Professor Turo

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Professor Turo フトゥー Futu
Artwork from Violet
Age	Unknown
Gender	Male
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Light brown
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Paldea
Relatives	Arven (son)
Generation	IX
Games	Violet
Manga series	Pokémon Adventures
Debut	PASV02

Professor Turo (Japanese: フトゥー Futu) is a Pokémon Professor in Pokémon Violet. His counterpart in Pokémon Scarlet is Professor Sada.

In the core series games

Ten years before the events of Pokémon Violet, Professor Turo was part of the team that explored the Great Crater of Paldea, setting up Research Stations and the Zero Lab in Area Zero. One day he ended up finding himself in an unfamiliar place, where a child gave him a white volume, which would help him during his research. Turo was able to develop a prototype for the Tera Orb, earning him corporate backing for his projects and allowing him to set up a second laboratory in a lighthouse near Cabo Poco. Furthermore, he was able to harness more of the unstable energy, despite concern from his funders, and moved the majority of his research back to the Zero Lab. Turo, fascinated with the idea of Pokémon from other ages, succeeded in developing a time machine that would allow him to reach out to Paradox Pokémon, Pokémon from either future points in the timeline, or from different timelines, by transporting Poké Balls there and then bringing them back to him. These included Miraidon, a Pokémon extremely similar to Cyclizar. Additionally, a former associate of Turo had begun expecting his child.

However, Turo began to become obsessed with his research, continuing the influx of Paradox Pokémon into the modern day in his pursuit of a paradise for his family. Shortly after Arven was born, Arven's mother abandoned Turo, driving him deeper into his work and ironically causing him to begin neglecting the very people he had sought to build his paradise for. Arven ended up growing up in the lighthouse laboratory on Poco Path on his own, never seeing or connecting with Turo due to the latter's newfound devotion to the Tera Project. This estrangement was intensified by Turo's search for a more suitable assistant, leading to him creating an artificial intelligence copy of himself using the Zero Lab's crystals to double productivity, as humanity does not possess the knowledge to develop a sophisticated AI in the time period the game takes place in, which is why the AI cannot leave Area Zero. Together, they were able to transport a second, more aggressive Miraidon to the present day, in hopes that the two Miraidon could survive and thrive in their new surroundings. At some point, Turo also developed the Poké Ball Lock System, an ID-based defense mechanism for his lab.

Turo was determined to maintain his dream of present and future Pokémon existing in harmony. Unfortunately, Turo's research was cut short when he attempted to stop a territorial battle between the two Miraidon, defending the passive one and taking a mortal blow from the aggressive one. This also led to the destruction of Research Station No. 4, and Turo eventually passed away, leaving his AI to manage the remnants of his work in his place. However, the AI did not agree with accepting the ecological consequences of Turo's dream, and began impersonating him, reaching out to Turo's associates in hopes of finding a way to end the Tera Project once and for all.

Path of Legends

The AI first contacts the player when they enter the Uva Academy for the first time, impersonating Turo and asking them to take care of the Miraidon that was once under his possession. Throughout the game, the AI frequently contacts the player as Miraidon gradually regains the powers it once lost. Once Miraidon is fully powered, the AI asks the player to travel to Turo's laboratory in the Great Crater of Paldea.

The Way Home

After the player and Arven recruit Nemona and Penny, the four traverse Area Zero to reach Turo's laboratory, and along the way they discover the history of the two Miraidon and Turo's time machine in notebooks left behind in each research station.

At the Zero Lab, the AI reveals its nature to the player and the fate that befell its creator. While Turo wished to let Pokémon of the future keep entering the modern day through the time machine, the AI refuses to let the Paldea region's ecosystem be ruined by these time-displaced Pokémon and asks for the player's help in shutting down the time machine. The AI is, however, programmed to protect the time machine, so the player is forced to battle it and the Paradox Pokémon it wields against the AI's will.

After the AI is defeated, the security system initiates the Paradise Protection Protocol (Japanese: 楽園防衛プログラム Paradise Defense Program), sends out the AI's Miraidon, and activates the Poké Ball Lock System, preventing the player from using any of their Pokémon due to lacking Turo's ID. Thus, the player uses their Miraidon, whose Poké Ball has Turo's ID associated, to battle against the AI's Miraidon. Once the Paradise Protection Protocol has been defeated, the AI understands that the time machine cannot be shut down as long as it remains present to reboot the system, so it chooses to travel to the distant future its creator had hoped to see, bidding farewell to the player and their friends as it disappears into the time machine.

The Indigo Disk

If the player visits the Crystal Pool in Kitakami after catching Terapagos and obtaining Briar's Book, a Professor Turo that hadn't built a time machine will appear before them from a cloud of mist, with Miraidon being happy to see him again. He theorizes that he has somehow wound up there through space and time, possibly even from an alternate timeline. Talking with Turo reveals that he is still in the process of trying to create the time machine and hasn't seen his son Arven for quite some time. Noticing the player's copy of Briar's Book, Turo becomes fascinated by the information it contains regarding the Area Zero Underdepths and offers to trade it for the Violet Book he had as a child, which the player agrees to, before the mist disappears and transports Turo back to where he came from.

Pokémon

AI Turo's Pokémon are contained in Master Balls.

First battle

AI Turo Zero Lab Violet

Types: Fire Poison Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Quark Drive Held item: None Iron Moth Lv.66 Sludge Wave Poison Special   --       Fiery Dance Fire Special   --       Discharge Electric Special   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Types: Ice Water Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Quark Drive Held item: None Iron Bundle Lv.66 Drill Peck Flying Physical   --       Water Pulse Water Special   --       Freeze-Dry Ice Special   --       Snowscape Ice Status   --       Types: Fighting Electric Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Quark Drive Held item: None Iron Hands Lv.66 Thunder Punch Electric Physical   --       Drain Punch Fighting Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Types: Dark Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Quark Drive Held item: None Iron Jugulis Lv.66 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Types: Rock Electric Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Quark Drive Held item: None Iron Thorns Lv.66 Thunder Punch Electric Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Types: Fairy Fighting Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Quark Drive Held item: Booster Energy Iron Valiant Lv.67 Psycho Cut Psychic Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Spirit Break Fairy Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --

Second battle

Miraidon is given the title the Guardian of Paradise during the battle, and its HP is displayed similarly to a Starmobile or Titan Pokémon.

As a scripted battle, the enemy Miraidon will always use Taunt on the first turn to prevent the player from using Endure during the first three turns. If the player's Pokémon receives an otherwise lethal attack, it will always survive with 1 HP, even if it has not used Endure on that turn. Damage is never varied by a random factor during calculation, and critical hits cannot occur during this battle. Once the Electric Terrain instigated by Hadron Engine ends (which is eight turns due to the enemy Miraidon's held item), the player's Pokémon will be forced to Terastallize (if it has not already) and use Tera Blast every turn until the enemy Miraidon is defeated.

Paradise Protection Protocol Zero Lab Violet
Types: Electric Dragon Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Hadron Engine Held item: Terrain Extender Miraidon Lv.72 Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Charge Electric Status   --       Taunt Dark Status   --       Power Gem Rock Special   --

Formerly owned

Main article: Miraidon (game)

	Types: Electric Dragon Tera Type: Dragon  or  Unknown Ability: Hadron Engine Held item: None
Miraidon Lv.68
Power Gem Rock Special   --       Electro Drift Electric Special   --       Endure Normal Status   --       Tera Blast Normal Special   --

Quotes

Main article: Professor Turo/Quotes

Gallery

Artwork

Concept art from Scarlet and Violet

In the manga

Professor Turo in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Professor Turo first appeared In PASV02, where Violet told Arven how he met Miraidon and Professor Turo contacted him, explaining that Miraidon was in a weakened state and that it could regain its full capacity by eating Herba Mystica. He also revealed that his son Arven was also after the Herba Mystica and that if Violet wished, they could cooperate with each other to find them. Later, Turo called Violet again through Rotojī to tell him that Miraidon had regained part of its original strength.

In the TCG

Ultra rare print of Professor's Research [Professor Turo]

Ultra rare print of Professor Turo's Scenario

Main article: Professor's Research (Scarlet & Violet 190)

Main article: Professor Turo's Scenario (Paradox Rift 171)

Professor Turo was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game as Professor's Research [Professor Turo] during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese Violet ex set, before debuting in English in the Scarlet & Violet expansion, as both a Regular card and an ultra rare. Both versions feature artwork by kirisAki. The card allows players to discard their hand, then draw seven cards; an identical effect to other Professors' cards.

The Paradox Rift expansion (the Future Flash expansion in Japan) saw the release of a second card featuring Professor Turo: Professor Turo's Scenario, with artwork by hncl. This card allows players to return one of their Pokémon in play to their hand, while discarding all cards attached to that Pokémon.

Trivia

• Professor Turo was designed by James Turner.
  • He and Professor Sada are the first human characters designed by Turner for the core series games.
• He and Professor Sada both differ from the previous Pokémon Professors from the core series in many ways:
  • Both do not have a name derived from flora.
    • However, Arven, their son, does.
  • Both have been confirmed deceased and are the only Professors the player meet after their death.
    • They are also the first Trainers in the core series to be battled post-mortem, via an AI.
  • To serve as the main antagonist, as well as the final opponent before the credits in a core series game.
• He and Professor Sada both differ from the previous main antagonists from the core series in many ways:
  • Both have been confirmed deceased before the game’s events and are met after their death.
  • Both are not battled in person.
  • Both are not backed by any sort of organization.
• Unlike previous Trainer battles in which the opponent battles the player with more than six Pokémon, the player also uses a seventh Pokémon against AI Turo. This is also the case when battling his counterpart AI Sada.
• AI Turo is the first and only notable trainer where all six of the Pokémon on his team begin with the same letter. This is also true in every langauge aside from Italian and French.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	フトゥー Futu	From futūrum (Latin for future)
English, Spanish, Portuguese	Turo	From futuro (Italian, Spanish and Portuguese for future)
German	Futurus	From futūrus (Latin for "about to be")
French, Italian	Turum	From futūrum (Latin for future)
Korean	투로 Turo	Transcription of his English name
Chinese (Mandarin)	弗圖 / 弗图 Fútú	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Cantonese)	弗圖 Fāttòuh	Mandarin-based transcription of his Japanese name
Indonesian	Futu	From his Japanese name

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