>>36010340Not exactly sure what Giovanni's signature would be, but most of them come from the safari zone to supposedly imply either being exotic or smuggled.
Archie and maybe Maxie probably rescued their aces. Archie's ace for sure since aqua was about conservation and sharpedo's dex entry mentioned over hunting. Maybe Maxie's ace was in the way of development and he took it in.
Cyrus just ended up catching his. Nothing special to it other than him possibly picking out strong Pokemon.
Ghetsis saw deino as a possible weapon and trained it up to be his perfect tool. He knew how to play the long game going by how he put up with N for years. Probably treated it like shit too since his second one ran max powered frustration.
Lysandre probably got litleo early on, had an adventure, and genuinely cared for all of his Pokemon before going off the deep end.
Guzma caught wimpod as his starter and thought it was cool shit since most people didn't own one. He then proceeded to suck due to specializing in bugs and his team of first stage bug shitmons never accomplished anything of note.
Lusamine's first Pokemon was probably a rehab case from Aether back when her dad was president.