Professor Willow: Difference between revisions

That's not quite how we do any other character AFAIK. And wordy citations can get very inelegant ; Does the announcement of the Twitter "event" really matter? The other references speak loud enough
(That's not quite how we do any other character AFAIK. And wordy citations can get very inelegant ; Does the announcement of the Twitter "event" really matter? The other references speak loud enough)
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'''Professor Willow''' (Japanese: '''ウィロー博士''' ''Dr. Willow'') is a [[Pokémon Professor]] who appears in the [[Pokémon GO]] mobile game. Similar to [[Professor Birch]], he specializes in Pokémon habitats and distribution. Unlike other Professors who directly give {{pkmn|Trainer}}s their first Pokémon, Professor Willow gives Trainers their first {{ball|Poké}}s to capture their first Pokémon.
'''Professor Willow''' (Japanese: '''ウィロー博士''' ''Dr. Willow'') is a [[Pokémon Professor]] who appears in the [[Pokémon GO]] mobile game. Similar to [[Professor Birch]], he specializes in Pokémon habitats and distribution. Unlike other Professors who directly give {{pkmn|Trainer}}s their first Pokémon, Professor Willow gives Trainers their first {{ball|Poké}}s to capture their first Pokémon.
==Background information==
Professor Willow was an only child who learned his love of Pokémon and exploring from his parents. His mother researched Pokémon ecology and his father was fascinated by the outdoors.<ref>[https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp/status/989614016996790273 #ProfessorWillowWeek Fact #3 on Twitter]</ref> Before setting out on his own exploration, he worked in a lab studying Pokémon under [[Professor Oak]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp/status/988821137391013888 #ProfessorWillowWeek Fact #1 on Twitter]</ref> He still looks up to Professor Oak.
Professor Willow's dream is to explore uncharted lands and to examine and document new [[Pokémon (species)|Pokémon species]] yet to be discovered in their natural habitat.<ref>[https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp/status/989972522799108096 #ProfessorWillowWeek Fact #4 on Twitter]</ref>


==Transferring Pokémon==
==Transferring Pokémon==
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*Candela (Japanese: キャンデラ ''Candela''), the leader of Team Valor (Japanese: チーム・ヴァーラー ''Team Valor''), who is researching Pokémon strength. Team Valor Trainers believe that their Pokémon are the strongest because they train to naturally enhance a Pokémon's power in search of true strength. Team Valor is represented by {{p|Moltres}}.
*Candela (Japanese: キャンデラ ''Candela''), the leader of Team Valor (Japanese: チーム・ヴァーラー ''Team Valor''), who is researching Pokémon strength. Team Valor Trainers believe that their Pokémon are the strongest because they train to naturally enhance a Pokémon's power in search of true strength. Team Valor is represented by {{p|Moltres}}.
:''"I'm Candela — Team Valor's leader! Pokemon are stronger than humans, and they're warmhearted, too! I'm researching ways to enhance Pokemon's natural power in the pursuit of true strength. There's no doubt that the Pokemon our team have trained at the strongest in battle! Are you ready?"''
:''"I'm Candela — Team Valor's leader! Pokemon are stronger than humans, and they're warmhearted, too! I'm researching ways to enhance Pokemon's natural power in the pursuit of true strength. There's no doubt that the Pokemon our team have trained at the strongest in battle! Are you ready?"''
==Personal history==
As the single child of a mother invested into researching Pokémon ecology and a father fascinated by outdoors,<ref>[https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp/status/989614016996790273 #ProfessorWillowWeek Fact #3 on Twitter]</ref> he inherited the love of Pokémon and exploring the world from his parents. His dream is to explore uncharted lands and to examine and to document new Pokémon species yet to be discovered in their natural habitat.<ref>[https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp/status/989972522799108096 #ProfessorWillowWeek Fact #4 on Twitter]</ref> During the [[Special Research]] task 'A Mythical Discovery', he mentions that his instructor used to be [[Professor Oak]]. This was later confirmed by Pokémon GO's Twitter account, which stated that Willow used to be Oak's assistant until he decided to specialize in field studies in the outside world instead of doing research in a laboratory.<ref>[https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp/status/988821137391013888 #ProfessorWillowWeek Fact #1 on Twitter]</ref>


==Quotes==
==Quotes==
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Professor Willow is the only professor to be named after a tree outside of the [[core series]] of games.
* Professor Willow is the only professor to be named after a tree outside of the [[core series]] of games.
*On April 24, 2018 the [https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp/ official Pokémon GO Twitter] account launched a week long social event centered around Professor Willow<ref>[https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp/status/988417407512383488 Start of #ProfessorWillowWeek on Twitter]</ref>.


==Names==
==Names==
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==References==
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