S14

This article is about the fourteenth season of the anime. For the games, see Pokémon Black and White Versions. For other uses, see Black and White.

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Pokémon: Black & White Season 14
Logo for the season
Opening	Black and White
Episodes	48
Region	Unova
Series	Pokémon the Series: Black & White
Preceded by	Pokémon: DP Sinnoh League Victors
Followed by	Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies

Pokémon: Black & White is the fourteenth season of the dubbed version of the Pokémon anime. It follows the fourth and final dubbed season of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, and as such is the first dubbed season of Pokémon the Series: Black & White. The season follows Ash as he continues his journey, venturing into the Unova region with new friends Iris and Cilan.

It began on February 12, 2011 with the dub premiere In The Shadow of Zekrom!, and concluded on January 7, 2012 with Battle for the Underground!. This season skipped episodes BW023 and BW024 due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. It originally aired in the United States as part of the 2011-2012 Cartoon Network Saturday morning lineup.

It is preceded by Pokémon: DP Sinnoh League Victors and succeeded by Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies.

Blurb

A new land, new rivals, new challenges, and all-new Pokémon make the 14th season of the Pokémon animated series one of the most exciting ones yet! When Ash and his mother accompany Professor Oak to the distant Unova region, Ash discovers Pokémon that he’s never seen before… and that he can’t wait to catch! He may have Pikachu at his side together with new friends Iris and Cilan, but he’ll still need plenty of new Pokémon on his team if he wants to challenge Unova’s expert Gym Leaders. His quest to become a Pokémon Master just got even tougher!

Important events

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

• Ash and Pikachu travel with Delia and Professor Oak to the Unova region where Professor Oak is attending a conference. (BW001)
• Team Rocket also arrive in the Unova region, having been assigned there by Giovanni. (BW001)
• Ash meets a photographer and beginning Trainer by the name of Trip. (BW001)
• Trip obtains a Snivy from Professor Juniper then battles Ash's Pikachu and wins. (BW001)
• Ash decides to remain in Unova and challenge its Pokémon League. (BW002)
• Ash meets a mysterious girl named Iris and her Axew. (BW002)
• Ash and Iris meet Cilan. (BW005)
• Ash, Iris and Cilan agree to travel together through Unova. (BW006)
• Iris is revealed to own an Excadrill. (BW009)
• Jessie, James and Meowth meet Pierce, a Team Rocket agent sent to help them. (BW010)
• Ash and Trip decide to have their second battle, with Trip defeating Ash. (BW010)
• Ash receives a Pokémon Egg. (BW012)
• Ash gets a new Badge case from Bianca, given to her by Professor Juniper. (BW013)
• Ash and friends meet Nacrene City Gym Leader Lenora. (BW014)
• Ash's Pokémon Egg hatches into a Scraggy. (BW017)
• Ash and friends meet Castelia City Gym Leader Burgh. (BW018)
• The gang meets a C-class Connaisseuse named Burgundy, an old challenger of Cilan's. (BW019)
• The gang meets a Trainer named Stephan. (BW028)
• Ash and Trip have their third battle, which ends up in a tie. (BW031)
• The gang meet a Trainer named Georgia, who begins a rivalry with Iris. (BW033)
• Iris reveals she met Excadrill as a Drilbur when she was younger. (BW033)
• Iris's Excadrill is revealed to know Metal Claw and Mud-Slap as a Drilbur, and Fury Swipes as an Excadrill. (BW033)
• Iris's Excadrill regains his confidence and loyalty to Iris and learns Focus Blast. (BW033)
• Ash and his friends meet Luke. (BW038)
• The Club Battle takes place at Nimbasa Town with 16 competitors. (BW039-BW042)
  • Ash and Georgia both advance to the second round after beating Burgundy and Sylvester, respectively. (BW039)
  • Iris, Cilan, Stephan, and Luke all advance to the second round after beating Jimmy Ray, Trip, Bianca, and Scooter, respectively. (BW040)
  • Ash, Iris, and Luke all advance to the semi-finals after beating Georgia, Stephan, and Cilan, respectively. (BW041)
  • Iris beats Luke in the semi-finals and Ash in the finals, becoming the Club Battle winner and earning a collection of Wings. (BW042)
• Meowth gets fired from Team Rocket and joins Ash and friends. (BW043)
  • It is revealed that Meowth was never fired and that his joining the group was part of a plan. Meowth rejoins Jessie and James. (BW047)

Party changes

Additions

The following Pokémon are obtained:

• Jessie's Woobat (BW002)
• Ash's Pidove (BW002)
• Ash's Oshawott (BW003)
• Ash's Tepig (BW004)
• Ash's Snivy (BW007)
• Cilan's Dwebble (BW011)
• Ash's Scraggy (BW017)
• Ash's Sewaddle (BW018)
• James's Yamask (BW023)
• Iris's Emolga (BW024)
• Ash's Palpitoad (BW032)
• Cilan's Stunfisk (BW032)
• Ash's Roggenrola (BW034)

Evolutions

The following Pokémon evolve:

• Iris's Drilbur → Excadrill (prior to BW001)
• Ash's Pidove → Tranquill (BW022)
• Ash's Sewaddle → Swadloon (BW023)

Other

• Iris's Axew (obtained prior to BW001)
• Cilan's Pansage (obtained prior to BW005)
• Iris's Drilbur (obtained prior to BW009)

The following Pokémon are left at Oak's Laboratory:

• Ash's Staraptor (prior to BW001)
• Ash's Torterra (prior to BW001)
• Ash's Infernape (prior to BW001)
• Ash's Buizel (prior to BW001)
• Ash's Gliscor (prior to BW001)
• Ash's Gible (prior to BW001)

The following Pokémon are left at Team Rocket HQ:

• Jessie's Wobbuffet (prior to BW002)
• Jessie's Seviper (prior to BW002)
• Jessie's Yanmega (prior to BW002)
• James's Carnivine (prior to BW002)
• James's Mime Jr. (prior to BW002)

Gym battles

Ash battles the following Gym Leaders:

Badge	Opponent	Epicode	Result
Trio Badge Best two of three	Chili	BW005	Victory
	Cress	BW005	Defeat
	Cilan	BW005 BW006	Victory
Basic Badge	Lenora	BW015	Defeat
		BW016	Victory
Insect Badge	Burgh	BW023	Victory

Episodes

Epicode	Episode Title	#
BW001	In The Shadow of Zekrom!	1
BW002	Enter Iris and Axew!	2
BW003	A Sandile Gusher of Change!	3
BW004	The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!	4
BW005	Triple Leaders, Team Threats!	5
BW006	Dreams by the Yard Full!	6
BW007	Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!	7
BW008	Saving Darmanitan From the Bell!	8
BW009	The Bloom Is on Axew!	9
BW010	A Rival Battle for Club Champ!	10
BW011	A Home for Dwebble!	11
BW012	Here Comes the Trubbish Squad!	12
BW013	Minccino—Neat and Tidy!	13
BW014	A Night in the Nacrene City Museum!	14
BW015	The Battle According to Lenora!	15
BW016	Rematch at the Nacrene Gym!	16
BW017	Scraggy—Hatched to Be Wild!	17
BW018	Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!	18
BW019	A Connoisseur's Revenge!	19
BW020	Dancing With the Ducklett Trio!	20
BW021	The Lost World of Gothitelle!	21
BW022	A Venipede Stampede!	22
BW023	Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!	23
BW024	Emolga the Irresistible!	24
BW025	Emolga and the New Volt Switch!	25
BW026	Scare at the Litwick Mansion!	26
BW027	The Dragon Master's Path!	27
BW028	Oshawott's Lost Scalchop!	28
BW029	Cottonee in Love!	29
BW030	A UFO for Elgyem!	30
BW031	Ash and Trip's Third Battle!	31
BW032	Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!	32
BW033	Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!	33
BW034	Gotta Catch A Roggenrola!	34
BW035	Where Did You Go, Audino?	35
BW036	Archeops In The Modern World!	36
BW037	A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!	37
BW038	Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!	38
BW039	Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!	39
BW040	Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!	40
BW041	The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk!	41
BW042	Club Battle Finale: A Hero's Outcome!	42
BW043	Meowth's Scrafty Tactics!	43
BW044	Purrloin: Sweet or Sneaky?	44
BW045	Beheeyem, Duosion, and the Dream Thief!	45
BW046	The Beartic Mountain Feud!	46
BW047	Crisis From the Underground Up!	47
BW048	Battle for the Underground!	48

Home video releases

North American DVD releases

Main article: List of English language Black & White home video releases (Region 1)

Australian DVD Releases

Main article: List of English language Black & White home video releases (Region 4)

Trivia

• The Who's That Pokémon? segment returned at the beginning of the season, after an absence of 344 episodes.
• Unlike previous seasons, this season has more episode titles based more on either the original Japanese titles, or the plot of the episode as a whole, rather than being puns. This may be an extension of the idea of the franchise returning to its roots, as many early original series episodes had their titles based on the original Japanese title.
• In some languages, the term "black and white" is commonly expressed as "white and black". This caused some dubs to change the season name from "White and Black" to "Black and White" midway of the broadcasting, at the request of the dubbing client, SDI Media, to match the names of the games.
  • The season name was also changed in Russian dub. As the new channel got the broadcast license, the season was rerun under the new title.
• In the Danish version, Mathias Klenske, the Danish voice of Ash, did some of the translation, according to the credit subtitles used at Disney XD.
• This is the only season of Pokémon the Series: Black & White, as well as the last season of the entire anime, to air in Croatia and Serbia.
• The "To Be Continued" text at the end of each episode was changed to be capitalized and was put over a back box from this season onward until Pokémon the Series: XYZ.

In other languages

Language		Title
Croatian		Pokémon: Crno i Bijelo
Czech		Pokémon: Černý a bílý
Danish		Pokémon: Black & White Pokémon: Sort og Hvid*
Dutch		Pokémon: Black & White
Finnish		Pokémon: Mustavalkoinen Pokémon: Black & White *
European French		Pokémon: Noir & Blanc
German		Pokémon: Schwarz & Weiß
Greek		Πόκεμον: Μαύρο & Άσπρο
Hindi		पोकेमोन: ब्लैक एंड वाइट Pokémon: Black and White
Italian		Pokémon: Nero & Bianco
Norwegian		Pokémon: Svart og Hvit Pokémon: Black & White *
Polish		Pokémon: Czerń i Biel
Portuguese	Brazil	Pokémon: Preto e Branco Pokémon: Branco e Preto (formerly)
	Portugal	Pokémon: Preto e Branco
Russian		Покемон: Чёрное и Белое Покемон: Белое и Чёрное (formerly)
Serbian		Pokémon: Crno i Belo
Spanish	Latin America	Pokémon: Negro y Blanco Pokémon: Blanco y Negro (formerly)
	Spain	Pokémon: Negro y Blanco
Swedish		Pokémon: Black & White
Tamil		பொகெமொன்: பிளாக் அண்ட் வைட்
Telugu		పోకీమాన్: బ్లాక్ అండ్ వైట్
Turkish		Pokémon: Siyah ve Beyaz

External links

• Pokémon: Black & White page at Pokemon.com

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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