Also XY, which really didn't have an excuse since the TR every episode mandate was gone, and some of their showdowns in that series were pretty bland. BW, SM and Journeys at least tried not using them as a crutch more often and just letting the protagonists hold a story.Nah, the worst was in the Johto-Sinnoh days where nearly every conflict was solved by Team Rocket stealing the pokemon of the day
Really I think a big problem with TR was that they were too often used as cheap plot devices whenever they couldn't bothered to write a third act or just have the heroes do something innovative. You could get behind it if TR and the twerps were at least FUNNY together, like in the earlier episodes, but their chemistry just fizzled out after a while and they were usually at their blandest when pit against each other. They were clearly using them because it was bare bones writing.
I mean she did at least reign in her temper by the end of them, ending the finals a graceful loser. She scored high runner up and kept some professionalism about it too. There's some hope for her I guess.Curious on how she is even remotely mature in Showcases. Just seems like some of you want to throw shade at Serena at any chance you get lol.