Vicious

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Vicious
Age	43
Gender	Male
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Brown
Rocket Status
Rank	Admin
Current League	Hora League
Previous League(s)	Johto League
Main Pokémon	Unknown
Personal Status
Relatives	N/A
Hometown	Azlea Town
First Appearance
Story Debut	Waking the Titans Part 1
Movie Debut	Mewtwo: The Awakening

Vicious (ビシャス, Vicious) is a Team Rocket Admin, put in charge of Team Rocket's Hora region operations by Giovanni himself.

Overview

Character

Not much is known about him except that he has quite a reputation within Team Rocket, even prior to his promotion to Admin — having been an Elite Officer at that point. Jessie, James, and Meowth all recognize him and immediately start kowtowing shamelessly. He was assigned to Johto at one point, tasked with capturing a Celebi; a mission that he nearly succeeded in, but was stopped in the end. During this time, he was known as the "Iron-Masked Marauder".

Sometime after, he was promoted to Admin, and sent to oversee the operations of Team Rocket in Hora. Particularly, he was involved in "Project M", a plan set forth by Giovanni to clone another Mewtwo. When Mewtwo escapes, Vicious begins relentlessly hunting the legendary Pokémon.

He first appears in Mewtwo: The Awakening, as he was in charge of the Mewtwo project.

He makes his first, out-of-movie, appearance in Waking the Titans Part 1, where he has broken into the Osiana Temple, stolen the Wind Magatama, and taken control of the legendary birds. His motives for this, as of yet, are unknown.

Personality

Vicious is possibly one of the few characters in the whole history of Pokémon who appears to be purely evil with absolutely no redeeming qualities at all; he is shown to be a malicious psychopath and is also a megalomaniac, dishonest, ruthless, cruel, and above all: egocentric. He values his own life above that of others, whether out of cowardice or selfishness, and has no qualms about harming others, be it humans or Pokémon, for the sake of reaching his own goals.

Vicious is also ambitious — although he makes pretense of capturing Celebi to present it to Giovanni, his true intentions are to use its power to overthrow his boss and rule Team Rocket himself. Although he dislikes the Boss, he sees other Rockets as helpers to his cause, and is quick to ally with Jessie, James and Meowth for the purpose of helping him carry out his plans and spreading the word about his new found power.

Equipment

• Dark Ball: A Dark Ball is a special type of Poké Ball which was invented by Team Rocket scientists, but specifically used by Vicious. He claims that any Pokémon captured with a Dark Ball will become evil and their power will increase to the highest level. The Pokémon loses its freedom and will obey all commands of its master. The control of a Dark Ball can be fought and even broken if the Pokémon has enough willpower. Should this happen, the Dark Ball that captured it will be destroyed. This happened to Celebi after it had been captured by Vicious, although it nearly lost its life in the process.

Pokémon

Below are a listing of Vicious' known Pokémon;

On hand

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		Volcorona ♂
		Vicious captured a Volcorona in one of his Dark Balls, allowing him to use it at its absolute maximum power. This also means that Volcorona is evil, just like his master, and is virtually "soulless". How he captured Volcorona is unknown at this point. Its known moves are Rage Powder, Fiery Dance, Hurricane, and Leech Life.
Debut	Mewtwo: The Awakening

Controlled

		Articuno
		Main article: Articuno (AF) Articuno made its home in Osiana Forest, near the Osiana Temple. After some strange occurrences in the forest, the legendary bird Pokémon became enraged and attacked Osiana Town, taking out its Pokémon Center in the process. It is later revealed to be under the control of Vicious, who was using the Wind Magatama to enslave it. It then appears alongside the other members of its trio at Team Rocket's mercy. In Waking the Titans Part 2, with the help of Silus and Mewtwo, it was freed from Vicious' control and in Soothe the Titans!, it helped to finally defeat its captor. Its known moves are Water Pulse, Hurricane, Blizzard, and Hyper Beam.
Debut	Waking the Titans Part 1

		Moltres
		Main article: Moltres (AF) Little is known about this Moltres, other than it appears alongside the other members of its trio, in Osiana Forest, at Team Rocket's mercy. Vicious used the Wind Magatama to gain control over it. In Waking the Titans Part 2, with the help of Silus and Mewtwo, it was freed from Vicious' control and in Soothe the Titans!, it helped to finally defeat its captor. Its known moves are SolarBeam, Flamethrower, Air Slash, and AncientPower.
Debut	Waking the Titans Part 1

		Zapdos
		Main article: Zapdos (AF) Little is known about this Zapdos, other than it appears alongside the other members of its trio, in Osiana Forest, at Team Rocket's mercy. Vicious used the Wind Magatama to gain control over it. In Waking the Titans Part 2, with the help of Silus and Mewtwo, it was freed from Vicious' control and in Soothe the Titans!, it helped to finally defeat its captor. Its known moves are Discharge, Drill Peck, Zap Cannon, and Light Screen.
Debut	Waking the Titans Part 1

Escaped

		Mewtwo ♂
		Main article: Mewtwo (AF) Vicious was in charge of operations to re-clone the legendary Pokémon, Mew, and create a second Mewtwo. The experiments were successful, and it then became his job to ensure Mewtwo's complete obedience to Team Rocket in time for Giovanni's arrival. This, however, failed, when Mewtwo became enraged, absorbing the Team's Mega Stones and becoming Mega Mewtwo Y, destroying Vicious' laboratory. Its known moves in its base form are Psychic, Aura Sphere, Hyper Beam, and Barrier. It also wields the ability to Mega Evolve into two different states; Mega Mewtwo Y and Mega Mewtwo X.
Debut	Mewtwo: The Awakening

Appearances

• Mewtwo: The Awakening (first appearance)
• Waking the Titans Part 1
• Waking the Titans Part 2
• Soothe the Titans!

Trivia

• Due to a mistranslation before the movie's release (Pokémon 4Ever: Celebi Voice of the Forest), it was mistakenly thought for a time that he was the future son of Jessie and James.