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Professor Sada
オーリム Olim
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Art from Pokémon Scarlet
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| Gender
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Female
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| Eye color
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Cyan
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| Hair color
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Blonde
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| Hometown
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Unknown
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| Region
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Paldea
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| Relatives
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Arven (son)
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| Generation
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IX
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| Games
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Scarlet
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Professor Sada (Japanese: オーリム Olim) is a Pokémon Professor in Pokémon Scarlet.
In the core series games
Before the events of Pokémon Violet, Professor Sada and her husband were part of the team that explored the Great Crater of Paldea, setting up the Zero Lab in Area Zero. There, Sada discovered and named the Terastal phenomenon. Sada was able to develop a prototype for the Tera Orb, earning her corporate backing for her projects and allowing her to set up a second laboratory in a lighthouse near Cabo Poco. Furthermore, she was able to harness more of the unstable energy, despite concern from her funders, and moved the majority of her research back to the Zero Lab. Sada, fascinated with the idea of Pokémon from other ages, succeeded in developing a time machine that would allow her to reach out to Paradox Pokémon, Pokémon from the ancient past, by transporting Poké Balls to different points on the timeline to catch them and bring them into modern time. These included Koraidon, an ancient descendant of Cyclizar. Additionally, she had begun expecting a child.
However, Sada began to become obsessed with her research, continuing the influx of Paradox Pokémon into the modern day in her pursuit of a paradise for her family. Despite the child - Arven - being born, Sada's husband left her shortly after, driving her deeper into her work and ironically causing her to begin neglecting the very people she had made plans for. Arven ended up growing up in the lighthouse laboratory on his own, never seeing or connecting with Sada due to the latter's newfound devotion to the Tera Project. This estrangement was intensified by Sada's search for a more suitable assistant, leading to her creating an artificial intelligence copy of herself using the Zero Lab's crystals to double productivity. Together, they were able to transport a second, more aggressive Koraidon to the present day, in hopes that the two Koraidon could survive and thrive in their new surroundings. At some point, Sada also developed the Poké Ball Lock System, an ID-based defense mechanism for her lab.
Sada was determined to maintain her dream of past and present Pokémon existing in harmony. Unfortunately, Sada's research was cut short when she attempted to stop a territorial battle between the two Koraidon, defending the passive one and taking a mortal blow from the aggressive one. This also led to the destruction of Research Station No. 4, and Sada eventually passed away, leaving her AI to manage the remnants of her work in her place. However, the AI did not agree with accepting the ecological consequences of Sada's dream, and began impersonating her, reaching out to Sada's associates in hopes of finding a way to end the Tera Project once and for all.
The AI first contacts the player when they enter the Uva Academy for the first time, impersonating Sada and asking them to take care of the Koraidon that was once under her possession. Throughout the game, the AI frequently contacts the player as Koraidon gradually regains the powers it once lost. Once Koraidon is fully powered, the AI asks the player to travel to Sada's laboratory at the Great Crater of Paldea. As the player, Nemona, Arven, and Penny traverse the area to reach Sada's laboratory, they discover the history of the two Koraidon and Sada's time machine in notebooks left behind in each research station.
At the Zero Lab, the AI reveals its nature to the player and the fate that befell its creator. While Sada wished to let Pokémon of the past keep entering the modern day through the time machine, the AI refuses to let the Paldea region's ecosystem be ruined by these time-displaced Pokémon and asks for the player's help in shutting down the time machine. The AI is, however, programmed to protect the time machine, so the player is forced to battle it and the Paradox Pokémon it wields against the AI's will.
After the AI is defeated, the security system initiates the Paradise Protection Protocol, sends out the other Koraidon, and activates the Poké Ball Lock System, preventing the player from using any of their Pokémon due to lacking Sada's ID. Thus, the player uses the Koraidon they've spent the entire game with to fight against the AI's Miraidon. Once the Paradise Protection Protocol has been defeated, the AI understands that the time machine cannot be shut down as long as it remains present to reboot the system, so it chooses to travel to the ancient past its creator had hoped to see, bidding farewell to the player and their friends as it disappears into the time machine.
Pokémon
AI Sada's Pokémon are contained in Master Balls.
First battle
Second battle
Formerly owned
Quotes
- Main article: Professor Sada/Quotes
- Naranja Academy
- "Hello, <player>. It is nice to meet you."
- "My name is Professor Sada. I carry out Pokémon research within the Great Crater of Paldea—at a site known as Area Zero."
- "Well. Allow me to get straight to the point. <player>, student ID number 805C393... You are the student who travels with the unusual Pokémon Koraidon, is that correct?"
- Yes: "Thank you. I appreciate that you were honest in confirming the facts."
- No: "Why would you attempt to lie? You appear in any number of clips from security camera footage together with Koraidon."
- "Ah, not that I— I do not mean to offend you. In fact, I wish to ask for your assistance."
- "Oh. How good to see that you are well. It has been quite a while since we last met. Koraidon was once in my care, you see."
- "Its Poké Ball was also originally mine. I assume you received it from a young man called Arven. I am no longer in any position to be able to manage that Pokémon myself. This is what I would ask of you: Will you continue looking after Koraidon on my behalf?"
- Yes: "I do appreciate your agreement."
- No: "And yet, it is clear to see from the way Koraidon reacts to you that you must be a kind Trainer. Your bond seems quite undeniable."
- "Koraidon has been greatly weakened and is currently incapable of battle. It can, however, take on a form specialized for mobility. In all likelihood, it will require some time to fully regain the capabilities it once had."
- "I will provide you with my contact information. If you would please get out your phone?"
- "I will be in regular contact going forward to keep tabs on your status. Until then."
- South Province (Area Three)
- After defeating Klawf the Stony Cliff Titan
- "Hello, <player>. This is Sada."
- "I detect that Koraidon has regained some of its original power. It seems it will now be able to dash at high speeds while you're riding upon it."
- "I hope you will continue to explore Paldea with Koraidon, as you have done here. Your route is not fixed but open before you. Seek out your own path, using your map and the tools you have at hand. Whenever you find your curiosity piqued, you should go and explore as your heart desires. All that you experience will help you grow in some way, great or small."
- "Go forth on your journey...and take good care of Koraidon for me."
- East Province (Area Three)
- After defeating Orthworm the Lurking Steel Titan
- "Hello, <player>. This is Sada."
- "I detect that Koraidon has regained some of its original power. While you're riding upon it, it seems it can now jump higher if you press and hold the B button."
- "I am relying on you to continue taking good care of Koraidon."
Trivia
- Professor Sada was designed by James Turner.[1]
- She and Professor Turo are the first Pokémon Professors from the core series:
- To not have a name derived from flora.
- To have been confirmed deceased.
- They are also the first Trainers in the core series to be battled post-mortem, via an AI; as well as the only non-human antagonists in the core series not to be Pokémon.
- To serve as the final main game opponent in a core series game.
- Unlike previous Trainer battles in which the opponent battles the player with more than six Pokémon, the player also uses a seventh Pokémon against AI Sada. This is also the case when battling her counterpart AI Turo.
- Sada's eye color changes from blue to brown after she is fought for the first time, and remains brown for the remainder of her appearance in Pokémon Scarlet.
Names
| Language
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Name
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Origin
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| Japanese
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オーリム Olim
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From olim (Latin for "once upon a time")
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| English
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Sada
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From pasada (Spanish for past)
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| German
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Antiqua
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From antiqua (Latin for ancient)
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| Spanish
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Albora
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From albor (Spanish for beginning)
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| French, Italian
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Olim
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From her Japanese name
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| Korean
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올림 Olim
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Transcription of her Japanese name
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| Chinese (Mandarin)
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奧琳 / 奥琳 Àolín
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Transcription of her Japanese name
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| Chinese (Cantonese)
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奧琳 Oulàhm
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Mandarin-based transcription of her Japanese name
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| Brazilian Portuguese
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Arka
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From arcaico (archaic)
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| European Portuguese
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Professor Sada
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Same as English name
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References
