Giovanni Potage

“	I think I've had just about enough of you, guy! You made my minion cry! NOBODY makes my minions cry except ME!	”
—Giovanni Potage, "Bear Trap"

Giovanni Potage is a former Banzai Captain in the criminal organization known as the Banzai Blasters, who broke into the Sweet Jazz City Museum with no real goal besides "stealing artifacts".

His epithet, "Soup", creates...well, soup. He's equipped with a bat with a knife taped to it and backed up by a small crew of fellow Banzai Blasters to make up for this. But now he has decided to quit the organization and forge his own path towards becoming the greatest villain.

WHITE GUY BUT AINT SEXY HE JUST HORNY FOR TOMMI NAVARRO

Personality

Giovanni is a very ambitious troublemaker who loves baseballs, robots and anything edgy. He also dreams of one day becoming THE GREATEST SUPER VILLAIN OF ALL TIME!

Giovanni usually tries to look cool and menacing (when it really just comes off as pathetic), this was shown in "Quiet in the Museum!", when he attempts to knock over a potted plant to prove that he is a "Certified Bad Dude™" and fails.

Giovanni believes that his epithet "soup" doesn't sound cool or threatening at all, so he tries to make his attacks sound cooler by calling scalding soup "lava" or steam "demon energy".

Despite being one of the "bad guys" he seems to have a secret soft side as he is shown to care deeply about each and every one of his minions. This is proven by he has sworn to never abuse his authority or steal his minions' hard labor as a reason to quit the Banzai Blasters.

Abilities

Skillset

Bat Proficiency: Giovanni is shown to be quite skilled in wielding a baseball bat. Giovanni claims that when it comes to baseball, he cannot be beaten, and he has multiple trophies in his room to prove it. He normally uses his custom made "Soul Slugger Doom Bat of Maximum Destruction", which is a baseball bat with a knife taped to it.
High mobility: Although less effective than other Inscribed in a straight fight, Giovanni is able to jump swiftly at a high speed.

Unique Abilities

Epithet: Soup: Giovanni's epithet allows him to create and control soup, which ends up having a wide variety of applications due to his high creativity:
- ~~Lava~~ ~~Acid~~ Lav-acid: Giovanni can form orbs of tomato basil soup out of thin air. This ball of soup is also described as scalding by Giovanni.
  - Lava Grenade: Giovanni creates a scalding hot orb of soup that he can launch at an area. When it hits the floor, it explodes, hitting enemies in its vicinity.
- Demon Energy Aura: Giovanni creates a whirlwind of soupy energy, capable of blasting dust particles away.
  - *Teleports Behind You*: Giovanni builds up steam around him, using this for a sudden burst of speed to the point where it looks like teleportation to observers. This can also be used to give himself a large jump.
  - Fog of Lost Souls: Giovanni covers the area with a blanket of thick, delicious-smelling fog, useful for making a getaway. It also restores 1 HP for anyone standing in it.
- Soup That is Too Hot: This is Giovanni's self-proclaimed ultimate attack. He can increase the temperature of soup, without a line of sight.
- Ancient Potion: Giovanni sweats a bottle of healthy soup that he can drink to regain 15 HP. Giovanni can only use this move once per battle.
CRITICAL 13:^[5] As 13 is Giovanni's lucky number, every 13th attack he performs deals extra damage. This can be charged up ahead of time by gently knocking objects. This ability is not related to his epithet.
Silent But Deadly: A combo technique he performs with Molly Blyndeff, Charging at the opponent screaming with a Critical 13 attack ready, while Molly deafens the opponent so that are unaware of him approaching.

Relationships

Molly Blyndeff

“	You're just as important as everyone else is Bear Trap!	”
—Giovanni Potage, "Bear Trap"

At first, Giovanni saw Molly as a minor nuisance who hindered his heist. But after Giovanni was forced to recruit her in order to escape their "prison", Giovanni began to take a liking to "Bear Trap" after they began bonding over their mutual interests. Eventually, when Giovanni learned about Molly's familial troubles, he begins to give her an inspiring pep talk about how she shouldn't let her family push her around and that she should learn to stand up for herself.

Mera Salamin

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Mera teasing Giovanni

Giovanni has a mutual hatred with Mera after Mera injured Dark Star, Spike and Crusher, and later trying to harm Molly (Bear Trap). Another reason why he loathes her is how she intervenes in his plans and mocks how sloppy his approach is when it comes to crime. He takes pleasure after he manages to beat Mera in the final confrontation in the museum.

Sylvester Ashling

Giovanni and Sylvie got off to a bad start and got worse from there. His tolerance levels for Sylvie hit rock bottom after he used Nightmare Fuel on Molly, which surrounded them with fire and terrified Molly so much she started crying. After that, Giovanni's prime instinct when it came to Sylvie was to protect Molly from him and he wanted nothing more than to knock Sylvie on his backside. After defeating him in battle, he took delight in rubbing it in Sylvie's face but did not appreciate the remarks he made towards him and Molly, to say the least. He wanted to hit him with his Soul Slugger Doom Bat of Maximum Destruction and if it wasn't for Molly's kindness and wisdom, he would have done just that. He reluctantly agrees to let Sylvie join the Banzai Blasters but only because he sees Molly is right about them needing to team up if they want to defeat Mera. Only to be irritated by Sylvie even further when he outright refuses to do such a thing, laughs at the idea and scoffs at Giovanni for assuming he would follow him because, in his words, Giovanni is weaker than he is. They team up all the same, though albeit, very reluctantly. Giovanni and Sylvie's alliance is an unstable one as they dislike each other a great deal and have absolutely no respect for each other whatsoever. With Giovanni mocking and berating Sylvie at every opportunity and Sylvie getting more and more irritated with him as each moment passes. Giovanni is likely holding a grudge against Sylvie; still angry with him for attacking him and Molly and scaring Molly to the point of tears. If he is still upset, he likely won't let it go until he hears Sylvie apologize for his actions.

Giomommy

Giovanni harbors a huge distaste towards his mom, mostly due to how she is obnoxious and strict towards, and not to mention that while she always forbids him to commit crime things, she is the hypocrite who presumably drinks at her "yoga classes". Therefore, he often talks smacks behind her back.

Car Crash

As Giovanni shares a mutual friendship with all of his minions, Car Crash is no different. Giovanni feels comfortable with ranting about his parental issues to him, and trusts him enough to drive him to Redwood Run (despite his namesake).

Trivia

Giovanni's last name literally means thick soup.
Giovanni's pink hair was actually inspired by Team Rocket grunts having pink hair^[6].
- His first name is likely a reference to the leader of Team Rocket.
The "W" on Giovanni's uniform is actually a sideways "B" for Banzai^[7].
Giovanni's knife is revealed to actually belong to his mom, which he took without permission.
One of his hobbies is knitting. He even carries knitting needles and yarn with him.
Brendan Blaber originally asked Danny Cooksey, the voice actor of Jack Spicer, to voice Giovanni, but later Kyle Igneczi was chosen instead.
The "horn" in his hair is actually a hair clip.
If one of Giovanni's boys mentioned that they didn’t like being called a "Boy" he’d stop, but to him "MY BOYS" is a gender neutral term, hence why he calls Molly and Spike boys.^[8]
Jello confirmed that he's straight.^[9]