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HZ007   EP1239 特訓！キャプテンピカチュウ Special Training! Captain Pikachu

First broadcast Japan May 19, 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〜

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 松澤くれは Kureha Matsuzawa Storyboard 齋藤徳明 Noriaki Saitō Assistant director 又野弘道 Hiromichi Matano Animation directors 新城真 Makoto Shinjō 升谷有希 Yuki Masutani No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 特訓！キャプテンピカチュウ Special Training! Captain Pikachu) is the seventh episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,239th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 19, 2023.

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

Plot

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

Major events

• Roy receives a Pokédex for his Rotom Phone from Friede.
• Roy's Fuecoco is revealed to know Tackle.
• Liko's Sprigatito is revealed to know Scratch and learns Quick Attack.
• Liko won her first Pokémon battle.
• Nidothing's true identity is briefly revealed to be Dot.

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

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Friede
• Mollie
• Orla
• Ludlow
• Murdock
• Dot
• Amethio (flashback)

Pokémon

• Sprigatito (Liko's)
• Rotom (Liko's; Rotom Phone)
• Fuecoco (Roy's)
• Rotom (Roy's; Rotom Phone)
• Charizard (Friede's)
• Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
• Chansey (Mollie's)
• Rotom (Mollie's; Rotom Phone)
• Metagross (Orla's)
• Rotom (Ludlow's; Rotom Phone)
• Rockruff (Murdock's)
• Ceruledge (Amethio's; flashback)
• Quaxly (Dot's; video)
• Carkol (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Slugma (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Nosepass (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Quaxly (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Elekid (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Alcremie (Rising Volt Tacklers'; Strawberry Ruby Swirl)
• Pelipper

Trivia

• Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar: "Why is Quaxly making its body glossy?"
  • Choices: Prevent dirt, repel Water, keeping itself stylish
  • Answer: All the above
• The first eyecatch features Friede & Captain Pikachu and the second one features Murdock & his Rockruff.

In other languages

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