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Pokémon BW: Rival Destinies Season 15
Logo for the season
Opening	Rival Destinies
Episodes	49
Region	Unova
Series	Best Wishes
Preceded by	Pokémon: Black & White
Followed by	Pokémon BW: Adventures in Unova

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Pokémon BW: Rival Destinies is the fifteenth season of the dubbed version of the Pokémon anime. It is the second dubbed season of the Best Wishes series, following the previous season Pokémon: Black & White. It follows Ash as he continues his journey, venturing in the Unova region with his friends Iris and Cilan.

It began on February 18, 2012 with the dub premiere Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!, and concluded on January 26, 2013 with Unova's Survival Crisis!. It originally aired in the United States as part of the 2012-2013 Cartoon Network Saturday morning line-up.

It is preceded by Pokémon: Black & White, and is succeeded by Pokémon BW: Adventures in Unova.

Blurb

New foes, new friends, and dozens of never-before-seen Pokémon await Ash and Pikachu in Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies, the new season of the Pokémon animated series. As Ash and his friends continue to explore the Unova region, he’ll find himself up against the ultimate battle challenge: Alder, the Champion Master of Unova! His friends also face their own trials, one fighting for the right to continue her travels, another confronting a returning challenge from the past—and all three of them must team up to save an island from the clashing forces of three powerful and mysterious Legendary Pokémon!

Important events

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

• Ash and friends meet Elesa, the Nimbasa City Gym Leader. (BW049)
• Ash and his friends meet Alder. Ash battles Alder, though there is no winner due to Alder falling asleep. (BW052)
• Ash and friends meet Clay, the Driftveil City Gym Leader. (BW057)
• The gang reunites with Chili. (BW058)
• Ash, Iris and Cilan encounter the Forces of Nature: Landorus, Thundurus, and Tornadus. (BW059-BW060)
• Ash's Boldore learns Rock Blast and Rock Smash. (BW061)
• Ash and his friends encounter Bianca and Professor Juniper once again. (BW062)
• Cilan's Crustle learns Rock Wrecker. (BW062)
• The gang meets Cedric Juniper, Professor Juniper's father. (BW064)
• The gang meets Skyla, the Gym Leader of Mistralton City. Cilan battles Skyla and loses. (BW067)
• The Clubsplosion tournament takes place. (BW070-BW073)
  • The tournament begins with 16 participants. (BW070)
  • Ash, Cilan, and Stephan advance to the second round of the Clubsplosion by beating Angus, Flora, and Edmund respectively. (BW070)
  • Iris, Georgia, and Montgomery advance to the second round of the Clubsplosion Tournament, after beating Burgundy, Gail, and Delbert respectively. (BW071)
  • Bianca defeats Trip and advances to the second round in the Clubsplosion. Ash, Montgomery, Stephan, and Bianca advance to the semi-finals, after beating Betty, Iris, Cilan, and Georgia respectively. (BW072)
  • In the semi-finals, Montgomery beats Ash and Stephan beats Bianca. During the finals of the Clubsplosion, Stephan is proclaimed the winner after defeating Montgomery. (BW073)
• Ash and his friends meet Tepig's former Trainer. (BW077)
• The gang meets Brycen, the Gym Leader of Icirrus City. (BW078)
• Ash and his friends meet Roxie, the Virbank Gym's Gym Leader. (BW083)
• Ash meets Cynthia again and Cilan and Iris meet her for the first time. (BW085)
  • Iris has a battle with Cynthia which has no winner.
  • Dawn is revealed to be staying at Cynthia's villa in Undella Town.
• Dawn and Ash are reunited, Cilan and Dawn have a battle which ends in a tie. (BW086)
• The Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup begins. (BW090-BW093)
  • Dawn meets Trip, Burgundy & Georgia for the first time. (BW090)
  • The tournament begins with 16 participants. (BW090)
  • Trip defeats Burgundy and advances to the next round, Cilan, Ash and Dawn defeat their opponents and advance to the next round and Iris defeats Georgia and advances to the next round. (BW090)
  • Ash, Iris, Cilan & Trip advance to the semi-final round after beating Geraldo, Dawn, Horatio & Manning respectively. (BW091)
  • Trip advances to the final round after beating Cilan. (BW091)
  • Ash defeats Iris and advances to the final round. (BW092)
  • Trip defeats Ash in the final round, winning the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup. (BW092)
  • Trip battles Alder and loses. (BW093)
• Ash and his friends meet Marlon. (BW094)
• Ash meets Giovanni for the first time since Mewtwo Returns. (BW096)
• Giovanni withdraws Team Rocket (including Jessie, James and Meowth) from Unova and returns to Kanto. (BW097)

Party changes

Additions

The following Pokémon are obtained:

• Ash's Krokorok (BW065)
• Iris's Dragonite (BW089)

Evolutions

The following Pokémon evolve:

• Ash's Roggenrola → Boldore
• Cilan's Dwebble → Crustle
• Ash's Tranquill → Unfezant
• Ash's Swadloon → Leavanny
• Ash's Tepig → Pignite
• Ash's Krokorok → Krookodile

Gym battles

Ash defeats the following Gym Leaders:

• Elesa (BW050)
• Clay (BW061)
• Skyla (BW068)
• Brycen (BW079)
• Roxie (BW084)

Home video releases

North American DVD releases

Main article: List of English language Rival Destinies home video releases (Region 1)

• Pokémon: Black & White Rival Destines Set 1 (BW049-BW060)
• Pokémon: Black & White Rival Destines Set 2 (BW061-BW072)
• Pokémon: Black & White Rival Destines Set 3 (BW073-BW097)

Australian DVD releases

Main article: List of English language Rival Destinies home video releases (Region 4)

In other languages

Language		Title
Czech		Pokémon Černý a Bílý: Opačné Osudy
Danish		Pokémon BW: Rivaliserende Skæbner
Dutch		Pokémon Black & White: Rivaliserende Lotsbestemmingen
Finnish		Pokémon BW: Kilpailevat kohtalot
European French		Pokémon Noir & Blanc: Destinées Rivales
German		Pokémon Schwarz & Weiß: Rivalen des Schicksals
Greek		Πόκεμον Μαύρο & Άσπρο: Αντίπαλα Πεπρωμένα
Italian		Pokémon Nero e Bianco: Destini Rivali
Norwegian		Pokémon Svart og Hvit: Rivaliserende Skjebner
Polish		Pokémon Czerń i Biel: Ścieżki Przeznaczenia
Portuguese	Brazil	Pokémon Preto e Branco: Destinos Rivais
	Portugal	Pokémon Preto e Branco: Destinos Rivais
Russian		Покемон Чёрное и белое: Судьбы соперников
Spanish	Latin America	Pokémon Negro y Blanco: Destinos Rivales
	Spain	Pokémon Negro y Blanco: Destinos Rivales
Swedish		Pokémon Black & White: Rivaliserande Öden
Turkish		Pokémon Siyah ve Beyaz: Rakip Yazgılar

External links

• Pokémon Black & White: Rival Destinies page at Pokémon.com

See also

This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.