I hope this is a bonding episode, them getting it officially would be awesome but I doubt it. Seriously why didn't they try yet? They already tried with Bewear by this point. They were literally
touching and holding it in the eating contest! 'Oh we're supposed to catch Pokemon for the Boss, let's catch that Chewtle!' and not a thing since!
I've always wanted them to own an Electric type, it sucks being
this close but so far at the same time.... let them dish out some karma by blasting Ash and the twerps off for a change only to realize they forgot to steal Pikachu first! That and there's like no chance of James getting Cramorant unless Morpeko is captured :/
TRio not having any close bonds with a Pokemon for Jessie or James really hurts them in this saga. We all saw how they didn't give a **** about Grookey while they lacked a saga signature Pokemon.
(No, Jessie's Wobbuffet is just around to be a literal punching bag with no real attachment to Jessie.)
That should have been Butch/Cassidy/Matori, at least they're evil. That and they only ever used other Rocket members once this whole saga.... despite majority of the episodes being in Team Rocket central/Kanto lmao
There even being a Galar Pokemon in the machine was just stupid, they're the only ones who've been there and they didn't catch it! It was just a lazy excuse of introducing Grookey without utilizing Galar and doing more harm than good by making the TRio break character, it was this saga's Ash cheating on a school project or throwing a big fit about Rotom possibly leaving despite him being just fine saying goodbye to Brock, Dawn, Iris/Cilan(lol), Serena... he'd
never do that and the TRio
aren't villains, they're misunderstood souls with tragic backstories like Dr. Doof from Phineas and Ferb who wind up fighting actual bad guys in order to save the day. They're really only there cause they hero worship Giovanni, the second he does something awful enough to snap them out of it they'd leave and help Ash beat him.
I hate when they break character just to fulfill a plot, just create a new antagonist or make a different main character do it. Regressing isn't development