Jaron Tripp (Djembe) and Thomas Kulik (Guitar, Vocals) are Platane, an inde… Read Full Bio ↴Jaron Tripp (Djembe) and Thomas Kulik (Guitar, Vocals) are Platane, an indepent band from Kleve, Germany, playing instrumental rock.

Their Demo-CD Platane was released in autumn 2004, their first full length album Let the Young One Sing was released in August 2006.

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Love Is Not the Answer
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The Darkness Love Love is not the answer Love Love is not your friend …
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Cassiopeia Warrener

2y↑70

Some extra comments:

Rowan is gruff and strict, but he's also frequently described as cool by other kids - Barry (the rival from DPPt) has nothing but praise for him the second he talks to the man for more than 2 seconds. He also remarks that, even after 60 years, the thrill he gets from travelling with Pokemon is fresh and he wants to foster that in you. He's the professor who looks scary but will tell you stories about that time he went to a protest and bricked someone's window. (He also teaches you the premise and controls in the intro, if you need it)

Juniper at least has some teaching experience - in the 2 years between BW and B2W2, she took on Bianca as an assistant to mould her into a Professor, and Bianca perform the job admirably, even heading out to far-off Aspertia City to deliver Trainers their first Pokemon. Juniper also goes and explains what she wants you to do to your mother personally, and delivers Pokemon directly to your house, so she clearly cares about feedback to students and parents alike.

Sycamore should be lower - he's clearly trusting but a terrible judge of character, and tends to put faith in people because he knows them well more than because they're actually doing good research - he hasn't been keeping track of Alain's wellbeing very well, gives you incredibly powerful artefacts that you don't know how to use before you've really proven yourself, and his best friend is an elitist eugenicist terrorist who isn't really that subtle about it. He's not even the best teacher in the region in his specialty subject (Mega Evolution is better explained to you by Gurkinn). Sycamore is the Easy A professor, like Slughorn in Harry Potter - great connections, not great as an educator.

Kukui should be S Tier. You are approached by a kid younger than you on Route 1 when Kukui takes you to Iki Town, and the kid reveals that Kukui's been tutoring him and he's been putting those lessons into practise. That same kid is a potential challenger to your title as Champion, and he is pretty good! Kukui also keeps best track of your progress, and became a Professor out of love of teaching. Oak has a weekly radio show too, so he should be docked for a part-time job if Kukui is. Burnet's less of a teacher and more of a researcher, but she does teach you a lot about Ultra Wormholes and liminal space.

Magnolia is already kind of retired by SwSh. You get your starter from Leon, and she leaves most of your tutorialising to Sonia. She's the Professor who doesn't teach full-time anymore, but is popular as a guest lecturer.

Laventon has the mixed blessing of being 100-150 years before the others, and clearly has such a respected position because he's the only one with a scientific understanding of Pokemon. He's thorough, but he's a bit cowardly - understandable in a world where Pokemon are still mostly feral and civilisation isn't as safe as it will be. He basically adopts you because he recognises that you have no support, which is kind of a professional oversight, but he also has very few standards to adhere to. His vibe is kind and curious, but he's a little incompetent. Still a D Tier teacher, though - most of how you actually do the business of Pokemoning comes from characters like Rei/Akari, Cyllene, Adaman and Irida.

Robin Lan

2y↑333

I think the "My Girl" and "My boy" thing is just old-timey speak

As well for Professor Laventon:
-Wrote the First Pokédex entries AND only is able to do so after rigorous testing and research data is conducted
-Is a ride or die bitch for the player even after the player is exiled
-Sets his employees up with food and living space
-Studies Pokémon specifically so he can find a way to live alongside them so that research expeditions will be less dangerous
-not only does he have chairs, he has a FIREPLACE. Indoor heating in the coldest region? Sign me UP
-has a sick hat

Hannah Davis

2y↑5

I have to say my favorites are Juniper, Sycamore, and Laventon. Unova is my fave region and I adore Juniper, Sycamore is a really good professor and I feel has a good leadership role, and Laventon has quickly grown on me especially since I headcanon him as autistic (I'm autistic too.)

My least favorite is probably Sonia. Mostly I disliked the story, but Sonia really just left everything up to the player. It's an overall problem with the story in Sw/Sh in general as they try to include you as the protag, but then also push you to the side and let the adults handle it until the end. In the anime, Sonia was very good and seemed to be a good researcher, but in the games, she came across as someone that had no idea what she was doing. And Magnolia felt like she wasn't really there, I kind of forget she exists.

My other least favorite is Rowan because his gruff exterior is a bit too personally triggering to me. I can tell he's sweet and caring, but while I do enjoy gruff exteriors with sweet personalities, Rowan just doesn't do it to me and ends up just making me feel very anxious or even triggered.

This isn't really a judge of them as professors or anything, but this is just overall who I like and how I see them. Birch is awesome too and Kukui is pretty good but his eyes scare me. Then I forget Elm exists and not really a fan of Oak overall, just middle of the road imo. Again, just my personal opinions on who I love and don't love. Loved watching this though :)

Edit: I only felt weird around "my girl" because I'm afab so I play as girl characters (especially for the cuter hair options and often times dresses), but I'm nonbinary and get super uncomfy around being referred to as a girl/woman due to my parents. But even with my discomfort, I knew it was just how he spoke and in the end, not much I can do about it :/

Also female Meowstic and Skitty are my absolute favorite cat pokemon though Glameow and Purugly are up there too. Oh and of course Alolan Persian the floofy baby and its pre evo the little sassy kitty.

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mooseyluke

2y↑3.8K

In defence of Laventon, it's clear that ALL of the Pokedex entries are written by him. He sometimes put little anecdotes about how he feels, or about his past or where he's from. He's clearly very dedicated to his subject

Dracos002

2y↑529

It's especially clear in the entries for Raichu and the Porygon-line. He mentions "The Copperajah of his homeland" in Raichu's and he's just very confused and frightened by the Porygon-line.

Woolytop

2y↑521

@Dracos002 Imagine digging out the ancient Hisui Dex by Professor Laventon, and finding accounts of Porygon, the first man-made pokemon, that you just invented.

Voilet Vulpix

2y↑277

@Dracos002 Every time I read that, I just imagine the player character walking up to Laventon with this weird, floating, bright pink creature and him pre-enacting the “Oh my god, what is that?‽” meme

Cephery

2y↑85

@Dracos002 as he should be like what the fuck

D U

2y↑10

He's professor drip

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CZsWorld

2y↑60

Does Oak not get points for having his own radio show, thus being able to reach more students?

(The tail whip sound effects you added were perfect)

cchang21

hi verified

McBehrer

2y↑307

I feel like Laventon got a bit shafted here.

For one, he doesn't call you "my child," like you're his actual child. He calls you "my boy" or "my girl," which has a much more casual connotation to it. It really gives off, like, old British guy vibes more than anything.

And he isn't any more friendly towards the female protagonist than the male protagonist, so it's not a creepy thing either. He's being a (relatively) welcoming, comforting figure for the undoubtedly confused and traumatized main character.

Also, it's not really fair to him that the world as a whole is dangerous. He can only work with what already exists, and it's not like he created the setting full of wild, dangerous pokemon.

Professor Gunter

2y↑899

I'm very confused on why you called Kukui a "professional wrestler" and then showed a clip of the Masked Royale, a completely different person

Comic the Adventurer

2y↑22

bounce

2y↑87

God I wish I knew who the Masked Royale was. What a cool dude.

aTimberwolvesFan

2y↑11

I want to know who he is

Cheddar Sun Chips Y e s

1y↑5

Hearts, doesn’t elaborate

Monique A

1y↑10

Almost as silly as when people say Clavell and Clive are the same 😂

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K N

2y↑354

Aw, the only disagreement I have is Laventon! His lab is excellent, if not a bit messy, but you get to take research tasks off of his chalkboard and observe Pokemon. He cares for our needs, he's the only reason we're even allowed into the city, otherwise we would be dead meat! He's also thorough, the Pokedex we work on requires SO much information in all sorts of areas, something no professor has ever asked of us before. Laventon can't help the world itself is cruel, he's just trying to be the sunshine through it. Plus, he's Leon and Hop's ancestor, which is kinda neat!

Styxounette

2y↑1.1K

You're obsessing over chairs and learning environement yet Laventon actually does have the most confortable sitting area for learning, which is a warm kotatsu. He deserves the S tier.

Lonewulf321

2y↑90

He loses points for his hat sorry

There isn’t a point system

LAC

@duncan ᓚᘏᗢ agree

Yooran

2y↑13

@Lonewulf321 he gains 1000 points for his music

Lonewulf321

2y↑1

@Yooran facts

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Deconyus

2y↑1.7K

That description of Kukui having a history teacher/football coach energy is spot on. He’s the kind of teacher who you can learn a lot from but can also be easily manipulated into wasting class time with stories.

Drowzee64

2y↑177

Prof. Kukui almost definitely has Pokemon battles with his students in the middle of class. Sometimes for lessons, sure - his specialty is Pokemon moves - but also sometimes just for fun.

Aaron LeFebre

2y↑112

I mean, when your classroom is a Hawaiian beachside deck porch in a tropical paradise, kinda hard not to get distracted by every little thing possible!

Dear God, my ADD would be in overload trying to study in Kukui's class.

Donovan

2y↑16

I’m that teacher lol

joe bazooka

2y↑13

You know most of the time teachers just wanna waste time as well even if they get side tracked sometimes

LinKuei9094 Khannel

2y↑6

A teacher's stories sometimes come from their experiences

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David Sandrock

2y↑72

Since Oak “forgetting” the name of his grandson is part of the game mechanic that allows the player to personalize their experience by naming their rival, I wouldn’t deduct any points.

OriginalAkivara

2y↑13

His personality has changed since the early days too. These days if Ash told him he saw Ho-Oh, he'd probably just tell him some stories about Ho-Oh. The writers just didn't have his personality down yet.

blarg2429

1y↑6

In Let's Go it's established that the "what was his name again?" thing is a joke he tells.

Pustota7254

43w

Your comment got liked 60 times.

Sheev Palpatine

2y↑75

In defense of Laventon: Aa far as I can tell, he's the one who ACTUALLY does his research in the Pokedex. If you read the entries, it's clear he observes the pokemon and writes the entities himself. We can tell because it's easy to spot how he speaks and writes, as it's very proper. Hes always adding in bits like "I suspect" and "I believe that", in the entry for raichu, he even spekasnif his home region. So I would say A tier as he does his research and doesnt have an automatic computer to fill anything out for him.
My favorite entries are the Porygon line. He seems confused by Porygon, and calls it a "bizarre anomaly". He is then more confused by Porygon 2, calling its biology "inscrutable". By Porygon Z he states his concern. He clearly doenst know what is going on, and as a researcher, it worries him. I like that the entire are his own. I feel like you didnt really pay attention to the DeX entries in legends because why would you. But his intelligence really shines in them. You should read them over

Japhet

2y↑920

I think Laventon ought to be higher than D-tier. I think his speech can mostly be explained by the fact that PLA takes place around the Pokemon 1800s, and the dangerous environment isn't really his fault at all. He didn't come to the Hisui region to teach, he's there for research. His actual teaching was probably done back in Galar, where he presumably has a safer environment.

Queen Purr

2y↑120

I think you also have to take into account old 1800s British speak as well, since Galar is based off England. Him saying things like "my girl" or "my child" isn't that weird anymore, considering this. i always imagine him talking with the goofiest of british accents.

Ender

2y↑43

It's a Britishism. A very stereotypical one, he's from Galar but because this is the Pokemon world, they had to highlight that everytime they could. It isn't creepy if you know anything about how the British are portrayed. "Jolly good, my boy," is something an older man might say to a pre-teen boy. I don't think they would say "my girl," it seems gendered, so when they use the same script for the female character it comes across much weirder.

E Cano

2y↑2

@Ender ?

JJ

2y↑19

@Queen Purr Yeah. You can also infer from the rest of his speech patterns that he’s meant to be either British or using British phrases/terminology. I don’t have any of his lines in front of me at the moment but that was the sense I got.

Flopjul

2y↑5

@Queen Purr yes but Hisui is based of an older Johto that i know of

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S

2y↑53

One important thing about Kukui that wasn't mentioned: He's responsible for bringing the Pokemon league tournament to Alola and establishing more opportunities for the people there. Kinda like how good teachers and professors bring more opportunities to their schools by obtaining grants. As the player, you get to participate in the first Alolan Pokemon League tournament so you actively get to see the results of Kukui's work.

Aleksi Antero Lammikko

2y↑213

Laventon has to be S tier honestly. He started the work, his work is the basis of all the work that comes after. Obviously the player character does the actual catching, as is the case in all the games, but Laventon clearly writes each entry and does a lot of novel research as basically everything in the original pokedex is his work (well......and a time/space traveling kid and gods.....and thats not a spoiler as its in the intro. But if we ignore how much literal poke god actually did, Laventon is a heavy hitter).
His influence is unparalleled in the canon story. Of course Oak is the original in terms of player experienced time line but in terms of in game history OG its Laventon.
Addiitonally a whole lot of passes have to be given for his time era being so different. Its so far in the past. I know its written by modern people and in a way that all the characters act essentially as modern people but in a distant past looking time (which I always find annoying) but still. I would not judge Aristotle on modern scientific practices for instance.

PaleGhost69

2y↑5.6K

The best professors are the children they send out to get all the pokemon. They're the ones doing actual research with a device that magically knows everything about a pokemon right away.

Michael Mills

2y↑933

I believe those are normally referred to as "graduate students."

iivin

2y↑511

@Michael Mills With the life skills and income of children? Adds up honestly.

Paul Googol

2y↑60

But the kids have the cruel drive to let their pocket monsters battle to near death.

raney150

2y↑205

Honestly, I like how Legends tackles the Pokedex. It doesn't just magically know everything, and you have to make several observations.

Amy G (she her)

2y↑29

@Michael Mills came here to say this.

Personal experience: yep, that checks out.

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Ronnie Ketchum

2y↑29

Birch is SSS tier cause he's not only the best prof. He's also the BEST DAD. I mean, dude sets you up with his daughter, what else would you want?

Rune Doom

2y↑6

Or son if play female.

Trevor "popinloopy" Juve

2y↑24

Laventon passes the vibe check, I feel. He's got real "ditsy goofball" energy while still being studious. Bad for a professor perhaps, but GREAT for a person in general. He's got that energy of a scientist who says "Pushing this button just caused lightning to strike me and stop my heart. Well golly gee, now I gotta see if it does that every time or if it has a bunch of effects and I just got unlucky." So he at least passes the vibe check of being a loveable goofball of a person. As others have said as well, the "my (boy/girl)" thing is just a way of speaking, stereotypically in old Britain. Like it's something Sherlock Holmes would probably say, if that helps. And as others have said, he's clearly the one who wrote every Pokedex entry. But some of those entries can be a bit silly and fun as well. All in all, I'd say he's probably a great person and great researcher but horrible teacher. Like he's probably incredibly smart but just doesn't do a good job of explaining things and often times overthinks and misses the obvious solution.

TemmieCody

2y↑289

“When you meet a literal child who falls out of the sky you don’t immediately call them my child!”

Are we gonna talk about Toriel then….?

Christopher Monteith

2y↑8

exactly my thoughts

Aguest

2y↑28

Yeah, it's almost like parental instincts aren't a thing.

Christopher Monteith

2y↑5

@Aguest good point

Mittezi

2y↑4

nutdealer 2?

Benji Thompson

2y↑6

Goat Momma!!!

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Sassy Ghost

2y↑17

I think Laventon calling the player “my girl/boy” is more of a time period thing they tried to do. In the same way someone might say “lad” or “lass.” Laventon is speculated to be Hop and Leon’s ancestor so he may be from Galar if that’s the case. He still gets a low rating for tossing children into the unknown wilds while he sits back and reaps the rewards though. 😅

Psuedo Nym

47w

Eh, that's actually Cyllene who's making them go out. Her whole thong is "go out there and contribute if you want to live in this village".

Icarus United

2y↑117

A flaw in the criteria.

Not all professors teach, IRL, currently, this is rarely the case; in past history, most professors (or similar kinds) purely researched & rarely had students unless they chose to teach what they know.

Di Vinci for example was a researcher, he strived to learn a lot. He however, rarely taught and prefered solitude, research, and designing.

Sean Rea

2y↑4

It seems most of the pokemon professors are research professors and if they are educators we only see one of their primary teaching space which its self may only be secondary space.

Justin Tsui

2y↑1.3K

Speaking on Prof. Juniper, while it's not stated that in the games that she has formal teaching experience, she does mentor the mc and rival characters throughout the game, checking in on their progress throughout the the game and even acts as a supportive mentor figure to Bianca, one of the characters in the game . This Bianca ends up realizing her dream of being a Pokemon Professor and ends up being studying as an assistant to Juniper.

Juniper also has experience on the field as she is often seen throughout the game studying and researching Pokemon in different environments and often comments and gives advice about the various locations of the game.

Finally, Juniper is very receptive to criticism and different points of view. This is reflected in how she is a guiding force to the player and rival characters despite all of them having different goals and beliefs and the way she takes the antagonists' criticism of her "documenting and enslaving" Pokemon. She acknowledges his feelings and his point of view and even points out that he has valid criticisms while also trying push back and provide other perspectives and how others could come to those conclusion. She is never harsh to the antagonist for his rigid and hostile way of thinking, but is willing to have an open dialogue to ideas she clearly disagrees with. This is fitting since the main theme of Black and White is about how people are different with different ideas, identities and cultures but can still come together in spite and because of those differences by sharing and respect those differences. That's why each city and town look completely unique and why there are so many bridges, they represent being able to connect with others despite our differences.

I would wholeheartedly recommend playing the Black/Whiter series of games. Not only are they some of the most polished Pokemon games mechanically and aesthetically, but the themes and characters of the games are pretty interesting. It's no masterpiece in storytelling, but it is intriguing nonetheless. Black and White are one of my favourite games of all time, not just Pokemon games.

Nova Topaz

2y↑36

I mean, the story telling itself is interesting because of the themes that play within it. For someone who played the White when it first came out, the story was enthralling and really sucked you in once you met team plasma, given the previous 4 generations where it was some variation of regular crime whereas Plasma was very much had a mythos and creed and was themed extremely well. Though that's not what made the game stand up in that regard. That was N. Enigmatic, mysterious, charismatic, and started his quest with what he believed to be altruistic reasons, and stood up better than any other game antagonist up to that point. So good that it made him seem like your rival, and not your actual rival.

In fact it was done so well I went on a hunt for N when I got done with the extra story content because there was a hook dropped in the final mission on where he might of went... And did that for about 100 save-game clocked hours looking high and low and eventually lost interest in the game entirely. And then cue Black and White 2 which is where his story picks up. My disappointment was immeasurable. Doesn't help that several months down the line I lost my White cartrige and my fairly newly acquired black, which has killed my interest in the generations since.

N as a character and the story plot as a whole is pretty much what propelled Black and White to the status of one of the best trainer games of all time for me, tbh. Add in the quality of life upgrades, post story content, easier access to online trading(while it lasted), and striking scenery and imagery, and it is by far one of the best video games ever made in my humble opinion. But I also haven't played any of the newer generations of pokemon games other than mystery dungeon, so I may have a bias.

Djay T.

2y↑5

Completely agree

Idk what your problem with the story telling was tho, it has the best story in the franchise imo and for a pokemon game the story was conveyed pretty well

sidney

2y↑15

@Djay T. i mean "best story in the pokemon franchise" still doesn't imply masterpiece, which is all op was saying

Researcher Ryan

Beautifully said!

Caal Taes

2y↑1

I kinda agree with the first part of your essay, but had to stop at the half.

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Suchega Uber

2y↑9

Speaking as a former professional wrestler, you did Kukui mega dirty. Professional wrestling doesn't pay much, if you get paid at all, at the independent level, so working other jobs is essential. He may seem like a mega star, because so many people know his character, but this isn't uncommon at a local independent level. We see that he has to work the two jobs, so we know he isn't actually famous or particularly successful as a wrestler. All that is to say I have been at that level, knew a lot of people at that level, including a legitimate university professor, and I know first hand it is barely an inconvenience to separate wrestling from the other things you have going on in your life. You aren't any less dedicated to one job, because you work a second job.

skysayl

2y↑3

You probably don’t consider it a mainline game, but Professor Willow from Go seems to be quite interested in his students’ research, he’s always sending you on tasks to learn whatever we can about the pokémon in question. He seems to have an “in the field” approach just like Birch, and he definitely passes the vibe check as a quirky and excitable dude who chomps at the bit waiting to hear back from you and discuss your findings. If he were in the list, I reckon he’d rank pretty high!

Cassiopeia Warrener

2y↑70

Alberic Ponce de Leon

2y↑5

Given the radio show, I'd put Oak as more of a science communicator than a teacher by the time the games take place. Like a Richard Dawkins-type, minus the part where he's a prick.

San

2y↑3

I don’t think Laventon should get points docked because of other characters also teaching the player about Pokémon, especially since they teach different aspects of them. Cyllene mostly teaches you on how to procede in the world without dying, Adaman/Irida teach the history and lore of the region and Pokémon, and Akari/Rei are Laventon’s assistant, so likely what they teach you was taught to them BY Laventon.

He’s also very involved with the work he gives you, and has made a list of simple to understand and execute research goals for EVERY SINGLE Pokémon in the region, and then writes every Pokédex entry BY HAND with the data you give him.

Also, if you’re going to dock points from Laventon for taking the player character in, you should take even more points off of Kukui. Laventon procures you your own personal house (really him “taking you in” is better described as him vouching for you and giving you a job so that you don’t get kicked out of the village and left to die). Meanwhile Lilly is staying IN Kukui’s house and as far as I can tell, doesn’t even get the luxury of walls or a door.

Who out of these two professors seems the most responsible when handling the situation of a lost, confused and traumatised child?

TheJH1015

2y↑1

Rowan also doesn't take shit from anyone and was ready to throw hands with Team Galactic Grunts until he saw you and thought 'hey, why not let the youngsters deal with this, it'll be good experience for them'

Adultt Swim

2y↑2

Kukui being the professor, wrestler, champion, etc. in just the time the player does their thing is kinda insane. He also orangized Alola's entire pokemon leauge and system.

The Creator: F.M.

2y↑96

I'd cut Laventon a bit of slack. It's hundreds of years in the past and his speech patterns come off as normal for his time period. Since it's times where education is tough due to lack of technology, he does his best with what he has. Not to mention his contributions of creating the first Pokedex which was crucial to modern Pokémon education.

PikaDragon

2y↑1.7K

Defense for laventon: I might be wrong but I believe “my boy/girl” is a phrase that used to be common sometime in the past or something, so in the context of the game it makes perfect sense. It is at least a stereotypical old English “ politely refer to younger person” phrase

Thalnir

2y↑275

It is heavily hinted that he's originally from Galar (or at least a lot of people around him are)

StormoDF

2y↑44

@Thalnir I think he is from the Pokemon Equivalent of India

Username

2y↑153

He's definitely from Galar
He sometimes uses English words in the French version of the game

SEKIBANKI

2y↑67

My Boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for.
-Some King, probably

Rain the artist

2y↑56

yeah he also obviously gets super upset when you (spoilers)

get exiled from jubilife

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Smark

2y↑2

As a former student who had a teacher with “football coach history teacher syndrome” though he was the basketball coach, I can say that kukui is the top of S tier. Love those guys not because they are easy, though they usually are, but because they’re fun and at least mine was a huge history nerd who really made us invest in the lessons.

Markus Carr

2y↑4

Kukuis placement broke my heart, but I have to agree. I never thought about it before, but he's definitely the "easy a" professor. He gives off a lot of "boss that tries to be everyone's friend" vibes.

Marmaduke Nixon

2y↑154

Ranking laventon is difficult as its almost a completely different standard. Imagine running Newton or Gibbon through your system. Newton wouldn't have any chairs as he would have thrown them out the window at a noisy passer by. The problem is, is the job of a professor to get people up to speed of current learning, to manage the future assets of research (getting the students to expand the field of knowledge) or to utilise departmental resource, including students, to break new ground themselves. Whichever answer you pick laventon ticks all boxes.

bookmasterharry

2y↑6

I would like to say that Rowan is a bit of a Bad Ass. In the games, Team Galaxy grunts are trying to mug him and he's just like, 'What are you idiots doing, you look ridiculous, you don't know what your doing, if you where to actually fight me you would lose I don't even need to fight you myself.' Also, Kukui never let his Battling Career interfere with his abilities as a teacher. In fact, it was his way of studying, learning about Pokémon so that he could better teach his students. He just also wanted it to be private.

Jose Ssegovia

2y↑420

“My child” isn’t creepy, it’s just context. He is old and British so he likes to hold himself as a teaching father figure. Now if he followed that by “give me a hug” or “let me give you a massage” or complementing their looks in a none professional THEN they be creepy. Also for the dangerous part, people didn’t have the luxury of safety and a childhood in their teens back then, you were a man or a woman by the age of 14+ and started to help around the home. Also might as well be Japanese Wild West (or in this case wild north) so you have to carry your own weight.

Chig Bungus

2y↑6

Bold of you to assume 14 is the age of maturity, most cultures consider puberty as the onset of maturity especially since actual age wasn’t really measured most of the time so I would’ve been 9-14

Jose Ssegovia

2y↑22

@Chig Bungus bold of you to misconstrue what I said and ignore the + in the 14. Japan for instance has the sexual consent age at 13 and obviously the + means that the range did not stop at 14. Some cultures saw you as adult when you take a right of passage, some when your facial hair began to grow ( and we know how diverse that age bracket is). So me others saw bleeding to down there to be at cusp of adulthood. You must also remember or learn that people did not live as long as we did back then ( specially if you don’t have the resources to keep healthy or healed). And like I said, times were tough so proving you can pull your weight was a good sign of entering adulthood.

Chig Bungus

2y↑3

@Jose Ssegovia + means above the age of 14 also I’m agreeing with you. I just pointed out that it’s not exclusive to japan and it’s a global thing. I also said it could be even younger. Regardless puberty is usually adulthood back then. Most rituals or rites are performed after puberty anyways and facial hair is a product of puberty sooo we agree???

Jose Ssegovia

2y↑4

@Chig Bungus ah yes we agree. Sorry if I seemed antagonistic Lol.

Chig Bungus

@Jose Ssegovia np

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Michael Mills

2y↑2.1K

Re: The lack of chairs. I've always assumed that the pokemon games environments are meant to presented from a child's point of view. What the player sees is all the stuff the child they are RPs would see. In a professor's office, they would focus on the books, the machines, the table with the pokemon balls on it and ignore normal every day stuff like the chairs, but would notice them in a random NPC's houses. I also feels like this explains why the cities/towns are so small: they only put in the places the child remembers in that place. All those houses that don't have doors? The child has never been in them.

Zoe Bee

2y↑761

That is a really interesting theory! I never thought of it that way, but now that you mention it, it does make sense!

Diego Doumecq

2y↑304

That would also explain why everything in the game is child safe. Nobody curses? really? Suspicious if you ask me. Hey but it's just a theory A GAME TH.. I'll see myself out.

Crow ///

2y↑158

This is such an adorable theory wtf

Naipom01

2y↑214

I actually use this viewpoint when looking at the Pokedex too. They literally have 10 year olds doing the entries, no wonder everything is so exaggerated

Jora

2y↑121

Heh, that's really sweet way to give a "lore" explanation to game design limitations like that!

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Alex Chrisander

2y↑5

Man, poor Laventon. I would rate him S tier because he's at a time where society if first really forming, but he is a professor in being very dedicated to studying Pokemon and completing the first Dex. He accompanies you on trips, acknowledges his own short comings (he cannot really catch pokemon, but loves to study them) but tries to support you and everyone else on the survey team and guide your efforts. He compiles all the information and obviously is very knowledgeable. He makes the first "masterball" just with limited technology and the help of a skilled crafter in Rei/Akari. He's way more involved in actually trying to discover things and find solutions to problems compared to many other professors, but it might be my bias because I never really watched the anime and only played the games. I could understand the weirdness of Laventon as I initially found it weird that he uses "my child," but recognized it as an old-time English way to refer to a younger person. I think it would track better if he did it only after getting to know you more, but he is also suppose to be your first and primary advocate in a town that doesn't generally trust you so they were making him the quick almost adoptive parent which seems odd to do with a professor with looking through a modern lense.

Iaxacs

2y↑7

"Even grumpy old men can be good teachers." Rowan reminds me of a science teacher in high school. Man was always bitching and being a smartass but it jived well with students and he had genuine interest in teaching. He held expectations of each student but didn't look down on them rather just wanted them to rise up to their potential. I still remember more of his teachings then most of my other teachers.

pengie9290

2y↑8

To give Kukui some credit, he specializes in studying pokemon attacks. His pro wrestling doubles as his actual research.

Roblox Sans

2y↑1

Tbh, Laventon is the BEST professor. He wrote all 200 something Pokédex entries, and when we complete all Pokédex entries he even congratulates us in a way, and helped us from falling from the Space Time Destortion. He and the other gender player character (Akari/Rei) during when you were kicked out of the Galaxy Expidition Team they were sad, meaning that they never thought we would die out there. Also him being a nice guy aswell.

Edit: I wanted to add this, Laventon also is learning about pokemon with you, since this is the First Pokédex of the World/Hisui/Sinnoh

Edgardo J. Cruz

2y↑54

Prof. Elm also has a wife and child in the games. However it's implied he overworks and rarely is home. Also his research is based on Pokemon Eggs, Baby Pokemon, and breeding. Of which he barely touches on and practically ignores.

GamerGod88

2y↑3.1K

An intellectual version of Markiplier's "Smash or pass: all 898 pokemon"

solo uno

2y↑37

Markiplier produces vitriol

Aryc

2y↑175

@solo uno Vitriol:
1. cruel and bitter criticism.
2. sulfuric acid
So, uh, pretty clear you meant neither of these, what did you actually mean?

Asma Gamer

2y↑126

@Aryc Probably used “big-brained” words to make himself seem smarter.

Aryc

2y↑166

@Asma Gamer Alternatively: Perhaps Markiplier is an alien that produces sulfuric acid.

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Mr.MagillanicaMayvin

2y↑1

Lovely vibes, lovely editing, lovely love of Pokémon (and taste in fictional men), just lovely in general. Enjoyed this one a lot.

Chickadee Stevenson

2y↑2

You need to cover the side-profs.
Professor Mirror is such a DITZ and I love his himbo energy.

Avery Patrick

2y↑74

The only ranking I disagree with is Laventon. The conditions he's teaching in aren't really his fault, and while I agree he was be a bit too nice, at least its directed towards everyone, so it isn't creepy, in my mind. He also has a great desire to further his research and learn more about this world so he can teach people how to deal with Pokémon and thrive in this dangerous world. I really wouldn't put him above B tier, probably high C tier in my mind, but D tier is a bit too low.

Georgi Nikolov

2y↑2

Zoe: Why don't we have any good cat Pokemon?
Sprigatito 8 days later: Hold my grass

Jason Italiano

2y↑45

A thing that matters in regards to Lavington is that he does sort of adopt the player in the first 5 minutes of Legends Arceus. Remember Galatic was going to leave you outside with those murderous monsters until he steps to vouch for the player AND take responsibility if the player makes a mess of things...
They might have forgotten that bit in the story but that isn't relevant.

Robin Lan

2y↑333

Frank West

2y↑31

considering that, as far as I know, he is the only scholar in the region and there is no university known to exist, he probably gave that title to himself

Dracos002

2y↑12

Tbf, the food and shelter thing is more Cyllene's job. Though Laventon did vouch for the MC to her.

Also his hat is atrocious what are you talking about.

Robin Lan

2y↑23

@Dracos002 oh I meant the potato mochi mostly. A boss that gets you food EVERYDAY? FUCK YEAH

Dracos002

2y↑1

@Robin Lan I'm pretty sure it's not out of Laventon's pocket, though. It's probably just from the Galaxy Team funds.

Arséne Lupin

2y↑14

@Dracos002 but still it's all thanks to laventon that convinced Kamado in the first place, also he is always with you on your expeditions

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Melissa Jetzt Languages

2y↑2

What I do love about the newer generations of games (including non-mainline games like Pokemon GO and New Pokemon Snap) and anime is that there's A LOT more focus on the research side of the Pokemon world. About curiosity and learning. Plus, it's just overall become more wholesome.

I was going back to watch earlier anime I missed recently. And I noticed things like Clemont continuously doing experiments that blow up. And while that was frustrating and annoying to see over and over again, it was kind of refreshing in a way to see him keep trying after all those failures. That's the real scientific process. I got a few awards for poster presentations for some of my in-progress research but it actually ended up failing, so I never published it (that's a whole other rabbit hole about learning from failure in academia).

Overall, I think Pokemon is great for getting kids interested in the scientific process in a fun way. It's amazing.

Ather Flame

2y↑1

Fun fact about professor juniper, she most likely does have teaching experience as in the black to white to games, instead of her being the professor to give you your Pokémon, it is her student and assistant Bianka, who in the original black and white games was a rival.

Edit: laventon Hass to be one of my favorite professors solely due to his kindness, this is a bit of a spoiler for ledgeneds Arceus but when you are exiled from jubilife, he’s extremely worried, and as such make sure you’re still able to use the camps which is important, and when you get back to the Village with the red chain, it is revealed that he had been extremely worried that you wouldn’t survive. He genuinely seems to be a very caring teacher, and his classroom set up does seem to mimic the time period, as it’s small and condensed, I’d rank him a B teir from what we have so far.

Zach Johnson

2y↑19

Funny story: I had a professor that could have been the real life Birch. Same type of outfit (minus the coat), hair, sandals and body type. The part where you mentioned "he does most of teaching in the field". That's totally him, though he was also great in a classroom setting.

The Notorious Scoundrels

2y↑4

Birch in real
In real life

TchShade

Another thing to mention for in-game Juniper (at least for b&w1) is that there's a section where she lets a trainer named Bianca (one of your friends) do research and learning with her in chargestone caves. In b&w2, 2 years later, Bianca has become Juniper's professor. Juniper along with her other qualities is also a very inspiring professor to her students :')

Kirara

2y↑14

In the case of Laventon, he's in a time where people are just meeting Pokemon, so there's nobody to real mentor or teach. He's more a researcher and author than an educator.

EvilGuacamoleGaming

2y↑740

I am generally in agreement but Kukui is S Tier. He's never put the wrestling before being a professor and I think professors should be allowed to have hobbies which, while he's professional at wrestling, it's always just a personal passion. Beyond that, we get to see him a lot and learn a lot about his teaching method. He's adaptive, he does multiple methods, he works to help shore up weak areas in a student while elevating strong areas to new heights.

I love Kukui. Though... perhaps you are right that Burnet is even more amazing.

Its_theSnoop

2y↑112

I wholeheartedly agree with this, and would like to add: Kukui's field of expertise is Pokémon battles. While wrestling is a hobby for him, it could technically count as field work.

EvilGuacamoleGaming

2y↑13

@Its_theSnoop True. I'd count it!

Pikahetti

2y↑1

agreed.

Stupider and Unnecessarier

2y↑13

So, Kukui is the pokemon version of Plato being a philosopher, and also a proffesional wrestler.

Niello

2y↑4

The couple is honestly just fire.

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Dozzy 9

2y↑2

It was really nice to listen to. While playing through gen V games I had a feeling Professor Juniper had a caring and encouraging demeanor. Also in BW2 games you could almost always call her and ask for advice (about dex completion or pokemon info).

Also, I would suggest checking Professor Bellis from Pokemon Masters, she seems to be a cool professor/teacher as well.

Eric Bright

Rowan is my favorite Professor. When we first see him in the anime, he sees that Dawn is lost and offers help. When Dawn says she'll be fine, he responds "Perhaps, but right now you look lost" and brings her to his lab. Stern but kind.

B Rae

2y↑46

Professor Lavington should get more points for his groundbreaking research. He’s 200 years older than everyone else old the list, and appears to have set the standards that they all operate by today. Lavington shouldn’t be judged the same way as modern professors, 200 years ago child endangerment was considered less of an issue.

Hannah Davis

2y↑5

anaiaram

2y↑4

personally i think Magnolia should've had points deducted for nepotism

Dude

2y↑735

Can I just say about Laventon, the my child thing I took as a more parental approach since you don't have ANYBODY in the region that knows you (and he knows that too), and he did always vouch and side with you whenever he could. I'd also associate the danger as an "uncontrollable workplace hazard" if laventon could make things not dangerous he would, but he's a professor for an expedition to a new wild region. Also Also, he IS technically always out in the field with you to and always walks back with you, which shows he does spend a lot of time with our player character too. (I really enjoyed the video btw, I just think Laventon passed the vibe check! So thanks for putting him in S Teir. Also I am a Sycamore Simp, so I'd put him in S teir out of bias, same goes for Kukui lmao)

Zoe Bee

2y↑103

Hey, no judgment here, friend 😅

Dude

2y↑24

@Zoe Bee love your stuff! Keep it up!

Frowny Clowny

2y↑50

I second this comment as I’m a Laventon apologist

blarg2429

2y↑21

The S in S-tier stands for Sycamore.

Chickadee Stevenson

2y↑3

Professor Laventon is not only from 200 years ago, but from Galar and now in the Hisui/Shinno region. So of course he's gonna come off as weird. And you are "old enough to pull your weight". So he's just probably being polite... and VERY Galarian. (aka Very British). And on sabattical helping out in Hisiu. I'd say he'd be considered very soft and odd by the mesures of his day. Since a proper Galarian Professor might be CANING you or something for screwing up.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

2y↑10

The Professor Laventon defense squad is uniting the comments and I do declare that I am all for it! Let us give the old boy our support!

ColdspaceDog

2y↑1

We can’t lose with obi wan on our side, especially if we manage to get above them

Gatto Nerusa

2y↑3

I genuinely appreciate how you judged Professor Birch since from what I've seen so far, he's a laughing stock due to his clumsiness. It's nice to see some positivity for Professor Birch and I definitely agree with his A-tier position!!! Thank you for making this video!! :D

Nicolas Mendoula

2y↑1

Kukui deserve an higher rank. He's very dedicated to his students.

(Plus you can see his abs during class. Which can be ...distracting I admit)

He was like a father figure to Ash and taught him a lot of things. Plus Alola is definitely the best setting.

I like Birch daddy energy. A lot of fun to learn with him. Sonia is cool too. Her young age makes her more accessible I guess.

Jackie

2y↑6

With sycamore…he’s also SO French. That’s just the vibe from where he lives.

Also, Lavanton is an immigrant from the Pokémon version of India, so this is likely a cultural term of endearment and he likely has an accent if he were a real person.

Xsior

2y↑1

He's most likely from Galar, not India. He has more british vibes, uses galar alphabet and while Copperajah is based on indian elephant, it's living in the wild in galar as well.

masterplusmargarita

2y↑281

Kukui strikes me as a good teacher - as in, like, middle schoolish level - but not at university level. He seems like he'd be great at making young kids excited to learn and connecting with them on their level, but maybe less so at getting across complex undergrad level material.

Demian Salinas

2y↑36

I mean... Thats what he does.

He teaches the player character or ash and similar aged friends in the anime.

He doesn't even have assistants while for Example Burnet is more pf a researcher that operates full-time in the Lab

Anonymous Fellow

2y↑8

I think Kukui would do just fine teaching at higher levels. The protagonists are always middle schoolers, so that’s how he adapts. His wife is doing wormhole research and he keeps up with her just fine, it’s just not where he chooses to focus his efforts—he’s far more interested in giving younger generations a solid foundation, studying battling from both a theoretical and sociological perspective, as well as his own Dream of elevating Alola in the eyes of other regions (ie, pushing back against the neo colonialism seen with the tourism.)

Katelyn D

This was honestly fantastic and way more in depth than I expected. I enjoyed the editing too.

Jade

2y↑1

This was really interesting! As a studying teacher I find a lot of things in this video noteworthy given that I'm trying to reflect a lot of the good qualities you mentioned in the high ranking professors. From one educator to another, thank you :)

JestarXHearts

2y↑1

I feel for Sonia her mentoring and teaching of Hop shouldn't be underestimated as he does seem to be working hard and passionately under Sonia's tutelage. I just feel when it comes to caring about students and wanting to help them learn about themselves like Sonia was helping Hop do she has a lot of things going for her towards the end of SWSH.

Also I am so glad someone else loves Prof Birch as much as I do. I grew up with Ruby/Sapphire being my first games and eventually played them all. That dad bod though was soo good

Ray Raffiki

2y↑10

"Why don't we have any good cat pokemon"
Sprigatito enters the chat

Game Hobbie

2y↑7

As you fill out the first Pokédex, you learn Laventon does come from Galar. This reflects on the way he speaks, relays information, and presents himself. He try’s to be proper in his organized mess, and shows genuine interest in the players discoveries and success. Though, he really does give off a bit of the Elm vibe.

Daga

2y↑453

Professor Laventon is actually pretty good in my opinion. Sure his knowledge is limited, but at the same time it's way ahead of everyone else at the time. He is also very good at seeing his students. He holds your hand before he has had the opportunity to judge your skill, but has full confidence in you when you've proved that you can handle it. He is also one of the most sensible professors. We've seen multiple other professors walk into the snowy regions with nothing to protect them from the cold because they care more about their looks than their health. Laventon on the other hand knows that Sinnoh is a cold unforgiving land and is always prepared with a cozy hat.

Antiday

2y↑102

I have great respect for Laventon too. This is a professor who balances research and mentoring well. He's the least absent of the teachers, imo; he's always with the player out in the wilds, in a little ol campsite where he himself could very well perish to the elements or monsters; he is nothing but encouraging and positive to the player, and essentially funds the player (so here's a teacher who knows how to incentivize learning and research). He doesnt just say "get out there and fill up the dex", he rewards it and is also out there in the field with you. He eats with his students, and while i know some students might prefer a barrier betwn teacher and students, i never saw Laventon's actions as creepy; rather, the teacher-student barrier doesnt even occur to him - the man is treating the player and rival as his colleagues, and also more importantly but less inferrably, as equals. With Laventon, there's no sense of rank, so to speak, he treats you as a subject matter expert in your field as much as you treat him as an sme in his.

Some more points:
- he has a help bulletin board in his lab. Here's a prof who cares beyond his profession; he even created an avenue for the player to get information on and to assist the local community. Laventon is more than a prof, more than a teacher: he's a good person.
- Laventon is the only prof we've seen thus far in the games where the starter(s) you did not pick are shown to be given free range outside of the pokeballs, and comfily nestled in the lab in their respective spots that he constructed specifically to resemble their natural biomes. This man genuinely loves pokemon in a world that is terrified of them.

Finally, I also assumed in good faith that his calling of the children "child" is moreso Gamefreak trying to create an ancient setting and thus trying to make him sound archaic, but i agree, in a modern-day setting, that would ofc sound cheesy haha!

DIERSTEIN Julien

2y↑33

Also on the "free range" aspect, the pokemon that you, player, have captured but are not keeping on hand, are explicitly put in pastures, and you can see some of them hanging out in the village.
It's a world that treats pokeballs as a mean to transport pokemons, not as something they should be permanently confined to.

Demian Salinas

2y↑5

I mean, XX century science was more of a "what will try today boys" approach.

A lot of hitting and seeing what sticks.
It fits with a professor cataloguing an unexplored zone ecosistem

Shiry

2y↑1

I agree for the most part, but Kukui is S tier. I watched the entire Sun and Moon anime and he's great in it, he's definitely one of my favourite characters. He really tries to adapt to his students and helps them overcome things they struggle with. He also just seems like a really caring dude. His wrestling career never seems to interfere with his teaching job either, it actually helps him study moves.

Still a pretty fun video though ^^

JillandIanStudio

I think a lot of people forget we do know a little more about Professor Oak from the Pokémon movie 4Ever. SPOILERS AHEAD (just in case you never know)

We get to know more about Professor Oak in his childhood days. It’s shown at the end of the movie that Sam grows up to be Professor Oak and the way they revel that is incredibly cute. It shows how much Oak values knowing Ash and maybe why he cares a bit more about him than his own grandson because he forgets his name in the games lol.
But anyways Professor Oak reminds me of some professors I had in college like the sweet old man type that is passionate about his work. I personally would have rated him A quality and I’m not just saying that out of personal childhood bias.

MTG Studios

This was honestly a banger of a video. This was absolutely incredible. Fantastic job Zoe.

KihanaKat

Professor Juniper is my favorite Pokémon professor! She’s super nice to the player character and is really enthusiastic about the Pokédex and learning more about Pokémon.

HeroG9000

Wow I really love how all the professors have a very distinct teaching atyle and how they study. All their personalities are very different and it’s really cool too think about the first person you see, who introduces you to world of Pokémon is. It’s very neat!

Natalie Rogers

2y↑180

I will gladly go to bat for Professor Kukui, the BEST professor, both in personality and in teaching. He has thee best classroom (even better than Magnolia): completely open air with desks he freely moves around, a giant slide AND a secret superhero lair underneath. He's not only the ONLY professor who teaches full time, ALONG with being a professional wrestler AND father (even before he has his own kid, he is Ash's father change my mind). He pays attention to the individual needs of all his students and caters lessons around those needs (Lillie especially, who he gently encourages to help her overcome her fear of pokemon). He takes the kids on TONS of field trips and brings in lots of outside instructors like the kahunas to teach the kids Alolan history. He's such a good teacher that he got Ash to the Alola League and was the only mentor who was actually able to coach him into winning a league! Kukui is S tier and I will not stand for this slander of his abilities. Jocks can be smart too!

MoonBased

2y↑1

As someone who played Gen 5,

Juniper was really good in the games! Although she’s not my favorite (mine is a tie between Rowan or Kukui) but she’s really sweet and love her girl boss energy!

Also fun fact about her:
Originally they were gonna make Juniper a man but Sugimori decided to make her a woman which honestly I am glad that they did since Juniper’s design we have today is just so adorable!

Brandon M

Interesting video idea, can't believe no one has thought of this before!
Some things I would add to further boost Rowan are that he is described as Oak's senior, indicating a lot of experience, and he also gave Cynthia (one of Pokémon's best champions) her starter and Pokédex indicating he is a great mentor too

Ockto

2y↑1

Professor Sycamore in the anime has a pretty amazing lab. They don't show it in the game, but in the anime, the lab has a massive greenhouse where students get hands-on learning with pokemon who live in the building. Sycamore also was able to calm down a Garchomp so that's something.

Zoe Bee

2y↑2

That actually sounds really amazing. I'm a sucker for greenhouses!

Carline Moon

2y↑1

I adore "Desmond Used Charm". I like the Purrlion and the Litten, but not the Litten's final evolution. If you look in the first game for Professor Oak's classroom it is difficult to tell if the tables that he uses have drawers, or if they are stools which are stored beneath them. In real life I had a science professor who's tables had space beneath where the stools were pushed between classes, or to get them out of the way, and I just automatically think that his space has the same thing, so if you need the stool you can sit, but you can just as easily stand and move around without having them to pump in the way.

KTVX.94

2y↑1

Laventon deserves some credit, he's the only one that actually comes up with ideas and inventions that solve problems in the story. He does research and applies it with ingenuity. He's more of a scientist than professor.

tedweird

2y↑239

Just wanna point out the Japanese word for Professor is the same as the word for Doctor, Scientist, Researcher, or any particularly respected expert on a subject. Most of the Pokémon professors are somewhere between with a definite bent towards research

Jack S

2y↑29

Heck, in Japanese all the "Professors" have the title Doctor, with only one exception: Professor Hastings, from the Pokemon Ranger series, is a Professor even in Japanese.

tedweird

2y↑3

@Wavewatcher partially, yeah, but it still has entertainment value, like "aunt/uncle tier list for league of legends characters" or similar

Spudsworth

2y↑18

Yeah, this detail was kind of bugging me while watching the video. It's still a fun video, but it was a bit frustrating to have the characters judged on things like teaching experience and classroom set-ups when they're never really claimed to be teaching professors.

ShoraiKitteh

Im not sure if this has been said already, but Juniper actually has SOME confirmed teaching experience! In the the of Black and White and throughout follow up games Black and White 2, Bianca, a rival, is actually studying under her as an apprentice!

daftward

I highly recommend playing through the BW games. The series takes a critical look at itself and the story shows the growth of multiple rivals, with one becoming the professor's assistant in the sequel, another taking a teaching role.

It's heartbreaking and charming at parts, and I am definitely going to buy those remakes when they come out.

Broomer52

I would hazard that Laventon is at least C Tier. He’s bumbling and super friendly but is also very caring and well learned. He’s traveled to all the known world and parts unknown and his room is quite literally overflowing with knowledge that he’s eager to share.

Ginger Kays

2y↑1

My two favorite Pokémon professors are Birch and Kukui. Sapphire was my first Pokémon game, and I love the anime portrayal of Professor Kukui

Bod Pellegrini

2y↑1

This was such an interesting video! As someone who wants to become a teacher I learned more about being a good one through this rating, thank you!

Periodic Gaming

2y↑303

One thing I didn’t like about the Pokémon professors (until Laventon) is that they say they are Professors, when they act more like researchers, so I love the idea of trying to see how well they would do as actually professors.

H A

2y↑124

I believe the reason why they don't act like professors is because in the original Japanese games/anime they're called as 博士(hakase), which translates just as a person with rich knowledge of a specific field. So they're actually not supposed to teach anything.

Periodic Gaming

2y↑15

@H A I assumed it was something like that. Thanks for the translation!

FiveoClockTea

2y↑14

Professors do research though. All of. My professors at university had laboratories and did experiments and published papers

Periodic Gaming

2y↑12

@FiveoClockTea To be clear with what I meant, it never felt like the Professors were teaching. It always felt as though they were using us to help with research rather than attempting to teach us about Pokemon.

FiveoClockTea

2y↑4

@Periodic Gaming I guess I könnte what you mean, but I always felt like it was a research project where you do research yourself and just go to the professor to present your work out maybe ask a question 😅

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A11V1R15

2y↑1

Glad Juniper got S tier. She's the only character in the game that tells you how to evolve your Pokémon if you call her from the X-transceiver. Granted she don't tell exactly how to evolve, but giving a hint of how to do it seems way better than the answer didactically

DrumWild

2y↑1

When I was in college in the 80s, ALL of my professors were at least 60 years old. Same was true in grade school and high school.

I once asked why all of my professors were so old. They said that "life experience is just as important as book experience."

The times sure have changed.

handsoap

To confirm your take on Juniper since you haven’t played the games, every time she pops up in Black/White she’s there to teach the player one thing or another. Like when you reach Chargestone Cave, she’s there to teach you about Klink and encourages the player to catch and further study the Pokémon.

Ender

2y↑1

The most simple criticism is also the most technical one. Professor in Japanese means a lot of things, and professors are historically rarely teachers. In Japan especially, they have a specific term for a teacher: Sensei. Professor means researcher in the context of the pokemon games, and by that context, Laventon is probably the best, because he is a pioneer for all the rest.

ThePieGuy72

You should totally do the non-mainline professors too, that is if they have enough info on em. I know I'd watch!

Onar

2y↑146

Kukui being the professor you take for an easy A is a good take I'm glad to hear.

Song of Edith

2y↑1

NGL Professor Laventon is my favorite professor! His lab made me love him even more because he has a place for the starters to comfortably live in, and just feels more lived in.

peachpetal02

This was super fun! Loved seeing everyone through the lense of an actual professor.
Would love to see you rank some of the other, smaller pokemon professors (Ivy, Fennel, Burnet, Willow, etc)

Ginger Kays

Speculation before watching: I think Professor Kukui will be pretty well praised, considering his role in the anime. He actually teaches a class, he gives the students a lot of hands-on lessons, he encourages them to pursue their dreams

Adam Handoko

You know you're an academic when you verbally cite your sources as much as she does for Bulbapedia

tirelessfrog

That was dope!!! As a long time pokemon fan and fan of your videos and English, this was such a pleasant surprise. So nice to see it so passionately written :)

name

2y↑355

One interesting point in the games is that we actually see the results of rowan's mentorship through cynthia, who remarks nostalgically in the hall of fame about how it reminds her of when he first helped her. In many ways I feel like she ended up kind of like him, shes clearly caring and kind, but there's something inherently intimidating about her too. Whats more they both show good results in their given professions while also remaining dedicated to taking the extra time to help those in need

Peter Braunschweig

2y↑23

"there's something inherently intimidating about her too."

No kidding... piano music intensifies

Rok Kralj Koleša

2y↑4

@Peter Braunschweig her appearing makes the game go "we need boss music"

Chicken Nugget

2y↑6

@Peter Braunschweig Legends Arceus spoilers but

that intimidation via piano is genetic
😭

sikitywiked

2y↑2

Say what you will about Prof. Kukui, his teachings were actually given spotlight in the anime and his teachings helped Ash to become a champion where he continually failed before Alola :P

ViewtifulSam

44w

About Oak, I think his interactions with the player in GSC make he seem like a really cool visiting professor / co-advisor haha. Maybe not necessarily fit to be officially in charge but a good mentor figure.