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| Season | Pokémon: Black & White (Season 14) · A new region, a new start arc (BW001–BW004) |
| Episode | Season 14, episode 2 · English episode 655 · Japanese episode 660 · Bulbapedia code BW002 |
| English title | Enter Iris and Axew! |
| Japanese title | アイリスとキバゴ！ Airisu to Kibago! — “Iris and Kibago!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 23 September 2010 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 12 February 2011 · Cartoon Network |
| Screenplay | Shinzō Fujita |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Besuto Uisshu! (Best Wishes!) – Rica Matsumoto · none on the original broadcast (reruns and DVDs: Kokoro no Fanfāre (Fanfare of the Heart) – Aki Okui) |
| English opening | Black and White – Erin Bowman & Joe Philips |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Oshawott (US) |
| Previous episode | In the Shadow of Zekrom! (BW001) |
| Next episode | A Sandile Gusher of Change! (BW003) |
Plot episodeAsh catches PidoveJessie catches Woobat
Enter Iris and Axew! is the 2nd episode of Pokémon: Black & White, the fourteenth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 655th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 660, Bulbapedia code BW002). It first aired in Japan on 23 September 2010 and in the United States on 12 February 2011. It falls within the season’s A new region, a new start stretch (EP1–EP4).
Premiered on 12 February 2011 as the second half of the one-hour premiere.
Synopsis
When Zekrom’s storm returns over Nuvema Town, Ash grabs the overcharged Pikachu, the cloud disperses and Pikachu’s electricity is restored. At dinner Ash decides to stay in Unova and take on its League; Professor Oak agrees to look after his Pokémon, and Professor Juniper gives him a Pokédex and five Poké Balls and points him to the Gym in Striaton City.
In the forest, Ash throws a Poké Ball at a purple shape and hits Iris, a girl who carries her Axew in her hair and gets shocked when she hugs Pikachu. Ash fails to catch a Deerling and is chased by Patrat, but the next morning he catches a Pidove after battling its flock.
Team Rocket, working undercover and told to catch only Unova Pokémon, snatch Pikachu and Axew, and Jessie catches a Woobat that beats Pidove. Oshawott, which has followed Ash from the lab, smashes their glass box with its scalchop and hits Woobat with Water Gun, and the trio escape in a cloud of smoke. At the Pokémon Center Iris thanks Ash, who wonders why Oshawott helped.
Major Events
- Ash catches Pidove. Pikachu’s electricity is restored
- Ash decides to stay for the Unova League and leaves his Sinnoh team with Professor Oak
- A Pokédex and five Poké Balls from Juniper
- Ash meets Iris, hitting her with a Poké Ball
- Jessie catches Woobat
- Team Rocket’s other Pokémon are revealed to have been left at headquarters
- Oshawott’s Water Gun saves the day
- Woobat’s TV debut
Pokémon making their anime debut
Woobat#0527 · BW002
Captures and evolutions
Pidove#0519 · Ash · caught after battling its flock- Woobat#0527 · Jessie · her first Unova catch, the same day
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Shinzō Fujita.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Unova storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- Oak asks for reports on any new Pokémon (in Japanese, unusual and rare ones)
- Delia asks whether Ash has clean underwear (in Japanese, whether he has forgotten anything)
- Music from Arceus and the Jewel of Life
- No Japanese ending song on the original broadcast
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