Professor Felina Ivy

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Professor Felina Ivy
Professor Ivy holding the GS Ball
Japanese name	Uchikido-Hakase
In-Universe Information
Occupation	Pokémon professor

Professor Felina Ivy is a fictional human character appearing in the Pokémon Anime. In Japanese, her name is Dr. Uchikido (ウチキド博士 Uchikido-hakase). She is a Pokémon researcher and the resident Pokémon Professor of the Orange Archipelago, south of the region of Kanto.

Like her colleagues Professor Oak, Professor Elm and Professor Birch, she is responsible for getting new Pokémon Trainers started by giving them their first Pokémon, some Poké Balls and a Pokédex. She also has a large laboratory complex in Valencia Island from where she conducts her research and takes care after the extra Pokémon of Orange Archipelago trainers.

Professor Ivy looks young, perhaps in her twenties. She has long, dark purple hair and wears a white laboratory coat over a rather revealing dress.

Professor Ivy is first heard of in the second season of the Pokémon Animé. Just after Ash Ketchum has competed in the Pokémon League, Professor Oak asks him to travel to the Orange Archipelago region and retrieve a strange Pokéball from local Pokémon expert Professor Ivy. Ash and his friends Misty and Brock make their way to Valencia Island and meet the Professor and her triplet assistants.

The Pokéball that Professor Ivy has discovered is dubbed the GS Ball and it is indeed unusual both in appearance and properties (see Poké Ball for more information). It serves as a plot device that will eventually lead Ash to a journey to the region of Johto, so that it can be delivered to Kurt, the world's Pokéball expert.

While Ash and his friends are getting ready to leave Valencia Island to participate in the Orange Archpelago Pokémon League, Brock announces that he has decided to stay with Professor Ivy for a while. He claims that both her house and laboratory are in poor condition and that he could help fix them as well as study Pokémon Breeding. It is probable that Brock, who is notorious in the anime for falling in love with pretty women almost in every episode, also decided to stay because of Professor Ivy's good looks. Ash and Misty soon found a replacement of sorts for Brock—a Pokémon Watcher called Tracey Sketchit.

Upon returning to Pallet Town to deliver the GS Ball to Professor Oak, Ash, Misty and Tracey found that Brock had returned to Professor Oak's laboratory before them. Ash's mother and the Professor explained that Brock had arrived in Pallet completely exhausted some time ago and refused to explain anything about what had happened to him. He also reacted intensely to Professor Ivy's name; his face took an agonized expression and he would huddle, muttering: "Don't mention that name!" As Tracey decided to stay as Professor Oak's assistant, Brock joined Ash and Misty to their journey in Johto.

No explanation has been given for what happened during Brock's stay at Professor Ivy in the animé yet, but the events appear to have a rather sinister tone about them. Some fans have claimed that Professor Ivy cheated on Brock with another man, or some viewers think that Ivy is a lesbian, although no proof of either have been shown.

Besides this appearance, Professor Ivy can also be seen in the second Pokémon film, called The Power of One. When someone sets out to catch the legendary bird Pokémon Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres, which reside in the Orange Archipelago, the balance of nature is severely upset resulting in extreme weather conditions. A concerned Professor Oak converses with Professor Ivy on the subject and they later appear on a television show to explain the phenomenon to viewers.

Since the Orange Archipelago is not featured in the Pokémon video games, Professor Ivy has not yet appeared there or indeed in any other aspect of the Pokémon merchandise. She has also not appeared again in the animé.

Pokémon Professors
Professor Oak  |   Professor Felina Ivy  |   Professor Elm  |   Professor Birch  |   Professor Nanakamado