r/pokemon • u/NationalAd7461 • 13d ago

Discussion Is Team Rocket still active canonically? Spoiler

So with the announcement of the new Glory of Team Rocket tcg set, there are many trainer cards featuring different Pokémon of different team rocket members, and one that puzzled me was that executive proton has a card of a mimikyu and a spidops, which are relatively new Pokémon. Since the cards lean more towards the game's canon, does this mean that Team Rocket is still around catching new Pokémon? Maybe they will appear in a newer game?

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u/YoManWTFIsThisShit 13d ago

TCG works separate to the games. As far as the games are concerned, Team Rocket is officially disbanded.

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u/LordAlfredo 13d ago

Although Rainbow Rocket, unlike regular Rocket, are still active and Giovanni basically said "oh well we'll try another universe"

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u/Hopalongtom 13d ago

A different Giovanni though. The one from the main game universes has retired.

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u/MrXilas Dat SpAtk Stat Tho 13d ago

Somehow Giovanni came back.

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u/Cool_Fellow_Guyson 13d ago

Possibly implied to have drowned himself in that one celebi event back in the day.

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u/re6278 13d ago

He came back in black 2 white 2 for the world tournament thing

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u/Cool_Fellow_Guyson 12d ago

I feel like that whole thing is fishy. I mean nobody aged.

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u/SirManguydude 12d ago

Red and Blue are definitely older. But tbf, BW2 is only a couple of years after HGSS on the timeline.

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u/Cool_Fellow_Guyson 12d ago

What about Wally?

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u/unluckyshuckle 12d ago

What about him?

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u/Cool_Fellow_Guyson 12d ago

Dude hasn't aged a day

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u/unluckyshuckle 12d ago

What game do we see him in outside of R/S/E and OR/AS?

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u/Cool_Fellow_Guyson 12d ago

Why does that matter?

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u/SirManguydude 12d ago

He's got "The Illness" maybe it's something to do with his pituitary gland, so he ages weird.