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title_en=Dot and Penny's Top-Secret Mission! |
title_ja=ドット＆ボタン！{{ruby|極秘大作戦|シークレットミッション}} |
title_ja_trans=Dot and Botan! Secret Mission |
broadcast_jp=December 5, 2025 |
broadcast_us=June 26, 2026 |
en_op=[[Evolving Again]] |
ja_op=[[Iolite|アイオライト]] |
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art=STUDIO MASSKET |
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'''Dot and Penny's Top-Secret Mission!''' (Japanese: '''ドット＆ボタン！{{ruby|極秘大作戦|シークレットミッション}}''' ''Dot and {{tt|Botan|Penny}}! Secret Mission'') is the 120th episode of ''[[Pokémon Horizons: The Series]]'', and the 1,352nd episode of the [[Pokémon animated series]]. It first aired in Japan on December 5, 2025, and in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2026, and is scheduled to air in the United States on June 26, 2026.
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==Plot==
After parting with the rest of the Rising Volt Tacklers, [[Dot]] meets with [[Penny]] somewhere, both wearing disguises to infiltrate [[Exceed]] Museum safely. As they're discussing their plans to obtain the data on [[Laquium]], {{p|Gimmighoul}} spills its [[Gimmighoul Coin|coin]]s, prompting the group to help the {{pkmn|category|Coin Chest Pokémon}} pick it up. In the process, Dot realizes how close Gimmighoul is to [[Evolution|evolving]] into its {{p|Gholdengo|idol}}. When it's near the museum's closing time, Dot and Penny begin to infiltrate the place. Once inside, they send out their partners to help defeat the guard Pokemon. With help from [[Cervantis]], the girls manage to get to the floor that's been concealed from the public. However, Gimmighoul decides to return to the previous floor to look for more coins and gets caught by [[Indi]] and [[Rubina]], who are investigating the cause of the guards being [[Fainting|knocked out]]. While Dot and Penny succeed in obtaining the data, Gimmighoul controls the two [[Explorers]] into looking for coins until the girls arrive. In an attempt to escape, the girls also run into [[Chalce]], who was informed of the situation earlier.

Seeing the [[Rotom Phone]] in Dot's hand, Chalce orders Indi and Rubina to capture the girls, with the three Explorers calling out and using [[Strong Sphere]]s on their respective partners to {{pkmn|battle}} them. Dot faces off against Indi's {{p|Drapion}} and Rubina's {{p|Scolipede}} while Penny sends out her Jolteon to assist her Sylveon against Chalce's {{p|Medicham}} and {{p|Xatu}}. Drapion and Scoliopede both use {{type|poison}} attacks, so {{TP|Dot|Tinkaton}} takes them since it has {{DL|Type|Type effectiveness|no effect}} on her while {{TP|Dot|Quaxwell}} counters with {{m|Air Cutter}}. Meanwhile, Penny manages to land a supereffective [[Moonblast (move)|Moonblast]] and [[Thunder Fang (move)|Thunder Fang]] on Chalce's Pokémon, knocking them down and causing the latter to resort to other measures. Seeing Gimmighoul wandering around, Chalce has Xatu capture the Coin Chest Pokémon to use as a hostage. When Dot chases after Chalce to get Gimmighoul back, the latter presses a button to lower the shutters, not only to separate the girls from each other, but to also remove the type advantage they had. Even though Gimmighoul feels guilty for causing the situation, Dot reassures it they can still win, getting Tinkaton to charge up in preparation for {{m|Gigaton Hammer}}. Chalce immediately sees through this since [[HZ110|it's not the first time Dot pulled it off]] and has Xatu {{m|Teleport}} in front of Tinkaton before she can attack and attack with {{m|Aerial Ace}}. Quaxwell tries to counter, but a Teleport from Xatu results in him accidentally attacking Tinkaton instead. Tinkaton retaliates with another Gigaton Hammer when Xatu teleports behind it, only for the Mystic Pokémon to use {{m|Power Swap}} to switch their {{stat|Attack}} power, rendering the Hammer Pokémon unable to lift her hammer. Gimmighoul watches as both of Chalce's Pokémon deal severe [[damage]] to Dot's Pokémon and decides to no longer stand by, taking the attack meant to finish off its allies. However, Chalce also seizes the moment to snatch the Rotom Phone holding the data from Dot when she is stunned by Gimmighoul's action. Now desperate to get the phone back, Dot notices Gimmighoul reaching for a coin along with the brief glow it emanated. She realizes the implication of that and has Gimmighoul distract the unimpressed Chalce with {{m|Astonish}} while she goes for the coin. Once she retrieves the coin, Dot tosses it to Gimmighoul, allowing it to evolve into {{TP|Dot|Gholdengo}}.

Gholdengo uses its new surfboard to retrieve Dot's Rotom Phone, while Dot recalls Quaxwell and Tinkaton into their {{i|Poké Ball}}s. Dot then boards Gholdengo's surfboard and has the Coin Entity Pokémon break through the shutters with {{m|Make It Rain}}. When she reaches her friend, Dot is both surprised and relieved to see Penny had won her battle against Indi and Rubina. She calls out to Penny to recall her Pokemon, which she complies with, before scooping her up onto the surfboard. With another Make It Rain to shatter the window, Dot and Penny successfully escape from the museum, though Chalce assumes they wouldn't be able to change the situation much at this stage. Dot drops off Penny, who promises to give the data to [[Jacq]] for further analysis, before rejoining the [[Rising Volt Tacklers]] and urging them to leave right away so that the Explorers won't come after them. In the daytime, as Dot examines the data, she gets a shocking call from [[Friede]], who reveals he is on his way back from space.

==Major events==
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* [[Dot]] and [[Penny]] attempt to infiltrate the [[Exceed]] Museum, but are intercepted by [[Chalce]], [[Indi]], and [[Rubina]].
* Dot and Penny {{pkmn|battle}} against Chalce, Indi, and Rubina, with both of them escaping afterwards with the data obtained from the Exceed Museum.
* Penny is revealed to own a {{p|Jolteon}}.
* Dot's {{p|Gimmighoul}} [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{TP|Dot|Gholdengo}} and learns {{m|Make It Rain}}.
* [[Friede]] is revealed to have been in space and to be on his way back.
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===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
* [[Dot's Gholdengo]]

==Characters==
===Humans===
* [[Liko]]
* [[Roy]]
* [[Dot]]
* [[Ult]]
* [[Mollie]]
* [[Orla]]
* [[Murdock]]
* [[Friede]] (voice)
* [[Penny]]
* [[Indi]]
* [[Rubina]]
* [[Chalce]]
* [[Cervantis]] (voice; flashback)

===Pokémon===
* {{p|Meowscarada}} ({{OP|Liko|Meowscarada}})
* {{p|Terapagos}} ([[Liko]]'s; [[Pagogo]]; {{form|Terapagos|Normal Form}})
* {{p|Skeledirge}} ({{OP|Roy|Skeledirge}})
* {{p|Pikachu}} ([[Friede]]'s; [[Captain Pikachu]])
* {{p|Quaxwell}} ({{OP|Dot|Quaxwell}})
* {{p|Tinkaton}} ({{OP|Dot|Tinkaton}})
* {{p|Gimmighoul}} ({{OP|Dot|Gimmighoul}}; {{form|Gimmighoul|Chest Form}}; evolves)
* {{p|Gholdengo}} ({{OP|Dot|Gholdengo}}; newly evolved)
* {{p|Rotom}} ([[Dot]]'s; [[Rotom Phone]])
* {{p|Sableye}} ([[Ult]]'s)
* {{p|Sylveon}} ([[Penny]]'s)
* {{p|Jolteon}} ([[Penny]]'s)
* {{p|Drapion}} ([[Indi]]'s)
* {{p|Scolipede}} ([[Rubina]]'s)
* {{p|Rotom}} ([[Rubina]]'s; [[Rotom Phone]])
* {{p|Medicham}} ([[Chalce]]'s)
* {{p|Xatu}} ([[Chalce]]'s)
* {{p|Luxio}} ([[Exceed]] security guard's)
* {{p|Mienfoo}} ([[Exceed]] security guard's)
* {{p|Growlithe}} ([[Exceed]] security guard's)

==Trivia==
[[File:HZ120 Title card.png|thumb|230px|The updated title card]]
* [[Mega Nidothing's Mega Mega! Mega Evolution]]: {{p|Salamence}}
* The first [[List of Pokémon Horizons: The Series eyecatches|eyecatch]] features [[Penny]] and her {{p|Sylveon}}, and the second features [[Dot]] and her {{TP|Dot|Quaxwell}}.
* This is the last episode to air in Japan before the [[Mega Dimension]] storyline was released for [[Pokémon Legends: Z-A]].
* Despite having existed since [[Generation IV]], this is the [[List of moves by animated series debut|first time]] the move {{m|Power Swap}} has been used in the {{pkmn|animated series}}.
* This episode marks the first time a character originating from the games has battled against the [[Explorers]].
* This marks the first appearance of a {{p|Mienfoo}} in the {{pkmn|animated series}} since ''[[XY044|Showdown at the Shalour Gym!]]'', 509 episodes earlier.
* The [[title card]] is updated to include [[Roy's Skeledirge]].
* [[Liko]], [[Roy]], Dot, and [[Captain Pikachu]] narrate the preview for the [[HZ121|next episode]].

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==In other languages==
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