Pokémon: Best Wishes (Black & White) · Best Wishes arc
BW022 · A Venipede Stampede!
ヒウンシティ!フシデパニック!!
Synopsis
What happens.
Flying over Desert Resort overnight, the Team Rocket trio accompany Pierce and Dr. Zager use the stolen Meteonite fragment to locate an even larger piece. Deep underground, the new Meteonite is emanating a lot of energy.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's BW022 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.