User:SnorlaxMonster/TTEchidna/TRPoké
Okay, yay. I'm gonna do another one, just like I did for Ash.
Only here we're going for Team Rocket's Pokémon!
...yes, both Jessie and James in one. They're too connected to be separated. And Meowth doesn't count. Plus, together, their Pokémon never amount to more than six.
Jessie and James's current status:
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wobbuffet |
 Seviper |
File:PokeBallSpriteSmall.png |  Mime Jr. |
 Carnivine |
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Kanto
EP002
Their first appearance. And they're threatening... kinda.
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ekans |
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EP031
Both of their Pokémon evolve! Gasp! Still nothing else.
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Arbok |
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EP052
A capture? For Team Rocket!? Unheard of!
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbok |
 Lickitung |
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EP057
Wait, what? Apparently James previously had a Weepinbell and dropped it off in some breeding center. And now TR has two and two.
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbok |
Lickitung |
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 Victreebel |
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Johto
EP146
Yeah, that's right. Took 89 episodes for them to change the team again. Crazy. Jessie accidentally trades Lickitung!
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbok |
Wobbuffet |
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Victreebel |
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EP261
Gasp. Stuff happens, and Team Rocket releases its first Pokémon: James's Victreebel!
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbok |
Wobbuffet |
File:PokeBallSpriteSmall.png | Weezing |
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Hoenn
AG006
And the rest of the saga goes by with nothing happening to the teams. Then AG comes around. And so as to showcase all of the Hoenn Pokémon, it's time to get rid of the Kanto Pokémon! Worst move ever. I liked Arbok and Weezing.
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wobbuffet |
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But so that James would have at least one Pokémon...
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wobbuffet |
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AG008
Now Jessie's without her trademark snake... and a Template:Type2 Pokémon! Luckily she finds a Seviper.
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wobbuffet |
Seviper |
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AG014
This is now very unbalanced. Jessie has three, James has one.
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wobbuffet |
Seviper |
 Wurmple |
Cacnea |
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AG024
Sure it evolved in ten episodes, but remember the last Pokémon that evolved at level 7? You know, Caterpie. Yeah. Took it less than ONE episode. Ah well. First evolution for Team Rocket since back in Kanto, around 260 episodes before.
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wobbuffet |
Seviper |
 Cascoon |
Cacnea |
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AG028
And compared to the last time, it's been such a short while between them. Another evolution! Enjoy it, it's the last one there's been.
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wobbuffet |
Seviper |
 Dustox |
Cacnea |
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AG084
Finally somewhat more balanced, James now has two things to send out.
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wobbuffet |
Seviper |
Dustox |
Cacnea |
 Chimecho |
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Back to Kanto
AG147
And then James leaves his sick Chimecho behind so as to showcase more Gen IV Pokémon early.
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wobbuffet |
Seviper |
Dustox |
Cacnea |
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See?
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wobbuffet |
Seviper |
Dustox |
Cacnea |
Mime Jr. |
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Sinnoh
DP002
James finds a Nintendo 64 a box full of bottlecaps at one of his vacation homes in Sinnoh, and there's a Poké Ball inside. It's his Carnivine!
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wobbuffet |
Seviper |
Dustox |
Cacnea |
Mime Jr. |
Carnivine |
DP054
Well, I can't say I wanted this, but James gave Cacnea to Gardenia. He looked pretty damn broken up about it, too... sheesh, about as bad as Ash was in Charizard's Burning Ambition with Charizard. Open slot time!
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wobbuffet |
Seviper |
Dustox |
Mime Jr. |
Carnivine |
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DP073
Well, now both of them have an open slot. And all Jessie has are non-Sinnoh Dex Pokémon. She repeats Ash's sentiments in Bye Bye Butterfree. Man. Hope TR captures something soon.
| Jessie | James | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wobbuffet |
Seviper |
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Carnivine |
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So what's next?
Hmm... now we have an open slot for both of them, it's capture time! I think maybe late in the DP saga, likely around DP123, James will pick up a Snover. Then it can freeze him, furthering the "James's Grass-type Pokémon keep hurting him" thing. Earlier on, maybe around DP082, Jessie could get a Poison-type in the Great Marsh; I'd bet on a Stunky like everyone's been saying. And then by league time it'll become a Skuntank.
Interestingly, as of this point, Jessie and James have both had their Psychic-types the longest. Their second-longest is the Pokémon whose type they prefer (Jessie Poison, James Grass). If they each get a third Pokémon (Stunky for Jessie and Snover for James), it'd keep their favorite type.
Funny thing. James keeps getting rid of Pokémon left and right, but Jessie's managed to hang on to Wobbuffet for almost 400 episodes now. I don't get this, either: Ash still has Pikachu to this day, while Jessie and James released Arbok and Weezing, the Pokémon they first had. I mean, essentially, they're good guys, they're the part of Ash's group that lags behind him about 50 feet in the forest, then takes a shortcut, ends up in front of him, battles, gets their asses kicked, and somehow find him AGAIN in a HUGE REGION. I mean, shit, did they slip a GPS tracker onto Pikachu or something?