Team Rocket's hovercraft lands in the desert. Giovanni and the other Team Rocket members meet to discuss the plan to find the Meteonite hidden somewhere underground within the Desert Resort and bring it back. Giovanni tells them this will be the start of their mission.

Team Plasma appears to steal the Meteonite from Team Rocket. This and the next episode are the only Pokémon the Series: Black & White episodes that were skipped. Unlike the only other skipped episode in Japan, this two-parter was supposed to be important to the overall storyline instead of being a standalone episode.

2023年5月1日 · Back during the Black and White anime saga, episodes 23 and 24 were supposed to be a two-parter called "Team Rocket VS Team Plasma". However, due to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the two episodes were delayed, before being entirely cancelled and retconned from existence.

2023年5月1日 · The scripts for episodes 23 and 24 of the Pokemon: Best Wishes anime series, "Team Rocket VS. Team Plasma!" Parts One and Two, which were removed from broadcasting due to the March 11, 2011 disaster.

2024年9月5日 · The original scripts for the unaired Pokemon episodes BW023-BW024, Rocket-dan VS Plasma-dan! (Part 1) & (part 2). Also includes a text document with an english translation.

— (Japanese: ロケット団(だん)VSプラズマ団(だん)! (後編(こうへん)), Hepburn: Team Rocket VS Team Plasma! (Part 2)) is the skipped 24th episode of Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! of Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes!. This episode was originally intended to air on March 24, 2011, however it was postponed indefinitely...

Team Plasma steals the Meteonite from Team Rocket. Iris meets Looker for the first time. Team Rocket and Team Plasma fight over the Meteonite, threatening to destroy Castelia City in the process. Ash and Pikachu destroy the Meteonite. Giovanni returns to Kanto with Pierce and Dr. Zager, leaving the Team Rocket trio to operate independently in ...

Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma! Premiering in Japan on September 23, 2010, was the 5th generation of the Pokémon anime, known as Best Wishes! During its initial run, there was scheduled to air a 2-part episode in March 2011, ("Rocket-dan VS Plasma-dan!", "Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma!" translated, Parts 1 and 2 respectively), revolving around Team ...

"Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma!" were intended to be the 23rd and 24th episode of Pokémon the Series: Black and White and the 680th and 681st episode of Pokémon the Series overall. The 23rd and 24th episodes would finalized as Battling For The Love of …

2011年2月21日 · UPDATE MARCH 15: These two episodes have been postponed due to recent events. While a new airdate hasn't been revealed yet, TV Tokyo is still planning to broadcast them at some point, so please cease the clamors about this arc being banned for now. Sick of dealing with idiots. It's actually called just that, how original.