PS092

Who Gives a Hoothoot?/Hoothoot Time

VS ホーホー

VS Hoho

Info

Series

Pokémon Adventures

Other

Location

New Bark Town

Who Gives a Hoothoot? or Hoothoot Time (Japanese: VS ホーホー VS Hoho) is the 92nd round of the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Plot

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

Joey explains to Gold that his backpack, which was stolen by a Murkrow, contains important documents which he needs to deliver to Professor Elm at Professor Oak's request. Wanting to meet Professor Oak, Gold decides to tag along.

On the way through downtown New Bark Town, they encounter a Bird Keeper that is scamming Trainers by challenging them to capture all his Pokémon in less than a minute. Instead of keeping honest track of the time, however, his Hoothoot just cries whenever a Trainer is about to win. Gold, unable to resist a challenge, decides to try anyways. Gold starts the challenge and calls out the Bird Keeper when he tries to get his Hoothoot to end the game early.

The crowd dissipates, and Gold realizes his backpack is missing. Joey deduces that because Gold's backpack is filled with Poké Balls just like his, the thief must have mistaken Gold's backpack for Joey's and taken it in error. Gold and Joey head for Professor Elm's lab in search of the thief.

Meanwhile, a mysterious character sneaks into Elm's lab, lurking in the shadows and hanging from the ceiling.

Major events

• Gold's Pokémon are stolen while trying to outsmart a scammer.

For a list of all major events in the Pokémon Adventures manga, please see the history page.

	Spoilers end here.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Sneasel (Silver's)

Characters

Humans

• Gold
• Silver
• Professor Oak
• Professor Elm
• Joey
• DJ Mary
• Bird Keeper
• Townspeople

Pokémon

• Aipom (Aibo; Gold's)
• Poliwag (Polibo; Gold's)
• Drowzee (Gold's)
• Weedle (Gold's)
• Sandshrew (Gold's)
• Oddish (Gold's)
• Kakuna (Gold's)
• Lickitung (Gold's)
• Sneasel (Silver's)
• Sentret (Professor Elm's)
• Rattata (Joey's)
• Hoothoot (Bird Keeper's)
• Wooper (Bird Keeper's)

Trivia

• The VIZ Media title of this round comes from the saying "who gives a hoot?".

Errors

• In the Brazilian Portuguese translation, "Pokémon" is pluralized as "Pokémons".

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		VS 咕咕
Czech		Vs. Hoothoot
European French		Tricher n'est pas jouer
Korean		VS 부우부
Brazilian Portuguese		VS Hoothoot
European Spanish		Contra Hoothoot
Vietnamese		VS Hoho

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.