Professor Sebastian - Pokémon Chronicles (2006)

A professor hired into the ranks of Team Rocket, Sebastian quickly rose through the criminal organisation, becoming a head figure in their scientific endeavours. Operating in their Johto Region division, he
hired many scientists to work on new weapons and traps to aide members in poaching Pokemon, setting up a lab deep beneath the surface of t
he mountains.

He was responsible for the design and manufacturing of the Miracle Crystal, setting up many different fail safes into the device to ensure that it could capture even the strongest of electric Pokemon, completing a prototype of the device for Attila and Hun.


"The Legend of Thunder Part One"

Greeting Hun at the hangar of the laboratory, Sebastian wondered who her new partner was, fascinated to learn of Attila's skills as a pioneer in Pokemon Wrangling. Amused by Atilla's comment that he could capture anything if he had the right tools for the job, he replied that his traps would certainly be suitable for the job.

Asking them to follow him, the Professor took them to the observation room, preparing his team to launch a test run of his latest project, jokily remarking that they would find the display “electrifying”. Hearing the disgust in her voice at the appearance of the device, he remarked that his “Miracle Crystal” could harness and manipulate electricity. Having prepared a demonstration for their arrival, Sebastian gave the orders for his scientists to commence the experiment. Giving the final command for them to fire “artificial lightning bolts” at the crystal, he explains that the crystal has been designed to absorb every single electrical “amp” that is in a ten mile radius of it. He goes with his presentation, adding that no matter how powerful the electricity is, it can be stored and weaponised, as well as is capable of drawing all forms of electrical energy towards it. However he reminds them of their assignment, joking that “we're not after lightning bolts.” He reassures Hun that it will work just as he promised, chuckling to himself. 

Appearances:

1. "The Legend of Thunder" (First and Only Appearance)

Dr. Shiranui - Shukan Pokémon hosokyoku (2001)

A doctor operating in the Johto Region, Shiranui was hired by the Rocket Gang to build devices and traps for the criminal outfit, helping them in their poaching and trafficking of illegally obtained Pokemon and items.

Utilising a facility underneath the mountains of the region, he and a team of Rocket funded scientists were responsible for the creation of a prototype device that they called the “crystal field generation device”, which was developed specifically for Electric Type Pokemon. As well as creating numerous settings, he built into the device a fail safe that would make it almost impossible not to capture Pokemon, even if they had Legendary status.

"Pocket Monsters Crystal: Raikou - Legend of Thunder"

Leading a welcome party to the hangar, Dr. Shiranui welcomed his guests (Basho of the Profit Expansion Division and Buson), asking if they were the ones in charge of his operation. Nodding his head in recognition of names and rank as influential members of Rocket Gang, he told Buson that the instillation of his latest device was ready and standing by, adding that they could activate a test run right away.

Taking them down to the testing facility, Shiranui introduced the pair of them to the Crystal System, ordering his scientists to begin a controlled demonstration. Watching over his teams preparation in the observation room, he gave the command to fire artificially created thunderbolts at the crystal, smiling as the test went off without any problems.

He noted that due to the type of crystal that they had used to create the device, their was a split second delay in the trap, which would not give a Pokemon long to figure out a way to get out of the trap. He goes on to add that due to the “Energy Diode,” all electrical attacks are directed to the crystal and are amplified in order to produce an energy field capable of trapping and incapacitating a Pokemon with their own reflected attacks.

Satisfied with the results, the two Rocket Gang members take the device from him, telling Shiranui that it was up to them to complete their mission.

Appearances: 

1. "Pocket Monsters Crystal: Raikou - Legend of Thunder" (First and Only Appearance)

Lt. Surge's Raichu - Pokemon: Origins (2013)

Having caught a Pikachu at some point during his life, Lt Surge used a Thunder Stone to evolve it into his Raichu, raising it to become his best Pokemon in his Electric Party.

 Raichu was used during many battles, helping their owner's task of helping to check the strength and talents of would be challengers to the Elite Four.


"File Two: Cubone"

Lt. Surge used Raichu in his battle against Red, putting up a decent fight against the young trainer. However it was not enough to beat the growing novice, ending up losing. They stood by and watched as Lt. Surge handed over the Thunder Badge to the winner of the fight.


Appearances: 

1. "File Two: Cubone" (First and Only Appearance)

Koga's Weezing - Pokemon: Origins (2013)

A Weezing belonging to the fifth gym leader of the Kanto Region, Koga, it was used by the self proclaimed "Poisonous Ninja Master" during his numerous battles as the keeper of the Soul Badge. It was his most powerful Pokemon.


"File Three: Giovanni" 

The Poison Gas Pokemon battled against Red, but was very quickly defeated, leaving Koga without any Pokemon. The incapacitated Weezing floated beside their master, as he rewarded Red with his prize.


Appearances:

1. "File Three: Giovanni"  (First and Only Appearance) 

Red - Pokemon Generations (2016)

A young Trainer from the Kanto Region, Red was a trainer who grew up in Pallet Town with his mother, eventually being given a Pokedex and a Bulbasaur from Professor Oak. He agreed to help the Professor collect data and complete the Pokedex by catching every single Pokemon across the world, starting with the Kanto Region.

Whilst doing this, Red also challenged the gym leaders, earning eight gym badges and becoming eligible to take on the Pokemon League, as well as the newly crowned Pokemon Champion - his childhood rival, Blue.


"The Adventure"

Whilst exploring the Viridian City, Red came across his Pikachu in the tall grass, which he weakened with the aid of his starter Pokemon, before catching in a Pokeball. Pikachu quickly became his favourite Pokemon, using it in many battles and having them follow him as his constant companion.

His exploits took him all over the world, travelling to the various regions of the known world, including Johto's Ecruteak Town, Hoenn's Weather Institute, Sinnoh's Snowpoint Temple, Unova's Relic Castle, and the Terminus Cave in the Kalos Region.

Whilst in the cave, Red was travelling in a mining cart, being pursued by a wild Noivern. He looked nervous as the Sound Wave Pokemon attacked with it's claws, dodging just in time to avoid being hit by a Dragon Pulse. Sending Pikachu to battle and protect them, he holds out his arms to catch his beloved Pokemon as he is about to fall off the edge of the track.

Reaching the end of the line - the deepest part of the cave - Red came
across the legendary Pokemon Zygarde in it's complete form. Preparing to ascend into the sky, the Order Pokemon emitted a bright light, forcing Red to shield his eyes. He watched in wonder and it rose into the air and through the hole in the roof.


"The Challenger" 

Having earned eight gym badges, Red made his way to Indigo Plateau to take on the Pokemon League. He challenged the entire Elite Four, taking down all of it's members, before finally reaching the fifth chamber.

He was greeted by Blue, who told him that it was "fantastic" that he was "finally here" to test which of them was the stronger of the two.


Appearances:

1. "The Adventure" (First Appearance)
2. "The Challenger" (Appears in between the events of Red's move to Johto)

Deacon Blackfire - Batman: Arkham Knight (2015)

A Gotham City preacher and cult leader, Joseph Blackfire nicknamed himself "Deacon" and began working with the homeless of the city. He opened a homeless shelter called "The Deacon's Mission", which provided hot soup to those in need, personally interacting with the people he helped.

He was believed to have been living for centuries, originating from the Miagami Tribe. He was a Shaman who was accused on heresy, murdering one of the chiefs of the tribe and sentenced to death. They shot him with arrows, before leaving him to bleed to death in a cave, sealing off the entrance for ever. The cave in which he was supposedly trapped in was located beneath the earth that would go on to be the site of The Lady of Gotham.

However he used his charisma and influence to spread his message of humanity's weakness, claiming himself to be a representative of God, building up the membership of his cult with members who believed his teachings.

Telling his followers that he was an immortal being that had survived through the ages by undergoing rituals of human sacrifice - whilst bathing in the blood of victims -Blackfire tasked the Cult to find worthy candidates for his rituals. He would conduct the rituals himself, cutting their throats and draining the blood for his own nefarious perfects as he searched for the final sacrifice that could make him immortal.

In the 1920's Blackfire earned a criminal record for tax evasion and fraud, with several more reports coming through.

He believed that the people of Gotham were drowning in the sin, and branded the city as a "den of iniquity" and vice, observing them as broken and needing his teachings of the "lord" to "heal them".


"Batman: Arkham Knight"

Unaware of being watched and recorded by Jack Ryder on the fifteenth of October, Blackfire preached about the guilty and sin, expressing that their was a "pavilion of pain" for those he deemed as being "heathens". Condemning Gotham, Deacon told them that he had been shown visions of the city being destroyed in fire and its citizens burning with them. He adds that the only way that people could avoid this would be by accepting his guidance and join him, since he had supposedly been "anointed ... with his sacred oil" and was "the Messenger of Truth". For the closing part of his sermon, Blackfire declared that only he and his disciples would live in "the new kingdom" as "Princes."

At some point prior to the 30th, Blackfire performed one of his many rituals in a building looking out onto Hammond Close, killing the 33 year old M. Hollis. Whilst Hollis had been tied down on a table, Blackfire cut his throat and drained him of all his blood, using the blood to draw ruins on the wall of the room. Taking the knife with him, Deacon had all of Hollis' clothes and "personal effects" burned to cover their tracks.

On the 30th, Blackfire led his followers to the Lady of Gotham, capturing Jack Ryder there as the latter attempted to expose what Deacon had been up to. Tying Ryder up, Blackfire preached in the name of God, expressing his beliefs to the silent and praying disciples. However he is furious as Batman arrives to save Ryder, ordering his followers to kill "the devil clad in black". Watching them all defeated by the Dark Knight, he deemed them to be cowards, gloating that he would force the hero to watch as he killed Ryder and bathe in the blood. Ignoring Ryder's pleas, Blackfire moved on the reporter, only to be disarmed by Batman. He remarked that he had faced death on multiple occasions and he had faced far worse then him, adding that he will control Gotham after Batman is dead. However Batman smashed his face against a table, knocking him out.

Taking him to the G.C.P.D building, Cash met Batman and Blackfire on the roof. He ignores Cash's joke, telling Batman that the city was falling and he was protecting nothing but the weak and defenceless. Asking Batman why he was still fighting in a war he could not win, he scoffed at the suggestion that the vigilante was in control. He was then taken away to be interrogated and processed.

Whilst in the custody of the G.C.P.D, Aaron Cash took samples of Blackfire's fingerprints, locating the records from the 1920's. Due to the age of the report, he believed the findings to be a mistake. The processing procedure was completed  and he was locked in a cell, with his prayer book, goblet and knife being catalogued as part of the Evidence Room Lockup.

Visited later that evening, Blackfire boasted to Batman that he would soon escape as the bars were "unable to hold him" believing that God would use divine intervention to free him. He went on to add that he was praying for all of Gotham's citizens who he had deemed as lost, in particular making a special prayer just for Batman.

Two-Face pulled him up on the law being up to the people of Gotham to fix, but Deacon replies that the city was too far gone for the laws of man. However this sparks protests from Azrael, who claims that he was the true servant of God, only being beaten back by a proverb of the divine being "vengeance." Firefly enthusiastically offered his help to set Gotham ablaze and let Deacon start the new order. Yet Deacon shrugs the comment off, musing that "cheap pyrotechnics" did not scare or impress him.

Watching the live news broadcast from Arkham Manor, Blackfire learned with the rest of the world that Batman was really Bruce Wayne, destroying the belief that both himself and Batman could work together in order to purge all sin from Gotham. He remarks that Batman had time to "save his soul" and join him, although doubts it, telling him to "add avarice to that ever growing list of sins". He finally remarked that he could not forgive Batman for ruining his plans, however said he would "put in a good word" to God.


Appearances:

1. "Batman: Arkham Knight" (First and Only Appearance)

Giovanni - Pokemon Generations (2016)

The father of Silver and the leader of the criminal organisation Team Rocket, Giovanni was a criminal mastermind and Pokemon trainer, who used the Viridian Gym as a front for him to capture and abuse Pokemon.

However he was defeated in battle and made a retreat before Looker and members of the International Police could arrest him for his crimes. He had been monitored by officials and was reported to have been using the Celedon City Game Corner as a source of income, while attacking the Silph Company in Saffron City for the Master Ball they were developing. However by the time they tracked him down and stormed the gym, he was gone. Due to his charisma and leadership skills, Team Rocket remained loyal to their leader, however were unaware of where he was or what he had been planning to do after.

Having been tipped off that the police would be on to him - who had found out from unknown sources that he was the Viridian City Gym Leader - Giovanni decided he would make his escape.

Just as he was leaving Viridian City, Silver confronted Giovanni over why he was leaving, calling out his actions as being cowardly. He calmly replied to his son that the strength to move on is something you gain when you admit defeat and learn to overcome it. Stating that he was going to build a "stronger organisation" he concluded that he needed to distance himself from everybody - including his family. He went on to defend his decision, adding the power of all organisations is gathering the right kind of people that can work well together in unison. However Giovanni angrily reprimands himself for his failure to utilise Team Rocket to the best of his abilities. Vowing to revive Team Rocket to rule the criminal underworld he prepared to leave.

Seeing Silver get emotional, Giovanni told him that he will understand his actions when he grows up. But Silver replies that he wanted to be nothing like his father, snapping that he was weak and needed people to prop him up because he could not beat anyone on his own. Watching his son run off, Giovanni stood silently for a moment, contemplating his decision and the way in which he had parted with his family.

Standing on the hills overlooking the city, he declared that despite the set backs he had faced in Kanto, Team Rocket would never fall, expressing the organisation's belief that all Pokemon are there solely for profit and disposal of Team Rocket. Putting his hat on, he turned his back on his son and his city and walked off.


"The Legacy"

Three years after his defeat at the hands of Red and Blue, Giovanni was still biding his time and plotting the return of Team Rocket. Despite this however, loyalist members of the fractured Team Rocket Johto branch attempted to contact him with a live public broadcast at the Goldenrod Radio studio, calling for him to return and lead them back to glory. He did not show up at the siege of the station and the operation ended with failure.


Appearances:

1. "The Chase" 
2. "The Legacy"