History Characters / PokemonBlackAndWhiteTeamPlasma

* TheDragon: While he serves his role as the ''public face'' of New Team Plasma for most of the game, he's covering for actually a cover for Ghetsis, who is the ''true'' face of evil. He and [[EliteMooks the Shadow Triad]] are more actively behind Team Plasma's operations in ''Black 2 and White 2'' than Ghetsis, ''and'' he's the most-fought antagonist in the game (with the fights being geared more towards the story's later stages).

* AnimalWrongsGroup: In spite of their whole "we want to liberate Pokémon" thing, they're total tools. Literally the first thing you see an Plasma grunts do after their initial campaign in Striaton City is kick the snot out of a Munna to get its Dream Mist.

The true leader of Team Plasma, who aims to have N "liberate" all Pokémon from their Trainers so only he can use them. Two 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.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Unlike many Grunts of evil organizations from previous games who use a diverse array of Pokémon from other regions, the Old Team Plasma Grunts only use Pokémon that are found within Unova. Even after the post-game, the three Old Team Plasma grunts you battle in Relic Castle still have Unovan Pokémon, despite having the National Pokédex.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Cyrus. While the Team Galactic boss genuinely [[WellIntentionedExtremist thought he knew what was best for the world]], Ghetsis's claims of having good intentions are nothing more than a façade.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Unlike many grunts of evil organizations from previous games who use a diverse array of Pokémon from other regions, the Old Team Plasma grunts have Pokémon that are only found within Unova. Even after the post-game, the three Old Team Plasma grunts you battle in Relic Castle still have Unovan Pokémon, despite having the National Pokédex.

* ReformedButRejected: While Clay and Driftveil City are willing to give them a chance, Hugh has a hard time forgiving them.

** To the Old Team Plasma. Old Team Plasma ostensibly had good intentions and were dressed up in white knight outfits. The New Team Plasma on the other hand are upfront about their villainy, wear black, and have paramilitary and pirate motifs, further distancing themselves from their former cohorts. Unlike Old Team Plasma whose array of Pokémon are limited to Patrat, Sandile, Scraggy, Purrloin and Trubbish including their evolutions; the New Team Plasma use non-Unova Pokémon aside from using Unovan Pokémon, with typing including Poison, Steel and Dark-types.
** And to another extent, they also contrast to Team Rocket from the original games. Both are criminal organizations who want to capture rare Pokémon for profit and at some extent experiment on them (at one instance it killed Marowak), but while Team Rocket failed to capture a legendary Pokémon to further their goals, the New Team Plasma with Ghetsis and Zinzolin's help manage to capture Kyurem, a legendary Pokémon, and nearly successfully freeze Opelucid City.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To the Old Team Plasma. Old Team Plasma ostensibly had good intentions and were dressed up in white knight outfits. The New Team Plasma on the other hand are upfront about their villainy, wear black, and have paramilitary and pirate motifs.

* RenegadeSplinterFaction: To N's Team Plasma.

* MusicalThemeNaming: He's named after the G and C-sharp (or "Cis") timpanis of his battle theme, with "G-Cis" at one point being his first name. G and C-Sharp on a piano are a tritone, which is dissonance, an unstable harmony.

* MusicalThemeNaming:
** According to Word Of God, he's named after the G and C-sharp (or "Cis") timpanis of his battle theme.
** His last name is Harmonia. Play G and C-Sharp on a piano. They are a tritone, which is dissonance; unstable harmony.
** In medieval times, the tritone itself was called the ''Diabolus en Musica'', the Devil in Music. Considering what the guy does (and how he looks, especially in the sequel), it's quite apt.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: With N. In ''Black 2 and White 2'' it's [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] since it's revealed that Ghetsis adopted N, although to be fair N doesn't know where he came from and there's enough to fan-wank that Ghetsis ''is'' his biological father who temporarily abandoned him on purpose.

* TookALevelInDumbass: Subtle, but present in his Hydreigon's moveset. In ''Black and White'', it had a purely special moveset and [[CrazyPrepared seemed to be built to counter N's entire team]]. In the sequels, however, all of its moves run off its inferior physical Attack stat.
** In addition, his Hydreigon's new moveset has nothing to hit Steel-Type Pokemon with for anything more than resisted damage, unlike before, where it had Fire Blast and Focus Blast for them.

* 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.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: For a long time, fans referred to him by the name "Achroma," which was the logical romanization of his Japanese name, "Akuroma." When rumor broke out that his English name was really "Corless," fans began calling him by that name until an official trailer for ''Black and White 2'' later revealed that "Corless" was just a typo, and that his name was actually spelled "Colress."

* 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.

* MultiethnicName: His full name has a mix of English, Latin, and German.

** Between his condescending attitude toward his adoptive son N, his total disregard for Pokémon sentience, and his general megalomania, he is probably the most despicable antagonist in the entire series. [[spoiler:''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'' shows this very plainly, as among all the past villains brought in, he is the only one with no decent qualities and the only one who refuses to accept his defeat, opting to [[WouldHurtAChild threaten murder on a child instead]].]]

* KarmaHoudini: He may be TheAtoner post-game, but it's still odd he gets off with no legal consequences after nearly destroying Unova.

One of the Seven Sages. Joins New Team Plasma in ''Black 2 and White 2''

* AnIcePerson: Primarily uses Ice-type Pokémon in battle.

* 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.

** To give how much of a bastard he is, ''your own Pokémon'' in ''Black 2 and White 2'' hates him for forcing N's Legendary dragon to fuse with Kyurem. It already says a lot about him that your own Pokémon hates this guy.

* HateSink: Between his condescending attitude toward his adoptive son N, his total disregard for Pokémon sentience, and his general megalomania, he is probably the most despicable antagonist in the entire series. [[spoiler:''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'' shows this very plainly, as among all the past villains brought in, he is the only one with no decent qualities and the only one who refuses to accept his defeat, opting to [[WouldHurtAChild threaten murder on a child instead]].]]

* NoSocialSkills: Owing to his being isolated from most humans. He gets a bit better in the sequels.

* NotGoodWithPeople: The only humans he gets along with before he meets the protagonists are well, Team Plasma.

* {{Pirate}}s: They went from medieval knights out on an honorable cause to malicious and thieving classical pirates.

* PoisoniousPerson: They use Poison types in battle, initially consisting of the Trubbish line, but by the time of ''Black 2 and White 2'', it has expanded to the Grimer and Koffing lines, Golbat, Seviper, and Skourpi line, as well as the Venipede and Foongus lines.

* TakeOverTheWorld: His ultimate goal. He states he wishes to "rule the world utterly" and calls himself "the perfect ruler of a perfect new world." [[spoiler:Taken to new extremes in ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'', where he wants to rule ALL worlds and rule over all existence.]]