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Curtain Up, Unova League!

BW103   EP760 開幕イッシュリーグ・ヒガキ大会！サトシ対シューティー！！ The Isshu League Higaki Conference Gets Underway! Satoshi VS Shooty!!

First broadcast Japan November 22, 2012 United States March 9, 2013

English themes Opening It's Always You and Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening やじるしになって！ Ending みてみて☆こっちっち

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 西田健一 Ken'ichi Nishida Assistant director 西田健一 Ken'ichi Nishida Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf Dub review thread on BMGf

Curtain Up, Unova League! (Japanese: 開幕イッシュリーグ・ヒガキ大会！サトシ対シューティー！！ The Isshu League Higaki Conference Gets Underway! Satoshi VS Shooty!!) is the 103rd episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 760th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 22, 2012 and in the United States on March 9, 2013.

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

Blurb

Our heroes have finally arrived in Vertress City, home of the Unova League, and Ash’s excitement is at a fever pitch! While they’re in the midst of marveling at the massive Unova League stadium, the familiar faces of several Trainers begin rolling into town with their own plans to compete—and to Ash’s dismay, Bianca’s entrance is as dramatic as ever.

Ash, Trip, Stephan, Bianca, and new friend Virgil (from the Pokémon Rescue Squad) are all raring to go—as is Cameron, who’s been camping out for three days in a tent with his Riolu to make sure he wouldn’t be late! However, no one told him he needed to register for the tournament, so Ash rushes his absent-minded friend over to Nurse Joy—mere moments after registration has closed. Fortunately for Cameron, Nurse Joy takes pity on him and lets him register anyway.

The next morning, it’s time to get started! Freddy the Scoop drops in by parachute to call the action, and starts out by announcing the rules: before the main event begins, Trainers have to get through the qualifying rounds, where they can only use one Pokémon each. Stephan wins his first match easily. Virgil and Bianca are struggling against their opponents—and Ash is paired up against his very first Unova rival: Trip!

Trip calls out his super-speedy Serperior, who handed Ash his defeat in the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup finals. This time, rather than relying on Pignite’s type advantage, Ash has chosen Pikachu to kick off his Unova League experience! But even Pikachu’s Quick Attack isn’t fast enough to hit Serperior, who dodges every move with serpentine skill. Finally, Trip has Serperior strike back with Dragon Tail—and it’s a direct hit! Will Ash and Pikachu be knocked out of the Unova League before they even get to the main event?

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Ash and his friends arrive in Vertress City, where the Vertress Conference begins.
• Ash, Trip, Bianca, Cameron, Stephan, and Virgil enter the Vertress Conference.
• Stephan defeats Radley in his first round battle, qualifying him for the next round.
• Bianca, Virgil, and Cameron begin their first round battles.
• Ash begins his battle against Trip.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Dare da?

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Professor Juniper
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny
• Trip
• Bianca
• Stephan
• Cameron
• Virgil
• Davy
• Chili (flashback)
• Cress (flashback)
• Lenora (flashback)
• Hawes (flashback)
• Burgh (flashback)
• Elesa (flashback)
• Clay (flashback)
• Skyla (flashback)
• Brycen (flashback)
• Roxie (flashback)
• Freddy O'Martian
• Katharine
• Dino
• Antonio
• Emmanuel
• Flora
• Geraldo
• Ramone
• Manning
• Kenton
• Russet
• Radley
• Mikael
• Ultimo
• Kendrick
• Trainers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Ferrothorn (US and international) Audino (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Audino (Nurse Joy's)
• Serperior (Trip's)
• Emboar (Bianca's)
• Zebstrika (Stephan's)
• Riolu (Cameron's)
• Ferrothorn (Cameron's)
• Eevee (Virgil's)
• Vaporeon (Virgil's)
• Braviary (Radley's)
• Watchog (Mikael's)
• Crustle (Ultimo's)
• Eelektross (Kendrick's)
• Klinklang (Davy's)
• Rattata (Trainer's)
• Cubchoo (Trainer's)
• Corphish (Trainer's)
• Panpour (Trainer's)
• Patrat (Trainer's; ×2)
• Skitty (Trainer's)
• Pidove (Trainer's; multiple)
• Minccino (Trainer's)
• Growlithe (Trainer's)
• Sandslash (Trainer's)
• Lillipup (Trainer's)
• Marill (Trainer's)
• Tranquill (Trainer's)
• Sandile (Trainer's)
• Blitzle (Trainer's; ×2)
• Foongus (Trainer's)
• Deerling (Trainer's)
• Herdier (Trainer's)
• Cottonee (Trainer's; multiple)
• Dwebble (Trainer's)
• Deino (Trainer's)
• Gothita (Trainer's)
• Pidove (multiple)

Pokémon seen in flashbacks

• Unfezant (Ash's)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Tepig (Ash's)
• Boldore (Ash's)
• Krokorok (Ash's)
• Jolteon (Virgil's)
• Flareon (Virgil's)
• Espeon (Virgil's)
• Umbreon (Virgil's)
• Leafeon (Virgil's)
• Glaceon (Virgil's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Pansear (Chili's)
• Panpour (Cress's)
• Herdier (Lenora's)
• Leavanny (Burgh's)
• Tynamo (Elesa's)
• Excadrill (Clay's)
• Swanna (Skyla's)
• Beartic (Brycen's)
• Garbodor (Roxie's)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Serperior
• This episode begins the six-part Vertress Conference arc.
• An instrumental version of Best Wishes! is used as background music.
• The characters start pronouncing Stephan's name correctly as of this episode.
• In the flashback of Ash defeating Lenora, the apron that she wore during the original scene was removed.
• This is the first time in which Ash faced his main rival in a Pokémon League tournament that was not a 6-on-6 battle.
  • This is also the first time when Ash does not call Professor Oak before the beginning of a League.
• Freddy O'Martian's entrance by parachute at the league opening ceremony is likely a reference to the method that Daniel Craig (as James Bond) and Queen Elizabeth II supposedly made their entrance (although in reality they were portrayed by stunt doubles) at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
• This is the earliest that Ash has fought his main rival during a official league tournament.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		開幕合眾聯盟·檜垣大會！小智對修帝！！
Dutch		Doek op voor de Unova League!
Finnish		Esirippu ylös, Unova-liiga!
German		Vorhang auf für die Einall-Liga!
Greek		Το Πρωτάθλημα Γιούνοβα Ξεκινά!
Italian		Che lo spettacolo abbia inizio!
Korean		개막! 하나리그 마고자 대회! 지우 VS 슈티!
Polish		Kurtyna w górę, Liga Unovy!
European Spanish		¡Arriba el telón, Liga de Teselia!
Swedish		Ridån går upp för Unova-ligan!

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