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{{Character | {{Character | ||
| name=Giovanni | | name=Giovanni | ||
− | | image=[[image:Giovanni.png| | + | | image=[[image:Giovanni.png|100px]] |
− | | caption= | + | | caption=Giovanni in [[Pokémon: FireRed and LeafGreen Versions]]. |
| bgcolor=#660000 | | bgcolor=#660000 | ||
| fgcolor=#FFFFFF | | fgcolor=#FFFFFF | ||
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| hair=Black | | hair=Black | ||
| eyes=Black | | eyes=Black | ||
− | | relatives=[[Silver]] (son) | + | | relatives=[[Silver]] (possible son) |
| base=[[Viridian City]] Gym | | base=[[Viridian City]] Gym | ||
| affiliation=[[Team Rocket]] | | affiliation=[[Team Rocket]] | ||
− | | voiced by= | + | | voiced by= |
− | | debut= | + | | debut=[[Pokémon: Red, Green and Blue Versions|Pokémon: Red Version/Pokemon: Green Version]] |
|}} | |}} | ||
− | + | Giovanni was the criminal mastermind who once led [[Team Rocket]], and at the same time was the Gym Leader of the [[Viridian City]] gym. He was the primary antagonist of the "first generation" games but has gone missing since. | |
=Background= | =Background= | ||
− | + | In [[Pokémon: Red, Green and Blue Versions|Pokémon Red, Green, Blue]] and [[Pokémon: Yellow Version|Yellow]], [[Red]] first encountered Giovanni in the [[Celadon City]] Game corner. Giovanni, like most of Team Rocket, regarded Red as a minor nuisance at first. Red then proceeded to defeat Giovanni at battle. Losing a small bit of dignity and the Silph Scope, Giovanni proceeds to resume negotiations with the president of Silph Co. Giovanni wanted Silph Co.'s new Master Ball, a prototype Poké Ball that would capture a Pokémon without fail. What his intentions were with the ball are not clear, though Red does manage to defeat Giovanni and his cronies again. | |
− | + | Giovanni finally returned to his gym, humiliated. Populating his gym were extremely tough trainers who mostly specialized in ground type Pokémon, as did Giovanni himself. After being defeated finally, he rewarded Red with the Earthbadge and the Technical Machine 26 (Earthquake). He then disbanded Team Rocket. | |
− | + | However, not all Rockets had given up hope. Smaller more independent branches banded together and three years later, they attempted to contact Giovanni to restore the team in [[Pokémon: Gold and Silver Versions|Pokémon Gold, Silver,]] and [[Pokémon: Crystal Version|Crystal]]. However it seems that Giovanni is truly gone, as he never answered their calls. | |
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==Pokémon Roster== | ==Pokémon Roster== | ||
− | + | Giovanni specializes in Ground-type Pokémon. In Red, Blue and Green (as well as [[Pokémon: FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen]]) he uses an [[Onix]], a [[Rhyhorn]] and a [[Kangaskhan]] in the Game Corner battle. For the Silph Co. battle he again uses Rhyhorn and Kangaskhan along with a [[Nidorino]] and [[Nidoqueen]]. Finally the Pokémon he uses in the battle at the Viridian Gym are: | |
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*Rhyhorn | *Rhyhorn | ||
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*[[Rhydon]] | *[[Rhydon]] | ||
− | [[Pokémon: Yellow Version|The | + | [[Pokémon: Yellow Version|The Yellow version]] replaces Giovanni's Kangaskhan (in the first two battles) and Rhyhorn (in the last battle) with a [[Persian]] to reference Giovanni's pet Persian from the anime series. |
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=Other Appearances= | =Other Appearances= | ||
− | + | In [[Pokémon Puzzle League]], Giovanni was the tenth enemy and the final boss of Easy Mode. [[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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=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 | + | *It has been speculated that Red (or Ash in the anime) is Giovanni's llegitimate son. However a Rocket Scientist in [[Pokémon: FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen]] states that it can't be possible since Giovanni's son has red hair. [[Silver]] has red hair, and he also hates Team Rocket for reasons unknown. This suggests he is Giovanni's son. |
− | + | *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, [[Ash Ketchum]]). He was mostly seen commanding the bumbling [[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 Givanni mostly appears in comical fantasy sequences thought up by [[Team Rocket's Meowth|Meowth]]. Unlike in the games, Giovanni has not resigned from Team Rocket and continues to oversee it past the "Gold and Silver" era. | |
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− | [[Category: Pokémon Characters]] | + | [[Category:Pokémon Characters]] |