BW021

The Lost World of Gothitelle!

BW021   EP678 スカイアローブリッジとゴチルゼル！ Sky Arrow Bridge and Gothiruselle!

First broadcast Japan March 3, 2011 United States June 25, 2011

English themes Opening Black and White Ending

Japanese themes Opening ベストウイッシュ！ Ending 心のファンファーレ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Assistant director 徳本善信 Yoshinobu Norimoto Animation director 北崎正浩 Masahiro Kitasaki Additional credits

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The Lost World of Gothitelle! (Japanese: スカイアローブリッジとゴチルゼル！ Sky Arrow Bridge and Gothiruselle!) is the 21st episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 678th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 3, 2011 and in the United States on June 25, 2011.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash, Iris and Cilan are continuing their journey. Cilan checks the map, and he sees that the Skyarrow Bridge is up ahead, and if they cross it, they will be in Castelia City, where Ash will be competing for his third Gym Badge. Ash becomes excited and they run to get closer to the bridge.

Once they are there, the group spots a Pokémon Center. Ash decides he wants to pay a visit to Professor Juniper. Just then, a woman walks out of the Pokémon Center. Ash, not looking where he is going, almost runs into her. He apologizes and allows the woman to go ahead of him. Iris walks up and tells Ash that he's still a little kid, but Ash says that is because he is excited.

Ash goes inside and contacts Professor Juniper via the PC. Ash tells Juniper that he caught a Sewaddle, which makes her proud. She asks Ash if he wants to swap Sewaddle with Pidove and Ash says yes. So the swap begins! Soon enough, Ash has his Pidove again. Then, Ash spots the woman he almost ran into earlier staring at some paintings. Ash asks what they are and the woman merely calls them boats with no details and walks off. The group is confused.

When the group walks outside, an eerie fog rolls in. Just then, an Officer Jenny rides by on her motorcycle. Cilan asks if she could clear the fog. Officer Jenny sends out her Swanna, and Ash scans it with his Pokédex. Jenny commands Swanna to use Defog, but to no avail. Suddenly, a van drives by, and Jenny chases it as no vehicles should be driven in the fog. Ash, despite the risks, decides to cross the Skyarrow Bridge anyway. Iris and Cilan have no choice but to follow him.

Once they get on the bridge, Iris tells her Axew to stay in her hair. Suddenly, a Psybeam hits the ground under the group. They look up to see where it came from, and it came from a Gothitelle! Gothitelle does not want the group to cross. Ash calls on Snivy and she uses Leaf Blade, but Gothitelle blocks with Protect. It then uses another Psybeam attack, but Snivy counters with Leaf Storm.

Major events

• Ash sends Sewaddle to Professor Juniper and switches Pidove back into his party.
• Ash and friends cross Skyarrow Bridge en route to Castelia City.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Gothitelle

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Sally
• Professor Juniper
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny
• Captain
• Passengers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Gothitelle

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Snivy (Ash's)
• Gothitelle (Sally's; debut)
• Swanna (Officer Jenny's)

Trivia

• There is no Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster following this episode, instead being replaced with a trailer for both editions of the fourteenth movie.
• The "To Be Continued" caption appears at the upper edge of the screen instead of the usual lower edge.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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