The Brilliance of Team Rocket in Kanto

[@Vesdus]

I'm really disappointed that you didn't talk about the theorized (and then confirmed) motive of Giovanni; - That he was stealing Pokemon not just to make money, but also to find strong Pokemon. - That he knew Blaine and wanted to revive the Fossils they were collecting in Mt. Moon. - That he was trying to capture powerful Ghost Pokemon in the Pokemon Tower. (strong against Psychic) - And that he took over Silph Co in order to expedite the production of the prototype Master Ball All steps in an attempt to capture, subdue, or subjugate Mewtwo, whom Giovanni helped create and is hiding in Cerulean Cave. I'm not going to go into it, but there are hints towards this all through the games and it was essentially confirmed in the Pokemon Origins series.

[@onlyFLYBOY]

I definitely want to make a video about Giovanni's ties to Mewtwo throughout the series, stay tuned!

[@Ometecuhtli13thGate]

Let's be real. The only reason Lorelei cared was because it was her island that was affected.

[@IzzyItachi]

Off to a good start dude, looking forward to the next video.

[@thenerdtee]

Team Yell is hardly the antagonist of anything, I want to see how you classify them. If they're villainous, then a drink uncle yelling at a barbecue is a criminal mastermind.

[@pokestonks]

The thumbnail is clean my boy

[@maxpie16]

No way this is your first video?!? Keep going dude

[@TaroAndreas]

Looking forward to seeing this channel blow up, good stuff. Also wanted to say the motive of Rocket in Gen 1/2 not being some huge cosmic thing fits with the sort of magic realism of early Pokémon. It’s still our world in many ways, and hadn’t developed into its own universe per se.

[@loganmcwhorter4043]

For this to be your first video, phenomenal job man

[@RayKitsune13]

Giovanni is just a respectable member of the Viridian City Community

[@Thepopcornator]

Giovanni runs organized crime while keeping up an upstanding public image. He’s the Gus Fring of the Pokémon universe.

[@dinar471]

There’s definitely something to be said for the simplicity of team rocket, they just want money. it’s realistic and organizations like them exist in real life.

[@SavoxYT]

Team Rocket fights for what's wrong. For mayhem and madness and rare Pokémon.

[@CoaCoaBunnyGirl]

22:52 I really love that you brought up the fact that Team Rocket is supposed to represent real villainy!! Battling the dead Marowak they killed as a kid is terrifying but that’s what made it so much more interesting! Because real life villains really go to any extent for their own gain- that’s what makes them evil!

[@asmrtpop2676]

I have soooo many opinions on the later teams. Excited for this series.

[@Waryfuls]

27:20 Hint hint, Johto

[@aie024]

This is sick, will definitely be sticking around for your coverage of future evil teams!

[@onlyFLYBOY]

@@aie024 Thank you! Stay tuned…

[@EduardoHatchet]

The thing I like about Team Rocket is that they have everything to do with pokémon. Their whole thing is that they hurt pokémon for profit, and that makes them the antithesis to the player, who is a pokémon trainer and thus (presumably) love pokémon. Compare that to something like team Galactic, which has virtually nothing to do with the pokémon themselves, and this fact plus the increased stakes and absurdity of their plan just serves to raise the disbelief on the fact that 10 year old trainers just keep foiling evil organizations around the world. Also I really love the pokémon origins episode where Red battles Giovanni in the Viridian gym.

[@stillwellstillhere1374]

The guy "settles" into one of the most powerful roles in pokemon, a gym leader. He then is inspired to be good based on a fight with a 10 year old. Too bad being a good father is a myth in pokemon lol Incredible character with a great plot twist. Blue and Giovanni were the best twists.

[@jasonwu1847]

Never really thought about it but Viridian City is right next to Pallet Town… the heart of Team Rocket is right next to home base

[@CoaCoaBunnyGirl]

I wish I could be as cool as Giovanni someday

[@onlyFLYBOY]

Me too, he has that aura

[@Son_of_May241]

It s why i train my brains and brawls everyday

[@deanlemckeevans]

Don't forget the burned mansion on Cinnabar Island. Although it is not an official Team Rocket base, it is connected to the information on Mew, who Team Rocket cloned to make Mewtwo. For me, the in-game reason for it's destruction is that Mewtwo destroyed the mansion.

[@onlyFLYBOY]

@@deanlemckeevans I was hesitant to add details about the Mansion since there is no direct mention of Team Rocket there in FRLG However, I definitely want to explore some theories in another video, thank you for watching!

[@liamdell6319]

@@onlyFLYBOY Yeah, the anime and the Pokemon Adventures manga make it abundantly clear that Mewtwo's creation was at least bankrolled by Team Rocket, but the games have none of that. On the topic of the manga though, Team Rocket gets more dangerous since Lt. Surge, Koga and Sabrina are all members, Blaine used to work for them, and in the GSC manga, the reformed Team Rocket was led by Pryce, with Will and Karen as two of his direct underlings.

[@carloschavez8950]

great stuff bro good detailing keep it up 💯💯

[@sharzinlalebazri5673]

Actually, Team Rocket is moreso inspired by the Yakuza than the Italian Mafia. That implication was just a result of Giovanni's localized name in the English version and has only recently been leaned into with that song in Pokemoj Masters EX that pays heavy homage to the Godfather theme.

[@Shawnzy1]

I also feel like they were farming the tm to sell at celadon. That’s why they stole the dig tm. I always assumed that they found out how to synth and re sell them

[@ADxG1369]

Love your setup! Great story telling! Subbed.

[@SamSays101]

Great video man

[@papayapixel]

Well done on the video! Great talking points and very polished. Have a new sub for your growing channel :)

[@wornoutwizard5033]

great summary and analysis! subbed and waiting for team plasmas video, should be good with how well youve done here

[@moultage]

Awesome video, really good first video, can't wait to see more, subscribed 😁

[@onlyFLYBOY]

There will be more to come, thank you!

[@moultage]

@onlyFLYBOY Awesome! I'll keep my eye out for notifications 😊

[@JackieJKENVtuber]

Also nugget bridge is GOATED because if you defeat all the trainers, catch a weak pokemon and keep losing to the rocket grunt, you'll get infinite money

[@seantaylor424]

Team Rocket's motivation has always been aces to me, especially when it incorporated things like heists and poaching, neither of which the police can easily keep up with. I'm glad other teams had big goals instead of money (and Team Plasma pretending to have a big goal in pursuit of getting money...and everything else), but I also think the series is overdue for another profit-hungry Team.

[@Bowdeen1984]

Sub number 90!! Great video my guy!

[@rodolfomurillo4989]

Bro threw in some bible lore halfway 🤣🙏🏼

[@bigdummy6286]

I’m posting this before this channel posts a video looking at any Gen 3 teams. As crazy as the motivation of messing with nature is, I feel like life is imitating art. We have ignorant but like minded crazies driven to radical extremes to bring about change in the real world, and that helps give the two Gen 3 teams some plausibility despite how ridiculous the motivation is.

[@milkslice3730]

well now I’m at the edge of my seat, I need to gather inspiration for my fanmade region’s evil team

[@AnthemTD]

Great video, especially for your first upload. That said, pretty wild to not even mention jesse and james when you’re talking about team rocket. Guessing you never played yellow

[@liamdell6319]

MORE often than Pikachu. Pikachu wasn't catchable in gen 5 Also, on the topic of Giovanni being the 8th gym leader. Think of it from this perspective. Red is an 11 year old (it's in the handbook), he probably hasn't even been as far as Pewter city before at the start of the game, and if he has been to Viridian City, it was with his mother. The world outside of Pallet town is foreign to him, and even the Viridian Forest is terrifying to him (which is explained by the music) The first time you encounter Team Rocket, Red is very far from home, and he keeps on encountering them in major cities, far away from the peace of his home. Then you get to the 8th gym and find the leader of this criminal team within spitting distance of YOUR HOME.

[@KaterinaKPOP]

Great video! I love your script and the editing!! It's so nice!! I hate dogs.

[@Benzaroo23]

Couldn’t help but sub !!

[@Radahn_is_ez]

I'm the 46th sub, love the quality of the videos. Hope there are more original ideas on the way

[@onlyFLYBOY]

Thank you!

[@mayorofcoolsville1102]

@28:08 I know you were going off of games only, but in the pokemon adventures manga series, the elite four just explicitly work with team rocket, and they try and kill the main characters multiple times.

[@onlyFLYBOY]

I'd love to do a video on the manga's Rocket, everything I've heard has been so interesting

[@mayorofcoolsville1102]

@@onlyFLYBOY I haven't read the entire manga series, only the kanto portion, but it goes all the way up to the Kalos series iirc. I've seen panels of the later stories and it takes the evil teams into some wild places, and it's way darker so you often get to see the evil teams be much more sinister and visceral.

[@saucymongoose7246]

Sub number 127!! 🎉 Great video dude!!!

[@prodecks6654]

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[@onlyFLYBOY]

Yes! This is just the beginning 🖤

[@DrRexie]

Giovanni and team rocket are a Yakuza branch they're not a mafioso branch remember you're dealing with a Japanese game that means they wouldn't be Italian Mafia in it

[@Avinkwep]

Poké man says Christ is God, I like

[@OnePieceSchxlar]

No chance ur this underrated

[@CornerstoneMinistry316]

Wow, i was not expecting there to be a Christian message here. You earned a subscription sir!

[@onlyFLYBOY]

I will always try to include our Savior in these vids wherever I can, thank you!

[@kameronsheppard1436]

Will you be covering Cipher from the gen 3 spin off games? They might be the most evil

[@Vesdus]

Which animation are those Team Rocket scenes from?

[@onlyFLYBOY]

Pokemon Generations and Pokemon Origins 👍

[@Lunaraia]

I will point out... Gym Leader Blaine is a Team Rocket member, even if it is former...

[@DaniCountry-w5x]

Good vid

[@billybobbibeau5121]

Oh shit thats your first video nevermind

[@onlyFLYBOY]

The first of many, stay tuned... Thank you for subscribing! 🖤

[@Slooof]

4K views let’s see what this is about

[@billybobbibeau5121]

No way you only got 49 subs let me become your 50th

[@EricCantona2004]

I think this will be your breakthrough video

[@eviljigglypuff2254]

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[@onlyFLYBOY]

Coming up next: Rocket in Johto, stay tuned...

[@srosecas8382]

You're cute 🤭

[@kaybee328]

HOW DO YOU JUST HAVE 31 SUBSCRIBERS

[@Liukupukki]

Because they got 2 fkn videos?

[@JKeyB]

125

[@michaeldoran4367]

You look like an animal character

[@christophermitchell9739]

I think its interesting that all the stuff you love about Team Rocket is why I find them so boring. I get what you're saying about the others coming off as anime villains... but pokémon is a JRPG. They *should* be anime villains.

[@saucymongoose7246]

I disagree. Yeah, Pokemon is a JRPG, but what made Team Rocket interesting was the fact that they felt more grounded in reality. In the attempt to make Pokemon's evil teams more in lines with a typical JRPG villain group, the evil teams end up being laughable bad and forgettable. They lost what made them unique. People are tired of terrorists and genocidal maniacs and want criminals again.

[@christophermitchell9739]

@saucymongoose7246 I dunno, the only really forgettable one was Yell and the point was they weren't even actually villains though it was handled badly I fully admit. Like, the *original* versions of Aqua and Magma sucked, but they're more engaging in the remakes. Plasma is just a new take on the actual mafia, though they're pretending to be something else. The only actually genocidal ones (at least in intentional goals) are Galactic and Flare. The OG team rocket lacks personality, and that's one of the reasons I actually prefer them in HGSS.

[@saucymongoose7246]

@christophermitchell9739 I disagree that they lack a personality. It's not as strong as Plasma or Skull, who are the only 3 evil teams to me that have one, but it's still present. No other evil team other than Rocket or Plasma felt intimidating. These 3 are the only good evil teams because they feel grounded. Team A&M are more or less the same in ORAS, albeit slightly better, but their plans are still bizarre and frankly stupid. Galactic and Flair are so boring and generic because they just want to create creative a whole new universe/destroy humanity for no real proper or justifiable reason. Team Star is good in concept but meh in execution, and whatever the name of Chairman Rose's team are ACTUALLY the worst team in Pokemon.