| Overall № | Ep. Code | Title(s) | Airdates(s) | Image(s) |
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| 662 | BW001 | - "In the Shadow of Zekrom!"
- イッシュ地方へ! ゼクロムの影!!
- Isshu Chihou e! Zekrom no Kage!!
- (To the Unova Region! Zekrom's Shadow!!)
|  : September 23, 2010 : February 12, 2011
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| Ash excitedly arrives in the Unova region along with Pikachu, his mom, and Professor Oak. Meanwhile, Team Rocket's Boss, Giovanni, has given them an important assignment in the Unova region. As Jessie, James, and Meowth prepare for their new assignment, Professor Oak introduces Ash to Professor Juniper, one of the top researchers in Unova. |
| 663 | BW002 | |  : September 23, 2010- : February 12, 2011
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| After being struck by lightning, Pikachu is having trouble using its Electric-type attacks...but a second strange thunderstorm heals the Pokémon just as quickly! Professors Oak and Juniper attribute the ordeal to the Legendary Pokémon Zekrom and agree that further research is needed. |
| 664 | BW003 | | - : September 30, 2010
- : February 19, 2011
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| As Ash and Iris continue toward Striaton City, they once again run into Oshawott, who officially joins Ash's Pokémon team! Along the road, they stumble into a deep hole and are rescued by a boy named Dan. He takes them to his family's resort hotel, where they discover that the hotel's famous hot sand spa has been destroyed by several similar holes. |
| 665 | BW004 | | - : October 7, 2010
- : February 26, 2011
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| As Ash and Iris continue toward Striaton City for Ash's first Unova Gym battle, Iris tells Ash about the Pokémon Battle Club, a place where Trainers can battle each other to develop their skills. But after Ash accepts a challenge from a Trainer there, the Battle Club is suddenly closed down. It appears that someone—or something—has broken into the storage room where the food is kept! Based on the blurry image on the security tape, Ash thinks the culprit might be an Umbreon (a Pokémon that isn't native to Unova). But when Ash puts some Pokémon food out to lure it, he and Iris are surprised to discover it's really a dirty, skinny Tepig, trying to scrounge for dinner. |
| 666 | BW005 | | - : October 14, 2010
- : March 5, 2011
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| After arriving in Striaton City, Ash’s first priority is to battle for his first Gym badge in the Unova region! But when he arrives at the Striaton Gym, Ash is surprised to discover three Gym Leaders: brothers named Cilan, Chili, and Cress. The Gym Leaders tell Ash he can choose one of them to battle, but that isn’t enough for Ash—he wants to challenge all three! They accept, and the triple match is under way. |
| 667 | BW006 | | - : October 21, 2010
- : March 12, 2011
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| With his first Gym badge at stake, Ash’s battle challenge rages on. So far, our hero has defeated one of the three brothers who lead the Striaton City Gym and lost to another. He now faces the deciding match against Cilan. Early in the match, the Gym Leader’s Pansage proves to be a formidable opponent, and Cilan declares Ash’s battling style a bit bland and predictable. Then, Ash tells Oshawott to aim its Water Gun against the Gym wall, a creative strategy that ultimately earns him the Trio Badge! |
| 668 | BW007 | | - : October 28, 2010
- : March 19, 2011
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| Now accompanied by Cilan and Iris, Ash is headed toward Nacrene City and his second Gym battle. On their way, the three Trainers come across a wild Snivy. Of course, Ash’s first reaction is to catch this intelligent and speedy Pokémon, but the wily Snivy doesn’t give up easily, ensnaring most of Ash’s team with a devastating Attract move. After Pikachu, Oshawott, and Tepig all fall prey to Snivy’s charms, Ash enlists the aid of his Pidove, who turns out to be a girl—and thus immune to Snivy’s Attract! Finally, after some intense battling, the weary Snivy finally stays in its Poké Ball, and Ash has his fourth Unova region Pokémon! |
| 669 | BW008 | | - : November 4, 2010
- : March 26, 2011
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| Ash and friends discover a pair of Darumaka sneaking off with their lunch! Ash learns that these two Darumaka have always gotten along with the people of the nearby town, at least until they recently started stealing food. He decides to go after them to find out what’s going on. |
| 670 | BW009 | | - : November 11, 2010
- : April 2, 2011
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| What’s going on? Iris and Cilan are having a battle! Of course, Ash wants to get in on the action, but Iris isn’t interested. Because Axew doesn’t have much battle experience, she’s asked Cilan to help her train it by getting Pansage to use very restrained attacks. |
| 671 | BW010 | | - : November 18, 2010
- : April 9, 2011
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| Ash stops by the Pokémon Battle Club in Luxuria Town for a warm-up battle before challenging the next Gym. He’s surprised to find his Unova region rival, Trip, is there, too! Ash challenges Trip to a battle, and although he’s reluctant at first, Trip eventually agrees to a five-on-five match. The battle starts out with Trip’s Tranquill making quick work of Ash’s Oshawott and Tepig. |
| 672 | BW011 | | - : December 2, 2010
- : April 16, 2011
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| During a lunch break, Ash and friends spot a most unusual Dwebble—one that doesn’t have a stone on its back to protect itself from its enemies. They watch as it finds a rock it likes and carefully carves it into the perfect shape. But as soon as the work is finished, three other Dwebble appear and steal the stone away! |
| 673 | BW012 | | - : December 9, 2010
- : April 23, 2011
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| Ash and friends come across a group of kindergarten students who have befriended a Trubbish after rescuing it from a junkyard. The students want to keep it in their class, but their teacher, Daniela, will have no part of it! She thinks a Trubbish will be impossible to care for, as well as being unsafe for the class. |
| 674 | BW013 | | - : December 16, 2010
- : April 30, 2011
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| Our heroes meet up with Bianca, who was sent by Professor Juniper with a gift for Ash: a case for his Gym badges. But when Bianca hands over the dusty case, it’s quickly grabbed by a Minccino, who loves to keep things clean and shiny! |
| 675 | BW014 | | - : December 23, 2010
- : May 7, 2011
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| After arriving in Nacrene City and discovering that the Nacrene Gym is inside the city museum, our heroes meet a very scared man: Hawes, the museum’s co-curator. He claims to have seen ghostlike apparitions recently, just as the museum is about to launch its Secret Artifact Exhibition. The gang listens to the details of what has been happening, and Iris decides that an “angry spirit” is putting a curse on the museum. Cilan disagrees—he says that there must be a scientific explanation for everything. |
| 676 | BW015 | | - : January 6, 2011
- : May 14, 2011
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| As the Gym battle between Ash and Lenora is about to get under way, Ash observes that Lenora keeps a keen eye on all her potential challengers. She quickly judges Ash to be a no-nonsense Trainer, and they launch into a fierce two-on-two battle—it’s Lenora’s Watchog and Lillipup versus Ash’s Tepig and Oshawott. |
| 677 | BW016 | | - : January 13, 2011
- : May 21, 2011
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| Before returning to the Nacrene City Gym for a rematch against Lenora, Ash has decided to get some practice in first. He heads to the Pokémon Battle Club and enlists the aid of Don George for some special training. With the aid of a lavishly equipped training room, Ash, Tepig, and Oshawott train intensely, and all three increase their speed and power—just what’s needed to win at the Nacrene Gym! |
| 678 | BW017 | | - : January 20, 2011
- : May 28, 2011
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| On the way to Castelia City, the Egg that Ash has been carrying finally hatches into...a Scraggy! Everyone wants to greet the newly hatched Pokémon, but the feisty Scraggy decides to say hello with a Headbutt instead! |
| 679 | BW018 | | - : January 27, 2011
- : June 4, 2011
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| While traveling through the vast Pinwheel Forest between Nacrene City and Castelia City, Ash and friends intend to stay on the path so they won’t get lost. But when they come across a Sewaddle with impressive battling skills, Ash runs off into the woods to go after it, with the rest of the gang in pursuit. |
| 680 | BW019 | | - : February 17, 2011
- : June 11, 2011
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| Ash and his friends come across the grand opening of a huge new Poké Mart. It’s as big as a shopping mall! Inside, they find a shop where a Pokémon Connoisseur is checking the compatibility between Trainers and Pokémon. Ash lines up to be evaluated as well, but just as he’s getting impatient with the wait, another shopkeeper invites him over. The proprietor is a girl named Burgundy, who insists that she’s a Connoisseur, too. But Ash gets suspicious when Burgundy says he should get rid of all his Pokémon because he isn’t compatible with any of them—even his best buddy Pikachu! |
| 681 | BW020 | | - : February 24, 2011
- : June 18, 2011
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| During a lunch break, our heroes are shocked when the ground suddenly falls out from under Ash and Pikachu, sending them sliding through a long underground tunnel! At the end of the wild ride, Ash and Pikachu come face to face with an old friend, the Sandile who wears sunglasses. It appears that Sandile has traveled a long way to challenge Pikachu to a rematch! |
| 682 | BW021 | | - : March 3, 2011
- : June 25, 2011
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| The last leg of Ash and the gang’s journey to Castelia City means crossing the massive Skyarrow Bridge. As our heroes attempt to cross it, they are stopped by an angry Gothitelle—who uses its psychic power to send them back to the past, when the bridge was still under construction! |
| 683 | BW022 | | - : March 10, 2011
- : July 2, 2011
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| On their way to the Castelia City Gym for Ash’s next Gym battle, our heroes encounter Gym Leader Burgh, who says he can’t answer Ash’s challenge until he figures out what’s been bothering his Bug-type Pokémon. Ash and friends pitch in to help him investigate. Together, they discover a Venipede in distress, and of course Ash wants to help it! |
| 684 | BW025 | | - : March 17, 2011
- : July 9, 2011
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| The time for Ash’s Gym battle with Burgh, the Castelia City Gym Leader and Bug-type Pokémon expert, has finally arrived! Burgh’s first Pokémon is Dwebble, and Ash sends out his Tepig. From the outset, Burgh’s Dwebble shows impressive speed thanks to an extra-light rock on its back, and its powerful Rock Wrecker attack quickly knocks Tepig out! |
| 685 | BW026 | | - : March 24, 2011
- : July 16, 2011
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| Bianca has rejoined Ash and the gang as they leave Castelia City for the Nimbasa Gym. Along the way, they meet an Emolga, and Bianca is instantly smitten with the super-cute Pokémon! Vowing to catch Emolga at all costs, Bianca attempts to battle it with her Minccino. But Emolga gets away, and Bianca takes off in pursuit, along with Ash and Cilan. |
| 686 | BW027 | | - : March 31, 2011
- : July 23, 2011
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| Bianca challenges Iris to a battle! Iris’s new companion Emolga quickly neutralizes Bianca’s Pignite with its powerful Attract, forcing Bianca to send out Minccino. But Emolga quickly grows tired of the battle and uses Volt Switch to escape, then bursts into tears when Iris protests. Iris and Bianca try to restart their battle, but Emolga isn’t interested and keeps using Volt Switch to get away. |
| 687 | BW028 | | - : April 7, 2011
- : July 30, 2011
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| Our heroes get caught in a torrential downpour. They duck into a nearby mansion to get out of the bad weather, finding no one inside. Upon further investigation, it turns out the mansion is inhabited by a group of Litwick…as well as Team Rocket! |
| 688 | BW029 | | - : April 14, 2011
- : August 6, 2011
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| Ash and his friends are surprised to come across a very angry Druddigon. Its Trainer, Emmy, soon comes looking for her missing Dragon-type Pokémon. Druddigon looks dangerous, but Iris isn’t afraid—she reminds everyone that she grew up in a village where people and Dragon-type Pokémon live together as friends. Emmy confesses to Iris that she’s a brand-new Trainer, and asks if Iris can teach her more about Dragon types. Iris suggests that Emmy and Druddigon have a battle, and of course, Ash volunteers to be their opponent! |
| 689 | BW030 | | - : April 21, 2011
- : August 13, 2011
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| Ash and his friends come across a confident Trainer named Stephan, who challenges Ash to battle his Blitzle. Ash intends to start the match with Pikachu, but Oshawott wants to lead the battle instead! Ash agrees, but as the battle gets under way, Oshawott’s scalchop gets knocked off its belly and flies into a dense part of the forest. |
| 690 | BW031 | | - : April 28, 2011
- : August 20, 2011
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| Ash and his friends are interrupted by a lone Cottonee. Cilan explains that this is pretty unusual, because it’s the time of year when large groups of Cottonee visit the nearby Rainbow Valley to pair up and ride away on the Diamond Breeze. It turns out that this Cottonee wandered away from its group to pursue a prospective partner, but was rebuffed! |
| 691 | BW032 | | - : May 5, 2011
- : August 27, 2011
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| Late one night, Ash and his pals are awakened by a UFO! The next day they stop at a café to discuss the sighting. Some townspeople there tell a story of a friend who had a vision of outer space. The townspeople had visited Professor Icarus, who lives over the mountain, to ask him about the event. Very little is known about this professor (a UFO specialist), but when the townspeople confronted him in the past, they all experienced severe head pain. Cilan is a huge fan of the professor and his work, so he decides they need to go to the professor’s laboratory themselves to get to the bottom of the mystery. While crossing a bridge on the way, everyone in the group has another vision—a premonition of danger. |
| 692 | BW033 | | - : May 12, 2011
- : September 3, 2011
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| Our heroes stop for a lunch that Cilan is preparing—a gourmet meal, as usual. But Ash and Iris’s roughhousing ruins the lunch, so Cilan asks them to go and play elsewhere while he prepares lunch all over again. |
| 693 | BW034 | | - : May 19, 2011
- : September 10, 2011
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| Stopping for lunch alongside a beautiful lake, Ash decides to conduct some special training with Oshawott to teach it how to open its eyes underwater, while Iris keeps an eye on all the other Pokémon as they run off to play. During playtime, Scraggy encounters a group of Foongus and—as usual—greets them with a headbutt. The angry Foongus respond by shooting poison spores at our heroes’ Pokémon, making Pikachu and the others ill! |
| 694 | BW035 | | - : May 26, 2011
- : September 17, 2011
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| Ash and friends meet a Trainer named Georgia, who’s obsessed with defeating Dragon-type Pokémon. This “Dragon Buster” challenges Iris to a battle, and her Beartic quickly beats Iris’s Axew. Georgia demands to fight against Iris’s other Dragon-type Pokémon, but of course Axew is the only one. Iris sends out Excadrill instead, and at first it actually seems willing to fight...but a Rock Smash from Beartic quickly sends the stubborn Pokémon back into hiding. |
| 695 | BW036 | | - : June 2, 2011
- : September 24, 2011
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| While our heroes are having lunch, a Roggenrola comes crashing down on them, ruining their feast! Ash decides he wants to catch it, so he makes a couple of attempts with Tepig and Oshawott. The Pokémon are unsuccessful, and they end up needing to visit a Pokémon Center. All this time, the Roggenrola seems to be urgently trying to tell them something. However, in a hurry, our heroes ignore the Roggenrola and leave it behind. |
| 696 | BW037 | | - : June 9, 2011
- : October 1, 2011
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| Lost in a thick fog, Ash and his friends come across a wandering Audino who appears to be in a trance. Suddenly, they are stopped by Officer Jenny and two young detectives, Christie and Doyle, who accuse them of having something to do with the recent disappearance of several Audino. A background check reveals their innocence, and when Officer Jenny tells our heroes what’s been happening, they offer to help. |
| 697 | BW038 | | - : June 16, 2011
- : October 8, 2011
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| Our heroes stop to visit their old friends Professor Juniper and Dr. Fennel, just in time to witness an amazing event: Dr. Fennel uses a special Pokémon restoration machine to restore an Archen from a Plume Fossil! |
| 698 | BW039 | | - : June 23, 2011
- : October 15, 2011
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| Our heroes run into their friend Bianca once again! She’s in a hurry to get to a fishing competition nearby. She’s never fished before, but Cilan certainly has...he calls himself a Fishing Connoisseur! He decides to compete, and all of our heroes join him. |
| 699 | BW040 | | - : June 30, 2011
- : October 22, 2011
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| Our heroes have just seen the trailer for a new movie they all want to see, when the main character for the movie unexpectedly appears! It turns out the character is actually a Zorua, who has been working with a budding young filmmaker named Luke. Because Zorua can look like any person or Pokémon it wants, it has been playing all the roles in Luke’s movie. But this Zorua is a girl, and the idea of playing the male characters is not appealing. That’s when our heroes volunteer to take over the rest of the roles, and so the shooting begins! |
| 700 | BW041 | | - : July 7, 2011
- : October 29, 2011
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| Our heroes think they’ve finally arrived in Nimbasa City, but their new friend Luke informs them that they’re actually in Nimbasa Town, home of the Pokémon Battle Tournament. Don George’s Pokémon Battle Club sponsors the event, which promises to be filled with excitement. One by one, many of our heroes’ friends and rivals show up to register: Bianca, Georgia, Burgundy, Stephan, and Trip are all in town for the competition! |
| 701 | BW042 | | - : July 21, 2011
- : November 5, 2011
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| As the Nimbasa Battle Tournament rages on, Cilan is up against Trip, who once defeated Cilan’s brother Chili at the Striaton City Gym. Burgundy, Cilan’s rival, wants him to lose in the worst way, and Trip and his Gurdurr battle with power and excellent timing. But Cilan prevails, delivering a tasty smackdown. Wrapping up the first-round battles, Stephan’s Zebstrika makes short work of Bianca’s Minccino, and Luke and Iris both win their matches. Then it’s on to round two! |
| 702 | BW043 | | - : August 4, 2011
- : November 12, 2011
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| The second round of the Nimbasa Battle Tournament is underway. Georgia and her Pawniard appear to have the upper hand against Ash and his Snivy—but with a couple of well-placed attacks, Snivy pulls off an impressive upset, and Ash is into the semifinals! |
| 703 | BW044 | | - : August 11, 2011
- : November 19, 2011
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| The Nimbasa Battle Tournament’s final round approaches! Ash has already defeated his opponent in the semifinals, and Iris and Axew (who is battling in a tournament for the first time) are up against Luke and his Golett for the right to battle Ash for the title. The battling is fierce, and it appears Golett will be victorious, keeping Axew on the run from its powerful attacks. But the tables turn when Axew learns the powerful Dragon-type move Outrage, and it battles back with a vengeance to defeat Golett! |
| 704 | BW045 | | - : August 18, 2011
- : November 26, 2011
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| On their way to Nimbasa City, Ash and the gang are surprised to come across Meowth, who has been injured. They learn that Meowth has been fired from Team Rocket, so our heroes decide it would be best for Meowth to join them them...as long as he behaves! |
| 705 | BW046 | | - : August 25, 2011
- : December 3, 2011
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| Our heroes are on their way toward Nimbasa City for Ash’s fourth Gym battle when they come across a Purrloin. Meowth, still traveling with the gang, is entirely smitten with the cutie-pie Pokémon, as are Oshawott and Iris—but Cilan’s previous experiences with a Purrloin were so horrible, he doesn’t even want to talk about them! |
| 706 | BW047 | | - : September 1, 2011
- : December 10, 2011
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| As Ash and friends make camp on the way to Nimbasa City, they meet an unusual Beheeyem who offers (via Meowth’s translation) to make their wishes come true! Tired of camping in the woods, Cilan wishes for a good night’s sleep in the perfect hotel—and Beheeyem leads our heroes right to it! They settle in and quickly drift off... |
| 707 | BW048 | | - : September 8, 2011
- : December 17, 2011
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| As our heroes continue their journey toward Nimbasa City along a winding mountain trail, they find a lost Cubchoo, stranded by a powerful storm. They soon encounter a group of Beartic and try to reunite the Cubchoo with its friends—but these Beartic don’t recognize Cubchoo, and they are not happy with the intruders! |
| 708 | BW049 | | - : September 15, 2011
- : December 31, 2011
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| As Meowth and our heroes arrive in Nimbasa City, Jessie and James prepare to unleash a sinister plot under the guidance of Dr. Zager. At the remarkable Nimbasa City Pokémon Center, Meowth tells Ash, Iris, and Cilan about the local specialty, a soothing Pokémon massage, and convinces them to send all of their Pokémon into the secure Pokémon Center Vault for the treatment. Meowth then makes an excuse to stay behind while our heroes head off to explore—giving him a chance to contact Dr. Zager. It turns out Meowth is still working with Team Rocket, and his apparent change of heart when he joined our heroes was nothing but a ruse! |
| 709 | BW050 | | - : September 15, 2011
- : January 7, 2012
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| Team Rocket’s sinister plot to steal all the Poké Balls from the Nimbasa City Pokémon Center continues at a frenetic pace, and our heroes, along with Subway Bosses Ingo and Emmet, are in hot pursuit! They chase down one decoy after another, until Cilan figures out that the real Ghost Train must be heading for the rail yard in Anville Town. |
