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HZ044

HZ044   EP1276 レックウザ捕獲計画 A Plan to Capture Rayquaza

First broadcast Japan March 22, 2024 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ハロ Ending RVR〜ライジングボルテッカーズラップ〜[フリードVer.PART2]

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 松澤くれは Kureha Matsuzawa Storyboard 髙木啓明 Hiroaki Takagi Assistant director 髙木啓明 Hiroaki Takagi Animation directors 忍田雄介 Yusuke Oshida 倉員千晶 Chiaki Kurakazu 大西雅也 Masaya Ōnishi 岡昭彦 Akihiko Oka 大川義史 Yoshifumi Ōkawa Additional credits

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(Japanese: レックウザ捕獲計画 A Plan to Capture Rayquaza) is the 44th episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,276th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 22, 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

• Friede meets Spinel in person for the first time and has another battle against him.
• The Explorers begin their operation to capture the Black Rayquaza.
• Liko, Roy, Friede, and Dot try to defeat the Explorers but the Brave Olivine is hit in the process.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Vivillon (Fancy Pattern)

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Friede
• Mollie
• Orla
• Ludlow
• Murdock
• Dot
• Iono
• Spinel
• Coral
• Sidian
• Chalce

Pokémon

• Sprigatito (Liko's)
• Rotom (Liko's; Rotom Phone)
• Fuecoco (Roy's)
• Wattrel (Roy's)
• Charizard (Friede's)
• Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
• Rotom (Friede's; Rotom Phone)
• Chansey (Mollie's)
• Quagsire (Ludlow's)
• Rotom (Murdock's; Rotom Phone)
• Quaxly (Dot's)
• Tinkatink (Dot's)
• Rotom (Dot's; Rotom Phone)
• Bellibolt (Iono's)
• Magneton (Spinel's)
• Umbreon (Spinel's)
• Beheeyem (Spinel's)
• Glalie (Coral's)
• Rotom (Coral's; Rotom Phone)
• Garganacl (Sidian's)
• Rotom (Sidian's; Rotom Phone)
• Medicham (Chalce's)
• Rotom (Chalce's; Rotom Phone)
• Rayquaza (Lucius's; Black Rayquaza)
• Arboliva (Lucius's; giant; flashback)
• Pawmi (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Shuckle (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Snorunt (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Noctowl (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Carkol (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Slugma (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Muk (Rising Volt Tacklers'; Alolan form)
• Nosepass (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Polteageist (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Maushold (Rising Volt Tacklers'; Family of Four)
• Terapagos (anime; Normal Form)
• Combee (multiple)
• Vespiquen
• Vivillon (Fancy Pattern; multiple; debut)
• Flabébé (×2)
• Floette (multiple)
• Finizen (multiple)

Trivia

• The first eyecatch features Spinel and his Umbreon, and the second features Chalce and her Medicham.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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