It's taken us this long to get an "evil team" with some real Urban Flavor, but Team Skull dishes it out in spades. They keep it monochromatic except for their cotton-candy-colored hair, and keep it fresh with silver bling and sick-ass all-white shoes. I wanna cop those shoes, for real. Oh, and check out how the skull hat they wear has one eye all droopy, because it's attitude! And they spit hot #barz at you! They're the best!!
Grunts: 10/10
Now, Plumeria... Plumeria's the sort of girl to make a man wanna drop out of college and become a single father, if you know what I mean. I like the way she incorporates the X pattern of the grunt's shirts into her top, and the skull barettes are a nice touch. And while most Bad Girls like her would have a tramp stamp, she's taken the initiative to get it nice and large right across her navel. That's the sort of commitment to the team that you look for in a lieutenant.
Plumeria: 10/10
but it wouldn't be Team Skull without the Big Bad Boss who beats ya down and beats ya down and never lets up. That's right, I'm talkin about your boy and mine, Guzma. You can tell he's the boss because his necklace is GOLD. The X's on his pants feel kinda tacked on, but outside of that he's perfect. Dude looks like trouble, he's like Enzo Amore but without the meth (Plumeria reminds me of Carmella, now that I think of it). And I loved his role in the story, too - seems like a petty thug, but he's actually being used by the true evil organization.
My personal theory is that he gave up golf after never being able to beat Kahili, and that's what got him so salty and bitter in the first place. Oh, and he loves Bug types. And I lowkey ship him with Lusamine shut up. Point is, he's perfect.
Guzma: 10/10
Their logo, by the way, is an S twisted into a kinda-sorta skull shape. It's honestly the weakest part of the whole team, but that's okay because everything else is on point. The designs are great, their leaders have great personalities (I love the detail about Plumeria challenging for the Elite 4 title in the post-game, proving that she can be a serious threat if she cleans up her act!), their theme music rocks, and they have a logical part in the story. Nanu's endless losing battle with them is something else you could really go in depth with the headcanon if you wanted to. And unlike any other evil team before them, their lack of a clear plan is totally fine - because there IS no plan! They just wanna hang out and be thugs!
Overall: 10/10
ended up here after I went back to the Nanu post to recall and laugh at the "cheek bone" comment; It's always so heartwarming when you show genuine passion and admiration for these character designs
ReplyDeleteI never paid that much attention to any evil team ( besides the Aether Foundation because their aesthetic appeals to me a lot ), but people always loved Team Skull, and In hindsight I quite like their designs too. I like monochrome, and using the hair for contrast In genius
something else I felt stood out In a good way was their faces/eyes, but I might be tripping as they left behind the classic Pokrmon face design a while ago and have been much more experimental. I do feel like It started with Gen 7 though. can't say much on Team Flare since you don't even see 99% of the team members' faces