BW039

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Best Wishes series

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Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!

BW039   EP696 全員集合！ドンバトル！！ Everyone Gathers! Don Battle!!

First broadcast Japan July 7, 2011 United States October 29, 2011

English themes Opening Black and White Ending

Japanese themes Opening ベストウイッシュ！ Ending ポケモン言えるかな？ＢＷ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 矢嶋哲生 Tetsuo Yajima Assistant director 矢嶋哲生 Tetsuo Yajima Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

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Reunion Battles In Nimbasa! (Japanese: 全員集合！ドンバトル！！ Everyone Gathers! Don Battle!) is the 39th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 696th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 7, 2011, and in the United States on October 29, 2011.

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

Blurb

Our heroes think they’ve finally arrived in Nimbasa City, but their new friend Luke informs them that they’re actually in Nimbasa Town, home of the Pokémon Club Battle Tournament. Named after Don George’s Pokémon Battle Club, which sponsors the event, the tournament promises to be filled with excitement. One by one, many of our heroes’ friends and rivals show up to register: Bianca, Georgia, Burgundy, Stephan, and Trip are all in town for the competition!

Soon the matchups are announced and the action gets under way. Iris’s rival, “Dragon Buster” Georgia, is up first, and her Beartic quickly takes down her opponent’s Joltik. Later, Ash faces off against Burgundy, Cilan’s old rival and fellow Pokémon Connoisseur! Confident as ever, Burgundy chides Ash for not completely replacing his Pokémon team as she recommended during their last meeting, but our hero and his Palpitoad manage to defeat Burgundy and her Stoutland!

Next up, Cilan is set to battle Trip. Meanwhile, the Team Rocket trio have quietly arrived in Nimbasa City, confidently preparing for their next assignment...

Plot

The episode begins with Team Rocket arriving in Nimbasa City, ready to begin planning their latest scheme... one which is far more ambitious than all their previous ones. Meanwhile, Ash and his friends arrive at what they think is Nimbasa City, but Luke informs them that they are actually in Nimbasa Town, the site of a Pokémon battle tournament. As Ash prepares to head over to the tournament, Bianca arrives and explains that she is competing in the tournament as well.

As the group approaches the stadium, Luke begins filming his documentary of the tournament, but Bianca interrupts him and takes an immediate liking to his Zorua, asking to trade her Pignite for it, to which Luke refuses. The group then receives registration forms from Don George, and, while filling them out, they discover that Burgundy is also entering. After Burgundy reiterates her hatred of Cilan, Stephan arrives to join the party as well, with his newly evolved Zebstrika. Georgia arrives as well, wasting no time in trading insults with Iris, whereupon Ash notices Trip's presence at the front of the stadium.

The tournament soon begins, with Don George introducing the grand prize: a seven-feather wing set to improve a Pokémon's Effort values. When the first round matchups are announced, Ash finds himself facing Burguny, Cilan's opponent is Trip, and Iris is matched against a man called Jimmy Ray.

Georgia wins her battle against her opponent relatively quickly, and the tournament proceeds through the next two battles until it is time for Ash to face off against Burgundy. After Burgundy calls out Stoutland, Ash brings out his Palpitoad - which is Palpitoad's first Pokémon battle. Palpitoad opens with Mud Shot, to which Stoutland counters with Tackle. After Stoutland then tries an ineffective Thunder Fang on Palpitoad, it then returns with an Ice Fang instead. However, before Palpitoad is completely frozen, Ash commands it to use Supersonic, which causes Stoutland to let go and also shatters the ice. After a fierce barrage of attacks from both sides, Palpitoad emerges victorious, allowing Ash to proceed to the second round.

After Zorua pulls more of her pranks by mimicking Georgia, Cilan and Trip prepare for their battle, with Cilan promising to have his performance be even better than Ash's.

Major events

• The Team Rocket trio arrives in Nimbasa City.
• Ash and his friends enter the Club Battle, along with Luke, Bianca, Burgundy, Georgia, Stephan, and Trip.
• Stephan's Blitzle is revealed to have evolved into a Zebstrika.
• Georgia defeats Sylvester and advances to the second round.
• Burgundy is revealed to have obtained a Stoutland.
• Ash defeats Burgundy and advances to the second round.
• Trip starts his battle with Cilan.

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Debuts

Humans

• Freddy O'Martian

Pokémon debuts

• Stoutland
• Zebstrika

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Don George
• Freddy O'Martian
• Trip
• Bianca
• Burgundy
• Stephan
• Georgia
• Luke
• Antonio
• Emmanuel
• Omega
• Dino
• Sylvester
• Scooter
• Jimmy Ray
• Don George's pupil
• Trainers
• Audience
• Citizens

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Zebstrika

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Oshawott (Ash's; flashback)
• Palpitoad (Ash's)
• Stoutland (Burgundy's; debut)
• Dewott (Burgundy's; flashback)
• Sawsbuck (Burgundy's; flashback)
• Zebstrika (Stephan's; debut)
• Beartic (Georgia's)
• Zorua (Luke's)
• Golett (Luke's)
• Deerling (Dino's)
• Patrat (Omega's)
• Joltik (Sylvester's)
• Scolipede (Emmanuel's)
• Tranquill (Antonio's)
• Deerling
• Pidove (×2)
• Patrat

Trivia

The error with Luke's eyes

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Cottonee
• This episode begins the four-part Club Battle arc.
• There is no Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster following this episode. Clips from the fourteenth movie were shown instead.
• This is the final episode to air before the fourteenth movie debuted in theaters in Japan.
• An instrumental version of Best Wishes! is used as background music.

Errors

• When Luke begins filming his documentary, his eyes have sclera.

Dub edits

• A remixed instrumental version of Black and White replaces the instrumental Best Wishes! background music.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		全體集合！東•喬治對戰！！
Dutch		Een weerzien in gevecht, in Nimbasa!
Finnish		Jälleennäkemisiä ja otteluita Nimbasassa!
German		Großes Wiedersehen in Rayono!
Greek		Μάχες Παλιών Γνωστών Στη Νιμπάσα!
Hindi		Nimbassa मे री-यूनियन बाटल! Nimbasa me Reunion Battle!
Indonesian		Semua Berkumpul! Don Battle!!
Italian		Incontri e scontri a Sciroccopoli!
Korean		전원집합! 돈배틀!!
Norwegian		Gjenforeningskamper i Nimbasa!
Polish		Emocje w Nimbasie!
Portuguese		Reencontro no Torneio de Nimbaça!
Brazilian Portuguese		Concentração de Batalhas em Nimbasa!
Russian		Битва старых соперников в Нимбасе!
Spanish	Latin America	¡Batallas de reunión en Nimbasa!
	Spain	¡Reencuentros y combates en Mayólica!
Swedish		Återföreningsstrider i Nimbasa!
Thai		รวมพล! ศึกดอนแบทเทิล!!
Vietnamese		Trận Đấu Của Don!

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