Talent Showdown

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Talent Showdown
File:Book Talent.jpg
ISBN:	043920090X
Published:	November 2000
Publisher:	Scholastic
Author:	Tracey West
Preceded By:	Race to Danger
Succeeded By:	Psyduck Ducks Out

Talent Showdown by Tracey West is the fourteenth book in the adaption of the Pokémon anime and is 88 pages in length. It is one of two Pokémon books in this series that is not based on any anime episode, the other being Race to Danger.

Blurb

It's Total Request Pokémon!

The stage is set for and explosive Pokémon Talent Showdown. There's a juggling Exeggutor, a singing Charmander - even a dancing Farfetch'd. Ash wants to beat Gary but he doesn't have an act. And that's not all he has to worry about. Team Rocket's grand finale has the audience glued to their seats and all the Pokémon under their spell! It's curtains for the Pokémon - unless Ash can steal the show.

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis book Ash and his friends find a Pokémon talent show, but at the same time, Team Rocket once again has a plan to steal all the Pokémon. Can Ash stop them before they can succeed?

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Alakazam (Gary's)
• Machop
• Blastoise (Gary's)
• Venusaur (Gary's)
• Charizard (Gary's)
• Rhydon (Gary's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Gary
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Lickitung (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Alakazam (Gary's)
• Charizard (Gary's)
• Blastoise (Gary's)
• Venusaur (Gary's)
• Rhydon (Gary's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Exeggutor
• Seel
• Raichu
• Machop
• Charmander

Trivia

• This novel is notable for showing Gary owning a Blastoise, something which the anime itself wouldn't confirm until years later. However it also shows him owning a Venusaur and a Charizard (presumably due to Gary's starter not having being revealed at that point.

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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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