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|desc={{p|Amoonguss}} appeared when it knocked out {{adv|Bianca}} in order for a Plasma grunt to take away her {{p|Litwick}}.
|desc={{p|Amoonguss}} appeared when it knocked out {{adv|Bianca}} in order for a Plasma grunt to take away her {{p|Litwick}}. In the [[ABW19|next chapter]], it was revealed that it put Bianca to sleep with its spores. {{adv|Black}} had a battle with it using his newly evolved [[Nite|Pignite]] at the time and defeated Amoonguss.
 
Amoonguss's only known move is {{m|Spore}}.}}
 
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|trainer=Plasma Grunt
|pkmn=Gothorita
|type1=Psychic
|img=TP Gothorita Adventures.png
|epnum=ABW20
|epname=At Liberty on Liberty Garden
|desc=Team Plasma has two {{p|Gothorita}}. They battled {{adv|Black}}'s [[Nite]], [[Musha]] and Tula as a way to occupy them so Team Plasma can get {{p|Victini}}. The Gothorita ended up being taken out by Black's Pokémon.
 
Gothorita's only known move is {{m|Psychic}}.}}
 
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Plasma Grunt
|pkmn=Gothitelle
|type1=Psychic
|img=TP Gothitelle Adventures.png
|epnum=ABW20
|epname=At Liberty on Liberty Garden
|desc=While Team Plasma were at Liberty Garden to catch {{p|Victini}}, one of the grunts had {{p|Gothitelle}} create a psychic force field to prevent anyone from leaving the island. Later, it hypnotized the people (except for Black, White and Team Plasma themselves) to drive them away. Afterwards, Gothitelle went after the Victini with [[Black (Adventures)#Brav|Black's Brav]] on the trail. Gothitelle was able to dodge most of Brav's attacks and severely hurt him after he stood in front of Victini to protect it. However, Gothitelle ended up getting hit by Brav when he recieved a power-up from Victini earlier and finishes Gothitelle off with {{m|Brave Bird}}, defeating it. With Gothitelle defeated, the psychic force field wears off and the hypnosis wears off as well. With everything back to normal, Team Plasma withdraw from Liberty Garden.
 
Gothitelle's known moves are {{m|Hypnosis}}, {{m|Teleport}} and {{m|Psychic}}.}}


None of Amoonguss's moves are known.}}
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Team Plasma Grunt
ギンガだんのしたっぱ Team Plasma Underling
Black White Team Plasma Grunts.png
Art from Black and White
Other names
Introduced in Generation V
Appears in Black and White
Gender Both
Counterpart {{{counterpart}}}
Notable members {{{members}}}
Anime debut
TCG debut [[(TCG)|]]
TCG card {{{card}}}
Manga debut An Odd Speech (Adventures)

A Team Plasma Grunt (Japanese: プラズマだんのしたっぱ Team Plasma Underling) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation V games. They are the grunts of Team Plasma. There are male and female versions and they all dress similarly to knights from the Middle Ages. Many of them use Patrat, Sandile, Scraggy, Purrloin, Trubbish along with their respective evolutions.

Team Plasma Grunts are hypocritical, as they fight for Pokémon liberation yet keep their own Pokémon to battle with, unlike N, who seems to catch nearby wild Pokémon for battle and release them after, as well as the Seven Sages, who refrain from battling and call upon Grunts instead. In fact: N, Ghetsis and Grunts, are the only Team Plasma members to even battle the player. Although they preach living in peace with Pokémon, some of them still abuse Pokémon, such as two grunts kicking a Munna for its Dream Mist. They also treat Pokémon as tools, such as when one grunt states that N's Castle was built by overworking the Pokémon they had captured.

Appearance

The uniforms of Team Plasma's Grunts appear to include armor or parts of clothing that merely look like armor. The black cords on the top front of their hoods either function to hold it together (a two-piece hood) or are simply an aesthetic addition.

Spr BW Plasma Grunt M.pngSpr BW Plasma Grunt F.png
Images from
Black and White

Pokémon

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Patrat
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Watchog
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Purrloin
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Liepard
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Sandile
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Krokorok
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Krookodile
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Scraggy
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Scrafty
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Trubbish
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Garbodor


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Two Team Plasma Grunts made their first appearance in An Odd Speech where they accidentally disturbed the camping site of Black and White while they were building a stage. After showing them that they have the proper permit to build the stage, Black and White apologize for sleeping there and move to another location to let them finish building.

Three female Plasma Grunts make an appearance at the Dreamyard in Battle at the Dreamyard where they capture Black's Munna, Musha. After tracking them down, Black faces the Grunts in battle and defeats them, retrieving his Musha in the process.

The same three Grunts return in The Mystery of the Missing Fossil where they steal the Template:Type2 Fossil held in the Nacrene Museum. Using a Cofagrigus to manipulate the skeleton, they were able to make it walk around as if it was alive. They were stopped by Black and the Gym Leader Burgh when they defeated the Cofagrigus.

Pokémon

Timburr (multiple)

These Timburr were used to build a stage for an upcoming speech in Accumula Town. Mistaking them for attackers, Black stopped one of them but apologized once he realized his mistake.

None of their moves are known.

Watchog

Watchog was used to attack Black so the three Grunts could steal his Musha. Because Black only saw its striped pattern when he was attacked, he mistook the pattern as the face of a much larger Pokémon. Later, Watchog battled Black again but was defeated when Black exposed its true form which allowed him to know where to attack.

None of Watchog's moves are known.

Cofagrigus

Cofagrigus was used to manipulate the Template:Type2 Fossil to make it appear to move. It was eventually found out by Black and was defeated with the help of Burgh.

None of its moves are known.

Amoonguss

Amoonguss appeared when it knocked out Bianca in order for a Plasma grunt to take away her Litwick. In the next chapter, it was revealed that it put Bianca to sleep with its spores. Black had a battle with it using his newly evolved Pignite at the time and defeated Amoonguss.

Amoonguss's only known move is Spore.

Gothorita

Team Plasma has two Gothorita. They battled Black's Nite, Musha and Tula as a way to occupy them so Team Plasma can get Victini. The Gothorita ended up being taken out by Black's Pokémon.

Gothorita's only known move is Psychic.

Gothitelle

While Team Plasma were at Liberty Garden to catch Victini, one of the grunts had Gothitelle create a psychic force field to prevent anyone from leaving the island. Later, it hypnotized the people (except for Black, White and Team Plasma themselves) to drive them away. Afterwards, Gothitelle went after the Victini with Black's Brav on the trail. Gothitelle was able to dodge most of Brav's attacks and severely hurt him after he stood in front of Victini to protect it. However, Gothitelle ended up getting hit by Brav when he recieved a power-up from Victini earlier and finishes Gothitelle off with Brave Bird, defeating it. With Gothitelle defeated, the psychic force field wears off and the hypnosis wears off as well. With everything back to normal, Team Plasma withdraw from Liberty Garden.

Gothitelle's known moves are Hypnosis, Teleport and Psychic.


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