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BW031 · Ash and Trip's Third Battle!

Name: Ash and Trip's Third Battle!
Released: 2011-09-03

ライバルバトル！バニプッチ、ドッコラー参戦！！

US air. 2011-09-03 JP air. 2011-05-12 Season. Black & White (S14) Position. Episode 31 of 142 in Black & White

Synopsis

What happens.

While his friends is on their way to Nimbasa City, Pikachu, Axew, and Pansage wait for Cilan to finish cooking lunch.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's BW031 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 · 15

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.

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.