Grunt

A Grunt (Japanese: したっぱ Underling) is an underling of a villainous team who wears uniforms and helps to carry out nefarious deeds. Grunts often serve under and follow the orders of Admins or other high-ranking members of the organization.
Each Grunt can only be identified by the team they serve, and are not known to have names besides "Grunt" (which some s refer to directly as literally being their names), even after the introduction of names for all s in Generation II, with Carmen of Team Star being the only exception. 
Grunts of each villainous team include:
* s, who work for Team Rocket. They act as fodder, enforcers, soldiers, workmen, crooks, and backup for leaders in the criminal organization.
** s, who work for Team Rainbow Rocket. They have a Rainbow R on their uniform, and tend to attack in large numbers.
** s, who work for Team GO Rocket. They invade PokéStops and use and Shadow Pokémon to defend their claims. 
* s, who work for Team Magma. They oppose Team Aqua, and will help or oppose the player depending on the game.
* s, who work for Team Aqua. They oppose Team Magma, and will help or oppose the player depending on the game.
* s, who work for Team Galactic. They act as footsoldiers and guards, and often clumsily drop keys after being defeated.
* s, who work for Team Plasma. They fight for Pokémon liberation, only using Pokémon to that end.
* s, who work for Team Flare. They tend to be well-groomed and take pride in their appearance, and seek to bring beauty to the world.
* s, who work for Team Skull. They are ruffians who steal Pokémon, ransack trial zones, and enjoy poisoning the lives of honest people.
* s work for Team Yell. They are s of the Spikemuth Gym, and overzealous fans of Marnie, wanting her to become of Galar.
* s work for Team Star. They are delinquent students of Naranja Academy/Uva Academy.
==Similar examples==
Some low level workers of other organizations also share similarities to Grunts.
In the core series, these workers include:
* s, who are employees of the Aether Foundation and follow the Aether President's orders.
* , who follow the company president's orders.
In the side series, these workers include:
* , who use Snag Machines to steal Pokémon from Trainers.
* Peons, which appear in and as footsoldiers of Cipher.
** s block important areas and drop from the ceiling to ambush intruders.
** s often accompany Miror B., and later work under him as part of Team Miror.
Additionally, villainous teams in the each have their own grunts who work for them. These teams include:
* The Go-Rock Squad, of which most members are simply low-level grunts that have been given Power Stylers to use against Pokémon Rangers.
* Team Dim Sun, of which low-ranking members are grunts who use Miniremo units to control Pokémon that are typically weaker than those controlled by their superiors. 
* The Pokémon Pinchers, whose members use Control Gauntlets to capture and control Pokémon.
==Gallery==
HeartGold SoulSilver Team Rocket Grunt.png|s
Rainbow Rocket Grunts Concept.png|s
GO Team GO Rocket Grunt M.png|Male 
GO Team GO Rocket Grunt F.png|Female 
Ruby Sapphire Team Magma Grunts.png|s
Ruby Sapphire Team Aqua Grunts.png|s
Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Team Magma Grunts.png|s
Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Team Aqua Grunts.png|s
Diamond Pearl Team Galactic Grunts.png|s
Black White Team Plasma Grunts.png|s
Black 2 White 2 Team Plasma Grunts.png|s
XY Team Flare Grunts.png|s
Sun Moon Team Skull Grunt.png|s
Sword Shield Team Yell Grunt.png|s
Scarlet Violet Team Star Grunt.png|s
===Similar examples===
====Core series====
Sun Moon Aether Foundation Employees.png|s
Macro Cosmos Employee M artwork.png| employees
====Side series====
Colo Snagem 1.png| member
Cipher Peon.png|
Trudly XD.png| Trudly
Folly XD.png| Folly
====Pokémon Ranger series====
Go Rock Squad grunts.png|Go-Rock Squad grunts
Dim Sun Grunts.png|Team Dim Sun grunts
Pokémon Pinchers.png|Pokémon Pinchers
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