Professor Laventon

Professor Laventon ラベン博士 Dr. Laven
Artwork from Legends: Arceus by Ken Sugimori
Age	Unknown
Gender	Male
Eye color	Lavender
Hair color	Black
Hometown	Jubilife Village (original hometown unknown)
Region	Hisui (implied to be originally from Galar)
Generation	VIII
Games	Legends: Arceus
Member of	Galaxy Team
Rank	Member of the Survey Corps
Animated series	Pokémon: Hisuian Snow
Debut	Two Hues
English voice actor	N/A
Japanese voice actor	N/A

Professor Laventon (Japanese: ラベン博士 Dr. Laven) is a travelling Pokémon Professor who studies in the Hisui region. He is a member of the Galaxy Team's Survey Corps and specializes in Pokémon's modes of life.

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• In the core series games
  • Pokémon Legends: Arceus
  • Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
  • Pokémon Legends: Z-A
  • Pokémon
    • Gives to the player
• Gallery
  • Artwork
  • Sprites and models
• Quotes
• In the TCG
• Trivia
• Names
• References
• Related articles

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In the core series games

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Professor Laventon finds the player on Prelude Beach after they have fallen through the space-time rift. The appearance of the player has attracted the interest of the Professor's three first partner Pokémon. After the player awakens, the Pokémon run away and the Professor tasks the player with recapturing them. Impressed by their skill he takes the player to Jubilife Village to recruit them into the Galaxy Team's Survey Corps.

For most of the game, Professor Laventon can be found at all base camps or his laboratory in Galaxy Hall. The player can report their latest survey results by speaking to Laventon, which entails any Pokémon caught and research tasks completed since the last report. He will then reward the player with money and research points based on these results.

The Pokédex entries in Pokémon Legends: Arceus are written by Laventon. Incidentally, he coined the term "scalchop" for Oshawott's signature seashell and the term "aura" for Lucario's signature energy wave control power. Laventon also observed that Unown resemble human writing from other lands, though no one takes him seriously.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Professor Laventon makes a cameo in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. During Ms. Raifort's history classes, a photo of Laventon appears on the classroom board as part of a timeline on the history and development of the Poké Ball.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A

Professor Laventon makes a cameo in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, where he is portrayed in an old painting in an office building in Lumiose City. He is also mentioned several times in the Lumiose Museum.

Pokémon

Gives to the player

Professor Laventon gives the player their choice of first partner Pokémon from Pokémon he collected while traveling the world. After the player has beaten the main story of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, he will give the player the remaining two first partner Pokémon once spoken to at his lab.

Rowlet♂/♀ Lv.5

Types:

Grass

Flying

Ability:

No Ability

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Gust

Flying

Special

Cyndaquil♂/♀ Lv.5

Type:

Fire

Ability:

No Ability

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Quick Attack

Normal

Physical

Oshawott♂/♀ Lv.5

Type:

Water

Ability:

No Ability

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Tackle

Normal

Physical

Gallery

Artwork

Concept art from Legends: Arceus	Credits Illustration from Two Hues

Sprites and models

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Classroom board sprite from the opening of Scarlet and Violet

Quotes

Main article: Professor Laventon/Quotes

In the TCG

Professor Laventon in the TCG

Main article: Professor Laventon (Silver Tempest 162)

Professor Laventon was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese S-P Promotional cards and the English Silver Tempest expansion, with artwork by Ken Sugimori. It allows the player to put up to three Pokémon that have "Hisuian" in their names from their discard pile into their hand.

Trivia

• Laventon may draw inspiration from William S. Clark, an American zoologist and naturalist whose work initiating the Sapporo Agricultural College was instrumental in modernizing agricultural education and technology in Japan during the Meiji era. Him speaking English in the Japanese version of the game may further allude to this connection.
• As the Galaxy Expedition Team consists of foreigners to Hisui, Laventon is the only known Pokémon Professor in the core series not to be from the region he resides in.
  • In the English translation of the game, there are several hints in the game that Professor Laventon may be from the Galar region:
    • In the Pokédex entry for Raichu, he mentions Copperajah that live in his homeland, with Galar being the only region where they can be encountered that had been revealed as of the release of the game.
    • The writing on the blackboard in his office uses the alphabet from Pokémon Sword and Shield instead of the style of writing used elsewhere in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
    • He often uses stock British phrases such as "jolly good". In other versions of the game, such as the Japanese and German versions, he will sometimes speak in English instead.
• Professor Laventon's drawings that he made for his Pokédex are on display at the Lumiose Museum in Pokémon Legends: Z-A. The description for the display states that his original Pokédex was thought lost until it was found in a shed in the Sinnoh region.
  • In the same game, an old portrait of Laventon is hanging in the Old Building.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ラベン博士 Laven-hakase	From lavender, possibly in reference to its introduction to Japan in the 19th century and its widespread cultivation in Hokkaido (original model for Sinnoh)
English	Professor Laventon	From lavender and -ton (British town suffix for enclosure)
German, Italian	Professor Laven	From his Japanese name
European Spanish, Latin American Spanish	Profesor Lavender	From lavender
French	Professeur Lavande	From lavande (lavender)
Korean	라벤박사 Laven-baksa	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Traditional)	拉苯博士 Lāběn-bóshì / Lāaibún-boksih	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Simplified)	拉苯博士 Lāběn-bóshì
Indonesian	Profesor Laventon	From his English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Professor Alfazema	From alfazema (lavender)
Russian	Профессор Лавентон Professor Laventon	Transcription of his English name
Thai	ศาสตราจารย์ลาเวน Sattrachan Lawen	Transcription of his Japanese name

Related articles

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

Galaxy Team Commander: Kamado Captains: Cyllene • Zisu • Pesselle • Tao Hua • Sanqua • Colza Members: Professor Laventon • Rei (Masters) • Akari (Masters) Beni • Ress • Rye Former members: Charm • Clover • Coin Locations: Jubilife Village • Galaxy Hall • Base camps See also: Pearl Clan • Diamond Clan

Capture tutors
Old man • Primo • Professor Oak • Dude • Ethan/Lyra • Wally • Lucas/Dawn • Professor Juniper Bianca • Calem/Serena • Professor Kukui • Leon • Professor Laventon • Nemona • Urbain/Taunie

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