What If Red Joined Team Rocket? 

I said in this that Surges Gym gives you access to Flash instead of Fly. The point still stands, having Fly is useful but is still optional. Forgive the mistake

Pretty obsessed with the idea of Red working through the base at the game corner just like “bro I just want my uniform, I’m one of you!! Ple…oh forget it”

I think "oh team rocket came and stole a box of Earth Badges" is more plausible than them being in kahoots with a gym leader.

The only question is how Oak and Mom would react-

Good ol' Nugget Bridge. Technically we did kick Team Rocket out of Mount Moon, so I can see why he wouldn't be fond of them for attacking him and whatnot. But it would be cool to see what would've happened. It would be neat for Red to be a bit dark. I mean how often do we treat our own Pokémon like tools, like Giovanni?

This would be a cool series! I’m voting Red takes over Team Rocket. But what happens next? We see the next events in GSC; how do those events change? And what about Team Rainbow Rocket? Super interesting to think about! 😊

Now if someone could make this story into a rom hack I’d love them forever! Great video!

Did you try the "Rocket Edition" rom hack of Fire Red? If not, I bet you will like it. You don't play as Red but you start as a Rocket grunt. It is one of the best rom hacks I know about.

I have to wonder if the Master Ball would even work on Mewtwo. I can easily see him using his powers to destroy the ball before it even hits him. In the manga, the Master Ball only worked because Red used his entire team to sneak Pika in close enough to tap Mewtwo with the ball. It was an unexpected outcome. And heck. Even with the Earth Badge in Giovanni's hand, Anime Mewtwo didn't listen to him. So either way, Giovanni or Red would need to earn his respect somehow.

Naturally I would say Red let's Giovanni get Mewtwo as even though Mewtwo was the strongest at the time, it still is only 1 pokemon vs the mass amount of pokemon Red has caught and raised. Plus once Giovanni gets the Original Mewtwo he would go back to his work of cloning mew again, Second Mewtwo for Red making the second more powerful and easier to control for Red. From there The world will be in Rocket's hands.

Really enjoying this new style of video. They're coming across really well and are super engaging!

My take would be instead of a full on Uniform, a small special Lapel Pin given by Giovanni, marking him as an undercover agent. He would continue filling the Pokédex, if only to determine the strongest Pokémon to obtain for Giovanni. From there, he would challenge Erika before going back to Lavender Tower. Getting the Rainbow Badge would be helpful sooner more so than later. He then returns to Lavender Tower, collecting the Ghost Pokémon and Cubone. And thanks to the PC Box, Oak doesn’t have to know what he’s doing with the Pokémon he’s captured. From there, he returns to Surge with a super strong team to get the Thunder Badge before reporting for the Silph Takeover. Instead of battling the Rocket Grunts, he gets items from them on Giovanni’s orders for his success at Lavender Tower, including Rare Candies to continue strengthening his team. He “confronts” Giovanni after defeating his rival once more and is gifted the Master Ball from the President. After Team Rocket “Retreats”, he returns to the Celadon Hideout and reports to Giovanni about his progress, turning over the Master Ball in exchange for a super rare Pokémon for free (Dratini or Porygon would be appropriate). From there, Red continues his journey, gathering up the Marsh, Soul, and Volcano Badge before reporting to Giovanni in Viridian. He “defeats” Giovanni for the Gym Badge, and is qualified to challenge the Elite Four and Champion. Prior to doing so, he fills out nearly all of the Pokédex and puts together his strongest team to topple the League and claim the Kanto Region in the name of Team Rocket. Once he’s champion, he appoints Giovanni as his Second in Command (though in reality, Red still reports to Giovanni as a special member), and together, they dismantle the region to their liking as they rule with an Iron Fist. Thoughts?

Great video!! I'm super intrigued, I LOVE these what-if scenarios, and looking at the Pokemon universe through a different lens, or from a different angle. I'd be curious to see how each ending would affect the Johto story!

This is a very fun topic, haha.

How you made this story so similar, but different is great.

I would love to see a sequel

Love this perspective. Great fun Fidget

Fidget making his own pokemon fanmade game 😆 Have you played Rocket edition?

This was a great video, id love to see it continued be interesting to see silvers story play out with not only his dad still in charge of team rocket but with red and Mewtwo by his side, if you spun it off to other evil teams id be curious how you do black and white, would black be king of team plasma and N the good guy

Me and my Gf loved the vid. We also wonder what the stories would be like both the orignal and the version you told if her made up Rocket character existed and was cannon...

Great video man

Are you gonna make one of these for each mainline game?

3:01 They is plural not singler.