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Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies is the fifteenth season of the dubbed version of the Pokémon animated series. It is the second season of Pokémon the Series: Black & White. It follows as he continues his , venturing in the Unova region with his friends and .
It began on February 18, 2012 with the dub premiere Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!, and concluded on January 26, 2013 with Unova's Survival Crisis!. It originally aired in as part of the 2012-2013 Saturday morning lineup.
It is preceded by Pokémon: Black & White and succeeded by Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova and Beyond.
==Blurb==
New foes, new friends, and dozens of never-before-seen Pokémon await Ash and Pikachu in Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies, the new season of the Pokémon animated series. As Ash and his friends continue to explore the Unova region, he’ll find himself up against the ultimate battle challenge: Alder, the Champion Master of Unova! His friends also face their own trials, one fighting for the right to continue her travels, another confronting a returning challenge from the past—and all three of them must team up to save an island from the clashing forces of three powerful and mysterious Legendary Pokémon!
==Important events==
* and meet Elesa, the Nimbasa City Gym Leader. (BW049)
* Ash and his friends meet Alder. Ash battles Alder, though there is no winner due to Alder falling asleep. (BW052)
* Ash and friends meet Clay, the Driftveil City Gym Leader. (BW057)
* The gang reunites with Chili. (BW058)
* Ash, and encounter the forces of nature: , , and . (BW059-BW060)
* Ash's Boldore learns and . (BW061)
* Ash and his friends encounter and Professor Juniper once again. (BW062)
* Cilan's Crustle learns . (BW062)
* The gang meets Cedric Juniper, Professor Juniper's father. (BW064)
* The gang meets Skyla, the Gym Leader of Mistralton City. Cilan battles Skyla and loses. (BW067)
* The Clubsplosion takes place at Ambiga Town with 16 participants. (BW070-BW073)
** Ash, Cilan, and Stephan advance to the second round after beating Angus, Flora, and Edmund, respectively. (BW070)
** Iris, Georgia, and Montgomery advance to the second round after beating Burgundy, Gail, and Delbert, respectively. (BW071)
** Bianca defeats Trip and advances to the second round. Ash, Montgomery, Stephan, and Bianca advance to the semi-finals, after beating Betty, Iris, Cilan, and Georgia respectively. (BW072)
** In the semi-finals, Montgomery beats Ash and Stephan beats Bianca. During the finals, Stephan beats Montgomery, becoming the Clubsplosion winner and earning a year's supply of Vitamins. (BW073)
* Ash and his friends meet Tepig's former Trainer. (BW077)
* The gang meets Brycen, the Gym Leader of Icirrus City. (BW078)
* Ash and his friends meet Roxie, the Virbank Gym's Gym Leader. (BW083)
* Ash meets again and Cilan and Iris meet her for the first time. (BW085)
** Iris has a battle with Cynthia which has no winner.
** is revealed to be staying at Cynthia's villa in Undella Town.
* Dawn and Ash are reunited, Cilan and Dawn have a battle which ends in a tie. (BW086)
* The Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup takes place at Lacunosa Town with 16 participants. (BW090-BW093)
** Trip defeats Burgundy and Iris defeats Georgia, advancing to the next round. Cilan, Ash, and Dawn also defeat their opponents and advance to the next round. (BW090)
** Ash, Iris, Cilan, and Trip advance to the semi-finals after beating Geraldo, Dawn, Horatio, and Manning, respectively. (BW091)
** Trip advances to the final round after beating Cilan. (BW091)
** Ash defeats Iris and advances to the final round. (BW092)
** Trip defeats Ash in the final round, winning the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup. (BW092)
** Trip battles Alder and loses. (BW093)
* Ash and his friends meet , who joins the group. (BW093)
* Dawn leaves the group to head to Johto to compete in the Wallace Cup. (BW093)
* Ash and his friends meet Marlon. (BW094)
* Cameron leaves the group. (BW094)
* Ash meets for the first time since Mewtwo Returns. (BW096)
* Giovanni withdraws Team Rocket (including Jessie, James and ) from Unova and returns to Kanto. (BW097)
===Party changes===
====Additions====
The following Pokémon are obtained:
* Ash's Krokorok (BW065)
* Iris's Dragonite (BW089)
====Evolutions====
The following Pokémon evolve:
* Ash's → (BW061)
* Cilan's → (BW062)
* Ash's → (BW068)
* Ash's → (BW074)
* Ash's → (BW077)
* Ash's → (BW092)
===Gym battles===
Ash battles the following Gym Leaders:
	 	 	
	Elesa 	BW050 	Victory
	Clay 	BW061 	Victory
	Skyla 	BW068 	Victory
	Brycen	BW079 	Victory
	Roxie 	BW083BW084	Victory
==Episodes==
Epicode	Episode Title 	#
BW049 	Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader! 	1
BW050 	Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym! 	2
BW051 	Lost at the Stamp Rally! 	3
BW052 	Ash Versus the Champion! 	4
BW053 	A Maractus Musical! 	5
BW054 	The Four Seasons of Sawsbuck! 	6
BW055 	Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita! 	7
BW056 	The Lonely Deino! 	8
BW057 	The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue! 	9
BW058 	A Call for Brotherly Love! 	10
BW059 	Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1 	11
BW060 	Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2 	12
BW061 	Battling the King of the Mines! 	13
BW062 	Crisis at Chargestone Cave! 	14
BW063 	Evolution Exchange Excitement! 	15
BW064 	Explorers of the Hero's Ruin! 	16
BW065 	Battling the Bully! 	17
BW066 	Baffling the Bouffalant! 	18
BW067 	Cilan Takes Flight! 	19
BW068 	An Amazing Aerial Battle! 	20
BW069 	Climbing the Tower of Success! 	21
BW070 	The Clubsplosion Begins! 	22
BW071 	Search for the Clubultimate! 	23
BW072 	A Clubsplosion of Excitement! 	24
BW073 	Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown! 	25
BW074 	Battling the Leaf Thieves! 	26
BW075 	A Restoration Confrontation! Part 1 	27
BW076 	A Restoration Confrontation! Part 2 	28
BW077 	Evolution by Fire! 	29
BW078 	Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain! 	30
BW079 	Caution: Icy Battle Conditions! 	31
BW080 	Clash of the Connoisseurs! 	32
BW081 	Crisis at Ferroseed Research! 	33
BW082 	An Epic Defense Force! 	34
BW083 	Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1 	35
BW084 	Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 2 	36
BW085 	All for the Love of Meloetta! 	37
BW086 	Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!	38
BW087 	Expedition to Onix Island! 	39
BW088 	The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo! 	40
BW089 	Iris and the Rogue Dragonite! 	41
BW090 	Jostling for the Junior Cup! 	42
BW091 	Battling Authority Once Again! 	43
BW092 	Ash, Iris, and Trip: Then There Were Three! 	44
BW093 	Goodbye, Junior Cup—Hello, Adventure! 	45
BW094 	The Road to Humilau! 	46
BW095 	Unrest at the Nursery! 	47
BW096 	Meloetta and the Undersea Temple! 	48
BW097 	Unova's Survival Crisis! 	49
 	 	
==Home video releases==
===North American DVD releases===
===Australian DVD releases===
==In other languages==
==External links==
*Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies page at Pokemon.com
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