This article is about an episode of the Pokémon animated series that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.
(Japanese: 広がる世界、キミとＧＯ！The Expanding World, I'll GO with You!) is the 150th episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,382nd episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on September 18, 2026.
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Plot
The young Rising Volt Tacklers happily welcome Friede, with Navie nervously greeting him for the first time. They prepare to head out for fieldwork alongside Friede, but first, another Pokémon Professor joins them: Professor Willow, Friede's old friend and a researcher specializing in studying Pokémon ecology and distribution. Given the Rising Volt Tacklers' reputation of having seen many different kinds of Pokémon, he's excited to work alongside them. Willow and Friede lead the children to what's known as a PokéStop, several of which have been installed in the area to help in Field Research. Captain Pikachu hits the center of the PokéStop, causing Poké Balls and Razz Berries to fall out. After Ult tries another PokéStop out of excitement and gets the same kind of loot from it, Willow demonstrates another feature of the PokéStop by attaching a Lure Module into it, causing nearby wild Pokémon to be drawn towards it. Willow presents the children with a map of the surrounding woods and a nearby beach, asking them to catch Pokémon they find in the area using the Berries and Balls they've gotten, also assuring them that he'll take care of any Pokémon they find.
The children spread out to begin their work. Ult spots a Toedscool that he decides to catch, but his thrown Poké Ball misses the target. He ignores Roy's reminder of using a Berry, like they were adviced to do, but does agree to follow Friede's hint of aiming for the head; however, Toedscool, now aware of Ult's presence, dodges the second throw as well. With Ult out of Poké Balls, he's forced to go find a PokéStop to restock, allowing Toedscool to get away. Upon finding a PokéStop, Ult finds Navie trying and failing to spin it. The reason for this turns out to be a camouflagedKecleon, which are known to hide on PokéStops. Ult decides to catch it, but as he still doesn't have any Poké Balls on hand, he's unable to do so, giving Kecleon the chance to run away. Liko and Dot, meanwhile, are having some better success, successfully catching a Bounsweet and a Paras, respectively. Roy, at his own front, has managed to find an Oranguru, which appears to be a local boss Pokémon and is ignoring the Razz Berries Roy throws for it. To help him, Willow gives Roy a Golden Razz Berry, which proves too tempting for Oranguru to ignore. While its guard is down, Roy throws a Poké Ball, but Oranguru succeeds in deflecting it. As such, Roy decides throwing a curve ball the next time. While Oranguru succeeds in deflecting this throw too, Roy uses the help of Skeledirge and his fire bird to deflect the Ball right back at Oranguru, who's too late to react this time and is successfully caught, earning congratulations from his friends and making Ult consider using his MegaSableye's gem as a deflector too.
The group decides to move on to the beach, where they discover a mass outbreak of Shellder. Ult throws a Razz Berry at one and tries to catch it while it's eating the Berry, but it finishes eating faster than Ult expected and catches the Ball, spitting it out before trying to flee. Ult chases after it, but Shellder's attention quickly refocuses on a Slowpoke tail sticking out of the nearby tall grass, so it slings itself at the tail and clamps on it, causing Slowpoke to evolve into Slowbro. Willow speculates that the mass outbreak could be a result of the Shellder gathering to find Slowpoke. When Navie's Dittotransforms into Slowpoke, one Shellder mistakes it for a real Slowpoke and clamps on it, but it becomes confused when the expected Evolution does not occur. Navie uses this confusion to her advantage and quickly catches Shellder. Ult, growing irritated when everyone else but him keeps succeeding, runs off to catch something. As Navie also heads out to look for more Pokémon, Meowscarada spots a Wiglett poking out of the sand and points it out to Liko. Meowscarada's repeated and failed attempts at grabbing Wiglett as it pops up and down out of the sand produces a rhythm that Skeledirge and Quaquaval join in on. The rhythm ends up being so catchy that Meowscarada and Wiglett also join in, giving Liko the chance to catch the Garden Eel Pokémon.
Looking around for more Pokémon, Navie hears something in a nearby patch of tall grass, but instead of a wild Pokémon, it turns out to be a young boy, who's in the process of trying to catch a Fletchling. Unfortunately, Fletchling ends up spotting him, causing him to panic and throw his Poké Ball without a proper aim, allowing Fletchling to deflect it right back at him and fly away. Upon hearing that the boy does not have any Pokémon yet, Navie offers to show him how to catch a Pokémon, but her attempt at catching a Gossifleur ends in failure, causing both children to laugh. Introductions are made, with the boy introducing himself as Gōta from a nearby town. The rest of the group catches up with Navie and hears Gōta's story as well. Friede assures the young boy that catching is a twist of fate and that his first Pokémon will definitely come to him in response to his passion. While the Rising Volt Tacklers later gather at their campsite and Professor Willow thanks everyone for their help with big piles of Candy, Navie can't stop thinking about Gōta, wondering if he's succeeded in catching his first Pokémon yet, sympathizing with him due to wanting him to experience the same joy she experienced upon meeting Ditto. Reminded of Friede's earlier words of encouragement, the children wonder if he experienced something like that too upon meeting his Charizard for the first time. Friede confirms this and starts telling the children a story of a time when he was younger than any of them.
Friede choosing Charmander to be his first Pokémon
A young Friede rushes to school, arriving late to a class taught by his teacher, Lucca. While the other students present each other with the Pokémon they have, Friede's interest lies elsewhere, spending his time in making sketches to improve his homemade hang glider. His friend and classmate, Orla, asks him if he's chosen his first Pokémon yet, but Friede hasn't given any thought to that, being more interested in pursuing his dream of becoming a pilot than learning about Pokémon. After school, he goes to resume testing his glider at a nearby grassy hill, where his actions and goggles catch the attention of a wild Charmander. Following a glide where he breaks his personal record, Friede is approached by Charmander, which proceeds to nab his goggles and run away with them. Friede pursues through a forest, where he sees many different Pokémon and comes to realize how little he knows about them, despite living right next to them. He eventually finds Charmander again, seeing it wear his goggles as it runs down a hill and jumps, mimicking his glides before tumbling back down. Realizing they share the same dream of flying, Friede catches Charmander following another fall and asks it to come with him to realize their shared dream together. Charmander happily agrees, so Friede goes to show Charmander to Lucca, who's happy to see Friede having made a new friend and gives him a Poké Ball that he uses to officially catch Charmander. Following that, Friede's interest in Pokémon only grew over time, as did Charmander as it evolved into a Charmeleon and later a Charizard, allowing them to finally fly together. Eventually, Friede set his sights on becoming a Pokémon Professor and succeeded, his world having expanded thanks to him meeting Charizard.
Friede concludes his story, but the children barely have any time to admire the tale they just heard before Willow suddenly exclaims that there's still one nearby area left for them to research. While caught by surprise, the group decides to nevertheless tackle this one last bit of research before bedtime. The next morning, while Willow is once again thanking the children for their help, Navie spots Gōta nearby, looking at the same Fletchling he had his eyes on the day before. Fletchling approaches Gōta and allows him to catch it, becoming his first Pokémon. Navie congratulates Gōta, as does Willow, wishing good luck to the brand-new Pokémon Trainer. Later, Liko, Roy, Dot, Ult, and Navie part ways with Friede and Willow as the two Professors head out to do more research together, while the children run off along the road, also excited to see what kind of Pokémon they'll meet next.
For the initial airing of this episode, the Mega Study with Instructor Starmie segment and the next episode preview were replaced by a bonus scene featuring Friede's Charmander and a special preview for the upcoming episodes of the Wonder Voyage arc. These were lateruploaded to the Japanese Pokémon YouTube channel.
Second illustration for this episode, by Rei Yamazaki
Friede's missing sideburns
