Aether Foundation
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 Artwork of Aether Foundation employees from Pokémon Sun and Moon | ||||||||||||
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The Aether Foundation (Japanese: エーテル財団 Aether Foundation) is an organization based in the Alola region whose goal is to cure hurt Pokémon. The organization shelters Pokémon to keep them safe from threats like Team Skull. Their main headquarters is Aether Paradise, an artificial island they constructed, while the Aether House is their largest base on Alola's main islands.
In the games
Leadership
The Aether Foundation's president is Lusamine, who wants to share her love with all of the rescued Pokémon. She is assisted by Faba, the Aether Foundation's second-in-command and Aether Foundation branch chief, and Wicke, the assistant branch chief of Aether Paradise.
The foundation also employs other people, who go out into the field to protect and rescue Pokémon in trouble.
Research
The foundation is conducting research on Ultra Beasts. They are also aware of the existence of the rare and unusual Cosmog and are conducting research on it. One of the professors in Aether Foundation was the one who named the Nebula Pokémon Cosmog. At some point, they also worked on genetical experiments, using several DNA samples from Pokémon of different Types, in order to create Type: Null (named Type: Full at the time) whose purpose was to battle the Ultra Beasts. After several tries, they were unable to perfect the RKS System and the Type: Full samples became more and more uncontrollable, so the project was ultimately scrapped, the samples put on cryogenic suspension and renamed "Type: Null".
Facilities
Aether Paradise is a privately owned artificial island that was built in the middle of the Alola region by the Aether Foundation. The foundation uses it both as a sanctuary and a research facility. The Aether House located on Route 15 functions partly as an orphanage for human children and Pokémon. In addition, the Aether Foundation hosts outposts at Route 8, Route 16, and in Heahea City.
In the anime
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The Aether Foundation's president, Lusamine, was introduced as Lillie's mother in a picture in Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!. The foundation itself, and its employees, debuted in A Dream Encounter!.
In A Mission of Ultra Urgency!, Ash and his classmates became the founding members of a task force called the Ultra Guardians, which is also a sub-group of the Aether Foundation. Their goal is to catch Ultra Beasts that have strayed into the Pokémon world, and release them back into Ultra Space to maintain Alola's safety.
In SM128, Lillie revealed that every single person at the Aether Foundation helped construct the Manalo Stadium.
Unlike the games, the Aether Foundation does not seem to be in cahoots with Team Skull.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The Aether Foundation debuted in the Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc. It first appeared on a television commercial in Homecoming and the Brilliant Professional Golfer, where two Aether Foundation Employees advertised their organization.
In the TCG
| Aether Foundation's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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| Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
| Registeel | 
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Crimson Invasion | 
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68/111 | Awakened Heroes | 
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035/050 |
| Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
| Aether Paradise Conservation Area | St | Guardians Rising | 
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116/145 | Islands Await You |
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050/050 |
| Wicke | Su | Burning Shadows |
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127/147 | Darkness that Consumes Light |
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050/051 |
| Burning Shadows | 
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147/147 | Darkness that Consumes Light | 
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057/051 | ||
| Lusamine | Su | Crimson Invasion |
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96/111 | Ultradimensional Beasts |
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047/050 |
| GX Battle Boost | 109/114 | ||||||
| GX Ultra Shiny | 136/150 | ||||||
| Crimson Invasion |
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110/111 | Ultradimensional Beasts |
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055/050 | ||
| Ultra Prism |
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153/156 | GX Battle Boost |
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120/114 | ||
| Lusamine ♢ | Su | Lost Thunder | 
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182/214 | Super-Burst Impact | 
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092/095 |
| Faba | Su | Lost Thunder |
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173/214 | Super-Burst Impact |
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089/095 |
| Lost Thunder |
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208/214 | Super-Burst Impact |
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103/095 | ||
| Aether Foundation Employee | Su | Lost Thunder |
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168/214 | SM-P Promotional cards | 219/SM-P | |
| GX Ultra Shiny |
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151/150 | |||||
Trivia
- The Aether Foundation gets its name from the fifth alchemic element, Aether.
- The Aether Foundation are the first primary antagonists in a core series game without the word "Team" (Japanese: 団 -dan) in their name.
In other languages
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Related articles
 Aether Foundation
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| Aether Paradise • Heahea City • Aether Bases (Route 8 • Route 16) • Aether House | ||
| President | Branch Chiefs | |
| Lusamine (Masters • anime) |
Wicke | Faba (anime) |
| Other members | ||
| Aether Foundation Employees | Scientists | |
| Former | Related | |
| Professor Mohn | Lillie (Masters • anime) |
Gladion (Masters • anime) |
| Animation and manga | ||
| Former members: Jessie • James • Meowth Ultra Guardians: Ash • Lana • Kiawe • Lillie • Sophocles • Mallow • Gladion | ||
| See also: Team Skull • Ultra Recon Squad | ||
