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{{Character | {{Character | ||
| name=Giovanni | | name=Giovanni | ||
− | | image=[[image:Giovanni.png | + | | image=[[image:Giovanni.png]] |
− | | caption='' | + | | caption=''The Self-Proclaimed Strongest Trainer'' |
| bgcolor=#660000 | | bgcolor=#660000 | ||
| fgcolor=#FFFFFF | | fgcolor=#FFFFFF | ||
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| base=[[Viridian City]] Gym | | base=[[Viridian City]] Gym | ||
| affiliation=[[Team Rocket]] | | affiliation=[[Team Rocket]] | ||
− | | voiced by=Ted Lewis (2000 | + | | voiced by=Ted Lewis (2000) |
− | | debut= | + | | debut=[[Pokémon: Red, Green and Blue Versions|Pokémon: Red/Green Versions]] |
|}} | |}} | ||
− | '''Giovanni''' is a Pokémon trainer who acts as a recurring villain within the ''[[Portal: Pokémon|Pokémon]]'' series. He was first featured as the primary antagonist of the first generation games, where he was the criminal mastermind who once led [[Team Rocket]], and at the same time was the Gym Leader of the [[Viridian City]] gym | + | '''Giovanni''' is a Pokémon trainer who acts as a recurring villain within the ''[[Portal: Pokémon|Pokémon]]'' series. He was first featured as the primary antagonist of the first generation games, where he was the criminal mastermind who once led [[Team Rocket]], and at the same time was the Gym Leader of the [[Viridian City]] gym (a duty that he neglected while running Team Rocket). He has since resurfaced in appearances in several later generations. As a gym leader, his specialty is Ground-type Pokémon. |
=Background= | =Background= | ||
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===Generation V=== | ===Generation V=== | ||
− | He did reappear in ''[[Pokémon: Black and White Versions 2|Black and White 2]]'' as an opponent in several divisions of the Pokémon World Tournament | + | He did reappear in ''[[Pokémon: Black and White Versions 2|Black and White 2]]'' as an opponent in several divisions of the Pokémon World Tournament at [[Unova]]. Even though he was no longer a gym leader, he was still faced as part of the Kanto Leaders tournament instead of Blue. He could also be faced in the World Leaders tournament as well as the Type Expert tournament for Ground types. |
===Generation VI: Team Rainbow Rocket=== | ===Generation VI: Team Rainbow Rocket=== | ||
− | Giovanni returned to a role as central villain in a post-game storyline of ''[[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon]]'' known as Episode RR. Reforming his team as [[Team Rainbow Rocket]], he enlisted help from [[Faba]] and took over [[Aether Paradise]] in order to use its resources to conquer all worlds and assemble an army of [[Ultra Beasts]]. To aid him, he summoned villains from other dimensions in which their plans were successful ([[Maxie]], [[Archie]], [[Cyrus (Pokemon)|Cyrus]], [[Ghetsis]] and [[Lysandre]]) and had them act as his | + | Giovanni returned to a role as central villain in a post-game storyline of ''[[Pokémon: Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon]]'' known as Episode RR. Reforming his team as [[Team Rainbow Rocket]], he enlisted help from [[Faba]] and took over [[Aether Paradise]] in order to use its resources to conquer all worlds and assemble an army of [[Ultra Beasts]]. To aid him, he summoned villains from other dimensions in which their plans were successful ([[Maxie]], [[Archie]], [[Cyrus (Pokemon)|Cyrus]], [[Ghetsis]] and [[Lysandre]]) and had them act as his lieutenatns. As a result of the dimensional warping, Lusamine's mansion was changed into Team Rainbow Rocket's castle. As for Lusamine herself, Giovanni used a toxin from an Ultra Beast to put her to sleep and intended to brainwash her into becoming his loyal servant. |
− | [[Elio/Selene]] ultimately challenged him after rejecting an offer to join his team, which Giovanni saw as nostalgic. Observing that the trainer raised their Pokémon with care, Giovanni claimed that he had no need to unleash his full might upon the | + | [[Elio/Selene]] ultimately challenged him after rejecting an offer to join his team, which Giovanni saw as nostalgic. Observing that the trainer raised their Pokémon with care, Giovanni claimed that he had no need to unleash his full might upon the trainer and retreated. [[Colress]] restored Lusamine's mansion back to normal, and Giovanni was last seen wondering what new world he should target next. |
A battle program based on Giovanni could also be battled as the boss of the Battle Agency. | A battle program based on Giovanni could also be battled as the boss of the Battle Agency. | ||
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===Generation VII=== | ===Generation VII=== | ||
− | In ''Ultra Sun'' and ''Ultra Moon'', his roster consists of Dugtrio, Nidoking, Nidoqueen, Rhyperior and Mewtwo. They are all kept in | + | In ''Ultra Sun'' and ''Ultra Moon'', his roster consists of Dugtrio, Nidoking, Nidoqueen, Rhyperior and Mewtwo. They are all kept in Mega Stones, and the Mewtwo has a Mega Evolution stone (the X one in ''Ultra Sun'' and the Y one in ''Ultra Moon''). During battles at the Battle Agency, his program's pool of potential Pokémon includes Dugtrio, Arcanine, [[Exeggutor]], Marowak, Kangaskhan and [[Gyarados]]. |
− | = | + | =Other Games= |
− | Giovanni was the eighth opponent in the Gym Leader Castle of ''[[Pokémon Stadium]]''. In the first round | + | Giovanni was the eighth opponent in the Gym Leader Castle of ''[[Pokémon Stadium]]''. In the first round he used Persian, Dugtrio, Nidoqueen, Nidoking, Rhydon and [[Tauros]]. In the second round he used [[Golbat]], [[Raticate]], Persian, [[Moltres]], [[Dodrio]] and [[Parasect]]. |
− | In ''[[Pokémon | + | In ''[[Pokémon Puzzle League]]'', Giovanni was the tenth enemy and the final boss of Easy Mode. [[Red#Ash Ketchum|Ash]] had to battle him for the Earth Badge. Giovanni claimed that he was the legendary Puzzle Master but was later revealed to be bluffing, as [[Mewtwo]] emerged as the true Puzzle Master. In this game Giovanni used Persian, [[Sandslash]] and Nidoking as his Pokémon. |
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=Other Appearances= | =Other Appearances= | ||
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==Other Media== | ==Other Media== | ||
− | *In the | + | *In the Pokémon anime, Giovanni's appearances were few and far between. Unlike in the games, he never directly confronted the main character (in this series, [[Red#Ash Ketchum|Ash Ketchum]]). He was mostly seen commanding the bumbling [[Team Rocket|Jessie and James]] from afar, usually while stroking his pet [[Persian]]. He received some more screentime in the Pokémon movie and a television special that acted as a sequel to it, in which Giovanni was trying to hunt down [[Mewtwo]]. In later seasons, Giovanni mostly appeared in comical fantasy sequences thought up by [[Meowth]], although he occasionally had storyline appearances. Unlike in the games, Giovanni has not resigned from Team Rocket and continues to oversee it well past the ''Gold'' and ''Silver'' era. He made his most prominent appearances in series based on ''Black''/''White'', in which he eventually battled the protagonists directly and was temporarily driven mad by the power of the Reveal Glass until Jessie, James and Meowth talked some sense into him, leading to his retreat. |
− | *Giovanni | + | *Giovanni is the main villain of the live action ''Pokémon Live!'' musical, which was based primarily upon the anime. In the musical's storyline, he tries to make up for Mewtwo's failure by creating a MechaMew2 that can learn any attack that is used against it. After a tournament, MechaMew2 learns every attack except for several electrical attacks, which prompts Giovanni to send Jessie and James after Ash's Pikachu. They begin to battle, but after MechaMew2 learns the final attacks, the real Mewtwo arrives and uses a collection of Ash's happy memories to attack MechaMew2. Learning the importance of friendship, MechaMew2 then turns on Giovanni and self-destructs, During the curtain call, Giovanni is seen with a charred suit, suggesting he survived somehow. This musical also revealed Giovanni having a past relationship with Ash's mother when they were teenagers, supporting speculation that Giovanni is actually Ash's father in the anime canon. He was played by 4Kids voice actor Darry Dunstan in this portrayal. |
*Giovanni appears in several arcs of the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga. First he acts as the primary antagonist of the ''Red''/''Blue''/''Green'' arc, where he controls Team Rocket with [[Lieutenant Surge]], [[Sabrina]], [[Koga]] and [[Blaine]] under his command. He first meets with [[Red]] when he has Red escort him through the Diglett's Cave and is impressed by his battle abilities when he defeats a pair of [[Magmar]] that had burned down the Pewter City Museum, but he was disappointed that Red spared them and after he left Giovanni had his [[Cloyster]] kill them. He enacts a plan to capture the three legendary birds and uses the power of the eight gym badges to fuse them together, although Red, [[Blue]] and Green foil this plan. Red finally faces Giovanni at his gym and defeats him, although he does not receive an epiphany as he did in the games. In the ''Yellow'' arc he saves Red from ice and gives him evolutionary stones, then summons his former minions to help in the battle against the Elite Four at Cerise Island due to the challenge they pose to his own ambitions. He successfully defeats [[Lance]] but retreats when [[Lugia]] is summoned. He is missing for the ''Gold''/''Silver''/''Crystal'' arc (at which point [[Pryce|the Mask of Ice]] takes over Team Rocket) but returns for the ''FireRed''/''LeafGreen'' arc, where he uses Team Rocket with new lieutenants to capture an escaped [[Deoxys]] in the Sevii Islands for use in locating his lost son, which apparently was his underlying motivation all along. He is also shown to be suffering from long-term health conditions at the time. He uses Deoxys to battle Red and [[Mewtwo]] while his underlings retrieve his son, although they do not meet until Giovanni had been knocked out after losing the battle. Giovanni risks his life protecting his son, shown to be [[Silver]], from the flames of the crashed airship and although he appears to die, Silver gains some affection for his father and has his Pokémon take Giovanni to his Secret Base for recovery. He returns in the ''HeartGold''/''SoulSilver'' arc, where he teams up with Pryce and Lance to fight the legendary Pokémon from Sinnoh, taking on [[Giratina]] in battle. Silver ultimately takes over the fight and defends Giovanni when he's incapacitated by his diseased, and Giovanni is later cured with help from Celebi, at which point he decides to continue leading Team Rocket. He later appears in a supporting role in the ''Omega Ruby''/''Alpha Sapphire'' arc. | *Giovanni appears in several arcs of the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga. First he acts as the primary antagonist of the ''Red''/''Blue''/''Green'' arc, where he controls Team Rocket with [[Lieutenant Surge]], [[Sabrina]], [[Koga]] and [[Blaine]] under his command. He first meets with [[Red]] when he has Red escort him through the Diglett's Cave and is impressed by his battle abilities when he defeats a pair of [[Magmar]] that had burned down the Pewter City Museum, but he was disappointed that Red spared them and after he left Giovanni had his [[Cloyster]] kill them. He enacts a plan to capture the three legendary birds and uses the power of the eight gym badges to fuse them together, although Red, [[Blue]] and Green foil this plan. Red finally faces Giovanni at his gym and defeats him, although he does not receive an epiphany as he did in the games. In the ''Yellow'' arc he saves Red from ice and gives him evolutionary stones, then summons his former minions to help in the battle against the Elite Four at Cerise Island due to the challenge they pose to his own ambitions. He successfully defeats [[Lance]] but retreats when [[Lugia]] is summoned. He is missing for the ''Gold''/''Silver''/''Crystal'' arc (at which point [[Pryce|the Mask of Ice]] takes over Team Rocket) but returns for the ''FireRed''/''LeafGreen'' arc, where he uses Team Rocket with new lieutenants to capture an escaped [[Deoxys]] in the Sevii Islands for use in locating his lost son, which apparently was his underlying motivation all along. He is also shown to be suffering from long-term health conditions at the time. He uses Deoxys to battle Red and [[Mewtwo]] while his underlings retrieve his son, although they do not meet until Giovanni had been knocked out after losing the battle. Giovanni risks his life protecting his son, shown to be [[Silver]], from the flames of the crashed airship and although he appears to die, Silver gains some affection for his father and has his Pokémon take Giovanni to his Secret Base for recovery. He returns in the ''HeartGold''/''SoulSilver'' arc, where he teams up with Pryce and Lance to fight the legendary Pokémon from Sinnoh, taking on [[Giratina]] in battle. Silver ultimately takes over the fight and defends Giovanni when he's incapacitated by his diseased, and Giovanni is later cured with help from Celebi, at which point he decides to continue leading Team Rocket. He later appears in a supporting role in the ''Omega Ruby''/''Alpha Sapphire'' arc. | ||
*Giovanni is featured in the ''Pokémon Origins'' anime, which is based more directly on the story of the first generation games. Giovanni is shown to have encountered Red at the Rocket Hideout and Silph Co. before battling him at the Viridian City Gym. When fighting Red at the gym, he was reminded of the passion he used to have for battling and became ashamed with his current self. This led to him disbanding Team Rocket after being defeated by Red and seeking a new path for himself. | *Giovanni is featured in the ''Pokémon Origins'' anime, which is based more directly on the story of the first generation games. Giovanni is shown to have encountered Red at the Rocket Hideout and Silph Co. before battling him at the Viridian City Gym. When fighting Red at the gym, he was reminded of the passion he used to have for battling and became ashamed with his current self. This led to him disbanding Team Rocket after being defeated by Red and seeking a new path for himself. | ||
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=Trivia= | =Trivia= | ||
− | *His | + | *His name is a play on Geo, as in earth, and Giovanni, a common Italian name. |
*While he specializes in Ground types, he also uses Normal Types. | *While he specializes in Ground types, he also uses Normal Types. | ||
− | *It was often speculated in | + | *It was often speculated in the past that Red (or Ash in the anime) is Giovanni's illegitimate son, but this is debunked by a scientist in ''[[Pokémon: FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen]]'' who mentions the possibility before realizing that it could not be possible, as Giovanni's son has red hair. This also foreshadows ''HeartGold''/''SoulSilver'' officially revealing Silver being Giovanni's son (a plot point which had earlier been implemented into the manga). |
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