Time Out For Torchic

Time Out for Torchic
ISBN:	9780439720960
Published:	October 2004
Publisher:	Scholastic
Author:	Tracey West
Preceded By:	None
Succeeded By:	None

Synopsis

Based upon AG002, A Ruin With a View!

May's Torchic becomes unable to battle after scrapping with an Azurill and its family. On the way to heal it at the local Pokemon Center, Ash & May meet up with Professor Alden, a professor studying ancient ruins depicting Pokemon interacting with humans. Team Magma kidnaps him, hoping for information leading to their capturing fossil Pokemon, but they fail and leave. Subsequently, Team Rocket tries to steal the keys to open the ruins, but Ash defeats them and sends them "blasting off". Professor Alden then shows Ash & May a secret chamber in the ruins where Relicanth live. May retrieves Torchic from the Pokemon Center, and it's onward to the next adventure!

Blurb

May's first Pokemon battle wipes out her Torchic. When it gets better, she and Ash meet a stranger who just might have the keys to a lost Pokemon world!

Debuts

Professor Alden

Pokemon Debuts

• Relicanth
• Azurill

Humans

• Ash
• Professor Alden
• May
• Nurse Joy
• Jessie
• James
• Team Magma grunts (X3)

Pokemon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Torchic (May's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Houndoom (Team Magma's, X3)
• Azurill (May's attempted catch)
• Marill
• Azumarill
• Relicanth (debut)
• Omanyte (petroglyph)
• Omastar (petroglyph)
• Kabutops (petroglyph))

Errors

Professor Alden has his surname misspelled as "Aldon" in the book.