History Characters / PokemonVillainTeamRocket

* LegionOfDoom: After being reinstated as Team Rainbow Rocket, Giovanni recruits other evil team heads into his new organization.

* GracefulLoser: He accepts his first and last defeat gracefully and abandons his ambitions for the time being to improve himself as a trainer. During the Celebi event, he tells his son that one must accept defeat before moving on. And when he makes his grand reappearance in [[VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon Ultra Sun/Moon]], he bows out gracefully on defeat, but still begins plotting for future conquests [[SequelHook before he disappears into an Ultra Wormhole.]]

* GracefulLoser: He accepts his first and last defeat gracefully and abandons his ambitions for the time being to improve himself as a trainer. During the Celebi event, he outright tells his son that one must accept defeat before moving on. And when he makes his grand reappearance in [[VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon Ultra Sun/Moon]], he bows out gracefully on defeat, but still begins plotting for future conquests [[SequelHook before he disappears into an Ultra Wormhole.]]

** In the Generation I games, after you defeat him for the third time, he seems satisfied with the battle, promises to better himself so he can meet you again, gives the eighth badge to let you challenge the Pokémon League, a TM and acknowledges you as a better trainer. The ''Let's Go'' games have him outright apologize to you for condescending to you as a child when you beat him the first time, and unlike other games where he drops the Silph Scope on retreating, he gives it to you as a gift.

* GracefulLoser: He accepts his first and last defeat gracefully and abandons his ambitions for the time being to improve himself as a trainer. During the celebi event, he outright tells his son that one must accept defeat before moving on. And when he makes his grand reappearance in [[VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon Ultra Sun/Moon]], he bows out gracefully on defeat, but still begins plotting for future conquest [[SequelHook before he disappears into an Ultra Wormhole.]]

* GracefulLoser: He accepts his first and last defeat gracefully and abandons his ambitions for the time being to improve himself as a trainer. When he makes his grand reappearance in [[VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon Ultra Sun/Moon]], he bows out gracefully on defeat, but still begins plotting for future conquest [[SequelHook before he disappears into an Ultra Wormhole.]]

* AffablyEvil: Sure enough, he's a ruthless, selfish and power-hungry crime lord but it doesn't prevent him from being a benevolent boss to his grunts, having loved ones such as his son, being graceful in defeat, respecting his opponents if they prove their strength (to the point of apologizing for being condescending to them), being an insightful and open-minded person and so on.

* GracefulLoser: When he's absolutely and finally defeated, he accepts it and abandons his ambitions for the time being. When he makes his grand reappearance in [[VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon Ultra Sun/Moon]], he bows out gracefully on defeat, but still begins plotting for future conquest [[SequelHook before he disappears into an Ultra Wormhole.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: While [[spoiler:he's not the best father by a long shot, outright abandoning his son to go become stronger, he still does seem to care about his son, even trying to explain himself to him before leaving and hopefully saying "One day, you'll understand" at the end of the conversation.]] This eventually puts him in contrast with [[spoiler:Ghestis in the latter's Pokemon Masters event. When Giovanni sees Silver bring out [[OnlythePureOfHeart Ho-]][[OlympusMons Oh]], he immediately backs down, both because [[KnowWhenToFoldEm he knows it's a sunk cost at this point since Kyurem and Zekrom have escaped]] but also because [[SoProudOfYou he's found something to be proud of that day.]] In contrast, [[RedemptionRejection Ghestis refuses to even consider the idea of reconnecting with his son]], continuing to heartlessly belittle him before escaping with Kyurem, [[AlwaysSaveTheVillain despite N and Nate going back to protect him and Kyurem from Giovanni.]]]]

*** In addition, after seeing [[spoiler:Silver bring out Ho-Oh during Ghestis' event in Pokemon Masters, he immediately retreats, for [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic reasons]] as well as implying [[SoProudOfYou he's proud of his son for winning over Ho-Oh]].]]

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Compared to later antagonists, Team Rocket are the only ones who are [[CardCarryingVillain openly, unabashedly evil]], with later teams [[KnightTemplar believing they were doing the right thing]], or at least [[BitchInSheepsClothing putting up a similar facade]]. On the other side of the coin, their motives are far more mundane compared to later teams until Team Skull -- they're a fantasy {{Yakuza}} in their operations. At no point in the original game canon is controlling an {{Olympus Mon|s}} their goal, however in many anime and manga they are involved in either creating or trying to tame Mewtwo. This finally [[RecursiveAdaptation makes its way back into the games]] in Gen VII when Giovanni has one as his SignatureMon.

* DarkIsEvil: Dress in black uniforms in the games, which are featured in the anime for the nameless Rocket grunts (the main Team Rocket trio dresses in white).

* AffablyEvil: Sure enough, he's a ruthless, selfish and power-hungry crime lord but it doesn't prevent him from being a good boss who cares about his grunts, having loved ones such as his son, being graceful in defeat, respecting his opponents if they prove their strength (to the point of apologizing for being condescending to them), being an insightful and open-minded person (as evidenced in ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'') and so on.

* MookLieutenant: Just about the ''most generous'' estimation of their ranking in the organization, as they simply can't be deemed as big enough threats to qualify as CoDragons.
** Interestingly, they ''do'' have a high enough ranking in the organization to be seemingly entrusted with overseeing the grunts during the Mt. Moon operation, instead of doing the heavy lifting alongside them.

* PragmaticVillainy: He wants to take N's Zekrom and Ghetsis' Kyurem for himself in ''Masters'', predicting that Ghetsis would become a threat to him once he has both legendary pokemon in hand since he has half of Team Break's members under his command.

* MissedTheCall: Based on what we learn during B/W2; and Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire; should the champion abdicate their position, the new Champion title is offered to the Eighth Gym Leader. Had Giovanni *not* gone MIA to focus on running Team Rocket; he ironically would have been offered the position of Champion, fufilling his claim as 'the strongest trainer'.

* PragmaticVillainy: He wants to take N's Zekrom and Ghetsis' Kyurem for himself in ''Masters'', predicting that Ghetsis would become a threat once he has both legendary pokemon in hand. While it's technically not the wrong thing to do given that [[EvilerThanThou Ghetsis is more of a threat than Giovanni is]], it's made clear that he's only doing this because Ghetsis would become a threat to him personally since he has half of Team Break's members under his command.

* PragmaticVillainy: He wants to take N's Zekrom and Ghetsis' Kyurem for himself in ''Masters'', predicting that Ghetsis would become a threat once he has both legendary pokemon in hand. While it's technically not the wrong thing to do given that [[EvilerThanThou Ghetsis is a lot more of a threat than Giovanni is]], it's made clear that he's only doing this because Ghetsis would become a threat to him personally since he has half of Team Break's members under his command.

* PragmaticVillainy: He wants to take N's Zekrom and Ghetsis' Kyurem for himself in ''Masters'', predicting that Ghetsis would become a threat once he has both legendary pokemon in hand. While it's technically not the wrong thing to do given what kind of person Ghetsis is, Giovanni makes it clear that he's only doing this because Ghetsis would become a threat to him personally since he has half of Team Break's members under his command.

* PragmaticVillainy: He wants to take N's Zekrom and Ghetsis' Kyurem for himself in ''Masters'', predicting that Ghetsis would become a threat once he has both legendary pokemon in hand. It's technically not the wrong thing to do given what kind of person Ghetsis is, but Giovanni makes it clear that he's doing it only because Ghetsis would become a threat to him personally since he has half of Team Break's members under his command.

* PragmaticVillainy: He wants to take N's Zekrom and Ghetsis' Kyurem for himself in ''Masters'', predicting that Ghetsis would become a threat once he has both of the legendaries. It's technically not the wrong thing to do given what kind of person Ghetsis is, but Giovanni makes it clear that he's doing it because Ghetsis would become a threat to him personally since he has half of Team Break's members under his command.

* PragmaticVillainy: He's horribly ruthless and thinks very little of exploiting Pokémon for monetary gain. He also wants to take Zekrom for himself in ''Masters'', knowing that Ghetsis would compromise his plans if he gets his hands on it first.

* {{Bishonen}}: Don't even try to deny it.
* TheCameo: Likewise, the male Admin in ''[=FireRed=]'' and ''[=LeafGreen=]'' seems to be him, due to team similarities and his desire to bring back Team Rocket.

* LightIsNotGood: Like Ariana, his outfit is white.

* SignatureMon: [[SquishyWizard Houndoom]]. He's also fond of [[MightyGlacier Weezing]] and [[FragileSpeedster Golbat]]. Since Houndoom isn't in ''Let's Go Pikachu!'' and ''Let's Go Eevee!'', he sticks to Weezing and Golbat as his signature mons, seemingly substituting in Magmar for his Houndoom in a post-game battle.

* AmbiguouslyRelated: She is a redhead working for Team Rocket, which brings to mind Silver who has a similar hairstyle and hair color and is directly the son of Giovanni, which had led fans for years to associate her as Silver's mother. However, Ariana's relationship with Giovanni has never been discussed nor does she speak of him in a manner associated with a lover, making this a case of "who knows?"

* SignatureMon: [[JackOfAllStats Arbok]] and [[MightyGlacier Vileplume]]. The Gen II games and the remakes have her with [[FragileSpeedster Murkrow]] too, but her other appearances leave it out.

* PragmaticVillainy: He's horribly ruthless and thinks very little of exploiting Pokémon for monetary gain. He also wanted to take Zekrom for himself in Pokémon Masters, knowing that Ghetsis would compromise his plans if he gets his hands on it first.

* PragmaticVillainy: He's horribly ruthless and thinks very little of exploiting Pokémon for monetary gain. He also wanted to take Zekrom for himself, knowing that Ghetsis would compromise his plans if he gets his hands on it first.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:PokemonMasters has him subvert this in a lobby conversation, [[ThePowerOfFriendship stating he can understand where the protagonist is comming from.]] In fact, [[PragmaticVillainy he states he's actually fine with them having different views, since 'that's how things get done in a business'.]] It's not surprising, however, given that [[AFatherToHisMen he has]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his good aspects]].]]

* PragmaticVillainy: He's horribly ruthless and thinks very little of exploiting Pokémon for monetary gain. [[AFatherToHisMen He also seems to treat his men well]], [[spoiler:[[AFatherToHisMen even including his Mewtwo in Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, since it's able to Mega Evolve]]]]. He also wanted to take Zekrom for himself, knowing that Ghetsis would compromise his plans if he gets it first.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:PokemonMasters has him subvert this in a lobby conversation, [[ThePowerOfFriendship stating he can understand where the protagonist is comming from.]] In fact, [[PragmaticVillainy he states he's actually fine with them having different views, since '[t]hat's how things get done in a business'.]] It's not surprising, however, given that [[AFatherToHisMen he has]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his good aspects]].]]

* PragmaticVillainy: He's horribly ruthless and thinks very little of exploiting Pokémon for monetary gain. [[AFatherToHisMen He also seems to treat his men well]], [[spoiler:[[AFatherToHisMen even including his Mewtwo in Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, since it's able to Mega Evolve]]]], and [[spoiler:[[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes does seem to care about his son, Silver.]]]]

** His Mewtwo can Mega Evolve, which at bare minimum would imply ''some'' form of bond between the two to exist. He can also perform Sync Moves in ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'' with his Mewtwo, which are pretty much stated to be run by ThePowerOfFriendship. This ironically puts his relationship with his Sync Partner far healthier than ''Lear'', who can't perform them due to his attitude and high turnover rate.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: While [[spoiler:he's not the best father by a long shot, outright abandoning his son to go become stronger, he still does seem to care about his son, even trying to explain himself to him before leaving and hopefully saying "One day, you'll understand" at the end of the conversation.]]
** This eventually puts him in contrast with [[spoiler:Ghestis in the latter's Pokemon Masters event. When Giovanni sees Silver bring out [[OnlythePureOfHeart Ho-]][[OlympusMons Oh]], he immediately backs down, both because [[KnowWhenToFoldEm he knows it's a sunk cost at this point since Kyurem and Zekrom have escaped]] but also because [[SoProudOfYou he's found something to be proud of that day.]] In contrast, [[RedemptionRejection Ghestis refuses to even consider the idea of reconnecting with his son]], continuing to heartlessly belittle him before escaping with Kyurem, [[AlwaysSaveTheVillain despite N and Nate going back to protect him and Kyurem from Giovanni.]]]]