Tangrowth co-stars with Ditto as “Professor Tangrowth” in Pokémon Pokopia.
Professor Tangrowth is a Tangrowth who studies the damaged environment and tries to solve the mystery of why humans and Pokémon have left. This character gives the game’s rebuilding activities a narrative purpose: restoring habitats is also part of understanding the world’s history.
Tangrowth is a Grass-type Pokémon introduced in Generation IV. In Pokopia, the character’s academic role is a story-specific identity rather than a standard Pokémon profession found throughout the main series.
Players may confuse Professor Tangrowth with Professor Oak, the famous human researcher from the original Kanto games. The two characters are linked to Pokémon research, but they belong to different stories and have different roles. Professor Tangrowth works directly alongside the transformed Ditto in the post-apocalyptic setting.