Team Rocket Grunt (Trainer class): Difference between revisions

|altnames='''Rocket Grunt''' ('''ロケットだんいんのしたっぱ''' ''Team Rocket Underling Member'') <small>(Generation II)</small><br/>'''Rocket''' ('''ロケットだんいん''' ''Team Rocket Member'') <small>(Generation I)</small>

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|members=[[Rocket Siblings]],<br>[[Jessie]] and [[James]]{{sup/1|Y}}

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'''Team Rocket Grunts''' (Japanese: '''ロケットだんいん''' ''Team Rocket Member'' in Generation I, '''ロケットだんいんのしたっぱ''' ''Team Rocket Underling Member'' in Generation II, '''ロケットだんのしたっぱ''' ''Team Rocket Underling'' in Generations III, IV, and VII, shortened in [[Generation I]] to '''だんいん''' ''Member'') are members of [[Team Rocket]]. They act as fodder, enforcers, soldiers, workmen, crooks, and backup for various leaders in the criminal organization.

:''See also: [[Executive#Terminology|Executive → Terminology]]''

In [[Generation I]], the [[Trainer class]] "'''ROCKET'''" (Japanese: '''ロケットだんいん''' ''Team Rocket Member''; in the end-battle dialogue, shortened to '''だんいん''' ''Member'') refers to the Trainers who would be later known as {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt|Grunts}}. In {{game|Yellow}}, the [[Team Rocket trio]] is also collectively referred to with this term (both the English and Japanese versions), while [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are never named in the game dialogue or its manual. For instance, in [[Pokémon battle]]s:

* ''"'''ROCKET''' sent out <Pokémon>!"''

* ''"<player> defeated '''ROCKET'''!"''

* ''"'''ROCKET''': You will regret this!"'' (one of the quotes when the [[Team Rocket trio]] is defeated in Pokémon Yellow)

In [[Generation II]], the term "'''Grunt'''" was introduced. Each of these characters is known as a "'''{{tc|Team Rocket Grunt|ROCKET GRUNT}}'''" (Japanese: '''ロケットだんいんの したっぱ''' ''Team Rocket Underling Member''). For instance: ''"'''ROCKET GRUNT''' wants to battle!"''

In the game data, this is formed by the Trainer class "ROCKET" (Japanese: ロケットだんいん ''Team Rocket Member'') and character name "GRUNT" (Japanese: したっぱ ''Underling'').

In this generation, the male and female Grunts are grouped in two separate Trainer classes equally named "ROCKET", each of them with its own battle sprite (in addition to two other "ROCKET" Trainer classes for the male and female Executives). Each of the Team Rocket Grunts was individually named "GRUNT".

This generation introduced female members of the Team Rocket. However, in all generations, Team Rocket Grunts do not use the gender symbols (♂♀), unlike several other Trainer classes.

* ''"Heh, I'm just a '''GRUNT'''. I don't know the password. Too bad for you."''

===Generation III===

In {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, this is known as "'''TEAM ROCKET GRUNT'''" (Japanese: '''ロケットだんの したっぱ''' ''Team Rocket Underling''). In English, "ROCKET" from previous generation was expanded to "TEAM ROCKET". In Japanese, 「だんいん」 (''Team Member'') was shortened to 「だん」(''Team'').

In the game data, this is formed by the Trainer class "TEAM ROCKET" (Japanese: ロケットだん ''Team Rocket'') and character name "GRUNT" (Japanese: したっぱ ''Underling''). Unlike the previous generation, there is a single "TEAM ROCKET" Trainer class, which equally applies to the male and female versions of both Grunts and Admins. Each Team Rocket Grunt character was individually named "GRUNT".

* ''"'''GRUNT''': Stop! I give up! I’ll leave quietly! ...Okay. I’ll return the TM I stole. <player> recovered TM28 from the '''TEAM ROCKET GRUNT'''."''

In [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|Pokémon HeartGold, SoulSilver]], [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu!, and Let's Go, Eevee!]], this is known as "'''Team Rocket Grunt'''" (Japanese: '''ロケットだんの したっぱ''' ''Team Rocket Underling'').

==In the core series games==

Being the underlings of Team Rocket, the grunts have appeared in all of the games this villainous team has appeared in; namely, in [[Generation I]] and [[Generation II]], as well as their remakes, {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}} and {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, respectively.

How grunts are referred to has varied slightly throughout the generations. A grunt is called '''Rocket''' (Japanese: '''ロケットだんいん''' ''Team Rocket Member'') in Generation I, '''Rocket Grunt''' (Japanese: '''ロケットだんいんのしたっぱ''' ''Team Rocket Underling Member'') in Generation II, and finally '''Team Rocket Grunt''' (Japanese: '''ロケットだんのしたっぱ''' ''Team Rocket Underling'') in Generations {{gen|III}}, {{gen|IV}}, and {{gen|VII}}. Additionally, unlike other Trainer classes, Team Rocket Grunts are never given individual names, a tradition continued with the other [[villainous team]]s, whose members are also referred to as simply grunts. Due to the nature of how NPC Trainers are named, however, the Trainer class was technically ''Rocket'' in Generations I and II, and ''Team Rocket'' in Generations III, IV, and VII, with the name from Generation II onwards being ''Grunt''. Despite them all having the same in-game name, there are four grunts that appear to be related to each other, the [[Rocket Siblings|Rocket Brothers]]{{sup/1|RBY}}{{sup/3|FRLG}}/[[Rocket Siblings|Rocket Sisters]]{{sup/7|PE}}, in [[Silph Co.]]

Team Rocket Grunts use Pokémon from a variety of [[type]]s, but often employ {{type|Poison}} Pokémon more than others. The majority of their Pokémon are from [[List of Pokémon by evolution family|evolutionary families]] introduced in [[Generation I]].

Male Team Rocket Grunts are depicted as men wearing black uniforms with a big red R on them, as well as gray gloves and boots (white in Generations I and II). They also wear a black cap, which in the first three Generations completely hides their short hair, though it is shown as pink in Generation IV. In [[Generation I]], they each hold a whip, though, in a similar change to the {{tc|Ace Trainer|Cooltrainers}}, it is omitted in all further depictions. They also seem to be middle-aged adults in Generation I, though they appear younger in further games. [[Jessie]] was the first female Team Rocket Grunt to debut in {{game|Yellow||Pokémon Yellow}}. Alongside [[James]], their appearances match their [[Pokémon anime|anime]] counterparts.

In Generation II, female Team Rocket Grunts were expanded upon. These female grunts are depicted as red haired women in white Team Rocket uniforms without caps, with their design being very similar to [[Cassidy]] and their outfit similar to [[Jessie]]'s. However, their overworld sprites had caps and black uniforms like the males. In Generations III and IV, their design is drastically changed, and they are shown more similar to their male counterparts, wearing a black uniform with a red R, a black cap, and gray gloves and boots, though they wear black shorts or a skirt instead of pants. They are shown to have short, pink hair in the games, though their artwork from {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} shows their hair as green.

| Artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Red and Green Versions|Red and Green}}

| Artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}} by {{color2|000|Ken Sugimori}}<ref>[[a:File:RocketMissionEXTeamRocketReturns88.jpg|Rocket's Mission (EX Team Rocket Returns 88)]]</ref>

===Sprites and models===

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #C00; background: #CCC; width:80px" | [[File:Spr RG Rocket.png]]

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #C00; background: #CCC; width:80px" | [[File:Spr Y Rocket.png]]

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #C00; background: #CCC; width:80px" | [[File:Spr GS SW97 Rocket Grunt.png]]

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #C00; background: #CCC; width:115px" | [[File:Spr GS Rocket Grunt M.png]][[File:Spr GS Rocket Grunt F.png]]

| colspan=2 style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #C00; background: #CCC; width:128px" | [[File:Spr FRLG Team Rocket Grunt M.png]][[File:Spr FRLG Team Rocket Grunt F.png]]

| colspan=2 |{{color2|000|Jessie}} and {{color2|000|James}}'s sprite<br>from {{color2|000|Pokémon Yellow Version|Yellow}}

| Prototype sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Gold and Silver Spaceworld '97 demo|Spaceworld '97 demo}}

| colspan=2 | Sprites from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #C00; background: #CCC; width:80px" | [[File:Rocket OD.png]]

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #927D44; background: #E0C068; width:80px" | [[File:Bird Keeper I OD.png]]

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #E44EB2; background: #F5BCE2; width:80px" | [[File:Jessie OD.png]]

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #4D88FF; background: #CCDDFF; width:80px" | [[File:James OD.png]]

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #C00; background: #CCC; width:80px" | [[File:Rocket Grunt M II OD.png]][[File:Rocket Grunt F II OD.png]]

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #C00; background: #CCC; width:80px" | [[File:Team Rocket Grunt M III OD.png]][[File:Team Rocket Grunt F III OD.png]]

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #927D44; background: #E0C068; width:80px" | [[File:Tamer OD.png]]

| {{color2|000|Kanto Route 24|Nugget Bridge Grunt}}'s overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Generation I}}

| {{color2|000|Jessie}}'s overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Yellow Version|Yellow}}

| {{color2|000|James}}'s overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Yellow Version|Yellow}}

| Overworld sprites from <br> {{color2|000|Generation II}}

| Overworld sprites from <br> {{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}

| {{color2|000|Kanto Route 24|Nugget Bridge Grunt}}'s overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #C00; background: #CCC; width:160px" | [[File:Spr HGSS Rocket Grunt M.png]][[File:Spr HGSS Rocket Grunt F.png]]

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #C00; background: #CCC; width:200px" | [[File:VSTeam Rocket Grunt M PE.png|100px]][[File:VSTeam Rocket Grunt F PE.png|100px]]

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #4D88FF; background: #CCDDFF; width:80px" |  [[File:VSJames PE.png|100px]]

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #E44EB2; background: #F5BCE2; width:80px" | [[File:VSJessie PE.png|100px]]

| Sprites from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}

| VS models from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!}}

| {{color2|000|James}}'s VS model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!}}

| {{color2|000|Jessie}}'s VS model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!}}

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid  #C00; background: #CCC; width:80px" | [[File:Rocket Grunt M OD.png]][[File:Rocket Grunt F OD.png]]

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #7D1F1A; background: #D67873; width:80px" | [[File:Roughneck OD.png]]

| Former member's overworld sprite,<br>in {{tccolor|Roughneck|000|civilian attire}}, from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Black and White Versions|Black and White}}

====In other games====

{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #C00; background: #666; font-size: 80%"

| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #C00; background: #CCC; width:190px" | [[File:S2 Rocket GruntM.png]][[File:S2 Rocket Grunt M alt.png]][[File:S2 Rocket Grunt M alt2.png]]

| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #C00; background: #CCC; width:190px" | [[File:S2 Rocket GruntF.png]][[File:S2 Rocket Grunt F alt.png]][[File:S2 Rocket Grunt F alt2.png]]

| style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #C00; background:#CCC| [[File:Spr Masters Team Rocket Grunt M.png|x100px]][[File:Spr Masters Team Rocket Grunt F.png|x100px]]

| style="{{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #C00; background:#CCC| [[File:VSTeam Rocket Grunt M Masters.png|x100px]] [[File:VSTeam Rocket Grunt F Masters.png|x100px]]

| Portrait from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Stadium (English)|Stadium}}

| Rocket Grunt♂ portraits from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Stadium 2|Stadium 2}}

| Rocket Grunt♀ portraits from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Stadium 2|Stadium 2}}

| Overworld models from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Masters EX|Masters EX}}

| VS models from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Masters EX|Masters EX}}

|}

===History===

In {{game|Red and Blue|s}} and {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, the grunts are found throughout Kanto creating general disruption. They first appear in [[Mt. Moon]], going after [[Fossil]]s. One grunt is found at the end of the {{rt|24|Kanto|Nugget Bridge}} recruiting for Team Rocket, and another had stolen a [[TM]] from an elderly couple in [[Cerulean City]]. In [[Celadon City]], the grunts operate a base under the [[Celadon Game Corner|Game Corner]] trafficking {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} all over the world, and they are also responsible for the murder of the mother {{p|Marowak}} in [[Pokémon Tower]] as part of a plan to steal {{p|Cubone}} and sell their skulls. They also appear when they take over the [[Silph Co.]] headquarters. After the player defeats them there, [[Giovanni]] disappears, later reappearing at his own [[Viridian Gym|Gym]], and the grunts are not seen after this in the original games. However, in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, two grunts remain in an old man's house next to the restaurant in [[Celadon City]]; they will never leave, nor will they {{pkmn|battle}} the player. Additionally, in {{game|Yellow}}, both [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are from the ''Rocket'' Trainer class, and appear next to the regular grunts in Mt. Moon, the Game Corner and Silph Co.

In {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, grunts are also found on several of the [[Sevii Islands]], even after Giovanni's defeat. On [[One Island]], the player faces two in front of a cave which leads to the Ruby for the [[Pokémon Network Center]]. On [[Four Island]], the player helps [[Lorelei]], who nearly defeated a grunt with her {{p|Lapras}}'s {{m|Ice Beam}} while interrogating Team Rocket at [[Icefall Cave]]. On [[Six Island]], there is a grunt in front of [[Altering Cave]]. On [[Five Island]], the player finds a group of male and female grunts operating from [[Rocket Warehouse|a warehouse]] obtaining a large number of Pokémon, most of them rare, and trying to make a working prototype of the high-frequency sound wave machine which would influence [[evolution]]. After the player defeats the grunts and the two {{tc|Executive|Admins}}, they will pull out, but not before telling the player that they will find Giovanni and restore Team Rocket. They have not been seen in the Sevii Islands since.

 

 

====Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal====

{{Trainerlist/b|game=2|1|440|2|041|Zubat|9|023|Ekans|11}}

{{Trainerlist/e|1|[[Slowpoke Well|Rocket Grunt]] {{male}}{{tt|*|Executive Proton in Generation IV}}}}

 

{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Rocket [[Silph Co.|Grunt]] {{male}}}}

{{Trainerlist/b|game=3|1|1024|3|104|Cubone|32|096|Drowzee|32|105|Marowak|32}}

{{Trainerlist/b|game=3|1|1184|2|104|Cubone|37|105|Marowak|37}}

 

{{Trainerlist/h|2|heartgold|soulsilver}}

{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Rocket [[Team Rocket HQ|Grunt]] {{male}}{{tt|*|Can be battled more than once}}}}

{{Trainerlist/b|game=4|1|760|2|096|Drowzee|17|041|Zubat|19}}

{{Trainerlist/e|1|Team Rocket [[Team Rocket HQ|Grunt]] {{male}}{{tt|*|Can be battled more than once}}}}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

|desc={{p|Venomoth}} was used by Team Rocket to battle Trainers after they found out the tournament they were competing in was a scam used to steal their Pokémon. It went up against a Trainer's {{p|Ledian}}.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

|desc=When starting their assault on [[Mount Quena]] in ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]'', Team Rocket used a special paralyzing ray cannon to paralyze {{OBP|Mewtwo|M01}}'s cloned {{p|Blastoise}}, {{p|Gyarados}}, {{p|Wigglytuff}}, {{p|Ninetales}}, {{p|Vaporeon}}, {{p|Dewgong}}, {{p|Golduck}}, {{p|Hitmonlee}}, and {{p|Pidgeot}}, which had come forth to face the Team Rocket assault, and then caught them with special "[[Poké Ball#In the anime|Team Rocket Balls]]" dropped from a [[Team Rocket airship]]. They were soon released when Mewtwo used its {{t|Psychic}} powers to destroy the Poké Balls that were confining the clones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

|desc={{p|Cubone}} were used as reinforcements. They tried to attack Gold.

 

 

|epname=Piloswine Whine

|desc={{p|Drowzee}} were used as reinforcements. They tried to attack Gold.