BW117

This article is about an episode of the Pokémon animated series that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

← BW116 : Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!

Best Wishes series

BW118 : Secrets From Out of the Fog! →

Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation!

BW117   EP774 プラズマ団の野望！操られたポケモンたち！！ Plasma-dan's Ambition! The Controlled Pokémon!!

First broadcast Japan March 14, 2013 United States June 15, 2013

English themes Opening It's Always You and Me 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 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 西田健一 Ken'ichi Nishida Assistant director 西田健一 Ken'ichi Nishida Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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

Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation! (Japanese: プラズマ団の野望！操られたポケモンたち！！ Plasma-dan's Ambition! The Controlled Pokémon!!) is the 117th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 774th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 14, 2013 and is scheduled to air in the United States on June 15, 2013.

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

Major events

• Ash and his friends encounter Team Plasma and Looker again.
• Ash and his friends meet Anthea and Concordia for the first time.
• N is injured during the battle against Team Plasma, and is taken to a spring by Anthea and Concordia.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Ghetsis (in person)
• Anthea and Concordia

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• N
• Colress
• Ghetsis
• Looker
• Team Plasma Grunts
  • Angie
• Anthea and Concordia
• Cedric Juniper
• Lauder

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Liepard (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Dragonite (Iris's)
• Crustle (Cilan's)
• Woobat (Jessie's)
• Amoonguss (James's)
• Haxorus (Lauder's)
• Liepard (Angie's)
• Gothitelle (Anthea's)
• Gardevoir (Concordia's)
• Deerling (Summer Form)
• Maractus
• Scolipede

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Excadrill
  • During the Live Caster, Oak also showed some already released preview material of Extreme Speed Genesect: Mewtwo's Awakening and Pikachu and Eevee Friends.

Errors

• In the Dare da? segment, Liepard's mouth is missing, its right legs are discolored and its eye has a black spot in the upper right corner.

In other languages

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← BW116 : Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!

Best Wishes series

BW118 : Secrets From Out of the Fog! →

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