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Kanto's leading Pokémon researcher — the one who sees Pika's wounds, understands what they mean, and sends Yellow on the quest that saves the region.
Professor Oak is the catalyst. When Pika arrives at his lab battered and alone, Oak is the one who reads the injuries correctly — these aren't wild Pokémon attacks, they're Elite Four techniques. Red, the champion he mentored and trusted, is in serious trouble. Oak chooses Yellow for the rescue mission because he understands her Viridian powers better than anyone. He knows she can communicate with Pika, that she can heal wounded Pokémon, and that her gifts make her uniquely suited to track Red through the emotional traces he left behind. What Oak doesn't fully anticipate is how dangerous the journey will become, or how powerful Yellow's abilities will grow under pressure. He stays in Pallet Town coordinating intelligence, but his decision to send Yellow — a naive, inexperienced girl with extraordinary gifts — sets everything in motion.
Elderly man with grey hair, lab coat, warm but worried expression. He looks like someone who has spent decades studying Pokémon and is now watching everything he loves come under threat from people who share his passion but not his restraint.
Also known as: Professor Oak, Oak, Prof. Oak