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|ja_name = オダマキ博士 Dr. Odamaki
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|name = Professor Birch
  
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|image = Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Birch.png
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|gender = Male
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|jname = '''オダマキ博士''' ''Dr. Odamaki''
  
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|hometown = [[Littleroot Town]]
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|region = Hoenn
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|hometown = [[Littleroot Town]]
  
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|family = [[May]]/[[Brendan]]<br/> Unnamed wife<br> Unnamed Son (Emerald Only)
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|region = Hoenn
  
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|media = games
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|family = [[May (Game)|May]] or [[Brendan (Game)|Brendan]]|undefined
  
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|generation = III, VI
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|friends = Other Professors
  
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|occupation = Pokémon [[Professor]]
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|firstappear = [[AG001: Get the Show on the Road!]]
  
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|game = [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Ruby, Sapphire]] and [[Pokémon Emerald|Emerald]]
  
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'''Professor Birch''' is the Pokémon Professor of [[Hoenn]]. He is [[Brendan]] or [[May]]'s father.
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|Class = [[Professor]]
  
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|voiceact = [[Dan Green]] (English)}}
  
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'''Professor Birch''' (Japanese: '''オダマキ博士''' ''Dr. Odamaki'') is the Pokemon Professor of [[Hoenn]]. He is [[Brendan]] or [[May]]'s father. He lives in [[Littleroot Town]]. In the anime, he is not related to May and entrusts [[Ash]] as May's bodyguard on her journey.
  
   
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==Pokémon==
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==Appearance==
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<section begin="Appearance"/>Professor Birch is a tall, large man with fair skin, dark eyes, short and slightly wavy brown hair, and a squarish face with a beard. He wears a navy blue T-shirt under a white lab coat, khaki shorts with a black belt, and tan sandals on his feet. He is also sometimes seen with a brown bag, which he keeps his research papers in.<section end="Appearance"/>
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In [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Ruby and Sapphire]], he is chased by a [[Poochyena]] and you have to choose either a [[Treecko]], [[Torchic]], or [[Mudkip]] and defeat the [[Poochyena]], and he will allow you keep the [[Pokémon]].
  
   
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==Personality==
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In [[Emerald]] , all of that is the same except Prof. Birch is chased by a [[Zigzagoon]]. After completing the Hoenn Dex, Prof. Birch will give the player a [[Chikorita]], [[Cyndaquil]], or a [[Totodile]].
  
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Professor Birch is a very outgoing and friendly person. Although he's fat, he's very active and often researches outside, as he doesn't like being in cramped spaces. Additionally, he is also kind and generous and doesn't hesitate to help others, like every professor in the Pokémon games. However, despite his positive traits, Professor Birch is also a goofy, cowardly man that often gets into severe trouble. He commonly needs rescuing from others due to being jumped and chased by wild Pokémon so often; in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, he even gets chased by his wife.
   
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==Etymology==
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==Pokémon Adventures==
  
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<section begin="Etymology"/>The last name Birch could possibly originate from the "birch" tree.
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Birch is Sapphire's father.
  
   
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His Japanese surname, Odamaki, comes from オダマキ (''odamaki'', the Japanese name for the columbine flower).<section end="Etymology"/>
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==Anime==
  
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[[File:Professor_Birch_ANIME_.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
  
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Birch was first mentioned in a flashback of Harrison on Johto Photo Finish. His first appearance was in Get The Show On The Road when he gave May her Torchic. He later appeared in Dewford Town in both A Three Team Scheme! and Seeing is Believing!. Birch also appeared in A Six Pack Attack, when he was meeting Professor Oak. Later, Birch was seen in The Evolutionary War! at a vacation on A-B-C Islands. Over there, he and the twerps cleared the mystery of the Clamperl evolution. Birch's most recent appearance was a short cameo in The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon; it is unknown if he will appear again since the main characters have left the Hoenn region.
  
   
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==Biography==
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His preferred mode of transport is a jeep that he drives recklessly.
  
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===Games===
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====Ruby and Sapphire====
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In [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Ruby and Sapphire]], he is chased by a [[Poochyena]] and the player character has to choose either a [[Treecko]], [[Torchic]], or [[Mudkip]] and defeat the [[Poochyena]], and he will allow them to keep the [[Pokémon]].
   
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====Emerald====
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Due to the relationship between characters in the games, it is widely speculated that Birch is the father of Brendan's anime counterpart. This character has made three short cameo appearances in the anime and has the starter Pokémon whose type weakens May's. Birch is voiced by [[Dan Green]].
  
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In [[Emerald]], Prof. Birch is chased instead by a [[Zigzagoon]]. After completing the Hoenn Pokédex, Prof. Birch will give the player character a [[Chikorita]], [[Cyndaquil]], or a [[Totodile]].
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====Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire====
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In [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]], he is chased by a [[Poochyena]] and the player character has to choose either a [[Treecko]], [[Torchic]] or [[Mudkip]] and defeat the [[Poochyena]], and he will allow them to keep the [[Pokémon]]. After getting into the [[Hall of Fame]], he is chased by a [[Shroomish]] and one has to choose either a [[Chikorita]], [[Cyndaquil]] or a [[Totodile]]. (Interestingly, though, he says that the Shroomish isn't a threat to him, but lets the player character keep the Pokémon anyway.)
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After completing the Delta Episode, he is chased by a [[Machoke]] holding some boxes and the player has to choose either a [[Snivy]], [[Tepig]] or an [[Oshawott]]. (Interestingly though, he mistakes the Machoke as a wild one, but lets them keep the Pokémon anyway.)
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After getting into the Hall of Fame twice, he is chased by his wife and the player can choose from a [[Turtwig]], [[Chimchar]] or a [[Piplup]]. (Interestingly, though, he mistakes his wife for a wild Pokémon, but lets them keep the Pokémon anyway.)
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===Other appearances===
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|imgAdventures = Professor Birch Adventures.PNG
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==Pokémon==
  
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{{AnimePokémon|type = dark|image = Birch Poochyena.png|info = Poochyena was seen in A ''Six Pack Attack!'' where its keen sense of smell was used to find several [[Starter Pokémon]].|nameline = [[Poochyena]]}}
  
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{{TrainerSpriteHeader|HeaderName = {{color2|000|Treecko}}}}
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{{TrainerSpriteHeader|HeaderName = {{color2|000|Torchic}}}}
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{{TrainerSpriteHeader|HeaderName = {{color2|000|Mudkip}}}}
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{{TrainerSpriteBody|type = fire|ImageName = Torchic XY.gif}}
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==Trivia==
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*In [[Pokémon Ruby Version and Pokémon Sapphire Version]] and [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire]], he is chased by a [[Poochyena]] in the beginning of the game. However, he gets pursued by a [[Zigzagoon]] in [[Pokémon Emerald Version]].
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{{AnimePokémon|type = grass|image = AG001 65.jpg|info = Treecko was a perspective starter presented to May when she began her journey. May did not choose this Pokémon because it creeps her out|nameline = [[Treecko]]|gender = male}}
  
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{{AnimePokémon|type = fire|image = AG001 69.jpg|info = Torchic was a perspective starter presented to May when she began her journey. After looking at a Mudkip, May choose this starter as her partner.|nameline = [[May's Blaziken|Torchic]]|gender = male}}
  
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{{AnimePokémon|type = water|image = AG001 67.jpg|info = Mudkip was a perspective starter presented to May when she began her journey. May did not choose this Pokémon.|nameline = [[Mudkip]]|gender = female}}
  
   
 
==Gallery==
  
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RSE Professor Birch.png|Artwork of Professor Birch for Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire
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SPARTA!.png|Birch in a shouting competition with a Loudred
  
 
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[[fr:Professeur Seko]]
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Latest revision as of 19:41, 6 January 2024

Professor Birch is the Pokémon Professor of Hoenn. He is Brendan or May's father.

Appearance

Professor Birch is a tall, large man with fair skin, dark eyes, short and slightly wavy brown hair, and a squarish face with a beard. He wears a navy blue T-shirt under a white lab coat, khaki shorts with a black belt, and tan sandals on his feet. He is also sometimes seen with a brown bag, which he keeps his research papers in.

Personality

Professor Birch is a very outgoing and friendly person. Although he's fat, he's very active and often researches outside, as he doesn't like being in cramped spaces. Additionally, he is also kind and generous and doesn't hesitate to help others, like every professor in the Pokémon games. However, despite his positive traits, Professor Birch is also a goofy, cowardly man that often gets into severe trouble. He commonly needs rescuing from others due to being jumped and chased by wild Pokémon so often; in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, he even gets chased by his wife.

Etymology

The last name Birch could possibly originate from the "birch" tree.

His Japanese surname, Odamaki, comes from オダマキ (odamaki, the Japanese name for the columbine flower).

Biography

Games

Ruby and Sapphire

In Ruby and Sapphire, he is chased by a Poochyena and the player character has to choose either a Treecko, Torchic, or Mudkip and defeat the Poochyena, and he will allow them to keep the Pokémon.

Emerald

In Emerald, Prof. Birch is chased instead by a Zigzagoon. After completing the Hoenn Pokédex, Prof. Birch will give the player character a Chikorita, Cyndaquil, or a Totodile.

Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, he is chased by a Poochyena and the player character has to choose either a Treecko, Torchic or Mudkip and defeat the Poochyena, and he will allow them to keep the Pokémon. After getting into the Hall of Fame, he is chased by a Shroomish and one has to choose either a Chikorita, Cyndaquil or a Totodile. (Interestingly, though, he says that the Shroomish isn't a threat to him, but lets the player character keep the Pokémon anyway.)

After completing the Delta Episode, he is chased by a Machoke holding some boxes and the player has to choose either a Snivy, Tepig or an Oshawott. (Interestingly though, he mistakes the Machoke as a wild one, but lets them keep the Pokémon anyway.)

After getting into the Hall of Fame twice, he is chased by his wife and the player can choose from a Turtwig, Chimchar or a Piplup. (Interestingly, though, he mistakes his wife for a wild Pokémon, but lets them keep the Pokémon anyway.)

Other appearances

Pokémon

Games

R/S/E/OR/AS

Starter Pokémon
Treecko


Torchic


Mudkip
Treecko XY
Torchic XY
Mudkip XY

Trivia

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v · d · ePokémon Professors
Core series
Professor Oak (Adventures · anime; Kanto) · Professor Elm (Adventures · anime; Johto) · Professor Birch (Adventures · anime; Hoenn) · Professor Rowan (Adventures · anime; Sinnoh) · Professor Juniper (Adventures · anime; Unova) · Professor Sycamore (Adventures · anime; Kalos) · Professor Kukui (Adventures · anime; Alola) · Professor Magnolia (Adventures · anime; Galar) · Professor Laventon (Hisui)
Others
Professor Krane (Orre) · Professor Hastings (Fiore/Almia/Oblivia) · Professor Burnet (Adventures · anime; Alola) · Professor Willow (???) · Professor Bellis (Pasio) · Professor Grand Oak (Pasio) · Professor Ivy (Orange Islands) · Professor Cerise (Kanto)
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