Scientist (Trainer class)

A Scientist (Japanese: はぐれけんきゅういん Researcher Gone Astray in Generations I, II and HGSS, けんきゅういん Researcher in Generations III, V, and DPPt) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation I games. They are men in lab coats and glasses, with the ones in FireRed and LeafGreen as well as HeartGold and SoulSilver holding beakers as well. They are often aligned with Team Rocket, as shown throughout the first four generations, and with Team Galactic, as shown in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.

They generally use inorganic or artificial Pokémon such as Porygon, Muk, and Voltorb but also Template:Type2 Pokémon in Sinnoh-based games.

In Pokémon Stadium, Scientists are known as Lab Men. In the English version of Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Scientists are known as Researchers, while Scientists working for Cipher are called Cipher R&D in XD.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Scientists appearing outside of the Battle Frontier have a sprite unique to themselves with clothes consisting of a tattered lab coat and black pants, while Scientists within the Battle Frontier use the Diamond, Pearl and Platinum sprite, which has them wearing a normal-looking lab coat and white pants.

In Black and White, female Scientists were introduced.

Appearance

File:GenIScientist.png	File:GSC Scientist.png		File:FL Scientist.png		File:DP Scientist.png	File:HGSS Scientist.png
Image from Red and Blue	Image from Gold and Silver, and Crystal	Image from Colosseum	Image from FireRed and LeafGreen	Image from Pokémon XD	Image from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum	Image from HeartGold and SoulSilver	Images from Black and White

Artwork

Image from Stadium 2

Trainer List

Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Scientist Jed	Initial battle	$2000	Lv.20	Lv.20	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Marc	Initial battle	$2700	Lv.27	Lv.27	Lv.27	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Mitch	Initial battle	$2400	Lv.24	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Rich	Initial battle	$3000	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Ross	Initial battle	$2200	Lv.22	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Scientist Beau	Initial battle	$1248	Lv.26	Lv.26	Lv.26	Lv.26	-------	-------
Scientist Braydon	Initial battle	$1584	Lv.33	Lv.33	Lv.33	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Connor	Initial battle	$1248	Lv.26	Lv.26	Lv.26	Lv.26	-------	-------
Scientist Ed	Initial battle	$1344	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Gideon	Initial battle	$2208	Lv.46	Lv.46	Lv.46	Lv.46	Lv.46	-------
Scientist Ivan	Initial battle	$1632	Lv.34	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Jerry	Initial battle	$1344	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Jose	Initial battle	$1392	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Joshua	Initial battle	$1392	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Parker	Initial battle	$1392	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Rodney	Initial battle	$1584	Lv.33	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Taylor	Initial battle	$1200	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	-------
Scientist Ted	Initial battle	$1392	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Travis	Initial battle	$1392	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Zachary	Initial battle	$---	Lv.100	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Diamond/Pearl

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Scientist Darrius	Initial battle	$1776	Lv.37	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Emilio (Tag battle)	Initial battle	$2112	Lv.23	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Fredrick	Initial battle	$1680	Lv.35	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Shaun	Initial battle	$912	Lv.19	Lv.19	-------	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$	Lv.30	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Second rematch	$	Lv.40	Lv.40	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Third rematch	$	Lv.53	Lv.53	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Stefano	Initial battle	$1008	Lv.21	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Travon	Initial battle	$720	Lv.15	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Platinum

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Scientist Darrius	Initial battle	$2016	Lv.42	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Emilio (Tag battle)	Initial battle	$2544	Lv.27	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Fredrick	Initial battle	$1920	Lv.40	Lv.40	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Shaun (Rematch)	Initial battle	$1248	Lv.30	Lv.26	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Stefano	Initial battle	$1440	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Travon	Initial battle	$960	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Scientist Daniel	Initial battle	$1600	Lv.50	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Garett	Initial battle	$864	Lv.27	Lv.27	Lv.27	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Gregg	Initial battle	$640	Lv.20	Lv.20	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Linden	Initial battle	$1600	Lv.50	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Lowell	Initial battle	$1600	Lv.50	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Mitch	Initial battle	$768	Lv.24	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Ross	Initial battle	$704	Lv.22	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------	-------
Scientist Trenton	Initial battle	$960	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

In other languages

Language Title French Scientifique German Forscher Italian Scienziato Korean 괴짜 연구원 (Goejja Yeonguweon) (II) 연구원 (Yeonguweon) (IV) Spanish Científico

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Template:Gen III trainers

This Trainer Class article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.