BW051: Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!

"Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!"
ジムリーダーはカリスマモデル！カミツレ登場！！

Episode Code

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Season

Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies

Japanese
Air Date

United States
Air Date

Sep-22-2011

Feb-18-2012

Badge(s)

Badge 1

Chronology

BW050	←	{{{epcode}}}	→	BW052

Episode Plot[]

After the events that occured at the Battle Subway, Ash and co. run into Bianca again (in her usual way). They soon realize the Gym is closed since the Gym Leader wasn't there. Turns out the Gym Leader, Elesa, was busy with a fashion show, but after seeing a Pikachu, she introduces herself and accepts Ash and Bianca's Gym Challenge. However as Bianca's Gym Battle was about to begin, her father appears and wants to bring her home, but Bianca refuses. The battle goes underway and Bianca lost. Will she continue her journey or go home?

Debuts[]

Human Characters[]

Pokémon Characters[]

Shelmet

Trivia[]

In the games, Shelmet can be obtained in Icirrus City, Route 8 and Moor of Icirrus. No one knows how Bianca got a Shelmet before our heroes got to Icirrus City.
Elesa was wearing five different outfits (including her Gym Leader attire). (Six if you count the outfit for the cover of the magazine Bianca was holding.)
Professor Oak's Live Caster: Archen
The English title of this episode was confirmed at pokemon.com on Tuesday, February 14, 2012.
Cartoon Network made the title of this episode official on Friday, February 17, 2012.
Gregg Abbey returns to the Pokémon series as Bianca's Father.
Who's that Pokémon? (US): Shelmet
The intro of the episodes uses clips from episodes that have yet to appear in the US.
Iris heared about Elesa from Subway Boss Emmet in the last episode, but didn't know who she was in this episode.
Bianca's Minccino is revealed to know Swift .

Bloopers[]

During the battle against Bianca's father, Ash told Oshawott to use Shell Blade instead of Razor Shell. This is the second time Ash has done so, the first being in BW031: Oshawott's Lost Scalchop!