Dot

Dot ドット Dot
Dot
Gender	Female
Eye color	Purple
Hair color	Purple with pink highlights
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Unknown
Relatives	Murdock (uncle) unnamed mother
Member of	Rising Volt Tacklers
Rank	Member
Anime debut	HZ001
English voice actor	Faye Mata
Japanese voice actor	Yoshino Aoyama

(Japanese: ドット Dot) is a supporting character in Pokémon Horizons: The Series. She is a skilled programmer and a member of the Rising Volt Tacklers. Online, she is known as Nidothing (Japanese: ぐるみん Gurumin), a popular streamer that makes videos on various topics of the Pokémon world.

In the anime

History

Pre-series

Dot is a computer genius that was responsible for Brave Asagi's technology system and created the Pokédex system used by members of the Rising Volt Tacklers, as she joined the group with her uncle Murdock looking after her.

Some time ago, she created a video channel on the internet that helped several Trainers and became a hit among young people.

Prior to HZ015, before becoming a popular content creator Dot was a fan of Iono. Eventually, she formed a friendship with her and was inspired into becoming who she is currently, Nidothing. Dot refers her as (Japanese: ナンジャモお姉さん Big sister Iono).

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Dot briefly seen without her costume

Dot first appeared in HZ001, taking part in several videos alongside her Quaxly in her Nidothing costume.

She debuted as herself in HZ007, where it was revealed she was part of the Rising Volt Tacklers as well as Murdock's niece. Liko and Roy went to Dot's room hoping to gather information on the Black Rayquaza's whereabouts, only to receive a drawing of Roy losing a battle. Later, after seeing Liko and Roy's dedication to becoming better Trainers, Dot gave them another drawing indicating that Rayquaza was in the Paldea region.

In the following episode, after not responding to Liko's offer for her share of the food, Liko heard Nidothing's video theme and asked if she also liked to watch Nidothing's livestreams. Liko attempted to invite Dot to watch the livestream together, but this alarmed Dot and made her abruptly shout out of anxiety, leaving the former confused as to why she didn't want to watch the livestream with her despite listening to her theme song. Liko told her how much she admires Nidothing, how knowledgeable she was about Pokémon, and how fun it was to watch her. Afterwards, while Liko was watching her video in real time, Dot read her comment, which made Liko happy that someone she admired was reading her comment. The comment shared a similar description of Dot's personality, making her feel awkward. During the day, Murdock tried to get Dot out of her room by placing a tray of his donuts in a cabinet. Later that night, Dot, having been touched by Liko's kindness, sneaked into the kitchen and grabbed them for herself and Quaxly, making Murdock happy that his plan was successful.

Dot and Ludlow having fun on a picnic

In HZ009, as soon as Liko arrived in Paldea, Dot began to open up a little more to her. Following Ludlow's advice, Dot left an illustration on Liko's bedroom door and when she thanked her, Dot said on the other side that she would wait for her. Accidentally, Liko saw Dot doing Nidothing's laundry while on her way to her house to approach Sprigatito again. However, in HZ011, while Dot was trying to tell Liko the truth, Liko revealed that she just thought that Dot was just a Nidothing fan, leaving Liko without actually knowing the Nidothing's real identity.

Dot and Iono interacting with each other

In HZ013, as Dot was in progress of making a new video about picnics, she didn't have any idea on what to talk about, as she'd never been in a picnic before. After receiving a message from Liko, that she could make her own sandwich in the meeting room, causing Dot's stomach to growl. She decided to leave her room and to her surprise, she found table of sandwich ingredients that she could use, though she didn't know how to make one. Ludlow explained to Dot that Liko wanted to share fun experiences with her to help build a better friendship. Considering Ludlow's words and with the help of her fellow members, she was able to create a video about picnicking. Afterwards, as a thanks, Dot sent Liko a message of her wearing her Nidothing costume alongside with Quaxly and Ludlow but once again Liko failed to make the connection. Ludlow and Friede decided to let Dot be the one to decide when to actually explain the truth to Liko.

In HZ015, Dot was tasked to find information on the whereabouts to where Liko is located. Initially, Dot informed the Rising Volt Tacklers that Liko had been seen in Artazon. Unfortunately, they were unable to find her, due to getting tricked by false information. Urgently Dot contacted Iono for help and, using her live show to her advantage, she started to find Liko: Iono unexpectedly started a game of tag to search for the girl, which Dot was not expecting that to happen, disconnecting as the live show was still continuing. As the Rising Volt Tacklers were leaving, she requested Friede to bring her to Levincia as well. After landing in town, Roy was the first to see her in person, acknowledging her as Dot, seeing how friendly Quaxly was towards her. Using the information from participants of the game started by Iono, Dot and Roy were able to find Liko. Though, when first meeting face to face, Liko didn't know who Dot was, not until she introduced herself, leaving Liko surprised. Iono arrived to find both Roy and Liko on top of the building, as Dot leaves and hid to play the role of Nidothing. After all that, it left Dot exhausted from being outside.

In the next episode, Dot caught Quaxly as her first Pokémon and partner. Dot went with Liko and Roy look around Levincia to find the pedant until the ancient Poké Ball that holds Arboliva led them to where Spinel was. After finding Spinel's location, Dot participated in her first official Pokémon battle with her friends. Once Liko recovered the pendant, Dot and her friends made their escape through Arboliva. Later, Dot revealed to Like that she was Nidothing, much to her shock.

Character

Dot with her friends Liko and Roy

As an influencer and a video distributor, it is Nidothing's job to entertain young aspiring Trainers. Within the videos, she is seen as perky, using exaggerated teaching methods, and giving a beginner's guide to Trainers interested in starting their own journey.

Outside of being a streamer, Dot seems to be reclusive and spends most of her time behind doors creating videos, and is rarely seen by the other Rising Volt Tacklers members. Rather than having herself talk to Roy and Liko, she uses her Quaxly as a messenger to communicate with them. Due to her shyness, having lunch with the other members is bothersome to her. However, after being touched by Liko's kindness, Dot opens up a bit, as seen in HZ008 when she sneaked out of her room to grab the donuts Murdock made for her and Quaxly. This was shown again in the next episode, where Dot took Ludlow advice to the heart, as she realized that she and Liko do have some similarities, even leaving a drawing for her at her room. Dot also grew to consider Liko a friend, as seen in HZ013, when she was surprised that she wanted to share experiences with her by giving her and Ludlow their own picnic to enjoy on the Brave Asagi. In addition, Dot went out of her way to look for Liko when she went missing in HZ015, as she left her room and the Brave Asagi to find her.

Dot tends to get easily nervous or anxious on a tight schedule. Dot is also shown to grow increasingly afraid and conflicted about anyone finding out that she's Nidothing, as seen when she panicked and shouted when Liko attempted to invite her to watch Nidothing's livestream in HZ008. However, Dot does show guilt for her unwelcoming attitude towards others, deciding to read Liko's comment as Nidothing during said livestream to make up for turning her down. Despite not wanting others to know the truth, Dot does bring herself to make an attempt to confess to Liko that she is Nidothing after gradually warming up to her, as seen in HZ011. However, Dot fully tells Liko the truth about being Nidothing in HZ016. After becoming a Pokémon Trainer in the same episode, Dot got a taste of Pokémon battles, which she found enjoyable.

As Nidothing, she always starts her videos or livestreams with the catchphrase, (Japanese: よぉーっす！ Yoo-su!). It's a combination of the common English slang "yo" and part of Quaxly's Japanese name.

She appears to be tomboyish in appearance. In Japanese, she uses the first-person personal pronoun 僕 boku, a pronoun which is primarily used by males; when used by females, it is associated with tomboys.

Pokémon

On hand

Quaxly

Traveling with

Rotom Phone

Accomplishments

• Rising Volt Tacklers app: Dot developed the main app used by the team members, among the functions, there is an identification as a team member and an exclusive chat for them. This app is installed on each team member's personal Rotom Phone.

Nidothing's videos

In some episodes, Nidothing replaces the role of the narrator from previous series, explaining some concepts of the Pokémon world.

Episode HZ001	Episode HZ001	Episode HZ003	Episode HZ004
Types	Pokémon Center	Catching Pokémon	Poké Balls
Episode HZ005	Episode HZ006	Episode HZ007	Episode HZ008
Pokémon Trainer	Legendary Pokémon	Pokémon battles	Livestream with fans
Episode HZ009	Episode HZ012	Episode HZ013	Episode HZ015
Natures	Abilities	Picnics	Collaboration with Iono

Voice actors

Gallery

Artwork

Dot

		File:Pokemon Horizon Promotional Poster 2.jpg
Concept art of Dot for Pokémon Horizons: The Series	Dot with her hair up	Key visual from Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Nidothing

Concept art of Dot, as Nidothing from Pokémon Horizons: The Series[1]	Dot in her costume

Trivia

• Dot's main appearance resembles multiple Pokémon:
  • Her hairstyle resembles an Overcast Form of Cherrim with her hair down or a Sunshine Form of Cherrim with her hair up.
  • Her jacket bears a resemblance to a Shiny Glameow.
  • Her slippers resemble the face of Snorlax.

Names

Dot

Nidothing

References

This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.