HZ055

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HZ055

HZ055   EP1287 対決！パルデア四天王 Confrontation! The Big Four of Paldea

First broadcast Japan June 21, 2024 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening Will Ending Let me battle

Credits Animation Team Kumemura Screenplay 永川成基 Naruki Nagakawa Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 岩田義彦 Yoshihiko Iwata Animation directors 松本めぐみ Megumi Matsumoto 倉員千晶 Chiaki Kurakazu 服部奈津美 Natsumi Hattori 大西雅也 Masaya Ōnishi 志村泉 Izumi Shimura 柳原好貴 Yoshitaka Yanagihara 加藤健二 Kenji Katō Additional credits

Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 対決！パルデア四天王 Confrontation! The Big Four of Paldea) is the 55th episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,287th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 21, 2024.

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

Plot

Major events

• Liko, Roy, and Dot return to Naranja Academy.
• It is revealed that Coral and Sidian managed to pass their respective exams at Terastal Training.
• As part of the Training, students are instructed to participate in a Tag Battle with their respective Gym Leaders from the first exam.
  • Dot and Iono have a Tag Battle against Poppy and win.
  • Roy and Brassius have a Tag Battle against Hassel and lose.
  • Coral and Kofu have a Tag Battle against Larry and lose.
  • Sidian and Tulip have a Tag Battle against Rika and lose.
  • Liko begins her Tag Battle against Rika alongside Katy

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

Debuts

Humans

• Kofu
• Tulip

Pokémon debuts

• Tinkaton
• Baxcalibur
• Clodsire
• Wugtrio
• Espathra
• Lokix

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Dot
• Ann
• Clavell
• Jacq
• Geeta
• Rika
• Hassel
• Poppy
• Katy
• Brassius
• Iono
• Kofu
• Larry
• Tulip
• Dendra
• Coral
• Sidian
• Chalce
• Luka
• Rai
• Bocco
• Students

Pokémon

• Floragato (Liko's)
• Fuecoco (Roy's; Terastallized)
• Quaxly (Dot's; Terastallized)
• Rotom (Dot's; Rotom Phone)
• Lokix (Katy's; debut)
• Dolliv (Brassius's)
• Bellibolt (Iono's)
• Wugtrio (Kofu's; debut)
• Espathra (Tulip's; debut)
• Tinkaton (Poppy's; debut)
• Copperajah (Poppy's)
• Baxcalibur (Hassel's; debut)
• Flapple (Hassel's)
• Oricorio (Larry's; Pom-Pom Style)
• Flamigo (Larry's)
• Dugtrio (Rika's)
• Clodsire (Rika's; debut)
• Glalie (Coral's)
• Garganacl (Sidian's)
• Sentret (Student's)
• Flaaffy (Student's)
• Shinx (Student's)
• Grimer (Student's)
• Kirlia (Student's)
• Azurill (Student's)
• Cubchoo (Student's)

Trivia

An illustration of Dot and Roy's battles by Sanosuke Sakuma^[1]

• An illustration of this episode was drawn by Sanosuke Sakuma.^[1]
• The first eyecatch features Poppy and her Tinkaton, and the second one features Hassel and his Baxcalibur.
• Liko, Roy, Fuecoco, Dot, Quaxly, and Floragato narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

Dub edits

References

In other languages

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