Important events
- Ash and Pikachu travel with Delia and Professor Oak to the Unova region where Professor Oak is attending a conference. (BW001)
- Team Rocket also arrive in the Unova region, having been assigned there by Giovanni. (BW001)
- Ash meets a photographer and beginning Trainer by the name of Trip. (BW001)
- Trip obtains a Snivy from Professor Juniper then battles Ash's Pikachu and wins. (BW001)
- Ash decides to remain in Unova and challenge its Pokémon League. (BW002)
- Ash meets a mysterious girl named Iris and her Axew. (BW002)
- Ash and Iris meet Cilan. (BW005)
- Ash, Iris and Cilan agree to travel together through Unova. (BW006)
- Iris is revealed to own an Excadrill. (BW009)
- Jessie, James and Meowth meet Pierce, a Team Rocket agent sent to help them. (BW010)
- Ash and Trip decide to have their second battle, with Trip defeating Ash. (BW010)
- Ash receives a Pokémon egg. (BW012)
- Ash gets a new badge case from Bianca, given to her by Professor Juniper. (BW013)
- Ash and friends meet Nacrene City Gym Leader Lenora. (BW014)
- Ash's Pokémon egg hatches into a Scraggy. (BW017)
- Ash and friends meet Castelia City Gym Leader Burgh. (BW018)
- Ash and Trip have their third battle, which ends up in a tie. (BW031)
- Iris reveals she met Excadrill as a Drilbur when she was younger. (BW033)
- Excadrill regains his confidence and loyalty to Iris. (BW033)
- The Club Battle Tournament takes place. (BW039-BW042).
- The competition begins with 16 competitors. (BW039)
- Ash and Georgia both advance to the second round of the Club Battle Tournament after beating Burgundy and Sylvester respectively. (BW039)
- Iris, Cilan, Stephan, and Luke all advance to the second round of the Club Battle Tournament after beating Jimmy Ray, Trip, Bianca, and Scooter, respectively. (BW040)
- Ash, Iris, and Luke all advance to the semi-finals of the Club Battle Tournament after beating Georgia, Stephan, and Cilan, respectively. (BW041)
- Iris beats Luke in the semi-finals of the Club Battle Tournament and goes on to beat Ash in the finals, making Iris the winner of the Club Battle Tournament. (BW042)
- Meowth gets fired from Team Rocket and joins Ash and friends. (BW043)
- It is revealed that Meowth was never fired from Team Rocket and that his joining the group was part of a plan. Meowth rejoins Jessie and James. (BW047)
Party changes
Additions
The following Pokémon are obtained:
Evolutions
The following Pokémon evolve:
Other
- Iris's Axew (obtained prior to BW001)
- Ash's Staraptor (left at Professor Oak's Laboratory, prior to BW001)
- Ash's Torterra (left at Professor Oak's Laboratory, prior to BW001)
- Ash's Infernape (left at Professor Oak's Laboratory, prior to BW001)
- Ash's Buizel (left at Professor Oak's Laboratory, prior to BW001)
- Ash's Gible (left at Professor Oak's Laboratory, prior to BW001)
- Jessie's Wobbuffet (left at Team Rocket headquarters, prior to BW002)
- Jessie's Seviper (left at Team Rocket headquarters, prior to BW002)
- Jessie's Yanmega (left at Team Rocket headquarters, prior to BW002)
- James's Carnivine (left at Team Rocket headquarters, prior to BW002)
- James's Mime Jr. (left at Team Rocket headquarters, prior to BW002)
- Cilan's Pansage (obtained prior to BW005)
- Iris's Excadrill (obtained prior to BW001)
- Iris's Drilbur (caught in and evolves into Excadrill in a flashback in BW033)
Gym battles
Ash defeats the following Gym Leaders:
Trivia
- Who's That Pokémon? returned to dub versions at the beginning of the season, after an absence of 344 episodes.
- Unlike previous seasons, this season has more episode titles based more on either the original Japanese titles or the concept of the episode as a whole rather than being puns.
In other languages
External linksSee also
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