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Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!

BW141   EP798 ベストウイッシュ！また会う日まで！！ Best Wishes! Until the Day We Meet Again!!

First broadcast Japan September 19, 2013 United States November 30, 2013

English themes Opening It's Always You and Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening 夏めく坂道 Ending 手をつなごう

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 牧野吉高 Yoshitaka Makino 中島彩佳 Ayaka Nakajima Assistant director 牧野吉高 Yoshitaka Makino Animation director 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf Dub review thread on BMGf

Best Wishes Until We Meet Again! (Japanese: ベストウイッシュ！また会う日まで！！ Best Wishes! Until the Day We Meet Again!!) is the 141st episode of Pokémon the Series: Black & White, and the 798th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on September 19, 2013 and in the United States on November 30, 2013.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Blurb

As our heroes and Alexa wrap up their shipboard tour of the Decolore Islands, they spot several Pokémon native to the Kanto region. Porter says that’s a sure sign that their final stop, Vermilion City, is close by! They all have plans for Kanto: Ash can’t wait to get home, Iris and Cilan really want to see some Pokémon that are new to them, and Alexa has plans to interview Professor Oak.

Of course, Team Rocket is close behind, and the villains have plans of their own—to finally capture Pikachu! From their Basculin submarine, they try to stop the cruise ship by entangling its propellers, and when that doesn’t work, they succeed in floating the ship up into the sky with giant balloons! The passengers panic, and in the confusion, Team Rocket manages to net Pikachu, Axew, and an impressive haul of Poké Balls from our heroes and the other passengers!

Trapped in the cargo hold, Ash, Iris, and Cilan make several attempts to escape before they’re successful, and then come at Team Rocket with a vengeance! It isn’t long before the hapless trio is overpowered, and all the Pokémon are safely returned, as the ship glides down to a safe and gentle splashdown. Alexa has been working in her cabin with headphones on the whole time, so she has no idea of what’s been happening—but when she finds out, she wants to write an article about it!

The Decolore Queen finally docks in Vermilion City, and Iris and Cilan can’t contain their excitement—they want to set out on the next leg of their journey right away! Iris wants to go to Blackthorn City to train with Gym Leader Clair, and Cilan plans to attend a fishing competition in the Hoenn region. Ash and Alexa go to the train station to see them off, and as they say goodbye, it’s a bittersweet moment as Ash thinks back on all the adventures they’ve had together.

But after a long journey, he’s nearly home, and it’s time for Ash and Alexa to set off for Pallet Town!

Plot

Now very close to the Kanto region, Ash, Iris, and Cilan watch a Gyarados from the side of their boat and talk about how excited they are. Meanwhile, Alexa walks up and is surprised to discover that Ash knows Professor Oak, with whom she hopes to have an interview. Later, while Alexa is in her cabin working, Team Rocket is following behind the boat in their Basculin submarine. They launch an attack on the boat, using two hooks to stop the propellers. However, when they attempt to pull the ship, the propellers begin spinning again and leave Team Rocket's submarine floating on the surface of the water, where Ash and his friends see it and mistake it for a real Basculin. With their first plan a failure, Team Rocket attempts another assault from their hot-air balloon. They launch several missiles at the boat that burst open to reveal strong hooks. As the hooks attach themselves to the boat, a balloon begins to inflate from each one, lifting the boat out of the water and into the sky. While everyone else is in a panic, Alexa is too absorbed in her work to notice anything.

On the deck of the boat, Porter attempts to restore order while Ash, Iris, and Cilan confront Team Rocket. Jessie and Meowth descend from the balloon, with Jessie disguised partially as James and reciting the entire motto by herself. Meanwhile, the real James disguises himself as Porter and tricks the group into taking out their Poké Balls, resulting in Meowth using a special vacuum-like device to steal them all. James uses a net to snatch Pikachu and Axew, revealing himself to be a fake after the real Porter arrives. As the group tries to rescue their Pokémon, Frillish and Amoonguss use Bubble Beam and Hidden Power, respectively, to create a small explosion that sends Ash, Iris, and Cilan flying into the ship's cargo hold. Taking their advantage of having the twerps out of the way, Team Rocket tries to steal all of the other passengers' Pokémon; however, Porter intervenes and is nearly thrown overboard by another attack by Frillish and Amoonguss. Team Rocket proceeds to continue stealing all of the Poké Balls on the ship.

Back in the cargo hold, Ash, Iris, and Cilan use the many boxes lining the walls to create a stairway in order to reach a hook that they can use to escape. As they try to climb out, it collapses and Ash grabs onto Cilan while still holding the hook at the top of the hold. Cilan, similarly, is keeping Iris from falling, and the latter begins swinging back and forth to give them the boost they need to escape. Just as Team Rocket is about to escape on their balloon, the three of them soar into the air and bring all three Rockets back down to the boat, retrieving their Poké Balls and attempting to free Pikachu and Axew. After Charizard makes quick work of Frillish and Amoonguss, Ash manages to get Pikachu and Axew out of the net and Team Rocket is sent blasting off. Snivy uses Leaf Storm to cut the balloons and lower the boat back to the water while the passengers rescue Porter. It is only when the boat impacts the water that Alexa notices anything and looks up from her work, wondering what had happened.

After the boat docks in Vermilion City, the group shares a meal at a local restaurant. Iris and Cilan both express their wishes to start on their new journeys right away, with Iris wishing to go see Clair in Blackthorn City and Cilan wanting to participate in an Old Rod Fishing Rally hosted by Mr. Briney. Ash tells them he understands, albeit a little sadly. Ash and Alexa go with Iris and Cilan to the train station, where their long journey comes to an end and the three friends, as well as Axew and Pikachu, share a bittersweet goodbye. As the train pulls out of the station, Ash calls after his two friends to have a great trip and recalls all of the experiences the three of them shared together.

Major events

• Ash, his friends, and Alexa arrive in Kanto.
• Iris and Cilan decide to head to Johto by train, thus separating from Ash and Alexa, who head on to Pallet Town.

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series: Black & White, please see the timeline page.

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Alexa
• Porter
• Captain
• Sailors
• Passengers
• Vermilion citizens

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Gyarados (US and international) Lapras (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Unfezant (Ash's; female; flashback)
• Oshawott (Ash's; fantasy; flashback)
• Snivy (Ash's)
• Scraggy (Ash's; flashback)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Frillish (Jessie's; female)
• Amoonguss (James's)
• Helioptile (Alexa's)
• Hydreigon (Shannon's; flashback)
• Braviary (Soren's; flashback)
• Drilbur (Rocko's; flashback)
• Lapras (multiple)
• Slowpoke
• Slowbro
• Magikarp
• Gyarados
• Pidgey (multiple)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Panpour
  • This episode was followed by a trailer for Pokémon the Series: XY instead of the normal Live Caster.
• This is the first time since The Ghost of Maiden's Peak that Jessie says the lines James usually says in the motto.
• Cilan and Iris plan to travel to Johto using the Magnet Train, which was still under construction in A Goldenrod Opportunity.
  • It should be also noted that the aforementioned episode said it would take a year plus a week before the train would be finished, indicating that at least one full year has passed since then. However, due to the odd, ambiguous passage of time in the animated series, it is unknown if this stands true.
• The background music used for Team Rocket's motto is the original Unova motto music that previously played from BW002 to BW006, instead of the usual Sinnoh motto music re-arrangement that has played from BW035 onward.
• This episode marks the final appearance of Porter.
• This is the first group split-up episode that does not have Masaaki Iwane as the animation director.
• This episode features the following flashbacks of Ash, Iris, and Cilan:
  • Ash meeting Iris from Enter Iris and Axew!.
  • Ash meeting Cilan from Triple Leaders, Team Threats! and Dreams by the Yard Full!.
  • Cilan demonstrating his fishing skills from Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!.
  • Iris and Cilan dressing up as Professor Juniper and Elesa, respectively, from Climbing the Tower of Success!.
  • Ash and Cilan battling against Soren and Rocko from A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team!.
  • Iris calming down the enraged Hydreigon from A Village Homecoming!.
  • Ash and Iris apologizing to each other from The Path That Leads to Goodbye!.
• From a technical point of view, the design of the train Iris and Cilan boarded is incorrect. Given the fact that there's only one maglev train (the Magnet Train), and the modern, aerodynamic design of the end of the train, it can be assumed that the train runs on electricity. However, no electric third rail exists, and neither do any overhead wires, and batteries are not used to power motors on mainline railroads. This is an example of animation physics.

Errors

• When Jessie stands on the rope ladder reciting the motto as herself, she is seen wearing her short shirt, while half of it should be identical to James's longer shirt.

Dub edits

• In the dub, James can be heard laughing along Jessie and Meowth after the balloons lift up the cruise ship. However, James was not actually with the other two at the time. In the original version, Jessie was trying to laugh with a gender-neutral voice so she could sound like herself and imitate James at the same time.
• Similarly to What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals!, Team Rocket's original Unova motto BGM is removed, but instead of being replaced with the Sinnoh motto music, it is replaced with dub-exclusive music.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	祝福妳們（Best wishes），直至再會那一天
	Mandarin	Best Wish！直到再見面的那一天！！
Danish		Held og lykke til vi mødes igen!
Dutch		Veel geluk en tot ziens!
Finnish		Kaikkea hyvää, kunnes taas tapaamme!
European French		Ce n'est qu'un au revoir !
Greek		Στο Καλό και Καλή Αντάμωση!
Italian		Alla prossima cari amici!
Korean		베스트위시! 다시 만날 날까지!
Norwegian		Hell og lykke til vi møtes igjen!
Polish		Powodzenia i do zobaczenia!
Brazilian Portuguese		Tudo de Bom, Até o Nosso Próximo Encontro!
Russian		Всего хорошего и до новых встреч!
Spanish	Latin America	¡Hasta luego, mis mejores deseos!
	Spain	¡¡Mucha suerte hasta que volvamos a vernos!!
Swedish		Lycka till, tills vi möts igen!
Thai		เบสวิช! สักวันเราคงจะได้เจอกันอีก!!

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