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Giovanni is the main antagonist in the movie ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]'', seeking out Mewtwo, who by this time was living in peace with the cloned Pokémon at [[Mount Quena]]. Once Giovanni discovered it, he tried to recapture it by threatening to use Mewtwo's  cloned Pokémon friends in their experiments, experiments that he also claimed would certainly result in their death. He used two machines to try to make Mewtwo submit to his will, but though Mewtwo stepped into the orb, it was still unwilling to serve Giovanni, threatening to destroy his body first. Ash and the others were able to stop the machines, and it was around this time that they faced off against Giovanni and several Team Rocket soldiers. Their Pokémon fought as a distraction so Ash could get Mewtwo into the spring. Once Mewtwo was healed from its injuries, it moved the spring under the mountain to protect it, and then erased the memories of Giovanni and the other Team Rocket soldiers (excluding Jessie, James, and Meowth) of it, making him forget entirely about Mewtwo. Standing next to [[Domino]] and Persian wondering what they were doing, he got the strange feeling as though he had been utterly defeated.

In the beginning of the {{series|Best Wishes}} Giovanni took on a far more significant and antagonistic role than before, now being in regular contact with Jessie, James and Meowth and assigning them on various missions throughout the [[Unova]] region. He was now often seen with a [[Matori|secretary]], that helped him in giving orders to Jessie, James and Meowth. Giovanni appeared traveling to Unova in ''[[BW022|A Venipede Stampede!]]''. He was set to appear again in two [[BW023 (unaired)|following]] [[BW024 (unaired)|episodes]], but these never aired and ultimately were retconned out of canon.  He did not make any more appearances for a long time afterward, with Matori explaining that he was too busy to be in regular contact with Jessie, James, and Meowth anymore. During this time, his role as the trio's leader was filled by [[Dr. Zager]].

[[File:Possessed Giovanni.png||left|thumb|220px|Giovanni under possession by the Reveal Glass]]

Giovanni appeared in ''[[BW142|The Dream Continues!]]'' in his new design, alongside [[Matori]]. After again praising Jessie, James and Meowth for defeating Team Plasma, he wanted to know what Pokémon they had brought back for him from the [[Decolore Islands]]. With Jessie and James having nothing to show for their time, Meowth quickly improvised and claimed that the Pokémon Jessie and James had used in Unova were for him, and he accepted them.

==Pokémon==

{{TrainerPoké

|trainer=Giovanni

|type1=Water

|img=Giovanni Kingler.png

|epnum=EP063

|epname=The Battle of the Badge

Kingler was also later loaned to [[Jessie]] for Ash's Gym battle. She used it to battle against {{AP|Bulbasaur}}, but lost, although not before dealing heavy damage to Bulbasaur with its Bubble attack, and by consequence, Ash experienced its pain.

{{TrainerPoké

|epname=The Battle of the Badge

|vajp=List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Masachika Ichimura

|desc=Giovanni held control of this {{p|Mewtwo}} created by [[Team Rocket scientists|his scientists]] for some time, until it learned that Giovanni had meant its purpose to be fighting for him, and escaped.

While controlling Mewtwo, Giovanni used its overwhelming {{t|Psychic}} powers to capture new Pokémon for Team Rocket and in his Gym battles, where it defeated all of his challengers effortlessly. When Mewtwo discovered Giovanni's real intentions for it, Mewtwo broke out of his bonds and escaped.}}

==In the manga==

|epname=Ash vs. Gary

|desc={{p|Persian}} was seen watching its owner as his anger fades away from remembering the giant Slowpoke that Team Rocket's scientists created.}}

==Other==

|en=[[Ted Lewis|Ed Paul]] ([[EP015]]-[[AG132]], [[DP080]]-present)<br>[[Craig Blair]] ([[DP002]]-[[DP043]])

|cs=Pavel Soukup ([[EP015]]-[[EP157]])<br>Jiří Plachý ([[M01]])<br>Zdeněk Hruška (season 10)<br>Marek Libert (season 11)

|fr_ca=Daniel Picard

|fr_eu=Patrick Deschamps

|ru=Анатолий Зиновенко Anatolii Zinovenko ([[EP001]]-[[EP105]])<br>Петр Иващенко Peter Ivashenko (Season 14)

|pl=Adam Bauman ([[M01]], [[Mewtwo Returns]])<br>Cezary Kwieciński (Diamond and Pearl, [[BW022]]-present)<br>Wojciech Paszkowski ([[BW001]]-[[BW021]])

|es_eu=Ruperto Ares ([[EP015]]-[[EP157]])<br>Rafael Azcárraga ([[Mewtwo Returns]])<br>José Escobosa ([[EP231]]-present)<br>Roberto Encinas ([[AG002]])

|pt_br=Affonso Amajones ([[EP015]], [[EP063]]-[[EP066]])<br>Luiz Antônio Lobue ([[EP082]])<br>José Parisi Jr. ([[EP157]], [[AG002]], [[AG027]])<br>Raul Schlosser ([[EP231]])<br>Armando Tiraboschi ([[AG079]], [[DP080]], [[DP191]], [[BW001]]-present)<br>Gilberto Baroli ([[AG132]])<br>Vágner Santos ([[DP002]])<br>Renato Márcio ([[DP043]])

==Trivia==

* In [[Pokémon Live!]] it is stated that he dated [[Delia Ketchum]], though this is both unmentioned and unconfirmed in the anime.

* Both Pokémon that Giovanni has rejected in the anime – [[Jessie's Yanmega]] and [[Misty's Togetic]] – have evolved once after being reunited with their owners.

* Giovanni is the only evil team leader to date to make an appearance in a [[Pokémon movie]].

** Giovanni is also the only evil team leader to have appeared in more than one [[series]] of the anime.

* Giovanni is the only Gym Leader from [[Generation I]] whom Ash hasn't battled as a Gym Leader.

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