James (Masters)

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James
コジロウ Kojirō
Spr Masters James.png
James's model
No. 104
English voice actor Carter Cathcart
Japanese voice actor Shin-ichiro Miki
Description This member of Team Rocket extends his reach to the stars above, working day and night with Jessie and Meowth to make the dreams of their boss, Giovanni a reality.

James (Japanese: コジロウ Kojirō) is a Pokémon Trainer in Pokémon Masters EX, based on the character of the same name in the animated series, who later went on to make appearances in the core series games. He forms a sync pair with Weezing. The sync pair could be obtained during the limited-time event, Blasting Off Again, and was first made available on September 17, 2020.

In the games

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History

James has experienced all the events from I Choose You! and The Power of Us up until Secrets of the Jungle. At some point during Secrets of the Jungle, James, Jessie, and Meowth chased a Shiny Celebi through the Forest of Okoya and somehow ended up in Pasio.

Double Trouble

Blasting Off Again

Weezing

Masters0110.png Masters025W.png Type PoisonIC Masters.png Poison
Move type PoisonIC Masters.png Poison
Role Masters Tech.png Tech
Base Potential ★★★
Weezing Weakness PsychicIC Masters.png Psychic
Weezing loves the gases given off by rotted kitchen garbage. This Pokémon will find a dirty, unkempt house and make it its home. At night, when the people in the house are asleep, it will go through the trash.
Stats HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential 458 165 235 275 188 226
Lv. 140, Max Potential 578 225 295 335 248 286
Mega Weezing
Lv. 140, Base Potential
Lv. 140, Max Potential

Availability

James could be teamed up with during the special event Blasting Off Again (September 17, 2020 to January 25, 2021).

Moves

Name Type Category Move gauge Base Power Max Power Accuracy Target Description
Sludge Poison
PoisonIC Masters.png
Special 2 42 50 100% An opponent Has a chance (30%) of leaving the target poisoned.
X Defense None Status 0 (2 uses) Self Raises the user's Defense by two stat ranks.
Poison Gas Poison
PoisonIC Masters.png
Status 2 90% All opponents Leaves the target poisoned.
Prepare to Fight! None Status 0 (2 uses) Self Restores the user's HP by approximately 40% of its maximum HP. Raises the user's Sp. Def by two stat ranks.
Sync moves
Make It Double Sludge Poison
PoisonIC Masters.png
Special 200 240 An opponent This move's power increases when the target is poisoned or badly poisoned.

Skills

Name Description
Passive Skills
Last Word The user uses Explosion immediately before fainting.
Theme Skills
Theme skill icon type.png Poison Tech Raises allies' Attack and Sp. Atk by 12 when using Poison-type attacks.
Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 12.
Theme skill icon region.png Kanto Tech Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 1.
Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 1.
Theme skill icon Trainer group.png Villain Tech Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 1.
Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 1.
Theme skill icon other.png Team Rocket Forever Tech Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 2.
Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 2.
Expedition Skills
Masters Rare Cache icon.pngRare ↑ 2 Masters Fiery Crystal icon.pngFiery ↓ 2 Raises the following discovery level by 2:
Masters Rare Cache icon.pngRare Cache
Lowers the following discovery level by 2:
Masters Fiery Crystal icon.pngFiery Crystal

Sync grid

The sync grid for James & Weezing is a basic grid which has not yet been expanded.

Name Effect Energy required Sync orb required Move level required
HP +10 HP +10 0 5 1
Defense +5 Defense +5 0 5 1
Sp. Atk +5 Sp. Atk +5 0 5 1
Sp. Atk +5 Sp. Atk +5 0 5 1
Sp. Def +5 Sp. Def +5 0 5 1
Speed +5 Speed +5 0 5 1

Other Pokémon

Traveling with

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Meowth


Appearances

Battle appearances

James & Weezing can be battled against in:

Story appearances

James appears in his normal outfit in the following story areas:

Sync pair stories

  • Team Rocket On the Move!
  • Prepare for Fireworks!
  • Extend Our Plot to the Stars Above!

Quotes

Main article: Team Rocket trio/Quotes → James

Gallery

VSJames Masters.png Jessie Mindscape.png
VS model James's sync move mindscape
(Team Rocket logo)
James Emote 1 Masters.png James Emote 2 Masters.png James Emote 3 Masters.png James Emote 4 Masters.png
Trainer emote
Nice!
Trainer emote
Watch out!
Trainer emote
Let's do this!
Trainer emote
Thanks!

Trivia

Origin

James's design is based on his appearance in the animated series, as well as in Pokémon Yellow, Let's Go, Pikachu!, and Let's Go, Eevee!. During the original series of the animated series, Weezing served as James's signature Pokémon. It is also his only known Pokémon in the core series games. Weezing's Dex entry comes from Pokémon Ruby.

In other languages

Prepare to Fight!

Language Title
Japan Flag.png Japanese 不屈の闘志! Fukutsu no Tōshi!
Mandarin Chinese 不屈不撓的鬥志! Bùqū-Bùnáo de Dòuzhì!
France Flag.png French Jamais découragés !
Germany Flag.png German Mich erschüttert nichts!
Italy Flag.png Italian Una volontà indomabile!
South Korea Flag.png Korean 불굴의투지! Bulgur-ui Tuji!
Spain Flag.png Spanish Alma indomable

Make It Double Sludge

Language Title
Japan Flag.png Japanese ラブリーチャーミーな ヘドロこうげき Raburī Chāmī na Hedoro Kōgeki
Mandarin Chinese 可愛又迷人之 污泥攻擊 Kě'ài yòu Mírén zhī Wūní Gōngjí
France Flag.png French Jusqu'à la voie lactée ! Détritus !
Germany Flag.png German Schlammbad der Machtbesessenheit
Italy Flag.png Italian Fango esteso fino alle stelle
South Korea Flag.png Korean 포켓몬의 감초, 귀염둥이 악당의 오물공격 Pokémon-ui Gamcho, Gwiyeomdung-i Akdang-ui Omul Gonggyeok
Spain Flag.png Spanish Lodo de más Allá del Espacio Exterior

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