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{{samename|exploration team in the Mystery Dungeon series|Team Skull (Mystery Dungeon)}}
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{{Team Infobox
|teamname=Team Skull
|jpteamname=スカル団
|tmteamname=Team Skull
|logo=Skull-Logo.png
|image=Sun Moon Team Skull Grunt.png
|size=300px
|caption=Artwork of Team Skull Grunts from {{pkmn|Sun and Moon}}
|leader=[[Guzma]]
|region=[[Alola]]
|admins=[[Plumeria]]
|targets= [[Berry fields (Alola)|Berry fields]], [[Verdant Cavern]], [[Diglett's Tunnel]], [[Aether House]]
|hideout=[[Shady House]]
|epnum=SM001
|epname=Alola to New Adventure!
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|border color={{black color dark}}
|background color={{white color dark}}
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'''Team Skull''' (Japanese: '''{{j|スカル{{tt|団|だん}}}}''' ''Skull-dan'', literally ''Skull Gang'') is the [[Villainous teams|villainous team]] in the [[Alola]] region.

==In the games==
===In Pokémon Sun and Moon===
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Team Skull appears in {{pkmn|Sun and Moon}}. As revealed by some of their members, Team Skull is composed of misfits who failed the [[Island challenge]]. They steal Pokémon from people, but unlike previous villainous teams, they do not have a specific goal other than to cause trouble.

Team Skull originated from a group that coalesced around one of Alola's kahunas. This group provoked the wrath of the four island deities and was struck down. The survivors became the first members of Team Skull. At some point, Team Skull took over [[Po Town]] on [[Ula'ula Island]], driving away the original residents.

After [[Guzma]] is rescued from [[Ultra Space]] by the player, he disbands Team Skull and its members go their separate ways. Guzma returns to his parents' house on [[Melemele Island]], while [[Plumeria]] takes up residence in a camper on {{rt|13|Alola}} and later challenges the Alola {{al|Pokémon League}}. One Grunt becomes an apprentice chef under [[Mallow]] in [[Konikoni City]], while two others in the Po Town Pokémon Center offer a Skull Tank for sale in order for them to make enough money to leave.

==In the anime==
[[File:Team_Skull_Bikes.png|thumb|250px|right|Team Skull's bikes, their main transportation in the {{pkmn| anime}}]]
Team Skull makes their first appearance in ''[[SM001|Alola to New Adventure!]]'', where three {{tc|Team Skull Grunt}}s were seen harassing [[Kiawe]] in front of the [[Pokémon School]]. Though the three Grunts outnumbered Kiawe and {{Ash}}, they emerged victorious though the combined efforts of [[Ash's Pikachu]] and Kiawe's {{p|Turtonator}}. More Grunts appeared in a flashback in [[SM005]], where they were harassing a {{TP|Lana|Popplio}} on the beach until [[Lana]] intervened by freezing them solid with her [[Poké Ride|Ride Pokémon]], {{p|Lapras}}.

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==In the manga==
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===

==In the TCG==

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==Names==
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{white color dark}}; border: 3px solid #{{black color dark}}"
! Language
! Name
! Origin
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Japanese
| スカル団 ''Team Skull''
| From ''{{wp|skull}}''
|- style="background:#FFF"
| English, French, German, Italian,<br>Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese
| Team Skull
| Same as Japanese name
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Korean
| 스컬단 ''Skull-dan''
| Same as Japanese name
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and Mainland China}})
| 骷髏隊 / 骷髅队 ''Kūlóu Duì''
| From 骷髏 / 骷髅 ''kūlóu'', skull
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
| 骷髏隊 ''Fūlòuh Déui''
| From 骷髏 ''fūlòuh'', skull
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Czech
| Tým Skull
| Same as Japanese name
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Hungarian
| Koponya Csapat
| From ''koponya'' (skull)
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Polish
| Zespół Skull
| Same as Japanese name
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Russian
| Команда Череп ''Komanda Cherep''
| From череп ''cherep'' (skull)
|}
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