Professor Hastings
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| Professor Hastings シンバラ教授 Prof. Shinbara | |
 Art from Pokémon Ranger | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Hometown | Fall City |
| Region | Fiore |
| Relatives | Unknown |
| Class | Pokémon professor |
| Generation | III |
| Games | Ranger |
Professor Hastings (Japanese: シンバラ教授 Professor Shinbara) is a Pokémon professor who lives in Fall City in the Fiore region. He is the Ranger Union's chief of technology.
Professor Hastings is the creator of the Capture Styler and is an important figure for the Ranger federation. It is one of the hero's first missions to escort him from Ringtown back to Fall City, however along the way they are attacked by the Go-Rock Squad and Hastings's new prototype "Super Styler" is stolen.
Near the end of the game, it is revealed that Hastings and Gordor went to school together and at one point used to work as colleagues.
In the third Ranger Net mission, players are sent to capture a Mew so that Hastings may do research on it.
Trivia
Out of all the Pokémon professors so far, Hastings is the only one who is also a professor (教授 kyōju) in the Japanese version, whereas the others are all doctorate holders (博士 hakase).
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | シンバラ教授 Shinbara-kyōju | |
| English | Professor Hastings | From hasty. |
| French | Prof. Pressand | From pressant, urgent, pressing. |
| German | Prof. Hastings | |
| Italian | Prof. Frenesio | From frenesia, frenzy. |
| Spanish | Prof. Gobios | From agobios, worries. |
