Does Ash ever meet Giovanni?

In Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!, Giovanni finally confronted Ash in a battle and won easily. Despite being feared by Jessie, James and Meowth, he usually displays a very calm demeanor, even in battle.
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Does Ash know Giovanni?

Ash never remembered anything about Giovanni but over the years Gio and Delia still kept in contact as Giovanni sent money every month to provide for the two. This situation wasn't ideal, but it's what it had to be. Cue Ash age 10, and by now Giovanni is the head of Team Rocket.
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Which episode does Ash meet Giovanni?

The Battle of the Badge.
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Is Ash's father Giovanni?

More specifically, that Team Rocket's President Giovanni is actually Ash's father, and that he hired the bumbling trio of Jessie, James, and Meowth, to perpetually fail to "steal Pikachu" in an indirect attempt to keep watch over his son.
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Does Giovanni even want Ash's Pikachu?

It's often implied by the Team Rocket Trio that Giovanni desires Ash's Pikachu, but from what I have seen in the anime (a lot of old, not so much new) the implication is clearly not mutual. Giovanni couldn't care less about Pikachu.
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Does Ash mega evolve his lucario?

Lucario spent only 24 episodes as a Riolu after hatching, making it the fastest evolved hatched Pokémon out of all the protagonists. Lucario is the first of Ash's Pokémon to Mega Evolve.
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Why is Meowth the only talking Pokémon?

So Meowth decided to make himself as human as he could. He learned to walk on two legs by watching people practice at a local dance academy, which also just so happened to offer pronunciation lessons. Over time, and with a little help from a picture book, he learned to sound out words.
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Why does Ash not evolve his Pokémon?

Oshawott was with Ash for most of his journey in Unova, yet it just never evolved. It was a vital member of Ash's team during the Black and White seasons, though he admittedly acted like a coward sometimes when he thought he couldn't win a fight. It's possible it was his own cowardness that prevented him from evolving.
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Is Giovanni Professor Oak son?

Professor Oak is seen helping his grandson Gary Oak throughout the series and they never truly get into details as to who his father is. A popular guess by many fans that use conclusive evidence from the show is that Gary's father is actually Giovanni, the Team Rocket boss.
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Who is Ash son?

Sato Ketchum is Ash's son. He is seen in the pokemon anime series Pokemon Heart and Soul when Celebi sends Ash, Hari and Brock into the future. His name is based on Ash's japanese name Satoshi and his team is based mainly on Red's team in the Pokemon manga apart from having a Charizard instead of Venusaur.
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Does Ash get all 8 badges?

Aided by friends Brock and Misty, Ash manages to accumulate all eight Badges and enter the Pokemon League. However, he obtains several in unorthodox ways and only truly defeats some of the Gym Leaders.
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Why does Giovanni want Pikachu?

The only reason that they're so fascinated with Pikachu is that Team Rocket is under the impression that Pikachu is abnormally strong due to it getting overcharged via bicycle in the second episode. Ash's Pikachu is an anomaly as far as Pokémon go, but this strength develops over time.
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Is Ash dad a Pokémon master?

So far, there's been no need for that, as the series has done a good job of developing Ash through his Pokemon and friends. From what has been said about the character, fans know that Ash's dad is himself a Pokemon Trainer, presumably from Pallet Town, who is on his own Pokemon journey.
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Why did Giovanni save red?

Giovanni eventually lands near the Viridian City Gym and sends Sird and Orm to find and retrieve his son. As he recuperates from the pain of his disease, Giovanni finds that Red and Mewtwo are flying towards him; he decides to get Red back for his previous defeat at the Viridian Gym and prepares for battle.
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Is Blue Gary?

Both "Blue" and "Gary" were the grandson of professor Oak, too, so they definitely are the same character, and to that point, their rivals (Red/Ash) are the same character too. Except in the games you are not Ash (as in main character of the anime).
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Is Blue Gary's father?

Blue Oak is Gary's father and one of Red's rival. He is the son of Professor Oak.
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Does Gary ever come back Pokémon?

Gary eventually returned from that journey in A Tent Situation. Much unlike his former self, he congratulated Ash on his victory in the Orange League. Ash challenged him to a battle in the next episode with Pikachu as his choice. Gary in turn used his Eevee.
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Did Ash's Squirtle evolve?

Squirtle is the only member of Ash's original team of six (Pikachu, Butterfree, Pidgeot, Bulbasaur, Charizard, and itself) that has neither evolved nor ever explicitly refused to evolve. Squirtle is the first of Ash's Pokémon to have been placed in a Poké Ball off-screen, the others being Mr. Mime and Lapras.
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Does Ash Bulbasaur evolve?

This Pokémon has not evolved. Ash's Bulbasaur (Japanese: サトシのフシギダネ Satoshi's Fushigidane) was the third Pokémon that Ash caught in the Kanto region, and his fourth overall. It was also the first of the original starter Pokémon that Ash acquired.
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Why does Pikachu hate Raichu?

As it turns out, the reason behind Pikachu's aversion has nothing to do with him hating Raichu. It all comes down to Pikachu's stubborn instance of becoming stronger the most natural way. "My Pikachu wants to get stronger as a Pikachu. Sorry, that's how it is.
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Does Team Rocket's Meowth evolve?

Meowth has yet to evolve. He often expresses contempt for his evolved form, Persian. He is in fact jealous of Giovanni's Persian and has a desire to fill in for it as the boss's "top cat".
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Did Ash's Pikachu evolve?

After Pikachu's defeat in his battle against Lt. Surge's and his Raichu, he was given a choice to evolve but refused so he can prove he's strong without evolving.
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Can trainers understand their Pokémon?

It seems that Pokémon can generally understand the human language at least enough to comprehend their Trainer's commands, as demonstrated by Lance telling his Dragonite to use Hyper Beam on a Team Rocket Grunt in the Generation II games and their remakes and various Trainers directly commanding their Pokémon in the ...
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