Time machine

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The time machine (Japanese: タイムマシン time machine) is a large device created by Professor Sada/Professor Turo 10 years prior to the events of , located in Area Zero's Zero Lab. It plays an important role in the main game and is mentioned in its The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero expansion.
The machine was built within a dome made of Tera crystals within the Zero Lab. It was powered by 's energy and used to bring Pokémon known as Paradox Pokémon to the modern world through time and space. The professor from the past claims these Pokémon could come from , while their AI copy claims they come from the ancient past/distant future. It's currently unknown how the time machine truly works. This energy was also used by the professor to create a device called the Tera Orb and a robotic replica of themselves. The professor named this energy the Terastal energy.
==In the core series==
===Background===
The time machine was only created thanks to a white book given to Sada/Turo by a in an unfamiliar place to them. Later on, it was used to bring out the very first Paradox Pokémon, a friendly /, who would be later renamed as /. Over the next 10 years, the time machine kept bringing Paradox Pokémon to Area Zero automatically, amongst them a newer and more aggressive Koraidon/Miraidon. At some point, the professor created a program named the Paradise Protection Protocol, which was programmed to take over their AI copy and defend the time machine at any cost if necessary, including killing the ones threatening it.
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====The Way Home====
In the present day, AI Sada/AI Turo tasks the player with traveling to the bottom of Area Zero so they can turn the time machine off since they can't do it themselves due to their programming. Once there, the player uses the Scarlet Book/Violet Book to deactivate the time machine, but the program takes over the AI. The time machine then activates and drops out a Master Ball with a newly caught / inside. It forces the AI to fight the player and stop them from deactivating the time machine. After their defeat, Arven, Nemona, and Penny arrive in the time machine room, witnessing the AI regaining control of itself, right before the Paradise Protection Protocol is activated, locking all Poké Balls in the room, except for the ones registered to Sada's/Turo's ID, and sending out their Koraidon/Miraidon to battle.
The player, however, uses their own Koraidon/Miraidon to fight off the other one. Using stallization, they manage to beat the other Legendary Paradox Pokémon and stop the program. After apologizing to Arven for leaving him alone for so long, the AI Professor makes a decision; since the time machine wouldn't turn off while they are present, they decide to use it to send themselves away into the ancient past/distant future they've dreamed of. After telling the children their goodbyes, the AI activates the time machine one last time and travels away with the Scarlet Book/Violet Book in hand, deactivating the time machine for good and saving Paldea as a result.
====The Indigo Disk====
When the player returns to Area Zero to find with Briar, Carmine, and Kieran during The Indigo Disk expansion, they use the Indigo Disk on it, opening the lab's doors and redirect the facility's elevator to the Area Zero Underdepths, rendering the deactivated time machine room inaccessible.
==Trivia==
*The background of the time machine during the final battle against the AI Professor is different depending on the game's version. In Scarlet, it is colored red, while in Violet, it is colored purple.
*The time machine shares some similarities with AZ's ultimate weapon: 
**They were both built by humans who wanted to use them for their own selfish desires, but not exactly for evil means.
**They're both powerful machines that posed a huge threat to their respective regions; Paldea for the time machine and Kalos for the ultimate weapon.
**They're both powered up by energy connected to their respective regions' Legendary Pokémon; and its Terastal energy for the time machine, and / and their Infinity Energy for the ultimate weapon.
==In other languages==
== Related articles==
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*Paradox Pokémon
*Terastal energy
*Professor Sada
*Professor Turo
* Zero Lab
*Area Zero
* Time travel
Category:Pokémon Scarlet and Violet