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!!
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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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.