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Throughout the [[Pokémon anime]], a Trainer releases a Pokémon for several reasons. The Trainer may see it as weak, as [[Damian]] did with {{AP|Charmander|Charizard}} and [[Paul]] with {{AP|Chimchar}}. The Pokémon may have to do something that requires it to leave (such as {{Ash}} and his {{AP|Butterfree}}). Another common reason is that the Pokémon does not listen, frustrating the Trainer, much like when Dawn caught Pachirisu. To guarantee release, some Trainers destroy the [[Poké Ball]], as seen with [[Jessie]] and her {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}}.

Team Plasma's ultimate goal has been to convince Trainers to release their Pokémon. In {{game|Black and White|s}}, it is revealed that their leader, [[Ghetsis]], wanted to make himself the only Trainer to own Pokémon in Unova, making him the regions leader almost by default. [[N]], Team Plasma's king, appears frequently to the [[player character|player]] to battle him or her and convince them to release their Pokémon. Each time, he appears with a different team.  

Although there were apparently no instances of anyone releasing their Pokémon in the games, several Trainers are seen releasing their Pokémon whenever Team Plasma holds a speech in the manga. {{adv|Black}} himself owns a Pokémon previously owned by another unseen person ({{p|Galvantula}}), and now uses on his team after he decided to keep it after Team Plasma's first seen speech and it agreed to be with him. {{adv|White}} herself also released her company's {{p|Tepig}}, [[Gigi]], although this was against her own will, as it was technically Gigi who left White after it learned about its battle capabilities.