Samson Oak

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Samson Oak (Japanese: ナリヤ・オーキド Nariya Ohkido) is a Pokémon Professor in Alola. He studies the regional forms and Totem Pokémon of the region. He is a cousin of Professor Oak, with whom he shares a striking resemblance.
==In the core series games==
===Pokémon Sun and Moon===
Samson Oak is first seen in Malie City on Ula'ula Island in , when the 's Rotom Pokédex recognizes him. He tells the player about his research on regional forms, and asks them to come to meet him in the city's library. When the player meets him in the library, he talks about regional forms again, before requesting that the player show him the local variant . Upon being shown an Alolan Persian, he explains why regional forms exist and explains his theory on why the Alolan Persian looks the way it does before giving the player a Love Ball. He also talks about his cousin in Kanto, who gave him a Kanto Pokédex which he uses to compare the Alolan variants of to their regular form counterparts. Finally, he tells the player about how might come to visit Alola someday because of the Z-Crystals Samson has sent him.
Samson is later met behind the Malie City Recycling Plant, where he explains why the Alolan is the way it is and gives the player a Friend Ball before leaving for Malie Library. The player may also encounter Samson inside the Geothermal Power Plant on Blush Mountain, where he will be standing in front of a photo of the Kalos Power Plant. Here he will tell the player about the hair of Alolan before handing the player a Lure Ball. He is also met behind the Pokémon Center atop Mount Hokulani, where he talks about 's different forms. Before going back to Malie Library again, he gives the player a Moon Ball.
===Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon===
In , the player meets Samson earlier, namely before going to Big Wave Beach to Mantine Surf to Akala Island, this replacing the initial encounter in Malie City. In these games, Samson studies Totem Pokémon and will give the player Totem-like Pokémon at Heahea Beach after collecting a certain amount of Totem Stickers. He is also an expert Mantine Surfer, initially holding the third-highest scores at all four of Alola's surfing beaches. The player can also encounter him at near Ula'ula Beach, where he contemplates how he never seems to be able to beat a certain "kimono-clad cad" when it comes to the ranking boards.
===Pokémon===
====Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon====
=====Gives away=====
20 Totem Stickers	20 Totem Stickers 	40 Totem Stickers 	40 Totem Stickers
Ultra Sun 	Ultra Moon 	Ultra Sun 	Ultra Moon
 	 	 	
50 Totem Stickers	50 Totem Stickers 	70 Totem Stickers 	70 Totem Stickers
Ultra Sun 	Ultra Moon 	Ultra Sun 	Ultra Moon
 	 	 	
80 Totem Stickers	100 Totem Stickers	100 Totem Stickers	
 	Ultra Sun 	Ultra Moon 	
 	 	 	
==Gallery==
Overworld model from,
==Quotes==
==In animation==
===History===
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Samson debuted in Alola to New Adventure!. He is the principal of the Pokémon School. His cousin had assigned and to deliver an to him, which they did. While Delia returned home, Ash chose to stay behind after becoming a student at the school.
In Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!, Samson assigned the students to look after one of two Eggs, one of them being the Egg that Delia and Ash had brought with them. They chose the white Egg and he looked after the other Egg, which hatched into a in Getting to Know You!.
In Racing to a Big Event!, Samson entered the Pokémon Pancake Race with and won.
To celebrate the Pokémon School's twentieth anniversary, Samson arranged a special field trip to Kanto to visit Professor Oak, along with Ash, , and from Alola, Kanto! to When Regions Collide!.
In Let Sleeping Pokémon Lie!, Samson told Ash and his classmates of how he met Komala. Later, he, along with Professor Kukui, , and , helped Komala learn , thus putting a stop to 's routine tantrums after noticing its audience sleeping through its songs.
In League Offenders and Defenders!, Samson surprised Ash and his classmates when he informed them that he would be entering the Manalo Conference. In Battle Royal 151!, Samson was among the 151 Trainers taking part in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference. He entered with Komala and was ultimately among the 16 Trainers remaining at the end. The match-ups revealed that he would be battling Hau in the first round.
In Battling Besties!, Samson battled Hau in the first round of the Manalo Conference. He used his against Hau's Alolan , but it was defeated, thus eliminating Samson from the tournament.
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In Helping the Hometown Hero!, Samson attended a party to celebrate the return of Lillie and her family to Alola after they found Mohn. The next day, Samson watched the Battle Royal match between Ash, Kiawe, , and Professor Kukui.
In Paring Pokémon While Parrying!, Samson was seen watching Ash's Masters Eight Tournament match against at the Pokémon School.
===Character===
Samson is a cheerful and zany individual who enjoys making puns with the names of Pokémon while usually doing a visual impression, much to the embarrassment or confusion of those around him.
===Pokémon===
This listing is of Samson's known in :
====On hand====
====Given away====
	
===Achievements===
====Pokémon League====
Samson has competed in the following Pokémon League Conferences:
* Manalo Conference - Top 16 (Battling Besties!)
====Pokémon competitions====
Samson has competed in the following :
* Pokémon Pancake Race - Winner (Racing to a Big Event!)
===Voice actors===
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Samson Oak debuted in The Decision and the Tournament of Six. He served as a judge at a tournament held at an Iki Town festival. During 's battle against Gladion, Moon was confused as to why Gladion wouldn't have his attack her newly caught Alolan with . Samson stepped in to tell Moon, who had only just recently arrived in Alola, about how regional forms can also have different types as well as appearances.
In Darkness!! The Mysterious Claws of Necrozma!, Sina and Dexio took Samson to the Aether Base on . They introduced him to the Reassembly Unit, which they planned on using to control 's . Later, Samson, Sina, Dexio, and Lillie set off to Mount Lanakila to investigate an Ultra Wormhole that appeared above the area. Before they could leave, a large swarm of Zygarde Cells and a Core converged into the Reassembly Unit and emerged as a Complete Forme Zygarde. Shortly afterward, emerged from the wormhole and was rescued by Zygarde. Samson and the others traveled to Mount Lanakila, where they found an injured Lunala and Lusamine. After Lillie helped free her mother from the she was fused with, Lusamine fainted. Sun tried getting Zygarde to take Lusamine to a hospital, only to notice that had arrived.
Samson had Sina and Dexio take Lillie and Lusamine to a safe place while he and Sun faced Necrozma.
====Pokémon====
==In the TCG==
Samson Oak was introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sun & Moon Series (the Japanese SM Era). It was first released as one of the Japanese before debuting in English in the expansion, with artwork by Masakazu Fukuda. It allows the player to draw two cards, and two more if both Active Pokémon are the same type.
==Trivia==
* In the Japanese, , and versions of the game, Samson's name is written in Western order (given name placed before family name), as opposed to his cousin, Professor Oak, whose name is written in East Asian order (family name before given name).
* In , Samson refers to as his grandnephew. However, the term "grandnephew" refers to the grandson of one's sibling, not to the grandson of one's cousin. Blue is actually Samson's first cousin twice-removed. Although terms like "nephew" are often used for relations that are in the "removed" category for the sake of convenience. 
* Samson is 5'9" (175 cm) tall.
* In the , Samson is the first Pokémon Professor to compete in a Pokémon League Conference.
** In promotional material for the Manalo Conference, Samson was given the title of (Japanese: 千のポケ顔を持つ男 Man of a thousand Poké-faces).
* Samson's is the only Pokémon in to have used the move .
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ナリヤ・オーキド Nariya Ohkido 	From 成屋蘭 Nariya-ran () and オーキド・ユキナリ Yukinari Ohkido (Samuel Oak)
English, Dutch,European Portuguese	Samson Oak 	Similar to Samuel Oak
German 	Heinrich Eich 	From Eich (Oak)
German 	Samson Eich (TCG) 	From his English name
Spanish 	Gabriel Oak 	Similar to Samuel Oak
French 	Raphaël Chen 	Similar to Samuel Chen (Samuel Oak)
Italian 	Manuel Oak 	Similar to Samuel Oak
Korean 	송호 오 Songho O 	Similar to 오용호 O Yongho (Samuel Oak)
Chinese () 	成也・大木 Chéngyě Dàmù 	From the Japanese name 成也 Nariya and 大木雪成 Dàmù Xuěchéng / Daaihmuhk Syutsìhng (Samuel Oak)
Chinese () 	成也・大木 Sìhngyáh Daaihmuhk 	From the Japanese name 成也 Nariya and 大木雪成 Dàmù Xuěchéng / Daaihmuhk Syutsìhng (Samuel Oak)
Brazilian Portuguese 	Gabriel Carvalho 	Similar to Samuel Carvalho (Samuel Oak)
Russian 	Самсон Оук Samson Ouk 	Transcription of his English name
Vietnamese 	Naliya Okido 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Category:Sun and Moon characters
Category:Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon characters
Category:Professors
Category:Teachers
Category:Animation characters
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
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