PALLET TOWN \u2014 Professor Oak was seen visibly confused over the weekend after once again forgetting his own grandson\u2019s name while handing out another Pok\u00e9dex to the town\u2019s newest trainer, sparking fresh health concerns from citizens across the region, sources confirm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe looks awful! He\u2019s asking random children if they know his own grandson\u2019s name. The man is not well!\u201d said Jamie Taggert, a journalist from Viridian City who covers socio-political Pok\u00e9mon news across Kanto. \u201cThe Professor is expected to push the boundaries of the relationships between people and Pok\u00e9mon, and Oak simply does not have the mental capacity to deserve that title.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sources close to the professor have denied any allegations that his mental health is slipping. Some have even blamed the radical left-wing Lunatones for spreading misinformation online.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Professor has never been healthier! He just had a check-up last month and the Doctor told him he has never seen a healthier person in his life,\u201d said Malory Fineberg, Professor Oak\u2019s lead research assistant.\u00a0 \u201cAny signs of forgetfulness is most likely attributed to a Drowzee experiment that was focusing closely on the effects of the move amnesia.\u201d<\/p>\n
Staunch supporters of the Professor have taken offense to the internet\u2019s diagnosis, and have gone to lengths to defend Oak\u2019s name on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNot sure why forgetting his grandon\u2019s name once can even compare to the years and years of sleepy Professor Elm turning the once thriving Johto region into a cesspool of illegal immigrants,\u201d said one Oak supporter on a Reddit post suggesting the Professor should resign. \u201cAccept it, he\u2019s your town\u2019s professor, get over it, you lost, we won.\u201d<\/p>\n
At press time, one local 10-year-old has reminded Professor Oak that his grandson\u2019s name is BUTTFACE.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PALLET TOWN \u2014 Professor Oak was seen visibly confused over the weekend after once again forgetting his own…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[64,63,181338,137,514,515,346,181339],"class_list":{"0":"post-322072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-hdmain","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-mental-health","13":"tag-mentalhealth","14":"tag-pokemon","15":"tag-professor-oak"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}