While Infernape, Lucario, and yes, even Pikachu, battle at the behest of their human Trainer, Meowth plots alongside Jessie and James as an equal.
Then there’s the profoundly telling fact that one of the only Pokémon known to be capable of human speech chose to be a member of Team Rocket. Without Team Rocket’s intervention, we would likely see very little of Pokémon like Arbok, Weezing, Seviper, Amoonguss, and Mareanie in the popular discourse. Team Rocket alone offers these misfits a home and purpose. The awkward Pokémon who never seem to outgrow their emo phase. Then there’s the profoundly telling fact that one of the only Pokémon known to be capable of human speech chose to be a member of Team Rocket.īy contrast, Team Rocket makes a point of welcoming often-overlooked Pokémon, such as Poison-type Pokémon whose Pokédex entries contain words like “putrid” and “ poisonous gas.” The creepy Pokémon. It’s a sound strategy if your only purpose is to win Pokémon battles, but it’s not particularly creative or heroic. A famous poet once said, “Tell me with whom you associate, and I will tell you who you are.” The Twerp collects powerful Pokémon like Charizard and Dragonite the way team captains in PE class hoard the athletically inclined with no regard for the feelings of those left behind.
To extend our reach to the stars above.” One might not agree with this worldview, but the breadth and scope of ambition is inarguable.įew heroes walk alone. That’s unsurprising, considering the excitable, so-called hero Ash rarely thinks beyond his next Pokémon battle or meal…a meal that Brock will likely prepare for him.Ĭonversely, Team Rocket’s ideology is ambitious in scope, rooted in an almost pathological drive to change-nay, defend-the world: “To protect the world from devastation. It therefore cannot truly be considered heroic. The ambiguous and frankly unimaginative goal of becoming a Pokémon Master serves no greater altruistic purpose. But assuming our discerning readers-unlike the plebian Twerps frequently misidentified as protagonists-prefer to go beyond the simple and obvious, here’s why.įirst and foremost, the purpose of a hero’s journey is the betterment of the world at large.
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