HZ070

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HZ070   EP1302 カヌチャンのハンマーは1日にしてならず Kanuchan's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Day

First broadcast Japan October 25, 2024 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening Only One Story Ending ピッカーン！

Credits Animation Team Kumemura Screenplay うえのきみこ Kimiko Ueno 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: カヌチャンのハンマーは1日にしてならず Kanuchan's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Day) is the 70th episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,302nd episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on October 25, 2024.

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

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Dot's Tinkatink evolves into Tinkatuff and learns Play Rough.

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Bombirdier
• Tinkatuff (Dot's)

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Friede
• Mollie
• Orla
• Ludlow
• Murdock
• Dot
• Trainers
• Pokémon Center lady

Pokémon

• Floragato (Liko's)
• Rotom (Liko's; Rotom Phone)
• Crocalor (Roy's)
• Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
• Chansey (Mollie's)
• Metagross (Orla's)
• Quagsire (Ludlow's)
• Alcremie (Murdock's; Strawberry Ruby Swirl)
• Quaxwell (Dot's)
• Tinkatink (Dot's; evolves)
• Tinkatuff (Dot's; newly evolved; debut)
• Rotom (Dot's; Rotom Phone)
• Slugma (Trainer's)
• Swinub (Trainer's)
• Koffing (Trainer's)
• Houndour (Trainer's)
• Terapagos (anime; Normal Form)
• Bombirdier (×2; one Terastallized; debut)
• Clefairy
• Chimecho
• Pichu (×3)
• Magcargo
• Pineco
• Timburr
• Morpeko (×3; Full Belly Mode)
• Bonsly
• Yanma (×2)
• Oricorio (×4; Sensu Style)

Trivia

• The episode's Japanese title is likely a reference to the saying "Rome wasn't built in a day" (Japanese: ローマは一日にして成らず Rōma wa ichi nichi ni shite narazu).
• As of this episode, every Pokémon owned by the younger members of the Rising Volt Tacklers has evolved at least once.
• This is the first episode to feature a Terastallized wild Pokémon.
• The first eyecatch features Dot and her Quaxwell, and the second features Dot and her Tinkatink.
• The ending animation is updated to include Dot's Tinkatuff.
• Roy, Liko, Dot, Friede, and Captain Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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