Professor Hastings

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Professor Hastings
シンバラ教授 Prof. Shinbara
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As he appears in Pokémon Ranger
Gender Male
Hometown Fall City
Region Fiore
Trainer class Pokémon professor
Generation III
Games Ranger and Shadows of Almia

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 reappears in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia.

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.


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