Ash, Pikachu, Ash's mother, and Professor Oak
head off for a trip to the Unova region. A strange black cloud forms
overhead, and hits Ash's Pikachu with a lightning bolt. After meeting up
with Professor Juniper, Unova's lead Pokémon researcher; Ash encounters Trip, who is beginning his Pokémon League challenge with the Grass-type Pokémon Snivy, rather than the Fire-type Tepig or the Water-type Oshawott.
Episode 1 In the Shadow of Zekrom
Episode 2 Enter Iris and Axew
Episode 3 A Sandile Gusher of Change
Episode 4 The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!
Episode 5 Triple Leaders, Team Threats
Episode 6 Dreams by the Yard Full
Episode 7 Snivy Plays Hard to Catch
Episode 8 Saving Darmanitan from the Bell!
Episode 9 The Bloom Is on Axew
Episode 10 A Rival Battle for Club Champ
Episode 11 A Home for Dwebble
Episode 12 Here Comes the Trubbish Squad
Episode 13 Minccino–Neat and Tidy
Episode 14 A Night in the Nacrene City Museum
Episode 15 The Battle According to Lenora
Episode 16 Rematch at the Nacrene Gym
Episode 17 Scraggy–Hatched to Be Wild
Episode 18 Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest
Episode 19 A Connoisseur's Revenge
Episode 20 Dancing with the Ducklett Trio
Episode 21 The Lost World of Gothitelle
Episode 22 A Venipede Stampede
Episode 23 Battling for the Love of Bug-Types Coming Soon
Episode 24 Emolga the Irresistible
Episode 25 Emolga and the New Volt Switch
Episode 26 Scare at the Litwick Mansion
Episode 27 The Dragon Master's Path
Episode 28 Oshawott's Lost Scalchop
Episode 29 Cottonee in Love
Episode 30 A UFO for Elgyem
Episode 31 Ash and Trip's Third Battle Coming Soon
Episode 32 Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open
Episode 33 Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster
Episode 34 Gotta Catch a Roggenrola!
Episode 35 Where Did You Go, Audino
Episode 36 Archeops in the Modern World
Episode 37A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition
Episode 38 Movie Time! Zorua in 'The Legend of the Pokémon Knight
Episode 39 Reunion Battles in Nimbasa
Episode 40 Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia
Episode 41The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk Coming Soon
Episode 42 The Club Battle Finale: A Heroes Outcome Coming Soon
Episode 43 Meowth's Scrafty Tactics Coming Soon
Episode 44 Purrloin: Sweet or Sneaky Coming Soon
Episode 45 Beheeyem, Duosion, and the Dream Thief
Episode 46 The Beartic Mountain Feud
Episode 47Crisis from the Underground Up
Episode 48 Battle for the Underground!
With Team Rocket having hacked into the subway system's computers, the
Subway Masters cannot help but to watch as Team Rocket keeps on
releasing fake trains as distractions. Ash suggests inspecting them one
by one until they find the right one. Meanwhile, Dr. Zager is planning
on rendezvousing with Jessie and James at a designated location. Cilan
suggests that Team Rocket is planning to meet outside of the subway and
that they are on they are on their way to the Anville Town rail yard.
Meanwhile, Pikachu begins to call out other Pokémon to break out of the
train. The Subway Masters rendezvous with the gang and plan to drive out
of the underground subway station to catch up to Team Rocket, just as
the Pokémon have finally cut a hole through the door of the train.
Meowth goes to check up on the Pokémon only to see that Pikachu has
broken free. Pikachu realizes that Meowth has been lying all along and
gets infuriated. The Pokémon work together to destroy the coupling of
the train to separate themselves from Team Rocket, forcing them to chase
after the train car. When Ash and the others arrive, they see that Dr.
Zager is preparing to lift the train car holding the Pokémon with a
helicopter and take it away. Ash decides to go over to the train car and
help them out. Using a Chandelure's psycic powers, he is transported
over to the train car. They outrace Team Rocket until they manage to
destroy the clamps on the helicopter. Jessie and James take over the
capturing process and begin to speed up. They, again, use the Pokémon to
speed up the trailer when Ash's Tepig learns Flamethrower. They attack
the train and the path starts to short circuit. Pikachu, still
infuriated at Meowth for lying, watches Team Rocket fly away on jetpacks
and is about to pursue them (mainly Meowth), but, not before thanking
Meowth for traveling with them, Ash manages to calm Pikachu down telling
him to let it go for now, while the train destroys itself, as they
safely arrive in Anville Town's rail yard. The Subway Masters inform
everyone that the Poké Balls will be safely returned to everyone. Ash
becomes excited for his gym battle and cannot wait to return to Nimbasa
City.
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The gang has finally arrived in Nimbasa City after a long and hard
journey. Everyone agrees to go to the Pokémon Center but Ash wants a Gym
Battle right away, until his stomach growls. Cilan, being very excited,
asks the gang to lead the way. They head to a subway station where
Cilan claims he is a Metro Sommelier. When they go into the station,
Cilan looks at one of the model cars on display and begins an overly
long explanation of the car. After they cannot bear to hear anymore,
Meowth drags him away and they walk to the subway tracks. Cilan, again,
is losing himself with trains and begins to embarrass the gang as he
explains how the trains work. Suddenly the emergency brakes kick in on
the train as a ghost train passes the train they are in. Suddenly the
Subway Masters, Emmet and Ingo appear on the train and get it going
again. They resume the ride to Nimbasa Central. Cilan begins to get
angry at the people driving the ghost train and once again, Meowth drags
him away. The gang head to the Pokémon Center where Meowth, Pikachu,
and Axew as well as Ash's other Pokémon go to get pampered. It occurs to
Meowth that he has forgotten to do something. In a plot twist,
Meowth is revealed to have been working with Team Rocket the entire
time; he enters a phone booth to call Team Rocket to give them the go
ahead. Meowth returns and they go to the treatment spas. Ash decides to
call Professor Oak's. Suddenly the communication lines are cut by Team
Rocket's Dr. Zager. Meowth begins operations in stealing the Pokémon
from the Pokémon Center. Meanwhile, the drawbridge to Driftveil City is
raised and the shorted out. Meowth begins to dump the Poké Balls down
the air shaft, connected to Team Rocket's train, and begins loading them
on. Suddenly, everyone in Nimbasa City is confused and Cilan suggests
that someone is trying to steal the Pokémon. Nurse Joy, Cilan, Iris, and
Ash head to the security vault to find that all the Poké Balls are
missing, including Pikachu and Axew, as well as Meowth. Meantime, Meowth
regroups with Team Rocket and Dr. Zager who has begun hacking the train
system, causing all the subway trains to freeze in place and stop
responding. When Cilan, Iris, and Ash find Meowth, they realize that
Meowth has betrayed them and was never fired from Team Rocket in the
first place. Team Rocket forces them out of the way and drive away with
the train loaded with the Pokémon. Ash and his friends regroup with the
Subway Masters and they head to the mail carriage train. They drive to
the point where Team Rocket has to pass through and catch up with their
train. When they close in on it, Ash jumps on it and it begins to
deflate and explode, derailing the carriage train. They realize that it
was a fake train meant to distract them. When the Subway Masters regain
control of the sensors, they notice a train heading for the junction and
realize it is Team Rocket as they drive right past them. They claim
they can track their location at all times, but as soon as Team Rocket
passes the point, the trains showing up in the system begin to
multiply.
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On a thundery evening, some Beartic have taken cover in a cave, being
too frightened to go to sleep. One of the Beartic loses its child
Cubchoo when it falls off of a cliff into the forest below. Ash and the
gang are continuing their journey when they come across a sick Cubchoo,
realizing how badly damaged the forest is. They come across a Beartic
that starts to attack them. Soon they find many of them that are angry.
Meowth decides to play negotiator and the Beartic use Icy Wind on him.
When they want to attack again, a Mienfoo appears and knocks them out. A
Forest Ranger named Cliff introduces himself to the gang. He is quite
amazed at Meowth for his abilities to talk. The Cubchoo explains to
Meowth exactly what happened before they found it, and Cliff tells them
that there are two tribes of Beartic living on the mountain. Cliff asks
if Meowth belongs to anybody. When everyone says no, he throws a Poké
Balls at him and nearly captures him, much to Meowth's chagrin. They set
out to find the Beartic that the Cubchoo belongs to until they are
attacked by the Beartic. They quickly distract the Beartic and run.
Meowth decides to be a negotiator and dodges the first Icy Wind but gets
hit by the second one. They run away but fall off of a cliff and get
separated from their Pokémon. At the subway station, the Subway Masters
are investigating what is going on in the Subway. The Pokémon set out to
find food for Axew and Cubchoo. The gang, in the meantime, searches for
the Pokémon. They walk through a completely destroyed forest where one
of the Beartic groups lived. In the meantime, the Pokémon find food
lying on a tree trunk and decide to take it. They walk back to feed Axew
and Cubchoo, while a group of Beartic return to find that their food
stolen. The gang walks through yet another destroyed forest until they
come across a Beartic group. Meanwhile, Meowth is arguing with the
Beartic about the stolen food and he returns them to the Beartic, before
getting hit by Icy Wind. Suddenly, the two Beartic groups meet and they
begin to fight each other, firing Sheer Cold attacks at each other, but
their fighting causes four boulders to roll down the mountain at them.
Three of the four are destroyed by the gang's Pokémon, while the Beartic
all use Sheer Cold to freeze the remaining one in place. The two
Beartic groups now get along with each other. After departing from
Cliff, the gang continues their journey to Nimbasa City. Meanwhile, Team
Rocket is preparing their final stage of their mission in Nimbasa
City.
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Continuing their journey, Ash and the gang stop to have dinner. While
Meowth goes to collect firewood, a very strange person proclaims that he
is going to capture Meowth and Pikachu and sends a Beeheyem to help
collect firewood and befriend the gang. It claims it can grant any wish.
Cilan reveals that he wanted to cook something spicy for the night's
meal, but he has the wrong berries. Meowth asks Beheeyem to get some
Figy Berries and it grants the wish. That night, they eat the overly
spicy meal. They discuss what to wish for next, but do not have any
until Cilan decides to wish for an extravagant place to sleep. Beheeyem
tells the gang to follow it and it makes a luxurious palace appear. They
are led to their rooms where they immediately jump on the bed and fall
asleep. During the night, Officer Jenny appears to them and introduces
herself as a specialist in Psychic crimes. She asks the gang if they are
missing anything and they realize that all of their Pokémon are
missing. They immediately chase after a mysterious man until a bunch of
jail bars appear in front of them. The man from earlier comes out and
claims that he is the grand dream thief Leon. Officer Jenny explains
that the gang are trapped inside Beheeyem's dream and that everything
there is not real. Officer Jenny explains that all the mysterious events
happening is a result of Beheeyem and that they cannot save the Pokémon
unless they escape the dream. She explains that in order to leave the
dream, everyone in it needs to realize that it is a dream and that they
have to attack an emergency exit sign to get out. Iris spots it in a
painting and Officer Jenny tells her Duosion to use Psywave on it,
freeing themselves. They see Leon and they begin to battle but seem to
be unable to hurt Beheeyem. When they realize that there are two moons
in the sky, they realize that they are still in the dream. The gang wake
up their Pokémon but Meowth will not wake up so Ash has Pikachu use
Thunderbolt on him. They try to use the emergency escape to get out,
once more, but a UFO appears and Leon appears to be an alien. They
realize there are now three moons and realize Meowth was still asleep
when they left. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt again to wake him up and they
try to leave the dream again. This time Leon and Beheeyem are
super-sized and start chasing the gang. They realize Meowth is asleep,
again, and lying on top of one of the hundreds of moons in the sky.
Pikachu, Axew, and Duosion try to wake him up again by using
Thunderbolt, Dragon Rage, and Psywave respectively, but accidentally
knock him out. They stuff a bunch of Figy Berries into his mouth and
wake him and, once again, they try to use the emergency exit to get out.
They then realize that there is only one moon and that they are out of
the dream. Leon tries to put them to sleep, again, but Pikachu uses
Electro Ball to knock Beheeyem out. He takes off but is stopped by
Meowth. Leon is locked up and the Poké Balls are returned safely. Meowth
realizes that they could have hitched a ride with Officer Jenny and
realize that they still have to sleep outside. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is
performing test runs on the subway when they accidentally catch the
Subway Masters' attentions.
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The Club Battle Tournament in Nimbasa Town continues. The fifth round is
Trip vs. Cilan. Trip sends out Gurdurr while Cilan sends out Dwebble.
They have a hard, long battle where Gurdurr nearly smashes Dwebble's
rock, but, in the end Cilan wins. The sixth round is Stephan against
Bianca where Stephan wins. The seventh round is Luke vs. Scooter where
Luke wins. Finally, the eighth round is Jimmy Ray vs. Iris where Iris
wins, finishing all eight matches of the first round. Trip prepares to
leave as Ash confronts him. Trip decides to leave claiming he will not
get stronger by watching Ash lose. Stephan, Ash, Iris, and Cilan have
dinner together. Zorua, disguised as Iris, approaches and so does Bianca
trying to get Zorua to be with her. Zorua turns into Axew and Bianca
takes the real one and soon Iris and Bianca have a fight. Back in their
rooms, Dwebble is fixing its rock and Burgundy shows up to insult Cilan.
The next morning, Georgia and Iris have a fight when Zorua disguised as
Georgia shows up. Iris makes fun of Georgia by moving Zorua's body.
Round 2 has begun and the matches have been sorted. The first match is
Georgia vs. Ash. Ash sends out Snivy while Langley sends out Pawniard.
Ash starts off with Snivy's Leaf Storm and Georgia counters with
Pawniard's Metal Claw. Snivy uses Leaf Storm once more but Pawniard uses
Metal Claw before Snivy can attack. Next, Snivy uses Attract only to
find out that Pawniard is female. Pawniard uses Iron head while Snivy
counters with Vine Whip. Pawniard uses Guillotine, which Snivy
successfully dodges in time to avoid knockout. The battle pursues with
Pawniard about to use Guillotine on a fallen Snivy.
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Having arrived in Nimbasa City, Ash is excited to have his Gym battle.
However, his excitement quickly fades when he finds out that he is
actually in Nimbasa Town. He decides to enter the battle tournaments
held in Nimbasa Town. Shortly after, Bianca comes charging, crashes into
Ash, and once again, throws him in water. Luke begins filming the
tournament while Bianca disrupts him in the process. As Ash decides what
Pokémon to use, Burgundy shows up as well as Stephan and Georgia. Later
on Trip makes his appearance. Tension immediately fills the air between
the rivals. The tournament has finally begun with Don George spectating
the battles. The first round is Georgia vs. Sylvester. Georgia wins the
first round and moves on to the next stage. The second round is Dino
vs. Omega where Dino wins. The third round is Antonio vs. Emmanuel where
Antonio wins. The fourth round is Burgundy vs. Ash. Burgundy sends out
Stoutland while Ash sends out Palpitoad. Things start with Stoutland
overpowering Palpitoad. however, when Stoutland uses Fire Fang,
Palpitoad uses Mud Shot and fires it in Stoutland's mouth letting down
its guard while trying to get the mud out of its mouth. Palpitoad uses
Hydro Pump to defeat Stoutland. Ash wins the round and moves on. The
next round is then announced: Trip vs. Cilan.
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Continuing to Nimbasa City, Ash and the gang encounter a Zorua. They are
excited to see such a rare Pokémon, only to find that out it belongs to
a Pokémon Trainer named Luke. He asks them to try to catch his Zorua
since she is not listening to him. He introduces himself and says he
likes to make movies. He explains what happened before Zorua ran off,
that they were filming a scene until Zorua left. The gang decide to help
Luke out with his dilemma while Team Rocket decides to steal Zorua.
While the group is looking for Zorua, Luke explains how he met her. When
they find her, Zorua is still angry at Luke and Cilan explains that
Zorua only wants to play the role of Princess Uria in the movie. Cilan
offers to help in making the movie and claims he is a Film Connoisseur.
They plan out the movie and the next morning, Luke explains the plot.
The begin to shoot the movie with Ash being a nervous wreck. Cilan and
Luke manage to calm him down. They try again with Ash being much more
relaxed. They shoot the next scene where Axew gets overwhelmed by
Pikachu's Electro Ball. They shoot the next scene with no cuts and
during that Team Rocket interrupts by capturing Zorua. Luke, still
recording, records Ash and the gang battling Team Rocket. After
defeating Team Rocket, they finish the movie and show it in theaters
with everyone applauding to the movie. Luke is told that the battle
scenes showed have showed more passion and they all decide to enter the
Nimbasa Tournament.
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Continuing their journey to Nimbasa City, Ash and the gang decide to
stop in town. They notice Bianca is running around and she crashes into
Ash, throwing him into the water channel. While Ash is drying his
clothes, Bianca shows a poster announcing a fishing contest for which
the prize is a golden fishing rod. Cilan loses control of himself, and
announces that he is a Fishing connoisseur and they all decide to enter
the contest, unknowingly being staged by Team Rocket. They sign up in
Castelia City and are issued their Fishing Balls and are told to choose
their fishing rods, but Cilan has brought his own and he helped Bianca
choose one for beginners level. They begin to fish, but Bianca does not
know how to fish. She casts her rod around wildly, eventually hooking
onto Ash's jacket. Cilan decides to give the gang a crash course in
fishing, during which he catches a blue-striped Basculin. He sends
Pansage out to battle it, and after some missed shots, Pansage weakens
the Basculin and allows Cilan to catch it. Iris tries to fish for a
Pokémon, but she gets bored when nothing has taken the bait. She decides
to instead use her hands to catch a Pokémon, and lifts a blue Basculin
out of the water only to receive a yellow card for her actions. Bianca
pulls in a female Frillish which begins to constrict Ash. Bianca scans
Frillish on her Pokédex. Cilan and Iris try to help only to get pulled
into its grip. Ash orders Pikachu to use Thunderbolt on them to free
them. Team Rocket leave only to find that their boat is pushed away. As
everybody realizes that something suspicious is going on they reveal
that they are actually Team Rocket. They begin to battle, and when the
want to escape with captured Pokémon, they realize that the same
Frillish has opened them up and freed all of the Pokémon. Emptyhanded,
Team Rocket escapes in their jetpacks. Cilan tries to find the golden
rod only to find it was made out of wood. They part with Bianca and
continue to Nimbasa City.
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Ash and the gang visit a research lab to witness Professor Juniper and
Professor Fennel revive an ancient Pokémon called Archen. They begin the
revival process using Fennel's Musharna which wakes up Archen. However,
it is restless and begins to attack everyone. Meanwhile Team Rocket
decide to steal the Archen, along with the data for constructing a
restoration machine. As Archen is sleeping, the professors are pondering
what having an Archen in this modern world is like. As it wakes up, it
starts to destroy the lab and its crying causes an ancient plant to
start growing in the lab. It starts to search for food only to discover
that Cilan's Pokémon food and the food growing in trees don't taste
good. Archen decides that it wants to fly, only to find out it cannot.
Ash and Iris offer to help it, however Iris' Emolga starts off by using
Attract, which fails and only makes Archen poke at her. She responds by
using Volt Switch and switches out with Cilan's Stunfisk. After a long
stare between Archen and Stunfisk, it bites Stunfisk out of curiosity
and Stunfisk responds by using Discharge on it. Archen cries loudly,
once again, causing the plants to grow again. Archen continues to try to
fly, eventually starting to become successful, all the while releasing
its cries. Eventually the plants consume the lab and begin to grow the
fruit that Archen likes. It eats them and evolves into Archeops and
begins to fly. After Team Rocket steals the design of the restoration
device, they decide to go capture Archeops. They destroy the plants and
capture Archeops in an electrically charged net. Archeops retaliates,
forcing Team Rocket to retreat. At sunset, a group of Archeops arrive
and the revived Archeops joins the group. The professors and the gang
depart from Archeops and each other as they continue to Nimbasa City.
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On the way to Nimbasa City, Ash and the gang encounter an Audino walking
through a thick fog. They realize that something is very wrong with it.
They encounter Officer Jenny with two young detectives named Doyle and
Christie, who place the gang under arrest, even though they insist that
they have not done anything wrong. Finally, Cilan reveals that he is the
Gym Leader of the Striaton Gym and explains that a simple phone call
will clear things up. After Officer Jenny apologizes to the gang, she
explains that something is seriously wrong with the Audino in town, as
they are disappearing one after the other. After they have introduced
each other, they receive a call that the Pokémon Center's Audino has
disappeared shortly before the call. Cilan volunteers to help solve the
case of the missing Audino. He explains that he is a Detective
Connoisseur. They decide to split up to cover the three remaining Audino
in town, and tag them with tracking devices. Ash and Doyle's assigned
Audino starts moving first, followed by Iris and Christie's, then Cilan
and Officer Jenny's. They follow them until they all converge to the
same path. The gang follow the Audino until the tracking devices fail.
Officer Jenny explains the tracking devices use sound waves to track
positions. They start to walk away from them and the two Pokémon use
Psychic and Telekinesis to pull them back but they lose one. The two
Audino snap out of the hypnotic state while Cilan suggests that someone
must be using sound waves to lure the Audino and tells Ash to call out
Roggenrola because of its sensitive hearing. Roggenrola starts following
the sound waves that were luring the Audino, while the Audino do
everything they can, to prevent the people from following them.
Roggenrola continues to follow the sound waves which leads them to an
abandoned power plant. Inside, Team Rocket have the Audino inside a
cage. Ash and the gang battle Team Rocket and eventually destroy the
machine, causing the Audino to snap out of hypnosis. All the Audino
attack Team Rocket, forcing them to escape on jetpacks.
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While the gang enjoys a lunch, they are interrupted by a Roggenrola
landing on their lunch table. Ash decides he wants to capture it, for
the energy and spunk it has, but it manages to defeat both Oshawott and
Tepig. Cilan notices a strange suction cup on the back of Roggenrola,
which is knocked off in the battle. At the Pokémon Center, Ash has
Oshawott and Tepig taken care of when a man named Mr. Garrason talks to
Nurse Joy and informs her that the water lines seems normal, and the
cause is elsewhere. Nurse Joy informs Ash and friends that the water
supply has been strange since morning, and tells them that the water
supply comes from a cave where Roggenrola. They say they saw a
Roggenrola earlier that day, but Nurse Joy tells them that they rarely
come out of the caves. Cilan says that the Roggenrola was attempting to
tell them something, and also remembers the strange object on its back.
Mr. Garrason says he will go to the caves to look, and Ash and his
friends volunteer to follow. Elsewhere, the same Roggenrola warns
several wild Pokémon about something, and inside a cave, a strange
device driven by Team Rocket chases after several Roggenrola. Ash, Iris,
Cilan, and Mr. Garrason enter the cave which is supposed to deliver
water to the Pokémon Center to see why the Roggenrola are acting strange
when they come across Team Rocket who capture the Roggenrola the gang
encountered earlier to fill up the device. Ash manages to save that
Roggenrola from Team Rocket, who exit the cave, but smash the cave
walls, causing a cave-in. A rock falls towards Ash, but Roggenrola saves
him by using Flash Cannon. As Team Rocket exits the cave, they fire an
energy blast from the Roggenrola Cannon to cause a cave in at the
entrance. Pansage and Excadrill use Dig to get the gang outside, where
they chase down Team Rocket who try to use the Roggenrola Cannon to
escape once more. They fire the cannon and Roggenrola intercepts the
blast with Flash Cannon. Team Rocket fires a second time, however, the
device backfires, due to the Roggenrola forcing the energy into reverse
causing the machine to break down. The Roggenrola are freed, and with
combined attacks from all the Roggenrola, Pikachu, and Tepig, they
defeat Team Rocket's Pokémon, and destroy the machine, forcing Team
Rocket to flee on jetpacks. At the Pokémon Center, Nurse Joy checks on
all of the Roggenrola and Tepig, revealing that they are healthy, and
the one Roggenrola that Ash first saved reveals it wanted to travel with
Ash from the moment they met. This time, Tepig manages to defeat
Roggenrola, allowing Ash to capture his eighth Pokémon in the Unova
Region.
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While on the way to Nimbasa City, the group comes across a trainer named
Georgia who claims that she is a Dragon Buster and can beat any
Dragon-type Pokémon. Iris challenges her, saying that she is training to
be a Dragon Master. Langley sends out her Beartic, with Iris afraid,
but sending out Axew to fight it. Axew is easily beaten, and Iris sends
out Excadrill next, but he will not obey her orders. Georgia taunts her
before she leaves. As Iris tries to comfort Excadrill, he curls up into
inactive mode once more. Iris tells Ash and Cilan that like long ago,
this time, Excadrill was defeated by the move Rock Smash. She tells Ash
and Cilan how she captured Excadrill when she first found him as a
Drilbur bothering other Pokémon in the forest around her home town many
years ago. After she saved him after he nearly fell off a cliff, Drilbur
became Iris's partner and trained under her, eventually evolving into
an Excadrill and winning a tournament in her home. Drayden, a Dragon
Master, tells Iris that he is impressed. She challenges him to a battle,
and says it will be their 100th victory, and she wants it to be against
a Dragon Master. He accepts her challenge, but when Excadrill fights
Shaga's Haxorus, none of its moves appear effective, and he loses the
match. Upset, Excadrill shut itself off from Iris and has not listened
to her. Cilan says that it is not disappointment that is causing
Excadrill's behavior but anger at Iris for forcing it to fight a match
that he knew that he would lose. That night, Iris apologizes to
Excadrill, saying that she did not try to understand his feelings.
Excadrill listens in surprise, remembering how Iris never gave up trying
to beat him, and her words of encouragement. He moves out of its
inactive mode, but Iris is already asleep. Excadrill goes into the woods
to practice its Focus Blast move, until Iris wakes up and sees it,
deciding to help him master the move. The next day, Georgia comes across
the group again after she has eaten their breakfast, and Iris
challenges her to a match, again. With Excadrill's trust once again
formed with Iris, and his newly learned Focus Blast, he is now an even
match for Georgia's Beartic, but both defeat each other at the same
time, resulting in a tie. Georgia, although upset, still claims she is a
Dragon Buster. she tells Iris to meet her again one day in battle, and
Cilan to prepare a better meal for her. Iris comforts Excadrill in the
draw, saying it was a great battle. Excadrill hugs her, and she hugs
back, saying that she loves Excadrill. In the end, Excadrill and Iris
are once again good friends.
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After the battle with Trip, Ash decides to do some special training with
Oshawott to get him to open his eyes underwater. They go to a lake, but
when Ash forces Oshawott's eyes open while they are swimming, he gets
upset and uses Water gun on Ash and blows him out of the lake. At their
campsite, Iris is watching over the other Pokémon while they are playing
a game. As Emolga and Snivy get in a fight, Scraggy wanders off and
finds a group of Foongus that he angers by using headbutt. The Foongus
use Poison Powder that hits all of the Pokémon. Cilan, Ash, and Oshawott
go out to find a herb that will cure the poison, but it only grows at
the bottom of a lake. Ash takes Oshawott with him into the lake, where
they are spotted by a wild Palpitoad, angered because of its encounter
with Trip. The Palpitoad instructs a school of Tympole to attack them,
and Oshawott cannot fight back because he cannot see them. He holds his
own until he gains enough courage and opens up his eyes, scaring the
Tympole off. However, Palpitoad calls upon a Stunfisk friend that uses
Discharge to force Ash and Oshawott out of the lake. Cilan decides to
use his fishing skills to get the Stunfisk out of the water, drawing
Palpitoad out as well. Oshawott battles against Palpitoad while Cilan
uses his fishing rod to get Stunfisk KO'd. Oshawott finally is able to
defeat Palpitoad when he opens his eyes during Aqua Jet, allowing Ash to
capture Palpitoad while Cilan captures Stunfisk. Oshawott dives into
the lake once more and finds the herb, which they bring back to camp to
heal the others. Oshawott manages to earn the full respect and gratitude
of all the Pokémon.
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While Ash, Iris, Cilan, Pikachu, and Axew are asleep, they are suddenly
woken up by a bright light. Ash and Iris believe it is a UFO, while
Cilan insists there must be a scientific explanation. He claims to be a
Science Connoisseur. When they reach town the next day, Cilan asks if
there are any rumors of UFO sightings in the area, and someone
overhearing the conversation directs them to Professor Ikarus. As they
cross a rope bridge to his lab, they all receive a strange vision of Ash
falling through one of the planks. When they test the plank before
stepping on it, they watch it break. As they reach the professor's lab,
Cilan knocks on the door and asks him if the UFO rumors are true. As
professor Ikarus tries to get them to leave, Cilan convinces him to let
them stay after praising his work. As Ikarus tries to explain what he is
doing, they get a vision of something exploding. He rushes off to check
on his experiment as Cilan and the others follow to see the professor's
flying saucer. He tells them to remove its energy source, and they do
so, with the help of professor Ikarus' Elgyem which is revealed to have
psychic powers. The professor tells them of how he always wanted to
travel to outerspace and spent most of his life developing a flying
saucer spacecraft. He explained that when he tested one of his mini
prototypes, it accidentally hit Elgyem, and he brought it back to his
lab to help it heal, beginning their friendship. When Elgyem began
showing interest in his research, Ikarus began having Elgyem test its
powers, but it began to scare off the other townsfolk from his property
to seclude them, which began the UFO rumors. Soon, two people approach
the lab and state that they want to have Professor Ikarus be the first
to see the successful manipulation of Dark Matter. However, a device
they have soon traps Ash and the other and captures Elgyem, before the
two people reveal themselves to be Team Rocket who escape with Elgyem.
Cilan manages to send out Dwebble to free them from the device. Ikarus
tells everyone to get onto his flying saucer and they chase Team Rocket
in their hovercraft. As Ash's Tranquil fights Jessie's Woobat, Elgyem is
freed by the efforts of Axew and Pansage, before Pikachu's Electro Ball
destroys Team Rocket's hovercraft. However, the fight has damaged the
professor's flying saucer. With only one engine working, the flying
saucer falls into a gorge. Elgyem using Telekinesis manages to lift and
land the saucer safely back at the lab. Ikarus then tells them that he
plans to repair the flying saucer, and send Elgyem back into space. As
Ash and the others say their goodbyes to the professor, Elgyem's psychic
powers show the group various visions, which Cilan realizes must
explain the vision earlier. He also says these visions are telling
Professor Ikarus that Elgyem wants to stay with him. After they leave,
the gang sees a UFO zigzagging through the sky which cannot be
explained.
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In a practice match between Scraggy and Axew, the match is interrupted by a gust of wind followed by the appearance of a Cottonee. Cilan realizes that it is the time of year that Cottonee pair up and that this male Cottonee must be looking for a mate. While they watch it find a female Cottonee that he has fallen in love with, they watch as she attacks him because he is too weak. Scraggy steps forward, wanting to help Cottonee to become stronger and braver, but Scraggy's Scary Face sends it cowering behind a tree stump. Ash then steps in, helping train Cottonee against Scraggy, as Team Rocket watches the Cottonee swarm from afar. Axew and Cottonee train next, with Axew teaching Cottonee accuracy for its Energy Ball, and then Dwebble goes up against Cottonee to test its Razor Leaf and Solar Beam. Ash then sends out Tranquill to search for the other Cottonee so Cottonee can get a mate as Team Rocket calls in for new supplies. As soon as Ash and the others reach the Cottonee swarm, a gust of wind blows up from Team Rocket's large fan, catching all the Cottonee in a bag. Ash sends out Tranquill to slice open the bag with Air Cutter, freeing the Cottonee and dispatching Team Rocket. Later, the Cottonee they have been training with finally defeats several other male Cottonee, impressing the same female Cottonee from before and getting a mate. The next day, as the perfect weather conditions are finally met, Ash, Iris, Cilan, Pikachu, Axew, and Scraggy watch all the paired Cottonee drift away on the wind to a new life together.
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While on the way to Nimbasa City, Iris notifies the others that it is going to rain. As Ash and Cilan insist to her it is bright and sunny, the sky darkens and it begins to pour. The gang rushes into the woods until they come across a large mansion. Ash knocks on the door, only for it to open by itself. Elsewhere in the mansion, Jessie, James, and Meowth watch them enter on a security system. Jame's Yamask talks with a group of Litwick until James tells it to lead the Litwick to scare Ash and his friends. A table flies at them and when they find the dining room and sit down, the chairs lift into the air and throw them at a group of clothes walking around with no one wearing them. Pikachu uses Thunder and then they see that that a Litwick is causing the commotion as it has lost its friends. They take the Litwick through the mansion to find its friends when they come across Yamask, the Litwick and Meowth. However, the Litwick they are helping soon turns on them. Team Rocket receives information just as Meowth is attacked by one of the other Litwick. The two groups meet up, with Team Rocket looking extremely exhausted and drained as a Lampent appears with all of the Litwick, leading them to attack the gang and Team Rocket and their Pokémon into a vast ghostly abyss. Team Rocket nearly falls in, but Ash and the others save them. Together, Ash's Pikachu and Oshawott, Cilan's Dwebble, Jessie's Woobat, and James' Yamask are able to defeat the ghost pokémon and leave the house with the weather clear outside, only for it to rain again.
As Ash and friends continue on their journey accompanied by Bianca, Bianca asks Iris for a practice match against Emolga, and they begin the battle of Emolga vs Pignite. However, Emolga's Attract immobilizes Pignite quickly. Bianca recalls Pignite and sends out her Minccino next and uses Attract. Emolga counters with Attract as well canceling the effects. Mincinno uses Tickle while Emolga is supposed to use Hidden Power, but Emolga uses Volt Switch and switches places with Iris's Excadrill that does not fight back. Iris sends Emolga out once more. Mincinno uses Hyper Voice but Emolga uses Volt Switch to switch places with Pansage who knocks out Mincinno with its Solarbeam. In one final attempt to battle with Emolga, she uses Volt Switch once more to switch with Ash's Snivy. In the end, Bianca has a battle with Ash making Snivy vs Pignite. Meanwhile, Iris tries to reason with Emolga, only for her to hit everyone nearby with Discharge. As everyone takes a break, Emolga tricks all the male Pokémon to give her their apples, causing them to fight when the effects of the Attract wear off. Snivy, aware of it all, separates Emonga from the rest, sparking a rivalry between the two female Pokémon. While everyone is sleeping, Emolga wanders off, and Oshawott and Axew follow her. When they catch up to her, Emolga does her charade again and pretends she was attacked by the Watchog. This angers Oshawott and it uses Razor Shell to get some apples but the Watchog aren't happy about that. The retaliate only to crash into a tree and cause Simisear to fall out of a tree and anger it which put the Pokémon in danger. As Pikachu notifies the others of the other Pokémon's disappearance, they come upon Simisear attacking and Snivy manages to block a blow, and Emolga finally fights Simisear. When Simisear gets even angrier, it uses Flamethrower on Emolga. Snivy uses a Vine Whip to trip Simisear and causes it to fall and blow off a boulder from a mountain. Snivy and Emolga destroy the rock and Simisear walks away with disgust. After the fight, Emolga begrudgingly offers Snivy an apple for helping her. With the crisis averted and Emolga learning to share, Bianca leaves the group, heading off to catch up with Ash's badge count.
On the road to Nimbasa City, Ash and company come across a trainer named
Stephan who challenges Ash to a battle. Stephan sends out his Blitzle
while Ash sends out Oshawott. Blitzle uses Shock Wave, but Oshawott is
able to block it with his Scalchop shell. Blitzle uses Flame Charge next
and Oshawott counters with Aqua Jet. Oshawott prepares a Razor Shell
attack until Blitzle does a Double Kick, knocking the Scalchop out of
his hand. Oshawott runs off to try to find it, ending the battle
prematurely. Ash and Pikachu catch up with Oshawott who searches in a
field for the Scalchop, finding something that he believes to be his
Scalchop until it shocks him, with Ash discovering that it is a Joltick.
Next, Iris gives Oshawott an Iapapa Berry to stand in for the Scalchop.
Pikachu uses Thundershock to test it, but Oshawott is hit by the shock.
Cilan then gives Oshawott one of his serving domes, but it also does
not protect Oshawott from the shock. Cilan then sends out Dwebble and
has him craft a stone Scalchop for Oshawott. Even though it blocks
Pikachu's Thundershock, it is much too heavy for Oshawott to carry. Ash
helps Oshawott train to no luck, until later that night when Oshawott
decides to train on his own with the large Scalchop, until Ash finds him
and helps. When they meet Stephan again for the rematch, he has been
powering up Blitzle with a bike generator. When the match begins,
Oshawott is able to withstand the more powerful Shock Wave with the
stone Scalchop until it shatters. However, training with the large shell
has made Oshawott faster, and he is able to dodge Blitzle's attacks.
Oshawott and Blitzle use Aqua Jet and Flame Charge against each other,
with Oshawott winning the battle. After the match, Axew comes running up
to the group, having found the real Scalchop. Oshawott puts it back on,
happy that he and the shell are reunited, before going to sleep after
the exhausting battle.
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