This is a fan-made Death Battle by LwqwydUuz. It pits Giovanni from Pokemon against Sir Crocodile from One Piece.
Introduction[]
Wiz: The mafia. The underground. The biggest yet most secretive force known to man.
Boomstick: Sometimes you're so underground you decide to inhibit it and gain the powers of the ground itself!
Wiz: Giovanni, Team Rocket's sophisticated Gym Leader specialized in the Ground type.
Boomstick: Crocodile, No. 0 of Baroque Works and King of the Desert.
Wiz: Sand. It's tough. Coarse. And most of all: it gets everywhere.
Boomstick: And with these two you might not wanna get sand in your nails. Or really anywhere. He's Wiz, and I'm Boomstick!
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skill to find out who would win...
...a DEATH BATTLE!
Giovanni blasts off into DEATH BATTLE![]
Wiz: Lying within the Kanto region lies the wonderful world of creatures known as Pokemon, Arceus’s gift of nature to assist humans with either simple tasks, battles, and being everyday household pets.
Boomstick: However, just like in the real world, Pokemon are used for selfish, inhumane and even criminal purposes. And there’s no better proof of this than the underground team of bandits known as TEAM ROCKET!
Wiz: Conquering the entirety of Kanto behind the scenes, until one kid posed a threat to their whole plan: to rule the world.
Boomstick: Oh come on! Isn't that just every kids villain nowadays? Whats so good about ruling the world, anyway? I mean you’re singlehandedly the biggest threat and biggest target simultaneously, if anything I’d rather just sit back, enjoy the Sun, and drink America’s gracious gift to mankind!
Wiz: All of this could only be possible through one man, a name that strikes fear into those young trainers and pedestrians of Kanto: Giovanni.
Boomstick: Long before Team Rocket had a name, Giovanni was but a simple kid who just like ourselves, wanted to set out a dream of becoming a powerful Pokemon trainer. Don’t you just think it’s weird when the villain had the exact same passion as the hero? Always say it as cathartic.
Wiz: Nevertheless, Giovanni grew burned out of his passion for Pokemon as a whole, which would set him on his goal to create the infamous Team Rocket.
Boomstick: Things caught up to Giovanni years after, where he met an old scientist named Mr. Fuji to clone Mew and create the most powerful Pokemon ever known to us humans…Mewtwo…if only it didn’t run off like the actual pussy it was.
Wiz: The events that took place left Giovanni impacted, and in which he began his streak of crimes throughout the Kanto region, like trying to steal the Master Ball, a Pokeball so well crafted that it can catch any Pokemon 100% successfully in a single use.
Boomstick: See I’d need that for my hunting, a fishing rod that could catch any giant fish out in the wide sea. Who’s up for deluxe mackerel?!
Wiz: Anyways, while Giovanni himself is a rather huge threat in presence, his true strength comes in his team of Pokemon. Over the years, Giovanni’s had various Pokemon on his team throughout the years, so we chose the 6 best choices for him in this edge.
Boomstick: Nidoking! The badass rabbit…Chowder lookin thing you’ve ever seen!
Wiz: Nidoking has been said to be able to break through bones, pierce through diamonds, snap spines, topple a metal transmission tower, and snap a telephone pole like a match stick. Albeit while its in a anger filled state, it cannot go back.
Boomstick: Jeez, you think he’d do well in Mortal Kombat?
Wiz: Absolutely.
Boomstick: Within the confines of the Unova World Tournament, Giovanni equipped himself with a Gliscor. Awww just look at how kickass he is!
Wiz: This flying…scorpion? Can somehow, even with a tiniest of breezes be able to fly around the entire globe without flapping its wings once.
Boomstick: WHAT!? THIS LIL GUY?! I know we’ve covered insane shit before…but a flying scorpion pulling a SUPERMAN?? Although it’s never stated in what amount of time this travel would take, so we’re kinda unsure how to go with this.
Wiz: Arceus is a very peculiar god in his works…could be a good study…just like Dugtrio!
Boomstick: Y’know, I always wondered whats going on under there.
Wiz: It can burrow underground up to 60 mph, and if it's underground it can cause an earthquake! Of what calibur, we’re unsure of. The three act as triplets, one of them thinking the exact same as another into which they cooperate to burrow and ease soil.
Boomstick: Wow. Who knew these tiny lil guys could pack FUCKING EARTHQUAKES.
Wiz: That’s not all, his Kangaskhan is a rather unordinary pick…by the fact that it’s a Normal type rather than a Ground type. A strange decision, but it’s fine. Kangaskhan is a very protective mother figure and should not be messed with.
Boomstick: Kangaskhan is such an overprotective mother, it will even risk its own life to save her child. S-such a real one… *sniff* I LOVE YA MAMA!!
Wiz: Nidoqueen is the female counterpart to the male Nidoking, with its strong needle-like scales that provide it with great defense, it can take most strong blows and deliver attacks so hard it sends others flying.
Boomstick: Lesson learned today: Moms are scary as hell.
Wiz: And finally, his Rhydon…originally. In B2W2 he evolved it to a Rhyperior, an even stronger and bulkier evolution which can shoot rocks like missiles from its hands, and its carapace can withstand even strong mastersword attacks and even volcanic eruptions.
Boomstick: Can we talk about that for a second, what kind of shit were the people making the Pokedex smoking and where can I get it? Look at this shit! Raichu has enough energy to kill an African elephant, and Gastly’s gas can do it too!
Wiz: I’m…not sure how to feel about sourcing the Pokedex for feats, however as established when we covered Machamp, another Pokemon Giovanni owned at one point, it can punch 1,000 times in 2 seconds, which we established to be around 437 m/s, faster than the speed of sound.
Boomstick: Look Wiz, when the Pokedex tells me a large poisonous sea dragon can sink a ship through its poison, I think I’d rather believe the Pokedex.
Wiz: And you’d believe a boy one day grew up and suddenly became a Kadabra?
Boomstick: Not the point!
Boomstick: While his Pokemon are incredibly strong, let's not devalue the man himself, he's got a lot of impressive stuff on him.
Wiz: Giovanni while a mob boss, has a good heart. His iconic Persian he found was a rescue and is why its become so valued to Giovanni as the Bond-type villain he's like.
Boomstick: With these powerful creatures by his side, you know damn well Giovanni earned his rank as the Strongest Trainer who ever lived.
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Crocodile dries up DEATH BATTLE![]
Wiz: The execution of Gol D. Roger, King of the Pirates, shook the world as the Golden Age of Pirates seemingly screeched to a halt…as we would’ve been led to have thought.
Boomstick: You see Roger had a kid named Ace and Ace had a kid named, hey it’s Monkey D. Luffy!
Wiz: However one of the prominent watchers of the execution was a staggering figure and would become one of the most feared pirates in the world:
Boomstick: No. 0: Sir Crocodile. Look at this TALL. FEARMONGERING. MENACING force. Absolute UNIT of a man! 8’4” full of malice!
Wiz: Originally a member of a small crime group, Croc set himself up the ranks to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea: a not very easy feat to accomplish. With his motive for more and more power, he didn’t just stop there.
Boomstick: He set his eyes on a valuable treasure: To defeat Whitebeard, God’s manliest and greatest creation ever and possibly the strongest man in the world. I wish I could meet him one day…*sniff*.
Wiz: Of course as would happen to any of Whitebeard’s challengers, Croc lost and was humiliated, even being given the horizontal scar on his face from that very fight.
Boomstick: Y’know, Wiz, I think I could take on Whitebeard. I mean come on! What’s a big guy like that gonna do when he sees a double barrel?
Wiz: I wouldn’t try that if I were you.
Boomstick: But…you’re not.
Wiz: …With this in mind, he set out to create the infamous crime organization known as Baroque Works, in which Luffy and his crew of the Straw Hats swore to bring down for good.
Boomstick: From his defeat, Croc set out on a new motive, to find the ancient weapon of Pluton. Why so you need so many ancient weapons, YOU YOURSELF are a weapon! Seriously just LOOK AT HIM.
Boomstick: Much later on, Croc faces Luffy in a 1 on 1 in the middle of a wide desert. Given only 3 minutes to try and stand up to the big boss himself…
Well uh….it didn’t go so well.
Wiz: …or so we thought! Croc’s next few fights were on much more fair fighting grounds for Luffy, hence why Croc had such an edge in that first fight: his devil fruit, Suna Suna no Mi Logia, which grants him powers and physiology to become and control sand.
Boomstick: Eating the fruit granted him the ability to take any hit thrown at him and regenerate as if literally nothing happened! Albeit this isn’t always the case, it seems Croccy boy over here has some control over how it works.
Wiz: His sand powers are quite impressive, able to not just turn his own body into different sand formations but also manipulate the ground in any way he wishes.
Boomstick: He can dry the land he’s near, create incoming blades, and even a giant sinking hole that’s nigh impossible to escape! Oh let’s not forget the fact he can GRAB PEOPLE AND ABSORB THE FLUIDS INSIDE THEM. HE CAN MUMMIFY YOU JUST BY A TOUCH.
Wiz: Crocodile is very sadistic in how much he enjoys defeating others in swift waves. I still wish to study how he creates such giant sand tornadoes with such ease and speed.
Boomstick: He can disappear in the blink of an eye and appear behind you, an ability fit for any giant killer. And speaking of killing, under that gold hook is a trypophobe’s worst nightmare.
Wiz: His poisonous hook withholds a chemical so powerfully acidic that it can corrode through rough surfaces like boulders-
Boomstick: THE HOOKS?! THEY’RE BACK?!! WIZ, STAND BACK! BEWAAAAARE THE HOOOKS!
Wiz: …sure. However, with all this mind, Croc isn’t without his weaknesses: his invulnerability has certain properties to it that can cause it to be ineffective; if you hit him with any water attacks or anything of similar note, he’ll be vulnerable. This also applies to Haki users as well.
Boomstick: Hell, if you completely covered him in water…he’d die. Like, not even kidding. How does this guy take showers? How does he clean himself?
Wiz: Anyways, Crocodile is one of the strongest villains in One Piece, and as such he possesses a power shared among a good amount of the One Piece cast: the aforementioned Haki.
Boomstick: Again, gusendheit.
Wiz: Haki is an abstract spiritual power that helps enhance the powers of those who can master it, and as such, Crocodile himself has mastered Armament Haki and Observation Haki.
Boomstick: Armament Haki is essentially like briefly turning a part of you or powering up a weapon into a giant slab of metal, acting as an armor and a power boost to those who weild it. Like a brief spiritual Iron Man n shit.
Wiz: And Observation Haki essentially enhances a user’s senses to where they can sense anything from far away, which really helps someone with such a big hitbox.
Boomstick: Being the big force that he is, Crocodile has thrown it down with some of One Piece’s heavy hitters. Hell even outside of his powers, he used a bomb so powerful it would’ve been enough to destroy a capital city! What the fuck!
Wiz: The “Black Leg” Vinsmoke Sanji fought Crocodile, while Sanji is fast enough to move fast enough to seem invisible to the naked eye to even an ancient Zoan Haki user, and is able to kick his heels to a point where they create tiny sonic booms through the air to allow him to step through the air.
Boomstick: And not just that, we’ve established (within Sanji vs Rock Lee) that Sanji fought on par with Zoro, who fought against Fujitora, someone who can summon meteors which Zoro easily cut through, requiring a whopping kinetic force of 12.2 gigatons of TNT.
God, bless anime.
Wiz: Luffy strove to be Crocodile’s greatest adversary, fighting on par with him multiple times and even outwitting Luffy. Luffy can easily dodge the lasers of incoming Kuma robots with no sweat.
Boomstick: Luffy was so strong he could kick Crocodile across the ceiling of a tall building so hard like-j-just LOOK AT THIS!
Wiz: Nonetheless, Crocodile is not a force to be reckoned with, as he can easily throw you 6 feet under the Sahara without remorse.
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Prologue[]
Team Rocket HQ
Grunt: Sir, Giovanni! Kanto’s under attack!
Giovanni: I already know. Some psychotic organization decided to meddle in our territory. I don’t know exactly what their deal is but Team Rocket is gonna put an end to it! Kanto is ours to conquer.
Giovanni got up and pondered to himself. ‘I know what must be done…’
Saffron City
In Saffron City, the notorious Baroque Works invaded the Silph Co building in hopes to get the valuable Master Ball and whatever else they may need. Team Rocket squandered around and found a bunch of pirates.
Rocket Grunt 1: Hey, punk! Get back to your ships, you’re not welcome in Rocket turf!
Pirate: I don’t know you bud, you better leave if you know what’s good for ya!
Rocket Grunt 2: Beat it, seadweller!
Giovanni walked through and told them to let him pass by. He went up to the top of the building where a few figures were surrounding Silph Co’s CEO.
Giovanni: Hmph…a bunch of goons wanting power. You’d fit right in our ranks…
Nico: We’re not goons.
No. 2: Yea, we’re a lot stronger than you folks and your silly creatures!
Giovanni just stood there contemplating…until he heard heavy footsteps behind him. A giant man holding a cigar in his mouth and a scar through his face.
???: Back off.
Giovanni looked behind him and saw this figure as Baroque Works were confident in this victory.
Giovanni: Or what? You want to mess with the strongest person who ever lived?
As soon as the man heard this bluff, he started laughing very loudly.
???: You talk a lot for such a small and powerless pest. But if what you say is true…
The man smokes his cigar.
???: …show me.
Giovanni: Let’s take it outside.
The man and Giovanni walked outside, an empty trainer area with the grunts and pirates around them ready to watch this new fight.
Crocodile: My name is Sir Crocodile. And you have the guts to face me?
Giovanni: The strongest man in the world certainly does.
Crocodile threw a tiny hourglass on the sand, then replied:
Crocodile: 3 minutes. You have 3 minutes to defeat me.
Giovanni: So be it.
FIGHT![]
Giovanni sent out his Nidoking, surprising Crocodile to see him bring out a creature against him.
Crocodile: I see how it is. Using helpless creatures to fight for you.
Giovanni: They’re domesticated. Nidoking, use Fury Attack!
The Nidoking attacked Crocodile multiple times…no avail, Giovanni now saw Crocodile’s true ability: his sand physiology and invulnerability. Crocodile laughed at the Nidoking’s attacks, shrugging them off as if they were like mosquito bites.
Crocodile: Pathetic! Your little friend couldnt even hurt me!
Crocodile now demonstrated his power by using Crescent Cutlass and hitting Nidoking strong with a hard slice, however the Nidoking was strong enough to survive this blow, despite being a weakness of said Nidoking.
Giovanni: Peh, nice shot. [He’d brush the sand off his face.] But let’s see how you handle the elements.
Nidoking went and turned his tail into liquid and striked Crocodile, although he blocked it with his hook, tiny bits of the Aqua Tail’s water hit bits of him but they didn’t do as much but leave him a bit vulnerable, but Croc forced the tail off of him and punted Nidoking with the same hook in the face, sending Nidoking flying.
Crocodile: Nice move. Maybe I’ll give you a bit more credit.
Nidoking came back, a bit fatigued.
Giovanni: You’re a formidable foe. But you can’t beat the strongest man on Earth!
Crocodile hearing that instantly got him a bit riled up from Giovanni’s cocky attitude, in which Nidoking protects him and uses Thrash, which missed a few times only to hit the few sweet spots where tiny water droplets hit Crocodile’s body from the impact of the Aqua Tail, surprising Crocodile with how strong Nidoking actually is. Croc was sent back far from Nidoking’s retaliation, but swiftly regained the land and his composure.
Crocodile: Gnnnf…heheheheh…hahaha!
Nidoking was struggling to keep up…until Crocodile held his hand out, a tiny sand tornado was formed, which then Crocodile sent forward Nidoking.
Crocodile: SABLES!!
Nidoking was taken afar in the wind by the tornado, and when he eventually fell, Nidoking had successfully fainted, further cementing how powerful the Desert King truly is.
Giovanni sent Nidoking back into his Pokeball, and he comments:
Giovanni: I think it’s enough bluffing out of me. Let’s see how you deal with those truly above you.
Giovanni sent out his Gliscor, with Crocodile waiting for the chance to strike as Gliscor used Acrobatics, Gliscor barraging Crocodile with attacks left and right, until Crocodile smacked it aside with his hook, which gets Gliscor flying.
Crocodile instinctively jumped upwards to attack Gliscor, which makes Gliscor retaliate with Tailwind, making it difficult for Croc to gain his upwards momentum, although he’d reply to this with disappearing in a sand formation, trying to attack Gliscor from behind as Giovanni was shocked to feel kicked in the back by Crocodile.
Giovanni: Gagh!
Crocodile then tried to strike Giovanni until Gliscor came flying with a Fire Fang, burning Crocodile a good bit while sending him flying.
Crocodile: Grggh! That’s it!!
Crocodile grabbed a hold of Gliscor and tried to drain it of its energy, its Fire Fang bit Croc’s hand off, which then Croc absorbed more sand around him to regain his hand, which he started another tornado…while Gliscor hit the Earth and sent an Earthquake towards Crocodile’s way…
Crocodile: SABLES!!
The tornado and Earthquake collided in a giant shockwave of sand and earth, dust flying everywhere while Gliscor was just….gone. It seemed the tornado combined with the Tailwind caused Gliscor to fly off unbeknownst to them.
Giovanni: That hourglass of yours has depleted, but you haven’t truly seen what I’m capable of!
Crocodile: Forget the timer. I’ll take you down if it means I can take this land for myself.
Giovanni sent out Dugtrio, Crocodile having a rather confused face…until he starts chuckling…and laughing. Crocodile then grabbed his hook and removed the layer covering it…showing what was under it: a poisonous holed corrosive hook that could make even the strongest plants fade.
Crocodile: I’ll bring down your entire foundation.
Crocodile swiftly striked whilst Dugtrio burrowed with Dig, whilst he tried to retaliate using Desert Girasole, creating a huge sinking hole to find Dugtrio underneath, with Dugtrio speeding upwards to catch Crocodile to where Crocodile tried to strike…until Dugtrio dodged and countered with a Sucker Punch.
Crocodile: Mnnfgh…you! BARCHAN!
Crocodile would then send an ongoing rush of sand spikes towards Dugtrio, who in their effort to try and avoid up, end up getting heavily damaged by said spikes. Dugtrio would then use Sand Tomb to try and trap Crocodile in an ongoing sand tornado…little did Dugtrio know that Crocodile would then escape and stab through their back with his poisonous hook, one that took Giovanni by surprise.
Giovanni: Tch…I should’ve known you’d have more up your sleeve. No matter, this fight won’t take much longer…I’ll see to your end as soon as possible.
Crocodile: Heheheh…heheh…HAHAHAHA!
Giovanni would then send in his Kangaskhan and immediately went for a Fake Out, stunning Croc and causing him to flinch, which Kangaskahn would then follow up with a Dizzy Punch in the face and gut which made Croc a bit woozy…but Croc would out of the blue…
Crocodile: SABLES PESADO!
A giant shockwave of sand would appear an send Kangaskhan outward, her baby falling out of the pouch to Giovanni who’d pick it up to comfort…Kangaskhan would Leer out Crocodile through the sandstorm and Outrage it’s way towards Croc, rapidly punching him all over the place after causing her child to be injured. All these punches would prove Crocodile was being reckless, so Croc disappeared out of nowhere from an enraged Kangaskhan…and from the air, used Desert La Sparda to shoot giant sand spikes from the air onto the Kangaskhan, rendering her unconscious as once again, another quick sandstorm subsided. The baby Kangaskhan would cry, and cry.
Giovanni: …now I’m starting to get the picture here. You’re not just some big named pirate…you’re a tyrant.
Crocodile: These words are meaningless, and so has you throwing your jungle of sandworms at me one by one. And each time…they have failed. So why haven’t you given up yet? Do you really care about being strong? If you can’t beat me, nor a child, then you’re not strong! You’re a fool! A weak, pathetic fool! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Giovanni: …alright. To gather strength, you need the power of others beside you. A king…
Giovanni would send out Nidoqueen.
…needs a queen by his side.
Crocodile would just get really tired at all of this.
Crocodile: This’ll be nothing…you’ve been nothing but a waste of my ti-...oh.
Nidoqueen summoned a huge barrage of oncoming water by using Surf, right towards Croc’s direction. Croc would have a bit of a scared face…as he’d use Sables to jump up and strike the Nidoqueen, who’d bounce off over on the ground from this attack. Nidoqueen would then slide through the sand and then punch an Earthquake throughout the desert, crumbling and drying up the place as giant spikes would strike upwards towards Crocodile who’d dodge a few until one of them landed through his chest…for the Nidoqueen to uppercut with a Poison Jab in an attempt to poison Crocodile…
Crocodile: Ouggh…heh…auggh…
Crocodile would then cough up a chunk of sandy blood from his mouth as he’d feel nauseous, barely able to see his environment and his body unable to move properly…until then Nidoqueen would finally go in with a Superpower, unleashing her might and punching Crocodile so hard it tore off his right arm, leaving only his hook for use. Crocodile would just lay there in pain…not realizing the agony he was in as the sun’s rays would pierce his gaze…only for Giovanni to block it.
Giovanni: …all this talk of power…and what of it? Something as simple as a jug of H2O has you quaking down in fear. How pathetic. Team Rocket has no weaknesses! This is our land.
Giovanni then grabbed Croc’s neck as he pushed him up, taunting him despite the size difference.
Giovanni: Calling yourself a Warlord of the Sea? You’d be dead by even going for a swim. So much for a Desert King…you have no crown. No throne. Just another waste of air. My utopia…will be perfect, and I think we can come to an agreement that we don’t take kindly to intruders.
Crocodile’s detached arm would then grow back through the sand as Crocodile laughed and laughed, looking down at Giovanni.
Crocodile: Honestly…for the most powerful man in the world, your bark is weaker than your bite. Nothing more than another shameless man who wastes their life in dreams beyond his reach. You can’t possibly be powerful. I know the story of that kid…the kid who took down Team Rocket, and blasted them off away from the world. Yet your persistence…mildly amuses me. A bit aspiring.
Crocodile would jump off of Giovanni’s grasp as he held his hook in front of Giovanni.
Crocodile: You got one more shot. Bring your last pet down. Show me your fullest strength. Show me how you play in the sandbox.
Giovanni: …finally. You realize my power. I was beginning to get tired of your arrogance.
Giovanni threw out Rhyperior and finally awaited to see how Crocodile would fight against it and the Nidoqueen…as Crocodile created multiple sand tornadoes through Sables. Each one would hinder Nidoqueen and Rhyperior despite their toughness, as Crocodile would swiftly absorb the sand around them and use Desert Girasole and Desert La Sparda one after another, trying to sink both Nidoqueen and Rhyperior down into the sinking hole and hitting them with the sand spikes, but Rhyperior charges through using Megahorn, while the Nidoqueen sadly succumbs to the quicksand and sinks. Crocodile would block the Megahorn with his hook, becoming heavily damaged as he’d be knocked back a good long distance away. Crocodile would keep panting as blood would then appear from his head.
Was he…losing? No, he clearly still had sentience, his breath intact, seeing the Rhyperior’s glowing glare would then have him charge towards Rhyperior with his poison hook trying to poison it…only for the hook to chip off and render itself useless. Croc would look up at Rhyperior who’d then use Ice Punch at Crocodile’s gut…who’d swiftly teleport behind Rhyperior so it couldn’t land…Crocodile went behind Rhyperior with a sinister grin on his face…until Rhyperoir launched his head backwards and bonked Crocodile backwards…and then charged up a Rock Wrecker towards Crocodile’s body, it landed and send Croc flying through a giant rock formation, causing it to crumble him completely.
Giovanni was not done.
Giovanni: Fissure. This will be the last move I make to render you dead. No longer will Baroque Works infect itself into my world. I am the most powerful man in the world, and now you will see the full extent of that power. TEAM ROCKET PREVAILS!
Rhyperior would yell out and create a Fissure towards Crocodile’s direction, causing a huge hole in between the desert, bringing all of the rocks around him down under with him. All the sand had been falling and seeping down this steep linear hole, Crocodile had been defeated. Finally…Team Rocket’s plans can go back to fruition.
Giovanni: I’m sorry it had to end this way. But you left me no choice.
Crocodile: Oh…no need to apologize.
Rhyperior had been dehydrated through Crocodile’s powers. Giovanni gasped in horror, walking away from Crocodile…who’d then deliver the stab right through Giovanni.
Crocodile: There are plenty of rookies who are all talk…just like you, Team Rocket Giovanni. And this is why you will never win. You cannot fight for yourself, you use your pets to aid you, when you lose them all, you run. Defenseless. You are weak. And that is all you ever will be, and that is what you will end up dying as. A weak arrogant fool, and your fate has been sealed like a line in the sand.
Goodbye, Team Rocket Giovanni.
As we see Crocodile walk away, Giovanni's Persian would walk alongside him, as a memento of taking down Team Rocket once and for all.
KO!
Verdict[]
Boomstick: Team Rocket’s blasting off agaaaaiiiii…oh wait. They’re never coming back.
Wiz: This match was actually very hard to decipher, while Giovanni’s ground type Pokemon were exceptionally powerful, none of them could truly put Crocodile down for good. Let’s explain his water weakness first. While Crocodile becomes vulnerable to water attacks, only covering his entire body head to toe with water is what can really seal the deal. Buuuuut that’s a really hard and difficult task to do.
BoomsticK: One Piece characters are no strangers to being extremely strategic and fast in their fights and Croccy boy is no exception. Being able to create tornadoes and teleporting would definitely help him work around Giovanni’s water type attacks. Not only that, there’s the delicious irony of Giovanni’s Pokemon also being weak to ground type attacks themselves. How are you gonna be weak to the very thing you’re powered by is beyond me.
Wiz: Both’s stats were pretty equal, it’s only that Croc’s speed, versatility and regeneration that gave Giovanni such a hard time until the end. And Giovanni had no way of fighting back on his own. He’s just a regular person without his Pokemon, making him a perfect target for Crocodile to easily take down through his hook.
Boomstick: This isn’t to say Giovanni was helpless however, his Pokemon stood a damn near chance against Crocodile. Through the power we gave to Machamp’s abilities, Giovanni’s Pokemon were on the par of being powerful enough to carry mountains!
Wiz: However as we’ve also established, Crocodile’s stats were way higher, the meteor that Zoro cut through that Fujimora summoned was statistically WAYYYY higher than that of even Machamp’s Seismic Toss.
Boomstick: Even then, Nidoking and Nidoqueen’s Water type attacks were also stuff that Crocodile could easily pass through. With Observation Haki he could easily detect that Surf was coming his way and with Aqua Tail, well water only briefly hitting him only makes him vulnerable to attacks, it doesn't downright kill him. And plus, Croc’s Ground Seco could absorb the pure water that Luffy used against him. This man is a fucking beast!
Boomstick: In the end, Giovanni just couldn’t launch his way off Crocodile’s grip.
Conclusion[]
The winner is Sir Crocodile.
Trivia[]
- The connections for Giovanni vs Sir Crocodile are:
Both used to be young hopeful boys who growing up wanted to obtain a status of high power and influence (Pokémon Champion and The Pirate King) so both would start training in these respective fields to get to these titles (Giovanni being a Pokémon trainer and eventual gym leader while Crocodile was a pirate). However when they got older, they changed from being young hopeful boys into cruel and bitter men (Giovanni losing his passion for Pokémon for reasons he doesn't remember and Crocodile losing to Whitebeard which gave him his iconic scar).
They would then build a nation wide criminal organization (Team Rocket and Baroque Works) leading these organizations to continue it's success while trying to hide their identities.
They both have important titles as a part of a group of 7-8 people chosen by an organization to hide their roles as the leaders of their criminal organization (Gym Leaders and Warlord of the Sea).
These organizations would be extremely successful but they would run into a young red cladded boy who reminded them of themselves growing up (Red and Luffy).
After losing to them in a long hard battle they would end up disbanding their criminal empires and leave (Giovanni made himself disappear from the world and Crocodile was sent a prison). Slowly but surely both would set themselves on track of their original goals.
Both of their personalities and designs are based on traditional mob boss as seen in pop culture.
Their fighting styles mainly include using ground theme powers (Giovanni specializing in ground type Pokémon and Crocodile eating the Suna Suna No Mi obtained the power to create, control and become sand).
Minor detail is that both are heavily theorized to be the secret parent to the protagonist (Giovanni theorized to be Ash Ketchum's father while Crocodile was theorized to be born female and being Luffy mother).
connections by u/pumpkinmedic