Large Ham: "PLASMAAAAA!" in a Brooklyn Rage fashion.Those members drop this aspect once they split off from the other Plasma members. Knight Templar: A lot of their members are convinced that forcing trainers to release Pokémon is the only way to ensure that none will ever be abused again.There are also several jerkass grunts at the castle in the end, though they are counterbalanced by some more sympathetic ones. This while still saying they want to help separate Pokémon from abusive trainers. Kick the Dog: One of the first grunts you battle repeatedly kicks a Munna to get it to release some Dream Mist.To be fair, he did it because he thought it would be funny and it hardly hinders their goals. One decides it's a bright idea to put their evil lair across the street from Burgh's gym and is shocked when they're discovered in short order. Informed Ability: The Seven Sages are said to be some of the smartest men in the world but never really show it.Though this only applies to those genuinely believing in their ideology. This only applies to some of them, though other grunts keep using Pokémon because they've grown attached to them or because they view their use as necessary for the time being. Hypocrite: One of the grunts explicitly says that while it's bad for regular trainers to keep Pokémon, it's fine for Team Plasma to have them.One can locate a man in Opelucid City who was a former Team Plasma member who performed one of these at some point.Several can be witnessed considering this at N's Castle toward the end of the initial story mode due to how close they've grown to their Pokémon and start having doubts about their plan to release all Pokémon.Evil Redhead: The grunts are red-haired and antagonistic, though they aren't all necessarily evil.
They have split into New Team Plasma, which has fully embraced Ghetsis' terrorist agenda, and Old Team Plasma, who have reformed into a genuine Pokémon rights organization under N's leadership. Enemy Civil War: Engaged in this by the sequel.Dark Is Evil: They usually use Dark types (Purrloin, Scraggy, Sandile lines).Church Militant: Modeled on this to an extent, as a result.Though some grunts have explicitly shown this behavior, as of the sequel, not all of them are stereotypical examples. Brooklyn Rage: Being based in Pokéverse's New York City makes Team Plasma this trope in spades.They are of the "hypocritical" flavor, as detailed below.