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(Japanese: エクスプローラーズからの果たし状 A Letter of Challenge from the Explorers) is the 43rd episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,275th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 15, 2024.
Plot
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Major events
- Liko and Roy cross paths with the Explorers again and have a Multi Battle with Coral and Sidian, which is called off.
- Liko's Sprigatito is confirmed to have Overgrow as her Ability.
- Sidian is revealed to own an Aerodactyl.
- Friede splits from the group to investigate the mysterious tower.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Sprigatito (Liko's)
- Hatenna (Liko's)
- Rotom (Liko's; Rotom Phone)
- Fuecoco (Roy's)
- Charizard (Friede's)
- Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
- Chansey (Mollie's)
- Metagross (Orla's)
- Quagsire (Ludlow's)
- Rockruff (Murdock's)
- Quaxly (Dot's)
- Tinkatink (Dot's)
- Glalie (Coral's)
- Rotom (Coral's; Rotom Phone)
- Garganacl (Sidian's)
- Aerodactyl (Sidian's)
- Wiglett (Old man's)
- Pawmi (Rising Volt Tacklers')
- Shuckle (Rising Volt Tacklers')
- Snorunt (Rising Volt Tacklers')
- Maushold (Rising Volt Tacklers'; Family of Four)
- Rotom (Trainers'; Rotom Phone; ×2)
- Cutiefly (Trainer's)
- Terapagos (anime; Normal Form)
- Finizen (×3; photo)
Trivia
- Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar: "What does Glalie protect itself with?"
- Choices: A sword, a shield, with armor
- Answer: With armor
- For the initial airing of this episode, Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar was replaced by a special trailer announcing the climax of the Pocket Monsters: The Sparkling of Terapagos chapter and beginning of the next chapter, Pocket Monsters: Terastal Debut. This trailer was later uploaded to the Japanese Pokémon YouTube channel.
- The first eyecatch features Sidian and his Garganacl, and the second features Coral and her Glalie.
- This episode marks the first time that a first partner Pokémon owned by a main character has had its Ability confirmed in the anime since Clemont's Chespin was revealed to have Overgrow as its Ability in An Appetite for Battle!, 461 episodes earlier.
Errors
Dub edits
In other languages
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