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| Season | Pokémon: Black & White (Season 14) · Nacrene City & the Meteonite arc (BW014–BW017) |
| Episode | Season 14, episode 14 · English episode 667 · Japanese episode 672 · Bulbapedia code BW014 |
| English title | A Night in the Nacrene City Museum! |
| Japanese title | シッポウシティ！博物館で大冒険！！ Shippō Shiti! Hakubutsukan de Daibōken!! — “Shippou City! The Big Adventure at the Museum!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 23 December 2010 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 7 May 2011 · Cartoon Network |
| Screenplay | Shōji Yonemura |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Besuto Uisshu! (Best Wishes!) – Rica Matsumoto · Kokoro no Fanfāre (Fanfare of the Heart) – Aki Okui |
| English opening | Black and White – Erin Bowman & Joe Philips |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Yamask (US) |
| Previous episode | Minccino—Neat and Tidy! (BW013) |
| Next episode | The Battle According to Lenora! (BW015) |
Plot episodeLenora debutsNacrene Museum
A Night in the Nacrene City Museum! is the 14th episode of Pokémon: Black & White, the fourteenth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 667th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 672, Bulbapedia code BW014). It first aired in Japan on 23 December 2010 and in the United States on 7 May 2011. It falls within the season’s Nacrene City & the Meteonite stretch (EP14–EP17).
Synopsis
Ash’s group spend a spooky night inside the Nacrene Museum, home of the city’s Gym, and uncover a Yamask searching for its lost mask. The museum is closed, and its frightened vice curator, Hawes, runs out claiming a Dome Fossil chased him through the dark halls amid flames and sobbing. Iris suspects a curse, while Cilan looks for a scientific explanation.
Hawes, husband of the Gym Leader Lenora, gives them a tour, and the three offer to stay the night to solve the mystery. In the dark a suit of armour, a flaming fossil and a floating mask attack; Pikachu and Oshawott fight back, Pansage smashes an animated Dragonite skeleton, and the mask takes control of Cilan.
Lenora arrives with her Watchog as a Yamask appears, and she explains that Hawes had mistaken the Yamask’s real mask for a replica and added it to the exhibition. Hawes apologises and returns it, and the Yamask forgives him. At sunrise Lenora accepts Ash’s Gym challenge, while Pierce orders Team Rocket to steal the museum’s meteorite.
Major Events
- A night in the Nacrene Museum. The haunted museum and the Yamask’s mask
- Lenora and Hawes debut, and Lenora accepts Ash’s challenge
- Pierce orders the meteorite swap
- The dub paints out Lenora’s apron
- TV debuts of Yamask and Watchog
Pokémon making their anime debut
Watchog#0505 · BW014
Yamask#0562 · BW014
Trivia
- The English title plays on the film Night at the Museum.
- The screenplay is by Shōji Yonemura.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Unova storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- Lenora’s apron is painted out of every shot — Dogasu’s Backpack counts 13 edited scenes — with her hair and headband retouched in a few
- Ash calls the museum Gym “awesome” (in Japanese, rare) and Yamask “cool” (cute)
- Hawes stays all night instead of going home
- The Kabuto Fossil becomes a Dome Fossil
- Cilan says “Watchdog”
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