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'''[[Characters/PokemonVillainTeams Pokémon Villain Teams]]:''' [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamRocket Team Rocket]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamAquaMagma Team Aqua/Magma]] / '''Team Galactic''' / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamPlasma Team Plasma]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamFlare Team Flare]] / [[Characters/PokemonVillainTeamSkull Team Skull]] / [[Characters/PokemonTeamYell Team Yell]]\\
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->''"This world of ours is a crude one. In a word, it is incomplete. It has been, and always will be, a struggle to survive in this world. We humans and Pokémon are likewise incomplete. Because we are all so lacking, we fight, we maim... It is ugly. I hate the incompleteness. That we are all incomplete, I hate it with my entire body and being. The world should be complete. The world must change. Then, who will change it? Me, Cyrus. And Team Galactic. Yes, all of you. Together we pored over myths and exposed their secrets. Together we captured legendary Pokémon. And now, Team Galactic has obtained the energy to change the world! The power of dreams is within our grasp! Understand it, fellow members! My long-held dreamworld is on the verge of becoming reality. All those headed to Mt. Coronet, and those who remain here... Though our missions may differ, our hearts beat as one. Let there be glory for Team Galactic!"''
-->-- '''Cyrus'''

The villainous team of ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'', and the fourth one in the series. A strange group of criminals, Team Galactic is focused on harvesting energy, but aren't above stealing Pokémon and planting bombs. Why exactly they do this is something even the grunts don't fully understand, but the admins know the true scope of the organization's goals, as outlined by their emotionless leader, Cyrus: with the power of Dialga and Palkia, erase the entire world and create a brand new one, devoid of spirit.

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[[folder:General]]
'''Tropes that apply to the organization as a whole:'''
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* BigBad: Cyrus is the leader of Team Galactic, who leads them to harvest energy, steal Pokémon, all for their benefit. Ultimately, Cyrus's goal is to create an entirely new world.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: They use the Wurmple line in ''Diamond and Pearl'', but not in ''Platinum''.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Some of the grunts fit this trope.
* CosmicMotifs: Team Galactic, who are messing around with the Legendary Pokemon of spacetime and want to restart the world, have a space theme. Their grunts are dressed in {{Latex Space Suit}}s, their boss Cyrus is named for the sun[[note]]from the Persian "kuros"[[/note]], and their lieutenants also have {{Stellar Name}}s.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: All Galactic members have matching hair and eye colors.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The grunts tend to speak this way.
--> "We are speaking to you on business. Because this is work for us. What we're saying is -- we demand you comply with our demands."
* TheDitz: The grunts aren't the sharpest tools in the shed, and none of them really even know what Cyrus's plans are.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Among all the villain teams, they have the greatest gender equality among employees.
* GenderBlenderName: Both Mars and Jupiter are named after male gods, but are themselves female.
* HellHound: In ''Platinum'', the Houndoom line is added to their ranks.
* InsaneTrollLogic: The grunts occasionally display this, with an occasional lampshade.
* {{Jerkass}}:
** A few grunts justify stealing Pokémon by saying that [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint they can be caught anywhere]] and that their victims should stop whining and catch some more.
** After using the Galactic Bomb to clear Lake Valor of water, a few grunts stand around sneering at the schools of poor Magikarp left flopping in mud puddles.
* LatexSpaceSuit: All Team Galactic members wear outfits similar to spacesuits. Due to this, characters who do not know who they are refer to them as spacemen.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop:
** None of the grunts have any idea about what the Admins and Cyrus's plans could be. They seem to not care too much about finding out as long as the team succeeds and they get what was promised to them.
** The Admins are kept in the dark about various aspects of Cyrus's master plan and only know a few details each: Jupiter seems to know that Cyrus will become a god, Mars seems to know that he'll create a world without spirit, and Saturn seems to know that he'll wipe out the world entirely to do this. They only learn the whole truth when Cyrus comes out and says it at the Spear Pillar.
* MiniDressOfPower: The female Grunts wear these.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: In-universe example. A large number of Sinnoh's residents, including [[BigGood Cynthia]], never really took Team Galactic seriously due to their silly uniforms, petty criminal behavior, and their general lack of brilliance before the group assaulted the three lakes and snatched up Mesprit, Uxie, and Azelf.
* ObviouslyEvil: The only explanation why their HQ has SpikesOfVillainy protruding from its sides.
-->'''NPC:''' [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Are those spikes fashionable?]]
* SciFiBobHaircut: Even the male grunts have bob cuts!
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: A few of their members are stated to have fled to Unova and worked for Team Plasma in Black 2 and White 2. A lot of them left even earlier than that after Cyrus goes to the Distortion World in ''Platinum'', where a few grunts realize that Charon isn't exactly as charismatic as their previous leader and doesn't share the team's stated goal.
* ShoutOut:
** The Galactic Grunt battle music has a funk and jazz element in it, while there is a funk and jazz group called the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic Galactic]].
** In Japan, Team Galactic is called "Ginga-dan" or "Galaxy Gang". The Galaxy Gang were the villains from ''Pulseman'' (and Rotom is based on Pulseman himself), making this a reference that [[LostInTranslation didn't quite translate]].
* SignatureMon: The Glameow and Stunky lines are a common sight in their ranks, with two of their commanders even having their evolved forms as their team aces. The way they are uncatchable in ''Platinum'' is similar to what happened in ''Yellow'', where Ekans and Koffing (two Pokémon commonly associated with Team Rocket) are uncatchable.
* StellarName:
** Team Galactic's admins are named after planets, their leader's name means "sun," and ''Platinum's'' newly added member is named from one of Pluto's moons (or just named from Pluto in Japanese).
** Their Japanese name, ''Ginga-dan'' (literally, ''Galaxy Gang'') is used as the word for ''cluster'', the collection of galaxies.
* VisualPun: They're literal [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} space cadets]].
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!!Cyrus / Akagi (アカギ ''akagi'')
''"One day, you will awaken to a world of my creation. A world without spirit."''
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->Voiced by: Creator/KenjiroTsuda (''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations'' - JP), Michael Sorich (''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations'' - EN), Creator/ArmenTaylor (VideoGame/PokemonMasters - EN), Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi (VideoGame/PokemonMasters - JP)


The leader of Team Galactic, and the BigBad of the Sinnoh games. He vows to create a world without spirit, in his own words, believing that emotions and sentimentality are useless. For this goal, he rallies Team Galactic to harvest energy, steal Pokémon, and generally cause mayhem throughout Sinnoh.

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* AbusiveParents: It's implied that his parents were at the very least severely emotionally neglectful, and the situation was so bad that his grandfather considered taking him away from them. He didn't go through with it though, and he's regretted that decision ever since.
* AffablyEvil: In a strange way, while he's a creepy, emotionally-impaired StrawNihilist who wants to destroy the universe, he's remarkably sincere and honest toward the player character, frequently compliments them (though he considers "compassionate" a backhanded compliment), and outright gives them the Master Ball just because he's not going to use it. And in the first few times you encounter him, he is very polite in asking you and your friend to let him pass through.
* AGodAmI: More pronounced in ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl'' than in ''Platinum'' (in the latter game, he fixates more on the new universe itself rather than the fact that he'll be a god ruling over it).
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Cyrus is the leader of team Galactic, and is the toughest member to face, with many powerful Pokémon under his command like Houndoom, Weavile, and Honchkrow.
* BadassBookworm: Just listen to him lecture you about genes. He's studied ''a lot.''
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* BadBoss: Made explicitly clear in ''Platinum'', as he is lying to Team Galactic about sharing power in the new world and having their considerations taken into account.
** ''Masters'' makes him even worse. [[spoiler:He explicitly used Darkrai's power on his own members as test subjects to analyze its power better. They're found still afflicted with nightmares, meaning they've been like that for ''even longer'' than the victims in Pasio.]]
* BigBad: Of the Sinnoh games.
* BigEyesLittleEyes: He has some of the biggest eyes of any of the main villain bosses.
* BirdsOfAFeather: In ''Masters'', he finds a subtle connection with [[GadgeteerGenius Sophocles,]] who is more or less what Cyrus used to be when he was young, minus the emotional issues and AbusiveParents.
* BlowYouAway: In ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl'', three of his four Pokémon are Flying-types.
* BrokenAce: He's amazingly gifted, that's for sure, being able to create a business in energy and build and fund massive working machines all before he turned ''27.'' All that potential he had went towards the wrong ideal...
* CastingAShadow: In ''Platinum'' he gains a Houndoom in his team along with Honchkrow and Weavile, making Dark his most numerous Pokémon type. Subsequent depictions of him usually follow with this, making him a Dark-type specialist.
* ChekhovsGunman: In ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl'', he is first seen when you first visit Mt. Coronet, but you don't find out who he actually is until the end of Team Galactic's Hideout. In ''Platinum'', he's introduced even earlier (in the first twenty minutes of the game, no less), but you also find out who he is earlier.
* TheChessmaster: His entire shtick depends on keeping you one step behind.
* CreepyChild: In Sunyshore City, you can talk to people who knew him as a child, and they indicate that he was a weird loner then, too.
* DarkMessiah: Seems to see himself this way, at least in ''Platinum''.
* DeathGlare: Possibly, his default expression — certainly his most famous.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Him battling the player and Cheryl in ''Masters''. He stuck around long enough for Cynthia to show up to confirm he was there and allowed word to spread he was in Pasio. He even laments that mistake a bit later on.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: He has the balls to do this to Giratina in ''Platinum'', [[DraggedOffToHell with an express ticket to the Distortion World]].
* TheDreaded: When he shows up on Pasio during a ''Masters'' story event, Cynthia and Cheryl are ''horrified'' and persuade Lear to put out an island-wide alert. Not even ''Giovanni'' got that honor. ''That's'' how big of a deal Cyrus is.
* DualBoss: In the remakes, Cyrus and Mars can be fought together in the Battle Tower.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In ''Platinum'', his very first appearance is when you and your rival first come to Lake Verity soon after obtaining your starters - he monologues (though somewhat intended for Mesprit to hear) about how he'll capture the Lake Trio as part of his plans.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He has a Golbat in his first fight, which evolves into Crobat later. The fact that Golbat only evolves through happiness implies that Cyrus seems to care about his Pokémon.
* {{Foil}}:
** Set up as one to Cynthia. While she cherishes all life and encourages the player to build strong bonds with their Pokémon, Cyrus desires to wipe away the ability the emotions that would make those bonds possible. To drive the point in further, his name means "sun", while her name comes from Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon.
** ''Masters'' sets him up as one to Sophocles from ''Sun and Moon''. Sophocles is a shy boy who prefers tinkering with machines to being with others and is friends with a Rotom, much like Cyrus once was. Unlike Cyrus, however, he still believes in human spirit and has come to appreciate emotions both bad and good. Cyrus even notes that Sophocles reminds him of a boy he once knew.
* FreudianExcuse: His backstory involves him failing to live up to his parents' expectations no matter how hard he tried, and feeling neglected and rejected as a result. It's especially sad since you hear it from someone who had a chance to help him when he needed it, but... didn't, and now it's too late.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: A quiet little boy from Sunyshore who shied away from people and tinkered with machines grew up be one of the scariest humans the Pokémon universe has ever seen, nearly destroying all of reality with seemingly little effort.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: They still look pretty evil, though....
* ImprobableAge: He had built a criminal organization/cult and a business empire with hundreds of minions at his disposal while coming close to ending reality ''before his 28th birthday''.
* InSpiteOfANail:
** The alternate Cyrus that appears in ''Ultra Sun''/''Ultra Moon'' implies that, despite having succeeded in taking control of Dialga/Palkia and erasing his world, he still got dragged away by Giratina, though he wound up in Alola rather than in the Distortion World.
** A similar story can be said for the version in ''Masters''. He was just about to begin his plans to rewrite the world, but he and Palkia ended up falling into a golden ring opened by Hoopa.
* InTheirOwnImage: Using the powers of [[SpaceMaster Palkia]] and [[TimeMaster Dialga]], he planned to invoke this trope on a '''''[[UpToEleven universal scale]]''''' to "free" it from TheEvilsOfFreeWill.
* ItsAllAboutMe: And NOT in the standard way like Charon. He genuinely sees himself as altruistic, but in ''Platinum'' he reveals that he sees Team Galactic as tools for achieving ''his'' ends, that only ''he'' will claim power as a god, and "making the world a better place" will depend only on what ''he'' views as being better for everyone, which turns out to be a world devoid of spirit.
* KarmaHoudini: Cyrus is the only BigBad in the main series who doesn't reform or otherwise get punished for his actions. At least in ''Platinum'', he suffers a brief raging breakdown due to his plan being foiled in such a way that he can't repeat it the same way again; in ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl'', he just shrugs his defeat off and vows to start anew. And even in ''Platinum'', while he is last left in the Distortion World, it's not like he's trapped there: he's clearly staying there by choice in order to unlock more of its secrets (plus having had a VillainousBreakdown right before you leave). Ironically, it's the world in which his plans went unopposed by the player where he got any sort of comeuppance, having been swallowed whole by what was implied to be Giratina. The crowning example, however, has to be in ''Brilliant Diamond''/''Shining Pearl'', where not only can you battle him in the Battle Tower, but he has an [[OlympusMons Entei]].
* KnightOfCerebus:
** Everything that happens with Team Galactic after you battle him the first time in ''Platinum''[[note]]or when you formally meet him, without the battle, in ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl''[[/note]] becomes a lot more serious compared to before that.
** In a meta sense, he's sort of this for the series as a whole. Cyrus is the first Pokémon villain that is both a direct threat to the world's existence and totally aware of the fact. ''Masters'' reinforces this: compare Brock and Misty's reactions to finding Giovanni on Pasio (they take him on immediately) to Cynthia's reaction to finding Cyrus on Pasio (she retreats, issues an island-wide alert, then obtains a Sygna Suit for the ''sole purpose'' of stopping him).
** His team is also a cut above what you've faced before. Giovanni, Maxie, and Archie can all be swept easily with one or two mons at most. Cyrus has not only a diverse team; but diverse movepools as well to cover that mon's weaknesses.
* KnightTemplar: He believes his terrible, destructive plan to be in the entire world's best interest.
* KubrickStare: He gives you a pretty good one in the intro of ''Platinum''. Heck, it's more or less ''his default expression''.
* LackOfEmpathy: He claims that traits such as kindness and empathy are for the weak the moment that you meet him. That’s how you realize that he’s lacking in basic compassion.
* LightIsNotGood: If you consider that he's named after the sun...
* ManipulativeBastard: For someone who calls emotions useless, he is very skilled at reading the general mood of his members and can use them to his gain.
* MeaningfulName: His Japanese name, Akagi, can be read as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "red future"]]. His English name, Cyrus, comes from the Persian "Kuros", meaning "sun". This ties into Galactic's StellarName pattern as well as the fact that the Commanders "revolve" around him. Another translation of Kuros is "Koresh", a name that just keeps popping up in various RealLife cult leaders... Of course, this and the "sun" meaning both go back to Cyrus the Great of Persia, whom God speaks to directly in Literature/TheBible.
* MisanthropeSupreme: Prefers the company of machines to humans or even Pokémon. However, he does love the ''potential'' of humans and Pokémon enough to attempt his plan to remake the universe so that they can become more machine-like, and thus more "efficient".
* MoodSwinger: On one occasion, he utterly ''flips out and explodes'' at the player and Cynthia before going back to his stoic self a mere second later.
* MoralityPet:
** One of his Pokémon is a Crobat, which only evolves if it really, ''really'' loves its owner. Since in the first battle with him he has a Golbat, it's unlikely that he stole it. Although, unlike Maxie and Archie, it's possible to interpret that it could be the result of Cyrus's talented ability at manipulating emotions. Or that he does it the same way you, the player, do. He walks everywhere and the Galactic HQ is right next to both the department store and the massage parlor, all of which cause a Pokémon's happiness to skyrocket.
** He is also implied to have been friends with Rotom in the past. [[spoiler:''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'' heavily implies it was Cyrus who wrote the Old Notebook in Rotom's Room all the way back in ''Platinum''. Upon defeating him, he also specifically ensures the Rotom-Dex that he will not harm the world.]] But alas, this friendship wasn't enough to change him for the better, and he appears to have given it away to Charon for research in order to sever ties to his own emotions.
* NotGoodWithPeople: Or Pokémon, for that matter. As a boy, he preferred the company of machines, with the only Pokémon he was hinted to befriend was one that could enter machines. However, this is only on a personal level. At a reasonable distance, he is able to appear charismatic and inspiring to other people, which is how he was able to create Team Galactic to begin with.
* NotSoStoic: Very much so in ''Platinum'', once you get him inside the Distortion World. Just before battling Giratina, you battle him, and here is what he says:
--> "''Why should I run and hide from the world and have to wait quietly? My aim is to rid our world of the vague and incomplete thing we call spirit. By freeing ourselves of that, our world can be made complete. That is my justice! No one can interfere! I won't lose! Not to that shadowy Pokémon! Not in any worthless world!''"
** And then after you defeat him and capture/defeat Giratina:
---> "''That Pokémon... That shadowy Pokémon was captured/defeated?! Your doing so means that this irrational world will remain in existence! Does that make it impossible for me to create a new world? Even if I made new Red Chains, the new world can't be made! Why?! What compels you to protect the two worlds? Is spirit, a vague and incomplete thing, so important to you?! Silence! Enough of your blathering! That's how you justify spirit as something worthwhile?! That is merely humans hoping, deluding themselves that they are happy and safe! The emotions broiling inside me... Rage, hatred, frustration... These ugly emotions arise because of my own incomplete spirit!''"
** And then immediately after that, there's [[MoodSwinger his abrupt return to his stoic self.]] [[NightmareFuel Very abrupt return.]]
---> "''...Enough. We will never see eye to eye. This, I promise you. I will break the secrets of the world. With that knowledge, I will create my own complete and perfect world. One day, you will awaken to a world of my creation. A world without spirit.''"
* OlympusMons: An alternate version of Cyrus succeeds in controlling Dialga (''Ultra Sun'') or Palkia (''Ultra Moon'') in Generation VII. He sticks with Palkia when he appears in ''Masters''. In ''Brilliant Diamond'' and ''Shining Pearl'', he has an Entei, of all Pokémon, when you battle him in the Battle Tower.
* OmnicidalManiac: He regards the world as incomplete, so he plans to ''destroy it''? Destroy it to [[EndOfTheWorldSpecial build it again]], so basically it was just in the way.
* OnlySaneMan: When compared to his grunts and Charon at first, though admittedly the ending the world thing sort of causes him to lose this status by the end.
* PetTheDog:
** [[spoiler:In ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'', he willingly chooses to leave the world he's in now and not attempt to remove it of spirit, even reassuring Rotom-Dex about this, and he also wonders if the path he's on could possibly be wrong.]]
---> [[spoiler:"''..I see. ...You need not worry, Rotom. I will not do anything to this world. I believe I shall return to the perfect world I created.''"]]
** [[spoiler:Heck, the fact he even still ''has a Pokémon Team'' qualifies. Bear in mind this Cyrus has actually succeeded in replacing the world with one without spirit, yet apparently this destruction did not extend to his own Pokémon. While his ownership of Dialga/Palkia is understandable seeing how he used it to achieve his goals, there is ''no'' reason his other Pokémon should be around other than affection, which also carries an implication that he himself isn't as emotionless as he thinks he is.]]
* PoorPredictableRock: An unusual example. All of his Pokémon are either Dark or Flying Types, but their Types are also all arranged so that they're all weak to Rock moves.
* RecurringBoss: Only two battles in ''Diamond and Pearl'' are upgraded to three in ''Platinum''. His team also TookALevelInBadass.
* RedemptionRejection: In ''Platinum'', Cynthia tries to get him to see reason, but he refuses. [[spoiler:He seems to be giving it more thought after you defeat him in ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'', though.]]
* ReverseArmFold: It is his most prevalent stance.
* SeriousBusiness: He fights the player the first time in ''Diamond & Pearl'' because they were trying to rescue the Lake Trio ''at all'' despite pointing out prior that they were useless to him. Cyrus finds the act of caring for them so irritating.
* SignatureMon: Primarily the Sneasel line. His first two battles in Platinum had Murkrow/Honchkrow as his strongest Mon, but Weavile retook the spot during the battle in the Distortion World. Dialga (''Ultra Sun'') or Palkia (''Ultra Moon'') takes this spot in Generation VII and the latter does so again in ''Pokemon Masters''. In the latter, perhaps due to Cynthia claiming Giratina, he is paired up with Darkrai.
* SolarAndLunar: In every language, he has a sun-and-moon ThemeNaming dynamic with Cynthia.
* StrawNihilist: To him, "useless emotions and sentimentality are products of the weak and incomplete human heart."
* TheStoic: Everything about him is calm and collected... until he's defeated for the last time.
* SurroundedByIdiots: [[InvokedTrope Intentional]]. If his grunts were any smarter, they would start asking questions about his grand plan and likely leave Team Galactic or even outright oppose him because of what his grand plan entails, and indeed when they do start finding out, they flee more or less in droves.
* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler:In ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'', he is the only Team Leader in Team Rainbow Rocket who didn't want to extend his vision (aka the removal of spirit) on the world he was dragged into. Downplayed because: first, he has already done the deed in his world and secondly, he only relents after being defeated by the player. Also, this contrasts with all the other leaders who don't give up their plans even after being defeated by the player. He also begins to question if his goal is actually wrong, without dismissing the thought like Lysandre.]]
--> [[spoiler:"''Had I met you sooner...would things have been different for me...?''"]]
* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:By the end of the Sinnoh chapter in ''Masters'', Cyrus has come to understand the value of people by allowing Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter to be by his side as his "pawns," which is a way to recognize that, despite all his views that everyone but him was incomplete, he still had some sort of attachment to the people he used. He even tells Lucas to take care of Dialga.]]
* TroubledButCute: More troubled than cute, but still fits, at least in ''Platinum.''
* UsedToBeASweetKid: His journal entry about Rotom and his toy indicate this, assuming that he was the one who wrote it.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The first of such to appear in the main game series.
* VillainBall: In ''Diamond and Pearl'', he allows you to free the Lake Trio after he creates the Red Chain, thinking he has no further use for them. At Mt. Coronet, the Lake Trio thus appear and destroy his Red Chain, ruining his plan. Averted in ''Platinum'', where he uses ''two'' Red Chains on both Dialga ''and'' Palkia, and points out that as a result, the Lake Trio are powerless to do anything to stop him.
* VillainousBreakdown: He suffers a rather impressive one after being defeated in the Distortion World, but he does manage to regain his composure in short order.
** In ''Masters'', he suffers a similarly impressive one, but this time after Cynthia’s Kommo-o defeats his Palkia. Some of his dialogue during this breakdown are taken straight from ''Platinum''.
* VisionaryVillain: The world is incomplete from his point of view, so he plans to destroy it and replace it with a world that he honestly believes would be better for humanity.
* WeaksauceWeakness: His ''entire team'' shares a unanimous weakness to Rock-type attacks. And with the majority of Flying-types on his team, Electric-type moves will slam a nice chunk of them, also, most notably his Gyarados, who comes with a 4x weakness to them.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Such an extremist that he falls into OmnicidalManiac territory, but his intentions were always well-meaning in a (''very'') twisted way. What pushes him over to true evil is [[KnightTemplar the horrific actions he's willing to take and the self-centered views he has on how a "pure" universe should be.]] And his desire to be [[TheHeartless heartless.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: And yes, "destroyer of worlds" is literal in his case.
* WorldOfSilence: His goal, where the new world would have all humans act like anti-social, emotionless machines who only exist to serve a specific function.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: His hatred of human emotion stems from his own repressed rage and hatred, which comes out during his breakdown.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He's 27. Possibly {{justified|Trope}} by the extreme degree of overwork and stress he's put himself through since he was a child, as his grandfather explains.
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[[folder:Saturn]]
!!Saturn (サターン ''sataan'')
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->Voiced by (in ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''): Creator/DaikiYamashita (Japanese), (in VideoGame/PokemonMasters): Creator/MikeHaimoto (English), Creator/TaikiMatsuno (Japanese)


Cyrus's [[TheDragon second in command]], Saturn carries out Cyrus's plans for the sake of Team Galactic.

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* AffablyEvil: While he's a villain, he's the most respectful to the player after his defeats, and takes over Team Galactic and reforms it for good in the postgame.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Has blue hair and blue eyes.
* DevilishHairHorns: His hair has two points resembling horns and he happens to be a villain.
* TheDragon: The second-in-command to Cyrus.
* DragonInChief: Presumably takes on this role whenever Cyrus is unavailable and eventually takes charge of Team Galactic.
* DualBoss: Only in the remakes, Saturn teams up with Jupiter and can be fought together in the Battle Tower.
* HeelFaceTurn: After Cyrus's defeat, he takes over Team Galactic and turns it into a legitimate organization dedicated to finding new energy sources for the planet's well-being. His [[TheAtoner atoner aspect]] is much more visible in ''Platinum'', whereas in ''Diamond/Pearl'' he seems much more [[DespairEventHorizon depressed about what he did]].
* FaceHeelTurn: Invoked in ''Masters''. [[spoiler:He suddenly calls out Toxicroak against Dawn while they're off searching for Cyrus, but Dawn doesn't even attempt to bring out her Cresselia, even when Saturn tells her he's betraying her. It turns out Dawn knows that's not what he's actually doing. Saturn concedes the truth of this, saying that he was actually trying to make her fight him to learn how she was able to beat him before.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Following his HeelFaceTurn, he admits he was wrong and shows some remorse when the player talks to him at the HQ.
-->"But I've learned that extremism is never the solution..."
* OnlySaneMan: To an extent, as far as [[TheDitz Team]] [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Galactic]] goes. He's the most level-headed and, well, ''normal'' of the admins -- he's the most aware of Cyrus' motives, but genuinely seems to believe that what he's doing is for the greater good[[note]]Although he doesn't quite realize ''exactly'' what [[MisanthropeSupreme Cyrus]] wants [[EndOfTheWorldSpecial to do]][[/note]]. Additionally, he's the one who attempts to turn Team Galactic into a legal and worthwhile group after Cyrus abandons them, striving toward making a better world through far less [[EndOfTheWorldSpecial lunatic]] means. The other admins are either OnlyInItForTheMoney, only in it ForTheEvulz, or are well-intentioned but blinded by emotion (including [[MadLove for their leader.]])
* SignatureMon: His is Toxicroak.
* SnapBack: In ''Masters'', he is seen again serving Cyrus even though he did a full-on HeelFaceTurn following Cyrus' defeat. While he does learn about what Cyrus' plan would entail, he is also too loyal to abandon him and as such would rather be on his side than against him.
* TookALevelInBadass: Though he's the only major Galactic member not to gain an extra battle with the player in ''Platinum'' (barring [[TheUnfought Charon]]), his team is still a little stronger than before.
* UncattyResemblance: His hairstyle matches Mars' Purugly's ears.
* VillainTakesAnInterest: ''Masters'' reveals that he has been harboring one [[spoiler: in Dawn, both because he was never able to defeat her and considers her a potential equal to Cyrus in terms of battle prowess.]] To his surprise, [[spoiler: Dawn responds to this with the offer to help him get stronger, which he accepts.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Not ''quite'' as extreme as Cyrus, but he does still initially want to improve the world by destroying and recreating it. The difference comes when he discovers Cyrus wants all emotion and spirit gone, something Saturn ''doesn't'' want for the world.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Implied to have occurred, since Charon blames him for rejecting his [[WeCanRuleTogether proposal to join him at Stark Mountain]] during the post-game.
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[[folder:Jupiter]]
!!Jupiter (ジュピター ''jupitaa'')
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->Voiced by (in ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''): Michiko Kaiden (Japanese), Creator/CassandraLeeMorris (English), (in VideoGame/PokemonMasters): Creator/BrittanyCox (English), Creator/AyumiKinoshita (Japanese)


One of Team Galactic's commanders, Jupiter is a cruel enforcer who's really just in it to bully and tear down anyone who gets in her way.

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* TheBrute: She's arguably the cruelest of the three Team Galactic Commanders, specializing in crushing opponents rather than scheming.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: When you first battle her, her [[SignatureMon Skuntank]] is Level 20, when Stunky doesn't evolve until Level ''34''.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow Purple eyes and hair.
* DualBoss:
** In all three games, for her 2nd battle with you she teams up with Mars. Your rival joins up with you, which evens out the odds.
** In the remakes, Jupiter and Saturn can be fought together in the Battle Tower.
* FashionableAsymmetry: For some reason, one of Jupiter's legs is a bit more exposed than the other.
* ForTheEvulz: She doesn't seem to have the genuine [[WellIntentionedExtremist desire to make the world better]] like Saturn or Mars, nor does she seem [[ItsAllAboutMe concerned with wealth and selfish well-being]] like Charon. She ultimately leaves the team after Cyrus went because without him, "it's no fun anymore."
* HateSink: Along with Charon, Jupiter is the only member of Team Galactic with no redeeming qualities whatsoever, being just an unrepentant bully who joined Team Galactic as an excuse to hurt people. Despite having to team up with Mars at least a few times, she's apparently not too fond of her either.
* KickTheDog: How she treats your rival after defeating him. Then [[TheDogBitesBack he and you team up against her and Mars, defeating them quite handily]].
* RecurringBoss: Though not as much as Mars, she does get quite a few battles out of you (two in ''Diamond and Pearl'', three in ''Platinum''). In all games, the 2nd battle is a DualBoss situation.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: She quits Team Galactic during Platinum's [[ExtendedGameplay post game]].
* SignatureMon: Hers is Skuntank.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Her Skuntank's single Ground weakness is hard to exploit early in the game (only exploitable with Shellos' Mud Bomb or Geodude's Magnitude) and is bulky enough to survive and do some damage with [[CriticalHitClass Night Slash]].
* WorthyOpponent: By her return in ''Masters'', she concedes that Barry has become stronger and she stands less of a chance of beating him. He, in turn, points out that his previous defeat against her was what made him realize the importance of being strong for the sake of others.
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[[folder:Mars]]
!!Mars (マーズ ''maazu'')
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->Voiced by (in ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''): Sayaka Kitahara (Japanese), (in VideoGame/PokemonMasters): Christie Cate (English), Creator/SatsukiYukino (Japanese)


Another of Team Galactic's commanders, Mars is particularly fond of Cyrus, and carries out Team Galactic's plans for his sake.

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* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: She's the first Galactic Commander you battle and her Main Pokémon is a [[FragileSpeedster Purugly]] at Level ''16'' (in Diamond and Pearl) or Level ''17'' (in Platinum) and Glameow doesn't evolve into Purugly until Level ''38''. So pack a lot of potions and revives for a Pokémon with insanely high speed for a Pokémon that early in the game who boast above average ATK.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Red eyes, red hair.
* DualBoss:
** In all three games, for her third battle with you she teams up with Jupiter. Your rival joins up with you, evening out the odds.
** In the remakes, Mars and Cyrus can be fought together in the Battle Tower.
* EvilRedhead: Though probably the least evil of the Galactic commanders, as she's always the most reasonable with you whenever you meet, even though [[HairTriggerTemper a little temperamental.]]
* FieryRedhead: The most temperamental of the Team Galactic bosses.
* HairTriggerTemper: She's easily prone to anger, particularly when she loses in battle, and even has to talk to herself in order to calm herself down.
* MadLove: Implied to have a crush on Cyrus, and honestly thinks he's doing good.
* MeaningfulName: [[FieryRedhead Red hair]], [[HairTriggerTemper a temper to match]], and you battle her the most. Mars was the name of the Roman God associated with red, anger, and battle.
* MiniDressOfPower: The only member of the team who has a mini-dress, and she's a powerful battler.
* RecurringBoss: Mars gets the most mileage out of battling you of all the Galactic Commanders (three times in ''Diamond and Pearl'', four in ''Platinum''). In all games, the 3rd battle is a DualBoss situation.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: She has red eyes and has got a fierce temper.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: She leaves Team Galactic during Platinum's ExtendedGameplay.
* ShipperOnDeck: She refers to [[PuppyLove Lucas and Dawn]] as a lovey-dovey couple. She continues to tease Lucas about it in ''Masters'', much to his embarrassment.
* SignatureMon: Hers is Purugly.
* UndyingLoyalty: Even after quitting Team Galactic, she said she'll try to find Cyrus in the [[EldritchLocation Distortion World]].
* UncattyResemblance: The counterpart to Saturn's example above. Her hairstyle resembles Saturn's Toxicroak's [[BuffySpeak head spike thing]].
* WakeUpCallBoss: Like Jupiter, Mars also has a fully evolved Mon at a very early point in the game (which is also [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard underleveled]]), right after the first Gym Leader. Purugly is incredibly fast, and at that point in the game, is likely stronger and bulkier than anything you've faced up to that point.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Says in her debut that she really wants to improve the world and is saddened that other people don't seem to understand Team Galactic's cause.
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[[folder:Charon ''[-(Pluto)-]'']]
!!Charon / Pluto (プルート ''puruuto'')
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->Voiced by (in ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations''): Kousei Tomita (Japanese), Creator/KeithSilverstein (English)


Introduced in ''Platinum'', Charon is a low ranking commander of Team Galactic who'd rather sit back and scheme than get in on the action.

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* AmbitionIsEvil: Unlike Cyrus, his ambition is just cruel with no good intention.
* BaldOfEvil: Well, balding, but he is pretty evil.
* BigBadWannabe: While he takes over Team Galactic after Cyrus goes missing, it's quite obvious he doesn't have the charisma to keep the rest of the higher-ups behind him, and the same goes for his grunts, who promptly ditch him in order to evade the law.
* DirtyCoward: He's very cruel until it turns out he can't back up his malice with actual muscle.
* DragonAscendant: PlayedWith. He's the EvilGenius throughout the game, but then he takes over Team Galactic as its new leader in the postgame... for all of twenty minutes before he gets arrested and almost everybody else runs away.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He is furious when Saturn turns down his proposal to take over Sinnoh after the Mount Coronet event.
* EvilGenius: To Team Galactic, although Cyrus is pretty learned.
* EvilOldFolks: Seemingly the oldest in Team Galactic and incredibly wicked. He even tries to play the senile old man card as he gets arrested, although nobody buys it.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He wears glasses, and he's pretty despicable.
* HateSink: His apparent backstory with Rotom found in the Galactic Eterna Building is later implied to have actually been Cyrus' backstory, which robs Charon of the one redeeming quality he did have. He and Jupiter thus stand out as the only members of Team Galactic with no sympathetic or redeeming traits at all.
* ItsAllAboutMe: His mentality is pretty much "Screw everyone over so that I can have wealth and glory."
* {{Jerkass}}: This guy makes no attempt to hide how self-centered and egotistical he is. Not surprisingly, a lot of Team Galactic's members leave after he takes over due to his lack of a charismatic personality. Even the other commanders find the guy rather obnoxious.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: When he's outnumbered three to one in Stark Mountain, he knows that he'll lose if he fights and therefore surrenders to the player, Buck, and Looker.
* MadScientist: He works out how to trap the Lake Trio and enjoys it.
* MeaningfulName:
** His American name is from Pluto's moon, notably the only heavenly body used for a Commander's name that doesn't directly revolve around the sun. Charon doesn't "revolve" around Cyrus like Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
** He's shown to be the most heartless member of the team (his goals and plans are less dangerous than Cyrus's, but with no delusions of altruism to his goal, [[OnlyInItForTheMoney it's far less of a "meaningful" reason]]), consider that he's named after either a death god or the ferryman of the underworld... and how many would have died if he'd been able to control Heatran in his quest for money and self-aggrandizement.
* NonActionBigBad: He never gets in a Pokémon battle.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: A case of this in which it makes him ''worse'' than the others, who were more or less all {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s to a T. Unlike everyone else in Team Galactic, he's not looking to create a new world which would theoretically benefit humankind. It's all about money, power, and glory for him. There are even hints that he used to be with Team Rocket, where that mindset is the norm. He'll even go as far as to try and unleash a legendary to profit from a volcanic eruption which would kill hundreds of people.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: Everybody else, with the possible exception of Cyrus, is taller than him and lacks the brains to get the scientific stuff done.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Has Charon told you lately what an unparalleled genius he is? It gets to the point that even the other higher ups tell him to shut up a few times.
* TheStarscream: Seems to support Cyrus at first, though it's only so that his own genius could be acknowledged. Once Cyrus takes to Mt. Coronet, he starts having his doubts, and after Cyrus is stranded in the Distortion World, he expresses his disdain towards him and believes that he should be the rightful leader of Team Galactic.
* TheUnfought: It looks like you're about to confront him in Stark Mountain... and then Looker sweeps the stone from under his nose, and his grunts decide to run away and leave him to his fate, at which point he surrenders without a fight.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Several times:
** He does not appear in ''Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl'' due to being remakes of the original versions, but not ''Platinum''.
** Despite Looker appearing in ''Masters'' since it's borrowing elements from ''Platinum'', Charon does not. Justified, since he was taken in by Looker by the end of ''Platinum''.
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