Ash, Dawn, and Brock attend a week of training at the academy with their Pok?mon, and Ash competes in a triathlon to test his skills against a scary, ghostly Pok?mon.
Ash, Pikachu, Iris, and Cilan journey through Unova, a land with big cities, beautiful landscapes, and new Pok?mon, and Ash and his Pok?mon battle for badges.
Pok?mon trainer White's beloved Pok?mon and star performer, Gigi, leaves her for another trainer because White is afraid to battle her Pok?mon. Then, Black heads to Nimbasa City's Battle Subway.
At long last, Black, who is obsessed with winning the Pok?mon League, receives his Pok?mon, Tepig, and begins to explore the Unova Region and fill one of Professor Juniper's Pok?dex.
