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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 the {{series|Best Wishes}}, 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 the {{series|Best Wishes}}, 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 due to similarities to 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 has not been updated or clarified since | This episode was originally scheduled to air in Japan on March 17, 2011, but was postponed, along with the original {{OBP|BW024|unaired}}, indefinitely due to similarities to 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 has not been updated or clarified since. | ||
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** 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 anime debuts of [[Team Plasma]] and {{p|Liepard}} and the return of [[Looker]]. | * Had this episode aired in time, it would have marked the anime debuts of [[Team Plasma]] and {{p|Liepard}} 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 | ** Due to Team Plasma's debut being delayed, the {{tc|Team Plasma Grunt|Plasma Grunts}} were never actually shown in their original outfits 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 [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2]]. | ||
** Furthur, a flashback in [[BW118|Secrets From Out of the Fog!]] show them in their new outfits rather than their old. | |||
* 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. |
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