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You're absolutely right, jeez they haven't even encountered Ash at all in 19 episodes straight now! (And they went 11 episodes without appearing at all!) All this is only serving to further my opinion that this is probably the last series where we'll see the TRio as members of Team Rocket. (If my hunch is right, they'll be quitting as members come Journey's end.)Thus, they have been in a decline spiral ever since writers realized they don't have to put Team Rocket in every episode. It says something that the last time they ever encountered Ash was the episode where they learned that Butch and Cassidy retired as Team Rocket members. They work better as radio hosts giving wacky commentaries than antagonists that Ash barely recognizes anymore.