BW024 (unaired)
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ロケット団VSプラズマ団!(後編)
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First broadcast
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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(Japanese: ロケット団VSプラズマ団!(後編) Rocket-dan VS Plasma-dan! (Part 2)) was intended to be the 24th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 681st episode of the Pokémon anime.
This episode was originally scheduled to air in Japan on March 24, 2011, but was postponed, along with the original BW023, indefinitely because of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. As of Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!, its events have been removed from continuity. As of March 2016, TVTokyo's official statement is still that it will someday air, but only once an airdate that does not interrupt the schedule of the XY series has been selected.
Plot
Team Plasma carries out a massive attack on Team Rocket's masquerade party and steals the Meteonite. Jessie, James and Meowth pursue Team Plasma back to the Desert Resort, where a great conflict breaks out. However, during the fighting, the Meteonite becomes unstable and begins releasing large blasts of energy.
Looker and Professor Juniper escort Ash and his friends to the Desert Resort. As they arrive, they discover that the situation with the Meteonite has escalated into a disaster that threatens to destroy all of Castelia City. Ash battles to overcome both Team Rocket and Team Plasma while finding a way to stop the Meteonite from destroying Castelia City.
Major events
- Team Rocket and Team Plasma fight over the Meteonite, threatening to destroy Castelia City in the process.
- Ash and Pikachu destroy the Meteonite.*.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Axew (Iris's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Woobat (Jessie's)
- Liepard (Team Plasma's)
Trivia
- This and the previous episode are the only Best Wishes series 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 stand-alone episode.
- Had this episode aired, it would have marked the final appearance of Pierce.
- Coincidentally, the 24th episode of the XY series was also skipped. However, unlike this, it eventually aired.
- The scene with Liepard attacking a skyscraper with Hyper Beam with two Team Plasma Grunts alongside it on a helicopter is reused for the Best Wishes! Season 2: Episode N opening, Be an Arrow! 2013, although it is newly animated rather than taken directly from the episode. The differences is that Aldith and Barret are in the scene (who have their uniforms designs from Black 2 and White 2) instead of one Team Plasma Grunt with the original Black and White uniform.
- In addition, the shot of Liepard firing Hyper Beam is later recycled for use in Strong Strategy Steals the Show! when Stephan's Liepard uses the move during a battle against Ash.
Dub edits
- According to Tom Wayland, this episode and the previous one were sent to The Pokémon Company International, but the dubbing was not completed before the episodes were delayed.[1]
References
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