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New foes, new friends, and dozens of never-before-seen Pokémon await Ash and Pikachu in Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies, the new season of the Pokémon animated series. As Ash and his friends continue to explore the Unova region, he’ll find himself up against the ultimate battle challenge: Alder, the Champion Master of Unova! His friends also face their own trials, one fighting for the right to continue her travels, another confronting a returning challenge from the past—and all three of them must team up to save an island from the clashing forces of three powerful and mysterious Legendary Pokémon!

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• Ash and his friends meet Elesa, the Nimbasa City Gym Leader. (BW049)
• Ash and his friends meet Alder. Ash battles Alder, though there is no winner due to Alder falling asleep. (BW052)
• Ash and friends meet Clay, the Driftveil City Gym Leader. (BW057)
• The gang reunites with Chili. (BW058)
• Ash, Iris and Cilan encounter the Forces of Nature: Landorus, Thundurus, and Tornadus. (BW059-BW060)
• Ash's Boldore learns Rock Blast and Rock Smash. (BW061)
• Ash and his friends encounter Bianca and Professor Juniper once again. (BW062)
• Cilan's Crustle learns Rock Wrecker. (BW062)
• The gang meets Cedric Juniper, Professor Juniper's father. (BW064)
• The gang meets Skyla, the Gym Leader of Mistralton City. Cilan battles Skyla and loses. (BW067)
• The Clubsplosion takes place at Ambiga Town with 16 participants. (BW070-BW073)
  • Ash, Cilan, and Stephan advance to the second round after beating Angus, Flora, and Edmund, respectively. (BW070)
  • Iris, Georgia, and Montgomery advance to the second round after beating Burgundy, Gail, and Delbert, respectively. (BW071)
  • Bianca defeats Trip and advances to the second round. Ash, Montgomery, Stephan, and Bianca advance to the semi-finals, after beating Betty, Iris, Cilan, and Georgia respectively. (BW072)
  • In the semi-finals, Montgomery beats Ash and Stephan beats Bianca. During the finals, Stephan beats Montgomery, becoming the Clubsplosion winner and earning a year's supply of Vitamins. (BW073)
• Ash and his friends meet Tepig's former Trainer. (BW077)
• The gang meets Brycen, the Gym Leader of Icirrus City. (BW078)
• Ash and his friends meet Roxie, the Virbank Gym's Gym Leader. (BW083)
• Ash meets Cynthia again and Cilan and Iris meet her for the first time. (BW085)
  • Iris has a battle with Cynthia which has no winner.
  • Dawn is revealed to be staying at Cynthia's villa in Undella Town.
• Dawn and Ash are reunited, Cilan and Dawn have a battle which ends in a tie. (BW086)
• The Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup takes place at Lacunosa Town with 16 participants. (BW090-BW093)
  • Trip defeats Burgundy and Iris defeats Georgia, advancing to the next round. Cilan, Ash, and Dawn also defeat their opponents and advance to the next round. (BW090)
  • Ash, Iris, Cilan, and Trip advance to the semi-finals after beating Geraldo, Dawn, Horatio, and Manning, respectively. (BW091)
  • Trip advances to the final round after beating Cilan. (BW091)
  • Ash defeats Iris and advances to the final round. (BW092)
  • Trip defeats Ash in the final round, winning the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup. (BW092)
  • Trip battles Alder and loses. (BW093)
• Ash and his friends meet Cameron, who joins the group. (BW093)
• Dawn leaves the group to head to Johto to compete in the Wallace Cup. (BW093)
• Ash and his friends meet Marlon. (BW094)
• Cameron leaves the group. (BW094)
• Ash meets Giovanni for the first time since Mewtwo Returns. (BW096)
• Giovanni withdraws Team Rocket (including Jessie, James and Meowth) from Unova and returns to Kanto. (BW097)

• Pokémon Black & White: Rival Destinies page at Pokémon.com

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