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Emolga the Irresistible! (Japanese: かわいい顔に要注意！エモンガでシビレビレ！！ Beware of Cute Faces! Paralyzes!!) is the 24th episode of Pokémon the Series: Black & White, and the 681st episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on March 24, 2011 and first aired in the United States on July 16, 2011.
==Blurb==
Bianca has rejoined Ash and the gang as they leave Castelia City for the Nimbasa Gym. Along the way, they meet an Emolga, and Bianca is instantly smitten with the super-cute Pokémon! Vowing to catch Emolga at all costs, Bianca attempts to battle it using her Minccino. But Emolga gets away, and Bianca takes off in pursuit, along with Ash and Cilan.
Meanwhile, Iris and Axew have taken off separately to track down Emolga—and end up tumbling down a steep hill into a Swoobat nest! With Emolga’s help, they manage to escape, but the angry Swoobat chase them into a cave.
Still determined to catch Emolga, Bianca is searching the forest, disturbing a powerful Scolipede and an angry Galvantula in the process. Finally, Cilan sees the electric evidence of Emolga’s Discharge attack, and leads Ash and Bianca to the cave where the Swoobat cornered Iris and Axew! Ash and Pikachu manage to drive off the Swoobat, and our heroes are reunited!
As Cilan prepares a celebratory feast, Emolga approaches the group again, apparently willing to be caught this time...but much to Bianca’s dismay, the adorable Pokémon seems to want Iris for its Trainer instead. And so the journey continues, with Emolga as Iris’s newest friend!
==Plot==
A trio of are getting some apples from a tree and manage to collect a lot of them. Nearby, an watches. She pretends to be exhausted and uses to swindle the Patrat of their apples. She hides behind a rock, greedily stuffing her face as the Patrat wonder where their food is.
Later, , , , and , who is revealed to be traveling with the group on their journey to Nimbasa City, are just finishing lunch as Iris brings in some apples for for dessert. Bianca complains that apples aren't true dessert, saying that chocolate is. Ash's Oshawott, however, pops out of his and happily takes one for himself. Iris throws an apple for to catch. Though Axew's apple rolls down a hill instead, as Axew gives chase, the Emolga from earlier catches the apple first. She is about to leave until she sees Iris's big plate of apples. Emolga begins thinking of a plan to get the group's apples, and gives Axew his apple back. Everything goes as planned for Emolga, as Iris thanks Emolga by giving her the plate of apples. 
That is until Bianca, out of nowhere, grabs Emolga and smothers her in hugs. Deciding that she wants to catch it, but other point out that Emolga doesn't seem so thrilled. So Bianca sends out to Emolga first. Emolga dodges an oncoming , and she covers her ears from Minccino's . As Minccino goes in for a , Emolga zaps everyone with a attack. Minccino quickly dusts himself off. Emolga fires at Minccino, but Minccino counters by using an Attract attack of his own. However, Emolga's wins out, and just before it hits Minccino, Ash's Oshawott takes the hit, and becomes infatuated with Emolga, much to Ash's frustration, so he recalls Oshawott to his . 
Emolga glides away, so Bianca leads everyone to go after her. While Bianca still wants to catch Emolga, Axew on the other hand wants to give her an apple and appears to have a little crush on the Sky Squirrel Pokémon. Iris, with Axew in her hair, swing using the vines to find Emolga. Soon an apple core hits Axew in the head, and Iris looks up into a nearby tree to find Emolga sleeping. As Axew offers his apple to Emolga, Iris claims that Axew has a little crush on Emolga. The Sky Squirrel Pokémon decides to use Axew's affection to get more food from Iris, but Bianca appears on the scene again. After a brief battle with Bianca's Minccino once again, Emolga flees into tall grass, with Axew and Iris in pursuit. Ash and Cilan catch up, and Ash suggests that Bianca should give up, but she refuses, so the trio continue to search.
Meanwhile, as Iris and Axew finally spot Emolga, Axew grabs Emolga’s foot, sending them both plummeting down a hillside. Iris goes after them and catches them in her arms. Unfortunately, the rock they land on breaks away from the cliff, and they slide into the forest. There, they stumble upon a 's nest. After Emolga fights off the Swoobat with Discharge, they rest at a nearby lake. Emolga decides to play a little game in the water by throwing orbs into the water, creating ripples. However, she accidentally makes one much too strong, creating a big wave in the lake that splashes a nearby Swoobat. So the whole nest of Swoobat begin to chase them again, but they escape. Meanwhile, Ash, Cilan, and Bianca go down the hill, after Iris and Emolga. As they continue their search, they get attacked by a and a because Bianca misinterprets their rustling in a trees and a bush to be Emolga.
Meanwhile, Iris, along with Axew and Emolga, hide behind a rock from the Swoobat until they use to locate them. Surrounded, Iris desperately calls out for help, but as usual, Excadrill stays curled up and ignores Iris. Emolga uses Attract on the Swoobat, and Excadrill by accident, but the female Swoobat are unaffected. Iris promptly recalls Excadrill. Spotting a Discharge attack in the distance, Ash, Cilan, and Bianca arrive on the scene as they combat the Swoobat. Ash's Pikachu uses , but there are still more Swoobat. Suddenly, Oshawott appears again and prepares to defend Emolga. However, he is quickly defeated by a powerful and recalled. So Pikachu and Emolga use a Thunderbolt-Hidden Power combo to defeat the remaining Swoobat. In celebration, Emolga uses Discharge, unintentionally shocking everyone. Bianca is impressed by Emolga's strength and still wants to catch her, but she decides to give up so she won't get shocked again.
Back at their picnic table, Cilan decides to make a "special dinner" for the group, consisting of apples. Suddenly, Emolga appears and glides into Iris's arms. Ash says that Emolga must like her, so Iris decides to catch her. Iris simply holds out her Ball and easily catches , much to Bianca's surprise and disappointment. Happy at her newest acquisition, Iris celebrates her capture with an equally happy Axew.
==Major events==
* is revealed to have joined .
* Bianca tries to catch an , but fails.
* catches the that Bianca failed to catch.
===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
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==Characters==
===Humans===
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===Pokémon===
Who's That Pokémon?: 
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==Trivia==
* Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: 
* and narrate the preview for the next episode.
* This episode was supposed to air on April 14, 2011 in Japan, but it aired earlier because of and 's ultimately indefinite postponement, and the postponement of A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!.
** A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition! was originally meant to depict Bianca joining and thus explain why she's traveling with them in this episode, but after the aforementioned episode was postponed and aired out of the intended order, it was edited to only depict a one-off encounter, with Bianca leaving the group by the end of the episode instead of joining them and thus leaving her traveling with the group in this episode without context.
* Iris's Excadrill is confirmed to be male in this episode.
* This is the first episode to show Iris making a catch onscreen, and her only catch of a non- type.
* This the first time that there was no commercial break in between the Who's That Pokémon? segment and its answer on Pogo.
* The original title card music of Pokémon the Series: Black & White is used as background music in the end of the episode.
* This episode features only four human characters, matching the record previously set by Ash Catches a Pokémon and Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!. Five more Pokémon the Series: Black & White episodes, Emolga and the New Volt Switch!, Oshawott's Lost Scalchop!, Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!, Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!, and Battling the Leaf Thieves!, would also later come to share this record.
** This record would be broken 335 episodes later by Guiding an Awakening!, which features only three human characters.
===Errors===
* When the group is eating lunch, Bianca's stockings are missing.
* When uses , his ears are open even though he rolls them up.
* In the dub, the text on the title card doesn't match the episode title being read, and furthermore incorrectly refers to Emolga as male.
BW024 Error.png|Bianca's missing stockings
===Dub edits===
==In other languages==
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Category:Episodes written by Shinzō Fujita
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Hiromasa Amano
Category:Episodes directed by Tetsuo Yajima
Category:Episodes animated by Tomohiro Koyama
Category:Episodes focusing on Iris
Category:Episodes focusing on Axew
Category:Episodes focusing on Bianca
Category:Episodes in which a main character obtains a new Pokémon
de:Kampf um Emolga!
es:EP687
fr:NB024
it:NB024
ja:BW編第24話
zh:宝可梦 超级愿望 第24集