Professor Oak

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Character
Name: Japanese: オーキド・ユキナリ博士 (Dr. Yukinari Ohkido)
English, Italian: Professor Samuel Oak
German: Professor Samuel Eich
Korean: 오용호 박사 (Dr. O Yongho)
Chinese (Mandarin): 大木博士 (Dr. Dàmù) & 雪成 (Xuěchéng) & 幸成 (Xìngchéng)
(more on Bulbapedia)
Occupation: Pokémon Professor
Relationships: Blue Oak (grandson, games only)
Gary Oak (grandson, anime only)
Daisy Oak (granddaughter)
Fandom: Pokémon
Other: n/a
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Professor Oak is a Pokémon Professor from Pokémon Red and Blue.

Canon Overview

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More can be found on Neverending Romance, a community-created relationship name list.

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Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta

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Are You a Boy? Or Are You a Girl?

In Pokémon games after Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, and before Pokémon Sun and Moon, the game's professor would ask whether the trainer was a boy or a girl. This effective, if clunky, method helped let the player choose their gender during the game's opening cut-scene. Despite this first appearing after Professor Oak's debut, he often got the brunt of jokes surrounding this feature online. While some memes and fancomics showed Professor Oak as completely clueless, other showed him as a pervert for asking.

My Grandson, What's His Name? Shithead?

In Pokémon Red and Blue and Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green, the player could name their rival, Blue Oak. Because Blue's kind of a dick, many players named him profanities like Shithead (or Shithed with the games' character limit.)

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