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==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
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{{an|Giovanni}} arrives in [[Unova]] to oversee the collection of the [[Meteonite]] from the [[Relic Castle]] in the [[Desert Resort]] | {{an|Giovanni}} arrives in [[Unova]] to oversee the collection of the [[Meteonite]] from the [[Relic Castle]] in the [[Desert Resort]]. Meanwhile, {{Ash}}, {{an|Iris}}, and {{an|Cilan}} travel to the [[Desert Resort]] with [[Professor Juniper]] and [[Officer Jenny]] to investigate why a swarm of {{p|Venipede}} attacked [[Castelia City]] in [[BW022|the previous episode]]. However, their helicopter is shot down by a {{p|Liepard}} owned by three members of a [[Team Plasma|mysterious organization]], who also express interest in the Meteonite and want to obtain it for their own mysterious purposes. Sensing danger, Officer Jenny tells {{ashfr|Ash's group}} to make their way back to Castelia City, but they get sidetracked by [[Sunglasses Krokorok|a persistent nemesis]] looking to settle things with {{AP|Pikachu}}, the battle leaving Pikachu in a bad state. | ||
After collecting the Meteonite, Giovanni and the rest of [[Team Rocket]] return to Castelia City and crash a masquerade party held for the most elite people of Unova. [[Looker]] appears, picks up Ash's group along with Juniper and Jenny and helps them infiltrate the party, at which Giovanni is set to demonstrate the Meteonite's power to the guests and ransom total control of the Unova region. However, the Meteonite's active energy causes Pikachu to fall ill and lose control of its own electric power. | |||
==Major events== | ==Major events== | ||
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<!--* {{an|Giovanni}} claims the [[Meteonite]] from [[Relic Castle]] and takes it back to [[Castelia City]]. | <!--* {{an|Giovanni}} claims the [[Meteonite]] from [[Relic Castle]] and takes it back to [[Castelia City]]. | ||
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} | * {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet with [[Looker]] in the [[Desert Resort]] and discover [[Team Rocket]]'s plans. | ||
** In the process, {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} meet Looker for the first time. | |||
** In the process, {{an|Cilan}} | |||
* [[Team Plasma]] appears to steal the Meteonite from Team Rocket.{{tt|*|These events were not shown in the dub and were later retconned out of canon.}}. | * [[Team Plasma]] appears to steal the Meteonite from Team Rocket.{{tt|*|These events were not shown in the dub and were later retconned out of canon.}}. | ||
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* {{p|Liepard}} | * {{p|Liepard}} | ||
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* {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s | * {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s | ||
* {{tc|Team Plasma Grunt}}s | * {{tc|Team Plasma Grunt}}s | ||
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* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}}) | * {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}}) | ||
* {{p|Axew}} ({{OP|Iris|Axew}}) | * {{p|Axew}} ({{OP|Iris|Axew}}) | ||
* {{p|Pansage}} ({{OP|Cilan|Pansage}}) | <!--* {{p|Tranquill}} ({{OP|Ash|Tranquill}})--> | ||
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* {{p|Liepard}} ([[Team Plasma]]'s; debut) | * {{p|Liepard}} ([[Team Plasma]]'s; debut) | ||
* {{p|Krokorok}} ([[Sunglasses Krokorok|sunglasses]]) | * {{p|Krokorok}} ([[Sunglasses Krokorok|sunglasses]]) | ||
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* Despite the episode being pulled from the air, the preview for it remains attached to [[BW022|the previous episode]] during reruns in Japan. | * Despite the episode being pulled from the air, the preview for it remains attached to [[BW022|the previous episode]] during reruns in Japan. | ||
** Additionally, while the first edition of the Japanese rental DVD with this episode on it replaced the preview for one of [[BW023|the episode that actually followed]], the original preview for the skipped episode was reinstated in subsequent printings. | ** Additionally, while the first edition of the Japanese rental DVD with this episode on it replaced the preview for one of [[BW023|the episode that actually followed]], the original preview for the skipped episode was reinstated in subsequent printings. | ||
* Had this episode aired in time, it would have marked the {{pkmn|anime}} debuts of [[Team Plasma]] | * Had this episode aired in time, it would have marked the {{pkmn|anime}} debuts of [[Team Plasma]] and {{p|Liepard}} and the return of [[Looker]]. | ||
** Due to Team Plasma's debut being delayed, the {{tc|Team Plasma Grunt|Plasma Grunts}} were never actually shown in their original outfits from {{game|Black and White|s}} in the anime, which they were supposed to wear in this episode. When they eventually debuted in ''[[BW112|Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!]]'', they were seen using their new outfits from {{game|Black and White|s 2|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2}}. | ** Due to Team Plasma's debut being delayed, the {{tc|Team Plasma Grunt|Plasma Grunts}} were never actually shown in their original outfits from {{game|Black and White|s}} in the anime, which they were supposed to wear in this episode. When they eventually debuted in ''[[BW112|Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!]]'', they were seen using their new outfits from {{game|Black and White|s 2|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2}}. | ||
* In [[BW030]], [[Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster]] showed a brief scene from this episode which revealed the [[Sunglasses Krokorok]] was to have appeared. | * In [[BW030]], [[Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster]] showed a brief scene from this episode which revealed the [[Sunglasses Krokorok]] was to have appeared. |
Revision as of 05:34, 3 May 2023
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(Japanese: ロケット団VSプラズマ団!(前編) Rocket-dan VS Plasma-dan! (Part 1)) was intended to be the 23rd episode of Pokémon the Series: Black & White, and the 680th episode of the Pokémon anime.
This episode was originally scheduled to air in Japan on March 17, 2011, but was postponed, along with the original BW024, indefinitely because of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. TV Tokyo said in 2011 that it would someday air, but this statement was never updated or clarified, and was ultimately removed late in 2018. As of Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!, this episode's events have been removed from continuity.
Plot
Giovanni arrives in Unova to oversee the collection of the Meteonite from the Relic Castle in the Desert Resort. Meanwhile, Ash, Iris, and Cilan travel to the Desert Resort with Professor Juniper and Officer Jenny to investigate why a swarm of Venipede attacked Castelia City in the previous episode. However, their helicopter is shot down by a Liepard owned by three members of a mysterious organization, who also express interest in the Meteonite and want to obtain it for their own mysterious purposes. Sensing danger, Officer Jenny tells Ash's group to make their way back to Castelia City, but they get sidetracked by a persistent nemesis looking to settle things with Pikachu, the battle leaving Pikachu in a bad state.
After collecting the Meteonite, Giovanni and the rest of Team Rocket return to Castelia City and crash a masquerade party held for the most elite people of Unova. Looker appears, picks up Ash's group along with Juniper and Jenny and helps them infiltrate the party, at which Giovanni is set to demonstrate the Meteonite's power to the guests and ransom total control of the Unova region. However, the Meteonite's active energy causes Pikachu to fall ill and lose control of its own electric power.
Major events
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash
- Iris
- Cilan
- Jessie
- James
- Giovanni
- Officer Jenny
- Looker
- Professor Juniper
- Pierce
- Dr. Zager
- Team Rocket Grunts
- Team Plasma Grunts
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Axew (Iris's)
- Liepard (Team Plasma's; debut)
- Krokorok (sunglasses)
Trivia
- This and the next episode are the only Pokémon the Series: Black & White episodes that were skipped.
- Unlike the only other skipped episode in Japan, this two-parter was supposed to be important to the overall storyline instead of being a standalone episode.
- Despite the episode being pulled from the air, the preview for it remains attached to the previous episode during reruns in Japan.
- Additionally, while the first edition of the Japanese rental DVD with this episode on it replaced the preview for one of the episode that actually followed, the original preview for the skipped episode was reinstated in subsequent printings.
- Had this episode aired in time, it would have marked the anime debuts of Team Plasma and Liepard and the return of Looker.
- Due to Team Plasma's debut being delayed, the Plasma Grunts were never actually shown in their original outfits from Pokémon Black and White in the anime, which they were supposed to wear in this episode. When they eventually debuted in Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!, they were seen using their new outfits from Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.
- In BW030, Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster showed a brief scene from this episode which revealed the Sunglasses Krokorok was to have appeared.
- Scenes highly resembling the scenes seen in this two-parted episode's previews were later used in Meloetta and the Undersea Temple! during Team Rocket's Operation Tempest.
- In addition, an updated design of the Meteonite's chamber in the Relic Castle is used as the Golden Dark Stone's chamber in Explorers of the Hero's Ruin! and as the Light Stone's chamber in Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals!.
Dub edits
- According to Tom Wayland, this episode and the next one were sent to The Pokémon Company International, but they were never dubbed.[1]
References
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- Unaired episodes
- Pokémon the Series: Black & White episodes
- Banned episodes
- Undubbed episodes
- Episodes focusing on Team Rocket
- Episodes focusing on Team Plasma
- Episodes written by Atsuhiro Tomioka
- Episodes storyboarded and directed by Kazuomi Koga
- Episodes storyboarded by Kazuomi Koga
- Episodes directed by Kazuomi Koga
- Episodes animated by Kunihiko Natsume