#team rocket executives

[trustymikh]

yooo I love Team Rocket's executives fan squad! Do you have any more sketches with them?

I do, actually! It's of Giovanni giving Petrel directions on what to do and say while impersonating him (to throw the police off). Petrel's just running his mouth as usual

[kingtoruu]

yea

[dioderent]

[petrelkisser]

Made this stamp so I can use it on my artfight profile ehehehe

[catulhu333]

Jessie, James and the Rocket Executives

A bit of an addendum to my earlier re-blog about proto-type James and Proton, but it does seem the Rocket Executives were always based on Jessie and James - indeed I the original Gold, Silver and Crystal games they MIGHT be them.

To explain, the Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal seem to be sequels to specifically Pokémon Yellow (seeing Red's team, as well as his and Blue's battle sprites, among things).

In Pokemon Yellow Jessie, James and Meowth were introduced, and in many ways we're a prototype for latter Executives, Admins and other higher rank members of villain teams.

And as seen in official Ken Sugimori art for the female and male Executives and Jessie and James, they even look like older Jessie and James:

Jessie even had in the second season cut hair and looked extremely like the female Executive.

There does appear to be several male Executives, but it does appear "James" was supposed to be the highest ranked one, and and kinda leader (though very probably sharing this role with the female executive/"Jessie", as she also calls herself the "interim boss", after Giovanni leaving).

Why? As aside this one was the one who was to have the Sugimori design, and having a from Weezing, the male Executive has Houndour and Houndoom. While James never had these two, the Houndour-Houndoom evolutionary line is a Gen II, dark counterpart to the Growlite-Arcanine evolutionary line - and Growlite was James' starter Pokemon.

There might be wonder that the two Executives appear more competent, ruthless and cruel than Jessie and James. Well, Jessie and James can be at times competent as Team Rocket members, as especially seen in the Black and White/Best Wishes series. And in Pokemon Yellow Jessie and James are competent, and pretty ruthless. IE they were involved even seemingly lead the Lavender Town operation, which involved kidnapping an old man, and killing a Marowak.

Giovanni completely giving up (in the original continuity) on Team Rocket, also probably contributed to Jessie and James becoming more competent and ruthless.

Hilariously, this means Jessie would have a visible revenge against Cassidy in the Yellow-GSC continuity, as Cassidy was seemly demoted to a Team Rocket Grunt.

The Johto seasons of anime though gave the Rocket Executives role to other characters (ironically Butch and Cassidy, Tyson, Attila and Hun, Iron-Masked Marauder, Domino and Professor Sebastian).

Well except causing problems at the Goldenrod City Radio Tower, that was done by Jessie, James and Meowth, if James also taking the role of another Team Rocket connected character - Impostor Professor Oak.

The remakes (HeartGold and SoulSilver) though did define the Team Rocket Executives as separate characters, if as I mentioned Proton has some similarities to James, but so does Archer, as does Ariana resemble Jessie.

(Archer, Ariana, Proton and Petrel)

Pokemon Let's Go: Pikachu and Let Go: Eevee though as well as Pokemon Masters do though show Archer, Proton and Ariana as separate from Jessie and James. James does note, and is surprised he and Archer share preference in Pokemon (the Koffing-Weezing evolutionary line), probably as a reference to their shared origins.

Pokemon Let's Go: Pikachu and Let Go: Eevee, as well as Pokemon Masters, are their own continuities, separate from the one of the original games, and first remake continuity. With Pokemon Let's Go: Pikachu and Let's Go: Eevee, even the player characters and their rival, are essentially newer, alternate versions of Red (Chase) and Green/Leaf (Elaine) and Blue (Trace), that somehow co-exist with a version specifically based on Red, Green and Blue's original designs. So there is a basis in thus continuity for various versions of the same character co-existing. And I guess Ariana could still be seen as a version/counterpart of Jessie (unless a theory about Ariana is true, as then it would be just weird) and Archer and/or Proton of James.

[sazkus]

basically the whole point they took over the radio tower

redraw of this meme that is going around!

[onewingednatu]

WHY WASNT ANYONE GONNA TELL ME THE TEAM ROCKET EXECS WERE ABLE TO BE RECRUITED IN POKEMAS

I missed all the banners and shit 😭 I literally popped in yesterday night about 20 minutes before the ticket scout was to end. I pulled and was literally hoping for anyone BUT Ariana (no hate to her, I like her she's just my least fave of the 4) and. Of course. I got her because luck hates me

Please I want Proton he's all I've been asking for 😭 They haven't even been added to the base pool, so even though I have enough gems for a pity pull I STILL wouldn't be able to get him or Archer :(

[jadeazora]

I think I got this accurate enough lol (Piers isn't really a villain himself btw, I still consider him the leader of a more mildly antagonistic group tho)

Maxie's is in reference to this btw:

[hijinxx]

Pokeemon is my favorite crime drama

[exiledsummer]

had to hop on the trend

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[moldspicy]

i just think they are very neat ✨

[trustymikh]

I just wanna stop by real quick to say that I really adore your Gio art, especially the little scenes with Persian... They're so good and you draw them so distinctively, they're all visually so full of character <3 Thank you!

awawawa thank you!!! :D

to me Giovanni is a perfect combination of that villain trope, 'horrible person who treats their pet better than anyone else' and someone who I can project my cat ownership experiences onto

I imagine she looooves to snuggle with him and every morning Giovanni cannot get up without giving her 'good morning' kisses first

[tabrisangel]

one of my favorite things about archer’s one and only weak ass battle is that when you encounter him he’s not even looking out the window or something cool he’s staring right at the wall. hes looking at the wall. i think he was contemplating bashing his head into it

[barbwalken]

Rocket boys doing rocket boys things.

[janayuga]

i love toxic yaoi </3

[cosmicssubway]

rawcket