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[-'''Series-wide:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPikachu Pikachu]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTrio Team Rocket Trio]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTriosPokemon Team Rocket Trio's Pokemon]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketOrganization Team Rocket Organization]]\\
'''Major Characters:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesMisty Misty]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBrock Brock]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesMay May]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDawn Dawn]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPaul Paul]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesIris Iris]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSerena Serena]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesLillie Lillie]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesGoh Goh]] \\
'''Original Series:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Kanto, Orange Islands, Johto)]]\\
[[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesOneShotCharacters One-shot Characters]]\\
'''Advanced Generation:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Hoenn)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireGymLeadersAndFrontierBrains Gym Leaders and Frontier Brains]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireVillains Villains]]\\
'''Diamond and Pearl:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Sinnoh)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlVillains Villains]]\\
'''Black and White:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Unova)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteRivals Rivals]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteVillains Villains]]\\
'''XY:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Kalos)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYRivals Rivals]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYMegaEvolutionSpecials Mega Evolution Special]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYVillains Villains]]\\
'''Sun and Moon:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Alola)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonKahunasAndGuardianDeities Kahunas and Guardian Deities]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonAetherFoundation Aether Foundation]] | '''Villains'''\\
'''Journeys:''' [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Journeys)]] | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesGalar Galar]] | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesOneShotCharacters One-shot Characters]]\\
'''Horizons:''' [[Characters/PokemonHorizonsTheSeriesLeadCharacters Lead Characters]] | [[Characters/PokemonHorizonsTheSeriesPokemon Pokémon]] | [[Characters/PokemonHorizonsTheSeriesAntagonists Antagonists]] | [[Characters/PokemonHorizonsTheSeriesSupportingCast Supporting Cast]]\\
'''Movies:''' [[Characters/PokemonMovies Movies 1 to 19]] | [[Characters/PokemonIChooseYou I Choose You!]] | [[Characters/PokemonThePowerOfUs The Power of Us]] | [[Characters/PokemonSecretsOfTheJungle Secrets of the Jungle]]-]]]]]
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!Team Skull
[[folder:In General]]
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: While Guzma and Plumeria first appear towards the middle portion of the games, their anime counterparts don't show up until over a hundred episodes in, well after [[spoiler:rescuing Lusamine from the Nihilego]] and the Necrozma arc, which were the climaxes of ''Sun and Moon'' and ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'' respectively.
* AdaptationalWimp: Team Skull may have always been one of the less threatening groups in the Pokémon world. But with Guzma and Plumeria in charge, at least they could hold their own in a fight in the games. In the anime, by the time of the Ultra Beasts arc, Team Skull is quietly pushed aside in favor of Poké-kaiju attacks and the rare instance of [[OrcusOnHisThrone Giovanni getting off his throne]]. That is until Guzma makes his first appearence.
* TheCameo: They make a slight appearance in [=JN112=] amongst the audience watching the Alolan Battle Royale alongside Guzma and Plumeria.
* CastOfSnowflakes: Each individual Team Skull grunt has a unique character design.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist:
** In comparison to previous villain Teams, their goals, or at least Guzma's, are very low key, with Guzma only wanting to be considered the undisputed strongest trainer in the Alola region. The grunts themselves are just all about causing mischief in the region.
** Additionally in terms of their role as [[EvilVsEvil rivals for Team Rocket]], previous villain teams were next to always EvilerThanThou, being stronger and more serious than the TerribleTrio, who at best would score a few underdog victories. With the exception of Guzma, Team Skull are ''even more'' comical and pitiful than Team Rocket, making them SitcomArchNemesis whenever they butt heads, with Team Rocket usually winning.
* EvilBrit: One of the female grunts in the English dub has a noticable British accent.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Unlike most if not all the other villainous teams in past seasons, Team Skull is still alive and well at the end of the season. Guzma has started his road of CharacterDevelopment, which promises a brighter future for Team Skull, and their last appearance shows Guzma training alongside Team Skull.
* MythologyGag: One grunt at the mansion in Po Town fails to turn on a damaged TV via the power switch, which causes another grunt [[PercussiveMaintenance to just smack it]], which actually works. In the games, Guzma claimed to do the same thing with malfunctioning technology, except he has a tendency to break it by doing so.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Guzma]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/guzma_anime.png]]
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YasuyukiKase
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Evan Maltby
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Alfredo Leal
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* AchillesHeel: Golisopod is able to block an Iron Tail, Thunderbolt, and Corkscrew Crash with its arms, due to its shell being as hard as diamond. However, a single Quick Attack to its soft underbelly is enough to trigger Emergency Exit. [[spoiler:This is exploited in its Alola League semifinals match, with Ash's Torracat using Fire Fang and Revenge on its underside to get it on the ropes quicker.]]
* AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: The implication that Guzma grew up being [[AbusiveParents abused by his father]] is absent in the anime.
* AdaptationExpansion: His past with [[spoiler: Professor Kukui]] is elaborated on in [=SM128=].
* AdaptationalHeroism: While he's the ArcVillain of the Alola League arc, he's not technically a villain at all since he's a legal participant and is more of an ArrogantKungFuGuy. Unlike in the games, we never see him involved in any criminal activity, nor is he partnered with Lusamine and the Aether Foundation for a wrongful goal, as Lusamine and the Aether Foundation have also undergone AdaptationalHeroism.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In addition to being a DirtyCoward here, Guzma in the anime is a BadBoss who picks on trainers weaker than him and acts like a JerkAss to his Pokemon when they lose. In the games Guzma only ever chastises ''himself'' when he loses, and is shown to be BenevolentBoss with a major InferioritySuperiorityComplex. By the end of his arc, though, he falls more in line with his game persona.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the games, he attempted to be a Trial Captain, and simply failed to do so in time. Here, he outright ran away.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Ultimately revealed to be the reason for his StartOfDarkness. In the past, he was ''never'' able to defeat Kukui in a battle which frustrated him enough to abandon his former teacher and start his stint as Team Skull's leader.
* ArcVillain: Guzma is the main antagonist of the Alola League arc, with his goal being to destroy Kukui's dream by becoming Champion and preventing any more leagues from being held.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Guzma thinks of himself as Alola's strongest trainer, and claims that he has surpassed those who actually bothered doing the Island Challenge. That said, he is not a pushover as he defeated Ilima and his Mega Kangaskhan in the Alolan League, with Ilima originally being the one favored to win it all.
* BadBoss: Downplayed. He frequently chastises his Pokemon whenever they remotely dither or appear to lose the upper hand. When Golisopod's Emergency Exit gets Scizor knocked out against Ash in the league, he browbeats a cowed Golisopod for costing him and makes clear it ''better'' win the rest of the match to redeem itself. [[EveryoneHasStandards Ash]] and [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Plumeria]] look a bit unnerved by this treatment.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: His specialty is Bug types. ''Big'' bug-types, such as Golispod.
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:A huge one during his battle with Ash once his own Pokemon screws up his strategy and causes the scales to tip in his opponent's favor.]]
* TheCameo: Makes a slight appearance in [=JN112=] amongst the audience watching the Alolan Battle Royale alongside Plumeria and members of Team Skull.
* {{Catchphrase}}: In [=EP138=], he finally says his [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan in a quite epic way]]!
-->'''Guzma:''' ''[upon realizing how he's been running away from battles for no good reason at all]'' [[SkywardScream GUZMA, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!]]
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:Late in his League battle with Ash, both he and Golisopod realize they have to stop running away and finish out their League run on a more fair note than what Guzma had intended when Ash started winning.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Guzma denounces the protagonists' use of Z-moves and prefers a much more methodical method of battling. His debut has him overwhelm Ash's Pikachu with his Golisopod's First Impression and steadily wearing him down with Poison Jab. In the Alola League, he takes advantage of Iima's position of his Mega Kangaskhan and has his Scizor attack the mother while her child is in front (therefore preventing her from retaliating without harming her child), and prevents Lana's Primarina from using its sound-based moves with a well-timed Throat Chop and continuously beating on it with Poison Jab (which being part Fairy, Primarina is weak to).
* CowardlyLion: [[spoiler:Once his Golispod decides to ''grow a backbone'' and stand its ground against Pikachu out of its own volition, Guzma eventually follows suit with growing a spine of his own and goes all in to see the whole fight through, regardless of its outcome]].
* CurbStompBattle: Utterly destroys the Team Rocket-Trio in the span of a ''second''.
** His battle with Lana in the League is even ''worse.'' He ordered Golisopod to keep spamming Poison Jab on her Primarina, which is half Fairy-type and started the fight with Throat Chop to prevent its Sparkling Aria. When Primarina resorted to using its Z-Move, Golisopod uses Liquidation to '''slash the Z-Move in half.''' After that, Primarina was barely breathing.
* DirtyCoward: He ran away from his Island Challenge in the past, which Kukui reminds him of when he decides to walk away from his battle with Ash.
** [[spoiler: During his second battle with Ash, his Golisopod switches out on its own and has Scizor take a Fire Blast meant for it. Guzma was '''''pissed.''''']]
** His undefeatable streak is stated to be this as Plumeria notes that Guzma usually picks fights against weaker trainers to make himself look stronger. If he's in a fight where it looks like he might lose, then he backs out of it under some false pretense.
* EvilCounterpart: To Ash, in regards to their championship records. Ash [[GracefulLoser always was a good sport, even when he would come up short in his league records]] and always strive to improve despite it all. Guzma however, ''[[SoreLoser hated]]'' that [[SecondPlaceIsForLosers he could never win]] and began to target only weaker trainers to [[SmallNameBigEgo bolster his pride]] and then [[MilesGloriosus skimp out on anybody that actually could pose a challenge to him]].
* EvilIsPetty: His main reason for entering the Alola League is out of spite for Kukui; he wants to crush Kukui's dream.
* FatalFlaw: His pride. [[spoiler:Guzma's insistence that he is the best Trainer in Alola causes him to brush off advice from Plumeria. Once his "undefeated" title is in danger of being broken, he loses it in front of an entire audience and some of the most important Trainers in the region.]]
** In addition [[spoiler: his pride lets him unable to fight off against opponents who actually have a chance of beating him and his "undefeatable" streak is based off of fighting off weaker trainers.]]
* FunHatingVillain: He hates the idea of an Alolan League Tournament deciding a champion. This leads him to enter so that when he wins, he'll have the clout to prevent future tournaments from taking place.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:Surpisingly, he has a turnaround during his League battle with Ash and ends up taking his first witnessed defeat much better than he should have had otherwise. Aka, "leaving the field with his beaten Pokémon without causing the slightest fuss about it."]]
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Seeing Golispod wanting to continue his fight makes him flashback to how he had been such a dick before he unleashes his catchphrase and decides to go all out in his League battle against Ash.]]
* IMeantToDoThat: Once Golispod's Emergency Exit sets off, he tries handwaving it as Golispod [[NotWorthKilling lost interest]] in fighting a badly hurt and poisoned Pikachu.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: When a heavily poisoned Primarina managed the feat of slipping out from his Golispod's grasp, he first berate his Pokemon for loosening the grip ''and'' then orders it to go straight after the struggling opponent to finish the job thoroughly without giving them a chance for the HeroicSecondWind to play in effect. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even his Golispod showed a little concern about his attitude]] before following through on the command anyway.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He has his Scizor callously use the baby of Ilima's Kangaskhan as a [[HumanShield meat shield]] to make her hesitant to attack it. [[spoiler:During his second battle with Ash, Golisopod [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere switches itself out]] and uses ''Scizor'' as a shield against Torracat's Fire Blast, [[KillItWithFire instantly knocking it out]] and completely screwing over Guzma's strategy.]]
* MetaphoricallyTrue: He's not wrong about his "undefeated" status [[spoiler:because he only targets weaker trainers he knows he can beat, and always tries to find an excuse to avoid battling someone that could actually give him a fight.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Golispod's Emergency Exit forces Scizor to be switched out on the battlefield, right as the Fire Blast from Ash's Torracat is about to make contact. Scizor, having double weakness to fire, [[OneHitKill ends up being defeated instantly]], giving Ash complete advantage over Guzma in their match. Even more poetic is that Golispod ends up defeating Torracat anyways, which means Guzma could have defeated Ash if Emergency Exit hadn't been activated.]]
* OhCrap: Has a ''major'' one during [[spoiler:his battle with Ash at the Alola League; his Golisopod's [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Emergency Exit]] activates at the worst possible time, switching out with Scizor, who is wide open for a Fire Blast (which it has a double weakness to). Needless to say, [[OneHitKill it's a one-hit knockout.]]]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:After his loss to Ash at the Pokemon League, he helps his defeated Golisopod up before returning it to its Pokeball.]]
* PoorPredictableRock: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. Lana goes into her battle with him expecting him to have Golisopod open with First Impression, as he did when he battled Ash at the school. After a few moments of silence, Lana instead makes the first move by commanding Primarina to use Sparkling Aria; which Guzma has Golisopod counter with a new move, Throat Chop.
* PunchAWall: In the aftermath of his intrusion and quick retreat from the Pokemon School, Kukui's words still infuriate him enough to punch the banner in his room, ''hard''.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: [[spoiler:He and Kukui were both Hala's apprentices, but Guzma had a habit of defying Hala's teachings until he finally got fed up and ran away.]]
* {{Ronin}}: Guzma in a nutshell, with his Golispod depicting the {{Samurai}} part of the archetype with its exoskeleton, ninja and samurai themed-moveset and rarely displayed shreds of honor towards its opponents while on the battlefield.
* {{Sadist}}: He has shades of this, particularly shown in his battles with Ilima and Lana.
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Plumeria finds a ''lot'' of second place trophies in the Team Skull hideout, hinting at why he's so insistent on being the best.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Golisopod pulls this when it's on the losing end of its semifinals League battle -- when it sees the game-ending Fire Blast heading towards it, it activates Emergency Exit to switch to Guzma's other Pokemon...[[KillItWithFire Scizor]]. Even Ash and Torracat are stunned.]]
* ShroudedInMyth: [[spoiler:[=SM135=] hints that Guzma's "undefeated" status may not be what it seems, and a few episodes later we find out that the truth is he only defeats weak trainers and has backed out of any battle where he might lose. Being "undefeated" is more out of him being a coward than being a badass.]]
* SignatureMon: Golisopod is his main Pokémon battler, whom he boasts to be unbeatable just like himself and only fights worthy trainers. [[spoiler:And just like Guzma, it's just a bully who only fights weak Pokémon but would cowardly back out when faced with an actual possibility of losing. This proves to be Guzma's downfall in the Alola League as Golisopod's Emergency Exit ends up giving Ash's Torracat a free win by accident.]]
* SlasherSmile: Dons a MURDEROUS-looking one complete with a very intimidating close up of his face towards the end of [=SM128=].
* SoreLoser: He has this reaction when [[spoiler:Golisopod's Emergency Exit activates at the wrong time, leading to a knocked out Scizor, taking the time to yell at his own Pokemon about it.]]
* TacticalWithdrawal: His battle with Ash ends when Golisopod's Emergency Exit activates. Plumeria hints that this is the reason why he is "undefeated" -- he either beats his opponents legit because he know he can win, or Golisopod activates its Ability and he uses it as an excuse to call off the fight.
* VillainousBreakdown: Starts to suffer one in his Alola League semifinal battle against Ash when [[spoiler: Golisopod's Emergency Exit activates and inadvertently gets his Scizor knocked out by an incoming Fire Blast.]] Ash's persistent determination also begins to wear on his patience.
* VillainyFreeVillain: While he's leader of the gangsters Team Skull, his role as ArcVillain in the league amounts to this, since while he is a {{Jerkass}} who plans to abolish the league tournament upon becoming champion, as Lana and Kiawe lampshade, none of his tactics are illegal and he is merely a ruthless and cunning strategist. This also makes him one of few arc villains Ash defeats in an official battle with no outside interruptions.
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[[folder:Plumeria (Plumeri)]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/plumeria_anime.png]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Saki Endo
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jo Armeniox
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Karla Vega
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the original Sun and Moon games, ''she'' is the one to challenge the Champion of Alola, here she loses in the first round of the League.
* TheCameo: Makes a slight appearance in [=JN112=] amongst the audience watching the Alolan Battle Royale alongside Guzma and members of Team Skull.
* CoolBigSis: The Team Skull grunts look up to her.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She's significantly unnerved by how Guzma harshly berates his Pokemon.
* OnlySaneMan: Among Team Skull. She tries to warn Guzma not to underestimate Ash, but both her underlings and her boss brush it off.
* TheWorfEffect: Is eliminated by Ilima in the preliminary round of the Alola League, along with the Grunts.
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[[folder:Tupp, Zipp, and Rapp]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/team_skull_grunts_anime.png]]
[[caption-width-right:342:From left to right: Rapp, Tupp, and Zipp.]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Taakaki Uchino (Tupp, [=SM001=]-[=SM011=]), Toru Sakurai (Tupp, [=SM024=]-present), Soshiro Hori (Zipp), Creator/MadokaAsahina (Rapp)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Billy Bob Thompson (Tupp), Jake Paque (Zipp), Lori Phillips (Rapp)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Osvaldo Trejo Rodríguez (Tupp), Geno Sánchez (Zipp), Noriko (Rapp)
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* AdaptationalJerkass: They're still [[HarmlessVillain harmless for the most part,]] but they're noticeably more nasty than they were in the games. A few examples include attacking Mimo and going as far as to trash Manolo Stadium before the League started to drive people away.
* BlandNameProduct: Their Japanese names are Tupper, Zip, and Wrap. The inspirations, respectively, are Tupperware, Ziploc, and Saran Wrap. [=TPCi=] probably didn't want to run afoul of Tupperware or S.C. Johnson.
* BookDumb: Tupp literally has no idea that Kanto exists.
--> '''Tupp''': What's a Kanto?
* BorrowedCatchphrase: They get [[TwinkleInTheSky "blasted off"]] by Ilima's Eevee in [=SM065=], almost identically to Team Rocket.
* TheBully: Are described as constantly showing up to pick fights with people.
* BullyingADragon: Despite having lost to Ash and Kiawe once already, the same three grunts force them to land and attack them again. This time, it's Ash who sends them flying. Then they do it a third time by attacking the school both attend.
* ButtMonkey: So far, everyone and their mother ([[ActionMom literally]] even, in Ash's case) gets to kick their ass in a Pokémon Battle.
* CaptainErsatz: According to his English voice actor, Billy Bob Thompson, Tupp's English voice is based on that of Jesse Pinkman from ''Series/BreakingBad''.
* CasanovaWannabe: Tupp was this as a kid; but the girls he was attracted to became more interested in Ilima, leading Tupp to develop a grudge against him.
* CheatersNeverProsper: When Team Skull and Team Rocket are trying to get the Darkinium-Z, Tupp, Jessie, and James have their teammates distract the Totem Raticate while they climb the rock pillar to get the crystal. Jessie and James abandon the effort when they see their Pokémon in trouble, while Tupp ignores the plight of his teammates. Team Rocket ends up defeating the Totem Raticate and earning the crystal, while Tupp's attempt to steal it is foiled by the Ally Rattata and Raticate.
* CombatPragmatist:
** They throw out nine Pokémon just to fight Kiawe and Turtonator, who is joined by Ash and Pikachu. It ends up being a case of QuantityVsQuality, as their nine Pokémon are unevolved ComMons (Yungoos, Zubat, Salandit) compared to Ash's experienced Pikachu and Kiawe's slower but tougher Turtonator. Pikachu fights all three Salandit, while the Yungoos and Zubat try to rush Turtonator and get a face full of exploding shell for the trouble. Turtonator's Z-Move knocks out all nine.
** In their rematch against Ash and Kiawe, they shoot down Ash's Ride Pelipper then attack both him and Kiawe without even giving them a chance to defend themselves.
** They really go for the overkill in [=SM065=], where they bring as many fellow gang members as possible to attack Ilima's Eevee at once. They ''still'' get trounced.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In-story example. Tupp brags about his Salandit possibly being ready to evolve soon in [=SM065=]...but refers to it as a male. Only female Salandit are able to evolve into Salazzle.
* CurbstompBattle: Much like Team Rocket, most of their battles are thoroughly one-sided in the heroes' favor. Tupp is ecstatic from the mere fact he got in ''[[CurbstompCushion one single hit]]'' against Ilima's Eevee.
* CutenessProximity: Rapp ''really'' loves cute Pokemon, and even draws her Zubat in a cute style.
* DontYouDarePityMe: When Ilima apologizes to Tupp for inconveniencing him, Tupp only gets annoyed even more.
%%* DirtyCoward:
* DrivenByEnvy: In [=SM065=], it's revealed that Tupp has a history with Ilima; even when they were younger, the local girls loved Ilima more than him.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In their first appearance they each had three of their signature Pokemon, while in later appearances they only use one. Zipp's signature was also Yungoos instead of Garbador, with none of the former having yet reappeared.
* EvilVersusEvil: [=SM025=] has them competing with Team Rocket over a Z-Crystal, the Darkinium Z. Team Rocket comes out on top, since they actually beat the guardian and earned the crystal.
* {{Fangirl}}s: Tupp had three as a kid; but then Ilima came along and they became his fangirls instead, leading Tupp to develop a grudge against him.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: When they encounter the Rocket trio again in [=SM115=], 90 episodes after their last meeting, the two groups only vaguely recognize each other, having forgotten their encounter in [=SM025=].
* GoldfishPoopGang: They show up every now and then just to cause trouble and get easily beaten. Even Team Rocket proves more competent than them.
* HarmlessVillain: It's very hard to take Team Skull seriously as a threat.
* {{Jerkass}}:
** They pick a fight with Kiawe so they can win his Charizard, and immediately try to cheat by using all their Pokémon against one of his.
** Lana recounts how she found several grunts tormenting a Popplio for no apparent reason, which she saved and would eventually own.
** They crash the open day at the school and use the Tauros to trash the place for no reason.
* TheLeader: Tupp acts as their leader. At least for small factions as they still serve under Guzma.
* MoralMyopia:
** They make a stink about Kiawe using a Z-Move while they vastly outnumbered him and Turtonator 9-1.
** They kick up a similar storm against Ilima when he uses Extreme Evoboost[[note]]which temporarily brings forth ''all'' of Eevee's evolutions[[/note]], complaining using the numbers game is ''their'' strategy.
* OhCrap: The same three grunts who got their Pokémon blasted by Kiawe's Z-Move have this reaction when they realize Ash is about do the same with his own Z-Move.
* PetTheDog: Similar to Team Rocket, they seem to genuinely care about their own Pokemon. When Zipp dithers over going to the Pokemon Center when his Garbodor becomes ill, Ash realizes his problem and pretty much forces his decision. After everyone manages to heal it, Zipp purchases the cleaning tool they were using so he can heal Garbodor himself.
* PoisonousPerson: Tupp uses Salandit, Rapp uses Zubat, and Zipp uses Garbodor, all of which are Poison-type Pokemon.
* RecurringCharacter: A trio of Team Skull grunts, two of which use the designs from the games, and the third member being a fat brown-haired guy, appear as recurring antagonists for the kids.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Become Team Rocket's rivals for the Z-Crystals in one episode. Unlike previous more menacing villain teams who blatantly outmatch Team Rocket, Team Skull as a whole are equally if not more buffoonish.
* SoreLoser: After Kiawe beats them, they complain that Kiawe should have told them he could use a Z-Move.
* TerribleTrio: These three are the main recurring Team Skull grunts.
* ThemeNaming: The trio are named Tupp, Rapp, and Zipp, after food storage items. [[note]]Tupper, Wrap, and Zip in Japanese.[[/note]]
* UnknownRival: [[MellowFellow Ilima]] didn't even remember Tupp, and even affably apologises if he upset him. Tupp can't stand it.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Tupp used a be a fairly normal kid, but then the girls he was attracted to fell for Ilima instead.
* VillainEpisode: They shared one with Team Rocket, in which they competed to get their hands on the Darkinium-Z which was being guarded by Totem Raticate.
* VillainousValor: When they are confronted at the school by Ash and Kiawe despite having lost to them twice and being outnumbered by the other students, they refuse to back down even after acknowledging the odds are against them.
* WouldHurtAChild: In SM135, they send out 3 of their Pokemon to attack Kiawe's sister Mimo, [[DirtyCoward a defenseless little girl who couldn't have possibly done them any harm if she tried.]] Thankfully, Gladion and his Silvally bail her out of that predicament.
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!Others
[[folder:Viren (Bourgain)]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bourgain.png]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' H.D. Quinn
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Ricardo Méndez
The president of Rainbow Happy Resorts.
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* ArchEnemy: To Kiawe. Most episodes where Viren appears have him opposing Kiawe in some way.
* BareFistedMonk: [=SM081=] reveals he has a Pangoro.
* BaldOfEvil: He has much hair as he has goodness in him.
* BeardOfEvil: Wouldn't be complete as a bad guy without a beard.
* ButtMonkey: Gets reduced to one from [=SM081=] onwards. [[LaserGuidedKarma He, of course, deserves every ounce of torment and misfortune he goes through.]]
* CoolCar: His personal transportation is a gold-painted car.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He is the president of Rainbow Happy Resorts, and he will resort to forgery, blackmailing, harassment, [[WouldHurtAChild hurting kids]], destruction of property, and cheating to get what he wants.
* DubNameChange: From Bourgain to Viren. His company's name gets shortened to Rainbow Happy Resorts.
* {{Expy}}: Of Guzma. Viren's eyes take a page out of Guzma, he is treated as a recurring villain, he will use dirty tactics to get what he wants, and of course, he is downright pathetic when brought down a notch. Additionally, he strongly resembles [[VideoGame/FinalFight Belger]] in terms of appearance and occupation.
* FatBastard: His unpleasantness is as great as his girth.
* FanDisservice: In an episode where he tries to give away pictures of himself, in one of them shows himself posing ''while in a bathing suit''. It's not pretty...
* {{Hypocrite}}: When Kiawe and Lana intervene in a match to free the Masked Royal's Incineroar from the Revengers' Pokémon, he gets mad at them for it, when he leads a group that's practically dedicated to using such methods to win.
* IconicItem: A folding paper fan that has the Z-Move symbol on it, he always has it in episodes that he appears in, and his gold statue even held one itself.
* ItsPersonal: By [=SM085=], he makes it clear that he hates Ash and his friends for interfering in his business, especially towards Ash. This is quite mutual on Kiawe's part, who will go into a blazing rage at the mere mention of Viren.
* {{Jerkass}}: Don't let the name of his company fool you; he's far from a pleasant person.
* LaughablyEvil: He's more vicious and underhanded than Team Rocket or Team Skull, not to mention more powerful a figure, making him more of real threat. However his plans still often backfire in a buffoonish sort of way due to his bluster.
* KarmaHoudini: Averted in [=SM070=], as he's arrested by Officer Jenny... only to return in [=SM081=].
* TheManBehindTheMan: He reveals that he's the boss behind the Revengers.
* {{Narcissist}}: The only thing this man loves more than making money is himself. Especially since he loves to build solid-gold statues of himself.
* RecurringCharacter: First appears in [=SM070=], trying to buy out Kiawe's family's farm, and again in [=SM081=], trying to buy out the Battle Royal Dome, as well as [=SM085=] where the construction of his new hotel is caught in the middle of Stakataka and the Ultra Guardians' tussle.
* ShockAndAwe: He has an Electivire.
* UncattyResemblance: He bears a strong resemblance to Electivire, and is named after the Pokemon as well.
** Additionally, he has black rings around his eyes similar to a panda, and he also has a Pangoro.
* TheUnfettered: In his debut episode, he showed that he was willing to resort to forgery, harassment, tresspassing, blackmailing, and hurting little kids to get what he wants. Also, he and the Revengers are all too happy to fight dirty in order to win... sounds like the Invincible Pokémon Brothers would fit in with this group.
* WouldHurtAChild: Ordered his Electivire to attack Mimo. Thankfully, Turtonator jumped in to protect her.
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[[folder:Pershie]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RisaShimizu
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/KateBristol
An Alolan Persian owned by a Madame that bullied Ash's Litten.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: It acts like a good pet around its owner.
* CastingAShadow: It's a Dark-type and knows the Dark-Type move, Night Slash.
* CatsAreMean: It bullied Ash's Torracat back when it was a Litten by stealing its food.
* DarkIsEvil: It's a Dark-type Pokémon, and a bully, no less.
* HumiliationConga: In [=SM007=], it is sent running away with its tail on fire, and in [=SM083=], Tsareena shaves off the fur on its back.
* KickTheDog: It stole the sandwich Litten stole from Ash, and when Litten tries to attack it with its fire power the Persian threw the sandwich at it. It tries to zap at Ash and Pikachu when they try to stop it from harming Litten, and gets more aggressive on its attack when Ash has Pikachu fight it.
* RecurringCharacter: First appears in [=SM007=], bullying Ash's Litten, and again in [=SM083=], chasing after the shrunken Ash, Lillie, and Sophocles. It shows up yet again in [=SM099=] chasing down Lana's Popplio and Eevee.
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!Team Skull
[[folder:In General]]
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: While Guzma and Plumeria first appear towards the middle portion of the games, their anime counterparts don't show up until over a hundred episodes in, well after [[spoiler:rescuing Lusamine from the Nihilego]] and the Necrozma arc, which were the climaxes of ''Sun and Moon'' and ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'' respectively.
* AdaptationalWimp: Team Skull may have always been one of the less threatening groups in the Pokémon world. But with Guzma and Plumeria in charge, at least they could hold their own in a fight in the games. In the anime, by the time of the Ultra Beasts arc, Team Skull is quietly pushed aside in favor of Poké-kaiju attacks and the rare instance of [[OrcusOnHisThrone Giovanni getting off his throne]]. That is until Guzma makes his first appearence.
* TheCameo: They make a slight appearance in [=JN112=] amongst the audience watching the Alolan Battle Royale alongside Guzma and Plumeria.
* CastOfSnowflakes: Each individual Team Skull grunt has a unique character design.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist:
** In comparison to previous villain Teams, their goals, or at least Guzma's, are very low key, with Guzma only wanting to be considered the undisputed strongest trainer in the Alola region. The grunts themselves are just all about causing mischief in the region.
** Additionally in terms of their role as [[EvilVsEvil rivals for Team Rocket]], previous villain teams were next to always EvilerThanThou, being stronger and more serious than the TerribleTrio, who at best would score a few underdog victories. With the exception of Guzma, Team Skull are ''even more'' comical and pitiful than Team Rocket, making them SitcomArchNemesis whenever they butt heads, with Team Rocket usually winning.
* EvilBrit: One of the female grunts in the English dub has a noticable British accent.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Unlike most if not all the other villainous teams in past seasons, Team Skull is still alive and well at the end of the season. Guzma has started his road of CharacterDevelopment, which promises a brighter future for Team Skull, and their last appearance shows Guzma training alongside Team Skull.
* MythologyGag: One grunt at the mansion in Po Town fails to turn on a damaged TV via the power switch, which causes another grunt [[PercussiveMaintenance to just smack it]], which actually works. In the games, Guzma claimed to do the same thing with malfunctioning technology, except he has a tendency to break it by doing so.
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[[folder:Guzma]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/guzma_anime.png]]
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YasuyukiKase
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Evan Maltby
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Alfredo Leal
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* AchillesHeel: Golisopod is able to block an Iron Tail, Thunderbolt, and Corkscrew Crash with its arms, due to its shell being as hard as diamond. However, a single Quick Attack to its soft underbelly is enough to trigger Emergency Exit. [[spoiler:This is exploited in its Alola League semifinals match, with Ash's Torracat using Fire Fang and Revenge on its underside to get it on the ropes quicker.]]
* AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: The implication that Guzma grew up being [[AbusiveParents abused by his father]] is absent in the anime.
* AdaptationExpansion: His past with [[spoiler: Professor Kukui]] is elaborated on in [=SM128=].
* AdaptationalHeroism: While he's the ArcVillain of the Alola League arc, he's not technically a villain at all since he's a legal participant and is more of an ArrogantKungFuGuy. Unlike in the games, we never see him involved in any criminal activity, nor is he partnered with Lusamine and the Aether Foundation for a wrongful goal, as Lusamine and the Aether Foundation have also undergone AdaptationalHeroism.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In addition to being a DirtyCoward here, Guzma in the anime is a BadBoss who picks on trainers weaker than him and acts like a JerkAss to his Pokemon when they lose. In the games Guzma only ever chastises ''himself'' when he loses, and is shown to be BenevolentBoss with a major InferioritySuperiorityComplex. By the end of his arc, though, he falls more in line with his game persona.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the games, he attempted to be a Trial Captain, and simply failed to do so in time. Here, he outright ran away.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Ultimately revealed to be the reason for his StartOfDarkness. In the past, he was ''never'' able to defeat Kukui in a battle which frustrated him enough to abandon his former teacher and start his stint as Team Skull's leader.
* ArcVillain: Guzma is the main antagonist of the Alola League arc, with his goal being to destroy Kukui's dream by becoming Champion and preventing any more leagues from being held.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Guzma thinks of himself as Alola's strongest trainer, and claims that he has surpassed those who actually bothered doing the Island Challenge. That said, he is not a pushover as he defeated Ilima and his Mega Kangaskhan in the Alolan League, with Ilima originally being the one favored to win it all.
* BadBoss: Downplayed. He frequently chastises his Pokemon whenever they remotely dither or appear to lose the upper hand. When Golisopod's Emergency Exit gets Scizor knocked out against Ash in the league, he browbeats a cowed Golisopod for costing him and makes clear it ''better'' win the rest of the match to redeem itself. [[EveryoneHasStandards Ash]] and [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Plumeria]] look a bit unnerved by this treatment.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: His specialty is Bug types. ''Big'' bug-types, such as Golispod.
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:A huge one during his battle with Ash once his own Pokemon screws up his strategy and causes the scales to tip in his opponent's favor.]]
* TheCameo: Makes a slight appearance in [=JN112=] amongst the audience watching the Alolan Battle Royale alongside Plumeria and members of Team Skull.
* {{Catchphrase}}: In [=EP138=], he finally says his [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan in a quite epic way]]!
-->'''Guzma:''' ''[upon realizing how he's been running away from battles for no good reason at all]'' [[SkywardScream GUZMA, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!]]
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:Late in his League battle with Ash, both he and Golisopod realize they have to stop running away and finish out their League run on a more fair note than what Guzma had intended when Ash started winning.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Guzma denounces the protagonists' use of Z-moves and prefers a much more methodical method of battling. His debut has him overwhelm Ash's Pikachu with his Golisopod's First Impression and steadily wearing him down with Poison Jab. In the Alola League, he takes advantage of Iima's position of his Mega Kangaskhan and has his Scizor attack the mother while her child is in front (therefore preventing her from retaliating without harming her child), and prevents Lana's Primarina from using its sound-based moves with a well-timed Throat Chop and continuously beating on it with Poison Jab (which being part Fairy, Primarina is weak to).
* CowardlyLion: [[spoiler:Once his Golispod decides to ''grow a backbone'' and stand its ground against Pikachu out of its own volition, Guzma eventually follows suit with growing a spine of his own and goes all in to see the whole fight through, regardless of its outcome]].
* CurbStompBattle: Utterly destroys the Team Rocket-Trio in the span of a ''second''.
** His battle with Lana in the League is even ''worse.'' He ordered Golisopod to keep spamming Poison Jab on her Primarina, which is half Fairy-type and started the fight with Throat Chop to prevent its Sparkling Aria. When Primarina resorted to using its Z-Move, Golisopod uses Liquidation to '''slash the Z-Move in half.''' After that, Primarina was barely breathing.
* DirtyCoward: He ran away from his Island Challenge in the past, which Kukui reminds him of when he decides to walk away from his battle with Ash.
** [[spoiler: During his second battle with Ash, his Golisopod switches out on its own and has Scizor take a Fire Blast meant for it. Guzma was '''''pissed.''''']]
** His undefeatable streak is stated to be this as Plumeria notes that Guzma usually picks fights against weaker trainers to make himself look stronger. If he's in a fight where it looks like he might lose, then he backs out of it under some false pretense.
* EvilCounterpart: To Ash, in regards to their championship records. Ash [[GracefulLoser always was a good sport, even when he would come up short in his league records]] and always strive to improve despite it all. Guzma however, ''[[SoreLoser hated]]'' that [[SecondPlaceIsForLosers he could never win]] and began to target only weaker trainers to [[SmallNameBigEgo bolster his pride]] and then [[MilesGloriosus skimp out on anybody that actually could pose a challenge to him]].
* EvilIsPetty: His main reason for entering the Alola League is out of spite for Kukui; he wants to crush Kukui's dream.
* FatalFlaw: His pride. [[spoiler:Guzma's insistence that he is the best Trainer in Alola causes him to brush off advice from Plumeria. Once his "undefeated" title is in danger of being broken, he loses it in front of an entire audience and some of the most important Trainers in the region.]]
** In addition [[spoiler: his pride lets him unable to fight off against opponents who actually have a chance of beating him and his "undefeatable" streak is based off of fighting off weaker trainers.]]
* FunHatingVillain: He hates the idea of an Alolan League Tournament deciding a champion. This leads him to enter so that when he wins, he'll have the clout to prevent future tournaments from taking place.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:Surpisingly, he has a turnaround during his League battle with Ash and ends up taking his first witnessed defeat much better than he should have had otherwise. Aka, "leaving the field with his beaten Pokémon without causing the slightest fuss about it."]]
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Seeing Golispod wanting to continue his fight makes him flashback to how he had been such a dick before he unleashes his catchphrase and decides to go all out in his League battle against Ash.]]
* IMeantToDoThat: Once Golispod's Emergency Exit sets off, he tries handwaving it as Golispod [[NotWorthKilling lost interest]] in fighting a badly hurt and poisoned Pikachu.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: When a heavily poisoned Primarina managed the feat of slipping out from his Golispod's grasp, he first berate his Pokemon for loosening the grip ''and'' then orders it to go straight after the struggling opponent to finish the job thoroughly without giving them a chance for the HeroicSecondWind to play in effect. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even his Golispod showed a little concern about his attitude]] before following through on the command anyway.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He has his Scizor callously use the baby of Ilima's Kangaskhan as a [[HumanShield meat shield]] to make her hesitant to attack it. [[spoiler:During his second battle with Ash, Golisopod [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere switches itself out]] and uses ''Scizor'' as a shield against Torracat's Fire Blast, [[KillItWithFire instantly knocking it out]] and completely screwing over Guzma's strategy.]]
* MetaphoricallyTrue: He's not wrong about his "undefeated" status [[spoiler:because he only targets weaker trainers he knows he can beat, and always tries to find an excuse to avoid battling someone that could actually give him a fight.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Golispod's Emergency Exit forces Scizor to be switched out on the battlefield, right as the Fire Blast from Ash's Torracat is about to make contact. Scizor, having double weakness to fire, [[OneHitKill ends up being defeated instantly]], giving Ash complete advantage over Guzma in their match. Even more poetic is that Golispod ends up defeating Torracat anyways, which means Guzma could have defeated Ash if Emergency Exit hadn't been activated.]]
* OhCrap: Has a ''major'' one during [[spoiler:his battle with Ash at the Alola League; his Golisopod's [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Emergency Exit]] activates at the worst possible time, switching out with Scizor, who is wide open for a Fire Blast (which it has a double weakness to). Needless to say, [[OneHitKill it's a one-hit knockout.]]]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:After his loss to Ash at the Pokemon League, he helps his defeated Golisopod up before returning it to its Pokeball.]]
* PoorPredictableRock: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. Lana goes into her battle with him expecting him to have Golisopod open with First Impression, as he did when he battled Ash at the school. After a few moments of silence, Lana instead makes the first move by commanding Primarina to use Sparkling Aria; which Guzma has Golisopod counter with a new move, Throat Chop.
* PunchAWall: In the aftermath of his intrusion and quick retreat from the Pokemon School, Kukui's words still infuriate him enough to punch the banner in his room, ''hard''.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: [[spoiler:He and Kukui were both Hala's apprentices, but Guzma had a habit of defying Hala's teachings until he finally got fed up and ran away.]]
* {{Ronin}}: Guzma in a nutshell, with his Golispod depicting the {{Samurai}} part of the archetype with its exoskeleton, ninja and samurai themed-moveset and rarely displayed shreds of honor towards its opponents while on the battlefield.
* {{Sadist}}: He has shades of this, particularly shown in his battles with Ilima and Lana.
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Plumeria finds a ''lot'' of second place trophies in the Team Skull hideout, hinting at why he's so insistent on being the best.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Golisopod pulls this when it's on the losing end of its semifinals League battle -- when it sees the game-ending Fire Blast heading towards it, it activates Emergency Exit to switch to Guzma's other Pokemon...[[KillItWithFire Scizor]]. Even Ash and Torracat are stunned.]]
* ShroudedInMyth: [[spoiler:[=SM135=] hints that Guzma's "undefeated" status may not be what it seems, and a few episodes later we find out that the truth is he only defeats weak trainers and has backed out of any battle where he might lose. Being "undefeated" is more out of him being a coward than being a badass.]]
* SignatureMon: Golisopod is his main Pokémon battler, whom he boasts to be unbeatable just like himself and only fights worthy trainers. [[spoiler:And just like Guzma, it's just a bully who only fights weak Pokémon but would cowardly back out when faced with an actual possibility of losing. This proves to be Guzma's downfall in the Alola League as Golisopod's Emergency Exit ends up giving Ash's Torracat a free win by accident.]]
* SlasherSmile: Dons a MURDEROUS-looking one complete with a very intimidating close up of his face towards the end of [=SM128=].
* SoreLoser: He has this reaction when [[spoiler:Golisopod's Emergency Exit activates at the wrong time, leading to a knocked out Scizor, taking the time to yell at his own Pokemon about it.]]
* TacticalWithdrawal: His battle with Ash ends when Golisopod's Emergency Exit activates. Plumeria hints that this is the reason why he is "undefeated" -- he either beats his opponents legit because he know he can win, or Golisopod activates its Ability and he uses it as an excuse to call off the fight.
* VillainousBreakdown: Starts to suffer one in his Alola League semifinal battle against Ash when [[spoiler: Golisopod's Emergency Exit activates and inadvertently gets his Scizor knocked out by an incoming Fire Blast.]] Ash's persistent determination also begins to wear on his patience.
* VillainyFreeVillain: While he's leader of the gangsters Team Skull, his role as ArcVillain in the league amounts to this, since while he is a {{Jerkass}} who plans to abolish the league tournament upon becoming champion, as Lana and Kiawe lampshade, none of his tactics are illegal and he is merely a ruthless and cunning strategist. This also makes him one of few arc villains Ash defeats in an official battle with no outside interruptions.
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[[folder:Plumeria (Plumeri)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Saki Endo
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jo Armeniox
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Karla Vega
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the original Sun and Moon games, ''she'' is the one to challenge the Champion of Alola, here she loses in the first round of the League.
* TheCameo: Makes a slight appearance in [=JN112=] amongst the audience watching the Alolan Battle Royale alongside Guzma and members of Team Skull.
* CoolBigSis: The Team Skull grunts look up to her.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She's significantly unnerved by how Guzma harshly berates his Pokemon.
* OnlySaneMan: Among Team Skull. She tries to warn Guzma not to underestimate Ash, but both her underlings and her boss brush it off.
* TheWorfEffect: Is eliminated by Ilima in the preliminary round of the Alola League, along with the Grunts.
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[[folder:Tupp, Zipp, and Rapp]]
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[[caption-width-right:342:From left to right: Rapp, Tupp, and Zipp.]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Taakaki Uchino (Tupp, [=SM001=]-[=SM011=]), Toru Sakurai (Tupp, [=SM024=]-present), Soshiro Hori (Zipp), Creator/MadokaAsahina (Rapp)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Billy Bob Thompson (Tupp), Jake Paque (Zipp), Lori Phillips (Rapp)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Osvaldo Trejo Rodríguez (Tupp), Geno Sánchez (Zipp), Noriko (Rapp)
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* AdaptationalJerkass: They're still [[HarmlessVillain harmless for the most part,]] but they're noticeably more nasty than they were in the games. A few examples include attacking Mimo and going as far as to trash Manolo Stadium before the League started to drive people away.
* BlandNameProduct: Their Japanese names are Tupper, Zip, and Wrap. The inspirations, respectively, are Tupperware, Ziploc, and Saran Wrap. [=TPCi=] probably didn't want to run afoul of Tupperware or S.C. Johnson.
* BookDumb: Tupp literally has no idea that Kanto exists.
--> '''Tupp''': What's a Kanto?
* BorrowedCatchphrase: They get [[TwinkleInTheSky "blasted off"]] by Ilima's Eevee in [=SM065=], almost identically to Team Rocket.
* TheBully: Are described as constantly showing up to pick fights with people.
* BullyingADragon: Despite having lost to Ash and Kiawe once already, the same three grunts force them to land and attack them again. This time, it's Ash who sends them flying. Then they do it a third time by attacking the school both attend.
* ButtMonkey: So far, everyone and their mother ([[ActionMom literally]] even, in Ash's case) gets to kick their ass in a Pokémon Battle.
* CaptainErsatz: According to his English voice actor, Billy Bob Thompson, Tupp's English voice is based on that of Jesse Pinkman from ''Series/BreakingBad''.
* CasanovaWannabe: Tupp was this as a kid; but the girls he was attracted to became more interested in Ilima, leading Tupp to develop a grudge against him.
* CheatersNeverProsper: When Team Skull and Team Rocket are trying to get the Darkinium-Z, Tupp, Jessie, and James have their teammates distract the Totem Raticate while they climb the rock pillar to get the crystal. Jessie and James abandon the effort when they see their Pokémon in trouble, while Tupp ignores the plight of his teammates. Team Rocket ends up defeating the Totem Raticate and earning the crystal, while Tupp's attempt to steal it is foiled by the Ally Rattata and Raticate.
* CombatPragmatist:
** They throw out nine Pokémon just to fight Kiawe and Turtonator, who is joined by Ash and Pikachu. It ends up being a case of QuantityVsQuality, as their nine Pokémon are unevolved ComMons (Yungoos, Zubat, Salandit) compared to Ash's experienced Pikachu and Kiawe's slower but tougher Turtonator. Pikachu fights all three Salandit, while the Yungoos and Zubat try to rush Turtonator and get a face full of exploding shell for the trouble. Turtonator's Z-Move knocks out all nine.
** In their rematch against Ash and Kiawe, they shoot down Ash's Ride Pelipper then attack both him and Kiawe without even giving them a chance to defend themselves.
** They really go for the overkill in [=SM065=], where they bring as many fellow gang members as possible to attack Ilima's Eevee at once. They ''still'' get trounced.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In-story example. Tupp brags about his Salandit possibly being ready to evolve soon in [=SM065=]...but refers to it as a male. Only female Salandit are able to evolve into Salazzle.
* CurbstompBattle: Much like Team Rocket, most of their battles are thoroughly one-sided in the heroes' favor. Tupp is ecstatic from the mere fact he got in ''[[CurbstompCushion one single hit]]'' against Ilima's Eevee.
* CutenessProximity: Rapp ''really'' loves cute Pokemon, and even draws her Zubat in a cute style.
* DontYouDarePityMe: When Ilima apologizes to Tupp for inconveniencing him, Tupp only gets annoyed even more.
%%* DirtyCoward:
* DrivenByEnvy: In [=SM065=], it's revealed that Tupp has a history with Ilima; even when they were younger, the local girls loved Ilima more than him.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In their first appearance they each had three of their signature Pokemon, while in later appearances they only use one. Zipp's signature was also Yungoos instead of Garbador, with none of the former having yet reappeared.
* EvilVersusEvil: [=SM025=] has them competing with Team Rocket over a Z-Crystal, the Darkinium Z. Team Rocket comes out on top, since they actually beat the guardian and earned the crystal.
* {{Fangirl}}s: Tupp had three as a kid; but then Ilima came along and they became his fangirls instead, leading Tupp to develop a grudge against him.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: When they encounter the Rocket trio again in [=SM115=], 90 episodes after their last meeting, the two groups only vaguely recognize each other, having forgotten their encounter in [=SM025=].
* GoldfishPoopGang: They show up every now and then just to cause trouble and get easily beaten. Even Team Rocket proves more competent than them.
* HarmlessVillain: It's very hard to take Team Skull seriously as a threat.
* {{Jerkass}}:
** They pick a fight with Kiawe so they can win his Charizard, and immediately try to cheat by using all their Pokémon against one of his.
** Lana recounts how she found several grunts tormenting a Popplio for no apparent reason, which she saved and would eventually own.
** They crash the open day at the school and use the Tauros to trash the place for no reason.
* TheLeader: Tupp acts as their leader. At least for small factions as they still serve under Guzma.
* MoralMyopia:
** They make a stink about Kiawe using a Z-Move while they vastly outnumbered him and Turtonator 9-1.
** They kick up a similar storm against Ilima when he uses Extreme Evoboost[[note]]which temporarily brings forth ''all'' of Eevee's evolutions[[/note]], complaining using the numbers game is ''their'' strategy.
* OhCrap: The same three grunts who got their Pokémon blasted by Kiawe's Z-Move have this reaction when they realize Ash is about do the same with his own Z-Move.
* PetTheDog: Similar to Team Rocket, they seem to genuinely care about their own Pokemon. When Zipp dithers over going to the Pokemon Center when his Garbodor becomes ill, Ash realizes his problem and pretty much forces his decision. After everyone manages to heal it, Zipp purchases the cleaning tool they were using so he can heal Garbodor himself.
* PoisonousPerson: Tupp uses Salandit, Rapp uses Zubat, and Zipp uses Garbodor, all of which are Poison-type Pokemon.
* RecurringCharacter: A trio of Team Skull grunts, two of which use the designs from the games, and the third member being a fat brown-haired guy, appear as recurring antagonists for the kids.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Become Team Rocket's rivals for the Z-Crystals in one episode. Unlike previous more menacing villain teams who blatantly outmatch Team Rocket, Team Skull as a whole are equally if not more buffoonish.
* SoreLoser: After Kiawe beats them, they complain that Kiawe should have told them he could use a Z-Move.
* TerribleTrio: These three are the main recurring Team Skull grunts.
* ThemeNaming: The trio are named Tupp, Rapp, and Zipp, after food storage items. [[note]]Tupper, Wrap, and Zip in Japanese.[[/note]]
* UnknownRival: [[MellowFellow Ilima]] didn't even remember Tupp, and even affably apologises if he upset him. Tupp can't stand it.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Tupp used a be a fairly normal kid, but then the girls he was attracted to fell for Ilima instead.
* VillainEpisode: They shared one with Team Rocket, in which they competed to get their hands on the Darkinium-Z which was being guarded by Totem Raticate.
* VillainousValor: When they are confronted at the school by Ash and Kiawe despite having lost to them twice and being outnumbered by the other students, they refuse to back down even after acknowledging the odds are against them.
* WouldHurtAChild: In SM135, they send out 3 of their Pokemon to attack Kiawe's sister Mimo, [[DirtyCoward a defenseless little girl who couldn't have possibly done them any harm if she tried.]] Thankfully, Gladion and his Silvally bail her out of that predicament.
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!Others
[[folder:Viren (Bourgain)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' H.D. Quinn
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Ricardo Méndez
The president of Rainbow Happy Resorts.
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* ArchEnemy: To Kiawe. Most episodes where Viren appears have him opposing Kiawe in some way.
* BareFistedMonk: [=SM081=] reveals he has a Pangoro.
* BaldOfEvil: He has much hair as he has goodness in him.
* BeardOfEvil: Wouldn't be complete as a bad guy without a beard.
* ButtMonkey: Gets reduced to one from [=SM081=] onwards. [[LaserGuidedKarma He, of course, deserves every ounce of torment and misfortune he goes through.]]
* CoolCar: His personal transportation is a gold-painted car.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He is the president of Rainbow Happy Resorts, and he will resort to forgery, blackmailing, harassment, [[WouldHurtAChild hurting kids]], destruction of property, and cheating to get what he wants.
* DubNameChange: From Bourgain to Viren. His company's name gets shortened to Rainbow Happy Resorts.
* {{Expy}}: Of Guzma. Viren's eyes take a page out of Guzma, he is treated as a recurring villain, he will use dirty tactics to get what he wants, and of course, he is downright pathetic when brought down a notch. Additionally, he strongly resembles [[VideoGame/FinalFight Belger]] in terms of appearance and occupation.
* FatBastard: His unpleasantness is as great as his girth.
* FanDisservice: In an episode where he tries to give away pictures of himself, in one of them shows himself posing ''while in a bathing suit''. It's not pretty...
* {{Hypocrite}}: When Kiawe and Lana intervene in a match to free the Masked Royal's Incineroar from the Revengers' Pokémon, he gets mad at them for it, when he leads a group that's practically dedicated to using such methods to win.
* IconicItem: A folding paper fan that has the Z-Move symbol on it, he always has it in episodes that he appears in, and his gold statue even held one itself.
* ItsPersonal: By [=SM085=], he makes it clear that he hates Ash and his friends for interfering in his business, especially towards Ash. This is quite mutual on Kiawe's part, who will go into a blazing rage at the mere mention of Viren.
* {{Jerkass}}: Don't let the name of his company fool you; he's far from a pleasant person.
* LaughablyEvil: He's more vicious and underhanded than Team Rocket or Team Skull, not to mention more powerful a figure, making him more of real threat. However his plans still often backfire in a buffoonish sort of way due to his bluster.
* KarmaHoudini: Averted in [=SM070=], as he's arrested by Officer Jenny... only to return in [=SM081=].
* TheManBehindTheMan: He reveals that he's the boss behind the Revengers.
* {{Narcissist}}: The only thing this man loves more than making money is himself. Especially since he loves to build solid-gold statues of himself.
* RecurringCharacter: First appears in [=SM070=], trying to buy out Kiawe's family's farm, and again in [=SM081=], trying to buy out the Battle Royal Dome, as well as [=SM085=] where the construction of his new hotel is caught in the middle of Stakataka and the Ultra Guardians' tussle.
* ShockAndAwe: He has an Electivire.
* UncattyResemblance: He bears a strong resemblance to Electivire, and is named after the Pokemon as well.
** Additionally, he has black rings around his eyes similar to a panda, and he also has a Pangoro.
* TheUnfettered: In his debut episode, he showed that he was willing to resort to forgery, harassment, tresspassing, blackmailing, and hurting little kids to get what he wants. Also, he and the Revengers are all too happy to fight dirty in order to win... sounds like the Invincible Pokémon Brothers would fit in with this group.
* WouldHurtAChild: Ordered his Electivire to attack Mimo. Thankfully, Turtonator jumped in to protect her.
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[[folder:Pershie]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RisaShimizu
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/KateBristol
An Alolan Persian owned by a Madame that bullied Ash's Litten.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: It acts like a good pet around its owner.
* CastingAShadow: It's a Dark-type and knows the Dark-Type move, Night Slash.
* CatsAreMean: It bullied Ash's Torracat back when it was a Litten by stealing its food.
* DarkIsEvil: It's a Dark-type Pokémon, and a bully, no less.
* HumiliationConga: In [=SM007=], it is sent running away with its tail on fire, and in [=SM083=], Tsareena shaves off the fur on its back.
* KickTheDog: It stole the sandwich Litten stole from Ash, and when Litten tries to attack it with its fire power the Persian threw the sandwich at it. It tries to zap at Ash and Pikachu when they try to stop it from harming Litten, and gets more aggressive on its attack when Ash has Pikachu fight it.
* RecurringCharacter: First appears in [=SM007=], bullying Ash's Litten, and again in [=SM083=], chasing after the shrunken Ash, Lillie, and Sophocles. It shows up yet again in [=SM099=] chasing down Lana's Popplio and Eevee.
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!Team Skull
[[folder:In General]]
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: While Guzma and Plumeria first appear towards the middle portion of the games, their anime counterparts don't show up until over a hundred episodes in, well after [[spoiler:rescuing Lusamine from the Nihilego]] and the Necrozma arc, which were the climaxes of ''Sun and Moon'' and ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'' respectively.
* AdaptationalWimp: Team Skull may have always been one of the less threatening groups in the Pokémon world. But with Guzma and Plumeria in charge, at least they could hold their own in a fight in the games. In the anime, by the time of the Ultra Beasts arc, Team Skull is quietly pushed aside in favor of Poké-kaiju attacks and the rare instance of [[OrcusOnHisThrone Giovanni getting off his throne]]. That is until Guzma makes his first appearence.
* TheCameo: They make a slight appearance in [=JN112=] amongst the audience watching the Alolan Battle Royale alongside Guzma and Plumeria.
* CastOfSnowflakes: Each individual Team Skull grunt has a unique character design.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist:
** In comparison to previous villain Teams, their goals, or at least Guzma's, are very low key, with Guzma only wanting to be considered the undisputed strongest trainer in the Alola region. The grunts themselves are just all about causing mischief in the region.
** Additionally in terms of their role as [[EvilVsEvil rivals for Team Rocket]], previous villain teams were next to always EvilerThanThou, being stronger and more serious than the TerribleTrio, who at best would score a few underdog victories. With the exception of Guzma, Team Skull are ''even more'' comical and pitiful than Team Rocket, making them SitcomArchNemesis whenever they butt heads, with Team Rocket usually winning.
* EvilBrit: One of the female grunts in the English dub has a noticable British accent.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Unlike most if not all the other villainous teams in past seasons, Team Skull is still alive and well at the end of the season. Guzma has started his road of CharacterDevelopment, which promises a brighter future for Team Skull, and their last appearance shows Guzma training alongside Team Skull.
* MythologyGag: One grunt at the mansion in Po Town fails to turn on a damaged TV via the power switch, which causes another grunt [[PercussiveMaintenance to just smack it]], which actually works. In the games, Guzma claimed to do the same thing with malfunctioning technology, except he has a tendency to break it by doing so.
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[[folder:Guzma]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/guzma_anime.png]]
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YasuyukiKase
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Evan Maltby
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Alfredo Leal
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* AchillesHeel: Golisopod is able to block an Iron Tail, Thunderbolt, and Corkscrew Crash with its arms, due to its shell being as hard as diamond. However, a single Quick Attack to its soft underbelly is enough to trigger Emergency Exit. [[spoiler:This is exploited in its Alola League semifinals match, with Ash's Torracat using Fire Fang and Revenge on its underside to get it on the ropes quicker.]]
* AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: The implication that Guzma grew up being [[AbusiveParents abused by his father]] is absent in the anime.
* AdaptationExpansion: His past with [[spoiler: Professor Kukui]] is elaborated on in [=SM128=].
* AdaptationalHeroism: While he's the ArcVillain of the Alola League arc, he's not technically a villain at all since he's a legal participant and is more of an ArrogantKungFuGuy. Unlike in the games, we never see him involved in any criminal activity, nor is he partnered with Lusamine and the Aether Foundation for a wrongful goal, as Lusamine and the Aether Foundation have also undergone AdaptationalHeroism.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In addition to being a DirtyCoward here, Guzma in the anime is a BadBoss who picks on trainers weaker than him and acts like a JerkAss to his Pokemon when they lose. In the games Guzma only ever chastises ''himself'' when he loses, and is shown to be BenevolentBoss with a major InferioritySuperiorityComplex. By the end of his arc, though, he falls more in line with his game persona.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the games, he attempted to be a Trial Captain, and simply failed to do so in time. Here, he outright ran away.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Ultimately revealed to be the reason for his StartOfDarkness. In the past, he was ''never'' able to defeat Kukui in a battle which frustrated him enough to abandon his former teacher and start his stint as Team Skull's leader.
* ArcVillain: Guzma is the main antagonist of the Alola League arc, with his goal being to destroy Kukui's dream by becoming Champion and preventing any more leagues from being held.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Guzma thinks of himself as Alola's strongest trainer, and claims that he has surpassed those who actually bothered doing the Island Challenge. That said, he is not a pushover as he defeated Ilima and his Mega Kangaskhan in the Alolan League, with Ilima originally being the one favored to win it all.
* BadBoss: Downplayed. He frequently chastises his Pokemon whenever they remotely dither or appear to lose the upper hand. When Golisopod's Emergency Exit gets Scizor knocked out against Ash in the league, he browbeats a cowed Golisopod for costing him and makes clear it ''better'' win the rest of the match to redeem itself. [[EveryoneHasStandards Ash]] and [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Plumeria]] look a bit unnerved by this treatment.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: His specialty is Bug types. ''Big'' bug-types, such as Golispod.
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:A huge one during his battle with Ash once his own Pokemon screws up his strategy and causes the scales to tip in his opponent's favor.]]
* TheCameo: Makes a slight appearance in [=JN112=] amongst the audience watching the Alolan Battle Royale alongside Plumeria and members of Team Skull.
* {{Catchphrase}}: In [=EP138=], he finally says his [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan in a quite epic way]]!
-->'''Guzma:''' ''[upon realizing how he's been running away from battles for no good reason at all]'' [[SkywardScream GUZMA, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!]]
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:Late in his League battle with Ash, both he and Golisopod realize they have to stop running away and finish out their League run on a more fair note than what Guzma had intended when Ash started winning.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Guzma denounces the protagonists' use of Z-moves and prefers a much more methodical method of battling. His debut has him overwhelm Ash's Pikachu with his Golisopod's First Impression and steadily wearing him down with Poison Jab. In the Alola League, he takes advantage of Iima's position of his Mega Kangaskhan and has his Scizor attack the mother while her child is in front (therefore preventing her from retaliating without harming her child), and prevents Lana's Primarina from using its sound-based moves with a well-timed Throat Chop and continuously beating on it with Poison Jab (which being part Fairy, Primarina is weak to).
* CowardlyLion: [[spoiler:Once his Golispod decides to ''grow a backbone'' and stand its ground against Pikachu out of its own volition, Guzma eventually follows suit with growing a spine of his own and goes all in to see the whole fight through, regardless of its outcome]].
* CurbStompBattle: Utterly destroys the Team Rocket-Trio in the span of a ''second''.
** His battle with Lana in the League is even ''worse.'' He ordered Golisopod to keep spamming Poison Jab on her Primarina, which is half Fairy-type and started the fight with Throat Chop to prevent its Sparkling Aria. When Primarina resorted to using its Z-Move, Golisopod uses Liquidation to '''slash the Z-Move in half.''' After that, Primarina was barely breathing.
* DirtyCoward: He ran away from his Island Challenge in the past, which Kukui reminds him of when he decides to walk away from his battle with Ash.
** [[spoiler: During his second battle with Ash, his Golisopod switches out on its own and has Scizor take a Fire Blast meant for it. Guzma was '''''pissed.''''']]
** His undefeatable streak is stated to be this as Plumeria notes that Guzma usually picks fights against weaker trainers to make himself look stronger. If he's in a fight where it looks like he might lose, then he backs out of it under some false pretense.
* EvilCounterpart: To Ash, in regards to their championship records. Ash [[GracefulLoser always was a good sport, even when he would come up short in his league records]] and always strive to improve despite it all. Guzma however, ''[[SoreLoser hated]]'' that [[SecondPlaceIsForLosers he could never win]] and began to target only weaker trainers to [[SmallNameBigEgo bolster his pride]] and then [[MilesGloriosus skimp out on anybody that actually could pose a challenge to him]].
* EvilIsPetty: His main reason for entering the Alola League is out of spite for Kukui; he wants to crush Kukui's dream.
* FatalFlaw: His pride. [[spoiler:Guzma's insistence that he is the best Trainer in Alola causes him to brush off advice from Plumeria. Once his "undefeated" title is in danger of being broken, he loses it in front of an entire audience and some of the most important Trainers in the region.]]
** In addition [[spoiler: his pride lets him unable to fight off against opponents who actually have a chance of beating him and his "undefeatable" streak is based off of fighting off weaker trainers.]]
* FunHatingVillain: He hates the idea of an Alolan League Tournament deciding a champion. This leads him to enter so that when he wins, he'll have the clout to prevent future tournaments from taking place.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:Surpisingly, he has a turnaround during his League battle with Ash and ends up taking his first witnessed defeat much better than he should have had otherwise. Aka, "leaving the field with his beaten Pokémon without causing the slightest fuss about it."]]
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Seeing Golispod wanting to continue his fight makes him flashback to how he had been such a dick before he unleashes his catchphrase and decides to go all out in his League battle against Ash.]]
* IMeantToDoThat: Once Golispod's Emergency Exit sets off, he tries handwaving it as Golispod [[NotWorthKilling lost interest]] in fighting a badly hurt and poisoned Pikachu.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: When a heavily poisoned Primarina managed the feat of slipping out from his Golispod's grasp, he first berate his Pokemon for loosening the grip ''and'' then orders it to go straight after the struggling opponent to finish the job thoroughly without giving them a chance for the HeroicSecondWind to play in effect. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even his Golispod showed a little concern about his attitude]] before following through on the command anyway.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He has his Scizor callously use the baby of Ilima's Kangaskhan as a [[HumanShield meat shield]] to make her hesitant to attack it. [[spoiler:During his second battle with Ash, Golisopod [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere switches itself out]] and uses ''Scizor'' as a shield against Torracat's Fire Blast, [[KillItWithFire instantly knocking it out]] and completely screwing over Guzma's strategy.]]
* MetaphoricallyTrue: He's not wrong about his "undefeated" status [[spoiler:because he only targets weaker trainers he knows he can beat, and always tries to find an excuse to avoid battling someone that could actually give him a fight.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Golispod's Emergency Exit forces Scizor to be switched out on the battlefield, right as the Fire Blast from Ash's Torracat is about to make contact. Scizor, having double weakness to fire, [[OneHitKill ends up being defeated instantly]], giving Ash complete advantage over Guzma in their match. Even more poetic is that Golispod ends up defeating Torracat anyways, which means Guzma could have defeated Ash if Emergency Exit hadn't been activated.]]
* OhCrap: Has a ''major'' one during [[spoiler:his battle with Ash at the Alola League; his Golisopod's [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Emergency Exit]] activates at the worst possible time, switching out with Scizor, who is wide open for a Fire Blast (which it has a double weakness to). Needless to say, [[OneHitKill it's a one-hit knockout.]]]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:After his loss to Ash at the Pokemon League, he helps his defeated Golisopod up before returning it to its Pokeball.]]
* PoorPredictableRock: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. Lana goes into her battle with him expecting him to have Golisopod open with First Impression, as he did when he battled Ash at the school. After a few moments of silence, Lana instead makes the first move by commanding Primarina to use Sparkling Aria; which Guzma has Golisopod counter with a new move, Throat Chop.
* PunchAWall: In the aftermath of his intrusion and quick retreat from the Pokemon School, Kukui's words still infuriate him enough to punch the banner in his room, ''hard''.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: [[spoiler:He and Kukui were both Hala's apprentices, but Guzma had a habit of defying Hala's teachings until he finally got fed up and ran away.]]
* {{Ronin}}: Guzma in a nutshell, with his Golispod depicting the {{Samurai}} part of the archetype with its exoskeleton, ninja and samurai themed-moveset and rarely displayed shreds of honor towards its opponents while on the battlefield.
* {{Sadist}}: He has shades of this, particularly shown in his battles with Ilima and Lana.
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Plumeria finds a ''lot'' of second place trophies in the Team Skull hideout, hinting at why he's so insistent on being the best.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Golisopod pulls this when it's on the losing end of its semifinals League battle -- when it sees the game-ending Fire Blast heading towards it, it activates Emergency Exit to switch to Guzma's other Pokemon...[[KillItWithFire Scizor]]. Even Ash and Torracat are stunned.]]
* ShroudedInMyth: [[spoiler:[=SM135=] hints that Guzma's "undefeated" status may not be what it seems, and a few episodes later we find out that the truth is he only defeats weak trainers and has backed out of any battle where he might lose. Being "undefeated" is more out of him being a coward than being a badass.]]
* SignatureMon: Golisopod is his main Pokémon battler, whom he boasts to be unbeatable just like himself and only fights worthy trainers. [[spoiler:And just like Guzma, it's just a bully who only fights weak Pokémon but would cowardly back out when faced with an actual possibility of losing. This proves to be Guzma's downfall in the Alola League as Golisopod's Emergency Exit ends up giving Ash's Torracat a free win by accident.]]
* SlasherSmile: Dons a MURDEROUS-looking one complete with a very intimidating close up of his face towards the end of [=SM128=].
* SoreLoser: He has this reaction when [[spoiler:Golisopod's Emergency Exit activates at the wrong time, leading to a knocked out Scizor, taking the time to yell at his own Pokemon about it.]]
* TacticalWithdrawal: His battle with Ash ends when Golisopod's Emergency Exit activates. Plumeria hints that this is the reason why he is "undefeated" -- he either beats his opponents legit because he know he can win, or Golisopod activates its Ability and he uses it as an excuse to call off the fight.
* VillainousBreakdown: Starts to suffer one in his Alola League semifinal battle against Ash when [[spoiler: Golisopod's Emergency Exit activates and inadvertently gets his Scizor knocked out by an incoming Fire Blast.]] Ash's persistent determination also begins to wear on his patience.
* VillainyFreeVillain: While he's leader of the gangsters Team Skull, his role as ArcVillain in the league amounts to this, since while he is a {{Jerkass}} who plans to abolish the league tournament upon becoming champion, as Lana and Kiawe lampshade, none of his tactics are illegal and he is merely a ruthless and cunning strategist. This also makes him one of few arc villains Ash defeats in an official battle with no outside interruptions.
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[[folder:Plumeria (Plumeri)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Saki Endo
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jo Armeniox
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Karla Vega
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the original Sun and Moon games, ''she'' is the one to challenge the Champion of Alola, here she loses in the first round of the League.
* TheCameo: Makes a slight appearance in [=JN112=] amongst the audience watching the Alolan Battle Royale alongside Guzma and members of Team Skull.
* CoolBigSis: The Team Skull grunts look up to her.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She's significantly unnerved by how Guzma harshly berates his Pokemon.
* OnlySaneMan: Among Team Skull. She tries to warn Guzma not to underestimate Ash, but both her underlings and her boss brush it off.
* TheWorfEffect: Is eliminated by Ilima in the preliminary round of the Alola League, along with the Grunts.
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[[folder:Tupp, Zipp, and Rapp]]
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[[caption-width-right:342:From left to right: Rapp, Tupp, and Zipp.]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Taakaki Uchino (Tupp, [=SM001=]-[=SM011=]), Toru Sakurai (Tupp, [=SM024=]-present), Soshiro Hori (Zipp), Creator/MadokaAsahina (Rapp)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Billy Bob Thompson (Tupp), Jake Paque (Zipp), Lori Phillips (Rapp)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Osvaldo Trejo Rodríguez (Tupp), Geno Sánchez (Zipp), Noriko (Rapp)
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* AdaptationalJerkass: They're still [[HarmlessVillain harmless for the most part,]] but they're noticeably more nasty than they were in the games. A few examples include attacking Mimo and going as far as to trash Manolo Stadium before the League started to drive people away.
* BlandNameProduct: Their Japanese names are Tupper, Zip, and Wrap. The inspirations, respectively, are Tupperware, Ziploc, and Saran Wrap. [=TPCi=] probably didn't want to run afoul of Tupperware or S.C. Johnson.
* BookDumb: Tupp literally has no idea that Kanto exists.
--> '''Tupp''': What's a Kanto?
* BorrowedCatchphrase: They get [[TwinkleInTheSky "blasted off"]] by Ilima's Eevee in [=SM065=], almost identically to Team Rocket.
* TheBully: Are described as constantly showing up to pick fights with people.
* BullyingADragon: Despite having lost to Ash and Kiawe once already, the same three grunts force them to land and attack them again. This time, it's Ash who sends them flying. Then they do it a third time by attacking the school both attend.
* ButtMonkey: So far, everyone and their mother ([[ActionMom literally]] even, in Ash's case) gets to kick their ass in a Pokémon Battle.
* CaptainErsatz: According to his English voice actor, Billy Bob Thompson, Tupp's English voice is based on that of Jesse Pinkman from ''Series/BreakingBad''.
* CasanovaWannabe: Tupp was this as a kid; but the girls he was attracted to became more interested in Ilima, leading Tupp to develop a grudge against him.
* CheatersNeverProsper: When Team Skull and Team Rocket are trying to get the Darkinium-Z, Tupp, Jessie, and James have their teammates distract the Totem Raticate while they climb the rock pillar to get the crystal. Jessie and James abandon the effort when they see their Pokémon in trouble, while Tupp ignores the plight of his teammates. Team Rocket ends up defeating the Totem Raticate and earning the crystal, while Tupp's attempt to steal it is foiled by the Ally Rattata and Raticate.
* CombatPragmatist:
** They throw out nine Pokémon just to fight Kiawe and Turtonator, who is joined by Ash and Pikachu. It ends up being a case of QuantityVsQuality, as their nine Pokémon are unevolved ComMons (Yungoos, Zubat, Salandit) compared to Ash's experienced Pikachu and Kiawe's slower but tougher Turtonator. Pikachu fights all three Salandit, while the Yungoos and Zubat try to rush Turtonator and get a face full of exploding shell for the trouble. Turtonator's Z-Move knocks out all nine.
** In their rematch against Ash and Kiawe, they shoot down Ash's Ride Pelipper then attack both him and Kiawe without even giving them a chance to defend themselves.
** They really go for the overkill in [=SM065=], where they bring as many fellow gang members as possible to attack Ilima's Eevee at once. They ''still'' get trounced.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In-story example. Tupp brags about his Salandit possibly being ready to evolve soon in [=SM065=]...but refers to it as a male. Only female Salandit are able to evolve into Salazzle.
* CurbstompBattle: Much like Team Rocket, most of their battles are thoroughly one-sided in the heroes' favor. Tupp is ecstatic from the mere fact he got in ''[[CurbstompCushion one single hit]]'' against Ilima's Eevee.
* CutenessProximity: Rapp ''really'' loves cute Pokemon, and even draws her Zubat in a cute style.
* DontYouDarePityMe: When Ilima apologizes to Tupp for inconveniencing him, Tupp only gets annoyed even more.
%%* DirtyCoward:
* DrivenByEnvy: In [=SM065=], it's revealed that Tupp has a history with Ilima; even when they were younger, the local girls loved Ilima more than him.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In their first appearance they each had three of their signature Pokemon, while in later appearances they only use one. Zipp's signature was also Yungoos instead of Garbador, with none of the former having yet reappeared.
* EvilVersusEvil: [=SM025=] has them competing with Team Rocket over a Z-Crystal, the Darkinium Z. Team Rocket comes out on top, since they actually beat the guardian and earned the crystal.
* {{Fangirl}}s: Tupp had three as a kid; but then Ilima came along and they became his fangirls instead, leading Tupp to develop a grudge against him.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: When they encounter the Rocket trio again in [=SM115=], 90 episodes after their last meeting, the two groups only vaguely recognize each other, having forgotten their encounter in [=SM025=].
* GoldfishPoopGang: They show up every now and then just to cause trouble and get easily beaten. Even Team Rocket proves more competent than them.
* HarmlessVillain: It's very hard to take Team Skull seriously as a threat.
* {{Jerkass}}:
** They pick a fight with Kiawe so they can win his Charizard, and immediately try to cheat by using all their Pokémon against one of his.
** Lana recounts how she found several grunts tormenting a Popplio for no apparent reason, which she saved and would eventually own.
** They crash the open day at the school and use the Tauros to trash the place for no reason.
* TheLeader: Tupp acts as their leader. At least for small factions as they still serve under Guzma.
* MoralMyopia:
** They make a stink about Kiawe using a Z-Move while they vastly outnumbered him and Turtonator 9-1.
** They kick up a similar storm against Ilima when he uses Extreme Evoboost[[note]]which temporarily brings forth ''all'' of Eevee's evolutions[[/note]], complaining using the numbers game is ''their'' strategy.
* OhCrap: The same three grunts who got their Pokémon blasted by Kiawe's Z-Move have this reaction when they realize Ash is about do the same with his own Z-Move.
* PetTheDog: Similar to Team Rocket, they seem to genuinely care about their own Pokemon. When Zipp dithers over going to the Pokemon Center when his Garbodor becomes ill, Ash realizes his problem and pretty much forces his decision. After everyone manages to heal it, Zipp purchases the cleaning tool they were using so he can heal Garbodor himself.
* PoisonousPerson: Tupp uses Salandit, Rapp uses Zubat, and Zipp uses Garbodor, all of which are Poison-type Pokemon.
* RecurringCharacter: A trio of Team Skull grunts, two of which use the designs from the games, and the third member being a fat brown-haired guy, appear as recurring antagonists for the kids.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Become Team Rocket's rivals for the Z-Crystals in one episode. Unlike previous more menacing villain teams who blatantly outmatch Team Rocket, Team Skull as a whole are equally if not more buffoonish.
* SoreLoser: After Kiawe beats them, they complain that Kiawe should have told them he could use a Z-Move.
* TerribleTrio: These three are the main recurring Team Skull grunts.
* ThemeNaming: The trio are named Tupp, Rapp, and Zipp, after food storage items. [[note]]Tupper, Wrap, and Zip in Japanese.[[/note]]
* UnknownRival: [[MellowFellow Ilima]] didn't even remember Tupp, and even affably apologises if he upset him. Tupp can't stand it.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Tupp used a be a fairly normal kid, but then the girls he was attracted to fell for Ilima instead.
* VillainEpisode: They shared one with Team Rocket, in which they competed to get their hands on the Darkinium-Z which was being guarded by Totem Raticate.
* VillainousValor: When they are confronted at the school by Ash and Kiawe despite having lost to them twice and being outnumbered by the other students, they refuse to back down even after acknowledging the odds are against them.
* WouldHurtAChild: In SM135, they send out 3 of their Pokemon to attack Kiawe's sister Mimo, [[DirtyCoward a defenseless little girl who couldn't have possibly done them any harm if she tried.]] Thankfully, Gladion and his Silvally bail her out of that predicament.
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[[folder:Viren (Bourgain)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' H.D. Quinn
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Ricardo Méndez
The president of Rainbow Happy Resorts.
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* ArchEnemy: To Kiawe. Most episodes where Viren appears have him opposing Kiawe in some way.
* BareFistedMonk: [=SM081=] reveals he has a Pangoro.
* BaldOfEvil: He has much hair as he has goodness in him.
* BeardOfEvil: Wouldn't be complete as a bad guy without a beard.
* ButtMonkey: Gets reduced to one from [=SM081=] onwards. [[LaserGuidedKarma He, of course, deserves every ounce of torment and misfortune he goes through.]]
* CoolCar: His personal transportation is a gold-painted car.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He is the president of Rainbow Happy Resorts, and he will resort to forgery, blackmailing, harassment, [[WouldHurtAChild hurting kids]], destruction of property, and cheating to get what he wants.
* DubNameChange: From Bourgain to Viren. His company's name gets shortened to Rainbow Happy Resorts.
* {{Expy}}: Of Guzma. Viren's eyes take a page out of Guzma, he is treated as a recurring villain, he will use dirty tactics to get what he wants, and of course, he is downright pathetic when brought down a notch. Additionally, he strongly resembles [[VideoGame/FinalFight Belger]] in terms of appearance and occupation.
* FatBastard: His unpleasantness is as great as his girth.
* FanDisservice: In an episode where he tries to give away pictures of himself, in one of them shows himself posing ''while in a bathing suit''. It's not pretty...
* {{Hypocrite}}: When Kiawe and Lana intervene in a match to free the Masked Royal's Incineroar from the Revengers' Pokémon, he gets mad at them for it, when he leads a group that's practically dedicated to using such methods to win.
* IconicItem: A folding paper fan that has the Z-Move symbol on it, he always has it in episodes that he appears in, and his gold statue even held one itself.
* ItsPersonal: By [=SM085=], he makes it clear that he hates Ash and his friends for interfering in his business, especially towards Ash. This is quite mutual on Kiawe's part, who will go into a blazing rage at the mere mention of Viren.
* {{Jerkass}}: Don't let the name of his company fool you; he's far from a pleasant person.
* LaughablyEvil: He's more vicious and underhanded than Team Rocket or Team Skull, not to mention more powerful a figure, making him more of real threat. However his plans still often backfire in a buffoonish sort of way due to his bluster.
* KarmaHoudini: Averted in [=SM070=], as he's arrested by Officer Jenny... only to return in [=SM081=].
* TheManBehindTheMan: He reveals that he's the boss behind the Revengers.
* {{Narcissist}}: The only thing this man loves more than making money is himself. Especially since he loves to build solid-gold statues of himself.
* RecurringCharacter: First appears in [=SM070=], trying to buy out Kiawe's family's farm, and again in [=SM081=], trying to buy out the Battle Royal Dome, as well as [=SM085=] where the construction of his new hotel is caught in the middle of Stakataka and the Ultra Guardians' tussle.
* ShockAndAwe: He has an Electivire.
* UncattyResemblance: He bears a strong resemblance to Electivire, and is named after the Pokemon as well.
** Additionally, he has black rings around his eyes similar to a panda, and he also has a Pangoro.
* TheUnfettered: In his debut episode, he showed that he was willing to resort to forgery, harassment, tresspassing, blackmailing, and hurting little kids to get what he wants. Also, he and the Revengers are all too happy to fight dirty in order to win... sounds like the Invincible Pokémon Brothers would fit in with this group.
* WouldHurtAChild: Ordered his Electivire to attack Mimo. Thankfully, Turtonator jumped in to protect her.
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[[folder:Pershie]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RisaShimizu
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/KateBristol
An Alolan Persian owned by a Madame that bullied Ash's Litten.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: It acts like a good pet around its owner.
* CastingAShadow: It's a Dark-type and knows the Dark-Type move, Night Slash.
* CatsAreMean: It bullied Ash's Torracat back when it was a Litten by stealing its food.
* DarkIsEvil: It's a Dark-type Pokémon, and a bully, no less.
* HumiliationConga: In [=SM007=], it is sent running away with its tail on fire, and in [=SM083=], Tsareena shaves off the fur on its back.
* KickTheDog: It stole the sandwich Litten stole from Ash, and when Litten tries to attack it with its fire power the Persian threw the sandwich at it. It tries to zap at Ash and Pikachu when they try to stop it from harming Litten, and gets more aggressive on its attack when Ash has Pikachu fight it.
* RecurringCharacter: First appears in [=SM007=], bullying Ash's Litten, and again in [=SM083=], chasing after the shrunken Ash, Lillie, and Sophocles. It shows up yet again in [=SM099=] chasing down Lana's Popplio and Eevee.
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* CowardlyLion: [[spoiler:Once his Golispod decides to ''[[JustForPun grow a backbone]]'' and stand its ground against Pikachu out of its own volition, Guzma eventually follows suit with growing a spine of his own and goes all in to see the whole fight through, regardless of its outcome]].
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* CowardlyLion: [[spoiler:Once his Golispod decides to ''[[JustForPun grow ''grow a backbone]]'' backbone'' and stand its ground against Pikachu out of its own volition, Guzma eventually follows suit with growing a spine of his own and goes all in to see the whole fight through, regardless of its outcome]].
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** Additionally in terms of their role as [[EvilVsEvil rivals for Team Rocket]], previous villain teams were next to always EvillerThanThou, being stronger and more serious than the TerribleTrio, who at best would score a few underdog victories. With the exception of Guzma, Team Skull are ''even more'' comical and pitiful than Team Rocket, making them SitcomArchNemesis whenever they butt heads, with Team Rocket usually winning.
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** Additionally in terms of their role as [[EvilVsEvil rivals for Team Rocket]], previous villain teams were next to always EvillerThanThou, EvilerThanThou, being stronger and more serious than the TerribleTrio, who at best would score a few underdog victories. With the exception of Guzma, Team Skull are ''even more'' comical and pitiful than Team Rocket, making them SitcomArchNemesis whenever they butt heads, with Team Rocket usually winning.
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: In comparison to previous villain Teams, their goals, or at least Guzma's, are very low key, with Guzma only wanting to be considered the undisputed strongest trainer in the Alola region. The grunts themselves are just all about causing mischief in the region.
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: ContrastingSequelAntagonist:
** In comparison to previous villain Teams, their goals, or at least Guzma's, are very low key, with Guzma only wanting to be considered the undisputed strongest trainer in the Alola region. The grunts themselves are just all about causing mischief in theregion.region.
** Additionally in terms of their role as [[EvilVsEvil rivals for Team Rocket]], previous villain teams were next to always EvillerThanThou, being stronger and more serious than the TerribleTrio, who at best would score a few underdog victories. With the exception of Guzma, Team Skull are ''even more'' comical and pitiful than Team Rocket, making them SitcomArchNemesis whenever they butt heads, with Team Rocket usually winning.
** In comparison to previous villain Teams, their goals, or at least Guzma's, are very low key, with Guzma only wanting to be considered the undisputed strongest trainer in the Alola region. The grunts themselves are just all about causing mischief in the
** Additionally in terms of their role as [[EvilVsEvil rivals for Team Rocket]], previous villain teams were next to always EvillerThanThou, being stronger and more serious than the TerribleTrio, who at best would score a few underdog victories. With the exception of Guzma, Team Skull are ''even more'' comical and pitiful than Team Rocket, making them SitcomArchNemesis whenever they butt heads, with Team Rocket usually winning.
