Sham

Sham シャム Siam
Sham
Gender	Female
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Unknown
Member of	Team Rocket
Rank	Executive

Sham (Japanese: シャム Siam), known as Chermaine in the Chuang Yi's English translation of the manga, along with Karen, Will, Green, Silver, and Carl, is one of the children kidnapped by the Masked Man and raised to be his servants. Sham was one of the sub-leaders of the new Team Rocket formed in Johto.

History

Sham wearing her mask

Sham, along with Carl, debut in Piloswine Whine where they attack an arguing Gold and Silver. After Carl's Piloswine and he attempts to call for backup, Sham tells them that they no longer to be there; they then make their retreat.

Sham and Carl are later seen torturing the Team Rocket Elite Trio for their recent defeat at the hands of Eusine and losing the Pokémon they were tracking, Suicune. They are soon joined by the new leader of Team Rocket, the Masked Man, who decides it is time to start his master plan at the Indigo Plateau.

Later, at the Indigo Plateau, Sham and Carl are seen having taken control of the Pokémon League's control room. They are approached by Gold and Crystal who have come to try and stop them. Sham and Carl use their Pokémon to paralyze them, but with quick thinking, Gold manages to put their Pokémon to sleep. Despite their Pokémon being asleep, Sham and Carl are still able to fight. Eventually, their Pokémon are defeated with a Giga Drain combination attack that sends their Slowking and Magcargo flying towards them. While Carl is knocked out cold, Sham manages to stay awake long enough to reveal that they were only decoys.

Pokémon

She has the following Pokémon:

Slowking

Debut	Oh, It's Ho-Oh!

Sham's Slowking first appeared when its trainer and her partner Carl were torturing the Team Rocket Elite Trio for failing to catch Suicune. Later on, it was used by Sham to bide time against Gold and Crystal while the rest of Team Rocket came towards the Indigo Plateau. It was defeated after being struck by a Giga Drain while asleep.

Slowking's only known move is Snore.

Persian (×3)

Debut	Slick Slowking

Sham has three Persian that she used in order to bide time for the rest of Team Rocket to arrive at the Indigo Plateau. However, they were easily put to sleep by Polibo's Hypnosis. She has had one since childhood as a Meowth that knows Scratch, and, in addition, all of her Persian know Roar.

Magcargo

Sham's Magcargo

Debut	Rebelliant Carr

Magcargo was seen in Silver's flashback when the Mask of Ice was telling Green why he taken them. Sham was fourteen when she had Magcargo..

Trivia

• Due to the lack of Rocket Executive designs, she is based on the female Executive. However, this means she looks like Ariana, who is also based on the female Executive.
• She has two proper English names - Sham from Viz Media's American English translation and Chermaine from Chuang Yi's Singaporean English translation. However, Coronis, who is known of coining fan names for manga characters who lack American names coined the name Shum based on her Japanese name long before the release of the American release of her debut volume.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	シャム Siam	Siamese, a breed of oriental cats.
English	Sham (VIZ)	Same as Japanese name.
	Chermaine (Chuang Yi)	Similar to charm.
Korean	샴 Syam	Same as Japanese name.
Chinese (Taiwan)	沙姆 Shāmǔ	Transliteration of her Japanese name.
Chinese (Mainland China)	加姆 Jiāmǔ	Transliteration of her Japanese name.

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