Team Rocket Elite Trio

The Team Rocket Elite Trio are three Team Rocket members who appear in the Pokémon Adventures manga. Individually, they are known as Ken (Japanese: ケン Ken), Al/Ryu (Japanese: リョウ Ryō), and Harry (Japanese: ハリー Harry). As members of Team Rocket, the trio are sub-leaders who each serve the three high-ranking members, Lt. Surge, Sabrina, and Koga, respectively.
==History==
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The trio are unnamed in this chapter. 
The first of the trio to appear is Ken in Tauros the Tyrant, where he appeared as one of the people helping with the creation of . After stole a data disc with information on , Ken sent several s after her. Once they found her, they ambushed Green with several Pokémon. With the power of his strong , Ken nearly managed to defeat her with Tauros's ability to control other Pokémon with his tails. However, Green had her , Ditty, into Ken's Tauros and defeated them by exploiting this ability. Green managed to escape, but left a fake data disc behind to trick Ken and the other Grunts.
After learning that the disc was a fake, Ken became furious and sent the Grunts to find Green again. To get them off of her trail, Green had Ditty take the form of Mew so that it could lead Team Rocket away. The trick did not last long, as Ken managed to catch and defeat Ditty. After returning to her, Ken attacked her and while they attempted to capture the real Mew. Ken tried to capture Mew himself, but it retaliated by defeating him and saving Green and Red in the process.
The second to appear is Harry, who appeared at the Seafoam Islands to capture . There, he faced Red, who had come to the island to capture Articuno himself. As they battled, Articuno noticed that Red was defending it, prompting it to attack Team Rocket while leaving his Pokémon alone. Articuno would later flee, forcing Harry and the other Grunts to follow it.
The third and last to appear is Al, who attacked Blaine for betraying Team Rocket. After Red made his appearance, he gets mixed up in the showdown between Blaine and Team Rocket. With the help of , they gained an advantage over their enemies, only for it to be defeated by Red's newly-obtained Aerodactyl.
At the Silph Co. building, Harry and Al attempted to find the intruders, Red, Green, and , only to be dismissed by Green disguised as Sabrina.
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Ken, Al, and Harry reveal that after their defeat at Saffron City, they along with other members of Team Rocket that escaped, are aiming to revive Team Rocket. They attempt to hijack the S.S. Anne in The Coming of Slowpoke (Eventually), only for to try and stop them. Despite the non-threatening look of her team, Yellow manages to defeat the trio by threatening to drop the now-damaged ship on their heads.
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Ken, Al, and Harry appear under the command of the Masked Man. They first appear attacking , knocking him unconscious in the process. Ken reveals that they were going to intercept information that was being delivered to Professor Elm, but mistook Gold's backpack for the bag that had the information. After figuring out their mistake, they went back to take the real information as well as stealing Professor Elm's , , and . When reveals that Gold has Cyndaquil and that he stole Totodile, Ken gets angry and attacks the boy. Confident that a newly-obtained Pokémon will give Silver a disadvantage, Ken has his attack, only for it to be defeated by a powerful . Having been defeated, Ken and the other Team Rocket members retreat.
They later appear at the Ruins of Alph to capture the inside. There, they face Gold and Bugsy, who had come to investigate the area. After a long battle, Gold and Bugsy manage to disturb the wild Unown inside who then proceeded to attack the trio. After they escaped, the trio were left trapped inside and were forced to solve a puzzle to escape.
Later, they were tasked with the capture of Suicune, which they executed by following Eusine and tricking him by having a transform itself into Suicune's likeness. With Eusine distracted, they were able to find Suicune and attempt to capture it. Although Suicune attempts to run away, they follow it on 's back, only to be put to sleep by 's 's . After they wake up, they find Eusine had arrived to battle them personally.
By using 's silk net combined with Elekid's electricity, they were able to create an electric net to give them an advantage in battle. Harry stayed behind while Al and Ken went to continue pursuing Suicune. Harry, although powerful, was defeated when Eusine tricked his Girafarig into shocking itself by biting a metal chain that had been tied to the electric net. Ken and Al were defeated when it was revealed that Eusine had snuck some onto their body, which tied them up. For their defeat, Ken, Al, and Harry were punished by Carl and Sham by being chained to a wall. Soon after, they are approached by the Masked Man, who they had not met in person, and are quickly frozen.
During the attack on the Pokémon League, Ken, Al, and Harry were brainwashed with special masks to keep them under the Masked Man's control. There, they faced Lt. Surge, who was horrified to see them attacking their former superior. By reminding them of what Team Rocket stood for, Lt. Surge helped them break free of the Masked Man's control and shatter their masks. Now freed from their control, Lt. Surge leaves the trio to free the other Team Rocket members while he goes to face the Masked Man.
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It was revealed that the three were put in charge of transporting to their hideout after they had been stolen from the Mossdeep Space Center. After they arrived in Kanto, the Deoxys had begun changing their appearance, which they reported to Sird. Soon after, one of the Deoxys escaped, annoying Sird because of her decision to trust the trio.
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The trio are put in charge of fending intruders out of Ilex Forest under the command of Giovanni. The three spot two figures which they are about to attack but upon realizing that it is two seemingly harmless Pichu, they carry on with their duty. Soon, they are confronted by four female Rocket Grunts who accuse the three of defying the s. The trio attempt to explain that Giovanni has returned but to no avail. 
At that moment, arrives carrying the medicinal herbs that Giovanni has been seeking to cure his disease. Assuming that the trio is using Celebi to try and defy their new leaders, the Rocket Grunts attempt to capture Celebi for themselves. Ken, Al, and Harry battle the Grunts to buy time for Celebi to escape. Eventually, they manage to catch up with Giovanni with the Rocket Grunts chasing after them. They give the medicinal herbs to Giovanni, which cures him of his disease.
==Pokémon==
===Ken's===
===Al's===
====Borrowed====
===Harry's===
==Names==
Ken
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ケン Ken 	
English, German, Spanish,French, Vietnamese	Ken 	Same as Japanese name
Italian 	Fulvio 	
Korean 	켄 Ken 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	健 Jiàn) 	From the Japanese name 健 Ken
Chinese () 	肯 Kěn 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese ( 	健 Gihn 	From the Japanese name 健 Ken
Chinese ( 	建 Gin 	From the Japanese name 建 Ken
Al
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	リョウ Ryō 	
English 	Al 	
English 	Ryu 	Similar to his Japanese name
German 	Roy 	Similar to his Japanese name
Spanish 	Al 	Same as his English name
French 	Ryô 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Italian 	Rio 	Similar to his Japanese name
Korean 	류 Ryu 	Similar to his Japanese name
Chinese ()	良 Liáng 	From the Japanese name 良 Ryō
Chinese ()	亮 Liàng 	From the Japanese name 亮 Ryō
Chinese ( 	良 Lèuhng 	From the Japanese name 良 Ryō
Vietnamese	Ryo 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Harry
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ハリー Harry 	
English, German,Spanish, French	Harry 	Same as his Japanese name
Italian 	Enrico 	From Enrico, Italian cognate of the name
Korean 	할리 Harry 	Transcription of Japanese name
Chinese () 	哈利 Hālì 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	哈利 Hāleih 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Vietnamese 	Hari 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==See also==
Rocket Elite Trio
Rocket Elite Trio
Rocket Elite Trio
fr:Trio d'élite de la Team Rocket
it:Fulvio, Rio ed Enrico
ja:ロケット団中隊長
zh:火箭队中队长三人组