Team Rocket are REALLY stupid.

[Missingno. Master]

Every time they get a Magikarp from the salesman, they get rid of it, claiming that it's worthless. But, in that filler in the Orange Islands, involving all those Magikarp, Team Rocket try to catch them all, because they evolve into Gyarados. Now, why can't they remember this when they encounter the Magikarp Salesman?

 

[MaskedManAbsolkid]

What? Do you expect them to be Einsteins, calculating all the properties of a Magikarp? Of course they're meant to be stupid!

Also, they don't wanna buy the Magikarp because they don't wanna spend all their money on a pokemon they can catch.

 

[Black Marauder]

What? Do you expect them to be Einsteins, calculating all the properties of a Magikarp? Of course they're meant to be stupid!

Also, they don't wanna buy the Magikarp because they don't wanna spend all their money on a pokemon they can catch.

Exactly.....

 

[PDL]

newsflash, Team Rocket's intelligence questioned once again, news at 11

 

[V Faction]

Team Rocket are really stupid?

I'll let you wrestle with that one on your own for a while.

 

[ChaosMage]

The Magikarp Salesman always cons them, though, out of a lot of money. And the things are all over the place! And Jesse got rid of the Feebass-karp because it wasn't the Feebass she wanted. That's the only recent time they've been sold a Magikarp.

And Team Rocket are NOT stupid. It's just a clever trick! And you fell for it!