BW039

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Pokémon the Series: Black & White

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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

Screenshots on Filb.de

Reunion Battles In Nimbasa! (Japanese: 全員集合！ドンバトル！！ Everyone Gathers! Don Battle!) is the 39th episode of Pokémon the Series: Black & White, 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

Team Rocket arrives in Nimbasa City to plan their latest scheme, 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, knocking Ash into a nearby river. As Ash dries himself off, he suggests Bianca be more careful next time. She furiously apologizes, explaining that she was rushing to register for the battle tournament. Bianca fears she may have even missed the deadline, but Cilan explains that everyone else is also planning on competing. With that, Bianca orders everyone to get a move on.

As the group approaches the Battle Club, Luke begins filming his documentary of the tournament, but Bianca interrupts him. She takes an immediate liking to his Zorua, and even tries to catch it, before 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 Nimbasa TV commentator Freddy O'Martian. He hands it over to Don George, who introduces the grand prize: a seven-feather Driftveil wing set to improve a Pokémon's potential. When the first round matchups are announced, Ash finds himself facing Burgundy, Cilan's opponent is Trip, Iris is matched against a man called Jimmy Ray, Stephen versus Bianca, while Luke is up against Scooter.

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 making its Pokémon battle debut. Palpitoad opens with Mud Shot, to which Stoutland counters with Tackle. Afterwards, Stoutland then tries an ineffective Thunder Fang on Palpitoad. Cilan remarks on the critical mistake, but Burgundy was simply trying to catch Palpitoad before delivering a direct 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. Stoutland replies with Tackle attack and rushes in for a Fire Fang. However Palpitoad sprays a Mud Shot directly in its opponent's mouth, causing Stoutland to start coughing in an attempt to clear the mud. With a jet of Hydro Pump, Palpitoad emerges victorious, allowing Ash to proceed to the second round. As everyone cheers for Ash, Trip remarks that it was just a lucky break.

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.
• Cilan and Trip prepare to start their first round battle.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Freddy O'Martian
• Antonio
• Emmanuel
• Dino
• Scooter
• Jimmy Ray

Pokémon debuts

• Stoutland
• Zebstrika

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Trip
• Bianca
• Burgundy
• Stephan
• Georgia
• Luke
• Don George
• Freddy O'Martian
• 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

• 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 White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram were shown instead.
  • On a similar note, this is the last episode to air before M14 debuted in Japanese theaters.
• An instrumental version of Best Wishes! is used as background music.

Errors

The error with Luke's eyes

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

Dub edits

• A remixed instrumental version of Black and White replaces the instrumental Best Wishes! background music.
• In the original Japanese version, James says Nimbasa City is where their next mission is. In the English dub, he says the mission will be a shining success.
• In the English dub, Luke says Bianca probably takes vitamins. In the original Japanese version, he says she must be a very busy person.
• In the original Japanese version, Don George calls the tournament "The Don George Pokémon Battle Tournament". This isn't mentioned in the English dub.
• In the original Japanese version, Don George and Freddy co-host the tournament together. In the English dub, Don George allows Freddy to act as the sole announcer.

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!
European French		Combats et rencontres à Méanville !
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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