>>27537648Wrong.
They unknowingly got booted in Johto because They had payments overdue.
Hoenn had a scene where Giovanni did indeed forget them, and didn't appear in Sinnoh at all from what I remember.
However, after Sinnoh, The trio submitted a report claiming to have been the ones to take down team aqua, magma, and galactic. As a result, they were promoted in Unova and became competent.
Japanese hated serious team rocket though, as did the voice actors. So they went back to their usual shenanigans, but still maintained favor with the boss.
