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This article is about an episode of the Pokémon animated series that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.
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HZ064
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ナッペ山、しのびよる影 Mount Napper, the Creeping Shadow
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First broadcast
Japan
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September 6, 2024
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United States
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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(Japanese: ナッペ山、しのびよる影 Mount Napper, the Creeping Shadow) is the 64th episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,296th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on September 6, 2024.
Plot
Liko is still feeling down after her recent loss against Grusha. Roy and Dot decide to cheer her up by suggesting they go to the top of Glasaedo mountain, one of the wonders of Paldea. With Floragato's encouragement, Liko agrees and the group soon heads off, meanwhile Spinel begins spying on the group from his van, preparing to initiate his plan.
As Liko and her friends head up the mountain, Liko and Floragato are secretly separated from the group with a boulder psychically controlled by Chalce's Medicham. Amethio meanwhile has been flying on his Corviknight following Spinel for some time, trying to figure out his schemes. Spinel is warned of Amethio by Chalce but is not concerned as he heads out to track down Liko, Amethio sees this and descends onto land, recalling Corviknight and follows Spinel closely on foot to find out what he is after.
Liko and Floragato soon got lost and realized they have been separated from the group, trying out a different path the duo end up running into Amethio, both Liko and Amethio being shocked to see each other. Liko wonders if Amethio is after Terapagos again, which Ametio wonders if it is in Liko's bag, Terapagos suddenly leaps out of its bag and starts screaming at Amethio, who notes that it still dislikes him for some reason. Amethio then sends out his Ceruledge to battle Liko's Floragato, proclaiming that he will catch Terapagos as promised the last time they met, Liko maintains her cool and notes despite how she and Floragato stood no chance against Amethio and Ceruledge when Floragato was still a Sprigatito, things have changed now with Liko's progession as a trainer, Liko then states she will not back down from this battle.
Floragato and Ceruledge's battle begins. Ceruledge starts by unleashing a flurry of Psycho cuts, which Floragato dodges while evading an incoming Shadow claw with Acrobatics. Floragato then unleashes a powerful Magical leaf that knocks Ceruledge back, causing it to fall to one knee. Amethio notes how far Liko has come as a Trainer now that her Pokemon has evolved, he then commands Ceruledge to relentlessly use Bitter Blade, with Liko commanding Floragato to dodging all of Ceruledge's fiery slashes, before once again countering with Acrobatics. Amethio further muses how Liko is better at strategizing now in battles, as she is having Floragato keenly avoid Ceruledge's supereffective Fire-type moves while counterattcking immediately. Ceruledge then slices apart another Magical leaf attack while Amethio decides to get serious and Terastalize his partner, Ceruledge then hits Floragato with a boosted Phantom force. Liko hesitates about using Terastalization after her failure against Grusha, Amethio notes her hesitation before having Ceruledge unleash another Phantom force that knocks Floragato to the ground, Amethio commands Ceruledge to finish off Floragato with Bitter blade, but suddenly Spinel shows up and has his Umbreon interrupt the battle.
Amethio demands answers from Spinel and wonders if he was waiting for both Ceruledge and Floragato to get worn out from battling before swooping in to attack them. Spinel denies this and states he wants to try out an experiment, he then takes out the piece of Laquium he stole from Exceed, much to Liko and Amethio's curiosity. The Laquium crystal then creates a pink mist that envelops Umbreon, driving it into a pained berserk and frenzied state, shocking Liko and Amethio, Spinel states he will allow Umbreon to rampage to its heart's content. Amethio tries to have Ceruledge intercept Umbreon, but shockingly Umbreon knocks Ceruledge out of its Terastalized state in one hit to defeat it, Amethio is shocked at this suprising increase in power. Suddenly, Terapagos then emerges from Liko's bag and immediately transforms into its Terastal form, shocking everyone before using its power to destroy the Laquium crystal and forcibly reverts Umbreon back into its original state, Umbreon then collpases.
Terapagos soon exhausts itself after its transformation and reverts back to normal, Spinel soon recalls Umbreon and states that he got the results he wanted before fleeing. Amethio and Liko chase him in pursuit, demanding to know what he was after. Spinel leads both trainers into a cave, Amethio tells Liko not to follow him and leave, but Liko insists she wants answers from Spinel as well, both trainers then end up in the heart of the cave, but its a trap, Spinel had teleported himself out with his Beheeyem before sealing Liko and Amethio inside with a cave-in.
Chalce then shows up near the cave entrance and asks Spinel if he got his experiment's desired results, Spinel stated how Terapagos purposely destroyed the Laquium to get rid of its effects, and notes that Terapagos and Laquium are polar opposites. Chalce then wonders about Spinel trapping Amethio out of spite, Spinel then claims that Amethio stands in the way of the explorers goals, and for the sake of those goals he is willing to get rid of Amethio even if he is Gibeon's grandson.
Meanwhile in the cave Amethio's Ceruledge starts unleashing a flurry of Psycho cuts to try and slice through the rocks blocking the path out, but to no avail. Terapagos then leaps out of Liko's bag and screams at Amethio out of anger again, Amethio tells it to calm down as now is not the time for conflict but with no luck. Meanwhile back at the lodge Roy and Dot are worried about Liko and call Friede for assistance, telling him Liko might be lost in the mountains somewhere. Friede soon calls Glasaedo gym for assistance in finding Liko. Roy and Dot soon plan to go out searching for Liko but suddenly Coral and Sidian show up and blocks their path, while summoning their respective Pokemon for battle, intending to prevent Roy and Dot from rescuing their friend.
Major events
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