 |
|
| Season | Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova and Beyond (Season 16) · Return to Nuvema & the coming of N arc (BW109–BW113) |
| Episode | Season 16, episode 13 · English episode 763 · Japanese episode 768 · Bulbapedia code BW110 |
| English title | The Name’s N! |
| Japanese title | トモダチ…その名はＮ！ Tomodachi… Sono Na wa Enu! — “A Friend…His Name is N!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 24 January 2013 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 27 April 2013 · Cartoon Network |
| Screenplay | Shōji Yonemura |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Yajirushi ni Natte! 2013 (Be an Arrow! 2013) – Rica Matsumoto · Sakura Gō Raundo (Sakura Go-Round) – Shiritsu Ebisu Chūgaku |
| English opening | It’s Always You and Me (Version 2) – Neal Coomer & Kathryn Raio |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Alomomola (US) |
| Previous episode | New Places…Familiar Faces! (BW109) |
| Next episode | There’s a New Gym Leader in Town! (BW111) |
Plot episodeN debuts
The Name’s N! is the 13th episode of Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova and Beyond, the sixteenth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 763rd episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 768, Bulbapedia code BW110). It first aired in Japan on 24 January 2013 and in the United States on 27 April 2013. It falls within the season’s Return to Nuvema & the coming of N stretch (EP109–EP113).
The first episode with Version 2 of the English opening, built mostly from Be an Arrow! 2013 footage.
Synopsis
On a ship bound for Aspertia City, Ash meets N, a mysterious young man who calls all Pokémon his friends and claims he can hear their voices. N has just explored the ruins of the P2 Laboratory, where a terminal briefly showed him a diagram of Genesect, before boarding.
He is shaken when Ash mentions Reshiram and tells the legend of a hero whose heart becomes one with Pokémon. When Ash says his dream is to become a Pokémon Master, N, who sees battles as forcing friends to fight, walks away. During a practice battle between Iris’s Excadrill and Ash’s Boldore, Team Rocket lure Axew away with berries and trap Pikachu in a containment field.
N shields Snivy and Axew from Frillish’s Shadow Ball and tells the villains that people like them are why the Pokémon world is imperfect. Unfezant’s Aerial Ace frees Pikachu, Axew blocks another Shadow Ball with Dragon Rage, and Air Cutter blasts Team Rocket off. N then calls two Alomomola whose Refresh cures Pikachu’s Stun Spore, and before leaving the ship he tells Ash that despite their differences they will meet again.
Major Events
- N debuts. A ship to Aspertia City
- N, who hears Pokémon’s voices and dislikes battles
- The P2 Laboratory’s Genesect diagram
- The legend of Reshiram
- Frillish’s Shadow Ball
- N’s Alomomola cure Pikachu
- Version 2 of the English opening and the dub’s new motto lines begin
- Reshiram’s first full TV appearance, in N’s flashback
Trivia
- The English title plays on a spy-film self-introduction in the manner of “The name’s Bond”.
- The screenplay is by Shōji Yonemura.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Unova storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- The dub adds “You know the drill” and “You’ll get your fill” to the motto from this episode
- The English opening switches to Version 2 of It’s Always You and Me
Part of our Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova and Beyond guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.