Professor Elm

Professor Elm (Japanese: ウツギ博士 Dr. Utsugi) is the resident Pokémon Professor of New Bark Town in the Johto region. He specializes in Pokémon breeding, and is credited with the discovery of Pokémon Eggs. According to Professor Oak, in , Professor Elm "is the best when it comes to the research of Pokémon evolution." In the Pokémon animated series, Elm also states he studies unusual Pokémon .
Elm gives one of the three first partner Pokémon of Johto—, , and —to , , or so that they will have an easier time getting to Mr. Pokémon's house.
==In the core series games==
Professor Elm works at his laboratory in New Bark Town. He lives in a small house near his laboratory with his wife and son, who wants to grow up to be a Pokémon Professor like his dad. He also has an aide who assists him in his laboratory.
Elm is known for being a little scatterbrained and disorganized when he gets wrapped up with his research—to the point that, according to his wife, he sometimes forgets to eat. He holds Professor Oak in high regards. At the start of , he gives the their first first partner Pokémon.
In addition to their first partner Pokémon, Elm gives the player various items during the game. After the player hatches from the his assistant gives them in the Pokémon Center/Poké Mart in Violet City, Elm gives them an Everstone. After the player obtains all eight Johto Badges, Elm gives them a Master Ball. After the player enters the Hall of Fame, he gives them a ticket to the S.S. Aqua, allowing them to travel to the neighboring Kanto region.
A man standing next to the east gate of Hearthome City states that he's a friend with Professor Elm and that his friend told him that leaving a pair of Pokémon in the Pokémon Day Care, sometimes leads to Eggs being found or things that are like Eggs. The man also states that Elm was always a quiet sort and didn't really stand out.
===Pokémon===
Professor Elm gives the player their first partner Pokémon in all Johto-based core series games.
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
Official artwork from, and
===Sprites===
 	
Overworld sprite from	Overworld sprite from
==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
====History====
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Professor Elm was one of 's top students at a university. He currently specializes in the research of and has interests in the origins of life.
Professor Elm debuted in Don't Touch That 'dile. infiltrated his laboratory at New Bark Town, and while he was studying a rare cell division through a microscope, the trio took off with a reserved for a new . Officer Jenny, , and later battled Team Rocket and managed to return Totodile to Elm's lab.
After a period of traveling, the group encountered Elm again in Around the Whirlpool while he was studying the origins of life in the Whirl Islands with Captain Marius. Elm helped rescue the group from the surrounding whirlpools with his newly- . Together, they docked at the Blue Point Isle, where Elm informed them about the upcoming Whirl Cup tournament. Later, Elm and Corsola saved a group of Pokémon from being stolen by Team Rocket. Elm and Captain Marius then left the group to continue their research elsewhere.
In Lapras of Luxury, Elm contacted Ash to congratulate him on getting eight Johto Badges. He then sent him on an errand to retrieve an from the nearby Marine Pokémon Laboratory. As the head of the Pokémon Preservation Council, Elm had received news of the Egg after it had been poached from Mt. Silver. Ash and his friends obtained the Egg from Naomi and went on their way towards New Bark Town.
The Egg hatched in Hatch Me If You Can, and the group contacted Elm after the baby was seemingly unresponsive to Nurse Joy's treatment. Elm interrupted his dinner with Oak and , who were visiting him to wish Ash well before the Silver Conference, and rushed over to Ash's location to see Larvitar. The two Professors managed to stabilize Larvitar's body temperature, but it was still unresponsive. Later, as Ash fought Team Rocket, Larvitar overcame its unresponsive state to send them blasting off. Afterwards, Elm drove everyone to New Bark Town and entrusted Ash and his friends with the task of returning Larvitar to its home at Mt. Silver. In You're a Star, Larvitar!, Elm checked in with the group and heard that Larvitar was doing well. Eventually, Ash and his friends would return Larvitar to its mother .
In A Claim to Flame!, Elm was seen watching the Silver Conference on TV. Later, Ash happened to overhear Jackson's video call with Elm in Tie One On! and spoke with him briefly. Elm officially thanked Ash and his friends for their help and informed them on Larvitar's well-being.
Elm made a brief cameo in The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon, after Dr. Yung revealed he had hacked the computer data of leading specialists, including that of Elm, to help with the construction of his Mirage Pokémon system.
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Elm was mentioned in Caring for a Mystery!, when Professor Cerise told Ash and Goh about his research into Pokémon Eggs. Elm was also seen in a picture in the same episode.
====Character====
Professor Elm is regarded as sweet and kindhearted by many, including New Bark Town's Nurse Joy. While he is incredibly knowledgeable, he is known to get into heated arguments with others over research and theories. He also tends to go into unnecessarily lengthy explanations whenever he is asked a question.
In addition, Elm can be incredibly absentminded. He has a habit of getting wrapped up in his research, to the point where he is completely oblivious to his surroundings, and he may not leave his laboratory for days.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Professor Elm's known in :
=====On hand=====
=====Gives to new Trainers=====
=====Gave away to new Trainers=====
			
=====Given away=====
	
====Voice actors====
===GOTCHA!===
Professor Elm briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
====History====
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Professor Elm was initially to be brought several Pokémon by Joey from Professor Oak, but before that happened, the Totodile that he was studying was stolen, and he was knocked unconscious before he could do anything. Gold then arrived and took Cyndaquil as well to catch the thief. 
After Gold first battled with the Masked Man at the Ilex Forest and lost, Elm was able to get a sample of his clothing and found particles on them, but he did not know what they were. Elm then contacted Gold when he was battling the Masked Man for a second time, informing him that the particles on the clothes are the same substance used for Gym Badges, and that the Masked Man must be a Gym Leader. He tells Gold that he should not try to fight him, but Gold simply replies with, "It's too late."
A while beforehand, he decided that Gold was trustworthy enough to try to hatch an Egg for him, saying that it had not moved an inch while it was in the lab. While the Egg did hatch into a , due to Gold's habits of visiting arcades while it was an Egg, it learned how to play dice, pool, and poker, making Elm furious about how Gold had turned it into a delinquent. Little did he know, with Togepi's aggression came Gold's innate talent for bringing the fullest potential of baby Pokémon, allowing it to easily defeat the wild that tried to eat it right before it hatched (and the that borrowed from Lance). 
Joey stays behind with him to help Elm with chores and research.
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In Epilogue, he makes a cameo appearance in one of the ships heading to the .
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He is seen in Gold's flashback while Professor Oak gives Gold the task of meeting with Lance who has information about Team Rocket and their plan of obtaining .
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In Knowledge of the Unown II, both Professor Elm and Joey make a cameo. Elm is seen talking with Professor Rowan via videophone.
====Pokémon====
=====On hand=====
=====Given away=====
	
=====Formerly owned=====
=====Stolen=====
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
Professor Elm first appeared in Let's Go!! The Journey Towards The Championship.
====Pokémon====
=====Gives to new Trainers=====
		
=====Given to new Trainers=====
	
===Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure===
Professor Elm appeared in JBA1 and JBA6.
====Pokémon====
=====Gives to new Trainers=====
		
=====Given to new Trainers=====
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
Professor Elm appears in the Johto saga of Pokémon Pocket Monsters. He recommends and to Professor Oak as the chosen Trainers to get their first Pokémon. He even introduces them to . Unlike other media, he was not seen giving away the Johto first partner Pokémon to new Trainers yet. In Marill's Special Training to Surpass Pikachu!!, he was seen fighting Professor Oak after a came by and stole some food.
Professor Elm reappears in PMHGSS01, where he is in charge of the Pokéathlon. and has competed with Red in various events that went on. Elm reappears again in PMHGSS20 along with the other professors. They were the judge of 's fight with . After their battle, Professor Elm got into a brawl with the other professors that was started by Clefairy. After watching the fight that was recorded, they worked together and fought Clefairy.
====Pokémon====
=====On hand=====
=====Status unknown=====
These Pokémon were seen with him but it was not stated whether or not they belong to him.
==In the TCG==
===Artwork===
Artwork from the cards:
 	
With a	Having his hand bitten by a Totodile
===Cards===
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Professor Elm in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* Professor Elm is the only Professor to give the a first partner Pokémon, but not a Pokédex.
** Also, in , Professor Elm is the only Professor known to give new Trainers a first partner Pokémon that did not give any to neither nor his companions.
* In the games, one of the townsfolk mentions that Professor Elm is the one who discovered that is an evolved Pokémon ( was introduced in Generation II).
* Professor Elm is the only core series professor to lack non-overworld artwork in their respective game. His sole in-game portrait is in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ウツギ Dr. Utsugi 	From 空木 utsugi ()
English, Italian,Brazilian Portuguese	Professor Elm 	From
German 	Professor Lind 	From Linde ()
Spanish 	Profesor Elm 	From his English name
Brazilian Portuguese 	Professor Elm
Professor Elmo	From his English name
From the name "Elmo"
French 	Professeur Orme 	From orme (elm)
Korean 	공 Dr. Gong 	From the hanja reading of 空 in the Japanese name 空木 Utsugi and the surname 공 (孔)
Chinese () 	空木 Dr. Kōngmù 	From the Japanese name 空木 Utsugi
Chinese () 	空木 Dr. Hūngmuhk 	From the Japanese name 空木 Utsugi
Finnish 	Professori Elm 	From his English name
Vietnamese 	Giáo sư Utsugi 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
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