Team Rocket (Red/Blue)
A collection of Team Rocket-related dialogue in the game. Many thanks to mtkennerly's Pokemon Red script on GameFAQs for collecting the game's script.
Table of contents
Pewter City
Guy: What!? TEAM ROCKET is at MT.MOON? Huh? I'm on the phone! Scram!
Route 3
NPC: TEAM ROCKET attacks CERULEAN citizens... TEAM ROCKET is always in the news!
BUG CATCHER: Suspicious men are in the cave. What about you?
BUG CATCHER (after defeat): You got me!
BUG CATCHER (after battle): I saw them! I'm sure they're from TEAM ROCKET!ROCKET: We, TEAM ROCKET, are POKEMON gangsters!
ROCKET (after defeat): I blew it!
ROCKET (after battle): Darn it all! My associates won't stand for this!ROCKET: We're pulling a big job here! Get lost, kid!
ROCKET (after defeat): So, you are good.
ROCKET (after battle): If you find a fossil, give it to me and scram!ROCKET: Little kids should leave grown-ups alone!
ROCKET (after defeat): I'm steamed!
ROCKET (after battle): POKEMON lived here long before people came.ROCKET: TEAM ROCKET will find the fossils, revive and sell them for cash!
ROCKET (after defeat): Urgh! Now I'm mad!
ROCKET (after battle): You made me mad! TEAM ROCKET will blacklist you!
Cerulean City
Police Officer: The people here were robbed. It's obvious that TEAM ROCKET is behind this most heinous crime! Even our POLICE force has trouble with the ROCKETs!
NPC: TEAM ROCKET must be trying to DIG their way into no good!
NPC: Those miserable ROCKETs! Look what they did here! They stole a TM for teaching POKEMON how to DIG holes! That cost me a bundle, it did!
ROCKET: Hey! Stay out! It's not your yard! Huh? Me? I'm an innocent bystander! Don't you believe me?
ROCKET (after defeat): Stop! I give up! I'll leave quietly!
ROCKET (after battle): OK! I'll return the TM I stole!If the inventory is full: Make room for this! I can't run until I give it to you!
If there is room, then he provides TM28. I better get moving! Bye!
Route 24
BUG CATCHER: This is NUGGET BRIDGE! Beat us 5 trainers and win a fabulous prize! Think you got what it takes?
BUG CATCHER (after defeat): Whoo! Good stuff!
BUG CATCHER (after battle): I did my best, I have no regrets!LASS: I'm second! Now it's serious!
LASS (after defeat): How could I lose?
LASS (after battle): I did my best, I have no regrets!YOUNGSTER: Here's No. 3! I won't be easy!
YOUNGSTER (after defeat): Ow! Stomped flat!
YOUNGSTER (after battle): I did my best, I have no regrets!LASS: I'm No. 4! Getting tired?
LASS (after defeat): I lost too!
LASS (after battle): I did my best, so I've no regrets!JR.TRAINER (Male): OK! I'm No. 5! I'll stomp you!
JR.TRAINER (Male) (after defeat): Whoa! Too much!
JR.TRAINER (Male) (after battle): I did my best, I have no regrets!ROCKET: Congratulations! You beat our 5 contest trainers! You just earned a fabulous prize!
* - If the inventory is full: You don't have any room!
* - If there is room, then he provides a Nugget. By the way, would you like to join TEAM ROCKET? We're a group dedicated to evil using POKEMON! Want to join? Are you sure? Come on, join us! I'm telling you to join! OK, you need convincing! I'll make you an offer you can't refuse!
ROCKET (after defeat): Arrgh! You are good!
ROCKET (after battle): With your ability, you could become a top leader in TEAM ROCKET!JR.TRAINER (Male): I saw your feat from the grass!
JR.TRAINER (Male) (after defeat): I thought not!
JR.TRAINER (Male) (after battle): I hid because the people on the bridge scared me!
Vermilion City
NPC: There are evil people who will use POKEMON for criminal acts. TEAM ROCKET traffics in rare POKEMON. They also abandon POKEMON that they consider not to be popular or useful.
NPC: I'm getting my PIDGEY to fly a letter to SAFFRON in the north!
Pidgey : Kurukkoo!
Letter : Dear PIPPI, I hope to see you soon. I heard SAFFRON has problems with TEAM ROCKET. VERMILION appears to be safe.
S.S. Anne
NPC: Ssh! I'm a GLOBAL POLICE agent! I'm on the trail of TEAM ROCKET!
Lavender Town
NPC: GHOSTs appeared in POKEMON TOWER. I think they're the spirits of POKEMON that the ROCKETs killed.
NPC: I saw CUBONE's mother die trying to escape from TEAM ROCKET!
NPC: TEAM ROCKET will do anything for the sake of gold!
NPC: I hate those horrible ROCKETs! That poor CUBONE's mother... It was killed trying to escape from TEAM ROCKET!
Celadon City
Sign: ROCKET GAME CORNER
The playground for grown-ups!NPC: Keep out of TEAM ROCKET's way!
Rocket Game Corner
Employee 1: Welcome to ROCKET GAME CORNER! Do you need some game coins?
NPC: Keep this quiet. It's rumored that this place is run by TEAM ROCKET.
ROCKET: I'm guarding this poster! Go away, or else!
ROCKET (after defeat): Dang!
ROCKET (after battle): Our hideout might be discovered! I better tell BOSS!Description: Hey! A switch behind the poster!? Let's push it!
ROCKET: You broke into our operation?
ROCKET (after defeat): Burnt!
ROCKET (after battle): You're not going to get away with this, brat!ROCKET: Who are you? How did you get here?
ROCKET (after defeat): Oww! Beaten!
ROCKET (after battle): Are you dissing TEAM ROCKET?ROCKET: BOSS said you can see GHOSTs with the SILPH SCOPE!
ROCKET (after defeat): I surrender!
ROCKET (after battle): The TEAM ROCKET HQ has 4 basement floors. Can you reach the BOSS?ROCKET: Why did you come here?
ROCKET (after defeat): This won't do!
ROCKET (after battle): OK, I'll talk! Take the elevator to see my BOSS!ROCKET: Intruder alert!
ROCKET (after defeat): I can't do it!
ROCKET (after battle): SILPH SCOPE? I don't know where it is!ROCKET: We got word from upstairs that you were coming!
ROCKET (after defeat): What? I lost? No!
ROCKET (after battle): Go ahead and go! But, you need the LIFT KEY to run the elevator!ROCKET: Stop meddling in TEAM ROCKET's affairs!
ROCKET (after defeat): Oof! Taken down!
ROCKET (after battle): SILPH SCOPE? The machine the BOSS stole. It's here somewhere.ROCKET: The elevator doesn't work? Who has the LIFT KEY?
ROCKET (after defeat): No!
ROCKET (after battle): Oh no! I dropped the LIFT KEY!ROCKET: Are you lost, you little rat?
ROCKET (after defeat): Why...?
ROCKET (after battle): Uh-oh, that fight opened the door!ROCKET: How can you not see the beauty of our evil?
ROCKET (after defeat): Ayaya!
ROCKET (after battle): BOSS! I'm sorry I failed you!ROCKET: I know you! You ruined our plans at MT.MOON!
ROCKET (after defeat): Burned again!
ROCKET (after battle): Do you have something against TEAM ROCKET?GIOVANNI: So! I must say, I am impressed you got here!
GIOVANNI (after defeat): WHAT! This cannot be!
GIOVANNI (after battle): I see that you raise POKEMON with utmost care. A child like you would never understand what I hope to achieve. I shall step aside this time! I hope we meet again...
Pokemon Tower
ROCKET: What do you want? Why are you here?
ROCKET (after defeat): I give up!
ROCKET (after battle): I'm not going to forget this!ROCKET: This old guy came and complained about us harming useless POKEMON! We're talking it over as adults!
ROCKET (after defeat): Please! No more!
ROCKET (after battle): POKEMON are only good for making money! Stay out of our business!ROCKET: You're not saving anyone, kid!
ROCKET (after defeat): Don't fight us ROCKETs!
ROCKET (after battle): You're not getting away with this!
Saffron City
ROCKET: What do you want? Get lost!
ROCKET: BOSS said he'll take this town!
ROCKET: Get out of the way!
ROCKET: SAFFRON belongs to TEAM ROCKET!
ROCKET: Ow! Watch where you're walking!
ROCKET: Being evil makes me feel so alive!
ROCKET: With SILPH under control, we can exploit POKEMON around the world!
NPC: It would be great if the ELITE FOUR came and stomped TEAM ROCKET!
NPC: SILPH CO. is very famous. That's why it attracted TEAM ROCKET!
Silph Co.
ROCKET: Hey kid! What are you doing here?
ROCKET (after defeat): I goofed!
ROCKET (after battle): SILPH CO. will be merged with TEAM ROCKET!SCIENTIST: It's off limits here! Go home!
SCIENTIST (after defeat): You're good.
SCIENTIST (after battle): Can you solve the maze in here?ROCKET: No kids are allowed in here!
ROCKET (after defeat): Tough!
ROCKET (after battle): Diamond shaped tiles are teleport blocks! They're hi-tech transporters!SCIENTIST: Help! I'm a SILPH employee.
SCIENTIST (after defeat): How did you know I was a ROCKET?
SCIENTIST (after battle): I work for both SILPH and TEAM ROCKET!NPC: Eeek! No! Stop! Help! Oh, you're not with TEAM ROCKET. I thought... I'm sorry. Here, please take this!
* - If the inventory is full: You don't have any room for this.
* - If there is room, then she provides TM36. TM36 is SELFDESTRUCT! It's powerful, but the POKEMON that uses it faints! Be careful.ROCKET: Quit messing with us, kid!
ROCKET (after defeat): I give up!
ROCKET (after battle): A hint? You can open doors with a CARD KEY!SCIENTIST: I support TEAM ROCKET more than I support SILPH!
SCIENTIST (after defeat): You really got me!
SCIENTIST (after battle): Humph... TEAM ROCKET said that if I helped them, they'd let me study POKEMON!NPC: I work for SILPH. What should I do?
ROCKET: Intruder spotted!
ROCKET (after defeat): Who are you?
ROCKET (after battle): I better tell the BOSS on 11F!ROCKET: TEAM ROCKET has taken command of SILPH CO.!
ROCKET (after defeat): Arrgh!
ROCKET (after battle): Fwahahaha! My BOSS has been after this place!SCIENTIST: My POKEMON are my loyal soldiers!
SCIENTIST (after defeat): Darn! You weak POKEMON!
SCIENTIST (after battle): The doors are electronically locked! A CARD KEY opens them!NPC: Sssh! Can't you see I'm hiding?
ROCKET: Show TEAM ROCKET a little respect!
ROCKET (after defeat): Cough... Cough...
ROCKET (after battle): Which reminds me. KOFFING evolves into WEEZING!JUGGLER: Whaaat? There shouldn't be any children here?
JUGGLER (after defeat): Oh goodness!
JUGGLER (after battle): You're only on 5F. It's a long way to my BOSS!SCIENTIST: We study POKE BALL technology on this floor!
SCIENTIST (after defeat): Dang! Blast it!
SCIENTIST (after battle): We worked on the ultimate POKE BALL which would catch anything!ROCKET: I heard a kid was wandering around.
ROCKET (after defeat): Boom!
ROCKET (after battle): It's not smart to pick a fight with TEAM ROCKET!NPC: TEAM ROCKET is in an uproar over some intruder. That's you right?
ROCKET: I am one of the 4 ROCKET BROTHERS!
ROCKET (after defeat): Flame out!
ROCKET (after battle): No matter! My brothers will avenge me!ROCKET: You dare betray TEAM ROCKET?
ROCKET (after defeat): You traitor!
ROCKET (after battle): If you stand for justice, you betray evil!SCIENTIST: That rotten PRESIDENT! He shouldn't have sent me to the TIKSI BRANCH!
SCIENTIST (after defeat): Shoot!
SCIENTIST (after battle): TIKSI BRANCH? It's in Russian no man's land!NPC: Oh dear, oh dear. Help me please!
NPC: Look at him! He's such a coward!
NPC: They must have targeted SILPH for our POKEMON products.
NPC: The ROCKETs came and took over the building!
NPC: TEAM ROCKET is trying to conquer the world with POKEMON!
ROCKET: I am one of the 4 ROCKET BROTHERS!
ROCKET (after defeat): Aack! Brothers, I lost!
ROCKET (after battle): Doesn't matter. My brothers will repay the favor!ROCKET: A child intruder! That must be you!
ROCKET (after defeat): Fine! I lost!
ROCKET (after battle): Go on home before my BOSS gets ticked off!ROCKET: Oh ho! I smell a little rat!
ROCKET (after defeat): Lights out!
ROCKET (after battle): You won't find my boss by just scurrying around!SCIENTIST: Heheh! You mistook me for a SILPH worker?
SCIENTIST (after defeat): I'm done!
SCIENTIST (after battle): Despite your age, you are a skilled trainer!NPC: You! It's really dangerous here! You came to save me? You can't!
NPC: It would be bad if TEAM ROCKET took over SILPH or our POKEMON!
NPC: TEAM ROCKET was after the MASTER BALL which will catch any POKEMON!
ROCKET: That's as far as you'll go!
ROCKET (after defeat): Not enough grit!
ROCKET (after battle): If you don't turn back, I'll call for backup!ROCKET: I am one of the 4 ROCKET BROTHERS!
ROCKET (after defeat): Whoo! Oh brothers!
ROCKET (after battle): I'll leave you up to my brothers!SCIENTIST: You're causing us problems!
SCIENTIST (after defeat): Huh? I lost?
SCIENTIST (after battle): So, what do you think of SILPH BUILDING's maze?NPC: I wonder if SILPH is finished...
[ Floor 9 ]SCIENTIST: Your POKEMON have weak points! I can nail them!
SCIENTIST (after defeat): You hammered me!
SCIENTIST (after battle): Exploiting weak spots does work! Think about element types!ROCKET: I am one of the 4 ROCKET BROTHERS!
ROCKET (after defeat): Warg! Brothers, I lost!
ROCKET (after battle): My brothers will avenge me!ROCKET: Your POKEMON seem to adore you, kid!
ROCKET (after defeat): Ghaaah!
ROCKET (after battle): If I had started as a trainer at your age...NPC: You look tired! You should take a quick nap! Don't give up!
[ Floor 10 ]SCIENTIST: Enough of your silly games!
SCIENTIST (after defeat): No continues left!
SCIENTIST (after battle): Are you satisfied with beating me? Then go on home!ROCKET: Welcome to the 10F! So good of you to join me!
ROCKET (after defeat): I'm stunned!
ROCKET (after battle): Nice try, but the boardroom is up one more floor!NPC: Waaaaa! I'm scared!
ROCKET: Halt! Do you have an appointment with my BOSS?
ROCKET (after defeat): Gaah! Demolished!
ROCKET (after battle): Watch your step, my BOSS likes his POKEMON tough!BLUE: What kept you RED? Hahaha! I thought you'd turn up if I waited here! I guess TEAM ROCKET slowed you down! Not that I care! I saw you in SAFFRON, so I decided to see if you got better!
BLUE (after defeat): Oh ho! So, you are ready for BOSS ROCKET!
BLUE (after battle): Well, RED! I'm moving on up and ahead! By checking my POKEDEX, I'm starting to see what's strong and how they evolve! I'm going to the POKEMON LEAGUE to boot out the ELITE FOUR! I'll become the world's most powerful trainer! RED, well good luck to you! Don't sweat it! Smell ya!NPC: Oh! Hi! You're not a ROCKET! You came to save us? Why, thank you! I want you to have this POKEMON for saving us.
[gives you a Lapras]
It's LAPRAS. It's very intelligent. We kept it in our lab, but it will be much better off with you! I think you will be a good trainer for LAPRAS! It's a good swimmer. It'll give you a lift!
[after getting Lapras]
TEAM ROCKET's BOSS went to the boardroom! Is our PRESIDENT OK?ROCKET: Stop right there! Don't you move!
ROCKET (after defeat): Don't... Please!
ROCKET (after battle): So, you want to see my BOSS?GIOVANNI: Ah RED! So we meet again! The PRESIDENT and I are discussing a vital business proposition. Keep your nose out of grown-up matters... Or, experience a world of pain!
GIOVANNI (after defeat): Arrgh!! I lost again!?
Blast it all! You ruined our plans for SILPH! But, TEAM ROCKET will never fall! RED! Never forget that all POKEMON exist for TEAM ROCKET! I must go, but I shall return!Secretary: Thank you for rescuing all of us! We admire your courage.
President: Thank you for saving SILPH! I will never forget you saved us in our moment of peril! I have to thank you in some way! Because I am rich, I can give you anything! Here, maybe this will do!
[if inventory is full] You have no room for this.
[gives you Master Ball] You can't buy that anywhere! It's our secret prototype MASTER BALL! It will catch any POKEMON without fail! You should be quiet about using it, though.
Saffron City (part 2)
NPC: I saw ROCKET BOSS escaping SILPH's building.
NPC: I flew here on my PIDGEOT when I read about SILPH. It's already over? I missed the media action.
Pidgeot : Bi bibii!NPC: Yeah! TEAM ROCKET is gone! It's safe to go out again!
NPC: People should be flocking back to SAFFRON now.
NPC: You beat TEAM ROCKET all alone? That's amazing!
NPC: TEAM ROCKET took off! We can go out safely again! That's great!
Silph Co (part 2)
NPC: Welcome! The PRESIDENT is in the boardroom on 11F!
NPC: TM36 is SELFDESTRUCT! It's powerful, but the POKEMON that uses it faints! Be careful.
NPC: RED! You and your POKEMON saved us!
NPC: Huh? TEAM ROCKET is gone?
NPC: TEAM ROCKET took off! You're our hero! Thank you!
NPC: We got engaged! Heheh!
NPC: I feel so sorry for him, I have to marry him!
NPC: Come work for SILPH when you get older!
NPC: Well, better get back to work!
NPC: TEAM ROCKET ran because of you!
NPC: Safe at last! Oh thank you!
NPC: Wow! You chased off TEAM ROCKET all by yourself?
NPC: We canceled the MASTER BALL project because of TEAM ROCKET.
NPC: Thanks for saving us!
NPC: Thank you so much!
NPC: Please keep quiet about my crying!
NPC: Saved at last! Thank you!
Route 15
BIKER: Hey kid! C'mon! I just got these!
BIKER (after defeat): Why not?
BIKER (after battle): You only live once, so I live as an outlaw! TEAM ROCKET RULES!
Viridian City Gym
Gym Guy: Yo! Champ in making! Even I don't know VIRIDIAN LEADER's identity! This will be the toughest of all the GYM LEADERs! I heard that the trainers here like ground-type POKEMON!
TAMER: Your POKEMON will cower at the crack of my whip!
TAMER (after defeat): Yowch! Whiplash!
TAMER (after battle): Wait! I was just careless!BLACKBELT: Karate is the ultimate form of martial arts!
BLACKBELT (after defeat): Atcho!
BLACKBELT (after battle): If my POKEMON were as good at Karate as I...COOLTRAINER (Male): VIRIDIAN GYM was closed for a long time, but now our LEADER is back!
COOLTRAINER (Male) (after defeat): I was beaten?
COOLTRAINER (Male) (after battle): You can go onto POKEMON LEAGUE only by defeating our GYM LEADER!COOLTRAINER (Male): Heh! You must be running out of steam by now!
COOLTRAINER (Male) (after defeat): I ran out of gas!
COOLTRAINER (Male) (after battle): You need power to keep up with our GYM LEADER!BLACKBELT: Rrrroar! I'm working myself into a rage!
BLACKBELT (after defeat): Wargh!
BLACKBELT (after battle): I'm still not worthy!TAMER: POKEMON and I, we make wonderful music together!
TAMER (after defeat): You are in perfect harmony!
TAMER (after battle): Do you know the identity of our GYM LEADER?COOLTRAINER (Male): The truly talented win with style!
COOLTRAINER (Male) (after defeat): I lost my grip!
COOLTRAINER (Male) (after battle): The LEADER will scold me!BLACKBELT: I'm the KARATE KING! Your fate rests with me!
BLACKBELT (after defeat): Ayah!
BLACKBELT (after battle): POKEMON LEAGUE? You? Don't get cocky!Giovanni: Fwahahaha! This is my hideout! I planned to resurrect TEAM ROCKET here! But, you have caught me again! So be it! This time, I'm not holding back! Once more, you shall face GIOVANNI, the greatest trainer!
Giovanni (after defeat): Ha! That was a truly intense fight! You have won! As proof, here is the EARTHBADGE!
Giovanni (after battle): The EARTHBADGE makes POKEMON of any level obey! It is evidence of your mastery as a POKEMON trainer! With it, you can enter the POKEMON LEAGUE! It is my gift for your POKEMON LEAGUE challenge!
* - If the inventory is full: You do not have space for this!
* - If there is room, he provides TM27. TM27 is FISSURE! It will take out POKEMON with just one hit! I made it when I ran the GYM here, too long ago...
Having lost, I cannot face my underlings! TEAM ROCKET is finished forever! I will dedicate my life to the study of POKEMON!
Let us meet again some day! Farewell!Gym Guy: Blow me away! GIOVANNI was the GYM LEADER here?
Victory Road
COOLTRAINER (Male): I heard rumors of a child prodigy!
COOLTRAINER (Male) (after defeat): The rumors were true!
COOLTRAINER (Male) (after battle): You beat GIOVANNI of TEAM ROCKET?