Lovable Numskulls

Lovable Numskulls スカした奴ら！ Those Cool Guys!
Event image
Type	Trainer Files
First run	May 9 to 23, 2024
Featured sync pairs	Guzma & Ariados Plumeria & Gengar
Sync pairs with reward bonus
1.6×	Guzma & Ariados Plumeria & Gengar
1.4×	Guzma & Golisopod Plumeria & Salazzle
Theme skills with 1.2× reward bonus	Poison Bug Alola

Lovable Numskulls (Japanese: スカした奴ら！ Those Cool Guys!) was a Trainer Files event in Pokémon Masters EX. It was focused on the sync pairs Guzma & Ariados and Plumeria & Gengar.

The "Guzma Variety Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Guzma & Ariados for the duration of the event, and the "Plumeria Variety Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Plumeria & Gengar starting on May 11, 2024 and lasting until the end of the event.

During this event, players could earn Event Vouchers F from battles that could be redeemed in the shop. All battles could be challenged an unlimited number of times except Daily Extreme Battle 1, which could only be challenged once per day. Extra vouchers were automatically exchanged with coins once the event was finished.

The player could battle using Guzma & Ariados or Plumeria & Gengar to obtain +0.6× bonus vouchers; Guzma & Golisopod or Plumeria & Salazzle to obtain +0.4× bonus vouchers; and any unlisted sync pairs with the Poison, Bug, or Alola theme skills to obtain +0.2× bonus vouchers.

Plot

On a beach, Plumeria and Guzma are talking with a Team Skull Grunt who wants to leave Team Skull so he can join Team Yell and support Marnie. When Plumeria asks if he's being serious, he doubles down on his request, and the two grunts accompanying him support his decision. Guzma wants to test the grunt's commitment to his decision, so he tells the grunt that he'll have to defeat him and Plumeria if he really wants to leave Team Skull. Guzma and Plumeria send out their Ariados and Gengar, respectively. The grunt is a little scared, but he accepts the challenge, and the other grunts send out their Pokémon to battle alongside him. Guzma then warns them that he won't go easy on them.

Guzma and Plumeria's Pokémon take some hits from the grunts' Pokémon, but ultimately claim an easy victory. Although the grunt is disheartened, Guzma surprisingly tells him to go, with Plumeria reassuring the grunt that Guzma can already see that he's serious. The grunt thanks Guzma and Plumeria before leaving to fulfill his dream, leaving his friends to shed tears of happiness for him. Immediately afterwards, a Team Yell Grunt approaches them and says she wishes to quit Team Yell in favor of joining Team Skull out of admiration for Plumeria. Guzma lets her in and tells his two grunts to teach her the rules of Team Skull. While the Team Yell Grunt begins her lessons, Plumeria observes how when one story ends, another one begins.

Area info

Area name	Unlock condition	Completion Rewards
I'm Quitting Team Skull!	Available from start	Gems ×10 Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 1
Alolan Wind Bringing Change	Complete Mission 7	Gems ×10

Battles

Name	Difficulty	Trainers		Pokémon		Stamina	First-Time Rewards	Completion Rewards	Battle Rewards
				Middle	Right
Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 1	Normal	Guzma	Plumeria	Ariados Weakness:	Gengar Weakness:	10	Gems ×30 Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 2	200 coins Event Voucher F ×5	Event Voucher F ×1-2
Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 2	Hard					15	Gems ×30 Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 3	600 coins Event Voucher F ×12	Event Voucher F ×1-3
Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 3	Very Hard					15	Gems ×30 Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 4	600 coins Event Voucher F ×25	Event Voucher F ×1-3
Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 4	Super Hard					20	Gems ×30 Daily Extreme Battle 1	1,500 coins Event Voucher F ×40	Event Voucher F ×1-4
Daily Extreme Battle 1	Ultra Hard					30	Gems ×30	2,000 coins Event Voucher F ×100	None

Event missions

Mission Name	Objective	Reward
Mission 1	Complete any of the following areas ×3 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 1 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 2 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 3 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 4 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×50
Mission 2	Complete any of the following areas ×10 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 1 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 2 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 3 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 4 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×50
Mission 3	Complete any of the following areas ×20 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 1 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 2 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 3 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 4 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100
Mission 4	Complete any of the following areas ×30 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 1 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 2 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 3 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 4 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100
Mission 5	Complete any of the following areas ×40 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 1 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 2 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 3 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 4 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100
Mission 6	Complete any of the following areas ×50 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 1 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 2 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 3 • Challenge Guzma and Plumeria: Part 4 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100
Mission 7	Obtain: Event Voucher F ×3,000	Alolan Wind Bringing Change
Reward for completing all missions		Gems ×200

Shop

Item given		Item received	Max exchanges
Event Voucher F ×400	→	Sprint Move Candy Coin ×1	1
Event Voucher F ×100	→	5★ Scout Ticket ×1	4
Event Voucher F ×100	→	5★ Alola Scout Ticket ×1	30
Event Voucher F ×100	→	Guzma Lucky Cookie 1 ×1	1
Event Voucher F ×100	→	Plumeria Lucky Cookie 1 ×1	1
Event Voucher F ×250	→	4★ Power-Up ×1	2
Event Voucher F ×150	→	3★ Power-Up ×1	2
Event Voucher F ×100	→	Skill Sphere ×10	5
Event Voucher F ×50	→	Co-op Sync Orb ×200	3
Event Voucher F ×100	→	Bug Codex, Vol. 1 ×10	5
Event Voucher F ×50	→	Bug Tome, Vol. 1 ×10	15
Event Voucher F ×100	→	Poison Codex, Vol. 1 ×10	5
Event Voucher F ×50	→	Poison Tome, Vol. 1 ×10	15
Event Voucher F ×30	→	Elite Four Notes ×10	5
Event Voucher F ×20	→	Gym Leader Notes ×10	5
Event Voucher F ×150	→	5-Pack Great Drink ++ Set ×50	4
Event Voucher F ×100	→	5-Pack Drink ++ Set ×50	4
Event Voucher F ×80	→	5-Pack Ultra Drink + Set ×50	4
Event Voucher F ×60	→	5-Pack Great Drink + Set ×50	4
Event Voucher F ×50	→	4★ Level-Up Manual ×10	3
Event Voucher F ×30	→	Skip Ticket ×10	10
Event Voucher F ×750	→	3★ Power-Up ×1	Unlimited
Event Voucher F ×10	→	3★ Level-Up Manual ×3	Unlimited
Event Voucher F ×10	→	5-Pack Drink + Set ×30	Unlimited
Event Voucher F ×10	→	5-Pack Ultra Drink Set ×40	Unlimited
Event Voucher F ×10	→	5-Pack Great Drink Set ×50	Unlimited

Gallery

Event banner

Music

Situation	Song key	Song name	Arrangement
In menu	No. 00004	Adventure Awaits	Unknown
During battle I'm Quitting Team Skull! When Guzma challenges the grunt to bust down the wall Alolan Winds Bringing Change From start	No. 07004	Battle! (Guzma) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.)
I'm Quitting Team Skull! From start	No. 07029	Trainers' Eyes Meet (Team Skull) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Unknown
I'm Quitting Team Skull! When the grunt reveals why he wants to leave Team Skull	No. 08018	Trainers' Eyes Meet (Team Yell) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Unknown
Alolan Winds Bringing Change After the grunts lose	No. 00019	A Melancholy Moment	Unknown
Alolan Winds Bringing Change After Guzma realizes the grunt is serious	No. 00011	The Way Ahead	Unknown
Song names without a song key listed are unofficial, as they have not been added to the Jukebox.

Script

• I'm Quitting Team Skull!

Name	Text
(Beach at dusk)
Plumeria	You wanna leave Team Skull, huh?
Team Skull Grunt (1)	No! A true Team Skull member always butts heads and answers with a hearty "No!"
Plumeria	Not now! You're just confusing everyone.
Team Skull Grunt (1)	Yes, ma'am. Both you and Guzma have been great, and I seriously appreciate everything you've done for me. But I wanna join Team Yell and support Marnie!
Plumeria	Are you...serious?
Team Skull Grunt (1)	Yeah!!! Here on Pasio, I finally found something I really wanna do!
Team Skull Grunt (2)	We're begging you... Please let him go!
Team Skull Grunt (3)	He's giving us hope! Even if we couldn't complete the island challenge, we can still have a dream! We really wanna cheer him on!
Plumeria	So, you're not lying or giving excuses to leave the team, huh. What do you think, Guzma?
Guzma	... ... ... Fine.
Team Skull Grunt (1)	Really, Guzma?!
Guzma	But you've gotta own up to your choices.
Team Skull Grunt (1)	H-huh?
Guzma	I have an idea. We'll become your "wall" to overcome. If you REALLY wanna leave Team Skull... then bust down the wall!
(Guzma sends out Ariados, and Plumeria sends out Gengar)
Team Skull Grunt (1)	N-No way! I gotta beat the two of you?! Fine! I'll do it! I'll break down the wall!
(The grunt sends out Houndoom)
Team Skull Grunt (2)	Boss! Plumeria! I'm so sorry but...
(The grunt sends out Drowzee)
Team Skull Grunt (2)	I'm gonna back him—just for now!
Team Skull Grunt (3)	Same here!
(The grunt sends out Mareanie)
Team Skull Grunt (1)	You guys...
Plumeria	You all are such a pain.
Guzma	Wanna see what destruction looks like? Here it is in human form—it's your boy Guzma! Don't expect us to go easy on you!

• Alolan Wind Bringing Change

Name	Text
(The grunts battle Guzma and Plumeria; Plumeria's Gengar defeats the third grunt's Mareanie)
Team Skull Grunt (3)	Ah!
(The attack also defeats the second grunt's Drowzee)
Team Skull Grunt (2)	Ugh!
Team Skull Grunt (1)	Argh!
(The grunt's Houndoom attacks Guzma's Ariados)
Guzma	You call that bein' serious? I'm not beat down yet!
(Ariados defeats Houndoom)
Team Skull Grunt (1)	Aaaaahhhhh!
(Cut to after the battle)
Team Skull Grunt (1)	Ugh... We lost. ... ... ...
Guzma	Ho...
(Guzma turns around)
Guzma	Never seen him look so disappointed. The winds of Alola are blowing again, bringing some new change... Didn't think they'd reach all the way to Pasio... Go on, get moving.
Team Skull Grunt (1)	Huh?
Plumeria	Looks like Guzma knows you're serious. You went through all of this to show us how much you want to leave—don't give up easily, OK? I won't allow you to come back to our team.
Team Skull Grunt (1)	Guzma... Plumeria...
Guzma	Don't push yourself too hard.
Team Skull Grunt (1)	... ... ... Thank you SO MUCH for everything!
(The grunt runs off)
Team Skull Grunt (2)	*sniff* *sob*
Team Skull Grunt (3)	*sniffle* *sob*
Plumeria	You dummies. What're you crying for? You wanted this for him.
Guzma	... ... ...
???	Um, hi there!
(A Team Yell Grunt runs up to the group)
Team Yell Grunt	Plumeria, you're, like, the coolest! I'm totally in awe! So, I've decided to quit Team Yell to join Team Skull!
Plumeria	Huh?
Guzma	Heh, you're a weird one. Hope you won't regret this decision. Hey, you two! Why don't you school her on the rules of Team Skull?
Team Yell Grunt	I-I'll do my best!
Team Skull Grunt (2)	Yo, yo, yo! Are you sure you've got the guts to join Team Skull?
Team Yell Grunt	Yes, totally!
Team Skull Grunt (2)	Wrong! We always reply with a hearty "No!" Try to act like one of us, bonehead!
Team Skull Grunt (3)	Get ready to roll—we're gonna teach you how to be bad to the bone!
Team Yell Grunt	Ye— I mean, no!
(The Team Yell Grunt walks over to the Team Skull Grunts, who strike a pose)
Plumeria	(One story ends, another begins, I guess...)
(Plumeria grins as she and Guzma watch the grunts talk)

In other languages

Language Title Japanese スカした奴ら！ Mandarin Chinese 很酷的傢伙們！ French D'adorables lascars German Liebenswerte Pfeifen Italian Adorabili Skull-manati Korean 멋진 녀석들! Spanish Peña chunga pero entrañable

See also

Trainer Files 2023 debut: Kanto Elite Four (Part 1) • Kanto Elite Four (Part 2) • Akala Passion • Two Factory Heads 2024 debut: Elegant Flying-Type Pokémon • Lovable Numskulls Pokémon Masters EX event templates Story events • Villain events • Solo events • Trainer Files • Legendary events • All

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