Koko (M23)

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Koko ココ Koko
Koko
Age	10+
Gender	Male
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Burgundy
Hometown	Forest of Okoya
Region	Unknown
Relatives	Chrom and Phossa Molybdenum (parents)
Anime debut	Secrets of the Jungle
English voice actor	Kimlinh Tran
Japanese voice actor	Moka Kamishiraishi Wakana Minami (infant)

Koko (Japanese: ココ Koko) is a major character who appeared in Secrets of the Jungle. Raised by Pokémon, he is a human boy who believes he too is a Pokémon.

In the anime

Koko as a baby

Koko's real name is Al Molybdenum (Japanese: アル・モリブデン Al Molybden). He is the only child of scientists Chrom and Phossa Molybdenum, who were the leaders of the Biotope Company, working with their subordinate Dr. Zed. When they learned of the Great Tree's location in the Forest of Okoya and that the many Zarude living in the forest worshipped it, they decided to protect it from 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 Ash Ketchum. Following his recovery, Koko found himself in the human world where he noticed that Ash and his fellow humans were identical to to himself. Koko soon realized that he was one of them. Koko befriended Ash and the latter subsequently teached 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 Skwovet 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 Pokémon Koko has befriended in the anime.

Dada

Debut	Secrets of the Jungle
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Edward Bosco

Zarude, whom Koko calls "Dada", found Koko as a baby and raised him.

Zarude's known moves are Vine Whip, Jungle Healing, and Energy Ball.

Skwovet

Debut	Secrets of the Jungle

Skwovet is a Pokémon that Koko befriended.

None of Skwovet's moves are known.

Moves used

Using Jungle Healing	Move First Used In Jungle Healing Secrets of the Jungle
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 上白石萌歌 Moka Kamishiraishi English Kimlinh Tran Italian Mosé Singh Polish Borys Wiciński Brazilian Portuguese Cadu Paschoal European Spanish Pilar Martín Thai เมทินี แก้วรัตนากร

In the manga

Koko appears in the movie's manga adaptation.

Trivia

• Koko is notably the first human in the anime to be depicted using a Pokémon move, as he uses Jungle Healing to help Dada recover from his injuries.

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 (Mandarin)	可可 Kěkě	Transcription of his Japanese name
Brazilian Portuguese	Zaza	From Zarude
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 (aluminium) and モリブデン moribuden (molybdenum)
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 Molibden	From alluminio and molibdeno (molybdenum)
Chinese (Mandarin)	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

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