Team Skull Grunt (Trainer class)
Team Skull Grunt スカルだんのしたっぱ Team Skull Underling | |
Artwork from Sun and Moon | |
Introduced in | Generation VII |
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Appears in | Sun and Moon |
Gender | Both |
Anime debut | SM001|Alola to New Adventure! |
Manga debut | Sun & Moon arc |
A Team Skull Grunt (Japanese: スカルだんのしたっぱ Team Skull Underling) is a type of Pokémon Trainer introduced in Generation VII. They are members of Team Skull who are dressed in punk attire, called Skull Tanks, and wear bandannas with a skull motif. New members are responsible for purchasing their own uniforms. The Grunts keep their Pokémon in Nest Balls.
Appearance
VS models from Sun and Moon |
Overworld models from Sun and Moon |
Trainer list
Pokémon Sun and Moon
Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | Pokémon | |||||
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $256 | Lv.8 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $320 | Lv.10 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $352 | Lv.11 |
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Team Skull Grunt♀ Multi Battle with Grunt below |
Initial battle | $704 | Lv.22 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ Multi Battle with Grunt above |
Initial battle | $704 | Lv.22 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $736 | Lv.23 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $864 | Lv.27 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $864 | Lv.27 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $1,056 | Lv.33 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $1,088 | Lv.34 |
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Team Skull Grunt♀ | Initial battle | $1,088 | Lv.33 |
Lv.34 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $1,056 | Lv.33 |
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Team Skull Grunt♀ | Initial battle | $1,088 | Lv.33 |
Lv.34 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ Double Battle with Grunt below |
Initial battle | $1,088 | Lv.34 |
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Team Skull Grunt♀ Double Battle with Grunt above |
Initial battle | $1,088 | Lv.34 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $1,088 | Lv.34 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $1,088 | Lv.34 |
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Team Skull Grunt♀ Double Battle with Grunt below |
Initial battle | $1,120 | Lv.35 |
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Team Skull Grunt♀ Double Battle with Grunt above |
Initial battle | $1,120 | Lv.35 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $1,088 | Lv.34 |
Lv.34 |
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Team Skull Grunt♀ | Initial battle | $1,120 | Lv.35 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $1,120 | Lv.34 |
Lv.34 |
Lv.35 |
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Team Skull Grunt♀ | Initial battle | $1,120 | Lv.35 |
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Team Skull Grunt♀ | Initial battle | $1,120 | Lv.35 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $1,120 | Lv.34 |
Lv.35 |
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Team Skull Grunt♀ | Initial battle | $1,120 | Lv.35 |
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Team Skull Grunt♀ | Initial battle | $1,120 | Lv.35 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $1,120 | Lv.35 |
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Team Skull Grunt♀ | Initial battle | $1,120 | Lv.35 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $1,184 | Lv.37 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $1,184 | Lv.37 |
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Team Skull Grunt♀ | Initial battle | $1,408 | Lv.44 |
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Team Skull Grunt♂ | Initial battle | $1,408 | Lv.43 |
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In the anime
Team Skull Grunts made their debut appearance in Alola to New Adventure!.
Several Grunts appeared in a flashback in SM005. They will reappear in SM011.
Pokémon
Team Skull's Zubat | ||
One of the Team Skull Grunts owns three Zubat. They took on Ash's Pikachu and Kiawe's Turtonator.
Zubat's only known move is Leech Life and Venoshock. | ||
Debut | Alola to New Adventure! |
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Team Skull's Salandit | ||
One of the Team Skull Grunts owns three Salandit. They took on Ash's Pikachu and Kiawe's Turtonator.
Salandit's known moves are Venoshock and Flame Burst. | ||
Debut | Alola to New Adventure! |
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Team Skull's Yungoos | ||
One of the Team Skull Grunts owns three Yungoos. They took on Ash's Pikachu and Kiawe's Turtonator.
Yungoos's only known move is Bite. | ||
Debut | Alola to New Adventure! |
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One of the Team Skull Grunts owns a Garbodor. They fought against Ash and Kiawe. They were eventually defeated when Ash's Pikachu attacked Team Skull with Gigavolt Havoc.
Garbodor's only known move is Venoshock. | ||
Debut | SM011 |
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Team Skull Grunts made their debut appearance in the Sun & Moon arc. A male and female Grunt hired Sun to remove wild Pyukumuku from a beach Team Skull considered their territory as a part-time job. Just as Sun finished the job, the Grunts returned to give him his pay, only to notice that a single Pyukumuku was not thrown away. Since the job meant that all Pyukumuku must be removed, the male Grunt refused to pay Sun.
The Grunts' ruse was foiled when Moon noticed the female Grunt dropping the last Pyukumuku when no one was looking. Angered, the male Grunt had his Salandit attack Moon and then proceeded to act like the attack broke Salandit's tail, which meant that Sun would have to work for free to pay off its medical bills. Angered, Sun sent out his Dollar to attack the Grunts, forcing them to run away.
Pokémon
These two Salandit were used by the Team Skull Grunts that paid Sun to clean their beach of wild Pyukumuku. Although Sun succeeded, the female Grunt secretly placed another one in order to get out of giving Sun his pay. When Moon saw through this scheme, the male Grunt had his Salandit smack her with its tail and then lied that the event injured it. Angered by their lies, Sun had his Dollar defeat them, forcing the Grunts and the Salandit to run away.
None of their moves are known. | ||
Debut | Sun & Moon chapter |
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This Pyukumuku was secretly planted by a female Grunt in order to get out paying Sun for his part-time job. The deception was pointed out by Moon, who noticed the slime left behind by Pyukumuku on the Grunt's hand. Later, when the two Grunts were apologizing to Guzma for losing to Sun, the male Grunt blamed the whole ordeal on Pyukumuku, who punched him the face in return.
None of Pyukumuku's moves are known. | ||
Debut | Sun & Moon chapter |
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