HZ020

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HZ020

HZ020   EP1252 カブさんのバトル修行 Kabu's Battle Training

First broadcast Japan September 1, 2023 United States

English themes Opening 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〜[フリードVer.]

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 土屋理敬 Michihiro Tsuchiya Storyboard 齋藤徳明 Noriaki Saitō Assistant director 森山愛弓 Ayumi Moriyama Animation directors 倉員千晶 Chiaki Kurakazu 服部奈津美 Natsumi Hattori 萩原慶汰 Keita Hagiwara Additional credits

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(Japanese: カブさんのバトル修行 Kabu's Battle Training) is the 20th episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,252nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 1, 2023.

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

Major events

• Roy's Fuecoco learns Flamethrower.
• Roy has an unofficial battle with Kabu and loses.
• Liko has a battle with Wakaba, but forfeits so Wakaba can win her gym trainer test.
• The Rising Volt Tacklers find out that the Black Rayquaza is at the Galar Mine.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Rolycoly

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Kabu
• Friede
• Mollie
• Orla
• Murdock
• Dot (audio)
• Mitchell
• Wakaba

Pokémon

• Sprigatito (Liko's)
• Rotom (Liko's; Rotom Phone)
• Fuecoco (Roy's)
• Alcremie (Murdock's; Strawberry Ruby Swirl)
• Noctowl (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Centiskorch (Kabu's)
• Rolycoly (Wakaba's)
• Litwick (Motostoke Stadium's; ×20)

Trivia

• Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar: What does the body burn to generate heat?
  • Choices: Water, gas, stones
  • Answer: Gas
• The first eyecatch features Liko and Sprigatito, while the second one features Kabu and his Centiskorch.
• This episode is the first to feature a Gym mission taking place in the gym.
  • Instead of defeating or catching wild Pokémon in tall grass like in the games, Liko's goal was to extinguish the Litwick's flames, while Roy's was to light them up.
• This marks the first time Bug Bite has been used in the anime since Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!, 572 episodes earlier.
• This episode marks the first time that a Fire-type starter Pokémon learned Flamethrower since Serena's Fennekin learned the move in A Pokévision of Things to Come!, 432 episodes earlier.

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