Galactic Grunt (Trainer class)

A Galactic Grunt (Japanese: ギンガだんのしたっぱ Team Galactic Underling) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in the Generation IV games. They are the grunts of Team Galactic. There are male and female versions, and they all dress in the spacesuit-looking outfits that are the Team Galactic uniforms and have turquoise hair that is cut quite short and rounded.

In the games
In the games, Galactic Grunts generally act as footsoldiers and guards for Team Galactic. Like all villain team Grunts, they are not individually named. They are known to simply quote Team Galactic's mottos and policies that can be found in their Headquarters even if they do not challenge the player. Certain Galactic grunts sometimes drop keys to their warehouses and HQs when they are defeated, and/or they run away. They generally use a combination of Bug-, Dark- and Poison-type Pokémon.

In the main series
Galactic Grunts have made multiple appearances in the, with the first appearance being in A Secret Sphere of Influence!. They also appeared in Enter Galactic!, Losing Its Lustrous and Double Team Turnover!, Steeling Peace of Mind!, Saving the World From Ruins!, and Gateway to Ruin!. Some grunts wear glasses and, as shown in Gateway to Ruin!, are trained to fight with s (or Quarterstaves).

In Pokémon Generations
Two Galactic Grunts appeared in The New World, watching Cyrus summon and  at the Spear Pillar. Several others were seen in the Team Galactic HQ, where they watched the summoning on a large screen. The grunts ultimately witnessed the disappearance of Cyrus at the hands of when it interfered with Team Galactic's plans. They attempted to launch a search for him, but quickly received a call from him, in which he advised Saturn to not go looking for him.

Two Grunts appeared in The Magma Stone, watching Charon awaken at Stark Mountain. These Grunts and Charon managed to escape and avoid being arrested by Looker.

In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga
Team Galactic Grunts first appear in Escape From Team Galactic, where one attacks Hiori and Rocco while they look for Hiori's missing sister,. Hiori manages to beat the Galactic Grunt and takes off to their base so he can find his sister. While in the air, Hiori and Rocco are ambushed by another Galactic Grunt and has an airborne battle with her, and Hiori emerges the victor.

Sometime after rescuing his sister, the bakery "Sun Sun" that is owned by his friend Nazuna and her father is attacked by two Galactic Grunts. They manage to defeat the Baker and his daughter but are swiftly defeated by Hiori's Lucario.

More Grunts appear in their base when Hiori, Rocco, and Lily infiltrate it to stop their plan to capture and take over the world, they are all put asleep by Hiori's. One last high level grunt, known as the Galactic #2, battles Lily and is defeated by her and knocked out by their leader, Io.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A group of Galactic Grunts first appear in Ring Around the Roserade II, where they interrogate Rad Rickshaw, the owner of the bicycle shop, after abducting him. They were quickly dispelled by Cynthia's and fled their hideout, but many more of them made another appearance in Stunning Staravia & Stinky Skuntank I, where one of them snatched 's Pokédex and almost got away with it, and many others fought Paka, Uji,, and  to find and issue a ransom on Platinum.

Later, more groups of grunts attack the three lakes of Sinnoh alongside their three Commanders, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Finally, a group of grunts appeared at Stark Mountain where they followed Charon's orders in order to help him capture.

In this canon, all but one of the grunts appear to have a collective mind, as pointed out by.

In the Pocket Monsters DP manga
Several grunts of Team Galactic have appeared in Pocket Monsters DP.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
In Pokémon DP Adventure a Galactic Grunt known as B-2 is given a recurring role in the manga. He is distinguishable from other grunts due to his jiggling buttocks after being bitten by Hareta. The other grunts were given various assignments from their boss, Cyrus.

Pokémon
Here is a listing of the Pokémon that belong to the other Team Galactic grunts:

In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Galactic Grunts or their Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Trivia

 * Galactic Grunts are the only grunts to have a Trainer Class without the word "Team" in it.
 * The Galactic Grunt battle music has a and  element in it, while there is a funk and jazz group called the.

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