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HZ033   EP1265 咆吼の黒いレックウザ The Roaring Black Rayquaza

First broadcast Japan December 15, 2023 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ハロ Ending RVR〜ライジングボルテッカーズラップ〜[モリーVer.PART2]

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 佐藤大 Dai Satō Storyboard 中田誠 Makoto Nakata Assistant director 中田誠 Makoto Nakata Animation directors 忍田雄介 Yusuke Oshida 服部奈津美 Natsumi Hattori 中矢利子 Toshiko Nakaya 倉員千晶 Chiaki Kurakazu 加藤健二 Kenji Katō Additional credits

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(Japanese: 咆吼の黒いレックウザ The Roaring Black Rayquaza) is the 33rd episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,265th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 15, 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

• Amethio battles the Black Rayquaza and is defeated.
• Terapagos turns into its Terastal Form for the first time.
• Terapagos is revealed to know Tera Starstorm.
• Diana reveals to Friede that she is going to travel alone again.
• Liko and Roy have a training battle with Diana, which ends in their technical victory.
• Amethio returns to the Explorers' base and reunites with Hamber again.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Terapagos (Terastal Form)

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Friede
• Mollie
• Orla
• Ludlow
• Murdock
• Amethio
• Hamber
• Onia
• Zirc
• Diana

Pokémon

• Sprigatito (Liko's)
• Hatenna (Liko's)
• Rotom (Liko's; Rotom Phone)
• Fuecoco (Roy's)
• Charizard (Friede's)
• Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
• Elekid (Orla's)
• Rockruff (Murdock's)
• Quaxly (Dot's)
• Rotom (Dot's; Rotom Phone)
• Ceruledge (Amethio's)
• Corviknight (Amethio's)
• Rayquaza (Lucius's; Shiny)
• Arcanine (Diana's)
• Squawkabilly (Diana's; Yellow Plumage)
• Noctowl (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Terapagos (anime; Normal and Terastal Form)
• Shellder (×2)
• Starmie
• Mantyke
• Mantine
• Horsea (×3)
• Seadra
• Wishiwashi (Solo Form; multiple)
• Huntail (×2)

Trivia

• This was the first episode to air after The Indigo Disk expansion was released for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
• The first eyecatch features Amethio and Ceruledge, with the second one featuring Diana and Arcanine.
• This is the final episode to feature The Brilliant Terapagos Expedition.

In other languages

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