If Every Pokémon Professor Was Champion 

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"What if they were on the same level as Prof. Kukui?" So, all of them will get abs?

*Missed opportunity to give Professor Birch a Castform since he specializes in habitats and Castform changes forms based on its habitat/environment*

So if Sonia had the gigantamax Blastoise, that would leave Honey's canonical team as the one built around gigantamax Venusaur, and Honey would have the type advantage over Sonia and would still be a super boss anyway.

I can see Professor Oak being an Ex-Champion and then a Normal Type Elite Four Member before become a researcher

What? No, Kukui isn’t the masked royal. His identity is totally secret and no one knows who he is. Definitely.

"I picked the pokemon who all represent sleep" *Hypno, Drowzee, and Gengar silently sobbing in the corner as Wigglytuff triumphantly takes the stage*

Mikey’s next video: “if every youngster became the champion”

Every other professor:Having sensible amounts of games. Professor Oak:RGBYGSCFRLGDPPtHGSSPE

Mikey: “I can’t give Sonia Zacian, Zamazenta, or Eternatus.” Also Mikey: “Professor Burnett will have a team of Ultra Beasts.”

THAT ONE DUDE WHO PREDICTED IT ON THE REDDIT

0:28 Mikey, what are you talking about? The Masked Royal and Kukui are completely different!

black and white and their sequels really used professor juniper a lot looking back. She was everywhere! Walking around and giving out lore and actually researching.

Next: If every Champion was a Pokémon Professor.

when he got to professor birch I was like “if he doesn’t have the infamous route 101 poocheyna I will lose my crap”

I decided to have my own try at a team for Magnolia that is a bit more geared towards her personality. Its mostly Pokemon that can be found on Route 2, since she can catch them without even needing to leave her garden (and she obviously doesn't get out much). 1. Orbeetle I think Orbeetle would work really well as a Gigantamax ace for her. It's said to be a very intelligent Pokémon, it's found outside her home and isn't used by any other major Trainer. 2. Corviknight. She has it on her cane and is found on route 2. Nuff said. 3. Milotic Can be fished up in the lake next to her house and it feels like a better fit for her than Drednaw or Gyarados. 4. Eldegoss Magnolia seems to be fond of gardening if the outside of her house is anything to go by. Seems fitting that she's have the regional "Old Lady Flower" Pokémon. 5. Polteageist "There are other things that are worth knowing about, too, you know. Like how many different types of tea there are!" If Professor Magnolia could only have one Pokémon, it would be Polteageist. She even has one in the Manga" 6. Obstagoon Can be caught on route 2, and there is an area across the lake from her home that is full of Zigzagoon and a wild Obstagoon. It doesn't really fit her personality as we see it, but I like the implication that Magnolia had a wild streak when she was younger and is secretly a massive punk rocker.

15:30 Scarlet and Violet, "OK but what if the professor is dead"

It was so funny when you said “ I think she’ll be rocking a team of ultra beasts”

Next video: 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻

You should have given professor rowan a roserade, since he made you evolve one on the diamond and pearl demos, and would have been a fun reference to the demo.

Since Rowan’s research specialty is evolutions he really should have an eeveelution since there whole thing is various evolutions Maybe rotating having either Vaporeon, Flareon or Leafeon based on the starters the player and rival chose

Sycamore literally invented Sylveon, I think it'd be fitting for him to have one

"Age is just a Number" Michael: And Gigantamax is Fancy Dynamax

Ik that Laventon was part of Legends Arceus, and this video came out a year ago, but I thought I'd take a crack at it. 1&2: the 2 starters you didn't pick fully evolved. 3&4: Weavile and Unovan Braviary (because studying other forms would be good for a Pokedex) 5&6: Froslass and Gallade (the branching evolutions would be harder for Laventon to study, so he would just already catch them. )

Kukui is so powerful he crashed my RU-vid app... Those abs cannot be stopped...

"Professor Kukui is the most impressive." Okay, in what way? "In the battle sytle..." "And them abs" Me: I CAN BE PARNERS WITH THIS MAN IN ULTRA SUN?! HAIL YEAH!

You know, Stakataka is a really clever name. It has like 200 base defense, so you have to stack attack boosts.

There is a fan theory that Professor Oak WAS INDEED a former champion. He has access to Kanto Champion Hall and logs in to the computer to record your team when you beat the Epite 4 and champ is Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow as if it's a commonplace recurrence for him to do so. Also, it's stated in various games and the anime/ manga that Oak was a very strong and respected trainer in his youth. It's very likely Oak is a former Champ of the Indigo League.

0:12 “And also ABS!”

Make an if Team Bosses become gym leaders, like Giovanni is (apparently people don’t understand that I said that Giovanni was already a gym leader)

Royal masked first shown battle In the anime : LET'S GO INCINEROAR BURN EVERYTHING!!!!!!!! In the games : Who gave me a puppy??

What I would’ve done for Rowan: keep two or three of the evolution-themed Pokémon you already picked but replace at least one with Pokémon that don’t evolve (perhaps Spiritomb or Carnivine). Reason being that one key aspect of his research is also finding out why certain Pokémon DON’T evolve, like what makes them different.

I could see oak with an executor and the starter that was never chosen by you or your rival.

"What if all professors were at the same level as Kukui" I thought you were talking about abs for a second XD

everyone: Normal teams Professor Burnet: You dare oppose me mortal

So just a little thing that I noticed. When Sonia moves to the Crown Tundra for her research on the Swords of Justice, there is a Beldum living in her “house”. I think this would be a cool Pokémon to add as a nod to her travelling all over for her research.

Rowan was likely a champion at some point, Oak(who as you know was supposed to be the secret final boss and a champion as well) learned from him and Cynthia received her pokedex and likely her starter from him as well, plus he's present in the Hall of Fame alongside Cynthia when you beat her just like Oak was in Gen 1 when you beat Blue and as we know the Hall of Fame is stated in R/S/E to be reserved to the Champions only So the likely timeline would be something like this: -Rowan the Sinnoh Champion and pokemon researcher at some point went to Kanto to learn about the evolutions there -He found the young aspiring trainer Sam Oak and taught him for a bit -Oak became the Kanto Champion after beating Agatha and later retired to make the kantonian Pokedex Project -This inspired Rowan to give one pokedex to his new promising student Cynthia in order to update the Sinnoh's dex -Cynthia did so and eventually grew up to become the trainer we know her to be, beat her former teacher and becoming the new champion in the process -Being the new Champion made Cynthia too busy so she eventually had to ditch her pokedex, but she still keeps her archeological research during her free time as that is her passion -Rowan retired as a full time pokemon professor becoming most important specialist on pokemon evolution in the entire world, helping young trainers such as Dawn to start their journey and keep improving the Sinnoh Dex just like he did with Cynthia years ago

I'd actually want Oak to keep the nidorino.. kinda seems like it doesn't want to evolve because there is no way Oak wouldn't have access to a moon stone

I thought that Professor Rowan would have an Eevee Evolution on his team in some way, since Eevee is the embodiment of Pokémon Evolution - stones, time of day, friendliness, location, it works extremely well.

It makes sense that Kukui is the strongest in Pokémon battles, since he studies Pokémon moves. It's somewhat well known that each professor specialises in a specific field. (Minor spoilers for some character development in Sword and Shield, so if you don't know who I'm talking about, then assume you haven't got that far into the game yet) Prof. Samuel Oak (Kanto Oak) studies Pokémon and human relationships, Prof. Elm studies Pokémon breeding, Prof. Birch studies Pokémon habitats, Prof. Rowan studies Pokémon evolution and form changes, Prof. Juniper studies the origin of Pokémon, Prof. Sycamore studies Mega Evolution, Prof. Kukui, as I've already mentioned, studies Pokémon moves, Prof. Samson Oak (Alola Oak) studies Totem Pokémon and Regional Variants, Prof. Magnolia studies dynamaxing, And Prof. Sonia studies the history of Galar. There are some more, but these are the ones from the mainline game, and noticeably only Kukui actually studies battles. Sure, Sycamore and Magnolia study Mega evolution and Dynamaxing respectively, but while those are used for battle, they aren't central to Pokémon battles, like moves are.

13:38 he’s also the Masked Royale, so a wrestler Pokémon would be perfect.

Professor Birch could’ve had a Wailord... he had one in the Pokémon Special Manga since he gave it to his daughter Sapphire... ...and Sonia could’ve possibly had a Metagross... I mean, there was that Beldum chilling with her Yamper in the Crown Tundra...

'Her research speciality is Galars Histort' Me Thinking Of Stonehenge Guy: *STONEHENGE STONEHENGE STONEHENGE!*

15:39 she actually retires after you have 7 bagdes.

Here’s some sycamore fun facts: 1 sycamore, like oak, worked under the prof. Rowan. It’s said by (I belive) one of his researchers. And 2 he helped make the Pokédex. This one is said by Samson oak, who says something about “a nice young man from kalos who helped the other oak make the Pokédex”

Leon: *Sees Sonia has a Blastoise* Leon: Okay Charizard... We need to learn Max Overgrowth fast!

More proof that the Pokémon the professor sends out in the new game sequence belongs to them: Even though he is not a professor, in the new game sequence Chairman Rose sends out a Cufant and is later seen with Copperajah as his ace

The vast majority of these characters use a number of canonical Pokemon in the manga. For instance, Oak is shown winning a previous Pokemon league championship alongside a Kangaskhan, Elm uses a Sentret during Silver's heist, Birch has a Wailord and Tropius that his daughter borrows, and Cedric Juniper uses a lot of his Samurott throughout the BW arc.

I know he never uses one in the games, but I think genesect (despite being a lagendary) should be on Colress' team, Colress' team seems to be based around technology and he's a former scientist of team Plasma, so a pokemon that was scientifically altered by team Plasma would be a good fit, I even believe that Colress was the one to create genesect to begin with

Ngl I didn’t know that the professors had a specialist field

"Hitmontop is the only Johto evoultion of a Johto baby pokemon" Togetic:.......dude. I exist.

Michael:"I can't give Sonia any legends" Me: "Didn't you give six ultra beasts to Burnet? Just saying."

(11:47) "Oh please, I simply despise you, Ghentsis" Mikey: OŒĒÆŒÉ

"What if they were all like Kukui?" So they all get sunglasses? *NIce*

Hop takes the one weak to yours not because it's weak to yours, it's because it's strong against the remaining option, which is the one Leon gets, so Hop picks the one weak to yours to get the one strong to Leon's.

"Professor Kukui is the most impressive in regard to battle prowess ad abs". AI Sada/Turo: "Hold my Paradox".

I love the methods of using their research specialty to determine their pokemon!!

Because of how engaging and badass Kukui is, he’s easily my favorite professor.

Mikey: *Makes a video on Professors* Also Mikey: *Forgets the most important professor of all, Professor Cozmo* Edit: a lot of people in this reply section don't know who Cozmo is... I don't blame them, the only reason I remember him is because I happen to be currently playing through omega ruby right

5:32 - 5:42 "Electabuzz, Magmortar, and Togekiss" Cursola from Gen 8: Am I a joke to you?

With Elm's team, I would switch out either togetic or corsola for the starter that was left over, corsola was only shown to be owned by him in the anime and the player character is the one who eventually gets the togeoi egg in the games, maybe replace the other with raichu since pichu is another well known baby pokemon

Best professor always gonna be oak, forgets his grandson's name, has the best battle music, stalks mc in many regions

Colress is proof that not all of the people involved in evil teams are bad, he just got the short end of the stick.

My head canon is that Oak was the Champion that Blue beat before the player gets there. Makes for a fun concept for the battle. If not, it was probably just Lance.

in the manga prof. oak actually was one of the final battles he was a flying type expert

This is a sweet idea! Professor Sycamore all the way edit: Sonia's team is the MVP

Professor Burnet after Mikey gives her her team: "Aw, HAIL YEAH!"

Remember Agatha said when Oak was in his youth he used to be a great battler. Just like Gary/Blue. Also Burnet Munchlax: am I a joke to you.

6:28 Poochyana: look I know I tried to kill you but will you catch me?

*Doesn’t include professor Burnet in the Unova section* Sad dream radar noises

“Professor Kukui is the most impressive in regards to battle prowess... and also abs” -Mikey 2020

I don’t know what your talking about, Professor Kukui and the Masked Royal are clearly different people

I know that her team is already broken as heck in this but since Burnetts first appearance was in that 3ds shooter spin off thing for BW2 she should probably also have Thunderus Tornadus or landorus.

Sad Lysandre noises can be heard from Lysandre labs

I love the Kalos games, I really like the idea of mega evolution. I’m so pleased they carried it on in the Alolan games. Dyna/Gigantamaxing is fine too I guess.

I would have given Birch Castform. Hoenn has some of the most prominent overworld weather of any region, in fact it is part of the environmental theme of Hoenn along with the Weather Institute and the Legendary Pokémon that would affect Hoenn's climate.

3:45 ~ I know I’m late- But Oak having an Ace Nidoking makes sense as an opposing Character to Giovanni-whose Ace, or proposed Ace, is Nidoqueen.

It's kind of funny how since Oak would be left with the starter weak to yours, he is getting the starter that is strong against your rival, so he's essentially spanking his son's arse in battle.

Leon: Flaming lizard Sonia: Literal fortress with cannons

A year later, Masters gave Sonia a Shiny Tsareena!

Mikey:I can't give her zacian, zamezenta or eternatus Also Mikey:gives Bernet 6 ultra beasts

Lol i love how Katie uses a picture of professor birch looking like he want to murder someone

Burnet: *is the Professor in Dream Radar* Michael being ignorant: *doesn't give her the Therian Formes of the Genies*

While the Watchog on Pr Juniper’s team is absolutely justified, it is a champion team. I’d swap it out for Golurk, for similar reasons to Sigilyph

I’d also give Fennel an Archeops because in the episode “Archeops In the Modern World” she successfully restored an Archen from a Plume Fossil and studied how the Archen learned to fly. Also I really like the Archen/Archeops from that episode. She was absolutely adorable.

Can you do “what if every trial captain became a Kahuna?”

when you are too obsessed to aspitipiay Michael: Now let’s dive in... Me: To the memes

11:52 perfectly cut scream

11:50 "Thats enough reason for me" OOOOOOOO-

I feel like Rowan should include as many types of Evo as possible, which this team here doesn't do a bad job. Snorlax and loppuny for friendship, Mamoswine and yanmega for a move, gallade for a stone and gliscor for a item at a specific time of day. I'd probably change either snorlax or loppuny for roserade, since it's Evo line has two different ways of evolving, yanmega for either probopass or one of the Eeveelutions of this gen for location evos and probably gallade (because of the overlap with roserade) for a trade one, leaning on electivire since it kinda seems to match his personality, but it's a toss up on that one tbh

16:42 you should have given her sinistea because she talks about different types of tea in the beginning of the game

That antagonist turned professor is so dope in ultra sun

3:02 the manga actually confirms that theory bc there's an image of Oak fighting against Agatha with a nidorino

I agree with Mikey here "Prof. Burnet is awesome and she deserves it." P.S. Im not being sarcastic.

other professors: i control my own main series pokemon games' professor role oak:i control.......eVeRyThInG

14:37 *Professor Kukui wants to know your location.....*

Best line ever: “and wigglytuff because it would make a nice pillow”

Michael: And also abs Star: Abs

For Sonia’s team you actually gave her a Pokémon that made a lot of sense. The ninetails is a Pokémon she would’ve probably caught during Kabu’s gym challenge.

Prof. Sycamore's Cinccino should have been shiny, because there is a random chance that the Minccino will be shiny in the intro.