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HZ056   EP1288 リコVSチリ！バトルの先に Liko VS Chili! Beyond the Battle

First broadcast Japan June 28, 2024 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening Will Ending Let me battle

Credits Animation Team Kumemura Screenplay 永川成基 Naruki Nagakawa Storyboard 中田誠 Makoto Nakata Assistant director 中田誠 Makoto Nakata Animation directors 萩原慶汰 Keita Hagiwara 忍田雄介 Yusuke Oshida Additional credits

Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: リコVSチリ！バトルの先に Liko VS Chili! Beyond the Battle) is the 56th episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,288th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 28, 2024.

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Plot

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Major events

• Liko and Katy have a Tag Battle against Rika and lose.
• Liko's Floragato learns Acrobatics.
• Dot formally meets Penny and Liko meets Grusha.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Grusha

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Dot
• Rika
• Katy
• Penny
• Grusha
• Dendra
• Ann
• Chalce

Pokémon

• Floragato (Liko's; Terastallized)
• Rotom (Liko's; Rotom Phone)
• Fuecoco (Roy's)
• Quaxly (Dot's)
• Rotom (Dot's; Rotom Phone)
• Lokix (Katy's)
• Dugtrio (Rika's)
• Clodsire (Rika's; Terastallized)
• Rotom (Penny's; Rotom Phone)
• Dewott (Ann's)
• Terapagos (anime; Normal Form)
• Espurr (Student's)
• Torchic (Student'; ×3)
• Lillipup (Student'; ×2)
• Azurill (Student's)
• Bonsly (Students'; ×4)
• Purrloin (Student's)
• Rotom (Student's; Rotom Phone)

Trivia

An illustration of Liko's battle by Akira Komayama

• An illustration of this episode was drawn by Akira Komayama.
• As of this episode, all eight Gym Leaders from the Paldea region were officially introduced in the anime.
• This episode marks the first time that a female main character has battled a member of the Elite Four since Dawn battled Lucian in An Elite Meet and Greet!, 787 episodes earlier.
• This is the first time that Liko has been seen recalling Floragato since its evolution.
• The first eyecatch features Liko and Floragato, and the second one features Rika and her Clodsire.
• Dot, Liko, Roy, Fuecoco, and Floragato narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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