Schwarz and Weiss

Schwarz (left) and Weiss (right)

Schwarz (Japanese: ネーロ Nero) and Weiss (Japanese: ビアンコ Bianco) are recurring characters in the Pokémon anime who first appeared in Saving Braviary!. They are two Team Plasma Grunts who serve as the main antagonists in the episode.

History

The duo was assigned a mission to capture a Braviary, but N showed up to rescue him. However, a tracking chip in the Pokémon triggered their alarm and Schwarz and Weiss gave chase to N. N narrowly made it to a nearby Pokémon Center before the duo retrieved the injured Pokémon. When the Pokémon Center's power went out, Schwarz and Weiss broke in to get Braviary, but he already left with the help of N, Ash, and his friends.

Schwarz and Weiss then hid in some bushes, waiting for the right moment to strike. As soon as N came by with Braviary, the duo sent out their Seviper and Zangoose. They attacked N, leaving him injured. Ash, Iris and Cilan came to his aid and battled the duo. Schwarz and Weiss were tough but were beaten by Excadrill, Pikachu, and Braviary.

Weiss later reappeared in Team Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony!, as part of the large group of Team Plasma Grunts that assaulted the White Ruins in order to acquire the Light Stone. He managed to catch Iris, Cilan, and Cedric Juniper together with two other Grunts and imprisoned them in steel rings to keep them under their control. He then witnessed how Team Plasma's leader Ghetsis summoned Reshiram. He was presumably arrested after Reshiram was freed from Team Plasma's control and Team Plasma was defeated.

Schwarz later reappeared in the next episode.

Pokémon

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Schwarz

Seviper

Debut	Saving Braviary!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Bill Rogers

Seviper is Schwarz's only known Pokémon. Schwarz sent it out after he and Weiss caught N getting away with Braviary. It was then used to battle Ash and his friends and was eventually defeated in a battle by Iris's Excadrill.

Seviper's known moves are Bite and Screech.

Weiss

Zangoose

Debut	Saving Braviary!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kenta Miyake
English	Kenta Miyake

Zangoose is Weiss's only known Pokémon. Weiss sent it out after he and Schwarz caught N getting away with an injured Braviary. It was then used to battle Ash and his friends and was eventually defeated in a battle by Ash's Pikachu with help from the Braviary.

Zangoose's known moves are Scratch, Slash, Iron Tail, and Mega Punch.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese Schwarz: 相馬幸人 Yukito Sōma Weiss: 越田直樹 Naoki Koshida English Schwarz: Ryan Stadler Weiss: Benjamin Becker Finnish Schwarz: Ilkka Villi Weiss: Aku Laitinen European French Schwarz: Didier Colfs Weiss: Laurent Bonnet Polish Schwarz: Radosław Popłonikowski Weiss: Artur Kaczmarski European Spanish Schwarz: Antonio Domínguez Weiss: Fernando Cordero

Trivia

• Schwarz and Weiss own two Pokémon who are usually enemies of each other, but appear as team members.
• Schwarz and Weiss's names are German for "black" and "white", respectively. This is a reference to Pokémon Black and White, the first pair of games that feature Team Plasma as the antagonists and the basis for Pokémon the Series: Black & White.
  • Their Pokémon also match their names, with the mostly-black Seviper belonging to Schwarz and the mostly-white Zangoose belonging to Weiss.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ネーロ Nero	Italian for black
	ビアンコ Bianco	Italian for white
English	Schwarz	From schwarz, German for black
	Weiss	From weiß, German for white
German	Nero	Italian for black
	Bianco	Italian for white

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