Pokémon Sun & Moon - Team Skull Grunt Battle Music (HQ) 

Shoutout to that grunt at the Aether Foundation that doesn’t battle you because he doesn’t fight battles he can’t win

"do you remember us?" "yes" "thats actually really impressive, because we're all identical"

Citizens of other regions: "Oh no, it's team !" Alolan citizens: "ayy its team skull lmao"

No joke, Team Skull is fantastic. After four teams in a row that have had global sized goals...it is so refreshing to have Team Skull. They don't want to blow up the universe, or terraform the planet..they are just a bunch of punk dorks who steal Pokemon. And honestly, that's all they need to be.

Gen 1: Mafia. Gen 2: Remnant Mafia. Gen 3: Ecoterrorists. Gen 4: Space Cult. Gen 5: PETA. Gen 6: Scientology. Gen 7: Y E A H

bruh, my favorite part has to be the random guy saying "yea" in a tone that sounds like he just had a sip of the best beer in the world

LOL when the grunts started saying things like "homie" and "b" I knew they would become my favorite villians.

"So, what? I'm lower than a Pokémon?! I already got self-esteem issues, man!"

Grunt: “You here to join Team Skull, or come to laugh at us?” Me: “...can i have an initiation, yo?”

I love how the game doesnt take the grunts seriously at all

"But we're both named Grunt."

“I see a bag moving right in front of my face, am I suppose to just ignore that” GRUNT 2016

I love how the entire purpose of team skull is to shit on the stereotypes for the traditional evil teams. Their grunts are *literally* named "Grunt." They have no real evil plan, they just steal Pokemon because they can. Nobody takes them seriously or acts as if they were an actual threat. Team Skull is so silly it's perfect.

Team Skull will forever be better than Team Yell by miles after miles after miles.

Me: "I wonder if the villains will have some sort of crazy, organized plan." Gamefreak: "Nah, they're just gangsters." Me: "Works for me."

imo this theme makes team skull feel like an actual threat and i absolutely love it. team skull didnt steal my pokemon they stole my heart

I love how the male grunts are always moving no matter what.

_Before Po Town:_ Lol, I freaking love them! They're the most halarious team ever! Probably my favorite! _After Po Town:_ ...Can I please hug every and each one of them? Please? They really need it.

These guys are just so quotable. Sure, they're possibly the easiest team to beat in the series history, but damn if they don't have some of the most hilarious interactions.

We're not bad, we're just hard.

''Yo, for real?'' - Team Skull Grunt 2016

"You are using my tank top" "So that's why it smells" "Let's write our names on it" "Our names are Grunt" The best bruh moment that I recall

The jump from gen six to gen 7: Team Magma/Aqua: we are going to summon a primal being that could kill us all. Team skull: your bus stops. Hand em over.

"Oh, couldn't recognize us from earlier because we switched places, huh?" _They look exactly the same._

Team Flare disliked because Team Skull has more style than they do.

I loved the idea of annoying evil teams in pokemon. And then team yell happened.

“Yo, what’s up? You wanna join Team Skull?” The devs knew I’d say “yes” so they didn’t put in a response prompt at all.

Demo: "Oh no! It's Team Skull!" Game: "I'm sorry, who are you guys again?"

"I wish I could go back in time and tell myself not to battle you"

People ain't realizing how fitting this song is. Hardly any members of Team Skull have Pokemon past their first stage of evolution, even well into the late game. And yet, they constantly hype themselves up as the single greatest threat to the peace in all of Alola, even though, being in cahoots with Aether, they know isn't true. They can't get by through their battle prowess, they're fairly easily beaten. Not by lack of trying, though; their Pokemon are almost all stolen, and the likely story is that they're given these Pokemon without any preparation or planning. Hell, they probably don't get a choice; it's all they can get their hands on. They aren't tough enough to beat stronger trainers to steal _their_ Pokemon, so they have to prey on weaker trainers with meeker Pokemon for their supply. All they _have_ is bravado. Intimidation. A sense of danger. They hype themselves up so much, because if they have to battle, they'll lose. So they want to avoid it at all costs. Property damage, defacing public property, running away when confronted, and only tossing out their team when they feel 100% confident they'll win... which, due to that arrogance of theirs, leads to them getting wiped. This song, this theme, is that bravado. That intimidation. That sense of danger. It tells you "oh, you're in trouble now!" While the battle that takes place is simply not that big of a deal. They are tough trainers, boss battles, threats to society at large, when they simply _aren't._ They're petty criminals at best, and that's the case for the rest of the game... ... until you arrive at Po Town. This is where this theme actually feels like it fits. Because now you finally get to bear witness to two things. Firstly, how much damage Team Skull has, and can actually, do. They successfully ran an entire town out, and placed themselves as the only residents, so they could have a semi-comfy home base. But secondly? You get to see the dire straits Team Skull is in. The power's out all over the town, because they can't afford the bill. They live in squalor, due to not being able to upkeep most of the town. They're walled off from the rest of the world, so they only have one way both in and out. And so does everyone else, ultimately. Even in their home base, their sanctuary, the quality of Pokemon doesn't increase. In fact, one could say it's worse than most of the grunts you've fought so far, given that at least in those cases they were up against weaker targets. The few WITH evolved Pokemon only have ones like Raticate and Golbat. The only person with a strong Pokemon is an office worker with a Metang, and he's optional. This really is all Team Skull has. Their threatening side is on full display in this town, with the graffiti and desecration, but it's depressing to think that this is how these people, these folks who failed their Island Challenge, have to live. This theme takes on another meaning in Po Town. It DOES present danger; danger to Team Skull. They're now fighting to protect their home, and the Pokemon that they managed to steal from the Aether House, the only real easy target they could find. Someone's in there now, infiltrating their refuge, and now they have to fight tooth and nail, hopelessly, to protect the boss, who can handle himself just fine. And yet? They still put on their facade of being tough and dangerous, in some hope that it'll help.

All i can picture while listening to this is the team skull grunt doing his weird movements

Best team in the game. Compared to these gangsters, Yell is lame beans.

What I thought: They are going to be Team Rocket 2.0 What happend: They want the busstop

-Yo DuDe ThIs KiD iS sTrAiGhT uP dAnGeRoUs!!! -Let's go get that totem pokemon -Yo this totem pokemon is mad strong yo Love these guys, everything they say is gold

*_THE_* most gangsta enemy team ever done in Pokemon.

the team skull grunts are a joke and I love them for it

That "yeh..." at the start kills me every time.

It's too bad that the only time this theme can be fully heard is against the last Grunt battle in the game since that's the only moment where a Skull grunt isn't beaten in 10-20 seconds.

Team Skull is easily my favorite team. They’re not flashy, they don’t have some world-ending ideal that will cause you, a ten year old, to stop, and their boss is an excellent character. I’ll say, once X and Y pumped out their team, I sort of thought that the teams from then on would be shit... but then came Team Skull. I was like “Ooh boy, I like these guys. Let’s see what the next game has in store!” “...” And then came along Team Yell...

You have to admit it at some point. Out of all of the "modern" pokemon games, Gen 7 was the best one. And even among the older games, it's still at least A tier.

The Story of Sun and Moon is just completely fucking amazing....

if at least one of these guys doesn't have a zubat, koffing, and skuntank i'm going to be dissapointed

It wouldn't surprise me if the next antagonists were samurais.

"I'll do anything for a quick buck! Like let's see... Wanna see me get hit in the face with a hydroblast?" Team skull accurately represents our generation

I laughed my ass of when they were going to 'attack' the mantine from mantine surf and they were just dancing in front of it

I love Team Skull. Their music and motives are the best

Some people think that the Sun and Moon OST isn't that good. However, I disagree!

Team skull will always be something i love the most in pokemon. Besides being goofy as hell, they all had so much heart and respect for eachother and actively express a family kind of love, even playfully teasing eachother but having that "never back down" vibe. Even Guzma being apparently abused having such a strong "get back up" vibes. I couldn't love the whole rainbow rocket arc anymore what with them trying to redeem themselves, and the coolest way to tie in some classic faces. I hope for their return

Team skull was a step in the right direction. They were by far the best “evil” team purely for their comedic reasons. Now that we had our fun with Team Yell and Team Skull, I want a truly diabolical and evil team, like, worse than galactic or plasma

Team rocket alola form

Game Freak nailed with their first comical relief team

Sounds like Kanto trainer battle at 00:56

I love how every Team Skull theme has the exact same opening. They have strong bonds with each other - they're all people who became the family's black sheep one way or another who decided to stick together and do some not very morally correct things to live.

Coming back to this after the reveal of Team Yell because I feel that _nobody_ will ever be able to top Team Skull.

"Yo let's get up outta here B" Me: 💀

I really want that Totem Pokémon theme...

Doesn't feel right without the ghostly swipes of black paint in the beginning of the battle.

gen7 had some of the best music in my opinion. People dislike them for the handholding and too much dialogue and I agree, but they were unique and had cool music so I don't care. I should replay them

Me: "Yo pass the aux cord" Friend: "You better not play trash" Me: this

also that GBA base is spine-chilling

0:55 - 1:11 is that the red/blue trainer battle theme I hear

We're not bad - We're just HARD!!! (Some Team Skull Grunt, 18/10/2016)

Unironically the best "evil" grunt theme in Pokemon

When playing sun and moon for the first time it was my first pokemon game and this is my favourite track out of it all

Team Skull grunts though... Let's see, they rhyme their sentences, they move their arms like they took lessons from Col. Vangarre from Xenoblade. They act like their tough but are not and EVERYONE in Alola knows it. I love this villanous team!

Just realized how quickly you got this uploaded. The demos been out for like five whole seconds, and you already got all these extracted and uploaded. You wasted NO time lol. And I love the bits of r/b/y they stuck in.

at first I was like eh this theme sucks but after listening to it a couple times I was like "yeaaaaaaah....yeaaaaah...."

"I'll do anything if you pay me for it! Like, let's see... Wanna see me get hit with Hyper Beam?"

That dark reprise of the regular trainer battle theme from Red & Blue at 0:55 is so amazingly fitting for Team Skull.

These guys are just a bunch of goofy delinquents I can't help but love. Cosplaying a Team Skull grunt would be really fun. (I'll get to show my shoulder wolf tattoo and people would never think I'm actually a medical student.)

It's times like these where I wish lord Siivagunner was here to supply us with a higher quality version of this rip

I love how one of the grunts in the lair said something like "What kinda parent names their kid grunt anyway?"

Man I love this team so much. I would become a grunt hands down if given the offer they seem so full of anger yet chill at the same time. Bro I love them ❤

Never have I felt nostalgic to something that isn’t even 4 years old yet.

I love this team SO MUCH that i visited Po Town's Pokemon Center a lot just to donate. Poor grunts can't pay rent :( And their response to me paying them always warms my heart❤️

dudu du YEAH du du dudududuh dudu du YEAH du du dudududuh

Me and my brother used to sit like the grunts did while listening to this music because we just found these guys cool

I've been so obsessed with Guzma's theme over the years that I forgot how much of a banger the regular grunt music is. Also low-key reminds me of Crash Bandicoot music at times.

These madlads were preventing the coronavirus before it started

Actually playing the game! :'D This is beautiful!!!

This is exactly what a grunt theme should be. Hau did they get it so right?!

The music is too good in this game, im literally crying rn ;D

This is actually my favorite villain team in the whole series.

Still the only team to achieve the feat of taking over a bus stop

For some reason i think this one sounds better than the admin theme

I freaking love how they added some of Kanto's battle theme in this; it sounds amazing. That bit that starts at 00:55.

Best grunt theme in the entire series?

"Then go right ahead, I'm no numskull. I don't fight battles I can't win" OMG i love them

Me:And what is your evil plan? Grunt:We are gonna be gangsters Me: *PERFECTION*

0:52 - 1:12 omg! This sound Like Trainer Battle from the 1 Generation Kanto!!! OMG😍😍

I like that there's a hint of Kanto Trainers' battle theme in 0:55 - 1:15.

Team Skull may come off as a bunch of tryhards, but at least this theme makes them feel threatening.

Bus stop: *exists* Skull grunt: Is for me? 😳

This game had a lot of great moments, huh? It felt like every sidequest or non-story interaction was brimming with humor. Pyukumuku chucking, The man who wants to see the *sun* and *moon* pokemon, The guy who talks about how the magmar in your party looks like his mom, the magmar not in your party that gives you a "quick ball", The guy dressing as a machamp to get chicks, The ditto 5, Hau trying to finish his damn question, every interaction with Team Skull... I could probably write another paragraph of this kind of stuff, there was just so much...

ＹＥＡＨ Also this is probably my favorite track from the game I've heard so far, great job making it perfect Pokeli 👌

I love how you can put in any goofy quote and it’ll still sound like something team skill would say

To people saying that modern evil teams are underwhelming & have bad motives... Team skull took over a bus stop... *Diabolical*

This theme is the most savage out of all grunt themes, while team skull is just a bunch of rebelling teenagers with self esteem issues.

Man, I remember meeting these guys in PMD2!!!

this place is darker than darkrai yo,its getting me scared than a fearow