She had a similar run in the Kalos Showcases (under her Jessilee alias), winning three Princess Keys to get her into the Master Class tournament (which were implied to have all been won legitimately).Jessie gratefully accepted it and made her way to the semi-finals against Dawn in the Grand Festival. Jessie (while under her Jessilina alias) has actually become competent enough to win Pokémon Contests all on her own without cheating (though she has considered it at times.) She lost out on winning her fifth ribbon needed to get into the Grand Festival, but Dawn (or rather, a Dawn lookalike by the name of Princess Salvia, long story) gave her the sixth ribbon she had just won.Their victories never lasted too long, and they were often sent flying at the end of the episode anyway. There have been a few other instances where Team Rocket has been successful in battle, but it was because they were trying to do something good for a change. Team Rocket, the Trope Namer from Pokémon, beat the crap out of Ash's Pokémon when they were allowed to run Viridian City's Gym using Giovanni's Pokémon, at least until Ash managed to regain momentum and beat them at their own game.Contrast Big Bad Wannabe, which may at times overlap. If the hero sees the bad guys win in the future, then it's a Bad Future. If the bad guys win and the work ends, then it's also The Bad Guy Wins. If it looks like they will win but are defeated at the last minute, then that's a Near-Villain Victory. Note that the antagonists must win, then later lose again in order to qualify. Regardless of how these antagonists win, it serves as a call to training/focus by the protagonists, after which, the antagonists are defeated as easily as they were before the Team Rocket Win. The alignment of their foes doesn't matter, what matters is that the normally incompetent villains manage to score one odd moment of glory. Heck, it can even be against a Villain Protagonist. Or they're used to introduce new characters, maybe even more dangerous members of the same team or other criminals, by beating them so badly that the heroes must come to their aid.
#Team rocket upgrade
These minor antagonists have found some way to penetrate the main character's defenses, through some sort of Upgrade or Training. Except something happened, and they're not minor threats anymore.
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