What is Team Rocket?
{{nihongo|'''Team Rocket'''|[[:ja:ロケット団 (ポケットモンスター)|ロケット団]]|Roketto-dan|Rocket Gang|lead=yes}} is a group of villains in the ''[[Pokémon]]'' series. They are known for being troublemakers in both the video games and the TV show. Team Rocket is one of the main enemies in the first ''Pokémon'' games ([[Pokémon Red and Blue|''Red'', ''Green'', and ''Blue'']]) and appear in almost every generation of ''Pokémon'' games. In the [[Pokémon (TV series)|''Pokémon'' anime]], they are best known as the trio '''Jessie, James, and [[Meowth]]'''. This trio is funny and always fails to catch Pokémon, even though they use fancy [[mecha]] and wild schemes. ===Role in Video Games=== In the video games, Team Rocket is a dangerous crime group. They steal and hurt Pokémon to make money. The games present Team Rocket [[breaking and entering]], harming a mother [[Marowak]], and chopping off the tails of [[List of generation I Pokémon#Slowpoke|Slowpoke]] to sell on the black market.<ref name=IGN2012>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/12/12/pokemon-report-pokemafia|work=[[IGN]]|title=Pokemon Report: Pokemafia|last=Devries|first=Jack|date=2012-06-14|access-date=2023-05-03|archive-date=2023-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503140959/https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/12/12/pokemon-report-pokemafia|url-status=live}}</ref> In ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver|Gold'' and ''Silver'']]'', after the events of ''[[Pokémon Red and Green|Red'' and ''Blue'']]'', their leader [[Giovanni (Pokémon)|Giovanni]] disappears and Team Rocket breaks apart. Giovanni later reappears in the 2009 remakes ''[[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver|HeartGold'' and ''SoulSilver'']]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://diehardgamefan.com/2010/03/18/pokemon-heart-gold-and-soul-silver-the-return-of-giovanni-and-celebi/|work=[[Diehard GameFan]]|title=Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver – The Return of Giovanni and Celebi!|last=Lucard|first=Alex|date=2010-03-18|access-date=2023-05-03|archive-date=2023-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503140914/h