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=== Characters ===

==  Shadow Admins ==
=== Sleight ===
Team Rocket's highest ranked member, and the head of the Shadow Admins, Sleight acts as the main leader of the organization, personally overseeing the region of Kanto. Cold, precise, and cunning, Sleight has yet to find an opponent that he could not personally defeat in battle.
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* [[Bigger Bad]]: to the [[Big Bad Ensemble]] that includes Ford, Sombra, Joker, and others.

=== Joker ===
Sleight's second-in-command and the Shadow Admin of Johto, Joker is a ruthless individual who relishes the war against Team Liberty.
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* [[Soul Power]]\[[Psychic Power]]: Specializes in both Ghost- and Psychic-Types.
* [[The Dragon]]: To Sleight.

=== Bounty ===
Team Rocket's third-in-command, at least until {{spoiler|his [[Heel Face Turn]]}}. Bounty is the Shadow Admin of Sinnoh.
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* [[Enemy Mine]]: His primary motivation for defecting from Team Rocket--With bigger threats like the Ancients and Ford out there, why bother splitting focus to Team Liberty, especially since both groups essentially fight for the same purpose?
* [[Extra Ore Dinary]]: Specializes in Steel-Types.
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}
* [[The Starscream]]: To Sleight.

=== Heather Windred/Ace ===
The fourth of Team Rocket's original Shadow Admins. Ace oversaw the Hoenn branch of the Rocket Empire. After  {{spoiler|failing to quell a mass rebellion in Hoenn}} she was  {{spoiler|exiled by Sleight and eventually killed by Buzz, who would later become her replacement.}}
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* [[Blow You Away]]: Specializes in Flying-Types, which use a large range of wind-based attacks.
* {{spoiler|[[Four Is Death]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]

=== Max Bussle/Buzz ===
A former Rocket Executive, now the replacement for {{spoiler|Shadow Admin Ace}}.
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* [[Bald of Evil]]
* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]: Specializes in Bug-Types.
* [[Running Gag]]: In every major battle that he has taken part in, Buzz has injured his right shoulder.

==  Team Rocket Executives ==
=== John Riley Jr. ===


=== Matthew Mc\Klellen ===
A Team Rocket executive stationed in Kanto.
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* [[Battle Aura]]

=== Tobias Elton ===


=== Elena Adrian ===

==  Team Rocket Members ==
=== Gavin Braner ===

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* [[Green Eyed Red Head]]
* [[Green Eyes]]
* [[Parental Issues]]
* [[The Stoic]]

=== Ethan Worth ===

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* [[Cool Shades]]

=== Dack Majors ===

=== Ben Grindport ===

=== Silver ===
One of the Dex Holders and the son of the now-deceased Team Rocket leader Giovanni. Silver originally operated as a Team Liberty agent; within the past year, however, he betrayed the organization for Team Rocket.
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* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Much to the dismay of his friends.

==  Team Liberty Leaders ==
=== Markus Aleivy/Goldhawk ===

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* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Suffers a major one following  {{spoiler|Blackskull's death}}. He gets better. 
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Specializes in Electric-Types.

=== Kane Umbra/Blackskull ===

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* [[Casting a Shadow]]: Specializes in Dark-Types.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Blackskull specializes in Dark-Types, and yet is considered to be one of the kindest people in Team Liberty.
*  {{spoiler|[[Disney Death]]}}

=== Shannon Ramirez/Bluefalcon ===

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* [[Action Girl]]
*  {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[Making a Splash]]: Specializes in Water-Types.

=== Selene Ashera/Silvermind ===
Formerly a Team Liberty Executive, Selene was promoted to Team Liberty leader following  {{spoiler|Bluefalcon's death.}}
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* [[Action Girl]]

==  Team Liberty Executives ==
=== Red ===
One of the original Dex holders, Red was one of the founding members of Team Liberty.
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=== Richie Eston ===

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* [[Adaptation Expansion]]
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Plays a much greater role in Rise of the Rockets than he did in the anime or manga.

=== James Arthur ===


=== Seth Vicens ===

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* [[The Chosen One]]: To Dialga.

=== Jayron Aaron ===
An aura-using Team Liberty agent, recently promoted to Executive.
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* [[Battle Aura]]
* [[Ninja]]: Trained under Koga when he was younger, along with Cyan Vero.

=== Scott Stone ===

==  Team Liberty Members ==
=== Kyle Eston ===

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* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Brainy Brunette]]
* [[Disappeared Dad]]
* [[Informed Ability]]: Kyle's background states that he was near the top of his class during training for Team Liberty; however, little of his strategic ability has been seen at this point. Possibly justified, as he was put into a coma shortly after being introduced and the resulting damage to his self-confidence has been shown to have had a multitude of effects on him.
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]: After obtaining Charmander/Charmeleon and Axew.
* [[Missing Mom]]
*  {{spoiler|[[Sanity Slippage]]}}
* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: Does not appreciate people trying to help him in multiple opponent battles. 

=== Sonja Baron ===
A Team Liberty field agent and a native of Unova. Sonja's primary job is to act as a field guide for agents who have never been to Unova.
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Sonja does not take well to being hit on--and especially if you do so using pet names.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Reluctant Warrior]]
* [[Mr. Fanservice|Testosterone Brigade Bait]]: At least four other characters are known to have a crush on Sonja--and counting.

=== Zach "Grey" ===


=== Ryan Sanders ===


=== Alex Lockwood ===


=== Justin Icewater ===


=== Cyan Vero ===

=== Joseph Lark ===
A crafty and linguistically-skilled novice Team Liberty agent who is always looking for an excuse to laze around. 
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* [[Bling Bling Bang]]: He ONLY uses the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Luxury Ball]] variant of the standard ball capsule.
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]
* [[Chess Motifs]]: Lark played chess long before he battled. This carries over into how he thinks about battle, as seen multiple times:
** The rematch of Lark V. Hex involved him ordering his 'mon a combination of attacks he considered akin to a chess 'fork', or move that threatens two pieces-in this case, two pokemon-at once.
** "The pawn's soft steps to victory are not heard when the queen thunders across the battlefield."
** Lark reminesces  {{spoiler|in prison}} on how Manuel represents his queen, Sasori his knight, and Namikaze his bishop.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Guile Hero]]
** [[The Plan]]: Hasn't had the chance to apply any major one yet, but Lark loves using minor ones in battle.
* [[Nerves of Steel]]: Even  {{spoiler|incarcerated}} he shoves aside depression and keeps strategizing. 
* [[Renaissance Man]]: See [[Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training]] below.
* [[Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training]]: Lark can speak four languages, is an outstanding chess player, and is a great and learned strategist. He also has very little development in basic social skills.
* [[Teen Genius]]
* [[The Leader]]: For his trio.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: He fulfills this role quite often.
** [[Smart People Play Chess]]
* [[The Spock]]: In the Lark-Yutry-Vandius [[Power Trio]].
* [[The Strategist]]: For the three.
* [[Weak but Skilled]]: He's the most physically weak member of his team and his 'mon are second weakest. Yet Lark is [[The Smart Guy|the smartest]].

=== Hex Yutry ===
Hex is the average novice Team Liberty agent. 
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*  {{spoiler|[[Anti-Hero]]: Type IV}}
*  {{spoiler|[[Beware the Nice Ones]]}}
*  {{spoiler|[[Dead Little Sister]]}}: He has one in the form of his  {{spoiler|dead}} Starly.
*  {{spoiler|[[Gotta Kill Em All]]}}: He is currently a Liberty member because he wishes to  {{spoiler|kill all Rockets}}.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Experiences one after Jennifer Lorne is consumed. Turns out  {{spoiler|she's his sister}}.  {{spoiler|Subverted; it was a front in order to keep up his mask-Jennifer is not actually his sister.}}
*  {{spoiler|[[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]}}: Hex periodically goes into these. He even commits  {{spoiler|[[Revenge by Proxy]]}}.
* [[The McCoy]]: In his [[Power Trio]].
* [[What Measure Is a Mook?]]: Decided against killing a Team Aqua prison guard named Ray after it was revealed that his daughter had just been born. Ralph, on the other hand, was not so lucky.

=== Tim Vandius ===

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*  {{spoiler|[[Only Sane Man]]}}: Appears well on his way to becoming this for his team.
* [[The Kirk]]: In the [[Fan Nickname|'three newbs of Liberty']] [[Power Trio]].

=== Jennifer Lorne ===
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* [[Faux Action Girl]]:  {{spoiler|Subverted}}.
* [[Hair of Gold]]

==  The Hojohsin League ==
=== John Ford/The Shadowed Man ===
A mysterious man, Ford is a terrorist with seemingly omniscient knowledge of events around the various regions.
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* [[A Father to His Men]]
* [[Hidden Agenda Villain]]
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[The Adjectival Man]]
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Claims that he is only trying to end the Rocket-Liberty war, though his actions say otherwise.

=== James Pierce ===
A polite, yet powerful follower of Ford, Pierce was elected to the position of Hoenn's president following the toppling of Team Rocket's presence there.
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* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
* [[Corrupt Politician]]
* [[President Evil]]
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: His ''natural'' eye color.

=== Maddison Hayes ===
Hayes is a cold and calculating individual, and a field operative of Ford.
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* [[Brainy Brunette]]: As a result of ([[Alternate Character Interpretation|or the reason she has]]) her psychic powers.
* [[Hidden Agenda Villain]]
* [[Psychic Powers]]

=== Quincy Adams ===
An aggressive and brutal Ford operative.
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* [[Blood Knight]]
* [[Dark Action Girl]]

=== McKinley ===
Another of Ford's operatives, not much is known about McKinley.
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* [[The Faceless]]: Currently; only fleeting hints have been given as to his appearance.

==  Team Plasma ==
=== The Six Sages ===

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==  The Ancient Darkrai ==
=== Sombra ===
The oldest Darkrai in existence and the leader of the Ancients, Sombra was formerly a follower of Arceus, leading his fellow Darkrai in the Creation Pokémon's defense. After Arceus bestowed upon him and his followers the powers of Time and Space, Sombra betrayed Arceus and attempted to usurp him. He was eventually defeated and sealed away, though has reappeared due to the weakening powers of the Creation Trio.
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* [[Big Bad]]

=== Nine ===
A former follower of Sombra, Nine deserted the group after realizing the evils of his ways; because of this, he was spared the fates of his siblings, though his control over time and space were taken away. He recently regained these powers through the help of Ford, and now seeks to end the Rocket-Liberty War.
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* [[Ambiguously Evil]]
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Type III.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Performed one just prior to the Ancients' imprisonment, after realizing just what he was helping Sombra do.
** [[Face Heel Turn]]: YMMV; however, Nine's eventual alliance with Ford could be seen as this.
* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]
* [[The Atoner]]
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Nine only works with Ford out of a genuine wish to stop the Liberty-Rocket War.

=== Eight ===
An extremely brutal member of the Ancients.
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* [[The Brute]]

=== Seven ===

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* [[Beware the Silly Ones]]
* [[Giggling Villain]]

=== Six ===

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* [[The Stoic]]

=== Five ===


=== Four ===

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* [[Genius Bruiser]]

=== Three ===

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* [[Badass Bookworm]]
* [[The Smart Guy]]

=== Two ===


=== One ===


=== Shade/Damien  {{spoiler|Vicens}} ===

==  Legendary Pokémon ==

* [[Psychic Powers]]: All Legendary Pokémon are assumed to have limited telepathic abilities, allowing them to communicate with humans.
* [[Talking Animal|Talking Pokémon]]: See above.

=== Mewtwo ===
The [[Pokémon: The First Movie|original]] Mewtwo.
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Threatening, harming, and especially  {{spoiler|killing}} his fellow clones.
* [[Cloning Blues]]: Suffered from this for some time after his creation; by the time the events of [[Rot R]] roll around, he has other problems to deal with.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: Suffered a severe case after  {{spoiler|the other cloned Pokémon were killed.}}

=== Mewtwo/"Mewthree" ===
Another Mewtwo created by a Unovan bounty hunting company at the request of Ford.
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* [[Cloning Blues]]: Surprisingly averted; Mewthree is aware of why and how he was created and has not shown any negative feelings toward that reason.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: To differentiate him from Mewtwo.
* [[Strong But Naive]]: As a newly born Pokémon, Mewthree still has yet to master his powers.

=== Ho-Oh ===
A legendary bird Pokémon.
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Will absolutely destroy any sources of evil that it locates, as the Searchers found out the hard way.

=== Raikou/Shekou/Sheik ===
A female Raikou from Orre who later joined Team Liberty.
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: Started out as a random Raikou in Orre; by now she has turned into virtually a full-fledged Team Liberty agent.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: Shekou was eventually dubbed Sheik to ore easily differentiate her from other Raikou. Also serves as a [[Shout-Out]] to [[The Legend of Zelda]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: See Fan Nickname.

=== The Shiny Beasts ===
A shiny Entei, Raikou and Suicune who originate from a different dimension. After sensing the powerful disturbances in the dimensional fabric, they appeared in the main dimension to rectify the problem.
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=== The Creation Trio ===
A group of Legendary Dragons consisting of Palkia, Dialga and Giratina.
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=== Deoxys/Xalpha/Ariadne ===
A Deoxys recruited by Team Rocket member Robert Hawkins. She assisted in defending Paradise from Team Liberty's attacks. It was later revealed that she was formerly the queen of the Deoxys race on their home planet; after seeing their actions on earth, she relinquished her position in disgust.
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* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: Most assumed Ariadne was a male before her true gender was revealed.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Her name was directly inspired by [[Inception]].

==  Gym Leaders/Elite Four Members ==
=== Giovanni ===
The former Gym Leader of Viridian City and former leader of Team Rocket. Giovanni had rebuilt his organization into at least a functional group prior to the Shadow Admins' takeover; however, he was betrayed and killed by them due to their belief that they could rebuild the group into a stronger organization.
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* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: It's implied that his battle against the Shadow Admins was this, with him on the losing side. Given their power level and the advantage of numbers, this isn't surprising.
* [[Pretty Little Headshots]]: Averted; the mess from his execution required a number of individuals to clean up.

=== Koga ===
The Gym Leader of Fuschia City, and a member of Team Rocket. He tends to work as a triad with Lt. Surge and Sabrina.
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* [[Ninja]]

=== Sabrina ===
The Gym Leader of Saffron City, and a member of Team Rocket. She tends to work as a triad with Koga and Lt. Surge.
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* [[Psychic Powers]]

=== Lt. Surge ===
The Gym Leader of Vermilion City, and a member of Team Rocket. Surge tends to work as a triad with Koga and Sabrina. 
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* [[Shock and Awe]]: Specializes in Electric-Types.

==  Other Trainers ==
=== Evan Tierra ===
A neutral trainer  {{spoiler|until he joined Team Plasma.}} Evan is the envoy of Palkia.
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* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Specializes in Ground-Types.
* [[The Chosen One]]: To Palkia.

=== Feral Tierra ===
The dark half of Evan Tierra, Feral was released once Evan lost control of his powers over space  {{spoiler|after realizing that he had been lied to by Searcher.}}
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* [[Dark Is Evil]]: Is like Evan in every way... except for his personality, his blood lust, and the fact that he is constantly coated with darkness.
* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Agreed to work with Archie in exchange for more power.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]

=== Klim "Kinali" Prizak ===
An unaffiliated trainer. Kinali became involved in the war when the Creation Trio's power began to weaken, threatening the existence of the world. Kinali is the envoy of Giratina.
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* [[The Chosen One]]: To Giratina.

=== "Black" ===


=== Summer Shirayuki ===


=== Maxie ===
Team Magma's primary leader. After realizing the folly of his ways, he reformed and has transformed Team Magma in an organization of good.
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* [[Heel Face Turn]]

=== Archie ===
Team Aqua's primary leader. Archie was imprisoned along with Maxie following the conclusion of the Hoenn saga; unlike Maxie, he did not reform, and has been imprisoned in Lilycove City for some time now.  {{spoiler|He was recently released following the return of Team Aqua,}} though following intervention by Team Rocket,  {{spoiler|he was killed via telekinetic neck snap by Sabrina.}}
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*  {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
*  {{spoiler|[[Neck Snap]]}}
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Delivered by  {{spoiler|Sabrina.}}

=== Dov ===
Archie's right-hand man.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Dov means bear. His fighting style involves using sheer force and bulk to subdue his opponents.

=== Dara Trina ===
A Unovan bounty hunter. Dara possesses psychic abilities as well as a vast array of tools, which she uses to round up criminals.
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* [[Not Good with People]]
* [[Psychic Powers]]

=== Ellen Burks ===
A young girl from Unova. Ellen became an unofficial participant in the Rocket-Liberty War when she joined up with Ryan Sanders and his eventual group.
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* [[Cheerful Child]]

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