Rescue Team:Team Shifty

Team Shifty チーム テングズ
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This Team Shifty page is about the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS release. For the Nintendo Switch release, see Rescue Team DX:Team Shifty.

For the lore page, see Pkmn:Team Shifty.

Team Shifty (Japanese: チーム テングズ) is a Rescue Team consisting of two Nuzleaf and their leader, Shiftry in / Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team. They are the second Rescue Team introduced in the game, right after Team Meanies. Team Shifty had been known to cause trouble and, similar to Team Meanies, worked for greedy purposes.

Story Relevance

Rescue Jumpluff

To learn more about the quest to save Jumpluff in Red and Blue Rescue Team, see: Rescue Jumpluff.

Team Shifty is first introduced after the Hero has completed Mt. Steel and checked out the Pelipper Post Office, standing in front of Jumpluff at the center of Pokémon Square, Jumpluff begs Shiftry to save their friend, but Shiftry turns them down, claiming that he would not work for that kind of price. The Partner then gets an introduction about the team from Lombre, who notes that they "...don't work unless they get paid royally." Team A.C.T. then comes in and tells him off for not helping them. In reluctance, Shiftry agrees to help the Jumpluff. They then leave, and the protagonists get an introduction to the members of Team A.C.T. Jumpluff then goes up and gives thanks to them, and the team receives much praise from the other residents.

After completing Sinister Woods and at least 4 missions, Jumpluff will appear at the protagonists' Team Base, asking them to save both their friend and Shiftry. The protagonists oblige and head over. Upon reaching the end of the dungeon, they find the Jumpluff unharmed, but soon later find Shiftry. The protagonists decide to rescue Shiftry, but he suggests they forget about him. The screen turns black, a light flashes, and Zapdos is seen, having captured Shiftry. Zapdos challenges them to a battle in order to take Shiftry back. The players then return back to Pokémon Square, where the Jumpluff mentions what happened. Shiftry had released Jumpluff but in the process had cut a thunder cloud in two, awakening and angering Zapdos. Team A.C.T then comes over and agrees to help, but the protagonists insist on rescuing Shiftry despite their subtle attempts to scare the player so they can take the crown.

When the player reaches the peak of Mt. Thunder, the protagonists encounter Zapdos. After their defeat, Team A.C.T. arrives, preparing for battle, but Zapdos cancels it out, having been calmed down, being impressed by the protagonists' abilities, and returns Shiftry as promised.

Confront Groudon

To learn more about the quest to save Confront Groudon in Red and Blue Rescue Team, see: Confront Groudon.

Shiftry, alongside his team, show up in a meeting in regards to Team A.C.T.'s failure to return in Magma Cavern. He relays the message on how their team has not returned. However, he is the only team not willing to volunteer but is the one to propose that a special team be composed in order to help rescue and find Team A.C.T.

Post-credits Relevance

After the rescue, Shiftry becomes a background character and one you can often encounter in Pokémon Square, particularly Post-Credits. Through Lombre, it is also known that Shiftry was the one who discovered the Buried Relic.

Trivia

• Shiftry's team is the only known team to have his own name plastered onto their team name, further hinting at his arrogance.
• Shiftry's team is also the only team that consists of Pokémon from his own evolution line, being Nuzleaf.

References

• Page history imported from the Fandom Rescue Team wiki upon merging.

Part of this page's history has been imported from the PMD Rescue Team Wiki. On September 11, 2019, the Gamepedia Shiren the Wanderer Wiki became the Gamepedia Mystery Dungeon Wiki. As part of the unification project between Fandom and Gamepedia, we absorbed the Rescue Team Wiki and its page histories. Some pages were originally deemed unworthy of being imported and were left behind. We've since imported them with the intent to preserve the edits and history of this community and its contributions, as well as to build upon them. In some cases, these pages have been created again by editors of the MDFW, and the Rescue Team page histories were imported into them at a later date. You can check if this is the case by visiting the page's history. For a full list of imported pages, see: Pages with histories imported from the PMD Rescue Team Wiki.