Giovanni (EntityTopic, 12)
From Compile Worlds
Giovanni is a Gym leader from the Kanto region found in the original Pokémon games. However, he is also the leader of Team Rocket, the villainous gang that conducted the illegal activities throughout the game. Unlike his other fellow Gym Leaders, Giovanni did not return in Pokémon 2 to challenge Gold and Krys. Giovanni conducted a few Team Rocket crimes personally, but he usually left his incompetent grunts to do his dirty work. When he was encountered for the final time at his Gym in Viridian City, Giovanni finally acknowledged Red/Leaf's strength, both verbally and with a badge. Giovanni also suddenly had an epiphany or something, because he suddenly decided that he would train his Pokémon and treat them with kindness and dignity. With that being said, Giovanni disbanded Team Rocket, took their 9000 moneys, and fled to parts unknown. He likely went to Jhoto to find his red haired son.
Further adding to the enigma that is Giovanni is the fact that he and Ash Ketchum only meet once in the entire anime(and that was only during a T.V. special). Ash never faces Giovanni, as he has to take care of business and leaves Jessie and James to face Ash, probably leaving Gary ridiculously jealous(after all, Giovanni had just pwnd him with Mewtwo. Furthermore, he still runs Team Rocket and is insanely obsessed with Mewtwo and other rare and powerful Pokémon. Once again adding mystery to the character is the fact that some have elected him as a possible candidate for the role of Ash's father. Support for the theory involves Delia being a part of his high-school gang for a time, and Delia even went out with him while in the game. Further evidence shows that Giovanni resembles the silhouette in the only photo of the man that is Ash's dad. However, denouncing the theory is that Giovanni doesn't even know Ash when they meet. Furthermore, Delia suggests she broke up with Gio before she graduated, and Rockets themselves say Giovanni's kid has red hair.
Giovanni: Silver's Father?
Yes, fans have long time been speculating the idea of Silver being the son of Giovanni. Strong points going for this speculation are the fact that Giovanni's kid DOES have red hair, and that the two in classic artwork share similarities in the facial region. Silver and Giovanni were also father and son in Manga adaptions(However, we must consider that this is also the same manga that depicts the Kanto Elite Four as a group of PokéTerrorists). Going against this argument however, is considering Silver's hatred of Team Rocket, his HG/SS redesign(which now looks less like Giovanni), the presence of other red heads(Whitney, Misty, Lance and Lorelei)in the generation(s), and the manga's ridiculousness. Chao is a firm believer that Silver is related to Giovanni however, so why shouldn't you?