Professor Oak's Rotom

Professor Oak's Rotom
オーキド博士のロトム Dr. Okido's Rotom

As Mow Rotom


Debuts in	To Catch a Rotom!


Caught at	Torom Island


Gender	Genderless


Ability	Unknown

Current location	With Professor Oak



This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Voice actor	Japanese	English
As Rotom	Kiyotaka Furushima

Professor Oak's Rotom (Japanese: オーキド博士のロトム Dr. Okido's Rotom) is the only Pokémon caught on screen by Professor Oak. It was caught in the Decolore Islands.

History

Best Wishes series

Rotom and Professor Oak

Professor Oak caught Rotom in To Catch a Rotom! at Torom Island. He came to meet Ash and his friends to the Decolore Islands on Torom Island and told them that he wanted to catch himself a Rotom in order to study its forms. They went to a site where lots of old electrical machines were kept, luring in three Rotom. At first, Professor Oak's attempt to capture one failed, but once he had, along with Ash and friends, saved the Rotom from being captured by Team Rocket, one of them freely accepted to come with him, and allowed itself to be captured by him.

Rotom reappeared in Butterfree and Me! where it surprised Ash on the computer screen when he was contacting Professor Oak. Rotom was shown to be very affectionate towards him as it shocked him the first time it happened.

It appeared briefly in The Dream Continues!, in which it suddenly popped down from the sky between Alexa and Professor Oak, scaring her. It was later seen being filmed by her.

XY series

Rotom appeared again in A Battle of Aerial Mobility! when Ash was contacting Professor Oak. It also appears in Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster at the end of each episode, helping Professor Oak with his explanation, and often laughing at him when he gets hurt.

Personality and characteristics

Rotom is a mischievous prankster. A running gag, somewhat similar to the one with Ash's Muk, is that it often likes to fill up the screen whenever it appears and laughs. Whenever Ash has phoned Professor Oak since its capture, Rotom will appear first on the monitor, often scaring him. This habit has also been shown during Professor Oak's Holo Caster, where the segment will always begin and conclude this way. Rotom also likes using Thunderbolt to shock Professor Oak and laughs afterwards, though it doesn't seem to be using the move's full power, and doesn't want to really hurt the Professor.

Moves used

Normal Rotom

Using Thunderbolt

Move	First Used In
Thunderbolt	To Catch a Rotom!

A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Mow Rotom

Using Leaf Storm

Move	First Used In
Leaf Storm	To Catch a Rotom!

A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the games

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From August 10 to September 6, 2013, Japanese Pokémon Centers distributed an in-game representation of Professor Oak's Rotom. The distribution was split into four one-week periods; each week, players could receive one of four Best Wishes-themed Pokémon at random. The other three Pokémon distributed alongside Professor Oak's Rotom were Ash's Pikachu, Iris's Axew and Cilan's Pansage.