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Filler list

Pokémon: Black & White Filler List

Pokémon: Black & White began in 2010 and ran for 84 episodes, eight of them filler — 9.5% of the series. The longest unbroken stretch is episodes 53–55 — three consecutive episodes with no manga material in them. There are five runs in all, listed in full below.

  • Episodes84
  • Canon76
  • Filler8
  • Filler share9.5%

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Every Pokémon: Black & White episode with its canon or filler status and air date
Ep Title Type Aired
1 In the Shadow of Zekrom! Canon 2010-09-23
2 Enter Iris and Axew! Canon 2010-09-23
3 A Sandile Gusher of Change Canon 2010-09-30
4 The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice! Canon 2010-10-07
5 Triple Leaders, Team Threats Canon 2010-10-14
6 Dreams by the Yard Full Canon 2010-10-21
7 Snivy Plays Hard to Catch! Canon 2010-10-28
8 Saving Darmanitan from the Bell! Canon 2010-11-04
9 The Bloom Is on Axew! Canon 2010-11-11
10 A Rival Battle for Club Champ! Canon 2010-11-18
11 A Home for Dwebble Canon 2010-12-02
12 Here Comes the Trubbish Squad Canon 2010-12-09
13 Minccino–Neat and Tidy Canon 2010-12-16
14 A Night in the Nacrene City Museum Canon 2010-12-23
15 The Battle According to Lenora Canon 2011-01-06
16 Rematch at the Nacrene Gym Canon 2011-01-13
17 Scraggy–Hatched to Be Wild Canon 2011-01-20
18 Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest Canon 2011-01-27
19 A Connosseur's Revenge! Canon 2011-02-17
20 Dancing with the Ducklett Trio! Canon 2011-02-24
21 The Lost World of Gothitelle! Canon 2011-03-03
22 A Venipede Stampede Canon 2011-03-10
23 Battling for the Love of Bug-Types! Canon 2011-03-17
24 Emolga the Irresistible! Canon 2011-03-24
25 Emolga and the New Volt Switch! Canon 2011-03-31
26 Scare at the Litwick Mansion! Filler 2011-04-07
27 The Dragon Master's Path! Canon 2011-04-14
28 Oshawott's Lost Scalchop! Canon 2011-04-21
29 Cottonee in Love! Filler 2011-04-28
30 A UFO for Elgyem! Filler 2011-05-05
31 Ash and Trip's Third Battle! Canon 2011-05-12
32 Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open! Canon 2011-05-19
33 Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster! Canon 2011-05-26
34 Gotta Catch a Roggenrola! Canon 2011-06-02
35 Where Did You Go, Audino? Filler 2011-06-09
36 Archeops in the Modern World! Canon 2011-06-16
37 A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition! Canon 2011-06-23
38 Movie Time! Zorua in 'The Legend of the Pokémon Knight'! Canon 2011-06-30
39 Reunion Battles in Nimbasa! Canon 2011-07-07
40 Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!! Canon 2011-07-21
41 The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk! Canon 2011-08-04
42 The Club Battle Finale: A Heroes Outcome! Canon 2011-08-11
43 Meowth's Scrafty Tactics! Canon 2011-08-18
44 Purrloin: Sweet or Sneaky? Canon 2011-08-25
45 Beheeyem, Duosion, and the Dream Thief! Canon 2011-09-01
46 The Beartic Mountain Feud! Canon 2011-09-08
47 Crisis from the Underground Up! Canon 2011-09-15
48 Battle for the Underground! Canon 2011-09-15
49 Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader! Canon 2011-09-22
50 Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym! Canon 2011-09-29
51 Lost at the Stamp Rally! Canon 2011-10-06
52 Ash Versus the Champion! Canon 2011-10-13
53 A Maractus Musical! Filler 2011-10-27
54 The Four Seasons of Sawsbuck! Filler 2011-11-03
55 Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita! Filler 2011-11-10
56 The Lonely Deino! Canon 2011-11-24
57 The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue! Canon 2011-12-01
58 A Call for Brotherly Love! Canon 2011-12-08
59 Stopping the Rage of Legends!: Episode 1 Canon 2011-12-15
60 Stopping the Rage of Legends!: Episode 2 Canon 2011-12-22
61 Battling the King of the Mines! Canon 2012-01-05
62 Crisis at Chargestone Cave! Canon 2012-01-12
63 Evolution Exchange Excitement! Canon 2012-01-19
64 Explorers of the Hero's Ruin! Canon 2012-01-26
65 Battling the Bully! Canon 2012-02-02
66 Baffling the Bouffalant! Filler 2012-02-16
67 Cilan Takes Flight! Canon 2012-02-23
68 An Amazing Aerial Battle! Canon 2012-03-01
69 Climbing the Tower of Success! Canon 2012-03-08
70 The Clubsplosion Begins! Canon 2012-03-15
71 Search for the Clubultimate! Canon 2012-03-22
72 A Clubsplosion of Excitement! Canon 2012-03-29
73 Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown! Canon 2012-04-05
74 Battling the Leaf Thieves! Canon 2012-04-12
75 A Restoration Confrontation!: Episode 1 Canon 2012-04-19
76 A Restoration Confrontation!: Episode 2 Canon 2012-04-26
77 Evolution by Fire! Canon 2012-05-03
78 Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain! Canon 2012-05-10
79 Caution: Icy Battle Conditions! Canon 2012-05-17
80 Clash of the Connoisseurs! Canon 2012-05-24
81 Crisis at Ferroseed Research! Canon 2012-05-31
82 An Epic Defense Force! Canon 2012-06-07
83 Rocking the Virbank Gym!: Episode 1 Canon 2012-06-14
84 Rocking the Virbank Gym!: Episode 2 Canon 2012-06-14

Frequently asked

How many filler episodes does Pokémon: Black & White have?

Pokémon: Black & White has 8 filler episodes out of 84 total, or 9.5% of the series.

Which Pokémon: Black & White episodes can I skip?

Skip episodes 26, 29–30, 35, 53–55, 66.

Is Pokémon: Black & White filler worth watching?

Filler is written by the animation studio to avoid overtaking the manga, so it sits outside the main story and rarely changes anything that matters later. Skipping it costs you nothing on a first watch.

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