Pokémon: Best Wishes (Black & White) · Best Wishes arc

BW028 · Oshawott's Lost Scalchop!

消えたホタチ!ミジュマル最大の危機!!

US air. 2011-08-13 JP air. 2011-04-21 Season. Black & White (S14) Position. Episode 28 of 142 in Black & White

Synopsis

What happens.

Ash encounters a beginning Trainer named Stephan, who challenges Ash to a battle. Ash confidently accepts Stephan's challenge, pronouncing his name incorrectly. Stephan brushes off this error and sends out his Blitzle.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's BW028 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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Pokémon featured · 6

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.