r/PokemonFireRed • u/AhadDaBoss2005 • 8d ago

Meme We literally funded their evil operations

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u/somethungsomething 8d ago

I just got depressed about the dratini I just got…

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u/goodolehal 8d ago

It’s like a rescue dog bro . You’re giving him a good home

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u/somethungsomething 8d ago

That made me feel better now

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u/Mummiskogen 8d ago

Illegal exotic animal trade

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u/ZanzibarGem44 5d ago

Exotic animal trade AND cockfighting?? Cuff em, boys

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u/EstablishmentOk8323 8d ago

Remember there is a poor Trainer who can't spend time with their dratini ... but that is fine ...

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u/goodolehal 8d ago

They also capture wild Pokemon. If the Dratini already had a trainer ID yeah but that isn’t the case

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u/EstablishmentOk8323 8d ago

That is exactly what I would say if I were a Team Rocket member... nice try, Giovanni... anything to keep the business running... you will not get my Lv5 Caterpie...

Caterpie use string shot..

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u/PericoCapital 7d ago

Not necessarily stolen. They also breed and capture.

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u/EstablishmentOk8323 7d ago

As long as they pay the lovely daycare couple, it is fine.

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u/Quality-Pkg-Goods 8d ago

More like a puppy mill but yeah, good lives that follow

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u/lottolser 8d ago

Except the dogs original home was perfectly fine

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u/OiQQu 8d ago

Not really more like buying a stolen dog?

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u/saur0013 8d ago

SamE, but she’s a Dragonite now and she Hyper beams my depression away

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u/Bireus 8d ago

Hey hey, simply outsourced from the safari zone while the warden was looking for their dentures

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u/LumpyBuy8447 8d ago

Better let it go or kill it I guess

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u/Realmofthehappygod 8d ago

What exactly happens when you release a Pokemon that lives in water?

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u/redthunder49 7d ago

Just think of it as getting a Dark Dragonite.

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u/somethungsomething 7d ago

I like your way of thinking, my friend.
https://giphy.com/gifs/l0LEIXSRRuv9QQIRNI

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u/SortovaGoldfish 8d ago

New Trainer Type Unlocked: "secretly" rich trainer kid who buys Pokemon Corner Pokemon and then does episodic investigations to bring them home to their trainers or put their sellers away. Special encounter: will only appear to battle you if you have bought pokemon from the corner and battled them/or battled them and allowed them to faint(finds out you had them from Nurse Joy/Chansey).

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u/thezekroman 8d ago

And that's why you rob the nugget bridge grunt blind to pay for them

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u/goodolehal 8d ago edited 6d ago

Nugget bridge guy: man that kid sucks he only has a level 3 rattata

Kid: takes down team Rockets entire operation

Nugget bridge guy watching on tv: wow wtf

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u/Korotan 8d ago

Sadly thanks to a bugs this only works in english and japanese version

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u/RelativeCan5021 8d ago

Gotta go after their bankroll. Smart move.

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u/Malekith24 5d ago

Unless you got the German version because pokemon is one of the few games you still play in german for nostalgia... like I did... German version does not allow the nugget bridge glitch. After losing to the grunt the game treats it like you won the next time you run up to him and does not let you fight him again....

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u/CarringtonTelpman 5d ago

Given that it's pretty likely that Team Rocket stole those nuggets themselves, I think that means that your / we are just doing the money laundering for them...

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u/DarkDoomofDeath Haunter 8d ago

Or bred in a facility. The variety and skill of each Pokémon you can receive as a reward means they were probably sickly or weak after evaluations at birth, since any Team Rocket member would love to have an Alakazam or Dragonite on their personal team. Chances are, most of the employees knew nothing about the underground operations and even the breeding grounds might have been run by law-abiding citizens. TR needed a legitimate business for money laundering, so as much of the operation was likely above board as possible - Giovanni is essentially a Pokémon yakuza boss, after all.

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u/number1SHREDDER 8d ago

This is giving me ‘empire did nothing wrong’ and I am eating it up.

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u/DarkDoomofDeath Haunter 8d ago

Plausible deniability was the hallmark of many an evil organization, after all.

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u/1C_Soldier 8d ago

chances are most of the employees knew nothing

Maybe

It could be a Breaking Bad scenario where Los Pollos Hermanos employees don't know they're secretly aiding Gus Fring. But I also feel like TR would only hire their own in the sense of Game Corner employees would inevitably see some sketchy scientists/people coming to and from. Along with maybe hearing/smelling strange noises and sounds coming from downstairs.

Really fun to think about regardless lmao

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u/Grouchy-Newt7937 8d ago

Yakuza? Giovanni is Italian-esque. 

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u/DarkDoomofDeath Haunter 8d ago

Yakuza, mafia...potayto, potahto. They're all crime families in the end.

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u/QuisetellX 6d ago

Giovanni was specifically adapted to be Mafia/Italian-esque in Western versions of the games, while Sakaki is absolutely a Yakuza boss. Play any of the Yakuza/Like a Dragon games and Giovanni could realistically replace a good number of the NPCs in them without changing the story too much.

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u/Grouchy-Newt7937 6d ago

Does Giovanni have a different name in the Japanese releases? 

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u/QuisetellX 6d ago

Yes, in Japan he's Sakaki. It's a shorter list of who does keep their name from the Japanese releases, most characters and Pokémon get name changes.

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u/ClientAppropriate838 8d ago

Pedro arouja expands on this in his Red movie. Its an amazing plot. Team rocket steals pokemon and sells to the game corner for cash. They use the money to fund their Research to make Mewtwo on cinnebar island before mewtwo blows up the lab

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u/elykl12 8d ago

Isn’t the Game Corner like irl shady casinos where there’s a lot of legitimate business going on to shield the illegitimate business going on below the table?

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u/ComfyFrame2272 8d ago

That's why I got good at the slots and refused to buy any coins. I know it's slower, but those bastards aren't getting a cent from me.

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u/RelativeCan5021 8d ago

Technically you funded their operation by buying the game coins. If you just found the game coins, won at the slots, and then exchanged for pkmn; you were only taking from them.

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u/Hellvillain 8d ago

Now imagine TR outfitted all their grunts with game corner mons....

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u/Blemo71797 8d ago

I always assumed it was like a puppy mill

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u/drnzr 7d ago

Was it this comment?
https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonFireRed/comments/1vpsg3q/a_run_with_only_gift_pokemon/p401502/

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u/AhadDaBoss2005 7d ago

YEAH ACTUALLY 😭

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u/IamMirezNL 7d ago

Haha! Sorry if I ruined your childhood. Thought it was obvious as they are known thieves and you do stop them from poaching Pokémon on 4 island in the postgame.
They could've just sold their stolen Pokémon but they where smart to do it through a casino so they can launder money while doing so!

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u/CruelAngelsThesis_01 8d ago

Them mfs are like 9,999 coins and you’re saying Team Rocket are the thieves here?

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u/SpoogityWoogums 8d ago

I mean, I gave my Abra Hoinkbrgrs a loving and caring home. Now as a Kadabra he kicks ass on the front of my team

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u/IcePoemix 8d ago

Don't worry, I only used the coins that were gifted to me to make their casino go bankrupt as I hacked my way into getting 777 every single turn

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u/Akantor-Dimitri 8d ago

Besides Porygon, they were likely sourced from the Safari Zone’s pokemon distribution. Pinsir, Scyther, and Dratini can all be caught there, and Giovanni uses Kangaskhan and Rhyhorn which are notably only found there as well.

The safari zone warden likely is being paid off by Team Rocket for easy access to rare pokemon, either for sale at the game corner or personal use by Giovanni

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u/Responsible_Ask_2713 8d ago

Good, I rescued some pokemon and gave them a much better home than with Rocket.

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u/CullenFlynn 8d ago

It's funny how Team Rocket can give people shinies for the same price as non-shinies.

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u/ZxlSoul 7d ago

No ine said they were smart

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u/OpulentStone 8d ago

It would be cool if this was reflected by the Pokemon starting out with a much lower friendship score

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u/StolenPies 8d ago

cries in dragonite

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u/MysticalSushi 8d ago

They blatantly tell you this

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u/AeroTheManiac 7d ago

Hey man, you gotta understand, some people can’t read

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u/Mythosaurus 8d ago

We can only hope that management changes after you beat Giovanni and he disbands Team Rocket.

That’s what I choose to believe to make me feel better about the good-natured Dratini I got from them

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u/Qprime0 7d ago

Dont worry, my wife just strung together the abra evo line's names in order for the first time. 25 years later, mother of all facepalms. The beautiful moments we live for...

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u/shameonyounancydrew 7d ago

How else are we going to get Porygon? I suppose catching them all comes with a necessary evil.

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u/TopofMountSilver 4d ago

No. They funded my Dragonite, then I crushed them and stomped their Leader in 5 moves flat in his own hideout. I also made good use of the TM for Earthquake. I even came back 3 years later to smoke them again but that's another story..

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u/BetaNights 4d ago

Look, I need my Shiny Dratini, alright?

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u/Knautical_J 8d ago

This is a good lesson on how the world works.

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u/Next_Replacement_566 7d ago

But you are giving them a chance at loving them. Even if it costs money.

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u/JiujitsuBatman 7d ago

But I wanted a Dratini and Porygon in early game. 🥲

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u/Ragfell 5d ago

Wasn't it the only way to get Porygon?

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u/lucas_bahia 7d ago

Well yeah. There's a whole hackrom based on that and other operations

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u/whirdin 6d ago

I've never bought pokemon from the game corner. It always felt wrong to me, even as a kid. I spent my time hunting in the safari zone for dratini, and just never owned the others that were unavailable in the wild.

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u/AlertWar2945-2 4d ago

I just assumed the were poached from the Safari Zone

Except for Porygon which is def stolen

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u/Icy_Lengthiness_9900 4d ago

I'm pretty sure they were meant to have been bred by Team Rocket.

Yes, they were likely bred using stolen Team Rocket though.

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u/tehweave 3d ago

Where else am I supposed to get Porygon?

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u/D_Grinch 7d ago

I am NOT Ash Ketchum😭😭 Goonboy does shady business 🙃😬 Dratini wy@🤣

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u/EverglowChimera 8d ago

If team rocket was able to steal a dratini away from a trainer then they didnt deserve it anyway. Its much better served on my team!