GREENFIELD CITY

Team Rocket (Gold/Silver)

A collection of Team Rocket-related dialogue in the game. Many thanks to mtkennerly's Pokemon Gold script on GameFAQs for collecting the game's script.

Table of contents

Violet City

NPC: It was around three years ago. TEAM ROCKET was up to no good with POKEMON. But justice prevailed--a young kid broke 'em up.

Route 32

Salesman: How would you like to have this tasty, nutritious SLOWPOKETAIL? For you right now, just $1,000,000! You'll want this!
[if yes] Tch! I thought kids these days were loaded...
[if no] You don't want it? Then scram. Shoo!

Union Cave

HIKER DANIEL: Whoa! What a surprise! I didn't expect to see anyone here!
[after defeat] Whoa! I'm beaten big time.
[after battle] I was conned into buying a SLOWPOKETAIL. I feel sorry for the poor POKEMON.

Azalea Town

ROCKET in front of well (m): It's unsafe to go in there, so I'm standing guard. Aren't I a good Samaritan?

ROCKET in front of gym (m): Do you now about SLOWPOKETAIL? I heard it's tasty! Aren't you glad I told you that?

Master: All the SLOWPOKE have disappeared from the town. The forest's protector may be angry with us... It may be a bad omen. We should stay in.

Apprentice: Where have all the SLOWPOKE gone? Are they out playing somewhere?

Kurt's granddaughter: The SLOWPOKE are gone... Were they taken away by bad people?

Kurt: Hm? Who are you? GOLD, eh? You want me to make some BALLS? Sorry, but that'll have to wait. Do you know TEAM ROCKET? Ah, don't worry. I'll tell you anyhow. TEAM ROCKET's an evil gang that uses POKEMON for their dirty work. They're supposed to have disbanded three years ago. Anyway, they're at the WELL, cutting off SLOWPOKETAILS for sale! So I'm going to go give them a lesson in pain! Hang on, SLOWPOKE! Old KURT is on his way! [leaves]

Kurt's granddaughter: Grandpa's gone... I'm so lonely...

Slowpoke Well

Kurt: Hey there, GOLD! The guards up top took off when I shouted at them. But then I took a tumble down the WELL. I slammed down hard on my back, so I can't move. Rats! If I were fit, my POKEMON would've punished them... Ah, it can't be helped. GOLD, show them how gutsy you are in my place!


ROCKET GRUNT (m): Darn! I was standing guard up top when some old coot yelled at me. He startled me so much that I fell down here. I think I'll vent my anger by taking it out on you!
[after defeat] Arrgh! This is NOT my day!
[after battle] Sure, we've been hacking the tails off SLOWPOKE and selling them. Everything we do is for profit. That's right! We're TEAM ROCKET, and we'll do anything for money!

ROCKET GRUNT (f): Stop taking TAILS? Yeah, just try to defeat all of us!
[after defeat] You rotten brat!
[after battle] SLOWPOKETAILS grow back fast! What's wrong with selling them?

ROCKET GRUNT (m): Quit taking SLOWPOKETAILS? If we obeyed you, TEAM ROCKET's rep would be ruined!
[after defeat] Just... Too strong...
[after battle] We need the money, but selling SLOWPOKETAILS? It's tough being a ROCKET GRUNT!


Description: A SLOWPOKE with its TAIL cut off... Huh? It has MAIL. Read it?
GOLD read the MAIL. Be good and look after the house with Grandpa and SLOWPOKE. Love, Dad

ROCKET GRUNT (m): What do you want? If you interrupt our work, don't expect any mercy!
[after defeat] You did OK today, brat, but wait till next time!

Yeah, TEAM ROCKET was broken up three years ago. But we continued our activities underground. Now you can have fun watching us stir up trouble!

Kurt: Way to go, GOLD! TEAM ROCKET has taken off. My back's better too. Let's get out of here.

Back in town

NPC: The SLOWPOKE have returned. Knowing them, they could've just been goofing off somewhere.

Kurt's granddaughter: The SLOWPOKE my Dad gave me came back! Its TAIL is growing back too!

Kurt: Hi, GOLD! You handled yourself like a real hero at the WELL. I like your style! I would be honored to make BALLS for a trainer like you. This is all I have now, but take it. [gives Lure Ball] I make BALLS from APRICORNS. Collect them from trees and bring 'em to me. I'll make BALLS out of them.

Master: The SLOWPOKE have returned... But my APPRENTICE hasn't come back from ILEX FOREST. Where in the world is that lazy guy?

Silver: ...Tell me something. Is it true that TEAM ROCKET has returned? What? You beat them? Hah! Quit lying. You're not joking? Then let's see how good you are.
[after defeat] ... Humph! Useless POKEMON! Listen, you. You only won because my POKEMON were weak.
[after battle] I hate the weak. POKEMON, trainers. It doesn't matter who or what. I'm going to be strong and wipe out the weak. That goes for TEAM ROCKET too. They act big and tough in a group. But get them alone, and they're weak. I hate them all.

You stay out of my way. A weakling like you is only a distraction.

Master: You chased off TEAM ROCKET and went to ILEX FOREST alone? That takes guts! I like that. Come train with us.

Goldenrod City

NPC: Is that man in black dressed up like a TEAM ROCKET member? How silly!

ROCKET (m): So this is the RADIO TOWER... What do you want, you pest? Scram!

Mahogany Town


NPC: Are you off to see the GYARADOS rampage at the LAKE?

NPC: Since you came this far, take the time to do some sightseeing. You should head north and check out LAKE OF RAGE right now.


NPC: Hi, sonny boy! I see you're new in MAHOGANY TOWN. Since you're new, you should try a yummy RAGECANDYBAR! Right now, it can be yours for just P300! Want one?
[if yes] Good! Savor it!
[if no] Oh, fine then...

NPC: What's this? TEAM ROCKET has come back? I saw some men in black at LAKE OF RAGE...

Signpost: While Visiting MAHOGANY TOWN, Try a RAGECANDYBAR!

The clerk's first two items are TinyMushroom and SlowpokeTail.


Salesman: Heheh! The experiment worked like a charm. MAGIKARP are just worthless, but GYARADOS are big moneymakers.

NPC: I heard that a red GYARADOS appeared at the LAKE. That's odd, since even ordinary GYARADOS are rare in that lake...

Lake of Rage

Gate Guard: Only people headed up to LAKE OF RAGE have been through here lately.

Rocket (m): Hold it there, kiddo! The toll is $1000 to go through.
[if you have $1000] Thank you, sir! (Gold/Silver) / Thank you very much!
[if less than $1000] Then pay what you have, please.
[after paying, talk to either grunt] He-he-he. We're making a bundle. Everyone wants to see what's going on up at LAKE OF RAGE.

Guru: LAKE OF RAGE is actually a crater made by rampaging GYARADOS. The crater filled up with rainwater and the LAKE was formed. That's the story passed on from my Grandpa's great-great-grandpa. It used to be that you could catch lively MAGIKARP there, but... I don't understand what's happening.

The LAKE hasn't been normal since those men wearing black arrived.

NPC: The GYARADOS are angry! It's a bad omen!

NPC: Did my eyes deceive me? I saw a red GYARADOS in the LAKE... But I thought GYARADOS were usually blue?

NPC: I heard this lake was made by rampaging GYARADOS. I wonder if there is any connection to their mass outbreak now?


Lance: This lake is full of GYARADOS but nothing else... So the MAGIKARP are being forced to evolve...

Did you come here because of the rumors? You're GOLD? I'm LANCE, a trainer like you. I heard some rumors, so I came to investigate...

I saw the way you battled earlier, GOLD. I can tell that you're a trainer with considerable skill. If you don't mind, could you help me investigate?
[if yes] Excellent! It seems that the LAKE's MAGIKARP are being forced to evolve. A mysterious radio broadcast coming from MAHOGANY is the cause. I'll be waiting for you, GOLD. [he flies off]
[if no] Oh... Well, if you change your mind, please help me.
[if no and talk again] Hm? Are you going to help me?

Mahogany Town

Lance: DRAGONITE, HYPER BEAM.

[Buildings-004] is thrown to a wall.

Lance: What took you, GOLD? Just as I thought, that strange radio signal

He takes Gold to behind a certain display shelf.

Lance: The stairs are right here.

He slides open a panel on the floor.

Lance: GOLD, we should split up to check this place. I'll go first.

Before following, the other two individuals present can be spoken with.

Clerk: Arrgh... You found the secret stairway...

NPC: Urrgh... That guy's dragon POKEMON are tough...

Description: It's a PERSIAN statue... Its eyes are oddly shiny.

ROCKET GRUNT (m): Hey! Intruder alert!
[after defeat] Dang... I failed...

ROCKET GRUNT (m): It's my turn! There's no escape!
[after defeat] Surveillance cams are in the POKEMON statues. We'll keep appearing until you trip a secret switch.

SCIENTIST JED: This was once a ninja hideout. There are traps to confound intruders like you.
[after defeat] I get it...
[after battle] All right. I'll divulge a secret about our hideout. That thing on the floor up ahead is a warp panel. If you step on it, you'll be warped back to the entrance.


ROCKET GRUNT (m): Heheh. Feeling lucky, punk? Go ahead, take another step. We've got traps set in the floor!
[after defeat] Kaboom!
[after battle] I don't even know where the traps are planted. You'll just have to collect your courage and walk.

Computer: A secret switch! Better press it.

Bookcase: TEAM ROCKET OATH
Steal POKEMON for profit!
Exploit POKEMON for profit!
All POKEMON exist for the glory of TEAM ROCKET!

Lance: Are you all right? Your POKEMON are hurt and tired. Here, give them some of my medicine. GOLD, let's give it our best for POKEMON.

Description: The door's closed... It needs a password to open.

ROCKET GRUNT (m): You rotten little pest!
[after defeat] Grrrr...
[after battle] Heh, only the boss knows the password for that door. Where's the boss? Who knows? Go look for yourself.

ROCKET GRUNT (m): The door won't open? Well, duh. It has to have a password that only TEAM ROCKET knows.
[after defeat] What? I lost?
[after battle] Heh, I'm just a GRUNT. I don't know the password. Too bad for you.

Lance: It takes two passwords to get into the boss's quarters. Those passwords are known only to a few ROCKETS. That ROCKET there very graciously told me so. GOLD, let's go get the passwords.

ROCKET (m): Urrggh... The guy in the cape is incredibly tough...

SCIENTIST ROSS: I used to work for SILPH, but now I run research for TEAM ROCKET. A meddlesome child like you needs to be punished.
[after defeat] A mere tactical error cost me...
[after battle] A radio signal that drives POKEMON mad... My experiment is a complete success. My promotion is assured. This loss means absolutely nothing.

SCIENTIST MITCH: I don't care that POKEMON are hurt by our experiment.
[after defeat] Thinking is my strong suit, not battling.
[after battle] If we turn up the power of our radio signal for broadcast nationwide... The very thought excites me!

ROCKET GRUNT (m): Hyuck-hyuck-hyuck! You're challenging me to a battle? Hah! You're nuts, but you have guts! I like that! If you can beat me, I'll tell you a password to the boss's room!
[after defeat] Hyuck-hyuck-hyuck! You're good!
[after battle] Hyuck-hyuck-hyuck! The password to the boss's room... Uh..., I think it is RATICATE TAIL.


ROCKET GRUNT (f): Do I know the password? Maybe. But no weakling's going to get it!
[after defeat] All right. Stop. I'll tell you.
[after battle] The password to the boss's room is SLOWPOKETAIL. But it's useless unless you have two passwords.

ROCKET GRUNT (m): Oh, a kid? I don't really like this, but eliminate you I must.
[after defeat] I knew I'd lose...
[after battle] I got wiped out on the last mission by a kid too. When we were abducting POKEMON, this kid with long red hair and mean-looking eyes just creamed me...

Silver: ... Didn't I tell you that I was going to destroy TEAM ROCKET? ...Tell me, who was the guy in the cape who used dragon POKEMON? My POKEMON were no match at all. I don't care that I lost. I can beat him by getting stronger POKEMON. It's what he said that bothers me... He told me that I don't love and trust my POKEMON enough. I'm furious that I lost to a bleeding heart like him. ...Humph! I don't have the time for the likes of you! [pushes you back and walks away]

Description: The door's closed... It needs two passwords to open. GOLD entered the two passwords. The door opened!

ROCKET EXECUTIVE (m): What? Who are you? This is the office of our leader, GIOVANNI. Since disbanding TEAM ROCKET three years ago, he has been in training. But we're certain he will be back some day to assume command again. That's why we're standing guard. I won't let anyone disturb this place!
[after defeat] I... I couldn't do a thing... GIOVANNI, please forgive me...
[after battle] No, I can't let this affect me. I have to inform the others... [runs into desk before running off]


Murkrow: The password is... HAIL GIOVANNI.

Shelves: TEAM ROCKET OATH Steal POKéMON for profit! Exploit POKéMON for profit! All POKéMON exist for the glory of TEAM ROCKET!

???: Hold it right there!

[two Rocket executives approach]


Executive (f): We can't have a brat like you on the loose. It's harmful to TEAM ROCKET's pride, you see. However strong you may be, you can't take both of us at the same time. Sorry, baby. Now get ready to be thrashed.

[Lance enters the hall, one of his Pokemon attacking the first Executive]


Lance: Hey! Don't be so selfish. Spread the fun around.


Executive (f): [moves down to face you] What? You had an accomplice? Where is your sense of honor? As the interim boss in place of GIOVANNI, I'll show you how wrong it is to meddle with TEAM ROCKET! [both execs step forward]
[after defeat] Tch, you really are strong. It's too bad. If you were to join TEAM ROCKET, you could become an EXECUTIVE.
[after battle] ...This hideout is done for... But that's fine. The broadcast experiment was a total success. It doesn't matter what happens to this hideout now. We have much bigger plans. You'll come to appreciate TEAM ROCKET's true power soon enough. Enjoy yourself while you can... Fufufufu...

[all Rockets leave]

Lance: That did it. We defeated all the ROCKETS here. But I'm concerned about the young guy I battled in the process... [walks up to you] Sorry, GOLD. I saw how well you were doing, so I just hung back. Now all there is to do is to turn off that odd radio signal. [walks up to generator and walks back and forth, then to you] It's this machine that's causing all the problems. I don't see a switch on it... We have no choice. We have to make all the ELECTRODE faint. That should stop this machine from transmitting that strange signal. It's no fault of the POKEMON, so it makes me feel guilty. GOLD, let's split the job.

[He takes the three on the right; Gold combats those to the left]

Lance: Leave this side to me.

Description: It's the radio transmitter that's sending the sinister signal. It's working at full capacity.

Lance: [upon Electrode's defeat] That odd signal has finally stopped. The LAKE should be back to normal. You're the hero! Let me thank you on behalf of all the POKEMON. Oh, yes. You should take this. I found it here, but I don't have any need for it.

Lance: That's WHIRLPOOL. Teach it to a POKEMON to get across wild water. But keep this in mind. You can use that out of battle only with the BADGE from MAHOGANY GYM. [looks South] GOLD... The journey to becoming the POKEMON MASTER is long and difficult. Knowing that, will you keep going? ... I see. No, you're right. If you would give up that easily, you would have never chased that dream in the first place. I look forward to seeing you again! [walks off]

Description: The radio transmitter has finally stopped its evil broadcast.

NPC: MAGIKARP have returned to LAKE OF RAGE. That should be good news for the anglers there.

Salesman: RAGECANDYBAR's sold out. I'm packing up. Don't bother me, kiddo.


Elm: [after defeating Pryce] GOLD, how are things going? I called because something weird is happening with the radio broadcasts. They were talking about TEAM ROCKET. GOLD, do you know anything about it? Maybe TEAM ROCKET returned. No, that just can't be true. Sorry to bug you. Take care!


Radio: ... ...Ahem, we are TEAM ROCKET! After three years of preparation, we have risen again from the ashes! GIOVANNI! Can you hear? We did it! Where is our Boss? Is he listening?

Goldenrod City (part 2)


[ROCKET grunts block multiple homes]

Rocket (m): POKEMON? They're nothing more than tools for making money!

Rocket (m): Stay out of the way! Beat it!

Rocket (m): Our dream will soon come true... It was such a long struggle...

Rocket (m): Come taste the true terror of TEAM ROCKET!

Rocket (m): Hey, brat! You don't belong here! Get lost!

Rocket (m): Take over the RADIO TOWER... What? It's none of your business!

Rocket (m): So this is the RADIO TOWER... What do you want, you pest? Scram!

Radio Tower

Employee: Hello. I'm sorry, but we're not offering any tours today.

ROCKET GRUNT (m): We've finally taken over the RADIO TOWER! Now everyone will get to experience the true terror of TEAM ROCKET! We'll show you how scary we are!
[after defeat] Too strong! We must watch you...
[after battle] You're too strong. Our plan could be ruined. I must warn the others...

Employee: Why would they want to take over the RADIO TOWER?

BUENA: Huh? Today's password? HELP, of course!

ROCKET GRUNT (f): Hahaha! How boring. It was far too easy to take over this place! Come on, keep me amused!
[after defeat] Wh-who are you?
[after battle] You beat me, and I won't forget it!


ROCKET GRUNT (m): We're TEAM ROCKET, the exploiters of POKEMON! We love being evil! Scared?
[after defeat] You think you're a hero?
[after battle] We're not always evil. We just do whatever we like.

ROCKET GRUNT (m): Hey, hey! Keep out of our way!
[after defeat] Arggh. I give up.
[after battle] Our EXECUTIVES are trying to take this place over. They have some big plan. I wonder what that is?

ROCKET GRUNT (m): Three years ago, TEAM ROCKET was forced to disband. But we're making a comeback here!
[after defeat] Gwah! Don't get cute!
[after battle] We won't let you ruin our plans for our comeback!

Employee: To trainers, POKEMON are their beloved partner. It's terrible how TEAM ROCKET is trying to control POKEMON.

Employee: The TEAM ROCKET boss has locked himself in. But the DIRECTOR can open it. He's up on the fifth floor. Please save him!

ROCKET GRUNT (m): It feels great ordering POKEMON to commit crimes.
[after defeat] You're kidding!
[after battle] I feel lousy over losing! Darn it! I hate useless POKEMON!

SCIENTIST MARC: An unknown child wandering here? Who are you?
[after defeat] Tch! I took you too lightly!
[after battle] Bwahahaha... I can transmit as strong a signal as I need from here.

ROCKET GRUNT (m): I've been given strict orders. I'm to crush anyone who challenges TEAM ROCKET!
[after defeat] What?!
[after battle] I failed in my duties... I'll be docked pay for this...

ROCKET GRUNT (m): You plan to rescue the DIRECTOR? That won't be possible because I'm going to beat you!
[after defeat] No! Unbelievable!
[after battle] I don't believe it! I was beaten!

SCIENTIST RICH: Most excellent. This RADIO TOWER will fulfill our grand design.
[after defeat Hmm... All grand plans come with snags.
[after battle] Do you honestly believe you can stop TEAM ROCKET?

ROCKET EXECUTIVE (m): [dressed as Director] Y-you! You came to rescue me? [runs up to you] Is that what you were expecting? Wrong! I'm an imposter! I pretended to be the real thing to prepare for our takeover. Do you want to know where we hid the real DIRECTOR? Sure, I'll tell you. But only if you can beat me!
[after defeat] OK, OK. I'll tell you where he is.
[after battle] We stashed the real DIRECTOR in the UNDERGROUND WAREHOUSE. It's at the far end of the UNDERGROUND. But I doubt you'll get that far. [gives Basement Key]

Goldenrod Underground


Sign: NO ENTRY BEYOND THIS POINT

Description: The BASEMENT KEY opened the door.

SILVER: Hold it! I saw you, so I tailed you. I don't need you underfoot while I take care of TEAM ROCKET. ...Wait a second. You beat me before, didn't you? That was just a fluke. But I repay my debts!
[after defeat] ...Why... Why do I lose? I've assembled the toughest POKEMON. I didn't ease up on the gas. So why do I lose?
[after battle] ...I don't understand... Is what that LANCE guy said true? That I don't treat POKEMON properly? Love... Trust... Are they really what I lack? Are they keeping me from winning?
I... I just don't understand. But it's not going to end here. Not now. Not because of this. I won't give up on my dream of becoming the world's best POKEMON trainer! [leaves]

ROCKET GRUNT (m): I don't care if you're lost. You show up here, you're nothing but a victim!
[after defeat] Urk! Yeah, think you're cool, huh?
[after battle] You must have ice in your veins to dis TEAM ROCKET.

ROCKET GRUNT (m): Open one shutter, another closes. Bet you can't get where you want!
[after defeat] Drat! I was sunk by indecision!
[after battle] I'm confused too... The switch on the end is the one to press first, but...

ROCKET GRUNT (m): Kwahaha! Confounded by the shutters, are we? I'll let you in on a secret if you can beat me!
[after defeat] Uwww... I blew it.
[after battle] All right. A hint! Change the order of switching. That'll change the ways the shutters open and close.

BURGLAR EDDIE: They ditched this project before they finished. I'm searching for leftover loot.
[after defeat] Over the top!
[after battle] UNDERGROUND WAREHOUSE? What do you want to go there for? There's nothing down there.

BURGLAR DUNCAN: Fork over your goodies!
[after defeat] Mercy!
[after battle] Steal and sell! That's basic in crime, bub!

ROCKET GRUNT (f): Are you lost? No, you can't be. You don't have that scared look. I'll give you something to be scared about!
[after defeat] How could you?
[after battle] Go wherever you'd like! Get lost! See if I care!

ROCKET GRUNT (m): You're not going any farther! I don't show mercy to my enemies, not even brats!
[after defeat] Blast it!
[after battle] I lost... Please forgive me, GIOVANNI!

ROCKET GRUNT (m): Hyuck-hyuck-hyuck! I remember you! You got me good at our hideout!
[after defeat] Hyuck-hyuck-hyuck! So, that's how?
[after battle] Hyuck-hyuck-hyuck! That was a blast! I'll remember you!

ROCKET GRUNT (m): How did you get this far? I guess it can't be helped. I'll dispose of you.
[after defeat] He disposed of me...
[after battle] TEAM ROCKET will keep going, waiting for the return of GIOVANNI. We'll do whatever it takes.

Director: Who? What? You came to rescue me? Thank you! The RADIO TOWER! What's happening there? Taken over by TEAM ROCKET? Here. Take this CARD KEY. Use that to open the shutters on 3F. I'm begging you to help. There's no telling what they'll do if they control the transmitter. They may even be able to control POKEMON using a special signal! You're the only one I can call on. Please save the RADIO TOWER... And all the POKEMON nationwide!

Radio Tower (part 2)

Description: It's the CARD KEY slot. GOLD inserted the CARD KEY.

ROCKET GRUNT (m): Why did the shutter open? Did you have something to do with this?
[after defeat] I'm done for!
[after battle] What?! You made it past our men in the UNDERGROUND? How could you?

ROCKET EXECUTIVE (m): Stop! I'm known as the TEAM ROCKET fortress! You're not taking another step!
[after defeat] The fortress came down!
[after battle] You've earned my respect, so here's some advice. It's not too late. You can still turn back.

ROCKET GRUNT (f): Don't I think POKEMON are cute? I'll think my POKEMON are cute-- after they beat yours!
[after defeat] Oh, no! They're so useless!
[after battle] I love my beautiful self! Who cares about POKEMON?

Mary: Why? Why do I have to suffer through this? MEOWTH, help me!

Meowth: Meowth...

ROCKET EXECUTIVE (f): Hi, little boy. Remember me from the HIDEOUT in MAHOGANY TOWN? I lost then, but I won't this time.
[after defeat] This can't be happening! I fought hard, but I still lost...
[after battle] GOLD, isn't it? A brat like you won't appreciate the magnificence of TEAM ROCKET. That's too bad. I really admire your power.

ROCKET EXECUTIVE (m): Oh? You managed to get this far? You must be quite the trainer. We intend to take over this RADIO STATION and announce our comeback. That should bring our BOSS GIOVANNI back from his solo training. We are going to regain our former glory. I won't allow you to interfere with our plans.
[after defeat] No! Forgive me, GIOVANNI!
[after battle] How could this be? Our dreams have come to naught. I wasn't up to the task after all. Like GIOVANNI did before me, I will disband TEAM ROCKET here today. Farewell.

Director: GOLD, thank you! Your courageous actions have saved POKEMON nationwide. I know it's not much, but please take this. [gives Rainbow Wing or Silver Wing or Clear Bell]

Director: [in Gold/Silver] There used to be a tower right here in GOLDENROD CITY. But it was old and creaky. So we replaced it with our RADIO TOWER. During the tear-down, we found that at the top. I heard that giant POKEMON used to fly over GOLDENROD in the past. Maybe that fell off a POKEMON. [Gold version] Maybe like the one that appears at TIN TOWER in ECRUTEAK CITY. [Silver version] Maybe like the one that appears at WHIRL ISLANDS near CIANWOOD. OK, I better go to my OFFICE.

Director: [in Crystal] There used to be a tower right here in GOLDENROD CITY. But it was old and creaky. So we replaced it with our RADIO TOWER. We dug up that bell during construction. I heard that all sorts of POKEMON lived in GOLDENROD in the past. Perhaps... That bell has some connection to the TIN TOWER in ECRUTEAK CITY... Ah! That reminds me... I overheard TEAM ROCKET whispering. Apparently, something is going on at the TIN TOWER. I have no idea what is happening, but you might look into it. OK, I better go to my OFFICE.

Goldenrod City (part 3)

NPC: Was that man in black really part of TEAM ROCKET? I can't believe it!

Vermilion City

NPC: TEAM ROCKET is no longer in KANTO. That alone makes me happy.

Saffron City

NPC: This is SILPH CO., famous for POKEMON merchandise. In the past, TEAM ROCKET wanted the company because of that.

Cerulean City

NPC: KANTO's POWER PLANT is toward the end of ROUTE 9. There was an accident of some sort there.

Rocket: Oops! I so sorry! You not hurt, okay? I very busy. No time for

Rocket: Oh no! You seen me already! I make big mistake! Hey, you! Forget you see me, okay? You see, hear, know nothing, okay? Bye, kid! Nothing! Bye-bye a go-go!

NPC: I saw this shady guy go off toward CERULEAN's CAPE.

Route 24

ROCKET (m): Hey, kid! Me am a TEAM ROCKET member kind of guy! Come from another country, a trainer number one, me! Think I did, if stop the energy, be big panic for here people! Secret it is my mission, so tell you I not! But! If win you do versus me, a man I be and mine secret to you I tell. Hey, kid! Battle begin we do!
[after defeat] Ayieeeh! No, no, no, believe it I can't! Strong very much be you! Match I am not to you!
[after battle] OK. Tell you mine secret will I. MACHINE PART steal by me, hide it I did in GYM of the CERULEAN. Inside water put it I did. Look for in water of GYM at.
Boy, but you forget me not! Beat you for sure will TEAM ROCKET. Come from JOHTO will they, mine friends, yes. Will revenge they are.

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You say what? TEAM ROCKET bye-bye a go-go? Broken it is says you? Oh, no! Should I do what now on from, me?

Celadon City

NPC: TEAM ROCKET's hideout is in the basement of the GAME CORNER. Oh, wait. That was three years ago.