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| Season | Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies (Season 15) · Season 2 begins: Undella Town arc (BW085–BW089) |
| Episode | Season 15, episode 38 · English episode 739 · Japanese episode 744 · Bulbapedia code BW086 |
| English title | Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times! |
| Japanese title | ポッチャマVSヤナップ！華麗なるバトル！！ Potchama Tai Yanappu! Karei naru Batoru!! — “Pochama VS Yanappu! The Magnificent Battle!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 28 June 2012 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 3 November 2012 · Cartoon Network |
| Screenplay | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Yajirushi ni Natte! (Be an Arrow!) – Rica Matsumoto · Mite Mite☆Kotchitchi (Look Look☆Here) – Momoiro Clover Z |
| English opening | Rival Destinies – Alex Nackman & Kathryn Raio |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Piplup (US) |
| Previous episode | All for the Love of Meloetta! (BW085) |
| Next episode | Expedition to Onix Island! (BW087) |
Plot episodeDawn returnsCounter Shield
Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times! is the 38th episode of Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies, the fifteenth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 739th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 744, Bulbapedia code BW086). It first aired in Japan on 28 June 2012 and in the United States on 3 November 2012. It falls within the season’s Season 2 begins: Undella Town stretch (EP85–EP89).
Synopsis
At Cynthia’s villa in Undella Town, Ash reunites with Dawn, while Meloetta finally comes out of hiding to join the group. On the drive from the seaplane Meloetta appears in Ash’s lap, and Cynthia suggests that it likes him; inside, Dawn surprises Ash with a tap on the shoulder, and the old friends greet each other with a high five.
Dawn congratulates Ash on his eight Badges, explains Pokémon Contests to Iris and Cilan, and announces that she has come to Unova to enter the Junior Cup. Everyone sends out their Pokémon: Buneary cuddles up to Pikachu, Dawn’s Cyndaquil turns out to have evolved into Quilava, and Piplup’s crush on Meloetta starts a jealous rivalry with Oshawott.
Cilan asks to battle Dawn first so he can evaluate a Coordinator’s Pokémon. Piplup uses Drill Peck to redirect Pansage’s Bullet Seed and a spinning Bubble Beam as a Counter Shield against Rock Tomb, and their Solar Beam and Ice Beam meet in a brilliant flash that sets Meloetta dancing with Piplup. That evening Meloetta sings on a rock by the sea, while Team Rocket and Dr. Zager finalize a plan to capture it that involves a set of undersea ruins.
Major Events
- Dawn returns. Cynthia’s villa in Undella Town
- Dawn’s reunion with Ash
- Her Cyndaquil has evolved into Quilava
- Piplup and Oshawott compete for Meloetta
- Cilan against Dawn, with Counter Shield, is interrupted
- Team Rocket plan to use the undersea ruins
- Piplup is the first Generation IV Pokémon in Who’s That Pokémon?
- Jervis debuts
Captures and evolutions
Cyndaquil → Quilava#0156 · Dawn · evolved in the undubbed special DPS01, first seen in English
Trivia
- The English title plays on Simon & Garfunkel’s “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme”.
- The screenplay is by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Unova storyline.
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