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In the games the main character always and their rival always start off with
their Pokemon Professor giving them a starter pokemon (with the exception to
Gold/Silver/Crystal where the rival stole their starter from the professor).
in the anime Ash, Gary, 2 unnamed trainers, May and Dawn all got their Pokemon
Professor.

But given that there appears to be only 1 Pokemon Professors in each region
(Oak = Kanto, Birch = Hoenn, Ivy = Orange Islands, etc.) and we have seen
there is so many Pokemon Trainers in the League Qualifiers in the anime it's
seems that if every trainer went to the same Pokemon Professor they would be
inundated with work looking after everyone's pokemon when they catch more than
6, so much so that Oak shouldn't really have the time to be jet setting around
the world like he does for radio shows.

So how does one start off as a Pokemon Trainer if they don't have a Pokemon
Professor?


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How does one start being a Pokemon Trainer without a Pokemon Professor?


There are all sorts of ways one can get his/her first Pokémon. In the _Black
and White_ manga, Black borrows Pokémon from Bianca's father to have mock
battles (I don't remember if he actually used them to catch his first Pokémon,
but this shows that trainers could borrow someone else's Pokémon to catch
their own). In the anime, episode 3, _Ash Catches a Pokémon_ , Ash is able to
catch Caterpie without even battling it, so sometimes it isn't even necessary
to have your own Pokémon first. Also in the anime, in episode 4 of the XY
Season, _A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!_ , Clemont catches Dedenne for Bonny
and says he'll hold on to it until she is old enough to become a Pokémon
trainer.

So, clearly one doesn't need to go to a Pokémon professor to start off. One
also doesn't need a Pokémon professor to take care of excess Pokémon. In the
anime episode _Lost Leader Strategey_ , it is shown that Paul's brother Reggie
takes care of his Pokémon.

Information about the referenced episodes can be found at
<http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/>


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