S15

Pokémon Black & White: Rival Destinies Season 15
Rival Destinies logo
Opening Rival Destinies
Episodes 49 (BW049 - BW097)
Region Unova
Series Best Wishes series
Preceded by Pokémon: Black & White
Followed by Pokémon Black & White: Adventures in Unova

Pokémon Black & White: Rival Destinies is the fifteenth season of the dubbed version of the Pokémon anime. It follows the conclusion of the first season of Black & White series and is succeeded by Pokémon Black & White: Adventures in Unova, making this the second dubbed season of the Best Wishes series. The season follows Ash as he continues his journey, venturing in the Unova region with his friends Iris and Cilan. It began airing on February 18, 2012 in the United States.

It began with the dub of Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader! and concluded with Unova's Survival Crisis!.

See the list of Pokémon: Black & White: Rival Destinies episodes for a list of episodes aired this season.

Important events

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

• Ash and friends meet Elesa, the Nimbasa City Gym Leader. (BW049)
• Ash and his friends meet Alder. Ash battles Alder, though there is no winner due to Alder falling asleep. (BW052)
• Ash and friends meet Clay, the Driftveil City Gym Leader. (BW057)
• The gang reunites with Chili. (BW058)
• Ash, Iris and Cilan encounter the Kami trio: Landorus, Thundurus, and Tornadus. (BW059-BW060)
• Ash's Boldore learns Rock Blast and Rock Smash. (BW061)
• Ash and his friends encounter Bianca and Professor Juniper once again. (BW062)
• Cilan's Crustle learns Rock Wrecker. (BW062)
• The gang meets Cedric Juniper, Professor Juniper's father. (BW064)
• The gang meets Skyla, the Gym Leader of Mistralton City. Cilan battles Skyla and loses. (BW067)
• The Clubsplosion tournament takes place. (BW070-BW073)
  • The tournament begins with 16 participants. (BW070)
  • Ash, Cilan, and Stephan advance to the second round of the Clubsplosion by beating Angus, Flora, and Edmund respectively. (BW070)
  • Iris, Georgia, and Montgomery advance to the second round of the Clubsplosion Tournament, after beating Burgundy, Gail, and Delbert respectively. (BW071)
  • Bianca defeats Trip and advances to the second round in the Clubsplosion. Ash, Montgomery, Stephan, and Bianca advance to the semi-finals, after beating Betty, Iris, Cilan, and Georgia respectively. (BW072)
  • In the semi-finals, Montgomery beats Ash and Stephan beats Bianca. During the finals of the Clubsplosion, Stephan is proclaimed the winner after defeating Montgomery. (BW073)
• Ash and his friends meet Tepig's former Trainer. (BW077)
• The gang meets Brycen, the Gym Leader of Icirrus City. (BW078)
• Ash and his friends meet Roxie, the Virbank Gym's Gym Leader. (BW083)
• Ash meets Cynthia again and Cilan and Iris meet her for the first time. (BW085)
  • Iris has a battle with Cynthia which has no winner.
  • Dawn is revealed to be staying at Cynthia's villa in Undella Town.
• Dawn and Ash are reunited, Cilan and Dawn have a battle which ends in a tie. (BW086)
• The Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup begins. (BW090-BW093)
  • Dawn meets Trip, Burgundy & Georgia for the first time. (BW090)
  • The tournament begins with 16 participants. (BW090)
  • Trip defeats Burgundy and advances to the next round, Cilan, Ash and Dawn defeat their opponents and advance to the next round and Iris defeats Georgia and advances to the next round. (BW090)
  • Ash, Iris, Cilan & Trip advance to the semi-final round after beating Geraldo, Dawn, Horatio & Manning respectively. (BW091)
  • Trip advances to the final round after beating Cilan. (BW091)
  • Ash defeats Iris and advances to the final round. (BW092)
  • Trip defeats Ash in the final round, winning the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup. (BW092)
  • Trip battles Alder and loses. (BW093)
• Ash and his friends meet Marlon. (BW094)
• Ash meets Giovanni for the first time since Mewtwo Returns. (BW096)
• Giovanni withdraws Team Rocket (including Jessie, James and Meowth) from Unova and returns to Kanto. (BW097)

Party changes

Additions

The following Pokémon are obtained:

• Ash's Krokorok (BW065)
• Iris's Dragonite (BW089)

Evolutions

The following Pokémon evolve:

• Ash's Roggenrola → Boldore
• Cilan's Dwebble → Crustle
• Ash's Tranquill → Unfezant
• Ash's Swadloon → Leavanny
• Ash's Tepig → Pignite
• Ash's Krokorok → Krookodile

Gym battles

Ash defeats the following Gym Leaders:

• Elesa (BW050)
• Clay (BW061)
• Skyla (BW068)
• Brycen (BW079)
• Roxie (BW084)

Australian DVD Releases

Volume Releases

• Pokémon Season 15: Rival Destinies – Collection 1 (BW049-BW073)

In other languages

Language		Title
Czech		Pokémon Černý a Bílý: Opačné Osudy
Danish		Pokémon BW: Rivaliserende Skæbner
Dutch		Pokémon Black & White: Rivaliserende Lotsbestemmingen
European French		Pokémon Noir & Blanc: Destinées Rivales
German		Pokémon Schwarz & Weiss: Rivalen des Schicksals
Greek		Πόκεμον Μαύρο & Άσπρο: Αντίπαλα Πεπρωμένα
Italian		Pokémon Nero e Bianco: Destini Rivali
Polish		Pokémon Czerń i Biel: Ścieżki Przeznaczenia
Brazilian Portuguese		Pokémon Preto e Branco: Destinos Rivais
Spanish	Latin America	Pokémon Negro y Blanco: Destinos Rivales
	Spain	Pokémon Negro y Blanco: Destinos Rivales
Swedish		Pokémon Black & White: Rivaliserande Öden

External links

• Pokémon Black & White: Rival Destinies page at Pokémon.com

See also

Series and seasons of the Pokémon animated series Original series (list) Indigo League • Adventures in the Orange Islands The Johto Journeys • Johto League Champions • Master Quest Ruby and Sapphire (list) Advanced • Advanced Challenge • Advanced Battle • Battle Frontier Diamond and Pearl (list) Diamond and Pearl • Battle Dimension • Galactic Battles • Sinnoh League Victors Black & White (list) Black & White • Rival Destinies • Adventures in Unova and Beyond XY (list) XY • Kalos Quest • XYZ (Mega Evolution Specials) Sun & Moon (list) Sun & Moon • Ultra Adventures‎ • Ultra Legends Journeys (list) Journeys • Master Journeys • Ultimate Journeys (The Arceus Chronicles) Horizons (list) Horizons Specials (list) Pikachu's Winter Vacation • Side Stories • Pokémon Chronicles Planetarium specials • Pikachu shorts Mewtwo Returns • The Legend of Thunder! • Pichu Bros. in Party Panic The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon • A Ripple in Time Complete list • Movies

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