After being adapted into other languages, the Pokémon craziness spread like wildfire. In a fictional world where Pokémon roam the Earth and fight alongside human💟s, almost anything can happen. In the anime, Ash sets out on a journey to catch and train Pokémon so he can eventually battle the Elite Four. He met friends along the way, but there were also forces who provided obstacles for him. Most notably, Team Rocket has been there at almost every turn to terrorize towns and steal Pokémon. Ash does the right thing and attempts to stop them, since he's pure-hearted. Under the direction of their boss Giovanni, Team Rocket has been instructed to steal Pokémon without decency.
It's easy to overlook the character of Giovanni based on his appearances in the show. Directly and indirectly, however, he has been a definitive꧃ force behind foul play in the Pokémon world. Giovanni is smart, and not just in comparison to the ki🐬ds he is terrorizing. Motivated by greed, power, and pride, Giovanni wants to collect all the rare Pokémon in the world.
When Giovanni is not secretly the head of Team Rocket, he acts as the leader of Viridian City's Gym. If a trainer can beat his powerful ground Pokémon, they will earn the Earth Badge and will likely have received the last badge on the list of Kanto badges. Unfortunately, Giovanni is no😼t at his gym for much of the game since he is too busy committing evil atrocities.
This list contains 15 Dark Facts About Giovanni🔯. Sometimes the trut🎃h can be disturbing.
15 🍌 Started From The Bottom
Giovanni was not always evil. In most respects, when he was young, he was like most children; innocent and eager to learn. As a small boy, Giovanni came across an injured Persian in the forest that he quickly rushed to the Pokémon Center. This Persian would later become his Pokémon and closest friend. It is the same Persian that we frequently see alongside Giovanni in the Pokémon anime. Giovanni nearly prevented his Persian🎃 from being sold by a doctor in this version. From these acts, we can disꦑcern that Giovanni was kind as a young boy since an action, such as saving an innocent Pokémon, is far from evil.
Very little is known about this mysterious man’s backstory aside from this. It would be extraordinary if Pokémon Origins featured episodꦚes based on Giovanni’s early🐭 life. There are still many questions left unanswered!
14 An Adult 🌳Who Terrorizes Children
Something is amiss when a grown adult has nothing better to do than to terrorize children. Time and time again Giovanni and the forces of Team Rocket have sought to capture all Pokémon in existence through shady methods. Naturally, each Pokémon trainer tries to 🥃catch Pokémon so they can reach their potential as a trainer, but Giovanni and Team Rocket’s methods are just plain wrong.
Jessie and James have an ongoing plot where they try to capture ♕Ash's Pikachu, something that Giovanni has approved. On several occasions, they nearly succeeded! When Ash started his journey, he was ten years of age. Misty and Brock also had similar ages. Somethiಞng about this corrupt businessman plotting to steal Pokémon from children is seriously disturbing.
13 𓆉 Leader Of Team Rocket
Each generation of Pokémon games has contained an evil organization that creates barriers for their protagonists. In Pokémon Sun and Moon we faced off against a new group named “Team Skull;” and in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald we met Team Aqua and Team Magma. This onslaught of evil organizations would never have begun if it weren’t for the initial appearance of Team Rocket in the first generation of Pokémon games.
Headed by Giovanni, Team Rocket has caused much mayhem in video games and anime. Giovanni’s orders are almost always dark by💙 nature, and he deems illegal methods as an a🌜cceptable means of accomplishing them. Giovanni could be labeled a mob boss, in charge of a profoundly corrupt crime syndicate, because of their acts.
12 ꦜ ꧑ Treats Jessie And James Like Garbage
Jessie and James are two of Giovanni’𓆉s most loyal workers. They will do anythin👍g he says and will go to extreme lengths in order to do so. Despite following his every command, once guarding his room in Team Rocket base, and gifting him Pokémon such as an Amoonguss and Woobat, Giovanni will say horrible things to Jessie and James.
It is clear that Giovanni is a strict man who believes he has no time for cynicism or excuses. He merel꧋y wants to capture all rare Pokémon in the world by any means necessary. Jessie and James put up with Giovanni since they genuinely want to please him. Judging by their dazed fantasies of them pleasing their boss, they admire his intelligence and power.
11 🐼 Attempted To Steal The Master Ball
Giovanni’s attempt to steal the Master Ball involved taking over Silphs Compaꦛny's headquarters in Saffron City and keeping its president under hostage. The Master Ball is capable of catching any Pokémon in one throw and is extremely valuable.
It has been hypothesized on , by user mboy94, that Giovanni wanted to steal the Master Ball in order to capture the evil Pokémon that is Mewtwo. In Pokémon Blue, Yellow, and Red, Mewtwo is situated deep in Cerulean Cave and is level 70. Since Giovanni was one of the leading people behind the cloning of Mew and the resulting creation of Mewtwo, it would✱ seem as if he wouldn’t ignore Mewtwo’s presence. In this theory, Giovanni would have stolen the Silph Scope so he could catch a ghost Pokémon, which would have been “super effective” against Mewtwo. Conspiracists speculate that it's possible G🍷iovanni had good intentions the entire time. What do you think?
10 Holding Him Hostage In The Haunted Tower 🏅
In the Pokémon world, Mr. Fuji is an old man who resides in 🍌Lavender Town in the Volunteer Pokémon House. There he treats and houses abandoned and weak Pokémon. Giovanni is the evil man that led the group behind the taking of Mr. Fuji after Mr. Fuji tried to in♍tervene on his takeover of the Pokémon Tower.
After a message reached Mr. Fuji, explaining that the terrible forces of Team Rocket ཧhad taken over the Pokémon Tower, he attempted to go there to convince them to leave. He was instead made a hostage, and it beꦅcomes the job of the protagonist to rescue him.
Mr. Fuji did not always live in Lavender Town. He used to live on Cinnabar Island, was known as Dr. Fuji, and was one of the lead people behind Mewtwo’s creation. The world of Pokémon Blue, Red, and Yellow is riddled with subtle details that unveil 🦩a greater plot at play.
9 𝓰 A Sinister-Looking Cat 𝕴
If movies have taught us anything about villains, it’s that they commonly have a sinister-looking cat that they will pet while sitting on a throne or chair of better quality than everyone else in the room. A great example of this is Dr. Evil from Austin Powers. Dr. Evil’s character is based on villainy stereotypes, and he has a cat named Mr. Bigglesworth. Other examples of villains who owned cats were The Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmatians, Filch from Harry Potter, Doctor Claw from Inspector Gadget, and Gargamel from The Smurfs.
Perhaps it is a stereotype that is a bit dated since plenty of nice people own cats, but we can’t help but receive a chilling feeling when we see Giovanni sitting on his chair whi🌟le stroking his﷽ Persian Pokémon.
8 Rarely⛄ At His Gym
What could be worse than rarely being at the Gym you are supposed to be the head of? Giovanni is easily the most frustrating Gym leader for players since he is seldom there when you want to battle him. Although Viridian City is the first Gym you pass on your journey in Pokémon Red and Blue, it is the last you badge you obt𓄧ain because, for most of the ꦿgame, it's empty.
As a Gym leader, Giovanni is a formidable foe. In Pokémon Black and White 2’s Pokémon World Tournament, we battled Giovanni once again. His Pokémon consisted of Rhyperior, Golem, Nidoking, Marowak, Sandslasꦐh, and Nidoqueen. His difficulty as a gym leader would definitely have proven to be too much for a new Pokémon trainer, but it is a little odd that he rarely seems to be there.
7 Hey, Can ꦐYou Steal That For Me? 𒁏
An ongoing plot of the Pokémon series involves Jessie and James attempting to steal Ash’s Pikachu. Ever since Jessie and James fixed their eyes on Ash’s Pikachu, it’s almost like they fell in love with it. This does seem a bit weird since Pikachus commonly appear in Viridian Forest. Putting plot holes aside, thi👍s idea of them stealing a ten-year-old named Ash's Pikachu is a bit crazed, to say the least.
Jessie and James do not only try to steal Ash's Pikachu. They both have a goal, handed out from Giovanni to steal all Pokémon possible, especially the valuable ones. Using his mass army, it would seem more effective if they just went out and tried to catch Pokémon. Jessie and James end up gifting very few Pokémon to their boss. It’s yet another plot hole of Pokémon, but then again, maybe they just aren’t very good aᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚt being criminals.
6 He Hides In The Shadows ꧙
In a significant portion of early Pokémon anime episodes, Giovanni only appears for a brief time surrounded in darkness. Rarely are creepy businessmen, who hide in the shadows, anything but pure evil in animated series. In Giovanni’s first appearance in Pokémon and a few later episodes, Giovanni’s appearance was♓ ♑masked with voice distorter.
Villains in animated series will hide in the shadows for various reasons. They may be trying to conceal their identity, be deep in thought, or the creators of the show may have just placed them in the shadows for dramatic effect. When🔥 Giovanni is not in the shadows, he can be in a well-lit room and behind a desk or in a laboratory of📖 some sort. Judging by his patterns, we can conclude that Giovanni is one bad dude.