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HZ025   EP1257 闇夜の強敵 Rivals in the Dark Night

First broadcast Japan October 20, 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〜[ドットVer.]

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 佐藤大 Dai Satō Storyboard 髙木啓明 Hiroaki Takagi Assistant director 髙木啓明 Hiroaki Takagi Animation directors 萩原慶汰 Keita Hagiwara 倉員千晶 Chiaki Kurakazu 服部奈津美 Natsumi Hattori 中矢利子 Toshiko Nakaya 大西雅也 Masaya Ōnishi 忍田雄介 Yusuke Oshida 柳原好貴 Yoshitaka Yanagihara 新岡浩美 Hiromi Niioka 海老沢咲希 Saki Ebisawa No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: 闇夜の強敵 Rivals in the Dark Night) is the 25th episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,257th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 20, 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

• The Rising Volt Tacklers encounter the Explorers again.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Kleavor

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Friede
• Mollie
• Murdock
• Amethio
• Onia
• Zirc
• Diana
• Hamber
• Sango
• Onyx

Pokémon

• Sprigatito (Liko's)
• Hatenna (Liko's)
• Rotom (Liko's; Rotom Phone)
• Fuecoco (Roy's)
• Rotom (Roy's; Rotom Phone)
• Charizard (Friede's; Terastallized)
• Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
• Rotom (Friede's; Rotom Phone)
• Metagross (Orla's)
• Rotom (Murdock's; Rotom Phone)
• Ceruledge (Amethio's)
• Corviknight (Amethio's)
• Skarmory (Onia's)
• Golduck (Onia's)
• Rhydon (Zirc's)
• Skarmory (Zirc's)
• Garganacl (Onyx's)
• Glalie (Sango's)
• Rotom (Sango's; Rotom Phone)
• Dusknoir (Hamber's)
• Rotom (Hamber's; Rotom Phone)
• Arcanine (Diana's)
• Squawkabilly (Diana's; Yellow Plumage)
• Rayquaza (Lucius's; Shiny; fantasy)
• Arboliva (Lucius's; giant; fantasy)
• Moltres (Lucius's; Galarian; fantasy)
• Lapras (Lucius's; fantasy)
• Kleavor (Lucius's; fantasy; debut)
• Entei (Lucius's; fantasy)
• Terapagos (anime; Normal Form)
• Morgrem
• Blipbug
• Golett
• Shiinotic
• Yamask (Galarian)
• Applin
• Chandelure
• Runerigus

Trivia

• The first eyecatch features Liko and Sprigatito, with the second set featuring Roy and Fuecoco.
• The initial TV airing of this episode did not feature Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar. However, it was later available in streaming.
• Although the move has existed since Generation V, this episode marks the first time that Wide Guard is used in the anime.

In other languages

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