Professor Turo first contacts the player when they enter the Uva Academy for the first time, asking them to take care of the Miraidon that was once under his possession. Throughout the game, he frequently contacts the player as Miraidon gradually regains the powers it once lost. Once Miraidon is fully powered, Turo asks the player to travel to his laboratory at the Great Crater of Paldea. As the player, Nemona, Arven, and Penny traverse the area to reach Turo's laboratory, the Professor reveals that he succeeded in creating a time machine, which has brought Pokémon known as Paradox Pokémon from the distant future into modern time, including two specimens of Miraidon.
At the Zero Lab, the player discovers that the Professor Turo they've been talking with has actually been a robot the whole time, infused with an artificial intelligence copy of the real Professor, who was killed by one of the Paradox Pokémon. While the original Professor 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 seals all Poké Balls not labeled with Turo's ID, forcing the player to confront the AI's Miraidon with the one they've spent the entire game with. Once the opposing Miraidon has been defeated, AI Turo 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.
Pokémon
Turo's Pokémon are contained in Master Balls.
First battle
Second battle
Formerly owned
Quotes
- Main article: Professor Turo/Quotes
- Naranja AcademyS/Uva AcademyV
- "Hello, <player>. It is nice to meet you."
- "My name is Professor Turo. I carry out Pokémon research within the Great Crater of Paldea—at a site known as Area Zero."
- "Well. Allow me to get straight to the point. <player>, student ID number 805C393... You are the student who travels with the unusual Pokémon Miraidon, is that correct?"
- Yes: "Thank you. I appreciate that you were honest in confirming the facts."
- No: "Why would you attempt to lie? You appear in any number of clips from security camera footage together with Miraidon."
- "Ah, not that I— I do not mean to offend you. In fact, I wish to ask for your assistance."
- "Oh. How good to see that you are well. It has been quite a while since we last met. Miraidon was once in my care, you see."
- "Its Poké Ball was also originally mine. I assume you received it from a young man called Arven. I am no longer in any position to be able to manage that Pokémon myself. This is what I would ask of you: Will you continue looking after Miraidon on my behalf?"
- Yes: "I do appreciate your agreement."
- No: "And yet, it is clear to see from the way Miraidon reacts to you that you must be a kind Trainer. Your bond seems quite undeniable."
- "Miraidon has been greatly weakened and is currently incapable of battle. It can, however, take on a form specialized for mobility. In all likelihood, it will require some time to fully regain the capabilities it once had."
- "I will provide you with my contact information. If you would please get out your phone?"
- "I will be in regular contact going forward to keep tabs on your status. Until then."
- South Province (Area Three)
- After defeating Klawf the Stony Cliff Titan
- "Hello, <player>. This is Turo."
- "I detect that Miraidon has regained some of its original power. It seems it will now be able to dash at high speeds while you're riding upon it."
- "I hope you will continue to explore Paldea with Miraidon, as you have done here. Your route is not fixed but open before you. Seek out your own path, using your map and the tools you have at hand. Whenever you find your curiosity piqued, you should go and explore as your heart desires. All that you experience will help you grow in some way, great or small."
- "Go forth on your journey...and take good care of Miraidon for me."
