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Team Galactic Grunt (Trainer class)

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Galactic Grunt
ギンガだんのしたっぱ Team Galactic Underling
Diamond Pearl Team Galactic Grunts.png
Art from Diamond and Pearl
Other names
Introduced in Generation IV
Appears in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Gender Both
Counterpart {{{counterpart}}}
Notable members B-2, Advanced level Grunt
Anime debut DP036|A Secret Sphere of Influence!
TCG debut [[(TCG)|]]
TCG card {{{card}}}
Manga debut Escape From Team Galactic (Pokémon 7)
Ring Around the Roserade (II) (Adventures)
Hareta's Very First Pokémon Battle!! (DP Adventure!)

A Galactic Grunt (Japanese: ギンガだんのしたっぱ Team Galactic Underling) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in the Generation IV games. They are the grunts of Team Galactic. There are male and female versions, and they all dress in the spacesuit-looking outfits that are the Team Galactic uniforms and have light blue hair that is cut quite short and rounded.

In the games

In the games, Galactic Grunts generally act as footsoldiers and guards for Team Galactic. Like all villain team Grunts, they are not individually named. They are known to simply quote Team Galactic's mottos and policies that can be found in their Headquarters even if they do not challenge the player. Certain Galactic grunts sometimes drop keys to their warehouses and HQs when they are defeated, and/or they run away. They generally use a combination of Bug-DP, Dark-Pt and Poison-type Pokémon.

Appearance

Spr DP Galactic Grunt M.pngSpr DP Galactic Grunt F.png
Sprites from
Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Galactic Grunt m OD.pngGalactic Grunt f OD.png
Overworld sprites from
Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum

Trainer list

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl


Pokémon Platinum


In the anime

Galactic Grunts have made multiple appearances in the anime, with the first appearance being in A Secret Sphere of Influence!. They also appeared in Enter Galactic!, Losing Its Lustrous and Double Team Turnover!, Steeling Peace of Mind!, Saving the World From Ruins!, and Gateway to Ruin!. Some grunts wear glasses and, as shown in Gateway to Ruin!, are trained to fight with Bōs (or Quarterstaves).

Pokémon

Golbat
Galactic Grunts's Golbat
Debut Enter Galactic!
Voice actors
Japanese Shin'ichirō Miki
English Shin'ichirō Miki

Each Galactic Grunt appears to be issued with one or two Golbat each. These Golbat are used either in battle or for aerial research.

Golbat's known moves are Air Cutter, Shadow Ball, Sludge Bomb, Protect and Supersonic.

In the manga

In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga

Team Galactic Grunts first appear in Escape From Team Galactic, where one attacks Hiori and Rocco while they look for Hiori's missing sister, Lily. Hiori manages to beat the Galactic Grunt and takes off to their base so he can find his sister. While in the air, Hiori and Rocco are ambushed by another Galactic Grunt and has an airborne battle with her, and Hiori emerges the victor.

Sometime after rescuing his sister, the bakery "Sun Sun" that is owned by his friend Nazuna and her father is attacked by two Galactic Grunts. They manage to defeat the Baker and his daughter but are swiftly defeated by Hiori's Lucario.

More Grunts appear in their base when Hiori, Rocco, and Lily infiltrate it to stop their plan to capture Darkrai and take over the world, they are all put asleep by Hiori's Tangrowth. One last high level grunt, known as the Galactic #2, battles Lily and is defeated by her and knocked out by their leader, Io.

Pokémon

Electivire
Galactic Grunt's Electivire

Electivire was used by the Galactic Grunt that attacked Hiori and Rocco in their search for Lily. It fought Hiori's Lucario and almost defeated it until Hiori's became enraged and defeated it with a powered up Water Pulse.

Electivire's known moves are Quick Attack, Thunder Shock, Rain Dance and Thunder.

Magnezone
Galactic Grunt's Magnezone

Magnezone was used by the Galactic Grunt that attacked Hiori and Rocco when they attempted to fly to the Team Galactic section base. In the air it fought Hiori's Derifblim but despite the type advantage Magnezone and the Galactic Grunt were defeated by Hiori's quick thinking.

Magnezone's known moves are Spark, Magnet Bomb, Thunder Wave, and Charge Beam.

Heatran
Galactic Grunt's Heatran

Heatran was used by one of the Galactic Grunts that attacked Sun Sun. It managed to defeat Nazuna and her Father but was defeated by Hiori's Lucario.

Heatran's only known move is Fire Spin.

Abomasnow
Galactic Grunt's Abomasnow

Abomasnow was used by one of the Galactic Grunts that attacked Sun Sun. It fought and was defeated by Hiori's Lucario's Bone Rush.

Abomasnow's only known move is Ice Shard.

Houndoom
Galactic Grunt's Houndoom

These Houndoom were used to guard the Team Galactic regional base. They and their Trainers were put to sleep by Hiori's Tangrowth's Sleep Powder.

None of their moves are known.

Rampardos ♂
Galactic #2's Rampardos

Rampardos was used by the Galactic #2 to battle Lily. Despite the type disadvantage he had to her Leafeon, he knew powerful super effective moves to Grass-type Pokémon. After a long battle Lily's Leafeon emerged the victor.

Rampardos's known moves are Fire Blast, Ice Beam, Rock Slide, and Head Smash.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Team Galactic Grunts in Pokémon Adventures

A group of Galactic Grunts first appear in Ring Around the Roserade (II), where they interrogate Rad Rickshaw, the owner of the bicycle shop, after abducting him. They were quickly dispelled by Cynthia's Spiritomb and fled their hideout, but many more of them made another appearance in Stunning Staravia & Stinky Skuntank I, where one of them snatched Platinum's Pokédex and almost got away with it, and many others fought Paka, Uji, Diamond, and Pearl to find and issue a ransom on Platinum.

Later, more groups of grunts attack the three lakes of Sinnoh alongside their three Commanders, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Finally, a group of grunts appeared at Stark Mountain where they followed Charon's orders in order to help him capture Heatran.

In this canon all but one of the grunts appear to have a collective mind, as pointed out by Pearl.

Pokémon

Skuntank (multiple)
Team Galactic's Skuntank

Skuntank were the first Pokémon used by the Galactic Grunts. They were used to battle Paka and Uji in Veilstone City so that they can find their client, Platinum, and use her for a ransom. They were defeated by the combined efforts of Paka, Uji, Diamond, and Pearl.

Skuntank's only known move is Night Slash.

Staravia (multiple)
Team Galactic's Staravia

Staravia were the second Pokémon used by the Galactic Grunts. They were used to battle Paka and Uji in Veilstone City so that they can find their client, Platinum, and use her for a ransom. They were defeated by the combined efforts of Paka, Uji, Diamond, and Pearl. They were next seen being used to capture Mesprit at Lake Verity.

None of Staravia's moves are known.

Magby (multiple)
Team Galactic's Magby

Team Galactic left multiple Magby locked in Fuego Ironworks with Pearl and his Pokémon. They were simultaneously defeated by his Chatot and Infernape.

None of Magby's moves are known.

Houndoom
Galactic Grunt's Houndoom

Team Galactic left a Houndoom in Fuego Ironworks where it took on Pearl and his Luxray. Houndoom was much harder than the Magby as Pearl had Rayler dodge the attacks that Houndoom threw at them. However, one of the attacks ends up burning Rayler's legs. Rayler pushed itself to keep going even though it suffered the burn effect. With the motivation, Rayler was able to defeat Houndoom with Shock Wave.

Houndoom's known moves are Nasty Plot and Flamethrower.

Haunter (multiple)
Team Galactics's Haunter

Haunter were the third Pokémon used by the Galactic Grunts. They were used by Saturn's group of Galactic Grunt's to capture Azelf at Lake Valor.

None of Haunter's moves are known.

Machamp (multiple)
Team Galactics's Machamp

Machamp were the fourth Pokémon used by the Galactic Grunts. They were used by Saturn's group of Galactic Grunt's to capture Azelf at Lake Valor but were prevented from successfully capturing it by Pearl's efforts.

None of Machamp's moves are known.

Grimer (multiple)
Team Galactics's Grimer

Grimer were used to guard the roads leading into Veilstone City but were defeated by Pearl's newly finished team.

None of Grimer's moves are known.

Meowth (multiple)
Team Galactics's Meowth

Meowth were used to guard the roads leading into Veilstone City but were defeated by Pearl's newly finished team.

None of Meowth's moves are known.

Drowzee (multiple)
Team Galactics's Drowzee

Drowzee were used to guard the roads leading into Veilstone City but were defeated by Pearl's newly finished team. Another group guarded the entrance and were fought by Pearl's Unown allies.

None of Drowzee's moves are known.

Hitmonchan (multiple) ♂
Team Galactic's Hitmonchan

Hitmonchan were used to guard the entrance to Veilstone City but were defeated by Pearl's newly finished team. Another group guarded the entrance and were fought by Pearl's Unown allies.

None of Hitmontop's moves are known.

Mankey (multiple)
Team Galactic's Mankey

Mankey were used to guard the entrance to Veilstone City but were defeated by Pearl's newly finished team. Another group guarded the entrance and were fought by Pearl's Unown allies.

None of Mankey's moves are known.

Charmeleon
Galactic Grunt's Charmeleon

Charmeleon were used to attack Buck on Stark Mountain.

None of Charmeleon's moves are known.

Combusken
Galactic Grunt's Combusken

Combusken were used to attack Buck on Stark Mountain.

None of Combusken's moves are known.

In the Pocket Monsters DP manga

Several grunts of Team Galactic have appeared in Pocket Monsters DP.

Pokémon

Stolen
Miltank ♀
Team Galactic's Miltank
Debut PMDP53

Team Galactic stole this Miltank in an attempt to sell milk.

None of Miltank's moves are known.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

B-2

In Pokémon DP Adventure a Galactic Grunt known as B-2 is given a recurring role in the manga. He is distinguishable from other grunts due to his jiggling buttocks after being bitten by Hareta. The other grunts were given various assignments from their boss, Cyrus.

Pokémon

Here is a listing of the Pokémon that belong to the other Team Galactic grunts:

Zubat
Team Galactic's Zubat

Zubat was only seen flying beside its Trainer.

Machoke
Team Galactic's Machoke

Machoke was sent out by a Galactic Grunt to help him try to steal Munchlax. However, it was beaten by Munchlax's Rollout and Piplup's Peck.

Machoke's only known move is Revenge.

Croagunk (multiple)
Team Galactic's Croagunk

Croagunk was sent out to deal with Hareta. It took on his Misdreavus. Later, another one was sent out to take on the Gym Leaders along with Team Galactic's other Pokémon.

None of Croagunk's moves are known.

Dustox
Team Galactic's Dustox

Dustox was sent out to take on the Gym Leaders along with Team Galactic's other Pokémon.

Golbat (multiple)
Team Galactic's Golbat

Golbat was sent out to take on the Gym Leaders along with Team Galactic's other Pokémon.

Wurmple
Team Galactic's Wurmple

Wurmple was sent out to deal with Hareta with a Poison Sting after he bit B-2's butt.

Wurmple's only known move is Poison Sting.

Carnivine
Team Galactic's Carnivine

Team Galactic's Carnivine made a brief appearance while Team Galactic was discussing their plans on catching Deoxys.

Aggron
Team Galactic's Aggron

Team Galactic summoned Aggron to take over the Sinnoh League Tournament.

None of Aggron's moves are known.

Torkoal
Team Galactic's Torkoal

Team Galactic summoned Torkoal to take over the Sinnoh League Tournament.

None of Torkoal's moves are known.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Galactic Grunts or their Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Galactic Grunt's Pokémon
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 #
Forretress Pokémon G Metal Rising Rivals Common 61/111 Bonds to the End of Time Uncommon 061/090
Carnivine Pokémon G Grass DP Black Star Promos   DP42 DPt-P Promotional cards   001/DPt-P
Beedrill Pokémon G Grass Arceus Common 53/99 Advent of Arceus Common 001/090
Other related cards
Card Type English
Expansion 		Rarity # Japanese
Expansion 		Rarity #
Team Galactic's Wager Su Mysterious Treasures Uncommon 115/123 Secret of the Lakes Uncommon  
      Rampardos the Attacker    
      Bastiodon the Defender    
 


Trivia

  • The Galactic Grunt battle music has a funk and jazz element in it, while there is a funk and jazz group called the Galactic.

In other languages

Language Title
France Flag.png French Sbire Galaxie
Germany Flag.png German Galaktiker Rüpel
Italy Flag.png Italian Recluta, Galassia
South Korea Flag.png Korean 갤럭시단 조무래기 Galaxy Dan Young Goon
Spain Flag.png Spanish Recluta Galaxia


Galactic-logo.png Team Galactic Galactic-logo.png
Team Galactic Eterna Building • Team Galactic HQ
Boss Commanders
Spr DP Cyrus.png Spr DP Mars.png Spr DP Jupiter.png Spr DP Saturn.png Spr Pt Charon.png
Cyrus
(Masters) 		Mars Jupiter Saturn Charon
Other members
Team Galactic Grunts • Scientists
In the manga
Adventures: Sird • Advanced level Grunt
Diamond and Pearl Adventure!: Mitsumi • B-2
Phantom Thief 7: Io • Lily
See also: Galaxy Team


Grunts
Team Rocket Grunt • Team Aqua Grunt • Team Magma Grunt
Team Galactic Grunt • Team Plasma Grunt • Team Flare Grunt
Team Skull Grunt • Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt
Team GO Rocket Grunt • Team Yell Grunt • Team Star Grunt


Trainer classes in the Pokémon core series
Sinnoh Ace Trainer • Aroma Lady • Artist • Battle Girl • Beauty • Bird Keeper • Black Belt • Bug Catcher • Cameraman • Camper • Champion
Clown • Collector • Commander • Cowgirl • Cyclist • Double Team • Dragon Tamer • Elite Four • Fisher* • Gentleman • Guitarist
Gym Leader* • Hiker • Idol • Interviewers • Jogger • Lady • Lass • Madame* • Ninja Boy • Parasol Lady • Picnicker • PI • Poké Fan*
Poké Kid • Pokémon Breeder* • Pokémon Ranger* • Pokémon Trainer* • Police Officer* • Psychic • Rancher • Ranchers*
Reporter • Rich Boy • Roughneck • Ruin Maniac • Sailor • School Kid • Scientist • Skier • Swimmer • Team Galactic Boss*
Team Galactic Grunt* • Tower Tycoon • Tuber • Twins • Veteran • Waiter • Waitress • Worker • Young Couple • Youngster
Arcade StarPt • Castle ValetPt • Factory HeadPt • Hall MatronPt • MaidPt • GAME FREAK'sBDSP


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