Professor Oak

When Ash reaches the Professors lab for his new pokemon, he finds that the original 3 that were up for 'adoption' have gone. Because of this Professor Oak decides to entrust Ash with the Pokemon Pikachu. He also gave Ash his Pokedex.

Name:

Professor Oak

Publisher:

Nintendo

Real name:

Samuel Oak

Aliases:

Prof. Oak
Oak
Samuel
Dr.O
Professor Eich

Birth date:

None

Gender:

Male

Powers:

Animal Control
Empathy
Gadgets
Insanely Rich
Intellect
Leadership
Longevity
Marksmanship
Stamina
Time Travel
Tracking

First issue:

Pocket Monster (1996) #1 Volume 1

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Professor Oak features in the RBY series of the Pokemon Manga.

He owns every non-legendary Pokemon that lives in the Kanto region.

Professor Oak gave Red and Green both a Pokedex each, Green obtained Charmander and Red received Bulbasaur.

After accidentally releasing all of Oaks' Pokemon, Red sort out to help Oak. Hours later, Red and Oak re-captured all of the accidentally released pokemon, except one, Bulbasaur. After saving Red from a wild Machoke, Oak decided to give Red Bulbasaur.

Anime

In the anime Professor Oak is a famous scientist and poet pokémon, it was he who gave Ash Ketchum, when he turned 10 years old, his first Pokemon, Pikachu, and his grandson Gary Oak a Squirtle. May also gave a Squirtle baby.

Several of Ash's Pokémon are in their lab, such as: