Professor Holly

Professor Holly
Art from PTCGO
Gender	Female
Eye color	Green*
Hair color	Black
Hometown	Unknown
Region	USA
Relatives	Ella (daughter), unnamed husband
Trainer class	Professor

Professor Holly is a character from the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. Holly and her husband own the Game Store where her daughter Ella works with Zach. Over the game's different iterations, she has usually been involved with the tutorial mode, teaching newcomers the basics of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. She appeared in the game's original tutorial mode, guiding players through 12 situations to reinforce their knowledge of the game's rules. These tutorials were eventually retired from the game itself but were still available as a stand-alone browser-based program on Pokémon.com up to March 2016. A separate set of Tutorial Modes was later re-implemented into the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, without the professor's guiding presence. Finally, her role as tutorial guide was reinstated after another update to the tutorial system. She appears with an updated design and leads players through partial matches, explaining their opponent's actions and suggesting counter-moves.

Quotes

Tutorials

Main article: Tutorial (TCGO)

Beginner tips

• Visiting Deck Manager for the first time — "Welcome to the Deck Manager. Let me teach you how to build a new deck!"

"Let's build an Expanded deck."

(Highlighting the Deck Editor's card area) — "This is your Collection."

When saving the deck — "Make sure to give your deck a cool new name!"

"Just select the save button, and you're done!"

Opening packs

• "Congratulations! The items below have been added to your Collection!"

Gallery

Original art from the PTCGO website

Trivia

• Many details about her were only clarified after her redesign such as her relation to Ella, position at the Game Store, and even her name. Since many official newsletters for the TCGO from before this time were signed by a "Professor Maven", some believed that to be her name.

Game Store Players
Employees Zach • Ella Professor Professor Holly League contestants Mick • Calvin • Ali • Grayson • Juji • Kendall • Tyson • Penelope Cammie • Logan • Nathan • Brittney • Rika • Otis • Daniel

Pokémon Professors Oak (anime • Adventures • Pocket Monsters • Masters) • Elm • Birch • Rowan • Aurea Juniper • Cedric Juniper • Sycamore (anime • Masters) Kukui (anime • Masters) • Burnet (anime) • Samson • Mohn • Magnolia • Sonia (Masters) • Laventon • Sada • Turo Ivy • Cerise • Amaranth • Friede • Krane • P • Hastings • Berlitz • Holly • Tetra • Willow • Bellis • Mirror • Phorus • Fir • Neroli

This article is part of both Project TCG and Project CharacterDex, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Trading Card Game and on each character found in the Pokémon games respectively.