Madame Boss fanart by Masaaki Iwane

[Gabo2oo]

This is extremely important and I don't know which thread could it have fitted in


View: https://twitter.com/animator1965/status/1103633205612015616


That's it. Have a nice day.

 

[marshiyanmisuta]

So, did Sakaki kill her?

 

[Silktree]

Iwane recently bought the radio drama. I think he got an inferior used copy or something.

Does anyone know where Bulbapedia got the following from?

Since Miyamoto was her friend, Madame Boss took it hard. She is not as harsh as she seems to be. She cared for Giovanni until he was 17 and became the boss of Team Rocket. She talked about caring for her child with Miyamoto when Jessie was born. Madame Boss was one of the first people to hold her.

It sounds like fanfiction to me. Madame Boss just talks about money in the first episode of the drama, and in the second episode Giovanni says that he succeeded her at some point. I doubt he was 17, and Madame Boss was hardly a caring mom.

 

[marshiyanmisuta]

Does anyone know where Bulbapedia got the following from?

Some guy named Swampertguy add it several months ago:

Difference between revisions of "Madame Boss" - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia

bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net

Apparently he copy-pasted it from The Pokemon Wiki:

Madame Boss

Madame Boss (Japanese: 女ボス Lady Boss) is the former leader of Team Rocket and the mother of the current leader, Giovanni. She appears only in the The Birth of Mewtwo, a Japanese-only CD drama that was dubbed into English and bundled with the DVD-release of Mewtwo Returns. She is the founder of...

pokemon.fandom.com

Someone named Evanf added it there wayback in 2010. And I doubt him as a source.

Professor Maple (Evanf)

Professor Maple is the Professor in Dark and Light. She gives the player a Pokédex, and waits for him to return with 160 Pokémon in his dex. She has a daughter who is found of the player if male, if Female, she has a son that likes you. She has 2 sons named: Richie and Coda. Richie is your rival...

pokemonfanon.fandom.com

 

[Silktree]

Thanks. I've made some necessary changes to the Bulbapedia page.

Madame Boss was somewhat friendly with Miyamoto (far more than Giovanni is with TRio), but I doubt that she cared all that much about her life.

 

[Gabo2oo]

It wouldn't be the first time that Bulbapedia article provides dubious information. It used to say Madame Boss' relationship with Giovanni was "extremely hostile" or something of the sort, which is also just fan interpretation of the radio drama.

 

[King Robert]

Ooh, hello~

 

[ii kanji]

Bulbapedia article is extremely flawed... what's new?

In other news, Iwane is the ultimate Pokemon fan artist. That guy has now risen to the rank of best ever franchise employee.

Let's say they're doing some Rocket to polish SM off with, imagine how life-affirming it would be if some Rocket lore was explored and Madam Boss was alluded to? Le sigh...

 

[Nicolas721]

I never really expected them to acknowledge the character and reveal her face. Hopefully this actually means something.

 

[DarkraiKnight]

In other news, Iwane is the ultimate Pokemon fan artist. That guy has now risen to the rank of best ever franchise employee.

I know, right? The man’s art is awesome! I mean, look at this!

 

[kantoskies]

We've never officially seen her face, right? I wonder if Iwane had access to official artwork of her full face we've never seen, or if that's just his personal interpretation.

 

[Silktree]

Iwane also draws Adventures characters and game ones that have never appeared in the anime, like Archer and Petrel.

 

[King Robert]

Sign ME up for Team Rocket! <3

 

[Dogasu]

We've never officially seen her face, right? I wonder if Iwane had access to official artwork of her full face we've never seen, or if that's just his personal interpretation.

It's just a personal interpretation. In the tweet quoted in this thread Mr. Iwane states that, aside from her clothes and hair, he can only guess what Sakaki's mother looks like.

Does anyone know where Bulbapedia got the following from?

Since Miyamoto was her friend, Madame Boss took it hard. She is not as harsh as she seems to be. She cared for Giovanni until he was 17 and became the boss of Team Rocket. She talked about caring for her child with Miyamoto when Jessie was born. Madame Boss was one of the first people to hold her.

It sounds like fanfiction to me.

Me too. There is absolutely nothing in the picture book that came with the "Birth of Mewtwo" CD Drama or anything in any of the radio episodes in which the radio drama debuted that even hints at any of this.

Thanks for fixing the Bulbapedia article.