“We're not idiots! We're the smartest ones around since we're the only ones capable of figuring out how to make the world a better place for everyone!”

Team Rocket's just clearly too dumb to realize that the world would be a better place if Team Aqua reduced the world's land and replaced that with more oceans.

“But you can worry about that after we kick you out of here! Golbat, Bite!”

And then...

“Can you use Bite?”

Since it's swooping in to do so, it looks like it's no longer disabled!