Team Yell Grunt (Trainer class)

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Team Yell Grunt エールだんのしたっぱ Team Yell Underling
Artwork from Sword and Shield
Other names
Introduced in	Generation VIII
Appears in	Sword and Shield Masters EX
Gender	Both
Counterpart	Spikemuth Gym Trainers
Notable members	{{{members}}}
Animated debut	Battling Turned Up to Eleven!
TCG debut	Sword & Shield
TCG card	Team Yell Grunt
Manga debut	Zap!! A Rising Beam of Light (Adventures)

A Team Yell Grunt (Japanese: エールだんのしたっぱ Team Yell Underling) is a type of Pokémon Trainer introduced in Generation VIII. They are members of Team Yell who are fervent fanatics of Marnie. In reality, Team Yell Grunts are Spikemuth Gym Trainers wearing face paint and extra punk attire.

They specialize in Dark-type Pokémon and keep their Pokémon in Nest Balls.

Gallery

Artwork

Concept art from Sword and Shield	Concept art from Sword and Shield

Models

In the core series

VS models from Sword and Shield

In other games

Models from Masters EX

VS models from Masters EX

Trainer list

Pokémon Sword and Shield

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Team Yell Grunt♂	Initial battle	$720	Lv.9	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Yell Grunt♀	Initial battle	$720	Lv.9	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Yell Grunt♂ Multi Battle with Grunt below	Initial battle	$720	Lv.9	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Yell Grunt♀ Multi Battle with Grunt above	Initial battle	$720	Lv.9	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Yell Grunt♂	Initial battle	$1,440	Lv.17	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Yell Grunt♂	Initial battle	$1,440	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Yell Grunt♂ Multi Battle with Grunt below	Initial battle	$1,720	Lv.22	Lv.21	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Yell Grunt♂ Multi Battle with Grunt above	Initial battle	$1,720	Lv.21	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Yell Grunt♂	Initial battle	$2,400	Lv.29	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Yell Grunt♀	Initial battle	$2,400	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Yell Grunt♀	Initial battle	$2,400	Lv.39	Lv.40	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Yell Grunt♂	Initial battle	$3,360	Lv.42	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Yell Grunt♀	Initial battle	$3,360	Lv.42	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Yell Grunt♂	Initial battle	$3,360	Lv.42	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Yell Grunt♀	Initial battle	$3,360	Lv.43	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Team Yell Grunt♂	Initial battle	$3,360	Lv.43	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

In animation

Pokémon the Series

A group of Team Yell Grunts first appeared in Battling Turned Up to Eleven!, where they watched Marnie's World Coronation Series match against Ash, cheering for Marnie throughout.

Two Team Tell Grunts appeared in A Flood of Torrential Gains!, watching Ash and Leon's Masters Eight Tournament battle alongside Piers and Marnie.

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

Two Team Yell Grunts appeared in The Gathering of Stars.

GOTCHA!

Multiple Team Yell Grunts briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Team Yell Grunts made their debut appearance in Zap!! A Rising Beam of Light. Two Grunts attacked Henry and Casey at the Wild Area in an attempt to destroy their Gym Challenge uniforms. Henry and Casey pushed the Grunts into a nearby Pokémon Den, forcing the four to team up in a Max Raid Battle against the wild Gurdurr that lurked inside. Though the Gurdurr was eventually defeated and caught by Henry, the Grunts' Pokémon were knocked out during the battle, forcing them to flee. The two Grunts appeared again in Blinding!! The End of the Battle, this time to cheer for Marnie. In Chomp!! It's Dracovish, the two Grunts were with Marnie to provide an alibi for Casey, where they explained that they headed to Glimwood Tangle to punish Allister for his absence.

In Grrr!! Noble Kidnappers, Henry mentioned that he helped a Doctor who was in trouble with a pair of Team Yell Grunts.

Pokémon

Linoone

Debut	Zap!! A Rising Beam of Light

This Galarian Linoone was used to try and destroy Henry's and Casey's Gym Challenge uniforms. Later, it was forced to fight a Dynamax Gurdurr, but was defeated in a single hit.

Linoone's only known move is Sucker Punch* and its Ability is Quick Feet.

Thievul

Debut	Zap!! A Rising Beam of Light

Thievul was used to try and destroy Henry's and Casey's Gym Challenge uniforms. Later, it was forced to fight a Dynamax Gurdurr, but was defeated after briefly teaming up with Casey's Scorbunny.

Thievul's known moves are Night Slash and Fire Fang.

In the TCG

Main article: Team Yell Grunt (Sword & Shield 184)

Team Yell Grunt was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese V Starter Set Water. It later appeared in the Japanese Shield expansion before debuting in English in the Sword & Shield expansion, with artwork by nagimiso. It was also released as a Full Art card and Secret card in the same Japanese and English expansions, with artwork by the same artist. It allows the player to return an Energy card attached to one of their opponent's Pokémon to their hand.

Trivia

• The logo of Spikemuth Chamber of Commerce can be seen on the Team Yell Grunt uniforms. Interestingly, there is only one single Poké Job from Spikemuth Chamber of Commerce in the game, yet the Job in question, along with the logo, can be seen on a pre-release Poké Jobs screenshot.
• The Team Yell Grunt that trades a Kantonian Mr. Mime for a Obstagoon is named Edmund while another one who fights the player without his disguise in Spikemuth is named Joshua. This makes them some of the very few villainous team grunts in the franchise to have confirmed names.

In other languages

Related articles

Team Yell
Spikemuth
Captain	Related
Piers (Masters)	Marnie (Masters)
Lower members
• Spikemuth Gym Trainers

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