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'''Giovanni''' (Japanese: '''サカキ''' ''Sakaki'') is the head of [[Team Rocket]], and formerly served as the [[Gym Leader]] of [[Viridian City]]'s [[Gym]], known officially as the [[Viridian Gym]].
'''Giovanni''' (Japanese: '''サカキ''' ''Sakaki'') is the head of [[Team Rocket]], and formerly served as the [[Gym Leader]] of [[Viridian City]]'s [[Gym]], known officially as the [[Viridian Gym]].
== Character ==
The first time Giovanni had been seen in battle was in ''[[EP063|The Battle of the Badge]]''. He used powerful Pokémon against Gary but later left the Gym to deal with an unexplained emergency, leaving Ash to battle Jessie. By the time Ash returned from Hoenn, Agatha was in charge of the Gym until a new Leader could be found. Giovanni's reasons for leaving it have not been explained. In ''[[BW096|Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!]]'', Giovanni finally confronted Ash in a battle and won easily.
Despite being feared by Jessie, James and Meowth, he usually displays a very calm demeanor, even in battle. In spite of the trio's countless failures he did trust them to infiltrate the Unova region alone and to lead Operation Tempest which was described as the biggest mission in Team Rocket history. Although he is often seen stroking his Persian, he keeps the rest of his Pokémon in cages and stated to Mewtwo that they could never been seen as equals, as the latter was created artificially by humans. Although calm and cool, Giovanni is truly evil and ruthless, threatening to kill Mewtwo's clones if the legendary Pokémon didn't obey him in ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]'' and threatening to kill Ash and Pikachu if Meloetta didn't surrender in ''Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!''. Immediately following the failure of Operation Tempest, Giovanni calmly ordered retreat, showing logic rather than recklessness.
Very little is known about his past in any timeline; he is generally shrouded in mystery. ''[[The Birth of Mewtwo]]'' reveals that [[Madame Boss|his mother]] was the head of Team Rocket before him. However, this is presumed to be [[canon]] in the {{pkmn|anime}} timeline only, as the {{pkmn|games}} have no precedent for this. The radio drama revealed that Giovanni holds his mother in high regard.


==History==
==History==
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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.
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.
[[File:Giovanni BW anime.png|thumb|250px|Giovanni in the {{series|Best Wishes}}]]
[[File:Giovanni BW anime.png|thumb|250px|Giovanni in the {{series|Best Wishes}}]]
During {{series|Advanced Generation}}, Giovanni was seen monitoring the actions of [[Team Magma]] and [[Team Aqua]] and ordering minor actions to Jessie and James. He also had minor roles in the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}, approving of Jessie, James and Meowth's plan to set up in [[Sinnoh]] and appearing in ''[[DP191|Memories are Made of Bliss!]]'' when the recruiting the trio for an important mission.
During {{series|Advanced Generation}}, Giovanni was seen monitoring the actions of [[Team Magma]] and [[Team Aqua]] and ordering minor actions to Jessie and James. He also had minor roles in the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}, approving of Jessie, James and Meowth's plan to set up in [[Sinnoh]] and appearing in ''[[DP191|Memories are Made of Bliss!]]'' where he recruited the trio for an important mission.


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]].
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. His outfit changed from his regular orange business suit to a darker, more militaristic suit. He was also 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!]]'' in order to collect the [[Meteonite]]. He was set to appear again in two [[BW023 (unaired)|following]] [[BW024 (unaired)|episodes]] in which he'd use the threat of the Meteonite's disaster creating power as means of extorting control of the Unova region from a gathering of elite business-people and politicians at a party in Castelia City only for the Meteonite to be swiped by [[Team Plasma]], but these never aired. 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]]
[[File:Possessed Giovanni.png||left|thumb|220px|Giovanni under possession by the Reveal Glass]]
After a long absence, Giovanni returned in ''[[BW095|Unrest at the Nursery!]]'', making a brief appearance in his office. He then appeared in ''[[BW096|Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!]]'' spearheading Team Rocket's "Operation Tempest," a mission to capture {{an|Meloetta}} and use it to take control of {{p|Tornadus}}, {{p|Thundurus}}, and {{p|Landorus}} to conquer Unova. For the first time in the history of the series, he battled against Ash directly, with Persian defeating Pikachu. He then captured Ash, Pikachu and Meloetta and escorted them to the ruins in preparation for the next stage of the mission, using Meloetta's song to summon the [[Reveal Glass]] in the temple. At the beginning of ''[[BW097|Unova's Survival Crisis!]]'', he used the Reveal Glass to summon the [[Forces of Nature]] and transform them into their Therian Formes before setting them against Ash, Iris, Cilan, [[Ridley]], and [[Cynthia]]. However, during the battle, Meloetta was dislodged from the mechanism controlling the trio's power, and after looking directly into the Reveal Glass, Giovanni became possessed by the power and went insane, declaring against his followers' wishes that he would instead ''destroy'' Unova. With the power of the Forces of Nature, he began freezing the land in ice, but when he was saved from a possibly life-threatening explosion by Jessie, James and Meowth, the possession was broken. On Dr. Zager's advisement he then ordered a full retreat from the Unova region and was last seen flying off in his airplane to return to Kanto with Jessie, James, Meowth and Dr. Zager.
After a long absence, Giovanni returned in ''[[BW095|Unrest at the Nursery!]]'', making a brief appearance in his office. He then appeared in ''[[BW096|Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!]]'' spearheading Team Rocket's [[Operation Tempest]], a mission to capture {{an|Meloetta}} and use it to take control of {{p|Tornadus}}, {{p|Thundurus}}, and {{p|Landorus}} to conquer Unova. For the first time in the history of the series, he battled against Ash directly, with Persian defeating Pikachu. He then captured Ash, Pikachu and Meloetta and escorted them to the ruins in preparation for the next stage of the mission, using Meloetta's song to summon the [[Reveal Glass]] in the temple. At the beginning of ''[[BW097|Unova's Survival Crisis!]]'', he used the Reveal Glass to summon the [[Forces of Nature]] and transform them into their Therian Formes before setting them against Ash, Iris, Cilan, [[Ridley]], and [[Cynthia]]. However, during the battle, Meloetta was dislodged from the mechanism controlling the trio's power, and after looking directly into the Reveal Glass, Giovanni became possessed by the power and went insane, declaring against his followers' wishes that he would instead ''destroy'' Unova. With the power of the Forces of Nature, he began freezing the land in ice, but when he was saved from a possibly life-threatening explosion by Jessie, James and Meowth, the possession was broken. On Dr. Zager's advisement he then ordered a full retreat from the Unova region and was last seen flying off in his airplane to return to Kanto with Jessie, James, Meowth and Dr. Zager.


He reappeared in ''[[BW123|Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures!]]'', where he congratulated Jessie, James and Meowth on their good work in defeating Team Plasma before telling them to continue doing their best for Team Rocket.
He reappeared in ''[[BW123|Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures!]]'', where he congratulated Jessie, James and Meowth on their good work in defeating Team Plasma before telling them to continue doing their best for Team Rocket.


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.
Giovanni appeared in ''[[BW142|The Dream Continues!]]'' with a 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.


[[File:Giovanni XY anime.png|thumb|250px|Giovanni in the {{series|XY}}]]
Giovanni appeared in ''[[XY003|A Battle of Aerial Mobility!]]'', where he told the trio to work hard in [[Kalos]]. In ''[[XY018|Awakening the Sleeping Giant!]]'', he appeared when Meowth's boss fantasies returned. However, unlike the previous fantasies, this one depicted him commanding an army of {{p|Snorlax}} to conquer the world and accurately reflected his personality.
Giovanni appeared in ''[[XY003|A Battle of Aerial Mobility!]]'', where he told the trio to work hard in [[Kalos]]. In ''[[XY018|Awakening the Sleeping Giant!]]'', he appeared when Meowth's boss fantasies returned. However, unlike the previous fantasies, this one depicted him commanding an army of {{p|Snorlax}} to conquer the world and accurately reflected his personality.


He made an appearance in ''[[XY029|Heroes — Friend and Faux Alike!]]'', where Jessie and James reported their progress in capturing Pokémon for him with their obtaining of {{TP|James|Inkay}} and {{TP|Jessie|Pumpkaboo}}. Pleased with their report, Giovanni told them to keep up their work.
He made an appearance in ''[[XY029|Heroes — Friend and Faux Alike!]]'', where Jessie and James reported their progress in capturing Pokémon for him with their obtaining of {{TP|James|Inkay}} and {{TP|Jessie|Pumpkaboo}}. Pleased with their report, Giovanni told them to keep up their work.
In ''[[XY107|An Explosive Operation!]]'', the trio contacted Giovanni to tell him of their latest activity. After being connected to him by Matori, they told him of [[Team Flare|an organization wearing orange suits]], which he was already familiar with, and of the existence of [[Squishy]]. Later, after fighting with Team Flare, the trio contacted him again to tell him that another Zygarde Core transformed into {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Zygarde|a much more powerful form}}. Intrigued by this, Giovanni assigned them a mission to claim Zygarde's power for Team Rocket.
==Character==
The first time Giovanni had been seen in battle was in ''[[EP063|The Battle of the Badge]]''. He used powerful Pokémon against Gary but later left the Gym to deal with an unexplained emergency, leaving Ash to battle Jessie. By the time Ash returned from Hoenn, Agatha was in charge of the Gym until a new Leader could be found. Giovanni's reasons for leaving it have not been explained. In ''[[BW096|Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!]]'', Giovanni finally confronted Ash in a battle and won easily.
Despite being feared by Jessie, James and Meowth, he usually displays a very calm demeanor, even in battle. In spite of the trio's countless failures he did trust them to infiltrate the Unova region alone and to lead Operation Tempest which was described as the biggest mission in Team Rocket history. Although he is often seen stroking his Persian, he keeps the rest of his Pokémon in cages and stated to Mewtwo that they could never been seen as equals, as the latter was created artificially by humans. Although calm and cool, Giovanni is truly evil and ruthless, threatening to kill Mewtwo's clones if the Legendary Pokémon didn't obey him in ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]'' and threatening to kill Ash and Pikachu if Meloetta didn't surrender in ''Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!''. Immediately following the failure of Operation Tempest, Giovanni calmly ordered retreat, showing logic rather than recklessness.
Very little is known about his past in any timeline; he is generally shrouded in mystery. ''[[The Birth of Mewtwo]]'' reveals that [[Madame Boss|his mother]] was the head of Team Rocket before him. However, this is presumed to be [[canon]] in the {{pkmn|anime}} timeline only, as the {{pkmn|games}} have no precedent for this. The radio drama revealed that Giovanni holds his mother in high regard.


==Pokémon==
==Pokémon==
This listing is of Giovanni's known Pokémon in the Pokémon anime.
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This listing is of Giovanni's known {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} in the {{pkmn|anime}}:
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==Artwork==
==Artwork==
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| Official artwork from the<br>{{color2|000|Best Wishes series|''Best Wishes'' series}}
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==Other==
==In other media==
Giovanni is the main antagonist of ''[[Pokémon Live!]]''. In this show, he offers the exclusive [[Diamond Badge]] to anyone who can defeat him. However, this is actually part of a plot to create the ultimate Pokémon, the robotic [[MechaMew2]], which can learn any attack used against it. At the beginning of the story, the only moves MechaMew2 is missing are {{m|Thunder Shock}} and {{m|Thunderbolt}}. He orders Jessie, James and Meowth to capture Ash's Pikachu in order to complete his plan, and later abducts [[Professor Oak]] and [[Delia]] as well to prevent their interference.
Giovanni is the main antagonist of ''[[Pokémon Live!]]''. In this show, he offers the exclusive [[Diamond Badge]] to anyone who can defeat him. However, this is actually part of a plot to create the ultimate Pokémon, the robotic [[MechaMew2]], which can learn any attack used against it. At the beginning of the story, the only moves MechaMew2 is missing are {{m|Thunder Shock}} and {{m|Thunderbolt}}. He orders Jessie, James and Meowth to capture Ash's Pikachu in order to complete his plan, and later abducts [[Professor Oak]] and [[Delia]] as well to prevent their interference.


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==Voice actors==
==Voice actors==
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|ja=鈴置洋孝 ''[[Hirotaka Suzuoki]]'' ([[EP015]]-[[AG132]])<br>三宅健太 ''[[Kenta Miyake]]'' ([[DP002]]-present)
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|da=Peter Zhelder (season 1)<br>Torben Sekov (season 2)<br>Mikkel Christensen (seasons 5-13)<br>Sonny Lahey (seasons 14-present)
|cs=Pavel Soukup ([[EP015]]-[[EP157]])<br>Jiří Plachý ([[M01]])<br>Zdeněk Hruška (season 10)<br>Marek Libert (season 11)
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|no=Even Rasmussen ([[EP015]]-[[EP082]])<br>Tommy Karlsen<br>Trond Teigen<br>Mads Henning Jørgensen
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|nl=Just Meijer (Season 1, 6-7, 14-present)<br>Stan Limburg (Season 2)<br>Fred Meijer (Season 3-6)<br>Sander de Heer ([[Mewtwo Returns]])<br>Bas Keijzer (Season 8-13)
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|fr_ca=Daniel Picard
|fr_ca=Daniel Picard
|fr_eu=Patrick Deschamps
|fr_eu=Patrick Deschamps
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* In [[Pokémon Live!]] it is stated that he dated [[Delia Ketchum]], though this is both unmentioned and unconfirmed in the anime.
* In [[Pokémon Live!]] it is stated that he dated [[Delia Ketchum]], though this is both unmentioned and unconfirmed in the anime.
* In the English dub, Giovanni is the first character to regain his original voice actor following the voice actor switch.
* In the English dub, Giovanni is the first character to regain his original voice actor following the voice actor switch.
* 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 the only evil team leader to date to make an appearance in a [[Pokémon movie]].
** Until the debut of [[Lysandre]] in the {{series|XY}}, Giovanni was also the only evil team leader in the anime who has been shown to own Pokémon, instead of just controlling some.
** Until the debut of [[Lysandre]] in the {{series|XY}}, Giovanni was also the only evil team leader in the anime who has been shown to own Pokémon, instead of just controlling some.
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==Names==
==Names==
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! style="{{roundytl|5px}}" | Language
! Language
! Name
! Name
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! Origin
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|- style="background:#FFF"
| Japanese
| Japanese
| サカキ ''Sakaki''
| サカキ ''Sakaki''
| {{wp|Sakaki}} (榊) is a sacred tree in {{wp|Shinto}} which resembles the Earth Badge. Also from 坂/阪 ''saka'', slope.
| {{wp|Sakaki}} (榊) is a sacred tree in {{wp|Shinto}} which resembles the Earth Badge. Also from 坂/阪 ''saka'', slope.
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|- style="background:#FFF"
| English, French, German,<br>Italian, Spanish
| English, French, German,<br>Italian, Spanish
| Giovanni
| Giovanni
| From Italian ''Giovanni'', equivalent to ''John'', gift from God; ''gio'' rhymes with ''geo'', from Greek γῆ ''gē'', earth.<br>May also be a play on his resemblance to a {{wp|Mafia}} boss in control of his mob.
| From Italian ''Giovanni'', equivalent to ''John'', gift from God; ''gio'' rhymes with ''geo'', from Greek γῆ ''gē'', earth.<br>May also be a play on his resemblance to a {{wp|Mafia}} boss in control of his mob.
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Korean
| Korean
| 비주기 ''Bijugi''
| 비주기 ''Bijugi''
| From 비쭈기나무 ''Bijjuginamu'' (Sakaki).
| From 비쭈기나무 ''Bijjuginamu'' (Sakaki).
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and mainland China}})
| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and mainland China}})
| 坂木 ''Bǎnmù''{{tt|*|Later DP and BW series}}<br>阪木 ''Bǎnmù''{{tt|*|Original series to early DP}}
| 坂木 ''Bǎnmù''{{tt|*|Later DP and BW series}}<br>阪木 ''Bǎnmù''{{tt|*|Original series to early DP}}
| From 坂木/阪木 ''Sakaki'', an alternative way of writing the name. 坂 contains the {{wp|Radical (Chinese character)|radical}} 土 ''tǔ'' (earth).<br>坂/阪 (slope) is also a homophone to 板 of 老板 ''lǎo​bǎn'' (boss).  
| From 坂木/阪木 ''Sakaki'', an alternative way of writing the name. 坂 contains the {{wp|Radical (Chinese character)|radical}} 土 ''tǔ'' (earth).<br>坂/阪 (slope) is also a homophone to 板 of 老板 ''lǎo​bǎn'' (boss).
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|- style="background:#FFF"
| Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
| Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
| 沙加 ''Sāgā''
| 沙加 ''Sāgā''
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