Team Aqua has a set goal of expanding the sea, and they are rivals with Team Magma, which have the opposite goal of expanding the land. They attempt to do this by manipulating Kyogre to cause non-stop rain. In the Pokémon world, Team Aqua is a group of thieves/peacemakers in the Hoenn region. They specialize in using Water and Dark-type Pokémon.
Team Aqua is based in a cave in the cove of Lilycove City and in the Seafloor Cavern. The team members all wear striped black and white shirts with jeans. Their bandanas bear a white skull-and-crossbones in the shape of the letter "A". Team Aqua is run by Archie with his 2 Admins: Shelly and Matt.
Generally, Team Aqua Grunts have weaker Pokémon, with Zubat and Poochyena, and Grimer. they also use Pokémon of other types. Typically they are Water types such as Carvanha and Wailmer.
Team Aqua are likened to a band of pirates and are experts in the field of Oceanography as well as water Pokémon. They only exist in the Hoenn region.
Team Aqua are the bitter rivals of Team Magma and are currently in a brief war with each other. Team Aqua's main goal is to expand the ocean for their water Pokémon, believing that by doing this they will be making the world a better place. To that end, they want to awaken Kyogre from its slumber. Team Aqua is slightly less vicious than Team Magma, and has more women working for it, which, combined with their increased environmental concern implies they have a more progressive outlook. Team Aqua is well known in Hoenn, and they often blackmail local fishermen into telling lies.
Team Aqua Grunts usually use but are not limited to Zubat, Poochyena, Grimer, Carvanha, and Wailmer.
Archie uses Wailord, Gyarados, Gorebyss, and Sharpedo as his pokemon team.
Shelly uses Gorebyss, Milotic and Sharpedo as her pokemon team.
Matt uses Huntail, Sharpedo, Pelipper as his pokemon team.