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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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{{CharInfobox|
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|gender=Male
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|colors=yes
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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'').
'''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}}/'''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'').


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


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.
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|pokemon=3}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|{{Pokémon/1
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{{Party/Footer}}
{{Party/Footer}}


===={{eng|Pokémon Stadium}}====
====[[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]]====
=====Round 1=====
=====First battle=====
{{Party/Single
{{Party/Single
|color={{ground color}}
|color=666666
|headcolor={{ground color light}}
|bordercolor=CC0000
|bordercolor={{ground color dark}}
|headcolor=CCCCCC
|sprite=Giovanni Stadium.png
|sprite=VSGiovanni PE.png
|prize=N/A
|size=80x80px
<!--GEN I HAD NO CLASSES-->
|prize={{PDollar}}5,600
|name=Giovani<!--STADIUM 1 CHANGED HIS NAME-->
|class=Team Rocket Boss
|game=Stadium
|classlink=Giovanni
|location=Gym Leader Castle
|name=Giovanni
|pokemon=6}}
|game=PE
|{{Pokémon/1
|location=Team Rocket Hideout
|pokemon=2}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|game=PE
|ndex=053
|ndex=053
|pokemon=Persian
|pokemon=Persian
|level=50-100
|level=35
|gender=male
|type1=Normal
|type1=Normal
|move1=Toxic|move1type=Poison
|move1=Slash|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Slash|move2type=Normal
|move2=Feint|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Thunderbolt|move3type=Electric
|move3=Fake Out|move3type=Normal|move3cat=Physical}}
|move4=BubbleBeam|move4type=Water}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=PE
|ndex=051
|ndex=111
|pokemon=Dugtrio
|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|level=50-100
|level=35
|type1=Ground
|gender=male
|move1=Sand-Attack|move1type=Normal
|type1=Ground|type2=Rock
|move2=Slash|move2type=Normal
|move1=Drill Run|move1type=Ground|move1cat=Physical
|move3=Dig|move3type=Ground
|move2=Take Down|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Physical
|move4=Rock Slide|move4type=Rock}}
|move3=Megahorn|move3type=Bug|move3cat=Physical
|{{Pokémon/1
|move4=Rock Throw|move4type=Rock|move4cat=Physical}}
|ndex=031
{{Party/Footer}}
|pokemon=Nidoqueen
 
|level=50-100
=====Second battle=====
{{Party/Single
|color=666666
|bordercolor=CC0000
|headcolor=CCCCCC
|sprite=VSGiovanni PE.png
|size=80x80px
|prize={{PDollar}}6,240
|class=Team Rocket Boss
|classlink=Giovanni
|name=Giovanni
|game=PE
|location=Silph Co.
|pokemon=3}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|game=PE
|ndex=053
|pokemon=Persian
|gender=male
|level=39
|type1=Normal
|move1=Slash|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Feint|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Fake Out|move3type=Normal|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Play Rough|move4type=Fairy|move4cat=Physical}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|game=PE
|ndex=111
|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|gender=male
|level=39
|type1=Ground|type2=Rock
|move1=Drill Run|move1type=Ground|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Take Down|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Megahorn|move3type=Bug|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Rock Throw|move4type=Rock|move4cat=Physical}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|game=PE
|ndex=031
|pokemon=Nidoqueen
|gender=female
|level=39
|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|move1=Double Kick|move1type=Fighting
|move1=Crunch|move1type=Dark|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Strength|move2type=Normal
|move2=Body Slam|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Physical}}
|move3=Surf|move3type=Water
{{Party/Footer}}
|move4=Earthquake|move4type=Ground}}
 
{{Party/Div|color={{ground color}}}}
=====Gym battle=====
|{{Pokémon/1
{{Party/Single
|ndex=034
|color={{ground color}}
|headcolor={{ground color light}}
|bordercolor={{ground color dark}}
|sprite=VSGiovanni PE.png
|size=80x80px
|prize={{PDollar}}8,000
|class=Gym Leader
|classlink=Gym Leader
|name=Giovanni
|game=PE
|location=Viridian Gym
|pokemon=4}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|game=PE
|ndex=051
|pokemon=Dugtrio
|gender=male
|level=49
|type1=Ground
|move1=Slash|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Sucker Punch|move2type=Dark|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Earthquake|move3type=Ground|move3cat=Physical}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|game=PE
|ndex=031
|pokemon=Nidoqueen
|gender=female
|level=49
|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|move1=Super Fang|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Earthquake|move2type=Ground|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Crunch|move3type=Dark|move3cat=Physical}}
{{Party/Div|color={{ground color}}}}
| style="margin:auto" |{{Pokémon/7
|game=PE
|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
|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=====
===={{eng|Pokémon Stadium}}====
=====Round 1=====
{{Party/Single
{{Party/Single
|color={{ground color}}
|color={{ground color}}
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|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=051
|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=031
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|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
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|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=112
|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=128
|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=N/A
:''"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=053
:''"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=128
* 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=031
:''"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=034
* 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=094
|pokemon=Gengar
|level=50-100
|type1=Ghost|type2=Poison
|move1=Hypnosis|move1type=Psychic
|move2=Dream Eater|move2type=Psychic
|move3=Night Shade|move3type=Ghost
|move4=Explosion|move4type=Normal}}
|{{Pokémon/1
|ndex=146
|pokemon=Moltres
|level=50-100
|type1=Fire|type2=Flying
|move1=Fire Spin|move1type=Fire
|move2=Toxic|move2type=Poison
|move3=Fly|move3type=Flying
|move4=Double-Edge|move4type=Normal}}
{{Party/Footer}}


* After being defeated
===Quotes===
:''"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!"''
===={{game2|Red|Blue|Yellow}}====
 
;[[Team Rocket Hideout|Rocket Hideout]]
;[[Viridian Gym]]
* Before battle
* Before battle
:''"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>!"''
:''"So! I must say, I am impressed you got here!"


* Being defeated
* Being defeated
:''"Ha! That was a truly intense fight. You have won! As proof, here is the <sc>EarthBadge</sc>!"''
:''"WHAT! This cannot be!"''


* After being defeated
* After being defeated
:''"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."''
:''"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...''"
:''"[[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..."''
:''"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!"''


===={{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}====
;[[Silph Co.]]
;{{rt|22|Kanto}} (event)
* Before battle
* Talking with {{ga|Silver}}
:''"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!"''
:''".................. 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)
* Being defeated
* Upon the player's arrival
:''"Arrgh!! I lost again!?"''
:''"... 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]]
* After being defeated
:''"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!"''
:''"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!"''


* After sending out last Pokémon
;[[Viridian Gym]]
:''"What in the world was that? Don't tell me some inexperienced kid can possibly be that strong!"''
* Before battle
 
:''"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!"''
* During battle, last Pokémon low on health
:''"What was that?"''


* Being defeated
* Being defeated
:''"What in the world are you?"''
:''"Ha! That was a truly intense fight! You have won! As proof, here is the <sc>{{badge|Earth|EarthBadge}}</sc>!"''


* After being defeated
* 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..."''
:''"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!"''
:''"<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..."''
:''"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!"''


* 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.}}
===={{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}====
:''"Mark my words. Not being able to measure your own strength shows that you are still but a child."''
;[[Team Rocket Hideout|Rocket Hideout]]
 
* Before battle
===={{game|Black and White|s|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2|2}}====
:''"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!"''
;[[Pokémon World Tournament]]
* Before battle (all rounds)
:''"For your insolence, you will feel a world of pain!"''


* Being defeated
* Being defeated
:''"What? Me, lose?!"''
:''"WHAT! This can't be!"''
 
* If the player is defeated
:''"Ha! That was a truly intense fight!"''


* After being defeated
* After being defeated
:''"Haarg! I lose?! There is nothing I wish to say to you!"''
:''"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..."''


* After winning
;[[Silph Co.]]
:''"I hope we meet again..."''
* Before battle
:''"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!"''


* In the lobby, after the tournament
* Being defeated
:''"I'll tell you this now... No matter how strong you are, someday you'll lose."''
:''"Arrgh!! I lost again!?"''


====[[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon]]====
* After being defeated
;[[Aether Paradise]] (TV broadcast)
:''"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!"''
:''"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]]
;[[Viridian Gym]]
* Before battle
* Before battle
:''"Well, well... I had been informed of the intruders, but not that they were kids like you!"''
:''"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>!"''
:''"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."''
:''"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!"''
:''"And I, Giovanni, am its leader!"''
:''"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
* Being defeated
:''"Ha! That was a truly intense fight!"''
:''"Ha! That was a truly intense fight. You have won! As proof, here is the <sc>EarthBadge</sc>!"''


* After being defeated
* 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."''
:''"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."''
:''"But remember, my Team Rainbow Rocket will never fail! Never forget that!"''
:''"[[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..."''
:''"I shall step aside this time! I hope we meet again..."''
:''"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!"''


;Aether Paradise
===={{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}====
:''"Hah... That {{tt|boy|If the player character is male}}/{{tt|girl|If the player character is female}} had quite some talent..."''
;{{rt|22|Kanto}} (event)
:''"Now...what new world shall I unleash my evil schemes upon...?"''
* 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?"''


==Artwork==
* Before battle, after hearing [[Goldenrod Radio Tower|Team Rocket's broadcast]]
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:''"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!"''
|-
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|-
| Headshot from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Red and Blue}}
| Official artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Yellow Version|Yellow}}
| Artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
|}


===Sprites===
* After sending out last Pokémon
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:''"What in the world was that? Don't tell me some inexperienced kid can possibly be that strong!"''
|-
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|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]]
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|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 USUM Giovanni.png|100px]]
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|-
| 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 FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
| 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}}
| In-battle model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}
| VS model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}
| {{color2|000|Battle Agency}} VS model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}
|-
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|-
| 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 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}}
| colspan="3" | Overworld model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}
|}


==In the anime==
* During battle, last Pokémon low on health
[[File:Giovanni Sun and Moon series.png|thumb|250px|Giovanni in the {{series|Sun & Moon}}]]
:''"What was that?"''
===In the main series===
{{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]].
{{-}}


===In Pokémon Origins===
* Being defeated
[[File:Giovanni Origins.png|250px|thumb|Giovanni in [[Pokémon Origins]]]]
:''"What in the world are you?"''
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:Young Giovanni PO.png|250px|thumb|left|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 {{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]].


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.
* 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..."''


====Pokémon====
* 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.}}
{{MissingInfo|2|java|enva}}
:''"Mark my words. Not being able to measure your own strength shows that you are still but a child."''
=====On hand=====
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Nidoqueen
|gender=female
|type1=Poison
|type2=Ground
|img=Giovanni Nidoqueen PO.png
|epnum=PO03
|epname=File 3: Giovanni
|desc=Giovanni used {{p|Nidoqueen}} to battle [[Red's Charizard]] at [[Silph Co.]] and won easily.


Nidoqueen's known moves are {{m|Double Kick}} and {{m|Surf}}.}}
===={{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!"''


{{TrainerPoké
* Being defeated
|trainer=Giovanni
:''"What? Me, lose?!"''
|pkmn=Rhyhorn
|type1=Ground
|type2=Rock
|img=Giovanni Rhyhorn PO.png
|epnum=PO03
|epname=File 3: Giovanni
|desc={{p|Rhyhorn}} was the first Pokémon Giovanni used in his Gym battle against Red. It was able to defeat Red's {{p|Victreebel}}, {{p|Kabutops}}, {{p|Snorlax}}, and {{p|Jolteon}}, despite the former two having the type advantage. It finally drew with Red's {{p|Hitmonlee}}.


Rhyhorn's moves are {{m|Horn Attack}}, {{m|Take Down}}, {{m|Thunderbolt}}, and {{m|Horn Drill}}.}}
* If the player is defeated
:''"Ha! That was a truly intense fight!"''


{{TrainerPoké
* After being defeated
|trainer=Giovanni
:''"Haarg! I lose?! There is nothing I wish to say to you!"''
|pkmn=Rhydon
|type1=Ground
|type2=Rock
|img=Giovanni Rhydon PO.png
|epnum=PO03
|epname=File 3: Giovanni
|desc={{p|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 {{m|Seismic Toss}}.


Rhydon's known moves are {{m|Mega Punch}}, {{m|Fury Attack}}, and {{m|Horn Drill}}.}}
* After winning
:''"I hope we meet again..."''


=====Status unknown=====
* In the lobby, after the tournament
{{TrainerPoké
:''"I'll tell you this now... No matter how strong you are, someday you'll lose."''
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Charmander
|type1=Fire
|img=Giovanni Charmander PO.png
|epnum=PO03
|epname=File 3: Giovanni
|desc={{p|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.}}
====[[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon]]====
;[[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}}!"''


====Voice actors====
;[[Team Rocket's Castle]]
{{vatable|color=666666|bordercolor=CC0000
* Before battle
|ja=小山力也 ''[[Rikiya Koyama]]''
:''"Well, well... I had been informed of the intruders, but not that they were kids like you!"''
|en=Jamieson Price
:''"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."''
|es_eu=Richard del Olmo
:''"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!"''
|it=Raffaele Farina}}
:''"And I, Giovanni, am its leader!"''
:''"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!"''


===In Pokémon Generations===
* Being defeated
[[File:Giovanni PG.png|250px|thumb|Giovanni in [[Pokémon Generations]]]]
:''"Ha! That was a truly intense fight!"''
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.
 
* 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."''
:''"But remember, my Team Rainbow Rocket will never fail! Never forget that!"''
:''"I shall step aside this time! I hope we meet again..."''


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.
;Aether Paradise
:''"Hah... That {{tt|boy|If the player character is male}}/{{tt|girl|If the player character is female}} had quite some talent..."''
:''"Now...what new world shall I unleash my evil schemes upon...?"''


====Voice actors====
====[[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]]====
{{vatable|color=666666|bordercolor=CC0000
;[[Team Rocket Hideout]]
|ja=大塚明夫 ''Akio Ōtsuka''
* Talking with [[Archer]] (while the {{ga|partner Pokémon}} is inside the air vent)
|en=Richard Epcar
:''"[[Jessie|Two of]] [[James|my underlings]] decided to bring it here, without my permission."''
|es_eu=José García Tos}}


==In the manga==
* Before battle against Archer
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
:''"Hmph... A machine that lets you see what otherwise cannot be seen... It's nothing but a useless toy. Still... Yes, this could do. Carry on, Archer, with your plans to take over Silph Co. for Team Rocket."''
{{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.
* Before battle
[[File:Giovanni 1 HIBAPC.png|thumb|200px|Giovanni as a kid in How I Became a Pokémon Card]]
:''"So! You defeated Archer... I must say—I am impressed you got here. Team Rocket captures Pokémon from around the world. They're important tools for keeping our criminal enterprise going. And I am the leader of this enterprise...Giovanni! ...What? You want me to release the {{p|Cubone}}?"''
[[File:Giovanni 2 HIBAPC.png|thumb|200px|left|An older Giovanni in How I Became a Pokémon Card]]
:''"Fwahahahaha! You came barging into our hideout just for that? What an amusing child. But... For your insolence, you will feel a world of pain!"''
===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.
* Being defeated
{{sectionstub}}
:''"What?! This can't be!"''
{{-}}
 
====Pokémon====
* After being defeated
=====On hand=====
:''"So I too am defeated by a child... Do as you wish with that Cubone."''
{{TrainerPoké
:''"And take [[Silph Scope|this]]. As my apology for mocking you as a child."''
|trainer=Giovanni
:''"...I can see you raise Pokémon with utmost care. But you would never understand what I hope to achieve. ... ... ... I shall step aside this time! But I hope we will meet and battle again!"''
|pkmn=Persian
|type1=tcg colorless
|img=Giovanni Persian HIBAPC.png
|epnum=PW17
|epname=
|desc={{main|Persian (Jungle 42)}}


Giovanni found this {{TP|Giovanni|Persian}} when he was a kid.}}
;[[Silph Co.]]
* Before battle
:''"Now, now, Mr. President. I hope you're not thinking of lying to me. The [[Master Ball]]... You successfully created one, didn't you!"''
:''"How dare you?!"''
:''"We had a deal! You agreed to this! ...You're a smart man. I'm sure you can imagine what will happen to your people if you say no to me now."''
:''"Ah. Young <player>. So we meet again! The president of Silph and I are discussing a vital business proposition. Keep your nose out of grown-up matters... Or experience a world of pain!"''


=====Mentioned=====
* Being defeated
{{TrainerPoké
:''"Argh! I lost again?!"''
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Diglett
|type1=tcg fighting
|img=050Diglett.png
|epnum=PW17
|epname=
|desc=Giovanni's {{p|Diglett}} was only mentioned when it was commanded to use Sand Attack.


Diglett's only known move is {{m|Sand Attack}}{{tt|*|Mentioned only}}.}}
* After being defeated
:''"Blast... I have little choice, it seems. I will relinquish Silph for now. But Team Rocket will never fall! <player>! Never forget... All Pokémon exist for Team Rocket's use! I may leave you now, but we will meet again!"''


{{TrainerPoké
;[[Viridian Gym]]
|trainer=Giovanni
* Before battle
|pkmn=Rhyhorn
:''"Fwahahaha! Welcome to my hideout! It shall be so until I can restore Team Rocket to its former glory. But you have found me again. So be it. This time, I'm not holding back! Once more, then! You shall face Giovanni, the greatest Trainer!"''
|type1=tcg fighting
|img=111Rhyhorn.png
|epnum=PW17
|epname=
|desc=Giovanni was about to send out {{p|Rhyhorn}} after recalling Diglett but he threw the Poké Ball too high.


None of Rhyhorn's moves are known.}}
* Being defeated
:''"*pant pant* That was a truly intense fight."''


===In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga===
* After being defeated
{{main|Giovanni (Pocket Monsters)}}
:''"Yet again, I am defeated... As proof of your victory... here is your Earth Badge!"''
Giovanni is the boss of Team Rocket in Pokémon Pocket Monsters.
:''"An Earth Badge makes all Pokémon obey you... regardless of how high their [[level]] is or [[Original Trainer|who originally caught them]]. It is proof of your mastery as a Pokémon Trainer. With it, you can challenge the [[Indigo Plateau|Pokémon League]]. And this [[TM]]... A gift for a Trainer who dares take on the challenge of the Pokémon League."''
{{-}}
:''"[[TM41]] contains {{m|Earthquake}}. It's a powerful attack that causes a massive tremor to deal damage to opponents. I made it...a very long time ago. Back when I ran this Gym, far too long ago."''
===In the Pokémon Zensho manga===
:''"I can't face my followers after being defeated like this. Team Rocket is... As of today, Team Rocket is finished!"''
[[File:Giovanni Zensho.png|thumb|250px|Giovanni in Pokémon Zensho]]
:''"As for myself, I shall dedicate my life to [[Pokémon training]] again."''
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}}.
:''"Let us meet again someday! Farewell!"''


====Pokémon====
==Artwork==
{{TrainerPoké
{| 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%;"
|trainer=Giovanni
|-
|pkmn=Nidoqueen
|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|x250px]]
|gender=female
|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]]
|type1=Poison
|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]]
|type2=Ground
|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]]
|img=Giovanni Nidoqueen Zensho.png
|-
|img_size=150px
| Headshot from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Red and Blue}}
|epnum=PZ07
| Official artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Yellow Version|Yellow}}
|epname=Saffron City
| Artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
|desc=While taking over the Silph Co., Giovanni used {{p|Nidoqueen}} to hold the Silph co. boss hostage.
| Artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}
|}


Nidoqueen's only known move is {{m|Poison Sting}}.}}
===Sprites===
 
{{incomplete|section|Missing overworld  model from LGPE; need higher quality image from LGPE}}
{{TrainerPoké
{| 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%;"
|trainer=Giovanni
|-
|pkmn=Rhydon
|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]]
|type1=Ground
|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]]
|type2=Rock
|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]]
|img=Giovanni Rhydon Zensho.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]]
|img_size=201px
|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]]
|epnum=PZ09
|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]]
|epname=Viridian City
|-
|desc={{p|Rhydon}} was Satoshi's opponent for his final Gym battle. It went up against his {{p|Lapras}} and was defeated by [[Satoshi's Charizard (Zensho)|his Charizard]] after Satoshi switched out Lapras.
| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Red and Blue}}
 
| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Yellow Version|Yellow}}
Rhydon's only known move is {{m|Take Down}}.}}
| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
 
| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
=====At the Pokémon Tower=====
| VS sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
{{TrainerPoké
| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2 and<br>White 2}}
|trainer=Giovanni
|-
|pkmn=Machamp
| 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]]
|type1=Fighting
|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]]
|img=Giovanni Machamp Zensho.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]]
|img_size=201px
|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]]
|epnum=PZ05
|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]]
|epname=Celadon City
|-
|desc=Giovanni has owned this {{p|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.
| colspan="2" | Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Generation I}}
 
| Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
None of Machamp's moves are known.}}
| 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}}
|-
|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]]
|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:VSGiovanni PE.png|100px]]
|-
| In-battle model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}
| 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 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]]
|-
| colspan="5" | Overworld model from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}
|}


==In the anime==
[[File:Giovanni Sun and Moon series.png|thumb|250px|Giovanni in the {{series|Sun & Moon}}]]
===In the main series===
{{main|Giovanni (anime)}}
Giovanni appears in the {{pkmn|anime}} as the head of [[Team Rocket]]. Unlike members of other criminal organizations, he is a recurring character in all of the [[series]] so far, usually keeping in contact with the [[Team Rocket trio]].
{{-}}
===In Pokémon Origins===
[[File:Giovanni Origins.png|250px|thumb|Giovanni in [[Pokémon Origins]]]]
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.
[[File:Young Giovanni PO.png|250px|thumb|left|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 {{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 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.
====Pokémon====
{{MissingInfo|2|java|enva}}
=====On hand=====
{{TrainerPoké
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Nidoking
|pkmn=Nidoqueen
|gender=male
|gender=female
|type1=Poison
|type1=Poison
|type2=Ground
|type2=Ground
|img=Giovanni Nidoking Zensho.png
|img=Giovanni Nidoqueen PO.png
|epnum=PZ09
|epnum=PO03
|epname=Viridian City
|epname=File 3: Giovanni
|desc=Giovanni has owned this {{p|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.
|desc=Giovanni used {{p|Nidoqueen}} to battle [[Red's Charizard]] at [[Silph Co.]] and won easily.


None of Nidoking's moves are known.}}
Nidoqueen's known moves are {{m|Double Kick}} and {{m|Surf}}.}}


{{TrainerPoké
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Kangaskhan
|pkmn=Rhyhorn
|gender=female
|type1=Ground
|type1=Normal
|type2=Rock
|img=Giovanni Kangaskhan Zensho.png
|img=Giovanni Rhyhorn PO.png
|epnum=PZ09
|epnum=PO03
|epname=Viridian City
|epname=File 3: Giovanni
|desc={{p|Kangaskhan}} only appeared shadowed in Satoshi's imagination.
|desc={{p|Rhyhorn}} was the first Pokémon Giovanni used in his Gym battle against Red. It was able to defeat Red's {{p|Victreebel}}, {{p|Kabutops}}, {{p|Snorlax}}, and {{p|Jolteon}}, despite the former two having the type advantage. It finally drew with Red's {{p|Hitmonlee}}.
 
Rhyhorn's moves are {{m|Horn Attack}}, {{m|Take Down}}, {{m|Thunderbolt}}, and {{m|Horn Drill}}.}}


None of Kangaskhan's moves are known.}}
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Rhydon
|type1=Ground
|type2=Rock
|img=Giovanni Rhydon PO.png
|epnum=PO03
|epname=File 3: Giovanni
|desc={{p|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 {{m|Seismic Toss}}.


==In the TCG==
Rhydon's known moves are {{m|Mega Punch}}, {{m|Fury Attack}}, and {{m|Horn Drill}}.}}
Giovanni has an {{TCG|Giovanni|eponymous}} {{TCG|Theme Deck}} in the {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} expansion.


===Artwork===
=====Status unknown=====
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{tcg fighting color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=666666|1={{tcg fighting color}}}}; font-size:80%;"
{{TrainerPoké
|-
|trainer=Giovanni
|style="{{roundy|5px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{tcg fighting color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{tcg fighting color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:GiovanniTCG1.jpg|150px]]
|pkmn=Charmander
|style="{{roundy|5px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{tcg fighting color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{tcg fighting color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Giovannis-Last-Resort.jpg‎|150px]]
|type1=Fire
|style="{{roundy|5px}} border: 2px solid #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{tcg fighting color dark}}}}; background: #{{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{tcg fighting color light}}}}; width:80px"| [[File:Giovannis-Way.jpg‎|150px]]
|img=Giovanni Charmander PO.png
|-
|epnum=PO03
| Giovanni and the Earth Badge
|epname=File 3: Giovanni
| Giovanni sends out a {{pcolor|Nidoking|000}}
|desc={{p|Charmander}} only appeared in a flashback during Giovanni's battle with Red, when Giovanni recalled the time having one in his youth.
| Giovanni as the Boss of {{color2|000|Team Rocket}}
|}{{-}}


===Cards===
None of Charmander's moves are known.}}
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Giovanni or his Pokémon in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]].


{{cardlist/header|Giovanni's Pokémon|Fighting|char=yes}}
====Voice actors====
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Gyarados|5}}|type=Water|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Rare Holo|ennum=5/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare Holo}}
{{vatable|color=666666|bordercolor=CC0000
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Machamp|6}}|type=Fighting|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Rare Holo|ennum=6/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare Holo}}
|ja=小山力也 ''[[Rikiya Koyama]]''
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidoking|7}}|type=Grass|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Rare Holo|ennum=7/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare Holo}}
|en=Jamieson Price
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Persian|8}}|type=Colorless|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Rare Holo|ennum=8/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare Holo}}
|es_eu=Richard del Olmo
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidoqueen|23}}|type=Grass|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Rare|ennum=23/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare}}
|it=Raffaele Farina}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Pinsir|24}}|type=Grass|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Rare|ennum=24/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare}}
 
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Machoke|42}}|type=Fighting|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Uncommon|ennum=42/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Uncommon}}
===In Pokémon Generations===
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Meowth|43}}|type=Colorless|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Uncommon|ennum=43/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Uncommon}}
[[File:Giovanni PG.png|250px|thumb|Giovanni in [[Pokémon Generations]]]]
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidorina|44}}|type=Grass|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Uncommon|ennum=44/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Uncommon}}
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.
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidorino|45}}|type=Grass|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Uncommon|ennum=45/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Uncommon}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Machop|72}}|type=Fighting|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Common|ennum=72/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Common}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Magikarp|73}}|type=Water|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Common|ennum=73/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Common}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Meowth|74}}|type=Colorless|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Common|ennum=74/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Common}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidoran♀|75}}|type=Grass|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Common|ennum=75/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Common}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidoran♂|76}}|type=Grass|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Common|ennum=76/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Common}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|CoroCoro|Giovanni's Nidoking|promo}}|type=Grass|jpset=Unnumbered Promotional cards}}
{{cardlist/div|Other related cards|Fighting}}
{{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}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni|18}}|type=Trainer|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Rare Holo|ennum=18/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare Holo|enset2=Gym Challenge|enrarity2=Rare|ennum2=104/132}}
{{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|BREAKthrough|Giovanni's Scheme|138}}|type=Supporter|enset=BREAKthrough|enrarity=Uncommon|ennum=138/162|jpset=Red Flash|jprarity=U<!--|enset2=BREAKThrough|enrarity=|ennum2=-->|jpnum=058/059|jpset2=Red Flash|jprarity2=SR|jpnum2=064/059}}
{{cardlist/footer|Fighting}}


==Trivia==
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.
* 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.
====Voice actors====
* Giovanni is the only Gym Leader who is also a boss of a villainous organization, and vice versa.
{{vatable|color=666666|bordercolor=CC0000
* 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.
|ja=大塚明夫 ''Akio Ōtsuka''
* 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]]).
|en=Richard Epcar
* 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).
|es_eu=José García Tos}}
* 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 the manga==
* 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 the Pokémon Adventures manga===
* Giovanni is the only in-game Gym Leader that cannot be [[rematch]]ed an indefinite amount of times. However, he can be battled multiple times via an event at [[Tohjo Falls]], if the player has multiple {{p|Celebi}}. [[Koga]], the other former Kanto Gym Leader, can be rematched indefinitely ever since Generation II, where he was an [[Elite Four]] member.
{{main|Giovanni (Adventures)}}


==Names==
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.
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[[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]]
! Language
===In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga===
! Name
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.
! Origin
{{sectionstub}}
|- style="background:#FFF"
{{-}}
| Japanese
====Pokémon====
| サカキ ''Sakaki''
=====On hand=====
| From 榊 ''{{wp|Cleyera japonica|sakaki}}'', a sacred tree in {{wp|Shinto}} which resembles the Earth Badge. Also from 坂 / 阪 ''saka'', slope.
{{TrainerPoké
|- style="background:#FFF"
|trainer=Giovanni
| English, French, German,<br>Italian, Spanish
|pkmn=Persian
| Giovanni
|type1=tcg colorless
| 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.
|img=Giovanni Persian HIBAPC.png
|- style="background:#FFF"
|epnum=PW17
| Korean
|epname=
| 비주기 ''Bijugi''
|desc={{main|Persian (Jungle 42)}}
| From 비쭈기나무 ''bijjuginamu'' (sakaki)
 
|- style="background:#FFF"
Giovanni found this {{TP|Giovanni|Persian}} when he was a kid.}}
|rowspan=3|Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and mainland China}})
 
| 坂木 ''Bǎnmù''{{tt|*|Games (Simplified), Anime (DP series - Present), Adventures}}
=====Mentioned=====
|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 ''tǔ'' (earth).
{{TrainerPoké
|- style="background:#FFF"
|trainer=Giovanni
| 阪木 ''Bǎnmù''{{tt|*|Games (Traditional), Anime (Original series to AG series)}}
|pkmn=Diglett
|- style="background:#FFF"
|type1=tcg fighting
| 板木 ''Bǎnmù''{{tt|*|Zensho}}
|img=050Diglett.png
| Similar to his other names. May be taken from 老板 ''lǎo​bǎn'' (boss).  
|epnum=PW17
|- style="background:#FFF"
|epname=
|rowspan=3| Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
|desc=Giovanni's {{p|Diglett}} was only mentioned when it was commanded to use Sand Attack.
| 阪木 ''Báanmuhk''{{tt|*|Games (Traditional), XY series}}
 
|rowspan=2| From the Japanese name 阪木 / 坂木 ''Sakaki''. The characters 阪 and 坂 both means "slope," with the latter containing the {{wp|Radical (Chinese character)|radical}} 土 ''tóu'' (earth).
Diglett's only known move is {{m|Sand Attack}}{{tt|*|Mentioned only}}.}}
 
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Rhyhorn
|type1=tcg fighting
|img=111Rhyhorn.png
|epnum=PW17
|epname=
|desc=Giovanni was about to send out {{p|Rhyhorn}} after recalling Diglett but he threw the Poké Ball too high.
 
None of Rhyhorn's moves are known.}}
 
===In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga===
{{main|Giovanni (Pocket Monsters)}}
Giovanni is the boss of Team Rocket in Pokémon Pocket Monsters.
{{-}}
===In the Pokémon Zensho manga===
[[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}}.
 
====Pokémon====
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Nidoqueen
|gender=female
|type1=Poison
|type2=Ground
|img=Giovanni Nidoqueen Zensho.png
|img_size=150px
|epnum=PZ07
|epname=Saffron City
|desc=While taking over the Silph Co., Giovanni used {{p|Nidoqueen}} to hold the Silph co. boss hostage.
 
Nidoqueen's only known move is {{m|Poison Sting}}.}}
 
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Rhydon
|type1=Ground
|type2=Rock
|img=Giovanni Rhydon Zensho.png
|img_size=201px
|epnum=PZ09
|epname=Viridian City
|desc={{p|Rhydon}} was Satoshi's opponent for his final Gym battle. It went up against his {{p|Lapras}} and was defeated by [[Satoshi's Charizard (Zensho)|his Charizard]] after Satoshi switched out Lapras.
 
Rhydon's only known move is {{m|Take Down}}.}}
 
=====At the Pokémon Tower=====
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Machamp
|type1=Fighting
|img=Giovanni Machamp Zensho.png
|img_size=201px
|epnum=PZ05
|epname=Celadon City
|desc=Giovanni has owned this {{p|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.}}
 
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Nidoking
|gender=male
|type1=Poison
|type2=Ground
|img=Giovanni Nidoking Zensho.png
|epnum=PZ09
|epname=Viridian City
|desc=Giovanni has owned this {{p|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.}}
 
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Kangaskhan
|gender=female
|type1=Normal
|img=Giovanni Kangaskhan Zensho.png
|epnum=PZ09
|epname=Viridian City
|desc={{p|Kangaskhan}} only appeared shadowed in Satoshi's imagination.
 
None of Kangaskhan's moves are known.}}
 
==In the TCG==
Giovanni has an {{TCG|Giovanni|eponymous}} {{TCG|Theme Deck}} in the {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} expansion.
 
===Artwork===
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|-
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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}}
|}{{-}}
 
===Cards===
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Giovanni or his Pokémon in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]].
 
{{cardlist/header|Giovanni's Pokémon|Fighting|char=yes}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Gyarados|5}}|type=Water|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Rare Holo|ennum=5/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare Holo}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Machamp|6}}|type=Fighting|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Rare Holo|ennum=6/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare Holo}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidoking|7}}|type=Grass|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Rare Holo|ennum=7/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare Holo}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Persian|8}}|type=Colorless|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Rare Holo|ennum=8/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare Holo}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidoqueen|23}}|type=Grass|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Rare|ennum=23/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Pinsir|24}}|type=Grass|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Rare|ennum=24/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Rare}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Machoke|42}}|type=Fighting|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Uncommon|ennum=42/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Uncommon}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Meowth|43}}|type=Colorless|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Uncommon|ennum=43/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Uncommon}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidorina|44}}|type=Grass|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Uncommon|ennum=44/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Uncommon}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidorino|45}}|type=Grass|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Uncommon|ennum=45/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Uncommon}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Machop|72}}|type=Fighting|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Common|ennum=72/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Common}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Magikarp|73}}|type=Water|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Common|ennum=73/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Common}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Meowth|74}}|type=Colorless|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Common|ennum=74/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Common}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidoran♀|75}}|type=Grass|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Common|ennum=75/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Common}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidoran♂|76}}|type=Grass|enset=Gym Challenge|enrarity=Common|ennum=76/132|jpsetlink=Gym Challenge|jpset=Challenge from the Darkness|jprarity=Common}}
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==Trivia==
* 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.
* Giovanni is the only Gym Leader who is also the boss of a villainous organization and vice versa.
* 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 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]]).
* 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|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.
* Giovanni is the only in-game Gym Leader that cannot be [[rematch]]ed an indefinite amount of times. However, he can be battled multiple times via an event at [[Tohjo Falls]], if the player has multiple {{p|Celebi}}. [[Koga]], the other former Kanto Gym Leader, can be rematched indefinitely ever since Generation II, where he was an [[Elite Four]] member.
* Artwork made by Ken Sugimori suggests that Giovanni was not originally going to be the Gym Leader of Viridian City.
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==Names==
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|- style="background:#FFF"
| Japanese
| 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.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| English, French, German,<br>Italian, Spanish
| 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.
|- style="background:#FFF"
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 坂木 ''Báanmuhk''{{tt|*|Games (Simplified), Early Anime}}
| Korean
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 비주기 ''Bijugi''
| 沙加 ''Sāgā''{{tt|*|Later Anime}}
| From 비쭈기나무 ''bijjuginamu'' (sakaki)
| Partial transliteration of ''Sakaki''. Also contains 沙 ''sā'' (sand).
|- style="background:#FFF"
|- style="background:#FFF"
|rowspan=3|Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and mainland China}})
| Russian
| 坂木 ''Bǎnmù''{{tt|*|Games (Simplified), Anime (DP series - Present), Adventures}}
| Джованни ''Dzhovanni''
|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 ''tǔ'' (earth).
| Transcription of his English name.
|- style="background:#FFF"
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 阪木 ''Bǎnmù''{{tt|*|Games (Traditional), Anime (Original series to AG series)}}
| Thai
|- style="background:#FFF"
| ซาคากิ ''Sakaki''
| 板木 ''Bǎnmù''{{tt|*|Zensho}}
| Transliteration of his Japanese name.
| Similar to his other names. May be taken from 老板 ''lǎo​bǎn'' (boss).
|- style="background:#FFF"
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Vietnamese
|rowspan=3| Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
| Sakaki
| 阪木 ''Báanmuhk''{{tt|*|Games (Traditional), XY series}}
| Transliteration of his Japanese name.
|rowspan=2| From the Japanese name 阪木 / 坂木 ''Sakaki''. The characters 阪 and 坂 both means "slope," with the latter containing the {{wp|Radical (Chinese character)|radical}} 土 ''tóu'' (earth).
|}
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 坂木 ''Báanmuhk''{{tt|*|Games (Simplified), Early Anime}}
|- style="background:#FFF"
| 沙加 ''Sāgā''{{tt|*|Later Anime}}
| Partial transliteration of ''Sakaki''. Also contains 沙 ''sā'' (sand).
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Russian
| Джованни ''Dzhovanni''
| Transcription of his English name.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Thai
| ซาคากิ ''Sakaki''
| Transliteration of his Japanese name.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Vietnamese
| Sakaki
| Transliteration of his Japanese name.
|}
 
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==Related articles==
* [[a:Category:Giovanni|Images on the Bulbagarden Archives]]


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Revision as of 10:56, 1 February 2019

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!
Gender Male
Eye color Black
Hair color Black
Hometown Viridian City
Region Kanto
Relatives Silver (son)
Madame Boss (mother, anime)
Unnamed twin brother*
Trainer class BossRBYFRLG/Rocket BossHGSS/Team Rocket BossPE
Gym LeaderRBYFRLGPE
Pokémon TrainerB2W2USUM
Team Rainbow RocketUSUM
Generation I, III, IV, V, VII
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
Leader of Viridian Gym
Badge Earth Badge
Specializes in Ground types
Member of Team Rocket
Team Rainbow Rocket
Rank Boss
Game animation debut Pokémon Origins
English voice actor Jamieson Price (Origins)
Richard Epcar (Generations)
Japanese voice actor Rikiya Koyama (Origins)
Akio Ōtsuka (Generations)
Anime counterpart Giovanni
Counterpart debut Battle Aboard the St. Anne
Manga counterpart(s) Giovanni (Adventures),
Giovanni (Pocket Monsters)

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 Earth Badge to Trainers who defeated him. 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).

In the 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 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. 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 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).

Giovanni appears again in Pokémon 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 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.

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 - Man
What does this person do?
Blow me away! Giovanni was the Gym Leader of Viridian?
Rocket Warehouse - Team Rocket 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

First battle



Second battle



Gym battle



Pokémon Yellow

First battle



Second battle



Gym battle



Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

First battle



Second battle



Gym battle



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



Pokémon Stadium

Round 1



Round 2



Quotes

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

Rocket Hideout
  • Before battle
"So! I must say, I am impressed you got here!"
  • Being defeated
"WHAT! This cannot be!"
  • After being defeated
"I see that you raise Pokémon 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..."
Silph Co.
  • Before battle
"Ah, <player>! So we meet again! The President and I are discussing a vital business proposition. Keep your nose out of grown-up matters... Or experience a world of pain!"
  • Being defeated
"Arrgh!! I lost again!?"
  • After being defeated
"Blast it all! You ruined our plans for Silph! But Team Rocket will never fall! <Player>, never forget that all Pokémon exist for Team Rocket! I must go, but I shall return!"
Viridian Gym
  • Before battle
"Fwahahaha! This is my hideout! I planned to resurrect Team Rocket here! But, you have caught me again! So be it! This time, I'm not holding back! Once more, you shall face Giovanni, the greatest trainer!"
  • Being defeated
"Ha! That was a truly intense fight! You have won! As proof, here is the EarthBadge!"
  • After being defeated
"The EarthBadge makes Pokémon of any level obey! It is evidence of your mastery as a Pokémon trainer! With it, you can enter the Pokémon League! It is my gift for your Pokémon League challenge!"
"TM27 is Fissure! It will take out Pokémon with just one hit! I made it when I ran the Gym here, too long ago..."
"Having lost, I cannot face my underlings! Team Rocket is finished forever! I will dedicate my life to the study of Pokémon! Let us meet again some dayRB/somedayY! Farewell!"

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Rocket Hideout
  • Before battle
"So! I must say, I am impressed you got here. Team Rocket captures Pokémon from around the world. They're important tools for keeping our criminal enterprise going. I am the leader, Giovanni! For your insolence, you will feel a world of pain!"
  • Being defeated
"WHAT! This can't be!"
  • After being defeated
"I see that you raise Pokémon 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..."
Silph Co.
  • Before battle
"Ah, <player>! So we meet again! The President and I are discussing a vital business proposition. Keep your nose out of grown-up matters... Or experience a world of pain!"
  • Being defeated
"Arrgh!! I lost again!?"
  • After being defeated
"Blast it all! You ruined our plans for Silph! But Team Rocket will never fall! <Player>, never forget that all Pokémon exist for Team Rocket! I must go, but I shall return!"
Viridian Gym
  • Before battle
"Fwahahaha! Welcome to my hideout! It shall be so until I can restore Team Rocket 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 Giovanni, the greatest Trainer!"
  • Being defeated
"Ha! That was a truly intense fight. You have won! As proof, here is the EarthBadge!"
  • After being defeated
"The EarthBadge makes Pokémon of any level obey without question. It is evidence of your mastery as a Pokémon Trainer. With it, you can challenge the Pokémon League. Also, take this TM. Consider it a gift for your Pokémon League challenge."
"TM26 contains Earthquake. It is a powerful attack that causes a massive tremor. I made it when I ran the Gym here, far too long ago..."
"Having lost in this fashion, I can't face my followers. I have betrayed their trust. As of today, Team Rocket is finished forever! As for myself, I shall dedicate my life to training again. Let us meet again someday! Farewell!"

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Route 22 (event)
".................. 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 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 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?"
"My old associates need me... We will not repeat the failure of three years ago! 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 defeated
"Mark my words. Not being able to measure your own strength shows that you are still but a child."

Pokémon Black 2 and White 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
"Haarg! I lose?! There is nothing I wish to say to you!"
  • After winning
"I hope we meet again..."
  • In the lobby, after the tournament
"I'll tell you this now... No matter how strong you are, someday you'll lose."

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

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... Team Rainbow Rocket!"
Team Rocket's Castle
  • Before battle
"Well, well... I had been informed of the intruders, but not that they were kids like you!"
"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."
"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!"
"And I, Giovanni, am its leader!"
"The 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
"Ha! That was a truly intense fight!"
  • 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."
"But remember, my Team Rainbow Rocket will never fail! Never forget that!"
"I shall step aside this time! I hope we meet again..."
Aether Paradise
"Hah... That boy/girl had quite some talent..."
"Now...what new world shall I unleash my evil schemes upon...?"

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

Team Rocket Hideout
"Two of my underlings decided to bring it here, without my permission."
  • Before battle against Archer
"Hmph... A machine that lets you see what otherwise cannot be seen... It's nothing but a useless toy. Still... Yes, this could do. Carry on, Archer, with your plans to take over Silph Co. for Team Rocket."
  • Before battle
"So! You defeated Archer... I must say—I am impressed you got here. Team Rocket captures Pokémon from around the world. They're important tools for keeping our criminal enterprise going. And I am the leader of this enterprise...Giovanni! ...What? You want me to release the Cubone?"
"Fwahahahaha! You came barging into our hideout just for that? What an amusing child. But... For your insolence, you will feel a world of pain!"
  • Being defeated
"What?! This can't be!"
  • After being defeated
"So I too am defeated by a child... Do as you wish with that Cubone."
"And take this. As my apology for mocking you as a child."
"...I can see you raise Pokémon with utmost care. But you would never understand what I hope to achieve. ... ... ... I shall step aside this time! But I hope we will meet and battle again!"
Silph Co.
  • Before battle
"Now, now, Mr. President. I hope you're not thinking of lying to me. The Master Ball... You successfully created one, didn't you!"
"How dare you?!"
"We had a deal! You agreed to this! ...You're a smart man. I'm sure you can imagine what will happen to your people if you say no to me now."
"Ah. Young <player>. So we meet again! The president of Silph and I are discussing a vital business proposition. Keep your nose out of grown-up matters... Or experience a world of pain!"
  • Being defeated
"Argh! I lost again?!"
  • After being defeated
"Blast... I have little choice, it seems. I will relinquish Silph for now. But Team Rocket will never fall! <player>! Never forget... All Pokémon exist for Team Rocket's use! I may leave you now, but we will meet again!"
Viridian Gym
  • Before battle
"Fwahahaha! Welcome to my hideout! It shall be so until I can restore Team Rocket to its former glory. But you have found me again. So be it. This time, I'm not holding back! Once more, then! You shall face Giovanni, the greatest Trainer!"
  • Being defeated
"*pant pant* That was a truly intense fight."
  • After being defeated
"Yet again, I am defeated... As proof of your victory... here is your Earth Badge!"
"An Earth Badge makes all Pokémon obey you... regardless of how high their level is or who originally caught them. It is proof of your mastery as a Pokémon Trainer. With it, you can challenge the Pokémon League. And this TM... A gift for a Trainer who dares take on the challenge of the Pokémon League."
"TM41 contains Earthquake. It's a powerful attack that causes a massive tremor to deal damage to opponents. I made it...a very long time ago. Back when I ran this Gym, far too long ago."
"I can't face my followers after being defeated like this. Team Rocket is... As of today, Team Rocket is finished!"
"As for myself, I shall dedicate my life to Pokémon training again."
"Let us meet again someday! Farewell!"

Artwork

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In the anime

Giovanni in the Sun & Moon series

In the main series

Main article: 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 of the series so far, usually keeping in contact with the Team Rocket trio.

In 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 onwards, 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


In Pokémon Generations

Giovanni in 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 appeared again in a flashback in The Legacy. Looker approached his 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
European Spanish José García Tos


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: 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.

Giovanni as a kid in How I Became a Pokémon Card
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 manga by Kagemaru Himeno, he and Persian were shown 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

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Main article: Giovanni (Pocket Monsters)

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

In the Pokémon Zensho manga

Giovanni in Pokémon Zensho

Giovanni appears in Celadon City watching Satoshi from the hidden cameras within the Silph Co. building. He has one of his minions to try to 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.

Artwork

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Giovanni and the Earth Badge Giovanni sends out a Nidoking Giovanni as the Boss of Team Rocket


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    
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
      Red Flash SR 064/059
 


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.
  • Giovanni is the only Gym Leader who is also the boss of a villainous organization and vice versa.
  • In the English version of 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 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.
  • Giovanni is the only in-game Gym Leader that cannot be rematched an indefinite amount of times. However, he can be battled multiple times via an event at Tohjo Falls, if the player has multiple Celebi. Koga, the other former Kanto Gym Leader, can be rematched indefinitely ever since Generation II, where he was an Elite Four member.
  • Artwork made by Ken Sugimori suggests that Giovanni was not originally going to be the Gym Leader of Viridian City.

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Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese サカキ Sakaki From 榊 sakaki, a sacred tree in Shinto which resembles the Earth Badge. Also from 坂 / 阪 saka, slope.
English, French, German,
Italian, Spanish 		Giovanni From Italian Giovanni, equivalent to John, gift from God; gio is also a homophone of geo, from Greek γῆ gē, earth.
The Italian origin of his name may also be a play on his resemblance to a Mafia boss in control of his mob.
Korean 비주기 Bijugi From 비쭈기나무 bijjuginamu (sakaki)
Chinese (Mandarin) 坂木 Bǎnmù* From the Japanese name 坂木 / 阪木 Sakaki. The characters 坂 and 阪 both means "slope," with the former containing the radical 土 tǔ (earth).
阪木 Bǎnmù*
板木 Bǎnmù* Similar to his other names. May be taken from 老板 lǎo​bǎn (boss).
Chinese (Cantonese) 阪木 Báanmuhk* From the Japanese name 阪木 / 坂木 Sakaki. The characters 阪 and 坂 both means "slope," with the latter containing the radical 土 tóu (earth).
坂木 Báanmuhk*
沙加 Sāgā* Partial transliteration of Sakaki. Also contains 沙 sā (sand).
Russian Джованни Dzhovanni Transcription of his English name.
Thai ซาคากิ Sakaki Transliteration of his Japanese name.
Vietnamese Sakaki Transliteration 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
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Chefe
Spain Flag.png Spanish Jefe del Team RocketPE
Jefe RocketHGSS
JefeFRLG


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References

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/SUPER_32X/status/611129653110026241



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