Treat his pokemon equally, eat together in a table, pokemon willingly come to him instead caught them using pokeball, never get angry to all his pokemon eventhough they sometine bite them....he's the real pokemon master
@chiaki nanami Oh nono not by the creators or anything, basically lavender is a colour associated with homosexuality and symbolic of that. An example of that usage is what are called lavendar weddings in old hollywood where famous lesbian actresses and gay actors would be married for publicity to convince the public they're straight, apparently some of those marriages went astonishingly well, one famous actress (can't be bothered to look her up) told her daughter that a gay man is the best man you could marry after her lavender marriage. So there's a smidge of history for you under a Pokémon video
It just goes to show that James cares more about his pokemon then what he's meant to be doing, stealing rare pokemon because I'm pretty sure an unhatched Eevee egg would be more valuable then a Mime Jr due to the fact that Eevee is probably a more sought after pokemon due to the variety of it's evolutions and it's overall rarity, especially in Hoenn because you can't get Eevee in Hoenn. But no, James gives away what's probably worth a bucket of cash in exchange for a little puppet that turns into a pokemon people love to hate on.
@@kitsu1379 Well, the anime isn't the game. A wild Eevee is rare but this is probably one of the first and most successful breeding in a world that isn't a game
Never forget, Jessie: "Well, nobody told you to bring that heavy backpack." James: "And nobody told you to bring that nasty attitude of yours either, but I'm stuck with *BOTH."*
My favorite James moment is when team rocket has conned all the pokeballs into a sack but there's a hole in the burlap. Jesse asks why he didn't notice the bag getting lighter and his response was he thought he was getting stronger.
My headcanon is that his plan always was to be blasted away by Gyrados from S.S. Annie and he set a timer for evolution but didn't expect for ship to sink before that.
Yep, he loves his Pokémon so much and shows such unexpected bits of empathy at times that I can't ever imagine him being evil at all, really. He's best man 🥺🥺💕❤️
This is why I slowly started to appreciate James when it comes to his Pokemon never once did he mistreat them in any way. He has been scratched at, jumped on, eater, bitten, gassed and not once did he ever get mad. I love for the fact he always asked his Pokemon if they wanted to go with him. It was their choice always.
I can't believe how accurate James is too me. "I collect them because they're simple and beautiful and make me happy!" Honestly James, as a Pokemon Card collector, same
@@vindicareassassin271 same as in the real world, its been over 20 years in their world aswell, they acknowledge its been 20 years of them trying to get pikachu
Really underrated moment 2:03 He's wholesome, funny witty, based, a flaming moltres but also someone who has a story and has his core values. That phrase has so many implications when you consider that he's a pawn in a mafia
I like how James doesn't actually act Evil. He is just associated with Bad people but he still cares about his Pokémon whether they realize it or not...
No, I think his Pokemon realise it - i mean it's literally a running gag with his Pokemon that they love him so much they end up eating/ poisoning/ otherwise accidentally harming him in their affections heh.
Why james is the best character 1. James looks good in a dress 2. James does not simp 3. James Genuinely cares about his pokemon despite being a villian
You could honestly say the entire trio are good people in bad situations, like when they helped ditto or separated from their pokemon like weezing and arbok
James taught ash and pikachu a valuable lesson; no matter how shiny you are, no matter how powerful you are, you are never fully safe from vehicular manslaughter
I've always loved how James is constantly befriending Pokemon in the anime and how the Pokemon just genuinely love him. Even when they bite him you can tell it's out of affection, they are Pokemon after all. He went from being a lonely rich boy to, despite being a bad guy, being around people and Pokemon he cares about.
He literally has the most fucking potential out of ALL the others in the anime. I mean just look, all his pokemon hug him. I think if he wasn't in team rocket and trained his pokemon, he would easily be one of the best trainers in the whole anime.
He has an even better established backstory than the literal main protagonist, we literally don't know Ash backstory while we know James straight up ran away his rich home just for freedom and escaping from his controlling fiancé
What we don't deserve is absolute absence of character development or backstory reveal and forced fanservice out of genuine misunderstandings about them all. I'd love to, don't get me wrong, but Pokémon franchise doesn't seem to shine in this. Imagine a 2 hour long live action movie that recycle all their gags..
I like how team rocket isn’t really evil, James just ran away from an arranged marriage and Jesse is down on her luck as a star. They aren’t REALLY evil
They also both seem to have a suspicious amount of relationship failures (Jessie says she keeps being abandoned/mistreated by her partners, James is trying to avoid an arranged marriage) and yet they have a certain amount of chemistry. And Jessie gets very mad when James' fiancee tries to take him. But they don't confirm anything between them. I feel like the last episode was meant to be some kind of plot to that effect, but there isn't one because it's still going so they're in this eternal limbo of being best friends that would kinda work in that way.
There's one line from James that gets to me. Meowth says something like "Don't worry that pretty blue head of yours", he starts laughing and while the camera pans out and is about to cut to the next scene, James says "it's Lavender".
RIP JESSIE!😭💜 James, meowth, and not just me but everyone will miss you dearly thank you for my childhood and the memories you gave us! James could never have his savage moments without you 💜
same.. they should make him the main character.. going to a different new region and it's just james making friends with pokemon and building an army of love
That's the beauty of them, they're completely free spirits who do what makes them happy and don't care what anyone else thinks. Aside from the whole criminal aspect, they're fantastic role models for all of us. Even as a little kid, I adored them; the only thing that's changed now that I'm an adult is that I now fully understand /why/ they're worth adoring.
I personally headcanon that they treated "Little Jim" like the younger brother of the group: they would tease him but never in a mean way, and if anyone who wasn't in the gang made fun of him the entire gang would stand up for him.
Lets just take a moment to remember the fact that James is legit one of the best trainers to exist in this show. Yeah he never had the strongest or best Pokemon, but fuck did he go out of his way to love them.
I may be taking it too seriously. But Pokemon is old and is basically along with Dragon Ball, JoJo's as very influential. So I don't think it's fair to call Ash "a generic shounen protagonist". When he along with other characters Inspired the Trope.
@@midnight_horizen8184 To be fair, no ome mentioned shounen anywhere but yes, Ash and pokemon has certainly inspired much of what comes out now. Ash just has no real personality but thats by design.
@@midnight_horizen8184 huh? Since when was JoJo influential? Most fans didn't even know it existed until a few years ago, unlike Dragon Ball, which literally almost everyone knows
@@privatefeetpics7415 Jojo was really popular when it came out in the 1980s (it still is), therefore a lot of other manga and anime have used several elements of Jojo and also include a lot of references of it
@@peach4hubby69 Jessie and Meowth are also good, it's just that Jessie has a more dominant and aggressive personality than James, while he is more chill. They've never actually done anything evil in the show, they're just giant goofballs and the comedic relief of the show, which is also why there many people's favorite characters inclusive me (specially James)
My favorite aspect about James is that he lets his pokemon choose to come with him. Unlike other trainers who attack and weaken them before smacking them with a ball. In James' world, pokemon choose him!
Yes thats one of the thousands of things I love about him! Koffing was given to him, Victreebel came with him, Cacnea chose and basically begged to go with him, he asked Chimecho to go with him, Mime Jr. jumped into the ball herself, Carnavine was with James since he was a child and James rescued him, James fed Yamask to win it over, I'm pretty sure Amoongus was given to him, Inkay wasn't weakened or hurt in anyway he gave him food and it went into the Pokéball, Mareanie is literally in love with him, and Morpeko threw herself into the ball
@@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735 pickachu was paralyzed, it will need serious therapy to recover, but it will never be the same.(Unless he becomes a cyborg)
Morpeko’s face when it saw James and the way it jumped into the pokeball James threw… My heart absolutely melted. I haven’t seen the episode but I know it’s wild. James loves pokemon and pokemon love him.
James is just an amazing character he’s loyal, and he’s just a tragic character when think about, he was a kid who desperately wanted to fit in being a rich kid having his life already sign away, and any attempt he made at making friends failed, so he ran away from home, and ended up meeting his real family, the person and Pokémon that never took James for granted, made him feel like he had a place, they didn’t care about if he was rich or not, they just cared about the fact he’s who he is, which you know makes his childish antic seem less weird and more like a man trying to enjoy the childhood he never had, still pissed they decided to ruin his character at the end of Ash’s story
@@doctoc1334 Have you ever seen Wreck-It Ralph? There's a scene where Zangief from street fighter says this line. Basically it means, You are a villain, but you're not a bad person.
holy shit 1:50
I said the exact same words dude
Smooth move James
Never in my mind I would think I can see a Kabedon in freaking Pokemon...
What episode is this?
@@havelthesock A Gaggle of Gadget Greatness
Treat his pokemon equally, eat together in a table, pokemon willingly come to him instead caught them using pokeball, never get angry to all his pokemon eventhough they sometine bite them....he's the real pokemon master
Except Chimecho. Chimecho is allowed to run away from incoming donphan.
He is a better Pokémon trainer than a lot of the protagonists. I actually like how a lot of Pokémon choose to come to him.
Bro he legit gets POISONED and he doesn't scold them most of the time. He's honestly the best
Except for magicarp
AND he’s a fashion icon, he’s got it all
"Don't worry that pretty blue head of yours, I got a plan!"
"It's lavender!"
I remember that
It's lavender, he's confirmed gay now.
I love how he insists it’s lavender when it’s more periwinkle than anything
@@aloecat8187 right? Its definitely periwinkle
@chiaki nanami Oh nono not by the creators or anything, basically lavender is a colour associated with homosexuality and symbolic of that. An example of that usage is what are called lavendar weddings in old hollywood where famous lesbian actresses and gay actors would be married for publicity to convince the public they're straight, apparently some of those marriages went astonishingly well, one famous actress (can't be bothered to look her up) told her daughter that a gay man is the best man you could marry after her lavender marriage. So there's a smidge of history for you under a Pokémon video
"My school mates were so envious, that they beat me nearly everyday!"
*oh*
Schoolmate abuse
HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS IS A LOT OF LIKES THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
He's/was rich so maybe that's why the were envious
Yeah, they had me till that last part.
@@firefistportgasdace432 they were jealous of how strong he is
Oh the poor guy
3:46 James is the best kind of collector.
:)
"Pikachu Thunderbolt attack!"
"Turn attack"
Credits roll
He almost ended the show right there
Directed by Robert B. Weide
Vehicular Pokéman Slaughter
That killed me
"We'll be right back!"
James trading with May was the most mature thing I've ever seen in the pokemon anime
"Just because we're trying to steal Pikachu doesn't mean we can't be civil!"
It just goes to show that James cares more about his pokemon then what he's meant to be doing, stealing rare pokemon because I'm pretty sure an unhatched Eevee egg would be more valuable then a Mime Jr due to the fact that Eevee is probably a more sought after pokemon due to the variety of it's evolutions and it's overall rarity, especially in Hoenn because you can't get Eevee in Hoenn. But no, James gives away what's probably worth a bucket of cash in exchange for a little puppet that turns into a pokemon people love to hate on.
As James said "Now all is right with the world."
Fax
@@kitsu1379 Well, the anime isn't the game. A wild Eevee is rare but this is probably one of the first and most successful breeding in a world that isn't a game
Never forget,
Jessie: "Well, nobody told you to bring that heavy backpack."
James: "And nobody told you to bring that nasty attitude of yours either, but I'm stuck with *BOTH."*
I need that sassy energy in my life
when did he say that ?
DAMM BRO
THE SASS SIS
Pretty sure it was the episode where Ash and co find Togepi's egg. They also happen to discover a cave with prehistoric Pokémon in it.
2:26 he's been launched, flung, blasted, and dropped so many times that he's just a natural at landing safely; pretty cool tbh.
😂😂😂
I had to rewatch that and just realized that
Meowth lands on all fours like the cat he is
“I’m wearing tights instead of pants”
I like how this is just so random 💀
And so proudly thrown out there too ahahah
Time stamp
@@jynkx378 0:13
*tights
@@jackdaw6095 ?????????
Jessie: "Nice driving"
James: "I know, right? I should get a licence!"
That's not in the actual anime, is it XD
@@Daishi_The_Professional_Fool It was, lol. They said it right after the 'turn attack'
Can someone tell me which episode this was from? I want to see the whole scene just because of that moment XD
Episode 79 of the original anime.
This is me that
I already learned to drive before learning to get a license
Jessie: “Thats a big pokemon”
James: “So size does matter”
Will never forget that line
The absolute legend
Your pfp doesn't disagree with your statement.
I’m not sure that he was talking ONLY about the size of Pokemon🤣
May I the time stamp please?
what was the original line? (in japanese version)
1:28 "why dont you just pretend you're a tree and leaf?"
"oh funny, who told you that? professor *Oak* ?"
I'm ded lmao the comeback
explain
@@aaaaaditya0 oak is a type of tree, and the professor in the anime(as well as the game) is named professor oak
James the genius strikes again😭
I think she said leave
@@somerandomguyiglmao that's the joke the words sounds familiar
My favorite James moment is when team rocket has conned all the pokeballs into a sack but there's a hole in the burlap. Jesse asks why he didn't notice the bag getting lighter and his response was he thought he was getting stronger.
Hhhhh
*wheeze*
XD
R.I.P logic
Yessss
omg hilarious what episode 💀
"WHAT IS THIS STUPID CONTRAPTION!??"
*"that's a wall"*
“Haha, it’s elementary.”
*proceeds to kabe-don jesse*
"Open sesame!"
James: no its a door
Haha
“This kid looks pathetic”
“That’s what she means, James!”
Holy shit meowth
i dont get it
@@ediblestars07 Meowth is implying that James looks pathetic, just like the kid that Jessie was comparing him to.
@@WarioTimeWarioTimeWarioTime ooooh
You fucking killed her dude
@@yourannoyinglittlebrother8595 Not funny
Technically if early James knew what he was doing, James with a Gyrados could have been a possibility.
My headcanon is that his plan always was to be blasted away by Gyrados from S.S. Annie and he set a timer for evolution but didn't expect for ship to sink before that.
"That missing kid looks like you"
"he looks pathetic"
"that's what she means, JAMES"
holy crap meowth chill
🥶
Savage move, Meowth!
@@SCR33NH3AD It was super effective!
@@jakeswervo3089 in short: Meowth is just as based as James
Damn meowth
Just cause he's the 'bad guy', doesn't mean he's a bad guy.
such wise words that zangief
Just because you are correct doesnt make you right
@@kallenlivesmatter3229 but they are correct?
@@obiwankesnowbi9807 It’s a fate stay night reference
Yeah
James is the embodiment of “I took this job for benefits”
Man doesn’t care about being evil at all.
he did it to go on an adventure to stay far away from jessebelle or whatever that crazy tsundere arranged marriage girl is called.
@@Subreon who?
@@bethanydavis9023 He had a fiancé arranged by his rich family and he escaped and joined team rocket
Yep, he loves his Pokémon so much and shows such unexpected bits of empathy at times that I can't ever imagine him being evil at all, really. He's best man 🥺🥺💕❤️
To be fair Jessie doesn't really care about being evil either. She just wanted to be a star but is down on her luck
This is why I slowly started to appreciate James when it comes to his Pokemon never once did he mistreat them in any way. He has been scratched at, jumped on, eater, bitten, gassed and not once did he ever get mad. I love for the fact he always asked his Pokemon if they wanted to go with him. It was their choice always.
Misty: "Why don't you just make like a tree and leaf!"
James:"Oh, funny. Who told you that one? Professor Oak? "
Sickest burn than a will-o-wisp
Imagine if Professor Oak was there, what would he have to say about that? “There’s a time and place for everything but not now.”
@@catboat016o Heck yeah
@@bneshel1514 He always seems to know if you attempt to ride your bike indoors
@@catboat016o Yet he does not know if you're a boy or girl.
@@FyreStone Well- you gotta thank the creators for that kind of logic. You are correct though.
Ash: "Pikachu use ThunderBolt Attack"
James vibing in his whip: "Turn Attack"
*Oh no*
😼 🛻💨
The laws of physics are the ultimate attack
Initial J
Bruh, the way Pikachu screamed and then it cut took me out!
*Super effective*
If you max out James’ level in Pokemon Masters he says “NO ONE CAN STOP US NOW! NOT EVEN THE WRITERS!”
Is this for real? That alone might get me to play masters.
@@Zekken_The_Lodestar Yes it's true, however Jessie and James are event pairs so you have to wait until you can get them.
hmm
@@PokeDude011 damn it
LOL-
I can't believe how accurate James is too me.
"I collect them because they're simple and beautiful and make me happy!"
Honestly James, as a Pokemon Card collector, same
Exactly😂
"C'mon, you're not Pikachu!"
Oh, really? Oh, _really,_ Ash? What gave it away? The floating?
Or the fact ash ain't brain dead for once.
I want to thank you for this comment
Yeah well given the fact that Pikachu can apparently shape shift into anything I’d be questioning
Honestly I couldn’t tell the difference.
I mean, who was the real Ash there again?
@@herculesatan4514 well that was just James' amazing dressing skills, honed throughout the years from every season to season throughout the show
He may basically be a mafia lackey, but goddamn, James is probably the most wholesome guy in the show
Exactlyy
Meh, I think Brock is the most wholesome guy in the show, but James is a close second.
He has literally caught multiple pokemon with just his "super effective" personality
@@sheepisfortheweak6164 trying to steal pokemon, James calls a time out to trade with their enemy because clown.
Ever since brock obama left, James carried the entire show on his back
“my schoolmates were so envious they beat me nearly every day!”
He was so proud of that.
James gets hatecrimed
@@quantumgargoyle3888 😭 james......
Here it is, your thousandth like!
@@JonathanRiverafrickinnice555
Why wouldn't he be? His schoolmates were all envious of him.
They were villains, but we loved em for it. They had their own codes, lines they wouldn’t cross, etc.
Petition to make a Pokemon spin off with James as the Protagonist.
I would watch the fuck outta that
@@UnGodlyGod7365 same ! james has always been my favorite character in pokemon ! the guy is just too lovable and it's great
I'd be so down to watch.
James had so much development as character even if he was a villain, I would watch
I’d watch that
James: "I AM A FLAMING MOLTRES!"
Squidward: "Is that what he calls it?"
We call it "el Guajolote Macìas"
XD
Dude look for this scene in Latino version it's beautiful
@Franco Quispe - what does it say?
it's ironic how meowth is voiced by the same VA as squidward in both English and Dutch
@@litchtheshinigami8936 wait Rodger voices mewoth
I like how after all these years, James still cares about his bottle cap collection. That’s dedication.
Well it's been years for us, it's been like no time in poketime
An ou-kan collection for an ou-sama!
@@FirestoneX I wonder how time works in the pokemon world.
@@vindicareassassin271 same as in the real world, its been over 20 years in their world aswell, they acknowledge its been 20 years of them trying to get pikachu
@@ragegamer123 and ash hasn't ages. What the hell?
Really underrated moment 2:03
He's wholesome, funny witty, based, a flaming moltres but also someone who has a story and has his core values. That phrase has so many implications when you consider that he's a pawn in a mafia
I like how James doesn't actually act Evil. He is just associated with Bad people but he still cares about his Pokémon whether they realize it or not...
No, I think his Pokemon realise it - i mean it's literally a running gag with his Pokemon that they love him so much they end up eating/ poisoning/ otherwise accidentally harming him in their affections heh.
Jessie isn’t that evil either tbh-
@@R4inbowSt4rs if anything they're a comedic duo except Jessie is genuinely greedy sometimes
Also he is gay
@@Gammera2000 no he’s not lol
You cut away too early at the turn attack part
"Nice driving."
"I should get a license."
LOL
everyone does, for some reason.
@@VeryPeeved yeah I've been looking for a complete version but to no avail
🤣🤣
@@VeryPeeved
Maybe everyone takes it from the same source, and that source cuts out the "license" line.
James and Brock are arguably the best characters of the entire franchise
No they just are
I completely agree
Funny thing is, they’re voiced by the same guy in the first few seasons
Those 2 and meowth for me
You are correct, there are so many reasons. But yes
2:16 May being chill after everything Team Rocket get up to is amazing
To be fair, I don't think Ash and his friends hate Team Rocket.
@@wolfzend5964 i think they just see them as a annoyence sometimes lol
Why james is the best character
1. James looks good in a dress
2. James does not simp
3. James Genuinely cares about his pokemon despite being a villian
Let’s face it, Jessie and James take better care of their Pokémon than anyone else in the series
@@cuccohaHA good point
He's not even a real villian. He just wanted to be loved...
4. James sent those whining women back to the dark ages where they belong.
he can look good in a dress but James can pull off any look and look good he is a fashion icon
James isn’t even a bad guy, his best friends are bad guys so he kind of just has to be one too.
He's supposed to be evil but that just doesn't fit him so it leads to this
They're not even all that bad either
"You are bad guy, that does not mean you are *bad* guy."
To be fair the only bad guy is their boss they just follow orders cause they have nothing better to do
Did you not see james use turn attack?
James cares about his pokemons. He's basically a good guy stuck in the bad group
They are just having fun in the wrong way :3
They're basically normal people but need a better job than working at team rocket
You could honestly say the entire trio are good people in bad situations, like when they helped ditto or separated from their pokemon like weezing and arbok
Team Rocket cares more about their pokemon than Ash does
@@nobodyimportant5140 when ash jumped off a building to save pikachu, hes not really saving pikachu, hes trying to die together with pikachu
4:30 probably the only time Jessie actually cares about James
4:57 Here too
Nah there were plenty of moments where you see that those two are really close
Nah there were plenty of moments where you see that those two are really close
Jessie is bratty, but she does care.
James taught ash and pikachu a valuable lesson; no matter how shiny you are, no matter how powerful you are, you are never fully safe from vehicular manslaughter
LMAOOOOO
turn attack
TURN ATTACK
T U R N A T T A C K
jessie: great driving!
james: i should get a license
I've always loved how James is constantly befriending Pokemon in the anime and how the Pokemon just genuinely love him. Even when they bite him you can tell it's out of affection, they are Pokemon after all. He went from being a lonely rich boy to, despite being a bad guy, being around people and Pokemon he cares about.
Yes I couldnt agree more!
Then proceeds to betray the pokemon who loved him so he and jessie can save their jobs
Most of the pokemon fall in love with him. He's really handsome.
@@ms.pirate naw Jessie is the one who does it
Hes charisma itself
“my schoolmates were so envious, they beat me nearly every day!”
*sudden realization*
could you please say what he means?
@@TheDream64 oh thanks I rarely watched Pokémon in my childhood so idk much about this
@@TheDream64 Oh no
I think differently
@@TheDream64 homophobia
@@runedoom hmmm
3:25 James the legendary pokemon😂
You can't hate James. I don't think it's ever possible to even dislike him.
My friend said she doesn't like him. I no longer have a friend.
@@uuuhhhhhhhhhhh Good. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life
The thing that I hate about James is….. uhhh….. yeah, I’m really trying here but it’s pretty tough
@@chronee5390 I can think of a reason to not like James… Not replacing Ash as as the main character l.
@@austinjohnsen4430 he respects him too much to steal his place
“Turn attack!”
“Nice driving!”
“I should get a license!”
Holy shi- That was a killer.
YESS XD
JAMES THATS A POKEMON
New Jersey drivers driving like the road is Initial D: *Finally. A worthy opponent.*
James ain't a villain, he's a smooth criminal
Are you ok?
@@fabianp.2986?
@@david2618 It's a Michael Jackson reference
@@fabianp.2986 WAIT.
I knew it was smooth criminal, but I didn't remember the "are you ok?" part of the song. 😅
@@david2618 U sure u ok? XD
Rachel Lillis has just passed away. Thanks for the memories! Jessie was amazing character and the perfect ying to James' yang!
James is definitely Ying.
@@Gameboy-kl8brI don't see him as a necessarily bad character though
@@ZBREAD. I got the two mixed up. James def Yang. Jessie Yin.
Rip rachel 😭
Jessie and James single-handedly carrying the series on their backs.
Four handedly.
Still waiting for a series that focuses entirely on Team Rocket with Jessie and James as the main characters.
@@PastelPiku I hope so
You're so right. I only tried watching Pokemon for Team Rocket 😂
Meowth: Am I a joke to you?
"I think that costume came out of his closet"
she just straight called him a furry right then and there.
owo moment
5:55
@@GODMUTTZ no
@@nyftt4350 yes
I think the implication was something else...
He literally has the most fucking potential out of ALL the others in the anime. I mean just look, all his pokemon hug him. I think if he wasn't in team rocket and trained his pokemon, he would easily be one of the best trainers in the whole anime.
he definitely would’ve been wild as a trainer, he’s so loyal to his pokemon it’s beautiful
I mean he'd still be an idiot (admittedly with occasional bouts of brilliance). :P
He has an even better established backstory than the literal main protagonist, we literally don't know Ash backstory while we know James straight up ran away his rich home just for freedom and escaping from his controlling fiancé
Like legit, I don't think he has ever battled any of the Pokémon he has ever had on his time. He would be an awesome trainer if he left team rocket.
he'd be an idiot but would be so wholesome with his pokemon im crying
Rest in Peace, Jessie... you were a hell of a voice actor.
What
@@FANOFPORTAL2 Her english VA passed away a few weeks ago.
@@prismancy7182 oh,cause of death?
@@FANOFPORTAL2 Breast cancer, she was only 55.
@@prismancy7182 i didnt know breast cancer can be that deadly
Let's just admit that Team Rocket really deserves their own spinoff show and movie.
We deserve it
What we don't deserve is absolute absence of character development or backstory reveal and forced fanservice out of genuine misunderstandings about them all. I'd love to, don't get me wrong, but Pokémon franchise doesn't seem to shine in this. Imagine a 2 hour long live action movie that recycle all their gags..
Take my money. I want the spin-off and movie
@@franqusco They do have backstories though.
@@chunkymonkey7983 like? The ones they have are really really brief of like 3-5 mins
I like how team rocket isn’t really evil, James just ran away from an arranged marriage and Jesse is down on her luck as a star. They aren’t REALLY evil
And Meowth just wants a place in the world, idk the episode but when you see his origin story it's really sad bc he just wanted to find love
They also both seem to have a suspicious amount of relationship failures (Jessie says she keeps being abandoned/mistreated by her partners, James is trying to avoid an arranged marriage) and yet they have a certain amount of chemistry. And Jessie gets very mad when James' fiancee tries to take him. But they don't confirm anything between them.
I feel like the last episode was meant to be some kind of plot to that effect, but there isn't one because it's still going so they're in this eternal limbo of being best friends that would kinda work in that way.
Ironically the ones who stood out made a group to fit in
@@redeye4516 Wasn't there an old Pokémon manga where they got married?
James isn't evil in the **show**
....but in the **MANGA**....
Edit: Was drunk, wrote "Anime" on that second line, my bad.
Rest in peace, Rachael Lillis. Thank you for all the laughs 💔
Everyone says James isn’t actually evil but honestly none of the main Team Rocket members are really evil, they’re just not as funny as James.
Facts
@Uncle Slappy then you havent met bill cypher yet
@@hjtdreams2032 yeah but bill cypher is just another level of cartoon villain
mhmm
@Uncle Slappy Then we have the adult anime side where main characters sometimes get clapped i mean just look at part 6.
They keep trying to make him seem like a dweeb, but honestly, he's kinda the coolest character in the show.
This explains your disappointment
@@retrox2776 Yeah he’s disappointed bc of you.
@@gaiabeltran9705 but he was disappointed before I got here
And I naturally disappoint people
@@retrox2776 lol I just got it
His connection with pokemon is so deep
"Why don't you pretend you're a tree and leave!"
"Oh funny. Who told you that one? Prof. Oak?"
I'M DEAD
A great comeback
I like to believe that they gave him that name for that one joke
LOL
Fuck that was good
The poet?
Alternate Title: James being the best Male Character for 6 minutes & 14 seconds straight.
“Not you chimeco you just run away”
James may have been apart of an evil crime syndicate but he was still a good guy
“Professionals have _standards_ .”
"ALL POKEMON!"
"You are bad guy, but this does not mean you are bad *guy*"
@@gamergoblin1 “I am bad, and that’s good. I will never be good, and that’s not bad. There’s no one I’d rather be than me.” 😌
2:36
“Why don’t you act like a tree and leave?”
“Ooo fun-ny, who taught you that one, professor OAK?”
Laughed a lot
Why don’t you just pretend your a tree and leave!*
@@jaydendougher6197 *leaf
i laughed for 10 minutes
I’m pretty sure she made a tree pun and said leaf instead of leave
@@nightgamer554 she?
There's one line from James that gets to me. Meowth says something like "Don't worry that pretty blue head of yours", he starts laughing and while the camera pans out and is about to cut to the next scene, James says "it's Lavender".
*WHEEZE*
*IT’S LAVENDUH*
Ikr that made me laugh so hard! I TOLD everyone it was purple, and I knew I was right! Purple and lavender is basically the same thing
@@pikathemimikyu6655
Lavender is as much purple as it is blue. So kinda both, but also neither.
@@zettovii1367 more like a milky indigo, but only slightly more purple than blue
Man coming back here after the recent news..... This hits hard man.
Wait what news
@@PinkaholicOfficialthe VA for jessie and misty died
@@popsickle_ yeah I looked it up soon after commenting this, so sad
The mewoth voice actor also died. Rip maddie blaustein.
@@2..k427 WHAT
Shouldve added the episode when they had a contest and James said "let's shove these women back down to the dark ages where they belong" love this man
jesus christ LOL
Lol
Nani holy shit
Based James
Lol imagine if they added that joke now
Jessie: "I'll always remember what a wonderful dresser you were.
James: "So will I."
Han Solo vibes.
Was looking for this comment
hm
Huh I thought he said "What a lie"
What a coincidence i read this while they where saying this
Special segment- Profesor oak tries Lucario mega evolving,,
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James never catches his Pokémon. He just asks them to come along.
Or he's scammed into buying them.
Or they catch themselves for him
Or he is the pokemon
Or they catch him
Y e s
RIP JESSIE!😭💜 James, meowth, and not just me but everyone will miss you dearly thank you for my childhood and the memories you gave us! James could never have his savage moments without you 💜
Wait whT
NOOO
Mewoth voice actor also died. RIP maddie blaustein
“I’m collecting them because they’re simple and beautiful and they make me happy, why are you so money hungry?!” I absolutely love that line
Special segment- Profesor oak tries Lucario mega evolving*
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When people ask about my anime figure collection:
@@stulix505 I have figures of comic characters so I understand you completely. lol
That line represents me making a collection of mushroom things
honestly, better character than ash, even if he was a villain.
Brock follows James as a greatest character and funniest those 2 are comedians
Honestly James should've been the main character instead of ash
@@lkun9051 we need a show centered around jessie and james, lets start a petition
same.. they should make him the main character.. going to a different new region and it's just james making friends with pokemon and building an army of love
Honestly their group were barely villains, James out of all of them especially. Love him.
I love how James & Jesse completely ignore gender roles, the fourth wall, and physics, and have no shame whatsoever
and the law
Muh gender roles
Also child friendliness. Dont forget when James said fuck it and pulled out the choppa on dem kids💀💀💀
That's the beauty of them, they're completely free spirits who do what makes them happy and don't care what anyone else thinks. Aside from the whole criminal aspect, they're fantastic role models for all of us. Even as a little kid, I adored them; the only thing that's changed now that I'm an adult is that I now fully understand /why/ they're worth adoring.
“And physics” lol
3:28
Team Rocket James used Turn Attack!
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4:10
A heartwarming moment between Morpeko and James.
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5:57
James is a flaming Moltres.
"who taught you that professor oak?"
james is NOT playing around
You just got will-o'-wisped!
@@bobandmrmecaleb5873 gonna need a burn heal for that one
@@UllrGamingGod not even a full restore can cure that burn
Team rocket, "were are a band of vicious Pokemon thieves"
James, "stop the scheme I must save my baby"
"I AM A FLAMING MOLTRES!"
"I think that costume came right out of his closet..."
Subtle as always, I see
Definitely not a gay joke. Nothing to see here.
James a furry hinted
@@homiegang3740 *james being gay spoken*
@@vincentfegley6068he even refers to his hair color as lavender. That and the constant cross-dressing joke make it way too on the nose
When you're an adult and you're realising that team rocket actually helps the main characters in their endeavours.
"Not you chimeco, you just run away" is so fkin adorable
He loves chimeco
ALL OF US!
Meowth: "Don't worry your pretty blue head, I’ve got a plan!"
James: _"It's lavender."_
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periwinkle
@@chumples. periwinkle is different
ThAt Is MaHoGoNy
Same vibes
Lavender town..
James is undoubtedly the most wholesome and innocent anime antagonist
Here before you get popular
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Jellal
You are legit everywhere. Minecraft, anime, Pokémon, fricking PIANO TUTORIALS
YES!!!!! Perfect way to describe him, hes perfect!
James is the kind of guy to say please when robbing a bank
James still having to still use training wheels and the gang still respecting him is to wholesome
I personally headcanon that they treated "Little Jim" like the younger brother of the group: they would tease him but never in a mean way, and if anyone who wasn't in the gang made fun of him the entire gang would stand up for him.
@@dbseamz reminds me of that one Thomas Sanders vine
Jessie: But a real gentleman always carries the bag.
James: Is that so? Well, as you know, I’m no gentleman.
😏 jessie better watch out
bro,I LOVE that line
Sigma James never be a gentle to men but not to woman
Fucking based
Lets just take a moment to remember the fact that James is legit one of the best trainers to exist in this show. Yeah he never had the strongest or best Pokemon, but fuck did he go out of his way to love them.
You're damn right
He did ash’s job better than ash
The Morpeko literally wanted to be caught by him
Didn't he kick Magikarp into the sea while calling it useless?
@@jollter yes and that’s exactly what you’re supposed to do with magikarps
I like that James, a Team Rocket member, paused a plot to steal Pokémon to trade Pokémon for the safety of his comrade Mime Jr. A noble move
Why'd they give team rocket more personality then Ash
I don't know but the world is better because of it.
I may be taking it too seriously. But Pokemon is old and is basically along with Dragon Ball, JoJo's as very influential.
So I don't think it's fair to call Ash "a generic shounen protagonist". When he along with other characters Inspired the Trope.
@@midnight_horizen8184 To be fair, no ome mentioned shounen anywhere but yes, Ash and pokemon has certainly inspired much of what comes out now. Ash just has no real personality but thats by design.
@@midnight_horizen8184 huh? Since when was JoJo influential? Most fans didn't even know it existed until a few years ago, unlike Dragon Ball, which literally almost everyone knows
@@privatefeetpics7415 Jojo was really popular when it came out in the 1980s (it still is), therefore a lot of other manga and anime have used several elements of Jojo and also include a lot of references of it
5:06 James: “My school mates were so envious they *beat me nearly every day* “
Poor baby :'-(
I actually went "Oof" hearing that, it's such a raw line for Pokémon
And he was *bragging*
:(
He actually turned the bullying into a brag...
“Who taught you that one, professor oak?”
So underrated
That one hit hard
I always crack up when i hear that
That one cracked me up 😂
My favorite James comeback
We need to protect this man at all costs even if he retired
James is so iconic that he has a whole subreddit just full of this lol.
What's the name of that subreddit?
Bro drop the subreddit
r/Sh!tJamesSays
Replace the ! with an i to get in. :P
There’s a sub Reddit for almost everything lol
@@pixelchu r/ShitJamesSay
I love James, he’s like the definition of a good person involved with the wrong people.
All 3 of them have good in them. Too bad they work for criminals.
@@chrisnichols9014 they meant that james is the most pure of the trio, but jessie and meowth are also good guys too pretending to be evil
Agree for James, can't say the same for the other 2 but maybe is just business, shady but just business right..
@@peach4hubby69 Jessie and Meowth are also good, it's just that Jessie has a more dominant and aggressive personality than James, while he is more chill. They've never actually done anything evil in the show, they're just giant goofballs and the comedic relief of the show, which is also why there many people's favorite characters inclusive me (specially James)
The accuracy of this statement omg
My favorite aspect about James is that he lets his pokemon choose to come with him. Unlike other trainers who attack and weaken them before smacking them with a ball.
In James' world, pokemon choose him!
@Unicorn K exactly
Yes thats one of the thousands of things I love about him! Koffing was given to him, Victreebel came with him, Cacnea chose and basically begged to go with him, he asked Chimecho to go with him, Mime Jr. jumped into the ball herself, Carnavine was with James since he was a child and James rescued him, James fed Yamask to win it over, I'm pretty sure Amoongus was given to him, Inkay wasn't weakened or hurt in anyway he gave him food and it went into the Pokéball, Mareanie is literally in love with him, and Morpeko threw herself into the ball
@Unicorn K who could possibly say something bad about him?? That makes me mad 😅
@@pikathemimikyu6655 forgot James growlithe
@@pikathemimikyu6655 he kicked a magikarp and a mankey lol. but he learned i suppose. still love him tho
Honestly, this guy is in my top five favorite cartoon characters I like how he is so silly, and he sometimes has a heart inside of him
Turn attack is extremely effective!
Pikachu's accuracy and Speed decreased!
@@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735 pickachu was paralyzed, it will need serious therapy to recover, but it will never be the same.(Unless he becomes a cyborg)
CRITICAL HIT!
“Truck use run over!”
It’s just called turn
That’s just how they say attacks in the past
"My classmates were so envious, they beat me almost every day!"
bro...
My guy was too drippy for them to handle
and the way he says it with a huge smile on his face to...
@@storytsunami bro was so damn optimistic. wish i had atleast 5% of that lol
X'D gosh
That part made me laugh too.
Morpeko’s face when it saw James and the way it jumped into the pokeball James threw… My heart absolutely melted. I haven’t seen the episode but I know it’s wild. James loves pokemon and pokemon love him.
Have you seen Mareanie? The man really is loved by pokemon, maybe too much
Also inkay man that stuff hits right to my heart
Cacnea and Carnivine were that way too.
Yeah but did you hear the sound it made when the poke ball hits it 😆
James loves Chimecho so much he wouldn't even let it battle lol. James is so wholesome despite being a "villain"
James is just an amazing character he’s loyal, and he’s just a tragic character when think about, he was a kid who desperately wanted to fit in being a rich kid having his life already sign away, and any attempt he made at making friends failed, so he ran away from home, and ended up meeting his real family, the person and Pokémon that never took James for granted, made him feel like he had a place, they didn’t care about if he was rich or not, they just cared about the fact he’s who he is, which you know makes his childish antic seem less weird and more like a man trying to enjoy the childhood he never had, still pissed they decided to ruin his character at the end of Ash’s story
James and May trading was honestly kind of wholesome.
Kind of? No, it was. XD
like those kids at school trading for a different colored eraser or somethin lol
Was that during gen 3 or was she a cameo?
ikr
every james moment is wholesome 😤
I love James so much. He might be the bad guy, but he’s not a bad guy.
You are Bad Guy, but this does not mean you are *Bad* Guy
@@ironwraith852 right... I’m sorry, you lost me there
@@doctoc1334 Have you ever seen Wreck-It Ralph? There's a scene where Zangief from street fighter says this line. Basically it means, You are a villain, but you're not a bad person.
@@ironwraith852 I think their second comment was another Wreck-it Ralph reference so pretty sure they do know it xd
@@pinkdolphin8188 oh. Well now I feel stupid.
James is the greatest trainer ever. He never fought and caught his Pokémon. They joined his team cus they legit loved him for his kindness.
He's also one of the few characters, if not the only character who has ever fought a Pokémon with his bare hands and won
@@UnGodlyGod7365 woah could you tell me which one? It's been years since I watched
@@UnGodlyGod7365 I think Jessie caught her Seviper on her own if I'm not mistaken.
@@UnGodlyGod7365 yep him and Jessie bodying her arbok and Seviper. She was about to nearly break him in half
He did battle his original Victreebel back when it was Weepinbell
"If any Donphan come rolling by, you throw yourselves in the way to protect us."
"Not you, Chimecho. You run away."
It’s even funnier when you remember chimecho has levitate.