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Nemona and Brassius and… (Japanese: ネモとコルサと With and ) is the tenth episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,242nd episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on June 9, 2023, in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2024, and in the United States on March 7, 2024. It was initially intended to air in the United States on February 23, 2024, but was rescheduled.
==Blurb==
Arriving in Artazon, Liko and Roy search for clues about the black Rayquaza. They want to meet with Gym Leader Brassius, but first they encounter Nemona, a Champion-ranked Trainer with tons of enthusiasm. Brassius, on the other hand, is in a slump, so Nemona helps Liko and Roy gather Sunflora to cheer him up. It turns out Brassius feels inadequate as an artist after seeing the black Rayquaza in real life, but when Roy shares how the Rayquaza inspired him, Brassius cheers up and challenges Roy to a battle. Afterward, Brassius reveals he saw another mysterious Pokémon, too—an Arboliva. What could be its connection to the black Rayquaza?
==Plot==
Liko and Roy arrive at Artazon, where they see lots of Pokémon. They spot two by a Sunflora sculpture, made by Brassius himself. Brassius is in a dark room marveling at a giant sculpture draped in shadow. Roy asks an ice cream vendor about any signs of the Black Rayquaza, but to no avail. Soon, Liko and Roy encounter Nemona, who uses her to defeat a in . Seeing Liko and Roy are s too, Nemona challenges them to a battle, but they tell her that they are here to see Brassius.
Nemona takes Liko and Roy to Brassius's atelier, telling them that he is also Artazon's Gym Leader. Liko suddenly remembers Nemona's name and recognizes her as a -ranked Trainer, nervously shaking her hand. Nemona mentions she has business with Brassius too, seeing how he's been absent from Gym battles for a while now. The group hears shattering nearby and they find Brassius smashing one of his sculptures. Brassius looking so on edge makes Liko anxious as she nervously introduces herself and tells him that she was told to come by her father, Alex. This thrills Brassius, whose unsettling brand of excitement scares Liko even more. Brassius invites Liko, Roy, and Nemona inside for tea as they notice his passion for art, as seen with all the sculptures of Grass-type Pokémon around his house. Brassius's shoots its oils onto Pawmo. Dolliv is nervous until uses her sweet scent to make it happy. The elated Dolliv shoots more oil at Pawmo. Roy, wanting to stay on topic about why they came here, tells Brassius about the Black Rayquaza, which doesn't thrill him one bit. Brassius heads downstairs and anxiously stands over a shattered black Rayquaza sculpture. Out of the corner of her eye, Liko notices a piece of the Black Rayquaza sculpture, realizing that Brassius is in a slump, something Alex has experienced as well. She resolves to do something that will make Brassius smile, and Roy proposes gathering Sunflora for him like the kids were doing for him earlier. 
Arriving at Sunflora Lawn, Liko, Roy, and Nemona split up to look for Sunflora. Liko already finds two Sunflora as Brassius watches from afar. Liko heads to a field of grass and thinks she sees another Sunflora on a cliff, but it's just another sculpture. After seeing Sprigatito relaxing in the sun, Liko deduces that Sunflora likes places with lots of sunlight. Using this knowledge, Liko gathers up more Sunflora than Roy and Nemona combined by the time their search is over. Liko is confident that so many smiling Sunflora will cheer Brassius up. Dolliv shows up and shoots Brassius with its oil, blowing his cover. Brassius, seeing no other way around it, brings Liko, Roy, and Nemona back to his house, where he presents the giant Black Rayquaza with a tortured Sunflora sculpture he worked on. Brassius has been working on this piece to capture the intensity of the Rayquaza through a Sunflora's eyes, and then his whole world was turned upside down when he saw the real Black Rayquaza, which is why he has had a slump and lost interest in Gym battling. Liko feels bad seeing Brassius at such a low point. Just then, Roy, amazed by Brassius's life-sized sculpture of Rayquaza, wants to head to the forest where Brassius saw it.
Seeing Roy's resolve, Brassius proposes a Gym battle with him, sending out his to face Roy's Fuecoco. Liko tries to warn Roy about Sudowoodo's type, but Roy, thinking it's a Grass type, has Fuecoco use . However, it does little damage due to Sudowoodo being a type. Brassius commands Sudowoodo to use , which hits Fuecoco hard. Sudowoodo uses Rock Throw again, which Fuecoco dodges before charging at Sudowoodo with . However, Sudowoodo uses , which outsmarts Fuecoco again and again. Sudowoodo follows up with , making Fuecoco mad and prompting him to use Ember instead of Tackle as Roy commands. Brassius tells Roy that his focus should be on his own Pokémon instead of finding the real Sudowoodo. In his rage, Fuecoco stomps the ground and cracks it underneath his feet. Fuecoco has learned , which gets rid of another substitute. Fuecoco follows up with the same move, scoring a supereffective hit on the real Sudowoodo. Brassius stallizes Sudowoodo into a Grass type, calling this piece "From Fiction Comes Truth". Roy has Fuecoco use Ember, but Sudowoodo avoids it and hits Fuecoco with , knocking him out.
After the battle, Nemona explains how Tera Types work for different Pokémon. Brassius congratulates Roy on a great battle before sharing another sculpture at his house, " of the Woods". Arboliva's Forest is where he saw the Black Rayquaza, and then Arboliva resonated with the Legendary Pokémon. Liko notices something about this sculpture before she and Roy return to the Brave Olivine and share what they found. Liko tells Roy that the sculpture Brassius showed them gave off a sad vibe. Meanwhile, in a dark forest, a shadowy Arboliva walks through.
==Major events==
* Liko and Roy meet Nemona, a Paldean , and Artazon Gym Leader Brassius.
* Roy's Fuecoco learns .
* Roy learns about the Terastal phenomenon, and he and Liko witness it for the first time.
* Roy has an unofficial with Brassius and loses.
===Debuts===
====Humans====
* Nemona
* Brassius
====Pokémon debuts====
* 
* 
* 
* 
==Characters==
===Humans===
* Liko
* Roy
* Friede
* Mollie
* Orla
* Murdock
* Nemona
* Brassius
===Pokémon===
* ()
* ()
* (Roy's; Rotom Phone)
* (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
* (Nemona's; debut)
* (Brassius's; debut)
* (Brassius's; stallized)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainers'; ×2; debut)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's)
* (multiple)
* (×5)
* (×2)
* (×2; debut)
* (shadowed; debut)
==Trivia==
* Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar: "What is stored in the fruits on 's head?"
** Choices: Oil, mushrooms, medicine
** Answer: Oil
* The first eyecatch features Nemona and her , and the second features Brassius and his Dolliv.
* This marks the earliest introduction of a into a new series. 
* Despite the move having existed since Generation III, this is the first time that has been used in the .
* This episode did not feature a Nidothing video. Instead, Nemona explains the Terastal phenomenon to Liko and Roy.
* This is the first episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series in which Ludlow does not appear.
** Additionally, this is the first episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series in which Friede does not have a speaking role, excluding the post-episode segment.
* Several of Brassius's lines are directly taken from , although they are retranslated in the English dub.
===Errors===
* On the first eyecatch, Pawmo's cheek sacs are cream colored instead of yellow.
===Dub edits===
==In other languages==
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Category:Episodes written by Muga Takeda
Category:Episodes storyboarded and directed by Makoto Nakata
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Makoto Nakata
Category:Episodes directed by Makoto Nakata
Category:Episodes animated by Yoshitaka Yanagihara
Category:Episodes animated by Yusuke Oshida
Category:Episodes animated by Toshiko Nakaya
Category:Episodes by multiple animation directors
Category:Episodes in which a Champion appears
Category:Episodes in which a main character's Pokémon learns a new move
Category:Episodes which aired in the United Kingdom before the United States
de:Nemila und Colzo und...
es:EP1246
fr:LH010
it:OP010
ja:2023年版第10話
zh:宝可梦 地平线 第10集