BW051: Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!

Episode Plot
After the events that occured at the Battle Subway cause of Team Rocket, Ash and co. run into Bianca again (in her usual way). They soon realize the Gym is closed since the Gym Leader wasn't there. Turns out the Gym Leader, Elesa, was busy with a fashion show, but after seeing a Pikachu, she introduces herself and accepts Ash and Bianca's Gym Challenge. However as Bianca's Gym Battle was about to begin, her father appears and wants to bring her home, but Bianca refuses. The battle goes underway and Bianca lost. Will she continue her journey or go home? She'll continue her journey once Ash challenges her father to a pokemon battle one on one match. Ash will use his Oshawott against her father's Darmanitan and if he wins, Bianca could continue her journey but there's only one problem. If Ash loses this battle to Bianca's father, he would have to go back to his hometown! After the battle he fought long and hard, Ash would soon be going home to his hometown for sure but Bianca's father knows his words he said about his daughter becoming the best of friends for Ash and co. when sometimes she travels with them. So he knows sometimes journeys are filled with danger and he'll remember the good times he had too. From now on, Bianca's father wanted Ash and his daughter to become strong as they can on their journeys. Now that Ash and Bianca are putting themselves back on the grid, It's time for Ash's gym battle to come until next time.

Human Characters

 * Elesa
 * Bianca's father

Pokémon Characters

 * Shelmet

Trivia

 * In the games, Shelmet can be obtained in Icirrus City, Route 8 and Moor of Icirrus. No one knows how Bianca got a Shelmet before our heroes got to Icirrus City.
 * Elesa was wearing five different outfits (including her Gym Leader attire). (Six if you count the outfit for the cover of the magazine Bianca was holding.)
 * Professor Oak's Live Caster: Archen
 * The English title of this episode was confirmed at pokemon.com on Tuesday, February 14, 2012.
 * Cartoon Network made the title of this episode official on Friday, February 17, 2012.
 * Gregg Abbey returns to the Pokémon series as Bianca's Father.
 * Who's that Pokémon? (US): Shelmet
 * The intro of the episodes uses clips from episodes that have yet to appear in the US.
 * Iris heared about Elesa from Subway Boss Emmet in the last episode, but didn't know who she was in this episode.
 * Bianca's Minccino is revealed to know Swift.
 * This episode marks the first episode since episode 1 in which team Rocket does not appear.

Bloopers

 * During the battle against Bianca's father, Ash told Oshawott to use Shell Blade instead of Razor Shell. This is the second time Ash has done so, the first being in BW031: Oshawott's Lost Scalchop!