Professor Sada
| Professor Sada オーリム Olim | |
 Art from Pokémon Scarlet | |
| Gender | Female |
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| Eye color | Cyan |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Paldea |
| Relatives | Arven (son) |
| Trainer class | AI |
| Generation | IX |
| Games | Scarlet |
Professor Sada (Japanese: オーリム Olim) is a Pokémon Professor in Pokémon Scarlet. Along with Professor Turo, she is the only character in the games to have the Trainer class AI.
In the core series games
Professor Sada first contacts the player when they enter the Naranja Academy for the first time, asking them to take care of the Koraidon that was once under her possession. Throughout the game, she frequently contacts the player as Koraidon gradually regains the powers it once lost. Once Koraidon is fully powered, Sada asks the player to travel to her laboratory at the Great Crater of Paldea. As the player, Nemona, Arven, and Penny traverse the area to reach Sada's laboratory, the Professor reveals that she succeeded in creating a time machine, which has brought Pokémon known as Paradox Pokémon from the distant past into modern time, including two specimens of Koraidon.
At the Zero Lab, the player discovers that the Professor Sada they've been talking with has actually been a robot the whole time, infused with an artificial intelligence copy of the real Professor, who died when she was attacked by one of the Paradox Pokémon. While the original Professor Sada wished to let Pokémon of the past 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 seals all Poké Balls not labeled with Sada's ID, forcing the player to confront the AI's Koraidon with the one they've spent the entire game with. Once the opposing Koraidon has been defeated, AI Sada 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 past its creator had hoped to see, bidding farewell to the player and their friends as it disappears into the time machine.
Pokémon
Sada's Pokémon are contained in Master Balls.
First battle
Second battle
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Formerly owned
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Trivia
- She and Professor Turo are the first Pokémon Professors from the core series:
- To not have a name derived from flora.
- To have been confirmed dead.
- They are also the first Trainers in the core series to be battled post-mortem, via an AI.
- AI Sada is one of five Trainers to battle the player with more than six Pokémon. The others are Greevil in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Ghetsis in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Volo in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and her counterpart AI Turo in Pokémon Violet.
- However, unlike in these battles (aside from AI Turo), the player also uses a seventh Pokémon against AI Sada.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オーリム Olim | From olim (Latin for "once upon a time") |
| English | Sada | From pasada (Spanish for past) |
| German | Antiqua | From antiqua (Latin for ancient) |
| Spanish | Albora | From albor (Spanish for beginning) |
| French, Italian | Olim | From her Japanese name |
| Korean | 올림 Olim | Transcription of her Japanese name |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 奧琳 / 奥琳 Àolín | Transcription of her Japanese name |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 奧琳 Oulàhm | Mandarin-based transcription of her Japanese name |
| European Portuguese | Professor Sada | Same as English name |
| Pokémon Professors | |
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| Core series | Oak • Elm • Birch • Cozmo • Rowan • Aurea Juniper • Cedric Juniper • Sycamore • Kukui • Burnet • Samson • Mohn • Magnolia • Sonia • Laventon • Sada • Turo |
| Masters EX | Oak • Sycamore • Kukui • Sonia |
| Other spin-offs |
Krane • P • Hastings • Holly • Burnet • Tetra • Willow • Mirror • Phorus • Fir • Neroli |
| Animated series | Oak • Ivy • Elm • Birch • Cozmo • Rowan • Carolina • Hastings • Aurea Juniper • Cedric Juniper • Sycamore • Kukui • Burnet • Samson • Mohn • Cerise • Magnolia • Sonia • Amaranth • Friede • Willow |
| Adventures | Oak • Elm • Birch • Cozmo • Rowan • Berlitz • Aurea Juniper • Cedric Juniper • Sycamore • Kukui • Burnet • Samson • Mohn • Magnolia • Sonia • Turo |
| Other manga | Oak (Pocket Monsters) |
| For more, see the Professors category | |
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