2nd Gen The classic evil team.

[Rosehip]

Team Rocket were the original bad guys. Before your Flare, Plasma, Galactic, Magma and Aqua, you had these guys. They were basically generic gangsters, in it to make a quick buck. They take trainers' Pokemon and try to sell them, however during the progress of the original games, they got a little more ambitious. In the original R/B, you had Team Rocket trying to take Cubone skulls, this plan ending in the death of a Marowak. You then meet Giovanni numerous times, until you find him in Viridian City as the final Gym Leader. You beat him, and he says Team Rocket will disband...however.

They return in Gold, Silver and Crystal. The organisation re-emerges, first by selling tails of Slowpoke on the black market, as a means to make revenue to support Team Rocket's growth. They've become a lot more ambitious since Red and Blue, their plans this time consisting of both using high frequency radio waves, and hijacking a radio tower.

In all, they were a classic bad guy organisation, bent on making big bucks through whatever means.
What were your thoughts on Team Rocket? Good? Bad? Discuss to your heart's content below!

 

[Keromatsu]

I know this is for Red Version(I played it a little but my first game was FR) Team Rocket was the first team I knew about always keen to get me out of their way "Not you again!"

 

[Hiatus]

I really liked Team Rocket; they are the original villainous group, and none of their plots had seemed over-the-top; if you ask me, they actually made sense. They don't make any appearance in future generations, though, which simply sucks. ):

 

[Dr. Silver]

I never really thought much about them in Gen 1 as they just seemed like a rather bland organization, simply filling the role of "villain" because someone had to.
However, come Gen 2 they had devolved into such a pathetic and petty organization...and I really liked how low they had fallen since their debut in Gen 1.

 

[Pepperton]

Team Rocket set a great standard for every evil organization succeeding it to follow. They were diabolical and had one major purpose, doing everything possible to achieve this ultimate goal. Some other teams have strayed from what I believe to be viable, but Team Rocket does it well. They're an icon as well, thanks to Jessie, James and Meowth from the anime.

 

[Arylett Charnoa]

I was never particularly intimidated by or cared for the villains of Pokemon. This includes Team Rocket. Honestly, I am simply as neutral about them as I am for most of the other organizations. The only ones who really stood out to me in these organizations are Team Plasma, due to their unique goals and the characters N/Ghetsis.

Due to a lack of any striking villainous characters rather than Giovanni, I can't say I really have much investment in this group. But I wouldn't mind if they made more appearances to be better fleshed out.