HZ006: Difference between revisions

en_op=[[Becoming Me]] |

Continuing from the end of the [[HZ005|last episode]], [[Amethio]]'s attempt to have his {{p|Corviknight}} seize [[Liko]] with its talons is thwarted when Liko’s pendant forms a protective barrier around her, stopping Corviknight in its tracks. To further add to the confusion, [[Roy]]'s Ancient [[Poké Ball]] also starts glowing. The barrier lowers itself, and while [[Zirc]] and [[Onia]] try to hold [[Friede]] and his {{TP|Friede|Charizard}} back, Amethio confronts Liko and Roy, telling Liko that she and her pendant have to go with him. However, Roy yells at Amethio that he will never have Liko or her pendant, so Amethio challenges the pair to a {{pkmn|battle}}, using his {{TP|Amethio|Ceruledge}} against {{TP|Liko|Sprigatito}} and {{p|Fuecoco}}. Despite them managing to land a hit with their teamwork, the two [[starter Pokémon]] are quickly overwhelmed. Ceruledge prepares to finish them, with Liko pleading for help. Suddenly, her pendant and Roy's Poké Ball start glowing again, catching everyone's attention. The Poké Ball suddenly clicks open, releasing a beam of light into the sky that clears away all the clouds and materializes into a {{Shiny|black}} {{p|Rayquaza}}. Roy is astonished to learn that the ball wasn't just not empty, like he had assumed, but was even containing a black Rayquaza all along. Rayquaza uses {{m|Draco Meteor}}, raining devastation all over the beach. With this overwhelming force now in the middle of everything, Amethio orders the [[Explorers]] to retreat. Roy's pleas for Rayquaza to return to its ball are ignored, and the {{pkmn|category|Sky High Pokémon}} eventually flies away after glancing at Liko, much to everyone's relief.

Later, while [[Ludlow]] discovers the tracker the Explorers had [[HZ003|planted]] on the [[Brave Olivine]] and has {{TP|Dot|Quaxly}} destroy it, Liko, Roy, and Friede talk about Rayquaza and the Poké Ball with [[Roy's grandfather]]. He's unable to tell them anything useful, however, as he had simply found the ball on the beach when he was younger and later given it to Roy, not having an idea that it actually had a Pokémon inside it, much less the {{pkmn2|Legendary}} Rayquaza that's said to have obeyed the [[Lucius|legendary ancient adventurer]]. He had assumed the whole thing was just a fairy tale, but now, he has reliable evidence right in front of his eyes, much to Roy's pleasure. Liko remembers how her pendant and the Poké Ball glowed at the same time, but Roy's grandfather doesn't recognize it at all. Friede is excited by this mystery and decides to investigate it, while Roy wonders where Rayquaza could've gone to. Receiving a call from [[Mollie]], the three learn that she's finished treating Sprigatito and Fuecoco, so they rush back towards the beach, with Roy's grandfather looking after them. Aboard the Brave Olivine, Friede's Charizard gives Fuecoco an empty {{i|Poké Ball}}.

Arriving at the beach, Roy shouts out that he wants to spend more time with Fuecoco, not wanting to say goodbye to someone who gets his heart racing this way. Sprigatito and Fuecoco come out of the airship, with Fuecoco spitting out the Poké Ball that Charizard had given to it, signifying that it wants Roy to {{pkmn2|Caught|catch}} it. With Friede's approval, Roy makes the Poké Ball throw for which he's been practicing and officially makes {{TP|Roy|Fuecoco}} his [[Starter Pokémon|first partner]]. The [[Rising Volt Tacklers]] prepare to resume their journey to [[Paldea]], with Liko extending an invitation to Roy to come with them. Roy is uncertain, given that his grandfather has rebuked his desires to travel before, but Liko assures him that things are different now that he's a [[Pokémon Trainer]] and has a Pokémon by his side. This assurance gives Roy the confidence to talk with his grandfather, who unexpectedly appears next to them. Roy pleads for a permission to join the Rising Volt Tacklers, wanting to realize both his own dream of following in the ancient adventurer's footsteps by finding and catching Rayquaza, as well as Fuecoco's dream of becoming as strong and cool as the Charizard it admires so much. His grandfather approves his decision on the grounds of him now wanting to fulfill his partner's dream in addition to his own, and hands him his [[bag]], already filled with everything he might need for his adventure. Taking his bag, Roy promises to be riding on Rayquaza when he comes back and let his grandfather ride it as well.

* [[Roy]]'s Ancient [[Poké Ball]] opens to reveal a {{Shiny}} {{p|Rayquaza}}, which flies away.

* Roy {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} {{TP|Roy|Fuecoco}}, making it his [[Starter Pokémon|first Pokémon]].

* {{p|Rayquaza}} ([[Lucius]]'s; {{Shiny}})

* The first [[eyecatch]] of this episode features [[Amethio]] and his {{TP|Amethio|Ceruledge}}, while the second one features [[Roy]] and his {{TP|Roy|Fuecoco}}.

** {{type|Fire}} [[starter Pokémon]] was obtained outside its native region since {{an|Dawn}} obtained her {{TP|Dawn|Cyndaquil}} in ''[[DP143|An Egg Scramble!]]'', 629 episodes earlier, not counting [[JNS01|temporary captures]].

*** This is also the first time that a concurrent Fire-type starter Pokémon has been caught outside its native region.

** Main character has obtained or caught a starter Pokémon as their first Pokémon in their home region since {{an|Serena}} obtained her {{TP|Serena|Fennekin}} in ''[[XY004|A Shocking Cheeky Friendship!]]'', 435 episodes earlier.

** {{type|Water}} is the only type that has not have a concurrent starter Pokémon be caught by a main character outside its native region.