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Team Plasma (in Japanese: プラズマ団 Plasma-dan, literally Plasma Gang) are the main antagonists of Pokémon Black and Pokémon White, as well as their direct sequels, Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2.
They are an organization based in the Unova region with the stated goal of “liberating” all Pokémon from their Trainers, by either manipulating the Trainer to release their Pokémon, or by theft. Though their goal of liberating Pokémon was led by their King, N, Team Plasma’s true leader, Ghetsis, exploited the group in an attempt to rule Unova as the only one with Pokémon.
Two years following the organization's first defeat, the remaining members of Team Plasma are split into two factions: one is still loyal to N and now takes to themselves as peaceful caretakers of Pokémon, and the other follows Ghetsis’s plans to rule Unova by freezing the region using Kyurem.
Biography[]
Unova[]
Originally, Team Plasma's goal is to release all Pokémon from their trainers, as they believe Pokémon are just being used by humans. They also believe that Pokémon will only reach their full potential by being separated from humans. In reality, however, the organization's real goal is to make Ghetsis the only Pokémon owner in the Unova region so that he can conquer the region unopposed. The idea of releasing Pokémon from human abuse is fraudulent propaganda used by Ghetsis so that every other trainer will release their Pokémon. Most members of the organization follow the propaganda spread by Ghetsis, unaware that they're being manipulated by him.
To fulfill their goal, Team Plasma tries to recreate the myth of the creation of the Unova region by summoning one of the legendary dragons, Reshiram and Zekrom, and making their lord N recognized by them as the legendary hero. Their grunts wear knight-like uniforms and use Dark-type Pokémon such as Purrloin and Sandile.
Differing from previous villainous teams such as Team Aqua/Team Magma or Team Galactic, Team Plasma avoids attracting unwanted attention and actually tries to convince people of their ideals, instead of forcing them to agree.
In Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2, Team Plasma is broken into two different forces, each with different purposes. One force vow to make the world a better place for both humans and Pokémon to atone for their crimes. The other force, with Ghetsis as leader, intends to take over Unova. Colress serves as the acting leader but is also subservient to Ghetsis.
Pokémon Masters[]
Team Plasma makes their first appearance in Pokémon Masters within the Unova-themed chapter of the game's second story arc, donning their aesthetics from Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2 as they once again plan to reunite the various parts of Kyurem in order to restore its perfect form and spread their dominion. In the chapter, the group is first seen sending the Shadow Triad to kidnap N, bringing him and his prized dragons to Ghetsis on his command. Team Plasma is also revealed to have captured Hugh after he attempted to stop them once more, trapping them inside a warehouse without his Pokémon alongside N. Their capture, however, is short-lived, as N fakes a scuffle with Hugh in order to incapacitate the guards and escape. Venturing out of their prison, N ultimately locates a map and manages to unlock the door to where Hugh's Bouffalant and a Genesect are held. Defeating a set of grunts who tried to stop the heroes, N and Hugh free the modified mythical from its prison, before going off to escape themselves. With Hilda, Hilbert, Nate, Rose, and Colress now hot on Team Plasma's trail due to Genesect, the female trainers attack the grunts guarding their hidden base as the other trainers make their way inside. As the heroes advance through their hideout by twice defeating the Shadow Triad and more grunts, N and Hugh come across Ghetsis. Once the heroes regroup , Ghetsis attempts to use the combined might of a fused Kyurem and his Shadow Triad to defeat them, only for his chance at fusion, and in turn victory, to be stolen away by the protagonists. Furious over being bested a third time, Ghetsis is forced into a retreat with the Shadow Triad, but not before expressing his continued annoyance at his son's heroic ways through further manipulation and continued plans of world domination.
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Pokémon Adventures[]
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Members[]
- N: Appointed King of Team Plasma, N grew up with only Pokémon by his side, all of which were being overworked by their trainers and thus were suffering. He learned to communicate with Pokémon and made his goal the liberation of all Pokémon.
- Colress: The acting boss of the new Team Plasma and a Pokémon researcher who is studying the strength of Pokémon.
- The Seven Sages: The Seven Sages are like-minded people who were all gathered by Ghetsis from all over Unova, becoming the highest ranked members of the team:
- Ghetsis: The creator of the team and one of the Seven Sages, his true goal is actually to rule the world by being the only one allowed to use Pokémon. He's also the real leader of Team Plasma, as N is merely a pawn unknowingly being manipulated by Ghetsis.
- Zinzolin: Currently the only member of the Seven Sages that remains loyal to Ghetsis.
- Ryoku: One of the Seven Sages.
- Rood: One of the Seven Sages that is loyal to N.
- Gorm: One of the Seven Sages.
- Giallo: One of the Seven Sages.
- Bronius: One of the Seven Sages.
- Anthea and Concordia: N's foster's sisters and Ghetsis' foster daughters. They, along with N, turn to the good side and against Ghetsis.
- Shadow Triad: A trio of mysterious guys who work as the personal henchmen of Ghetsis, acting as spies.
- Dudley: A scientist that was researching Genesect for Team Plasma.
- Plasma Grunts: Team Plasma's workmen and soldiers under the command of their commanders and their boss.
- Whitley: A young girl who was once a member of Team Plasma, along with her mother, but after the team's defeat in the Black & White chapter, she was forced to move away and quit Team Plasma so that any traces of her past would be left behind. Whitley was redeemed in the process, and she and her mother came to hide in Aspertia City. Despite this, she yearns for the return of Team Plasma's king, N.
- Whitley's mother: A woman who was once a member of Team Plasma, and the mother of Whitley. She was forced to move away and quit Team Plasma. She redeemed herself in the process, and she and her daughter came to hide in Aspertia City. It is later revealed that she worked in a Pokémon Center, and she decided to join Team Plasma after taking care of many injured Pokémon.
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Trivia[]
- In 2011, there was going to be a two-part episode called "Team Rocket VS Team Plasma" which would have seen the two organizations clash for control of the Earth, as well as serving as the team's introduction into the anime. The episode was never aired because it was finished around the time of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and resulting Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. The plot (which involved the two organizations fighting over a meteorite capable of devastating entire cities) was seen as being in poor taste so the airing was postponed indefinitely, and the team's actual debut episode became "Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!", which aired two years later. The original episodes have never surfaced.
- However, a trailer for the cancelled episodes can be found online.
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