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| Season | Pokémon Horizons: The Series (Horizons Season 1) · The road back to Paldea arc (HZ035–HZ041) |
| Episode | Horizons Season 1, episode 39 · English episode 1263 · Japanese episode 1272 · Bulbapedia code HZ039 |
| English title | Tinkatink’s Ideal Hammer |
| Japanese title | カヌチャンとこだわりのハンマー Kanuchan to Kodawari no Hanmā — “Kanuchan and its Special Hammer” |
| First aired (Japan) | 9 February 2024 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 22 November 2024 · Netflix |
| Screenplay | Naohiro Fukushima |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Haro (Halo) – yama × BotchiBoromaru · RVR ~Raijingu Borutekkāzu Rappu~ PART2, Friede Ver. – Roy (Yuka Terasaki) & Liko (Minori Suzuki) |
| English opening | Becoming Me – Haven Paschall (version 2, with clips from Halo) |
| Previous episode | The SOS is from Tandemaus? (HZ038) |
| Next episode | Farewell, Sprigatito? (HZ040) |
Plot episodeDot catches Tinkatink
Tinkatink’s Ideal Hammer is the 39th episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, the first season of the Pokémon anime, and the 1263rd episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 1272, Bulbapedia code HZ039). It first aired in Japan on 9 February 2024 and in the United States on 22 November 2024. It falls within the season’s The road back to Paldea stretch (EP35–EP41).
Released on Netflix in the US on Friday 22 November 2024 with the rest of Part 4 (HZ035–HZ045); BBC iPlayer had released it in the UK on 22 July 2024, and Australia’s 9Go! aired HZ035–HZ045 from 18 September to 2 October 2024; Canada’s Cartoon Network showed it on 16 November 2024.
Synopsis
While shopping in Steelbound Town, Dot meets a crybaby Tinkatink that forges her pink microphone into a hammer, defends it when the crew suspects it of eating Orla’s iron, and catches it after she and Quaxly defeat the real culprit, an Orthworm. Dot’s Nidothing stream collapses when her computer falls apart, and when Liko rushes to check on her, Dot opens the door in costume, so Liko covers her eyes and tries to convince herself nobody is inside. Friede decides to restock in Steelbound Town, known for industrial goods, where Orla can buy iron for repairs, and Dot surprises everyone by coming along to buy a new microphone. When Liko and Roy wander off, Dot, holding a pink microphone she wants as a video prop, is too proud to call them, and watches a tearful Tinkatink trip while trying to take an iron hammer from a worker. Dot hands the hammer back, and Tinkatink grabs the pink microphone and beats it into a new hammer of its own.
Dot reunites with her friends, pointing out that it was they who got lost, while Tinkatink, delighted with her new hammer, follows. Something tunnels beneath the ship, frightening Maushold and devouring the iron bars Orla bought, and Orla demands an explanation. Tinkatink sneaks aboard but is frightened by Muk, Slugma, Carkol and the shadows of Elekid and Metagross until Dot finds her on the stairs and is thrilled that she likes the hammer. Overhearing that Tinkatink makes hammers from iron, Murdock concludes that she stole Orla’s iron, and a chase through the ship ends with Tinkatink crying in the hold. Dot rushes in to defend her, pointing out the large hole in the hull, and Friede agrees: the iron scraps bear bite marks, and Tinkatink does not eat iron.
Before Friede can name the culprit, an Orthworm bursts through the wall, snatches Tinkatink’s hammer and burrows away, and Dot leaps into the hole after them. Orthworm cuts the ship’s anchor, forcing Friede and Charizard to catch the line, swallows the hammer and dodges Quaxly’s Water Gun by burrowing. Noticing that it avoids wet sand, Dot has Quaxly ring it with Water Gun until it is trapped, and Quaxly’s Pound makes it spit out the hammer, which Tinkatink slams into Orthworm, driving it off. At sunset, as the others say goodbye, Tinkatink starts crying again; Quaxly hands Dot a Poké Ball, and Tinkatink happily taps the button with her hammer, joining Dot’s team as Murdock weeps at how fast his niece is growing up. When Nidothing introduces Tinkatink on her resumed stream, Tinkatink pulls down the costume’s zipper, and Quaxly frantically switches off the camera.
Major Events
- Dot’s Tinkatink. Steelbound Town
- An Orthworm eats the ship’s iron
- Dot catches Tinkatink
Pokémon making their anime debut
Tinkatink#0957 · HZ039
Orthworm#0968 · HZ039
Captures and evolutions
- Tinkatink#0957 · Dot · after defeating an Orthworm with Quaxly
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Naohiro Fukushima.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Kanto, Galar and Paldea storyline.
Part of our Pokémon Horizons: The Series guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.