Team Rocket (in Japanese: ロケット団, Rocket-dan, literally Rocket Gang) are the main antagonists of the Pokémon franchise. They are a terrorist organization engaging in criminal activities in the Kanto, Johto, and (Pokémon FireRed/Pokémon LeafGreen) Sevii Islands regions.
They appear as the main antagonists in Pokémon Red/Pokémon Blue/Pokémon Green/Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Gold/Pokémon Silver/Pokémon Crystal, as well as their respective remakes Pokémon FireRed/Pokémon LeafGreen, Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!/Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! and Pokémon HeartGold/Pokémon SoulSilver.
Team Rocket's main objective was obtaining powerful and rare Pokémon to help their criminal syndicate in the hopes of someday taking over the world. They obtain these Pokémon by regular capture, or more often, theft. In addition to this they also perform inhumane experiments on Pokémon to further enhance their power.
The ReBoot Multiuniverse[]
Team Rocket was briefly mentioned as Akari, while she was training in Johto, came across the crime syndicate and saved Mew, Mewtwo, and their Pokémon from danger.
Recessional of the Red Dragons[]
Mary and April thwarted Team Rocket numerous times, and they seemed to be like perfect training as they became Champions of Kanto and Johto respectively before the cousins fought off the Red Dragon Syndicate in Mars.
Ikran's Lost OoT/Pokémon crossover[]
Same with Akari, Zelda II saved Mew, Mewtwo and their Pokémon from Team Rocket before Rauru sent them all to Hyrule.