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| − | '''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, which has included taking advantage of the existence of multiple worlds to form [[Team Rainbow Rocket]]. As a gym leader, his specialty is Ground-type Pokémon. |
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===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 lieutenants. 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. | + | 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 lieutenants. 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 child and retreated. [[Colress]] restored Lusamine's mansion back to normal, and Giovanni was last seen wondering what new world he should target next. | [[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 child and retreated. [[Colress]] restored Lusamine's mansion back to normal, and Giovanni was last seen wondering what new world he should target next. | ||
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=In Other Pokémon Games= | =In Other Pokémon 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 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. |
| − | In ''[[Pokémon GO]]'', Giovanni was featured as the villainous leader of [[Team GO Rocket]], in events that started in 2019. In a promotional video accompanying the | + | In ''[[Pokémon GO]]'', Giovanni was featured as the villainous leader of [[Team GO Rocket]], in events that started in 2019. In a promotional video accompanying the event, Giovanni decided that Earth was the next world that he would unleash his evil schemes upon, implying that this continued from Giovanni's storyline from ''Ultra Sun''/''Ultra Moon''. Players could use the Super Rocket Radar to detect him and battle him, although there were also Rocket Grunts disguised as him who acted as decoys. In battle, he used a team of three Shadow Pokémon that were randomly chosen from a pool of possibilities. One of them would be a Legendary Pokémon during bonus challenges, and these would shift on the first of each month. Thus far, he has used Kanto's three legendary birds, Johto's three legendary beasts and Mewtwo. |
==Pokémon Masters EX== | ==Pokémon Masters EX== | ||
| − | In ''[[Pokémon Masters EX]]'', Giovanni appeared as a playable | + | In ''[[Pokémon Masters EX]]'', Giovanni and Mewtwo appeared together as a playable sync pair, and Mewtwo gained the ability to Mega Evolve in Mega Mewtwo Y after collecting Mewtwo Crystals from the event that started running at the end of September 2021. Giovanni and Mewtwo starred in and could be recruited through the game's first Legendary Event, "Lurking Shadow". The game later introduced a Sygna Suit variant of Giovanni that was paired with a [[Nidoking]] that he could [[Dynamax]], with this variant being available at random through the game's Sync Pair Scout feature during limited time periods, starting in May 2022. He has also been shown with his [[Nidoqueen]] as an opponent in some events. In terms of storyline, Giovanni was taken from after Episode RR, as he wore the Team Rainbow Rocket insignia and referred to the events of Episode RR at some points. He also bemoaned being known as a criminal "no matter what world he finds himself in", implying that this was another instance of Giovanni hopping across worlds after Episode RR. |
| − | + | Within "Lurking Shadow", Giovanni had traveled to [[Pasio]] due to being intrigued by the power of the [[sync stones]] and was aware some hidden power that he could use to conquer the world. Giovanni used Mewtwo to mine a sync stone from a cave that he could use. He was discovered by [[Scottie/Bettie]], [[Brock]] and [[Misty]], and he ended up battling them. After being defeated, he claimed that he was planning to turn over a new leaf in Pasio and convinced the player to let him join their team by promising to compete in the [[Pokémon Masters League]] fair and square with Mewtwo. Afterwards, Giovanni mused to himself that his true plan was to infiltrate Scottie/Bettie's team, but he was genuinely unsure if he wanted to start fresh on Pasio or not. | |
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| − | He | + | He was later featured as an antagonist in the Legendary Event "Father or Foe". In that event, Ghetsis arrived on Pasio with the Legendary Pokémon [[Kyurem]] under his control. Giovanni recognized Ghetsis from Team Rainbow Rocket and formed an alliance with him to gain the power of more Legendary Pokémon. Under this plan, Ghetsis tried to trick [[N]] into thinking that he was reforming and wanted to be a family again. This was to lure N into unleashing his [[Zekrom]], at which point Giovanni and Mewtwo acted to immobilize it. Ghetsis planned to fuse Kyurem and Zekrom together in order to harness the power of Black Kyurem. Giovanni stopped the fusion process from happening, as he sought to claim both Kyurem and Zekrom for himself first, as he felt that Ghetsis would otherwise betray him after obtaining Black Zekrom. Both of them had recruited [[Team Break]] members as back-up, but they were disrupted by the arrival of other trainers. [[Alder]] had managed to stop them from getting Zekrom, but Giovanni was still set on defeating Ghetsis so that he could take his Kyurem. N and [[Nate/Rosa|Nate]] ultimately stepped up to help Ghetsis to repel Giovanni. Giovanni still considered sending minions after them, but Silver confronted him and convinced Giovanni to stand down. Claiming he was impressed with what he saw today, Giovanni proceeded to retreat. |
| − | + | Giovanni was later featured within the Main Story's Villain Arc, where he acted as the antagonist of the initial chapter, "Kanto: Team Rocket Returns". In this chapter, Team Rocket became active in Pasio under Giovanni's command, and he had the island's trainers expand their resources searching for them across the island as a diversion, while he had [[Professor Bellis]] captured for her sync stone research. Red and Blue confronted him and saved Bellis, while Red destroyed his base by having his [[Snorlax]] [[Dynamax|Gigantamax]]. Mewtwo was still able to snatch the memory stick containing her research data. With her data, he was able to amplify Mewtwo's power, which temporarily caused many of the island's Pokémon to go berserk as a side effect. Giovanni offered to help Mewtwo control its new power as its sync partner, and this caused it to stabilize by Mega Evolving into Mega Mewtwo Y. When Red and Blue got an edge against Mega Mewtwo Y in battle, Giovanni was able to turn the table on them by having Mega Mewtwo Y push past its limits. This caused Red and Blue to ultimately let Giovanni go, as they did not want to risk Mewtwo being hurt by continually pushing itself. Giovanni was featured again as the villain in "Johto: Team Rocket's Revival", in which he coordinated with Archer and his admins in his plan to take over Pasio. He harnessed the power of [[Dynamax]] for himself to Dynamax his Nidoking and donned a sygna suit to further amplify their power as a sync pair. The experiments also caused random Pokémon across Pasio to temporarily Dynamax. Giovanni was able to fend off powerful trainers including [[Lance (Pokemon)|Lance]], [[Karen]] and [[Morty]], and he even defeated [[Lear]] and his [[Hoopa]]. But before he could gain control of the island, Silver stood to oppose him. Silver was ultimately able to defeat Giovanni only by teaming up with Ethan, and Giovanni noted that Silver finally had the eyes of an adult. Giovanni was ultimately forced to retreat when it turned out that every sync pair on the island was prepared to battle him. Afterwards, Giovanni decided to lay low and operate in the shadows. He would focus on manipulating his 'potential business partners' (seemingly referring to the other villains on Pasio) to carry out his means while he worked on his plans in the background. | |
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*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]]) during the Kanto arc. 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 never stepped down from Team Rocket or tried to disband it, and he continued 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. | *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]]) during the Kanto arc. 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 never stepped down from Team Rocket or tried to disband it, and he continued 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. | ||