Pokémon: Best Wishes (Black & White) · Best Wishes arc
BW010 · A Rival Battle for Club Champ!!
ライバルバトル!強敵プルリル!!
Synopsis
What happens.
After arriving in Luxuria Town, Ash enters the Pokémon Battle Club and starts searching for Trainers while Iris and Cilan catch up. Iris sarcastically comments on Ash's reaction to the Battle Club, telling him he behaves like a small child.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's BW010 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · BW001-BW048
Best Wishes.
Ash arrives in Unova; meets Iris in Cilan's Striaton restaurant; trio formed. Pikachu battles return after Zekrom's lightning depowers him in the premiere.
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Who appears.
Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.
More from this arc
Other episodes in Best Wishes.
Episode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.