Koko (M23)

Koko (Japanese: ココ Koko) is a major character who appeared in Secrets of the Jungle. Raised by , he is a human boy who believes he too is a Pokémon.
==In animation==
===Secrets of the Jungle===
Koko was born Al Molybdenum (Japanese: アル・モリブデン Al Molybden), the only child of scientists Chrom and Phossa Molybdenum, the late leaders of the Biotope Company. When they learned of the Great Tree's location in the Forest of Okoya and that the many living in the forest worshipped it, they decided to protect it from their subordinate Dr. Zed, who wanted to destroy it in order to gain access to the secrets of the Healing Springs. Infuriated by this revelation, Dr. Zed chased the family down as they tried to escape in their car. He soon ran them off the road and into a riverbank. Stealing the data, Dr. Zed left the family to die in the ensuing explosion, but Al survived as he had drifted away from the car down the river.
Al was eventually found by a single Zarude living deep within the jungle. This Zarude attempted to return Al to his parents, however an attempt to leave him in Milyfa Town led to Al nearly walking in front of a car. Zarude decided to investigate a nearby lab and upon seeing its wrecked state and a photo of Al with his parents realized that the baby was now an orphan. Zarude decided to raise Al as a son and renamed him Koko. Knowing that this was against the rules of its troop, Zarude decided to leave the other Zarude behind so it could raise Koko safely, as they objected to a human being brought to their sacred tree. This Zarude, who took to wearing a torn piece of pink clothing, would become known as "Dada" to Koko.
Over the next ten years, Zarude raised Koko in the depths of the jungle, and the two developed a strong bond. As he had no memory of his human life, Koko believed he was also a Pokémon and was frustrated by the fact that he was seemingly unable to use moves. Zarude didn't want to tell Koko the truth of his origins. However, Koko began to question about his origins. When Zarude hesitated to give Koko the answer he asked for, Koko stormed off to discover his true origins. However, Koko fell into a river where he was saved by . Following his recovery, Koko found himself in the human world where he noticed that Ash and his fellow humans were identical to himself. Koko soon realized that he was one of them. Koko befriended Ash and the latter subsequently taught the former what it means to be human.
After Koko introduced his father to Ash, Zarude confronted Koko for speaking the human language and bringing a fellow human. However, Koko said that Zarude was ignoring the fact that he is also a human and called Dada out on this. Guilty, Zarude confessed to Koko that the latter wasn't a Zarude nor the begat of the former. Zarude took Koko, Ash, Pikachu, and their friend to the abandoned lab where he explained Koko's past and showed them the picture of Koko's real parents.
====Character====
Koko has a parent-child relationship with Zarude, calling it Dada (Japanese: とうちゃん Daddy).
====Pokémon====
=====Befriended=====
This is a list of Koko has befriended in Secrets of the Jungle.
====Moves used====
====Voice actors====
==In the manga==
===Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle—Another Beginning===
Koko appeared in Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle—Another Beginning, which is set three years before the movie.
==In the TCG==
Koko appears in one promotional card. It is one of three Pokémon cards that isn't actually a Pokémon, the others being and .
==Trivia==
* Koko is notably the first human in Pokémon animation to be depicted using a Pokémon move, as he uses to help Dada recover from his injuries.
**While s can be argued to be using Pokémon moves–like , , , etc.— Koko is the first human to do so explicitly.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ココ Koko 	Possibly a reference to Koko, a famous gorilla
English, German, Spanish,French, Italian, Polish	Koko 	Same as his Japanese name
Korean 	코코 Koko 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	可可 Kěkě 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Brazilian Portuguese 	Zaza 	From
Hindi 	कोको Koko	Transcription of English and Japanese name
Russian 	Коко Koko	Transcription of his English name
Thai 	โคโค่ Koko	Transcription of his Japanese name
Al Molybden
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	アル・モリブデンAl Molybden 	From アルミニウム aruminiumu () and モリブデン moribuden ()
English, German,European Spanish	Al Molybdenum 	From aluminium and molybdenum
Latin American Spanish 	Al Molibdeno 	From aluminio (aluminium) and molibdeno (molybdenum)
French 	Al Molybdène 	From aluminium and molybdène (molybdenum)
Italian 	Al Molybden 	From alluminio and molibdeno (molybdenum)
Chinese () 	阿爾‧毛利佈登 /阿尔·毛利布登Ā'ěr Máolìbùdēng 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Brazilian Portuguese 	Alan Molibdênio 	From alumínio (aluminium) and molibdênio (molybdenum)
Russian 	Эл Молибден 	Transcription of his English name
Thai 	อัล โมลิบเดน Al Molybden 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==Related articles==
Category:Animation charactersCategory:Movie characters
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