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HZ077   EP1309 ランドウ、故郷へ帰る Randou Returns Home

First broadcast Japan December 13, 2024 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening Only One Story Ending ピッカーン！

Credits Animation Team Kumemura Screenplay うえのきみこ Kimiko Ueno Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director ウヱノ史博 Fumihiro Ueno Animation directors 吴晓莱 Wu Xiaolai 阿部俊成 Toshinari Abe 中谷利子 Toshiko Nakatani 小林洸 Takeshi Kobayashi Additional credits

Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: ランドウ、故郷へ帰る Randou Returns Home) is the 77th episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,309th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on December 13, 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

• The Rising Volt Tacklers arrive in Johto, with Liko, Roy, and Dot visiting the region for the first time.

For a list of all major events in Pokémon Horizons: The Series, please see the timeline page.

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Friede
• Mollie
• Orla
• Ludlow/Mighty G
• Murdock
• Dot
• Mamoru
• Swimmer (image)

Pokémon

• Sprigatito (Liko's; image)
• Floragato (Liko's)
• Hattrem (Liko's)
• Terapagos (Liko's; Pagogo; Normal Form)
• Fuecoco (Roy's; image)
• Crocalor (Roy's)
• Kilowattrel (Roy's)
• Rotom (Roy's; Rotom Phone)
• Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
• Quagsire (Ludlow's)
• Sharpedo (Ludlow's)
• Rockruff (Murdock's)
• Alcremie (Murdock's; Strawberry Ruby Swirl)
• Quaxwell (Dot's)
• Tinkatuff (Dot's)
• Rotom (Dot's; Rotom Phone)
• Wooper (Mamoru's)
• Rotom (Mamoru's; Rotom Phone)
• Trubbish (Swimmer's; image)
• Rockruff (Trainer's)
• Snubbull (Trainer's)
• Miltank (Trainer's)
• Maushold (Rising Volt Tacklers'; Family of Four)
• Tatsugiri (Rising Volt Tacklers'; ×3; Curly, Droopy, and Stretchy forms)
• Klawf (×5; image)
• Palafin (Hero Form; image)
• Hoppip
• Elekid
• Phanpy
• Sentret
• Azumarill
• Bellossom
• Spinarak
• Rotom (Rotom Phone; multiple; one Trainer's)
• Staryu
• Lanturn (×2)
• Wingull (×3)
• Horsea

Trivia

• Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar: What is Quagsire's characteristic?
  • Choices: Thickheadedness, delicate, violent
  • Answer: Thickheadedness
• The first eyecatch features Ludlow and his Quagsire, and the second one features Mighty G and his Sharpedo.
• Liko, Dot, Roy, Crocalor, Quaxwell, and Floragato narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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