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| Season | Pokémon Horizons: The Series (Horizons Season 1) · Spinel’s heist arc (HZ013–HZ018) |
| Episode | Horizons Season 1, episode 15 · English episode 1239 · Japanese episode 1248 · Bulbapedia code HZ015 |
| English title | Someone We Can’t See! Whosawhatsit? |
| Japanese title | みえないヤツだ！何者なんじゃ？ Mienai Yatsu da! Nanimono nan ja? — “Someone We Can’t See! Whosawhatsit?” |
| First aired (Japan) | 28 July 2023 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 10 May 2024 · Netflix |
| Screenplay | Kureha Matsuzawa |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Dokimeki Daiārī (Heart-Pounding Diary) – asmi feat. Chinozo · RVR ~Raijingu Borutekkāzu Rappu~ (Rising Volt Tacklers Rap), Friede Ver. – Liko (Minori Suzuki) & Roy (Yuka Terasaki); on the first TV Tokyo airing, a guest version with Ryogo Matsumaru (Pokédoko collaboration) |
| English opening | Becoming Me – Haven Paschall (version 1, with clips from Heart-Pounding Diary) |
| Previous episode | Fly! Wattrel!! (HZ014) |
| Next episode | Quaxly, We Can Do It (HZ016) |
Plot episodeIono’s hide-and-seekLiko’s lost memories
Someone We Can’t See! Whosawhatsit? is the 15th episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, the first season of the Pokémon anime, and the 1239th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 1248, Bulbapedia code HZ015). It first aired in Japan on 28 July 2023 and in the United States on 10 May 2024. It falls within the season’s Spinel’s heist stretch (EP13–EP18).
Released on Netflix in the US on Friday 10 May 2024 with the rest of Part 2 (HZ013–HZ023); BBC iPlayer had released it in the UK on 15 January 2024.
Synopsis
Robbed of her pendant and her recent memories, Liko wanders Levincia believing she has just enrolled at Indigo Academy, until Dot, as Nidothing, teams up with Gym Leader and streamer Iono to find her with a city-wide livestream chase. Liko remembers only becoming Sprigatito’s Trainer and wonders why she is in Paldea; her Rotom Phone shows only static, and when Sprigatito scratches her she has a strange feeling of having lived this moment before. Aboard the Brave Olivine, the crew grows worried when she does not return, and reports from Artazon send Friede and Roy there, while Ludlow remarks that not everything worth seeking can be seen with the eyes. Liko finds one of Lucius’s Ancient Poké Balls in her bag and chases Sprigatito through the streets after it runs off with it. Spinel, studying the pendant, notes that its crystal resembles the one inside a Tera Orb, while Roy follows a Corvisquire with Wattrel and ends up lost in Levincia.
Friede realises the Artazon reports were false and that the Magneton behind the ship’s troubles must belong to a Trainer far subtler than Amethio. Frustrated, Dot contacts Iono, Levincia’s Gym Leader and a popular streamer, who agrees to a collaboration stream with Nidothing. In the central square, Liko is startled when Iono introduces Nidothing and announces a challenge: find Nidothing’s friend and subscriber “Sprigatito Love” somewhere in the city. Realising she is the target, Liko runs as the crowd recognises her, and Iono turns the search into a chase. Dot tells the crew that Liko is in Levincia and joins Friede, bringing Quaxly at his suggestion. Fleeing behind Leafage and Quick Attack, Liko keeps having flashes of memory, Onia’s Skarmory, the ease of her teamwork with Sprigatito, the sunset on the ship’s deck.
Atop a skyscraper Liko reaches towards the full moon as she did when her journey began, and her memories return in full. At a gap between buildings she remembers making a similar leap, sees Roy and Dot on the opposite rooftop and, remembering the friends she met by stepping out, jumps with Sprigatito and lands safely. She is shocked to learn that the girl with Roy is Dot, before Iono descends in a Flying Taxi to praise her for entertaining Levincia, and Nidothing thanks her too. Spinel, locking the pendant in a case, admits she is stronger than he expected. Only then does Liko notice that her pendant is gone; she recalls bumping into someone in an alley, and Friede identifies the Beheeyem she describes as the one he fought, which let the thief steal the pendant and erase her memories. Reasoning that the thief must still be nearby, Friede declares that the Rising Volt Tacklers will strike back.
Major Events
- Hide-and-seek in Levincia. Liko’s recent memories are erased
- Iono and Nidothing’s live-streamed chase finds her
- Liko’s memories return
- Liko and Roy see Dot in person
- Spinel notes that the pendant’s crystal resembles a Tera Orb’s
Pokémon making their anime debut
Corvisquire#0822 · HZ015
Bellibolt#0939 · HZ015
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Kureha Matsuzawa.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Kanto, Galar and Paldea storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- On its first TV Tokyo airing, the ending is a guest version with Ryogo Matsumaru (Pokédoko collaboration)
Part of our Pokémon Horizons: The Series guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.