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'''Team Snagem''' (Japanese '''スナッチ団''' ''Snatch-dan'', literally ''Snatch Gang'') is a gang of theives and criminals operating in [[Orre]]. Their [[Snagem Hideout|hideout]] is located in [[Eclo Canyon]].

Before the events of ''[[Pokémon Colosseum]]'', a criminal organization named [[Cipher]] allied themselves with Team Snagem as part of their plan to rule the world through [[Shadow Pokémon]]. To this end, Cipher supplied Team Snagem with [[Snag Machine|Snag Machines]], which allowed Snagem members to steal [[Pokémon (species)|Pokémon]] from their trainers.

In the beginning of ''Pokémon Colosseum'', a member of Team Snagem named [[Wes]] turns on his teammates, stealing an arm-mounted Snag Machine and destroying a largeer model before blowing up the Snagem Hideout.

Shortly after meeting [[Rui]] and [[Mayor Es Cade]] in [[Phenac City]], a trio of Snagems approach Wes and order him to give back the Snag Machine, and one of them picks a fight with Wes only to lose. The leader of Team Snagem, [[Gonzap]], later confronted Wes directly at [[Realgam Tower]], and was soundly defeated. They later had a rematch in the remains of the Snagem Hideout, but Gonzap lost again.

In ''[[Pokémon XD]]'', Team Snagem is busy trying to recruit new members into their ranks, but with limited success. Outside the [[S.S. Libra]], three of Gonzap's men ([[Wakin]], [[Biden]], and [[Agrev]]) encounter [[Michael]] and attack him, then steal his Snag Machine and take it to Gonzap. Michael attacks the Snagem Hideout and defeats Gonzap to reclaim the Snag Machine. Impressed with Michael's strength, Gonzap allies with him to defeat Cipher, claiming that as long as Cipher is active in Orre, Team Snagem will never be the most powerful criminal group in the land. Gonzap and his trio of Snagems aid Michael in infiltrating the Cipher Key Lair by knocking out the guards with a [[Sleep Powder]] attack from Wakin's [[Gloom]].

After defeating [[Greevil]], Gonzap can be found loafing around his office in the Hideout, having decided that Team Snagem will focus on training their existing members to compensate for their lack of manpower. Gonzap also appears in [[Orre Colosseum]] as the final opponent of the fifth round.

*Team Snagem is a pun of [[snagging]], or "Snag 'Em".

 

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