Team Rocket
Team Rocket (Japanese: ロケット団 Rocket-dan, literally Rocket Gang) is a villainous team in pursuit of evil and exploitation of Pokémon based in the Kanto and Johto regions with a small outpost in the Sevii Islands. While its main focus is stealing or capturing, then selling, rare and strong Pokémon, it also funds and conducts cruel experimental research on Pokémon. Their oath, as posted on the wall of one of their many bases, is "Steal Pokémon for profit. Exploit Pokémon for profit. All Pokémon exist for the glory of Team Rocket." Their ultimate goal is to take over the world using Pokémon.
Encounters
Slowpoke Well
The player's first encounter with Team Rocket is in Slowpoke Well. They are trying to steal the tails of Slowpoke to sell at a major profit. They have shut down Azalea Town and have taken all of the slowpoke. Kurt runs off to kick them out and you follow. The player finds Kurt just inside the well having injured his back on his way down. The player agrees to take on Team Rocket in his place. After beating 3 Grunts the player arrives at Executive Proton who leaves after warning you to watch out for Team Rocket.
Goldenrod City
Two Team Rocket Grunts are standing outside the Radio Tower acting suspicious.
Team Rocket HQ
Along with Lance the Player invades the Team Rocket HQ in an atempt to turn off the radio signal that is forcing Gyarados at the Lake of Rage to evolve. After gathering the two passwords needed to enter the boss's office where they face Executive Petrel to gain the password to the generator room. After getting the password and opening the generator room the player is challenged by Executive Ariana and a grunt. Lance Intervenes at this point to take on the grunt while you face Ariana. After beating her you and Lance turn off the Generator by defeating 6 Electrode (3 each).
Important Members
Executive Proton
Proton is first seen and battled in the Slowpoke Well, where Team Rocket is trying to cut off Slowpoke tails to make a profit.
Proton is labeled as the scariest and cruelest of Team Rocket, yet also remains one of the more popular Executives.
Slowpoke Well
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| Zubat | Koffing | - | - | - | - |
| LVL 8 | LVL 12 | - | - | - | - |
Executive Petrel
Petrel is apparently Team Rocket's master of disguise. He is first seen dressing as Giovanni and then battled in the Team Rocket HQ. In Goldenrod Radio Tower he appears again, using his disguise skills again, this time dressed as Radio Tower Director.
Petrel's motives on Team Rocket are more mild-mannered, as he freely gives out information such as passwords and the location of the Director. He even considers himself a "nice guy" and hands over the key. In fact, it is his giving out of this information that leads to many of Team Rocket's defeats, despite his opinion that the player can't use the information anyways.
Team Rocket HQ
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| Zubat | Raticate | Koffing | - | - | - |
| LVL 22 | LVL 24 | LVL 22 | - | - | - |
Executive Ariana
Ariana is the only female Rocket Executive in the reborn Team Rocket in Johto. She appears to be Archer's second-in-command, although upon first challenging the player, she calls herself the interim boss of Team Rocket in place of Giovanni. The player battles her twice, first in the Team Rocket HQ, in a battle in which Lance intervenes to make the sides even on the player's side and again in the Goldenrod Radio Tower, where she is the last challenge before Archer. When defeated in the Team Rocket HQ, she notes that the player is strong enough to become an Executive if they joined Team Rocket, and after being beaten in the Radio Tower admits that she admires the player's power.
Team Rocket HQ
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| Arbok | Mukrow | Gloom | - | - | - |
| LVL 23 | LVL 25 | LVL 23 | - | - | - |