Team Galactic Grunt (Trainer class)
| Galactic Grunt ギンガだんのしたっぱ Team Galactic Underling | |
 Art from Diamond and Pearl | |
| Introduced in | Generation IV |
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| Appears in | Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum |
| Gender | Both |
| Notable members | B-2, Advanced level Grunt |
| Anime debut | DP036|A Secret Sphere of Influence! |
| 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 first 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. Unlike other team grunts however, such as Rocket grunts, Plasma grunts, Aqua grunts and Magma grunts, Team Galactic grunts don't seem to get what are the global objectives of the team and often speak nonsense about them, which makes them look silly as to why they joined the team in the first place. They also 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.
In Diamond and Pearl, They generally use a combination of Glameow, Stunky, Croagunk, Zubat, Bronzor, and the Wurmple line.
In Platinum, they don't use the Wurmple or Bronzor lines anymore and now also use the Houndour and Murkrow lines.
Appearance
 
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| Images from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum |
Pokémon
In Diamond and Pearl
| 80 Zubat |
80 Golbat |
 Wurmple |
 Silcoon |
80 Beautifly |
 Cascoon |
| 80 Dustox |
 Glameow |
 Stunky |
 Bronzor |
80 Croagunk |
In Platinum
| 80 Zubat |
80 Golbat |
80 Murkrow |
 Houndour |
 Glameow |
 Stunky |
80 Croagunk |
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
| Debut | Enter Galactic! |
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| 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 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, ThunderShock, Rain Dance and Thunder.
| Debut | Showdown With An Assasin |
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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.
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 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
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.
Finally, more groups of grunts attack the three lakes of Sinnoh alongside their three Commanders, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
Pokémon
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.
One Skuntank was known to use Night Slash.
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 their moves are known.
| Debut | VS. Magby |
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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.
| Debut | VS. Houndoom |
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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 Rayhiko dodge the attacks that Houndoom threw at them. However, one of the attacks ends up burning Rayhiko's legs. Rayhiko pushed itself to keep going even though it suffered the burn effect. With the motivation, Rayhiko was able to defeat Houndoom with Shock Wave.
Houndoom's known moves are Nasty Plot and Flamethrower.
| Debut | VS. Tangrowth |
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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.
| Debut | VS. Tangrowth |
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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 their moves are known.
| Debut | VS. Grimer |
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Grimer were used to guard the roads leading into Veilstone City but were defeated by Pearl's newly finished team.
None of their moves are known.
| Debut | VS. Grimer |
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Meowth were used to guard the roads leading into Veilstone City but were defeated by Pearl's newly finished team.
None of their moves are known.
| Debut | VS. Honchkrow |
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| Debut | VS. Honchkrow |
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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 their moves are known.
| Debut | VS. Honchkrow |
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| Debut | VS. Heatran |
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Charmeleon were used to attack Buck on Stark Mountain.
None of their moves are known.
| Debut | VS. Heatran |
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In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
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.
Pokémon
Wurmple is B-2's Pokémon that he mainly uses. He has three of them as seen in Dialga's Secret Keys as he used all of them at one for a simultaneous String Shot but failed due to Garchomp's Slash.
Wurmple's known moves are Poison Sting and String Shot.
B-2's Graveler was used at the dock of Iron Island as soon as Hareta entered. It was very strong as its Rollout almost crushed Hareta. However, Lucario was able to stop it.
Graveler's known moves are Rollout and Rock Slide.
B-2's Drapion attacked Hareta's Shinx in the cave from underground on Iron Island. Drapion used the 360° ability to stop Lucario from using Aura Sphere on it. It was beaten by Hareta's Riolu and Riley's Lucario.
Pokémon (Not B-2's)
| Debut | Dialga's Secret Keys |
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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.
| Debut | Dialga's Secret Keys |
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Golbat was sent out to take on the Gym Leaders along with Team Galactic's other Pokémon.
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.
Team Galactic summoned Aggron to take over the Sinnoh League Tournament.
Aggron's only known move is Hyper Beam.
Team Galactic summoned Torkoal to take over the Sinnoh League Tournament.
Torkoal's only known move is Flamethrower.
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. | |||||||
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| Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Forretress 
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Rising Rivals | 
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61/111 | Bonds to the End of Time | 
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061/090 |
| Carnivine
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DP Black Star Promos | DP42 | DPt-P Promotional cards | 001/DPt-P | ||
| Beedrill
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Arceus |
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53/99 | Advent of Arceus |
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001/090 |
| Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
| Team Galactic's Wager | Su | Mysterious Treasures |
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115/123 | Secret of the Lakes |
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| 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.
 Team Galactic
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| Team Galactic Eterna Building • Team Galactic HQ | ||||
| Boss | Commanders | |||
| Cyrus (Masters) |
Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Charon |
| Other members | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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