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Rocket Timeline

PM002 - We meet the TRio who are wanted by the police. They come across Satoshi’s Pikachu and discover he’s a very special Pokemon, worthy of being captured.

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PM009 - Musashi and Kojiro applied to a Pokemon school, but didn’t pass the entrance exam.

Later episodes seemingly contradict this as they apparently first met as Rocket cadets.

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PM015 - We meet Sakaki, the TRio’s boss, Persian, Sakaki’s new favorite cat who Nyasu has a rivalry with to this day, and the Koiking Salesman. A man who consistently fools the TRio into buying worthless mon.

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PM017 - Musashi reveals she got Arbo as a summer present, and Kojiro reveals he got Dogas as a winter gift.

I’m sure Nyasu and his one attack was thankful when this happened.

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PM031 - Musashi and Kojiro’s love for their mons, Arbo and Dogas, cause them to evolve into Arbok and Matadogas! 🎊

Sadly, this is the only time a Pokemon owned by Kojiro has evolved under his care.

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PM036 - Musashi and Kojiro were in a bike gang together as "Chain Musashi" and “Training Wheels Kojiro". Much like the school episode, later episodes contradict this past event.

Only Kojiro could make an adult using training wheels look cool. 😎

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PM050 - We find out Kojiro grew up as a rich little boy with a Guardie. He ran away from home because he was engaged to an annoying girl name Rumika who happens to look just like Musashi! (His mom looks pretty similar as well!)

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PM054 - Musashi catches her first mon, a Beroringa. We also get a hint she grew up poor.

Sadly, the anime has never mentioned her mother used to be a Rocket agent and died going after Mew. Does Musashi even know this?

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PM059 - We meet Yamato and Kosaburo, two Rocket agents who are more favored with Sakaki, and become Musashi and Kojiro’s rivals.

Yamato already knowing Musashi is thankfully NOT contradicted in future episodes!

Also, Kojiro is revealed to own an Utsubot that has just evolved!

PM072 - We learn Nyasu was abandoned as a kitten, and enamored with the idea of Hollywood, goes there and falls in love with a Nyasu named Madonnya. He learns to walk and talk for her, but she calls him a freak! Nyasu then leaves and joins Team Rocket.

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PM084 - Sakaki send the TRio to the Orange Islands leading the airship division, because he doesn’t care if the blimp they’re on crashes!

Will the series end without the TRio ever learning how much he doesn’t care about them?

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PM088 - After Yamato and Kosaburo hypnotize all of Musashi and Kojiro’s Pokemon, they team up with the Twerps to get them back.

I always wondered if the anime would end with this end of plot, but it feels very unlikely now. 🫤

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PM098 - Nyasu lands on an island where he’s worshiped, and reveals he can’t learn Pay Day because he learned to talk instead. Musashi and Kojiro help him out when the islanders expect him to use the move. When Nyasu realizes this, he goes back to his friends. ❤️

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PM119 - Their time in the Orange Islands done, Rockets follow Satoshi and Pikachu to Jouto.

They meet Waninoko, who unfortunately doesn’t take a liking to them...

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PM126 - A rich lady’s Bulu becomes enamored with Nyasu’s tail and begins following the TRio around, much to Nyasu’s dismay!

Eventually in PM177 it evolves and goes back to its owner.

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PM131 - Musashi tells the story of going to nursing school, but it was for actual Luckys! She befriended one and helped it, but sadly Musashi failed and left. Lucky split her pendant in half so they’d always remember each other. ❤️

This episode was later referenced during DP038.

PM148 - A boy named Teru is looking for someone who will trade for his Sonansu. Musashi accidentally gets knocked into the trade machine and trades her Beroringa for it! She isn’t impressed at first but soon changes her tune.

Also, Kasumi has no taste.

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PM233 - The TRio find out that, partly due to all their debt, they’re no longer members of Team Rocket! Thankfully they get their jobs back, but now Delibird will follow them around to collect on all the money they still owe.

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PM263 - The TRio run into the Koiking Salesman who wants to trade Kojiro’s Utsubot for an Utsudon that knows Sweet Sent. Soon it also evolves into an Utsubot, but takes too much of a liking to Musashi! She sends it away where it finds Kojiro’s first Utsubot and they fall in love!

PM276/AG001 - The TRio end up on the same ship as Satoshi that’s heading to the Houen region. When Musashi this, she implies she's been there before!

Kojiro and Nyasu are just as confused as the rest of us, because this is never followed up on!

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AG006 - In order to protect their pre-evolutions, Musashi and Kojiro release their original mons in a heartbreaking battle with a Pokemon Hunter. 😭

On a happier note, Kojiro catches a new friend, Sabonea.

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AG008 - After seeing how strong Habunake is, Musashi wants it for herself, but it doesn’t make it easy on her! However, once it cuts off her hair she decides to take it down herself! Kojiro and Nyasu have to remind her she’s trying to CATCH it!

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AG013 - Musashi finds out her Contest Pass has expired! Kojiro asks what we’re all thinking of when she got it, but she wont say! More foreshadowing that goes nowhere. ☹️

To say her first performance doesn’t go well would be an understatement, as her score is 0.

AG014 - Haruka and Musashi are both after a Kemusso. Haruka catches it, and Rockets try and fail to steal it. But after they blast off another one appears and Musashi catches it! A rivalry between Haruka and Musashi begins!

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AG028 - After Haruka’s Kemusso reaches its final evolution, Musashi can’t wait for hers to the same! However Kojiro and Nyasu realize Musashi’s will have a different evolution. But when it evolves into a Dokucale, Musashi thinks it’s the cutest!

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HS12 - We see how the TRio first met. While some things like Musashi and Yamato knowing each other are the same, others things contradict earlier episodes such as Musashi and Kojiro just meeting, and Sakaki already owning Persian.

We also get a fun Rocketshipping treat. 😏

AG084 - Kojiro tells the story of being enchanted by Chirin as a child, but by the time he was able to go buy it, the carnival it was at was already gone! After getting fooled by the Koiking Salesman, he’s able to get a Chirin for real!

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AG133 - Rockets head back to Kanto. And after 399 episodes, (would’ve been 400 if "Shaking Island Battle! Dojoach VS Namazun!!" hadn’t been banned) they finally get a new motto!

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AG148 - Chirin becomes ill. Thankfully they’re near one of the many homes Kojiro’s family owns. The caretakers agree to take care of Chirin, while the Manene that lives there wants to go with Kojiro!

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DP001 - Rockets follow Pikachu to Shinou and successfully capture him! Unfortunately Musashi and Nyasu end up fighting which causes Sonansu to use Counter, causing the balloon to explode and Pikachu flies off!

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DP002 - Rockets find Kojiro’s summer home and he reunites with Muskippa! Unfortunately the butler calls Kojiro’s parents and Rumika, so they must leave. They call Sakaki to inform him where they are, but he no longer rememberers them! To be fair, he does have a new VA. 😅

DP011 - Musashi participates in her first Sinnou Contest! The crowd loves her and she advances to the next round! This type of physical performance would set the tone for all of her performances this series.

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DP022 - Borrowing Aipom, Musashi takes on Hikari in an unofficial Contest, and wins! This win would foreshadow that Musashi would finally be taken seriously as a Coordinator! Her career only goes up from here!

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DP054 - Sabonea is trying to learn Drain Punch, but no matter how hard Kojiro tries, he just can’t get his Pokemon to perfect the move. Sadly, he agrees the best place for Sabonea is to train with the Gym Leader Natane. 😭

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DP061 - With Hikari not passing the appeals round, Musashi takes on Kengo in the finals and FINALLY wins her first ribbon! 🥳

Funnily enough, she assumed Kojiro and Nyasu cheated so she could win, but she did it all on her own! ❤️

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DP065 - The TRio run into Yamato and Kosaburo for the final time as Rocket agents. They battle each other but it ends as a draw as they all get blasted off.

Presumably this final embarrassment is what made Yamato and Kosaburo quit Team Rocket.

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DP073 - Musashi’s Dokucale meets a shiny one and falls in love. This takes Musashi back to her childhood where she never followed a boy she loved and regretted it. Musashi then smashes Dokucale’s monster ball so she can go be with her love. 😭

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DP080 - Musashi catches a Yanma before another trainer can and sends to Sakaki. However after analyzing it he doesn’t want it so he sends it back to Musashi, where it soon evolves into a Megayanma!

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DP102 - While Satoshi is off at a gym battle, Musashi participates in a Contest in a nearby town. Her newest Pokemon puts on a dazzling show that wows everyone, as Musashi wins her second ribbon!

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DP146 - With Musashi sick, Kojiro has no choice but to be Candy Musalina at the next Contest. He ends up having a good time (and the ramen performance is a tribute to DP117!) and wins Musashi her third ribbon (as well as cures her cold!), which Musashi nicknames "ribbon-chan”! ❤️

DP153 - Kojiro runs into Gar-chan and Rumika (sadly for what will most likely be the final time), and tells the full story of falling in love at first sight with Rumika as a child! Why his parents keep insisting he should stick to a marriage he wanted as a child, I don’t know.

DP167 - With the Twerps busy elsewhere, Musashi enters another Contest, this time with Habuanake! Musashi is fired up upon making the finals and wins her 4th ribbon! And to top it all off, Hikari’s mom compliments her performance!

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DP171 - Musashi enters the next Contest, but unfortunately a Princess impersonating Hikari wins. She gives the ribbon to Musashi, but Musashi doesn’t want a pity ribbon! Thankfully Kojiro and Nyasu convince her to keep it. Musashi is now Grand Festival bound! 🥳

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DP176 - After wowing everyone in the performance round, Musashi wins her first few battles in the Grand Festival, making Top 4, before falling to Hikari.

Considering how her Contest career was treated like a joke in AG, I couldn’t be more proud of how far she's come in DP. ❤️

DP177 - Upset Hikari lost, Musashi decides to give up Contests for good and refocus on Team Rocket. This foreshadows their more serious role in BW.

Luckily this wouldn’t be her last time performing, as something new would come along in XY…

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DP191 - Delibird's last appearance in an episode. It wont be seen again until March 10th. Same for the four DP mons.

This is also Matori’s first apperance, as she gives the TRio a special mission in Isshu.

Sonansu wont appear in a regular episode again until the end of BW.

BW001 - Team Rocket becomes a more serious, militaristic organization. The TRio switch to black uniforms and become serious, boring characters, while Sakaki gets a new uniform.

Some things never change, as the TRio still try to capture Pikachu.

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BW002 - Kojiro requests their old Pokemon be sent over, but Matori states that would make them too conspicuous. (As if a talking Nyasu in Isshu isn’t…) Nyasu wonders if he’ll be fine, but nothing comes of it.

Because of this, Musashi catches a Koromori.

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BW016 - For the first time since the very first episode back in 1997, The TRio miss a non clip show episode. This sadly becomes the new normal.

On the left is the credits with the TRio, on the right is without them from BW016. Very empty looking... ☹️

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BW22/23 - The Meteonite buildup up ends up being for nothing due to the 3/11 earthquake. While the two part episode to wrap up this plot was initially delayed, it eventually became apperent the episodes would never air.

Here’s the long trailer that aired to hype the episodes up.

BW025 - With Sakaki busy Matori tells Rockets to act on their own. They switch back to white uniforms in response. Takeshi Shudo’s death was just 6 months prior to this episode. Could that have been the reason?

Also, Kojiro catches Desumasu. His voice may sound familiar… 🐻

Team Rocket’s Secret Empire was a real life radio show that the TRio performed entirely in character.

While it aired during BW, the TRio acted just like their old selves, providing a nice outlet to hear the characters as they should be during this boring series.

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To celebrate 15 years of Pokemon movies, the TRio hosted a special celebrating them, with Sonansu as a guest!

However at the end we got our first promo for episodes that may have been Team Rocket’s exit. Obviously this never happened, but it was nerve-racking at the time!

BW099 - After Rockets save Sakaki and the Meloetta plan fails, Rockets retreat from Isshu. The TRio take a break for 11 episodes, but they let viewers know they really would come back!

There was also a contest for which mon you’d like to see return. It’s no surprise who won. 😖

BW109 - It’s the suck up to Rocket fans episode! Not only are the TRio more like their older selves again, but they have two new more traditional Pokemon.

The Nyasu balloon is back, as is the old motto and normal blast offs. Team Rocket Forever plays and Junki Takegami wrote.

BW122/123 - Rockets and Twerps team up to take down Plasma, and Nyasu kicks butt! Musashi and Kojiro remind everyone who the true stars of this anime are.

After that they lie they took down Plasma on their own, Sakaki praises them and the TRio go back to their normal schemes. 🥳

BW142 - Rockets return to Kanto and Sonansu rejoins the team for good! Musashi and Kojiro give their Isshu mon to Sakaki, (who was clearly so unimpressed he put them in Musashi and Kojiro’s storage) and follow Satoshi to Kalos.

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XY003 - After squirting Rockets with ink, Sonansu tries and fails to battle against Maaiika. Kojiro distracts Maaiika with sandwiches, and is able to catch him!

Maaiika is welcomed break from affectionate Kojiro mon.

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XY011 - Musashi trips over a Bacheccha, throws a ball, and catches her!

Both XY mon were surprisingly easy to get.

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XY060 - Musashi enters her first Tripokalon! But even though her entry was clearly the best, she finished dead last! Kojiro, Nyasu, and Sonansu vow to help her become Queen!

The people of Kalos clearly have no taste.

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XY082 - A Bacheccha prince wants Musashi’s Bacheccha! Tempted by a Pokemon that can Mega Evolve she agrees, but when the prince doesn’t like Bacheccha now that she’s a Pumpjin, Musashi realizes how much she loves her Pokemon and trades it back. ❤️

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XY101 - Thanks to Nyasu and Sonansu’s baking skills, and Musashi’s typical physical performance routine, Musashi wins her first Princess Key!

Sadly, her other two wins were off screen. Odd considering Rockets appeared in 84.28% of XY episodes.

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XY107 - The TRio run into another Puni-chan, but also Flare! They try their best to keep their Puni-chan from Flare, but unfortunately don’t succeed. Sakaki then assigns them to catch Zygarde after the TRio report how powerful it is.

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XY113 - Musashi makes the semifinals of the Master Class, but unfortunately loses to Serena. To everyone’s surprise, Musashi takes the loss well and thanks her friends for getting her this far! 😭 Hooray for character development!

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XY Flare Finale Arc - Rockets risk their lives to report on the Flare attack of the city. Because of them, regular citizens are kept informed of how the battle went. They even help fight them off! So proud of their heroism. ❤️

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XY140 - Rockets make a fake video showing them defeating Zygarde, and thus Flare. Sakaki believes it, tells them good work, and to return to base.

Rockets celebrate, though if Maaiika and Pumpjin knew how long they’d be in storage I’m not sure they’d be so happy…

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SM003/004 - Rockets arrive in Alola. After meeting a Mimikkyu and finding out it hates Pikachu they team up with it, but then a Kiteruguma comes along and takes them!

Musashi fears they’ll be eaten and catches Mimikkyu, but it turns out Kiteruguma feeds THEM! 🐻

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SM012 - Kojiro is poisoned by a Hidoide, and seeing how he looks like her first love, Hidoide falls for him! Kojiro resists until he sees how strong in battle Hidoide is.

After Kiteruguma gives them more food, Rockets decide to make her den their base and Kojiro catches Hidoide!

SM025 - Kojiro explains how Z-Moves work, and creates a Z-Crystal Detecting Machine! Unfortunately they run into Skull during their hunt. The mons take on the totem mon and Mimikkyu defeats it! Nyasu is able to grab the crystal, and Rockets win the day!

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SM049 - Rockets make an impassioned speech about memories, refusing to take Lillie’s from her. They stand for righteous evil, not evil evil!

An important characteristic that sets them apart from other anime antagonists.

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SM073 - When Hidoide learns a dark move, Rockets are determined to get a Z-Ring! They manage to earn the Island King’s respect enough to do just that, and not only unleash Black Hole Eclipse, but earn a Mimikkyu-Z as well!

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SM075/SM076 - Rockets learn how to perform Mimikkyu's Z-Move (which thoroughly creeps them out) and later use Let’s Snuggle Forever against Pikachu, but the DEM rat learns Electroweb out of nowhere to protect himself. 😑

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SM096 - A Nuikoguma begins following Musashi. It turns out it’s been at Aether Paradise since it got stuck under a fallen tree. (See SM001) No matter what it wont let go of Musashi’s hair! Kiteruguma then shows up… and it’s revealed she’s Nuikoguma’s mom! 🐻

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Alola League - Musashi and Kojiro enter the Alola League, and end up fighting each other! Hidoide pulls off the win, and Kojiro then fights Gladio. While Kojiro doesn’t win, Musashi happily cheers him on and gives him a coffee to replenish himself.

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SM140 - When Rockets witness Kiteruguma sacrificing herself to save Nuikoguma, they are so moved that they abandon the master plan they had been working on for many episodes in order to save their mom.🐻❤️

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SM146 - Rockets are told to come back to Kanto. Before they leave Nyasu helps Mimikkyu get over its hatred of Pikachu, and Kojiro leaves Hidoide in charge, but he promises they’ll come back. Rockets then say goodbye to Kiteruguma, and she helps them get back to Kanto faster!

PM003- Rockets return to Kanto and report to Sakaki. He gives them a new gadget called the Gachat that lets Musashi and Kojiro use some of the many Pokemon he’s collected over the years. A Pelipper delivers it and becomes their new friend.

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PM017 - Rockets are revealed to have a secret base in Kanto. Look for the phone booth, enter Musashi and Kojiro’s numbers (634526), and you’re in! Not much space to sleep, but a very cool aesthetic regardless.

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PM028/70 - Morpeko starts harassing Rockets in PM028. Kojiro eventually catches it in PM070, then it disappears for awhile, then suddenly starts acting nice, and now it’s just kinda there? A very bizarre final catch all around.

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PM076 - Fulfilling their promise at the end of SM, Rockets reunite with their Alola family. ❤️

Hopefully Satoshi visits Alola again so Rockets can stop by. I’d love to see Hidoide’s reaction to Kojiro’s affectionate mon!

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PM095 - Rockets run into Yamato again and find out she and Kosaburo have quit Team Rocket! Kojiro decides to stay with her, then Nyasu decides to stay with a Nyasu that looks like his old crush that Kosaburo owns. However they all come back together in the end.

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PM106 - It’s Team Rocket’s 25th anniversary episode! It was supposed to air on the actual day, but a Serena episode was deemed more important. 😑

Thankfully the actual episode was amazing, as Rockets make a popular radio show! The VAs improvise many lines as well!

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PM133 - Team Rocket Expedition was a short series where Rockets promoted the new SV games by traveling through Paldea. It only covered the 3 starters and 2 legendaries, but they’re still the only characters in the old anime to have visited the region! Perhaps they’re there now?🤔

PM136 - Rockets inform Sakaki Pikachu is the strongest Pokemon in world, and they will be in Team Rocket forever until they catch it. We also get as much confirmation as we’ll ever get that Sonansu is indeed the 4th Member. 😖

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PM145/146 - Delibird delivers the HQ mon to Musashi and Kojiro. Now that they each have a full team, they do a final capture Pikachu operation! Unfortunately it fails and the TRio split. Individually they head to HQ...

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PM147 - After working at the Team Rocket cafeteria, the TRio reunite, happy they thought of capturing Pikachu at the same time. After performing an epic motto, Pikachu blasts the group off and they fly away, dedicated to their mission, happy and together. ❤️

The end! For now...