Pokémon: Best Wishes (Black & White) · Best Wishes arc
BW023 · Battling for the Love of Bug-Types!
ヒウンジム戦！純情ハートの虫ポケモンバトル！！
Synopsis
What happens.
Ash and his friends arrive at the Castelia City Gym so he can battle Burgh, the Castelia City Gym Leader. When they get inside, they are amazed at how it is similar to a greenhouse.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's BW023 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.