#jessi plays pokemon

[clarae-guns]

Post Championship Ash that wants to join a local contest but he wants to play and win fairly without his reputation, so he enters under the alias Ashley Ato so he isn't recognized. He tries to disguise himself, but sucks at makeup and clothing and is very unfamiliar to how to construct a contest routine, so eventually, he gets help from team rocket out of pity.

Team rocket initially stumbled upon ash by pure coincidence while he was making a conest routine and immediately recognized him through his crappy disguise. they heavily critique and roast his routine and disguise, and after doing so, they were like "okay let us show you how it's done because this is sad"

they then disguise him as Ashley better this time and Jessie kinda coaches him to have a better routine. He enters and surprisingly wins. He initially was going to end it at that but Jessies like "no you're actually not bad so you can't quit now" and so they encourage him to join the contest in viridian city. They trio join him as his contests mentors and helpers, trying to convince themselves they're doing it to get the chance to catch pikachu for real (they're lying)

Jessie is his coach, James helps him get into disguise, meowth is his manager, and wobbafett is his self assigned bodyguard (no one told him to do anything he just wanted to be there)

anyway team rocket and ash found family is real no other opinion is correct

[abc04]

team rocket would be such fun caregivers......

[kanna-kizuchi-enjoyer]

they are living in my head

[vaugarde]

the image of various scenes with TR crossdressing with the caption “team rocket, destroying gender roles since 1997” has done so much damage to pokemon community and even more damage to the people who haven’t watched anipoke in years and hail them the best queer rep ever from vague memories from their childhood alone

FOR REAL TBH like truly just ignoring that all of those scenes are intended to mock them.

ik its not a big deal its just a pole that i wasnt even following, but something that annoyed me specifically with the one poll was when jessie was against lillie and everyone was like "OMG VOTE JESSIE BC ITS PRIDE MONTH SO YOU HAVE TO OR YOU HATE THE GAYS!!!!!" when like... im sorry lillie has more genuine lgbt hinting than jessie does sldjfslkdfjslkd.

like sure its not the biggest thing ever but one of these characters was pouring their heart out to a girl in the rain about how important she is to her and how much she depends on her while a rainbow comes out, has an arc about breaking out of the strict roles her mother forced her into, and literally gets an RGU reference in the anime and a deeply devoted "best friend", and its not jessie. sure none of that is exactly explicit groundbreaking stuff and i personally wouldnt say youre meant to see lillie as bi, but its more than what jessie's got

[skelettflickan]

it’s pokemon time!! 

i didn’t like the lineart at all, so idk if i’ll ever finish this. but here’s a lil sketch for ya

[yoohyeon]

If I do Pokémon teams for kpop idols is it too childish or you would think it’s fun ? 🥺👉👈

[yamujiburo]

Got a few asks about what Pokemon I think Jessie and James would have if 1. they didn't just have the gacha machine and only caught Galarian Pokemon and 2. if they had the chance to go to Paldea

GALAR

Jessie: Sandaconda, Snom➡️Frosmoth, Impidimp➡️Morgrem

Sandaconda is a snake Pokemon. Jessie should be allowed to have all snake Pokemon. Period. Love the idea of her finding it and being unsure of what the hell she's looking at because it's all coiled up but upon it briefly uncoiling she falls in love.

Jessie should have had an Ice Type Pokemon at some point for real. Snow and ice play two big roles in her backstory (eating snow/growing up in a snowy location and her mother disappearing in an avalanche). Her having a lil Snom that's not particularly useful but that she grows to love would be so CUTE. They eat snow together!! Then I love the idea of her going from not thinking much of it to getting more and more attached to it over the series and then having it evolve to Frosmoth after some time (it'd remind her of her old friend Dustox)

Okay this one's gonna take a little explaining but I think it'd be so funny if at the same time, Jessie catches a Hatenna and James catches an Impidimp (mostly because Jessie wants the cute one). BUT Impidimp starts gravitating to Jessie because of her negative energy, which it feeds off of. She's much easier to prank and irritate than James, who's too much of a sweetheart and a little less susceptible to pranks. Jessie never finds out that Impidimp is the one pranking her but notices that it's taken a liking to her for some reason so she and James end up trading their Hattena and Impidimp with each other. It later evolves into Moregrem

James: Polteageist, Toxel, Hatenna➡️Hattrem

I think James is a tea lover, and enjoyed fancy teas when he was a child. Since he's a collector of bottlecaps and Pokeballs, I could see him also collecting teapots/teacups. Maybe they're in a haunted mansion one day and he grabs a teapot thinking it's a rare find but it's actually a Pokemon to his surprise. Also I think he deserves to have an Antique form, so it IS a rare find.

James having another baby Pokemon to fawn over like Mime Jr. would be so cute. It's an egg that the trio find but Jessie's too lazy to take care of it and Meowth's traumatized after the Togepi situation, not wanting to go through all that again. Toxel is born and it's James' everything. It's a bit bratty and constantly vying for his attention, usually by shocking and poisoning him but luckily James has built up an immunity to both those things thanks to Pikachu and Mareanie.

As stated before, James catches Impidimp initially but trades it for Jessie's Hatenna. Hatenna was NOT okay with the amount of emotions Jessie brought to the table and couldn't stand to be around her, often going to James who's much calmer between the two of them. Annoyed by it not liking her and finding that Impidimp DID like her, Jessie demands suggests a trade, which James is okay with as he's been growing attached to Hatenna. After it evolves into Hattrem, it starts (affectionately) smacking him whenever he shows too much emotion, carrying on the "James' Pokemon beat the shit out of him" legacy.

PALDEA

Jessie: Flittle➡️Espathra

Flittle just seems fitting for Jessie. She's always wanting a cute little baby Pokemon but funnily enough, never really gets one in the show. She absolutely pampers it and dresses it up. It eventually evolves into Espathra. Still being Jessie's mini-me, it often mimics her, particularly when Jessie's angry

James: Arboliva

Arboliva just feels like a Pokemon James would have LMAO. I think it'd be really sweet if after a particularly bad blast off, Arboliva finds Team Rocket and helps nurse them back to health even though they're mostly okay. They're grateful to it, James captures it and it continues to try mother all of them (in a less aggressive way than Bewear).

Shared: Scovillain

Listen. It'd be SO funny if Jessie and James shared a Pokemon. They see two Pokemon in the tall grass one day. A Pokemon with a red head and a Pokemon with a green head. Only having one Pokemon each at this time, they decide it's a good idea to catch another each. They throw their Pokeballs at the same time and the catch is successful! Just one problem. They find out the two Pokemon they tried to catch was actually just one Pokemon and they don't know which of the Pokeballs they threw was the one that actually caught it. They argue about it for quite a while but then agree to share custody. Leads to some funny scenarios where they're both trying to direct it in a battle. The red head prefers Jessie and the green head prefers James.

[kaisertheadvisor]

Rachel Lillis, the voice of Misty and Jessie in Pokemon, in addition to many other roles such as Utena Tenjou in the English dub of Revolutionary Girl Utena has tragically passed away at the age of 46 due to breast cancer.

To many, she was a massive part of a lot of our childhoods, who delighted us with her many roles over the years. Though she may be gone, the characters she played over the years will remain in many of our hearts for years to come. May she rest in peace.

[pastelricky]

I hope you don't mind a few questions? Will her name stay alani or will it change? What are her colors? What pokemon does she get?

These are all great questions! and ope, this ended up being a long post too.

The name Alani currently is just a place holder name that might become permanent. I haven't decided yet. I also really love the names Mume, Moso, and Hazel.

I have a few ideas for her possible color palette which are shown above. If you have any suggestions please let me know!

To be honest I am not sure what kind of team she will have. I know I want her to become a pokemon professor who focuses on pokemon who can speak like humans, which makes building her final team kind of tricky. Outside of meowth, chatot, and I think doduo(?) all other pokemon who can speak are legendary/mythical pokemon which I do not want to use on her team.

I know in her early travels I want her to do pokemon contests because my favorite arc for Jessie was her contest arc. It was so good! Plus I love the trope of daughters following in their mothers footsteps, so her current team reflects that idea.

All of this being said her being friendly or friends with Mewtwo could be an interesting idea to play around with.

Some general notes I have for her.

Alain's personality is much closer to Delia's than James (Genetic donor) or Jessie's. She is a very quite child who always has a smile on her face. Unlike Delia she has a very hard time speaking up for herself. Can this child get sad or anger? It is hard to tell.

Please let her sleep. She loves nap time. You can often find her taking afternoon naps with Mewoth and Jessie.

[klapollo]

rachael lillis was about 19 years old when she started voicing misty and jessie on pokemon. like a lot of 4kids actors, she was based out of the east coast studying acting at the time. many of them were pursuing theater careers and paying the rent with voice acting while waiting for that big break on broadway. she was only 19, about to star in the biggest media phenomenon of the year, in multiple roles.

i can't think of anything i understood when i was 19, but rachael understood voice acting. she knew how to be funny, how to make you feel, how to execute comedic timing when the mouth flaps you were working with were predetermined by lines in an entirely different language. she knew how to make an impact on an audience. she knew how to exert her range. she knew how to play heroes and villains and cuddly creatures. she had just turned 20 when the show began airing. she was 46 when she died.

when i was a kid -- a kid, like teenage rachael -- misty was my representative in the pokemon anime -- she was The Girl, she was The Tomboy, she was The Stubborn One. i never even realized she was double-cast as jessie or jigglylpuff, her range was so convincing to my tiny mind. i couldnt forget her voice if i tried. i hope i never will.

[james-kojirou]

James from Team Rocket is a truly complex character and very difficult to understand. At first glance, he appears confident and arrogant, but that's a role he plays as the "Team Rocket villain" and on stage, as explained in episodes DP 139: "A Faux Oak Finish" and DP 146: "Dressed for Jess Success!"

In private, outside his Team Rocket role, he is calm, rather shy, he is very anxious and follows his teammates' ideas even when he doesn't fully agree with their plans.

In the episode "A Hole Lotta Trouble," Brock and Ash tell James that he must learn to assert himself without his teammates.

James had a childhood in the high aristocracy, where he could have anything material he wanted, but his parents gave him no affection, demeaned him, and forced him to follow strict and severe discipline like in the Victorian era. They also forced him into an arranged engagement with Jessiebelle, allowing her to train him with whips. He kept a deep trauma from this period of his life.

He joined Team Rocket to rebel against the rules and proper conduct imposed on him in his childhood.

In an interview, the Japanese voice actors of Team Rocket: Megumi Hayashibara, Inuko Inuyama, and Miki Shinichiro, revealed that Jessie's goal in Team Rocket is to become rich or an important woman (which is why she dislikes Matori), Meowth also wishes to be important by taking the place of the boss's favorite Pokémon, replacing Persian. However, James's objective is solely to support and help his two friends achieve their goals and dreams, making them happy.

When James gains a little confidence in himself or engages in an activity he's passionate about and sure he can succeed, he becomes overly enthusiastic. However, he quickly falls into depression if he fails. An episode that shows this aspect of his personality is 'The Fortune Hunters' when James imagines himself as a powerful Moltres due to the description in a Pokemon horoscope book, which turns out to be false.

He is also willing to wholeheartedly encourage people he admires, like Jessie during her Kalos contests or 'The Royal Mask' (under the pseudonym Fire-Kojiro, reminiscent of when he felt strong and proud like a Moltres).

Yet, when he has to put himself in the spotlight outside of Team Rocket missions, he feels terribly uncomfortable and automatically convinces himself that he will lose or isn't capable (The Battlefield of Truth and Love!, Dressed for Jess Success, Party Dancecapades)."

Unlike Jessie, who thinks she's the best at everything, James has very low self-esteem and undervalues himself: believing for example others can take better care of his own Pokemon like Gardenia with Cacnea or Mareanie with her ex-boyfriend. He also thinks Jessie will be happier with Dr. White than with him in Team Rocket.

As demonstrated in episode 19 of "Pokémon Journeys" - A Talent for Imitation! Jessie is an excellent self-confidence coach, pushing her teammates and Pokémon to go beyond their limits and overcome their fears and apprehensions.

Jessie and Meowth are both invaluable support for James. Through their friendship and the trust they give him, he finally feels loved and respected for who he truly is. They are more than just friends; they are his family!

James may appear naive and childish, often being very emotional and crybaby. Despite this, he excels in a lot of various fields, such as being an excellent technician, a talented actor, a poet, and well-informed about Pokemon… He's also skilled in computer science and hacking. On rare occasions when he's involved in a Pokemon battle or contest, he performs remarkably well.

When he forgot his fear under the effect of adrenaline to protect his Mareanie, he even demonstrated incredible strength!

Even though he is part of Team Rocket, James doesn't have a truly evil nature. In reality, he is a compassionate Pokemon trainer, loving his Pokemon so much that their affection hurts him physically, yet he always lets them show their love to him in this way. 💖

[vaugarde]

maybe its the presentation like i said and also that ive muted the game and turned off battle animations so it goes faster but man. im coming to the brutal realization that my kanto issues probably dont stem from gen 1 as much as they do with pokemon yellow

[adobe-outdesign]

It's kind of a shame Jessie and James aren't in the new Pokemon anime because it would be amazing for them to find a Gholdengo. because they're both broke young adults and then you have a Pokemon literally made out of gold show up so they naturally spend the rest of the season trying to catch the thing while the chucklefuck just thinks they're playing a game

[gainaxvel3o]

For most people, Rachel Lillis was Misty and Jessie from Pokemon. For me? There's only one role I remember her for.

I heard she thought she was miscast as Utena. If that's true, I disagree. Utena is someone who was trying to a prince, but it was as much a role she was playing as Anthy was acting as a princess. Lillis brought out Utena's vulnerability extremely well. I will miss her.

[yamujiburo]

There was apparently a radio show starting jessie and jame?

YAAAA Roketto dan Himitsu Teikoku!! It's a radio show that they aired while BW was airing (because team rocket was very serious in that series and the seiyuu missed voicing silly team rocket). I own the Jessie CD but there's a James and Meowth one!

It was fun variety show! One of my favorite segments is where they would have to draw pokemon or "themselves" from memory. This is a drawing I did of their drawings (there's a link to the clip in the post)

One of my favorite clips is them doing the drawing game where they do Pokémon Pictionary where they're supposed to draw Pokémon but Jessie just draws herself LOL (timecode: 21:50)

It's so charming ;0; Jessie's seiyuu has the hardest time staying in character since she seems like such a nice person and Jessie,,, is not. So it's really cute to hear a very happy and giggly Jessie hahaha.

The radio show also gave us this INCREDIBLY dramatic and rocketshippy radio play where Jessie and James are working in a space station but Jessie gets caught under rubble and James tries to save her (but Jessie DIES????). God it's so fucking good. This is my little drawing + translation of the play I posted!

If you know Japanese I highly recommend listening. It's a great time!

[kiastirling]

Rules: Make a poll of your favourite female characters (no limits - as many or as little as you want) and see which your followers like the most!

No one tagged me I just wanted to do this one. Propaganda below the cut, with images (and links for the webcomic ones)

I wasn't tagged so I'm not tagging anyone either.

Propaganda time!

Freya Crescent:

She's a ratfolk ("Burmecian"). She's a dragoon. She's been looking for her boyfriend for 3 years and he has amnesia when she meets him once and then she never sees him again after the place housing the remains of her people is blown up. And still she goes on to save the world.

Lulu:

A black mage with some peak Final Fantasy fashion and her casting medium are a series of stuffed animals. Also she's very focused and taciturn and she ultimately falls in love with her dead boyfriend's goofy older brother which is a fun archetype.

Rica Brosca:

DA dwarves are so crunchy. She's castless (the lowest social class in dwarven society). Her sibling is a gangster and her bodyguard. She's fucking a Prince (possibly becoming King based on player decisions). She's the hottest girl in Dust Town and everyone knows it.

Bubbles:

She's hardcore. And an absolute baby. Love a strong girl who is also just. A girl.

Jessie/Musashi:

@/yamujiburo's Hanamusa AU has done things to me.

Lace Harding:

I reiterate: dwarves! But Lace is super cool and I love her.

Jesse Faden:

Okay I haven't played Control myself but I watched my partner play the whole thing which is certainly enough to say Jesse is cool. Her internal monologue and her friend are great and her single minded pursuit of saving her brother that got her to the Federal Bureau of Control is undeniable.

Amber O'Malley/Amazigirl (Dumbing of Age):

She's a shut-in, she's a (not-so) super hero, she writes horny Batman fanfic, she's plural. Her character arc the past 14 years has been really interesting to see and we're still only like halfway through the school year!

Tiffany "Susan" Pompoms (El Goonish Shive):

Tragic backstory? Check. Magic color changing hair? Check. Anti-Vampire magic? Check. Strong sense of justice? Also check. Horribly embarrassing name she's tried to bury by going by her middle name? Super check.

Susan has had a lot of character growth over the past... many many years. I like her a lot.

Yor Forger:

Best mom a psychic could ask for ❤️Yor is a deadly assassin and a terrible homemaker and she can be kind of a dip and I love her dearly