Rewrite Pokemon BW: Advenrures in Unova Episode Summaries inspired by the ideas below:

▪ I'll keep Ash's Unova team the same except for evolving Oshawott, Snivy, and Scraggy in S3. I'm planning to develop them as actual characters and flesh out their personalities more, especially those who are underutilized and underused by giving them some deserved wins, character arcs, and interesting dynamics with themselves, their friends, trainers, rivals, and new people/Pokémon, heck–make them more involved in the main plot.

The games and sequels are about connection, diversity, and unity, correct?

I want to make this team feel alive; to make it feel like a real team; one that is very hardworking, supportive, and never fails to put on a show.

A team on par with Ash's Sinnoh and Kalos teams.

▪ I like Cilan and Iris as Ash's traveling companions, so I'll only flesh out their goals, develop their personalities more, and tone down their gags a bit. They don't need to be replaced.

Maybe Iris doesn't only want to be a Dragon Master, but also befriend many other different types of Pokémon. After all, she was and still is a wild girl; she befriended and played with lots of wild Pokémon in a forest near the Village of Dragons. Sure, she can spiritually communicate with Dragon types, but maybe she can do it with other types of Pokémon too, but she doesn’t know this. Actually, this can make her similar to N in a way.

Also, I'm evolving her Axew.

Note: I kind of related to her when she went to school for the first time, she immediately felt out of place among her classmates.

I hated how the episode somewhat accurately potrayed a child in a new environment that felt vastly different from their home.

I was exactly like her when I got enrolled- /gen

Moving on:

Cilan can teach Ash and Iris some things he learned as a connoisseur in S3C, even Burgundy. Like cooking, for instance.

I'll also give them a few more Pokémon:

Cilan receives an OP Wooper on Onix Island while Iris gets a Lapras she befriends in the Decolore Islands. Also, the Gible she catches in Blackthorn City is replaced with a Tyranitar, the evolved Larvitar Ash befriended and returned to its mother at Mt. Silver.

I don't exactly know how to make their teams "better." To be honest, they're fine. Not the best teams the writers came up with, but definitely not the worst.

▪ N and Team Plasma debut earlier in the series. They become recurring characters, often getting mentioned or involved in major episodes, including filler. I'm gonna have them constantly clash against Giovanni and Team Rocket, who also appear in some episodes.

At the end of Unova's Survival Crisis, they transition into their BW2 counterparts with Ghetsis and Colress retaining their original personalities from the games.

Note: In my rewrite, Unova's Survival Crisis is a two-parter special.

▪ Cheren replaces Trip, then I substitute his BW2 appearance in the S3B with someone else. I was thinking of Roxanne since she is a teacher, plus a gym leader, so she would be traveling across all regions to teach children what it means and takes to be a Pokémon Trainer.

He gets Trip's original team since it's actually a decent one, becomes a recurring rival, and actually develops as a character. He's up against Ash in the Vertress Conference semifinals.

▪ The main cast of rivals needs to be slightly tweaked and expanded. I'm adding Virgil, Katharine, Hugh, and his little sister, Kiyoko, whose partner Pokémon is Litwick, to the roster.

I got inspired by a fanart with a post-game design of her with Hugh. (Artist is Redenne Moon)

Luke's fine. I really like his outfit and passion for making films and documentaries on important events. He should've appeared more imho.

Anyways, onto the main rivals:

▪︎ Bianca is undoubtedly the female counterpart of Barry. I can see the resemblance. There's a headcanon on TV tropes that they're cousins through their father's side, so I strongly believe it. Although, she should've been in the top 4 against Virgil. I was very sad that she lost to Cameron despite doing her best. She even cried as Cameron cheered for Riolu. She should've been up against someone else.

▪︎ Stephan is a great rival for Ash, so I won't change anything about him. The name mispronunciation gag was quite funny, though people get my name wrong too, so I relate to him a bit. Thankfully, they got it right in S3A.

▪︎ Burgundy and Georgia had potential to become more developed and fleshed out rivals for Cilan and Iris but were quickly discarded after the Junior Cup. R.I.P :[

Burgundy secretly learns from Cilan. In "Clash of the Connoisseurs," Cilan tells the butler to let her stay so she could watch him do his work with Ricard. And at the end, when she parts ways with the trio, she admits that Cilan is a great connoisseur and vows to better herself both as a connaisseuse and as a trainer, dropping her whole revenge phase as she realizes Cilan isn’t a bad person after all; he was only pointing out her flaws so she can further improve on them.

Georgia can drop her Dragon Buster attitude later on and start to admire Iris' progress as an upcoming Dragon Master. She can make an appearance when the trio arrive in Opelucid City, home of the Village of Dragons. We know that she was badly beaten in a battle against someone there, but that's only half the story. Maybe it's revealed she was also defeated by Drayden as a kid, and due to that significant loss, she vowed to get stronger with her ice type Pokémon and finally defeat him, thus dubbing herself as a "Dragon Buster."

▪︎ Cameron should've been written waaay better, so in my rewrite, he's just as competent and unpredictable as Ash. Why? Because during their Unova League match, his sixth Pokémon actually arrives unexpectedly. This makes them equals in a way.

I'll give you one hint on what his sixth Pokémon is: It was a recurring Pokémon during the DP series.

He's still very forgetful, which is totally me, but not to the point that he has to be constantly guided and helped by the main cast. Besides, not everyone knows and thinks about the world the same way.

They also need more diverse teams.

Here's a list of Pokémon I'm giving them:

Bianca: Lilligant, Musharna, and Azumarill.

Stephan: Burgundy's Darmanitan, Golduck, Slaking, and Tropius.

Burgundy: Stephan's Liepard, Scolipede, and Simisear

Georgia: Maractus, Mawile, and Cameron's Swanna

Cameron: Archeops replaces Swanna while Watchog replaces the mysterious sixth Pokémon I've mentioned earlier. It was seen as a silhouette during his match against Virgil in the og series.

▪︎ May returns with Dawn. Gary, Paul, Barry, and Conway also make a return.

▪︎ Snivy and Tepig's backgrounds get explored.

▪ Changing up or adding events entirely.

For example, in the Meloetta arc, N is involved.

He wants to protect Meloetta at all costs.

Particularly in Unova's Survival Crisis, he snaps at TR and betrays Ash and his friends after Meloetta and the starter trio are rendered incapacitated after having their energy drained from the altar and being hit by Pikachu's huge Electro Ball as he sides with his father and summons his castle from the depths of the ocean.

Its many staircases nearly destroy the sea temple and wipe out everyone on the spot. Fortunately, they all survived, but N, who was carrying Meloetta, and Team Plasma were gone, so were Ash's Pokémon, who they caught siding with them as if they were afraid...of him.

Now they must climb to the top of N's castle to search for them so they can stop the creation trio from destroying Unova. Basically, a massive tone shift.

▪︎ A better Unova League. Period.

▪ Making the Decolore Islands like the Orange Islands. This idea was already mentioned in passing. A Decolore League was what the series needed, even though I have not watched much of the OG series, but we need to consider where and what badges should be given out.

One redditor commented that the golden scalchop prize (I think?) at the Scalchop Tournament should be the Scalchop Badge which is a good idea.

Another redditor mentioned the distribution of a badge after the events of Capacia Island UFO as it was all just a test of willpower.

I already have ideas on where the last two badges should be given out: The Marine Cup Tournament and the Sumo Tournament on Harvest Island. They're the perfect events for giving out badges.

Here are the names I have for the three other badges:

Thalassic Badge (Marine Cup Tournament)

Truce Badge (Capacia Island)

Harmony Badge (Harvest Island)

Alexa should even mention the league starting tomorrow after the Sumo Tournament, then the trio would have someplace to go to shake things up for the better.

▪︎ Let Ash use his old Pokémon. Like, they appear in the OP of S3A. Why doesn’t he get to use any of them? Like, it seems rather pointless to only show them if he's not going to use them like he did in the past seasons.

▪︎ The whole series becomes more dark and serious as it progresses…at least up until the Decolore Islands.

I plan on improving the series without drastically making it a different story. I'll keep the things I like about it and further expand + improve on them