Ash Ketchum, Pokémon Detective

Ash Ketchum, Pokémon Detective
ISBN:	0439200946
Published:	March 2001
Publisher:	Scholastic
Author:	Tracey West
Preceded By:	Go West, Young Ash
Succeeded By:	Prepare for Trouble

Ash Ketchum, Pokémon Detective by Tracey West is the eighteenth book of the adaptation of the Pokémon anime. It was published by Scholastic and is 90 pages in length.

Plot

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This book follows the plots of the anime episodes Illusion Confusion!, Spinarak Attack!, and The Little Big Horn.

Blurb

Ash, Go! Is a Pokémon lost, missing, or acting strange? Ash Ketchum, Pokémon P.I., is on the case. With the help of his friends and trusty sidekick, Pikachu, Ash is solving mysteries involving some brand-new Pokémon like Hoothoot, Spinarak, and Stantler.

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Hoothoot
• Spinarak
• Stantler

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Gary Oak
• Hagatha and Nagatha

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Spinarak (Officer Jenny's; debut)
• Stantler (debut)
• Hoothoot (debut)

In other languages

Pokémon animated series novelizations Indigo League: I Choose You! • Island of the Giant Pokémon • Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon • Night in the Haunted Tower Team Rocket Blasts Off! • Charizard, Go! • Splashdown in Cerulean City • Return of the Squirtle Squad Adventures in the Orange Islands: Journey to the Orange Islands • Secret of the Pink Pokémon • The Four-Star Challenge • Scyther, Heart of a Champion Race to Danger • Talent Showdown • Psyduck Ducks Out • Thundershock in Pummelo Stadium The Johto Journeys: Go West, Young Ash • Ash Ketchum, Pokémon Detective • Prepare for Trouble • Battle for the Zephyr Badge The Chikorita Challenge • All Fired Up • Ash to the Rescue • Secrets of the GS Ball • Prize Pokémon Teaming Up With Totodile • Tough Enough • Winner Takes All Ruby and Sapphire: Haunted! • Phantom Unmasked • Team Rocket Truce • Celebi Rescue • Grovyle Trouble • Deoxys in Danger Diamond and Pearl: Pokémon Academy • The Lost Riolu • Coal Badge Battle • World of Sinnoh Movies: The Art of Pokémon The First Movie • The Art of Pokémon the Movie 2000 • The Art of Pokémon the Movie 3: Spell of the Unown Mewtwo Strikes Back • Mewtwo Returns • Pokémon the Movie 2000 • Pokémon the Movie 3 • Pokémon 4Ever Destiny Deoxys • Lucario and the Mystery of Mew • Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea • The Rise of Darkrai Pikachu's Vacation • Pikachu's Rescue Adventure • Pikachu and Pichu

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