its a leftover from development, once used as placeholder sprites for team magma/aqua grunts

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Realized on stream last night that an otherwise UNUSED NPC sprite shows up in the audience of the Hyper Rank and Master Rank contests in ONLY Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire. Upon closer inspection, she appears to be a Team Rocket Grunt from Gold/Silver/Crystal???

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Here's some useless Pokemon trivia. The first game is full of references to the Japanese Drama Night Head ナイトヘッド (1992). The move night Shade is called night Head in Japan for example. Shoko Futami was a girl with Psychic powers in that show & she was probably the basis for the Gym Leader Sabrina.

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To commemorate Pokémon's 30th anniversary, Game Freak's 'Secret Base' series will be returning for one month and episodes will share behind-the-scenes looks into Pokémon Champions' development www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Aij...

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Beta Dialga and Palkia, based on the recently resurfaced DP concept-arts

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