History Characters / PokemonBlackAndWhiteTeamPlasma

* NotSoSimilar: ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'' and ''Pokémon Masters'' all go into his similarities with Giovanni; ambitious, cold, cunning, and almost gleefully evil crime bosses. However, ''Masters'' shows that even the Rainbow Rocket version of Giovanni, who has fewer of the original's NobleDemon traits, has some degree of morality, especially in regards to his son despite abandoning him as a child. In contrast, Ghestis frequently calls his adopted son a subhuman freak of nature. Silver (Giovonni's son) takes note of this difference when the two Team leaders briefly team up and manages to find Ghestis even more loathsome than his own father.

** In ''Black and White 2'' he manages to take control of the Dragon/Ice-type Kyureum and has it fuse with either Reshiram or Zekrom, depending on the version, to take on the player. ''Masters'' retains this.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: While N is ultimately an UnwittingPawn of Ghetsis, he's still an extremely powerful trainer. Duing the climax he curbstomps both the Elite Four and Alder with room left over to give the player one hell of a battle.

* RaisedByWolves: At least, he might as well have been, since it's explained he spent most of his childhood interacting more with Pokémon than with people, which is why he gets along with them better than with other humans and wants to separate Pokémon from humans so much. Not to mention that, according to Masuda, rumors exist that he was ''born'' of Pokémon, somehow. Not that the rumors have any idea who the parents are.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Comes off as a jerk on a number of occasions but his goals are well meaning and he really does want to become your friend.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunichiSuwabe (JP, promo), Tokuyoshi Kawashima (JP, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''), Creator/SeanSchemmel (EN, promo), Creator/ChrisNiosi (EN, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''), Yung-I Chang (EN - ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters''), Creator/KojiYusa (JP, ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'')

* CardCarryingVillain: Most of their members are much more up front about the organization's evil ambitions this time. At least one of them admits that they used to be in Team Galactic.

* {{Irony}}: Zinzolin in the post-game in ''Black and White'' hid in the Cold Storage south of Driftveil, where you first met him, and both times complained constantly of the cold. And in ''Black 2 and White 2'', all of his Pokémon are of the Ice type.

* CombatPragmatist: They each have two Pawniard, and one of them also has an Absol, a Pokémon which is often regarded as a bad omen. They also have the ability to stun people and teleport away.

* SignatureMon: Accelgor, Absol, and Banette, one for each. Their other Pokémon are all Pawniard and Bisharp.

* ArmiesAreEvil: Their uniforms are much more reminiscent of a paramilitary organization this time around, and their villains.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Team Plasma Grunts in ''Black and White'']]

* ArmiesAreEvil: Their uniforms are much more resembling of a paramilitary organization this time around.
* BlackShirt: Complete with paramilitary/terrorist style gear.

* CardCarryingVillain: Most of their members are much more up front about the organization's ambitions this time. At least one of them admits that they used to be in Team Galactic.

* DarkIsEvil: Contrasting with the LightIsNotGood design of the previous team.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: Their turn to open terrorism coincides with a uniform switch from LightIsNotGood ChurchMilitant gear to DarkIsEvil paramilitary gear.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: They control Kyurem.
* EvilRedhead: The grunts.

* MaskPower: Covering their mouths and lower face.

* PaintItBlack: The knight-like outfits were ditched for black, paramilitary uniforms.

* HotScientist: Not bad-looking in the slightest.

-->One is voiced by: (in promo) Creator/AkiraIshida (JP), Creator/JasonGriffith (EN), (in ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'') Ben Balmaceda (EN), Takaaki Torashima (JP)

-->''"The cries of the suffering Pokémon filling that room... The borderline between Pokémon and humans... I exist on that line. I live in the margins between everyone, so I will save them! I will change the world!"''

--> Voiced by: Creator/HiroshiKamiya (JP, promo), Creator/AkiraIshida (JP, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''),
--> Tom Wayland (EN, promo), Creator/GrantGeorge (EN, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''), Creator/DamanMills (VideoGame/PokemonMasters - EN), Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (VideoGame/PokemonMasters - JP)

-->''"We shall bring back the hero and that Pokémon to Unova once again! If we can win people's hearts and minds, we can easily create the world that I--I mean, Team Plasma--desires!"''
-->Voiced by: Creator/ShoHayami (JP, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''), Creator/PatrickSeitz (EN, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''), Hikaru Hanada (JP, ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters''), Creator/MickWingert[[note]](Uncredited due to contractual reasons)[[/note]] (EN, ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters''), Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (JP, ''WebAnimation/PokemonEvolutions''), Creator/ArmenTaylor (EN, ''WebAnimation/PokemonEvolutions'')

-->''"Team Plasma said we should recognize the potential in Pokémon and liberate them from humans. I disagree. Conversely, it should be humans who bring out the hidden potential in Pokémon!"''
-->Voiced by: Creator/JunichiSuwabe (JP, promo), Tokuyoshi Kawashima (JP, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''),
-->Creator/SeanSchemmel (EN, promo), Creator/ChrisNiosi (EN, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''), Yung-I Chang (EN - ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters''), Creator/KojiYusa (JP, ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'')

! The Seven Sages

->Voiced by (in ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''): Masaaki Ihara (Japanese), Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (English)

-->''"At that time, I believed we were on the side of justice. By serving my king, N, I was going to make a world without war. But I was conceited, and I couldn't see the unhappiness we were causing. That's why I can't let it happen again!"''

->Voiced by (in ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''): Tomoyuki Shimura (Japanese), Creator/SteveStaley (English)

-->''"It's bitter cold. I'm shivering. I'm suffering, but I'm alive! It's what the essence of life feels like! It's proof of my existence!"''

-->Creator/SeanSchemmel (EN, promo), Creator/ChrisNiosi (EN, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''), Yung-I Chang (EN - ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters''), Koji Yusa (JP, ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'')

[[folder:Ghetsis Harmonia ''[-(G-Cis Harmonia)-]'']]
!! Ghetsis Harmonia Gropius / G-Cis Harmonia Gropius (ゲーチス・ハルモニア・グロピウス ''geeshisu harumonia guropiusu'')
-->''"We shall bring back the hero and that Pokémon to Unova once again! If we can win people's hearts and minds, we can easily create the world that I--I mean, Team Plasma--desires!"''
-->Voiced by: Creator/ShoHayami (JP, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''), Creator/PatrickSeitz (EN, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''), Hikaru Hanada (JP, ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters''), Creator/MickWingert[[note]](Uncredited due to contractual reasons)[[/note]] (EN, ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters''), Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (JP, ''WebAnimation/PokemonEvolutions''), Creator/ArmenTaylor (EN, ''WebAnimation/PokemonEvolutions'')

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The true leader of Team Plasma, who aims to have N "liberate" all Pokémon from their Trainers so only he can use them. 2 years later, he has captured Kyruem, the third Dragon left over from Reshiram and Zekrom to freeze Unova as vengeance for his failed "near perfect" plan.

[[folder:N]]
!!N (Ｎ ''enu'') / Natural Harmonia Gropius (ナチュラル・ハルモニア・グロピウス ''nachuraru harumonia guropiusu'')
-->''"The cries of the suffering Pokémon filling that room... The borderline between Pokémon and humans... I exist on that line. I live in the margins between everyone, so I will save them! I will change the world!"''
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[[caption-width-right:350: "[[PuppetKing King]]" of Team Plasma]]
--> Voiced by: Creator/HiroshiKamiya (JP, promo), Creator/AkiraIshida (JP, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''),
--> Tom Wayland (EN, promo), Creator/GrantGeorge (EN, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''), Creator/DamanMills (VideoGame/PokemonMasters - EN), Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (VideoGame/PokemonMasters - JP)

Ghetsis's adoptive son, who was raised alongside abused Pokémon. Though a kind man by nature, N has been manipulated by Ghetsis into partnering with Reshiram or Zekrom to create a world where Pokémon live separately from humans. After learning that this is a huge lie, N departs Unova. He returns in ''Black 2 and White 2'' as an ally to the protagonist.

* AbusiveParents: His adoptive father, Ghetsis, neglected him and forced him to be raised among Pokémon abused by humans. He did this in order to shape his opinion that Pokémon and humans need to separated, and so he would be distinct from humans. Then, when you defeat N in the battle using your legendaries, Ghetsis openly mocks his son as an inhuman monster incapable of real emotion (hypocritical, since this describes Ghetsis more than anything.)
* AffablyEvil: In the first Black and White games where he was the King of Team Plasma, technically putting him as this. He drops the "evil" bit after losing to the Player.
* AllLovingHero: Thinks himself as this for Pokémon. Becomes this in the sequels.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: He's good, but VERY misguided.
* AntiVillain: He never does anything that he hasn't been led to believe is for the greater good, and when he realizes that he's been deceived he quickly pulls a HeelFaceTurn.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: While N is ultimately an UnwittingPawn of Ghetsis, he's still an extremely powerful trainer. Duing the climax he curbstomps both the Elite Four and Alder with room left over to give the player one hell of a battle.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: The focus of the opening sequence before the first games' title screen is him being crowned King of Team Plasma.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Hilbert when they team up in ''Masters''.
* BadBedroomBadLife: His childhood bedroom is covered in immature toys, Pokémon claw marks, and the music sounds like a creepy music-box. This communicates to the audience how he not only has an innocent and childlike mind, but that [[spoiler:Ghetsis was conditioning him and abusing him all his childhood, never letting him experience the real world in an effort to ''keep'' him pure and easily manipulated.]]
* BenevolentBoss: Even when he was the antagonist, he treated his Pokémon with respect and kindness, and when he said that he doesn't want to keep Pokémon trapped in Poké Balls or "enslave" them for battle? ''He meant it''. All of the Pokémon he catches for battle are [[PutOnABus released]] once they serve their purpose and when you catch them in the sequel, all of them are at maximum happiness, showing that he was nothing but kind to them. In addition, while he generally looked down on his fellow humans while he was "King of Team Plasma", he treated members of Team Plasma with respect and would even hold the line to let them get away when in trouble.
* BigBadFriend: Though more along the lines of ObliviouslyEvil BigBad friend as opposed to the more classic version of the trope.
* BigDamnHeroes: He and his dragon save you as Ghetsis is about to have Kyurem ''freeze you with floating icicles!'' However, [[FromBadToWorse Kyurem then absorbs N's dragon.]]
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: He views humans (save for those who share his beliefs) as bad and Pokémon as good, hence why he wants to separate them. He even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it at one point by saying how when humans and Pokémon are separated, "black and white will be clearly distinct."
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: He starts out with such belief regarding his goals, and says it as a TitleDrop. Word Of God says the connection to the title was intended from the start. This of course, makes him (and the rest of the game) in-fact, [[GreyAndGrayMorality Grey]].
* BreakoutCharacter: Like Cynthia, N is one of the most beloved Pokémon Trainers in the series, and was praised as one of the highlights of the Unova games. His mainline anime appearance was much publicized, and he went on to get a generous amount of merchandise and marketing, including a Nendoroid figure.
* BreakTheCutie: Finding out his cause was essentially a lie, then abused further by his dad.
* ButNowIMustGo: At the end of the first set of games. He gives a big speech thanking the player and states that his life is in his hands now before flying off on whichever dragon he caught. He is not seen again in the game after that, although Looker implies that someone spotted him in a faraway place.
* ChekhovsGunman: He's introduced in the second town, but it isn't until later that you find out that he's the boss of Team Plasma.
* TheChosenOne: He was engineered to be this.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Given Anthea and Concordia's backstory on him. He was abandoned in a forest at a young age, and raised by a Zorua, Woobat, and Darmanitan. N was later taken in by Ghetsis, who claimed to be his father.
* CreateYourOwnHero: He allows Hilbert/Hilda to obtain the Light/Dark Stone and re-awaken the opposing Legendary Dragon to become the next Hero of Truth/Ideals, mainly to see if his Ideals/Truth can truly overcome their's. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain It ultimately leads to his downfall]].
* CreepyChild: Or rather, Creepy {{Manchild}}. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri1QHHZ7l-g His theme]] plays no small part in this.
* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: N was raised to believe humans are needlessly cruel to Pokémon in an attempt by Ghetsis to mould the boy into a PuppetKing. Then he meets the player character, whose starter suggests otherwise. The more the two interact, the more N starts wondering whether his worldview is right, and the more [[SpannerInTheWorks Ghetsis' plot starts to collapse in on itself]]. By the end, N realizes the player character's ideal is correct and forfeits his operations, [[VillainousBreakdown and the resulting proverbial black hole takes the Plasma scheme and what remains of Ghetsis' sanity with it]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: He's the leader of Team Plasma and his [[SignatureMon most iconic]] Pokémon is a Dark type, but N is a good person at heart and truly does want what's best for Pokémon.
* DependingOnTheArtist: His eye color tends to change between blue and [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow green]] (as shown in the picture above). His game depictions seem to show him as blue eyed, while in his official artwork, he's green-eyed.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: As a child, he's depicted barefoot, presumably due to [[WildChild his upbringing]]. Averted as an adult, at which point he wears some nice-looking green shoes.
* DramaticIrony: For once believing that Pokémon should be exonerated from humans, he failed to realize his own Pokémon like him just as much as any other trainer and their Pokémon but would be heartbroken to be separated.
* TheDragon: Though he didn't realize it, he was a pawn of Ghetsis in the first ''Black and White''.
* DragonTamer: Depending on the game, he manages to awaken either the Electric/Dragon Zekrom in ''Black'' or Fire/Dragon Reshiram in ''White'', and uses them in battle.
* EarthyBarefootCharacter: As a kid. Though he stops going barefoot as an adult, he's still earthy.
* ErmineCapeEffect: Downplayed - He wears a beige robe in his crowning during the cinematic preceding the title screen. However, he is always seen wearing normal clothes
* EvilCounterpart: Downplayed, but he serves as one to the main characters of basically all Pokémon games. Check out his hat -- it's the same design of cap as Red's classic cap, but in black.
* FalseFriend: Sort of. He seems to still view you as a "friend" of sorts even after he reveals he is Team Plasma's king, and thinks that he and the protagonist could be once humans and Pokémon are separated.
-->'''N:''' [''after Zekrom/Reshiram fails to appear''] How disappointing. I actually kind of liked you a little.
* FoeRomanceSubtext: With the player character, whom he's implied to develop feelings for.
* {{Foil}}: To the typical Pokémon protagonist. He's still learning about the world, just like how Pokémon protagonists venture out as children as a ComingOfAgeStory, but N is an adult whose worldview has not been allowed to mature due to his extremely sheltered upbringing. He forms bonds with his Pokémon, something that's almost inevitable for most players, but while the player builds it up with their team over the course of a game, N immediately befriends his Pokémon and lets them go after. He trains a legendary Pokémon, a trait usually exclusive to the protagonists, but it's the legendary featured on the version that the player isn't using, and he uses it on the pretense that he's TheChosenOne as opposed to trainers usually being [[FromNobodyToNightmare not particularly special]]. And he's a TalkativeLoon MotorMouth as opposed to a HeroicMime. To cement this all, his design loosely borrows elements from previous generations' player characters -- the most prominent inspiration being his ballcap, an accessory that's almost universal for male player characters.
* FreudianExcuse: He was raised by abused Pokémon all his life with little interaction with other humans, therefore that's why he hates humans (his "father", "sisters", and subjects in Team Plasma aside) and wants them to separate from Pokémon. And considering all the other tropes here, [[AbusiveParents this excuse actually holds water]]. A LOT of water.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Well, except for his fellow humans who ''aren't'' a part of Team Plasma and share his goal. Though this changes towards the end after being beaten.
** The sequels drive the point home even further. Whenever the player catches one of his Pokémon, it starts out with max happiness. They were with N for a very brief period of time, but he still managed to be incredibly kind to them.
* GildedCage: He has a ''very'' nice room; sadly, it was the extent of his contact with humanity growing up.
* GoodWithNumbers: He mentions that he likes mathematical formulas a couple of times, which is apparently the reason he carries around a Menger sponge.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Only in the sequels in the post-game while exploring his demolished castle, but even then, there are no wild Pokémon to fight while he follows you to the main chamber.
* TheHeavy: N's not quite the BigBad of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''--that would be [[TheManBehindTheMan Ghetsis]]--but most of the conflict in the game happens because of him. At the very end, he learns that he was just a pawn for Ghetsis, and rethinks his life.
* HeelFaceTurn: Implied to do this at the end. Confirmed in the sequels.
* HeelRealization: Suffers this when Ghetsis reveals the truth about Team Plasma.
* HeroAntagonist: He is true to his word with helping out Pokémon, and he is a main character besides yourself, as much of the story revolves around helping him with his conflicted morals and getting out of the grasp of his hideously [[AbusiveParents Abusive Father]]. He's also set up as the "hero" for Reshiram/Zekrom, and heck, he even has the fashion sense of a main ''Pokémon'' hero.
* HeroicBSOD: Considering N's usual MotorMouth tendencies, his uncharacteristic silence when Ghetsis reveals the truth about Team Plasma is heartbreaking. He recovers a little once you defeat Ghetsis, but flees Unova because he can't stand to face you afterward.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Old Team Plasma is not seen all that positively, but there doesn't seem to be any negativity towards N.
%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Hilbert in ''Masters'', after they reunite.
%%* HoldTheLine: His battle with you in Nimbasa City is explicitly this for two unnamed Plasma Grunts.
* {{Hypocrite}}: While certainly not of the kind to abuse Pokémon the way some Plasma Grunts do, N fails to realize that the nature of his plan to stop Pokémon suffering by separating them from humans is hypocritical, because it would bring more suffering to both parties. Thankfully at the end, he seems to realize this when he comments on how he ultimately failed to understand both Pokémon and people and compliments you for being the better person.
* InterfaceScrew: A very minor example. N's speech always appears at the game's fastest possible text speed, no matter what the speed is set to. If you set it to the highest speed, it'll appear even faster. Cheren even lampshades this in the first game; the first thing he says when the two of you meet N is "Slow down. You talk too fast."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Comes off as a jerk on a number of occasions but his goals are well meaning and he really does want to become your friend.
* KingIncognito: He's the king of Team Plasma, but he also dresses like a regular trainer.
* LargeAndInCharge: At 1.80 m (5'11" ft) tall, he's a head taller than most of the other characters. In ''Masters'', the guy is about ''two'' heads taller than Hilbert or Hilda.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri1QHHZ7l-g N's theme]] is a creepy musical box style theme (more blatant in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJGUaD6Qd64 the version used for his room]]) that underscores his creepiness.
** His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DV8GjSK2p0 theme]] is a lot cheerier in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9evqw7e0kQ8 The music for his room returns even creepier than before]] in ''Black 2'' and ''White 2'', now sounding broken and off-kilter to match the state of the room itself.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: After you catch the cover legendary of your game, N decides to heal your Pokémon, stating that it is not a fair battle if he beats you when your Pokémon are hurt.
* LightIsNotGood: He is an angelic-looking teen dressed in white... who is the king of an AnimalWrongsGroup and uses [[CastingAShadow Dark-type]] Pokémon. It goes to both extremes in each version: in Black, he has Zekrom; in White, he has Reshiram. However this becomes...
* LightIsGood: After his HeelFaceTurn.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Given his background, it's probably BarbarianLongHair that he's chosen to style rather than trim.
* MadMathematician: He even says he's trying to "solve the equation to change the world." Confirmed to be one by Word Of God. In the sequel, his thoughts have more of a focus on chemical reactions... which are also expressed as equations, in a way.
* {{Manchild}}: His odd mannerisms and the toys in his bedroom hint at this. Not played for laughs, though. [[RaisedByWolves Considering his]] [[AbusiveParents childhood...]]
** PsychopathicManchild: Well, not really psychopathic. Just a [[WellIntentionedExtremist very, very deluded]] manchild.
* MeaningfulName: Similarly to his father Ghetsis, N Harmonia. Enharmonic.
** Taking into consideration his [[MadMathematician constant rambling about formulas]], it could also come from the common usage of "n" as a variable for an unknown value in equations... which is usually used with the intention of eventually being replaced with a different value, such as Ghetsis!
** Harmonia also happens to be [[Myth/ClassicalMythology a Greek goddess]] renowned in stories for receiving a fatal necklace (the Necklace of Harmonia) which only brought misfortune to its owner. ''Misfortune is N's life in a nutshell.'' This also serves to establish a ThemeNaming dynamic for N with his foster sister Concordia, who was Harmonia's Roman counterpart in myth.
** And if the names are seen as musical, Natural can also refer to a note that is neither sharp nor flat, as N himself is neither one thing nor another.
* ModestRoyalty: Outside of the opening cutscene, he dresses rather casually, even long after his status as Team Plasma's king is no longer hidden. Subverted in that, according to Word Of God, he believes himself to be perfect.
* MoodSwinger: According to Word Of God.
* MotorMouth: When you first meet him, Cheren notices this immediately. His speech itself isn't out of the ordinary in terms of spacing - in fact, he uses ellipses frequently - but the text types out a notch faster than usual, even if your text speed setting is at the maximum.
* MultiethnicName: His full name has a mix of English, Latin, and German.
* MusicalThemeNaming: Natural, after the accidental symbol, and Harmonia, which is the Greek rendering of harmony.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After the final battle with him, he begins to feel bad for what he put everyone through.
* NiceGuy: He becomes this after his HeelFaceTurn, where he even tries to convince the broken down Ghetsis to be a good guy, despite him repeatedly throwing insults at N.
* NobleDemon:
** N is true to his word - whenever he fights you, it's with the Pokémon that are found in the location where you fight. He releases them when he leaves the area again. He even catches a new Klinklang for his final fight rather than keeping the Klink he used at Chargestone Cave.
** He also heals your team after catching your legendary dragon and before fighting him. N says that a victory for him wouldn't count if it wasn't won fairly.
** Also, while he distrusts and dislikes most humans, he makes an exception for his loyal Team Plasma subjects who share his views, even battling you at one point solely to allow some Plasma grunts a chance to escape. Contrast to Ghetsis, who is using the grunts as much as he's using N.
** In the sequels, his Pokémon from the original games start out with maximum happiness when the player encounters them in the wild and catches them.
* NobleTopEnforcer: Unlike Ghetsis, N genuinely believes in the cause of helping Pokémon.
* NoSocialSkills: Owing to his being isolated from most humans. He gets a bit better in the sequels.
* NoTrueScotsman:
** A victim of this InUniverse. Some of New Team Plasma are adamant that he not be considered part of the organization in the first place.
** N himself inverted this trope in the first game, wherein he seemed to hate all humans ''except'' the ones who claimed to agree with him.
%%* NotAllowedToGrowUp: At least, not emotionally.
* NotGoodWithPeople: The only humans he gets along with before he meets the protagonists are well, Team Plasma.
* ObliviouslyEvil: He's an UnwittingPawn.
* OminousMusicBoxTune: Word Of God said that his various musical themes, especially his overworld {{Leitmotif}} and a remix it gets in N's "room," were based around "a fragile music box."
* OneLetterName: The ''Manga/DeathNote'' jokes started popping up quite early.
* OptionalBoss: Challengeable in ''Black 2 and White 2''[='s=] post-game, which allows you to capture his dragon in a roundabout method. After you catch (or knock out) both his dragon and Kyurem, he appears near Nimbasa's Ferris Wheel on Fridays, where you can ride on the wheel and have additional battles with him.
* TheOnlyBeliever: With TheReveal that Plasma's goals were just a sham perpetrated by Ghetsis, this seemed to be the case. However, the sequel shows that about half of Team Plasma and at least one of the Seven Sages agreed with N's ideals and left Ghetsis behind.
* PaintingTheMedium: The speed that his text displays at is set to be at Fast speed. If player has set Fast speed in options, his text displays even faster. This is because he talks fast in-universe, according to Cheren's first dialogue with him.
* PreFinalBoss: His final battle in ''Black and White'' is the second-to-last battle in the game. It's after his defeat that Ghetsis starts giving N a verbal thrashing for his failure, then battles the protagonist himself.
* PuppetKing: Ghetsis is just using him.
* PureIsNotGood: Concordia references that N has a pristine, good heart and is very innocent, which is what makes him so dangerous, especially in the wrong hands.
* RaisedByWolves: At least, he might as well have been, since it's explained he spent most of his childhood interacting more with Pokémon than with people, which is why he gets along with them better than with other humans and wants to separate Pokémon from humans so much. Not to mention that, according to Masuda, rumors exist that he was ''born'' of Pokémon, somehow. Not that the rumors have any idea who the parents are.
** He says he used to live in the wild alongside Pokémon before being adopted by Ghetsis, who claimed to be his father.
* RebelLeader: Seems to lead the old Team Plasma's efforts against the new Team Plasma, though Rood seems to be like a non-villainous DragonInChief.
* ReflectionlessUselessEyes: His non-reflective eyes are the first sign that his worldview is distorted.
* ReformedButNotTamed: A positive example of this trope. Even after his HeelRealization and subsequent rethinking of his worldview, N isn't going to let go of his desire to create a world where Pokémon are truly free. He just won't go to extreme measures to see this world come true, knowing it can only be achieved gradually and with cooperation from both humans and Pokémon.
-->''"Someday... Pokémon and humans will be bound together without Poké Balls. They will simply trust and help one another. Make that kind of world."''
* RightMakesMight: By the time he awakens the legendary dragon, N is willing to have a battle with the PlayerCharacter to decide whose philosophy is correct.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He's a fighter first and foremost, and a king second.
* SanitySlippage: Temporarily goes into nigh-insanity during the final battle, since he KNOWS deep in his heart that he's probably wrong, and is now hell-bent on denying this. It's definitely hard to blame him here; the possibility that everything one believes in is wrong and that their entire life is a lie would shake ''anyone'' up. He gets better after being defeated, just as Ghetsis [[VillainousBreakdown gets MUCH worse]].
* ShelteredAristocrat: The third kind, especially with the emphasis on innocence.
* ShipTease:
** With the player character (even when playing as Hilbert). He develops a powerful fascination with them after realizing that they don't fit the mold of a Pokémon trainer [[BadBoss as he had been]] [[EnemyToAllLivingThings raised to see it]], they're instrumental in bringing about his HeelFaceTurn and he states that he wants to "tell them how he feels" in the sequel.
** In the "Ideal Formula" event in ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'', his interactions with Hilbert are ''loaded'' with subtext on both sides. Hilbert is ''very'' insistent on meeting him again and talking to him, while N wants to do the same and later tries to rescue him when he, Hilda and Cheren are kidnapped. The event ends with them standing on the beach together, watching the waves as N notes how Hilbert changed him for the better and Hilbert finally tells N that he is a little peeved that when they last saw each other, [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye N left without letting him say goodbye]]--N promising he won't run off a second time in response. Oh, and the game's official Twitter account released [[https://twitter.com/pokemas_game/status/1342062468147908608 THIS]] artwork to promote the event.
* SignatureMon:
** [[OlympusMons Zekrom and Reshiram]], of course.
*** All the various manga series depict N with Zekrom. ''Masters'' and ''WebAnimation/PokemonEvolutions'' also depict him with Zekrom.
*** He is paired with Reshiram in regards to his Nendoroid figure, the main anime, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations'', and in the "Gotcha!" music video. The second anniversary of ''Masters'' also creates a new Sync Pair for him and Reshiram.
** [[MasterOfIllusion Zoroark]] is highly associated with him, thanks to the game's intro and being able to get N's Zorua from Rood in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 B2/W2]]''.
* SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains: Somehow, all four types to an extent.
* SmallNameBigEgo: A ''literal'' small name, being brought up as a king and "chosen hero" has made N believe that he is perfect. His realization that he isn't is a factor to his brief period of aforementioned SanitySlippage.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: He can understand other people's Pokémon, due to having been raised with them all his life. This is a key point in his character development, as it's in talking to your Pokémon (and possibly the Pokémon of other people he met in his travels) that he begins to question whether humans and Pokémon really should be separated after all.
** In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 B2/W2]]'', he states that he wishes to use this ability to become a mediator between humans and Pokémon.
* StarterVillainStays: You face N very early on in the game as your first antagonistic fight, with it later being revealed he's the head of the evil team of the game. [[spoiler:[[PuppetKing Sort of]].]]
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Shares a vision of Pokémon living in happiness with Archie, his [[AbusiveParents father]] trying to thrash that goal.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: With Ghetsis... except, in the sequels, it's confirmed that he was a feral orphan as a toddler and Ghetsis took him in by claiming to be his father.
** Although Ghetsis is very theatrical, putting emphasis on subtly building himself up, so staging a miraculous "rescue" of a kid he already knew was there (who happens to look exactly like him) is very much in his wheelhouse.
* TalksLikeASimile: He will occasionally dabble in using mathematics equations and chemical reactions as a simile or metaphor for what he is doing, or to describe something. He even chalks up the events of Black and White as a very difficult equation that he is in the process of solving.
* TalkativeLoon: Comes off as this, especially early on when you know nothing about him.
* TroubledButCute: More deluded than troubled, but he still fits.
* TykeBomb: Ghetsis was [[TheSociopath extremely]] careful/shrewd about making N into his tool to control Unova from childhood. N doesn't even realize it until the end of the main story.
* {{Ubermensch}}: He was engineered by Ghetsis to become one so that he can befriend one of the legendary dragons.
* UncattyResemblance: A sort of {{inverted}} version: his pale clothes and seafoam green ponytail contrast to his SignatureMon Zoroark's dark fur and crimson ponytail.
* UnwittingPawn: To Ghetsis, who was just using him to make Pokémon illegal for everyone but himself.
* VaryingTacticsBoss: He is faced five times in ''Black'' and ''White'', but unlike most other {{Recurring Boss}}es in the series, which simply have their Pokémon from previous battles grow stronger and evolve while gradually adding new ones, N uses completely different Pokémon in battle each time (due to releasing them after each battle). The fact that he also uses the legendary opposite to the mascot legendary for the last battle as temporary Champion and PreFinalBoss is icing on the cake.
* VillainousBSOD: Hit with this ''hard'' after Ghetsis reveals how he has been using the poor guy. Despite normally rambling quite a bit, N falls silent for the majority of Ghetsis's reveal of his motives onward. He seems to have recovered a little at the very end when he talks to the player one-on-one, though.
* WeatherOfWar: As a {{Superboss}} in ''Black and White 2'', N cycles through four different weather teams that are used on the four different seasons. His leading Pokémon will always have an [[WeatherManipulation ability]] that automatically initiates the weather he needs.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: ''Major'' emphasis on "Well-Intentioned." He wants to separate humans and Pokémon so that the latter can no longer be abused; it's just that his understanding of the world has been deluded by Ghetsis that he takes extreme measures.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:His alternate world counterpart in ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon''--Ghetsis mentions him, but we never find out what happened to him when Ghetsis took over and then joined Team Rainbow Rocket]]. Considering what Ghetsis was [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness planning to do to him in the main timeline]], it raises some very [[FridgeHorror chilling and tragic implications]] for his welfare.
* WildChild: Was raised by Pokémon until Ghetsis brought him in.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Ghetsis' manipulation of N caused him to try to create a world without Pokémon.
* WrongGenreSavvy: By design. To make him a TykeBomb, Ghetsis convinced him he had to summon the legendary dragon and recreate the story of the hero who founded Unova, which will give him the power needed to stop the perceived exploitation of Pokémon.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Colress ''[-(Achroma)-]'']]
!! Plasma Boss Colress / Achroma (アクロマ ''akuroma'')

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-->''"Team Plasma said we should recognize the potential in Pokémon and liberate them from humans. I disagree. Conversely, it should be humans who bring out the hidden potential in Pokémon!"''
-->Voiced by: Creator/JunichiSuwabe (JP, promo), Tokuyoshi Kawashima (JP, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''),
-->Creator/SeanSchemmel (EN, promo), Creator/ChrisNiosi (EN, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''), Yung-I Chang (EN - ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters''), Koji Yusa (JP, ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'')

The secondary boss of Team Plasma, a scientist who wants to study Pokémon strength. He specializes in Steel-types.

He reappears in Alola, researching the region's unique forms of evolution and powerful Legendaries.
----

[[folder:Shadow Triad ''[-(Dark Trinity)-]'']]
!!The Shadow Triad / The Dark Trinity (ダークトリニティ ''daaku toriniti'')
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-->''"We, the Shadow Triad, have always been and will always be the loyal servants of Ghetsis. And Ghetsis's ambitions will never cease!"''
-->One is voiced by: (in promo) Creator/AkiraIshida (JP), Creator/JasonGriffith (EN), (in ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'') Ben Balmaceda (EN), Takaaki Torashima (JP)

* AmbiguousGender: In the original games, where they are briefly referred to as male at one point and one point only. The sequels make it clear they're male.
* BadassCrew: They're all pretty good fighters. Whether they have superpowers or some form of martial arts combined with technology isn't clear.
%%* CoDragons: To Ghetsis.
* CombatPragmatist: They each have two Pawniard, and one of them also has an Absol, a Pokémon which is often regarded as a bad omen. They also have the ability to stun people and teleport away.
* DeadpanSnarker: One of them will occasionally give the player some dry remarks at their expense.
--> "Aww. How unlucky. I don't happen to be the one holding the DNA Splicers. I was just buying time for the others to escape. Cheerio, bye-bye, whatever."
* EliteMooks: Much stronger than most of the Grunts.
* EvilCounterpart: They're essentially evil versions of the Striaton triplets, and they even fought against them shortly after the events of the first games.
* HelpfulMook: When you go into N's castle, one of them tells you that you can heal your Pokémon and even access your PC.
* {{Ninja}}: An entire trio of ninjas working for Team Plasma.
* NotSoStoic: They are very upset about Ghetsis's vegetative breakdown induced by your victory over him, and attempt to avenge him by battling you in Icirrus City.
* OptionalBoss: You can challenge them after beating the Elite Four. They will battle you in Single, Triple, and Rotation battles once every season.
* PsychoSupporter: The three of them are loyal to Ghetsis unconditionally since he once saved their lives.
* RecurringBoss: In ''Black 2'' and ''White 2''.
* SignatureMon: Accelgor, Absol, and Banette, one for each. Their other Pokémon are all Pawniard and Bisharp.
* TheStoic: All three of them don't emote much.
* UndyingLoyalty: They are the only ones who still support Ghetsis in the end, because he had apparently saved their lives in the past.
* TheUnfought: In the original games. Averted for the sequel.
%%* VillainTeleportation: One of their powers.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Every single one of them has white hair. They're all messed up in the head, too.

[[folder:Anthea and Concordia ''[-(Verbena and Helena)-]'']]
!! Anthea and Concordia / Verbena (バーベナ ''baabena'') and Helena (ヘレナ ''herena'')

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* AdvertisedExtra: Both appear in the intro despite not appearing until much later on. This misled some fans into thinking they'd have much bigger roles. Even as members of Old Team Plasma in the sequel, they don't have much of a role in the game's plot.
* AllThereInTheManual: In the Japanese version of the games they're only ever referred to by their titles, Goddess of Love and Goddess of Peace. Their actual names, Verbena and Helena, were only revealed in the anime and manga adaptations.
* TheArtifact: A widespread UrbanLegendOfZelda is that they were initially planned to be more relevant to the story. If this is true, it would have been cut out very early, as no code in the files suggests this.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: They were taken in by Ghetsis in order to help look after N.
* CoolBigSis: Unlike Ghetsis, they really do love N, but don't always know what to do with him.
* HairAntennae: Concordia's hairstyle looks like a rabbit's ears.
* HairColorDissonance: Although the intro of ''B/W'' and ''[=B2/W2=]'' artwork make it clear that Anthea has pink hair, her overworld sprites in the former give her purple hair instead. This was corrected for the sequel.
* HealingHands: Anthea heals your Pokémon.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[HelpfulMook Though they weren't ever evil to start with]], especially now seeing as they reveal they follow N and not Team Plasma, since they were orphans adopted by Ghetsis to serve as N's surrogate older sisters. They would later join Old Team Plasma.
* HelpfulMook: They heal your Pokémon, give information on N, express pity for the poor guy, and generally aren't really evil at all.
* MeaningfulName:
** Concordia means "harmony" in Latin and was the Roman Goddess of Harmony.
** Anthea is an epithet for the Greek goddess Hera.
** Their real names in the Japanese version are named after flowers that represent "tender love" and "peace and wisdom."
* MsExposition: Concordia, who reveals N's backstory after many hints have been dropped throughout the game.
* NominalImportance: Inverted. They appear in the intro of ''Black and White'', have completely unique designs and very different names. They are nonetheless irrelevant outside of some small exposition in both games, and many forget about them entirely.
* PunchClockVillain: Their loyalty to Team Plasma is little more than an extension of their loyalty to N.
* RoseHairedSweetie: Anthea has pale pink hair and is a sweet, loving older sister to N.
* SatelliteCharacter: They serve as N's, although the fact that they're his surrogate older sisters most likely makes this an intentional case.
* TheUnfought: It's not even known if they have Pokémon, although they do in some adaptations.

[[folder:Seven Sages in General]]
! The Seven Sages

'''Tropes that apply to multiple members:'''
* AffablyEvil: Barring Ghetsis, none of them are particularly cruel or spiteful despite their actions or station. Even Zinzolin remains relatively honorable post TimeSkip.
* BeardOfEvil: Gorm, Rood and Giallo.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Bronius, Giallo and Ryoku don't appear in ''Black 2 and White 2''.
* DemotedToExtra: Gorm makes a single appearance in Pinwheel Forest during ''Black 2 and White 2''. Save Zinzolin and Rood, the rest don't even appear at all.
* EvilOldFolks: All of them are at least middle-aged.
* GracefulLoser: Minus Ghetsis, they all willingly turn themselves in to Looker for questioning when you catch them in the post game. Subverted by Zinzolin, who was faking it.
* HeelFaceTurn: All of them except Ghetsis and Zinzolin. Out of all of them, however, only Rood appears to have fully turned good. The rest seem to have ended up neutral and opted not to get involved with the drama in the sequel.
* {{Irony}}: Only Ghetsis and Zinzolin ''don't'' have facial hair of any kind, and only ''they'' remain antagonists after ''Black and White''.
* JumpScare: Gorm has made this his hobby after the events of ''Black and White'', sneaking up on people just to spook them (With harmless, prankster-like intention, mind you).
* {{Leitmotif}}: They share a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6XCD0VIR1k rather foreboding encounter theme]] between each other in ''Black and White'', though naturally, it ends up associated most with Ghetsis due to his prominence in comparison to the others.
* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: A more proactive example than most. They're a group of enigmatic old men who do the scheming for the team of evil villains.
* ThemeNaming: The Seven Sages are named after colors. Rood is red, Bronius is brown/orange, Giallo is yellow, Ryoku is green, (Ghetsis fits in cyan despite his name breaking the theme), Gorm is blue, and Zinzolin is purple.
* TheUnfought: In ''Black and White'', barring Ghetsis. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in ''Black 2 and White 2'' for Rood and Zinzolin - Rood is fought once as a test of character while Zinzolin is a RecurringBoss.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Among them, only Ghetsis, Zinzolin, Rood and Gorm return in the sequel (and Gorm only gets a cameo). The others are not seen or mentioned and we never find out what they're up to now. Presumably, they've simply opted not to get involved with New or Old Team Plasma.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rood]]
!!Sage Rood (ロット ''rotto'')
->Voiced by (in ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''): Masaaki Ihara (Japanese), Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (English)

-->''"At that time, I believed we were on the side of justice. By serving my king, N, I was going to make a world without war. But I was conceited, and I couldn't see the unhappiness we were causing. That's why I can't let it happen again!"''


* AscendedExtra: In ''Black 2 and White 2'', he has more distinctive focus and characterization, and even battles the player once. He and Old Team Plasma also hold off some of New Team Plasma's forces, allowing you to enter Plasma Frigate to stop Ghetsis.
* TheAtoner: Actively takes this role in the sequel, and even accepts liability when he's blamed for things he didn't personally do (such as when Hugh loses it at him).
* BigDamnHeroes: In a manner similar to the Gym Leaders in ''B&W'', he holds off New Team Plasma's forces to allow the player and Hugh entry into Plasma Frigate during the climax.
* ChekhovsGun: You remember that Zorua you see with N in the intro of the first game? Well, Rood gives you that Zorua and informs you about Memory Link, which is used for various features, particularly a flashback of N releasing the Pokémon he used against the previous protagonist.
* CoolOldGuy: In ''Black 2 and White 2''.
* EyesAlwaysShut: His character model.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** In the first ''BW'' games, he outright stated that he wanted to see N confront Ghetsis. This happens at the end of ''Black 2 and White 2''.
** He stated that if N learned to understand people better, he'd like for him and those who are still loyal to him to gather together again, which is exactly what happens in these games.
* HeelFaceTurn: After the events of ''Black and White'', he's actively opposed to the New Team Plasma (which includes his former colleague Zinzolin) and seems to lead Old Team Plasma in N's stead.
* IronicName: In ''Black 2 and White 2'', he leads Old Team Plasma in atoning for their former misdeeds, which isn't a very rude thing to do at all.
* TheLancer: In ''Black 2 and White 2'', he is N's number two in Old Team Plasma, and runs the show when N isn't around.
* MeaningfulName: His name in every language means "red."
* TheUnfought: In the first game(s). {{Averted|Trope}} in ''Black 2 and White 2'' despite his HeelFaceTurn, although you only battle him once.
[[/folder]]

-->One is voiced by: Creator/AkiraIshida (JP), Creator/JasonGriffith (EN) (promo)

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: An InUniverse example. During ''Black 2 and White 2'', Ghetsis mentions that if N had fully become the King of Team Plasma, Unova would not have to suffer its icy fate and remain beautiful. Of course, as ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'' shows, Unova [[ExtactWords DOES remain beautiful]] but with Ghetsis ruling it with an iron fist and everyone's Pokémon.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: An InUniverse example. During ''Black 2 and White 2'', Ghetsis mentions that if N had fully become the King of Team Plasma, Unova would not have to suffer its icy fate and remain beautiful. Of course, as ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'' shows, Unova [[Extact Words DOES remain beautiful]] but with Ghetsis ruling it with an iron fist and everyone's Pokémon.

* DarkIsEvil: They usually use Dark types (Purrloin, Scraggy, Sandile lines).

Leader of Team Plasma, who aims to use Reshiram or Zekrom to freeze Unova, leaving him the only one with Pokémon.

* CrystalPrison: He attempted to invoke the icicle variant on you in the second game in order to create an IronicHell in which you'd be forced to watch his plans unfold, unable to do anything as you slowly freeze to death. Luckily, N comes to save the day.

** In ''Black and White 2'' he manages to take control of the Dragon/Ice-type Kyureum and has it fuse with either Reshiram or Zekrom, depending on the version, to take on the player.

-->Creator/SeanSchemmel (EN, promo), Creator/ChrisNiosi (EN, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''), Koji Yusa (JP, ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'')

* HijackedByGanon: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]]. In ''Black 2 and White 2'', he is revealed to be the BigBad rather than Colress. However, Colress is fully aware of Ghetsis's true role in Team Plasma from the beginning and never actually cared about Team Plasma's ambitions.

* HijackedByGanon: In ''Black 2 and White 2'' where he steals the role of BigBad from Colress.

* TheManInFrontOfTheMan: In ''Black and White''. Even though N is the official leader of Team Plasma, Ghetsis is revealed to have been using him merely as an UnwittingPawn for his own plans. He holds the same position over Colress, the new technical leader of New Team Plasma, in the sequels. [[spoiler:In ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'', he intends to become this to Giovanni.]]

** [[OlympusMons Zekrom and Reshiram]], of course. His association appearing to depend on which stage of media is being adapted.
*** All the various manga series depict N with Zekrom, the dragon representing ideals. ''Masters'' and ''WebAnimation/PokemonEvolutions'' also depict him with Zekrom.
*** He is paired with Reshiram in regards to his Nendoroid figure (along with other merchandise), the main anime, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations'', and in the "Gotcha!" music video. The second anniversary of ''Masters'' also creates a new Sync Pair for him and Reshiram.
** [[MasterOfIllusion Zoroark]] is highly associated with him, thanks to the game's intro and being able to get N's Zorua from Rood in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 B2/W2]]''. It seems that Zoroark was originally meant to be more prominent as N's SignatureMon, but Reshiram (and to a lesser extent, Zekrom) overshadowed it in the role due to greater popularity and playing a more significant role in his story.

** He himself is perhaps of the ChaoticNeutral variety due to doing it all ForScience.

* AdaptationalVillainy: He is a big victim of this in adaptations, more so than most other characters. In Generation V, he's an AntiVillain who even helps the player along and encourages them and fully reforms after the main plot, but every single adaptation does away with his good qualities and portrays him as a straight-up villain. Less so in ''Generations'' than in the anime and manga, as the cold and merciless behavior he displays there ''is'' something he alludes to have displayed in the games.

** Discussed in ''Pokémon Masters'', where he theorizes that Pokémon being able to tap into sync stones truly has nothing to do if the bonds are either good or bad, but rather because they strive to excel in battle all the same regardless of their alignment. [[spoiler:This only further convinces Paulo that his twisted views on becoming stronger no matter the cost is okay in his eyes.]]

-->Creator/SeanSchemmel (EN, promo), Creator/ChrisNiosi (EN, ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations'')