HZ023

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HZ023

HZ023   EP1255 燃え上がるガラルファイヤー Burning Galar Fire

First broadcast Japan September 22, 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〜[モリーVer.]

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 松澤くれは Kureha Matsuzawa Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 燃え上がるガラルファイヤー Burning Galar Fire) is the 23rd episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,255th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 22, 2023.

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

Plot

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Major events

• Lucius's Galarian Moltres goes inside the third Ancient Poké Ball and is taken under Liko's care.
• The mysterious Pokémon emerges from Liko's pendant again, but does not change back.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Friede
• Dot
• Amethio
• Onia
• Zirc
• Lucius (illusion)
• Nurse Joy
• Kabu
• Worker

Pokémon

• Sprigatito (Liko's)
• Hatenna (Liko's)
• Fuecoco (Roy's)
• Wattrel (Roy's)
• Charizard (Friede's)
• Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
• Rotom (Friede's; Rotom Phone)
• Quaxly (Dot's)
• Indeedee (Nurse Joy's; ×2; male and female)
• Arboliva (Lucius's; giant)
• Moltres (Lucius's; Galarian)
• Timburr (Worker's)
• Terapagos (Normal Form)

Trivia

• Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar: What emotion does it use as a weapon in fights?
  • Choices: Sorrow, anger, joy
  • Answer: Anger
• This is the first time a regional Nurse Joy design different from the Kanto-Sinnoh design has appeared outside of the series said design debuted in (in this case, a Galarian Nurse Joy).
• The first eyecatch features Roy and Fuecoco, while the second one features Liko and Sprigatito.
• The initial TV airing of this episode did not feature Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar. However, it was later available in streaming.

Errors

• After Friede expressed his excitement of battling the Galarian Moltres, Liko was seen sitting on a bench with no socks.

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  Missing Sock

Dub edits

In other languages

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