Professor Juniper
| Professor Juniper アララギ博士 Dr. Araragi | |
| File:Juniper.png Art by Ken Sugimori | |
| Gender | Female |
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| Eye color | Green/Cyan |
| Hair color | Light Brown |
| Hometown | Kanoko Town |
| Region | Unova |
| Relatives | Mr. Juniper (father) |
| Trainer class | Pokémon Professor |
| Generation | V |
| Games | Black and White |
| Anime debut | In The Shadow of Zekrom! |
| English voice actor | N/A |
| Japanese voice actor | Naomi Shindō |
Professor Juniper (Japanese: アララギ博士 Dr. Araragi) is the resident Pokémon professor of the Unova region. She specializes in the origins of Pokémon, and is the first main series Pokémon professor who is female.
In the games
Professor Juniper debuted in Pokémon Black and White, where, like the other professors, she will give the player a Pokédex in her lab; however, she leaves a present containing the starter Pokémon at the player's house for the player, Bianca, and Cheren.
She also demonstrates to the player how to capture their first Pokémon, a level 2 Patrat, with her level 7 Minccino.
Pokémon
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Caught in tutorial
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Sprites
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File:Juniperstanddown.png |
| Sprite from Black and White's introduction. |
Back sprite from Black and White |
Overworld sprite from Black and White |
In the anime
Professor Juniper makes her first appearance in In The Shadow of Zekrom! and is an old friend of Professor Oak. She gives Ash, Delia and Oak a ride in her jeep to her lab so she can study Ash's Pikachu. She then shows Ash the new Starter Pokémon with Shooti, and gives Shooti his first Poké Balls.
Ash later returns to Professor Juniper's lab after finding out that Ash's Pikachu has lost his electricity from Zekrom. Later the storm arrives again but this time it gives Pikachu's electric powers back, and Ash departs from her lab the next day.
She reappeared in BW003 where she sent Oshawott's Poké Ball to Ash. In BW013 it was shown that she sent Bianca to give Ash his badge case. She then spoke to Ash via Bianca's Xtransceiver.
Pokémon
This listing is of Professor Juniper's known Pokémon:
Gives to new Trainers
 Snivy |
 Tepig |
 Oshawott |
Pokémon she gave away to Trainers
| Debut | In The Shadow of Zekrom! |
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- Main article: Shooti's Janovy
He was chosen by Shooti to be his starter Pokémon.
| Debut | In The Shadow of Zekrom! |
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- Main article: Ash's Oshawott
He tried to use his cuteness to win Shooti over however, Shooti chose Snivy. He gained feelings for Ash after he called him cute, and he also watched the battle between Ash and Shooti before returning. He later joined Ash's party.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Although just starting, Professor Juniper has already appeared in the first chapter of the Black & White arc of Pokémon Adventures, where she was seen with the three starters, talking to Fennel on the phone, and mentioning that tomorrow three boys and girls from Kanoko Town would be coming by to pick up the starters, also commenting that she hoped their trainers would be able to handle them, after they destroyed her office in a fight with each other. Of the three, Tepig ended up in Black's hands, while Cheren and Bianca received Snivy and Oshawott, respectively. She also issued them three individual copies of the Unova Pokédex, but an accident left two of them broken, and as of yet Black's is the only one still functional.
Pokémon
 Minccino |
Given away
 Poka (Taken by Black) |
 Snivy (Given to Cheren) |
 Oshawott (Given to Bianca) |
Trivia
- While Juniper is the first female professor in the games, she is not the first female professor in the anime. Professor Ivy of the Orange Archipelago takes this honor, having been introduced more than ten years prior to Juniper.
- Excluding Pokémon seen through hacking, Professor Juniper is the only regional Professor in the main series to own a Pokémon which is never given to either a protagonist or rival.
- However, Professor Oak had a whole team of Pokémon in secret coding for the Generation I games which was never used in the final copy.
- She is also the only regional Professor shown to actually own the Pokémon shown in the exposition of the game to introduce the concept of Pokémon to the player.
- After Juniper catches the Patrat, it can be seen wandering about her laboratory.
- Despite it being level 7, Juniper's Minccino doesn't know Helping Hand, which the species normally learns at that level.
- Like the professors before her, Professor Juniper is named after a tree.
Names
| Language | Name | Reference to |
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| Japanese | アララギ博士 Dr. Araragi | アララギ Araragi, Japanese yew, or wild rocambole (old name). |
| English | Prof. Juniper | From Juniper. |
| French | Prof. Keteleeria | From Keteleeria. |
| German | Prof. Esche | From Esche, German word for Ash. |
| Italian | Prof.ssa Aralia | From Aralia. |
| Spanish | Prof.ª Encina | From encina, Spanish word for Holm Oak. |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 紅豆杉博士 Dr. Hóngdòushān | May be derived from 東北紅豆杉 Dōngběi hóngdòushān (Japanese yew). Also, 紅豆杉 refers to the Chinese yew. |
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