Iron-Masked Marauder
| Vicious ビシャス Vicious | |
| [[File:File:Vicious.png|{{{size}}}]] Vicious | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Unknown |
| Member of | Team Rocket |
| Rank | Elite Officer |
| Anime debut | Pokémon 4Ever |
| English voice actor | Dan Green |
| Japanese voice actor | Shirō Sano |
Vicious (Japanese: ビシャス Vicious), also known as the Iron-Masked Marauder, is an elite officer of Team Rocket. He is the main villain of Pokémon 4Ever, and was voiced by 佐野史郎 Shirō Sano in Japanese and Dan Green in English. As he wasn't given a name in the English dub, this article will refer to him by his Japanese name.
Vicious is possibly one of the only characters in the whole history of Pokémon who appears to be purely evil; he is shown to be heartless, cruel (though likely to a lesser extent than J), and above all egocentric. He values his life above that of others, whether out of cowardice or selfishness.
Vicious is ambitious and megalomaniacal — although he makes pretense of capturing Celebi to present it to Giovanni, his true intentions are to use its power to overthrow his boss and rule Team Rocket himself.
History
Not much is known about him except that he has quite a reputation within Team Rocket. Jessie, James, and Meowth all recognize him and immediately start kowtowing shamelessly.
Relationships with other members
Not much is known about Vicious's connections in Team Rocket aside from his strong hatred of Giovanni and ambitions to usurp his boss's position.
Although he dislikes his boss, Vicious, unlike other elite officers such as Domino, sees other Rockets as helpers to his cause, and is quick to ally with Jessie, James and Meowth for the purpose of helping him carry out his plans and spreading the word about his new found power.
Abilities
Vicious is skilled at hand-to-hand combat, but does not have the best balance. His primary combat relies on Pokémon that are brainwashed by his Dark Balls (it is not known if his Sneasel and Scizor were victim to this, but his Tyranitar was). The origin and technology behind these Dark Balls is unknown; they may not be Rocket technology because Vicious is the only one seen using them. The only quality known about Dark Balls is that they make the target Pokémon extremely loyal to Vicious, to the point of forgetting itself and attacking without regard to previous friendships and loyalties.
Future
What happened to Vicious after Pokémon 4Ever is unknown. He was captured by a collection of Forest Pokémon and berated by Diana's grandmother after losing his iron mask, but nothing more is seen of him afterward.
Pokémon
Escaped
 Scizor |
 Sneasel |
File:Vicious' Tyranitar.PNG Tyranitar |
 Celebi |
Trivia
- According to voice actor Shirō Sano, Vicious is named after Sid Vicious, the bass player of the English punk rock band Sex Pistols.
- Due to a mistranslation before the movie's release, it was mistakenly thought for a time that he was the future son of Jessie and James.
- Despite the fact that it is generally given as his official dub name, Vicious is never referred to as such throughout Pokémon 4Ever, only as the Iron-Masked Marauder (and even then, only once throughout the film).
- Vicious's Tyranitar is a darker green than normal Tyranitars, and has a purple piece in its body instead of the normal light blue piece.
| Members of Team Rocket | |
|---|---|
| Bosses: |
Giovanni (anime • Adventures • Pocket Monsters • Masters) |
| Executives: |
Archer (Masters) • Ariana (Masters) • Petrel (Masters) • Proton (Masters) |
| Trios: |
Jessie (Masters), James (Masters), & Meowth (JJM) |
| Duos: |
Anime only: Butch & Cassidy (former) • Attila & Hun • Annie & Oakley (dub only) |
| Scientists: |
Gideon |
| Others: |
Grunts • Rocket BrothersRBYFRLG/Rocket SistersPE |