#pokeprofshowdown23

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Welcome to the first (Unofficial) Pokemon Professor Showdown!!

Hello pokemon fans of tumblr. You've likely seen several other polls of this kind going around ever since the fabled Tumblr Sexyman Poll and it's epic rematch, as did I, at which point I, like many others, thought, "hey, there's nothing stopping me from doing that" and so, here we are.

After a few preliminary polls, we have thirty-two Professor and Professor-adjacent characters ready to duke it out until one reigns supreme, all they need is your vote to help them get there.

Each poll will last for one day, with the winner moving on to the next round. We're also doing both sides at the same time bcs why not.

Below the readmore will be a list of all the polls with links that I will update as the competition continues!

That's all! Good luck, and may the best Professor win o7

Round One:

Gary Oak vs. Professor Willow Professor Hastings vs. Professor Burnet Samson Oak vs. Professor Yanase Professor Phorus vs. Professor Rowan Professor Cozmo vs. Professor Juniper Jaqc vs. Professor Oak Professor Laventon vs. Professor Turo Professor Magnolia vs. Professor Elm

Professor Sada vs. Professor Sonia Professor Bellis vs. Professor Krane Professor Sycamore vs. Professor Amaranth Professor Mirror vs. Professor Birch Professor Kukui vs. Professor Cerise Hop vs. Fennel Professor Ivy vs. Professor Carolina Bill vs. Raifort

Round Two:

Gary Oak vs. Professor Burnet Samson Oak vs. Professor Rowan Professor Juniper vs. Professor Oak Professor Laventon vs. Professor Elm

Professor Sonia vs. Professor Bellis Professor Sycamore vs. Professor Birch Professor Kukui vs. Hop Professor Ivy vs. Raifort

Round Three:

Professor Burnet vs. Professor Rowan Professor Juniper vs. Professor Laventon

Professor Sonia vs. Professor Sycamore Professor Kukui vs. Raifort

Round Four:

Professor Laventon vs. Professor Burnet

Professor Sycamore vs. Professor Kukui

FINAL ROUND:

Professor Laventon vs. Professor Kukui

BONUS ROUND:

Professor Kukui vs. Professor Gible

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AND THAT'S A WRAP!! It was INCREDIBLY close, but the people have spoken, and Kukui has come out on top!!

Now, not to get too too sappy, but I do want to thank everyone who participated! this was a silly idea I followed on a whim and I didn't expect anywhere near this level of engagement. Seeing you all cheer on your faves, agonize over the choices, and trash talk your unfaves has been amazing, and I ADORE the fanart I've seen <3 Really, this has reminded me of how much I love pokemon. I've been a fan ever since I first played FireRed at the ripe old age of 10 and it has never stopped bringing me joy and happy tears and actual tears and every emotion in between(it's even how I met my fiance nearly six years ago!) so this has just rekindled that love.

Part of the reason I wanted to do this was that I can't help but adore how pokemon fans are the best at finding any character, even the small, obscure ones, and loving them so strongly for SO LONG. It's true that there's no pokemon someone doesn't love, but it's also true that there's no pokemon character someone doesn't love. I hope I was able to remind you of why you love your faves, or at the very least offer something fun to keep track of for a week.

Anyway!! Congrats again to Kukui(and to Laventon for second place), but don't bail just yet, I have one more fun thing planned that should be going up shortly! And like I said back at the beginning, there's new pokemon stuff coming out all the time, and our love for our faves never fades, so if anyone wants to do this again next year, you know where to find me :D

Thanks again everyone <3

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Professor Juniper(Pokemon Black/White) vs Professor Oak(Pokemon Red/Blue/ect.)

Professor Juniper

Professor Oak

Voting ended onFeb 8, 2023

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Poke Prof Showdown: Qualification Round!

Professor Tetra (Pokemon Picross)

Raifort (Pokemon Scarvi)

Bill (Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow/ect.)

Fennel (Pokemon Black/White and B/W 2)

Gary Oak (Pokeani)

Cara Liss (Pokemon SwSh)

Dendra (Pokemon Scarvi)

Professor P (Pokemon Trozei)

Voting ended onFeb 6, 2023

In the interest of having enough contestants that we won't have to cut anyone that actually counts or do too many 3v3 polls, we've come down to a handful of characters who either sort-of-maybe count and/or are Professors but are pretty obscure and barely have any character art to go off of, so I once again have decided to let the people choose! The poll will last for one day, and the top four will go on to the actual competition, while the rest shall be given a consolation hug and front-row tickets to the main event! Good luck, and see y'all tomorrow!

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Professor Laventon(Pokemon Legends Arceus) vs Professor Elm(Pokemon Gold/Silver)

Professor Laventon

Professor Elm

Voting ended onFeb 8, 2023

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Professor Bellis(Pokemon Masters EX) vs Professor Sonia(Pokemon Sword/Shield)

Professor Bellis

Professor Sonia

Voting ended onFeb 8, 2023

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Samson Oak(Pokemon Sun/Moon) vs Professor Rowan(Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum)

Samson Oak

Professor Rowan

Voting ended onFeb 8, 2023

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Okay so I am going through the bulbapedia list of Pokemon Professors and while I think my preference is the first option, I figured I would let the people choose who we include in the showdown

So, should we include...

Any characters referred to as Professor regardless of what they study

Any Professor who's research is related to pokemon

Any character referred to as Professor or Dr. who studies pokemon

Any character referred to as Professor or Dr. no matter what they study

Any character who studies pokemon

Any character who studies anything at all

Voting ended onFeb 4, 2023

I'm also going to put a poll in the reblogs about if we should include one-off characters of the day called Professor or only major/reoccurring characters so keep an eye out for that!