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[[File:Ash and friends 1.jpg|thumb|Ash and his friends, who are commonly referred to by Team Rocket as "twerps".]]

'''Twerp''' is an insult commonly used by [[Team Rocket]], usually towards people they do not like. [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]] is usually the '''twerp''', (Japanese: '''じゃりボーイ''' ''jari-boy'') according to [[Jessie]], [[James]] and {{MTR}}. Collectively, Ash and {{Ashfr|his friends}} are the '''twerps''' (Japanese: '''じゃりの子''' ''jari-kids''; or more roughly, ''the brats'').  The term can be extended to virtually anyone who associates with Ash and isn't on Team Rocket's side.  They rarely refer to the twerps by their actual names. In fact, almost always, the only times when Team Rocket calls Ash and his friends by their real names is when they are in disguises or when Ash and Team Rocket are forced to work together. This seems to be more out of disrespect than because they don't remember the names of the twerps.

[[File:DP078.png|thumb|left|The "twerpettes".]]

When they want to refer to Ash individually, they will call him just "the twerp". However, if they want to refer to his friends individually, they will use a variation on this. For example, their nickname for {{an|Brock}} is "the big twerp" or "the tall twerp". Also, when referring to {{an|Misty}}, {{an|May}}, {{an|Dawn}} or {{an|Lyra}} they will sometimes refer to them as '''twerpette''' (Japanese: '''じゃりガール''' ''jari-girl''), the feminine version of "twerp" (though it should be noted that the term "twerpette" was not mentioned in the dub until the {{series|Advanced Generation}}). They also occasionally called [[Max]] the "Mini-Twerp". When May and Dawn first joined Ash on his journey, they were referred to as "the new twerp". When May returned in the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} she was referred to as the "[[Hoenn]] region twerpette". May was also referred to as "twerp with the bandanna" in ''[[AG150|May's Egg-Cellent Adventure]]''.

[[Paul]], due to his rude and uncaring personality, is called "the rude twerp", though they have called him "the tall twerp" a couple times, possibly a reference to the fact that all of Ash's rivals are taller than him. In ''[[DP079|Strategy with a Smile!]]'' Meowth refers to [[Zoey]] as "the red-haired twerp". {{an|Barry}} is known as the "fining twerp" because he usually mentions to fine a person. [[Kenny (Sinnoh)|Kenny]] is called "the contest twerp" in ''[[DP122|Stopped in the Name of Love!]]'' for being one of Dawn's rivals, In ''[[DP161|Yes in Dee Dee, it's Dawn]]'' Ursula is referred to as the "Twirly-haired Twerpette". In ''[[DP168|Keeping In Top Forme!]]'' Team Rocket calls Marley the "Sleepy Twerpette".