HZ010

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Nemona and Brassius and…

HZ010   EP1242 ネモとコルサと With Nemo and Colza

First broadcast Japan June 9, 2023 United States March 7, 2024

English themes Opening Becoming Me (international) We Go (English Ver.) (Asia) Ending

Japanese themes Opening ドキメキダイアリー Ending RVR〜ライジングボルテッカーズラップ〜[オリオVer.]

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 武田無我 Muga Takeda Storyboard 中田誠 Makoto Nakata Assistant director 中田誠 Makoto Nakata Animation directors 柳原好貴 Yoshitaka Yanagihara 忍田雄介 Yusuke Oshida 中矢利子 Toshiko Nakaya Additional credits

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Nemona and Brassius and… (Japanese: ネモとコルサと With Nemo and Colza) is the tenth episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,242nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 9, 2023, in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2024, and in the United States on March 7, 2024. It was initially intended to air in the United States on February 23, 2024, but was rescheduled.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Blurb

Arriving in Artazon, Liko and Roy search for clues about the black Rayquaza. They want to meet with Gym Leader Brassius, but first they encounter Nemona, a Champion-ranked Trainer with tons of enthusiasm. Brassius, on the other hand, is in a slump, so Nemona helps Liko and Roy gather Sunflora to cheer him up. It turns out Brassius feels inadequate as an artist after seeing the black Rayquaza in real life, but when Roy shares how the Rayquaza inspired him, Brassius cheers up and challenges Roy to a battle. Afterward, Brassius reveals he saw another mysterious Pokémon, too—an Arboliva. What could be its connection to the black Rayquaza?

Plot

Liko and Roy arrive at Artazon, where they see lots of Grass-type Pokémon. They spot two Sunflora by a Sunflora sculpture, made by Brassius himself. Brassius is in a dark room marveling at a giant Rayquaza sculpture draped in shadow. Roy asks an ice cream vendor about any signs of the black Rayquaza, but to no avail. Soon, Liko and Roy encounter Nemona, who uses her Pawmo to defeat a Skiploom in battle. Seeing Liko and Roy are Trainers too, Nemona challenges them to a battle, but they tell her that they are here to see Brassius.

Nemona takes Liko and Roy to Brassius's atelier, telling them that he is also Artazon's Gym Leader. Liko suddenly remembers Nemona's name and recognizes her as a Champion-ranked Trainer, nervously shaking her hand. Nemona mentions she has business with Brassius too, seeing how he's been absent from Gym battles for a while now. The group hears shattering nearby and they find Brassius smashing one of his sculptures. Brassius looking so on edge makes Liko anxious as she nervously introduces herself and tells him that she was told to come by her father, Alex. This thrills Brassius, whose unsettling brand of excitement scares Liko even more. Brassius invites Liko, Roy, and Nemona inside for tea as they notice his passion for art, as seen with all the sculptures of Grass-type Pokémon around his house. Brassius's Dolliv shoots its oils onto Pawmo. Dolliv is nervous until Sprigatito uses her sweet scent to make it happy. The elated Dolliv shoots more oil at Pawmo. Roy, wanting to stay on topic about why they came here, tells Brassius about the black Rayquaza, which doesn't thrill him one bit. Brassius heads downstairs and anxiously stands over a shattered black Rayquaza sculpture. Out of the corner of her eye, Liko notices a piece of the black Rayquaza sculpture, realizing that Brassius is in a slump, something Alex has experienced as well. She resolves to do something that will make Brassius smile, and Roy proposes gathering Sunflora for him like the kids were doing for him earlier.

Arriving at Sunflora Lawn, Liko, Roy, and Nemona split up to look for Sunflora. Liko already finds two Sunflora as Brassius watches from afar. Liko heads to a field of grass and thinks she sees another Sunflora on a cliff, but it's just another sculpture. After seeing Sprigatito relaxing in the sun, Liko deduces that Sunflora likes places with lots of sunlight. Using this knowledge, Liko gathers up more Sunflora than Roy and Nemona combined by the time their search is over. Liko is confident that so many smiling Sunflora will cheer Brassius up. Dolliv shows up and shoots Brassius with its oil, blowing his cover. Brassius, seeing no other way around it, brings Liko, Roy, and Nemona back to his house, where he presents the giant black Rayquaza with a tortured Sunflora sculpture he worked on. Brassius has been working on this piece to capture the intensity of the Rayquaza through a Sunflora's eyes, and then his whole world was turned upside down when he saw the real black Rayquaza, which is why he has had a slump and lost interest in Gym battling. Liko feels bad seeing Brassius at such a low point. Just then, Roy, amazed by Brassius's life-sized sculpture of Rayquaza, wants to head to the forest where Brassius saw it.

Seeing Roy's resolve, Brassius proposes a Gym battle with him, sending out his Sudowoodo to face Roy's Fuecoco. Liko tries to warn Roy about Sudowoodo's type, but Roy, thinking it's a Grass type, has Fuecoco use Ember. However, it does little damage due to Sudowoodo being a Rock type. Brassius commands Sudowoodo to use Rock Throw, which hits Fuecoco hard. Sudowoodo uses Rock Throw again, which Fuecoco dodges before charging at Sudowoodo with Tackle. However, Sudowoodo uses Substitute, which outsmarts Fuecoco again and again. Sudowoodo follows up with Taunt, making Fuecoco mad and prompting him to use Ember instead of Tackle as Roy commands. Brassius tells Roy that his focus should be on his own Pokémon instead of finding the real Sudowoodo. In his rage, Fuecoco stomps the ground and cracks it underneath his feet. Fuecoco has learned Stomping Tantrum, which gets rid of another substitute. Fuecoco follows up with the same move, scoring a super-effective hit on the real Sudowoodo. Brassius Terastallizes Sudowoodo into a Grass type, calling this piece "From Fiction Comes Truth". Roy has Fuecoco use Ember, but Sudowoodo avoids it and hits Fuecoco with Trailblaze, knocking him out.

After the battle, Nemona explains how Tera Types work for different Pokémon. Brassius congratulates Roy on a great battle before sharing another sculpture at his house, "Arboliva of the Woods". Arboliva's forest is where he saw the black Rayquaza, and then Arboliva resonated with the Legendary Pokémon. Liko notices something about this sculpture before she and Roy return to the Brave Olivine and share what they found. Liko tells Roy that the sculpture Brassius showed them gave off a sad vibe. Meanwhile, in a dark forest, a shadowy Arboliva walks through.

Major events

Roy facing Brassius

• Liko and Roy meet Nemona, a Paldean Champion, and Artazon Gym Leader Brassius.
• Roy's Fuecoco learns Stomping Tantrum.
• Roy learns about the Terastal phenomenon, and he and Liko witness it for the first time.
• Roy has an unofficial battle with Brassius and loses.

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Debuts

Humans

• Nemona
• Brassius

Pokémon debuts

• Pawmo
• Dolliv
• Smoliv
• Arboliva

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Friede
• Mollie
• Orla
• Murdock
• Nemona
• Brassius

Pokémon

• Sprigatito (Liko's)
• Fuecoco (Roy's)
• Rotom (Roy's; Rotom Phone)
• Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
• Pawmo (Nemona's; debut)
• Dolliv (Brassius's; debut)
• Sudowoodo (Brassius's; Terastallized)
• Cacnea (Trainer's)
• Sunflora (Trainer's)
• Smoliv (Trainers'; ×2; debut)
• Skiploom (Trainer's)
• Jigglypuff (Trainer's)
• Sunflora (multiple)
• Bounsweet (×5)
• Skiploom (×2)
• Smoliv (×2; debut)
• Arboliva (shadowed; debut)

Trivia

• Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar: "What is stored in the fruits on Dolliv's head?"
  • Choices: Oil, mushrooms, medicine
  • Answer: Oil
• The first eyecatch features Nemona and her Pawmo, and the second features Brassius and his Dolliv.
• This marks the earliest introduction of a Champion into a new series.
• Despite the move having existed since Generation III, this is the first time that Taunt has been used in the anime.
• This episode did not feature a Nidothing video. Instead, Nemona explains the Terastal phenomenon to Liko and Roy.
• This is the first episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series in which Ludlow does not appear.
  • Additionally, this is the first episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series in which Friede does not have a speaking role, excluding the post-episode segment.

Errors

• On the first eyecatch, Pawmo's cheek sacs are cream colored instead of yellow.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	與妮莫和寇沙
	Mandarin	與妮莫和寇沙
Danish		Nemona og Brassius og …
Dutch		Nemona en Brassius en...
Finnish		Nemona ja Brassius ja...
European French		Menzi, Colza et...
German		Nemila und Colzo und...
Hebrew		נמונה ובראסיוס
Hindi		नेमोना और राणा जी और... Nemona aur Rana ji aur...
Indonesian		Nemola dan Brassio dan...
Italian		Nemi, Brassius e...
Korean		네모랑 콜사랑
Norwegian		Nemona og Brassius og...
Polish		Nemona, Brassius i...
Brazilian Portuguese		Noêmia e Brás e...
Spanish	Latin America	Mencía, Brais y...
	Spain	Mencía, Brais y...
Swedish		Nemona och Brassius
Turkish		Nemona ve Brassius ve...

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