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Pokémon Black & White: Adventures in Unova Season 16
Adventures in Unova logo
Opening It's Always You and Me
Episodes Ongoing (BW098 - present)
Region [[Unova, Decolora Archipelago]]
Series Best Wishes series
Preceded by Pokémon Black & White: Rival Destinies
Followed by Unannounced

Pokémon Black & White: Adventures in Unova and Beyond is the sixteenth season of the dubbed version of the Pokémon anime. It follows the conclusion of the second season of Black & White series, and as such is the third dubbed season of the Best Wishes series. The season follows Ash as he continues his journey, venturing in the Unova region with his friends Iris and Cilan. It premiered on February 2, 2013 in the United States.

It began with the dub of Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige! under the title of Adventures in Unova.
From Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures! onwards, it has the title of Adventures in Unova and Beyond.

See the list of Pokémon: Black & White: Adventures in Unova episodes for a list of episodes aired this season.

Important events

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

• Ash learns that the Unova League will be held in Vertress City. (BW098)
• Iris returns to the Village of Dragons. (BW100)
• Iris has a rematch with Drayden and loses again. (BW101)
• The Vertress Conference takes place. (BW103 - BW108)
  • The tournament begins with 128 competitors. (BW103)
  • Stephan advances to the second round after defeating Radley. (BW103)
  • Ash, Virgil, Bianca and Cameron battle and defeat Trip, Ultimo, Mikael and Kendrick, thus advancing to the next round. (BW104)
  • Ash and Trip end their rivalry and become friends. (BW104)
  • Cameron defeats Bianca, eliminating the latter from the tournament. (BW104)
  • Ash, Stephan, and Virgil are revealed to have made it through the second round. (BW105)
  • Ash, Stephan, Cameron, and Virgil make it through the third round. (BW105)
  • Ash defeats Stephan, eliminating the latter from the tournament. (BW106)
  • Cameron and Virgil advance to the next round, after beating Kenton and Flora respectively. (BW106)
  • Cameron defeats Ash, eliminating the latter from the tournament. (BW106, BW107, BW108)
  • Virgil wins the Vertress Conference. (BW108)
• Ash and his friends return to Nuvema Town after the conclusion of the Vertress Conference. (BW109)
• Ash and his friends meet N. (BW110)
• Ash and friends meet Cheren, the Aspertia City Gym Leader. (BW111)
• Ash meets Looker again and Cilan and Iris meet him for the first time. (BW112)
• Ash, Iris and Cilan encounter the villainous Team Plasma, as well as the Plasma Scientist Colress, for the first time. (BW112)
• Ash and his friends meet N again, who decides to travel with them. (BW114)
• Ash reunites with his Charizard, and puts it in his active rotation. (BW116)
• Ash and his friends meet Anthea and Concordia for the first time. (BW117)
• Ash and his friends find out that N used to be a member of Team Plasma. (BW118)
• Ash, Iris and Cilan are escorted to the White Ruins by Cedric Juniper's assistant, who later is revealed to be Looker undercover. (BW120)
• N surrenders the Light Stone to Team Plasma in exchange for Colress freeing Ash's Pikachu from his control. (BW121)
• Ghetsis arrives and starts the ritual of awakening Reshiram. (BW121)
• Looker arrests Ghetsis, Colress and the other Team Plasma members, thereby bringing down the team. (BW122)
• Ash, Iris and Cilan leave Unova for Kanto, via the Decolora Archipelago. (BW123)
• Iris and Cilan meet Professor Oak in person for the first time. (BW128)
• Ash, Iris and Cilan meet Alexa, a reporter from the Kalos region, for the first time. (BW134)
• Alexa joins Ash, Iris, and Cilan during their travels to Kanto. (BW134)

Party changes

Additions

The following Pokémon are obtained:

• Jessie's Frillish (BW109)
• James's Amoonguss (BW109)

Other

The following Pokémon return to their Trainer:

• Ash's Charizard (BW116)

In other languages

Language		Title
European French		Pokémon Noir & Blanc: Aventures Á Unys
German		Pokémon – Schwarz & Weiß: Abenteuer in Einall
Italian		Pokémon Nero e Bianco: Avventure a Unima

Trivia

• This is so far the only dub season in which Ash Ketchum does not obtain Gym Badges or Frontier Symbols. He just participates in the Pokémon League Conference.
• This is so far the only season to have more than one official title.

External links

• Pokémon Black & White: Adventures in Unova page at Pokémon.com

See also

Series and seasons of the Pokémon animated series Original series (list) Indigo League • Adventures in the Orange Islands The Johto Journeys • Johto League Champions • Master Quest Ruby and Sapphire (list) Advanced • Advanced Challenge • Advanced Battle • Battle Frontier Diamond and Pearl (list) Diamond and Pearl • Battle Dimension • Galactic Battles • Sinnoh League Victors Black & White (list) Black & White • Rival Destinies • Adventures in Unova and Beyond XY (list) XY • Kalos Quest • XYZ (Mega Evolution Specials) Sun & Moon (list) Sun & Moon • Ultra Adventures‎ • Ultra Legends Journeys (list) Journeys • Master Journeys • Ultimate Journeys (The Arceus Chronicles) Horizons (list) Horizons Specials (list) Pikachu's Winter Vacation • Side Stories • Pokémon Chronicles Planetarium specials • Pikachu shorts Mewtwo Returns • The Legend of Thunder! • Pichu Bros. in Party Panic The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon • A Ripple in Time Complete list • Movies

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