So, is Professor Oak the smartest of all the professors? Page 2

Started by Azureth January 9th, 2011 10:22 AM
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Professor Oak is the smartest in my opinion.
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I don't know about the smartest, really. All the professors are very intelligent in their own ways. I think Oak just seems the most knowledgeable all around, because he seems to study all kinds of aspects of Pokemon.

I still think Birch is the coolest though. <3
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I honestly think that Prof. Oak isn't the smartest, despite discovering that 90% of Pokemon are somehow linked to Evolution. Prof. Elm, despite his timid ways discovered eggs and breeding, so imo Elm is the smartest.

Although Prof. Juniper/Araragi is also smart for taking a profession that isn't hospitality. :P
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i always thought that oak was the smartest. guess i was wrong.
the only thing i never understood was if oak would ever stop being a professor. i mean, he's been one for a long time now, and theres lots of info on pokemon and other professors. guess it just wouldn't be the same?

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Professor Oak said:
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Professor Oak, the smartest? Perhaps, people think he his, even in the anime. (Remember the episode when I think James pretended to be Professor Oak and they had a challenge regarding Pokemon abilities and skills?).. As for me, he's the most famous not the smartest since each professor in every region has their own specialties too, so not..

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I'm not too sure about smart, but out of the Professors, it's either him or Professor Rowan that are the eldest. So in a sense, he's knowledgeable due to... age?

But it's like what others have said before. Each Professor have their specialties when it comes to their research.
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I know everyone thinks that Oak is this genius, and I guess it would take one to invent something like the Pokedex, but I honestly don't think he's that smart because...
During the first generation of Pokemon, he said that there were only 150 known Pokemon.
Since that time, so many more Pokemon have been discovered that it makes that belief incredibly ridiculous.
Did he live under a rock or what? How did the authority on Pokemon miss HUNDREDS OF SPECIES?
Sadly though, I think he is the smartest and most famous. I think this because he appears in every generation game except Black and White.
It's sad, because it makes the other Professors look like complete morons.

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I reckon Oak isn't the smartest. I remember seeing in the anime that he couldn't figure out what the GS ball and referenced to Prof. Ivy as being more knowledgable. However, as far as I remember, Ivy didn't figure out what the GS Ball was either and instead, passed it onto Kurt.

In conclusion, Kurt is the smartest Professor :P.

(Did the GS Ball just die off after that? I got up to Hoenn and it still hadnt revealed anything about the ball?)
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In an interview with Masamitsu Hidaka in 2008 by the webmaster of PokéBeach, it was explained that the GS Ball was meant to contain a Celebi that was to be the star of a large arc of the Johto saga. However, it was decided that Celebi would be the star of the fourth movie, so the story arc was viewed as redundant and shelved. The ball was left with Kurt with the hopes that viewers would eventually forget about it. This plan, however, failed, as the GS Ball remained one of the most talked-about anime mysteries until the interview.

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I know everyone thinks that Oak is this genius, and I guess it would take one to invent something like the Pokedex, but I honestly don't think he's that smart because...
During the first generation of Pokemon, he said that there were only 150 known Pokemon.
Since that time, so many more Pokemon have been discovered that it makes that belief incredibly ridiculous.
Did he live under a rock or what? How did the authority on Pokemon miss HUNDREDS OF SPECIES?
Sadly though, I think he is the smartest and most famous. I think this because he appears in every generation game except Black and White.
It's sad, because it makes the other Professors look like complete morons.
How would you have fixed this? Only add a dozen or so new Pokemon in each generation, so that Professor Oak's initial estimate is never significantly wrong? Just paint Professor Oak, the guy we'd all gotten to know, love, and respect as the Pokemon authority generation I as a total moron from generation II and on? Sure, it doesn't really make sense that one of the greatest Pokemon authorities be unaware of two-thirds of the Pokemon species in the world (and counting), but the alternatives are much worse.
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Oak is the all-rounder. Each other professor studies some particular aspect of Pokemon:

Elm - Eggs and Pokemon breeding
Birch - The field and Pokemon habitats
Rowan - Leveling and Pokemon evolution
Araragi (forgot her English name o_e) - IDK.

To put it another way, though, it took Oak 15 years to realise there are 650 species rather than 150. There are definitely more, and he doesn't know about them. :|
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The creators of Pokemon knew that they were going to introduce more Pokemon, maybe a lot more. They shouldn't have had Oak say that there are 150 or more species. He could have said that there were 150 Pokemon 'native to Kanto'
That would have been a sight better.
But then they would have given away that there are more regions, huh?
Even though common sense gives THAT away too!
I love Oak as much as the next person, but add to the fact that he doesn't even remember his own Grandson's name in the games, and we have a complete moron on our hands. How he got to be this acclaimed Professor, the world may never know!

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