Aether Foundation

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Aether Foundation エーテル財団 Aether Foundation

Artwork of Aether Foundation employees from Pokémon Sun and Moon

Leader Lusamine Region Alola Admins Wicke, Faba Base locations Aether Paradise, Aether House, Ultra Guardians base* Anime debut A Dream Encounter! Adventures debut Homecoming and the Brilliant Professional Golfer

The Aether Foundation (Japanese: エーテル財団 Aether Foundation) is an organization based in the Alola region whose goal is to cure hurt Pokémon. The organization shelters Pokémon to keep them safe from threats like Team Skull. Their main headquarters is Aether Paradise, an artificial island they constructed, while the Aether House is their largest base on Alola's main islands.

In the games

Leadership

The Aether Foundation's president is Lusamine, who wants to share her love with all of the rescued Pokémon. She is assisted by Faba, the Aether Foundation's second-in-command and Aether Foundation branch chief, and Wicke, the assistant branch chief of Aether Paradise.

The foundation also employs other people, who go out into the field to protect and rescue Pokémon in trouble.

Research

The foundation is conducting research on Ultra Beasts. They are also aware of the existence of the rare and unusual Cosmog and are conducting research on it. One of the professors in Aether Foundation was the one who named the Nebula Pokémon Cosmog. At some point, they also worked on genetical experiments, using several DNA samples from Pokémon of different Types, in order to create Type: Null (named Type: Full at the time) whose purpose was to battle the Ultra Beasts. After several tries, they were unable to perfect the RKS System and the Type: Full samples became more and more uncontrollable, so the project was ultimately scrapped, the samples put on cryogenic suspension and renamed "Type: Null".

Facilities

Aether Paradise is a privately owned artificial island that was built in the middle of the Alola region by the Aether Foundation. The foundation uses it both as a sanctuary and a research facility. The Aether House located on Route 15 functions partly as an orphanage for human children and Pokémon. In addition, the Aether Foundation hosts outposts at Route 8, Route 16, and in Heahea City.

In the anime

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The Aether Foundation's president, Lusamine, was introduced as Lillie's mother in a picture in Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!. The foundation itself, and its employees, debuted in A Dream Encounter!.

In A Mission of Ultra Urgency!, Ash and his classmates became the founding members of a task force called the Ultra Guardians, which is also a sub-group of the Aether Foundation. Their goal is to catch Ultra Beasts that have strayed into the Pokémon world, and release them back into Ultra Space to maintain Alola's safety.

In SM128, Lillie revealed that every single person at the Aether Foundation helped construct the Manalo Stadium.

Unlike the games, The Aether Foundation does not seem to be in cahoots with Team Skull.

In the manga

Aether Foundation in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

The Aether Foundation debuted in the Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc. It first appeared on a television commercial in Homecoming and the Brilliant Professional Golfer, where two Aether Foundation Employees advertised their organization.

In the TCG

Aether Foundation's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Registeel		Crimson Invasion		68/111	Awakened Heroes		035/050
Other related cards
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Aether Paradise Conservation Area	St	Guardians Rising		116/145	Islands Await You		050/050
Wicke	Su	Burning Shadows		127/147	Darkness that Consumes Light		050/051
		Burning Shadows		147/147	Darkness that Consumes Light		057/051
Lusamine	Su	Crimson Invasion		96/111	Ultradimensional Beasts		047/050
					GX Battle Boost		109/114
					GX Ultra Shiny		136/150
		Crimson Invasion		110/111	Ultradimensional Beasts		055/050
		Ultra Prism		153/156	GX Battle Boost		120/114
Lusamine ♢	Su	Lost Thunder		182/214	Super-Burst Impact		092/095
Faba	Su	Lost Thunder		173/214	Super-Burst Impact		089/095
		Lost Thunder		208/214	Super-Burst Impact		103/095
Aether Foundation Employee	Su	Lost Thunder		168/214	SM-P Promotional cards		219/SM-P
					GX Ultra Shiny		151/150

Trivia

• The Aether Foundation gets its name from the fifth alchemic element, Aether.
• The Aether Foundation are the first primary antagonists in a core series game without the word "Team" (Japanese: 団 -dan) in their name.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 以太基金會 Yíhtaai Gēigāmwúi Mandarin 以太基金會 / 以太基金会 Yǐtài Jījīnhuì Czech Aether Foundation Danish Aether-stiftelsen Dutch Aether Foundation Aether Stichting Finnish Aether-säätiö French Fondation Æther German Æther Foundation Hungarian Aether Alapítvány Italian Fondazione Æther Korean 에테르재단 Aether Jaedan Norwegian Aether Foundation Polish Fundacja Aether Portuguese Fundação Aether Russian Фонд Этер Fond Eter Spanish Fundación Æther Swedish Aether Foundation Aether Institutet* Thai มูลนิธิอีเธอร์ Moonlaniti Aether Turkish Aether Vakfı

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