Giovanni (Pocket Monsters): Difference between revisions

Giovanni first appeared in ''[[PM009|Pikachu Was Kidnapped!!]]'' and his twin brother debuted in ''[[PM011|Finish Off Team Rocket!!]]''. In Giovanni's first appearance, he is running the Rocket Game Corner where {{OBP|Red|Pocket Monsters}}, {{TP|Red|Clefairy}} and {{TP|Red|Pikachu|Pikachu (Pocket Monsters)}} go to. {{OBP|Green|Pocket Monsters}} and his {{TP|Green|Charmander}} go there as well. A {{p|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 {{p|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 {{m|Thunderbolt}} which renders the clones useless.

|desc={{p|Hitmonlee}} is the first revealed Pokémon of Giovanni's. He was also under the ownership of {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt|Team Rocket}} as well. Hitmonlee first appeared disguised as a thug and ran off with {{TP|Red|Pikachu|Pikachu (Pocket Monsters)}} while Red and {{TP|Red|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.

|desc=While taking Erika's father hostage, Giovanni called out {{p|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.

In ''[[PM050|Team Rocket's Downfall!!]]'', Hitmonchan worked as a samurai where it attacked some people including Red for self-defense. After noticing a Jynx trapped, it was revealed that the dojo was a Team Rocket scam. In ''[[PM052|Protect Jynx!!]]'', Hitmonchan appeared on the television with Giovanni where they were telling viewers that a bomb was planted in the building that Jynx was performing in.  

|desc=These {{p|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 {{m|Tackle}} and {{m|Psybeam}}.}}