Professor's assistant

The Professor's aides are assistants or scientists that work alongside the regional Professors. Aids specialize in many things from office work to field work.

In the games

Generation I

The Professor's aides are scattered all over Kanto, keeping tabs on how many Pokémon the player has caught, and give out item rewards if the player has caught a sufficient amount of Pokémon. These aid usually appear on the second floor of lookout stations or in small buildings. The rewards are usually key items. In addition to the the stationed aides, many other aids work in Professor Oak's lab, helping Oak with day-to-day tasks. In total, there are three aids in the Kanto region:

Generation II

There is only one aide helping out Professor Elm in the lab and as a result of this, the two are often very busy. The assistant rarely goes out often; if he does, it would only be for a very important reason. When the player enters the lab for the first time and obtains a Pokémon from Professor Elm, the aide will give the player a Potion before the player leaves. After the rival steals one of the Pokémon from the the lab, he will also give the player five Poké Balls. After the player reaches Violet City, and defeats Falkner, Professor Elm will send his aide off to the Violet City Pokémon Center, where he will give the player, the Mystery Egg the Professor received earlier to the player for safe keeping.

Generation III

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the aides are very much similar to those in Generation I. They still keep tabs on how many Pokémon the player has caught and give out rewards if the player have caught a sufficient amount of Pokémon. Most of the items are different to Generation I, including many rarer key items. In Generation III, there is a total of five items that can be obtained from the aides.

Generation IV

In Generation IV, Professor Rowan's aide will always be the alternate gender player character from the player. That is, if the player chose Lucas, Dawn will be the aide, and vice versa. The aide will live in Sandgem Town with his/her little sister, grandfather, and father - who works as an assistant of Professor Rowan. They are already the Professor's assistant at the beginning of the game. He/she will also demonstrates to the player how to capture Pokémon by capturing a wild Bidoof, before giving the player five Poké Balls. On Route 207, the aide will give the player a Pokétch app, the Dowsing Machine, or a key item, the Vs Seeker. Later in the game, the aide will have their Pokédex stolen by a Team Galactic Grunt, but gets it back with the help of the player. The aide can be seen at different stages of the game, usually following Professor Rowan around. At the end of the game, the aide can always be found outside Professor Rowan's lab in Sandgem Town, usually giving out pieces of advice. If the player speaks to the aide when his/her birthday on the Nintendo DS calendar matches the current date, he/she will wish the player a happy birthday.

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