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

Origin: Epithet Erased

Sex: Male

Age: 19

Classification: Inscribed, Epithet User, Ex-Banzai Blaster Captain

Species: Human

Occupation: None

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

Tier: At least 9-C, 9-B with Critical 13

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Peak 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)

Durability: At least Peak Human level (Bullets in the verse only deal minor impact damage, tanked an attack that Mera noted usually takes people out in one blow)

Striking Strength: At least Peak Human Class, Wall Class with Critical 13

Lifting Strength: Regular Human

Travel Speed: Peak Human, Hypersonic 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

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery (Quite skilled with using his Soulslugger Doombat, has a Banzai Blaster pea shooter), Consumption (Type 1; Can eat screws and drink from pinecones to regain stamina and health), Accelerated Development (Continuous use of one's epithet will cause it to grow stronger), Creation & Organic Manipulation (Giovanni's epithet allows him to create and control soup), Psuedo-Teleportation (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 (All epithet users have an aura around them. 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.), Regeneration (High-Low. Recovers energy after winning a battle, restoring 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), Immortality (Type 6; 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). High Resistance to Pain (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), Age Manipulation (After a battle is over, affects such as Zora Salazar's ability to de-age a character, were reverted)

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

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Standard 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: Can only use his Ancient Potion once per battle.

Theme

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