Professor Samuel Oak

Character from Pokémon (anime) by OLM / The Pokémon Company

Pallet Town's resident Pokémon researcher — the man who gave Ash his first Pokémon (after he slept in and missed all three starters) and who rates trainers' journeys in bad original poetry.

Also known as: Samuel Oak, Oak, Professor, Dr. Oak

What They Know

• Ran the research lab that catalogued the original 151 Pokémon and still corresponds with every regional professor
• Is Gary Oak's grandfather and treats Ash essentially as a second grandson
• Keeps all of Ash's captured Pokémon on his ranch — at one point this exceeded thirty Tauros
• Writes original poetry about every Pokémon he encounters; most of it rhymes 'Pokémon' with itself

Connections

• mentors — ash
• mentors — gary
• friend_of — delia
• rival_of — giovanni

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