Professor Hastings

Professor Hastings シンバラ教授 Prof. Shinbara
[[File:File:Professorhastings.JPG|{{{size}}}]] Art from Pokémon Ranger
Gender	Male
Hometown	Fall City
Region	Fiore
Trainer 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.

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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.

He reapears in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia.

Trivia

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As he appears in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

• 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).
• He is the only professor to appear as the main professor in two games.

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.