Time machine

This article is about the device in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. For the Generation II mechanic for trading Pokémon to Generation I, see Time Capsule.

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The time machine

The time machine (Japanese: タイムマシン time machine) is a large device created by Professor Sada^S/Professor Turo^V 10 years prior to the events of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, located in Area Zero's Zero Lab. It plays an important role in the main game and is mentioned in its The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero expansion.

The machine was built within a dome made of Tera crystals within the Zero Lab. It was powered by Terapagos's energy and used to bring Pokémon known as Paradox Pokémon to the modern world through time and space. The professor from the past claims these Pokémon are from parallel timelines, while their AI copy claims they come from the ancient past^S/distant future^V. This energy was later used by the professor to create a device called the Tera Orb and a robotic replica of themselves. The professor named this energy the Terastal energy.

History

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

The machine's controls

The time machine was only created thanks to a white book given to Sada^S/Turo^V by a child in an unfamiliar place to them, later on, it was used to bring out the very first Paradox Pokémon, Winged King^S/Iron Serpent^V, who would be later renamed as Koraidon/Miraidon. Over the next 10 years, the time machine kept bringing Paradox Pokémon to Area Zero automatically, amongst them, a new, way more agressive Koraidon^S/Miraidon^V. At some point, the professor created a program named Paradise Protection Protocol, which was programmed to take over their AI counterpart and defend the time machine at any cost if necessary, including killing the ones threatening it.

The time machine after being turned off

In the present day, AI Sada^S/AI Turo^V tasks the player with traveling all the way into the bottom of Area Zero so they can turn the time machine off, since they can't do it themselves due to their programming. Once there, the player uses the Scarlet Book^S|Violet Book^V to deactivate the time machine, but the program takes over the AI. The time machine then activates and drops out a Master Ball with a newly caught Slither Wing^S/Iron Moth^V inside. It forces the AI to fight the player and stop them from deactivating the time machine. After their defeat, Arven, Nemona, and Penny arrive in the time machine room, witnessing the AI regaining control of itself, right before the Paradise Protection Protocol is activated, locking all Poké Balls in the room, except for the ones registered to Sada's^S/Turo's^V ID, and sending out their Koraidon^S/Miraidon^V to battle.

The player however, uses their own Koraidon^S/Miraidon^V to fight off its the other one. Using the Terastallization, they manage to beat the other Legendary and defeat the program once and for all. After apologizing to Arven for leaving him alone for so long, the AI makes a decision; since the time machine wouldn't turn off while they are present, they decide to use it to send themselves away into the ancient past^S/distant future^V they've dreamed of. After telling the children their goodbyes, the AI activates the time machine one last time and travels away with the Scarlet Book^S/Violet Book^V in hand, deactivating the time machine for good and saving Paldea as a result.

When the player returns to Area Zero to find Terapagos with Briar, Carmine, and Kieran during The Indigo Disk expansion, they use the Indigo Disk on it, opening the lab's doors and redirect the facility's elevator to the Area Zero Underdepths, rendering the deactivated time machine room inaccessible.

Trivia

• The background of the time machine during the final battle with the AI Professor is different depending on the version. In Scarlet, it is colored red, while in Violet, it is colored purple.
• Sada^S/Turo^V's time machine is similar to AZ's ultimate weapon:
  • They were both built by humans who wanted to use them for their own selfish desires, but not exactly for evil means.
  • They're both powerful machines that posed a huge threat to their respective regions; Paldea for the time machine and Kalos for the ultimate weapon.
  • They're both powered up by energies connected both to their regions's Legendaries and transformations; Terapagos and its Terastal energy for the time machine and Xerneas^X/Yveltal^Y and their Infinity Energy for the ultimate weapon.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 時光機 Mandarin 时光机 French Machine temporelle German Zeitmaschine Italian Macchina del tempo Korean 타임머신 Spanish Máquina del tiempo

Related articles

• Terapagos
• Paradox Pokémon
• Terastal energy
• Professor Sada
• Professor Turo
• Zero Lab
• Area Zero

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