Tough Enough

Tough Enough
ISBN:	0439358019
Published:	2002
Publisher:	Scholastic
Author:	Tracey West
Preceded By:	Teaming Up With Totodile
Succeeded By:	Winner Takes All

Tough Enough by Tracey West is the twenty-seventh book of the adaptation of the Pokémon anime. It was first published in 2002 by Scholastic and is 84 pages in length.

Blurb

Gotta beat 'em all!

Ash searches far and wide for new Pokémon to battle and catch. But the Pokémon in the Johto region are super strong.

Ash and Pikachu face a trainer with a fierce Scizor, but they also win the trust of a pack of wild Houndour. Then Ash tries to catch a wild Noctowl- a rare Pokémon with special powers. Can Ash stand up to the challenge?

Plot

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This book follows the plots of the anime episodes Wired for Battle!, Fowl Play!, and Hour of the Houndour.

Major events

• Ash catches a Noctowl.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Noctowl (Ash's)
• Houndour
• Scizor

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Shingo

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Noctowl (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Scizor (Shingo's)
• Houndour (multiple)
• Machoke
• Golem
• Primeape

Trivia

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Pokémon anime novelizations Original series: 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 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 Advanced Generation: Haunted! • Phantom Unmasked • Team Rocket Truce • Celebi Rescue • Grovyle Trouble • Deoxys in Danger Diamond & 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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