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Giovanni サカキ Sakaki
Giovanni and his twin brother
Age	Unknown
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Kanto
Relatives	Unnamed twin brother
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Game counterpart	Giovanni
Leader of	Viridian Gym
Badge	Earth Badge
Specializes in	Ground types

Giovanni (Japanese: サカキ Sakaki) is the boss of Team Rocket in Pokémon Pocket Monsters. Unlike other media, he was shown to have a twin brother.

History

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Giovanni first appeared in Pikachu Was Kidnapped!! and his twin brother debuted in Finish Off Team Rocket!!. In Giovanni's first appearance, he is running the Rocket Game Corner where Red, Clefairy and Pikachu go to. Green and his Charmander go there as well. A Hitmonlee comes by and takes Pikachu. The Hitmonlee is revealed to belong to Giovanni and Team Rocket. Giovanni had Hitmonlee kidnap Pikachu in order to lure Red into his trap. Two chapters later, Giovanni, along with his twin brother, are at Silph Co. and holds Erika's father hostage. He even takes the Porygon that belonged her father and uses them against Red and the others. Giovanni takes advantage of them by cloning them with a machine controlled by a device his twin brother was holding. Pikachu destroys the device with Thunderbolt which renders the clones useless.

Giovanni reappears in Which One is the Real Clefairy!? where he and his twin brother take revenge on Red for defeating them at Silph Co. They do so by having Ditto disguise itself as Clefairy. They meet Red, Clefairy and Pikachu at a graveyard and have a Clefairy fight which results in Red's Clefairy winning after Ditto was too stuffed with food and could not handle it, something that Red's can handle. In Bring Down the Strongest Pokémon!!, Giovanni creates the ultimate Pokémon that no one can defeat, Mewtwo. In the middle of the creation, Mewtwo's DNA gets mixed with Clefairy's making it act all goofy and obnoxious. The creation does not do to well and ends up releasing Mewtwo.

Giovanni hosts a contest in a dome on TV in Seize the Dream of One Million Yen!! in an attempt to make money if he gets high TV ratings. However, since other people were at the contest, he tries a way so that he will be the one to win the contest. In the end, Clefairy ends up destroying the dome that Giovanni builds due to an accident that happened in the contest. Since the dome was destroyed, Giovanni was not able to win the money. In The Thrill of a Perfect Score, Big Rampage at the Amusement Park!, he builds an Amusement Park that Red, Clefairy and Pikachu enter. Giovanni was not happy about this so he tries to gets rid of them. However, the Amusement Park ends up getting destroyed as well. Giovanni is the Gym Leader in Get The Last Badge!! where he takes on Red in a Gym battle. Red was able to defeat him, earning himself the Earth Badge. Giovanni devises a plan to take over Pallet Town in PM047 by using a missile. It was stopped by Clefairy after he got in the way of the missile. Clefairy was able to survive the impact.

Giovanni reappears in PM068 of the Johto saga where he steals some Miltank to get the Moomoo Milk that they make. This plan ends up getting foiled by Professor Oak in which he takes custody of the Miltank himself. He continues doing his evil schemes in PM073 and PM077. In PM078, he steals Kurt's Slowpoke along with the other Slowpoke of the Slowpoke Well to sell their tails as their tails are very expensive and selling them would make Giovanni very rich. The Slowpoke end up getting rescued before it even happened. His recent appearance was in PM099 where he and Team Rocket try to capture the Red Gyarados but fails.

Personality and characteristics

As the boss of Team Rocket, Giovanni has brought up plans in order to get rich. However, most of these plans fail due to Red's Clefairy getting in the way. As a result, he ends up getting revenge on Red and his Pokémon, but fails most of the time.

Pokémon

On hand

Here is a listing of Giovanni's and his twin brother's Pokémon:

		Hitmonlee ♂
		Hitmonlee is the first revealed Pokémon of Giovanni's. He is also under the ownership of Team Rocket as well. Hitmonlee first appeared disguised as a thug and ran off with Pikachu while Red and Clefairy were busy eating. He did so in order to lure Red and Clefairy to a wrestling arena in order for Clefairy to have a boxing match. Hitmonlee was able to have the upper hand during the first few rounds. At the end, Clefairy was able to win the boxing match, with Red retrieving his Pikachu in the process. Hitmonlee's known moves are Mega Punch and Hi Jump Kick.
Debut	Pikachu Was Kidnapped!!

		Hitmonchan ♂
		While taking Erika's father hostage, Giovanni called out Hitmonchan to deal with Clefairy. This was a similar challenge to Clefairy as he dealt with a Hitmonlee back in the wrestling arena. However, Hitmonchan relies on punching while Hitmonlee relies on kicking. Clefairy defeats Hitmonchan by strapping him to a buffet. Hitmonchan's known moves are Comet Punch and Mega Punch.
Debut	Finish Off Team Rocket!!

		Porygon (multiple)
		These Porygon were originally created by Erika's father. However, Giovanni and his twin brother take control of them during Team Rocket's takeover of Silph Co.. The bosses used the Porygon for their evil deeds during the takeover. One of the Porygon was sent out after Hitmonchan's defeat. More of them were revealed as they were cloned on a machine, leaving Clefairy outnumbered. However, the clones were revealed to be from the device that Giovanni's twin brother was using to control them. The clones were rendered useless after Pikachu's Thunderbolt destroyed the device that Giovanni's twin brother was holding. Porygon's known moves are Tackle and Psybeam.
Debut	Finish Off Team Rocket!!

		Ditto
		Giovanni has Ditto transform into a Clefairy in order to get revenge on Red Akai as he defeated them back in Silph Co. Ditto, disguised as Clefairy, go to the Pokémon Sea House in order to get their revenge on Red. They meet at a graveyard where it challenges Clefairy to various contests. During the eating contest, the impostor Clefairy gets exposed as a Ditto when it gets filled up with food. Ditto's only move is Transform, and as a Clefairy, Body Slam and Mega Punch.
Debut	Which One is the Real Clefairy?!

		Snorlax
		Giovanni sent out Snorlax to prevent anyone from winning the contest he hosted on TV. It later reappears in Get The Last Badge!! before Giovanni's battle against Red Akai. Snorlax was proven to be a tough opponent for his Clefairy as Clefairy easily bounced off.
Debut	Seize the Dream of One Million Yen!!

		Machop and Machoke
		Giovanni's Machop and Machoke were used in the Gym battle against Red.
Debut	Get The Last Badge!!

		Rhydon
		Giovanni's Rhydon was used in the Gym battle against Red.
Debut	Get The Last Badge!!

		Nidoking ♂
		Giovanni's Nidoking was used in the Gym battle against Red.
Debut	Get The Last Badge!!

		Cubone
		Giovanni's Cubone was seen during the Gym battle against Red.
Debut	Get The Last Badge!!

Released

Related articles

• Giovanni
• Giovanni (anime)
• Giovanni (Adventures)

Giovanni's Pokémon
On hand:	Persian
Status unknown:	Golem	Kingler	Kingler	Machamp	Rhydon	Cloyster
Escaped:	Mewtwo
Given away:	Koffing	Woobat	Yamask	Frillish	Amoonguss
Controlled:	Meloetta	Landorus	Tornadus	Thundurus
Origins only:	Charmander
Pocket Monsters only:	Hitmonlee	Hitmonchan
For Pokémon owned by the version of Giovanni that appears in Pokémon Adventures, see here; for a full list of Pokémon owned by the version of Giovanni that appears in the Pokémon Pocket Monsters series, see here

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