HZ082

(Japanese: 光り出した虹の先で At the End of the Shining Rainbow) is the 82nd episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,314th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on January 31, 2025.
==Plot==
Resuming from the previous episode, the Black Rayquaza descends upon the stunned group now that the five of the Six Heroes are gathered. However, since Liko, Roy, and Dot used their Tera Orbs in their against Lucius's Gouging Fire, they are unable to use it again. Nonetheless, the younger members are motivated to battle Rayquaza again, with Friede joining them in the battle and Briar looking after Pagogo.
Friede distracts Rayquaza by flying around on while the kids position themselves on the terrain accordingly. Charizard leads Rayquaza to a cliff where Roy and were waiting with that it easily dodges. Higher up, Liko calls out , who uses to manoeuvre some rocks such that would be able to reach Rayquaza with , but the Sky High Pokémon also avoids Floragato. Flying even further up, Rayquaza ends up getting attacked by and from and , respectively. Friede encourages the kids to keep on attacking before getting Charizard to use a series of , with Floragato following up with Acrobatics and Crocalor finishing off with Flamethrower. Rayquaza remains unfazed by their strategy as it flies towards the sky to use . Everyone scrambles to evade the meteors while Friede fails to lure Rayquaza again. Dot calls everyone and suggests they use the same strategy they used on Gouging Fire, using the waterfall nearby to soak Rayquaza instead of luring it like they did with the Paradox Pokémon. 
With bringing them closer to Rayquaza, Crocalor and Charizard successfully push Rayquaza towards the waterfall just as Floragato and Quaxwell destroy the rocks to soak Rayquaza. Captain Pikachu rushes to Rayquaza and electrocutes it with , causing it to retaliate with . This results in not only Charizard being severely injured, but also in Cap being thrown off. Roy goes to save Cap with Kilowattrel while Rayquaza's knocks out Quaxwell and Tinkatuff. The Sky High Pokémon unleashes Draco Meteor again, with Hattrem using to destroy some meteors before holding them in place with Confusion. Liko has Floragato use as a smokescreen for Kilowattrel to approach Rayquaza with , though this was a ruse for Crocalor to land on top of Rayquaza's head and use to deal super effective damage before getting thrown off. Once again, Rayquaza uses Draco Meteor, only this time, it successfully aimed the meteors at Hattrem, Floragato, and Kilowattrel with Dragon Tail, knocking them out from the battle. Pagogo was almost hit by another aimed meteor before being saved by Cap, who uses Rising Volt Tackle and sends Rayquaza towards the sky. However, this gives the opportunity for Rayquaza to use to get Cap out of the battle. With most of the Pokémon unable to battle, the only one left standing is Crocalor. Roy and Crocalor try their best to continue battling as Liko also wants to continue battling Rayquaza. As if sensing Liko's thoughts, Pagogo joins the battle by transforming into its .
Pagogo begins its first battle by Liko's side by using and Crocalor supports it with Disarming Voice, with both attacks doing supereffective damage on Rayquaza. Rayquaza then counters with Dragon Pulse, at which Pagogo uses to shield both itself and Crocalor, however a few Draco Meteors that Crocalor and Pagogo were unable to defend against completely still manages to hit both of them. With both sides getting exhausted, Rayquaza attempts to use Dragon Ascent to finish them off while Pagogo uses to counter. Both Pokémon were able to greatly damage each other, with Rayquaza being sent flying and stuck in a gorge and Pagogo using the last of its strength to allow Crocalor to stallize, amazing everyone before transforming back into its Normal Form. With Rayquaza temporarily weakened and immobilised, Roy has Crocalor finish the battle with a boosted before finally capturing Rayquaza in the .
Roy is overjoyed at having caught Rayquaza, who comes out of its Poké Ball to return the last of Pagogo's power and allowing it to be at full strength again. The group is brought into another vision where Lucius, Rystal, and Gibeon were able to reach Laqua, and Liko realizes Rayquaza wanted to be with its fellow Six Heroes and Pagogo to fulfill Lucius's promise. Roy tries to get Rayquaza into its Poké Ball but Friede reminds him it still belongs to Lucius, which leads to Roy declaring he would get Rayquaza's approval someday. At that moment, with Pagogo on its head, Rayquaza heads off somewhere. Knowing exactly where it is going, the group bids farewell to Briar, who thanks them for showing her many interesting things that would help her finish her book, and chase after Rayquaza, with Sidian and Coral also leaving to report their observations. Flying alongside Rayquaza in the Brave Olivine, the younger members of the Rising Volt Tacklers belatedly update their respective families on the adventure they've had on the way to Laqua.
==Major events==
* Liko, Roy, Dot, and Friede battle against the Black Rayquaza.
* Liko uses Pagogo in a for the first time.
* Pagogo is revealed to know .
* The Black Rayquaza goes inside Roy's and is taken under his care.
* Pagogo regains its full power.
* Briar leaves the group.
* The Black Rayquaza starts leading the Rising Volt Tacklers to Laqua.
===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
==Characters==
===Humans===
* Liko
* Roy
* Friede
* Mollie
* Orla
* Ludlow
* Murdock
* Dot
* Coral
* Sidian
* Lucius (flashback/vision)
* Rystal (flashback/vision)
* Gibeon (flashback/vision)
* Alex
* Lucca
* Roy's grandfather
* Franka
* Briar
* Citizens
===Pokémon===
* ()
* ()
* (Liko's; Pagogo; )
* (Liko's; Rotom Phone)
* (; stallized)
* ()
* (Roy's; Rotom Phone)
* ()
* (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
* (Friede's; Rotom Phone)
* ()
* (Ludlow's)
* (; )
* ()
* ()
* (Dot's; Rotom Phone)
* (Gibeon's; ; ; flashback/vision)
* (Lucius's; Black Rayquaza)
* (; )
* (; Galarian Form)
* (; )
* (; )
* ()
* (Lucca's; Rotom Phone)
* (Alex's)
* (Roy's grandfather's; Rotom Phone)
* (Franka's; )
* (Franka's; Rotom Phone)
* (Rising Volt Tacklers')
* (Rising Volt Tacklers')
* (Rising Volt Tacklers')
* (Rising Volt Tacklers')
* (Rising Volt Tacklers'; )
* (Rising Volt Tacklers'; ×3; )
==Trivia==
* Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar: What is this form of called?
** Choices: Terastal, Tera Type, Crystal
** Answer: Terastal
* 
* For the initial airing of this episode, Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar was replaced by a trailer for upcoming episodes of the Rayquaza Rising chapter, which was later uploaded to the official Japanese YouTube channel.
* The first eyecatch features Roy and his , and the second features Liko and Pagogo.
* The way Roy threw the to capture the Black Rayquaza resembles how the player character would throw a Poké Ball to capture the Pokémon at the end of a Tera Raid Battle.
* Halo is used as an insert song towards the end of the episode, when the Brave Olivine is flying alongside the Black Rayquaza towards Laqua.
** This scene references a frame from the above song's opening animation featuring the Black Rayquaza flying past the Brave Olivine.
* Onia, Zirc, and Amethio narrate the preview for the next episode.
* While the official Japanese Pokémon YouTube channel releases every episode after its television airing for viewing on YouTube for a limited time in Japan, this episode was not geo-locked to Japan after its release.【公式】アニメ「ポケットモンスター」第82話「光り出した虹の先で」（見逃し配信） - ポケモン公式YouTubeチャンネル
===Errors===
* Dot's Tinkatuff is taken out by , despite moves having no effect on types.
===Dub edits===
==In other languages==
==References==
082
Category:Episodes written by Kureha Matsuzawa
Category:Episodes storyboarded and directed by Yūji Asada
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Yūji Asada
Category:Episodes directed by Yūji Asada
Category:Episodes animated by Masaaki Iwane
Category:Episodes animated by Izumi Shimura
Category:Episodes by multiple animation directors
Category:Episodes in which a Legendary Pokémon appears
Category:Episodes in which an alternately colored Pokémon appears
Category:Episodes in which a Paradox Pokémon appears
de:Hikari Dashita Niji no Saki de
es:EP1318
fr:LH082
it:OP082
ja:2023年版第82話
zh:宝可梦 地平线 第82集