Professor Westwood V

Professor Westwood V (Japanese: Nishimori the 5th) is a character of the day in the Pokémon anime who appeared in The Evolution Solution. His English voice actor is Nathan Price

He is bald, except for patches of curly gray hair on the sides, and identically big, frizzy eyebrows. He has a big, round nose which turns up at the end, and wears a lab coat, typical of Pokémon Professors.

Upon reaching the Seafoam Islands, Ash and his friends meet Professor Westwood. Ash sums up Westwood's personality by whispering "He seems a little eccentric". Eccentric, indeed, can describe Professor Westwood, who prefers to be called Westwood V, as Brock even theorizes that his eccentricity is hereditary; portraits of four identical Westwood ancestors adorn the walls on the Westwood V's Laboratory.

He is esteemed for his work on the Pokédex, which he invented and programmed. Professor Westwood admitted to Ash later in the episode, though,that he made up some of the information in the Pokédex. Westwood doesn't travel much, and merely relies on reports for his Pokédex data.

When Ash and friends meet up with him, his task at that time was to discover how Slowpoke evolve into Slowbro. The problem, after stumping the famous professor, was soon solved as the episode progressed, with Jessie's Shellder clamping on Westwood's Slowpoke's tail. Slowpoke evolved into Slowbro, thus commencing Westwood's studies on the matter.

This task done was in the hope that he would be awarded more, thus thinking that the Pokémon Symposium would be impressed by his work. The outcome of this, though, is uncertain.

Westwood is eccentric in such a way that he prays to the portraits of Westwood I to IV, and sometimes forgets and prays to his own portrait, as well. He has also expressed desire to surpass his predecessors' achievements, too, though, and even commented that he deserved a statue rather than a mere portrait.

Westwood might be also considered a bit vain, as he has not replaced his portrait with a more recent one. His portrait was taken some time ago, as he had a full head of hair in the said painting. He was quite good looking, anyway, and tends to stare at his portrait at length after prostrating to the other four.

Other than that, Westwood has dedicated his life to being a Pokémon professor and researcher, and cares much for his last remaining Pokémon, Slowpoke, as evident from the part where Team Rocket tried to capture it.

Professor Westwood's Slowpoke, which subsequently evolved into Slowbro after Jessie's Shellder accidentally clamped on its tail, is Westwood's last remaining Pokémon after his previous ones had been given away to beginning trainers or released. Slowbro enjoys the company of Misty's Psyduck, who shares his dumb, clueless look.

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→ Slowpoke → Slowbro

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.