BW006

Dreams by the Yard Full! (Japanese: 夢の跡地！ムンナとムシャーナ！！ The ! Munna and Musharna!!) is the sixth episode of Pokémon the Series: Black & White, and the 663rd episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on October 21, 2010 and in the United States on March 12, 2011.
==Blurb==
With his first Gym Badge at stake, Ash’s battle challenge rages on. So far, our hero has defeated one of the three brothers who lead the Striaton City Gym, and lost to another. He now faces the deciding match against Cilan. Early in the match, the Gym Leader’s Pansage proves to be a formidable opponent, and Cilan declares Ash’s battling style a bit bland and predictable. Just then, Ash tells Oshawott to aim its Water Gun against the Gym wall, a creative strategy that ultimately leads to Ash’s victory, earning him the Trio Badge!
Meanwhile, Team Rocket is busy with its next assignment—to extract the mysterious substance known as future energy from the Dreamyard, an abandoned research facility. But one of the research scientists, Dr. Fennel, has discovered their plans. She joins Ash, Iris, and Cilan, as well as the Pokémon Munna and Musharna, in an attempt to stop Jessie, James, and Meowth. However, it is to no avail, and Team Rocket escapes with the data!
Back at the Gym, Cilan reveals that as a Pokémon Connoisseur, he’s fascinated by Ash’s ability to see the pairing possibilities between Trainer and Pokémon. His interest ultimately leads him to ask if he can join our hero on his journey. Ash agrees, and the traveling trio of Ash, Cilan, and Iris is born!
==Plot==
After beating Chili, and losing to Cress, it is the decisive match for the at the Striaton Gym for . gathers light with the sprout on his head before firing a at . Quickly, Oshawott grabs the scalchop on his belly and holds it out. The strategy works, with the Solar Beam being deflects upwards and through the Gym’s roof. , his opponent, is full of praise for Oshawott, but nevertheless Ash is not completely out of the woods - he still has to finish the battle. Pansage follows up with some attacks, but Oshawott once again deflects them with ease, his scalchop acting as a shield. Confident, Ash commands Oshawott to use . Oshawott readies his scalchop - it glows blue for a while, before Oshawott jumps up and prepares to strike Pansage. However, the Grass Monkey Pokémon retaliates with Bullet Seed, sending Oshawott into panic and disarray. As the Pokémon struggles, he loses his grip on the scalchop, which flies to the edge of the field. Oshawott stands back up, but Pansage keeps him away from retrieving his scalchop.
Cilan announces a slogan of his: "Time for the battle to be served!", and the cheerleaders go wild with excitement. In his dream-like Pokémon Connoisseur state, he briefly mentions that Ash uses "simple, deducible, and bland" attack patterns and has no compatibility with Oshawott, unlike the bond shared between him and his Pansage, whose attacks have the "aroma of a freshly mowed lawn". He ends with a simple pose, remarking that Ash made a poor choice of Pokémon with regard to type compatibilities. Ash explains that types do not matter, but again, Cilan believes otherwise, claiming he is becoming desperate, and with his "sour" attitude, he will "just spoil the flavor of Oshawott's battle". Ash states they will see about that, and immediately, he pulls a stunt: he asks Oshawott to aim his at the wall. His Water Gun ricochets off the wall, between the rocks and towards his scalchop - the scalchop flies into the air, and Oshawott catches it. With that, he readies another Razor Shell attack, and this time, he manages to hit his target; Pansage is caught by surprise and limps backwards. Cilan tells Pansage to use . At that instant, Ash tells Oshawott to use Razor Shell, and both Pokémon rush towards each other, ready to attack. Both score a glancing blow on their opponent; they face away from each other and stand there, motionless. Suddenly, Pansage gives way and faints, shocking Cilan and sending a wave of disappointment through the group of cheerleaders.
Oshawott sits on the ground to rest. Ash is now victorious, having defeated two of the three Striaton City Gym Leaders. The Striaton Gym brothers award Ash the . Turning to , Ash tries to show off his Badge, but she reprimands his decisions to challenge all three Gym Leaders and for using Pokémon of incompatible types. Ash gets annoyed and rebukes Iris by trying to challenge her to a Pokémon battle, but she refuses, seemingly embarrassed. Cilan steps in and talks about the two's "bouquet", and Iris subsequently scolds Ash for being a "small child", not knowing what "bouquet" is. As Cilan questions if the two are traveling together, Iris admits they aren’t and turns to leave, leaving Ash and Cilan puzzled.
Meanwhile, the Team Rocket trio have arrived at the desolate Dreamyard. They begin their mission by assembling a machine to collect data to be sent back to their headquarters. As the machine rumbles and kicks into life, the surrounding area glows bright pink; the disturbance caused by the machine forces a dormant awake, and Fennel’s from elsewhere senses it, causing its eyes to glow and itself to shiver in fear.
Ash arrives at the Striaton City Pokémon Center. As he hands his Pokémon over the counter, he addresses the Nurse Joy as the one whom he met at Accumula Town. However, she corrects him, telling him that she is the older sister of the Joy at Accumula Town, and shows him her family photo: three rows of identical Joys crowded together within the small frame. As Nurse Joy questions if he came from a Gym battle, Cilan affirmatively answers from behind, and requests to talk to Ash.
Seated in a corner of the waiting area, Cilan questions Ash fervently, with regard to their previous battle, before a confused-looking Ash is called on to receive his Pokémon. An appears with Ash's Pokémon, and Ash soon learns from Cilan that Nurse Joy has an helping her within the Pokémon Center. Ash checks his Pokédex.
Suddenly, Iris rushes into the Pokémon Center, her glowing pink as she carries him to Nurse Joy. She exclaims that the city is emitting pink light, and as Axew was exposed to the light, he too started glowing pink and fell asleep. At that moment, a woman in a lab coat, together with her Munna, runs into the Pokémon Center. As she sees Axew, she quickly asks Munna to wake Axew up, and the Dream Eater Pokémon complies: it starts consuming the pink cloud surrounding Axew. As soon as Munna is done, the floral patterns on its body glow for a while, before it expels a dense cloud that was Axew's dream. Axew finally wakes up, and as he watches his own dream, seeing himself running, before evolving into a , and then into a . The lady introduces herself as Professor Fennel. Leading Ash, Iris and Cilan outside, they find the city covered in pink, and Professor Fennel explains that it is actually Dream Mist produced by Munna's evolved form, Musharna. Ash checks his Pokédex for Musharna.
A police car pull up in front of the group, and Officer Jenny alights from the car, telling Ash to return Pikachu into his Poké Ball to avoid contact with the Dream Mist. Ash reveals, to Iris's and Cilan's surprise, that Pikachu does not like to go back into his Poké Ball. Professor Fennel has an idea: she places Ash's hat over Pikachu and reassures Cilan that Munna will be all right from the smoke's exposure, and suggests going to the Dreamyard. As the group travels in Officer Jenny's car, they discuss the Dreamyard. Before the explosion had occurred, the Dreamyard was originally a research facility for Pokémon Energy, and it was investigating the possibility of harnessing clean energy through Musharna. However, such research became popular and many people ambitiously wanted rights to the project. As Musharna had to eat dreams in order to develop the energy, it absorbed the negativity of such thoughts and intentions, and thus, facing a great deal of pressure, it was unable to take the stress and caused an explosion. Musharna disappeared, and the research ceased. Fennel explains that she returned to Striaton City when Munna detected Musharna's presence. As they drive further down to the outskirts of the city, they soon notice a strong pink light emitting from behind the trees in front of them.
The Team Rocket trio is extremely pleased with the amount of data they are receiving. While they delight in the success of their mission, a police car suddenly draws to a stop behind them, and the group emerges. Immediately, Professor Fennel realizes what is going on: the machine Team Rocket is using is causing residual energy to react strongly. As Officer Jenny questions who the three of them are, the trio breaks into their , and reveals their identities. As the Rocket trio announces that they are using the residual energy at the Dreamyard to fuel Team Rocket's ambition of taking over Unova, Professor Fennel becomes disappointed at the thought of being involved in such a research project. Cilan reminds her of the reason she came to the Dreamyard-- the connection between Munna and Musharna, and Munna agrees. Seemingly in response to their answer, the ground trembles, and lightning bolts rise to the sky to form a pink veil; Musharna calls out in response. A gap soon materializes in front of them and Musharna appears. Professor Fennel approaches it, but Team Rocket capture it with their machine. Ash takes back his hat and tells Pikachu to use . As the Mouse Pokémon charges himself with electricity, blue beams shoot forth from the machine and attempt to stop him from advancing. Fennel tells Munna to use to crumple the machine and Pikachu rams it head-on with Volt Tackle, causing the machine to explode and freeing Musharna. Immediately, the pink veil disappears. Jessie calls out her , using a attack aimed at the ground to make a clean getaway.
Fennel is now reunited with her Musharna and embraces it, trying to make up for what Musharna has gone through. While she thanks Ash and the group, Cilan goes into his Pokémon Connoisseur state and dreamily talks about Fennel and her Musharna's 'harmony'.
Meanwhile, announces that the Team Rocket trio has completed their mission: the data gathered from the Dreamyard has been successfully transmitted and sent for analysis. He tells them to wait for their next mission.
At the Striaton City Gym, Cilan announces to Chili and Cress that meeting Ash has inspired him to go on a journey of his own, and though initially suprised, Chili and Cress offer their support and bid him farewell. On their way out of the city, Cilan asks Ash if he can join him on his journey, and Ash agrees. While Ash and Cilan have decided on their next destination, Iris shows up and decides to travel with them as well. Ash declares that they're all going to work towards their respective dreams together and asks Iris what her dream is, but she simply smiles and says it's a secret. With a newly expanded circle of friends, the three of them now start making their way to the Gym in Nacrene City.
==Major events==
* Ash's Oshawott is revealed to know .
* defeats , ending his Striaton Gym challenge with two victories out of three and thus earning him his first Unova League Badge, the .
* Ash, , and Cilan meet Fennel for the first time.
* Jessie, James, and successfully complete their mission of obtaining and transmitting data from the Dreamyard.
* Cilan encounters for the first time.
* Ash, Iris, and Cilan agree to travel together through Unova.
* Ash learns that the next Unova Gym is in Nacrene City, and decides to head there.
===Debuts===
====Humans====
* Fennel
====Pokémon debuts====
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==Characters==
===Humans===
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* Jessie
* James
* Nurse Joy
* Officer Jenny
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* Chili
* Cress
* Matori
* Fennel
* s
* Cheerleaders
* Men (flashback)
* Scientists (flashback)
===Pokémon===
Who's That Pokémon?: 
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* (; dream; debut)
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* (; debut)
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* (Fennel's; debut)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's)
==Trivia==
* Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: 
* The ing theme from is used as background music.
* This episode marks the first appearance of the Unova Officer Jenny design.
* This episode reveals that the Nurse Joys working in the Unova region use as assistants.
* This episode shares some similarities with Clefairy and the Moon Stone. It is the sixth episode of its series and involves a pink Pokémon that evolves via the Moon Stone costarring with its evolution and a researcher from nearby city studying Pokémon in question.
* Just like in the previous episode, among the girls in the Striaton Gym, there are lookalikes of from Same Old Song and Dance, Janet from All Things Bright and Beautifly!, and Erica from Mean With Envy and Pacifidlog Jam.
* This episode is the first of the dubbed Pokémon the Series: Black & White episodes to not use all of the original BGM.
* 's catchphrase before performing a Pokémon evaluation in this episode is "Time for the battle to be served!" However, this would quickly be replaced in future episodes by "It's evaluating time!".
* This is the last episode to use the old evolution effect used since the original series; in this case, it was seen in 's dream in this episode. The next time an evolution was seen, a new evolution effect was introduced.
* This episode and the previous one were adapted into the book Ash's Triple Threat.
===Errors===
* In the scene where emits its Dream Mist, Cilan's eyes are drawn with visible sclerae. This error is repeated when and confront at the Dreamyard, and when Cilan is saying goodbye to Chili and Cress.
* When Munna emits its Dream Mist, Ash's eyes are drawn in their original style. This error is repeated when the group confronts Team Rocket at the Dreamyard. 
* In the scene where Ash receives the , Chili and Cress are not wearing their aprons. However, in the next scene, they are now wearing them.
File:BW006 error.png|Cilan and Ash's eyes error
File:BW006_error_3.png|Cilan's and Ash's eyes errors
File:Cilan eyes.png|Cilan's eyes second error
===Dub edits===
* In the English dub, Cilan says and Ash conjured up a bouquet, and Iris explains that it means "aroma". In the original Japanese version, Cilan uses the English word "flavor", and Iris explains the word in Japanese to Ash.
* In the English dub, Team Rocket uses an altered motto. In the original Japanese version, they recite their normal motto for this series.
==In other languages==
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Category:Episodes written by Atsuhiro Tomioka
Category:Episodes storyboarded and directed by Shigeru Ueda
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Shigeru Ueda
Category:Episodes directed by Shigeru Ueda
Category:Episodes animated by Atsushi Ogata
Category:Episodes with Gym battles
Category:Episodes focusing on Ash
Category:Episodes focusing on Cilan
Category:Episodes in which Ash gets a Badge
Category:Episodes in which a main character joins the group
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ja:BW編第6話
zh:宝可梦 超级愿望 第6集