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+ | |image = Giovanni anime Sun & Moon.png |
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+ | |image2 = Giovanni anime XY and XYZ.png |
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| − | |jname = '''サカキ''' ''Sakaki'' |
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| + | |caption = Giovanni in ''Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon'', ''Pokémon the Series: XY and XYZ'' and ''Pokémon the Series: Black & White''. |
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| − | |image = Giovanni_XY.png |
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+ | |gender = Male |
| − | |hometown = [[Viridian City]] |
+ | |hometown = [[Viridian City]], [[Kanto]] |
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+ | |media = anime |
| + | |series = The Beginning; Gold and Silver; Ruby and Sapphire; Diamond and Pearl; Black & White; XY and XYZ; Sun & Moon; Journeys |
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| − | |family = Unknown |
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| + | |family = [[Madame Boss]] (mother; deceased) |
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+ | |debut = [[TB015: Battle Aboard the St. Anne|Battle Aboard the St. Anne]] |
| + | |ja_name = サカキ |
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| + | |ja_romaji = Sakaki |
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| + | |ja_voice = [[Hirotaka Suzuoki]]<br />[[Kenta Miyake]] |
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| + | |ko_voice = [[Jang Hobi]] (Original Series)<br />Seok Jeong-yang (Seasons 6 and 7)<br />Jang Gwang (Seasons 8 and 9)<br />Shin Yong-woo ("Pocket Monsters DP"-present) |
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| + | |en_voice = [[Ted Lewis]] |
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| + | }} |
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| + | {{Quote|You're just the players in my master plan!|Giovanni during in ''[[Double Trouble (Team Rocket)|Double Trouble]]''}} |
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| − | '''Giovanni''' |
+ | '''Giovanni''' is a character appearing in ''[[Pokémon the Series]]'', who is the leader of [[Team Rocket]] and the [[Gym Leader]] of Viridian City in the Kanto region. He usually appears in Team Rocket Trio's fantasies, where they dream of getting rewards if they bring him a specific Pokémon. |
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| + | ==Appearance== |
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| + | Giovanni is a middle-aged man that wears a black formal suit with a white long sleeve button shirt with a red tie at the collar. He has short, brown hair and wears black dress shoes. He also always has a sinister look on his face. This is his current main outfit at the end of ''The Dream Continues!'' from the Best Wishes series and onwards. |
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| + | Earlier in the first season anime, he was shadowed to hide his identity until his face is now shown getting frustrated towards James, Jessie and Meowth after seeing their failures for allowing Ash to gain the Earth Badge from their defeat. His suit from his primary appearance is shown to be orange instead of black and has a green vest beneath his button shirt and red tie. This is his primary outfit until the ''Diamond and Pearl'' series. |
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| + | From third season until the thirteenth season, Giovanni is mostly seen in Jessie, James and Meowth's fantasies once they steal most Pokémon, Giovanni wears various outfits during their fantasies. |
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| + | In the fourteenth season when he had a brief rendezvous with James, Jessie and Meowth in their missions, the confrontation against another organization, Team Plasma in the two unaired episodes, and his Operation Tempest to capture the Mythical Pokémon Meloetta until he was consumed by his own ambitions to destroy Unova due to the possession of the Reveal Glass, Giovanni wears a dark green military attire and his folded sleeves are red and his dress shoes are completely black. |
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| + | ==Personality== |
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| + | Giovanni, being the leader of Team Rocket, is pure evil. In the Original series, Giovanni shows his seriousness in battle as a Gym Leader when he faces Gary Oak in a Gym battle. He also shows his frustration towards Jessie, James and Meowth due to their various failures after his theme park and his Gym are destroyed because of the incident they made. But this behavior subsides when the trio are promoted as Advanced Agent after defeating [[Team Galactic]] led by [[Cyrus (anime)|Cyrus]] and [[Pokémon Hunter J]]. |
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| + | Giovanni has a great trust on [[Cassidy]] and [[Butch]] due to their superiority over Jessie and James and have no frustration toward his two top agents even if they failed him. Giovanni is also knowledgeable on different criminal organizations from other regions. |
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| + | In the ''Best Wishes'' series, Giovanni shows no hesitation to defeat his opponent and his Pokémon. He has a confident and ambitious side when his Operation Tempest is finally engaged and had full control of the Kami trio to attack Ash and the group. But this soon changes into evil and derangement when he was possessed by the [[Reveal Glass]] only to be returned to normal after James, Jessie and Meowth tackled him on the ground as their plans to conquer Unova were thwarted. |
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| + | ==Etymology== |
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| + | {{TranscludeSection|section = Etymology}} |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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| + | ===Anime=== |
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| − | Giovanni serves as the Head of [[Team Rocket]] in the anime, never really shown taking action in field work, but rather sends the grunts and other members for that. Jessie, James, Meowth, Butch and Cassidy along with other members, are constantly striving to please him in their actions, usually without his compliance. |
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| + | ====Pokémon the Series: The Beginning==== |
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| + | [[File:Giovanni-first-appearance-anime.jpg|thumb|Giovanni's silhouette]] |
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| + | To steal Pokémon from Trainers, the Team Rocket Trio called their boss, Giovanni. As they told their plan to invite Trainers to St. Anne, the ship at Vermilion City, Meowth became jealous that a Persian took Giovanni's place as the boss' pet.<ref name="TB015">[[TB015: Battle Aboard the St. Anne]]</ref> The shipwreck of St. Anne caused the Team Rocket Trio and the heroes to be stranded on an island park. The Trainers destroyed giant mecha Pokémon attractions, believing them to be a threat, which displeased Giovanni, since it was a park under his ownership.<ref name="TB017">[[TB017: Island of the Giant Pokémon!]]</ref> He tasked Butch and Cassidy to steal Pokémon from Trainers, as they pretended to be in charge of a breeding center. Butch and Cassidy were successful, to which Giovanni applauded them, believing Jessie and James would've messed up if he gave the mission to them.<ref name="TB057">[[TB057: The Breeding Center Secret]]</ref> |
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| + | Gary, who won many Badges, went to challenge Giovanni at Viridian City's Gym. Giovanni took on his challenge, sending Golem and Kingler, who were easily defeated by Gary's Nidoking and Arcanine. However, Giovanni brought out a powerful Pokémon encased in an armor: Mewtwo. Gary couldn't identify it with his Pokédex, and Mewtwo brutally defeated his Pokémon. Giovanni permitted Gary to use as many Pokémon as he liked, but it made no difference, since he couldn't win against Mewtwo either way. Gary stormed out, while the Team Rocket trio approached Giovanni to give him Togepi that they had captured. Giovanni was not interested, but he was notified of an incident at a lab. He gave three Pokémon to the trio, to take on challengers in his stead while he went to inspect the incident. He went with Mewtwo, informing the Pokémon that it had a new assignment for it.<ref name="TB063">[[TB063: The Battle of the Badge]]</ref> |
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| − | [[File:Giovanni-first-appearance-anime.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Giovanni encased in shadow]] |
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| − | In the early episodes of Pokémon, his face was hidden from view and his voice was distorted. However, this version was later dropped as the series went on to become more comical. Giovanni has only been shown once as the [[Gym Leader]] of Viridian Gym, in the episode The Battle of the Badge, facing off against [[Gary Oak|Gary]]. In this episode he used [[Mewtwo]], which he was controlling with a machine, against Gary's Pokémon, brutally defeating him. By the time [[Ash]] challenged the Gym, Giovanni left on account of an emergency, leaving [[Jessie]], [[James]] and [[Team Rocket's Meowth|Meowth]] in charge. Ever since the destruction of the Gym, he had never returned to it, rather it was rebuilt and had [[Agatha]] of the Kanto Elite Four take temporary leadership of it. Giovanni in the anime series might be some sort of businessman, because he is revealed to own Pokémon Island. |
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| + | Later, Team Rocket apologized to Giovanni for having the Viridian Gym destroyed, due to an explosion. They went to capture a rare Pokémon, while Giovanni was more focused on Mewtwo.<ref name="TB064">[[TB064: It's Mr. Mime Time]]</ref> Having doubts about their worth in being part of Team Rocket, Jessie, James and Meowth went to the headquarters to quit their jobs. However, they saw the headquarters being destroyed in an explosion, and Mewtwo escaped. Giovanni emerged, unhurt, and entered his helicopter with Persian. This motivated the trio to do better, as they decided not to resign from Team Rocket organization.<ref name="TB067">[[TB067: Showdown at the Po-ké Corral]]</ref> Giovanni went for a vacation but ordered the Team Rocket trio to break into [[Professor Westwood V]]'s laboratory and steal his research.<ref name="TB068">[[TB068: The Evolution Solution]]</ref> |
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| − | He possesses knowledge of the other crime syndicates in the [[Hoenn]], [[Sinnoh]], and [[Unova]] regions, which are also regions that he does not have a branch of Team Rocket. Despite his dislike of Jessie, James and Meowth, he allows them to try setting up new branches (as they kept following Ash to capture his Pikachu). Upon Team Galactic's defeat, Giovanni began looking into the working of a [[Team Plasma|mysterious organization in]] Unova as he wished to obtain artifacts there to further his plans for [[Pokémon World|global]] domination without confronting them. Giovanni allowed Jessie, James and Meowth to do as they please in Unova, working with [[Doctor Zager|Dr. Zager]]. |
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| + | Later, Giovanni sent the Team Rocket trio on a blimp for a mission. Team Rocket was honored by this mission, while Giovanni remembered that the blimp was in a bad state, and only had his insurance on it covered.<ref name="TB084">[[TB084: A Scare in the Air]]</ref> |
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| − | [[File:176.jpg|thumb|225px|Giovanni and his secretacy.]] |
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| + | {{Incomplete|MS001, Mewtwo Returns, MS022}} |
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| − | Giovanni returned to spearhead Team Rocket's: Operation Tempest, a stratagem which involved caputuring [[Meloetta (anime)|Meloetta]]. He did just this using goggles created by Dr. Zager to see the mythical Pokémon even when she was invisible. Giovanni quickly defeats Ash and rejoins Jessie, James, Meowth and Zager. Team Rocket led Giovanni to the Abyssal Temple which they had spent a while looking for. With Ash & Pikachu captured, Giovanni uses Meloetta to summon the Reveal Glass and rise the Abyssal Temple, using Meloetta's calming song, that Team Rocket had insidiously recorded during her time with Ash. Meloetta is caused to suffer in this ceremony. The Kami trio are summoned and the Reveal Glass morphs them into their, feral, vicious Therian Formes. At Giovanni's command, they battle the resistance created by the escaped Ash, Pikachu and their friends, Iris's Dragonite leds this resistance. In the midst of a titanic battle, Ash and Pikachu confront Giovanni. Ash orders Pikachu to use Electro Ball, because Piakchu had been charged up from an earlier attack, the Electro Ball's size and power are augmented significantly. The electric attack incinerates the platform Giovanni was standing on and severes the link between the sadistic leader and the tortured Meloetta. However Giovanni loses his mind because of this, ordering the Kami trio to destroy the Unova region. Jessie, James and Meowth throw themselves at their beloved boss and successfully save him, not only from a fatal explosion but from his insane state. Team Rocket then make a total retreat to Kanto. |
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| + | ====Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver==== |
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| + | Giovanni sent Butch and Cassidy to Johto for another scheme to steal Trainers' Pokémon. They were successful and reported to the boss, until the heroes arrived to stop them.<ref name="GS041">[[GS041: The Fortune Hunters]]</ref> He was contacted by a Team Rocket grunt named Wendy, who reported that the scout found some new possible recruits. She remembered an incident involving Jessie, and suggested that she, James and Meowth fired from the organization. Giovanni refused to do so, but ordered Wendy to keep an eye on them, since they had to pay their loans to the organization. He later had Jessie and James keep their job, since they still needed more recruits, which angered Wendy.<ref name="GS115">[[GS115: Dues and Don'ts]]</ref> |
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| + | ====Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire==== |
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| + | The Team Rocket trio followed Ash to Hoenn, where they called Giovanni from. Giovanni expected good results from them, but refused to send any money to them. Still, he gave them the mission to establish a Secret Base within Hoenn. While Team Rocket cheered for this mission and logged out, Giovanni expected of them to be fodder and unveil activities from Team Aqua and Magma.<ref name="RS002">[[RS002: A Ruin with a View]]</ref> Having kicked out a kid from his room in a Secret Base, the trio called Giovanni. The latter remarked how the interior looked like a child's room, but the trio promised to redecorate the Secret Base. The boss expected of them to call him once they did so and logged out.<ref name="RS027">[[RS027: A Three Team Scheme]]</ref> Giovanni called them about their report on their Secret Base, to which they state it got destroyed. Giovanni became annoyed, threatening to send Butch and Cassidy to do their job. The trio promised to solve the situation, while Giovanni exclaimed, he would like better news in the next call. His Persian taunted the trio as he logged out.<ref name="RS079">[[RS079: Pearls Are a Spoink's Best Friend]]</ref> |
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| + | During one of the Contests Jessie participated in, she had Meowth carve a sculpture of Giovanni and Persian. Meowth later scratched the statue, so the Persian displayed a Meowth in its place.<ref name="RS116">[[RS116: Mean With Envy]]</ref> Returning to Team Rocket's HQ in Kanto, the trio reported to Giovanni, lying that they eliminated Team Aqua and Magma. Giovanni was impressed and sent them on another mission.<ref name="RS133">[[RS133: The Scheme Team]]</ref> |
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| + | ====Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl==== |
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| + | Following Ash to Sinnoh region, the trio called Giovanni from James' mansion. They swore to conquer the Sinnoh region, just like they did in Hoenn.<ref name="DP002">[[DP002: Two Degrees of Separation!]]</ref> They later captured a Yanma, and sent it to the headquarters. However, Giovanni revised that they already had plenty of Yanma, and returned the package to the trio.<ref name="DP080">[[DP080: The Thief That Keeps On Thieving!]]</ref> With their mission in Sinnoh accomplished, the secretary called the Team Rocket trio. She called them back to the HQ, as the boss had prepared a special mission for them.<ref name="DP191">[[DP191: Memories Are Made of Bliss!]]</ref> |
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| + | ====Pokémon the Series: Black and White==== |
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| + | Giovanni sent the Team Rocket trio to Unova. He believed if they were to cause trouble, the [[Team Plasma|mysterious organization in]] Unova would unveil themselves.<ref name="BW001">[[BW001: In the Shadow of Zekrom!]]</ref> They later requested their Pokémon for the mission, but Giovanni and his secretary reminded that their Pokémon weren't native to Unova and would draw attention. They suggested that they could catch new Pokémon and sent some of the supplies for their mission.<ref name="BW002">[[BW002: Enter Iris and Axew!]]</ref> |
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| + | He later called the trio for a mission in Striaton City.<ref name="BW004">[[BW004: The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!]]</ref> He ordered the trio to collect research about the recent technology on the Dream Energy. He expected to use this to amass an army of Pokémon for his purposes, all for the goal of Team Rocket.<ref name="BW005">[[BW005: Triple Leaders, Team Threats!]]</ref> The trio was successful in taking the energy, to which Giovanni promised to call them for a new mission, and logged out.<ref name="BW006">[[BW006: Dreams by the Yard Full!]]</ref> Once his underlings were successful in obtaining the meteorite in Unova, Giovanni went in his helicopter to Unova.<ref name="BW022">[[BW022: A Venipede Stampede!]]</ref> |
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| + | Once Team Rocket, who worked with Dr. Zager, discovered [[Meloetta (anime)|Meloetta]], he went to Unova to launch [[Operation: Tempest]]. He wore the goggles created by Dr. Zager to see the mythical Pokémon, even when it was invisible. He had his grunts surround the heroes and were able to record Meloetta's singing. Ash went with Meloetta away, but Giovanni quickly showed up and defeated Ash by using his Persian. With Meloetta captured, Giovanni rejoined Jessie, James, Meowth and Zager. Team Rocket led Giovanni to the Underwater Temple, and Giovanni used Meloetta's song to summon the Reveal Glass and rise the Unverwater Temple.<ref name="BW098">[[BW098: Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!]]</ref> |
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| + | Meloetta suffered in this ceremony, whereas the Weather trio was summoned, and the Reveal Glass transformed them into their Therian forms. Thus, he had the Weather Trio battle the resistance created by the escaped Ash, Pikachu and their friends. In the midst of a titanic battle, Ash and Pikachu confronted Giovanni along with James, Jessie, Meowth and Doctor Zager. Ash orders Pikachu to use Electro Ball: because Pikachu had been charged up from an earlier attack to save Iris, the Electro Ball's size and power were augmented significantly. The electric attack destroys the platform Giovanni was standing on and severs the link between him and Meloetta, but he was soon possessed by the Reveal Glass. |
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| + | However, Giovanni lost his mind because of his own evil ambitions, ordering the Weather Trio to destroy the Unova region. Seeing his plan had been changed from destroying the Unova region instead of conquering it due to his insanity, Jessie, James and Meowth tackled their boss and successfully saved him. He gained control of himself after being knocked off by the trio. Doctor Zager informed him that they couldn't control the Weather Trio because of Meloetta. and they needed to retreat. Giovanni agreed, as they left while being assisted by James and Jessie until James uses his Yamask to create Haze on Ash and the group to escape the premises. As they escaped on the jet plane, Giovanni finally realized by his own actions after being possessed earlier as he thought on his mind, and he directly ordered to make a total retreat back in Kanto.<ref name="BW099">[[BW099: Unova's Survival Crisis!]]</ref> |
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| + | After Team Plasma was defeated, Giovanni was contacted by the trio about their success of defeating Team Plasma led by Ghetsis and Colress. Giovanni was mostly pleased to the trio as he told them to keep up the good work and do it for the name of Team Rocket before hanging up.<ref name="BW125">[[BW125: Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures!]]</ref> Giovanni was in his office at Team Rocket's HQ after James, Jessie and Meowth were blasted off by all of Ash's Pokémon at his hometown in Pallet Town for intending to capture his Pikachu. Giovanni was pleased to see the trio defeated Team Plasma and wanted to know of the results. Meowth lied that they found a unique Pokémon in the Unova region, to which James and Jessie gave each of their two Unova Pokémon, which Giovanni accepted for its safekeeping.<ref name="BW144">[[BW144: The Dream Continues!]]</ref> |
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| + | Having arrived to Kalos, the Team Rocket trio called Giovanni. The latter expected of them to work hard and logged out.<ref name="XY003">[[XY003: A Battle of Aerial Mobility!]]</ref> Giovanni was impressed to see both James and Jessie gained their Kalos Pokémon - Inkay and Pumpkaboo - after they tricked Clemont on making their robot and the transporter to capture Pikachu.<ref name="XY028">[[XY029:_Heroes—Friends_and_Faux_Alike!]]</ref> |
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| + | The Team Rocket trio learned of Team Flare and the mysterious [[Z-2]] being. Giovanni was called, and was intrigued by the organization's existence, and ordered them to capture Z-2 at any cost.<ref name="XY107">[[XY107: An Explosive Operation!]]</ref> Team Rocket took the credit for defeating Team Flare, to which Giovanni congratulated them. He promised to reward them, which pleased the trio.<ref name="XY137">[[XY137: Battling with a Clean Slate!]]</ref> The trio showed the report to Giovanni, who informed the trio to return in Team Rocket HQ in Kanto.<ref name="XY140">[[XY144:_Till_We_Compete_Again!]]</ref> |
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| + | Giovanni had the trio go to Alola region, to capture the Pokémon not found in the other regions.<ref name="SM003">[[SM003: Loading the Dex!]]</ref> He called the trio with his assistant, Matori, to learn more on the status of their mission. The trio claimed they made a base in a cave, and have captured Mimikyu and Bewear, to which Giovanni expected more work from them before logging out.<ref name="SM012">[[SM012: The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!]]</ref> Giovanni and Matori called the trio, in the base where their Alolan Meowth walked in. The trio claimed they were trying to see what abilities and powers it had, to which the assistant reminded them to report anything they learned. Giovanni expected more work from them and logged out.<ref name="SM062">[[SM062: Acting True to Form!]]</ref> |
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| + | Matori called the trio, which annoyed Jessie, as she yelled out, they were studying Z-Moves. Since they had no Z-Ring, Giovanni suggested that they could go to Nanu, an Island Kahuna of Ula'ula Island, an old acquaintance of his.<ref name="SM073">[[SM073: Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Sometime?]]</ref> Giovanni later called Nanu, referring to him as his "old friend". He admitted his surprise that Nanu became an Island Kahuna and a police officer. Nanu brushed Giovanni off, who wanted to ask Nanu about the Blinding One. However, Nanu ended the call, hearing trouble outside the station.<ref name="SM074">[[SM074: Tough Guy Trials!]]</ref> Matori later flew to Alola, learning that an Ultra Wormhole had opened and that *it* may come out. Giovanni urged her to complete the mission and logged out.<ref name="SM087">[[SM087: Filling the Light with Darkness!]]</ref> |
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| + | Giovanni sent Matori to join the Team Rocket trio, to collect the Bewear they supposedly captured.<ref name="SM122">[[SM122: Spying for the Guy!]]</ref> He later called the trio, asking of them to return to the HQ in Kanto. The assistant exclaimed that they had been withholding information for too long. Still, Giovanni expected other great things from them and ended the call.<ref name="SM146">[[SM146: Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!]]</ref> |
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| + | ====Pokémon Journeys: the Series==== |
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| + | {{Incomplete|PJ003, PJ018, PJ024, PJ026}} |
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| + | |imgOther = Giovanni ETP.png {{!}} [[Giovanni (ETP)|Giovanni in ''The Electric Tale of Pikachu'' (manga)]] |
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| + | {{Trainer's Pokémon|type = normal|image = Giovanni Persian.png|info = Giovanni's Persian's first appearance was at Viridian City's Gym. It always appears being petted by Giovanni. It was used to fight and defeat Ash's Pikachu when Giovanni meets Ash for the first time.|nameline = [[Giovanni's Persian (anime)|Persian]]}} |
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| − | |info = Giovanni's Persian's first appearance was in [[IL015: Battle Aboard the St. Anne|Battle Aboard the St. Anne]]. It always appears being petted by Giovanni. |
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| − | |nameline = [[Giovanni's Persian|Persian]]|gender = male}} |
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| + | ===Status unknown=== |
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| + | {{Trainer's Pokémon|type = rock|type2 = ground|image = Giovanni Golem anime.png|info = Giovanni's Golem took an appearance at the Viridian City's Gym. It was defeated quickly by Gary's Nidoking.|nameline = [[Giovanni's Golem (anime)|Golem]]}} |
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| − | |type = rock |
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| − | |image = 200px-Giovanni_Golem.png |
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| − | |info = Giovanni's Golem took an appearance in [[IL063: The Battle of the Badge|The Battle of the Badge]] it was defeated quickly by [[Gary Oak]]. Golem's only known move: [[Tackle]]. |
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| − | |nameline = [[Giovanni's Golem|Golem]]|gender = male|type2 = ground}} |
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| + | {{Trainer's Pokémon|type = fighting|image = Giovanni Machamp.png|info = Giovanni's Machamp made an appearance at Viridian City's Gym, as it was defeated by Ash's Squirtle.|nameline = [[Giovanni's Machamp|Machamp]]}} |
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| − | |type = fighting |
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| − | |info = Giovanni's Machamp made an appearance in [[IL063: The Battle of the Badge|The Battle of the Badge]] it was defeated by [[Ash's Squirtle]]. Machamp's only known move: [[Karate Chop]]. |
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| − | |nameline = [[Giovanni's Machamp|Machamp]]|gender = Male}} {{AnimePokémon |
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| − | |type = ground |
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| − | |info = Giovanni's Rhydon appeared in [[IL063: The Battle of the Badge|The Battle of the Badge]] its moves are unknown and it was defeated by [[Ash's Pidgeot]]to. |
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| − | |nameline = [[Giovanni's Rhydon|Rhydon]]|gender = male|type2 = rock}} |
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| + | {{Trainer's Pokémon|type = ground|type2 = rock|image = Giovanni Rhydon anime.png|info = Giovanni's Rhydon appeared at Viridian City's Gym, being defeated by Ash's Pidgeotto.|nameline = [[Giovanni's Rhydon (anime)|Rhydon]]}} |
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| − | |type = water |
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| − | |info = Giovanni's Cloyster appeared in a cameo in a [[IL063: The Battle of the Badge|The Battle of the Badge]], it really appeared in a water tank and nothing else is known about it. |
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| − | |nameline = [[Giovanni's Cloyster|Cloyster]]|gender = male|type2 = ice}} |
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| + | {{Trainer's Pokémon|type = water|type2 = ice|image = Giovanni Cloyster anime.png|info = Giovanni's Cloyster appeared in a water tank, serving as his pet.|nameline = [[Giovanni's Cloyster (anime)|Cloyster]]}} |
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| + | {{Trainer's Pokémon|type = water|image = Giovanni Kingler.png|info = Giovanni's Kingler appeared fighting Ash's Bulbasaur at Viridian City's Gym.|nameline = [[Giovanni's Kingler|Kingler]]}} |
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| − | |info = Giovanni's Kingler appeared fighting [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] in the episode [[IL063: The Battle of the Badge|The Battle of the Badge]]. It's only known moves are: [[Bubble]], [[Crabhammer]], and [[Harden]]. |
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| − | |nameline = [[Giovanni's Kingler|Kingler]]|gender = male}} |
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| + | {{Trainer's Pokémon|type = normal|type2 = psychic|image = Meloetta Aria Forme anime.png|info = Meloetta was the key to Team Rocket's "Operation Tempest," and was attacked several times by the Team Rocket trio before finally being captured by Giovanni. He then used it to open a seal on the Abyssal Ruins, summoning the [[Reveal Glass]].|nameline = [[Meloetta (anime)|Meloetta]]}} |
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| + | {{Trainer's Pokémon|type = ground|type2 = flying|image = Landorus Therian anime.png|info = Landorus was summoned by Giovanni with Meloetta and the Reveal Glass. By using the Reveal Glass, Giovanni forced Landorus to transform into his Therian Forme, where he wreaked havoc by freezing a nearby town. After Giovanni had abandoned him, Meloetta calmed Landorus down with its singing.|gender = male|nameline = [[Landorus (anime)|Landorus]]}} |
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| + | {{Trainer's Pokémon|type = electric|type2 = flying|image = Thundurus Therian anime.png|info = Thundurus was summoned by Giovanni with Meloetta and the Reveal Glass. By using the Reveal Glass, Giovanni forced Thundurus to transform into his Therian Forme, where he wreaked havoc by freezing a nearby town. During the battle, Pikachu absorbed some of his electricity, greatly powering up his Electro Ball. After Giovanni had abandoned him, Meloetta calmed Thundurus down with its singing.|gender = male|nameline = [[Thundurus (anime)|Thundurus]]}} |
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| − | |info = Giovanni's Mewtwo was created by Giovanni's scientists on the Cinnabar Island. It first appeared in [[IL063: The Battle of the Badge|The Battle of the Badge]] in Giovanni's Gym battle with [[Gary Oak]]. It's so powerful it down [[Gary's Arcanine]] and Nidoking with little effort. When Gary tried to find what out Pokémon it was, Mewtwo overloaded his Pokédex. In [[IL064: It's Mr. Mime Time|It's Mr. Mime Time]], Mewtwo escapes from Team Rocket Headquarters, destroying it in the process. |
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| + | **[[Hirotaka Suzuoki]] (EP015-AG132 until his death in 2006) |
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| + | **[[Kenta Miyake]] (DP002-present) |
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| + | **[[Akio Ōtsuka]] (Pokémon Generations) |
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| + | **[[Ted Lewis]] (EP015-AG132, DP080-present) |
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| + | **[[Craig Blair]] (DP002-DP043) |
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| + | **Jang Hobi (Original Series & Pokémon Generations) |
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| + | **Seok Jeong-yang (Seasons 6 and 7) |
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| + | **Jang Gwang (Seasons 8 and 9) |
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| + | **Shin Yong-woo ("Pocket Monsters DP"-present) |
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| + | **Abdullah Al-Farhad (Cartoon Network dub) |
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| + | **Shailendra Pandey (Mewtwo Returns) |
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| + | **Sam Parker (Hungama dub) |
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| + | **Charis Grigoropoulos |
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| + | *'''Italian''': |
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| + | **Tony Fuochi (EP015-EP017, EP063-EP082, EP231-AG079, Double Trouble) |
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| + | **Pietro Ubaldi (BW123, TPCi redubbing of EP015-EP057) |
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| + | **Oliviero Corbetta (EP157) |
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| + | **Giovanni Battezzato (DP191-BW097, XY107-JN024, M22 until his death in 2022) |
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| + | **Federico Danti (DP002-DP080, BW142-XY209, TPCi redubbing of EP157) |
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| + | **Giorgio Bonino (Pokémon Generations) |
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| + | **Raffaele Farina (Pokémon Origins) |
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| + | **Riccardo Rovatti (EP057) |
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| + | **Marco Balbi (M01) |
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| + | **Marco Pagani (HS12) |
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| + | **Sergio Romanò (AG132) |
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| + | **Ibrahim Madi/إبراهيم ماضي (M22) |
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| + | *'''Filipino''': |
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| + | **Jefferson Utanes |
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| + | *'''Swedish''': |
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| + | **Johan Hedenberg |
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| + | **Daniel Picard |
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| + | *Giovanni is partly inspired by Ernst Stavro Blofeld from James Bond, especially in the first season. Similarly, to the Bond villain, he is the leader of a criminal organization, his face cannot be seen initially, and he has a pet cat, in this case a [[Persian]]. |
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Domino and Giovanni.png|Giovanni with his Persian, Domino & Rocket Grunts |
Domino and Giovanni.png|Giovanni with his Persian, Domino & Rocket Grunts |
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Latest revision as of 19:17, 31 December 2023
- For the variant appearing in the games, see Giovanni.
You're just the players in my master plan!
Giovanni during in Double Trouble
Giovanni is a character appearing in Pokémon the Series, who is the leader of Team Rocket and the Gym Leader of Viridian City in the Kanto region. He usually appears in Team Rocket Trio's fantasies, where they dream of getting rewards if they bring him a specific Pokémon.
Appearance
Giovanni is a middle-aged man that wears a black formal suit with a white long sleeve button shirt with a red tie at the collar. He has short, brown hair and wears black dress shoes. He also always has a sinister look on his face. This is his current main outfit at the end of The Dream Continues! from the Best Wishes series and onwards.
Earlier in the first season anime, he was shadowed to hide his identity until his face is now shown getting frustrated towards James, Jessie and Meowth after seeing their failures for allowing Ash to gain the Earth Badge from their defeat. His suit from his primary appearance is shown to be orange instead of black and has a green vest beneath his button shirt and red tie. This is his primary outfit until the Diamond and Pearl series.
From third season until the thirteenth season, Giovanni is mostly seen in Jessie, James and Meowth's fantasies once they steal most Pokémon, Giovanni wears various outfits during their fantasies.
In the fourteenth season when he had a brief rendezvous with James, Jessie and Meowth in their missions, the confrontation against another organization, Team Plasma in the two unaired episodes, and his Operation Tempest to capture the Mythical Pokémon Meloetta until he was consumed by his own ambitions to destroy Unova due to the possession of the Reveal Glass, Giovanni wears a dark green military attire and his folded sleeves are red and his dress shoes are completely black.
Personality
Giovanni, being the leader of Team Rocket, is pure evil. In the Original series, Giovanni shows his seriousness in battle as a Gym Leader when he faces Gary Oak in a Gym battle. He also shows his frustration towards Jessie, James and Meowth due to their various failures after his theme park and his Gym are destroyed because of the incident they made. But this behavior subsides when the trio are promoted as Advanced Agent after defeating Team Galactic led by Cyrus and Pokémon Hunter J.
Giovanni has a great trust on Cassidy and Butch due to their superiority over Jessie and James and have no frustration toward his two top agents even if they failed him. Giovanni is also knowledgeable on different criminal organizations from other regions.
In the Best Wishes series, Giovanni shows no hesitation to defeat his opponent and his Pokémon. He has a confident and ambitious side when his Operation Tempest is finally engaged and had full control of the Kami trio to attack Ash and the group. But this soon changes into evil and derangement when he was possessed by the Reveal Glass only to be returned to normal after James, Jessie and Meowth tackled him on the ground as their plans to conquer Unova were thwarted.
Etymology
- This section, or a part of it, has been transcluded from Giovanni; any changes involving it should be made there instead. /
The name Giovanni may originate from geo-, a prefix meaning "earth", as he is a Ground-type Trainer. His localized name's Italian etymology likely alludes to the Sicilian Mafia, a crime syndicate based out of Italy, which Team Rocket's localized appearances (in Japanese, they're based on a Yakuza faction, a type of Japanese crime syndicate) are based on.
His Japanese name, Sakaki, is literally 榊 (sakaki, a sacred tree that the Earth Badge resembles). It may also include 坂 (saka, slope).
Biography
Anime
Pokémon the Series: The Beginning
Giovanni's silhouette
To steal Pokémon from Trainers, the Team Rocket Trio called their boss, Giovanni. As they told their plan to invite Trainers to St. Anne, the ship at Vermilion City, Meowth became jealous that a Persian took Giovanni's place as the boss' pet.[1] The shipwreck of St. Anne caused the Team Rocket Trio and the heroes to be stranded on an island park. The Trainers destroyed giant mecha Pokémon attractions, believing them to be a threat, which displeased Giovanni, since it was a park under his ownership.[2] He tasked Butch and Cassidy to steal Pokémon from Trainers, as they pretended to be in charge of a breeding center. Butch and Cassidy were successful, to which Giovanni applauded them, believing Jessie and James would've messed up if he gave the mission to them.[3]
Gary, who won many Badges, went to challenge Giovanni at Viridian City's Gym. Giovanni took on his challenge, sending Golem and Kingler, who were easily defeated by Gary's Nidoking and Arcanine. However, Giovanni brought out a powerful Pokémon encased in an armor: Mewtwo. Gary couldn't identify it with his Pokédex, and Mewtwo brutally defeated his Pokémon. Giovanni permitted Gary to use as many Pokémon as he liked, but it made no difference, since he couldn't win against Mewtwo either way. Gary stormed out, while the Team Rocket trio approached Giovanni to give him Togepi that they had captured. Giovanni was not interested, but he was notified of an incident at a lab. He gave three Pokémon to the trio, to take on challengers in his stead while he went to inspect the incident. He went with Mewtwo, informing the Pokémon that it had a new assignment for it.[4]
Later, Team Rocket apologized to Giovanni for having the Viridian Gym destroyed, due to an explosion. They went to capture a rare Pokémon, while Giovanni was more focused on Mewtwo.[5] Having doubts about their worth in being part of Team Rocket, Jessie, James and Meowth went to the headquarters to quit their jobs. However, they saw the headquarters being destroyed in an explosion, and Mewtwo escaped. Giovanni emerged, unhurt, and entered his helicopter with Persian. This motivated the trio to do better, as they decided not to resign from Team Rocket organization.[6] Giovanni went for a vacation but ordered the Team Rocket trio to break into Professor Westwood V's laboratory and steal his research.[7]
Later, Giovanni sent the Team Rocket trio on a blimp for a mission. Team Rocket was honored by this mission, while Giovanni remembered that the blimp was in a bad state, and only had his insurance on it covered.[8]
Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver
Giovanni sent Butch and Cassidy to Johto for another scheme to steal Trainers' Pokémon. They were successful and reported to the boss, until the heroes arrived to stop them.[9] He was contacted by a Team Rocket grunt named Wendy, who reported that the scout found some new possible recruits. She remembered an incident involving Jessie, and suggested that she, James and Meowth fired from the organization. Giovanni refused to do so, but ordered Wendy to keep an eye on them, since they had to pay their loans to the organization. He later had Jessie and James keep their job, since they still needed more recruits, which angered Wendy.[10]
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
The Team Rocket trio followed Ash to Hoenn, where they called Giovanni from. Giovanni expected good results from them, but refused to send any money to them. Still, he gave them the mission to establish a Secret Base within Hoenn. While Team Rocket cheered for this mission and logged out, Giovanni expected of them to be fodder and unveil activities from Team Aqua and Magma.[11] Having kicked out a kid from his room in a Secret Base, the trio called Giovanni. The latter remarked how the interior looked like a child's room, but the trio promised to redecorate the Secret Base. The boss expected of them to call him once they did so and logged out.[12] Giovanni called them about their report on their Secret Base, to which they state it got destroyed. Giovanni became annoyed, threatening to send Butch and Cassidy to do their job. The trio promised to solve the situation, while Giovanni exclaimed, he would like better news in the next call. His Persian taunted the trio as he logged out.[13]
During one of the Contests Jessie participated in, she had Meowth carve a sculpture of Giovanni and Persian. Meowth later scratched the statue, so the Persian displayed a Meowth in its place.[14] Returning to Team Rocket's HQ in Kanto, the trio reported to Giovanni, lying that they eliminated Team Aqua and Magma. Giovanni was impressed and sent them on another mission.[15]
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
Following Ash to Sinnoh region, the trio called Giovanni from James' mansion. They swore to conquer the Sinnoh region, just like they did in Hoenn.[16] They later captured a Yanma, and sent it to the headquarters. However, Giovanni revised that they already had plenty of Yanma, and returned the package to the trio.[17] With their mission in Sinnoh accomplished, the secretary called the Team Rocket trio. She called them back to the HQ, as the boss had prepared a special mission for them.[18]
Pokémon the Series: Black and White
Giovanni sent the Team Rocket trio to Unova. He believed if they were to cause trouble, the mysterious organization in Unova would unveil themselves.[19] They later requested their Pokémon for the mission, but Giovanni and his secretary reminded that their Pokémon weren't native to Unova and would draw attention. They suggested that they could catch new Pokémon and sent some of the supplies for their mission.[20]
He later called the trio for a mission in Striaton City.[21] He ordered the trio to collect research about the recent technology on the Dream Energy. He expected to use this to amass an army of Pokémon for his purposes, all for the goal of Team Rocket.[22] The trio was successful in taking the energy, to which Giovanni promised to call them for a new mission, and logged out.[23] Once his underlings were successful in obtaining the meteorite in Unova, Giovanni went in his helicopter to Unova.[24]
Once Team Rocket, who worked with Dr. Zager, discovered Meloetta, he went to Unova to launch Operation: Tempest. He wore the goggles created by Dr. Zager to see the mythical Pokémon, even when it was invisible. He had his grunts surround the heroes and were able to record Meloetta's singing. Ash went with Meloetta away, but Giovanni quickly showed up and defeated Ash by using his Persian. With Meloetta captured, Giovanni rejoined Jessie, James, Meowth and Zager. Team Rocket led Giovanni to the Underwater Temple, and Giovanni used Meloetta's song to summon the Reveal Glass and rise the Unverwater Temple.[25]
Meloetta suffered in this ceremony, whereas the Weather trio was summoned, and the Reveal Glass transformed them into their Therian forms. Thus, he had the Weather Trio battle the resistance created by the escaped Ash, Pikachu and their friends. In the midst of a titanic battle, Ash and Pikachu confronted Giovanni along with James, Jessie, Meowth and Doctor Zager. Ash orders Pikachu to use Electro Ball: because Pikachu had been charged up from an earlier attack to save Iris, the Electro Ball's size and power were augmented significantly. The electric attack destroys the platform Giovanni was standing on and severs the link between him and Meloetta, but he was soon possessed by the Reveal Glass.
However, Giovanni lost his mind because of his own evil ambitions, ordering the Weather Trio to destroy the Unova region. Seeing his plan had been changed from destroying the Unova region instead of conquering it due to his insanity, Jessie, James and Meowth tackled their boss and successfully saved him. He gained control of himself after being knocked off by the trio. Doctor Zager informed him that they couldn't control the Weather Trio because of Meloetta. and they needed to retreat. Giovanni agreed, as they left while being assisted by James and Jessie until James uses his Yamask to create Haze on Ash and the group to escape the premises. As they escaped on the jet plane, Giovanni finally realized by his own actions after being possessed earlier as he thought on his mind, and he directly ordered to make a total retreat back in Kanto.[26]
After Team Plasma was defeated, Giovanni was contacted by the trio about their success of defeating Team Plasma led by Ghetsis and Colress. Giovanni was mostly pleased to the trio as he told them to keep up the good work and do it for the name of Team Rocket before hanging up.[27] Giovanni was in his office at Team Rocket's HQ after James, Jessie and Meowth were blasted off by all of Ash's Pokémon at his hometown in Pallet Town for intending to capture his Pikachu. Giovanni was pleased to see the trio defeated Team Plasma and wanted to know of the results. Meowth lied that they found a unique Pokémon in the Unova region, to which James and Jessie gave each of their two Unova Pokémon, which Giovanni accepted for its safekeeping.[28]
Pokémon the Series: XY and XYZ
Having arrived to Kalos, the Team Rocket trio called Giovanni. The latter expected of them to work hard and logged out.[29] Giovanni was impressed to see both James and Jessie gained their Kalos Pokémon - Inkay and Pumpkaboo - after they tricked Clemont on making their robot and the transporter to capture Pikachu.[30]
The Team Rocket trio learned of Team Flare and the mysterious Z-2 being. Giovanni was called, and was intrigued by the organization's existence, and ordered them to capture Z-2 at any cost.[31] Team Rocket took the credit for defeating Team Flare, to which Giovanni congratulated them. He promised to reward them, which pleased the trio.[32] The trio showed the report to Giovanni, who informed the trio to return in Team Rocket HQ in Kanto.[33]
Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
Giovanni had the trio go to Alola region, to capture the Pokémon not found in the other regions.[34] He called the trio with his assistant, Matori, to learn more on the status of their mission. The trio claimed they made a base in a cave, and have captured Mimikyu and Bewear, to which Giovanni expected more work from them before logging out.[35] Giovanni and Matori called the trio, in the base where their Alolan Meowth walked in. The trio claimed they were trying to see what abilities and powers it had, to which the assistant reminded them to report anything they learned. Giovanni expected more work from them and logged out.[36]
Matori called the trio, which annoyed Jessie, as she yelled out, they were studying Z-Moves. Since they had no Z-Ring, Giovanni suggested that they could go to Nanu, an Island Kahuna of Ula'ula Island, an old acquaintance of his.[37] Giovanni later called Nanu, referring to him as his "old friend". He admitted his surprise that Nanu became an Island Kahuna and a police officer. Nanu brushed Giovanni off, who wanted to ask Nanu about the Blinding One. However, Nanu ended the call, hearing trouble outside the station.[38] Matori later flew to Alola, learning that an Ultra Wormhole had opened and that *it* may come out. Giovanni urged her to complete the mission and logged out.[39]
Giovanni sent Matori to join the Team Rocket trio, to collect the Bewear they supposedly captured.[40] He later called the trio, asking of them to return to the HQ in Kanto. The assistant exclaimed that they had been withholding information for too long. Still, Giovanni expected other great things from them and ended the call.[41]
Pokémon Journeys: the Series
Other appearances
Pokémon
On hand
Status unknown
Temporary
Landorus ♂
Tornadus ♂
Escaped
Given
Woobat ♂
Yamask ♂
Frillish ♀
Rejected
Yanma ♀
Voice actors
- Japanese:
- Hirotaka Suzuoki (EP015-AG132 until his death in 2006)
- Kenta Miyake (DP002-present)
- Akio Ōtsuka (Pokémon Generations)
- English:
- Ted Lewis (EP015-AG132, DP080-present)
- Craig Blair (DP002-DP043)
- Korean:
- Jang Hobi (Original Series & Pokémon Generations)
- Seok Jeong-yang (Seasons 6 and 7)
- Jang Gwang (Seasons 8 and 9)
- Shin Yong-woo ("Pocket Monsters DP"-present)
- Hindi:
- Abdullah Al-Farhad (Cartoon Network dub)
- Shailendra Pandey (Mewtwo Returns)
- Sam Parker (Hungama dub)
- Greek:
- Charis Grigoropoulos
- Italian:
- Tony Fuochi (EP015-EP017, EP063-EP082, EP231-AG079, Double Trouble)
- Pietro Ubaldi (BW123, TPCi redubbing of EP015-EP057)
- Oliviero Corbetta (EP157)
- Giovanni Battezzato (DP191-BW097, XY107-JN024, M22 until his death in 2022)
- Federico Danti (DP002-DP080, BW142-XY209, TPCi redubbing of EP157)
- Giorgio Bonino (Pokémon Generations)
- Raffaele Farina (Pokémon Origins)
- Riccardo Rovatti (EP057)
- Marco Balbi (M01)
- Marco Pagani (HS12)
- Sergio Romanò (AG132)
- Arabic:
- Ibrahim Madi/إبراهيم ماضي (M22)
- Filipino:
- Jefferson Utanes
- Swedish:
- Johan Hedenberg
- Canadian French:
- Daniel Picard
Trivia
- Giovanni is partly inspired by Ernst Stavro Blofeld from James Bond, especially in the first season. Similarly, to the Bond villain, he is the leader of a criminal organization, his face cannot be seen initially, and he has a pet cat, in this case a Persian.
Gallery
See also
References
- ^ TB015: Battle Aboard the St. Anne
- ^ TB017: Island of the Giant Pokémon!
- ^ TB057: The Breeding Center Secret
- ^ TB063: The Battle of the Badge
- ^ TB064: It's Mr. Mime Time
- ^ TB067: Showdown at the Po-ké Corral
- ^ TB068: The Evolution Solution
- ^ TB084: A Scare in the Air
- ^ GS041: The Fortune Hunters
- ^ GS115: Dues and Don'ts
- ^ RS002: A Ruin with a View
- ^ RS027: A Three Team Scheme
- ^ RS079: Pearls Are a Spoink's Best Friend
- ^ RS116: Mean With Envy
- ^ RS133: The Scheme Team
- ^ DP002: Two Degrees of Separation!
- ^ DP080: The Thief That Keeps On Thieving!
- ^ DP191: Memories Are Made of Bliss!
- ^ BW001: In the Shadow of Zekrom!
- ^ BW002: Enter Iris and Axew!
- ^ BW004: The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!
- ^ BW005: Triple Leaders, Team Threats!
- ^ BW006: Dreams by the Yard Full!
- ^ BW022: A Venipede Stampede!
- ^ BW098: Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!
- ^ BW099: Unova's Survival Crisis!
- ^ BW125: Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures!
- ^ BW144: The Dream Continues!
- ^ XY003: A Battle of Aerial Mobility!
- ^ XY029:_Heroes—Friends_and_Faux_Alike!
- ^ XY107: An Explosive Operation!
- ^ XY137: Battling with a Clean Slate!
- ^ XY144:_Till_We_Compete_Again!
- ^ SM003: Loading the Dex!
- ^ SM012: The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!
- ^ SM062: Acting True to Form!
- ^ SM073: Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Sometime?
- ^ SM074: Tough Guy Trials!
- ^ SM087: Filling the Light with Darkness!
- ^ SM122: Spying for the Guy!
- ^ SM146: Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!
