"Prepare for trouble! And make it double~ To protect the world from devastation To unite all peoples within our nation To denounce the evils of truth and love To extend our reach to the stars above Jessie... ...James Team Rock blast off at the speed of light! Surrender now, or prepare to fight! MEOWTH, THAT'S RIGHT!"
Seriously, how could I not have this kind of countdown without including Team Rocket, specifically for the placement of the unlucky number itself. Sure, teams have come and gone per installment of the Pokemon series, but to me Team Rocket will always be the ones that mattered. Not only were they the only reasons to ever be invested in the anime series, but in the games themselves Team Rocket was the only team that seemed to fully understand what they were doing. They were the mafia that realized they could utilize all these insane, highly destructive animals to get whatever they wanted. It was pure and simple and basically what would happen if Pokemon were real. They provided the villain basis for the series in a very easy and specifically, iconic way, the others... not so much.
Besides having muddled or odd and inexplicable goals, none of them really had a grasping look. Not to the same level that is. I mean what, Team Magma and Team Aqua? Respectively one wants to rid the world of water, and the other wants to rid the world of land? Besides that being impossible it would also you know... wipe out all life including their own. Team Galactic I can't even recall much of anything about, and while I truly respect the not-so-subtle jab at PETA with Team Platinum, they just didn't have the same appeal that Rocket did. Then there's Team Flare who... just good lord they had NO idea what they were trying to do. To the point I almost felt sorry for them, and yet somehow their leader is the most accomplished of all of the teams just mentioned.
But I'm getting away from the point, Team Rocket is one of the first things that come to mind when adding darker elements into Pokemon. Fantasy elements of ghosts and curses are all good and spoopy, but when you add in the very real act of organized crime into a children's game series... the whole thing just becomes a little more real and innocence ends forever. Of course, while this submission is meant to focus on the team in it's entirety I couldn't not have it represented by the beloved foils that are Jessie and James (and Meowth) I didn't want to have to many non-Pokemon entries here so I used their best known Pokemon to hide the fact. I mean, it helps that Poison-types are also pretty nasty and creepy but... we all know who we're really here for!
In my opinion I can kind of agree with Team Flare, they were the only thing I actually hated about Pok'emon X and Y well that and the fact that fairy types existed which means jiggly puff can now beat DragonKnight easy simply due to type advantage but I've already gotten use to it being there.
On track: the only redeeming thing about them was their leader who was actually a fairly interesting character,. and I can agree with Team Magma and Aqua's ambitions even though...ya know..? they kinda figured that out after releasing their supposed legendary. lol.
Team Rocket will always be my fave badguys even if their goals are simply compared to most teams they are at least more obtainable and not quite as backlashy lol
In my opinion I can kind of agree with Team Flare, they were the only thing I actually hated about P
