Team Plasma/Manga/Pokémon Adventures

Team Plasma was first seen in An Odd Speech, attempting to build a stage for Ghetsis's speech on the place and  were sleeping that night. The next day, Ghetsis gave a speech to the citizens of Accumula Town, urging them to liberate their Pokémon, which some of the listeners actually did. It was later revealed that Black's Tula used to belong to another Trainer until Team Plasma convinced the Trainer to release him, some time after when Black fought.

Some time after this, three grunts harassed Musha at the Dreamyard and were also behind the artifact robbery of the Nacrene Museum. It is also revealed what Team Plasma is after in order to achieve their ultimate goal: a who would help their leader to unite the minds of the people in Unova as one and liberate Pokémon. They kidnapped 's Litwick, together with several other Pokémon and held them in their stronghold in Castelia City, and attempted to "save" at Liberty Garden. They were also seeking of Relic Castle. In Nimbasa City, N trapped White in a Ferris wheel car and announced himself as the king of Team Plasma.

Several Team Plasma operations throughout the were conducted by the Shadow Triad; in particular, their kidnapping of the Unova Gym Leaders at the same time that they set their sights on stealing the Dark Stone. At the end of the arc, several Team Plasma Grunts escaped. One of them,, became a Pokédex holder by the , which was set two years after the previous arc. By that time, Team Plasma re-emerged as a new force led by Colress, who designed the Grunts' new attire.