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'''Villainous teams''', also officially referred to as '''villainous organizations''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|悪|あく}}の{{tt|組織|きそしき}}''' ''villainous organizations'') or '''sinister organizations''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|敵組織|てきそしき}}''' ''villainous organizations''; officially ''secret teams''), are {{wp|organized crime}} groups which serve as the main antagonists in the storylines of [[Pokémon games]]. Whatever their goals in their respective games, one thing they all have in common is that they plan on achieving their results through the misuse of {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. Their names generally follow the pattern '''Team ~''' (Japanese: '''{{j|～団}}''' ''-dan'').

Team Rocket has appeared in almost every episode since [[EP002|the second]], usually as the bumbling trio [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}}, though at times {{an|Giovanni}} as well as other members, such as [[Butch]] and [[Cassidy]], have appeared. Giovanni made separate attempts to take over [[Kanto]] and [[Unova]], failing both times.

Team Skull debuted in ''[[SM001|Alola to New Adventure!]]'', where three of their grunts, [[Tupp]], [[Zipp]], and [[Rapp]], challenged [[Kiawe]] to a Pokémon battle, threatening to steal his {{p|Charizard}}. {{Ash}} and {{an|Kiawe}} teamed up to defeat the grunts, with Kiawe defeating all of the grunts' Pokémon with his {{TP|Kiawe|Turtonator}}'s Z-Move. Since then, they have made semi-regular appearances in ''[[Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon]]'', especially Tupp, Zipp, and Rapp.