Faba

Faba
Information
Gender	Male
Region	Alola
Occupation	Aether Foundation
Appears in	Generation VII
Debut	Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon
In other languages
Japanese	Name ザオボー Zaoboo
Japanese	Name ザオボー Zaoboo
English	Name Faba
English	Name Faba
Other information
Preferred type	Psychic type

Faba is a character first appearing in Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon.

Appearance

Concept artwork of Faba.

Faba is a lean man, who has short green hair, green eyes and a goatee. He wears a white overcoat, bearing the symbol of Aether Foundation and having a yellow diamond-shaped decoration on his sleeves. Faba also wears a green undershirt, some green bracers on his arms, and large green glasses. He also has white boots with yellow soles and buttons.

Personality

Faba is extremely proud and vain, often talking down to his subordinates and continually accentuating his own skills and accomplishments beyond their actual merits. He is very insistent upon being addressed by his full title of Branch Chief and will ruthlessly defend his position. He will do whatever it takes to further his career, covering up his mistakes by lying or shifting the blame and switching loyalties when it suits him. He has been shown to not like children, the reasoning is unknown but he believes children should just do as adults say and keep it at that. He also runs a blog under the pseudonym, "F."

Biography

Sun and Moon

Faba was first seen when he asks the player character to help battle Team Skull grunts harassing a Slowpoke. Upon beating Team Skull, Faba offers to take the player character and Hau to Aether Paradise as a reward for helping him. At the Aether Paraside, it is revealed that Faba doesn't like people referring to him by name alone when Wicke greets them. When the player character and Hau try to save Lillie, Faba battles them to stop them from interfering with Lusamine's plan. Upon losing, Faba agrees to let the player character, Hau and Gladion into the secret lab. Faba ambushes them when when they go back to the elevator. Upon losing again, Faba feels intimidated by the children and lets them pass.

Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

In Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, after completing the main game, Aether Foundation is taken over by Team Rainbow Rocket. Faba stands in the player character's way to help Lusamine and they team up with Lillie to defeat Faba. Upon beating him, Faba once again admits defeat and after rescuing Lusamine, loses his rank drastically all the way down to janitor, making his employees higher than him. Faba then tries to make an effort in becoming an actually loyal crewmate of the Aether Foundation.

Other appearances

Faba in Pokémon the Series (anime)

Faba in Pokémon Adventures (manga)

Faba in Lost Thunder (TCG)

Sprites

Faba's VS sprite in Sun & Moon

Pokémon

Sun and Moon

• Aether Foundation
• Post game

Slowbro		Bruxish		Hypno
Lv. 39	♂	Lv. 39	♂	Lv. 40	♂
Ability: Oblivious		Ability: Strong Jaw		Ability: Insomnia
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None
-		Aqua Jet		Psychic		-	-	-
-		Crunch		Hypnosis		-	-	-
-		Psychic Fangs		Disable		-	-	-
-		-		Nightmare		-	-	-

Slowbro		Bruxish		Raichu		Alakazam		Hypno
Lv. 61	♂	Lv. 61	♂	Lv. 61	♂	Lv. 61	♂	Lv. 61	♂
Ability: Own Tempo		Ability: Strong Jaw		Ability: Surge Surfer		Ability: Synchronize		Ability: Insomnia
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None		Item: None		Item: None
-		Aqua Jet		Psychic		Psychic		Psychic		-
-		Crunch		Thunderbolt		Psyshock		Hypnosis		-
-		Psychic Fangs		Quick Attack		Disable		Focus Blast		-
-		Screech		Nuzzle		Dazzling Gleam		Dream Eater		-

Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Claydol		Bruxish		Hypno
Lv. 63	-	Lv. 63	♂	Lv. 63	♂
Ability: Levitate		Ability: Strong Jaw		Ability: Insomnia
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None
-		Aqua Jet		Psychic		-	-	-
-		Crunch		Hypnosis		-	-	-
-		Psychic Fangs		Focus Blast		-	-	-
-		Waterfall		Dream Eater		-	-	-

Trivia

• Faba is Latin for "bean". His sunglasses resemble beans.