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A '''Rocket Executive''' is a type of [[Pokémon trainer]] that first debuted in the [[Generation II]] games. They are the heads of [[Team Rocket]] after [[Giovanni]] abandons the organization.  There are two of them, a man and a woman. In the games, they are unnamed; however in the [[Pokémon Special]] manga, they are called [[Cart]] and [[Shum]]. In the games, the male disbands Team rocket after he is defeated for the final time.
{{move|Team Rocket Admin}}
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|jpname=ロケットだんかんぶ
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|jptranslit=Rocket-dan Kanbu
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|caption=Art from {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}
|altnames='''Rocket Executive'''<br>'''ロケットだんいんの かんぶ'''<br>''Team Rocket Executive Member''<br><small>(Generation II)</small><br>'''Team Rocket Admin'''<br>'''ロケットだんの かんぶ'''{{sup/3|FRLG}}<br>'''ロケットだんかんぶ'''{{sup/7|PE}}<br>''Team Rocket Executive''<br><small>(Generation III/VII)</small>
|intro=[[Generation II]]
|games={{3v2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}<br/>{{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}<br/>{{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}<br>[[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee!]]<br>{{pkmn|Stadium 2}}
|gender=Both
|members=[[Proton]], [[Petrel]], [[Ariana]], and [[Archer]]<br>[[Iron-Masked Marauder]] <small>({{pkmn|anime}})</small><br>[[Lt. Surge]], [[Koga]], [[Sabrina]], [[Carl]], and [[Sham]] <small>({{pkmn|Adventures}})</small><br>{{GnB|Grey}} <small>([[Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys|The Golden Boys]])</small>
|anime=''[[M04|Celebi: The Voice of the Forest]]''
|manga=[[JBA4]] <small>([[Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure|Jō's Big Adventure]])</small><br>''[[PS110|Piloswine Whine]]'' <small>({{pkmn|Adventures}})</small><br>''[[GB11|Gold and Black vs. Team Rocket]]'' <small>([[Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys|The Golden Boys]])</small>
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An '''Executive''' or '''Team Rocket Admin''' (Japanese: '''ロケットだんかんぶ''' ''Team Rocket Executive'') is a type of [[Pokémon Trainer]] that first debuted in the Generation II games.


They generally use a combination of {{t|Poison}}-[[type]] and {{t|Dark}}-type [[Pokémon]].
They are the highest-ranked members of [[Team Rocket]] after [[Giovanni]], and are the heads of Team Rocket after he abandons the organization. They tend to use a combination of {{t|Poison}}- and {{type|Dark}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}.


==Appearance==
==In the core series games==
{|
Executive members of Team Rocket have appeared in every game featuring the villainous team since [[Generation II]].
|+'''Rocket Executive Sprites'''
 
A Team Rocket member at this rank is referred to as either an '''Executive''' or '''Admin''' depending on the [[generation]].
{| class="roundtable" style="border: 3px solid #AAF; background: #DDF;"
! width="30px" | Gen
! Games
! English
! Japanese
|-
|style="color:#fff; background: #{{johto color}}; text-align:center"|'''{{color2|fff|Generation II|II}}'''
| {{gameabbrev2|GSC}}<br>{{gameabbrevss|Stad}}
| '''Rocket Executive'''
|'''ロケットだんいんの かんぶ'''
''Team Rocket Executive Member''
|-
|style="color:#fff; background: #{{hoenn color}}; text-align:center""|'''{{color2|fff|Generation III|III}}'''
| {{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}
| '''Team Rocket Admin'''
|'''ロケットだんの かんぶ'''
''Team Rocket Executive''
|-
|style="color:#fff; background: #{{sinnoh color}}; text-align:center""|'''{{color2|fff|Generation IV|IV}}'''
| {{gameabbrev4|HGSS}}
| '''Executive'''
|rowspan="2"|'''ロケットだんかんぶ'''
''Team Rocket Executive''
|-
|style="color:#fff; background: #{{alola color}}; text-align:center""|'''{{color2|fff|Generation VII|VII}}'''
| {{gameabbrev7|PE}}
| '''Team Rocket Admin'''
|}
 
Similar to {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s, these Trainers were initially not given unique names. Internally, their Trainer class is ''Rocket'' in Generation II, their name being simply ''Executive'', and ''Team Rocket'' in [[Generation III]], with their name being ''Admin''. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, they are given proper names, with ''Executive'' serving as their Trainer class instead. In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, [[Archer]] appears with the Trainer class ''Team Rocket Admin''. In all generations, the Trainer class does not include a gender symbol (♂/♀).
 
===Generation II===
[[File:Rocket Executive Sugimori.png|thumb|230px|Generation II art by [[Ken Sugimori]] for the {{Trading Card Game}}]]
In {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}, there are four male executives and one female executive (who is battled twice).<ref>The Executives are all unnamed, but the number of distinct Executives can be extrapolated from their parties and where they appear.</ref> They battle the player at [[Team Rocket HQ]] and [[Goldenrod Radio Tower]].
 
===Generation III===
In {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, two unnamed Team Rocket Admins appear in command of the [[Rocket Warehouse]]. They seem to be two of the same members who would head Team Rocket in Johto three years later ([[Ariana]] and [[Archer]], although they did not have names or distinct identities until Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver).
 
[[File:HGSS Rocket Executives.png|thumb|Petrel, Archer, Ariana, and Proton in the [[game intro]] of HeartGold and SoulSilver]]
In the Rocket Warehouse, the female Team Rocket Admin is battled before going into the male administrator's room. She objects that Team Rocket is disbanded, but after a battle, admits that it probably is and as a final act, turns off the floor so that the player can go back and heal. After defeating the male Team Rocket Admin, he sees the player's {{badge|Earth}} and realizes that the [[Viridian City]]-based Team Rocket has disbanded; he then tells the player that he will find [[Giovanni]] and revive Team Rocket.
 
The Team Rocket Admins are the same people as the Rocket executives in Generations {{gen|II}} and {{gen|IV}}, as hinted by the similarity in their teams and the male administrator's determination to revive Team Rocket after he is defeated, as well as the information given on the computer screen which the Rocket administrator was working on ("The influence of magnetic waves on Pokémon evolution"). This is linked to what happened in Generations II and IV, when Team Rocket used radio waves to evolve the {{p|Magikarp}} at [[Lake of Rage]].
 
===Generation IV===
In {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, there are four Executives each with distinct names and identities. Their names ([[Proton]], [[Petrel]], [[Ariana]], and [[Archer]]) refer to real-life rockets or missiles in all languages—much like [[Team Galactic]]'s {{tc|Commander}}s, who were named after {{wp|Astronomical object|celestial bodies}}.
 
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver adjusted the number of distinct Executives relative to Generation II: Proton takes the place of both a Grunt in [[Slowpoke Well]] and an Executive in the Radio Tower; and Petrel takes the place of both the Executive in Giovanni's office in the [[Team Rocket HQ]] and the Executive disguised as the [[Radio Director]]. In both cases, their parties in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver are a combination of the parties of the characters they replaced from Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal.
 
===Generation VII===
In [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]], Archer is the sole Admin of Team Rocket, being first encountered at the [[Team Rocket Hideout]] in [[Celadon City]]. He later leads the organization's takeover of the [[Silph Co.]] in [[Saffron City]] and fights the player and {{ga|Trace}} in an attempt to keep them from interfering. During the post-game, he meets the player at the hideout again, informing them of his plans to leave [[Kanto]] and someday restore Team Rocket, before leaving to do just that.
 
===Gallery===
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #666; font-size: 80%; color:#fff;"
|-
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Spr GS Rocket Grunt M.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Spr GS Rocket Executive M.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Spr GS Rocket Executive F.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Spr FRLG Team Rocket Grunt M.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Spr FRLG Team Rocket Grunt F.png]]
|-
| {{color2|fff|Proton}}'s {{tccolor|Team Rocket Grunt|fff|Grunt}} sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Generation II}}
| {{color2|fff|Proton}}, {{color2|fff|Petrel}}, and<br>{{color2|fff|Archer}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Generation II}}
| {{color2|fff|Ariana}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Generation II}}
| {{color2|fff|Archer}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
| {{color2|fff|Ariana}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
|-
| colspan="2" style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Rocket Grunt M II OD.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Rocket Grunt F II OD.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Team Rocket Grunt M III OD.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Team Rocket Grunt F III OD.png]]
|-
| colspan="2" | {{color2|fff|Proton}}, {{color2|fff|Petrel}}, and<br>{{color2|fff|Archer}}'s overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Generation II}}
| {{color2|fff|Ariana}}'s overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Generation II}}
| {{color2|fff|Archer}}'s overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
| {{color2|fff|Ariana}}'s overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
|-
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Spr HGSS Proton.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Spr HGSS Petrel.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Spr HGSS Ariana.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Spr HGSS Archer.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:VSArcher PE.png|100px]]
|-
| {{color2|fff|Proton}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
| {{color2|fff|Petrel}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
| {{color2|fff|Ariana}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
| {{color2|fff|Archer}}'s sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
| {{color2|fff|Archer}}'s VS model from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!}}
|-
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Proton OD.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Petrel OD.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Ariana OD.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Archer OD.png]]
| <!--style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:Archer OD PE.png|100px]]-->
|-
|-
| [[Image:GSC_Rocket_ExecutiveF.png|frame|Image from [[Pokémon Gold and Silver]]]] || [[Image:GSC_Rocket_ExecutiveM.png|frame|Image from Pokémon Gold and Silver]]
| {{color2|fff|Proton}}'s overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
| {{color2|fff|Petrel}}'s overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
| {{color2|fff|Ariana}}'s overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
| {{color2|fff|Archer}}'s overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
| <!--{{color2|fff|Archer}}'s overworld model from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!}}-->
|}
|}


[[Category:Trainer classes]]
==In the side series games==
===Pokémon Stadium 2===
In [[Pokémon Stadium 2]], two Executives, one male and one female, appear along with a pair of Rocket Grunts, interrupting the player's progress through the Johto [[Gym Leader Castle]] after the player has defeated [[Jasmine]]. Because their teams contain the distinctive Pokémon Vileplume and Houndoom, they appear to be inspired by two of the admins from {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}.
 
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #666; font-size: 80%; color:#fff;"
|-
| style="{{roundy|15px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:80px" | [[File:S2 Rocket Executive M.png]]
| style="{{roundy|15px}} border: 2px solid #c00; background: #ccc; width:120px" | [[File:S2 Rocket Executive F.png]][[File:S2 Rocket Executive F alt.png]]
|-
| Rocket Executive♂ portrait from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon Stadium 2|Stadium 2}}
| Rocket Executive♀ portraits from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon Stadium 2|Stadium 2}}
|}
 
==Trainer list==
===Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal===
{{trainerlist/h|3|gold|silver|crystal}}
{{trainerlist/e|1|Rocket Executive {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=2|1|1584|3|041|Zubat|22|109|Koffing|22|020|Raticate|24}}
{{trainerlist/e|2|Rocket [[Ariana|Executive]] {{female}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=2|1|1800|3|024|Arbok|23|044|Gloom|23|198|Murkrow|25}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=2|2|2304|3|024|Arbok|32|045|Vileplume|32|198|Murkrow|32}}
{{trainerlist/e|1|Rocket Executive {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=2|1|2160|6|109|Koffing|30|109|Koffing|30|109|Koffing|30|109|Koffing|30|110|Weezing|32|109|Koffing|30}}
{{trainerlist/e|1|Rocket Executive {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=2|1|2592|1|042|Golbat|36}}
{{trainerlist/e|1|Rocket Executive {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=2|1|2520|3|228|Houndour|33|109|Koffing|33|229|Houndoom|35}}
{{trainerlist/f|silver}}
 
===Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen===
{{trainerlist/h|2|firered|leafgreen}}
{{trainerlist/e|1|Team Rocket [[Ariana|Admin]] {{female}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=3|1|1728|3|089|Muk|53|024|Arbok|54|045|Vileplume|55}}
{{trainerlist/e|1|Team Rocket [[Archer|Admin]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=3|1|1760|3|042|Golbat|53|110|Weezing|54|229|Houndoom|55}}
{{trainerlist/f|leafgreen}}
 
===Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver===
{{trainerlist/h|2|heartgold|soulsilver}}
{{trainerlist/e|1|Executive [[Archer]]}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=4|1|3040|3|228|Houndour|35|109|Koffing|35|229|Houndoom|38}}
{{trainerlist/e|2|Executive [[Ariana]]}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=4|1|2960|3|024|Arbok|25|044|Gloom|25|198|Murkrow|27}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=4|2|2560|3|024|Arbok|32|045|Vileplume|32|198|Murkrow|32}}
{{trainerlist/e|2|Executive [[Petrel]]}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=4|1|880|3|041|Zubat|22|109|Koffing|22|020|Raticate|24}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=4|2|1200|6|109|Koffing|30|109|Koffing|30|109|Koffing|30|109|Koffing|30|110|Weezing|32|109|Koffing|30}}
{{trainerlist/e|2|Executive [[Proton]]}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=4|1|480|2|041|Zubat|8|109|Koffing|12}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=4|2|1320|2|042|Golbat|28|110|Weezing|33}}
{{trainerlist/f|soulsilver}}
 
===Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!===
{{trainerlist/h|2|Let's Go Pikachu|Let's Go Eevee}}
{{trainerlist/e|2|Team Rocket Admin [[Archer]]}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=PE|1|3,300|2|110|Weezing|33|042|Golbat|33}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=PE|2|4,652{{tt|*|Multi Battle with a Team Rocket Grunt}}|3|101|Electrode|37|042|Golbat|37|110|Weezing|37}}
{{trainerlist/f|Let's Go Eevee}}
 
===Pokémon Stadium 2===
{{Trainerlist/h|3|silver|gold|crystal|noprize=yes}}
{{Trainerlist/e|2|Rocket [[Ariana|Executive]] {{female}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=stad|1|----|6|215|Sneasel|50-100|089|Muk|50-100|108|Lickitung|50-100|045|Vileplume|50-100|020|Raticate|50-100|024|Arbok|50-100|noprize=yes}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=stad|2nd|----|6|045|Vileplume|50-100|024|Arbok|50-100|219|Magcargo|50-100|141|Kabutops|50-100|071|Victreebel|50-100|042|Golbat|50-100|noprize=yes}}
{{Trainerlist/e|2|Rocket [[Archer|Executive]] {{male}}}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=stad|1|----|6|229|Houndoom|50-100|042|Golbat|50-100|053|Persian|50-100|200|Misdreavus|50-100|071|Victreebel|50-100|202|Wobbuffet|50-100|noprize=yes}}
{{Trainerlist/b|game=stad|2nd|----|6|229|Houndoom|50-100|224|Octillery|50-100|202|Wobbuffet|50-100|097|Hypno|50-100|047|Parasect|50-100|248|Tyranitar|50-100|noprize=yes}}
{{Trainerlist/f|crystal}}
 
==In the anime==
[[File:Masked Marauder Dark Ball.png|thumb|250px|The Iron-Masked Marauder, a Team Rocket Executive in the {{pkmn|anime}}]]
===Main series===
The [[Iron-Masked Marauder]], the main antagonist of ''[[M04|Celebi: The Voice of the Forest]]'', is a Team Rocket Executive, known as the master of {{TCG|Dark Pokémon}} due to his signature [[Dark Ball]]s, which corrupt any Pokémon {{pkmn2|caught}} with them into mindless fighting machines. However, his Executive rank is only mentioned in the original Japanese version.
 
===Pokémon Generations===
[[Petrel]] was featured in ''[[PG04|The Lake of Rage]]'', where he confronted and was defeated by [[Lance]] during the latter's raid of the [[Team Rocket HQ]].
{{-}}
 
==In the manga==
[[File:Rocket Executives Adventures.png|200px|thumb|Team Rocket Executives in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]]
===Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure===
The four [[Generation IV]] Executives appear in the [[Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure]] manga, fulfilling similar roles as in the games.
 
===Pokémon Adventures===
===={{MangaArc|Red, Green & Blue}}====
Initially, [[Lt. Surge]], [[Koga]], and [[Sabrina]] were Team Rocket's commanders, having abandoned their respective [[Gym]]s to work for the evil organization instead.
 
===={{MangaArc|Yellow}}====
After witnessing a battle between {{adv|Yellow}} and [[Lance]] on [[Cerise Island]], {{adv|Giovanni}} realized that he still had a lot to learn and told his three commanders to return to their Gyms.
 
===={{MangaArc|Gold, Silver & Crystal}}====
Under the [[Masked Man]]'s leadership, [[Neo Team Rocket]]'s executives were [[Sham]] and [[Carl]], who were based on the [[Generation II]] Executive designs.
 
===={{MangaArc|HeartGold & SoulSilver}}====
In this arc, Archer, Ariana, Petrel, and Proton took over the organization from [[Carr]] and searched for {{adv|Arceus}} and its [[Plate]]s to accomplish their plan of making Giovanni return to Team Rocket's leadership.
 
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
{{OBP|Grey|Golden Boys}} from the [[Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys]] manga is based on the male Executive design. His role within the team is based on [[Archer]]'s.
{{-}}
 
==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Team Rocket Executives in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]].
 
{{cardlist/header|Related cards|Supporter|char=yes}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Neo Destiny|Team Rocket's Evil Deeds|103}}|type=Trainer|enset=Neo Destiny|enrarity=Uncommon|ennum=103/105|jpsetlink=Neo Destiny|jpset=Darkness, and to Light...|jprarity=Uncommon}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Undaunted|Team Rocket's Trickery|78}}|type=Supporter|enset=Undaunted|enrarity=Uncommon|ennum=78/90|jpsetlink=Undaunted|jpset=Reviving Legends|jprarity=Uncommon|jpnum=076/080|jpset2=Tyranitar Constructed Standard Deck|jpnum2=018/019}}
{{cardlist/footer|Supporter}}
 
==Trivia==
* Though Rocket Executives are members of Team Rocket, like {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt|Rocket Grunt}}s and {{tc|Scientist}}s, the background theme played when fighting them is the normal Trainer battle theme in {{3v|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}. This was rectified in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, where all members of Team Rocket-related Trainer classes play the Rocket battle theme.
* In merging multiple Executives together, {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} introduced a plot hole: [[Petrel]] is present in both the [[Goldenrod Radio Tower]] and the [[Team Rocket HQ]] at the same time. When the player first visits [[Goldenrod City]], a guard comments on the Director's changed nature:
:''"Sorry. Authorized personnel only beyond this point. It wasn’t that way before. There’s something wrong with the Director…"''
 
==In other languages==
{{langtable|color={{dark color light}}|bordercolor={{red color}}
|zh_yue=火箭隊幹部 ''{{tt|Fójin Déui Gonbouh|Team Rocket Executive}}''
|zh_cmn=火箭隊幹部 / 火箭队干部 ''{{tt|Huǒjiàn Duì Gànbù|Team Rocket Executive}}''
|fr=Admin Team Rocket{{sup/3|FRLG}}{{sup/7|PE}}<br>Commandant{{sup/4|HGSS}}<br>Caïd Rocket{{sup/2|GSC}}
|de=Rocket-Vorstand{{sup/7|PE}}<br>Vorstand{{sup/3|FRLG}}{{sup/4|HGSS}}<br>Rocket Vorstand{{sup/2|GSC}}
|it=Generale Team Rocket{{sup/7|PE}}<br>Generale Rocket{{sup/4|HGSS}}<br>Tenente, Team Rocket{{sup/3|FRLG}}<br>Generale,Rocket{{sup/2|GSC}}
|es=Comandante Rocket{{sup/7|PE}}<br>Ejecutivo{{sup/4|HGSS}}<br>Admin Team Rocket{{sup/3|FRLG}}<br>Ejecutivo Rocket{{sup/2|GSC}}
|ko=로켓단간부 ''{{tt|Rocket Dan Ganbu|Team Rocket Executive}}''
|pt=Executivo da Equipe Rocket
|vi=Chỉ huy của nhóm Rocket
}}
 
==References==
<references />
 
{{Team Rocket}}
{{TrainerNav|black|kanto=yes|sevii=yes|johto=yes}}
{{Project CharacterDex notice|tc}}
 
[[Category:Members of Team Rocket]]
[[Category:Pokémon Adventures characters]]
 
[[de:Rocket-Vorstand]]
[[fr:Commandant (Team Rocket)]]
[[it:Generale Team Rocket]]
[[ja:ロケットだんかんぶ]]
[[zh:火箭队干部]]

Latest revision as of 05:33, 15 September 2024

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Executive
ロケットだんかんぶ Team Rocket Executive
RocketExecs.png
Art from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Other names Rocket Executive
ロケットだんいんの かんぶ
Team Rocket Executive Member
(Generation II)
Team Rocket Admin
ロケットだんの かんぶFRLG
ロケットだんかんぶPE
Team Rocket Executive
(Generation III/VII)
Introduced in Generation II
Appears in Gold, Silver, and Crystal
FireRed and LeafGreen
HeartGold and SoulSilver
Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee!
Stadium 2
Gender Both
Counterpart {{{counterpart}}}
Notable members Proton, Petrel, Ariana, and Archer
Iron-Masked Marauder (anime)
Lt. Surge, Koga, Sabrina, Carl, and Sham (Adventures)
Grey (The Golden Boys)
Anime debut Celebi: The Voice of the Forest
TCG debut [[(TCG)|]]
TCG card {{{card}}}
Manga debut JBA4 (Jō's Big Adventure)
Piloswine Whine (Adventures)
Gold and Black vs. Team Rocket (The Golden Boys)

An Executive or Team Rocket Admin (Japanese: ロケットだんかんぶ Team Rocket Executive) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation II games.

They are the highest-ranked members of Team Rocket after Giovanni, and are the heads of Team Rocket after he abandons the organization. They tend to use a combination of Poison- and Dark-type Pokémon.

In the core series games

Executive members of Team Rocket have appeared in every game featuring the villainous team since Generation II.

A Team Rocket member at this rank is referred to as either an Executive or Admin depending on the generation.

Gen Games English Japanese
II GSC
Stad 		Rocket Executive ロケットだんいんの かんぶ

Team Rocket Executive Member

III FRLG Team Rocket Admin ロケットだんの かんぶ

Team Rocket Executive

IV HGSS Executive ロケットだんかんぶ

Team Rocket Executive

VII PE Team Rocket Admin

Similar to Team Rocket Grunts, these Trainers were initially not given unique names. Internally, their Trainer class is Rocket in Generation II, their name being simply Executive, and Team Rocket in Generation III, with their name being Admin. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, they are given proper names, with Executive serving as their Trainer class instead. In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Archer appears with the Trainer class Team Rocket Admin. In all generations, the Trainer class does not include a gender symbol (♂/♀).

Generation II

Generation II art by Ken Sugimori for the TCG

In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, there are four male executives and one female executive (who is battled twice).[1] They battle the player at Team Rocket HQ and Goldenrod Radio Tower.

Generation III

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, two unnamed Team Rocket Admins appear in command of the Rocket Warehouse. They seem to be two of the same members who would head Team Rocket in Johto three years later (Ariana and Archer, although they did not have names or distinct identities until Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver).

Petrel, Archer, Ariana, and Proton in the game intro of HeartGold and SoulSilver

In the Rocket Warehouse, the female Team Rocket Admin is battled before going into the male administrator's room. She objects that Team Rocket is disbanded, but after a battle, admits that it probably is and as a final act, turns off the floor so that the player can go back and heal. After defeating the male Team Rocket Admin, he sees the player's Earth Badge and realizes that the Viridian City-based Team Rocket has disbanded; he then tells the player that he will find Giovanni and revive Team Rocket.

The Team Rocket Admins are the same people as the Rocket executives in Generations II and IV, as hinted by the similarity in their teams and the male administrator's determination to revive Team Rocket after he is defeated, as well as the information given on the computer screen which the Rocket administrator was working on ("The influence of magnetic waves on Pokémon evolution"). This is linked to what happened in Generations II and IV, when Team Rocket used radio waves to evolve the Magikarp at Lake of Rage.

Generation IV

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, there are four Executives each with distinct names and identities. Their names (Proton, Petrel, Ariana, and Archer) refer to real-life rockets or missiles in all languages—much like Team Galactic's Commanders, who were named after celestial bodies.

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver adjusted the number of distinct Executives relative to Generation II: Proton takes the place of both a Grunt in Slowpoke Well and an Executive in the Radio Tower; and Petrel takes the place of both the Executive in Giovanni's office in the Team Rocket HQ and the Executive disguised as the Radio Director. In both cases, their parties in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver are a combination of the parties of the characters they replaced from Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal.

Generation VII

In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Archer is the sole Admin of Team Rocket, being first encountered at the Team Rocket Hideout in Celadon City. He later leads the organization's takeover of the Silph Co. in Saffron City and fights the player and Trace in an attempt to keep them from interfering. During the post-game, he meets the player at the hideout again, informing them of his plans to leave Kanto and someday restore Team Rocket, before leaving to do just that.

Gallery

Spr GS Rocket Grunt M.png Spr GS Rocket Executive M.png Spr GS Rocket Executive F.png Spr FRLG Team Rocket Grunt M.png Spr FRLG Team Rocket Grunt F.png
Proton's Grunt sprite from
Generation II 		Proton, Petrel, and
Archer's sprite from
Generation II 		Ariana's sprite from
Generation II 		Archer's sprite from
FireRed and LeafGreen 		Ariana's sprite from
FireRed and LeafGreen
Rocket Grunt M II OD.png Rocket Grunt F II OD.png Team Rocket Grunt M III OD.png Team Rocket Grunt F III OD.png
Proton, Petrel, and
Archer's overworld sprite from
Generation II 		Ariana's overworld sprite from
Generation II 		Archer's overworld sprite from
FireRed and LeafGreen 		Ariana's overworld sprite from
FireRed and LeafGreen
Spr HGSS Proton.png Spr HGSS Petrel.png Spr HGSS Ariana.png Spr HGSS Archer.png VSArcher PE.png
Proton's sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver 		Petrel's sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver 		Ariana's sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver 		Archer's sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver 		Archer's VS model from
Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Proton OD.png Petrel OD.png Ariana OD.png Archer OD.png
Proton's overworld sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver 		Petrel's overworld sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver 		Ariana's overworld sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver 		Archer's overworld sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver

In the side series games

Pokémon Stadium 2

In Pokémon Stadium 2, two Executives, one male and one female, appear along with a pair of Rocket Grunts, interrupting the player's progress through the Johto Gym Leader Castle after the player has defeated Jasmine. Because their teams contain the distinctive Pokémon Vileplume and Houndoom, they appear to be inspired by two of the admins from Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal.

S2 Rocket Executive M.png S2 Rocket Executive F.pngS2 Rocket Executive F alt.png
Rocket Executive♂ portrait from
Stadium 2 		Rocket Executive♀ portraits from
Stadium 2

Trainer list

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal


Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen


Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver


Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!


Pokémon Stadium 2


In the anime

The Iron-Masked Marauder, a Team Rocket Executive in the anime

Main series

The Iron-Masked Marauder, the main antagonist of Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, is a Team Rocket Executive, known as the master of Dark Pokémon due to his signature Dark Balls, which corrupt any Pokémon caught with them into mindless fighting machines. However, his Executive rank is only mentioned in the original Japanese version.

Pokémon Generations

Petrel was featured in The Lake of Rage, where he confronted and was defeated by Lance during the latter's raid of the Team Rocket HQ.

In the manga

Team Rocket Executives in Pokémon Adventures

Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure

The four Generation IV Executives appear in the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga, fulfilling similar roles as in the games.

Pokémon Adventures

Red, Green & Blue arc

Initially, Lt. Surge, Koga, and Sabrina were Team Rocket's commanders, having abandoned their respective Gyms to work for the evil organization instead.

Yellow arc

After witnessing a battle between Yellow and Lance on Cerise Island, Giovanni realized that he still had a lot to learn and told his three commanders to return to their Gyms.

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

Under the Masked Man's leadership, Neo Team Rocket's executives were Sham and Carl, who were based on the Generation II Executive designs.

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

In this arc, Archer, Ariana, Petrel, and Proton took over the organization from Carr and searched for Arceus and its Plates to accomplish their plan of making Giovanni return to Team Rocket's leadership.

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Grey from the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga is based on the male Executive design. His role within the team is based on Archer's.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Team Rocket Executives in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Related cards
Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format.
Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card Type English
Expansion 		Rarity # Japanese
Expansion 		Rarity #
Team Rocket's Evil Deeds T Neo Destiny Uncommon 103/105 Darkness, and to Light... Uncommon  
Team Rocket's Trickery Su Undaunted Uncommon 78/90 Reviving Legends Uncommon 076/080
      Tyranitar Constructed Standard Deck   018/019
 


Trivia

"Sorry. Authorized personnel only beyond this point. It wasn’t that way before. There’s something wrong with the Director…"

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 火箭隊幹部 Fójin Déui Gonbouh
Mandarin 火箭隊幹部 / 火箭队干部 Huǒjiàn Duì Gànbù
France Flag.png French Admin Team RocketFRLGPE
CommandantHGSS
Caïd RocketGSC
Germany Flag.png German Rocket-VorstandPE
VorstandFRLGHGSS
Rocket VorstandGSC
Italy Flag.png Italian Generale Team RocketPE
Generale RocketHGSS
Tenente, Team RocketFRLG
Generale,RocketGSC
South Korea Flag.png Korean 로켓단간부 Rocket Dan Ganbu
Portugal Flag.png Portuguese Executivo da Equipe Rocket
Spain Flag.png Spanish Comandante RocketPE
EjecutivoHGSS
Admin Team RocketFRLG
Ejecutivo RocketGSC
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Chỉ huy của nhóm Rocket

References

  1. ↑ The Executives are all unnamed, but the number of distinct Executives can be extrapolated from their parties and where they appear.
Rocket-logo.png Team Rocket Rocket-logo.png
Rocket Game Corner • Team Rocket Hideout • Viridian Gym • Team Rocket HQ • Rocket Warehouse
Boss Admins
VSGiovanni Classic Masters.png VSArcher Masters.png VSAriana Masters.png VSPetrel Masters.png VSProton Masters.png
Giovanni
(Masters • Pocket Monsters) 		Archer
(Masters) 		Ariana
(Masters) 		Petrel
(Masters) 		Proton
(Masters)
Other members
Jessie (Masters) • James (Masters) • Meowth • Team Rocket Grunts (Rocket Siblings) • Scientists (Gideon)
Grey (Golden Boys) • Kaede (How I Became a Pokémon Card)
Trainer classes in the Pokémon core series
Kanto Ace Trainer* • Beauty • Biker • Bird Keeper • Black Belt* • Bug Catcher • Burglar • Camper* • ChampionGSCFRLGHGSSPE
Channeler • Elite FourGSCFRLGHGSSPE • Engineer • Fisherman • Gamer* • Gentleman • Gym Leader*GSCFRLGHGSSPE
Hiker • Juggler • Lass • Picnicker* • Poké Maniac* • Pokémon Trainer*GSCPE • Psychic • RivalFRLG • Rocker • Roughneck*
Sailor • Scientist • Super Nerd • Swimmer • Tamer • Team Rocket Boss*FRLGHGSSPE • Team Rocket Grunt* • Youngster
BoarderHGSS • Double TeamHGSS • FirebreatherGSCHGSS • GuitaristGSCHGSS • MediumGSCHGSS
PokéfanGSCHGSS • School Kid*GSCHGSS • SkierHGSS • TeacherGSCHGSS • TwinsGSCFRLGHGSS
Cool CoupleFRLG • Crush KinFRLG • Sis and BroFRLG • Young CoupleFRLGHGSS
Coach TrainerPE • Karate MasterPE • Punk GuyPE • Team RocketPE • Team Rocket AdminPE
Master TrainersPE
Unused Trainer class:
ChiefRGBY
Sevii Islands Aroma Lady • Biker • Bird Keeper • Black Belt • Bug Catcher • Camper • Cool Couple • Cooltrainer • Crush Girl
Crush Kin • Cue Ball • Fisherman • Gentleman • Hiker • Juggler • Lady • Lass • Painter • Picnicker • PokéManiac
PKMN Breeder • PKMN Ranger • Psychic • Ruin Maniac • Scientist • Sis and Bro • Swimmer • Tamer
Team Rocket Admin • Team Rocket Grunt • Twins • Tuber • Young Couple • Youngster
Trainer Tower only:
Beauty • Burglar • Engineer • Rocker • Sailor • Super Nerd
Johto Ace Trainer* • Beauty • Biker • Bird Keeper • Black Belt* • Boarder • Bug Catcher • Burglar • Camper
Champion • Executive* • Firebreather • Fisherman* • Gentleman • Guitarist • Hiker • Juggler • Kimono Girl • Lass
Leader • Medium • Picnicker • Pokéfan • Poké Maniac* • PKMN Trainer • Policeman* • Psychic • RivalHGSS • Sage
Sailor • School Kid* • Scientist • Skier • Super Nerd • Swimmer • Teacher • Team Rocket Grunt* • Twins • Youngster
Mystery Man*CHGSS • Double TeamHGSS • ElderHGSS • PasserbyHGSS • Young CoupleHGSS
Battle Frontier only:HGSS

Aroma Lady • Artist • Battle Girl • Cameraman • Clown • Collector • Cowgirl • Cyclist • Dragon Tamer • Idol
Jogger • Lady • Ninja Boy • Parasol Lady • PI • Poké Kid • PKMN Breeder • PKMN Ranger • Rancher • Reporter
Rich Boy • Roughneck • Ruin Maniac • Socialite • Tuber • Veteran • Waiter • Waitress • Worker
Arcade Star • Castle Valet • Factory Head • Hall Matron • Tower Tycoon

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