
'''XY:''' [[Characters/PokemonXYAnimePokemon Ash's Pokémon (Kalos)]] | [[Characters/PokemonXYAnimeCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonXYAnimeGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonXYMegaEvolutionSpecial Mega Evolution Special]] | [[Characters/PokemonXYAnimeRivals Rivals]] | [[Characters/PokemonXYAnimeVillains Villains]]\\
'''Sun and Moon:''' [[Characters/PokemonSunAndMoonAnimePokemon Ash's Pokémon (Alola)]] | [[Characters/PokemonSunAndMoonAnimeCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonSunAndMoonAnimeKahunasAndGuardianDeities Kahunas and Guardian Deities]] | [[Characters/PokemonSunAndMoonAnimeAetherFoundation Aether Foundation]] | [[Characters/PokemonSunAndMoonAnimeVillains Villains]]\\
'''[[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeries Journeys]]'''\\
'''Movies:''' [[Characters/PokemonMovies Movies 1 to 19]] | [[Characters/PokemonIChooseYou I Choose You!]] | [[Characters/PokemonThePowerOfUs The Power of Us]]-]]]]]
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[[folder:Giovanni (Sakaki)]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:You're just the players in my master plan!]]
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HirotakaSuzuoki (1st voice), Creator/KentaMiyake (current)
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/TedLewis (1st voice, 4Kids; current voice), Craig Blair (2nd voice)
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Alejandro Villeli (Season 1-10, current), Humberto Solórzano (only in Season 11)
-->'''Voiced in European French by:''' Patrick Descamps

The boss of Team Rocket.
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* AdaptedOut: All but the Rhydon from his video game roster are omitted in the anime.
* AscendedExtra: Giovanni was for the large part a GreaterScopeVillain until ''Best Wishes'', where he takes the role of BigBad, 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.
* 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''.
* BigBad: 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.
** He was also the BigBad of ''Mewtwo Returns''.
** He returned to the role during Team Rocket's ''Black and White'' arcs, taking up the role more directly in early Season 14 and the end of Season 15.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: At the climax of Operation Tempest.
* CanonForeigner: Inverted. Giovanni is the only Team Rocket member in the anime to have originated from the games.
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: 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.
* 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.
* TheComicallySerious: Which makes Meowth's [[ImagineSpot daydreams]] about him all the weirder.
** Or the chibi Creator/GeneKelly dance.
** The Bagon and the coconut. Good Arceus Almighty, ''the Bagon and the coconut!''
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He owned Pokémon Land, an attraction park featuring giant robot Pokémon, implying that he is some sort of businessman.
* CurbStompBattle: He's shown giving one to Gary by using Mewtwo.
* DeathGlare: To the point it's almost his default expression. The trio feel rather intimidated when he looks their way to say the least.
* DemotedToExtra: Until ''Black and White'', then once again for ''XY'', only to gradually return to prominence in ''Sun and Moon''.
* 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.
* DiabolicalMastermind: And one with a conqueror complex, too.
* 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.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: In the 'Birth of Mewtwo' CD drama.
* EvilBrit: Has a very pronounced British accent in the dub courtesy of Ted Lewis, and Craig Blair to a lesser extent.
* EvilIsNotAToy: The overwhelming power of the Reveal Glass takes control of him, temporarily driving him into insanity.
** Much earlier than that, he was using Mewtwo to curb-stomp challengers at his gym and do random tasks before he got his base destroyed from saying too much.
* TheFaceless: Until Gary fights him.
* 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.
* 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.
* GracefulLoser: The resolution to Operation Tempest shows he knows when to cut his losses.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Ash and co very seldom fight Giovanni directly, but being the leader of the Team Rocket organisation, 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.
** 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.
* 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.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: In the first movie, it's explained how he aquired Mewtwo...and later on, how it destroyed the Team Rocket HQ.
* 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.
* 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''.
* LaughingMad: In the Operation Tempest episodes, thanks to the power of the Reveal Glass.
* 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.
* 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).
* 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.
* MrExposition: Had a [[Film/AustinPowers Basil Exposition]] role towards Jessie, James, and Meowth early into ''Best Wishes.''
* 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.
* 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.
* OverarchingVillain: He and [[NebulousEvilOrganization Team Rocket as a whole]] serve as this due to Ash, Pikachu and The Trio's actions against other threatening villains.
* PetTheDog:
** Seems to genuinely love his Persian.
** As shown since Unova, he will also praise the trio for their rare moments of usefulness.
** 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.
* 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.
* RightHandCat: Persian. In the anime-inspired Yellow version and the Stadium games, he uses it to battle!
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: He can post bail for anyone (other than him) in the team who got sent to jail.
* 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.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: He was an early example of this trope, played as serious and menacing in contrast to the comedic Team Rocket trio.
* VillainsOutShopping: According to a spiel by Meowth about what Giovanni would do with a Magby, he apparently holds a company barbecue.
* 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.
* WouldHurtAChild:
** Unsurprisingly, he was willing to crush Ash to death to convince Meloetta to further his plans in Operation Tempest.
** 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''.
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[[folder:Giovanni's Persian]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RicaMatsumoto
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RicaMatsumoto

Giovanni's right hand cat, much to the ire of Meowth. Often seen being petted by its master.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The apple in Giovanni's eye that Meowth so direly wants to be. Naturally the latter loathes it.
* CanonImmigrant: As with many aspects of the game, ''Yellow'' and ''Stadium'' updated Giovanni's battle to utilize Persian.
* 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.
* 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.
* MoralityPet: One of ''very'' few individuals Giovanni shows affection and care towards. At least one manga backstory reveals Giovanni rescued Persian as a child.
* 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.
* RightHandCat: Obviously made to take this role beside Giovanni.
* UnknownRival: It seems pretty apathetic towards Meowth's envious hatred of it.
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[[folder:Cassidy and Butch (Yamato and Kosaburo)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Now here's our mission, so you better listen!"]]
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MasakoKatsuki (Yamato), Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Kosaburo)
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MeganHollingshead, Andi Whaley, Emily Williams (Cassidy), and Creator/EricStuart and Creator/JimmyZoppi (Butch) (EN)
-->'''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)

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 ''Pokémon Chronicles''.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: In a RunningGag, nobody gets Butch's name right.
* AlphaBitch: Cassidy frequently acts this way towards Jessie.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: They were essentially versions of Jessie and James who were actually competent, at least until {{Flanderization}} set in.
* BerserkButton: Getting Butch name wrong tends to make him a wee bit mad.
* ButtMonkey: Usually a result of Butch's name, though by Chronicles they're both full time bumbling villains.
* CardCarryingVillain: If their motto is anything to go by.
* CatchPhraseSpoutingDuo: An alternate version of the usual trio's motto.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: They haven't appeared since ''Diamond & Pearl''.
* EscalatingWar: By their later appearances, the trio's feud with the two was far more even handed and slapstick.
* {{Expy}}: 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* {{Flanderization}}: In ''Pokémon Chronicles'', they become just as incompetent as their rivals, likely to serve as Expies in other arcs and regions.
* GutturalGrowler: Butch has a low, smoker-like voice.
* 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.
* {{Irony}}: They pretty much became jokes while Jessie and James became much better at the job.
* KnightOfCerebus: At first, though ultimately dropped as time went on. Even though they've always more competent than the main trio, they still have comical qualities, and their credibility never lasts after they're defeated. Their later appearances don't even bother to play up their competence so much anymore.
* NoRespectGuy: Despite being more credible villains, they tend to be referred to as nothing more than "that ''other'' Team Rocket" by the hero cast. They are at least more respected within the organisation, though even there, no one seems to remember Butch's name.
* 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.
* RightHandAttackDog: Butch and Cassidy seem to have a fondness for canine Pokémon, having used, at various points, a Houndour, a Mightyena, and a Granbull.
* TheRival: To Jessie, James and Meowth.
* 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]].
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* TerribleTrio: Counting their on-and-off TeamPet Raticate.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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]].
* VocalDissonance: Butch certainly doesn't ''look'' like he should have such a low, croaky voice (at least in the dub).
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: They haven't been seen since Sinnoh.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Butch has green hair.
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[[folder:Doctor Namba]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/IchiroNagai
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JimmyZoppi
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Francisco Colmenero (Original Series), Daniel Abundis (Advance Generation), Hugo Navarrete (Diamond & Pearl), César Arias (Chronicles)


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.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Not unlike Butch, but turned UpToEleven: He knows that someone is getting his name wrong no matter what part of the globe that person is, and conveniently ''phones'' them!
* ArcVillain: Of the Lugia three-parter during ''Master Quest''.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Subverted since the torture session is hilarious.
* {{Expy}}: His personality and hair brings [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Dr. Wily]] into mind.
* GrumpyOldMan: Not the friendliest codger around, for sure.
%%* MadScientist
* MissionControl: To Butch and Cassidy.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Fishsticks.
* VillainDecay: All his appearances since his original stint as ArcVillain.
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[[folder:Attila (Buson)]]
!!Attila
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-->'''Voiced by''' Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (Japanese)
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Marc Thompson (English)

A former Pokemon 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 Pokemon Raikou in order to become a legend himself and help Team Rocket's goals.
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* 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.
* TheCameo: He's seen during the ninth movie's opening sequence where he and Hun successfully capture Rayquasa for Professor Sebastian to study.
* CoolShades: He wears a nice pair of black sunglasses.
* EvilPoacher: He was just and ordinary poacher before joining Team Rocket and even after joining them it doesn't stop him from trying to poach Pokemon.
* ExtraOreDinary: Has a Skarmory.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Inverted. He's blond but his heart is far from a heart of gold. He has no issue torturing Pokemon, especially legendary ones like Raikou.
* TheNicknamer: He often nicknames opponents he fights. For example he calls Jimmy "Hero boy", Vincent "Sissy boy", and Raikou "Thunder wonder".
* NotSoDifferent: 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 Pokemon to their collection. Of course Jimmy retorts with a ShutUpHannibal speech saying how wrong he is.
* 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.
* PoisonousPerson: Has a Muk.
* 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.
* 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.
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[[folder:Hun (Basho)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Toshiyuki Morikawa
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Veronica Taylor

A high-ranking officer of Team Rocket, and partner to Attila. He's one of the main antagonists of "The Legend of Thunder" special
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* BigBadDuumvirate: With Hun, the two of them serving as the main antagonists of "The Legend of Thunder".
* {{Bishonen}}: He's fair-featured and has long hair.
* ExtraOreDinary: Has a Steelix.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* TheStoic: He's fairly calm and logical, especially when compared to his partner.
* 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.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: His hair is close to white in color, and he's a loyal member of Team Rocket.
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[[folder:Pierce (Flint)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Jin Yamanoi
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/DanGreen
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Creator/EduardoGarza


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.
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* BigDamnVillains: Comes onto the scene with a truck to help the [=TRio=] when they're cornered by the police in [=BW010=].
* 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
* SatelliteCharacter: Seemed to only exist to give Jessie and James information.
* 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.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: His hair is a dark shade of blue.
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[[folder:Dr. Zager (Dr. Seger)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Masayuki Omoro
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MarcThompson
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Jaime Vega

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.
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* ArcVillain: He's the one calling the shots in the Nimbasa mission, [[spoiler:which technically included Meowth's HeelFaceMole phase.]] He also is the sole mastermind behind the mission at Twist Mountain.
* AscendedExtra: He's introduced as just a side character, but soon evolves into TheHeavy for much of the Unova arc.
* 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.
* TheHeavy: During Seasons 14-15, he functions as the primary antagonist of ''Best Wishes'' in Giovanni's absence.
* LargeHam: In his NotSoStoic moments.
* MadScientist: Though far more composed than most.
* MilkingTheGiantCow: [[http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae32/Playerking95/BW078-12.png OBSERVE]]!
* MissionControl: To Jessie, James, and Meowth, though he's not above getting in on the action himself.
* 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.
* 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).
** 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...]]
* 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.
* TheStoic: [[NotSoStoic Unless]] he's [[GrumpyOldMan angry]], or [[LargeHam excited]] due to [[MadScience scientific discovery]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Matori]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KiyomiAsai
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Emily Jenness
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Erica Edwards (Diamond & Pearl), Karla Falcón (Best Wishes!), Danann Galván (Sun & Moon)

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.
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* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* {{Meganekko}}: Her glasses are the first noticeable things about her.
* 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.
* NotSoAboveItAll:
** 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.
** 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.
* 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.
* 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.
** 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.
* SatelliteCharacter: To Giovanni up until ''Sun and Moon'', where she begins having more interaction with the [=TRio=].
* ScaryShinyGlasses: In her appearance in episode 95 of ''Best Wishes!''.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Evolves into one for the Team Rocket trio akin to Butch and Cassidy by the final season of ''Sun and Moon''.
* 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.
* TheStoic: Becomes NotSoStoic in ''Sun and Moon'', where she's more prone to irritation, and grows a visible fear towards Bewear.
* UnknownRival: In ''Sun and Moon'', Jessie wants to displace her as Giovanni's right-hand woman. Matori neither knows nor cares.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alolan Meowth (Alolan Nyarth)]]
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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.
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* 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.
* {{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.
* EvilCounterpart: Set up as one to Team Rocket's Meowth.
* {{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.
* 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.
* 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).
* 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.
* TheRival: To Meowth, for the position of Giovanni's "top cat".
* 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.
* 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.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Joins Matori as one for the Team Rocket trio (especially Meowth).
* SmugSnake: Alolan Meowths are {{Smug Smiler}}s by default, but this one has the devious attitude to match.
* SoftSpokenSadist: A "Poke-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.
* TeamRocketWins: Though the trio are hardly happy about it, Alolan Meowth does count as a Pokemon 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 Pokemon.
* {{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.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Domino]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KotonoMitsuishi
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/KerryWilliams
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Christine Byrd
-->'''Voiced in European French by:''' Marie Van R

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.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: She's high enough in Team Rocket to get away with objecting to Giovanni, and doesn't need Pokémon to put up a fight.
* 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.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: The seemingly innocent and sweet Domino is actually one of Team Rocket's deadliest fighters.
* 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.
* 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.
* CutenessProximity: Domino can't help but find the baby clone Pokémon adorable.
* TheDragon: To Giovanni.
* DumbBlonde: {{Exploited}}, she disguises herself as one.
* ImprobableAge: She seems rather young to be an elite officer of Team Rocket.
* 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.
* 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.
* OjouRinglets: Has two curly pigtails.
* PragmaticVillainy: She advised against torturing Mewtwo since he's too valuable to risk harm, and was annoyed at Giovanni doing so anyway since ItsPersonal.
* RedBaron: Domino, aka the Black Tulip, aka Agent 009.
* ShockAndAwe: Her electric tulip.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: After all her impressive feats, Domino ends up humiliated when she slips on a wet floor and face-plants into a bucket of water.
* ValleyGirl: Domino acts like one in the dub as part of her disguise.
* WeaponOfChoice: Her electrically charged tulips. Notably, she's one of the only human characters in the series who doesn't own a Pokémon.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mondo]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TakehitoKoyasu

A grunt that appears in the Japanese-only RadioDrama, ''Radio/ItsAWhiteTomorrowTeamRocket''. He assists Jessie, James, and Meowth with supplies.
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* SempaiKohai: He refers to Jessie and James as "sempai". He admires all three members of the trio.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Madame Boss]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HiromiTsuru

The former leader of Team Rocket and Giovanni's mother. She appeared in the Japanese-only RadioDrama, ''[[Radio/PokemonTheBirthOfMewtwo The Birth Of Mewtwo]]''
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* AdaptedOut: She isn't in the animated version of the radio drama.
* MissingMom: She is Giovanni's deceased mother
* PosthumousCharacter: She died between Miyamoto going missing and current-time.
* UnnamedParent: She's Giovanni's mother but is only referred to as her title.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Miyamoto]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by''': Creator/YumiTouma

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]]''.
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* TheAce: She is the favorite of Madame Boss, who calls her "the ideal image of Team Rocket".
* AdaptedOut: Her portions aren't in the animated adaptation of the radio drama.
* {{Determinator}}: She never gave up on trying to capture Mew.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Miyamoto and her daughter Musashi (Jessie) are named after the famous Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi.
* GiveHimANormalLife: She loved her daughter, but gave her up for adoption with this goal.
* {{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.
** 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.
* 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.
* NeverFoundTheBody: She's apparently alive, but no one in-series knows this.
* PreciousPhoto: She carried a photo of her young daughter with her while on her mission to capture Mew.
* 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.
* 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.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Jessie looks a lot like her mother.
* UndyingLoyalty: She is completely devoted to Team Rocket.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has dark purple hair.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Delibird]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi

A delivery Delibird that recurrently gives messages and packages to the trio, sometimes good, sometimes not.
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* 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 organisation.
* InstantMessengerPigeon: Often works as such for Team Rocket, frequently used to deliver items or provisions to the trio.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bewear (Kiteruguma)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by''': Creator/MikaKanai
-->'''Voiced in English by''': Michele Knotz

A wild Bewear that has decided to adopt Team Rocket, whether they like it or not. She carries them off to her den and takes care of them, and will inevitably track them down to do so again if they decide to leave. They eventually give in and officially make Bewear's den their hideout, with hope that maybe they will be able to catch her eventually (though ''that'' looks unlikely).
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* {{Acrofatic}}: Bewear is just as big and bulky as the rest of her species, but when pursuing Team Rocket, she can pull off feats of agility that would be impressive for a Pokémon half her size.
* AndCallHimGeorge: She kidnaps Team Rocket and takes them to her home. She's very nurturing of Team Rocket, [[MyBelovedSmother if a bit insistent about it]]. Her smothering delayed Jessie getting the Luxury Ball back after catching Mimikyu with it, and may have prematurely ended their first Alola battle with Ash. The [=PokéDex=] entry for ''Pokémon Moon'' expressly says that Bewear are known for inadvertently killing their trainers, so they may be in more trouble than they realize.
* BearHug: Gives a crushing one to Jessie when she gives her some Malasada donuts in [=SM014=].
* BearsAreBadNews: Certainly acts that way on occasion, though her actual demeanor is more MamaBear than anything.
* BearyFriendly: She's genuinely friendly towards Team Rocket. Maybe a bit too much so.
* BerserkButton: Bewear routinely protects Team Rocket from the twerps but, seemingly knowing who's antagonising who in that case, rarely hassles the twerps besides cutting off their fight. When Pheromosa smacks around Team Rocket unprovoked however, Bewear makes very clear that she is ''pissed''.
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
** She usually neutralises Team Rocket indirectly, her harm to them being unintentional. When they attempt to interrupt the Tapus' ritual so they can capture Nebby however, Bewear is savvy enough to keep out of it, and intimidates and strangulates the trio until they agree to do the same.
** After finding out about the decoys used to distract her, Bewear catches up with Team Rocket in Ula Ula. [[OhCrap They can blatantly tell]] she is ''not'' happy about being tricked.
** As Pheromosa found out [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown the hard way]], while Bewear is usually the mediator between Team Rocket and the twerps, she does ''not'' take kindly to someone picking on Team Rocket unprovoked.
* BigDamnHeroes: Reversed. Regularly and abruptly appears to save the villainous Team Rocket from beatings by the twerps. Played straight in [=SM114=], neither Ash and his friends nor Team Rocket stand any chance against and Pheromosa, and they are only able to recover the stolen Z-Crystals and capture Pheromosa due to Bewear's intervention.
* CurbStompBattle: On the giving end to Pheromosa in [=SM114=].
* {{Determinator}}: Her desire to bring them back is so strong that she is capable of '''[[WalkOnWater RUNNING ACROSS THE OCEAN]]''' to find and catch them.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:When a Pheromosa breaks Meowth's heart, Bewear flies into a berserk rage and ''knocks it out cold.'']]
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: As her species is infamous for, Bewear loves to give hugs but can't control [[BearHug the potentially deadly force she puts into them]]. This has put the trio through a lot of pain many times.
* TheDreaded: Following from her Pokédex entry, Bewear is a feared Pokémon without even trying to be. Naturally this offers the trio some protection for a change as no one, not even the twerps, want to intervene when she steps in to help them. Even a ''Totem Pokemon'' won't mess with her.
* EnigmaticMinion: While she houses and cares for the Team Rocket trio, she doesn't take orders from them, and has frequently interrupted their spars with the twerps when either side has had the advantage (or sometimes even when Team Rocket weren't doing anything villainous at all). Her motivations and interests are not looked into at all since she seldom says anything for Meowth to translate or even emotes through facial expressions.
%%* ExitPursuedByABear: Part of what Bewear does.
* GenderReveal: Revealed to be female in [=SM096=] when her Stufful cub calls her Mama.
* GullibleLemmings: The only times so far Team Rocket have managed to get their way around Bewear was by leaving a mechanical dupes to distract her. When they head to Ula Ula they leave robot duplicates of themselves in the lair with a looping recording of them talking. Repeated when they use an Oranguru robot to distract her and Stufful while they take part in the league. In both cases she only sees through the charade when the decoys start malfunctioning.
%%* HellIsThatNoise: When excited, she bursts into a horrifically loud and high-pitch screech.
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Bewear's fondness for humans (and thus Team Rocket) results in several episodes ending with her carrying Jessie, James, and their Pokémon back to her cave.
* TheKindnapper: Keeps Team Rocket dormant in her cave against their will, but never uses violent tactics, and offers them food and comfort. Shortly in, the trio decide to roll with this and convert Bewear's cave into their secret lair, something she seems to have no qualms with.
* KnowWhenToFoldThem: Butts in when things get too tough for Team Rocket, and carries them away. Beats blasting off. This only lasts for the Alola saga, though.
** She got locked in a clash with Buzzwole in [=SM061=]. But when Team Rocket happens upon them, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere She breaks off, grabs them, and hightails it]]. It was likely to protect ''them'': if ''she'' was stalemated with Buzzwole, Jessie and James probably didn't stand a chance.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LagwAh-iWVw Has one]] that plays whenever she shows up to drag Team Rocket away in the original Japanese edit.
* LightningBruiser: If the various stunts she pulls off to evacuate her charges didn't clue you into this detail, then the fearsome display of her abilities in [=SM114=] certainly will; she [[NoSell No Sells]] Pheromosa's attacks and downs it with only a handful of solid hits, delivered faster than her opponent could react. When she makes a beeline to chase down Pheromosa, she crosses from one side of the battlefield to the other in the blink of an eye. And she probably doesn't really need to chase after her opponent in a fight; durability aside, her reaction time is so formidable that when Pheromosa tries to run circles around her to confuse her, she just stays put and patiently waits for the Ultra Beast to come within striking distance, behind her at that, before lashing out with all her might.
* MamaBear: Protective of Team Rocket to a fault. It was eventually revealed this was due to her losing track of her Stufful cub, which was eventually found at Aether Paradise and reunited with her.
* MoralityPet: As often as she intervenes with their agenda, the Team Rocket trio do genuinely care about her and Stufful. They are even willing to risk their beloved occupations in Team Rocket to protect them from Matori.
* NoSell: It's reaction to a pokeball trying to catch her? ''Catch it and crush it to dust.''
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Bewear seems to like Team Rocket, though has no interest in their agenda, so doesn't seem to care if she is inadvertently foiling Jessie and James' plans when she reclaims them.
* OnlySaneMan: Bewear's intrusions could be seen as a moderating force for Team Rocket in Alola. This is particularly noted in [=SM052=], when she prevents Team Rocket from interfering with the Tapus and Nebby.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** After Meowth falls into a funk after helping Ash and Litten with Stoutland, [[spoiler:and more than likely being as aware as they are about Stoutland's imminent death]], Bewear sits down next to him and gives him a ''gentle'' hug to comfort him.
** When Team Rocket suicidally target the Tapus and Solgaleo, Bewear interrupts and, rather than dragging them home, ''very'' firmly keeps them at bay until the crisis with the Ultra Space wormhole is resolved.
** When Team Rocket happens upon her in conflict with Buzzwole, she disengages, grabs them, and runs off.
** Normally when coming to spirit Team Rocket away, Bewear is more than happy to simply grab them and leave without much of a fight; even against Buzzwole, with whom she did choose to exchange blows, she chose to leave the instant Team Rocket showed up, prioritizing their safety first and foremost. But upon seeing Meowth in tears in [=SM114=], Bewear takes the time to deliver a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the offending Pheromosa before retrieving Team Rocket and returning home, marking the very first time she chooses to go on the offensive over simply retreating.
*** Lampshaded by Team Rocket, who look ''terrified'' when an aura flares around her and she [[HellIsThatNoise screams with rage]]. Even '''[[HorrifyingTheHorror Mimikyu]]''' looked freaked out.
** Her fight against Guzzlord is one of the few times Bewear demonstrates an assortment of visible facial emotions, first a determined grimace when fighting the Ultra Beasts, a pained look when overpowered and beaten down, and finally a touched joyous look when Team Rocket rescues her.
* PreMeeting: May or may not be the same Bewear that scared the living crap out of Ash in [=SM001=].
* PutOnABus: It's put in charge of taking care of Mimikyu and Mareanie when Team Rocket's called back to Kanto, giving them one last hug before chucking them in their balloon and sending it into the sky, having them blast off again, complete with Team Rocket's infamous ATwinkleInTheSky RunningGag.
* RunningGag: Replaces Team Rocket's infamous ATwinkleInTheSky with bringing them back to her den when the going starts to get tough. Even when they do manage their former bit, Bewear is waiting to catch them on the other end. This only lasts for the Alola saga, though.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Played for laughs. It doesn't matter where Team Rocket goes or how improbable it may be that Bewear could find them, but ''she will''. UpToEleven when she is capable of tracking them all the way to Kanto Region.
* SpannerInTheWorks: When not saving them from a beating, she interrupts Team Rocket's plans whenever they are actually on the verge of defeating the twerps.
* StockAnimalDiet: Is fond of Combee honey, though she also eats fruit.
* SwappedRoles: During the Guzzlord invasion, Bewear fights and is ultimately overpowered by one of them. [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Having none of this]], Team Rocket use their mech to stop Guzzlord and carry away Bewear for once.
* ATasteOfDefeat: Only a very small number of circumstances have hindered Bewear from hauling back Team Rocket:
** Thus far, being put to sleep by Jigglypuff's Sing attack is the only shown proof that ''anything'' can stop this Pokémon.
** When she interrupts Pikachu and Mimikyu's battle in Ula Ula, Mimikyu, still incensed, [[StaringDownCthulhu glares her down]]. Bewear ''actually relents'' and sits until the battle is over.
** While it puts up a good fight against one of the rampaging Guzzlord in [=SM140=], it is ultimately overpowered when trying to protect Stufful, and takes a nasty pummelling. Team Rocket block the finishing blow however and use their mech to jet Bewear and Stufful back home for once.
* ATruceWhileWeGawk: No matter how viciously they were at each other's throats before, everyone from both the twerps and Team Rocket's side will cease fighting in dumbfoundment whenever Bewear interrupts to take back the trio (often in an increasingly bizarre fashion).
* ATwinkleInTheSky: Bewear is not above this trope.
** In [=SM027=], she catapults from some trees to catch Team Rocket and blast off with them.
** In the cold open of [=SM033=], Jessie hooks her while fishing, and she swims across Brooklet Hill with them so fast that she blasts off.
** In [=SM042=], she builds a makeshift rocket from the parts of their wrecked mecha ''du jour'', and ''literally'' blasts off.
* TheUnfought: The closest she has ever come to battling is against the Ultra Beast Buzzwole in [=SM061=], and she breaks off the fight as soon as Team Rocket shows up to get them away from Buzzwole. She finally averts this in [=SM114=], where she near effortlessly knocks out Pheromosa.
* VocalDissonance: In the games, her cry is a deep grunt. In the anime, she makes a high-pitched and rather disconcerting scream.
* WalkOnWater: She can run across the ocean to catch Team Rocket. Rotom even takes note of her as bizarre.
** She does it again, this time with Stufful riding on her head, in the EndOfEpisodeSilliness of [=SM139=], undoubtedly to join the battle against Guzzlord.
* WildCard: She neither serves Team Rocket's schemes nor directly helps the twerps. As such she can benefit or hinder either side, either by stopping Team Rocket when they risk succeeding in a crime, or evacuating them when the twerps risk inflicting some post-victory DisproportionateRetribution.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gozu]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by''': Keikō Sakai
-->'''Voiced in English by''': Pete Zarustica

A member of Team Rocket's elite "Matori Matrix" unit, and Matori's second-in-command.
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* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* EyePatchOfPower: Wears one over his right eye. There's nothing actually wrong with said eye though, he just wears it to look cool.
* SuperMode: He has an Aggron which can Mega Evolve.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pelipper]]
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A Pokemon that appears in Pokemon Journeys who works with Jessie and James and delivers the Rocket Prize Master. It had its first official battle in ''[=JN049=]''
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* MakingASplash: A part water type that knows Hydro Pump.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: It messing with the Rocket Prize Master is what caused the events of ''[=JN058=]''
* TookALevelInBadass: From its debut, its main role is to pretty much supply the Rocket Prize Master. However after the Prize Master was empty in ''[=JN058=]'', Pelipper itself battled the group but gets defeated by Chloe.
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** He appears set to take up this role again in ''Sun and Moon'', particularly Season 22, as he has his sights set on [[spoiler: "the Blinding One", Necrozma.]]

* MakingASplash: A aprty water type that knows Hydro Pump.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: It messing with the Rocket Prize Master.is what caused the events of ''[=JN058=]''

A Pokemon that appears in Pokemon Journeys who works with Jessie and James and delivers the Rocket Prize Master. It had its first official battle in "JN049".

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: It messing with the Rocket Prize Master.is what caused the events of "JN058".

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