Cipher, Cipher, mother effing CIPHER!
Time for one of my long lists again. I already wrote one for Galactic and Rocket, and I'm kind of waiting for the chance to write for Magma, but not Aqua, since I don't have anything to say, really. Here comes my list.
1: Deeds: These guys are monstrous, and they do their deeds with smiles on their faces. The entire team is made up of
Complete Monsters.
They run an entire city, turning it into hell, they brainwash an entire city that's underground, they torture pokemon, they turn pokemon into mindless, killing machines, likely using torture and various very, very bad chemicals. They turned the
Guardian of the Sea, Lugia into a permanent Shadow Pokemon and use it to kill people and steal from boats. They replace an entire city with their own soldiers, they manipulate another evil team like a puppet, they have an army underground, due to the brainwashing, they attempt to kill a media CEO, they (almost) attempt to kill the hero by destroying an island, they try to kill Celebi and destroy the purifying stone, they nearly kill an old man, they kidnap Rui and would likely have killed her if they got her to Es Cade, and that's another thing.
They steal money from Phenac City to fund the building of the Relgam Colosseum. While not stated to be in the game, think about it. The final boss is the mayor of one of the richest, if not the richest town in the entire region. He controls the finances, guess where they go? Oh, and that's another thing, they were trying to attack a laboratory to kidnap one of the scientists working on the Snag Machine v2, and do who knows what to them. Did I mention that they tortured pokemon? Not to mention coming up with Hyper Mode, even if it was an accident. Imagine when an emotionless killing machine suddenly becomes more powerful, and enraged so that it attacks anything that moves, including itself. It brings a tear to your eyes when it's reduced to attacking itself to win a fight.
What else? They held Duking's Plusle hostage, depressing him to the point where he was ineffectual, they attacked Mt. Battle to destroy an ancient artifact, they build a Shadow Pokemon Colosseum to fight Shadow Pokemon for the amusement of the brainwashed crowd, they kidnap
Entei, Suicune, and Raikou, three legendary pokemon, and turn them into these beasts, they try to kill the hero, and they nearly kill one of the strongest trainers in Orre.
Damn, that list is hella long, and if they decide to use Cipher in another game, then it might get longer. I probably left a few things out, too, since I didn't beat Pokemon XD.
2: Longevity: They lasted two games, and they might last longer. Ardos is still out there, I think. They managed to keep up their reign of terror for a long time, and even after being beaten once, it's revealed that they weren't really beaten, and that they were waiting! And think of it this way, they might be back. Hopefully they will, and be even badder, but I doubt it.
3: Personalities: These guys, every single one of them are Complete Monsters, but some of them have some strange personalities and quirks. Miror B... just Miror B... Dakim, who looks like a retarded behemoth, Lady Venus, who is so entrapped in her beauty, she can't see much out of it, and Ein, who is just a Complete Monster, as he is the one who figured out how to make Shadow Pokemon. Then Nascour, who looks like a gorgon and Ansem rolled into one, and Evice, the fat mayor of Phenac.
Not too sure about XD, but I remember them being weird, too.
4: Size of organization: They took over a small city! Even if it isn't that much on the TV screen, it is a large city, and in real life, if they were to do that, they would need
hundreds of thousands of members.
5: They're all Complete Monsters!: The meaning is valid, I need not explain farther. If I do, then look up at number 1, that'll tell you everything.
6: Threat: They were a large threat. They had their hands in many aspects of society, literally running the whole region for a point in time. They were tough, and I doubt any Elite 4 members could ever beat them, even Blue and Cynthia would have trouble fighting against Evice, and if they were surrounded, they'd lose. Even 5 years into the future, they were still feared, even as they were 'disbanded'. That is something to note.
7: The main character in the first game was a part of them for a while: It's true. Team Snagem was basically a part of Cipher, and Wes was a part of Team Snagem while Cipher was in power.
8: Motivation: As far as I remember, every horrible act listed in number 1 was motivated by one thing. Greed. They wanted money. They already had an entire region, they now wanted money, and they were basically going to start selling the things for a lot of money. I assume the reason the Duel Square personnel got them was because they were still testing them, but they were probably going to start selling them, if they haven't been already.
9: They were not defeatable in the first game without a legendary!: No joke, Wes and basically all of the good guys were about to lose, when Evice was getting away. If Ho-oh wasn't such a nice bird, they would have gotten away to rebuild. They needed the help of a legendary pokemon to finally end it.
I think this list has the most reasons on it. I've wanted to do this one for a while.
Anyway, how do I feel about the other teams?
Rocket: They're my second favorite, basically it was a toss up between this and Cipher.
Galactic: Third favorite.
Go-Rock Squad, Dim Sun, Pokemon Nappers: Never heard of them, don't care.
Snagem: While they're a part of Cipher, they're awesome. After that, I wasn't impressed.
Aqua: The only team I can't make a list for that I know of, because I have so little feeling for them.
Magma: Fourth favorite.
