Professor Alden

Professor Alden (Japanese: ウメズ教授 Professor Umezu) was a one-time character of the anime who appeared in the episode A Ruin with a View. He is voiced by Wayne Grayson in English and 松本保典 Yasunori Matsumoto in Japanese. He was an archaeologist who had his base in the Pokémon Center of Oldale Town.

He showed Ash and May the nearby ruins and informs them about the Pokémon that resided there. Suddenly Team Magma members arrived and blackmailed Alden so that he gives them access to the ruins. He was then kidnapped by Team Magma and ultimately succumbed to their threats and opened up a secret chamber of the ruins with the help of four colored orbs for the Magma members to enter. Team Magma inspects the room and then go away dissatisfied, leaving Alden unharmed. Ash and May arrive in the scene just too late and see Team Magma escaping in a helicopter. The Professor then takes them to a deeper part of the ruins after Pikachu Thunderbolts Team Rocket away. There, he shows them a lake filled with the pre-historic Pokémon Relicanth.

Later, the group waved good-bye to him and set on their way for Petalburg City.

This article is part of Project COD, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each one-time character of the Pokémon anime.