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{{Infobox Character General
|universe     = {{uv|Pokémon}}
|name         = Team Rocket
|image        = [[File:Team Rocket Grunt.png|240px]]
|caption      = [[File:PokemonSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]
Male (left) and female (right) Team Rocket Grunts as they appear in ''Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu!'' and ''Let's Go, Eevee!''.
|firstgame    = [[bulbapedia:Pokémon Red and Green Versions|''Pokémon Red'' and ''Green'']] (1996) {{Flag|Japan}}
|lastappearance= ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon GO}}'' (update, 2019)
|games        = ''[[Ultimate]]''
|console      = Game Boy
|species      = Human
|gender       = Varies
|placeoforigin= Kanto
|creator      = Ken Sugimori
|interwiki    = bulbapedia
|interwikiname= Bulbapedia
|interwikipage= Team Rocket Grunt (Trainer class)
}}
'''Team Rocket''' ({{ja|ロケット団|Roketto-dan}}, ''Rocket Gang'') is a {{s|bulbapedia|villainous team}} that debuted in the [[bulbapedia:Generation I|first generation]] of {{uv|Pokémon}}.

==Origin==
[[File:FireRed_LeafGreen_Team_Rocket_grunts.png|thumb|left|200px|Official artwork of female (left) and male (right) Team Rocket Grunts from ''Pokémon FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen''. This design is the first appearance of the modern Team Rocket uniform.]]
Team Rocket is a criminal organization led by {{s|bulbapedia|Giovanni}}. They operate in {{s|bulbapedia|Kanto}} and {{s|bulbapedia|Johto}}, focusing on [[List of Pokémon|Pokémon]] theft and experimentation for profit and world domination. The [[Pokémon Trainer|player character]] of the Kanto games encounters and battles [[bulbapedia:Team Rocket Grunt (Trainer class)|Team Rocket Grunts]], [[bulbapedia:Executive (Trainer class)|Executives]], and even Giovanni himself throughout their journey in locations such as {{s|bulbapedia|Mt. Moon}} and [[Saffron City]]. Giovanni disbands the team upon his final defeat in the [[bulbapedia:Viridian Gym|Viridian City Gym]], as he flees and begins a reclusive life, but its members continue to operate without him in Kanto's {{s|bulbapedia|Sevii Islands}}.

Following this, Team Rocket would later resurface in the Johto games. After failing to establish operations in {{s|bulbapedia|Azalea Town}} and {{s|bulbapedia|Mahogany Town}}, they attempt to convince Giovanni to rejoin the team by taking over the [[bulbapedia:Goldenrod Radio Tower|radio tower]] in {{s|bulbapedia|Goldenrod City}}, where they are permanently defeated and disbanded. As revealed in ''HeartGold'' and ''SoulSilver'', Giovanni receives the message, but does not respond due to interference from the player character (aided by a time-traveling [[Celebi]]). Even after this, one particular member continued to cause trouble in Kanto—namely by stealing the {{s|bulbapedia|Machine Part}} from the {{s|bulbapedia|Kanto Power Plant}}—as he was apparently unaware the team had dissolved.

Team Rocket is the first example of a {{s|bulbapedia|villainous team}} in the ''Pokémon'' series, adding a more in-depth plot in addition to the player's quest to catch every Pokémon and become the champion of the Pokémon League. Later games in the franchise introduce additional teams that feature a similar role in the storyline, such as {{s|bulbapedia|Team Galactic}} and {{s|bulbapedia|Team Flare}}. In the {{s|bulbapedia|Unova}} games, a member of {{s|bulbapedia|Team Plasma}} mentions Team Rocket as inspiration for their ambitions, implying that they are notorious within the setting of the series. <!--Do not add anything about Rainbow Rocket or the Team Rocket trio from the anime (Jessie, James, and Meowth). The Rainbow Rocket designs are in no way featured in Smash, while the anime Team Rocket trio is only indirectly mentioned via the Star KO bonus in Melee.-->
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==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''==
===As a costume===
[[File:Team Rocket Costume.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Team Rocket in ''Smash''.]]
Team Rocket appears as a {{SSBU|Mii Brawler}} [[Alternate costume (SSBU)/Mii Fighter|costume]] for ''Ultimate'' as part of the {{h2|Downloadable content (SSBU)|Round 3}} DLC, using the Team Rocket Grunt designs introduced in [[bulbapedia:Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|''Pokémon FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'']]. The specific [[Mii]]s used to showcase the costumes (a thin male with short brown hair and prominent cheekbones, and a female with orange bangs) resemble the Team Rocket Grunt models from [[bulbapedia:Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|''Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!'' and ''Let's Go, Eevee!'']].

Throughout the costume's reveal trailer, the Mii Fighters are seen using the [[Poké Ball]] item and [[Shot Put]], referencing the action of catching a Pokémon. {{SSBU|Pikachu}} and [[Eevee]] are seen together at one point to coincide with the Miis being based on the designs of the Team Rocket Grunts in ''Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!'' and ''Let's Go, Eevee!''. Later in the trailer, Shot Put is used against {{SSBU|Mewtwo}}, possibly as a reference to Giovanni’s creation of the Pokémon in ''[[bulbapedia:M01|Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''.
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==Trivia==
*The Team Rocket costume marks the first time a ''Pokémon'' character, human or otherwise, appears as a Mii costume.
*Although Team Rocket does not appear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', they are indirectly referenced by the Rocket KO [[List of bonuses|special bonus]], which is named after the {{s|bulbapedia|Team Rocket trio}} frequently "blasting off again" in a manner similar to a [[Star KO]].
**Similarly, in the [[Palutena's Guidance]] for [[Pokémon Trainer]], Pit calls him a "twerp", a nickname given to {{s|bulbapedia|Ash Ketchum}} and his friends by the Team Rocket trio. 
*The Team Rocket Costume was the first ''Ultimate'' Mii Fighter costume available for separate purchase to not be part of a third party property, before later being joined by [[Ninjara]] and the [[Squid Sisters]].
* The Team Rocket is one of the few instances other than the playable Pokémon Trainer, of a human character from the Pokémon series appearing in Smash. Others include the Professor Oak and Misty trophy in ''Melee'' and the Professor Sycamore and the Pokémon Trainer (Pokémon X & Y) trophy in ''Smash 4''.

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