You might even ask yourself, “What’s the point of wearing a lab coat over nothing but bare skin?” There’s no way the coat offers any real protection. There’s something pretty damn extra about perpetually showing off your abs like that, especially in a game like Pokémon. Now, arguably, you could make the case that he’s shirtless for a reason: Pokémon Sun and Moon take cues from Hawaii, so the setting is probably tropical and hot. Yes, that’s a shirtless Pokémon professor.