Baoba バオバBaoba
Baoba inPokémon Adventures
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown, possiblyFuchsia City
Region	Kanto,Johto
Relatives	Unnamed son, unnamed granddaughter
Generation	I,III,IV,VII
Games	Red, Blue,Yellow,FireRed, LeafGreen,HeartGold, SoulSilver,Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee!
Animated counterpart	Kaiser
Counterpart debut	EP035

Baoba (Japanese:バオバBaoba) is anon-player character that first appeared inPokémon Red and Blue. At that time, he was the owner and warden of theKanto Safari Zone inFuchsia City and was known simply asSafari Zone Warden. (Japanese:園長Park Head). He also used to be nicknamedWarden Slowpoke, due to his vacant look. InPokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, it was revealed that the warden had built a newSafari Zone west ofCianwood City.

In the core series games

The warden plays the same role inPokémon Red, Blue,Yellow,FireRed, and LeafGreen. He is first encountered in his house east ofFuchsia City'sPokémon Center. When spoken with, he can only mumble: thefalse teeth he wears have been lost deep in the Safari Zone. If they are returned to him, he will reward theplayer withHM04 (Strength).

To encourage interest in the Safari Zone, the Warden runs a special promotion:Pokémon Trainers who are able to locate the Secret House at the far end of the Safari Zone within the allotted step limit are givenHM03 (Surf). This Hidden Machine is required to progress toCinnabar Island.

The locals of Fuchsia City nicknamed him "Warden Slowpoke" because of his vacant look similar to that of aSlowpoke. Despite this appearance, he is actually very knowledgeable about Pokémon. He takes care of all the Pokémon in the Safari Zone and Zoo, and has a large collection of PokémonFossils as well. The warden is good friends withKoga, the Gym Leader of Fuchsia City. Koga will sometimes patrol the Safari Zone as security.

Three years after the initial defeat of Team Rocket, Baoba closes the Safari Zone and goes traveling. InPokémon Gold, Silver, andCrystal the Safari Zone simply cannot be accessed; however, inPokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver aPal Park is in its place. It is stated by Baoba's grandchild that Baoba's son runs the Pal Park. On his travels, Baoba decides to open a new Safari Zone in Johto; the site he chooses is at the northern end ofRoute 48. As part of the games' plot, the player will meet with Baoba onRoute 39, who promises to inform the player as soon as the Safari Zone is open for business. He will call, announcing the opening of the Safari Zone, onceAmphy theAmpharos of theOlivine Lighthouse has been healed.

Throughout the remainder of the game, Baoba will issue two challenges to the player: catch aGeodude in the Safari Zone and catch aSandshrew in the Safari Zone. By completing these challenges, the Safari Zone will gradually become customizable, and the player will be able to arrange the six areas in any way they choose. The amount and variety of Pokémon available will also change. Baoba will always call the player via thePokégear to announce that these changes have been activated.

The signs outside his house remained the same throughout the first threegenerations, only changing significantly inGeneration IV due to the replacement of the Safari Zone with the Pal Park.

InPokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Baoba's Gold Teeth are no longer found deep within the Safari Zone. They have been moved south of Fuchsia atKanto Route 19's beach, where Jessie and James happen to dig them up from the sand and give them to the player, instead. As thanks, he teaches the player'sPartner Pokémon theSecret Technique Strong Push.

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

Gallery

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Sprites and models

Overworld sprite from Generation I	Overworld sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver

Quotes

Main article:Baoba/Quotes

In animation

Pokémon the Series

Main article:Kaiser

The Safari Zone warden is known as Kaiser inPokémon the Series: The Beginning, because he had no official first name when his episode was made. He appeared inEP035. He found aDratini in the Safari Zone as a boy, but as a result of media hype surrounding the event, the Dratini retreated into a lake and Kaiser resolved to protect the Safari Zone and the Pokémon that live within it.Professor Oak states that he knows the warden well.

WhenAsh andhis friends visit the Safari Zone, Kaiser acts violently because he fears they may harm the Pokémon within. He aims a gun at Ash, which led the episode to bebanned worldwide. It has not been aired in any country outside Asia (leading to confusion in other parts of the world in how Ash obtained all of his 30Tauros, which he caught in this episode, because every time he threw aSafari Ball, a group of Tauros would run in front of him).

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Baoba is the warden of the Kanto and Johto Safari Zones.

Red, Green & Blue arc

In this arc, Baoba is unnamed and referred to simply as the Safari Warden. He owns two roboticPidgey calledPidgebots, which accompanyRed when he decides to play the Safari Game. After Red breaks the rules by catching a Safari Zone Pokémon with a normalPoké Ball, Baoba has to look for Red. He only does so in the next morning, and collapses in shock when Red shows Baoba a horde of Pokémon he's caught.

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

Baoba, still unnamed, makes a cameo appearance inStart the Countdown, Starmie, seeing the stallingTeam Rocket airship fly pastFuchsia towardsVermilion.

Emerald arc

InEpilogue, Baoba makes a cameo appearance inone of the ships heading to theBattle Frontier.

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

Baoba is finally named when he appears in this arc, opening Johto's new Safari Zone nearCianwood. Team RocketExecutivePetrel was able to disguise as Baoba to break free ofSilver who had battled him there and was about to silence him.

Pokémon Zensho

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The Safari Zone warden appears inPZ06. Similar to the plot of Red and Blue, he has lost hisGold Teeth, whichSatoshi agreed to find. After recovering the dentures from theSafari Zone, Satoshi learned that they had been stolen byKoga as a petty revenge for the warden having built the Safari Zone where a ninja village once stood. The warden, however, being childhood friends with Koga, didn't hold a grudge against him, having made sure to not touch the area's original Pokémon when building the Safari Zone and knowing that Koga just had his own kind of love for nature.

Trivia

• The missing dentures the player must find is similar to theApe Inc. RPGMother, where the player must find the Healer'sDentures so people can understand him.

Names

Notes

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