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(Japanese: '''ロケット団ＶＳプラズマ団！（前編）''' ''{{tt|Rocket-dan|Team Rocket}} VS {{tt|Plasma-dan|Team Plasma}}! (Part 1)'') was intended to be the 23rd episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]'', and the 680th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]<!--It is scheduled to air in Japan on *day* and is scheduled to air in the United States on *day*-->.
(Japanese: '''ロケット団ＶＳプラズマ団！（前編）''' ''{{tt|Rocket-dan|Team Rocket}} VS {{tt|Plasma-dan|Team Plasma}}! (Part 1)'') was intended to be the 23rd episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]'', and the 680th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]<!--It is scheduled to air in Japan on *day* and is scheduled to air in the United States on *day*-->.


This episode was originally scheduled to air in Japan on March 17, 2011, but was postponed, along with the original {{OBP|BW024|unaired}}, indefinitely because of the {{wp|2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami}} and the {{wp|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 ''[[BW112|Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!]]'', this episode's events have been removed from continuity.  
This episode was originally scheduled to air in Japan on March 17, 2011, but was postponed, along with the original {{OBP|BW024|unaired}}, indefinitely because of the {{wp|2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami}} and the {{wp|Fukushima 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 ''[[BW112|Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!]]'', this episode's events have been removed from continuity.  
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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]], which is done through a ritual using [[Team Rocket]]'s modern science to recreate ancient technology. 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 {{tc|Team Plasma Grunt|three members}} of a [[Team Plasma|mysterious organization]], who also express interest in the Meteonite and want to obtain it for the benefit of {{an|N|their hero}}. {{ashfr|Ash's group}} is separated from Officer Jenny and Professor Juniper when the latter fall through a sinkhole leading to the ruins around the Relic Castle and must pursue Team Rocket alone; Jenny and Juniper are later rescued by [[Looker]], who is on the trail of the secret organization opposing Team Rocket.
{{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.
The [[Sunglasses Krokorok]] appears and helps Ash, Iris, and Cilan to get closer to Team Rocket, even attacking a {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}} so {{AP|Pikachu}} can preserve its power for their rematch. However, the group is forced to hide in [[Dr. Zager]]'s helicopter, getting trapped there when it lifts off to collect the Meteonite. When the Meteonite is taken into the cargo hold, Pikachu's electricity makes contact with it, causing Pikachu to fall ill. Dr. Zager notices unusual activity in the hold, forcing Ash to allow himself to be taken prisoner so Iris and Cilan can escape with Pikachu.
 
Team Rocket returns to Castelia City, where Giovanni has assembled a masquerade party of Unova's elite. Looker and Professor Juniper infiltrate the party in disguise, meeting up with Cilan, who has done the same. Giovanni presents the Meteonite and demonstrates its power to the guests, using it as a tool to ransom total control over Unova and calling upon the Unovan elite to join Team Rocket. However, three members of the mysterious organization are also present at the party, and scheme to take the Meteonite for themselves.


==Major events==
==Major events==
<!-- This is not for summarizing everything that happens in this episode. Only events pertaining to the series as a whole, such as catching and releasing Pokémon and obtaining badge, go here. -->
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<!--* {{an|Giovanni}} claims the [[Meteonite]] from [[Relic Castle]] and takes it back to [[Castelia City]].
* {{an|Giovanni}} travels to [[Unova]] and claims the [[Meteonite]] from [[Relic Castle]], bringing it back to [[Castelia City]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet with [[Looker]] in the [[Desert Resort]] and discover [[Team Rocket]]'s plans.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} discover [[Team Rocket]]'s plans.
** In the process, {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} meet Looker for the first time.
* [[Looker]] returns, undertaking an investigation of [[Team Plasma]].
* [[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.}}.
* {{an|Cilan}} meets Looker for the first time.
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* Team Plasma appears to steal the Meteonite from Team Rocket.
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===Debuts===
===Debuts===
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====Pokémon debuts====
====Pokémon debuts====
* {{p|Liepard}}
* {{p|Liepard}}
* [[James's Yamask|Yamask (anime)]]
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* {{p|Liepard}} ([[Team Plasma]]'s; debut)
* {{p|Liepard}} ({{tc|Team Plasma Grunt}}'s; debut)
* {{p|Krokorok}} ([[Sunglasses Krokorok|sunglasses]])
* {{p|Krokorok}} ([[Sunglasses Krokorok|sunglasses]])
* {{p|Yamask}} ({{TP|James|anime|Yamask}})


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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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]] and {{p|Liepard}} and the return of [[Looker]].
* Had this episode aired in time, it would have marked the {{pkmn|anime}} debuts of [[Team Plasma]], {{p|Liepard}}, [[James's Yamask]], 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.
* Scenes highly resembling the scenes seen in this two-parted episode's previews were later used in ''[[BW096|Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!]]'' during [[Team Rocket]]'s Operation Tempest.
* Scenes highly resembling the scenes seen in this two-parted episode's previews were later used in ''[[BW096|Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!]]'' during [[Team Rocket]]'s Operation Tempest.
** {{Ash}} being captured by Team Rocket and imprisoned aboard [[Dr. Zager]]'s helicopter as the team carries out their plans was reused as a plot element in ''Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!''.
** In addition, an updated design of the [[Meteonite]]'s chamber in the [[Relic Castle]] is used as the Golden [[Dark Stone]]'s chamber in ''[[BW064|Explorers of the Hero's Ruin!]]'' and as the [[Light Stone]]'s chamber in ''[[BW120|Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals!]]''.
** In addition, an updated design of the [[Meteonite]]'s chamber in the [[Relic Castle]] is used as the Golden [[Dark Stone]]'s chamber in ''[[BW064|Explorers of the Hero's Ruin!]]'' and as the [[Light Stone]]'s chamber in ''[[BW120|Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals!]]''.
* The script of these two unaired episodes surfaced in May 2023, detailing their contents.<ref>https://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?threads/bw023-bw024-unaired-scripts-found.297127/</ref> Notably, the early script for this episode revealed that its original title was ''The Evil Organizations Gather - The Desert Resort'' (Japanese: '''悪の組織集結・リゾートデザート''') instead of the title it was ultimately given.
** In this episode's early script, the masquerade party took place at a luxury resort within the Desert Resort, instead of in Castelia City.


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Latest revision as of 20:39, 16 April 2024

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← BW022 : A Venipede Stampede!
Pokémon the Series: Black & White
BW024 (unaired) →
ロケット団ＶＳプラズマ団！（前編）
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Rocket-dan VS Plasma-dan! (Part 1)
First broadcast
Japan Unaired
United States Unaired
English themes
Opening N/A
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening ベストウイッシュ！
Ending 心のファンファーレ
Credits
Animation Team Kato
Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka
Storyboard 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga
Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga
Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume
No additional credits are available at this time.

(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 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.

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Plot

Giovanni arrives in Unova to oversee the collection of the Meteonite from the Relic Castle in the Desert Resort, which is done through a ritual using Team Rocket's modern science to recreate ancient technology. 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 the benefit of their hero. Ash's group is separated from Officer Jenny and Professor Juniper when the latter fall through a sinkhole leading to the ruins around the Relic Castle and must pursue Team Rocket alone; Jenny and Juniper are later rescued by Looker, who is on the trail of the secret organization opposing Team Rocket.

The Sunglasses Krokorok appears and helps Ash, Iris, and Cilan to get closer to Team Rocket, even attacking a Team Rocket Grunt so Pikachu can preserve its power for their rematch. However, the group is forced to hide in Dr. Zager's helicopter, getting trapped there when it lifts off to collect the Meteonite. When the Meteonite is taken into the cargo hold, Pikachu's electricity makes contact with it, causing Pikachu to fall ill. Dr. Zager notices unusual activity in the hold, forcing Ash to allow himself to be taken prisoner so Iris and Cilan can escape with Pikachu.

Team Rocket returns to Castelia City, where Giovanni has assembled a masquerade party of Unova's elite. Looker and Professor Juniper infiltrate the party in disguise, meeting up with Cilan, who has done the same. Giovanni presents the Meteonite and demonstrates its power to the guests, using it as a tool to ransom total control over Unova and calling upon the Unovan elite to join Team Rocket. However, three members of the mysterious organization are also present at the party, and scheme to take the Meteonite for themselves.

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Trivia

Bulbanews
  • Original

    Original

  • Original

    Original

  • Original

    Original

  • Original

    Original

  • Operation Tempest

    Operation Tempest

  • Operation Tempest

    Operation Tempest

  • Operation Tempest

    Operation Tempest

  • Operation Tempest

    Operation Tempest

Dub edits

References

  1. ↑ https://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?threads/bw023-bw024-unaired-scripts-found.297127/
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/VanWayland/status/334560411959586816


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