Characters in Pokémon: Rise of the Rockets who originated in official Pokémon material.
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Legendary Pokémon
In General
Legendary Pokémon
- Psychic Powers: All Legendary Pokémon are assumed to have limited telepathic abilities, allowing them to communicate with humans.
- Talking Pokémon: See above.
Mewtwo
Mewtwo
The original Mewtwo.- Berserk Button: Threatening, harming, and especially killing his fellow clones.
- Despair Event Horizon: Suffered a severe case after the other cloned Pokémon were killed.
"Mewthree"
Mewtwo/"Mewthree"
Another Mewtwo created by a Unovan bounty hunting company at the request of Ford.- From a Single Cell: His Recover abilities are shown to be much more potent than those of the original Mewtwo.
- Skilled, but Naive: As a newly born Pokémon, Mewthree still has yet to master his powers.
Ho-Oh
Ho-Oh
A legendary bird Pokémon.- Berserk Button: Will absolutely destroy any sources of evil that it locates, as the Searchers found out the hard way.
- The Nth Ho-Oh: Is capable of regenerating when killed, albeit with a new personality. As of its battle against Feral, Ho-Oh is on its third life.
- Shout-Out: Unsurprisingly, the rules regarding Ho-Oh's regeneration were directly inspired by Doctor Who.
Sheik
Raikou/Shekou/Sheik
A female Raikou from Orre who later joined Team Liberty.- Ascended Extra: Started out as a random Raikou in Orre; by now she has turned into virtually a full-fledged Team Liberty agent.
- Shout-Out: See Fan Nickname.
The Shiny Beasts
The Shiny Beasts
A shiny Entei, Raikou and Suicune who originate from a different dimension. After sensing the powerful disturbances in the dimensional fabric, they appeared in the main dimension to rectify the problem.- Born-Again Immortality: Possess this power, as demonstrated by Suicune.
- Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Dimension Jumping, allowing the user to fast travel at the expense of a large amount of energy.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Suicune.
The Creation Trio
The Creation Trio
A group of Legendary Dragons consisting of Palkia, Dialga and Giratina.- Reality Warper: All three of them, in their own way.
Déoxys
Deoxys (Xalpha/Ariadne, Odin, Vili, and Vé)
Ariadne is a Deoxys recruited by Team Rocket member Robert Hawkins. She assisted in defending Paradise from Team Liberty's attacks. It was later revealed that she was formerly the queen of the Deoxys race on their home planet; after seeing their actions on Earth, she relinquished her position in disgust.Odin, Vili, and Vé are a trio of lower-power Deoxys revived by Ariadne and a group of Latios and Latias. Each is confined to a single, specialized form, coinciding with the colors of the gems in their chests, and all three serve as Ariadne's honor guard.
- Color-Coded Characters:
- Purple — Ariadne — All
- Red — Odin — Attack
- Blue — Vili — Defense
- Green — Vé — Speed
- Meaningful Name: Xalpha = ex-Alpha, following the relinquishment of her position.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something
- Samus Is a Girl: Most assumed Ariadne was a male before her true gender was revealed.
- Shout-Out: Ariadne's true name was directly inspired by Inception.
Celebi
Celebi
- Neverthe Selves Shall Meet: Implied with how Celebi told James not to come back to his office until after she threw him back in time. But knowing Celebi, it's more likely invoked for her convenience more than anything else.
Human NPCs
In General
Human NPCs
Silver
Silver
One of the Dex Holders and the son of the now-deceased Team Rocket leader Giovanni. Silver originally operated as a Team Liberty agent; within the past year, however, he betrayed the organization for Team Rocket.- Face–Heel Turn: Much to the dismay of his friends.
- Subverted, as he acts as a mole within Team Rocket.
- The Informant
- The Mole
Koga, Sabrina, and Lt. Surge
The Rocket Triad
A group of Gym Leaders working with Team Rocket, consisting of Lt. Surge, Koga, and Sabrina. Later turned out to be brainwashed by Elton, and upon his defeat were sent into a psychic rampage.- Brainwashed and Crazy: Revealed to be the case due to the actions of Rocket Executive Elton.
- Cavalry Betrayal: During the first Paradise attack.
- Ninja: Koga.
- Poisonous Person: Koga's specialty.
- Psychic Powers: Sabrina's specialty.
- Shock and Awe: Surge's specialty.
Pryce
Pryce
The former Gym Leader of Mahogany Town. Pryce only appeared for a limited time, in a side-dimension where he had been placed under the control of a mysterious, pool-like entity.- Dying as Yourself
- Heel Realization: Realizing that he has essentially killed all of his Pokémon manages to break him free from his implied mind control.
- Killed Off for Real
- My God, What Have I Done?: His reaction to his Heel Realization.
Maxie
Maxie
Team Magma's primary leader. After realizing the folly of his ways, he reformed and has transformed Team Magma in an organization of good.- Cruel and Unusual Death: Trapped in metal 'egg' and dropped into the very volcano in which he had built his base.
- Demoted to Extra: After his player left.
- Heel–Face Turn
- Killed Off for Real: By Adams.
- Spanner in the Works: For Soil Colossus, by stealing the Alpha Manaphy that Sandrock was after.
- Subverted when he ended up trading Manaphy for Silvermind, anyway.
Archie
Archie
Team Aqua's primary leader. Archie was imprisoned along with Maxie following the conclusion of the Hoenn saga; unlike Maxie, he did not reform, and has been imprisoned in Lilycove City for some time now. He was recently released following the return of Team Aqua, though following intervention by Team Rocket, he was killed via telekinetic neck snap by Sabrina.- Deal with the Devil: Attempted this with Feral.
- Killed Off for Real
- Neck Snap
- Shut Up, Hannibal!: Delivered by Sabrina.
The Six Sages
The Six Sages
The six Sages of Team Plasma.- A Million Is a Statistic: Averted. They explicitly condemn Evan's decision regarding Hayes because he operated under this mindset.
- This actually appears to be a Berserk Button for Rood, who absolutely flips out when Kinali reassures him that the damaged land of Unova will be fine, without mentioning the people whose lives were lost in the battle.
- Chess Motifs: The structure for their organization's ranking system.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Applies to certain Sages more than others, but Gorm is the best example.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Deliver one to Evan following Hayes' defeat, as he forfeited an opportunity to bring her in.
- They later deliver another one to the main player group after Palkia and Black-Kyurem destroy a large chunk of Unova.
Jupiter
Jupiter
One of Team Galactic's admins, and the last surviving member of the group following their encounter with Envy.- Ascended Extra: Initially appeared in a background role during Team Galactic's recruitment into the Hojohsin League; later emerged again—much more prominently—with Envy's introduction.
- Guest-Star Party Member
- Only Sane Man: Seemed to feel this way while dealing with Vert.
- Sole Survivor: Of Envy's attack on Team Galactic.
- Spanner in the Works: If it hadn't been for her vocal objections, Vert might have succeeded in capturing and experimenting on Evan and Landorus.
- Thousand-Yard Stare: By the time she gets around to informing Sleight about Envy, she has adopted this expression, having had to recount the total destruction of her friends and co-workers so many times.
