Quaxly, We Can Do It – Pokémon Horizons Season 1, Episode 16

Plot episodeDot catches QuaxlyDot tells Liko she is Nidothing

Quaxly, We Can Do It is the 16th episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, the first season of the Pokémon anime, and the 1240th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 1249, Bulbapedia code HZ016). It first aired in Japan on 4 August 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.

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Synopsis

Dot officially becomes Quaxly’s Trainer and, with Liko and Roy, confronts Spinel aboard a departing cargo ship, where the pendant’s light helps them recover it before Dot finally confesses to Liko that she is Nidothing. Dot thanks Quaxly for staying by her side, and when Friede offers her a Poké Ball, Liko and Roy are surprised to learn that Quaxly was never hers; Dot admits she never wanted to be a Trainer but has decided to become its partner, and her throw is so weak that Quaxly has to jump into the ball himself. A billboard advertising a departing cruise suggests the thief’s escape route, but Friede, reaching a ferry on Charizard, finds only a hired man whose Bisharp falls to Captain Pikachu’s Thunder Punch. With the signal jammed again, Liko tells Dot how the pendant brought them all together, and Arboliva’s Ancient Poké Ball begins to glow, showing that the pendant is near. Quaxly leads Dot to a docked cargo ship, where Quaxly’s Pound stops Beheeyem from hypnotising her and Spinel speaks through a speaker on his Magneton.

Cornered, Dot has Quaxly fire Water Gun into the air as a signal, and Roy and Liko leap aboard just as the ship leaves port. Sprigatito’s Quick Attack saves Quaxly from Magneton’s Electro Ball, and Liko recognises Spinel as the Explorer who stole her pendant. He threatens to erase her memories again, but encouraged by Roy and Dot she stands firm, and the three Trainers face Beheeyem and Magneton together. Leafage breaks the Pokémon’s combined Psychic and Electro Ball attack, Quick Attack and Water Gun hit Beheeyem, and when Wattrel accidentally steps on Fuecoco’s head, the Ember Fuecoco aims at it hits Magneton instead, sparking a squabble that Roy has to break up. Angered by the loss, Spinel sends out his Umbreon, whose Snarl easily overpowers Quaxly.

Liko resolves to protect the pendant as it has protected her, and it fires a beam of light that exposes Spinel behind the containers and blazes so brightly that he drops his case. Sprigatito snatches the pendant back, and when Umbreon moves to retrieve it, the giant Arboliva bursts out of its Ancient Poké Ball and glares at Spinel until Umbreon tugs his sleeve and he backs down. The three friends ride Arboliva over the side and float to Friede, while Spinel concludes that Liko herself holds the key to the pendant’s secret. On the Brave Olivine, now bound for Galar, Dot, encouraged by Quaxly, tells Liko that she is Nidothing, leaving Liko and Sprigatito stunned. Spinel reports to Hamber as Coral teases him and Sidian and Chalce ask about the pendant’s power, but he keeps his unverified findings to himself, more curious than ever about Liko.

Major Events

• Dot’s Quaxly. Dot becomes Quaxly’s Trainer, her first Pokémon
• Liko, Roy and Dot confront Spinel on a cargo ship
• The pendant’s light and Arboliva recover the pendant
• Dot tells Liko she is Nidothing
• Course for Galar

Pokémon making their anime debut

• Wiglett#0960 · HZ016

Captures and evolutions

• Quaxly#0912 · Dot · her first Pokémon

Trivia

• The screenplay is by Naruki Nagakawa.
• This is a plot episode: it advances the Kanto, Galar and Paldea storyline.

Changes in the English Dub

• The English eyecatch redraws Spinel’s Umbreon with corrected proportions, a version Japan later used in HZ044
• On its first TV Tokyo airing, the ending is a guest version with Hikaru Takahashi (Pokédoko collaboration)
• The ending animation now shows Dot joining the team handshake

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