Koko (M23)

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Koko ココ Koko
Koko
Age	10
Gender	Male
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Burgundy
Hometown	Forest of Okoya
Region	Unknown
Relatives	Chrom and Phossa Molybdenum (parents)
Animated debut	Secrets of the Jungle
English voice actor	Kimlinh Tran
Japanese voice actor	Moka Kamishiraishi Wakana Minami (infant)

Koko (Japanese: ココ Koko) is a major character who appeared in Secrets of the Jungle. Raised by Pokémon, he is a human boy who believes he too is a Pokémon.

In animation

Secrets of the Jungle

Koko as a baby

Koko was born Al Molybdenum (Japanese: アル・モリブデン Al Molybden), the only child of scientists Chrom and Phossa Molybdenum, the late leaders of the Biotope Company. When they learned of the Great Tree's location in the Forest of Okoya and that the many Zarude living in the forest worshipped it, they decided to protect it from their subordinate Dr. Zed, who wanted to destroy it in order to gain access to the secrets of the Healing Springs. Infuriated by this revelation, Dr. Zed chased the family down as they tried to escape in their car. He soon ran them off the road and into a riverbank. Stealing the data, Dr. Zed left the family to die in the ensuing explosion, but Al survived as he had drifted away from the car down the river.

Al was eventually found by a single Zarude living deep within the jungle. This Zarude attempted to return Al to his parents, however an attempt to leave him in Milyfa Town led to Al nearly walking in front of a car. Zarude decided to investigate a nearby lab and upon seeing its wrecked state and a photo of Al with his parents realized that the baby was now an orphan. Zarude decided to raise Al as a son and renamed him Koko. Knowing that this was against the rules of its troop, Zarude decided to leave the other Zarude behind so it could raise Koko safely, as they objected to a human being brought to their sacred tree. This Zarude, who took to wearing a torn piece of pink clothing, would become known as "Dada" to Koko.

Over the next ten years, Zarude raised Koko in the depths of the jungle, and the two developed a strong bond. As he had no memory of his human life, Koko believed he was also a Pokémon and was frustrated by the fact that he was seemingly unable to use moves. Zarude didn't want to tell Koko the truth of his origins. However, Koko began to question about his origins. When Zarude hesitated to give Koko the answer he asked for, Koko stormed off to discover his true origins. However, Koko fell into a river where he was saved by Ash Ketchum. Following his recovery, Koko found himself in the human world where he noticed that Ash and his fellow humans were identical to himself. Koko soon realized that he was one of them. Koko befriended Ash and the latter subsequently taught the former what it means to be human.

After Koko introduced his father to Ash, Zarude confronted Koko for speaking the human language and bringing a fellow human. However, Koko said that Zarude was ignoring the fact that he is also a human and called Dada out on this. Guilty, Zarude confessed to Koko that the latter wasn't a Zarude nor the begat of the former. Zarude took Koko, Ash, Pikachu, and their friend Skwovet to the abandoned lab where he explained Koko's past and showed them the picture of Koko's real parents.

Character

Koko has a parent-child relationship with Zarude, calling it Dada (Japanese: とうちゃん Daddy).

Pokémon

Befriended

This is a list of Pokémon Koko has befriended in Secrets of the Jungle.

Dada

Debut	Secrets of the Jungle
Voice actors
Japanese	Nakamura Kankurō
English	Edward Bosco

Main article: Dada

Zarude, whom Koko calls "Dada", found Koko as a baby and raised him.

Skwovet

Debut	Secrets of the Jungle
Voice actors
Japanese	Kei Shindō

Skwovet is a Pokémon that Koko befriended.

None of Skwovet's moves are known.

Flygon

Debut	Secrets of the Jungle

Flygon is a Pokémon that Koko befriended.

Flygon's only known move is Dragon Breath.

Falinks

Debut	Secrets of the Jungle

Falinks is a Pokémon that Koko befriended. He first encountered its trooper members in Milyfa Town, where they were driving away citizens from the site of a planned fireworks display. Using his ability to speak with Pokémon, he discovered their brass was trapped in a fireworks tube and rescued it, reuniting it with the rest of the Falinks.

None of Falinks's moves are known.

Moves used

Using Jungle Healing	Move First Used In Jungle Healing Secrets of the Jungle
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 上白石萌歌 Moka Kamishiraishi English Kimlinh Tran Arabic رانيا مروة Rania Mroueh Czech Jan Battěk Anna Theimerová (infant) German Maximilian Belle Hindi Lohit Sharma Indonesian Leni Marlina Italian Mosè Singh Polish Borys Wiciński Brazilian Portuguese Cadu Paschoal Karina Fonseca (infant) Spanish Latin America Emilio Treviño Spain Pilar Martín Thai เมทินี แก้วรัตนากร

In the manga

Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle—Another Beginning

Koko appeared in Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle—Another Beginning, which is set three years before the movie.

In the TCG

Koko appears in one promotional card. It is one of three Pokémon cards that isn't actually a Pokémon, the others being Buried Fossil and M Sachiko-EX.

Koko Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Koko					S-P Promotional cards		106/S-P

Trivia

• Koko is notably the first human in Pokémon animation to be depicted using a Pokémon move, as he uses Jungle Healing to help Dada recover from his injuries.
  • While Psychics can be argued to be using Pokémon moves–like Psychic, Telekinesis, Kinesis, Hypnosis etc.— Koko is the first human to do so explicitly.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ココ Koko	Possibly a reference to Koko, a famous gorilla
English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish	Koko	Same as his Japanese name
Korean	코코 Koko	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	可可 Kěkě	Transcription of his Japanese name
Brazilian Portuguese	Zaza	From Zarude
Hindi	कोको Koko	Transcription of English and Japanese name
Russian	Коко Koko	Transcription of his English name
Thai	โคโค่ Koko	Transcription of his Japanese name

Al Molybden

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	アル・モリブデン Al Molybden	From アルミニウム aruminiumu (aluminium) and モリブデン moribuden (molybdenum)
English, German, European Spanish	Al Molybdenum	From aluminium and molybdenum
Latin American Spanish	Al Molibdeno	From aluminio (aluminium) and molibdeno (molybdenum)
French	Al Molybdène	From aluminium and molybdène (molybdenum)
Italian	Al Molybden	From alluminio and molibdeno (molybdenum)
Chinese (Mandarin)	阿爾‧毛利佈登 / 阿尔·毛利布登 Ā'ěr Máolìbùdēng	Transcription of his Japanese name
Brazilian Portuguese	Alan Molibdênio	From alumínio (aluminium) and molibdênio (molybdenum)
Russian	Эл Молибден	Transcription of his English name
Thai	อัล โมลิบเดน Al Molybden	Transcription of his Japanese name

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