Professor Laventon

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Professor Laventon (Japanese: ラベン博士 Dr. Laven) is a travelling Pokémon Professor who studies in the Hisui region. He is a member of the Galaxy Team's Survey Corps and specializes in 's modes of life.
==In the core series games==
===Pokémon Legends: Arceus===
Professor Laventon finds the on Prelude Beach after they have fallen through the space-time rift. The appearance of the player has attracted the interest of the Professor's three first partner Pokémon. After the player awakens, the Pokémon run away and the Professor tasks the player with recapturing them. Impressed by their skill he takes the player to Jubilife Village to recruit them into the Galaxy Team's Survey Corps.
For most of the game, Professor Laventon can be found at all base camps or his laboratory in Galaxy Hall. The player can report their latest survey results by speaking to Laventon, which entails any Pokémon caught and s completed since the last report. He will then reward the player with money and research points based on these results.
The Pokédex entries in Pokémon Legends: Arceus are written by Laventon. Incidentally, he coined the term "scalchop" for 's signature seashell and the term "aura" for 's signature energy wave control power. Laventon also observed that resemble human writing from other lands, though no one takes him seriously.
===Pokémon Scarlet and Violet===
Professor Laventon makes a cameo in . During Ms. Raifort's history classes, a photo of Laventon appears on the classroom board as part of a timeline on the history and development of the Poké Ball.
===Pokémon===
====Gives to the player====
Professor Laventon gives the player their choice of first partner Pokémon from Pokémon he collected while traveling the . After the player has beaten the main story of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, he will give the player the remaining two first partner Pokémon once spoken to at his lab.
			
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
 	
Concept art from	Credits Illustration from
===Sprites and models===
Classroom board sprite from the opening of
==Quotes==
==In the TCG==
Professor Laventon was introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese and the English expansion, with artwork by Ken Sugimori. It allows the player to put up to three Pokémon that have "Hisuian" in their names from their discard pile into their hand.
==Trivia==
* As the Galaxy Expedition Team consists of foreigners to Hisui, Laventon is the only known Pokémon Professor in the core series not to be from the region he resides in.
** There are several hints in the game that Professor Laventon may be from the Galar region:
*** In the Pokédex entry for , he mentions that live in his homeland, with Galar being the only region where they can be encountered that had been revealed as of the release of the game.
*** In the Pokédex entry for , he mentions an old tradition in his homeland of sending Roselia thorns to a person as a challenge to a duel, referencing an old British tradition of sending a rose to a person as a challenge to a duel.
*** The writing on the blackboard in his office uses the alphabet from instead of the style of writing used elsewhere in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
*** He often uses stock British phrases such as "jolly good". In other versions of the game, such as the Japanese and German versions, he will sometimes speak in English instead.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ラベン博士 Dr. Laven 	From
English 	Professor Laventon 	From lavender
German, Italian 	Professor Laven 	From his Japanese name
Spanish 	Profesor Lavender 	From lavender
French 	Professeur Lavande 	From lavande (lavender)
Korean 	라벤박사 Raben- 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	拉苯博士 Dr. Lāběn 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	拉苯博士 Dr. Lāaibún 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Brazilian Portuguese	Professor Alfazema 	From alfazema (lavender)
Russian 	Профессор Лавентон Professor Laventon	Transcription of his English name
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Professors
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