Earl Dervish/Manga/PS

In Pokémon Adventures, Earl was delivering a package when a robber and his came by and stole it. reluctantly saved Earl as he battled the robber's Donphan with his Aipom when the robber ruined his rice ball. Seeing what Gold did, Earl decided to reward him with a huge stack of rice cakes and then tells him that he had an academy named "Earl Dervish's Pokémon Academy".

Later, he arrived at the academy which was in very poor shape and low on money. He became pleased about the fact that was there to help him, especially when she fed a Berry to a. He explained his story about the school's history to Crystal and then does his twirl. When some came by, Earl got the students away from them and were told to go to the basement. When Crystal left after catching the trouble-making Slugma, Earl informed the students about her departure.

Earl reappeared along with his students in a form of a cameo when a crisis related with and  was happening in Ilex Forest. He reappeared in a flashback in the where  was explaining his arrival at the Pokémon Academy around the same time the Slugma were attacking and Crystal capturing them.