Giovanni is the main antagonist of the Pokemon franchise. Giovanni appears in several versions of Pokemon including the video games, the anime series, and Pokemon Live!.
job: Giovanni is the head of a criminal organization known as Team Rocket.
Giovanni's past: Giovanni used to date Ash's mom, but Ash's mom dumped him. Several Pokemon fans think that Giovanni is Ash's dad, but the identity of Ash's dad is still unknown.
personality: Giovanni is a threatening, cold hearted villain. He wants to have various kinds of Pokemon. He is a very serious person who hates failure. His pet in the anime series is a tiger. He has a rough relationship with Jessie, James, and Meowth, because they constantly fail to capture Pokemon. Giovanni has threatened to fire them several times, but he hasn't actually fired them yet. Giovanni has more respect for Butch and Cassidy, because they are better at their job than Jessie, James, and Meowth. Giovanni's most trusted worker is Domino who appeared in Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns. Giovanni tricked Mewtwo into working for him. At first Giovanni was able to fool Mewtwo into thinking they were equals, but Mewtwo eventually left him. Later on Giovanni found Mewtwo, but Mewtwo erased his memory.
role in Pokemon:
recurring villain (video games)
the main villain (Pokemon anime series, Pokemon: The First Movie, Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns, Pokemon Live!)
job: Giovanni is the head of a criminal organization known as Team Rocket.
Giovanni's past: Giovanni used to date Ash's mom, but Ash's mom dumped him. Several Pokemon fans think that Giovanni is Ash's dad, but the identity of Ash's dad is still unknown.
personality: Giovanni is a threatening, cold hearted villain. He wants to have various kinds of Pokemon. He is a very serious person who hates failure. His pet in the anime series is a tiger. He has a rough relationship with Jessie, James, and Meowth, because they constantly fail to capture Pokemon. Giovanni has threatened to fire them several times, but he hasn't actually fired them yet. Giovanni has more respect for Butch and Cassidy, because they are better at their job than Jessie, James, and Meowth. Giovanni's most trusted worker is Domino who appeared in Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns. Giovanni tricked Mewtwo into working for him. At first Giovanni was able to fool Mewtwo into thinking they were equals, but Mewtwo eventually left him. Later on Giovanni found Mewtwo, but Mewtwo erased his memory.
role in Pokemon:
recurring villain (video games)
the main villain (Pokemon anime series, Pokemon: The First Movie, Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns, Pokemon Live!)