Team Rocket mottos: Difference between revisions

[[File:Team Rocket motto.png|thumb|300px|right|At the end of a motto in the XY series]]

In this episode Jessie and James approach "the [[twerp]]s" disguised as food researchers giving out free milk in order to entrap Ash and his Pokémon.

:'''James:''' To watch this surface, the mind boggles!

:'''Jessie:''' Team Rocket blasts off doing the thing we do best!

:'''Jessie:''' To denounce the evils of sleepy waits!

:'''Jessie:''' Those noddy glasses, are a complete waste!

:'''Meowth:''' That's no fool, yeah!

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During the {{Gdis|Battle Frontier|III}} saga, Jessie, James, and Meowth changed their motto. This motto was used from ''[[AG132|The Scheme Team]]'' to ''[[DP002|Two Degrees of Separation!]]''.

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| '''ムサシ:''' {{tt|なんだかんだと声がする|Nanda kanda to koe ga suru}} || '''''Musashi:''' There is a voice saying something.'' || '''Jessie:''' Prepare for trouble from the skies!

:'''Jessie:''' Listen, is that a [[twerp]]ish voice I hear?

:'''Jessie:''' Listen, is that the voice of [[twerp]]ly gloom?

:'''Jessie:''' Listen, is that a [[twerp]] calling out to implore?

:'''James:''' Especially when dealing with [[twerp]]ish youth

:'''Jessie:''' Is that a sound of a obsolete twerp I hear?

:'''James:'''  Your expiration date's passed, my dear

:'''James:''' Past the star!

:'''Meowth:''' In your ears!

:'''Jessie:''' Bringing twerp-laden chaos at a break neck pace.

:'''James:''' Dashing twerp-ting hope and putting fear in place.

:'''James:''' When everything's worse, our work's complete.

:'''James:''' And it's James!

:'''James:''' But our drafting to the modern technology today is a necessary fact!

:'''Jessie:''' The wind!

:'''Meowth:''' Dig a trap!

:'''Jessie:''' Bringing chaos with a breakneck pace!

:'''James:''' Dashing hope putting fear in its place!

:'''James:''' Trespassing through our hole I fear.

:'''James:''' You've gotta think Team Rocket!

Team Rocket attacks the [[twerp]]s in a new machine shaped like a bowl of ramen noodles.

:'''All:''' If we grate!

In many occasions, because Jessie or James weren't around, Meowth would fill the missing member lines. This first happened in ''[[EP110|The Stun Spore Detour]]'', in which Meowth and James were following Misty to get some [[Salveyo Weed]] to heal Jessie from an attack by a wild {{p|Vileplume}}'s {{m|Stun Spore}}. It happened again in ''[[AG048|ZigZag Zangoose!]]'', in which Jessie was training Seviper, and James, Meowth and Wobbuffet tried to steal [[Ash's Pikachu]]. Later, in ''[[AG080|That's Just Swellow]]'', Jessie and Meowth tried to steal the losing flying Pokémon almost at the end of the Contest, and because James was still participating on it, Meowth and Jessie said the motto all by themselves. In ''[[AG143|The Saffron Con]]'', meanwhile Jessie was at an operation room, Meowth and James tried to steal some Pokémon. When Ash and his friend saw them, they said a special motto. Also, in ''[[AG159|Off the Unbeaten Path]]'', while James was participating in the [[Pokémon Orienteering]] Contest, Jessie and Meowth tried to steal the prize and some Pokémon. When they were spotted by {{ashfr}}, they said their motto. Meanwhile, they were saying that, Ash and his friends saved the Pokémon and the prize, leaving Jessie and Meowth really angry. In ''[[XY049|Bonnie for the Defense!]]'', Jessie and Meowth said the motto together, surprising Ash and his friends while they were escorting a lost {{p|Lapras}} back to the ocean. James's absence was later explained by him being waiting further ahead, ready to catch the group off-guard in case they got away.

Sometimes, when Team Rocket blasts off, they shout something other than "We're blasting off again!", such as in ''[[BW139|Team Rocket's Shocking Recruit!]]'' when instead they shouted "We're blasting off family style!", or ''[[XY026|A Battle by Any Other Name!]]'', where they shouted "There's nothing sweet about blasting off! '''''AND WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN!!!'''''". There are also occasions where they do not blast off per se, but they disappear with the trademark twinkle by other means such as running away. In some very rare instances, they blast off without a twinkle, as seen in [[EP002|their debut]], ''[[BW127|The Island of Illusions!]]'' where they fell into the sea instead, ''[[EP097|Tracey Gets Bugged]]'', where they get their hair and fur cut short by a Scyther, or ''[[XY027|To Find a Fairy Flower!]]'', where they were hypnotized by a [[Flabébé]] into thinking that they were relaxed.

* The {{DL|Team Rocket mottos|Battle Frontier|motto used during the Battle Frontier}} is rather unique since it was said [[AG132|once]] during the ''[[S08|Pokémon: Advanced Battle]]'' season, and [[DP002|once]] during the ''[[S10|Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl]]'' season.