Pokemon 1440 – A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition

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Pokemon Black and White

Episode 1440 – A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition

Episode Description; Continuing their journey to Nimbasa City, Ash and the gang decide to stop in town.. They notice Bianca is running around and she crashes into Ash, throwing him into the water channel. While Ash is drying his clothes, Bianca shows a poster announcing a fishing contest for which the prize is a golden fishing rod. Cilan loses control of himself, and announces that he is a Fishing connoisseur and they all decide to enter the contest, unknowingly being staged by Team Rocket. They sign up in Castelia City and are issued their Fishing Balls and are told to choose their fishing rods, but Cilan has brought his own, from which he gives one to Bianca. They begin to fish, but Bianca does not know how to fish. She casts her rod around wildly, eventually hooking onto Ash’s jacket. Cilan decides to give the gang a crash course in fishing, during which he catches a blue-striped Basculin. He sends Pansage out to battle it, and after some missed shots, Pansage weakens the Basculin and allows Cilan to catch it. Iris tries to fish for a Pokémon, but she gets bored when nothing has taken the bait. She decides to instead use her hands to catch a Pokémon, and lifts a blue Basculin out of the water only to receive a yellow card for her actions. Bianca pulls in a female Frillish which begins to constrict Ash. Bianca scans Frillish on her Pokédex. Cilan and Iris try to help only to get pulled into its grip. Ash orders Pikachu to use Thunderbolt on them to free them. Team Rocket leave only to find that their boat is pushed away. As everybody realizes that something suspicious is going on they reveal that they are actually Team Rocket. They begin to battle, and when the want to escape with captured Pokémon, they realize that the same Frillish has opened them up and freed all of the Pokémon. Emptyhanded, Team Rocket escapes in their jetpacks. Cilan tries to find the golden rod only to find it was made out of wood. They part with Bianca and continue to Nimbasa City.