Pokémon New Character Special

Pokémon New Character Special
ISBN:	1-902836-54-5
Published:	2001
Publisher:	Pedigree Books Limited
Author:	N/A

Pokémon New Character Special is a book showing 70 of the 100 Generation II Pokémon. Also included are activities and puzzles, along with a story and the complete list of the first 150 Pokémon.

Plot

The story is called "Hail, Heracross!". It is a variation of Episode 119 of the Pokémon anime, A Sappy Ending.

Ash and his friends are on their way to Violet City when they come across a patch of trees with their branches stripped of leaves. Pikachu notices some Heracross and Ash decides to catch one, but a Ranger called Woodruff appears and warns Ash that catching one might upset the balance of the forest. He tells them that the Butterfree need the Heracross to dig into trees to acquire sap. He then goes on to explain that the reason the trees are bare is because a gang of Pinsir had invaded. Six Pinsir then show up and start to attack a lone Heracross. Ash sends out Bulbasaur and Pikachu to help and they drive the Pinsir away. Woodruff goes on to say that the Pinsir and Heracross once lived together peacefully, but that something had driven the Pinsir into the Heracross' territory. Ash and others decide to find out what that is.

They arrive at a canyon where the bridge into the Pinsir's forest has been broken. In order to pass, Heracross uproots a tree and creates a bridge. Once they cross they see a giant Pinsir made of steel. It was one of Team Rocket's machines which they had built to retrieve all the sap from the trees to create "Rocket Sauce" which they would then sell. Brock realizes this is why the Pinsir had to leave, but Team Rocket suddenly attack. Jessie and James send out Lickitung and Victreebel, but instead of fighting, they start to eat the sap. Meowth then attacks with "Super-Pinsir", to which Ash reacts by telling Bulbasaur to use Razor Leaf (to no effect). Pikachu then tries a ThunderShock which is deflected back, incapacitating him. Finally, Heracross lifts up the Pinsir and flips it off its feet, causing the sap tank to burst and wash over Team Rocket, resulting in Team Rocket blasting off.

With Team Rocket defeated the Pinsir return to their forest and the balance is restored. Ash and his friends then decide to keep going on their journey. As they leave, the Heracross follows Ash and decides to join them on their journey.

Errors

• Pokémon is sometimes spelled as 'Pokemon', without the accent on the e.
• The Pokémon Profiles continuation says "Continued from page 44" when it is actually continued from page 40.
• When showing the new Pokémon it says there are 29 new Pokémon to collect, when it in fact shows 70 and there are 100 new Pokémon introduced in Generation II.
• Unown's type is given as "Psychic/Hidden Power", and instead of listing its moves, its Pokémon Silver Pokédex entry is given.
• Muk's name pronunciation is given as "GRIME-er," which is the pronunciation listed for Grimer.
• Tauros is listed as being weak against Ghost, despite this not being the case for any of the other Normal types in the books.
• The types that Moltres is strong against are written in all lowercase.
• Magikarp is erroneously claimed to be able to learn Horn Attack.
• Electrode has its moveset listed in place of the types it is strong against.
• The types Koffing are weak against are listed as Rock and Ghost, even though Poison was (at that point) also weak against itself and Ground, both of which are listed for Weezing.
• Self-Destruct is fully capitalized as "SELFDESTRUCT" when it appears in Graveler and Golem's movesets, but not in other places.
• Raichu's evolution from Pikachu is listed as "Normal" (referring to evolution by level), rather than by Thunder Stone.
• "Moon Stone" is written as "Moon stone" in Nidorina and Nidorino's evolution descriptions, despite the "Stone" being correctly capitalized in other places.
• Machop is erroneously claimed to evolve via trade.
• Leer and Fury Attack are not capitalized in Fearow's moveset (with Leer also being uncapitalized in Charizard's), and Fire Spin is not capitalized in Rapidash's.
  • Night Shade has the word "Night" be capitalized but not "Shade".
  • Sludge is usually capitalized, but not in Weezing's moveset.
  • Headbutt is misspelled as "Head Butt", except for when it is listed in Slowking's moveset.
• In Venusaur's moveset, there is no comma between Vine Whip and Poison Powder.
  • In Elekid's moveset, there is a comma missing between Swift and Screech.
• Although the book makes use of Generation I type effectivenesses, Caterpie, Metapod, and Pinsir are not listed as being strong against Poison types.
• In Rhydon's moveset, Fury Attack is incorrectly formatted as ""Fury, Attack".
• Yanma and Hitmontop are claimed to learn a move known as "Juke". Hitmontop is also claimed to learn moves known as "Super Spin" and "Spinning Kick", the latter of which may refer to Rolling Kick.
  • Stantler and Gligar are claimed to learn a move known as "Sand Throw". This may refer to Sand Attack.
  • Heracross is claimed to learn a move known as "Megaphone". Presumably, this refers to Megahorn.
  • Ho-Oh is claimed to learn a move known as "Normal Mist".
• Smeargle's name is misspelled as "Smeargel" in its Pokédex section.
• Despite Ash ordering Pikachu to use Thunder, he is described as using Thunderbolt.
• In part two of Hail, Heracross!, "its" is misspelled as "it's" twice.

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