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{{Search|fourteenth season of the anime|the games|Pokémon Black and White Versions}} ''For other uses, see [[Black and White]].''
{{redirect|Black & White Series|series of the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]]|Pokémon Trading Card Game#Black & White Series|Pokémon Trading Card Game → Black & White Series}}
{{Season Infobox
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|name=Pokémon: Black & White
|image=Season 14 logo.png
|caption=Logo for the season
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|numeps=48
|region=[[Unova]]
|series=''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]''
|prev=Pokémon: DP Sinnoh League Victors
|next=Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies
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'''Pokémon: Black & White''' is the fourteenth [[season]] of the [[dub]]bed version of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It follows the fourth and final dubbed season of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl]]'', and as such is the first dubbed season of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]''. The season follows {{Ash}} as he continues his journey, venturing into the [[Unova]] region with new friends {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}}.

It began on February 12, 2011 with the dub premiere ''[[BW001|In The Shadow of Zekrom!]]'', and concluded on January 7, 2012 with ''[[BW048|Battle for the Underground!]]''. This season skipped episodes {{OBP|BW023|unaired}} and {{OBP|BW024|unaired}} due to the {{wp|2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami}}. It originally aired in {{pmin|the United States}} as part of the 2011-2012 {{wp|Cartoon Network}} Saturday morning lineup.

It is preceded by [[S13|Pokémon: DP Sinnoh League Victors]] and succeeded by [[S15|Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies]].

==Blurb==
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''A new land, new rivals, new challenges, and all-new Pokémon make the 14th season of the Pokémon animated series one of the most exciting ones yet! When Ash and his mother accompany Professor Oak to the distant Unova region, Ash discovers Pokémon that he’s never seen before… and that he can’t wait to catch! He may have Pikachu at his side together with new friends Iris and Cilan, but he’ll still need plenty of new Pokémon on his team if he wants to challenge Unova’s expert Gym Leaders. His quest to become a Pokémon Master just got even tougher!''

==Important events==
{{spoilers}}
* {{Ash}} and {{AP|Pikachu}} travel with {{Delia}} and {{an|Professor Oak}} to the [[Unova]] region where Professor Oak is attending a conference. ([[BW001]])
* {{TRT}} also arrive in the Unova region, having been assigned there by {{an|Giovanni}}. ([[BW001]])
* Ash meets a photographer and beginning {{pkmn|Trainer}} by the name of [[Trip]]. ([[BW001]])
* Trip obtains a {{p|Snivy}} from [[Professor Juniper]] then battles Ash's Pikachu and wins. ([[BW001]])
* Ash decides to remain in Unova and challenge its Pokémon League. ([[BW002]])
* Ash meets a mysterious girl named {{an|Iris}} and her {{TP|Iris|Axew}}. ([[BW002]])
* Ash and Iris meet {{an|Cilan}}. ([[BW005]])
* Ash, Iris and Cilan agree to travel together through Unova. ([[BW006]])
* Iris is revealed to own an {{TP|Iris|Excadrill}}. ([[BW009]])
* [[Jessie]], [[James]] and {{MTR}} meet [[Pierce]], a Team Rocket agent sent to help them. ([[BW010]])
* Ash and Trip decide to have their second battle, with Trip defeating Ash. ([[BW010]])
* Ash receives a [[Pokémon Egg]]. ([[BW012]])
* Ash gets a new Badge case from {{an|Bianca}}, given to her by Professor Juniper. ([[BW013]])
* Ash and friends meet [[Nacrene City]] [[Gym Leader]] [[Lenora]]. ([[BW014]])
* Ash's Pokémon Egg hatches into a {{TP|Ash|Scraggy}}. ([[BW017]])
* Ash and friends meet [[Castelia City]] Gym Leader [[Burgh]]. ([[BW018]])
* The gang meets a C-class {{pkmn|Connoisseur|Connaisseuse}} named [[Burgundy]], an old challenger of Cilan's. ([[BW019]])
* The gang meets a Trainer named [[Stephan]]. ([[BW028]])
* Ash and Trip have their third battle, which ends up in a tie. ([[BW031]])
* The gang meet a Trainer named [[Georgia]], who begins a rivalry with Iris. ([[BW033]])
* Iris reveals she met Excadrill as a {{p|Drilbur}} when she was younger. ([[BW033]])
* Iris's Excadrill is revealed to know {{m|Metal Claw}} and {{m|Mud-Slap}} as a Drilbur, and {{m|Fury Swipes}} as an Excadrill. ([[BW033]])
* Iris's Excadrill regains his confidence and loyalty to Iris and learns {{m|Focus Blast}}. ([[BW033]])
* Ash and his friends meet [[Luke]]. ([[BW038]])
* The [[Club Battle]] takes place at [[Nimbasa Town]] with 16 competitors. ([[BW039]]-[[BW042]])
** Ash and Georgia both advance to the second round after beating Burgundy and {{OBP|Sylvester|BW039}}, respectively. ([[BW039]])
** Iris, Cilan, Stephan, and Luke all advance to the second round after beating [[Jimmy Ray]], Trip, Bianca, and [[Scooter]], respectively. ([[BW040]])
** Ash, Iris, and Luke all advance to the semi-finals after beating Georgia, Stephan, and Cilan, respectively. ([[BW041]])
** Iris beats Luke in the semi-finals and Ash in the finals, becoming the Club Battle winner and earning a collection of [[Wing]]s. ([[BW042]])
* Meowth gets fired from [[Team Rocket]] and joins Ash and friends. ([[BW043]])
** It is revealed that Meowth was never fired and that his joining the group was part of a plan. Meowth rejoins Jessie and James. ([[BW047]])

===Party changes===
====Additions====
The following Pokémon are obtained:
* [[Jessie's Woobat]] ([[BW002]])
* [[Ash's Pidove]] ([[BW002]])
* [[Ash's Oshawott]] ([[BW003]])
* [[Ash's Tepig]] ([[BW004]])
* [[Ash's Snivy]] ([[BW007]])
* [[Cilan's Dwebble]] ([[BW011]])
* [[Ash's Scraggy]] ([[BW017]])
* [[Ash's Sewaddle]] ([[BW018]])
* [[James's Yamask]] ([[BW023]])
* [[Iris's Emolga]] ([[BW024]])
* [[Ash's Palpitoad]] ([[BW032]])
* [[Cilan's Stunfisk]] ([[BW032]])
* [[Ash's Roggenrola]] ([[BW034]])

====Evolutions====
The following Pokémon evolve:
* Iris's {{p|Drilbur}} → {{TP|Iris|Excadrill}} (prior to [[BW001]])
* Ash's {{p|Pidove}} → {{AP|Tranquill}} ([[BW022]])
* Ash's {{p|Sewaddle}} → {{AP|Swadloon}} ([[BW023]])

====Other====
* [[Iris's Axew]] (obtained prior to [[BW001]])
* [[Cilan's Pansage]] (obtained prior to [[BW005]])
* [[Iris's Drilbur]] (obtained prior to [[BW009]])

The following Pokémon are left at {{an|Professor Oak|Oak}}'s {{TP|Professor Oak|Laboratory}}:
* [[Ash's Staraptor]] (prior to [[BW001]])
* [[Ash's Torterra]] (prior to [[BW001]])
* [[Ash's Infernape]] (prior to [[BW001]])
* [[Ash's Buizel]] (prior to [[BW001]])
* [[Ash's Gliscor]] (prior to [[BW001]])
* [[Ash's Gible]] (prior to [[BW001]])

The following Pokémon are left at [[Team Rocket HQ (anime)|Team Rocket HQ]]:
* [[Jessie's Wobbuffet]] (prior to [[BW002]])
* [[Jessie's Seviper]] (prior to [[BW002]])
* [[Jessie's Yanmega]] (prior to [[BW002]])
* [[James's Carnivine]] (prior to [[BW002]])
* [[James's Mime Jr.]] (prior to [[BW002]])

===Gym battles===
Ash battles the following [[Gym]] [[Gym Leader|Leaders]]:

{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{colorschemelight|Unova}}; text-align: center"
|-
! class="roundytl" style="background-color: #{{colorschemedark|Unova}}" | {{color|FFF|Badge}}
! style="background-color: #{{colorschemedark|Unova}}" | {{color|FFF|Opponent}}
! style="background-color: #{{colorschemedark|Unova}}" | {{color|FFF|Epicode}}
! class="roundytr" style="background-color: #{{colorschemedark|Unova}}; width: 20px" | {{color|FFF|Result}}
|- style="background: #{{??? color light}}"
| rowspan=3 | {{badge|Trio}}<br><small>Best two of three</small>
| style="background: #{{fire color light}}" | [[Chili]]
| style="background: #{{fire color light}}" | [[BW005]]
| style="color:#{{green color dark}}; background: #{{fire color light}}" | '''Victory'''
|-
| style="background: #{{water color light}}" | [[Cress]]
| style="background: #{{water color light}}" | [[BW005]]
| style="color:#{{red color dark}}; background: #{{water color light}}" | '''Defeat'''
|-
| style="background: #{{grass color light}}" | {{an|Cilan}}
| style="background: #{{grass color light}}" | [[BW005]]<br>[[BW006]]
| style="color:#{{green color dark}}; background: #{{grass color light}}" | '''Victory'''
|- style="background: #{{normal color light}}"
| rowspan=2 | {{badge|Basic}}
| rowspan=2 | [[Lenora]]
| [[BW015]]
| style="color:#{{red color dark}}" | '''Defeat'''
|- style="background: #{{normal color light}}"
| [[BW016]]
| style="color:#{{green color dark}}" | '''Victory'''
|-
| class="roundybl" style="background-color: #{{bug color light}}"; | {{badge|Insect}}
| style="background: #{{bug color light}}" | [[Burgh]]
| style="background: #{{bug color light}};" | [[BW023]]
| class="roundybr" style="color:#{{green color dark}}; background-color: #{{bug color light}}" | '''Victory'''
|}

==Episodes==
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{colorschemelight|Unova}}; text-align: center"
|- style="color: #FFF"
! class="roundytl" style="background-color: #{{colorschemedark|Unova}}" | Epicode
! style="background-color: #{{colorschemedark|Unova}}" | Episode Title
! class="roundytr" style="background-color: #{{colorschemedark|Unova}}; width: 20px" | #
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW001]] || ''In The Shadow of Zekrom!'' || 1
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW002]] || ''Enter Iris and Axew!'' || 2
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW003]] || ''A Sandile Gusher of Change!'' || 3
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW004]] || ''The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!'' || 4
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW005]] || ''Triple Leaders, Team Threats!'' || 5
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW006]] || ''Dreams by the Yard Full!'' || 6
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW007]] || ''Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!'' || 7
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW008]] || ''Saving Darmanitan From the Bell!'' || 8
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW009]] || ''The Bloom Is on Axew!'' || 9
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW010]] || ''A Rival Battle for Club Champ!'' || 10
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW011]] || ''A Home for Dwebble!'' || 11
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW012]] || ''Here Comes the Trubbish Squad!'' || 12
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW013]] || ''Minccino—Neat and Tidy!'' || 13
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW014]] || ''A Night in the Nacrene City Museum!'' || 14
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW015]] || ''The Battle According to Lenora!'' || 15
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW016]] || ''Rematch at the Nacrene Gym!'' || 16
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW017]] || ''Scraggy—Hatched to Be Wild!'' || 17
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW018]] || ''Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!'' || 18
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW019]] || ''A Connoisseur's Revenge!'' || 19
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW020]] || ''Dancing With the Ducklett Trio!'' || 20
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW021]] || ''The Lost World of Gothitelle!'' || 21
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW022]] || ''A Venipede Stampede!'' || 22
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW023]] || ''Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!'' || 23
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW024]] || ''Emolga the Irresistible!'' || 24
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW025]] || ''Emolga and the New Volt Switch!'' || 25
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW026]] || ''Scare at the Litwick Mansion!'' || 26
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW027]] || ''The Dragon Master's Path!'' || 27
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW028]] || ''Oshawott's Lost Scalchop!'' || 28
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW029]] || ''Cottonee in Love!'' || 29
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW030]] || ''A UFO for Elgyem!'' || 30
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW031]] || ''Ash and Trip's Third Battle!'' || 31
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW032]] || ''Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!'' || 32
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW033]] || ''Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!'' || 33
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW034]] || ''Gotta Catch A Roggenrola!'' || 34
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW035]] || ''Where Did You Go, Audino?'' || 35
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW036]] || ''Archeops In The Modern World!'' || 36
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW037]] || ''A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!'' || 37
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW038]] || ''Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!'' || 38
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW039]] || ''Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!'' || 39
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW040]] || ''Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!'' || 40
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW041]] || ''The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk!'' || 41
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW042]] || ''Club Battle Finale: A Hero's Outcome!'' || 42
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW043]] || ''Meowth's Scrafty Tactics!'' || 43
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW044]] || ''Purrloin: Sweet or Sneaky?'' || 44
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW045]] || ''Beheeyem, Duosion, and the Dream Thief!'' || 45
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW046]] || ''The Beartic Mountain Feud!'' || 46
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW047]] || ''Crisis From the Underground Up!'' || 47
|- style="background: #FFF"
| [[BW048]] || ''Battle for the Underground!'' || 48
|-
! colspan="3" class="roundybottom" style="background-color: #{{colorschemedark|Unova}}; height: 3px" |
|}

==Home video releases==
===North American DVD releases===
{{main|List of English language Black & White home video releases (Region 1)}}

===Australian DVD Releases===
{{main|List of English language Black & White home video releases (Region 4)}}

==Trivia==
* The [[Who's That Pokémon?]] segment returned at the beginning of the season, after an absence of [[AG040|344 episodes]].
* Unlike previous seasons, this season has more episode titles based more on either the original Japanese titles, or the plot of the episode as a whole, rather than being puns. This may be an extension of the idea of the franchise returning to its roots, as many early [[original series]] episodes had their titles based on the original Japanese title.
* In some languages, the term "black and white" is commonly expressed as "white and black". This caused some dubs to change the season name from "White and Black" to "Black and White" midway of the broadcasting, at the request of the dubbing client, [[Iyuno|SDI Media]], to match the names of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions|the games]].
** The season name was also changed in {{pmin|Russia}}n dub. As the new channel got the broadcast license, the season was rerun under the new title.
* In the {{pmin|Denmark|Danish}} version, Mathias Klenske, the Danish voice of {{Ash}}, did some of the translation, according to the credit subtitles used at Disney XD.
* This is the only season of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]'', as well as the last season of the entire anime, to air in {{pmin|Croatia}} and {{pmin|Serbia}}.
* The "To Be Continued" text at the end of each episode was changed to be capitalized and was put over a back box from this season onward until [[S19|Pokémon the Series: XYZ]].

==In other languages==
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==External links==
{{bulbanews/2|Best Wishes! dub title revealed|Pokémon: Black & White to premiere on Feb. 12}}

* [https://www.pokemon.com/us/animation/seasons/14 Pokémon: Black & White page at Pokemon.com]

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