Professor Oak

Samuel Oak
General
Name:	Samuel Oak
Japanese Name:	オーキド ユキナリ博士 Dr. Yukinari Okido
Age:	50's
Hometown:	Pallet Town
Region:	Kanto
Family:	Gary Oak Daisy Oak
Class:	Professor
Friends:	Professor Rowan Professor Birch Professor Elm
First Appearance:	Pokémon Red and Blue (game) Pokémon - I Choose You! (anime)

Professor Oak (オーキド ユキナリ博士 Dr. Yukinari Okido) is a Pokémon Professor who resides in Pallet Town.

[edit] In the games

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and Pokémon Red and Blue, Professor Oak lives in Pallet Town and he is absent from his lab until you try to leave town, when he runs up to you and makes you come with him. He then lets you choose a Starter Pokémon . If you go to the mart, the store clerk will give you Oak's parcel. The Parcel contains a prototype Pokéball, bring it back to Oak and he will give a Pokédex to you along with 5 Poké Balls. He sends you on your journey and all throughout he helps you by sending his aides out to give you items if you capture the right amount of Pokémon. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, he helps you when your rival challenges you for the first time.

In Pokémon Yellow, when the player steps into the grass they will encounter a Pikachu, which Oak captures and gives to you after your rival takes the Eevee that was intended for the player.

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, after you see each Pokémon in your Pokédex, Professor Oak will come and hand you the National Dex. He resides in the most southerly house in Eterna.

In Anime

Charmander → Charmeleon → Charizard

on the movie pokemon 4ever his childhood version gets transported to the future with a celebi and he teamed up with ash and the gang to save celebi and the world.At the end when ash calls him and asks about a pokemon he met. prof. oak is then shown smiling and a drawing is shown of celebi and pikachu that he drew when he went to the future can be seen.This also means that he knew about ash years before ash was even born.