Professor Sycamore

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Professor Augustine Sycamore (Japanese: プラターヌ博士 Dr. Platane) is a Pokémon Professor from the Kalos region. He specializes in both Evolution, Mega Evolution, and change.
==In the core series games==
Professor Sycamore is mentioned as the one who selected a group made up of the player character, the opposite-gendered character, Shauna, Tierno, and Trevor to help him with his research, sending the Prof's Letter to the to ask her permission. Professor Sycamore personally gives Trevor and Tierno their Pokédex and first Pokémon, asking them to deliver both a Pokédex and a first partner Pokémon for the remaining three members of the group. He sends the three Kalos first partner Pokémon through Tierno.
The player first meets him in Lumiose City, where he will battle the player and, afterward, gives them one of the three Kanto first partner Pokémon and its final evolved form's Mega Stone. On the way to Shalour City, he will instruct the player to meet Gurkinn, the Mega Evolution guru, to learn and get a better understanding about Mega Evolution. Later, he appears at the Coumarine City monorail station and talks to Diantha about Mega Evolution and how it may be possibly related to the bonds between Pokémon and their Trainers. There, he will congratulate the player for using Mega Evolution for the first time and gives them .
He feels disappointed when Lysandre reveals himself to be the boss of Team Flare, but turns to his network of acquaintances to try to stop the villainous team's plan. He sends Dexio and Sina to the Lysandre Labs in order to investigate Team Flare's interest in AZ and how to thwart their plans.
At Couriway Town, he will apologize to the player for not preventing what Lysandre had done. He then challenges the player to another battle to test how far they have come in their journey. After being defeated, he informs the player that he has a special surprise for helping stop Team Flare and leaves. Once the player has beaten the , he leads a parade for the player in Lumiose City, where he awards them and their friends with the Honor of Kalos for their heroics.
Later, he tells the player to meet him in Lumiose Station, where he gives them a TMV Pass to board a train to Kiloude City. After / is defeated in Kiloude, Professor Sycamore will upgrade the player's Mega Ring in Anistar City so that they can detect hidden Mega Stones around Kalos from 8 PM to 9 PM.
When the Pokédex is evaluated at his lab in Lumiose City, Sycamore will give the player an Oval Charm for completing all three Kalos Pokédexes (Central Kalos, Coastal Kalos, and Mountain Kalos) and a Shiny Charm for completing the National Pokédex.
Professor Sycamore is also mentioned in , where Dexio and Sina reveal that he was the one who discovered the Zygarde Cube.
===Pokémon===
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====Gives away====
After being defeated for the first time in Lumiose City, Professor Sycamore will let the player choose themselves one of the Kanto first partner Pokémon. After the player has chosen their Pokémon, Professor will also give the player the first partner Pokémon's final evolution's respective Mega Stone (if Charmander was chosen, the Charizardite received will depend on the version of the game that's being played).
			
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon GO===
In Pokémon GO, Professor Willow mentions that Sycamore is one of his colleagues.
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Professor Sycamore forms a sync pair with , , and in Pokémon Masters EX. Professor Sycamore became a playable sync pair on February 11, 2021.
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==Gallery==
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==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
Professor Sycamore is a recurring character in , debuting in Lumiose City Pursuit!.
===Pokémon Generations===
Professor Sycamore appeared in The Redemption, where he was seen onstage with Diantha and at the parade, celebrating the latter's achievement of becoming the new Kalos League .
===GOTCHA!===
Professor Sycamore briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
===Pokémon Evolutions===
Professor Sycamore appeared in The Visionary. He was first seen in a flashback, discussing Lysandre's beliefs about beauty and the future of the world with him. Later, he watched Malva's announcement on the Holo Caster about Lysandre's legacy.
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Professor Sycamore debuts in the . He is first seen messaging via Holo Caster to inform him that the package of first partner Pokémon he requested has been sent to Trevor's house. When Trevor arrives to take the three Pokémon, he is shocked to find the Legendary Pokémon Xerneas and have appeared and begin battling each other. The battle causes destruction and mass panic in Vaniville Town, but Trevor manages to record footage of the event on his Holo Caster before it gets damaged. Once the two Pokémon leave, Trevor decides to travel with his friends to find answers as to what happened while also wanting to meet up with the professor in Lumiose City.
Sycamore debuts in person at his lab in Lumiose City, where he shows the footage Trevor recorded to Lysandre. Sycamore also gives a copy of the footage so that it may be used for further study.
Later, Trevor and his friends make it to Lumiose City. There, they meet with Professor Sycamore and return the that had previously escaped from Sycamore's lab. Trevor, , , and are sent to Lysandre Café to have Trevor's Holo Caster fixed while stays behind. When X reveals that he doesn't want to take the that Trevor got for him because he worries that it will only get caught up in the constant attacks from Team Flare, Professor Sycamore decides to challenge him to a battle in hopes of changing his mind. Although X agrees, he is angered when he is forced to use Chespin instead of Kanga. The battle ends with Professor Sycamore as the victor. Despite the lack of interest in the fight, X is impressed by Chespin's valor enough to take it on his team and give it a nickname. Much to Professor Sycamore's surprise and confusion, X also takes an interest in training the Charmander.
Afterward, the two head off to the Prism Tower while riding the Gogoat Shuttle service. When X's friends ask Sycamore about Lysandre's scary demeanor, Sycamore laughs their worries off and assumes they were just shocked from his majestic personality. He then heads inside Prism Tower to have an interview with Lumiose Press.
Sometime after Team Flare's plot to use the ultimate weapon fails, Professor Sycamore apologizes to X and his friends for not noticing that Lysandre was actually the leader of Team Flare earlier. He asks them to head to Anistar City, where he may use the secrets of the Anistar Sundial to help them stop Team Flare. When X's group arrives at Anistar to meet with the Professor, they find him surrounded by four while dangling on a harness connected to the Anistar Sundial. X and Y free the Professor and battle against the Hawlucha, whose Trainer is hidden in the area. While X's team battles the Hawlucha, Sycamore reveals that the effects of the ultimate weapon firing on Kalos have made it so that X and Y can track Mega Stones with their Mega Rings, but only from 8 PM to 9 PM. X and Y decide to take this information to look for the Mega Stones for their new team members, and , but realize that the person who commanded the Hawlucha is still at large. While X and Y stay behind to face the unknown Trainer, Tierno and Shauna take their Mega Rings to find the Mega Stones for Rute and Solsol. As Tierno and Shauna search for the Mega Stones, Y discovers the person who attacked Sycamore was Essentia, a member of Team Flare, and battles her. After Essentia escapes, Sycamore learns from his assistants that Team Flare are hiding at the Pokémon Village.
Later, after Team Flare is defeated once and for all, Professor Sycamore, the Kalos Gym Leaders, Alexa, Bonnie, and Yvette congratulate X and his friends for their victory. Professor Sycamore proposes to have a party and parade as a celebration for their heroics, but Trevor declines, as he and his friends prefer to stick close to one another. Later, Sycamore talks to and Blaine about their involvement in the battle against Team Flare. Blue and Blaine reveal that after they witnessed Zygarde disintegrate into its Cells, they noticed a green figure from where it once stood. Sycamore reveals that similar creatures have been seen in the Alola region, and sends Sina and Dexio there to investigate. While Sina and Dexio are away, Sycamore has Trevor take their place as his assistant.
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===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
Professor Sycamore has appeared in .
==In the TCG==
Professor Sycamore was introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English XY Series (the Japanese XY Era). First released in the expansion, it later debuted in English in the expansion, with both prints featuring an illustration based on the Ken Sugimori artwork of the character. With the same effect as from the expansion, Professor Sycamore allows the player to discard their hand and draw seven cards from their deck.
==Other appearances==
===Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS===
Professor Sycamore appears as a trophy exclusive to the 3DS version.
====Trophy information====
This charming professor is an eminent Pokémon researcher in the Kalos region. He's dedicated to solving the puzzles of Mega Evolution in Pokémon, but unlike some other busy researchers, he always makes time to keep his hair stylish and his clothes and work space tidy.
==Trivia==
* According to a male on the second floor of the lab in Lumiose City, Sycamore learned a lot from Professor Rowan in Sinnoh when he was young.
* According to a woman in the Tower of Mastery, Sycamore trained there in his youth to learn about Mega Evolution. However, he left fairly quickly as he decided he didn't have what it takes.
* Sycamore was the first whom the player could , not counting the unused battle against Professor Oak in Generation I that can be accessed through glitches.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	プラターヌ博士 Dr. Platane 	From platane (French for )
English 	Professor Augustine Sycamore 	From and (a cultivar of plane trees)
German, Italian 	Professor Platan 	From his Japanese name
Spanish 	Profesor Ciprés 	From ciprés ()
French 	Professeur Platane 	From his Japanese name
Korean 	플라타느 Dr. Platane 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	布拉塔諾 / 布拉塔诺 Dr. Bùlātǎnuò 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	布拉塔諾 Dr. Boulāaitaapnohk 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	法桐 Dr. Faattùhng 	From 法桐 faattùhng () and 法國 Faatgwok (France)
Indonesian 	Profesor Platanu 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Brazilian Portuguese	Professor Augustine SicômoroProfessor Sycamore	From his English name and sicômoro (sycamore)Same as English name
Russian 	Профессор Сайкамор Professor Saikamor 	Transcription of his English name
Thai 	ดร.พลาตัน Dr. Phlatan 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Vietnamese 	Giáo sư Puratanu 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
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