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HZ036   EP1268 パフュートン仲良し大作戦！ Operation Perfuton Friendship!

First broadcast Japan January 19, 2024 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〜[ランドウVer.PART2]

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 福島直浩 Naohiro Fukushima Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director ウヱノ史博 Fumihiro Ueno Animation director 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara Additional credits

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(Japanese: パフュートン仲良し大作戦！ Operation Perfuton Friendship!) is the 36th episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,268th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 19, 2024.

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

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Oinkologne (both genders)

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Friede
• Dot
• Yuno
• Renta

Pokémon

• Sprigatito (Liko's)
• Rotom (Liko's; Rotom Phone)
• Fuecoco (Roy's)
• Rotom (Roy's; Rotom Phone)
• Quaxly (Dot's)
• Rotom (Dot's; Rotom Phone)
• Oinkologne (Yuno's; female; debut)
• Oinkologne (Renta's; male; debut)
• Nosepass (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Terapagos (anime; Normal Form)
• Mankey
• Primeape
• Swinub
• Piloswine
• Spoink
• Grumpig
• Mamoswine
• Tepig
• Pignite
• Emboar
• Lechonk

Trivia

• Roy's Fuecoco and Dot's Quaxly are both confirmed to be male in this episode, while Liko's Sprigatito is confirmed to be female.
• This episode marks the first time since Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!, 604 episodes earlier, that:
  • All three concurrent starter Pokémon had their genders revealed.
    • This is also the first time since that episode that a Grass and Water-type starter Pokémon had a confirmed gender.
  • A Grass-type starter Pokémon has been confirmed female since Ash's Snivy.
  • Both a Fire and Water-type starter Pokémon have been confirmed male since Ash's Tepig and Oshawott.
• This episode marks the first time that a starter Pokémon has been confirmed female since Serena's Fennekin was confirmed in A Pokévision of Things to Come!, 448 episodes earlier.
  • This is also the first time since that episode that a Fire-type starter Pokémon had their gender confirmed, not counting confirmed gender starter Pokémon in their final evolutions.
• This episode marks the first appearance of an Emboar since Mission: Defeat Your Rival!, 507 episodes earlier.
  • This is also the first physical appearance of a Swinub since Battling Besties!, 199 episodes earlier.

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