Psyduck Ducks Out

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Psyduck Ducks Out
ISBN:	0439200911
Published:	December 2000
Publisher:	Scholastic
Author:	Jennifer L. Johnson
Preceded By:	Talent Showdown
Succeeded By:	Thundershock in Pummelo Stadium

Psyduck Ducks Out is the fifteenth book of the adaption of the Pokémon anime. It is based on the events of Hypno's Naptime, The Ninja Poké-Showdown, The Breeding Center Secret and Bye Bye Psyduck. It is written by Jennifer L. Johnson. It is 89 pages in length.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis book The book starts with Misty, Ash and Brock walking towards Ash's next gym battle. Misty asks if they can rest but Ash wants to keep moving. Pikachu begs Ash and they decide to stop. Misty smiles as she thinks about Pikachu. Togepi's belly rumbles and Misty spots some fruit in a tree. She is going to release Staryu, but Psyduck comes out instead. She groans as Ash laughs. Misty flashes back to when she first got Psyduck.

Hypno's Naptime

She and her friends are walking through HopHopHop Town when they see an Officer Jenny. She tells them that there are children who have gone missing three days ago. Ash immediately declares them on the job. They head off toward the Pokémon Center and see Nurse Joy. They see other Pokémon behind her and ask what is wrong. She tells them that the Pokémon became sick three days ago. They realize that is the same time the children went missing. Misty then spies a Psyduck lying with the other Pokémon. She is not impressed, and neither is Ash. Officer Jenny says that there has been an increase in sleep waves being admitted from the town. Nurse Joy says that it couldn't be her Pokémon and Officer Jenny says it isn't, and they follow her out of the center to a mansion. Walking inside they see many people wearing fancy dresses and skirts. Walking over to one guy, they ask him what is going on. They find out that this is the Pokémon Lovers Club. They are having trouble sleeping so they are having a Hypno admit sleep waves. Misty walks over to it and begins to act like a Seel. Ash and Brock are horrified and Misty runs off. She leads them to a place where the missing children are, all acting like a Pokémon. They take them back and have Drowzee cure them. Going back to the center, all the Pokémon are better except the Psyduck. Brock volunteers to care for it to impress Nurse Joy. Heading out Brock says that Misty would be a better trainer for it. Misty declines then trips and an empty Poké Ball lands next to Psyduck. It hits the ball with its beak and it opens, capturing Psyduck.

The Ninja-Poké Showdown

Ash is battling Koga at the Fuchsia Gym for the Soul Badge. Suddenly the ceiling caves in as Jessie and James appear. Team Rocket recites their motto and then Meowth pounces in front of Koga and says that they are there to steal the Poison-type Pokémon. Jessie and James release their Arbok and Weezing as Ash lets out Charmander. Koga's Venonat and Venomoth join Charmander but are then caught in sticky goo. Ash has Pikachu go at Team Rocket but he is also caught in the sticky goo. Misty tries to send out Starmie but Psyduck pops out instead! Misty then attempts to send out Staryu but Psyduck is still there. Misty orders Psyduck to go and attack Team Rocket but it just stands there. Ash hands Misty his Pokédex and Misty looks up Psyduck's attacks. The Pokédex says that Psyducks first attack is Tail Whip. Misty orders Psyduck to use Tail Whip but all it does is wag its tail weakly. Misty gets angry and Ash looks up another attack. The Pokédex than says that Psyduck's second attack is Scratch. Misty orders Psyduck to use Scratch on Arbok but Arbok picks it up in its fangs. Misty gets mad again. Koga then pulls a string and the cieling opens up, dropping a dozen Voltorb. Team Rocket don't know what they are but Jessie fires a net and captures all but one. Meowth picks up the loose Voltorb but James recognizes what it is. Voltorb exploded and scattered goo all around the room. Meowth grabs a Voltorb from the net and rolls it towards Misty and her friends as it explodes. Psyduck begins to run back and forth in front of Team Rocket but Team Rocket don't want it. It continues to hold its head. As Misty attempts to return it it faces Team Rocket and sends waves out of its head. Team Rocket is frozen and the Pokédex says that the move is Disable. Team Rocket began to sway around uncontrollably and the Pokédex says that the move is Confusion. Misty feels pride for Psyduck and Psyduck then blasts Team Rocket off. Koga is impressed and offers his Venomoth for Psyduck. Ash is shocked but Misty says that she wouldn't trade Psyduck for anything.

The Breeding Center Secret

Misty, Ash, Brock and Todd Snap are walking through a town when Misty sees a commercial about a new Pokémon Breeding Center. They all decide to go check it out and find a large crowd gathered outside of it. The girl from the commercial and her assistant are standing behind a counter checking in Pokémon. Misty decides to leave Psyduck there and asks the girl if she can make Psyduck smarter and get rid of its clueless looking face. Misty and her friends then leave Psyduck and leave the Breeding Center. Ash says that Misty is just going to leave Psyduck there forever while Misty says she is not.

They then arrive at a Restraunt called Restraunt Hungry. The sign says that you can get all you can eat for free and the chef walks out and says that they only get free food if they can show him his favorite Pokémon. They think they can and all release their Pokémon but none of them are the chef's favorite. The chef then says that his favorite Pokémon is Psyduck. Misty decides to go back to the Breeding Center to get Psyduck. When they get back to the Breeding Center it is closed but when they walk around to the back, the back door is open and they walk in. When Brock turns on his flashlight they see cages lined up and realize that it is not a Breeding Center. Brock finds Psyduck in one of the cages. Misty says that it looks smarter but Brock says that it is just because they taped its eyes back. Ash notices a conveyer belt running boxes down it into the lobby where the blue-haired boy and golden-haired girl were looking through the boxes. The boy opens a box and says that there is a Sandshrew in it. The boy says that they have a lot of Pokémon piled up and the girls adds that a lot of Pokémon Trainers are fools. They say that they are going to be the bosses favorite and Misty cannot believe that they would treat Pokémon like that. Todd decides to take pictures of the place to show everybody what is really going on in the center. As they are taking pictures the boy notices something behind the curtain and comes to check it out. Ash sticks Pikachu in an empty cage and Pikachu lets out small sparks. The boy leaves and they want to leave but Misty refuses to leave Psyduck there and rattles the cage creating a really loud noise. The boy and girl walk in then and begin to recite a motto really close to Team Rocket's. Cassidy and Butch's motto was a lot meaner and ended with a Raticate jumping out. The better Team Rocket team started to chase them when a metal cage dropped from the cieling, only leaving Misty, Togepi and Pikachu free. Officer Jenny then rides up on her bike and Cassidy ran out and told her that they had caught the thieves and Officer Jenny says she is taking Ash, Brock and Todd to jail.

As Officer Jenny takes the boys away to jail Misty tries to think of a way to clear the boys of blame. She then remembers that Todd had taken all of the pictures of the cages and stuff. Misty waits unitl the next morning and sticks her hair up inside a baseball cap and puts a jacket over her regular clothes and sneaks back into the Breeding Center. Cassidy did not recognize her and she tells Cassidy that she really needs her Psyduck back as Pikachu went back behind the counter and into the back. Cassidy comes back with her Psyduck and Pikachu returns with the camera. She then runs out the door and gets the pictures developed before going to the jail. She hands the pictures to Officer Jenny who lets the boys out of jail and they all go back to the Breeding Center. Butch and Cassidy order their Raticate to attack them but Pikachu zaps it and causes it to faint. Butch and Cassidy then try to run for it but Ash lets Bulbasaur out and it uses Vine Whip to catch them. Later they all head to Restraunt Hungry and eat all they can eat for free.

Blurb

Psy-Bye-Bye

When Psyduck evolves into Golduck, Misty is thrilled! Golduck is the fastest swimmer of all. Besides, training Psyduck was one big headache. Psyduck was totally clueless and clumsy, except when it got a headache. Then its attacks were unstoppable- especially against Team Rocket!

But is Golduck about to give Misty a big surprise?

Get the inside scoop on Misty and Psyduck from their hypnotic encounter to their biggest battles ever.

Major Events

• Misty captures a Psyduck.

Debuts

Humans

Pokémon Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Misty
• Brock
• Tracey Sketchit
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Koga
• Cassidy
• Butch
• Todd Snap
• Marina

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Charmander (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Venonat (Tracey's)
• Marill (Tracey's)
• Raticate (Cassidy's)
• Golduck
• Drowzee
• Hypno
• Voltorb

Trivia

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