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Pokémon: Black & White: Rival Destinies facts for kids
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Top: English Pokémon: Black & White: Rival Destinies season title logo
Bottom: Japanese Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2 title logo |
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 49 |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original release | September 22, 2011 – October 4, 2012 |
Pokémon: Black & White: Rival Destinies is the fifteenth exciting season of the Pokémon animated series. It's also the second part of Pokémon the Series: Black & White. In Japan, it was known as Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! 2. This season first aired in Japan from September 22, 2011, to October 4, 2012, on TV Tokyo. In the United States, it aired from February 18, 2012, to January 26, 2013, on Cartoon Network.
Join Ash Ketchum and his loyal Pikachu as they continue their amazing journey through the Unova region. They travel with their friends, Cilan and Iris, aiming to earn Ash's last five gym badges. This season is packed with new adventures, tough battles, and exciting discoveries!
Awesome Theme Songs
This season features some great music!
Japanese Songs
- The opening songs are "Best Wishes!" and "Be an Arrow!" by Rika Matsumoto.
- The ending songs include "Can You Name All the Pokemon? BW" by Takeshi Tsuruno, "Seven-colored Arch" by Aki Okui, Toshiko Ezaki, and Fumie Akiyoshi, "Look Look☆Here" by Momoiro Clover Z, and "Team Rocket Forever" by the Team Rocket Gang.
English Songs
- The English opening song is "Rival Destinies" by Alex Nackman and Kathryn Raio. You can hear its instrumental version at the end of each episode.
Exciting Episodes
Get ready for action! Here's a look at some of the adventures Ash and his friends have in this season.
| J# | E# | English Title | Original Air Date | English Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 708 | 702 | "Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!" | September 22, 2011 | February 18, 2012 |
| 709 | 703 | "Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym!" | September 29, 2011 | February 25, 2012 |
| 710 | 704 | "Lost at the Stamp Rally!" | October 6, 2011 | March 3, 2012 |
| 711 | 705 | "Ash Versus the Champion!" | October 13, 2011 | March 10, 2012 |
| 712 | 706 | "A Maractus Musical!" | October 27, 2011 | March 17, 2012 |
| 713 | 707 | "The Four Seasons of Sawsbuck!" | November 3, 2011 | March 24, 2012 |
| 714 | 708 | "Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!" | November 10, 2011 | March 31, 2012 |
| 715 | 709 | "The Lonely Deino!" | November 24, 2011 | April 7, 2012 |
| 716 | 710 | "The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!" | December 1, 2011 | April 14, 2012 |
| 717 | 711 | "A Call for Brotherly Love!" | December 8, 2011 | April 21, 2012 |
| 718 | 712 | "Stopping the Rage of Legends!: Episode 1" | December 15, 2011 | April 28, 2012 |
| 719 | 713 | "Stopping the Rage of Legends!: Episode 2" | December 22, 2011 | May 5, 2012 |
| 720 | 714 | "Battling the King of the Mines!" | January 5, 2012 | May 12, 2012 |
| 721 | 715 | "Crisis at Chargestone Cave!" | January 12, 2012 | May 19, 2012 |
| 722 | 716 | "Evolution Exchange Excitement!" | January 19, 2012 | May 26, 2012 |
| 723 | 717 | "Explorers of the Hero's Ruin!" | January 26, 2012 | June 2, 2012 |
| 724 | 718 | "Battling the Bully!" | February 2, 2012 | June 9, 2012 |
| 725 | 719 | "Baffling the Bouffalant!" | February 16, 2012 | June 16, 2012 |
| 726 | 720 | "Cilan Takes Flight!" | February 23, 2012 | June 23, 2012 |
| 727 | 721 | "An Amazing Aerial Battle!" | March 1, 2012 | June 30, 2012 |
| 728 | 722 | "Climbing the Tower of Success!" | March 8, 2012 | July 7, 2012 |
| 729 | 723 | "The Clubsplosion Begins!" | March 15, 2012 | July 14, 2012 |
| 730 | 724 | "Search for the Clubultimate!" | March 22, 2012 | July 21, 2012 |
| 731 | 725 | "A Clubsplosion of Excitement!" | March 29, 2012 | July 28, 2012 |
| 732 | 726 | "Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown!" | April 5, 2012 | August 4, 2012 |
| 733 | 727 | "Battling the Leaf Thieves!" | April 12, 2012 | August 11, 2012 |
| 734 | 728 | "A Restoration Confrontation!: Episode 1" | April 19, 2012 | August 18, 2012 |
| 735 | 729 | "A Restoration Confrontation!: Episode 2" | April 26, 2012 | August 25, 2012 |
| 736 | 730 | "Evolution by Fire!" | May 3, 2012 | September 1, 2012 |
| 737 | 731 | "Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain!" | May 10, 2012 | September 8, 2012 |
| 738 | 732 | "Caution: Icy Battle Conditions!" | May 17, 2012 | September 15, 2012 |
| 739 | 733 | "Clash of the Connoisseurs!" | May 24, 2012 | September 22, 2012 |
| 740 | 734 | "Crisis at Ferroseed Research!" | May 31, 2012 | September 29, 2012 |
| 741 | 735 | "An Epic Defense Force!" | June 7, 2012 | October 6, 2012 |
| 742 | 736 | "Rocking the Virbank Gym!: Episode 1" | June 14, 2012 | October 13, 2012 |
| 743 | 737 | "Rocking the Virbank Gym!: Episode 2" | June 14, 2012 | October 20, 2012 |
| 744 | 738 | "All for the Love of Meloetta!" | June 21, 2012 | October 27, 2012 |
| 745 | 739 | "Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!" | June 28, 2012 | November 3, 2012 |
| 746 | 740 | "Expedition to Onix Island!" | July 5, 2012 | November 10, 2012 |
| 747 | 741 | "The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo!" | July 19, 2012 | November 17, 2012 |
| 748 | 742 | "Iris and the Rogue Dragonite!" | July 26, 2012 | November 24, 2012 |
| 749 | 743 | "Jostling for the Junior Cup!" | August 2, 2012 | December 1, 2012 |
| 750 | 744 | "Battling Authority, Once Again!!" | August 23, 2012 | December 8, 2012 |
| 751 | 745 | "Ash, Iris, and Trip: Then There Were Three!!" | August 30, 2012 | December 15, 2012 |
| 752 | 746 | "Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!" | September 6, 2012 | December 22, 2012 |
| 753 | 747 | "The Road to Humilau" | September 13, 2012 | January 5, 2013 |
| 754 | 748 | "Unrest at the Nursery" | September 20, 2012 | January 12, 2013 |
| 755 | 749 | "Meloetta and the Undersea Temple" | September 27, 2012 | January 19, 2013 |
| 756 | 750 | "Unova's Survival Crisis" | October 4, 2012 | January 26, 2013 |
Home Video Releases
You can find this entire season on DVD! Viz Media and Warner Home Video released Pokémon: Black & White: Rival Destinies in the United States. It came out in two 2-disc sets and one larger 4-disc set between 2013 and 2014.