Pokémon: Best Wishes (Black & White) · Best Wishes Season 2 arc

BW077 · Evolution by Fire!

Name: Evolution by Fire!
Released: 2012-09-01

炎のメモリー！ポカブＶＳエンブオー！！

US air. 2012-09-01 JP air. 2012-05-03 Season. Black & White: Rival Destinies (S15) Position. Episode 77 of 142 in Black & White

Synopsis

What happens.

After their adventures in Twist Mountain, Ash and his friends decide to stay at Don George's Battle Club in Astilbe Town for the night.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's BW077 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · BW049-BW097

Best Wishes Season 2.

Gym challenge continues. N (Team Plasma) introduced as a moral foil; the show's most ideologically interesting villain. Includes Meloetta movie tie-in.

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Pokémon featured · 14

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 Season 2.

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.