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'''Unova's Survival Crisis!''' (Japanese: '''霊獣フォルム総進撃！イッシュ最大の危機！！''' ''The {{tt|Reijuu|Therian}} Formes Advance! {{tt|Isshu|Unova}}'s Greatest Crisis!!'') is the 97th episode of the {{series|Best Wishes}}, and the 754th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on October 4, 2012, in the UK on December 31, 2012 and in the United States on January 26, 2013.
'''Unova's Survival Crisis!''' (Japanese: '''霊獣フォルム総進撃！イッシュ最大の危機！！''' ''The {{tt|Reijuu|Therian}} Formes Advance! {{tt|Isshu|Unova}}'s Greatest Crisis!!'') is the 97th episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]'', and the 754th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on October 4, 2012, in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2012 and in the United States on January 26, 2013.


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==Synopsis==
==Blurb==
The episode continues off of [[BW096|Meloetta and the Undersea Temple]]. {{an|Giovanni}} has just raised the [[Abyssal Ruins]] using {{an|Meloetta}}'s song. [[Ash]] and {{AP|Pikachu}} are still trapped in [[Team Rocket]]'s containment field when Giovanni looks into the  
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[[List of key items in Generation V|Reveal Glass]], opening up the top of the temple. He orders the glass to summon {{p|Landorus}}, {{p|Thundurus}}, and {{p|Tornadus}}.
<i>Team Rocket has captured Meloetta, brought it to the Undersea Temple, and used a recording of Meloetta's song to raise the temple to the surface. As Operation Tempest continues, Giovanni acquires the mysterious Reveal Glass and uses it to summon the three Legendary Pokémon Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus!


At sea, [[Cynthia]], [[Ridley]], and {{Ashfr|Ash's friends}} are racing to the temple on a boat. Ridley is in pain because he can feel Meloetta suffering.  At the temple, the Reveal Glass hovers in the air and shoots a beam of light into the sky before disappearing into a portal that soon grows into dark foreboding clouds. Going back to Ridley, he reveals Team Rocket is planning to use Meloetta to control the three legendary Pokémon to take control nature to rule [[Unova]].  All of a sudden, the weather turns bad as the legendary Pokémon appear, creating swells and high winds.  Landorus, Thundurus, and Tornadus appear and Giovanni uses the Reveal Glass to expose the legendary Pokémon's other forms.  In the containment field, Ash urges Pikachu to try to escape again using {{m|Iron Tail}} on a single point, eventually freeing the two.  They run out in an attempt to save Meloetta, but [[Jessie]] and [[James]] call out [[Jessie's Woobat|Woobat]] and [[James's Yamask|Yamask]]. The two Pokémon use {{m|Air Slash}} and {{m|Shadow Ball}} to send Ash and Pikachu flying off the temple, but they are saved by Ridley's {{p|Golurk}}.
Meloetta's protector, Ridley, explains that whoever controls Meloetta also controls these three ancient powers. Team Rocket’s plan is just the latest attempt by evildoers over the years to take over the Unova region using the power of the Reveal Glass. Our heroes watch in horror as the three Legendary Pokémon change into Therian Forme and prepare to wreak havoc upon Unova! As Ash and Pikachu escape from their cage, an enormous Pokémon battle takes shape: Iris's Dragonite, Cilan's Pansage, Cynthia's Garchomp, Ridley's Golurk, and Ash's Unfezant join with Pikachu to stand against the fearsome Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus. A crackling attack from Thundurus almost strikes Iris down, but Pikachu flings itself into the bolt's path to protect her. Using the extra electricity it absorbed from that attack, Pikachu launches a massive Electro Ball to overpower Team Rocket and free Meloetta!


Golurk takes Ash and Pikachu to the bottom of the ruins where the others have just arrived.  Determined to stop Team Rocket, the group calls out their Pokémon: {{TP|Cynthia|Garchomp}}, {{TP|Iris|Dragonite}}, {{TP|Cilan|Pansage}}, and [[Ash's Unfezant]] with Pikachu on her back. Without waiting for {{an|Iris}}'s orders, Dragonite flies off to battle the three legendary Pokémon.
But Giovanni still holds the Reveal Glass, and without Meloetta's calming influence, he is completely overcome with evil ambitions: instead of conquering the Unova region, he now wants to destroy it! But Jessie, James, and Meowth intervene to sway their Boss from this disastrous path. As soon as he returns to his senses, Team Rocket reluctantly retreats.


At the top of the temple, the Reveal Glass glows red, throwing the trainer's Pokémon back, and finally revealing the other forms of the legendary trio.  As the red glow recedes, Giovanni can be seen having a red aura around him.  Dragonite, as aggressive as ever, rushes into battle, though is clearly outmatched. Iris begs with Dragonite to not battle alone and instead work with the other Pokémon. Giovanni orders the three legendary Pokémon to battle.  Using a combination of {{m|Air Cutter}} and {{m|Stone Edge}}, Tornadus and Landorus knock the Dragon Pokémon to the ground in front of the trainers and appears to be hurt.  Thundurus then faces Dragonite and unleashes a powerful electric attack, but Iris steps in front of the attack to protect her Pokémon. Before the attack hits, Pikachu jumps in front of it and absorbs the electricity while Unfezant drives off Thundurus with Air Cutter.  Seeing how much Iris cares for it, Dragonite finds new-found trust in its trainer and once again rushes off to battle with the others, although they are clearly at a disadvantage to the powerful trio.
Ridley uses the Reveal Glass to return the three Legendary Pokémon to their Incarnate Forme, and Meloetta soothes their rage with its song. With disaster averted, Ridley and Meloetta bid our heroes farewell and prepare to return to home. But Ash knows they will meet again someday, and all eyes once again turn toward the Unova League!</i>


Unhappy with the rate at which the battle is going, Giovanni orders the trio to unleash their true power.  All attacking at once, the trio knock the trainers' Pokémon into the sea before covering it with ice that advances all the way to the city nearby. However, the Pokémon break through the ice and are ready to battle once more.  Meanwhile, Ash and Pikachu finally reach the top of the temple.  Ash demands that Meloetta be returned.  When Team Rocket refuses, Ash has Pikachu use {{m|Electro Ball}}. Unlike Pikachu's normal Electro Balls though, this one has been enhanced with the electricity Pikachu absorbed from Thundurus's attack and the enhanced attack is humongous. When it is released, it obliterates the top of the temple and frees Meloetta, but also causes the Reveal Glass to shoot a beam of light directly into Giovanni's face.
==Plot==
Continuing from where [[BW096|the previous episode]] left off, {{an|Giovanni}} has raised the [[Abyssal Ruins]] using {{an|Meloetta}}'s song, bringing [[Team Rocket]]'s Operation Tempest to its final phase. {{Ash}} and {{AP|Pikachu}} are still trapped in a containment cube at the temple, unable to do anything to stop Team Rocket. Giovanni orders the [[Reveal Glass]] to summon the three great powers, and in response, it emits a ray that begins forming a storm in the sky.


As the smoke clears, the temple is shown to be in rubble and Team Rocket is stunned. Out of the smoke comes Meloetta riding on Unfezant's back. Seeing that Meloetta has escaped, {{TRT}} suggests they recapture it, but Giovanni says Meloetta is no longer necessary. As he gets up, he is shown to have a red circular symbol on his forehead and his eyes are glowing red. In addition, he has complete control over the legendary trio and has become drunk with power. Giovanni orders the trio to destroy Unova. Seeing that their boss has become insane, Jessie, James, and {{an|Meowth}} tackle Giovanni outside the boundary of the temple, thus freeing him from its influence. Outside the temple's influence, Giovanni doesn't remember what happened. [[Dr. Zager]] tells him they can no longer control the trio, so they retreat under the cover of Yamask's {{m|Haze}}. Unfezant uses {{m|Gust}} to blow away the smoke, revealing Team Rocket escaping in a jet.
Meanwhile, [[Jervis]] escorts {{an|Cynthia}}, [[Ridley]] and {{ashfr|Ash's friends}} across [[Undella Bay]] to reach the ruins. Ridley suffers physical pain as a result of Team Rocket harming Meloetta. He relates the story of the ruins to the others: long ago, an ancient society living there used the Reveal Glass to control the {{DL|Forces of Nature (anime)|Forces of Nature}} with wisdom, but people soon grew corrupt and began fighting to use the Reveal Glass for their own selfish ends. Meloetta, seeing the destruction being wrought by the conflict over the Reveal Glass, sealed it away by sinking the Abyssal Ruins to the bottom of the ocean. The seas grow rougher as Ridley warns that Team Rocket plan to use Meloetta to control the Forces of Nature, giving them the ability to rule [[Unova]].


Meanwhile, the trainers' Pokémon are still battling the legendary trio. Ridley replaces the Reveal Glass and asks it to calm down the trio. It does and the trio revert back to their original form.
Three portals open in the sky over the Abyssal Ruins. Ridley recognizes the Forces of Nature as they descend, identifying them as {{p|Tornadus}}, {{p|Thundurus}} and {{p|Landorus}}. Once all three have fully emerged, Giovanni welcomes them and urges the Reveal Glass to turn them into their "other form." As this happens, Ash cannot sit still any longer. He tells Pikachu to try breaking out of the cube once again, by focusing {{m|Iron Tail}} on a single point. This soon breaks the cube, and Ash scales the temple to try and save Meloetta, but [[Jessie]] and [[James]] send {{TP|Jessie|Woobat}} and {{TP|James|Yamask}} to stop him. They blow him and Pikachu off the temple with {{m|Air Slash}} and {{m|Shadow Ball}}, but the pair are saved by Ridley's {{p|Golurk}}.


Back on the boat, the group is heading back to land. In the distance, the temple is sinking back into the sea. Back on shore, the group says farewell to Ridley and Meloetta. [[Ash's Oshawott]] is crying that his crush Meloetta is leaving.
Ash and Pikachu reunite with the others at the base of the temple. Resolving to stop Team Rocket's plans, they assemble a group of their Pokémon: {{TP|Cynthia|Garchomp}}, {{TP|Iris|Dragonite}}, {{TP|Cilan|Pansage}} and {{AP|Unfezant}} with Pikachu accompanying them. Dragonite flies off without orders from {{an|Iris}}, leaving the others to follow, but the entire group are soon pushed back by a burst of red light from the Reveal Glass. Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus transform into their Therian Formes, and as the light recedes, it briefly surrounds Giovanni's body and fills his eyes as well. Taking control of the ruins' power, Giovanni orders the Forces of Nature into battle.
 
Dragonite recklessly takes on the [[legendary Pokémon]] ahead of the others, against Iris's pleas. Tornadus and Landorus easily overwhelm Dragonite using {{m|Air Slash}} and {{m|Stone Edge}}, sending him crashing back to the base of the temple. While he is stunned, Thundurus descends and prepares an immense electrical attack to finish him off. Iris steps in front of the attack to protect him, but then Pikachu jumps in the way to protect her, absorbing the elctricity from the blast. Iris's act helps her finally begin to connect with Dragonite, and he starts to display a newfound sense of trust in her. He rejoins the battle alongside the others, but they fail to make much headway against the Forces of Nature.
 
Giovanni commands the Forces of Nature to unleash their true power, causing Meloetta to scream out in pain as the Reveal Glass empowers them further. The eyes of the Forces of Nature become fully red, and they knock all of their opponents into the ocean with a single onslaught of moves. The Forces of Nature begin to activate their true power, combining their respective abilities to create a portal that freezes Undella Bay and a portion of a nearby city, where [[Officer Jenny]] wonders what is taking place. At the ruins, [[Dr. Zager]] comments to the others that this is what the ancient people fought over: the ability to unleash a neverending wave of natural disasters.
 
The heroes' Pokémon burst from the ice to continue the battle, while at the same time, Ash reaches the top of the ruins again. He confronts Giovanni, who dismisses his challenge. Jessie and James call forth Woobat and Yamask again, but when Ash orders Pikachu to use {{m|Electro Ball}} against them, it turns into a gigantic, supercharged version of the move as a result of the excess energy from Thundurus's earlier attack. Electro Ball ends up obliterating the top of the temple, freeing Meloetta from its restraints and sending Team Rocket and the Reveal Glass flying right off. However, Giovanni gets completely overcome when he accidentally looks into the glass, causing him to scream in pain when the Reveal Glass blasts a beam of light right into his face.
 
Unfezant recovers Meloetta and brings it to Ash, but Jessie, James and {{MTR}} demand he return it. Giovanni suddenly interrupts them and says they no longer need Meloetta, but as he stands up amidst the rubble, he is shown to have completely red eyes and a glowing symbol from the Abyssal Ruins on his forehead. Ridley, Iris, {{an|Cilan}} and Cynthia arrive, and Ash gives Meloetta to Ridley, but then warns his friends that the battle is not yet over. While the Forces of Nature overwhelm the heroes' Pokémon, Giovanni rises up and shouts that his goal is destruction. This horrifies his subordinates; James tries to remind him that their goal is to conquer, and in response to Meowth's question, Dr. Zager admits that he has no idea what is happening. Giovanni calls the Forces of Nature to his side and commands them to destroy all of Unova. Dr. Zager speculates that losing Meloetta may have caused Giovanni's condition, and Ridley confirms this, explaining that the three legendary Pokémon control the power of nature and Meloetta acts as a balance on that power. With that balance no longer in place, Giovanni's sanity has been consumed by his own ambitions, turning his goals to destruction and chaos. Rejecting this, Jessie, James and Meowth leap toward Giovanni and shove him outside of the area of the temple's influence, releasing him from its control. They help him up, and he wonders what happened, having no recollection of what took place while he was possessed. Dr. Zager tells him they cannot control the legendary Pokémon without Meloetta and recommends they retreat, which Giovanni agrees to. When Ash calls to them and asks where they're going, James merely has Yamask use {{m|Haze}} to provide cover. Team Rocket return to their jet and fly off, with Jessie and James remarking that Pikachu truly is special after all.
 
The heroes' Pokémon continue fighting the Forces of Nature. Ridley returns the Reveal Glass to its pedestal, tells Meloetta they must stop the rage of Landorus and the others, and asks the Reveal Glass to grant him his wish. The Reveal Glass releases a gentle light that wraps around Meloetta as the [[mythical Pokémon]] begins to sing. Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus calm down and stop fighting, then approach the Reveal Glass, which turns them back to their Incarnate Formes and ends the conflict.
 
Aboard the Team Rocket jet, Giovanni reflects upon how his own ambitions nearly brought about his demise, then orders a return to {{an|Team Rocket HQ}} in [[Kanto]].
 
With the crisis at an end, the Forces of Nature fly off peacefully. The Abyssal Ruins sink back beneath Undella Bay, taking the Reveal Glass with them. That evening, the group bids farewell to Ridley and Meloetta. {{AP|Oshawott}} cries at the prospect of having to say goodbye to his crush, but he is comforted by Pikachu and [[Iris's Axew]] as Ridley and Meloetta fly away on Golurk.


==Major events==
==Major events==
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* {{an|Giovanni}} successfully summons the [[kami trio]] and uses the {{key|V|Reveal Glass}} to turn them in their {{DL|Form differences|Kami trio|Therian Forme}}.
* {{an|Giovanni}} successfully summons the {{an|Forces of Nature}} and uses the [[Reveal Glass]] to turn them into their {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Forces of Nature|Therian Formes}}.
* {{TP|Iris|Dragonite}} begins to obey {{an|Iris}}, though its rogue attitude still remains.
* {{TP|Iris|Dragonite}} begins to fully [[obedience|obey]] {{an|Iris}}, though his rogue attitude still remains.
* {{an|Meloetta}} manages to calm the kami trio down.
* {{an|Meloetta}} is freed from [[Team Rocket]]'s control and manages to calm down the Forces of Nature.
* Giovanni withdraws [[Team Rocket]] (including [[Jessie]], [[James]] and {{MTR}}) from [[Unova]] and returns to [[Kanto]].
* Giovanni withdraws Team Rocket (including [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}}) from [[Unova]] and returns to [[Kanto]].
* Meloetta leaves with [[Ridley]].
* Meloetta leaves with [[Ridley]].
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* {{an|Iris}}
* {{an|Iris}}
* {{an|Cilan}}
* {{an|Cilan}}
* {{an|Giovanni}}
* [[Jessie]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[James]]
* [[Officer Jenny]]
* [[Officer Jenny]]
* {{an|Giovanni}}
* {{an|Cynthia}}
* [[Dr. Zager]]
* [[Dr. Zager]]
* [[Cynthia]]
* [[Jervis]]
* [[Jervis]]
* [[Ridley]]
* [[Ridley]]
* [[The Protectors]] (flashback)


===Pokémon===
===Pokémon===
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[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Persian}} ''(US and international)'' {{p|Landorus}} (Therian Forme) ''(Japan)''
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Persian}} ''(US and international)'' {{p|Landorus}} (Therian Forme) ''(Japan)''
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Axew}} ({{OP|Iris|Axew}})
* {{p|Axew}} ({{OP|Iris|Axew}})
* {{p|Meloetta}} ({{an|Meloetta|anime}})
* {{p|Unfezant}} ({{OP|Ash|Unfezant}}; female)
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Unfezant}} ({{OP|Ash|Unfezant}})
* {{p|Oshawott}} ({{OP|Ash|Oshawott}})
* {{p|Oshawott}} ({{OP|Ash|Oshawott}})
* {{p|Dragonite}} ({{OP|Iris|Dragonite}})
* {{p|Dragonite}} ({{OP|Iris|Dragonite}})
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* {{p|Garchomp}} ({{OP|Cynthia|Garchomp}})
* {{p|Garchomp}} ({{OP|Cynthia|Garchomp}})
* {{p|Golurk}} ([[Ridley]]'s)
* {{p|Golurk}} ([[Ridley]]'s)
* {{p|Tornadus}} (both Formes)
* {{p|Meloetta}} ({{an|Meloetta|anime}})
* {{p|Thundurus}} (both Formes)
* {{p|Tornadus}} ({{DL|Forces of Nature (anime)|Tornadus|anime}}; both Formes)
* {{p|Landorus}} (both Formes)
* {{p|Thundurus}} ({{DL|Forces of Nature (anime)|Thundurus|anime}}; both Formes)
* {{p|Landorus}} ({{DL|Forces of Nature (anime)|Landorus|anime}}; both Formes)


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* [[Professor Oak's lecture|Team Rocket's Pokémon Live Caster]]: [[:Category:Team Rocket's Pokémon|Team Rocket's old Pokémon]]
* [[Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster]]: [[:Category:Team Rocket's Pokémon|Team Rocket's old Pokémon]]{{tt|*|Initial airing}}/{{p|Drilbur}}{{tt|*|Subsequent airings as Professor Oak's Live Caster}}
** Viewers could call one of three phone numbers to want either {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}, {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}}, or {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}} to return to the series. Three random callers won a [[Nintendo 3DS XL]] with a prepaid gift card, which allows the player to gain access to the [[Pokémon Dream Radar]].
** Viewers could call one of three phone numbers to want either {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}, {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}}, or {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}} to return to the series. Three random callers won a [[Nintendo 3DS XL]] with a prepaid gift card, which allows the player to gain access to the [[Pokémon Dream Radar]].
* When first aired, ''[[Team Rocket Forever]]'' was used as the ending theme for this episode instead of ''[[Look Look☆Here]]''. Subsequent re-airings use ''[[Look Look☆Here]]''.
* When first aired, [[Team Rocket Forever]] was used as the ending theme for this episode instead of [[Look Look☆Here]]. Subsequent re-airings use [[Look Look☆Here]], and even on Japanese DVD releases.
* {{an|Iris}} narrates the preview for [[BW098|the next episode]].
* {{an|Iris}} narrates the preview for [[BW098|the next episode]].
* This is the last episode of the fifteenth season, ''[[Pokémon Black & White: Rival Destinies]]''.
* This is the season finale of [[S15|Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies]].
* This is the first episode of the {{series|Best Wishes}} to have a Pokémon that doesn't appear in the episode or ''{{tt|Dare da?|Who's That Pokémon?}}'' in the international version of ''[[Who's That Pokémon?]]''.
* This is the first episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]'' to have a Pokémon that doesn't appear in the episode, in {{pmin|the United States}} and international versions of [[Who's That Pokémon?]], or {{tt|Dare da?|Who's That Pokémon?}}.
* This episode aired December 31, 2012 in the UK, twenty six days before the US airdate.
* This episode was aired in several countries before its airing in the United States:
** The gap between the Japanese and UK airings was 88 days - making this the shortest time between the premiere of the Japanese version and the English dub of the same episode.
** On December 31, 2012, it was aired in {{pmin|the United Kingdom}}, 26 days before.
** On January 26, 2013, it was also aired in {{pmin|Latin America|Spanish}} on CN USA via the {{wp|Second audio program|Secondary Audio Track}} on all U.S and U.S Territories (such as Puerto Rico)
** On January 3, 2013, it was aired in {{pmin|Italy}} (on K2), 23 days before.
* This episode aired on January 3, 2013 in Italy (on K2), twenty-three days before the US airdate.
** On January 10, 2013, it was aired in {{pmin|Poland}} (on Disney XD), sixteen days before.
* This episode aired on January 10, 2013 in Poland (on DisneyXD), sixteen days before the US airdate.  
* This episode aired on January 26, 2013 in {{pmin|Latin America}}, at the same time as the United States airing.
* This episode aired on January 26, 2013 in {{pmin|Latin America}}, at the same time than the US airing.
** It was supposed to air in English but it was erroneously broadcasted on Cartoon Network USA via the {{wp|Second audio program|Secondary Audio Track}} on all U.S. and U.S. territories using the dubbed Latin American Spanish track, which was scheduled to debut in November 15, 2013.
** It was supposed to air in English but it was erroneously broadcasted on Cartoon Network USA via the {{wp|Second audio program|Secondary Audio Track}} on all U.S and U.S Territories using the dubbed Latin American Spanish track, which was scheduled to debut in 2014.
* This episode marks the final appearance of [[Dr. Zager]].
* The giant {{m|Electro Ball}} that {{AP|Pikachu}} uses after being supercharged by {{DL|Forces of Nature (anime)|Thundurus}} is a recycled element from [[BW024 (unaired)|the unaired BW024]], where Pikachu was to use a giant Electro Ball to destroy the [[Meteonite]] after being supercharged by it.
** The [[Abyssal Ruins]]' backstory as the seat of an ancient civilization that was destroyed by the use of an artifact at its center is also recycled from the same episode, where the [[Relic Castle]] and the Meteonite filled similar roles.


===Errors===
===Errors===
[[File:BW097 error.png|thumb|200px|Giovanni's eyes incorrectly colored white]]
* When {{an|Giovanni}} calls out to the [[Reveal Glass]] just before the {{an|Forces of Nature}} change Forme, the yellow stripes on the sides of his uniform briefly disappear.
* Just before Jessie, James and Meowth push Giovanni off the pedestal while he is possessed, his eyes are colored white when they should still be red.
* In one scene, the background appears over {{TP|Iris|Dragonite}}'s tail.
* During one scene between Iris and her Dragonite, Dragonite's right pupil has its original look.
* Just before [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}} push Giovanni off the pedestal while he is possessed, his eyes are colored white when they should still be red.
* When {{AP|Oshawott}} is crying that he was about to say goodbye to Meloetta, {{TP|Iris|Axew}}'s eyelids when he is sad are white.
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File:BW097 error 2.png|Giovanni's uniform missing its stripes
File:BW097 error 3.png|Dragonite's tail error
File:BW097 error 4.png|Dragonite's pupil error
File:BW097 error.png|Giovanni's eyes incorrectly colored white
File:BW097 error 5.png|Axew's eyelids error
</gallery>


===Dub edits===
===Dub edits===
* In the original version of the episode, Tornadus's voice changes to become much higher pitched when it changes into Therian Forme. This is not retained for the dub, in which all three of the Kami Trio have the same voices in both Formes.
* In the original version of the episode, Tornadus's voice changes to become much higher pitched when it changes into Therian Forme. This is not retained for the dub, in which all three of the Forces of Nature have the same voices in both Formes.
<!--* When Giovanni becomes possessed, both his eyes and the seal on his head are changed from red to a much lighter color.-->
* When Giovanni becomes possessed, both his eyes and the seal on his head are changed from red to a much lighter color.


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
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|zh_cmn={{tt|靈獸型態合力進擊！合眾最大的危機！！|Therian Formes Attack! Unova's Greatest Crisis!!}}
|zh_cmn={{tt|靈獸型態合力進擊！合眾最大的危機！！|Therian Formes Attack! Unova's Greatest Crisis!!}}
|da={{tt|Unova i fare!|Unova in Danger!}}
|nl={{tt|De Overlevingscrisis van Unova!|The Survival Crisis of Unova!}}
|nl={{tt|De Overlevingscrisis van Unova!|The Survival Crisis of Unova!}}
|de={{tt|Kampf um die Zukunft der Einall-Region!|Fight for the future of the Unova region!}}
|de={{tt|Kampf um die Zukunft der Einall-Region!|Fight for the future of the Unova region!}}
|el={{tt|Η Κρίση Επιβίωσης της Γιούνοβα!|Unova's Survival Crisis!}}
|el={{tt|Η Κρίση Επιβίωσης της Γιούνοβα!|Unova's Survival Crisis!}}
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Unova's Survival Crisis!
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BW097   EP754
霊獣フォルム総進撃！イッシュ最大の危機！！
The Reijuu Formes Advance! Isshu's Greatest Crisis!!
First broadcast
Japan October 4, 2012
United States January 26, 2013
English themes
Opening Rival Destinies
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening やじるしになって！
Ending ロケット団よ永遠に
みてみて☆こっちっち*
Credits
Animation Team Kato
Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka
Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane
No additional credits are available at this time.

Unova's Survival Crisis! (Japanese: 霊獣フォルム総進撃！イッシュ最大の危機！！ The Reijuu Formes Advance! Isshu's Greatest Crisis!!) is the 97th episode of Pokémon the Series: Black & White, and the 754th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 4, 2012, in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2012 and in the United States on January 26, 2013.

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Blurb

Team Rocket has captured Meloetta, brought it to the Undersea Temple, and used a recording of Meloetta's song to raise the temple to the surface. As Operation Tempest continues, Giovanni acquires the mysterious Reveal Glass and uses it to summon the three Legendary Pokémon Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus!

Meloetta's protector, Ridley, explains that whoever controls Meloetta also controls these three ancient powers. Team Rocket’s plan is just the latest attempt by evildoers over the years to take over the Unova region using the power of the Reveal Glass. Our heroes watch in horror as the three Legendary Pokémon change into Therian Forme and prepare to wreak havoc upon Unova! As Ash and Pikachu escape from their cage, an enormous Pokémon battle takes shape: Iris's Dragonite, Cilan's Pansage, Cynthia's Garchomp, Ridley's Golurk, and Ash's Unfezant join with Pikachu to stand against the fearsome Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus. A crackling attack from Thundurus almost strikes Iris down, but Pikachu flings itself into the bolt's path to protect her. Using the extra electricity it absorbed from that attack, Pikachu launches a massive Electro Ball to overpower Team Rocket and free Meloetta!

But Giovanni still holds the Reveal Glass, and without Meloetta's calming influence, he is completely overcome with evil ambitions: instead of conquering the Unova region, he now wants to destroy it! But Jessie, James, and Meowth intervene to sway their Boss from this disastrous path. As soon as he returns to his senses, Team Rocket reluctantly retreats.

Ridley uses the Reveal Glass to return the three Legendary Pokémon to their Incarnate Forme, and Meloetta soothes their rage with its song. With disaster averted, Ridley and Meloetta bid our heroes farewell and prepare to return to home. But Ash knows they will meet again someday, and all eyes once again turn toward the Unova League!

Plot

Continuing from where the previous episode left off, Giovanni has raised the Abyssal Ruins using Meloetta's song, bringing Team Rocket's Operation Tempest to its final phase. Ash and Pikachu are still trapped in a containment cube at the temple, unable to do anything to stop Team Rocket. Giovanni orders the Reveal Glass to summon the three great powers, and in response, it emits a ray that begins forming a storm in the sky.

Meanwhile, Jervis escorts Cynthia, Ridley and Ash's friends across Undella Bay to reach the ruins. Ridley suffers physical pain as a result of Team Rocket harming Meloetta. He relates the story of the ruins to the others: long ago, an ancient society living there used the Reveal Glass to control the Forces of Nature with wisdom, but people soon grew corrupt and began fighting to use the Reveal Glass for their own selfish ends. Meloetta, seeing the destruction being wrought by the conflict over the Reveal Glass, sealed it away by sinking the Abyssal Ruins to the bottom of the ocean. The seas grow rougher as Ridley warns that Team Rocket plan to use Meloetta to control the Forces of Nature, giving them the ability to rule Unova.

Three portals open in the sky over the Abyssal Ruins. Ridley recognizes the Forces of Nature as they descend, identifying them as Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus. Once all three have fully emerged, Giovanni welcomes them and urges the Reveal Glass to turn them into their "other form." As this happens, Ash cannot sit still any longer. He tells Pikachu to try breaking out of the cube once again, by focusing Iron Tail on a single point. This soon breaks the cube, and Ash scales the temple to try and save Meloetta, but Jessie and James send Woobat and Yamask to stop him. They blow him and Pikachu off the temple with Air Slash and Shadow Ball, but the pair are saved by Ridley's Golurk.

Ash and Pikachu reunite with the others at the base of the temple. Resolving to stop Team Rocket's plans, they assemble a group of their Pokémon: Garchomp, Dragonite, Pansage and Unfezant with Pikachu accompanying them. Dragonite flies off without orders from Iris, leaving the others to follow, but the entire group are soon pushed back by a burst of red light from the Reveal Glass. Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus transform into their Therian Formes, and as the light recedes, it briefly surrounds Giovanni's body and fills his eyes as well. Taking control of the ruins' power, Giovanni orders the Forces of Nature into battle.

Dragonite recklessly takes on the legendary Pokémon ahead of the others, against Iris's pleas. Tornadus and Landorus easily overwhelm Dragonite using Air Slash and Stone Edge, sending him crashing back to the base of the temple. While he is stunned, Thundurus descends and prepares an immense electrical attack to finish him off. Iris steps in front of the attack to protect him, but then Pikachu jumps in the way to protect her, absorbing the elctricity from the blast. Iris's act helps her finally begin to connect with Dragonite, and he starts to display a newfound sense of trust in her. He rejoins the battle alongside the others, but they fail to make much headway against the Forces of Nature.

Giovanni commands the Forces of Nature to unleash their true power, causing Meloetta to scream out in pain as the Reveal Glass empowers them further. The eyes of the Forces of Nature become fully red, and they knock all of their opponents into the ocean with a single onslaught of moves. The Forces of Nature begin to activate their true power, combining their respective abilities to create a portal that freezes Undella Bay and a portion of a nearby city, where Officer Jenny wonders what is taking place. At the ruins, Dr. Zager comments to the others that this is what the ancient people fought over: the ability to unleash a neverending wave of natural disasters.

The heroes' Pokémon burst from the ice to continue the battle, while at the same time, Ash reaches the top of the ruins again. He confronts Giovanni, who dismisses his challenge. Jessie and James call forth Woobat and Yamask again, but when Ash orders Pikachu to use Electro Ball against them, it turns into a gigantic, supercharged version of the move as a result of the excess energy from Thundurus's earlier attack. Electro Ball ends up obliterating the top of the temple, freeing Meloetta from its restraints and sending Team Rocket and the Reveal Glass flying right off. However, Giovanni gets completely overcome when he accidentally looks into the glass, causing him to scream in pain when the Reveal Glass blasts a beam of light right into his face.

Unfezant recovers Meloetta and brings it to Ash, but Jessie, James and Meowth demand he return it. Giovanni suddenly interrupts them and says they no longer need Meloetta, but as he stands up amidst the rubble, he is shown to have completely red eyes and a glowing symbol from the Abyssal Ruins on his forehead. Ridley, Iris, Cilan and Cynthia arrive, and Ash gives Meloetta to Ridley, but then warns his friends that the battle is not yet over. While the Forces of Nature overwhelm the heroes' Pokémon, Giovanni rises up and shouts that his goal is destruction. This horrifies his subordinates; James tries to remind him that their goal is to conquer, and in response to Meowth's question, Dr. Zager admits that he has no idea what is happening. Giovanni calls the Forces of Nature to his side and commands them to destroy all of Unova. Dr. Zager speculates that losing Meloetta may have caused Giovanni's condition, and Ridley confirms this, explaining that the three legendary Pokémon control the power of nature and Meloetta acts as a balance on that power. With that balance no longer in place, Giovanni's sanity has been consumed by his own ambitions, turning his goals to destruction and chaos. Rejecting this, Jessie, James and Meowth leap toward Giovanni and shove him outside of the area of the temple's influence, releasing him from its control. They help him up, and he wonders what happened, having no recollection of what took place while he was possessed. Dr. Zager tells him they cannot control the legendary Pokémon without Meloetta and recommends they retreat, which Giovanni agrees to. When Ash calls to them and asks where they're going, James merely has Yamask use Haze to provide cover. Team Rocket return to their jet and fly off, with Jessie and James remarking that Pikachu truly is special after all.

The heroes' Pokémon continue fighting the Forces of Nature. Ridley returns the Reveal Glass to its pedestal, tells Meloetta they must stop the rage of Landorus and the others, and asks the Reveal Glass to grant him his wish. The Reveal Glass releases a gentle light that wraps around Meloetta as the mythical Pokémon begins to sing. Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus calm down and stop fighting, then approach the Reveal Glass, which turns them back to their Incarnate Formes and ends the conflict.

Aboard the Team Rocket jet, Giovanni reflects upon how his own ambitions nearly brought about his demise, then orders a return to Team Rocket HQ in Kanto.

With the crisis at an end, the Forces of Nature fly off peacefully. The Abyssal Ruins sink back beneath Undella Bay, taking the Reveal Glass with them. That evening, the group bids farewell to Ridley and Meloetta. Oshawott cries at the prospect of having to say goodbye to his crush, but he is comforted by Pikachu and Iris's Axew as Ridley and Meloetta fly away on Golurk.

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Persian (US and international) Landorus (Therian Forme) (Japan)

Trivia

Errors

  • When Giovanni calls out to the Reveal Glass just before the Forces of Nature change Forme, the yellow stripes on the sides of his uniform briefly disappear.
  • In one scene, the background appears over Dragonite's tail.
  • During one scene between Iris and her Dragonite, Dragonite's right pupil has its original look.
  • Just before Jessie, James, and Meowth push Giovanni off the pedestal while he is possessed, his eyes are colored white when they should still be red.
  • When Oshawott is crying that he was about to say goodbye to Meloetta, Axew's eyelids when he is sad are white.
  • Giovanni's uniform missing its stripes

    Giovanni's uniform missing its stripes

  • Dragonite's tail error

    Dragonite's tail error

  • Dragonite's pupil error

    Dragonite's pupil error

  • Giovanni's eyes incorrectly colored white

    Giovanni's eyes incorrectly colored white

  • Axew's eyelids error

    Axew's eyelids error

Dub edits

  • In the original version of the episode, Tornadus's voice changes to become much higher pitched when it changes into Therian Forme. This is not retained for the dub, in which all three of the Forces of Nature have the same voices in both Formes.
  • When Giovanni becomes possessed, both his eyes and the seal on his head are changed from red to a much lighter color.

In other languages



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