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Pokémon: Black & White: Rival Destinies facts for kids
| Pokémon: Black & White: Rival Destinies | |
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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 |
This is a list of episodes of Pokémon: Black & White: Rival Destinies (advertised as Pokémon: BW: Rival Destinies), the fifteenth season of the Pokémon animated series and the second part of Pokémon the Series: Black & White. Originally known as Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! 2 (ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ2, Poketto Monsutā Besuto Uisshu Tsu), it originally aired in Japan from September 22, 2011 to October 4, 2012 on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from February 18, 2012 to January 26, 2013 on Cartoon Network, covering the continuing adventures of series protagonist Ash Ketchum and his Pikachu as they continue traveling through Unova with Cilan and Iris to take on his remaining five gym badges.
The Japanese opening songs are "Best Wishes!" (ベストウイッシュ!, Besuto Uisshu!) and "Be an Arrow!" (やじるしになって, Yajirushi ni Natte) by Rika Matsumoto. The ending songs are "Can You Name All the Pokemon? BW" (ポケモン言えるかな? BW, Pokémon Ierukana? BW) by Takeshi Tsuruno, "Seven-colored Arch" (七色アーチ, Nanairo Āchi) by Aki Okui, Toshiko Ezaki, and Fumie Akiyoshi, "Look Look☆Here" (みてみて☆こっちっち, Mite Mite☆Kotchitchi) by Momoiro Clover Z and "Team Rocket Forever" (ロケット団よ永遠に, Roketto-dan yo Eien ni) by the Team Rocket Gang. The English opening song is "Rival Destinies" by Alex Nackman and Kathryn Raio, with its instrumental version serving as the end credit song.
Episodes
| J# | E# | English title Japanese title |
Original air date | English air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 708 | 702 | "Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!" (The Gym Leader is a Charisma Model! Kamitsure Appears!!) | September 22, 2011 | February 18, 2012 |
| 709 | 703 | "Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym!" (Raimon Gym! Splendid Lightning Battle!!) | September 29, 2011 | February 25, 2012 |
| 710 | 704 | "Lost at the Stamp Rally!" (Satoshi and Dent vs. the Subway Masters!) | October 6, 2011 | March 3, 2012 |
| 711 | 705 | "Ash Versus the Champion!" (Satoshi vs. Champion Adeku!) | October 13, 2011 | March 10, 2012 |
| 712 | 706 | "A Maractus Musical!" (To the Other Side of the Rainbow! Musical Maracacchi!!) | October 27, 2011 | March 17, 2012 |
| 713 | 707 | "The Four Seasons of Sawsbuck!" (Mebukijika! Seasonal Line-Up!!) | November 3, 2011 | March 24, 2012 |
| 714 | 708 | "Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!" (Zuruggu and the Selfish Gothimu!) | November 10, 2011 | March 31, 2012 |
| 715 | 709 | "The Lonely Deino!" (Iris and Monozu! Training at the Day Care!!) | November 24, 2011 | April 7, 2012 |
| 716 | 710 | "The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!" (Happy Hero A☆gilder vs. Freege-Man!) | December 1, 2011 | April 14, 2012 |
| 717 | 711 | "A Call for Brotherly Love!" (Dent and Pod's Brother Battle! Baoppu vs. Yanappu!!) | December 8, 2011 | April 21, 2012 |
| 718 | 712 | "Stopping the Rage of Legends!: Episode 1" (Tornelos vs. Voltolos vs. Landlos!: Episode 1) | December 15, 2011 | April 28, 2012 |
| 719 | 713 | "Stopping the Rage of Legends!: Episode 2" (Tornelos vs. Voltolos vs. Landlos!: Episode 2) | December 22, 2011 | May 5, 2012 |
| 720 | 714 | "Battling the King of the Mines!" (Underground Gym Battle! Vs. Yacon!!) | January 5, 2012 | May 12, 2012 |
| 721 | 715 | "Crisis at Chargestone Cave!" (Bachuru, Dentula! Electric Rock Cave!!) | January 12, 2012 | May 19, 2012 |
| 722 | 716 | "Evolution Exchange Excitement!" (The Trade Evolution! Chevargo and Agilder!!) | January 19, 2012 | May 26, 2012 |
| 723 | 717 | "Explorers of the Hero's Ruin!" (The Ruins of the Black Hero! Symboler and Desukarn!!) | January 26, 2012 | June 2, 2012 |
| 724 | 718 | "Battling the Bully!" (Double Battle! Pikachu and Waruvile vs. Pendror and Gamageroge!!) | February 2, 2012 | June 9, 2012 |
| 725 | 719 | "Baffling the Bouffalant!" (Afro is a GO! Buffalon is a NO!!) | February 16, 2012 | June 16, 2012 |
| 726 | 720 | "Cilan Takes Flight!" (Fukiyose Gym's Air Battle! Challenger Dent!?) | February 23, 2012 | June 23, 2012 |
| 727 | 721 | "An Amazing Aerial Battle!" (Fukiyose Gym! Vs. Fūro Mid-Air Match!!) | March 1, 2012 | June 30, 2012 |
| 728 | 722 | "Climbing the Tower of Success!" (Breakthrough Challenge!! Climb the Tower of Heaven) | March 8, 2012 | July 7, 2012 |
| 729 | 723 | "The Clubsplosion Begins!" (The Donamite Begins! Zuruggu vs. Yanakkie!!) | March 15, 2012 | July 14, 2012 |
| 730 | 724 | "Search for the Clubultimate!" (The Continuing Donamite! Crimgan vs. Kirikizan!!) | March 22, 2012 | July 21, 2012 |
| 731 | 725 | "A Clubsplosion of Excitement!" (The Burning Fights of Donamite! Kirikizan vs. Enbuoh!!) | March 29, 2012 | July 28, 2012 |
| 732 | 726 | "Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown!" (The Donamite Deciding Match! Nageki vs. Dageki!!) | April 5, 2012 | August 4, 2012 |
| 733 | 727 | "Battling the Leaf Thieves!" (Rescue Kibago! The Den of Durant!!) | April 12, 2012 | August 11, 2012 |
| 734 | 728 | "A Restoration Confrontation!: Episode 1" (The Fierce Fight at Mount Neji! Abagoura's Miracle!!: Episode 1) | April 19, 2012 | August 18, 2012 |
| 735 | 729 | "A Restoration Confrontation!: Episode 2" (The Fierce Fight at Mount Neji! Abagoura's Miracle!!: Episode 2) | April 26, 2012 | August 25, 2012 |
| 736 | 730 | "Evolution by Fire!" (The Memory of Flames! Pokabu vs. Enbuoh!!) | May 3, 2012 | September 1, 2012 |
| 737 | 731 | "Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain!" (Hachiku Appears! Ulgamoth's Holy Mountain!!) | May 10, 2012 | September 8, 2012 |
| 738 | 732 | "Caution: Icy Battle Conditions!" (Sekka Gym Battle! The Icy Battlefield!!) | May 17, 2012 | September 15, 2012 |
| 739 | 733 | "Clash of the Connoisseurs!" (Pokémon Sommelier Showdown! Tasting Battle!!) | May 24, 2012 | September 22, 2012 |
| 740 | 734 | "Crisis at Ferroseed Research!" (Tesseed Institute! Airis and Bivanilla!!) | May 31, 2012 | September 29, 2012 |
| 741 | 735 | "An Epic Defense Force!" (Movie Showdown! Sortie Out Isshu Defence Forces!!) | June 7, 2012 | October 6, 2012 |
| 742 | 736 | "Rocking the Virbank Gym!: Episode 1" (Fierce Battle at Tachiwaki Gym! Vs. Homika!!: Episode 1) | June 14, 2012 | October 13, 2012 |
| 743 | 737 | "Rocking the Virbank Gym!: Episode 2" (Fierce Battle at Tachiwaki Gym! Vs. Homika!!: Episode 2) | June 14, 2012 | October 20, 2012 |
| 744 | 738 | "All for the Love of Meloetta!" (Sing Meloetta! Love's Melody!!) | June 21, 2012 | October 27, 2012 |
| 745 | 739 | "Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!" (Pochama vs. Yanappu! The Magnificent Battle!!) | June 28, 2012 | November 3, 2012 |
| 746 | 740 | "Expedition to Onix Island!" (Survival on the Island of Iwark!) | July 5, 2012 | November 10, 2012 |
| 747 | 741 | "The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo!" (Sommelier Detective Dent! The Mystery of the Missing Kumasyun!!) | July 19, 2012 | November 17, 2012 |
| 748 | 742 | "Iris and the Rogue Dragonite!" (Iris and the Roughneck Kairyu!) | July 26, 2012 | November 24, 2012 |
| 749 | 743 | "Jostling for the Junior Cup!" (Junior Cup Opener! Kairyu vs. Tunbear!!) | August 2, 2012 | December 1, 2012 |
| 750 | 744 | "Battling Authority, Once Again!!" (Power Battle! Iris vs. Hikari!!) | August 23, 2012 | December 8, 2012 |
| 751 | 745 | "Ash, Iris, and Trip: Then There Were Three!!" (Satoshi, Iris, and Shooty! The Last Battle!!) | August 30, 2012 | December 15, 2012 |
| 752 | 746 | "Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!" (The Hellos and Goodbyes of the Junior Cup!) | September 6, 2012 | December 22, 2012 |
| 753 | 747 | "The Road to Humilau" (Seigaiha Gym Battle! Mantain vs. Daikenki!!) | September 13, 2012 | January 5, 2013 |
| 754 | 748 | "Unrest at the Nursery" (Big Fuss at the Pokémon Daycare! Washibon and Vulchai!) | September 20, 2012 | January 12, 2013 |
| 755 | 749 | "Meloetta and the Undersea Temple" (Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!) | September 27, 2012 | January 19, 2013 |
| 756 | 750 | "Unova's Survival Crisis" (The Therian Formes Advance! Isshu's Greatest Crisis!!) | October 4, 2012 | January 26, 2013 |
Home Media releases
Viz Media and Warner Home Video released the entire series in two 2-disc volumes and a single 4-disc volume in the United States between 2013 and 2014.