Jovani

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Japan 日本語 ジョバンニ (Giovanni)
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Jovani is a character from Twilight Princess. He traded his soul to Poes for wealth and was turned to gold. He asks Link for help gathering Poe Souls to break his curse.

Twilight Princess

Link first meets Jovani while trapped in wolf form due to Zant's attack after Lakebed Temple. After trekking through the rafters of Telma's Bar at Louise's suggestion, Link finds himself within Jovani's House, where a Poe is present. Link defeats the Poe and speaks to Jovani, who explains that in a bid for wealth, he sold his soul to a dark creature.[1] Both his body and that of his cat Gengle were encased in gold and they are now unable to move, and he cannot visit his girlfriend.[2] He asks Link, who he calls "doggie", to defeat 20 Poes and take their souls in order to break his curse.[3] He also opens a passageway hidden within the chest in his room that leads to the sewers so that Link can leave.[4]

If Link later returns with 20 Poe Souls, Jovani will regain mobility and his cat will be freed.[5] He gives Link a bottle of Great Fairy's Tears as thanks.[6] However, his body remains encased in gold, so he does not want to be seen in his condition. He requests that Link find 40 more Poe Souls for a total of 60.[7] In Twilight Princess HD, he also gives him the Ghost Lantern at this point to aid in finding the remaining Poes.[8]

Once Link defeats all 60 Poes and brings their souls to Jovani, he becomes human again.[9] He offers Link 200 Rupees as compensation. Unfortunately, an attempt to reunite with his girlfriend leads him to discover she found a new man while he was a gold statue.[10] He spends every night crying in Telma's Bar thereafter.[11]

His cat, Gengle, happily returns to being the leader of all the city cats, and gives Link 200 Rupees every time he enters Jovani's House.[12] In Twilight Princess HD, he also gives Link the Rupee stamp.

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References

  1. "Oh... Th-Thanks for beating the ghost. Can I call you...doggie? I'm Jovani. I...became consumed by greed long ago, and sold my soul to a dark creature that did this to me..." — Jovani, Twilight Princess.
  2. "I can't move... I can't go see my girlfriend... My pet cat Gengle is frozen on my head... I don't think I could be more miserable..." — Jovani, Twilight Princess.
  3. "I have to ask you a favor, doggie... Can you find and defeat the 20 ghosts that lurk in the dark for me? I think if you can free the pieces of my soul from the ghosts that hold them, I'll be free..." — Jovani, Twilight Princess.
  4. "Oh, but it's raining out now, so I don't think you can go outside directly. I'll open the door to the underground waterway for you..." — Jovani, Twilight Princess.
  5. "You did it! I can move again! This is all thanks to you, right?" — Jovani, Twilight Princess.
  6. "Oh, of course, I need to thank you... Please accept this... Ah ha ha ha! I hear you can get this stuff in the cave on the eastern edge of the Gerudo Desert, too!" — Jovani, Twilight Princess.
  7. "But...my body is still golden... Does this mean my soul is still not whole? That's strange... Maybe we need the souls of 60 ghosts... Can I ask another favor of you, doggie? Can you defeat more ghosts? Just [var] more..." — Jovani, Twilight Princess.
  8. "It must be tough finding those creepy crawlies, right? Take this Lantern with you!" — Jovani, Twilight Princess HD
  9. "You did it! Look at me! I'm back to my old self again! Thanks to you, everything in my life is coming up roses! Ha ha HA!" — Jovani, Twilight Princess.
  10. "Wahhh... Wah wahhh... I hadn't seen her in a while, and she'd started dating another man... Wahhh... Ahh wahhhh... Ohh..." — Jovani, Twilight Princess.
  11. "Say, have you seen my master around? You know... It'd be fine if he wouldn't mope at the bar every night since getting dumped." — Gengle, Twilight Princess.
  12. "Oh, it's you. I see... So my master got dumped, huh? Well, I guess it goes to show that for humans, it's all about money. I guess that means we don't need any more money...so you can take it all." — Gengle, Twilight Princess.