| abstract | - The Leader of Team Rocket and the ex-Viridian City Gym. An evil man who uses both Pokémon and people to accomplish his goals. Though he specializes in Ground types, he also has powerful Pokémon that are other types as well. He's Silver's father.
* Affably Evil: He's no Anti-Villain, but he still has some admirable qualities and seems genuinely pleasant when he chooses to be. He's also a Worthy Opponent to Red, among other things.
* Big Creepy-Crawlies: his signature Pokémon, interestingly enough, is Beedrill. This is allegedly due to him being a trainer of the Viridian Forest, like Yellow and Lance.
* Badass
* Big Bad: Of the R/B/G arc and the Fire Red/Leaf Green arc.
* Big Damn Heroes: He of all people does this, saving Yellow from Lance in a manner that is eerily similar to how Red did so two years previous. Well, Giovanni did run away afterwards when Lance outmanuvered him...
* More of a 'Live to fight another day' thing, since he was also starting to look for Silver
* The Chessmaster: All his plans seem to go off flawlessly. At least, they would, if it weren't for those meddling kids...
* Clock King: He shows a bit of this in his first battle with Red.
* Diabolical Mastermind
* Faux Affably Evil: When we first meet him.
* Kick the Dog
* Knight Templar Parent: He pretty much had most of the Sevii Islands destroyed in his quest to capture Deoxys just so that he could find his son.
* Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: in the Yellow Arc, while under Enemy Mine, Giovanni arriving in Cerise Island is this, allowing Lance to steal Giovanni's badge for the amplifier.
* Noble Demon: He can be this when he's not perfecting Kick the Dog, and all said he's less evil than some of the other major villains out there.
* Pet the Dog: Debatable in one case, as rescuing Red from Lorelei's ice figured into his plans. The end of the FRLG arc definitely counts as this and a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, though.
* Soap Opera Disease: Has some sort of degenerative disease, though it's never explained. Even so, the guy is still kicking, and, despite the above, probably will be for awhile. Just because he's Giovanni...
* Squee: The anime started the fangirl base, and the manga just made it bigger.
* Though, with the above stuff, can you blame them?
* Worthy Opponent: Most notably to Red, whom he regards in turn as his Worthy Opponent.
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