Team Rainbow Rocket
- If you were looking for the character with the Trainer class "Team Rainbow Rocket", see Giovanni.
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Team Rainbow Rocket (Japanese: レインボーロケット団 Rainbow Rocket-dan, literally Rainbow Rocket Gang), also known as Team RR (Japanese: RR団 RR-dan, literally RR Gang), or just simply Team Rocket (Japanese: ロケット団 Rocket-dan, literally Rocket Gang), is a villainous team that appeared in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon's Episode RR story.
Team Rainbow Rocket is a restructured version of Team Rocket, which aims to conquer the multiverse instead of just taking over a single world. It is made up of various villainous team leaders from alternate universes.
In the core series games
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
Team Rainbow Rocket first appears during the Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon post-game when the organization takes over Festival Plaza and turns it into their virtual base. With the help of Sophocles, the player drives Team Rainbow Rocket out of the plaza. However, immediately afterwards, the organization takes over Aether Paradise with the help of Faba, who sides with Team Rainbow Rocket in an attempt to further his own career, transforming Lusamine's mansion into Team Rocket's Castle and taking the Aether Foundation president hostage. This starts Episode RR.
After defeating the traitorous Faba with the help of Lillie, the player starts infiltrating Team Rocket's Castle. During their infiltration, the player encounters villainous team leaders whom Team Rainbow Rocket has summoned from alternate worlds where they had succeeded in their respective goals via Ultra Wormholes. Each of these leaders wields a Legendary Pokémon they managed to catch while fulfilling their plans. The player battles and defeats these leaders one by one, each providing them with a method to continue further into the castle. Finally, the player comes face to face with Team Rainbow Rocket's leader, Giovanni, who reveals that Team Rainbow Rocket took over the Aether Foundation in order to access their research data and technology on other worlds, with the intention of building themselves an army of Ultra Beasts and conquering the multiverse. After the player beats Giovanni, he will accept his defeat and leave, allowing Colress to restore the mansion to its original state and also send everyone back to their original worlds. As punishment for his treachery, Faba is demoted to intern.
Afterwards, Giovanni is seen teleporting to another world, intending to continue his evil schemes in a different reality.
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In the spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
Giovanni appears as the leader of Team Rainbow Rocket in Pokémon Masters EX. During the Villain Arc, the organization serves to manipulate the other villainous teams for Team Rocket's benefit. Ultimately, other villainous organizations form an alliance to stop Giovanni's plans from succeeding.
Trivia
- Team Skull is the only core series villainous team introduced as of Generation VII to not be represented in Team Rainbow Rocket.
- Team Rainbow Rocket is the only post-game exclusive villainous team in the core series games.
- Giovanni's words when he departs the game's universe foreshadow Team Rocket's invasion of the real world in Pokémon GO.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | レインボーロケット団 Rainbow Rocket-dan | From rainbow and ロケット団 Rocket-dan (Team Rocket) |
| English, French German, Italian Spanish |
Team Rainbow Rocket | Same as Japanese name |
| Korean | 레인보우로켓단 Rainbow Rocket-dan | Same as Japanese name |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 彩虹火箭隊 / 彩虹火箭队 Cǎihóng Huǒjiàn Duì | From 彩虹 cǎihóng (rainbow) and 火箭隊 / 火箭队 Huǒjiàn Duì (Team Rocket) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 彩虹火箭隊 Chóihùhng Fójin Déui | From 彩虹 chóihùhng (rainbow) and 火箭隊 Fójin Déui (Team Rocket) |
| Czech | Team Rainbow Rocket Tým Rainbow Rocket |
Same as English name Literally "Team Rainbow Rocket" |
| Hindi | टीम रेनबो रॉकेट Team Rainbow Rocket | Transcription of English name |
| Hungarian | Team Rainbow Rocket Rainbow Rocket csapat Szivárvány Rakéta Csapat |
Same as English name Same as English name Literally "Team Rainbow Rocket" |
| Polish | Team Rainbow Rocket Drużyna Rainbow Rocket* |
Same as English name |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Equipe Rainbow Rocket | Same as Japanese name |
| European Portuguese | Equipa Rainbow Rocket* Team Rainbow Rocket* |
Same as Japanese name |
| Russian | Команда Радужная Ракета Komanda Raduzhnaya Raketa | Literally "Team Rainbow Rocket" |
Related articles
 Team Rainbow Rocket
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| Giovanni (Masters) | Maxie | Archie | Cyrus | Ghetsis | Lysandre |
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See also: Team Rocket • Team GO Rocket
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