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|jptranslit=Rocket-dan Kanbu | |jptranslit=Rocket-dan Kanbu | ||
|image=RocketExecs.png | |image=RocketExecs.png | ||
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|caption=Art from {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} | |caption=Art from {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} | ||
|altnames='''Rocket Executive''' ('''ロケットだんいん のかんぶ''' ''Team Rocket Executive'') (Generation II)<br>'''Team Rocket Admin''' ('''ロケットだんいんのかんぶ''' ''Team Rocket executive member'') (Generation III) | |altnames='''Rocket Executive''' ('''ロケットだんいん のかんぶ''' ''Team Rocket Executive'') (Generation II)<br>'''Team Rocket Admin''' ('''ロケットだんいんのかんぶ''' ''Team Rocket executive member'') (Generation III) | ||
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==Differences between Generations== | ==Differences between Generations== | ||
===Generation I=== | ===Generation I=== | ||
There aren't any distinct Rocket Executives in [[Generation I]]; however, both [[Jessie]] and [[James]] appear in {{game|Yellow}} ranked higher than grunts, guarding the room where Giovanni waits in the [[Rocket Hideout]] and [[Silph Co.]] However, they are unnamed in this game, being referred to simply as "ROCKET", since Trainers were not given names until [[Generation II]]. | There aren't any distinct Rocket Executives in [[Generation I]]; however, both [[Jessie]] and [[James]] appear in {{game|Yellow}} ranked higher than grunts, guarding the room where Giovanni waits in the [[Rocket Hideout]] and [[Silph Co.]] However, they are unnamed in this game, being referred to simply as "ROCKET", since Trainers were not given names until [[Generation II]]. The [[Rocket Brothers]] who appear in [[Silph Co.]] can also be considered high-ranked grunts. | ||
===Generation II=== | ===Generation II=== | ||
[[File:Rocket Executive Sugimori.png|thumb|230px|Generation II art by [[Ken Sugimori]] for the {{Trading Card Game}}]] | |||
In [[Generation II]], this class technically didn't exist as all the characters who would eventually carry the title retained the same class as other members of Team Rocket. Thus, their Trainer class was '''Rocket''' (Japanese: '''ロケットだんいん''' ''Team Rocket member'') and each had the name '''Executive''' (Japanese: '''のかんぶ''' ''Executive''), with the sprites only differing between genders. They battle the player at [[Team Rocket HQ]] and [[Goldenrod Radio Tower]]. | In [[Generation II]], this class technically didn't exist as all the characters who would eventually carry the title retained the same class as other members of Team Rocket. Thus, their Trainer class was '''Rocket''' (Japanese: '''ロケットだんいん''' ''Team Rocket member'') and each had the name '''Executive''' (Japanese: '''のかんぶ''' ''Executive''), with the sprites only differing between genders. They battle the player at [[Team Rocket HQ]] and [[Goldenrod Radio Tower]]. | ||
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===Generation IV=== | ===Generation IV=== | ||
[[File:HGSS Rocket Executives.png|thumb|right|256px|Petrel, Archer, Ariana and Proton in the opening of HeartGold and SoulSilver]] | |||
Their Trainer classes are finally dissociated from those of the Grunts when they make a return in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, where they are each known as an '''Executive'''. However, the Japanese Trainer classes remain unchanged from Generation III, but they are still given names. They are all adapted from the Executives from {{game|Gold and Silver|s}} but given individual names and identities. Their names, [[Proton]], [[Petrel]], [[Ariana]], and [[Archer]], refer to real-life rockets or missiles in all languages, much like [[Team Galactic]]'s {{tc|Commander}}s, who were named after {{wp|Astronomical object|celestial bodies}}. These characters were all adapted into characters in the [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga, retaining their unique identities. | Their Trainer classes are finally dissociated from those of the Grunts when they make a return in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, where they are each known as an '''Executive'''. However, the Japanese Trainer classes remain unchanged from Generation III, but they are still given names. They are all adapted from the Executives from {{game|Gold and Silver|s}} but given individual names and identities. Their names, [[Proton]], [[Petrel]], [[Ariana]], and [[Archer]], refer to real-life rockets or missiles in all languages, much like [[Team Galactic]]'s {{tc|Commander}}s, who were named after {{wp|Astronomical object|celestial bodies}}. These characters were all adapted into characters in the [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga, retaining their unique identities. | ||
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| style="{{roundy|15px}} border: 2px solid #CC0000; background: #CCCCCC; width:80px" | [[File:S2 Rocket ExecutiveF.png]] | | style="{{roundy|15px}} border: 2px solid #CC0000; background: #CCCCCC; width:80px" | [[File:S2 Rocket ExecutiveF.png]] | ||
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #CC0000; background: #CCCCCC; width:80px" | [[File:FL RocketGruntM.png]] | | style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #CC0000; background: #CCCCCC; width:80px" | [[File:FL RocketGruntM.png]] | ||
|- align=center style="font-size: 80%;" | |||
| {{color2|000000|Proton}}, {{color2|000000|Petrel}}, and<br>{{color2|000000|Archer}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|000000|Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions|Gold, Silver}}, and {{color2|000000|Pokémon Crystal Version|Crystal}} | |||
| {{color2|000000|Ariana}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|000000|Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions|Gold, Silver}}, and {{color2|000000|Pokémon Crystal Version|Crystal}} | |||
| {{color2|000000|Archer}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|000000|Pokémon Stadium 2|Stadium 2}} | |||
| {{color2|000000|Ariana}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|000000|Pokémon Stadium 2|Stadium 2}} | |||
| {{color2|000000|Archer}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|000000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}} | |||
|- align=center | |||
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #CC0000; background: #CCCCCC; width:80px" | [[File:FL RocketGruntF.png]] | | style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #CC0000; background: #CCCCCC; width:80px" | [[File:FL RocketGruntF.png]] | ||
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #CC0000; background: #CCCCCC; width:80px" | [[File:ProtonHGSS.png]] | | style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #CC0000; background: #CCCCCC; width:80px" | [[File:ProtonHGSS.png]] | ||
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| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #CC0000; background: #CCCCCC; width:80px" | [[File:ArcherHGSS.png]] | | style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #CC0000; background: #CCCCCC; width:80px" | [[File:ArcherHGSS.png]] | ||
|- align=center style="font-size: 80%;" | |- align=center style="font-size: 80%;" | ||
| {{color2|000000|Ariana}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|000000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}} | | {{color2|000000|Ariana}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|000000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}} | ||
| {{color2|000000|Proton}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|000000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}} | | {{color2|000000|Proton}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|000000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}} | ||
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==In the manga== | ==In the manga== | ||
===Pokémon Adventures=== | ===Pokémon Adventures=== | ||
[[File:Rocket Executives Adventures.png|right|thumb|Team Rocket Generals]] | |||
[[Lt. Surge]], [[Koga]], and [[Sabrina]] are Team Rocket executives. [[Blaine]], previously an executive, left the organization because of problems with {{p|Mewtwo}}. In the Yellow | In the {{chap|Red, Green, & Blue}}, [[Lt. Surge]], [[Koga]], and [[Sabrina]] are Team Rocket executives. [[Blaine]], previously an executive, left the organization because of problems with {{p|Mewtwo}}. In the {{chap|Yellow}}, the executives were recalled by Giovanni after he saw a battle between [[Lance]] and {{adv|Yellow}} and realized he still had much to learn. | ||
In the {{chap|Gold, Silver, & Crystal}}, executives are replaced by two sub-leaders, [[Sham]] and [[Carl]], while the real Leader is the [[Masked Man]]. The characters of male and female Executive from [[Generation II]] were adapted as Carl and Sham, respectively. | |||
Years later, in the {{chap|HeartGold & SoulSilver}}, Archer, Ariana, Petrel and Proton, dubbed the Four Team Rocket Generals, appear in Johto searching for {{p|Arceus}} to accomplish their plan of making Giovanni return to Team Rocket's leadership. | |||
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys=== | ===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys=== | ||
[[Grey]] from the [[Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys]] manga is based on the male Executive design. His role within the team is based on [[Archer]]'s. | [[Grey]] from the [[Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys]] manga is based on the male Executive design. His role within the team is based on [[Archer]]'s. | ||
==In the TCG== | |||
Rocket Executives were illustrated in {{TCG ID|Neo Destiny|Team Rocket's Evil Deeds|103}}. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||