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{{Character Infobox
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|name=Professor Laventon
|jname=ラベン博士
|tmname=Dr. Laven
|image=Legends Arceus Professor Laventon.png
|size=180px
|caption=Artwork from {{pkmn|Legends: Arceus}} by [[Ken Sugimori]]<ref>[[a:File:ProfessorLaventonSilverTempest162.jpg|Professor Laventon (Silver Tempest 162)]]</ref>
|gender=Male
|eyes=Lavender
|hair=Black
|hometown=[[Jubilife Village]] (original hometown unknown)
|region=[[Hisui]] (implied to be originally from [[Galar]])
}}
{{Character Infobox/Game
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|gen={{gen|VIII}}
|games={{pkmn|Legends: Arceus}}
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{{Character Infobox/Team
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|member=[[Galaxy Team]]
|rank=Member, Survey Corps
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{{Character Infobox/Anime
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|series=''[[Pokémon: Hisuian Snow]]''
|debut=''[[HIS03|Two Hues]]''
|enva=N/A
|jpva=N/A
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'''Professor Laventon''' (Japanese: '''ラベン博士''' ''Dr. Laven'') is a travelling [[Pokémon Professor]] who studies in the [[Hisui]] region. He is a member of the [[Galaxy Team]]'s Survey Corps and specializes in {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}'s modes of life.

==In the core series games==
===Pokémon Legends: Arceus===
Professor Laventon finds the {{player}} on [[Jubilife Village|Prelude Beach]] after they have fallen through the [[space-time rift]]. The appearance of the player has attracted the interest of the Professor's three [[first partner Pokémon]]. After the player awakens, the Pokémon run away and the Professor tasks the player with recapturing them. Impressed by their skill he takes the player to [[Jubilife Village]] to recruit them into the [[Galaxy Team]]'s Survey Corps.

For most of the game, Professor Laventon can be found at all [[base camp]]s or his laboratory in [[Galaxy Hall]]. The player can report their latest survey results by speaking to Laventon, which entails any Pokémon caught and {{OBP|research task|Legends: Arceus}}s completed since the last report. He will then reward the player with [[Pokémon Dollar|money]] and [[Rank (Galaxy Team)|research points]] based on these results.

The [[Pokédex entry|Pokédex entries]] in Pokémon Legends: Arceus are written by Laventon. Incidentally, he coined the term "[[scalchop and seamitar|scalchop]]" for {{p|Oshawott}}'s signature seashell and the term "[[aura]]" for {{p|Lucario}}'s signature energy wave control power. Laventon also observed that {{p|Unown}} resemble human writing from other lands, though no one takes him seriously.

===Pokémon Scarlet and Violet===
Professor Laventon makes a cameo in {{g|Scarlet and Violet}}. During Ms. [[Raifort]]'s history classes, a photo of Laventon appears on the classroom board as part of a timeline on the [[History of Poké Balls|history and development of the Poké Ball]].

===Pokémon===
====Gives to the player====
Professor Laventon gives the player their choice of [[first partner Pokémon]] from Pokémon he collected while traveling the {{pkmn|world}}. After the player has beaten the main story of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, he will give the player the remaining two first partner Pokémon once spoken to at his lab.

{|
|-
|
|{{Pokémon/7/LG
|ndex=722
|pokemon=Rowlet
|level=5
|gender=both
|type1=Grass|type2=Flying
|move1=Gust|move1type=Flying|move1cat=Special}}
|{{Pokémon/7/LG
|ndex=155
|pokemon=Cyndaquil
|level=5
|gender=both
|type1=Fire
|move1=Quick Attack|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Physical}}
|{{Pokémon/7/LG
|pokemon=Oshawott
|ndex=501
|level=5
|gender=both
|type1=Water
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Physical}}
|}

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
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| style="border:2px solid #{{hisui color light}}; background:#{{hisui color light}}" | [[File:Professor Laventon concept art.png|x200px]]
| style="border:2px solid #{{hisui color light}}; background:#{{hisui color light}}" | [[File:Hisuian Snow Cyllene and Laventon.png|x200px]]
|- style="color:#FFF"
| Concept art from {{color2|FFF|Pokémon Legends: Arceus|Legends: Arceus}}
| Credits Illustration from ''{{color2|FFF|HIS03|Two Hues}}''
|}

===Sprites and models===
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| style="border:2px solid #{{hisui color light}}; background:#{{hisui color light}}" | [[File:Professor Laventon SV Classroom Board Sprite.png]]
|- style="color:#FFF"
| Classroom board sprite from the opening of {{color2|FFF|Pokémon Scarlet and Violet|Scarlet and Violet}}
|}

==Quotes==
{{main|Professor Laventon/Quotes}}

==In the TCG==
[[File:ProfessorLaventonSilverTempest162.jpg|200px|thumb|Professor Laventon in the TCG]]
{{main|Professor Laventon (Silver Tempest 162)}}
'''Professor Laventon''' was introduced as a {{TCG|Supporter card}} in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese {{TCG|S-P Promotional cards}} and the English {{TCG|Silver Tempest}} expansion, with artwork by [[Ken Sugimori]]. It allows the player to put up to three Pokémon that have "Hisuian" in their names from their discard pile into their hand.
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==Trivia==
* As the Galaxy Expedition Team consists of foreigners to Hisui, Laventon is the only known [[Pokémon Professor]] in the [[core series]] not to be from the region he resides in.
** There are several hints in the game that Professor Laventon may be from the [[Galar]] region:
*** In the Pokédex entry for {{p|Raichu}} he mentions {{p|Copperajah}} that live in his homeland, with Galar being the only region where they can be encountered that had been revealed as of the release of the game.
*** The writing on the blackboard in his office uses the alphabet from {{g|Sword and Shield}} instead of the style of writing used elsewhere in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
*** He often uses stock British phrases such as "jolly good". In other translations of the game such as German, he will sometimes speak in English instead.

==Names==
{| class="roundtable" style="background: #{{hisui color light}}; border: 3px solid #{{hisui color dark}}"
! Language
! Name
! Origin
|-
| Japanese
| ラベン博士 ''Dr. Laven''
| From ''{{wp|Lavandula|lavender}}''
|-
| English
| Professor Laventon
| From ''lavender''
|-
| German, Italian
| Professor Laven
| From his Japanese name
|-
| Spanish
| Profesor Lavender
| From ''lavender''
|-
| French
| Professeur Lavande
| From ''lavande'' (lavender)
|-
| Korean
| 라벤박사 ''Raben-{{tt|baksa|Dr.}}''
| Transcription of his Japanese name
|-
| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and Mainland China}})
| 拉苯博士 ''Dr. Lāběn''
| Transcription of his Japanese name
|-
| Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
| 拉苯博士 ''Dr. Lāaibún''
| Transcription of his Japanese name
|-
| Brazilian Portuguese
| Professor Alfazema
| From ''alfazema'' (lavender)
|-
| Russian
| Профессор Лавентон ''Professor Laventon''
| Transcription of his English name
|}
==References==
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{{Galaxy Team}}
{{Capture tutor}}<br>
{{Pokémon professor}}

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