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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

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Dot meets Penny for the first time.
• Liko's Floragato learns Acrobatics.
• Liko and Katy have a Tag Battle against Rika and lose.
• Liko meets Grusha for the first time.
• Dot borrows the Scarlet Book from the Naranja Academy library.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Grusha

Pokémon debuts

• Farigiraf (image)

Characters

Humans

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

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 (Students'; ×3)
• Lillipup (Students'; ×2)
• Azurill (Student's)
• Bonsly (Students'; ×4)
• Purrloin (Student's)
• Rotom (Student's; Rotom Phone)
• Farigiraf (image)

Trivia

An illustration of Liko's battle by Akira Komayama

• Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar: "What are Clodsire's secret weapons?"
  • Choices: Spikes, throwing stars, hammers
  • Answer: Spikes
• The first eyecatch features Liko and Floragato, and the second one features Rika and her Clodsire.
• As of this episode, all eight Gym Leaders from the Paldea region have been officially introduced in the anime.
• This episode marks the first time the move Struggle Bug has been used in the anime since The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!, 574 episodes earlier.
  • It is also the first time that Swarm has been activated since Strong Strategy Steals the Show!, 525 episodes earlier.
• An illustration of this episode was drawn by Akira Komayama.
• Dot, Liko, Roy, Fuecoco, and Floragato narrate the preview for the next episode.
• Chalce acknowledges the existent of Ancient Paradox Pokémon by referencing a resurrected prehistoric Volcarona (Slither Wing) and a Jigglypuff from a billion years ago (Scream Tail) when Dot asks her if she's a fan of Occulture.

References

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