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(Japanese: イッシュ地方へ！ゼクロムの影！！ To the Isshu Region! Zekrom's Shadow!!) is the first episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 658th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan, as part of a one-hour special along with BW002, on September 23, 2010.
Synopsis
Template:Incomplete synopsis The episode begins as Zekrom and Reshiram make their appearance. Their black and white colors swirl and fade into the shape of the Earth, in which the narrator begins to explain about the world of Pokémon.
Ash is a ten-year old Pokémon Trainer who aims to become a Pokémon Master. He lives in Pallet Town, which resides in the Kanto region. With his Pikachu, he grabs his belongings and hurriedly walks out of the room. Returning to take his hat, he then expresses his excitement with Pikachu on his upcoming journey. Ash's mom then walks into his room, informing him about Professor Oak coming to pick him up, and straightens his hat.
Professor Oak arrives in a car wearing a colorful collared shirt with palm trees printings. Ash questions Professor Oak on his style of clothing, to which he replies as to have a feel of being on vacation. Ash's mom then became concerned about Professor Oak having to work in Isshu but he told her he has a lot of free time when he is not attending semainars. Ash and his mom board the car.
Meanwhile, in one of Team Rocket's bases, Giovanni questions Jessie, James, and Meowth about Team Rocket's goals: to obtain strong and rare Pokémon, and to form a formidable army of Pokémon to take over the world. He then tells the trio that the Isshu region will be strong foothold for their world domination plans, and has given them mission of infiltrating the region. The trio agrees.
As the reception is cut and Giovanni sits back on his chair, his secretary walks up to him as he tends to his Persian. She informs him about the operations of a mysterious organisation in Isshu, but Giovanni does not flinch. He is, after all, confident that Jessie, James and Meowth will force this organisation in question to reveal their identities and operations, allowing them to strike at the opportune moment.
Ash, together with his mother and Professor Oak are on board a plane to Isshu. Unbeknownst to them, Jessie, James and Meowth are on board the same plane as well. Dressed in dark coats and speaking in hushed voices, they manage to spot Ash and his Pikachu and decides, on the spot, to capture Pikachu as their first objective.
Meanwhile, Ash is reading a brochure on the Isshu region. Professor Oak tells him that the Pokémon native to Isshu cannot be found in any of the other regions, namely Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh, and Ash becomes excited.
Emerging from the clouds, the plane finally arrives at the Isshu region. It makes a gradual turn, slowly descends into the sea and docks near a pier. Despite being one of the last few passengers to leave the plane, Ash expressed relief after landing, and together with his mother and Professor Oak, they make their way out of the pier. However, Pikachu suddenly detects something, stops and turns to face the sea. It then runs forward, and notices black spiraling clouds looming above. Ash, noticing Pikachu's erratic behavior, turns back to observe and question it. However, a jumping Mamanbou on the water caught Ash's attention, and together with Pikachu, they run towards the sea. The Team Rocket trio then appears at their back, grinning with evil intentions.
Ash reaches the end of the pier, and realizes that the Mamanbou had disappeared. He then notices a black cloud approaching, streaking with blue lightning bolts. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a metallic frame reaches out to Pikachu, expands and cages it. Pikachu was trapped! As fast as he could, Ash grabbed the cage and tried to pry it open. He then caught sight of Pikachu's captors: three figures dressed in black coats. Upon asking who the three of them were, the they replied with two lines that would soon known to be their motto, and revealed themselves: Team Rocket!
Ash tells Pikachu to use Thunderbolt, but it fails to shock the trio as they opened a shield to deflect the electricity. At the same time, the black clouds loomed ever closer, threatening to cover the sky with its dark mass.
Suddenly, a loud clap of thunder was heard, and the people started noticing the condition of the sky. Meanwhile, directly underneath the swirling mass of clouds, Ash notices the clouds' central blue core glowing with light. Almost instantly, a large bolt of lightning descended upon Team Rocket, destroying their Pikachu-capturing contraption, and sending Team Rocket and both Ash and Pikachu flying in different directions.
Meanwhile, electronic equipment around the area starts to malfunction.
Pikachu, unhurt, then decides to use Thunderbolt and aims it directly into the center of the clouds. The clouds disperse slightly and we see Zekrom's outline with glowing eyes and tip. Zekrom's shadow appears over Pikachu, seemingly to cause no effect. A new girl and her Kibago pop out of a tree from afar and notice the clouds, and they head towards it.
Professor Araragi then appears apologizing for being late. She takes the crew to her lab in the car as Ash watched every new Pokémon on the way there. The Pokémon they saw was a group of Shikijika, a flock of Mamepato, a group of Minezumi, and a school of Swanna. Professor Araragi also explains that there aren't any Pokémon from other regions in Isshu, which explains why Pikachu is a rare Pokémon in this region. They soon arrive at Kanoko Town where Professor Araragi's lab is. There they run some tests on Pikachu after noticing some sparks coming from his cheeks after the encounter with Zekrom. The tests show that Pikachu has absorbed too much electricity and will be fine after the electricity is removed.
An assistant comes into the room saying that it's time to give the new trainer his Starter Pokémon. This is when Ash is introduced to Shooti, who passes a few bad words about Ash's home town. Professor Araragi then shows Shooti the three starter Pokémon: Pokabu, Mijumaru, and Tsutarja. Ash is fascinated about the Pokémon and comments on all of them, especially on Mijumaru, saying that it's very cute. Shooti takes several pictures of them. Then, he chooses Tsutarja, which saddens Pokabu and ultimately shocks Mijumaru. Shooti is then given a Pokédex, Tsutarja's Poké Ball and an additional 5 Poké Balls.
Shooti then leaves the lab, wanting to start his adventure. Ash follows Shooti outside and Pikachu comes quickly afterwards since the tests are over. Amazed by the Pikachu, Shooti takes several pictures of him. Then, Ash challenged Shooti to a battle. Shooti takes several pictures during the battle, which annoyed Ash. It is going well for Ash until Pikachu tries to use Thunderbolt, which fails. To Ash's amazement, both Thunderbolt and Volt Tackle aren't working. Due to this complication, Ash loses the battle, with Shooti commenting on his failure and compliments Tsutarja for doing well on a first battle. Mijumaru watched the battle from behind a tree.
Ash takes Pikachu to the lab to get him checked out again. It turns out that the massive thunder strike from before put Pikachu into "overload", rendering all of his Electric moves useless. Suddenly the black cloud reappears over the lab and all electronics are once again disabled. The new girl is seen once again heading towards the clouds. Then some thunder strikes the lab and Pikachu's body is covered in static.
Professor Araragi then spots the black clouds and explains that they might have been formed by Zekrom.
Major events
- Ash and Pikachu travel with Delia and Professor Oak to the Isshu region where Professor Oak is attending a conference.
- Ash learns that all of the Pokémon that live in the Isshu region cannot be found in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn or Sinnoh.
- Ash and company meet Professor Araragi.
- Team Rocket also arrive in the Isshu region, having being assigned there by Giovanni.
- Pikachu becomes temporarily unable to use Electric-type attacks after being hit by lightning caused by Zekrom.
- Ash meets a photographer and beginning Trainer by the name of Shooti.
- Shooti obtains a Tsutarja from Professor Araragi then battles Ash's Pikachu and wins.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
- Reshiram
- Zekrom
- Kibago (Iris's)
- Tsutarja (Shooti's)
- Mamanbou
- Shikijika
- Mamepato
- Minezumi
- Swanna
- Chillarmy
- Pokabu
- Mijumaru
Characters
Humans
- Ash
- Iris
- Jessie
- James
- Professor Araragi
- Shooti
- Professor Oak
- Delia Ketchum
- Giovanni
- Giovanni's secretary
- Professor Araragi's assistants
- Airport employees
- Citizens
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Kibago (Iris's)
- Reshiram (introduction only)
- Zekrom
- Tsutarja (Shooti's)
- Persian (Giovanni's)
- Mamanbou
- Shikijika (multiple)
- Mamepato (multiple)
- Minezumi (multiple)
- Swanna (multiple)
- Chillarmy (child's)
- Pokabu
- Mijumaru
Trivia
- This episode marks the first time that the first episode of a series has focused on Ash since Pokémon - I Choose You!.
- According to the narration at the beginning of the episode, Ash is still ten years old (despite the fact the anime has been airing for over thirteen years at this point).
- Also, in Pikachu and Pichu, Ash states that it is his and Pikachu's anniversary, meaning that he would have to have had at least one birthday by that point.
- For the first time since the series began, Ash receives a physical redesign, with the most significant change being his irises being made larger to match Ken Sugimori's recent character art. Jessie, James, and Delia's eyes are also similarly modified.
- Also, for the first time since the series began Jessie, James and Giovanni are given costume changes, and the Team Rocket logo is also modified, now showing as a stylized "R". However, the logo on the uniforms of Jessie and James remain the same.
- Several of the items in Ash's bedroom at the beginning of the episode are those he received during his travels through Sinnoh. These are:
- The Soothe Bells he received after winning the Hearthome Tag Battle Tournament in Smells Like Team Spirit!.
- The Focus Band he was given at the end of Bibarel Gnaws Best!.
- The wooden model of a Teddiursa he was given as a gift from May in A Full Course Tag Battle!.
- The diploma he received for attending the Pokémon Summer Academy in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!.
- The certificate he received for winning the Squallville PokéRinger competition in Pursuing a Lofty Goal!.
- The trophy he was awarded by Palmer for winning the Twinleaf Tournament in Challenging a Towering Figure!.
- This is the second time Ash has arrived in a new region and Pikachu has had problems with its electricity, the first being Hoenn.
- Two new eyecatches were shown.
Errors
Dub edits
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