Professor Oak

Professor Samuel Oak, shortly Professor Oak, is the supporting character of Pocket Monsters.

Kanto Journey - The Beginning
Professor Oak regularly holds a summer camp in his laboratory with 16 chosen students across Kanto to decide whether they should earn a Pokémon Trainer Licence or not. Once again, he debuted in while he was running another one in his laboratory. He has an assistant team in his laboratory which is led by Fennel Walker. His Clefable is his loyal henchman in the laboratory.

As it was stated during his conversation with his grandson Blake Oak, Blake's parents left him with Professor Oak a while ago before they went on a safari across the world. Therefore he had been taking care of his grandson, Blake, since they were away. Despite Blake claimed that his parents just abandoned him, Professor Oak insisted on his thought of that his parents only wanted him to be qualified to be safe during their safari. Once Blake was done with his journey in Kanto, he could join them.

At the same time, Professor Oak gave his students their starter Pokémon and a Pokédex for each, expecting them all to pass through the exams during this ten weeks.

Pokémon Team
Professor Oak in fact keeps almost all kind of Pokémon which live in Kanto region in his laboratory. This list introduces those who are specified in the story.