Jupiter

Jupiter
Species	Human
Affiliation	Team Galactic
Hair color	Purple
Eye color	Purple
Debut	Pokémon: Diamond Version/Pokemon: Pearl Version

Jupiter is one of the four (three before Charon was introduced in Platinum) Team Galactic commanders featured as recurring enemies in Pokémon: Diamond, Pearl and Platinum Versions.

Background

Jupiter was one of the commanders of Team Galactic and a devout follower of their ruler, Cyrus. She was first seen at Team Galactic's building in Eterna City, where she ran the operation in which Galactic members stole various Pokémon from the local trainers. At the same time, they investigated the town's statue of Dialga, likely for information on the legendary Pokémon. Lucas/Dawn later confronted her while she was arguing with the local bike shop owner, and she battled them when they wanted her to free the stolen Pokémon. Jupiter was defeated and ashamed at losing to a child, at which point she decided to have Team Galactic leave the area because they were done with their investigation anyway, and she warned Lucas/Dawn that Cyrus's research of mythical Pokémon would make him the ruler of Sinnoh and that this was their last warning to stay out of Team Galactic's affairs.

Team Galactic later attacked the three great lakes and sent their commanders to capture the mirage Pokémon held there. Jupiter was sent to Lake Acuity and was successful in obtaining Uxie for Team Galactic as well as in defeating Pearl easily when he tried to stop her, briefly bumping into Lucas/Dawn as she left the lake. She was next seen at the Spear Pillar, where Cyrus was preparing the ceremony to summon Dialga and/or Palkia. Jupiter was ready to battle Lucas/Dawn after Mars, but after Pearl showed up wanting to avenge his loss, the girls decided to team up against the two trainers in a double battle. After being defeated, she admitted that they had grown tougher but that they were no match for the boss. Afterwards they witnessed either Cyrus being defeated for good after his plan backfired in Diamond/Pearl or Cyrus being pulled into the Distortion World after Giratina's shadow appeared in Platinum. In the latter, Jupiter was left curious about the shadow, and in all versions they left the area afterwards.

In Platinum, Mars and Jupiter remained part of Charon's Team Galactic reluctantly for his operation in Stark Mountain. When Lucas/Dawn arrived, both of the girls were more concerned about Cyrus's whereabouts. After Mars was defeated, Jupiter brutally insulted her competence and said that she was embarrassed to shark the rank of commander with her, then she battled Lucas/Dawn herself in hopes of learning about Cyrus as well. Once more she lost, being infuriated that Lucas/Dawn's toughness was not cute at all, and she decided to quit Team Galactic after Mars did, being irked to follow her lead, saying that there was no fun in the organization without Cyrus. Mars proclaimed that they were both ordinary girls and left, at which point Jupiter snarked behind Mars's back that she was no ordinary girl. Before leaving, Jupiter pondered the options before her and wondered if leaving on a journey was the right idea.

Pokémon Roster

• Zubat/Golbat - Used in the first battle and evolves before the Spear Pillar battle.
• Skuntank - Used in all battles.
• Bronzor/Bronzong - First used in the Spear Pillar battle. Evolves only in Platinum before the Stark Mountain battle.

Other Appearances

• She has appeared in several episodes of the Pokémon anime during the Diamond/Pearl series, in episodes that featured Team Galactic. In her first appearance, she helped to steal the Lustrous Orb back from Team Rocket. She also appeared during the finale of the Team Galactic arc, where she was eventually taken down easily by Cynthia, and was arrested with the other Team Galactic commanders, asking about Cyrus's whereabouts while they were in the police van.

Trivia

• All of the Team Galactic members are named after planets or other celestial bodies, and Jupiter is of course named after the fifth planet of the solar system.