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 to Sylvester

Background

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.

General Information

Name: Giovanni Potage

Other Names: Vincent Murder (The alias he goes by in Prison of Plastic), Creampuff (His former banzai name)

Nicknames: Gio, Boss (By Molly Blyndeff), String Bean (By Mera Salamin), Mr. Murder (By Naven Nuknuk)

Origin: Epithet Erased

First Appearance: Epithet Erased Episode 1 "Quiet in the Museum!"

Latest Appearance: Epithet Erased Prison of Plastic

Company: VRV (The first season premiered on here)

Creator/Developers: Brendan Blaber (Youtube name: JelloApocalypse)

Actor: Kyle Igneczi

Sex: Male (Noted to be cisgender)

Sexuality: Bi-Sexual (Noted to be bi-sexual by his own creator, and listed as such in the official LGBT+ section in the Epithet FAQ)

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: 19

Birthday: February 6th (Noted by the creator and officially listed in his Prison of Plastic infocard)

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Sweet Jazz, Taiga Country, Epithet User, Inscribed, Temporary Member of the Banzai Blasters', Citizen of Taiga Country

Story Role: Supporting Protagonist, False Antagonist, Secret Good Guy, Power User, Epithet User

Classification: Inscribed, Epithet User

Species: Human

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

Occupation: Ex-Banzai Blaster Captain

Ranking: Banzai Blaster Captain (Originally)

Affiliations: Molly Blyndeff, Sylvester Ashling, Ben, Flamethrower, Car Crash, Spike, Crusher & Dark Star (His minions that followed him even after he left the Banzai Blasters), Rick Shades, Banzai Blasters (Formerly), Lorelai Blyndeff (She has a crush on him without him knowing), Trixie Roughhouse (His cousin, they share a decent bond), Phoenica Fleecity (Though reluctantly, as she's friends with Molly they are both acquantinces), Rhonda Potage (His mom)

Enemies: Martin Blyndeff (Directly took Molly from him due to how bad of a dad he was), Mera Salamin & Indus Tarbella (The main antagonists during the museum arc), Bugsy Pugsler & Arnold Markdown (Both Giovanni's bullies that made him leave the banzai blasters)

Height: 6'3" (His height is officially listed in his Prison of Plastic infocard)

Status: Alive

Alignment: Chaotic Good (Giovanni is the nicest character in the show, and views any of his minions as people he'd die for and protect no matter what, even if it includes defeating someone regardless if they're good or evil. He is a criminal that works for the Banzai Blasters but isn't, willing to steal from small business, stating you have to support them)

Codex Statistics

Keys: Museum Heist | Prison of Plastic

Tier: 10-B, 9-B with Critical 13 | At least 10-B, 9-B with Critical 13

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Average Human level (One-shot Bugsy Pugsler. Can harm those who can harm him), Wall level with Critical 13 (Hit Mera hard enough to where the wall cracked) | At least Average Human level (Noted that the protagonist in the museum arc leveled up around 1-3 times, with it being noted that Giovanni got tougher), Wall level with Critical 13

Durability: At least Average Human level | At least Average Human level

Striking Strength: At least Average Human Class (Shown to not be too tough as he hurts his foot just from kicking a potted plant), Wall Class with Critical 13

Lifting Strength: Regular Human

Travel Speed: Peak Human, Superhuman with "Teleports behind you" (Moves so fast it looks like he's teleporting)

Combat Speed: Supersonic

Reaction Speed: Supersonic (Can react to Percy who can dance around bullets)

Stamina: Average (Has the same stamina stat as Molly)

Range: Standard Melee Range physically, Extended Melee Range with Soulslugger Doombat, Tens of Meters with Soup Powers, Hundreds of Meters with Banzai Blaster pea shooter

Intelligence: Gifted (While not smart academically, Giovannia is very creative with his epithet allowing it to be far more useful then it'd be giving him a wide variety of abilities. Is rather skilled with his bat also)

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Powers and Techniques

Pierce Resistance (Standard Pierce Resistance; Bullets in the only deal minor impact damage to all users within the series), Consumption (Physical Consumption; Can eat screws and drink from pinecones to regain stamina and health), Situational Regeneration (High-Low; Characters regenerate after winning a battle. Giovannia could regenerate back his broken bones. Possibly Mid-Godly; Molly Blyndeff has an ability named "Hushabye" which dumbs down the opponent to nothing. She later got attacked by bears and when asked if she could erase the bears, she states that they would just come back after the fight. Since everyone instantly regenerates right after a fight in verse, the characters themselves should be able to come back from existence erasure), Supernatural Resilience (Mera's bones breaking were viewed as -1 damage this doesn't only apply to Mera as she broke Sylvie's ribs. It is stated by word of god that everyone in Epithet Erased functions under JRPG mechanics so even attacks that are greatly above them and should kill them can't, for example being shot in the head will not kill them, they are even described as "extremely hard to kill"), Restoration (After battles characters injuries, statuses, etcetera are normally undone, including acts such as de-aging a character, being reverted), Pain Tolerance (Characters in Epithet Erased are extremely hard to kill and can survive shots to the head along with taking attacks that break their bones without showing much harm from it), Limited Observation (Unconscious Manifestation; The reason epithets exist in the Epithet Erased universe is due to everyone speaking the same language, allowing the words of that language to manifest physically because everyone understands them).

Resistance to Age Manipulation (After a battle is over, affects such as Zora Salazar's ability to de-age a character, were reverted)

Accelerated Development (Battle & Training; Abilities; Continuous use of one's epithet will cause it to grow stronger), Aura (All epithet users have an aura around them)

Superhuman Speed, Weapon Mastery (Bat User; Quite skilled with using his Soulslugger Doombat, has a Banzai Blaster pea shooter), Creation & Organic Manipulation (Giovanni's epithet allows him to create and control soup), Speed Boost (Giovanni builds up steam around him, using this for a sudden burst of speed to the point where it looks like teleportation to observers.), Explosion Manipulation (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), Aura & Air Manipulation (Giovanni creates a whirlwind of soupy energy, capable of blasting dust particles away), Heat Manipulation (Can increase the temperature of soup), Healing & Smoke Manipulation (Giovanni sweats a bottle of healthy soup that he can drink to regain 15 HP. 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), Limited Probability Manipulation & Damage Boost (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).

Power Absorption & Power Nullification (The Arsene Amulet can steal ones epithet), Power Bestowal (Can give one an epithet)

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Equipment

• Soulslugger Doombat: A bat with a knife taped to it, used in conjunction with his Lucky 13 attack.

• Standard issue Banzai Blaster pea shooter: A standard issue gun used by banzai blasters.

• Arsene Amulet (From Episodes 4-5): The Arsene Amulet is an ancient necklace that was imbued with the power for its user to steal epithets from others. It grants the user with the Epithet: Copycat. This is the epithet the amulet was imbued with, giving the amulet the ability to steal epithets from their users.

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Notable Techniques

• 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.

• 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: 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.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Giovanni will use his soup epithet along with attacks from his soulslugger doombat.

Weaknesses

• Standard Weaknesses: Epithet users abilities rely solely on how they associate the word, this could hinder them as they may have a far more limited aspect to a word that has thousands of applications. Epithets are directly attached to an inscribed persons soul, thus any effect to their soul could by proxy affect their ability.
• Unique Weaknesses: Can only use his Ancient Potion once per battle.

Miscellaneous Feats

• Tanked an attack that Mera Salamin noted usually takes people out in one blow.

Theme

Battle Records

4-1-0

• Molly Blyndeff - Fight
  • Conditions: Molly attempted to call the police but was stopped and captured. Giovanni has his minions with him.
  • Location: Sweet Jazz Museum
  • Timeframe: Middle of Episode 1
  • Note: Molly didn't fight back and got grabbed by her hoodie by Giovanni after he used "Teleports Behind You".

• Sylvester Ashling - Full Fight
  • Conditions: Molly had help from Giovanni Potage.
  • Location: Sweet Jazz Museum
  • Timeframe: Middle to the End of Episode 2, Beginning of Episode 3.
  • Note: It's very likely Molly would've lost this without Givoanni's help as there's several times where his assitance saved her, such as when Giovanni used his soup aura to blow away Sylvester's sleep powder, or when Sylvester used nightmare fuel on Molly releasing her fear of fires, and Giovanni got her out of the fire circle. Though her epithet and observation did also contribute to the fight.

• Mera Salamin - Fight
  • Condition: Molly happened to be in the vent Mera dropped down on Beefton, where Molly had help from Sylvester Ashling and Giovanni Potage.
  • Timeframe: Middle of Episode 4.
  • Note: Molly would have definitely lost and lost her epithet if Sylvester and Giovanni did not aid in the fight as she only served to distract Mera for Giovanni to get a surprise hit on her.

• Lorelai Bylndeff - Fight
  • Condition: Molly had help from Rick Shades, Giovanni Potage, Trixie Roughouse, and Phoenica Fleecity, Lorelai had help from her summons.
  • Timeframe: Prison of Plastic, Chapter 12.
  • Note: Molly potentially would have lost without the help of her friends as they gave her the moral and emotional support, her sister left the fight midway after she thought she harmed Molly, giving her a PTSD moment to when her mom died during a fire, wondering if she was to blame for that. Molly and her friends went to defeat her dragon summon, doing a massive team attack that erased Lorelai's world.

• Mera Salamin & Indus Tarbella - Full Fight
  • Conditions: Giovanni was easily defeated from Mera and Indus' team attack.
  • Location: Sweet Jazz Museum
  • Timeframe: End of Episode 1 to Beginning of Episode 2
  • Note: Molly initially thought that Mera and Indus were merely tour guides so she saved Mera by dumbing down Giovanni Potage's attack, before realizing that Mera and Indus were actually planning to rob the museum.

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