Scientist (Trainer class)

Scientist けんきゅういん Researcher
Male Scientist Sprite from Black and White
Other names	Lab Man (Stadium) Researcher (Colo, XD) Cipher R&D (Colo, XD; working for Cipher) はぐれけんきゅういん Researcher Gone Astray (Generations I, II and HGSS)
Introduced in	Generation I
Appears in	Red, Blue, and Yellow Gold, Silver, and Crystal FireRed and LeafGreen Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Black and White Stadium, Stadium 2 Colosseum, XD
Gender	Both
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Anime debut	[[]]
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Manga debut	Dramatic Drapion & Crafty Kricketune I (Adventures)

A Scientist (Japanese: はぐれけんきゅういん Researcher Gone Astray in Generations I, II and HGSS, けんきゅういん Researcher in Generations III, V, and DPPt) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation I games. They are men in lab coats and glasses, with the ones in FireRed and LeafGreen as well as HeartGold and SoulSilver holding beakers as well. They are often aligned with Team Rocket, as shown throughout the first four generations, and with Team Galactic, as shown in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.

They generally use inorganic or artificial Pokémon such as Porygon, Muk, and Voltorb but also Psychic-type Pokémon in Sinnoh-and Unova-based games. Scientists of the Sinnoh and Unova regions also have a tendency to use Battle items such as X Attack.

In Pokémon Stadium, Scientists are known as Lab Men. In the English version of Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Scientists are known as Researchers, while Scientists working for Cipher are called Cipher R&D in XD.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Scientists appearing outside of the Battle Frontier have a sprite unique to themselves with clothes consisting of a tattered lab coat, unkempt hair, and black pants, while Scientists within the Battle Frontier use the Diamond, Pearl and Platinum sprite, which has them wearing a normal-looking lab coat and white pants. This may be a reference to mad scientists; also, the only Scientists outside of the Battle Frontier in these games are either members of Team Rocket or inhabit a cave, so it may reference their lifestyles.

In Black and White, female Scientists were introduced.

Also, in Black and White, every Scientist starts off a battle by using a Battle Item.

Appearance

Image from Red, Blue, and Yellow	Image from Gold and Silver, and Crystal	Image from Stadium 2	Researcher image from Colosseum	Image from FireRed and LeafGreen	Researcher and Cipher R&D image from Pokémon XD	Image from Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver*	Image from HeartGold and SoulSilver	Images from Black and White

Trainer List

Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Scientist	Initial battle	1400	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	-------	-------	-------
Scientist	Initial battle	1300	Lv.28	Lv.26	Lv.26	Lv.26	-------	-------
Scientist	Initial battle	1450	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist	Initial battle	1650	Lv.33	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist	Initial battle	1450	Lv.26	Lv.26	Lv.26	Lv.26	-------	-------
Scientist	Initial battle	1250	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	-------
Scientist	Initial battle	1450	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist	Initial battle	1450	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist	Initial battle	1400	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	-------	-------	-------
Scientist	Initial battle	1450	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist	Initial battle	1450	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist	Initial battle	1650	Lv.33	Lv.22	Lv.33	-------	-------	-------
Scientist	Initial battle	1700	Lv.34	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Scientist Jed	Initial battle	2000	Lv.20	Lv.20	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Marc	Initial battle	2700	Lv.27	Lv.27	Lv.27	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Mitch	Initial battle	2400	Lv.24	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Rich	Initial battle	3000	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Ross	Initial battle	2200	Lv.22	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Scientist Beau	Initial battle	1248	Lv.26	Lv.26	Lv.26	Lv.26	-------	-------
Scientist Braydon	Initial battle	1584	Lv.33	Lv.33	Lv.33	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Connor	Initial battle	1248	Lv.26	Lv.26	Lv.26	Lv.26	-------	-------
Scientist Ed	Initial battle	1344	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Gideon	Initial battle	2208	Lv.46	Lv.46	Lv.46	Lv.46	Lv.46	-------
Scientist Ivan	Initial battle	1632	Lv.34	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Jerry	Initial battle	1344	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Jose	Initial battle	1392	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Joshua	Initial battle	1392	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Parker	Initial battle	1392	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Rodney	Initial battle	1584	Lv.33	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Taylor	Initial battle	1200	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	-------
Scientist Ted	Initial battle	1392	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Travis	Initial battle	1392	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Zachary	Initial battle	---	Lv.100	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Diamond/Pearl

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Scientist Darrius	Initial battle	1776	Lv.37	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Emilio (Tag battle)	Initial battle	2112	Lv.23	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Fredrick	Initial battle	1680	Lv.35	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Shaun	Initial battle	912	Lv.19	Lv.19	-------	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	1440	Lv.30	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Second rematch	1920	Lv.40	Lv.40	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Third rematch	2544	Lv.53	Lv.53	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Stefano	Initial battle	1008	Lv.21	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Travon	Initial battle	720	Lv.15	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Platinum

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Scientist Darrius	Initial battle	2016	Lv.42	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Emilio (Tag battle)	Initial battle	2544	Lv.27	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Fredrick	Initial battle	1920	Lv.40	Lv.40	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Shaun (Rematch)	Initial battle	1248	Lv.30	Lv.26	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Stefano	Initial battle	1440	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Travon	Initial battle	960	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Scientist Daniel	Initial battle	1600	Lv.50	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Garett	Initial battle	864	Lv.27	Lv.27	Lv.27	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Gregg	Initial battle	640	Lv.20	Lv.20	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Linden	Initial battle	1600	Lv.50	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Lowell	Initial battle	1600	Lv.50	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Mitch	Initial battle	768	Lv.24	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Ross	Initial battle	704	Lv.22	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Trenton	Initial battle	960	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Black/White

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Scientist♀ Blythe	Initial battle	3072	Lv.64	Lv.64	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♀ Chan	Initial battle	3024	Lv.63	Lv.63	Lv.63	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♀ Kathrine	Initial battle	3072	Lv.64	Lv.64	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♀ Kazuho	Initial battle	2400	Lv.50	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♂ Kenji	Initial battle	1632	Lv.34	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♂ Luke	Initial battle	3072	Lv.64	Lv.64	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♀ Maria	Initial battle	1296	Lv.27	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♂ Markus	Initial battle	3024	Lv.63	Lv.63	Lv.63	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♀ Naoko	Initial battle	1392	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♂ Nathan	Initial battle	1680	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♂ Orville	Initial battle	1392	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♂ Randall	Initial battle	912	Lv.19	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♂ Ron	Initial battle	1296	Lv.27	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♂ Ronald	Initial battle	1392	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♀ Samantha	Initial battle	960	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♀ Satomi	Initial battle	816	Lv.17	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♀ Shannon	Initial battle	2976	Lv.62	Lv.62	Lv.62	Lv.62	-------	-------
Scientist♂ Simon	Initial battle	3072	Lv.64	Lv.64	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♂ Steve	Initial battle	960	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist♂ William	Initial battle	1296	Lv.27	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Two Scientists appear in Dramatic Drapion & Crafty Kricketune I and the next chapter of the Diamond & Pearl chapter where they guard Lake Valor on behalf of Cyrus's orders.

Pokémon

		Drapion
		One of the Scientists owns a Drapion. It was used to take on Diamond's Tru and Lax. Showing its ability to turn its head into a 180 degree angle, it easily finds Lax behind some rocks. Drapion along with Kricketune give chase to Diamond and Platinum with Diamond on her Ponyta. When Ponyta trips on a rock causing them to fall down, Drapion was about to finish them off until a bright light from an island blinds them, leaving Lax to finish Drapion and Kricketune off. Drapion's only known move is Cross Poison.
Debut	Dramatic Drapion & Crafty Kricketune I

		Kricketune
		One of the Scientists owns a Kricketune. It was used to take on Diamond's Tru and Lax. Kricketune showed with its knife-like hands a display of cutting by slashing a stone Lax was holding and playing a lullaby, putting Tru in its slumber, leaving Lax on its own. Kricketune along with Drapion give chase to Diamond and Platinum with Diamond on her Ponyta. When Ponyta trips on a rock causing them to fall down, Kricketune was about to finish them off until a bright light from an island blinds them, leaving Lax to finish Kricketune and Drapion off. Kricketune's known moves are Sing and X-Scissor.
Debut	Dramatic Drapion & Crafty Kricketune I

Trivia

• Fennel heavily resembles the female scientist.

In other languages

Language Title European French Scientifique German Forscher Italian Scienziato Korean 괴짜 연구원 (Goejja Yeonguweon) (II) 연구원 (Yeonguweon) (IV) European Spanish Científico

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