Pagogo
Pagogo (Japanese: パゴゴ Pagogo) is a Terapagos, a Legendary Pokémon first encountered 100 years ago in the Great Crater of Paldea by Rystal. Liko received it as a pendant from her grandmother, Diana. It is the first Pokémon Liko caught in the land of Kitakami, and her third overall. It is usually outside its Poké Ball.
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In animation
History
Pre-series
With Rystal

100 years prior to the events of the series, Rystal found a Terapagos during a trip to the Great Crater of Paldea and nicknamed it Pagogo. One day, she was running away from a group of thieves who wanted to steal Pagogo, but they were saved by Lucius, who scared the thieves away with his Black Rayquaza. Since then, Rystal and Pagogo accompanied Lucius in his journey, as he caught the remaining members of the Six Heroes and sought the Pokémon paradise known as Laqua. At some point, they were joined by Gibeon and his White Zygarde.

Finally having reached Laqua, the trio, now known as the Explorers, found themselves in trouble after Gibeon meddled with the Laquium crystals found in the paradise, causing them to spread uncontrollably and making wild Pokémon go feral. Upon witnessing its Trainer's determination, Pagogo transformed into its Stellar Form and gave some of its energy to the Six Heroes, allowing them to seal the Laquium away. In the aftermath, Lucius was trapped in Laqua, the Six Heroes got scattered around the world, and Pagogo fell into a deep sleep in its dormant, jewel-like state.
Rystal chose to wear the dormant Pagogo around her neck in the form of a pendant ever since, hoping it'd awaken someday. After she passed away, her pendant was left inside a briefcase in the attic of her daughter's home, alongside Lucius's diary.
With Diana

Many years later, the pendant and Lucius's diary were found by Rystal's granddaughter, Diana, when she was a young girl. The tales of the Ancient Adventurer motivated her to begin a journey, hoping to find out if the stories were true, and she took the pendant with her, unaware that it was a Pokémon. Despite her many adventures, Terapagos never once showed signals of a reawakening.
A year prior to the events of the series, Diana gifted the pendant to her granddaughter, Liko, telling her that it would become important to her in the future. Some time after this, she learned about the Explorers, a suspicious organization that wanted the pendant for an unknown purpose. Fearing for her granddaughter's safety, she, through Lucca, enlisted the help of the Rising Volt Tacklers to protect her.
Pokémon Horizons: The Series
As a wild Pokémon

Terapagos debuted in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One), first appearing in its dormant state. During a school break, Liko was approached by Amethio, who claimed he was sent by her grandmother to retrieve and return the pendant to her. Finding the situation suspicious, Liko instead took the pendant and fled her dormitory. She eventually got cornered by Amethio and his subordinates, Zirc and Onia, but in the right moment, Friede swoop in from above. While Friede's Charizard battled Amethio's Ceruledge, Liko took the opportunity to escape just as a stray Psycho Cut flew towards her. The pendant glowed and created an energy barrier, protecting Liko and her Sprigatito from harm. Inside the barrier, Liko briefly saw, though not recognized, Terapagos in its Normal Form before it reverted back into a pendant.
In The Treasure After the Storm!, Liko's pendant seemed to resonate with Roy's Ancient Poké Ball as they were being chased by a group of wild Pokémon. In The Ancient Poké Ball, the pendant once again activated, creating another barrier to protect its owner from imminent danger and later, during another situation of distress, resonating with the Ancient Poké Ball, which then opened, releasing the Black Rayquaza. Intrigued, Liko decided to continue looking into her pendant's mystery as the Rising Volt Tacklers traveled to Paldea.
In The Future I Choose, after helping Arboliva restore the forest where it lived, Liko's pendant began to glow and transformed back into Terapagos, which caused Arboliva to share a vision of a mysterious man to the group. After the vision was shown, Terapagos reverted back to its dormant state and Arboliva returned to its Ancient Poké Ball, allowing Liko to take it under her care. Afterward, Liko decided she wanted to see her grandmother to learn more about the pendant.
In Fly! Wattrel!!, Liko was lured away from the Rising Volt Tacklers by Spinel, who then used his Beheeyem to erase her memories and easily steal her pendant. The pendant remained under Spinel's possession until Quaxly, We Can Do It, where Liko, Roy, and Dot challenged him to a battle. Spinel, commanding his Pokémon remotely from a hidden location, quickly overwhelmed them once he was up to his final Pokémon, Umbreon. Their desire to retrieve the pendant caused it to glow brightly, revealing where Spinel was hiding and allowing Sprigatito to retrieve it.

In Charge! Galar Mine!, the group encountered a Galarian Moltres that had an Ancient Poké Ball, indicating that it had belonged to the Ancient Adventurer Lucius just like Arboliva. However, they were forced to retreat after Moltres had defeated them and injured Captain Pikachu. In the following episode, Liko and Roy returned to the Galar Mine and battled the Malevolent Pokémon in an attempt to calm it down. After successfully calming Moltres down with Sprigatito's aromatic Leafage, Liko's pendant started to glow and transformed into Terapagos. It began to communicate with Moltres, after which it returned to its Ancient Poké Ball and allowed Liko to take it under her care. After this point, Terapagos no longer reverted to its dormant state inside the pendant, instead choosing to remain awakened to travel alongside Liko. This was noticed by Amethio, who would tell his teammates that they planned to steal the mysterious Pokémon.
In Roar of the Black Rayquaza, as the Black Rayquaza appeared before the Rising Volt Tacklers and easily defeated Amethio, Terapagos transformed into its Terastal Form to protect its friends, having its Tera Starstorm clash with Rayquaza's Draco Meteor. After that, however, it passed out from exhaustion and Rayquaza left. Friede and Diana later theorized that Rayquaza was only testing Terapagos, who had just awakened some of its powers after three of the Six Heroes had been gathered.

During Liko's time as a Naranja Academy student, from Welcome to Naranja Academy! to Shine on, Terastallization! Liko vs. Roy!, Terapagos was usually seen traveling inside her bag.
In The Terapagos I Don't Know, knowing about Terapagos sightings in Paldea through old records, Liko, Roy, Dot, and Friede visited Clavell and Geeta hoping they'd know something about them. They revealed old sketches of Terapagos's Normal and Terastal Forms, claiming it possessed a strong connection to the Terastal phenomenon and that it was once sighted within the Great Crater of Paldea, in Area Zero, which was recorded in the Scarlet Book, supposedly in its third form. Later on, during their travels with Raifort, Terapagos quickly striked a friendship with a wild Charcadet.
In The Approaching Shadow!, after an encounter with Amethio on Glaseado Mountain, Liko was forced to battle him in order to keep Terapagos safe. They were interrupted by Spinel, who revealed he came into possession of a shard of Laquium, which he used to power up his Umbreon. Infuriated by this, Terapagos changed into its Terastal Form, purified Umbreon of the Laquium's effect, and destroyed the shard before falling unconscious. Terapagos later awakened inside a cave that Spinel trapped it, Liko, and Amethio inside of. Despite Amethio's insistence that capturing it was the last thing on his mind at the moment, Terapagos ignored his words and angrily yelled at him.
In Encounters at the Crystal Pool, at Briar's suggestion, the Rising Volt Tacklers went to the Crystal Pool so Terapagos could attempt to communicate with Lucius by using the site's rumored ability to summon the deceased. Despite its best efforts, Terapagos was unable to call on Lucius's spirit.

In The Three Explorers, after learning about the existence of Rystal, the Rising Volt Tacklers traveled to the Crystal Pool once more and had Terapagos try and call on the spirit of Rystal this time. This attempt was successful, allowing them to meet Terapagos's former Trainer, as well as her child, Layla. In the next episode, after Rystal had told them the original Explorers' journey to Laqua, she returned to her original time, though not before asking Liko to take care of her former partner, filling Terapagos with sadness. After being given a Poké Ball by Friede, Liko caught Terapagos, formally adding it to her team, and started using the nickname Rystal once gave it: Pagogo.
With Liko

After the Rising Volt Tacklers managed to convince Lucius's Gouging Fire to join them in The Pillar of Fire, Pagogo and the gathered heroes summoned the Black Rayquaza to Area Zero for one final challenge, which took place in the following episode. Eventually, when all of the Rising Volt Tacklers' Pokémon except for Roy's Crocalor had been defeated, Pagogo transformed into its Terastal Form and decided to join the fray. Their collective efforts kept Rayquaza on the defensive, allowing Pagogo to strike it with a powerful Tera Starstorm, though not without being hit hard by a Dragon Ascent in the process. Then, it chose to use the last of its remaining strength to Terastallize Crocalor, giving him the power boost necessary to damage Rayquaza enough for Roy to recall it into its Ancient Poké Ball. Now, with all Six Heroes gathered, Pagogo fully regained its full strength.
Led by the Black Rayquaza, the Rising Volt Tackles arrived at Mount Pericarp in Where the Land Meets the Sky. At various points during their trek up the mountain, Pagogo summoned one of the Six Heroes to aid the group, allowing them to climb higher, cross waters, and overcome obstacles in order to reach Laqua. The group then went further into the paradise's forest in the following episode, finally finding the area that had been sealed away 100 years ago. Realizing the barrier was still up, Liko had Pagogo transform into its Terastal Form and remove it, but this left it exhausted in the process, forcing her to recall it for the time being. This, however, did not last long, as Pagogo forced itself out of its Poké Ball just as Gibeon began meddling with the Laquium crystals again.

In Guided by the Black Rayquaza!, the group eventually reached Gibeon and the White Zygarde, who was digging up a Laquium cluster. At that moment, Pagogo summoned the Six Heroes, and they collectively witnessed as Lucius emerged alive from the crystals. After reuniting, Pagogo lent some of its power to Lucius in order for him to explain everything. Now with the knowledge that only sealing the Laquium away won't be effective, it transformed into its Terastal Form and gathered the Six Heroes' powers into itself while the group proved themselves to the White Zygarde. Once it was ready, in Where the Adventure Leads, Pagogo Terastallized, changing into its Stellar Form, and purified the Laquium with the help of the Six Heroes. It instantly returned to its Normal Form afterwards and bid farewell to Lucius, who, like Gibeon, was only being kept alive due to Laquium. Before parting, the Ancient Adventurer entrusted Pagogo's safety to Liko.

Over the year following the events at Laqua, Pagogo did not come out from its Poké Ball, seemingly hibernating just as it did 100 years ago. In Following Traces of Laquium, it finally reawakened in order to shield Liko from a Rock Slide caused by two rampaging Steelix that had been affected by Laquium. Pagogo transformed into its Terastal Form and purified the Laquium affecting the Steelix, clearing the ill effects. From here onwards, in the event of the group finding a Laquium Sign, they would work to subdue the afflicted Pokémon, allowing Pagogo, in its battle form, to cure it from the substance's effects.
In Reunion in Cortondo, Pagogo was chosen by Katy to be Liko's Pokémon for their official rematch, facing off against her Ursaring. Its brute force and resilience proved to be a tough match, but Pagogo was able to overcome it with a Tera Starstorm in the end, even after Ursaring had Terastallized, winning Liko the battle.
In The Knight in the Ruins, Pagogo reunited with the Charcadet it had met a year back in some Paldean ruins. After Karatō's Scovillain was discovered to be on a Laquium-induced rampage, it helped Charcadet in subduing the Spicy Pepper Pokémon. Later, as Liko was about to bid farewell to Charcadet, Pagogo encouraged it to join them.
In The Six Heroes Unleashed!, Pagogo was used alongside the rest of Liko, Roy, and Ult's Pokémon to battle against five of the Six Heroes, who were under the influence of the Super Strong Spheres. Overwhelmed by the opponents, Liko quickly had Pagogo purify the Laquium from the heroes' bodies, but the Explorers used the Super Strong Spheres once more on them. This time, Kleavor aimed directly at Pagogo, knocking out both it and Hattrem, who had jumped in to try and defend it.
In HZ121, Pagogo used its Protect in an attempt to catch Friede, whose spaceship was about to crash-land into the ground. Several of the other Rising Volt Tacklers' Pokémon used their moves to support Pagogo, but Friede's ship was deflected off the barrier. Pagogo then used its power to Terastallize Captain Pikachu into a Flying-type, which allowed Captain Pikachu to safely return Friede to the Brave Olivine.
In HZ125, Pagogo teamed up with Zygarde to help the remaining Six Heroes regain the memories of their adventures with Lucius, Rystal, Gibeon and the Rising Volt Tacklers. Pagogo then Terastalized all the remaining Six Heroes to remove the effects of the Laquium.
Personality and characteristics

Particularly, Pagogo seems to have a special connection to Liko, with her being the first person in generations to be able to reawaken it from its dormant state. It appears to have a strong desire to protect her from harm, which can most notably be seen in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One), Roar of the Black Rayquaza, and Following Traces of Laquium, instances where it reawakened or first transformed into its Terastal Form in order to shield her from imminent danger. It also seems to like sleeping in Liko's backpack and enjoys being held in her arms, as well as in Meowscarada's. In addition, Pagogo has taken a liking to being inside Hatterene's body. Pagogo has been shown to be overall friendly around people and Pokémon alike, having a close bond with the rest of Liko's team, especially with Charcadet, as Pagogo was the one to encourage it to join her party and is occasionally seen offering it a ride on its back. It maintains its friendship with it after it evolved into Armarouge. Notable exceptions to Pagogo's friendliness include Amethio, a trait first shown in Reunion at the Ancient Castle! and then again in Liko and Amethio, as it appears to resent the recognition of Amethio's grandfather, Gibeon, in him; and Ult's Sableye, due to its constant attempts to eat it.
Pagogo has a strong connection to Lucius, the Six Heroes, and its former Trainer, Rystal, always attempting to call out to them and being extremely happy every time they reunite. Many events of the original Explorers' journey are only revealed to the Rising Volt Tacklers due to Pagogo's ability to share the memories it has from that time. Amongst the Six Heroes, it has the closest bond with Rayquaza, dating back to the day they first met, as depicted in The Wonders of the World!, with Lucius noting that Pagogo was unlike every other Pokémon in that it didn't fear Rayquaza. As seen in The Plan to Capture Rayquaza, Pagogo has the ability to call for the Black Rayquaza with a specific energy signal, which the other Six Heroes seem to share as well, as suggested in The Pillar of Fire. In Respective Departures, Gibeon also claimed that both Pagogo and Rayquaza were the keys to Laqua, in the sense that only the Sky High Pokémon knew the way there and that the Tera Pokémon, with its power fully reawakened, was able to unseal the paradise. Due to their shared history, Pagogo was shown to glow whenever it's near one of the Ancient Poké Balls and is even capable to opening them if necessary, as seen in The Ancient Poké Ball and Where the Land Meets the Sky. It was very happy in Crash! Team Dragon Rampage!, to be reunited with the Black Rayquaza, but upon hearing of the remaining heroes capture by Spinel; Pagago shared great determination to free them which happened in HZ125.

In Terapagos's Adventure and throughout Terapagos's Exploration Diary, it was shown to have a curious and inquisitive personality, exploring and wandering the Brave Olivine on its own, possibly as a result of being in its dormant form for a very long time. In addition, Pagogo enjoys eating Berries, as they are the only things it will eat; though it has come to enjoy eating other foods, such as sweets.
Although it isn't seen battling much, Pagogo itself is not opposed to the idea, even taking the initiative to do so in Beyond the Shining Rainbow upon sensing Liko's determination. Pagogo's lack of battling appearances could be attributed to its missing powers, as its first battle occurred in Roar of the Black Rayquaza, after three of the Six Heroes had been gathered, and ended with it passing out after a single attack, which meant its power was still incomplete. A similar explanation has been suggested by Diana in Taking the Next Steps as to why the Laquium wasn't completely purified, and that Pagogo in its Stellar Form may need to simultaneously resonate with all eighteen types to be at its strongest; in HZ119, Briar clarifies that Pagogo needs to resonate with eighteen different Tera Types from Pokémon at the level of the Six Heroes in order to completely purify Laquium.
In The Approaching Shadow!, when Spinel showed a Laquium shard to Pagogo, it became angry and transformed into its Terastal Form, purifying Spinel's Umbreon of the Laquium's influence and destroying the shard in the process. Spinel came to the conclusion that Pagogo and the Laquium are opposing forces to each other in some fashion. In general, seeing Laquium angers Pagogo. This anger may stem from its first encounter with it alongside the original Explorers in which Lucius was trapped in Laqua, the Six Heroes scattered around world, and itself transformed into a dormant state. Moreover, upon arriving in Laqua and seeing that Gibeon had continued his pursuit of Laquium a hundred years later may have made Pagogo determined not to let what happened to the original Explorers repeat itself with the Rising Volt Tacklers. A year later, Pagogo's anger towards Laquium may have increased further when Spinel used it on the Six Heroes in order to make them to go berserk for his experiments.
Appearance
- See also: Terapagos → Form data
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Gallery
Artwork
| Official artwork from Pokémon Horizons: The Series |
Pocket Monsters: The Sparkling of Terapagos posters | ||
| Pocket Monsters: Terastal Debut poster | Pocket Monsters: Rayquaza Rising poster | Artwork from Let me battle | Pocket Monsters: Mega Voltage poster |
| October 2023 calendar by mojacookie[3] | Artwork from "After the story" by mojacookie | ||
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Concept art
Eyecatch
In the manga

Anime Pocket Monsters: Liko and Roy's Adventure
Terapagos first appeared in HZM02, playing the exact same role that it does in the animated series
Appearance
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Pocket Monster: Liko's treasure
Terapagos appeared in Pocket Monster: Liko's treasure, playing the exact same role that it does in the animated series.
Pocket Monsters ~Pucchigumi SP~
Terapagos appeared in Pocket Monsters ~Pucchigumi SP~, playing the exact same role that it does in the animated series.
Pocket Monsters ~The Detouring Volt Tacklers!!~
Terapagos appeared in the Pocket Monsters ~The Detouring Volt Tacklers!!~ alongside Liko in DVT05, playing a similar role that it does in the animated series.
Gallery
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Terapagos in ~ Liko's Treasure ~
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Terapagos in ~Pucchigumi SP~
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Terapagos in ~The Detouring Volt Tacklers!!~
Trivia
- Pagogo's debut in the animated series was the first time that Terapagos was ever shown in its Normal Form, as it had previously only been revealed in its Terastal Form.[4][5] It was not identified as Terapagos until the August 8, 2023 Pokémon Presents, months later.[6]
- In the closed captioning for the TV Tokyo broadcast of HZ023, Terapagos was referred to as コダイカメ Kodaikame (from 古代亀 kodai kame, literally "ancient turtle").[7] This was later officially confirmed as an error.[8]
- It took 73 episodes from Pagogo's debut to its capture, longer than any other Pokémon in the animated series.
- Pagogo's capture was foreshadowed in Only One Story, where it is seen appearing when Liko sends out her Pokémon.
- Pagogo is the first Legendary Pokémon to be owned by a female main character.
- It is also the first single-stage Pokémon to be officially owned by a female main character since Iris's Emolga, who was caught in Emolga the Irresistible!, 626 episodes earlier.
- Pagogo is currently the only Pokémon owned by Liko that:
- Is not part of an evolutionary line.
- Is a Legendary Pokémon.
- Has multiple forms.
- Has a nickname.
- Is not a dual-type Pokémon.
- In Encounters at the Crystal Pool, a Terapagos appeared in Area Zero during a flashback; however, it is unknown whether the Terapagos in question was Pagogo or another Terapagos.
- In its Stellar Form, Pagogo is animated with 3D animation rather than 2D, similar to Tera Jewels in the same series and Eternatus in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
- Additionally, when Terapagos transformed into its Stellar Form for the first time in The Wonders of the World!, its body was coated in a light blue glow, which hid its design's details. This was probably done to hide the form until it appeared in the present in The Earthshaking White Zygarde.
- Unlike the dormant state of the Terapagos from The Indigo Disk expansion of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Pagogo's star at the tip of its tail is still seen sticking out. Pagogo's shell also shrinks to a much smaller size in its dormant state whereas the Terapagos in the games stays roughly the same size.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | パゴゴ Pagogo | From テラパゴス Terapagos |
| English, French, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese |
Pagogo | Same as Japanese name |
References
- ↑ For Normal Form only. Confirmed in Roar of the Black Rayquaza.
- ↑ Confirmed in The Wonders of the World!.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/anipoke_PR/status/1708285606512787525
- ↑ @Pokémon on Twitter: A newly discovered Pokémon appears in The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero for Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet! Its splendid aura is reminiscent of the Legendary Pokémon Terapagos, but this Pokémon’s name and true nature are shrouded in mystery.
- ↑ @Pokémon on Twitter: What’s happening with Liko’s pendant? There’s even more to discover about this mysterious Pokémon and its connection to Liko’s pendant in #PokemonHorizons: The Series!
- ↑ Two Forms of the Legendary Pokémon Terapagos! - Pokémon Scarlet and Violet website
- ↑ @DogasusBackpack on Twitter: The closed captions for tonight’s #anipoke episode confirm that the Pokémon inside Liko's pendant is named Kodaikame (コダイカメ).
- ↑ @anipoke_PR on Twitter: 本日のアニメ『ポケットモンスター』字幕放送にて、ポケモン・テラパゴスの名称を、正式ではない表記をしておりました。正式な表記は「テラパゴス」です。
Related articles
- For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Terapagos.
- Terapagos's Exploration Diary
- Six Heroes
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