The Official Pokémon Advanced Handbook 4

The Official Pokémon Advanced Handbook #4 by Maria S. Barbo is an edition of The Official Pokémon Handbook series that was published in 2003. It served as a paper form of the Hoenn Pokédex from and contained an entry for all the Generation III Pokémon, excluding and . This handbook is considerably shorter than the older handbooks.
==Entries==
All Pokémon from the same evolutionary line share a page. Pokémon with no evolution share a page with other Pokémon.
===Name===
Each entry includes the Pokémon's name, picture, (e.g. Wood Gecko Pokémon for ), and facts about the Pokémon itself.
===Stats===
The entries list the following stats:
# Type
# Height (in inches and feet)
# Weight (in pounds)
# Attacks (the basic and most commonly used moves of that Pokémon)
Attacks are not listed with the levels at which they are learned, and not all the moves the Pokémon can learn appear.
===Evolution chain===
At the very bottom of a Pokémon's entry is a diagram of its evolutionary line. Pokémon that do not evolve do not have an evolution chain.
==Other content==
The book also includes a map and brief summary of the Hoenn region, as well as some features new to Generation III such as Natures and Berries. There are also Hoenn, Johto, and Indigo League comparisons that compare Badges and first partner Pokémon as well as a chart of all of the Generation I and Generation II Pokémon included in the Hoenn Pokédex. The book also contains a poster which features all Generation III Pokémon up to .
==Trivia==
===Errors===
*There are several minor spelling errors, such as being listed as Mornin on 's page, and being Water Fun on 's. and are also sometimes wrongly shortened to just Quick and Faint respectively.
*In some entries, two moves' names are combined. On 's and 's pages, and are joined as Bubble Quick, and on 's and 's pages, and are joined as Peck Growl.
*'s page states that it evolves into .
*'s page states that it is able to learn the move Rushing, but this is its species name.
*'s species name is incorrectly spelled "Rendevous" Pokémon, instead of "Rendezvous" Pokémon.
* is listed as Medicharm.
* is listed as Matang. 
*'s type is listed as .
*'s page states that it evolves into .
*'s page states that it cannot evolve, whereas it can evolve into .
*On 's page, 's moveset is listed instead of Torchic's.
*'s page states that it cannot evolve, whereas it can evolve into .
* is listed as the "Blaze Pokémon" instead of "Dragon Pokémon". Its type is incorrectly listed as instead of Dragon/.
*Information on states that it evolves into either or depending on the time of day. 
*Information on incorrectly implies that is one of his Pokémon.
*Information on Gyms states information from the video games that never happened in the , such as that the Gym Leader of Viridian City is Gary like his game counterpart , however Gary became a Pokémon researcher in "Johto Photo Finish", and Viridian City did not have a Gym Leader until years after this book was published when Agatha was revealed to be Gym Leader in "The Scheme Team". It also states that Janine is the Gym Leader of Fuchsia City despite her never appearing in the animated series.
*Information on new Abilities states is an "Attack" rather than an Ability.
*The caption for the picture showing a scene from In the Knicker of Time! incorrectly states that knows the move during the episode. It actually learns the move much later in A Shroomish Skirmish as it evolves into a .
*The caption for the picture showing Ash's battle with Norman's incorrectly implies Vigoroth knows the move , although it was not shown in the animated series to have known this move. 
*The included poster is missing .
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