Team Star

Team Star スター団 Team Star

Artwork of Team Star Grunts from Scarlet and Violet

Leader Cassiopeia Region Paldea Admins Giacomo, Mela, Atticus, Ortega, Eri Major targets Naranja AcademyS/Uva AcademyV Base locations Segin Squad's Base, Schedar Squad's Base, Navi Squad's Base, Ruchbah Squad's Base, Caph Squad's Base

Team Star (Japanese: スター団 Star-dan, literally Star Gang) is the villainous team living in the Paldea region. They are delinquent students of Naranja Academy^S/Uva Academy^V, and their uniforms vary by game.

In the games

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Team Star is the focus of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's ★ Starfall Street ★ (Japanese: スターダスト★ストリート Stardust ★ Street) storyline, causing trouble for others and pressuring other students into joining. The team is made of five squads, each led by a Boss. The Schedar Squad is Team Star's Fire crew, led by Mela.

When battling a Boss, they will appear on top of a custom car called the Starmobile (Japanese: スターモービル Starmobile), which has a specially modified Revavroom attached to it with the Boss's type and a different ability from regular Revavroom. After defeating a Boss, they will reward the player with a Badge.

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They are said to have had a reputation for bullying and abusing other students, and consequently Clavell had given an order for them to disband or be expelled from the Academy. However, as the player character confronts and defeats the bosses, it is revealed that they had in fact been victims of bullying; after they had confronted their tormentors a year and a half before the events of the game, a scandal broke out that led the bullies to drop out. In the aftermath of the incident, the team's founder Cassiopeia insisted on taking sole responsibility for it in exchange for the exoneration of her friends. While the director Harrington agreed to her request, the deputy director erased the records of the incident in an attempt to shield himself from blame. Not long afterwards, the deputy director was fired, and Harrington and the rest of the Academy's faculty resigned in recognition of their failure to handle the bullying.

Cassiopeia had suggested that Team Star disband in the aftermath of the incident and left to study abroad in Galar for a year and a half, but her fellow bosses were unwilling to give up their friendship with her and held out hope that if they kept the team going, they might be able to hear from her again.

Upon meeting the player character and seeing them defeat two Team Star grunts, Penny (the true identity of Cassiopeia) gets the idea to have them challenge the squad bosses and claim their badges; as their code dictates that the bosses cannot turn down a challenge and must give up their positions if defeated, she believed that this would ensure that they would not be expelled because of her.

After the bosses are defeated, Penny challenges the player to a battle so she can announce Team Star's disbanding without any regrets. Following this, Clavell (who had been assisting the player character disguised as a student called "Clive" and had come to learn that the rumors about their activities were false) rescinds his order for the team to disband, choosing to address the team's rulebreaking by allowing their bases to be repurposed as training centers for other students to learn Team Star's distinctive tactics.

List of Squad Bosses

Team Star
Generation IX		Region: Paldea
Squad Boss Japanese	Location Japanese	Type	Badge
Giacomo ピーニャ Piña	Segin Squad's Base チーム・セギンのアジト Team Segin's Hideout	Dark	Dark Badge
Mela メロコ Meloco	Schedar Squad's Base チーム・シェダルのアジト Team Schedar's Hideout	Fire	Fire Badge
Atticus シュウメイ Shūmei	Navi Squad's Base チーム・シーのアジト Team Tsih's Hideout	Poison	Poison Badge
Ortega オルティガ Ortiga	Ruchbah Squad's Base チーム・ルクバーのアジト Team Ruchbah's Hideout	Fairy	Fairy Badge
Eri ビワ Biwa	Caph Squad's Base チーム・カーフのアジト山 Team Caph's Hideout	Fighting	Fighting Badge

Artwork

Key artwork from Scarlet and Violet

Trivia

• All of the five squads are named after five of the brightest stars in the constellation Cassiopeia.
• The battle theme for Team Star's Squad Bosses is the longest battle theme in the franchise. The first point where the theme repeats is at 2:58, surpassing Ghetsis's battle theme in Pokémon Black and White Versions and its remaster in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon; however, similar to the Academy Ace Tournament battle theme and the Galar Battle Tower battle theme, the repeated music contains a variation in the form of a different guitar solo, resulting in a complete length of 5:48 before the true loop point.
• The battle theme for Team Star's grunts also plays when battling Pokémon Trainer Youssef outside the Navi Squad's Base's entrance and Pokémon Trainer Harrington outside the Ruchbah Squad's Base's entrance, despite both of them not being members of Team Star, they are battled in place of the respective grunts guarding the entrances since both of them chose to battle the player for their own reasons.
  • Youssef considers Atticus his "dear compadre", explaining that Atticus once saved his life, and as a result, he is willing to protect Atticus from bullies or anyone else antagonising Atticus, such as the player, which is why he battles them, allowing the entrance grunt to warn the rest of the Navi Squad of the player's arrival in advance.
  • Harrington, Ortega's piano tutor, was informed by the entrance grunt that the player was planning to raid the Ruchbah Squad's Base, lead by Ortega, and indulges them in a battle before letting the player challenge the Ruchbah Squad.
• One of the grunts from the Caph Squad is named Carmen, thus making Team Star one of the very few villainous teams in the franchise to have grunts with confirmed names. Additionally, Carmen uses Team Star as her Trainer class, instead of Team Star Grunt.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	スター団 Team Star	From star
English, German, Spanish, French, Italian	Team Star	Same as Japanese name
Korean	스타단 Star-dan	From star
Chinese (Mandarin)	天星隊 / 天星队 Tiānxīng Duì	From 天星 tiānxīng / tīnsīng (star in the sky)
Chinese (Cantonese)	天星隊 Tīnsīng Déui

Segin Squad

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	チーム・セギン Team Segin	From Segin (traditional name of Epsilon Cassiopeiae)
English	Segin Squad	From the Japanese name
French	Groupe Segin	From the Japanese name
German	Segin-Bande	From the Japanese name
Italian	Banda Segin	From the Japanese name
Spanish	Escuadrón Segin	From the Japanese name
Korean	팀 세긴 Team Segin	From the Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	閣道二小隊 / 阁道二小队
Chinese (Cantonese)

Schedar Squad

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	チーム・シェダル Team Schedar	From Schedar (traditional name of Alpha Cassiopeiae)
English	Schedar Squad	From the Japanese name
French	Groupe Schedar	From the Japanese name
German	Schedir-Bande	From Schedir (alternate spelling of Schedar)
Italian	Banda Schedar	From the Japanese name
Spanish	Escuadrón Schedar	From the Japanese name
Korean	팀 쉐다르 Team Schedar	From the Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	王良四小隊 / 王良四小队 Wángliángsì Xiǎoduì	From 王良四 Wáng Liáng Sì / Wòhng Lèuhng Sei (Schedar)
Chinese (Cantonese)	王良四小隊 Wòhnglèuhngsei Síudéui

Navi Squad

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	チーム・シー Team Tsih	From Tsih (Traditional name of Gamma Cassiopeiae)
English	Navi Squad	From Navi (alternate name of Gamma Cassiopeiae)
French	Groupe Tsih	From the Japanese name
German	Tsih-Bande	From the Japanese name
Italian	Banda Tsih	From the Japanese name
Spanish	Escuadrón Tsih	From the Japanese name
Korean	팀 시 Team Tsih	From the Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	策星四小隊 / 策星四小队
Chinese (Cantonese)

Ruchbah Squad

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	チーム・ルクバー Team Ruchbah	From Ruchbah (traditional name of Delta Cassiopeiae)
English	Ruchbah Squad	From the Japanese name
French	Groupe Ruchbah	From the Japanese name
German	Rukbat-Bande	From Rukbat (alternate spelling of Ruchbah)
Italian	Banda Ruchbah	From the Japanese name
Spanish	Escuadrón Ruchbah	From the Japanese name
Korean	팀 루크바 Team Ruchbah	From the Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	閣道三小隊 / 阁道三小队
Chinese (Cantonese)

Caph Squad

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	チーム・カーフ Team Caph	From Caph (traditional name of Beta Cassiopeiae)
English	Caph Squad	From the Japanese name
French	Groupe Caph	From the Japanese name
German	Caph-Bande	From the Japanese name
Italian	Banda Caph	From the Japanese name
Spanish	Escuadrón Caph	From the Japanese name
Korean	팀 카프 Team Caph	From the Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	王良一小隊 / 王良一小队
Chinese (Cantonese)

Starmobile

Language Title Japanese スターモービル Starmobile Chinese Cantonese 天星隊車 Tīnsīng Déui Chē Mandarin 天星隊車 / 天星队车 Tiānxīng Duì Chē French Starmobile German Starmobil Italian Starmobile Korean 스타모빌 Starmobile Spanish Autostar

★ Starfall Street ★

Language Title Japanese スターダスト★ストリート Stardust ★ Street Chinese Cantonese 星塵★之路 Sīngchàhn★jī Louh Mandarin 星塵★之路 / 星尘★之路 Xīngchén★zhī Lù French ★ Objectif Stardust ★ German Straße der Sterne Italian Il viale della polvere di stelle Korean 스타더스트★스트리트 Stardust ★ Street Spanish Vía Stardust

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References

Villainous teams Core series: Team Rocket • Team Magma • Team Aqua • Team Galactic • Team Plasma Team Flare • Team Skull • Team Rainbow Rocket • Team Yell • Team Star Side series: Team Snagem • Cipher Spin-off games: Team Great Rocket • Phobos Battalion • Go-Rock Squad • Team Dim Sun • Team Debonairs Pokémon Pinchers • Dark Legion • The Rogers • Team GO Rocket • Team Break • Unitas Animation only: Explorers Manga only: Neo Team Rocket (Adventures) • Team Kings (Horizon)

Paldea
Settlements South: Cabo Poco • Mesagoza (Naranja Academy/Uva Academy) Los Platos • Cortondo • Alfornada • Pokémon League East: Artazon • Levincia • Zapapico West: Cascarrafa • Porto Marinada • Medali North: Montenevera South Province Area One • Area Two • Area Three Area Four • Area Five • Area Six (Alfornada Cavern) Poco Path • Inlet Grotto • South Paldean Sea East Province Area One (Schedar Squad's Base) • Area Two • Area Three Tagtree Thicket (Navi Squad's Base) • East Paldean Sea West Province Area One (Segin Squad's Base) • Area Two • Area Three Asado Desert • West Paldean Sea North Province Area One • Area Two (Caph Squad's Base) • Area Three (Ruchbah Squad's Base) Casseroya Lake (Socarrat Trail) • Glaseado Mountain (Dalizapa Passage) North Paldean Sea Great Crater of Paldea Area Zero Zero Gate • Zero Lab • Area Zero Underdepths Landmarks Ten Sights of Paldea (Colonnade Hollow) Grasswither Shrine • Icerend Shrine Groundblight Shrine • Firescourge Shrine Access to Kitakami • Blueberry Academy