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{{samename|character in the games whose Japanese name is Giovanni|Earl Dervish}} ''For the episode of [[Pokémon Origins]], see [[PO03|File 3: Giovanni]].''
{{samename|character in the games whose Japanese name is Giovanni|Earl Dervish}} ''For the episode of [[Pokémon Origins]], see [[PO03|File 3: Giovanni]].''
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'''Giovanni''' (Japanese: '''サカキ''' ''Sakaki'') was the head of [[Team Rocket]], and served as the secretive [[Gym Leader]] of [[Viridian City]]'s [[Gym]], known officially as the [[Viridian Gym]]. He handed out the {{Badge|Earth}} to {{pkmn|Trainer}}s who defeated him. As a Gym Leader, he [[Type expert|specialized]] in {{type|Ground}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, but his master plan includes collecting rare Pokémon of all [[type]]s. In [[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon]], he makes a return appearance as the leader of [[Team Rainbow Rocket]]. He is the only character in the games to have the {{DL|Pokémon Trainer|Trainer class}}es '''Boss'''{{sup/3|FRLG}}/'''Rocket Boss'''{{sup/4|HGSS}} (Japanese: '''ロケットだんボス''' ''Team Rocket Boss'') and '''Team Rainbow Rocket''' (Japanese: '''{{j|Rロケットだん}}''' ''Team R Rocket'').
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'''Giovanni''' (Japanese: '''サカキ''' ''Sakaki'') is the former head of [[Team Rocket]], who served as the secretive [[Gym Leader]] of [[Viridian City]]'s [[Gym]], known officially as the [[Viridian Gym]]. He handed out the {{Badge|Earth}} to {{pkmn|Trainer}}s who defeated him in {{pkmn|battle}}. As a Gym Leader, he [[Type expert|specialized]] in {{type|Ground}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, but his master plan includes collecting rare Pokémon of all [[type]]s. In [[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon]], he makes a return appearance as the leader of [[Team Rainbow Rocket]]. He is the only character in the games to have the {{DL|Pokémon Trainer|Trainer class}}es '''Boss'''{{sup/3|FRLG}}/'''Rocket Boss'''{{sup/4|HGSS}}/'''Team Rocket Boss'''{{sup/7|PE}} (Japanese: '''ロケットだんボス''' ''Team Rocket Boss'') and '''Team Rainbow Rocket''' (Japanese: '''{{j|Rロケットだん}}''' ''Team R Rocket'').
 
==Terminology==
In the English version of {{eng|Pokémon Stadium}}, his name is misspelled "'''Giovani'''" (with one n) to fit the game's seven-character limit for Trainer names. His name is correctly written as '''Giovanni''' in the ''[[Pokémon Stadium: Official Nintendo Player's Guide]]''.


==In the games==
In the Japanese version of the {{ga|Trainer Card}} from the [[Generation I]] games, he is unidentified and his name is written as '''???''', as opposed to other Gym Leaders who have their names written on the Trainer Card. However, the English version of the Generation I Trainer Card does not have any names of Gym Leaders. Giovanni appears as a silhouette in both language versions.
Giovanni is the primary antagonist of the games taking place in Kanto.  


In the [[Generation I|first games]] Giovanni appeared in, he served a dual role: one that was well-known to the residents of Kanto, and one that was more secret. He was first shown as the leader of the villainous [[Team Rocket]], the first of many [[villainous teams|criminal organizations]] to grace the Pokémon games. After the [[player]] defeated him and his team of Grunts at [[Silph Co.]], Giovanni fled to a hideout that the player is unaware of. Once the player returned to Viridian City, one of the major plot twists of these games revealed that Giovanni, in addition to his role as a criminal, was the final Gym Leader to be fought before the [[Elite Four]]—albeit one without a formal title. Here, he specializes in the {{t|Ground}} type. Once defeated, he disbanded Team Rocket and left the player with the {{Badge|Earth}} and {{TM|27|Fissure}}. If talked to again, he then vanishes and is not seen again for the rest of the game.
He is also unidentified and has his name is written as '''???''' on the list of Gym Leaders seen in Japanese and English manuals of the Generation I games and the English manual of {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, even though he is identified normally in the Japanese manual of FireRed and LeafGreen.
 
==In the core series games==
Giovanni is the primary antagonist of the games taking place in Kanto.
 
In the [[Generation I|first games]] Giovanni appeared in, he served a dual role: one that was well known to the residents of Kanto, and one that was more secret. He was first shown as the leader of the villainous [[Team Rocket]], the first of many [[Villainous team|criminal organizations]] to grace the Pokémon games. After the {{player}} defeated him and his team of Grunts at [[Silph Co.]], Giovanni fled to a hideout that the player is unaware of. Once the player returned to Viridian City, one of the major plot twists of these games revealed that Giovanni, in addition to his role as a criminal, was the final Gym Leader to be fought before the [[Elite Four]]—albeit one without a formal title. Here, he specializes in the {{t|Ground}} type. Once defeated, he disbanded Team Rocket and left the player with the {{Badge|Earth}} and {{TM|27|Fissure}}. If talked to again, he then vanishes and is not seen again for the rest of the game.


Giovanni's role in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} is much the same; the one difference is that defeating him in the Gym battle will earn the player {{TM|26|Earthquake}}, instead of TM27 (Fissure). He also implies that he intends to return to power one day rather than being moved to dedicate his life to the study of Pokémon. There is a side-plot in the [[Sevii Islands]] that revolves around Giovanni; a group of Team Rocket members are trying to continue the aims of Team Rocket, but they abandon this when they realize that their leader has been defeated once and for all.
Giovanni's role in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} is much the same; the one difference is that defeating him in the Gym battle will earn the player {{TM|26|Earthquake}}, instead of TM27 (Fissure). He also implies that he intends to return to power one day rather than being moved to dedicate his life to the study of Pokémon. There is a side-plot in the [[Sevii Islands]] that revolves around Giovanni; a group of Team Rocket members are trying to continue the aims of Team Rocket, but they abandon this when they realize that their leader has been defeated once and for all.


In {{game5|Gold|Silver|Crystal|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, a group of Team Rocket members tries to relaunch the old team. They take over [[Goldenrod Radio Tower]], and broadcast a radio announcement intended for Giovanni. Only in HeartGold and SoulSilver is it revealed that Giovanni does hear the broadcast, from his hideout in [[Tohjo Falls]] - an event in the remakes involving a time-traveling {{p|Celebi}} allows {{ga|Ethan}} and {{ga|Lyra}} to travel back in time and defeat Giovanni at the same time the rest of Team Rocket is being defeated. Upon defeat he will begin ranting about how he keeps losing to children and, like before, Giovanni will leave the room and disappear. Later, in Kanto, it is revealed that {{ga|Blue}} took over the Viridian Gym after his disappearance.
In [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]], Giovanni's story is slightly expanded from his first appearance. During his first appearance, he is seen talking with [[Archer]] and giving him the permission to proceed with the plan to take over Silph Co. After being defeated for the first time, he gives the player the [[Silph Scope]] as a token of apology for mocking them, as opposed to just leaving the device behind before leaving, like in previous games. At the Silph Co., a part of his conversation with the Silph Co. President is shown, with Giovanni demanding him to hand over the [[Master Ball]] like they had previously agreed. In the Gym battle, Giovanni's reward TM once again contains Earthquake, although now, it's [[TM41]], instead of TM26.


The Celebi event also reveals some of Giovanni's background from the three years between Generation I/III and Generation II/IV. While it was mentioned in FireRed and LeafGreen that Giovanni has a son with red hair, the son's identity wasn't revealed until the time-travel event in HeartGold and SoulSilver. As many fans speculated (and as was mentioned in the [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga series), this son is the [[rival]] of the Johto player character, {{ga|Silver}}. Much of Silver's personality is a result of the treatment he received from Giovanni, which includes abandonment. Like many of Giovanni's other actions throughout the games, this reflects on his selfishness.
In {{game5|Gold|Silver|Crystal|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, a group of Team Rocket members tries to relaunch the old team. They take over [[Goldenrod Radio Tower]], and broadcast a radio announcement intended for Giovanni. Only in HeartGold and SoulSilver is it revealed that Giovanni does hear the broadcast, from his hideout in [[Tohjo Falls]] - an event in the remakes involving a [[Time travel|time-traveling]] {{p|Celebi}} allows {{ga|Ethan}} and {{ga|Lyra}} to travel back in time and defeat Giovanni at the same time the rest of Team Rocket is being defeated at the Radio Tower. Upon defeat, he will begin ranting about how he keeps losing to children and, like before, Giovanni will leave the room and disappear. Later, in Kanto, it is revealed that {{ga|Blue}} took over the Viridian Gym after his disappearance.
 
The Celebi event also reveals some of Giovanni's background from the three years between Generation I/III and Generation II/IV. While it was mentioned by {{tc|Scientist}} [[Gideon]] in FireRed and LeafGreen that Giovanni has a son with red hair, the son's identity wasn't revealed until the time travel event in HeartGold and SoulSilver. As many fans speculated (and as was mentioned in the [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga series), this son is the [[rival]] of the Johto player character, {{ga|Silver}}. Much of Silver's personality is a result of the treatment he received from Giovanni, which includes abandonment. Like many of Giovanni's other actions throughout the games, this reflects on his selfishness.


Giovanni reappears in {{2v2|Black|White|2}} in the [[Pokémon World Tournament]], replacing Blue, who instead participates in the [[Champions Tournament]]. Giovanni returns to using Ground types exclusively. While the announcer usually introduces Gym Leaders by their title, Giovanni, who does not have a title, is introduced as "The Self-Proclaimed Strongest Trainer" (Japanese: '''さいきょうの トレーナーと なのる''' ''Self-Proclaimed Strongest Trainer'').
Giovanni reappears in {{2v2|Black|White|2}} in the [[Pokémon World Tournament]], replacing Blue, who instead participates in the [[Champions Tournament]]. Giovanni returns to using Ground types exclusively. While the announcer usually introduces Gym Leaders by their title, Giovanni, who does not have a title, is introduced as "The Self-Proclaimed Strongest Trainer" (Japanese: '''さいきょうの トレーナーと なのる''' ''Self-Proclaimed Strongest Trainer'').


Giovanni appears again in {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}} as the Boss of the new [[Team Rainbow Rocket]], featured in [[Episode RR]]. He is first seen during the [[Aether Foundation]]'s broadcast from [[Aether Paradise]], where he seizes control of the organization from [[Lusamine]]. He fortifies himself inside [[Team Rocket's Castle]] and stations versions of [[Archie]], [[Maxie]], [[Cyrus]], [[Lysandre]], and [[Ghetsis]] from other worlds as his guards, along with an army of {{tc|Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt}}s. After battling through his army, the player and [[Lillie]] find Giovanni holding an unconscious Lusamine inside his control center deep within the castle. He introduces himself and reveals that he plans to create an army of [[Ultra Beast]]s in order to conquer all worlds. For that purpose, he needs the Aether Foundation's resources, and intends to brainwash Lusamine into serving him. Feeling nostalgic that a child would challenge him, Giovanni battles the player with a [[party]] that includes {{p|Mewtwo}}, and is ultimately defeated. Accepting his loss, Giovanni abandons his plans for the Aether Foundation but swears that Team Rainbow Rocket will never fall. He leaves as [[Colress]] begins working to revert Team Rocket's Castle back into Lusamine's mansion, and is last seen reflecting on what he will do next before being warped away.
An [[Pokémon multiverse|alternate universe]] Giovanni appears in {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}} as the Boss of [[Team Rainbow Rocket]]. This version of Giovanni came from a universe where Team Rocket succeeded in taking over the world, featured in [[Episode RR]]. He is first seen during the [[Aether Foundation]]'s broadcast from [[Aether Paradise]], where he seizes control of the organization from [[Lusamine]]. He fortifies himself inside [[Team Rocket's Castle]] and stations versions of [[Archie]], [[Maxie]], [[Cyrus]], [[Lysandre]], and [[Ghetsis]] from other worlds as his guards, along with an army of {{tc|Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt}}s. After battling through his army, the player and [[Lillie]] find Giovanni holding an unconscious Lusamine inside his control center deep within the castle. He introduces himself and reveals that he plans to create an army of [[Ultra Beast]]s in order to conquer all worlds. For that purpose, he needs the Aether Foundation's resources, and intends to brainwash Lusamine into serving him. Feeling nostalgic that a child would challenge him, Giovanni battles the player with a [[party]] that includes {{p|Mewtwo}}, and is ultimately defeated. Accepting his loss, Giovanni abandons his plans for the Aether Foundation but swears that Team Rainbow Rocket will never fall. He leaves as [[Colress]] begins working to revert Team Rocket's Castle back into Lusamine's mansion, and is last seen reflecting on what he will do next before being warped away.


A battle program based on Giovanni appears as a boss in the [[Battle Agency]] within [[Festival Plaza]].
A battle program based on Giovanni appears as a boss in the [[Battle Agency]] within [[Festival Plaza]]. He's also implied to have stopped by at the [[Alola Photo Club]] to leave villainous team-based stickers for the player to use after he was defeated by them.


===[[Fame Checker]]===
===Fame Checker===
This is a list of the Fame Checker's information on Giovanni in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}.
This is a list of the [[Fame Checker]]'s information on Giovanni in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}.
;Rocket HQ - Giovanni
;Rocket HQ - Giovanni
:What does this person do?
:What does this person do?
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:What does this person do?
:What does this person do?
:Welcome to my hideout! It shall be so until I can restore Team Rocket to its former glory.
:Welcome to my hideout! It shall be so until I can restore Team Rocket to its former glory.
;Viridian Gym - Man
;Viridian Gym - [[Gym guide]]{{tt|*|After earning the EarthBadge}}
:What does this person do?
:What does this person do?
:Blow me away! Giovanni was the Gym Leader of Viridian?
:Blow me away! Giovanni was the Gym Leader of Viridian?
;Rocket Warehouse - Team Rocket Scientist Gideon
;Rocket Warehouse - Scientist Gideon{{tt|*|After completing the Network Machine}}
:Family and Friends?
:Family and Friends?
:You... You're not Giovanni's kid, are you? No, that can't be right. Giovanni's kid has red hair.
:You... You're not Giovanni's kid, are you? No, that can't be right. Giovanni's kid has red hair.
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===Pokémon===
===Pokémon===
===={{game|Red and Blue|s}}====
===={{game|Red and Blue|s}}====
In all three battles, Giovanni has one [[Guard Spec.]] per Pokémon to use randomly 25% of the time.
=====First battle=====
=====First battle=====
{{Party/Single
{{Party/Single
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|locationname=Rocket Hideout
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|pokemon=3}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|{{Pokémon/1
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===={{game|Yellow}}====
===={{game|Yellow}}====
In all three battles, Giovanni has one [[Guard Spec.]] per Pokémon to use randomly 25% of the time.
=====First battle=====
=====First battle=====
{{Party/Single
{{Party/Single
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|{{Pokémon/1
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=====Gym battle=====
=====Gym battle=====
Giovanni has two [[Hyper Potion]]s and a [[Full Heal]].
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{{lop/facility|game=6|130|Gyarados|Wacan Berry|Dragon Dance|Dragon|Waterfall|Water|Ice Fang|Ice|Earthquake|Ground|Jolly||252||||252}}
|ability3=Sand Force
{{lop/facility|game=6|059|Arcanine|White Herb|Overheat|Fire|Sunny Day|Fire|Solar Beam|Grass|Extreme Speed|Normal|Timid||||252||252}}
|level=59-100
{{lop/facility|game=6|115|Kangaskhan|Kangaskhanite|Fake Out|Normal|Double-Edge|Normal|Earthquake|Ground|Sucker Punch|Dark|Jolly||252||||252}}
|held=Bright Powder
{{lop/facility|game=6|130|Gyarados|Gyaradosite|Dragon Dance|Dragon|Waterfall|Water|Stone Edge|Rock|Crunch|Dark|Jolly||252||||252}}
|move1=Fissure|move1type=Ground|move1cat=Physical
{{lop/facility|game=6|059|Arcanine|Fightinium Z|Close Combat|Fighting|Flare Blitz|Fire|Crunch|Dark|Extreme Speed|Normal|Jolly||252||||252}}
|move2=Toxic|move2type=Poison|move2cat=Status
|}
|move3=Substitute|move3type=Normal|move3cat=Status
{{Party/Footer}}
|move4=Sandstorm|move4type=Rock|move4cat=Status}}
 
|{{Pokémon/7
====[[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]]====
|ndex=059
=====First battle=====
|pokemon=Arcanine
{{Party/Single
|gender=both
|color=666666
|type1=Fire
|bordercolor=CC0000
|ability=Intimidate
|headcolor=CCCCCC
|ability2=Flash Fire
|sprite=VSGiovanni PE.png
|ability3=Justified
|size=80x80px
|level=59-100
|prize={{PDollar}}5,600
|held=White Herb
|class=Team Rocket Boss
|move1=Overheat|move1type=Fire|move1cat=Special
|classlink=Giovanni
|move2=Sunny Day|move2type=Fire|move2cat=Status
|name=Giovanni
|move3=Solar Beam|move3type=Grass|move3cat=Special
|game=PE
|move4=Extreme Speed|move4type=Normal|move4cat=Physical}}
|location=Team Rocket Hideout
|{{Pokémon/7
|pokemon=2}}
|ndex=059
|{{Pokémon/7/LG
|pokemon=Arcanine
|game=PE
|gender=both
|ndex=053
|type1=Fire
|pokemon=Persian
|ability=Intimidate
|level=35
|ability2=Flash Fire
|gender=male
|ability3=Justified
|type1=Normal
|level=59-100
|move1=Slash|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Physical
|held=Fightinium Z
|move2=Feint|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Physical
|move1=Close Combat|move1type=Fighting|move1cat=Physical
|move3=Fake Out|move3type=Normal|move3cat=Physical}}
|move2=Flare Blitz|move2type=Fire|move2cat=Physical
|{{Pokémon/7/LG
|move3=Crunch|move3type=Dark|move3cat=Physical
|game=PE
|move4=Extreme Speed|move4type=Normal|move4cat=Physical}}
|ndex=111
|{{Pokémon/7
|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|ndex=103
|level=35
|pokemon=Exeggutor
|gender=male
|gender=both
|type1=Ground|type2=Rock
|type1=Grass|type2=Psychic
|move1=Drill Run|move1type=Ground|move1cat=Physical
|ability=Chlorophyll
|move2=Take Down|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Physical
|ability2=Harvest
|move3=Megahorn|move3type=Bug|move3cat=Physical
|level=59-100
|move4=Rock Throw|move4type=Rock|move4cat=Physical}}
|held=Petaya Berry
{{Party/Footer}}
|move1=Psyshock|move1type=Psychic|move1cat=Special
 
|move2=Grass Knot|move2type=Grass|move2cat=Special
=====Second battle=====
|move3=Light Screen|move3type=Psychic|move3cat=Status
{{Party/Single
|move4=Synthesis|move4type=Grass|move4cat=Status}}
|color=666666
|-
|bordercolor=CC0000
|{{Pokémon/7
|headcolor=CCCCCC
|ndex=103
|sprite=VSGiovanni PE.png
|pokemon=Exeggutor
|size=80x80px
|gender=both
|prize={{PDollar}}6,240
|type1=Grass|type2=Psychic
|class=Team Rocket Boss
|ability=Chlorophyll
|classlink=Giovanni
|ability2=Harvest
|name=Giovanni
|level=59-100
|game=PE
|held=Grassium Z
|location=Silph Co.
|move1=Leaf Storm|move1type=Grass|move1cat=Special
|pokemon=3}}
|move2=Psychic|move2type=Psychic|move2cat=Special
|{{Pokémon/7/LG
|move3=Sludge Bomb|move3type=Poison|move3cat=Special
|game=PE
|move4=Grassy Terrain|move4type=Grass|move4cat=Status}}
|ndex=053
|{{Pokémon/7
|pokemon=Persian
|ndex=105
|gender=male
|pokemon=Marowak
|level=39
|gender=both
|type1=Ground
|ability=Rock Head
|ability2=Lightning Rod
|ability3=Battle Armor
|level=59-100
|held=Red Card
|move1=Bone Rush|move1type=Ground|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Double Kick|move2type=Fighting|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Endeavor|move3type=Normal|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Smack Down|move4type=Rock|move4cat=Physical}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|ndex=105
|pokemon=Marowak
|gender=both
|type1=Ground
|ability=Rock Head
|ability2=Lightning Rod
|ability3=Battle Armor
|level=59-100
|held=Thick Club
|move1=Earthquake|move1type=Ground|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Stone Edge|move2type=Rock|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Brick Break|move3type=Fighting|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Brutal Swing|move4type=Dark|move4cat=Physical}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|ndex=115
|pokemon=Kangaskhan
|gender=female
|type1=Normal
|type1=Normal
|ability=Early Bird
|move1=Slash|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Physical
|ability2=Scrappy
|move2=Feint|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Physical
|ability3=Inner Focus
|move3=Fake Out|move3type=Normal|move3cat=Physical
|level=59-100
|move4=Play Rough|move4type=Fairy|move4cat=Physical}}
|held=Kangaskhanite
|{{Pokémon/7/LG
|move1=Fake Out|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Physical
|game=PE
|move2=Facade|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Physical
|ndex=111
|move3=Rock Slide|move3type=Rock|move3cat=Physical
|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|move4=Sucker Punch|move4type=Dark|move4cat=Physical}}
|gender=male
|-
|level=39
|{{Pokémon/7
|type1=Ground|type2=Rock
|ndex=115
|move1=Drill Run|move1type=Ground|move1cat=Physical
|pokemon=Kangaskhan
|move2=Take Down|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Megahorn|move3type=Bug|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Rock Throw|move4type=Rock|move4cat=Physical}}
|{{Pokémon/7/LG
|game=PE
|ndex=031
|pokemon=Nidoqueen
|gender=female
|gender=female
|type1=Normal
|level=39
|ability=Early Bird
|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|ability2=Scrappy
|move1=Crunch|move1type=Dark|move1cat=Physical
|ability3=Inner Focus
|move2=Body Slam|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Physical}}
|level=59-100
{{Party/Footer}}
|held=Kangaskhanite
 
|move1=Fake Out|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Physical
=====Gym battle=====
|move2=Double-Edge|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Earthquake|move3type=Ground|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Sucker Punch|move4type=Dark|move4cat=Physical}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|ndex=130
|pokemon=Gyarados
|gender=both
|type1=Water|type2=Flying
|ability=Intimidate
|ability2=Moxie
|level=59-100
|held=Wacan Berry
|move1=Dragon Dance|move1type=Dragon|move1cat=Status
|move2=Waterfall|move2type=Water|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Ice Fang|move3type=Ice|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Earthquake|move4type=Ground|move4cat=Physical}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|ndex=130
|pokemon=Gyarados
|gender=both
|type1=Water|type2=Flying
|ability=Intimidate
|ability2=Moxie
|level=59-100
|held=Gyaradosite
|move1=Dragon Dance|move1type=Dragon|move1cat=Status
|move2=Waterfall|move2type=Water|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Stone Edge|move3type=Rock|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Crunch|move4type=Dark|move4cat=Physical}}
{{Party/Footer}}
 
===={{eng|Pokémon Stadium}}====
=====Round 1=====
{{Party/Single
{{Party/Single
|color={{ground color}}
|color={{ground color}}
|headcolor={{ground color light}}
|headcolor={{ground color light}}
|bordercolor={{ground color dark}}
|bordercolor={{ground color dark}}
|sprite=Giovanni Stadium.png
|sprite=VSGiovanni PE.png
|prize=N/A
|size=80x80px
<!--GEN I HAD NO CLASSES-->
|prize={{PDollar}}8,000
|name=Giovani<!--STADIUM 1 CHANGED HIS NAME-->
|class=Gym Leader
|game=Pokémon Stadium
|classlink=Gym Leader
|location=Gym Leader Castle
|name=Giovanni
|pokemon=6}}
|game=PE
|{{Pokémon/1
|location=Viridian Gym
|ndex=053
|pokemon=4}}
|pokemon=Persian
|{{Pokémon/7/LG
|level=50-100
|game=PE
|type1=Normal
|move1=Toxic|move1type=Poison
|move2=Slash|move2type=Normal
|move3=Thunderbolt|move3type=Electric
|move4=BubbleBeam|move4type=Water}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|ndex=051
|ndex=051
|pokemon=Dugtrio
|pokemon=Dugtrio
|level=50-100
|gender=male
|level=49
|type1=Ground
|type1=Ground
|move1=Sand-Attack|move1type=Normal
|move1=Slash|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Slash|move2type=Normal
|move2=Sucker Punch|move2type=Dark|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Dig|move3type=Ground
|move3=Earthquake|move3type=Ground|move3cat=Physical}}
|move4=Rock Slide|move4type=Rock}}
|{{Pokémon/7/LG
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=PE
|ndex=031
|ndex=031
|pokemon=Nidoqueen
|pokemon=Nidoqueen
|level=50-100
|gender=female
|level=49
|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|move1=Double Kick|move1type=Fighting
|move1=Super Fang|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Strength|move2type=Normal
|move2=Earthquake|move2type=Ground|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Surf|move3type=Water
|move3=Crunch|move3type=Dark|move3cat=Physical}}
|move4=Earthquake|move4type=Ground}}
{{Party/Div|color={{ground color}}}}
{{Party/Div|color={{ground color}}}}
|{{Pokémon/1
| style="margin:auto" |{{Pokémon/7/LG
|game=PE
|ndex=034
|ndex=034
|pokemon=Nidoking
|pokemon=Nidoking
|level=50-100
|gender=male
|level=49
|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|move1=Horn Drill|move1type=Normal
|move1=Megahorn|move1type=Bug|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Thunder|move2type=Electric
|move2=Earthquake|move2type=Ground|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Blizzard|move3type=Ice
|move3=Poison Jab|move3type=Poison|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Toxic|move4type=Poison}}
|move4=Horn Drill|move4type=Normal|move4cat=Physical}}
|{{Pokémon/1
| style="margin:auto" |{{Pokémon/7/LG
|game=PE
|ndex=112
|ndex=112
|pokemon=Rhydon
|pokemon=Rhydon
|level=50-100
|gender=male
|level=50
|type1=Ground|type2=Rock
|type1=Ground|type2=Rock
|move1=Fury Attack|move1type=Normal
|move1=Earthquake|move1type=Ground|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Earthquake|move2type=Ground
|move2=Rock Slide|move2type=Rock|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Body Slam|move3type=Normal
|move3=Megahorn|move3type=Bug|move3cat=Physical}}
|move4=Fissure|move4type=Ground}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|ndex=128
|pokemon=Tauros
|level=50-100
|type1=Normal
|move1=Thunder|move1type=Electric
|move2=Fire Blast|move2type=Fire
|move3=Blizzard|move3type=Ice
|move4=Stomp|move4type=Normal}}
{{Party/Footer}}
{{Party/Footer}}


=====Round 2=====
==In the side series games==
==={{eng|Pokémon Stadium}}===
Giovanni appears in {{eng|Pokémon Stadium}} as the final Gym Leader the player faces during the [[Gym Leader Castle]] challenge. His name is spelled "Giovani" to fit the game's seven-character name limit.
 
====Pokémon====
=====Round 1=====
{{Party/Single
{{Party/Single
|color={{ground color}}
|color={{ground color}}
Line 1,272: Line 1,237:
|bordercolor={{ground color dark}}
|bordercolor={{ground color dark}}
|sprite=Giovanni Stadium.png
|sprite=Giovanni Stadium.png
|prize=N/A
|prize=none
<!--GEN I HAD NO CLASSES-->
<!--GEN I HAD NO CLASSES-->
|name=Giovani<!--STADIUM 1 CHANGED HIS NAME-->
|name=Giovani<!--STADIUM 1 CHANGED HIS NAME-->
|game=Pokémon Stadium
|game=Stadium
|location=Gym Leader Castle
|location=Gym Leader Castle
|pokemon=6}}
|pokemon=6}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|{{Pokémon/1
|ndex=053
|ndex=053MSStad
|pokemon=Persian
|pokemon=Persian
|level=50-100
|level=50-100
|type1=Normal
|type1=Normal
|move1=Screech|move1type=Normal
|move1=Toxic|move1type=Poison
|move2=Slash|move2type=Normal
|move2=Slash|move2type=Normal
|move3=Thunderbolt|move3type=Electric
|move3=Thunderbolt|move3type=Electric
|move4=BubbleBeam|move4type=Water}}
|move4=BubbleBeam|move4type=Water}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|{{Pokémon/1
|ndex=128
|ndex=051MSStad
|pokemon=Tauros
|pokemon=Dugtrio
|level=50-100
|level=50-100
|type1=Normal
|type1=Ground
|move1=Thunder|move1type=Electric
|move1=Sand-Attack|move1type=Normal
|move2=Fire Blast|move2type=Fire
|move2=Slash|move2type=Normal
|move3=Blizzard|move3type=Ice
|move3=Dig|move3type=Ground
|move4=Earthquake|move4type=Ground}}
|move4=Rock Slide|move4type=Rock}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|{{Pokémon/1
|ndex=031
|ndex=031MSStad
|pokemon=Nidoqueen
|pokemon=Nidoqueen
|level=50-100
|level=50-100
|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|move1=Double Kick|move1type=Fighting
|move1=Double Kick|move1type=Fighting
|move2=Body Slam|move2type=Normal
|move2=Strength|move2type=Normal
|move3=Thunderbolt|move3type=Electric
|move3=Surf|move3type=Water
|move4=Blizzard|move4type=Ice}}
|move4=Earthquake|move4type=Ground}}
{{Party/Div|color={{ground color}}}}
{{Party/Div|color={{ground color}}}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|{{Pokémon/1
|ndex=034
|ndex=034MSStad
|pokemon=Nidoking
|pokemon=Nidoking
|level=50-100
|level=50-100
|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|move1=Thrash|move1type=Normal
|move1=Horn Drill|move1type=Normal
|move2=Thunder|move2type=Electric
|move2=Thunder|move2type=Electric
|move3=Surf|move3type=Water
|move3=Blizzard|move3type=Ice
|move4=Earthquake|move4type=Ground}}
|move4=Toxic|move4type=Poison}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|{{Pokémon/1
|ndex=094
|ndex=112MSStad
|pokemon=Gengar
|pokemon=Rhydon
|level=50-100
|level=50-100
|type1=Ghost|type2=Poison
|type1=Ground|type2=Rock
|move1=Hypnosis|move1type=Psychic
|move1=Fury Attack|move1type=Normal
|move2=Dream Eater|move2type=Psychic
|move2=Earthquake|move2type=Ground
|move3=Night Shade|move3type=Ghost
|move3=Body Slam|move3type=Normal
|move4=Explosion|move4type=Normal}}
|move4=Fissure|move4type=Ground}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|{{Pokémon/1
|ndex=146
|ndex=128MSStad
|pokemon=Moltres
|pokemon=Tauros
|level=50-100
|level=50-100
|type1=Fire|type2=Flying
|type1=Normal
|move1=Fire Spin|move1type=Fire
|move1=Thunder|move1type=Electric
|move2=Toxic|move2type=Poison
|move2=Fire Blast|move2type=Fire
|move3=Fly|move3type=Flying
|move3=Blizzard|move3type=Ice
|move4=Double-Edge|move4type=Normal}}
|move4=Stomp|move4type=Normal}}
{{Party/Footer}}
{{Party/Footer}}


===Quotes===
=====Round 2=====
===={{game2|Red|Blue|Yellow}}====
{{Party/Single
;[[Rocket Hideout]]
|color={{ground color}}
* Before battle
|headcolor={{ground color light}}
:''"So! I must say, I am impressed you got here!"
|bordercolor={{ground color dark}}
 
|sprite=Giovanni Stadium.png
* Being defeated
|prize=none
:''"WHAT! This cannot be!"''
<!--GEN I HAD NO CLASSES-->
 
|name=Giovani<!--STADIUM 1 CHANGED HIS NAME-->
* After being defeated
|game=Stadium
:''"I see that you raise <sc>Pokémon</sc> with utmost care. A child like you would never understand what I hope to achieve. I shall step aside this time! I hope we meet again...''"
|location=Gym Leader Castle
 
|pokemon=6}}
;[[Silph Co.]]
|{{Pokémon/1
* Before battle
|ndex=053MSStad
:''"Ah, <{{player}}>! So we meet again! The <sc>President</sc> and I are discussing a vital business proposition. Keep your nose out of grown-up matters... Or experience a world of pain!"''
|pokemon=Persian
 
|level=50-100
* Being defeated
|type1=Normal
:''"Arrgh!! I lost again!?"''
|move1=Screech|move1type=Normal
 
|move2=Slash|move2type=Normal
* After being defeated
|move3=Thunderbolt|move3type=Electric
:''"Blast it all! You ruined our plans for <sc>Silph</sc>! But <sc>[[Team Rocket]]</sc> will never fall! <Player>, never forget that all <sc>Pokémon</sc> exist for <sc>Team Rocket</sc>! I must go, but I shall return!"''
|move4=BubbleBeam|move4type=Water}}
 
|{{Pokémon/1
;[[Viridian Gym]]
|ndex=128MSStad
* Before battle
|pokemon=Tauros
:''"Fwahahaha! This is my hideout! I planned to resurrect <sc>Team Rocket</sc> here! But, you have caught me again! So be it! This time, I'm not holding back! Once more, you shall face <sc>Giovanni</sc>, the greatest trainer!"''
|level=50-100
 
|type1=Normal
* Being defeated
|move1=Thunder|move1type=Electric
:''"Ha! That was a truly intense fight! You have won! As proof, here is the <sc>{{badge|Earth|EarthBadge}}</sc>!"''
|move2=Fire Blast|move2type=Fire
 
|move3=Blizzard|move3type=Ice
* After being defeated
|move4=Earthquake|move4type=Ground}}
:''"The <sc>EarthBadge</sc> makes <sc>Pokémon</sc> of any level obey! It is evidence of your mastery as a <sc>Pokémon</sc> trainer! With it, you can enter the <sc>Pokémon League</sc>! It is my gift for your <sc>Pokémon League</sc> challenge!"''
|{{Pokémon/1
:''"<sc>[[TM27]]</sc> is <sc>{{m|Fissure}}</sc>! It will take out <sc>Pokémon</sc> with just [[One-hit knockout move|one hit]]! I made it when I ran the <sc>Gym</sc> here, too long ago..."''
|ndex=031MSStad
:''"Having lost, I cannot face my underlings! <sc>Team Rocket</sc> is finished forever! I will dedicate my life to the study of <sc>Pokémon</sc>! Let us meet again some day{{sup/1|RB}}/someday{{sup/1|Y}}! Farewell!"''
|pokemon=Nidoqueen
 
|level=50-100
===={{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}====
|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
;[[Rocket Hideout]]
|move1=Double Kick|move1type=Fighting
* Before battle
|move2=Body Slam|move2type=Normal
:''"So! I must say, I am impressed you got here. <sc>Team Rocket</sc> captures <sc>Pokémon</sc> from around the world. They're important tools for keeping our criminal enterprise going. I am the leader, <sc>Giovanni</sc>! For your insolence, you will feel a world of pain!"''
|move3=Thunderbolt|move3type=Electric
 
|move4=Blizzard|move4type=Ice}}
* Being defeated
{{Party/Div|color={{ground color}}}}
:''"WHAT! This can't be!"''
|{{Pokémon/1
 
|ndex=034MSStad
* After being defeated
|pokemon=Nidoking
:''"I see that you raise <sc>Pokémon</sc> with utmost care. A child like you would never understand what I hope to achieve. I shall step aside this time! I hope we meet again..."''
|level=50-100
 
|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
;[[Silph Co.]]
|move1=Thrash|move1type=Normal
* Before battle
|move2=Thunder|move2type=Electric
:''"Ah, <player>! So we meet again! The <sc>President</sc> and I are discussing a vital business proposition. Keep your nose out of grown-up matters... Or experience a world of pain!"''
|move3=Surf|move3type=Water
 
|move4=Earthquake|move4type=Ground}}
* Being defeated
|{{Pokémon/1
:''"Arrgh!! I lost again!?"''
|ndex=094MSStad
 
|pokemon=Gengar
* After being defeated
|level=50-100
:''"Blast it all! You ruined our plans for <sc>Silph</sc>! But <sc>Team Rocket</sc> will never fall! <Player>, never forget that all <sc>Pokémon</sc> exist for <sc>Team Rocket</sc>! I must go, but I shall return!"''
|type1=Ghost|type2=Poison
 
|move1=Hypnosis|move1type=Psychic
;[[Viridian Gym]]
|move2=Dream Eater|move2type=Psychic
* Before battle
|move3=Night Shade|move3type=Ghost
:''"Fwahahaha! Welcome to my hideout! It shall be so until I can restore <sc>Team Rocket</sc> to its former glory. But, you have found me again. So be it. This time, I'm not holding back! Once more, you shall face <sc>Giovanni</sc>, the greatest <sc>Trainer</sc>!"''
|move4=Explosion|move4type=Normal}}
 
|{{Pokémon/1
* Being defeated
|ndex=146MSStad
:''"Ha! That was a truly intense fight. You have won! As proof, here is the <sc>EarthBadge</sc>!"''
|pokemon=Moltres
 
|level=50-100
* After being defeated
|type1=Fire|type2=Flying
:''"The <sc>EarthBadge</sc> makes <sc>Pokémon</sc> of any level obey without question. It is evidence of your mastery as a <sc>Pokémon Trainer</sc>. With it, you can challenge the <sc>Pokémon League</sc>. Also, take this TM. Consider it a gift for your <sc>Pokémon League</sc> challenge."''
|move1=Fire Spin|move1type=Fire
:''"[[TM26]] contains <sc>{{m|Earthquake}}</sc>. It is a powerful attack that causes a massive tremor. I made it when I ran the <sc>Gym</sc> here, far too long ago..."''
|move2=Toxic|move2type=Poison
:''"Having lost in this fashion, I can't face my followers. I have betrayed their trust. As of today, <sc>Team Rocket</sc> is finished forever! As for myself, I shall dedicate my life to training again. Let us meet again someday! Farewell!"''
|move3=Fly|move3type=Flying
 
|move4=Double-Edge|move4type=Normal}}
===={{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}====
{{Party/Footer}}
;{{rt|22|Kanto}} (event)
* Talking with {{ga|Silver}}
:''".................. One must acknowledge one's defeat before he can move on... I will go solo...for now... So that one day I will form a stronger organization!"''
:''"Putting together the potential of many is how you produce a huge power... That's what an organization is... That's the strength of an organization! I failed...to make the best use of my subordinates' potential...! But you shall witness one day the revival of me and my {{color|FF0000|Team Rocket}}!"''
:''".................. One day, you will understand."''
 
;[[Tohjo Falls]] (event)
* Upon the player's arrival
:''"... I don't know why you have come here. Anyway, I have to warn you that this is not a place for kids like you."''
:''"You have a certain look... It reminds me of {{ga|Red|the kid who stood in front of me three years ago}}... You have the same eyes... I'm on my way to [[Goldenrod City]] to answer the call and join my team. Are you going to get in my way?"''
 
* Before battle, after hearing [[Goldenrod Radio Tower|Team Rocket's broadcast]]
:''"My old associates need me... We will not repeat the failure of three years ago! {{color|FF0000|Team Rocket}} will be born again, and I will rule the world!"''
 
* After sending out last Pokémon
:''"What in the world was that? Don't tell me some inexperienced kid can possibly be that strong!"''
 
* During battle, last Pokémon low on health
:''"What was that?"''
 
* Being defeated
:''"What in the world are you?"''
 
* After being defeated
:''"How this is possible...? The past three years have been a waste...? How can a kid like you manage to destroy my dream once again? The precious dream of Team Rocket has become little more than an illusion..."''
 
* If the player is {{tt|defeated|If the player is defeated, Celebi will take the player back to the present, allowing the event to be started over again.}}
:''"Mark my words. Not being able to measure your own strength shows that you are still but a child."''
 
===={{game|Black and White|s|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2|2}}====
;[[Pokémon World Tournament]]
* Before battle (all rounds)
:''"For your insolence, you will feel a world of pain!"''
 
* Being defeated
:''"What? Me, lose?!"''
 
* If the player is defeated
:''"Ha! That was a truly intense fight!"''


* After being defeated
==In the spin-off games==
:''"Haarg! I lose?! There is nothing I wish to say to you!"''
===[[Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!]]===
In [[Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!]], the {{OBP|The Boss's Way|Team Rocket 73}} card is available. The boss mentioned by the card is Giovanni.


* After winning
===[[Pokémon GO]]===
:''"I hope we meet again..."''
{{main|Giovanni (GO)}}
In [[Pokémon GO]], Giovanni appears as the boss of [[Team GO Rocket]], who operate by invading [[PokéStop]]s and battling using {{OBP|Shadow Pokémon|GO}}.  


* In the lobby, after the tournament
===[[Pokémon Masters EX]]===
:''"I'll tell you this now... No matter how strong you are, someday you'll lose."''
{{main|Giovanni (Masters)}}
Giovanni forms a [[sync pair]] with {{OBP|Mewtwo|M01}}, {{p|Nidoking}}, {{TP|Giovanni|Persian}}, {{p|Rhydon}}, and {{p|Nidorino}} in [[Pokémon Masters EX]]. His Mewtwo is capable of [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolving]] into Mega Mewtwo Y, while his Nidoking is capable of [[Dynamax]]ing. Giovanni became a playable sync pair on December 5, 2019.


====[[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon]]====
In this game, Giovanni is from an [[Pokémon multiverse|alternate universe]] where [[Team Rocket]] succeeded in taking over the world and later became the leader of [[Team Rainbow Rocket]], which was introduced in {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}. He has made notable appearances in the game's Main Stories: the [[PML Arc]], [[Legendary Adventures]], and is the overall main antagonist of the [[Villain Arc]]. The whereabouts of Giovanni from this game's continuity are currently unknown.
;[[Aether Paradise]] (TV broadcast)
:''"The technology of the [[Aether Foundation]]... the knowledge of other worlds—it will be very useful to Team Rocket... or rather... {{color|FF0000|Team Rainbow Rocket}}!"''


;[[Team Rocket's Castle]]
{{PairDex/h|{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=Red|1=Ground}}|{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=Dark|1=Ground}}}}
* Before battle
{{PairDex|074|Giovanni|trainerlink=Giovanni (Masters)#Mewtwo|trainerimg=Giovanni|0150MY|Mewtwo|pokemonlink=Mewtwo (M01)|mega=Mewtwonite Y|form=[[Mega Evolution|Mega Mewtwo Y]]|Psychic|Dark|Special Strike|6|Legendary Adventures<br>''Lurking Shadow''}}
:''"Well, well... I had been informed of the intruders, but not that they were kids like you!"''
{{PairDex|074|Giovanni|trainerlink=Giovanni (Masters)#Nidoking|trainerimg=Giovanni Sygna|sygna=[[Sygna suit|Sygna Suit]]|0034|Nidoking|dynamax=yes|gender=male|Ground|Psychic|Physical Strike|6|Poké Fair Sync Pair Scout}}
:''"I had allowed the other bosses to do as they wished, hoping they would be of use... But it seems you have defeated all of them. I am impressed you got here."''
{{PairDex|074|Giovanni|trainerlink=Giovanni (Masters)#Persian|trainerimg=Giovanni Classic|sygna=Classic|0053|Persian|pokemonlink=Giovanni's Persian|gender=male|Normal|Fighting|Support|4EX|Sync Pair-Up Event}}
:''"Indeed! Team Rocket's goal was to use all the Pokémon and control the world. But now, I have a bigger, better organization. Team Rainbow Rocket!"''
{{PairDex|074|Giovanni|trainerlink=Giovanni (Masters)#Rhydon|trainerimg=Giovanni|0112|Rhydon|gender=male|buddy=yes|Ground|Grass|Field|6|Variety Sync Pair Scout}}
:''"And I, Giovanni, am its leader!"''
{{PairDex|074|Giovanni|trainerlink=Giovanni (Masters)#Nidorino|trainerimg=Giovanni|0033|Nidorino|gender=male|Poison|Ground|Support|4EX|Trainer Lodge Friendship Level 100}}
:''"The [[Lusamine|president]] will not awaken for some time. I have used the power of that [[Ultra Beast]] to make her sleep... And when she awakens next, she will be a loyal servant to my will!"''
|}
:''"Team Rainbow Rocket will conquer all worlds! We will build an army of UBs! But in order for this precious dream to be realized, we need the technology of the Aether Foundation—the technology of other worlds!"''
:''"But I also appreciate the skill it took you to get this far."''
:''"I like those who show strength! Why not put that strength to good use, in my Team Rainbow Rocket?"''
::'''Yes''': ''"Hah! You are calm enough to joke, I see."''
::'''No''': ''"Hah! Of course that would be your answer."''
:''"Having a kid stand in front of me like this... Such a thing should never happen. But for some reason, it also makes me feel nostalgic."''
:''"If you insist on disrupting my plans, I will make you feel a world of pain!"''


* Being defeated
==Gallery==
:''"Ha! That was a truly intense fight!"''
===Artwork===
 
{|style="margin:auto; text-align:center; border:3px solid #{{ground color dark}}; background:#{{ground color}}; font-size:80%; border-radius: 10px"
* After being defeated
|-
:''"...I see you have raised your Pokémon with utmost care. It would be foolish to fight such a kid with all my might. Ha, very well. I will leave Aether Paradise in your hands."''
|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:RG Giovanni.png|x150px]]
:''"But remember, my Team Rainbow Rocket will never fail! Never forget that!"''
|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Red Blue Giovanni.png|x250px]]
:''"I shall step aside this time! I hope we meet again..."''
|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Yellow Giovanni.png|x250px]]
 
|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:FireRed LeafGreen Giovanni.png|x250px]]
;Aether Paradise
|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:FireRed LeafGreen Giovanni Shadow.png|x250px]]
:''"Hah... That {{tt|boy|If the player character is male}}/{{tt|girl|If the player character is female}} had quite some talent..."''
|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:USUM Giovanni.png|x250px]]
:''"Now...what new world shall I unleash my evil schemes upon...?"''
|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Giovanni PO.png|x250px]]
 
| style="border:2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; background:#{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}" | [[File:Giovanni LGPE concept art.jpg|x250px]]
==Artwork==
|-
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=666666|1={{ground color}}}}; font-size:80%;"
| Headshot from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Red and Green Versions|Red and Green}}
|-
| Artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Red and Blue}}
|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Sugimorigiovannioriginal.png]]
| Artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Yellow Version|Yellow}}
|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Red Blue Giovanni.png‎|100px]]
| colspan="2" | Artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}} by {{color2|000|Ken Sugimori}}<ref>[[Giovanni's Scheme (BREAKthrough 138)]]</ref>
|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:FireRed LeafGreen Giovanni.png‎|100px]]
| Artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}
|-  
| Artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Origins}}
| Headshot from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Red and Blue}}
| Concept art from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!}}
| Official artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Yellow Version|Yellow}}
| Artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
|}
|}


===Sprites===
===Sprites and models===
====In the [[core series]]====
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=666666|1={{ground color}}}}; font-size:80%;"
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=666666|1={{ground color}}}}; font-size:80%;"
|-  
|-
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr RG Giovanni.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr RG Giovanni.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr Y Giovanni.png‎]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr Y Giovanni.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr FRLG Giovanni.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr FRLG Giovanni.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr HGSS Giovanni.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr HGSS Giovanni.png]]
|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:VSGiovanni.png]]
|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:VSGiovanni.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr B2W2 Giovanni.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr B2W2 Giovanni.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:VSGiovanni USUM.png|150px]]
|-
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:VSGiovanni 2 USUM.png|150px]]
|-  
| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Red and Blue}}
| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Red and Blue}}
| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Yellow Version|Yellow}}
| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Yellow Version|Yellow}}
Line 1,513: Line 1,430:
| VS sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
| VS sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2 and<br>White 2}}
| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2 and<br>White 2}}
| colspan="2" | VS models from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}
|-
|-  
| colspan="2" style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Giovanni I OD.png]]
| colspan="2" style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Giovanni I OD.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Giovanni III OD.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Giovanni III OD.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Giovanni IV OD.png]]
| colspan=2 style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Giovanni IV OD.png]]
|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Giovanni Stadium.png|58px]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Giovanni OD.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Giovanni OD.png]]
|colspan = 2 style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Giovanni USUM OD.png|100px]]
|-
|-  
| colspan="2" | Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Generation I}}
| colspan="2" | Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Generation I}}
| Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
| Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
| Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
| colspan="2" | Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
| Portrait from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Stadium (English)|Stadium}}
| Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2 and<br>White 2}}
| Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2 and<br>White 2}}
| colspan="2" | Overworld model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}
|-
|colspan=2 style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:VSGiovanni USUM.png|150px]]
|colspan=2 style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:VSGiovanni 2 USUM.png|150px]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr USUM Giovanni.png|100px]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:VSGiovanni PE.png|100px]]
|-
| colspan=2|VS model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}
| colspan=2|{{color2|000|Battle Agency}} VS sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}
| High-poly model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}
|VS model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!}}
|-
|colspan = 5 style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Giovanni USUM OD.png|100px]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:ODGiovanni PE.png|40px]]
|-
| colspan="5" | Overworld model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}
| Overworld model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!}}
|}
|}


==In the anime==
====In other games====
[[File:Giovanni Sun and Moon series.png|thumb|250px|Giovanni in the {{series|Sun & Moon}}]]
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===In the main series===
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| Portrait from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Stadium (English)|Stadium}}
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==Quotes==
{{main|Giovanni/Quotes}}
 
==In the anime==
[[File:Giovanni BW142.png|thumb|250px|Giovanni in the {{pkmn|anime}}]]
 
===Main series===
{{main|Giovanni (anime)}}
{{main|Giovanni (anime)}}
Giovanni appears in the anime as the head of [[Team Rocket]]. Unlike members of other criminal organizations, he is a recurring character in all series so far, usually keeping in contact with the [[Team Rocket trio]].
Giovanni appears in the {{pkmn|anime}} as the head of [[Team Rocket]]. Unlike the members of other prominent criminal organizations, he is a recurring character from ''[[Original series|Pokémon the Series: The Beginning]]'' to ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]'', usually keeping in contact with the [[Team Rocket trio]]. In ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]'', he also appears in person to take on the role of direct antagonist at times.
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===In Pokémon Origins===
 
[[File:Giovanni Origins.png|250px|thumb|Giovanni in Pokémon Origins]]
===Pokémon Origins===
Giovanni appeared in ''[[PO03|File 3: Giovanni]]''. {{OBP|Red|Origins}} first recalled meeting him at the [[Rocket Hideout]]. They later encountered again at [[Silph Co.]] after Team Rocket had taken over the building. Seeing Red's arrogant and determined attitude to stop Team Rocket every time, Giovanni decided to put him in his place, and battled [[Red's Charizard]] with his {{p|Nidoqueen}}, winning easily before escaping with a helicopter, declaring that Red could never understand what he was hoping to achieve.
[[File:Giovanni Origins.png|thumb|250px|Giovanni in [[Pokémon Origins]]]]
[[File:Young Giovanni PO.png|250px|thumb|left|Giovanni as a child]]
Giovanni appeared in ''[[PO03|File 3: Giovanni]]''. {{OBP|Red|Origins}} first recalled meeting him at the [[Team Rocket Hideout|Rocket Hideout]]. They later encountered again at [[Silph Co.]] after Team Rocket had taken over the building. Seeing Red's arrogant and determined attitude to stop Team Rocket every time, Giovanni decided to put him in his place, and battled [[Red's Charizard]] with his {{p|Nidoqueen}}, winning easily before escaping with a helicopter, declaring that Red could never understand what he was hoping to achieve.
Giovanni appeared once more as the Viridian Gym Leader. Giovanni accepted his Gym challenge, but Red claimed that he would battle him as the enemy of all Pokémon, instead of a Gym Leader. Hearing this, Giovanni put aside his usual Gym Leader battling [[party|team]] and took out his strongest pair of Pokémon, contained within {{ball|Ultra}}s. The first one was {{p|Rhyhorn}}, which single-handedly was able to defeat four of Red's Pokémon before drawing with his {{p|Hitmonlee}}. During the battle, Giovanni started actually feeling excited, and wondered why he was feeling that way. When he saw the pose Red took while sending out his Charizard, he finally remembered his childhood passion for Pokémon and battling, and wondered how he could have ever turned into a person who only treated Pokémon as tools for business. After Red's Charizard had defeated Giovanni's last Pokémon, {{p|Rhydon}}, Giovanni offered him the Earth Badge as a proof of his victory. Red, however, refused to take a Badge from the Boss of Team Rocket. Seeing this, Giovanni turned to his minions, informing them that from that moment onwards, Team Rocket would be offically disbanded. He then turned back to Red, now offering the Badge to him not as the Boss of Team Rocket but as the Viridian City Gym Leader. Red accepted the Earth Badge and left, heading for the [[Indigo Plateau|Pokémon League]].
[[File:Young Giovanni PO.png|thumb|left|250px|Giovanni as a child]]
Giovanni appeared once more as the Viridian Gym Leader. Giovanni accepted his Gym challenge, but Red claimed that he would battle him as the enemy of all Pokémon, instead of a Gym Leader. Hearing this, Giovanni put aside his usual Gym Leader battling [[party|team]] and took out his strongest pair of Pokémon, contained within [[Ultra Ball]]s. The first one was {{p|Rhyhorn}}, which single-handedly was able to defeat four of Red's Pokémon before drawing with his {{p|Hitmonlee}}. During the {{pkmn|battle}}, Giovanni started actually feeling excited, and wondered why he was feeling that way. When he saw the pose Red took while sending out his Charizard, he finally remembered his childhood passion for Pokémon and battling, and wondered how he could have ever turned into a person who only treated Pokémon as tools for business. After Red's Charizard had defeated Giovanni's last Pokémon, {{p|Rhydon}}, Giovanni offered him the Earth Badge as a proof of his victory. Red, however, refused to take a Badge from the Boss of Team Rocket. Seeing this, Giovanni turned to his minions, informing them that from that moment onward, Team Rocket would be officially disbanded. He then turned back to Red, now offering the Badge to him not as the Boss of Team Rocket but as the Viridian City Gym Leader. Red accepted the Earth Badge and left, heading for the [[Indigo Plateau|Pokémon League]].


As his battle with Red had reminded Giovanni of how Pokémon could be taken as fun rather than business, he decided that he wanted to find a new path for himself and his Pokémon, without being the Boss of Team Rocket any longer.
As his battle with Red had reminded Giovanni of how Pokémon could be taken as fun rather than business, he decided that he wanted to find a new path for himself and his Pokémon, without being the Boss of Team Rocket any longer.


====Pokémon====
====Pokémon====
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====Voice actors====
====Voice actors====
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|ja=小山力也 ''Rikiya Koyama''
|ja=小山力也 ''[[Rikiya Koyama]]''
|en=Jamieson Price
|en=Jamieson Price
|es_eu=Richard del Olmo
|es_eu=Richard del Olmo
|it=Raffaele Farina}}
|it=Raffaele Farina}}


===In Pokémon Generations===
===Pokémon Generations===
[[File:Giovanni PG.png|250px|thumb|Giovanni in Pokémon Generations]]
[[File:Giovanni PG.png|thumb|250px|Giovanni in [[Pokémon Generations]]]]
Giovanni first appeared in ''[[PG02|The Chase]]''. After the [[International Police]] had failed to find him during a raid at the [[Viridian Gym]], he was seen standing on a hill near [[Viridian City]], declaring that Team Rocket would never fall, before walking away. Along with his disapparance, rumors about Team Rocket's disbandment began circling around.
Giovanni first appeared in ''[[PG02|The Chase]]''. After the [[International Police]] had failed to find him during a raid at the [[Viridian Gym]], he was seen standing on a hill near [[Viridian City]], declaring that Team Rocket would never fall, before walking away. Along with his disapparance, rumors about Team Rocket's disbandment began circling around.


He appeared again in a flashback in ''[[PG05|The Legacy]]''. [[Looker]] approached his son, {{ga|Silver}}, hoping to find information on him as he had not been seen since his disappearance three years prior. However, all Silver could describe was his own last encounter with Giovanni three years ago, in which the two had a falling out that fractured their relationship.
He reappeared in a flashback in ''[[PG05|The Legacy]]''. [[Looker]] approached Giovanni's son {{ga|Silver}}, hoping to find information on him as he had not been seen since his disappearance three years prior. However, all Silver could describe was his own last encounter with Giovanni three years ago, in which the two had a falling out that fractured their relationship.


====Voice actors====
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|ja=大塚明夫 ''Akio Ōtsuka''
|ja=大塚明夫 ''Akio Ōtsuka''
|en=Richard Epcar
|en=Richard Epcar
|es_eu=José García Tos}}
|it=Giorgio Bonino
|es_eu=José García Tos
|pt_br=Ronaldo Júlio}}
 
===GOTCHA!===
Giovanni briefly appeared as a silhouette in [[GOTCHA!]].


==In the manga==
==In the manga==
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
===Pokémon Adventures===
{{main|Giovanni (Adventures)}}
{{main|Giovanni (Adventures)}}


In [[Pokémon Adventures]], Giovanni serves much the same role as he does in the games, although he now has [[Lt. Surge]], [[Sabrina]], and [[Koga]] as subordinates. However, Giovanni is much more ruthless than his other counterparts.
In [[Pokémon Adventures]], Giovanni serves much of the same role as he does in the games, although he now has [[Lt. Surge]], [[Sabrina]], and [[Koga]] as subordinates. However, Giovanni is much more ruthless than his other counterparts.
[[File:Giovanni 1 HIBAPC.png|thumb|200px|Giovanni as a kid in How I Became a Pokémon Card]]
[[File:Giovanni 1 HIBAPC.png|thumb|200px|Giovanni as a kid in How I Became a Pokémon Card]]
[[File:Giovanni 2 HIBAPC.png|thumb|200px|left|An older Giovanni in How I Became a Pokémon Card]]
[[File:Giovanni 2 HIBAPC.png|thumb|200px|left|An older Giovanni in How I Became a Pokémon Card]]
===In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga===
 
In ''[[How I Became a Pokémon Card]]'', a short {{pkmn|manga}} by [[Kagemaru Himeno]], he and {{TP|Giovanni|Persian}} were shown to have been together for a long time, as he rescued the Pokémon when he was a child.
===How I Became a Pokémon Card===
Giovanni and {{TP|Giovanni|Persian}} were revealed to have been together for a long time, as he rescued the Pokémon when he was a child.
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None of Rhyhorn's moves are known.}}


===In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga===
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
{{main|Giovanni (Pocket Monsters)}}
{{main|Giovanni (Pocket Monsters)}}
Giovanni is the boss of Team Rocket in Pokémon Pocket Monsters.
Giovanni is the boss of Team Rocket in Pokémon Pocket Monsters.
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===In the Pokémon Zensho manga===
===Pokémon Zensho===
[[File:Giovanni Zensho.png|thumb|250px|Giovanni in Pokémon Zensho]]
[[File:Giovanni Zensho.png|thumb|250px|Giovanni in Pokémon Zensho]]
Giovanni appears in ''[[PZ05|Celadon City]]'' watching {{Zensho|Satoshi}} from the hidden cameras within the [[Silph Co.]] building. He has one of his {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt|minions}} to try to stop Satoshi from reaching him. [[PZ07|Two chapters later]], he has taken the boss of Silph Co. hostage and threatens to harm him if he refuses to tell Giovanni where the [[Master Ball]] was. However, he is interrupted when Satoshi and [[Sabrina]] teleport their way to the top floor. Lapras uses {{m|Mist}} to blind {{p|Nidoqueen}}, but she launches a {{m|Poison Sting}} attack. One of the needles from the attacks hits Giovanni. Satoshi and the others manage to escape afterwards. In ''[[PZ09|Viridian City]]'', Giovanni was revealed to be the final Gym Leader that Satoshi challenges. Satoshi manages to defeat him and earns the {{Badge|Earth}}.
Giovanni appears in [[PZ05]], where he is watching {{Zensho|Satoshi}} from the hidden cameras within the [[Silph Co.]] building. He orders one of his {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s to try and stop Satoshi from reaching him. [[PZ07|Two chapters later]], he has taken the boss of Silph Co. hostage and threatens to harm him if he refuses to tell Giovanni where the [[Master Ball]] was. However, he is interrupted when Satoshi and [[Sabrina]] teleport their way to the top floor. Lapras uses {{m|Mist}} to blind {{p|Nidoqueen}}, but she launches a {{m|Poison Sting}} attack. One of the needles from the attacks hits Giovanni. Satoshi and the others manage to escape afterwards. In ''[[PZ09|Viridian City]]'', Giovanni was revealed to be the final Gym Leader that Satoshi challenges. Satoshi manages to defeat him and earns the {{Badge|Earth}}.


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==In the TCG==
==In the TCG==
Giovanni has an {{TCG|Giovanni|eponymous}} {{TCG|Theme Deck}} in the {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} expansion.
Giovanni has an {{TCG|Giovanni|eponymous}} {{TCG|Theme Deck}} in the {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} expansion.
===Artwork===
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| Giovanni and the Earth Badge
| Giovanni sends out a {{pcolor|Nidoking|000}}
| Giovanni as the Boss of {{color2|000|Team Rocket}}
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===Cards===
===Cards===
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{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|CoroCoro|Giovanni's Nidoking|promo}}|type=Grass|jpset=Unnumbered Promotional cards}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|CoroCoro|Giovanni's Nidoking|promo}}|type=Grass|jpset=Unnumbered Promotional cards}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|SM-P Promo|Pretend Boss Pikachu|191}} '''<small>Team Rocket</small>'''|type=Lightning|jpset=SM-P Promotional cards|jpnum=191/SM-P}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Unbroken Bonds|Diglett|85}}|type=Fighting|expanded=yes|enset=Unbroken Bonds|enrarity=Common|ennum=85/214|jpset=Double Blaze|jprarity=C|jpnum=043/095}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Unbroken Bonds|Rhydon|94}}|type=Fighting|expanded=yes|enset=Unbroken Bonds|enrarity=Uncommon|ennum=94/214|jpset=Double Blaze|jprarity=C|jpnum=049/095}}
{{cardlist/div|Other related cards|Fighting}}
{{cardlist/div|Other related cards|Fighting}}
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{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Team Rocket|The Boss's Way|73}}|type=Trainer|enset=Team Rocket|enrarity=Uncommon|ennum=73/82|jpsetlink=Team Rocket|jpset=Rocket Gang|jprarity=Uncommon|enset2=Legendary Collection|enrarity2=Uncommon|ennum2=105/110}}
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{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Last Resort|105}}|type=Trainer|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Rare|ennum=105/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Last Resort|105}}|type=Trainer|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Rare|ennum=105/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Viridian City Gym|123}}|type=Trainer|type2=Stadium|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Uncommon|ennum=123/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Viridian City Gym|123}}|type=Trainer|type2=Stadium|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Uncommon|ennum=123/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare}}
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{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|XY Promo|Gym Badge|203}}|expanded=yes|type=Item|enset=XY Black Star Promos|ennum=XY210|jpset=XY-P Promotional cards}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Unbroken Bonds|Giovanni's Exile|174}}|type=Supporter|expanded=yes|enset=Unbroken Bonds|enrarity=Uncommon|ennum=174/214|jpset=Double Blaze|jprarity=U|jpnum=085/095|enset2=Hidden Fates|enrarity2=Rare Ultra|ennum2=67/68|jpset2=Double Blaze|jprarity2=SR|jpnum2=105/095|enset3=Hidden Fates|enrarity3=Uncommon|ennum3=57/68|jpset4=Tag All Stars|jpnum4=151/173}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Rebel Clash|Boss's Orders|154}} '''<small>Giovanni</small>'''|type=Supporter|standard=yes|enset=Rebel Clash|enrarity=Rare Holo|ennum=154/192|jpset=Rebellion Crash|jprarity=R|jpnum=092/096|enset2=Rebel Clash|enrarity2=Rare Ultra|ennum2=189/192|jpset2=Rebellion Crash|jprarity2=SR|jpnum2=106/096|enset3=Rebel Clash|enrarity3=Rare Secret|ennum3=200/192|jpset3=Rebellion Crash|jprarity3=HR|jpnum3=112/096}}
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{{cardlist/footer|Fighting}}
{{cardlist/footer|Fighting}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* In the {{pkmn|games}}, Giovanni is the only Gym Leader to appear outside of his Gym in [[Generation I]], a feature that would become more and more common up to [[Generation IV]], during and after which all Gym Leaders in the featured regions appear outside of their Gym in one way or another.
* Giovanni is the only [[Gym Leader]] in the {{pkmn|games}} to appear outside of his [[Gym]] in [[Generation I]], a feature that would become more and more common up to [[Generation IV]], during and after which all Gym Leaders in the featured regions appear outside of their Gym in one way or another.
** He is also the only Gym Leader not to use the ''A Trainer Appears (Boy Version)'' song.
** He is also the only Gym Leader not to use the "A Trainer Appears (Boy Version)" song.
* Giovanni is the only Gym Leader who is also a boss of a villainous organization.
* In the official Red and Blue guide from [[Nintendo Power]], Giovanni was labelled to be a regional boss of Team Rocket (implying he's not the absolute leader). This was invalidated in {{3v2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}, where it was made clear that Giovanni was the absolute leader of Team Rocket (even having an [[Team Rocket HQ|office in Johto]]).
* In the English version of {{eng|Pokémon Stadium}}, his name is misspelled "Giovani" (with one n). This is because the space for Trainer names only allows seven characters, whilst Giovanni's name has eight.
* In the official Red and Blue guide from [[Nintendo Power]], Giovanni was labeled to be a regional boss of Team Rocket (implying he's not the absolute leader). This was invalidated in {{3v2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}, where it was made clear that Giovanni was the absolute leader of Team Rocket (even having an [[Team Rocket HQ|office in Johto]]).
* Giovanni is likely based on the boss of a {{wp|Yakuza}} faction, possibly more on the {{wp|bakuto}} factions than others, considering [[Team Rocket]]'s former ownership of the [[Celadon Game Corner]]. Outside of Japan, this reference is localized, making him more akin to a {{wp|Mafia}} boss (especially considering his English name being Italian in origin).
* Giovanni is likely based on the boss of a {{wp|Yakuza}} faction, possibly more on the {{wp|bakuto}} factions than others, considering [[Team Rocket]]'s former ownership of the [[Celadon Game Corner]]. Outside of Japan, this reference is localized, making him more akin to a {{wp|Mafia}} boss (especially considering his English name being Italian in origin).
* In {{game|Black and White|s|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2|2}}, Giovanni and [[Norman]] are tied for using more different species of Pokémon than any other Gym Leader at the [[Pokémon World Tournament]], with a total of 10.
* In {{game|Black and White|s|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2|2}}, Giovanni and [[Norman]] are tied for using more different species of Pokémon than any other Gym Leader at the [[Pokémon World Tournament]], with a total of 10.
* In {{game|Yellow}}, he is the only Gym Leader who uses a Pokémon not of the type he specializes in during Gym battles.
* In {{game|Yellow}}, he is the only Gym Leader who uses a Pokémon not of the type he specializes in during Gym battles.
* In his official {{pkmn|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}} artwork, Giovanni has the same pose as {{me|Mewtwo}} X in [[:File:150Mewtwo-Mega X.png|its official artwork]], just mirrored.
* In his official {{pkmn|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}} artwork, Giovanni has the same pose as {{me|Mewtwo}} X in [[:File:150Mewtwo-Mega X.png|its official artwork]], just mirrored.
* Artwork made by Ken Sugimori suggests that Giovanni was not originally going to be the Gym Leader of Viridian City.<ref>https://twitter.com/SUPER_32X/status/611129653110026241</ref>
* Giovanni debuted in {{g|GO}} as a [[GO Snapshot]] photobomb at [[List of events (GO)|Pokémon GO Fest in Yokohama]].
* The teaser trailer for the debut of [[Team GO Rocket]] in GO contains the line "Earth is where I shall unleash my evil schemes next!" This is a reference to Giovanni's final line in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, in which he ponders "Now...what new world shall I unleash my evil schemes upon...?" before warping away from [[Aether Paradise]].
* Giovanni is the only character to be the leader of more than one [[villainous team]].


==Names==
==Names==
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! Language
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| Japanese
| サカキ ''Sakaki''
| サカキ ''Sakaki''
| From 榊 ''{{wp|Cleyera japonica|sakaki}}'', a sacred tree in {{wp|Shinto}} which resembles the Earth Badge. Also from 坂 / 阪 ''saka'', slope.
| From 榊 ''{{wp|Cleyera japonica|sakaki}}'' (a sacred tree in {{wp|Shinto}} from which the Earth Badge bears a resemblance) and 坂 / 阪 ''saka'' (slope)
|- style="background:#FFF"
|- style="background:#FFF"
| English, French, German,<br>Italian, Spanish
| English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Indonesian, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish
| Giovanni
| Giovanni
| From Italian ''Giovanni'', equivalent to ''John'', gift from God; ''gio'' is also a homophone of ''geo'', from Greek γῆ ''gē'', earth.<br>The Italian origin of his name may also be a play on his resemblance to a {{wp|Mafia}} boss in control of his mob.
| From ''geo-'' (a prefix of Greek origin pertaining to earth). The name "{{wp|Giovanni (name)|Giovanni}}" is the Italian cognate of John, possibly a reference on his resemblance to a {{wp|mafia}} boss.
|- style="background:#FFF"
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Korean
| Korean
| 비주기 ''Bijugi''
| 비주기 ''Bijugi''
| From 비쭈기나무 ''bijjuginamu'' (sakaki)
| From 비쭈기나무 ''bijjuginamu'' (sakaki)
|- style="background:#FFF"
|- style="background:#FFF"
|rowspan=3|Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and mainland China}})
|rowspan=2|Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and mainland China}})
| 坂木 ''Bǎnmù''{{tt|*|Games (Simplified), Anime (DP series - Present), Adventures}}
| 阪木 ''Bǎnmù''{{tt|*|Games (Traditional), Anime (original series to AG series)}}<br>坂木 ''Bǎnmù''{{tt|*|Games (Simplified), Anime (DP series - present), Adventures}}
|rowspan=2| From the Japanese name 坂木 / 阪木 ''Sakaki''. The characters 坂 and 阪 both means "slope," with the former containing the {{wp|Radical (Chinese character)|radical}} 土 '''' (earth).
| From the Japanese name 阪木 /  坂木 ''Sakaki'' and 阪 / 坂 ''bǎn'' (slope)
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| 阪木 ''Bǎnmù''{{tt|*|Games (Traditional), Anime (Original series to AG series)}}
| 板木 ''Bǎnmù''{{tt|*|Zensho}}
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Similar to his other names. May be taken from 老板 ''lǎobǎn'' (boss).
| 板木 ''Bǎnmù''{{tt|*|Zensho}}
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Similar to his other names. May be taken from 老板 ''lǎo​bǎn'' (boss).  
| rowspan="3" | Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 阪木 ''Báanmuhk''{{tt|*|Games , early anime}}
|rowspan=3| Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
| rowspan="2" | From the Japanese name 阪木 / 坂木 ''Sakaki'' and / 坂 ''bǎn'' (slope)
| 阪木 ''Báanmuhk''{{tt|*|Games (Traditional), XY series}}
|- style="background:#FFF"
|rowspan=2| From the Japanese name 阪木 / 坂木 ''Sakaki''. The characters and both means "slope," with the latter containing the {{wp|Radical (Chinese character)|radical}} 土 ''tóu'' (earth).
| rowspan="2" | 坂木 ''Báanmuhk''{{tt|*|Anime (XY)}}<br>沙加 ''Sāgā''{{tt|*|Anime (pre-XY series), Adventures}}
|- style="background:#FFF"
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 坂木 ''Báanmuhk''{{tt|*|Games (Simplified), Early Anime}}
| From the partial transcription his Japanese name and 沙 ''sā'' (sand)
|- style="background:#FFF"
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 沙加 ''Sāgā''{{tt|*|Later Anime}}
| Hindi
| Partial transliteration of ''Sakaki''. Also contains 沙 ''sā'' (sand).
| जोवानी ''Giovanni''{{tt|*|Pokémon GO}}
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Transcription of his English name
| Russian
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Джованни ''Dzhovanni''
| Russian
| Transcription of his English name.
| Джованни ''Dzhovanni''
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Transcription of his English name
| Thai
|- style="background:#FFF"
| ซาคากิ ''Sakaki''
| Thai
| Transliteration of his Japanese name.
| ซากากิ ''Sakaki''{{tt|*|Pokémon GO, TCG}}<br>ซาคากิ ''Sakhaki''{{tt|*|Adventures}}
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Transcription of his Japanese name
| Vietnamese
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Sakaki
| Vietnamese
| Transliteration of his Japanese name.
| Sakaki
|}
| Transcription of his Japanese name
|}
 
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==Related articles==
* [[a:Category:Giovanni|Images on the Bulbagarden Archives]]


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Latest revision as of 22:14, 18 March 2024

If you were looking for the character in the games whose Japanese name is Giovanni, see Earl Dervish. For the episode of Pokémon Origins, see File 3: Giovanni.

Giovanni
サカキ Sakaki
"The Self-Proclaimed Strongest Trainer"
Lets Go Pikachu Eevee Giovanni.png
Artwork from Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee! by Megumi Mizutani[1]
Age Unknown
Gender Male
Eye color Black
Hair color Black
Hometown Viridian City
Region Kanto
Relatives Silver (son)
Trainer class BossRBYFRLG/Rocket BossHGSS/Team Rocket BossPE
Gym LeaderRBYFRLGPE
Pokémon TrainerB2W2USUM
Team Rainbow RocketUSUM
Generation I, III, IV, V, VII, VIII, IX
Counterpart(s) Giovanni (GO), Giovanni (Masters)
Games Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Black 2, White 2, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon, Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee!
Stadium, Masters EX
English voice actor Andrew Russell[2] (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor Kōji Ishii[3] (Masters EX)
Member of Team Rocket
Rank Boss
Member of Indigo League
Rank Gym Leader
Leader of Viridian Gym
Badge Earth Badge
Specializes in Ground types
Member of Team Rainbow Rocket
Rank Boss
Anime series Pokémon the Series
Pokémon Origins
Pokémon Generations
Debut Battle Aboard the St. Anne (Pokémon the Series)
File 3: Giovanni (Pokémon Origins)
The Chase (Pokémon Generations)
Counterpart(s) Giovanni
English voice actor Ed Paul (EP015-AG132, DP080-present), Craig Blair (DP002-DP043) (Pokémon the Series)
Jamieson Price (Pokémon Origins)
Richard Epcar (Pokémon Generations)
Japanese voice actor Hirotaka Suzuoki (EP015-AG132), Kenta Miyake (DP002-present) (Pokémon the Series)
Rikiya Koyama (Pokémon Origins)
Akio Ōtsuka (Pokémon Generations)
Manga series Pokémon Adventures
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
Pokémon Zensho
Counterpart(s) Giovanni (Adventures), Giovanni (Pocket Monsters)
Debut Make Way For Magmar! (Pokémon Adventures)
Pikachu Was Kidnapped!! (Pokémon Pocket Monsters)
Tamamushi City (Pokémon Zensho)

Giovanni (Japanese: サカキ Sakaki) is the former head of Team Rocket, who served as the secretive Gym Leader of Viridian City's Gym, known officially as the Viridian Gym. He handed out the Earth Badge to Trainers who defeated him in battle. As a Gym Leader, he specialized in Ground-type Pokémon, but his master plan includes collecting rare Pokémon of all types. In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, he makes a return appearance as the leader of Team Rainbow Rocket. He is the only character in the games to have the Trainer classes BossFRLG/Rocket BossHGSS/Team Rocket BossPE (Japanese: ロケットだんボス Team Rocket Boss) and Team Rainbow Rocket (Japanese: Rロケットだん Team R Rocket).

Terminology

In the English version of Pokémon Stadium, his name is misspelled "Giovani" (with one n) to fit the game's seven-character limit for Trainer names. His name is correctly written as Giovanni in the Pokémon Stadium: Official Nintendo Player's Guide.

In the Japanese version of the Trainer Card from the Generation I games, he is unidentified and his name is written as ???, as opposed to other Gym Leaders who have their names written on the Trainer Card. However, the English version of the Generation I Trainer Card does not have any names of Gym Leaders. Giovanni appears as a silhouette in both language versions.

He is also unidentified and has his name is written as ??? on the list of Gym Leaders seen in Japanese and English manuals of the Generation I games and the English manual of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, even though he is identified normally in the Japanese manual of FireRed and LeafGreen.

In the core series games

Giovanni is the primary antagonist of the games taking place in Kanto.

In the first games Giovanni appeared in, he served a dual role: one that was well known to the residents of Kanto, and one that was more secret. He was first shown as the leader of the villainous Team Rocket, the first of many criminal organizations to grace the Pokémon games. After the player defeated him and his team of Grunts at Silph Co., Giovanni fled to a hideout that the player is unaware of. Once the player returned to Viridian City, one of the major plot twists of these games revealed that Giovanni, in addition to his role as a criminal, was the final Gym Leader to be fought before the Elite Four—albeit one without a formal title. Here, he specializes in the Ground type. Once defeated, he disbanded Team Rocket and left the player with the Earth Badge and TM27 (Fissure). If talked to again, he then vanishes and is not seen again for the rest of the game.

Giovanni's role in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen is much the same; the one difference is that defeating him in the Gym battle will earn the player TM26 (Earthquake), instead of TM27 (Fissure). He also implies that he intends to return to power one day rather than being moved to dedicate his life to the study of Pokémon. There is a side-plot in the Sevii Islands that revolves around Giovanni; a group of Team Rocket members are trying to continue the aims of Team Rocket, but they abandon this when they realize that their leader has been defeated once and for all.

In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Giovanni's story is slightly expanded from his first appearance. During his first appearance, he is seen talking with Archer and giving him the permission to proceed with the plan to take over Silph Co. After being defeated for the first time, he gives the player the Silph Scope as a token of apology for mocking them, as opposed to just leaving the device behind before leaving, like in previous games. At the Silph Co., a part of his conversation with the Silph Co. President is shown, with Giovanni demanding him to hand over the Master Ball like they had previously agreed. In the Gym battle, Giovanni's reward TM once again contains Earthquake, although now, it's TM41, instead of TM26.

In Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, a group of Team Rocket members tries to relaunch the old team. They take over Goldenrod Radio Tower, and broadcast a radio announcement intended for Giovanni. Only in HeartGold and SoulSilver is it revealed that Giovanni does hear the broadcast, from his hideout in Tohjo Falls - an event in the remakes involving a time-traveling Celebi allows Ethan and Lyra to travel back in time and defeat Giovanni at the same time the rest of Team Rocket is being defeated at the Radio Tower. Upon defeat, he will begin ranting about how he keeps losing to children and, like before, Giovanni will leave the room and disappear. Later, in Kanto, it is revealed that Blue took over the Viridian Gym after his disappearance.

The Celebi event also reveals some of Giovanni's background from the three years between Generation I/III and Generation II/IV. While it was mentioned by Scientist Gideon in FireRed and LeafGreen that Giovanni has a son with red hair, the son's identity wasn't revealed until the time travel event in HeartGold and SoulSilver. As many fans speculated (and as was mentioned in the Pokémon Adventures manga series), this son is the rival of the Johto player character, Silver. Much of Silver's personality is a result of the treatment he received from Giovanni, which includes abandonment. Like many of Giovanni's other actions throughout the games, this reflects on his selfishness.

Giovanni reappears in Black 2 and White 2 in the Pokémon World Tournament, replacing Blue, who instead participates in the Champions Tournament. Giovanni returns to using Ground types exclusively. While the announcer usually introduces Gym Leaders by their title, Giovanni, who does not have a title, is introduced as "The Self-Proclaimed Strongest Trainer" (Japanese: さいきょうの トレーナーと なのる Self-Proclaimed Strongest Trainer).

An alternate universe Giovanni appears in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon as the Boss of Team Rainbow Rocket. This version of Giovanni came from a universe where Team Rocket succeeded in taking over the world, featured in Episode RR. He is first seen during the Aether Foundation's broadcast from Aether Paradise, where he seizes control of the organization from Lusamine. He fortifies himself inside Team Rocket's Castle and stations versions of Archie, Maxie, Cyrus, Lysandre, and Ghetsis from other worlds as his guards, along with an army of Team Rainbow Rocket Grunts. After battling through his army, the player and Lillie find Giovanni holding an unconscious Lusamine inside his control center deep within the castle. He introduces himself and reveals that he plans to create an army of Ultra Beasts in order to conquer all worlds. For that purpose, he needs the Aether Foundation's resources, and intends to brainwash Lusamine into serving him. Feeling nostalgic that a child would challenge him, Giovanni battles the player with a party that includes Mewtwo, and is ultimately defeated. Accepting his loss, Giovanni abandons his plans for the Aether Foundation but swears that Team Rainbow Rocket will never fall. He leaves as Colress begins working to revert Team Rocket's Castle back into Lusamine's mansion, and is last seen reflecting on what he will do next before being warped away.

A battle program based on Giovanni appears as a boss in the Battle Agency within Festival Plaza. He's also implied to have stopped by at the Alola Photo Club to leave villainous team-based stickers for the player to use after he was defeated by them.

Fame Checker

This is a list of the Fame Checker's information on Giovanni in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Rocket HQ - Giovanni
What does this person do?
Team Rocket captures Pokémon from around the world. They're important tools for keeping our criminal enterprise going. I am the leader, Giovanni!
Silph Co. - Scientist
Favorite kind of Pokémon?
Those thugs that took over our building... Their Boss said he was looking for strong Pokémon.
Silph Co. - Scientist
What is this person like?
Team Rocket's Boss is terribly cruel! To him, Pokémon are just tools to be used.
Viridian Gym - Giovanni
What does this person do?
Welcome to my hideout! It shall be so until I can restore Team Rocket to its former glory.
Viridian Gym - Gym guide*
What does this person do?
Blow me away! Giovanni was the Gym Leader of Viridian?
Rocket Warehouse - Scientist Gideon*
Family and Friends?
You... You're not Giovanni's kid, are you? No, that can't be right. Giovanni's kid has red hair.
Message from Giovanni
  • From: Giovanni
  • To: [Player]
"There is nothing I wish to say to you.
I will concentrate solely on bettering myself, and none other."

Pokémon

Pokémon Red and Blue

In all three battles, Giovanni has one Guard Spec. per Pokémon to use randomly 25% of the time.

First battle



Second battle



Gym battle



Pokémon Yellow

In all three battles, Giovanni has one Guard Spec. per Pokémon to use randomly 25% of the time.

First battle



Second battle



Gym battle



Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

First battle



Second battle



Gym battle

Giovanni has two Hyper Potions and a Full Heal.



Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver



Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Pokémon World Tournament

Giovanni uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. Giovanni will always lead with his signature Pokémon, Rhyperior.

Kanto Leaders Tournament



Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament



Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Giovanni's Pokémon are kept in Master Balls. His Mewtwo's moveset and Mega Stone differ between the two versions.

Pokémon Ultra Sun



Pokémon Ultra Moon



Battle Agency



Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

First battle



Second battle



Gym battle



In the side series games

Pokémon Stadium

Giovanni appears in Pokémon Stadium as the final Gym Leader the player faces during the Gym Leader Castle challenge. His name is spelled "Giovani" to fit the game's seven-character name limit.

Pokémon

Round 1



Round 2



In the spin-off games

Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!

In Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!, the The Boss's Way card is available. The boss mentioned by the card is Giovanni.

Pokémon GO

Main article: Giovanni (GO)

In Pokémon GO, Giovanni appears as the boss of Team GO Rocket, who operate by invading PokéStops and battling using Shadow Pokémon.

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Giovanni (Masters)

Giovanni forms a sync pair with Mewtwo, Nidoking, Persian, Rhydon, and Nidorino in Pokémon Masters EX. His Mewtwo is capable of Mega Evolving into Mega Mewtwo Y, while his Nidoking is capable of Dynamaxing. Giovanni became a playable sync pair on December 5, 2019.

In this game, Giovanni is from an alternate universe where Team Rocket succeeded in taking over the world and later became the leader of Team Rainbow Rocket, which was introduced in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. He has made notable appearances in the game's Main Stories: the PML Arc, Legendary Adventures, and is the overall main antagonist of the Villain Arc. The whereabouts of Giovanni from this game's continuity are currently unknown.

Sync Dex Trainer NDex Pokémon Type Weakness Role Base Potential Availability
#074 VSGiovanni Masters.png Giovanni #0150 MastersIcon0150MY.png Mewtwo
Bag Mewtwonite Y Sprite.png Mega Mewtwo Y
Psychic
PsychicIC Masters.png
Dark
DarkIC Masters.png
Masters Special Strike.png ★★★★★☆EX Legendary Adventures
Lurking Shadow
#074 VSGiovanni Sygna Masters.png Sygna Suit
Giovanni
#0034 MastersIcon0034.png Nidoking Dynamax icon.png
Ground
GroundIC Masters.png
Psychic
PsychicIC Masters.png
Masters Physical Strike.png ★★★★★☆EX Poké Fair Sync Pair Scout
#074 VSGiovanni Classic Masters.png Classic
Giovanni
#0053 MastersIcon0053.png Persian
Normal
NormalIC Masters.png
Fighting
FightingIC Masters.png
Masters Support.png ★★★★☆☆EX Sync Pair-Up Event
#074 VSGiovanni Masters.png Giovanni #0112 MastersIcon0112.png Rhydon Buddy Move Icon Masters.png
Ground
GroundIC Masters.png
Grass
GrassIC Masters.png
Masters Field.png ★★★★★☆EX Variety Sync Pair Scout
#074 VSGiovanni Masters.png Giovanni #0033 MastersIcon0033.png Nidorino
Poison
PoisonIC Masters.png
Ground
GroundIC Masters.png
Masters Support.png ★★★★☆☆EX Trainer Lodge Friendship Level 100

Gallery

Artwork

RG Giovanni.png Red Blue Giovanni.png Yellow Giovanni.png FireRed LeafGreen Giovanni.png FireRed LeafGreen Giovanni Shadow.png USUM Giovanni.png Giovanni PO.png Giovanni LGPE concept art.jpg
Headshot from
Red and Green
Artwork from
Red and Blue
Artwork from
Yellow
Artwork from
FireRed and LeafGreen by Ken Sugimori[4]
Artwork from
Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
Artwork from
Pokémon Origins
Concept art from
Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

Sprites and models

In the core series

Spr RG Giovanni.png Spr Y Giovanni.png Spr FRLG Giovanni.png Spr HGSS Giovanni.png VSGiovanni.png Spr B2W2 Giovanni.png
Sprite from
Red and Blue
Sprite from
Yellow
Sprite from
FireRed and LeafGreen
Sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver
VS sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver
Sprite from
Black 2 and
White 2
Giovanni I OD.png Giovanni III OD.png Giovanni IV OD.png Giovanni OD.png
Overworld sprite from
Generation I
Overworld sprite from
FireRed and LeafGreen
Overworld sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver
Overworld sprite from
Black 2 and
White 2
VSGiovanni USUM.png VSGiovanni 2 USUM.png Spr USUM Giovanni.png VSGiovanni PE.png
VS model from
Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
Battle Agency VS sprite from
Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
High-poly model from
Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
VS model from
Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Giovanni USUM OD.png ODGiovanni PE.png
Overworld model from
Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
Overworld model from
Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

In other games

TCG2 G47 The Boss Way.png Giovanni Stadium.png
The Boss's Way from
Pokémon Card GB2
Portrait from
Stadium

Quotes

Main article: Giovanni/Quotes

In the anime

Giovanni in the anime

Main series

Main article: Giovanni (anime)

Giovanni appears in the anime as the head of Team Rocket. Unlike the members of other prominent criminal organizations, he is a recurring character from Pokémon the Series: The Beginning to Pokémon Journeys: The Series, usually keeping in contact with the Team Rocket trio. In Pokémon the Series: Black & White, he also appears in person to take on the role of direct antagonist at times.

Pokémon Origins

Giovanni in Pokémon Origins

Giovanni appeared in File 3: Giovanni. Red first recalled meeting him at the Rocket Hideout. They later encountered again at Silph Co. after Team Rocket had taken over the building. Seeing Red's arrogant and determined attitude to stop Team Rocket every time, Giovanni decided to put him in his place, and battled Red's Charizard with his Nidoqueen, winning easily before escaping with a helicopter, declaring that Red could never understand what he was hoping to achieve.

Giovanni as a child

Giovanni appeared once more as the Viridian Gym Leader. Giovanni accepted his Gym challenge, but Red claimed that he would battle him as the enemy of all Pokémon, instead of a Gym Leader. Hearing this, Giovanni put aside his usual Gym Leader battling team and took out his strongest pair of Pokémon, contained within Ultra Balls. The first one was Rhyhorn, which single-handedly was able to defeat four of Red's Pokémon before drawing with his Hitmonlee. During the battle, Giovanni started actually feeling excited, and wondered why he was feeling that way. When he saw the pose Red took while sending out his Charizard, he finally remembered his childhood passion for Pokémon and battling, and wondered how he could have ever turned into a person who only treated Pokémon as tools for business. After Red's Charizard had defeated Giovanni's last Pokémon, Rhydon, Giovanni offered him the Earth Badge as a proof of his victory. Red, however, refused to take a Badge from the Boss of Team Rocket. Seeing this, Giovanni turned to his minions, informing them that from that moment onward, Team Rocket would be officially disbanded. He then turned back to Red, now offering the Badge to him not as the Boss of Team Rocket but as the Viridian City Gym Leader. Red accepted the Earth Badge and left, heading for the Pokémon League.

As his battle with Red had reminded Giovanni of how Pokémon could be taken as fun rather than business, he decided that he wanted to find a new path for himself and his Pokémon, without being the Boss of Team Rocket any longer.

Pokémon


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On hand
Giovanni's Nidoqueen
Nidoqueen
Giovanni used Nidoqueen to battle Red's Charizard at Silph Co. and won easily.

Nidoqueen's known moves are Double Kick and Surf.

Debut File 3: Giovanni
Giovanni's Rhyhorn
Rhyhorn
Rhyhorn was the first Pokémon Giovanni used in his Gym battle against Red. It was able to defeat Red's Victreebel, Kabutops, Snorlax, and Jolteon, despite the former two having the type advantage. It finally drew with Red's Hitmonlee.

Rhyhorn's moves are Horn Attack, Take Down, Thunderbolt, and Horn Drill.

Debut File 3: Giovanni
Giovanni's Rhydon
Rhydon
Rhydon was the second Pokémon Giovanni used in his Gym battle against Red. It went up against Red's Charizard and lost after a tough fight, taken down by Charizard's Seismic Toss.

Rhydon's known moves are Mega Punch, Fury Attack, and Horn Drill.

Debut File 3: Giovanni
Status unknown
Giovanni's Charmander
Charmander
Charmander only appeared in a flashback during Giovanni's battle with Red, when Giovanni recalled the time having one in his youth.

None of Charmander's moves are known.

Debut File 3: Giovanni

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 小山力也 Rikiya Koyama
English Jamieson Price
Italian Raffaele Farina
European Spanish Richard del Olmo


Pokémon Generations

Giovanni first appeared in The Chase. After the International Police had failed to find him during a raid at the Viridian Gym, he was seen standing on a hill near Viridian City, declaring that Team Rocket would never fall, before walking away. Along with his disapparance, rumors about Team Rocket's disbandment began circling around.

He reappeared in a flashback in The Legacy. Looker approached Giovanni's son Silver, hoping to find information on him as he had not been seen since his disappearance three years prior. However, all Silver could describe was his own last encounter with Giovanni three years ago, in which the two had a falling out that fractured their relationship.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 大塚明夫 Akio Ōtsuka
English Richard Epcar
Italian Giorgio Bonino
Brazilian Portuguese Ronaldo Júlio
European Spanish José García Tos


GOTCHA!

Giovanni briefly appeared as a silhouette in GOTCHA!.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Main article: Giovanni (Adventures)

In Pokémon Adventures, Giovanni serves much of the same role as he does in the games, although he now has Lt. Surge, Sabrina, and Koga as subordinates. However, Giovanni is much more ruthless than his other counterparts.

Giovanni as a kid in How I Became a Pokémon Card
An older Giovanni in How I Became a Pokémon Card

How I Became a Pokémon Card

Giovanni and Persian were revealed to have been together for a long time, as he rescued the Pokémon when he was a child.


Pokémon

On hand
Giovanni's Persian
Persian
Main article: Persian (Jungle 42)

Giovanni found this Persian when he was a kid.

Debut PW17
Mentioned
Giovanni's Diglett
Diglett
Giovanni's Diglett was only mentioned when it was commanded to use Sand Attack.

Diglett's only known move is Sand Attack*.

Debut PW17
Giovanni's Rhyhorn
Rhyhorn
Giovanni was about to send out Rhyhorn after recalling Diglett but he threw the Poké Ball too high.

None of Rhyhorn's moves are known.

Debut PW17

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Main article: Giovanni (Pocket Monsters)

Giovanni is the boss of Team Rocket in Pokémon Pocket Monsters.

Pokémon Zensho

Giovanni in Pokémon Zensho

Giovanni appears in PZ05, where he is watching Satoshi from the hidden cameras within the Silph Co. building. He orders one of his Team Rocket Grunts to try and stop Satoshi from reaching him. Two chapters later, he has taken the boss of Silph Co. hostage and threatens to harm him if he refuses to tell Giovanni where the Master Ball was. However, he is interrupted when Satoshi and Sabrina teleport their way to the top floor. Lapras uses Mist to blind Nidoqueen, but she launches a Poison Sting attack. One of the needles from the attacks hits Giovanni. Satoshi and the others manage to escape afterwards. In Viridian City, Giovanni was revealed to be the final Gym Leader that Satoshi challenges. Satoshi manages to defeat him and earns the Earth Badge.

Pokémon

Giovanni's Nidoqueen
Nidoqueen
While taking over the Silph Co., Giovanni used Nidoqueen to hold the Silph co. boss hostage.

Nidoqueen's only known move is Poison Sting.

Debut Saffron City
Giovanni's Rhydon
Rhydon
Rhydon was Satoshi's opponent for his final Gym battle. It went up against his Lapras and was defeated by his Charizard after Satoshi switched out Lapras.

Rhydon's only known move is Take Down.

Debut Viridian City
At the Pokémon Tower
Giovanni's Machamp
Machamp
Giovanni has owned this Machamp ever since he was a child. When it passed away, it turned him into a bitter person. The spirit of Machamp was called out by one of the Team Rocket grunts to deal with Satoshi. However, it was defeated by Gastly as physical attacks had no effect on the Ghost-type Pokémon.

None of Machamp's moves are known.

Debut Celadon City
Giovanni's Nidoking
Nidoking
Giovanni has owned this Nidoking ever since his childhood. He first appeared in Satoshi's flashback while Satoshi was in his house. At the Viridian Gym, Nidoking appeared in Giovanni's imagination where it was revealed that his passing during Giovanni's childhood turned him into a bitter person.

None of Nidoking's moves are known.

Debut Viridian City
Giovanni's Kangaskhan
Kangaskhan
Kangaskhan only appeared shadowed in Satoshi's imagination.

None of Kangaskhan's moves are known.

Debut Viridian City

In the TCG

Giovanni has an eponymous Theme Deck in the Gym Challenge expansion.

Cards

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Giovanni or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Giovanni's Pokémon
Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format.
Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card Type English
Expansion
Rarity # Japanese
Expansion
Rarity #
Giovanni's Gyarados Water Gym Challenge Rare Holo 5/132 Challenge from the Darkness Rare Holo  
Giovanni's Machamp Fighting Gym Challenge Rare Holo 6/132 Challenge from the Darkness Rare Holo  
Giovanni's Nidoking Grass Gym Challenge Rare Holo 7/132 Challenge from the Darkness Rare Holo  
Giovanni's Persian Colorless Gym Challenge Rare Holo 8/132 Challenge from the Darkness Rare Holo  
Giovanni's Nidoqueen Grass Gym Challenge Rare 23/132 Challenge from the Darkness Rare  
Giovanni's Pinsir Grass Gym Challenge Rare 24/132 Challenge from the Darkness Rare  
Giovanni's Machoke Fighting Gym Challenge Uncommon 42/132 Challenge from the Darkness Uncommon  
Giovanni's Meowth Colorless Gym Challenge Uncommon 43/132 Challenge from the Darkness Uncommon  
Giovanni's Nidorina Grass Gym Challenge Uncommon 44/132 Challenge from the Darkness Uncommon  
Giovanni's Nidorino Grass Gym Challenge Uncommon 45/132 Challenge from the Darkness Uncommon  
Giovanni's Machop Fighting Gym Challenge Common 72/132 Challenge from the Darkness Common  
Giovanni's Magikarp Water Gym Challenge Common 73/132 Challenge from the Darkness Common  
Giovanni's Meowth Colorless Gym Challenge Common 74/132 Challenge from the Darkness Common  
Giovanni's Nidoran♀ Grass Gym Challenge Common 75/132 Challenge from the Darkness Common  
Giovanni's Nidoran♂ Grass Gym Challenge Common 76/132 Challenge from the Darkness Common  
Giovanni's Nidoking Grass       Unnumbered Promotional cards    
Pretend Boss Pikachu Team Rocket Lightning       SM-P Promotional cards   191/SM-P
Diglett Fighting Unbroken Bonds Common 85/214 Double Blaze C 043/095
Rhydon Fighting Unbroken Bonds Uncommon 94/214 Double Blaze C 049/095
Other related cards
Card Type English
Expansion
Rarity # Japanese
Expansion
Rarity #
The Boss's Way T Team Rocket Uncommon 73/82 Rocket Gang Uncommon  
Legendary Collection Uncommon 105/110      
Giovanni T Gym Challenge Rare Holo 18/132 Challenge from the Darkness Rare Holo  
Gym Challenge Rare 104/132      
Giovanni's Last Resort T Gym Challenge Rare 105/132 Challenge from the Darkness Rare  
Viridian City Gym T [St] Gym Challenge Uncommon 123/132 Challenge from the Darkness Rare  
Giovanni's Scheme Su BREAKthrough Uncommon 138/162 Red Flash U 058/059
BREAKthrough Rare Ultra 162/162 Red Flash SR 064/059
      Premium Champion Pack   121/131
      XY-P Promotional cards   277/XY-P
Gym Badge I XY Black Star Promos   XY210 XY-P Promotional cards    
Giovanni's Exile Su Unbroken Bonds Uncommon 174/214 Double Blaze U 085/095
Hidden Fates Rare Ultra 67/68 Double Blaze SR 105/095
Hidden Fates Uncommon 57/68      
      Tag All Stars   151/173
Boss's Orders Giovanni Su Rebel Clash Rare Holo 154/192 Rebellion Crash R 092/096
Rebel Clash Rare Ultra 189/192 Rebellion Crash SR 106/096
Rebel Clash Rare Secret 200/192 Rebellion Crash HR 112/096
Giovanni's Charisma Su 151 Uncommon 161/165 Pokémon Card 151 U 162/165
151 Ultra Rare 197/165 Pokémon Card 151 SR 197/165
151 Special Illustration Rare 204/165 Pokémon Card 151 SAR 207/165
 


Trivia

  • Giovanni is the only Gym Leader in the games to appear outside of his Gym in Generation I, a feature that would become more and more common up to Generation IV, during and after which all Gym Leaders in the featured regions appear outside of their Gym in one way or another.
    • He is also the only Gym Leader not to use the "A Trainer Appears (Boy Version)" song.
  • In the official Red and Blue guide from Nintendo Power, Giovanni was labelled to be a regional boss of Team Rocket (implying he's not the absolute leader). This was invalidated in Gold, Silver, and Crystal, where it was made clear that Giovanni was the absolute leader of Team Rocket (even having an office in Johto).
  • Giovanni is likely based on the boss of a Yakuza faction, possibly more on the bakuto factions than others, considering Team Rocket's former ownership of the Celadon Game Corner. Outside of Japan, this reference is localized, making him more akin to a Mafia boss (especially considering his English name being Italian in origin).
  • In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Giovanni and Norman are tied for using more different species of Pokémon than any other Gym Leader at the Pokémon World Tournament, with a total of 10.
  • In Pokémon Yellow, he is the only Gym Leader who uses a Pokémon not of the type he specializes in during Gym battles.
  • In his official Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon artwork, Giovanni has the same pose as Mega Mewtwo X in its official artwork, just mirrored.
  • Artwork made by Ken Sugimori suggests that Giovanni was not originally going to be the Gym Leader of Viridian City.[5]
  • Giovanni debuted in Pokémon GO as a GO Snapshot photobomb at Pokémon GO Fest in Yokohama.
  • The teaser trailer for the debut of Team GO Rocket in GO contains the line "Earth is where I shall unleash my evil schemes next!" This is a reference to Giovanni's final line in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, in which he ponders "Now...what new world shall I unleash my evil schemes upon...?" before warping away from Aether Paradise.
  • Giovanni is the only character to be the leader of more than one villainous team.

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese サカキ Sakaki From 榊 sakaki (a sacred tree in Shinto from which the Earth Badge bears a resemblance) and 坂 / 阪 saka (slope)
English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Indonesian, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish Giovanni From geo- (a prefix of Greek origin pertaining to earth). The name "Giovanni" is the Italian cognate of John, possibly a reference on his resemblance to a mafia boss.
Korean 비주기 Bijugi From 비쭈기나무 bijjuginamu (sakaki)
Chinese (Mandarin) 阪木 Bǎnmù*
坂木 Bǎnmù*
From the Japanese name 阪木 / 坂木 Sakaki and 阪 / 坂 bǎn (slope)
板木 Bǎnmù* Similar to his other names. May be taken from 老板 lǎobǎn (boss).
Chinese (Cantonese) 阪木 Báanmuhk* From the Japanese name 阪木 / 坂木 Sakaki and 阪 / 坂 bǎn (slope)
坂木 Báanmuhk*
沙加 Sāgā*
From the partial transcription his Japanese name and 沙 (sand)
Hindi जोवानी Giovanni* Transcription of his English name
Russian Джованни Dzhovanni Transcription of his English name
Thai ซากากิ Sakaki*
ซาคากิ Sakhaki*
Transcription of his Japanese name
Vietnamese Sakaki Transcription of his Japanese name

BossFRLG/Rocket BossHGSS/Team Rocket BossPE

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 火箭隊老大 Fójin Déui Lóuhdaaih
Mandarin 火箭隊老大 / 火箭队老大 Huǒjiàn Duì Lǎodà
Finland Flag.png Finnish Pomo
France Flag.png French Boss Team RocketPE
Boss RocketHGSS
BossFRLG
Germany Flag.png German Rocket-BossPE
Rocket BossHGSS
BossFRLG
Italy Flag.png Italian Capo del Team RocketPE
Capo RocketHGSS
CapoFRLG
South Korea Flag.png Korean 로켓단보스 Rocket-dan Boss
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Chefe da Equipe Rocket
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Chefe da Equipa Rocket
Chefe do Team Rocket
Spain Flag.png Spanish Jefe del Team RocketPE
Jefe RocketHGSS
JefeFRLG

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Gym Leaders of the Kanto region
Pewter Gym Boulder Badge
Brock OD.png
Brock
Cerulean Gym Cascade Badge
Misty OD.png
Misty
Vermilion Gym Thunder Badge
Lt Surge OD.png
Lt. Surge
Celadon Gym Rainbow Badge
Erika OD.png
Erika
Fuchsia Gym Soul Badge
Koga OD.png Janine OD.png
Koga Janine
Saffron Gym Marsh Badge
Sabrina OD.png
Sabrina
Cinnabar Gym Volcano Badge
Blaine OD.png
Blaine
Viridian Gym Earth Badge
Giovanni OD.png Blue
Giovanni Blue
Members of Team Rocket
Bosses:

Giovanni (animeAdventuresPocket MonstersMasters)
Madame Boss (anime only) • Masked Man (Adventures only)

Executives:

Archer (Masters) • Ariana (Masters) • Petrel (Masters) • Proton (Masters)
Anime only: Iron-Masked Marauder
Adventures only: CarlShamWill (former) • Karen (former)
Golden Boys only: Grey

Trios:
 

Jessie (Masters), James (Masters), & Meowth (JJM)
Koga, Lt. Surge, & Sabrina (Triad) (Adventures only; former)
Ken, Al, & Harry (TRET) (Adventures only)
Carr, Sird (former), & Orm (T3B) (Adventures only)

Duos:

Anime only: Butch & Cassidy (former) • Attila & HunAnnie & Oakley (dub only)

Scientists

Gideon
Anime only: Dr. FujiDr. NambaSebastianDr. Zager
Adventures only: Blaine (former)

Others: 

GruntsRocket BrothersRBYFRLG/Rocket SistersPE
Anime only: DominoRocket ScoutWendyTysonJubeiViper
Christopher (former) • Matori (Matori Matrix) • PierceGozu
Radio drama only: MiyamotoMondo
How I Became a Pokémon Card only: Kaede


Boss: Giovanni (Masters)
Notable members: MaxieArchieCyrusGhetsisLysandre
Lower members: FabaTeam Rainbow Rocket Grunts
Locations: Festival PlazaTeam Rocket's Castle

Villainous team leaders
Core series GiovanniMaxieArchieCyrusNGhetsisColressLysandreGuzmaPiersCassiopeia
Masters EX GiovanniGuzmaCyrusNLysandrePiersGhetsisMaxieArchieColressPauloPenny
Other
games
BiruritchiGonzapEviceGreevilGordorBaron PhobosBlake HallKincaidSocieteaMunnaDark RustGiovanni
Anime GiovanniMadame BossMaxieArchieCyrusGhetsisLysandreGuzmaPiersGibeon
Adventures GiovanniMasked ManMaxieArchieCyrusNGhetsisColressLysandreGuzmaPiers
Other manga FraudMeja

Trainer classes in the Pokémon core series
Kanto Ace Trainer*BeautyBikerBird KeeperBlack Belt*Bug CatcherBurglarCamper*ChampionGSCFRLGHGSSPE
ChannelerElite FourGSCFRLGHGSSPEEngineerFishermanGamer*GentlemanGym Leader*GSCFRLGHGSSPE
HikerJugglerLassPicnicker*Poké Maniac*Pokémon Trainer*GSCPEPsychicRivalFRLGRockerRoughneck*
SailorScientistSuper NerdSwimmerTamerTeam Rocket Boss*FRLGHGSSPETeam Rocket Grunt*Youngster
BoarderHGSSDouble TeamHGSSFirebreatherGSCHGSSGuitaristGSCHGSSMediumGSCHGSS
PokéfanGSCHGSSSchool Kid*GSCHGSSSkierHGSSTeacherGSCHGSSTwinsGSCFRLGHGSS
Cool CoupleFRLGCrush KinFRLGSis and BroFRLGYoung CoupleFRLGHGSS
Coach TrainerPEKarate MasterPEPunk GuyPETeam RocketPETeam Rocket AdminPE
Master TrainersPE
Unused Trainer class:
ChiefRGBY
Alola Ace DuoAce TrainerAether Branch ChiefAether FoundationAether Foundation Employee
Aether PresidentAthletic SiblingsBackpackerBeautyBellhopBlack BeltCaptainCollectorCookDancer
Eevee UserElite FourEspeon UserFirefighterFishermanFlareon UserGAME FREAKGentlemanGlaceon User
Golf BuddiesGolferHikerHoneymoonersIsland KahunaJanitorJolteon UserKarate FamilyLassLeafeon User
MadameOffice WorkerPokémon BreederPokémon ProfessorPokémon TrainerPolice OfficerPreschooler
PrincipalPunk GirlPunk GuyPunk PairRising StarRising Star DuoScientistSightseerSwimmerSwimmers
Swimmer GirlsSylveon UserTeacherTeam SkullTeam Skull AdminTeam Skull BossTeam Skull Grunt
Trial GuideTwinsUmbreon UserVaporeon UserVeteranVeteran DuoWorkerYoungsterYouth Athlete
ActorUSUMCapoeira CoupleUSUMDancing FamilyUSUMKantonian GymUSUMMaster & ApprenticeUSUM
ReporterUSUMSparring PartnersUSUMSurferUSUMTeam AquaUSUMTeam FlareUSUMTeam GalacticUSUM
Team MagmaUSUMTeam PlasmaUSUMTeam Rainbow RocketUSUMTeam Rainbow Rocket GruntUSUM
Tourist CoupleUSUMUltra Forest KartenvoyUSUltra Recon SquadUSUM
Battle Tree, Battle Royal Dome, and Battle Agency only:
Battle LegendPokémon Center LadyPro Wrestler


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