| 1 | Virtually every time [[GoldfishPoopGang Team Rocket]] or some other nefarious bad guy group decides to KickTheDog, [[LaserGuidedKarma karma]] usually hits them and hits them '''''hard'''''. |
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| 3 | * Their attempt to incinerate Ash with the flames of Moltres backfires when the real Moltres emerges from the flames, fries their robot, and sends them blasting off. |
| 4 | * When they had their Arbok and Victreebel attack Ash directly, it led to Ash's Chikorita, who was locked in a cage and being ForcedToWatch, evolving into Bayleef, breaking free, and blowing them away. |
| 5 | * Their aerial bombardment of Ash's party in the Indigo League aftermath backfires badly when they make the mistake of pissing off Ash's Charizard by [[LostFoodGrievance blowing up a table of food Charizard had his eye on]]. Charizard promptly attacks them and throws their own bombs back at them. |
| 6 | * Their ElectricTorture of Ash during his Viridian Gym battle comes back to bite them when Ash pulls off his HeroicSecondWind, revealing that James also rigged Jessie's own platform to zap her whenever ''her'' Pokémon take damage. When Jessie demands to know why he did so, James confesses that [[DidntThinkThisThrough it didn't occur to him that they might lose again, so he didn't think it would matter]]. |
| 7 | * On the other side of the coin, most of their more benevolent acts have a far better success rate and sometimes grant a HappyEnding, especially since often GoodFeelsGood. |
| 8 | * Most other members of Team Rocket look down on the trio for their incompetence and use their better reputation or ranks to humiliate or bully them. Most of the time, however, [[LetsSeeYouDoBetter when put into action themselves]], they end up suffering a similar fall for grace that makes them look even more buffoonish, something the three often get to observe and enjoy thoroughly. Domino, Butch, Cassidy, and Matori are key victims of this. |
| 9 | * In comparison to their countless painful failures trying to steal Pokémon, nearly all their legitimate captures are incredibly easy, and result in succinctly loyal comrades. Inkay and Pumpkaboo, two of their most reliable Pokémon, were both caught just by idly flicking a single Pokéball at them, while the likes of Cacnea and Chimecho willingly joined the team after they asked them. Mime Jr. takes the cake, he eagerly jumped into James' Pokéball without him even trying to catch him. |
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