James' Parents

James' Parents are the parents of James from Team Rocket and the secondary antagonists in the Pokémon episode "Holy Matrimony".

They were voiced by Megan Hollingshead and Adam Blaustein.

Early Life
James' parents are very large property owners and forced their son into an arranged marriage with the controlling yet elegant girl Jessiebelle, this eventually prompted James to run away from home leaving behind his parents, Jessiebelle and his pet Growlithe known as Growlie. James' parents used elaborate schemes in order to convince him to return all of which usually failed.

Holy Matrimony!
In their latest scheme to force James to return they fake their own deaths. While this doesn't fool James it fools Jessie and Meowth who are completely oblivious to James' trauma and fear over going back home and force him into doing it by dressing up in "invisible" costumes and ratatouilling James. They end up getting led into the basement and are thrown out of the mansion along with Ash, Brock and Misty. James' parents discuss how he and Jessiebelle were "made" for each other while completely ignoring the abuse she's inflicting on him.

They only appear again towards the end of the episode when Jessiebelle accidentally bumps into them while running away from her flaming Vileplume knocking them into a pond. However they still approve of her as a fiancée for James.

While they so far haven't appear in person during the series present timeline again they have appeared in a few flashbacks throughout episodes revolving around either James or Team Rocket.