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'''Guzma''' (Japanese: '''グズマ''' ''Guzma'') is a character introduced in [[Pokémon Sun and Moon]]. He is the leader of [[Team Skull]]. He is the {{cat|Trainers with unique classes|only character}} in the {{pkmn|games}} to have the {{DL|Pokémon Trainer|Trainer class}} '''Team Skull Boss''' (Japanese: '''スカルだんボス''' ''Team Skull Boss''). He [[Type expert|specializes]] in {{type|Bug}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}.

Later on, the player travels to [[Po Town]] to retrieve a {{p|Yungoos}} Team Skull stole from a child living at the [[Aether House]]. After getting past an army of Team Skull Grunts and infiltrating their headquarters, the [[Shady House]], the player comes face-to-face with Guzma, who is holding the Yungoos in his personal quarters. He returns the Yungoos after losing to the player again, but vows that he will one day defeat them.

Once the player becomes {{pkmn|Champion}}, it is revealed that Guzma disbanded Team Skull after returning from Ultra Space. To reflect this new start in life, he no longer wears his gold chain bearing Team Skull's insignia, paints a red X over the insignia on his coat, removes his Team Skull tattoos and changes his sunglasses to a symmetrical pair of round lenses. He can be found in his parents' home on {{rt|2|Alola}}, where he tells the player to meet him on [[Hau'oli City]]'s beachfront. There, he expresses a continuing desire to finally defeat the player and challenges them once again. Upon his loss, [[Hala]] appears and tells him that he cannot win because he does not recognize his opponents' strength. Hala promises to make a fine trainer out of Guzma, and Guzma leaves after gifting the player his lucky charm, a [[Dawn Stone]]. In [[Pokémon Sun and Moon|Moon]] only, he appears as a potential challenger and [[Multi Battle]] teammate at the [[Battle Tree]]. In Sun, this appearance is fulfilled by Plumeria instead.

In {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}, when the player and Lillie prepare to open the Ultra Wormhole to pursue Guzma and Lusamine into Ultra Space, the pair are thrown out of a wormhole before the player and Lillie can do so. They are followed by {{p|Necrozma}}, who attacks and absorbs Nebby before opening many Ultra Wormholes and fleeing back to [[Ultra Megalopolis]]. When the player returns from defeating Necrozma in Ultra Megalopolis, Guzma has regained consciousness and reflects on the conversation he overhears about working together with others. Later, during the game's credits, he and Plumeria are shown at the Shady House announcing the disbanding of Team Skull to its members.

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==In the anime==

[[File:Guzma anime.png|thumb|250px|Guzma in the {{pkmn|anime}}]]

In ''[[SM128|League Offenders and Defenders!]]'', Guzma and Plumeria intervened in a confrontation Tupp, Rapp, and Zipp were having with Ash and {{ashfr}} at [[Manalo Stadium]]. He was about to battle Ash's group, but Professor Kukui and [[Hala]] arrived. Guzma confronted Professor Kukui and revealed that he had enrolled as a contestant in the [[Manalo Conference]]; furthermore, he announced his intention to destroy Professor Kukui's dreams by becoming {{pkmn|Champion}} and then ensuring another Pokémon League would never take place in Alola.

The battle continued in ''[[SM137|The Wisdom Not to Run!]]'', during which Guzma finally started to realize his own cowardice through defeating only weak opponents and running away from battles against strong ones. Despite the strength of Ash's Pikachu, Golisopod still wanted to continue battling, but the battle ultimately led to Guzma's loss. The audience applauded for the great battle and Kukui hoped to see Guzma participating next year as well, but Guzma considered his reputation ruined and was ready to disband Team Skull. However, Plumeria and the Team Skull Grunts were so fired up by the battle that they wanted stay by his side and learn to battle as well as he did.

In ''[[SM146|Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!]]'', Guzma and Golisopod were seen training with his underlings as Plumeria looked on.

Guzma has a great amount of determination, which was best showcased during the [[Manalo Conference]], where he entered with the strong hopes of destroying it from within. Guzma uses dirty tactics in order to win, as seen during his battle against [[Ilima]], where he had his {{p|Scizor}} position itself so that Kangaskhan's baby was always in the middle, endangering her well-being and causing the mother to hesitate often enough to be defeated. This was seen again during his battle against {{an|Lana}}, when he had {{p|Golisopod}} ruthlessly attack {{TP|Lana|Primarina}} without mercy.

Guzma completely disavowed the use of Z-Rings and Z-Crystals because, in his youth, he never learned to understand them properly and was bitter for always losing exercise battles against Kukui, despite the latter always commending his growth as a Trainer. After resolving to become strong in his own, Guzma built his reputation among Team Skull as "the Undefeated" by actually defeating only weak Trainers and retreating from battles against stronger Trainers with an excuse that he would have won anyways due to the damage his brutal tactics would do to his opponents' Pokémon. It was only during his battle against Ash in the Manalo Conference when Guzma was finally forced to admit his own cowardice and Golisopod, who had previously shared the same personality traits as him, now convinced him to let go of his fear of losing and keep battling until the end.

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Golisopod reappeared in flashbacks in ''[[SM138|Final Rivals!]]'' and ''[[SM144|From Z to Shining Z!]]''.

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|desc={{p|Scizor}} is Guzma's second known Pokémon. It first appeared in ''[[SM129|Battle Royal 151!]]'', where Guzma used it during the [[Manalo Conference]] preliminary round, defeating a {{p|Kommo-o}}. It was one of the 16 Pokémon that remained standing by the end, allowing its {{pkmn|Trainer}} to advance to the actual tournament.

In ''[[SM130|Battling Besties!]]'', Scizor was used by Guzma to battle [[Ilima]] and his {{p|Kangaskhan}}. Despite Ilima [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolving]] Kangaskhan, Scizor was able to defeat its opponent through strategy, allowing Guzma to progress to the second round.

Scizor reappeared in a flashback in ''[[SM137|The Wisdom Not to Run!]]''.

Scizor known moves are {{m|Bullet Punch}}, {{m|Agility}}, {{m|X-Scissor}}, and {{m|U-turn}}.}}

Guzma has competed in the following [[Pokémon League Conference]]s:

* [[Manalo Conference]] - Top 4 (''[[SM137|The Wisdom Not to Run!]]'')

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==In the manga==

Guzma debuted in ''[[PASM02|The Delivery of Rotom and the Girl]]''. He was first seen berating a pair of {{tc|Team Skull Grunt}}s after they were defeated by {{adv|Sun}}. He ordered the Grunts to go and find Sun so he could personally teach him a lesson.

In ''[[PASM08|Going Ashore and Neighboring Akala Island]]'', Guzma met [[Gladion]] at the [[Ruins of Conflict]]. Praising the boy's skill at the festival tournament, Guzma offered Gladion a position in [[Team Skull]] as an Enforcer. Gladion immediately accepted, but questioned Guzma about a person he mentioned during the tournament. Guzma feigned ignorance and told Gladion to follow him to [[Shady House|Team Skull's hideout]].

In ''[[PASM19|Truth and the Mastermind Behind Team Skull]]'', Gladion used his {{TP|Gladion|Type: Null}} to battle the beasts, which it did with ease as it was created by the [[Aether Foundation]] specifically for that purpose. Gladion then revealed Guzma received Cosmog from the Aether Foundation's president, [[Lusamine]]. To Guzma's surprise, the {{p|Xurkitree}} summoned from one of the newer wormholes attacked him. Gladion explained that Guzma was just being used by Lusamine to fuel her desire of a paradise filled with nothing but Ultra Beasts and herself. Guzma denied the accusation, but was grabbed by the {{p|Nihilego}} that also came from a new wormhole. Moon rushed in to try and rescue Guzma, but was stopped by Xurkitree, allowing Nihilego to drag him into the wormhole with it.

Several months later, a reformed Guzma was seen helping Hau prepare food for the malasada and Tapu Cocoa shop the latter planned to open.

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None of Celesteela's moves are known.}}

|epnum=PASM17

|epname=A Raid and Po Town

None of Guzzlord's moves are known.}}

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|epnum=PASM09

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None of Xurkitree's moves are known.}}

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None of Nihilego's moves are known.}}

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One of the Blacephalon's known moves are {{m|Flame Burst}} and {{m|Mind Blown}}.}}

This listing is of cards featuring Guzma in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]].

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==Trivia==

* In the anime, Guzma is the first villainous team leader to compete in a [[Pokémon League Conference]].

==Names==

| German

| Bromley

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| Italian

| Guzman

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| Korean

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| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and Mainland China}})

| 古茲馬 / 古兹马 ''Gǔzīmǎ''

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| Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})

| 古茲馬 ''Gújīmáh''

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| Russian

| Гузма ''Guzma''

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* [[a:Category:Guzma|Images on the Bulbagarden Archives]]

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