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Found You, Fuecoco!

HZ005   EP1237 みつけたよ、ホゲータ I Found You, Hogator

First broadcast Japan May 5, 2023 United States March 7, 2024

English themes Opening Becoming Me (international) We Go (English Ver.) (Asia) 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〜[マードックVer.]

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 武田無我 Muga Takeda 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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Found You, Fuecoco! (Japanese: みつけたよ、ホゲータ I Found You, Hogator) is the fifth episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,237th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 5, 2023, in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2023, in Australia on February 27, 2024, and in the United States on March 7, 2024. It was initially intended to air in the United States on February 23, 2024, but was rescheduled.

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

Blurb

Wanting to see Fuecoco, Roy sneaks aboard the Brave Olivine—but the Rising Volt Tacklers confront him! They let him stay, but he and Liko aren’t able to find Fuecoco. The next day, the airship must once again land for repairs, so Roy suggests asking his gramps for help. Meanwhile, Fuecoco rushes onto the island in search of Roy, but then it sees the Explorers closing in! It finds Roy, and everyone returns to the Brave Olivine to battle the Explorers as the island’s wild Pokémon make repairs. When it’s Roy and Fuecoco’s turn to fight, Fuecoco struggles to attack—can Roy figure out a way to cheer it on?

Plot

In the middle of the night, Roy approaches the Brave Olivine in the rocky valley where it's docked. As he climbs onto the deck, he's spotted by Captain Pikachu, who shocks him, waking up the Rising Volt Tacklers in the process. They all rush to the deck, with Liko and Friede recognizing him from the previous day. He apologizes for barging in uninvited and expresses his desire to meet Fuecoco again, as he wants to spend a lot more time with it. While Friede understands his feelings, he reminds Roy that he must also be considerate of Fuecoco's own feelings if he truly wishes for them to become partners. Friede allows Roy to spend the night on the ship so he can spend time with Fuecoco. Liko offers to lead Roy to Fuecoco, but it's not where she thought it'd be. Roy tries to sing the song he and Fuecoco sang the previous day, but Fuecoco, sleeping in a food storage, fails to hear anything. Ultimately, Liko and Roy rest on the Wing Deck after failing to find Fuecoco. Roy wonders what Fuecoco thinks about him, but Liko assures things will turn out fine, based on her own experiences with Sprigatito.

The next morning, while Liko and Roy slept well, Orla is anything but well-rested, having spent all night trying to patch the ever-reappearing holes in the airship's gasbag, which are threatening the ship's keel. Roy suggests using the wild Pokémon on the island to help in solving the problem and asking his grandfather for ideas, which Friede accepts, while Orla and the others say they'll move the Brave Olivine to the beach. Before leaving, Roy leaves some Oran Berries for Fuecoco in the kitchen. When Fuecoco finds the Berries a bit later, Mollie tells it how Roy left them for it, causing Fuecoco to run outside and jump off the moving airship to find Roy. Meanwhile, Friede is surprised to learn that Roy's grandfather is the local elder he met the previous day. Roy's grandfather berates his grandson on sneaking aboard someone's ship without permission, but still serves everyone some food and Moomoo Milk. From the shape of the dango he serves, Friede gets the idea to use Caterpie and Weedle's strings to patch up the airship's gasbag, with Roy suggesting that Scyther could cut the strings. The townspeople appear to prepare for lunchtime, and Roy's grandfather invites Friede to join in. At first, he's hesitant, but after seeing how excitedly Liko is studying the Pokémon accompanying the townspeople, he agrees to spare some of his time.

Meanwhile, Fuecoco wanders around the island, looking for Roy, but is unable to find him. Eventually, it winds up at a beach, from which it spots the Explorers' submarine, tracking the Brave Olivine. Even though the airship has moved, Zirc quickly discovers its new location. Onia suggests capturing the airship, but Amethio says their only targets are Liko and her pendant. As such, he orders Zirc and Onia to draw the attention of the ship's crew while he goes after Liko. The Explorers fly off on their Pokémon, and Fuecoco runs away to alert its friends. It ends up running past Roy's home, and Roy notices it. Fuecoco frantically points towards the beach where the ship is, so Friede departs to see what's wrong. On the beach, Zirc and Onia approach the airship, with Orla and Murdock stepping up to confront them. Friede approaches Amethio, who challenges him to a battle as well. Seeing the direction Friede came from, Onia figures Liko must be in the same direction as well.

Noticing Amethio in the distance, Liko realizes the Explorers have found them again and explains them to Roy and his grandfather. Hearing the sounds of the battle going on at the beach, they head to the forest to ask for the Bug Pokémon's help. They're both feeling nervous, but the presence of their Pokémon friends calms them down, especially as the Bug Pokémon agree to help. Along the way to the beach, they're confronted by Onia, with Liko telling Roy to run ahead while she deals with her. Arriving on the beach, Murdock and Orla lead the Bug Pokémon inside while Mollie takes over their place in the battle against Zirc. Thanks to Caterpie and Weedle's String Shot, the leaks in the gasbag are patched, stabilizing the Brave Olivine. With Mollie's Chansey struggling against Zirc's Rhydon and Fuecoco displaying its admiration towards Friede's Charizard, Roy and Fuecoco enter the battle in their place. However, Fuecoco is unable to pull off even a single Ember. Liko, having defeated Onia, arrives on the scene and tells Roy to convey his feelings to Fuecoco. To her bafflement, Roy decides to do this by singing with Fuecoco, which, in fact, allows Fuecoco to pull off a successful Ember against Rhydon. The sight distracts Friede for a moment, during which Amethio flies away from their battle, whipping up a cloud of dust with his Corviknight and diving down at Liko, preparing to seize her.

Major events

• The Rising Volt Tacklers and the Explorers begin a new confrontation in Roy's hometown.
• Roy encounters the Explorers for the first time.
• Onia is revealed to own a Golduck.
• Fuecoco learns Ember.

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
• Nidothing (video)
• Amethio
• Onia
• Zirc
• Roy's grandfather
• Island residents

Pokémon

• Sprigatito (Liko's)
• Rotom (Liko's; Rotom Phone)
• Charizard (Friede's)
• Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
• Chansey (Mollie's)
• Metagross (Orla's)
• Rockruff (Murdock's)
• Alcremie (Murdock's; Strawberry Ruby Swirl; photo)
• Corviknight (Amethio's)
• Rotom (Amethio's; Rotom Phone)
• Skarmory (Onia's)
• Golduck (Onia's)
• Rhydon (Zirc's)
• Skarmory (Zirc's)
• Quaxly (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Fuecoco (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Pawmi (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Shuckle (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Snorunt (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Noctowl (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Nosepass (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Krabby (×6)
• Psyduck
• Nidoran♀
• Mankey
• Bulbasaur
• Charmander
• Squirtle
• Pidgey (×2)
• Scyther (×2)
• Caterpie (×3; fantasy)
• Weedle (×3; fantasy)
• Sentret (fantasy)
• Furret (fantasy)

Trivia

• Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar: What is Scyther referred as?
  • Choices: A thief, a pirate, a ninja
  • Answer: A ninja
• The first eyecatch features Roy and his Fuecoco, and the second features Orla and her Metagross.
• This episode marks the first time that Liko has won a battle, albeit offscreen.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		找到你啦，呆火鱷
Danish		Jeg fandt dig, Fuecoco!
Dutch		Ik heb je gevonden, Fuecoco
Finnish		Löydyitpäs, Fuecoco!
European French		Je t'ai trouvé, Chochodile !
Italian		Ti ho trovato, Fuecoco!
Norwegian		Fant deg, Fuecoco!
Polish		Znalazłeś się, Fuecoco!
Brazilian Portuguese		Achei você, Fuecoco!
Latin American Spanish		¡Te encontré, Fuecoco!
Swedish		Jag hittade dig, Fuecoco!

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