The Official Pokémon Handbook 2

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The title of this article is incorrect because of technical limitations. The correct title is The Official Pokémon Handbook #2.
The Official Pokémon Handbook #2
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ISBN: 0439154227
Published: January 2001
Publisher: Scholastic logo.png
Author: Maria S. Barbo
Preceded By: The Official Pokémon Handbook
Succeeded By: The Official Pokémon Handbook 3

The Official Pokémon Handbook #2 is a handbook in the Official Pokémon Handbook series. It details 33 Generation II Pokémon. It was written by Maria S. Barbo and was published in January 2001 by Scholastic.

The detailed Pokémon include all three starters and their evolutions, the games' mascots, and several of the other Pokémon had appeared in the Pokémon anime prior to its Johto saga.

Pokémon listed

New Ndex MS Pokémon Type
#001 #0152   Chikorita Grass
#002 #0153   Bayleef Grass
#003 #0154   Meganium Grass
#004 #0155   Cyndaquil Fire
#005 #0156   Quilava Fire
#006 #0157   Typhlosion Fire
#007 #0158   Totodile Water
#008 #0159   Croconaw Water
#009 #0160   Feraligatr Water
#019 #0161   Sentret Normal
#015 #0163   Hoothoot Normal Flying
#030 #0165   Ledyba Bug Flying
#032 #0167   Spinarak Bug Poison
#040 #0173   Cleffa Normal
#044 #0174   Igglybuff Normal
#046 #0175   Togepi Normal
#053 #0179   Mareep Electric
#086 #0182   Bellossom Grass
#130 #0183   Marill Water
#067 #0187   Hoppip Grass Flying
#103 #0192   Sunflora Grass
#057 #0195   Quagsire Water Ground
#082 #0199   Slowking Water Psychic
#189 #0207   Gligar Ground Flying
#123 #0209   Snubbull Normal
#111 #0212   Scizor Bug Steel
#113 #0214   Heracross Bug Fighting
#196 #0232   Donphan Ground
#129 #0234   Stantler Normal
#154 #0239   Elekid Electric
#218 #0242   Blissey Normal
#247 #0249   Lugia Psychic Flying
#248 #0250   Ho-Oh Fire Flying

Entries

The top of each entry has a large box that lists the Pokémon's name and National Pokédex number. Underneath is its category (e.g. Aqua Mouse Pokémon for Marill).

Stock artwork of each Pokémon is the main focus of its entry page. Underneath the picture is a short description about the Pokémon similar to a Pokédex entry. Occasionally, a page will also contain a "Pokédex Pick," which is additional information about the Pokémon, often an anecdote about the Pokémon's appearance in the anime.

The sidebar of each entry contains the following stats:

  • Name pronunciation
  • Type
  • Height (in inches and feet)
  • Weight (in pounds)
  • Techniques (the basic and most commonly used moves of that Pokémon)
  • Evolution (either "(Pokémon) evolves into (Evolution)" or "(Pokémon) Does Not Evolve")

Not all moves in a Pokémon's learnset are listed, nor are TM moves or Egg moves that they can learn. The levels at which Pokémon learn their moves are not revealed.

At the very bottom of an entry is an evolutionary chain to show what the Pokémon evolves into or from. Pokémon that do not evolve (or have evolutions that have not been revealed) do not show an evolution chain. If a Pokémon evolves into or is the evolved form of a Generation II Pokémon which was not revealed in this book, the sidebar entry will say "(Pokémon) evolves into a new Pokémon".

Other content

At the beginning of the book there is an introductory chapter titled "A Word From Professor Oak". The chapter describes the premise of the handbook and of the Pokémon world in general (this information is largely influenced by anime canon). There are also organized lists of Pokémon by type (dual-type Pokémon are given dual-type listings, often causing a list heading to contain only one Pokémon).

At the end of the book, there are some anime screenshots from the Orange Islands and Johto Journeys anime series which depict Pokémon revealed in the book. A picture of Suicune is also shown in this section, labeled as a "mysterious Pokémon". The last two pages contain a checklist of all the Generation I Pokémon and the 33 new Pokémon (despite the fact that the 33 Generation II Pokémon are unobtainable in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow and the list is far from complete if used for the Gold and Silver versions).

Trivia

  • Togepi is the only Pokémon in this book that also has an entry in The Official Pokémon Handbook's Deluxe Collector's Edition. The information about it is more detailed in this book, however, as the first book's entry was completely anime-based.

Errors

  • Marill's page accidentally refers to it as "Mareep" in its description.

In other languages

Language Title
  Russian Справочник чемпиона покемонов II


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