Team Rainbow Rocket

Team Rainbow Rocket (Japanese: Rainbow Rocket-dan, literally Rainbow Rocket Gang), also known as Team RR (Japanese: RR-dan, literally RR Gang), or just simply Team Rocket (Japanese: Rocket-dan, literally Rocket Gang), is a villainous team that appeared in 's Episode RR story.
Team Rainbow Rocket is a restructured version of Team Rocket, which aims to conquer the instead of just taking over a single . It is made up of various from alternate universes.
==In the core series games==
===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 over Festival Plaza and turns it into their virtual base. With the help of Sophocles, the drives Team Rainbow Rocket out of the plaza. However, immediately afterwards, the organization takes over Aether Paradise with the help of Faba, who sides with Team Rainbow Rocket in an attempt to further his own career, transforming Lusamine's mansion into Team Rocket's Castle and taking the Aether Foundation president hostage. This starts Episode RR.
After defeating the traitorous Faba with the help of Lillie, the player starts infiltrating Team Rocket's Castle. During their infiltration, the player encounters whom Team Rainbow Rocket has summoned from alternate worlds where they had succeeded in their respective goals via Ultra Wormholes. Each of these leaders wields a Legendary 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 of Ultra Beasts and conquering the . After the player beats Giovanni, he will accept his defeat and leave, allowing Colress 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.
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
 appears as the leader of Team Rainbow Rocket in Pokémon Masters EX. During the Villain Arc, the organization serves to manipulate the other villainous teams for Team Rocket's benefit. Ultimately, other villainous organizations form an alliance to stop Giovanni's plans from succeeding.
==Trivia==
* Team Skull is the only core series villainous team introduced as of Generation VII to not be represented in Team Rainbow Rocket.
* Team Rainbow Rocket is the only post-game exclusive villainous team in the core series .
* Giovanni's words when he departs the game's foreshadow Team Rocket's invasion of the real world in .
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	レインボーロケット団 Rainbow Rocket-dan 	From and ロケット団 Rocket-dan (Team Rocket)
English, FrenchGerman, ItalianEuropean Spanish	Team Rainbow Rocket 	Same as Japanese name
Korean 	레인보우로켓단 Rainbow Rocket-dan 	Same as Japanese name
Chinese () 	彩虹火箭隊 / 彩虹火箭队 Cǎihóng Huǒjiàn Duì 	From 彩虹 cǎihóng (rainbow) and 火箭隊 / 火箭队 Huǒjiàn Duì (Team Rocket)
Chinese () 	彩虹火箭隊 Chóihùhng Fójin Déui 	From 彩虹 chóihùhng (rainbow) and 火箭隊 Fójin Déui (Team Rocket)
Czech 	Team Rainbow RocketTým Rainbow Rocket 	Same as English nameLiterally "Team Rainbow Rocket"
Hindi 	टीम रेनबो रॉकेट Team Rainbow Rocket 	Transcription of English name
Hungarian 	Team Rainbow RocketRainbow Rocket csapatSzivárvány Rakéta Csapat	Same as English nameSame as English nameLiterally "Team Rainbow Rocket"
Polish 	Team Rainbow RocketDrużyna Rainbow Rocket 	Same as English name
Brazilian Portuguese 	Equipe Rainbow Rocket 	Same as Japanese name
European Portuguese 	Equipa Rainbow RocketTeam Rainbow Rocket 	Same as Japanese name
Russian 	Команда Радужная Ракета Komanda Raduzhnaya Raketa 	Literally "Team Rainbow Rocket"
Latin American Spanish 	Equipo Rainbow Rocket 	Same as Japanese name
==Related articles==
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