Team Rainbow Rocket

If you were looking for the character with the Trainer class "Team Rainbow Rocket", see Giovanni.

Team Rainbow Rocket レインボーロケット団 Rainbow Rocket-dan

Artwork of Team Rainbow Rocket from Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Leader Giovanni Region Alola Admins Maxie, Archie, Cyrus, Ghetsis, Lysandre Major targets Festival Plaza, Aether Paradise Base locations Aether Paradise

Team Rainbow Rocket (Japanese: レインボーロケット団 Rainbow Rocket-dan, literally Rainbow Rocket Gang), also known as Team RR (Japanese: RR団 RR-dan, literally RR Gang), is a villainous team that appeared in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

In the games

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In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Team Rainbow Rocket first appears during the Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon post-game when the organization takes over Festival Plaza and turns it into their virtual base. With the help of Sophocles, the player drives Team Rainbow Rocket out of the plaza. However, immediately afterwards, the organization takes over Aether Paradise with the help of Faba, who sides with Team Rainbow Rocket in an attempt to further his own career, transforming Lusamine's mansion into Team Rocket's Castle and taking the Aether Foundation president hostage. This starts Episode RR.

After defeating the traitorous Faba with the help of Lillie, the player starts infiltrating Team Rocket's Castle. During their infiltration, the player encounters villainous team leaders whom Team Rainbow Rocket has summoned from alternate worlds where they had succeeded in their goals via Ultra Wormholes. Each of these leaders wields a Legendary Pokémon they managed to catch while fulfilling their plans. The player battles and defeats these leaders one by one, each providing them with a method to continue further into the castle. Finally, the player comes face to face with Team Rainbow Rocket's leader, Giovanni, who reveals that Team Rainbow Rocket took over Aether Foundation in order to access their research data and technology on other worlds, with the intention of building themselves an army of Ultra Beasts. After the player beats Giovanni, he will accept his defeat and leave, allowing Colress to restore the mansion to its original state and also send everyone back to their original worlds. As punishment for his treachery, Faba is demoted to Intern.

Afterwards, Giovanni is seen teleporting to another world, intending to continue his evil schemes in a different reality.

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Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	レインボーロケット団 Rainbow Rocket-dan	From rainbow and ロケット団 Rocket-dan (Team Rocket)
English, French German, Italian Spanish	Team Rainbow Rocket	Same as Japanese name
Korean	레인보우로켓단 Rainbow Rocket-dan	Same as Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	彩虹火箭隊 / 彩虹火箭队 Cǎihóng Huǒjiàn Duì	From 彩虹 cǎihóng (rainbow) and 火箭隊 / 火箭队 Huǒjiàn Duì (Team Rocket)
Chinese (Cantonese)	彩虹火箭隊 Chóihùhng Fójin Déui	From 彩虹 chóihùhng (rainbow) and 火箭隊 Fójin Déui (Team Rocket)
Czech	Team Rainbow Rocket Tým Rainbow Rocket	Same as English name Literally "Team Rainbow Rocket"
Hungarian	Team Rainbow Rocket Rainbow Rocket csapat Szivárvány Rakéta Csapat	Same as English name Same as English name Literally "Team Rainbow Rocket"
Polish	Team Rainbow Rocket Drużyna Rainbow Rocket*	Same as English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Equipe Rainbow Rocket	Same as Japanese name
European Portuguese	Equipa Rainbow Rocket* Team Rainbow Rocket*	Same as Japanese name
Russian	Команда Радужная Ракета Komanda Raduzhnaya Raketa	Literally "Team Rainbow Rocket"

Trivia

• Team Skull is the only villainous team introduced as of Generation VII to not be represented in Team Rainbow Rocket.
• Three villainous team leaders among those introduced as of Generation VII are not members of Team Rainbow Rocket: N and Colress of Team Plasma, and Guzma of Team Skull. Four, if one counts the Aether Foundation as a villainous team, as Lusamine is not part of it neither.

Related articles

• Team Rocket

References

Team Rainbow Rocket
Festival Plaza • Team Rocket's Castle
Boss	Notable members
Giovanni (Masters)	Maxie	Archie	Cyrus	Ghetsis	Lysandre
Other members
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunts • Faba
See also: Team Rocket • Team GO Rocket

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)