Prepare for Trouble

This article is about the book. For the motto of Team Rocket, see Team Rocket mottos.

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Prepare for Trouble
ISBN:	0439220335
Published:	April 2001
Publisher:	Scholastic
Author:	Tracey West
Preceded By:	Ash Ketchum, Pokémon Detective
Succeeded By:	Battle for the Zephyr Badge

Prepare for Trouble by Tracey West is the nineteenth book in the adaptation of the Pokémon anime. It is the third book to take place in Johto. It focuses on the Team Rocket trio of Jessie, James, and Meowth. It was published by Scholastic in April 2001 and is 96 pages in length.

Plot

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This book is a series of flashbacks showcasing stories focusing on Team Rocket. The events of the anime episodes The Evolution Solution, The Wacky Watcher!, The Underground Round Up, and Ignorance Is Blissey are shown.

Blurb

Blast Off!
Jessie, James, and Meowth are on a mission: to be the world's greatest Pokémon thieves. And they are prepared to fight!
Pokémon of the world, beware! Team Rocket is extending their reach to the stars above.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Misty
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Blissey

Trivia

• This is one of three books to focus on Team Rocket, the other two being Team Rocket Blasts Off! and Team Rocket Truce.

Errors

• Rind Island is referred to by its Japanese name, Tankan Island.

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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