If you were looking for the character with the Trainer class "Team Rainbow Rocket", seeGiovanni.

Team Rainbow Rocket レインボーロケット団Rainbow Rocket-dan

Artwork of Team Rainbow Rocket fromUltra Sun and Ultra Moon

Leader Giovanni Region Alola Admins Maxie,Archie,Cyrus,Ghetsis,Lysandre Major targets Festival Plaza,Aether Paradise,Pokémon multiverse Base locations Aether Paradise (Team Rocket's Castle)

Team Rainbow Rocket (Japanese:レインボーロケット団Rainbow Rocket-dan, literallyRainbow Rocket Gang), also known asTeam RR (Japanese:RR団RR-dan, literallyRR Gang), or just simplyTeam Rocket (Japanese:ロケット団Rocket-dan, literallyRocket Gang), is avillainous team that appeared inPokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'sEpisode RR story.

Team Rainbow Rocket is a restructured version of Team Rocket, which aims to conquer themultiverse instead of just taking over a singleworld. It is made up of variousvillainous team leaders from alternate universes.

In the core series games

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Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Team Rainbow Rocket first appears during the Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon post-game when the organization takes overFestival Plaza and turns it into their virtual base. With the help ofSophocles, theplayer drives Team Rainbow Rocket out of the plaza. However, immediately afterwards, the organization takes overAether Paradise with the help ofFaba, who sides with Team Rainbow Rocket in an attempt to further his own career, transformingLusamine's mansion intoTeam Rocket's Castle and taking theAether Foundation president hostage. This startsEpisode RR.

After defeating the traitorous Faba with the help ofLillie, the player starts infiltrating Team Rocket's Castle. During their infiltration, the player encountersvillainous team leaders whom Team Rainbow Rocket has summoned from alternate worlds where they had succeeded in their respective goals viaUltra Wormholes. Each of these leaders wields aLegendary Pokémon they managed to catch while fulfilling their plans. The player battles and defeats these leaders one by one, each providing them with a method to continue further into the castle. Finally, the player comes face to face with Team Rainbow Rocket's leader,Giovanni, who reveals that Team Rainbow Rocket took over the Aether Foundation in order to access their research data and technology of other worlds, with the intention of building themselves an army ofUltra Beasts and conquering themultiverse. After the player beats Giovanni, he will accept his defeat and leave, allowingColress to restore the mansion to its original state and also send everyone back to their original worlds. As punishment for his treachery, Faba is demoted to intern.

Afterwards, Giovanni is seen teleporting to another world, intending to continue his evil schemes in a different reality.

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In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Giovanni appears as the leader of Team Rainbow Rocket inPokémon Masters EX. During theVillain Arc, the organization serves to manipulate the other villainous teams forTeam Rocket's benefit. Ultimately, other villainous organizations form an alliance to stop Giovanni's plans from succeeding.

Trivia

• Team Skull is the onlycore seriesvillainous team introduced as ofGeneration VII to not be represented in Team Rainbow Rocket.
• Team Rainbow Rocket is the only post-game exclusive villainous team in the core seriesgames.
• Giovanni's words when he departs the game'suniverse foreshadowTeam Rocket's invasion of the real world inPokémon GO.

Names

Related articles

• Team Rocket

Team Rainbow Rocket
Festival Plaza •Team Rocket's Castle •Ultimate weapon
Boss	Notable members
Giovanni (Masters)	Maxie	Archie	Cyrus	Ghetsis	Lysandre
Other members
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunts •Faba
See also:Team Rocket •Team GO Rocket

• Team Rainbow Rocket
• Villain groups