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Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova and Beyond, known as Pokémon BW: Adventures in Unova prior to Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures!, is the sixteenth season of the dubbed version of the Pokémon animated series. It is the third and final dubbed season of Pokémon the Series: Black & White. It follows as he concludes his in the Unova region and explores the Decolore Islands with and .
It began on February 2, 2013 with the dub premiere Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige!, and concluded on December 7, 2013 with The Dream Continues!. It originally aired in as part of the 2013 Saturday morning lineup.
It is preceded by Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies and succeeded by Pokémon the Series: XY, the first season of the dub of the eponymous series, which is based on the Generation VI .
==Blurb==
Ash and his friends Iris and Cilan have foiled Team Rocket’s latest evil plan, but a new danger lurks on the horizon! But first, with eight Gym badges in hand, Ash is ready to take on the region’s ultimate challenge: the Unova League, where he’ll face familiar rivals and new opponents in his ongoing quest to become a Pokémon Master! Meanwhile, Iris has been having some trouble connecting with her powerful and stubborn Dragonite—can a visit home to the Village of Dragons help sort things out for the aspiring Dragon Master? And what exciting new adventures await our heroes beyond the Unova League? The answers to come, as the journey continues!
==Important events==
* learns that the Unova League will be held in Vertress City. (BW098)
* Ash and visit the Village of Dragons. (BW100)
* has a rematch with Drayden and loses again. (BW101)
* The Vertress Conference takes place, beginning with 128 competitors. (BW103 - BW108)
** Stephan advances to the second round after defeating Radley. (BW103)
** Ash, Virgil, , and advance to the next round after defeating Trip, Ultimo, Mikael, and Kendrick respectively. (BW104)
** Ash and Trip end their rivalry and become friends. (BW104)
** Cameron defeats Bianca, eliminating the latter from the tournament. (BW104)
** Ash, Stephan, Cameron, and Virgil make it through the third round. (BW105)
** Ash, Cameron, and Virgil advance to the next round after defeating Stephan, Kenton, and Flora respectively. (BW106)
** Ash has a Full Battle with Cameron in the quarter-finals and loses, finishing in the Top 8. (BW106 - BW108)
** Virgil defeats Cameron in the semi-finals and goes on to win the Vertress Conference. (BW108)
* Ash and return to Nuvema Town after the conclusion of the Vertress Conference. (BW109)
* Ash and his friends meet . (BW110)
* Ash and his friends meet Cheren, the Aspertia City Gym Leader. (BW111)
* Ash meets Looker again and and Iris meet him for the first time. (BW112)
* Ash, Iris, and Cilan encounter the villainous Team Plasma, including Colress, for the first time. (BW112)
* Ash and his friends meet N again, who decides to travel with them. (BW114)
* Ash reunites with his , and puts it in his active rotation. (BW116)
* Ash and his friends meet Anthea and Concordia for the first time. (BW117)
* Ash and his friends find out that N used to be a member of Team Plasma. (BW118)
* Ash, Iris, and Cilan are escorted to the by Cedric Juniper's assistant, who later is revealed to be Looker undercover. (BW120)
* N surrenders the Light Stone to Team Plasma in exchange for Colress freeing Ash's Pikachu from his control. (BW121)
* Ghetsis arrives and starts the ritual of awakening the . (BW121)
* Looker arrests Ghetsis, Colress, and the other Team Plasma members, thereby bringing down the team. (BW122)
* Ash, Iris, and Cilan leave Unova for Kanto, via the Decolore Islands. (BW123)
* Iris and Cilan meet in person for the first time. (BW128)
* Ash, Iris, and Cilan meet Alexa, a reporter from the Kalos region, for the first time. (BW134)
* Alexa joins Ash, Iris, and Cilan during their travels to Kanto. (BW134)
* Ash encounters Clair again while Iris, Cilan, and Alexa meet her for the first time. (BW136)
* Alexa is revealed to own a Noivern. (BW137)
* Ash, Iris, Cilan, and Alexa arrive in Kanto. (BW141)
* Iris and Cilan decide to head to Johto and separate from Ash and Alexa, who continue on to Pallet Town. (BW141)
* Ash and Alexa leave Kanto for the Kalos region. (BW142)
===Party changes===
====Additions====
The following Pokémon are obtained:
* Jessie's Frillish (BW109)
* James's Amoonguss (BW109)
====Other====
The following Pokémon are left at Professor Oak's Laboratory:
* Ash's Charizard (BW142)
* Ash's Unfezant (BW142)
* Ash's Oshawott (BW142)
* Ash's Pignite (BW142)
* Ash's Snivy (BW142)
* Ash's Scraggy (BW142)
* Ash's Leavanny (BW142)
* Ash's Palpitoad (BW142)
* Ash's Boldore (BW142)
* Ash's Krookodile (BW142)
The following Pokémon are left at :
* Jessie's Woobat (BW142)
* James's Yamask (BW142)
* Jessie's Frillish (BW142)
* James's Amoonguss (BW142)
=====Returns=====
The following Pokémon return to their Trainers:
* Ash's Charizard (BW116)
* Jessie's Wobbuffet (BW142)
==Episodes==
Epicode	Episode Title 	#
BW098 	Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige! 	1
BW099 	A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team! 	2
BW100 	A Village Homecoming! 	3
BW101 	Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future! 	4
BW102 	Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad! 	5
BW103 	Curtain Up, Unova League! 	6
BW104 	Mission: Defeat Your Rival! 	7
BW105 	Lost at the League! 	8
BW106 	Strong Strategy Steals the Show! 	9
BW107 	Cameron's Secret Weapon! 	10
BW108 	A Unova League Evolution! 	11
BW109 	New Places...Familiar Faces! 	12
BW110 	The Name's N! 	13
BW111 	There's a New Gym Leader in Town! 	14
BW112 	Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot! 	15
BW113 	The Light of Floccesy Ranch! 	16
BW114 	Saving Braviary! 	17
BW115 	The Pokémon Harbor Patrol! 	18
BW116 	The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion! 	19
BW117 	Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation! 	20
BW118 	Secrets From Out of the Fog! 	21
BW119 	Meowth, Colress and Team Rivalry! 	22
BW120 	Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals! 	23
BW121 	Team Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony! 	24
BW122 	What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals! 	25
BW123 	Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures!	26
BW124 	Danger, Sweet as Honey! 	27
BW125 	Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness! 	28
BW126 	Crowning the Scalchop King! 	29
BW127 	The Island of Illusions! 	30
BW128 	To Catch a Rotom! 	31
BW129 	The Pirates of Decolore! 	32
BW130 	Butterfree and Me! 	33
BW131 	The Path That Leads to Goodbye! 	34
BW132 	Searching for a Wish! 	35
BW133 	Capacia Island UFO! 	36
BW134 	The Journalist from Another Region! 	37
BW135 	Mystery on a Deserted Island! 	38
BW136 	A Pokémon of a Different Color! 	39
BW137 	Celebrating the Hero's Comet! 	40
BW138 	Go, Go, Gogoat! 	41
BW139 	Team Rocket's Shocking Recruit! 	42
BW140 	Survival of the Striaton Gym! 	43
BW141 	Best Wishes Until We Meet Again! 	44
BW142 	The Dream Continues! 	45
 	 	
==Home video releases==
===North American DVD releases===
===Australian DVD releases===
==Trivia==
* This is the first season to have more than one official title.
* This is the first season where doesn't earn a Badge or a Symbol.
==In other languages==
==External links==
*Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova and Beyond page at Pokemon.com
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