TV-Series
Description
Professor Magnolia appears in Pokémon Journeys: The Series. She is an elderly woman with brown hair, green eyes, and a slender build. Her attire includes a yellow dress under a white lab coat, beige ballet flats, a purple necklace, glasses, and a purple headband. She uses a cane with a Corviknight-shaped top for mobility.
Serious and dedicated to her research, she demonstrates intuition, sensing her granddaughter Gloria's desire to journey but waiting for Gloria to ask rather than granting permission outright.
As the Galar region's leading Pokémon Professor, her primary research focuses on the Dynamax phenomenon and its connection to Galar Particles. These particles manifest as red light from Power Spots across Galar, interacting with a power within Pokémon to trigger Dynamaxing. Her studies revealed Dynamaxed Pokémon do not physically grow but appear enlarged due to spatial distortion. She collaborated with Chairman Rose of Macro Cosmos to develop the Dynamax Band based on this research, though she later withdrew from the partnership due to concerns about his extreme methods and unchecked ambition.
Within the anime, she first appears when Ash and Goh investigate unusual Dynamax occurrences. After they find Wishing Stars, she converts them into Dynamax Bands, providing Ash, Hop, and Gloria with these bands and Rotom Phones. She later contacts Ash regarding Grookey following him to the Wild Area, authorizing him to take Grookey on his journey. She requests Gloria's assistance in taming the Legendary Pokémon Eternatus to ensure its peaceful coexistence with the people of Galar, leading to Gloria concluding her travels with Ash and Hop. She continues researching Eternatus's adaptation to human interaction in the Crown Tundra, later meeting Hop and Sonia during their research break and subsequently informing Sonia of Swords of Justice sightings in Galar.
Her background establishes her as Sonia's grandmother and Gloria's grandmother. She resides in Wedgehurst on Route 2 in the Galar region. She employs a Skwovet in her Dynamax research, which Gloria Dynamaxes to facilitate study. She is recognized as only the second female regional Professor in the Pokémon franchise, following Professor Juniper. Beyond the anime, she appears in other official media, including a supporting role in the Pokémon manga and as a Supporter card ("Professor's Research") in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Serious and dedicated to her research, she demonstrates intuition, sensing her granddaughter Gloria's desire to journey but waiting for Gloria to ask rather than granting permission outright.
As the Galar region's leading Pokémon Professor, her primary research focuses on the Dynamax phenomenon and its connection to Galar Particles. These particles manifest as red light from Power Spots across Galar, interacting with a power within Pokémon to trigger Dynamaxing. Her studies revealed Dynamaxed Pokémon do not physically grow but appear enlarged due to spatial distortion. She collaborated with Chairman Rose of Macro Cosmos to develop the Dynamax Band based on this research, though she later withdrew from the partnership due to concerns about his extreme methods and unchecked ambition.
Within the anime, she first appears when Ash and Goh investigate unusual Dynamax occurrences. After they find Wishing Stars, she converts them into Dynamax Bands, providing Ash, Hop, and Gloria with these bands and Rotom Phones. She later contacts Ash regarding Grookey following him to the Wild Area, authorizing him to take Grookey on his journey. She requests Gloria's assistance in taming the Legendary Pokémon Eternatus to ensure its peaceful coexistence with the people of Galar, leading to Gloria concluding her travels with Ash and Hop. She continues researching Eternatus's adaptation to human interaction in the Crown Tundra, later meeting Hop and Sonia during their research break and subsequently informing Sonia of Swords of Justice sightings in Galar.
Her background establishes her as Sonia's grandmother and Gloria's grandmother. She resides in Wedgehurst on Route 2 in the Galar region. She employs a Skwovet in her Dynamax research, which Gloria Dynamaxes to facilitate study. She is recognized as only the second female regional Professor in the Pokémon franchise, following Professor Juniper. Beyond the anime, she appears in other official media, including a supporting role in the Pokémon manga and as a Supporter card ("Professor's Research") in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.