Which Pokémon serves as the professor in Pokémon Pokopia?

Tangrowth serves as the professor in Pokémon Pokopia.

Pokopia gives the traditional professor role to a Pokémon rather than a human researcher. Tangrowth acts as the player’s professor and helps introduce the setting, the damaged environment, and the work of rebuilding a Pokémon community.

This choice fits the game’s premise, in which humans have disappeared and Pokémon are central to the functioning of the world. Tangrowth’s plant-like design also suits a story about restoring landscapes, cultivating habitats, and encouraging natural areas to flourish again.

Players familiar with the wider Pokémon series may expect Professor Oak, Professor Elm, or another human academic. Those characters belong to other Pokémon stories. In Pokopia, the professor figure is Tangrowth, a Grass-type Pokémon first introduced in Generation IV.