BW109

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BW109   EP766 アララギ研究所！新たなる旅立ち！！ The Araragi Institute! A New Journey!!

First broadcast Japan January 17, 2013 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening やじるしになって！2013 Ending サクラ・ゴーラウンド

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 案浦達哉 Tatsuya Annoura No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: アララギ研究所！新たなる旅立ち！！ The Araragi Institute! A New Journey!!) is the 109th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 766th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 17, 2013.

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

Major events

• Ash and his friends return to Nuvema Town.
• Team Rocket returns to Unova now focusing on their original goal; capturing Pikachu and any other Pokémon they can.
• Jessie and James are revealed to have obtained a Frillish and an Amoonguss, respectively.
• Ash, Iris and Cilan decide to explore the White Ruins in the hopes of meeting Reshiram.

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

Debuts

Humans

• N

Pokémon debuts

• Jessie's Frillish
• James's Amoonguss

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Juniper
• Cedric Juniper
• Professor Oak
• N
• Nonomi

Pokémon

Dare da?

Who's That Pokémon?: Meowth (Team Rocket) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Unfezant (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's; at Oak's Lab)
• Emolga (Iris's)
• Stunfisk (Cilan's)
• Snivy (starter Pokémon)
• Tepig (starter Pokémon; given to Nonomi)
• Oshawott (starter Pokémon)
• Frillish (Jessie's)
• Amoonguss (James's)
• Serperior (fantasy)
• Whimsicott (fantasy)
• Alomomola (fantasy)
• Galvantula (×2; fantasy)
• Reshiram (fantasy)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Swadloon
• Be an Arrow! is replaced by Be an Arrow! 2013 as the Japanese opening while Sakura Go-Round replaces Look Look☆Here as the ending.
• Team Rocket Forever is used as background music.
• At the end of Dare da?, at the point when the revealed Pokémon normally lets out its own cry, Ash instead shouts "Meowth!", and Meowth zooms out of the screen.
  • This is also the first time during the Best Wishes series when the Pokémon in Dare da? has moved during its introduction, and the first time ever when the Pokémon in question has left the entire screen before the end of the segment.
• Team Rocket used their original motto in this episode.
• After Best Wishes Season 1 since Memories are Made of Bliss!, over a hundred episodes ago, the returning running gag which Team Rocket has used their Meowth balloon and finally blasted off without their rocket packs.
• This episode marked the return of the running gag which consisted of Professor Oak getting smothered by Ash's Muk while talking to Ash through video-conference.

In other languages

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