BW022

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BW022

BW022   EP679 ヒウンシティ！フシデパニック！！ Hiun City! Fushide Panic!!

First broadcast Japan March 10, 2011 United States

English themes Opening Black and White 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 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 矢嶋哲生 Tetsuo Yajima Animation director 緒方厚 Atsushi Ogata Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

(Japanese: ヒウンシティ！フシデパニック！！ Hiun City! Fushide Panic!!) is the 22nd episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 679th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 10, 2011.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Major events

• Ash and friends arrive in Castelia City and meet up with Burgh again.
• Ash encounters Trip again and it is revealed that he has obtained a Lampent.
• Ash's Pidove evolves into a Tranquill.
• Giovanni heads to Unova as Team Rocket's plan for the meteorite enters its final stages.
• Ash, Iris and Cilan meet up with Professor Juniper and leave to investigate the unusual activity caused by Team Rocket.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Venipede
• Lampent
• Ash's Tranquill

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Burgh
• Jessie
• James
• Giovanni
• Pierce
• Professor Seger
• Professor Juniper
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny
• Trip
• Mayor of Castelia City
• Team Rocket Grunt
• Unnamed Trainers

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Pidove (Ash's; evolves)
• Tranquill (Ash's; newly evolved)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Audino (Nurse Joy's)
• Venipede (multiple; debut)
• Lampent (Trip's; debut)
• Tranquill (Trip's)
• Herdier (Officer Jenny's; ×2)
• Darmanitan (Trainer's)
• Pansear (Trainer's)
• Pignite (Trainer's)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Yamask
• This episode references the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin when Burgh uses an ocarina to lead the Venipede out the city at the request of the mayor.
• This episode marks the first time since BW017 when Jessie, James and Meowth make an appearance.
• This one of the few episodes in the Best Wishes series that Ash's Oshawott doesen't appear in.

Errors

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Cilan's shoes

• Right after Burgh puts the bandage on Venipede, the gold buckles on Cilan's shoes are missing.

Dub edits

← BW021

Best Wishes series

BW023 →

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