Pokémon: Best Wishes (Black & White) · Best Wishes Season 2: Episode N arc
BW104 · Mission: Defeat Your Rival!
熱闘！ライバルバトルを勝ちぬけ！！
Synopsis
What happens.
The qualifying round battle between Ash and Trip gets underway at the Vertress Conference, with Iris, Axew, and Cilan watching in the stands. Ash is using Pikachu, and Trip is using Serperior.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's BW104 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · BW098-BW108
Best Wishes Season 2: Episode N.
Eleven-episode mini-arc focused entirely on N. Considered the era's peak.
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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 Season 2: Episode N.
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.