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A Team Magma Grunt (Japanese: マグマだんのしたっぱ Team Magma Underling) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in the Generation III games. They are the peons of Team Magma. There are male and female versions, but they all dress in the recognizable red outfits associated with Team Magma.

In the games

In Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Omega Ruby, they serve alongside the primary antagonists while in Pokémon Sapphire and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, they assist the player in stopping Team Aqua. In Pokémon Emerald, Team Magma Grunts share the role of the antagonists alongside the Team Aqua Grunts.

They generally use a combination of Ground-, Fire-, Poison-, and Dark-type Pokémon.

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In the core series
In other games

Trainer list

Pokémon Ruby

Pokémon Emerald

Pokémon Omega Ruby

In the anime

Main series

Team Magma Grunts in the anime

Team Magma Grunts have made several appearances in the anime, using their Pokémon to infiltrate a target or to help Tabitha out. Magma Grunts debuted in A Ruin with a View, where they tried to find ancient Pokémon in the ruins under Oldale Town. They used Professor Alden to guide them there, and after collecting data from the ruins, escaped in their helicopter. In A Three Team Scheme!, they dug into a special shrine underground on Dewford Island, searching for Groudon and the Cave of Origin.

In The Spheal of Approval, two Grunts, along with Tabitha, tried to steal a curious stone linked with Groudon from the Oceanic Museum. They successfully escaped with most of the stone. They appeared again in Fight for the Meteorite!, where they stole a meteorite from Professor Cozmo and used it to power a machine to disturb Mt. Chimney. They battled Team Aqua and won, but their plans were ruined by Ash and his friends. Their last appearances were in Gaining Groudon! and The Scuffle of Legends!, where the awakening of Groudon and Kyogre caused mass destruction before the two Pokémon calmed down. No Team Magma Grunts were seen again after this episode, with the exception of Brodie, who appeared as an independent criminal in The Ribbon Cup Caper.

Pokémon

Team Magma's MightyenaMightyena
Team Magma Grunts have multiple Mightyena that they used in their plans. In A Three Team Scheme!, they used them to scare away Team Rocket from where they were digging. They appeared again in The Spheal of Approval, where one used a Shadow Ball to stop Captain Stern from intervening. It, along with Tabitha's Mightyena, then tried to stop Ash, his friends, Marius, and Stern from taking their briefcase by using Hyper Beam before escaping.

In Fight for the Meteorite!, they used them along with their Golbat to battle Team Aqua's Crawdaunt and Walrein. The Golbat and Mightyena were able to defeat all of their Pokémon. Their final appearances were in Gaining Groudon!, where they attacked Ash and his friends. Then, when Pikachu absorbed the Blue Orb, it knocked them out. In the next episode, they battled Team Aqua's Walrein.

Mightyena's known moves are Shadow Ball and Hyper Beam.

DebutA Three Team Scheme!
Voice actors
JapaneseKatsuyuki Konishi
EnglishKatsuyuki Konishi

Pokémon Generations

Multiple Team Magma Grunts appeared in The Vision in the Team Magma Hideout. Several of them were defeated by Brendan while he infiltrated the hideout. A small division of Grunts also boarded Submarine Explorer 1 along with Maxie and Tabitha for the Seafloor Cavern.

Pokémon

In the manga

Ash & Pikachu

Team Magma Grunts appeared in Two Groups Attacking! Magma VS. Aqua, where they were led by Tabitha.

Pokémon Adventures

Team Magma Grunts first appeared assisting Courtney during her raid on the Rusturf Tunnel. Several then boarded the submarine to the Seafloor Cavern along with Team Aqua Grunts.

In the Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc, Grunts of both Team Magma and Team Aqua assist Zinnia during her raid on Sea Mauville.

Pokémon

Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire

The grunts only appear in We've Found Team Magma's Secret!! where their boss, Maxie, was having a meeting with them in their hideout. Later, they go after Mr. Briney's Peeko but failed to catch her when the Wingull only became interested in Mr. Briney.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Team Magma Grunts or their Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Trivia

  • In the English-language dub of Gaining Groudon, Tabitha directly addresses one Magma grunt as Derek. This makes him one of the very few villainous team grunts in the franchise to have a confirmed name.
  • In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, a former Magma Grunt can be found in Icirrus City during winter, appearing as a Roughneck. He is in a relationship with a former female Aqua Grunt and neither seems to know the other's previous affiliation.
    • In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, there is a former Magma Grunt with a former Aqua Grunt hiding in the Battle Resort, afraid that their respective teams will disapprove. Whether they are the same couple in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 is unknown, due to the couple's awareness of each other's past.

In other languages

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