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For other uses, see Black and White.
Pokémon: Black & White is the fourteenth season of the dubbed version of the Pokémon animated series. It follows the fourth and final dubbed season of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, and as such is the first dubbed season of Pokémon the Series: Black & White. The season follows as he continues his journey, venturing into the Unova region with new friends and .
It began on February 12, 2011 with the dub premiere In The Shadow of Zekrom!, and concluded on January 7, 2012 with Battle for the Underground!. This season skipped episodes and due to the . It originally aired in as part of the 2011-2012 Saturday morning lineup.
It is preceded by Pokémon: DP Sinnoh League Victors and succeeded by Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies.
==Blurb==
A new land, new rivals, new challenges, and all-new Pokémon make the 14th season of the Pokémon animated series one of the most exciting ones yet! When Ash and his mother accompany Professor Oak to the distant Unova region, Ash discovers Pokémon that he’s never seen before… and that he can’t wait to catch! He may have Pikachu at his side together with new friends Iris and Cilan, but he’ll still need plenty of new Pokémon on his team if he wants to challenge Unova’s expert Gym Leaders. His quest to become a Pokémon Master just got even tougher!
==Important events==
* and travel with and to the Unova region where Professor Oak is attending a conference. (BW001)
* also arrive in the Unova region, having been assigned there by . (BW001)
* Ash meets a photographer and beginning by the name of Trip. (BW001)
* Trip obtains a from Professor Juniper then battles Ash's Pikachu and wins. (BW001)
* Ash decides to remain in Unova and challenge its Pokémon League. (BW002)
* Ash meets a mysterious girl named and her . (BW002)
* Ash and Iris meet . (BW005)
* Ash, Iris and Cilan agree to travel together through Unova. (BW006)
* Iris is revealed to own an . (BW009)
* Jessie, James and meet Pierce, a Team Rocket agent sent to help them. (BW010)
* Ash and Trip decide to have their second battle, with Trip defeating Ash. (BW010)
* Ash receives a Pokémon Egg. (BW012)
* Ash gets a new Badge case from , given to her by Professor Juniper. (BW013)
* Ash and friends meet Nacrene City Gym Leader Lenora. (BW014)
* Ash's Pokémon Egg hatches into a . (BW017)
* Ash and friends meet Castelia City Gym Leader Burgh. (BW018)
* The gang meets a C-class named Burgundy, an old challenger of Cilan's. (BW019)
* The gang meets a Trainer named Stephan. (BW028)
* Ash and Trip have their third battle, which ends up in a tie. (BW031)
* The gang meet a Trainer named Georgia, who begins a rivalry with Iris. (BW033)
* Iris reveals she met Excadrill as a when she was younger. (BW033)
* Iris's Excadrill is revealed to know and as a Drilbur, and as an Excadrill. (BW033)
* Iris's Excadrill regains his confidence and loyalty to Iris and learns . (BW033)
* Ash and his friends meet Luke. (BW038)
* The Club Battle takes place at Nimbasa Town with 16 competitors. (BW039-BW042)
** Ash and Georgia both advance to the second round after beating Burgundy and , respectively. (BW039)
** Iris, Cilan, Stephan, and Luke all advance to the second round after beating Jimmy Ray, Trip, Bianca, and Scooter, respectively. (BW040)
** Ash, Iris, and Luke all advance to the semi-finals after beating Georgia, Stephan, and Cilan, respectively. (BW041)
** Iris beats Luke in the semi-finals and Ash in the finals, becoming the Club Battle winner and earning a collection of Wings. (BW042)
* Meowth gets fired from Team Rocket and joins Ash and friends. (BW043)
** It is revealed that Meowth was never fired and that his joining the group was part of a plan. Meowth rejoins Jessie and James. (BW047)
===Party changes===
====Additions====
The following Pokémon are obtained:
* Jessie's Woobat (BW002)
* Ash's Pidove (BW002)
* Ash's Oshawott (BW003)
* Ash's Tepig (BW004)
* Ash's Snivy (BW007)
* Cilan's Dwebble (BW011)
* Ash's Scraggy (BW017)
* Ash's Sewaddle (BW018)
* James's Yamask (BW023)
* Iris's Emolga (BW024)
* Ash's Palpitoad (BW032)
* Cilan's Stunfisk (BW032)
* Ash's Roggenrola (BW034)
====Evolutions====
The following Pokémon evolve:
* Iris's → (prior to BW001)
* Ash's → (BW022)
* Ash's → (BW023)
====Other====
* Iris's Axew (obtained prior to BW001)
* Cilan's Pansage (obtained prior to BW005)
* Iris's Drilbur (obtained prior to BW009)
The following Pokémon are left at 's :
* Ash's Staraptor (prior to BW001)
* Ash's Torterra (prior to BW001)
* Ash's Infernape (prior to BW001)
* Ash's Buizel (prior to BW001)
* Ash's Gliscor (prior to BW001)
* Ash's Gible (prior to BW001)
The following Pokémon are left at Team Rocket HQ:
* Jessie's Wobbuffet (prior to BW002)
* Jessie's Seviper (prior to BW002)
* Jessie's Yanmega (prior to BW002)
* James's Carnivine (prior to BW002)
* James's Mime Jr. (prior to BW002)
===Gym battles===
Ash battles the following Gym Leaders:
 	 	 	
Best two of three	Chili 	BW005 	Victory
Best two of three	Cress 	BW005 	Defeat
Best two of three	 	BW005BW006	Victory
 	Lenora	BW015 	Defeat
 	Lenora	BW016 	Victory
 	Burgh 	BW023 	Victory
==Episodes==
Epicode	Episode Title 	#
BW001 	In The Shadow of Zekrom! 	1
BW002 	Enter Iris and Axew! 	2
BW003 	A Sandile Gusher of Change! 	3
BW004 	The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice! 	4
BW005 	Triple Leaders, Team Threats! 	5
BW006 	Dreams by the Yard Full! 	6
BW007 	Snivy Plays Hard to Catch! 	7
BW008 	Saving Darmanitan From the Bell! 	8
BW009 	The Bloom Is on Axew! 	9
BW010 	A Rival Battle for Club Champ! 	10
BW011 	A Home for Dwebble! 	11
BW012 	Here Comes the Trubbish Squad! 	12
BW013 	Minccino—Neat and Tidy! 	13
BW014 	A Night in the Nacrene City Museum! 	14
BW015 	The Battle According to Lenora! 	15
BW016 	Rematch at the Nacrene Gym! 	16
BW017 	Scraggy—Hatched to Be Wild! 	17
BW018 	Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest! 	18
BW019 	A Connoisseur's Revenge! 	19
BW020 	Dancing With the Ducklett Trio! 	20
BW021 	The Lost World of Gothitelle! 	21
BW022 	A Venipede Stampede! 	22
BW023 	Battling For The Love of Bug-Types! 	23
BW024 	Emolga the Irresistible! 	24
BW025 	Emolga and the New Volt Switch! 	25
BW026 	Scare at the Litwick Mansion! 	26
BW027 	The Dragon Master's Path! 	27
BW028 	Oshawott's Lost Scalchop! 	28
BW029 	Cottonee in Love! 	29
BW030 	A UFO for Elgyem! 	30
BW031 	Ash and Trip's Third Battle! 	31
BW032 	Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open! 	32
BW033 	Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster! 	33
BW034 	Gotta Catch A Roggenrola! 	34
BW035 	Where Did You Go, Audino? 	35
BW036 	Archeops In The Modern World! 	36
BW037 	A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition! 	37
BW038 	Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!	38
BW039 	Reunion Battles In Nimbasa! 	39
BW040 	Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia! 	40
BW041 	The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk! 	41
BW042 	Club Battle Finale: A Hero's Outcome! 	42
BW043 	Meowth's Scrafty Tactics! 	43
BW044 	Purrloin: Sweet or Sneaky? 	44
BW045 	Beheeyem, Duosion, and the Dream Thief! 	45
BW046 	The Beartic Mountain Feud! 	46
BW047 	Crisis From the Underground Up! 	47
BW048 	Battle for the Underground! 	48
 	 	
==Home video releases==
===North American DVD releases===
===Australian DVD Releases===
==Trivia==
* The Who's That Pokémon? segment returned at the beginning of the season, after an absence of 344 episodes.
* Unlike previous seasons, this season has more episode titles based more on either the original Japanese titles, or the plot of the episode as a whole, rather than being puns. This may be an extension of the idea of the franchise returning to its roots, as many early original series episodes had their titles based on the original Japanese title.
* In some languages, the term "black and white" is commonly expressed as "white and black". This caused some dubs to change the season name from "White and Black" to "Black and White" midway of the broadcasting, at the request of the dubbing client, SDI Media, to match the names of the games.
** The season name was also changed in n dub. As the new channel got the broadcast license, the season was rerun under the new title.
* In the version, Mathias Klenske, the Danish voice of , did some of the translation, according to the credit subtitles used at Disney XD.
* This is the only season of Pokémon the Series: Black & White, as well as the last season of the entire anime, to air in and .
* The "To Be Continued" text at the end of each episode was changed to be capitalized and was put over a back box from this season onward until Pokémon the Series: XYZ.
==In other languages==
==External links==
* Pokémon: Black & White page at Pokemon.com
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