Professor Juniper

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Professor Aurea Juniper (Japanese: アララギ博士 Dr. Araragi) is the resident Pokémon Professor of Nuvema Town in the Unova region. She specializes in the origins of Pokémon.
==In the core series games==
Professor Juniper debuted in , where, like the other professors, she will give the a Pokédex in her lab; however, she leaves a present containing the first partner Pokémon at the player's house for the player, Bianca, and Cheren. She also demonstrates to the player how to capture their first Pokémon, a level 2 , with her level 7 .
Over the course of the game, if the player visits her in her lab, Professor Juniper will hand out a total of three TMs depending on the number of Unova Pokédex Pokémon the player has seen: after seeing 25 Pokémon, after seeing 60 Pokémon, and after seeing 115 Pokémon.
In , the player can call her over Xtransceiver to have the Pokédex evaluated, or to ask how a Pokémon in their party evolves.
===Pokémon===
====Pokémon Black and White====
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=====Gives to new Trainers=====
These Pokémon are shipped to the 's house at the beginning of . After the player makes their selection, Bianca picks the Pokémon that is at a type disadvantage towards theirs while Cheren takes the remaining companion.
		
=====Caught in tutorial=====
====Pokémon Black 2 and White 2====
	
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
Official artwork from
===Sprites===
 	 	 	 	
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==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
In the , Professor Juniper debuted in In The Shadow of Zekrom! as an old friend of . She gave , , and Oak a ride in her SUV to her lab so she could study Ash's Pikachu who was ill. Later, she showed Ash the Unova first partner Pokémon, then gave Trip his first , .
Ash later returned to Professor Juniper's lab after finding out that Pikachu had lost his electricity from . Later the storm arrived again but this time it gave Pikachu's electric powers back, and Ash departed from her lab the next day.
In A Sandile Gusher of Change!, Juniper sent Ash the Poké Ball belonging to the that was supposed to go to a new Trainer, but wandered away to go with Ash. In Minccino-Neat and Tidy! it was shown that she had sent to give Ash his Badge case. She then spoke to Ash via Bianca's Xtransceiver.
Ash sent his to her in Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!, in order to make room for his newly captured . He switched them in The Lost World of Gothitelle!.
In A Venipede Stampede!, Professor Juniper and her lab assistants monitored swarm event in Castelia City, and they quickly identified that the problem was linked with strong energy waves coming from the Desert Resort. She flew over to Castelia and met up with Ash and to investigate the unusual activity caused by Team Rocket. She was also set to appear in the unaired and non-canonical final episodes of Team Rocket's Meteonite mission; in May 2023, the scripts for these episodes surfaced,https://bulbagarden.net/threads/bw023-bw024-unaired-scripts-found.297127/ revealing that Juniper was to be involved in investigating the history of the Relic Castle and would recover a small Meteonite stolen by Team Rocket from the Nacrene City museum so it could be returned to Lenora.
In Archeops In The Modern World!, Fennel helped Juniper revive an from a Plume Fossil. Archen later evolved into and left with a passing flock of Archeops. While the encounter was brief, Juniper was able to document the cry and behavioral data on the Archen evolutionary line.
In Crisis at Chargestone Cave!, the group encountered Professor Juniper while she and her team were conducting research on the electric stones of Chargestone Cave. Juniper also met up with Bianca for their planned trade in Evolution Exchange Excitement!. Juniper traded her for Bianca's , making both of them evolve at Chargestone Cave. In order to help Bianca work with her new , Professor Juniper suggested they have a Tag Battle against Ash and Cilan, who used and , respectively. Although Professor Juniper's and Bianca's Escavalier learned to work together and eventually defeat Boldore, they were both defeated by Crustle's . Juniper was surprised to encounter her father Cedric, who revealed that he had located the Hero's Ruin. Ash's group left with Cedric in Explorers of the Hero's Ruin!, while Professor Juniper remained behind to continue her Chargestone Cave research.
In New Places... Familiar Faces!, Juniper met up with Ash and his friends again when they returned to Nuvema Town after the Vertress Conference. She also presented a beginner Trainer, Nanette, the three first partner Pokémon. After some thinking, Nanette chose as her first Pokémon. Juniper also received a call from her father, who revealed that the had been discovered. While Juniper was unable to join her father, she suggested Ash's group visit the new Aspertia Gym en route to the White Ruins.
In Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures!, Juniper told Ash and about a cruise that would travel through the Decolore Islands to Kanto, after they expressed their wishes to travel to Kanto together. She bought tickets for them to board the ship, but a disguised James bumped into her on purpose to switch the tickets around with fakes to lure Ash and his friends into another scheme of 's. She wished the group all the best before returning to her lab. She also made plans to transfer Ash's Unova Pokémon from her lab to Professor Oak's laboratory.
Juniper made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Genesect and the Legend Awakened.
====Character====
Professor Juniper is pleasant and mature. She willingly offers her assistance, even providing with ship tickets on two occasions, in New Places... Familiar Faces! and Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures!, respectively. She has a particular interest in the origins of Pokémon. Juniper is often busy with multiple projects at any given time, all of which require extensive fieldwork and data analysis back at the lab.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Professor Juniper's known Pokémon:
=====On hand=====
=====Traded away=====
=====Gives to new Trainers=====
			
=====Gave away to Trainers=====
♂	♂	♂	
=====Formerly raised=====
=====Previously resided at her Lab=====
♀	♂	♂	
♂	♀	♂	♂
♂	 	 	
====Voice actors====
===GOTCHA!===
Professor Juniper briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
====History====
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Professor Juniper debuted in Fussing and Fighting, where she prepared three first partner Pokémon to be given to three new Trainers. While on a call with Fennel, the first partner Pokémon got into a fight into each other. The next day, Juniper had three first partner Pokémon mailed alongside a set of three Pokédexes to the house of , one of the new Trainers. Of the three, Tepig ended up in Black's hands, while and received and , respectively. Due to Black's impatient nature, he accidentally dropped Cheren and Bianca's Pokédexes in a puddle of rainwater, damaging and rendering them unusable. While the Pokédexes undergo repairs, Juniper sent Cheren and Bianca off to find Black and inform him to keep his Pokédex safe.
After Cheren and Bianca successfully met up with Black, they gave Professor Juniper his Xtransceiver number so that she may be in contact with him. In At Liberty on Liberty Garden, she contacted Black to have him and travel to Liberty Garden in order to get data on the Mythical Pokémon . After Black succeeded in this mission, Professor Juniper's father, Cedric Juniper, arrived to assist in repairing the Pokédexes.
By A Lost Melody, Professor Juniper and her father successfully repaired the Pokédexes. She had Cedric sent to Castelia City in order to deliver Bianca her fixed Pokédex. To Juniper's shock, Bianca revealed that she decided to become her assistant and instead handed the Pokédex over to White.
In A Wretched Reunion, Juniper traveled to alongside Fennel. There, they witnessed Black, White, and Cedric in battle with , the king of Team Plasma. During the battle, Cedric revealed that a year ago, N barged into his lab and liberated a second set of first partner Pokémon meant to be given out to another set of Trainers. N chastised Professor Juniper for her treatment of the first partner Pokémon given to Black and his friends and claimed that she only thinks of them as objects meant to be researched. When Black tried to stop N, his Musha chose to run away instead of eating his dreams as usual. The shock of losing one of his most trusted Pokémon caused Black to faint from shock.
In Dream a Little Dream, Professor Juniper, Fennel, Amanita, and White looked after Black at the gates while they watch the tournament.
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In Pink Slip, Professor Juniper hides in Fennel's home alongside Fennel, Amanita, , and Cedric Juniper to escape the Plasma Frigate freezing Unova's cities. There, Fennel reveals that after researching the Dream Mist for two years, she managed to discover another dimension known as the Pokémon Dream World. She hypothesizes that this may have been where Black went to after being sealed into the Light Stone. To confirm this, Fennel has White sent to the Entralink, where the real world and Dream World are most connected. The operation proves to be a success as White manages to find and obtain the Light Stone.
====Pokémon====
=====Gave away to Trainers=====
===Pocket Monsters BW: Good Partners===
Professor Juniper appeared in BWGP02. Takurō and Mashiro had arrived in Accumula Town and saw her. She evaluated Takurō's Pokédex and commented on how it was filling up quite a bit. She then told him to keep it up. Professor Juniper then told the two about a that was causing trouble. Later, when Takurō had his flap up a gust of wind, Professor Juniper went with Mashiro to a cliff where Takurō was but discovered that Takurō had already rescued himself and Purrloin.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
Professor Juniper first appeared in PMHGSS20 as a cameo.
She makes her full appearance in PMBW01. She was the first character in Unova that met. Professor Juniper can get upset if someone mentions her age being very old but calms down if she is complimented. In that same chapter, she met with Black, Bianca and Cheren to give them their first Pokémon.
====Pokémon====
=====Gives to new Trainers=====
		
==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Professor Juniper in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* According to an NPC, Professor Juniper and her father were formerly s.
* Aurea's first name is only revealed in the English version. In Japanese, both she and Cedric are known simply as "Dr. Araragi", although Cedric gets his own first name in all languages except Japanese and Chinese.
* Professor Juniper is the first female Pokémon Professor, and the only woman to make an introduction for a core series game.
* In the original Japanese version of the , Professor Juniper often says the phrase "あらら Arara" (meaning "oh my"), which is a reference to her name.
* Professor Juniper is the only regional core series Pokémon Professor introduced as of Generation VIII who did not appear in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	アララギ Dr. Araragi 	From アララギ araragi ()
English 	Professor Aurea Juniper 	From and the cultivar 'Aurea'
German 	Professor Esche 	From Esche ()
Spanish 	Profesora Encina 	From encina ()
Spanish 	Profesora Juniper 	From her English name
French 	Professeure Keteleeria 	From
French 	Professeur Keteleeria 	From
Italian 	Professoressa Aralia 	From the genus (spikenard)
Korean 	주 Dr. Ju 	From 주목 (朱木) jumok () and the surname 주
Chinese ()	紅豆杉 / 红豆杉 Dr. Hóngdòushān 	From 紅豆杉 / 红豆杉 hóngdòushān / hùhngdáuchaam (yew)
Chinese ()	紅豆杉 Dr. Hùhngdáuchaam 	From 紅豆杉 / 红豆杉 hóngdòushān / hùhngdáuchaam (yew)
Finnish 	Prof. Juniper 	From her English name
Polish 	Profesor Juniper 	From her English name
Russian 	Профессор Джунипер Professor Dzhuniper	Transcription of her English name
Thai 	ดร. อารารากิ Dr. Araragi 	Transcription of her Japanese name
Vietnamese	Giáo sư Araragi 	Transcription of her Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
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Category:Black and White characters
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Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
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