The Pokémon anime's Team Rocket boss, Giovanni, is a truly scary villain, despite his goofy appearances in Meowth's fantasies. Giovanni proves his villainy by threatening physical violence and even death on multiple occasions. In "Mewtwo Returns," Giovanni tries to force Mewtwo to work for him again by threatening to experiment on clones until they die. In Pokémon Black & White, Giovanni tries to control Meloetta by threatening to kill Ash and Pikachu. When he gets his hands on the Reveal Glass, he becomes even more dangerous, commanding Legendary Pokémon to destroy the Unova region. Jessie and James have to save Giovanni from his own dark impulses. These rare instances in the series show that Giovanni is too dark of a character for the light-hearted Pokémon anime.