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The Professor's aides are assistants or scientists that work alongside the regional Professors. Aides specialize in many things from office work to field work.

In the games

Generation I

The Professor's aides are scattered all over Kanto, keeping tabs on how many Pokémon the player has caught, and give out item rewards if the player has caught a sufficient amount of Pokémon. These aid usually appear on the second floor of gates or in small buildings. The rewards are usually key items. In addition to the stationed aides, many other aides work in Professor Oak's lab, helping Oak with day-to-day tasks. In total, there are three aides in the Kanto region:

Location Amount of
Pokémon required
Item
First floor of the gate
on Route 2
File:BallPokéstatus.png 10 HM Normal HM05 (Flash)
Second floor of the gate
on Route 11
File:BallPokéstatus.png 30 Itemfinder Itemfinder
Second floor of the gate
on Route 15
File:BallPokéstatus.png 50
Bag none Sprite.png
Exp. All


Generation II

There is only one aide helping out Professor Elm in the lab and as a result of this, the two are often very busy. The assistant rarely goes out often; if he does, it would only be for a very important reason. When the player enters the lab for the first time and obtains a Pokémon from Professor Elm, the aide will give the player a Potion before the player leaves. After the rival steals one of the Pokémon from the the lab, he will also give the player five Poké Balls. After the player reaches Violet City, and defeats Falkner, Professor Elm will send his aide off to the Violet City Pokémon Center, where he will give the player, the Mystery Egg the Professor received earlier to the player for safe keeping.

Generation III

In FireRed and LeafGreen, the aides are very much similar to those in Generation I. They still keep tabs on how many Pokémon the player has caught and give out rewards if the player have caught a sufficient amount of Pokémon. Most of the items are different to Generation I, including many rare key items. In Generation III, there is a total of five items that can be obtained from the aides.

Location Amount of
Pokémon required
Item
First floor of the gate
on Route 2
File:BallPokéstatus.png 10 HM Normal HM05 (Flash)
First floor of the Pokémon
center near Rock Tunnel
File:BallPokéstatus.png 20 Everstone Everstone
Second floor of the gate
on Route 11
File:BallPokéstatus.png 30 Itemfinder Itemfinder
Second floor of the gate
on Route 16
File:BallPokéstatus.png 40 Amulet Coin Amulet Coin
Second floor of the gate
on Route 15
File:BallPokéstatus.png 50 Exp. Share Exp. Share


Generation IV

In Generation IV, Professor Rowan's aide will always be the alternate gender player character from the player. That is, if the player chose Lucas, Dawn will be the aide, and vice versa. The aide will live in Sandgem Town with his/her little sister, grandfather, and father - who works as an assistant of Professor Rowan. They are already the Professor's assistant at the beginning of the game. He/she will also demonstrates to the player how to capture Pokémon by capturing a wild Bidoof, before giving the player five Poké Balls. On Route 207, the aide will give the player a Pokétch app, the Dowsing Machine, and a key item, the Vs. Seeker. Later in the game, the aide will have their Pokédex stolen by a Team Galactic Grunt, but gets it back with the help of the player. The aide can be seen at different stages of the game, usually following Professor Rowan around. At the end of the game, the aide can always be found outside Professor Rowan's lab in Sandgem Town, usually giving out pieces of advice. If the player speaks to the aide when his/her birthday on the Nintendo DS calendar matches the current date, he/she will wish the player a happy birthday.

In addition, the aforementioned aide's father will also appear in various parts of the game. He will first be seen in Route 206, giving the player an Exp. Share. He will also appear on Route 218, upgrading the Pokédex and allowing the player to view gender or form differences.

Elm's aide also appears in this generation, in much the same manner as Generation II, however rather than being in the Pokémon Center to give the player the egg after Elm has inspected it, he is inside the Poké Mart.

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