Professor Oak

Character from pokemon-kanto by

The leading Pokémon researcher of Kanto, based in Pallet Town, who invented the Pokédex and gives every new trainer their first Pokémon and their first lecture.

Also known as: Samuel Oak, Prof. Oak, Gramps

What They Know

• Invented the Pokédex and distributes one to each new trainer setting out from Pallet Town
• Keeps Ash's overflow Pokémon — Krabby, Tauros herd, Muk, Kingler, Snorlax — at his ranch in Pallet Town
• Writes original Pokémon poetry that he reads aloud at League events to universal polite silence
• Is the grandfather of Ash's rival Gary and the former trainer-mentor to Gary's late father
• Can identify any Pokémon on sight before the Pokédex finishes loading its entry

Connections

• mentored_by — ash
• parent_of — gary
• friend_of — delia
• located_in — pallet_town

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