Spinel

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Spinel (Japanese: スピネル SpinelExplorers Original Acrylic Stand) is an admin of the Explorers, and a recurring major antagonist in Pokémon Horizons: The Series.
==In animation==
===History===
====Pre-series====
Years before becoming a member of the Explorers, Spinel was a researcher at Exceed, with a brilliant profile, he caught the attention of Gibeon who personally recruited him to his cause. This made him the only one of the Explorers Admins not to have an involvement with Hamber who was mainly responsible for training the organization's new talents.
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Spinel first appeared as a hologram in The Ancient Poké Ball, in a meeting with the other Explorers Admins. Upon seeing Amethio's flaws, he started mocking him, doubting whether or not he actually saw the Rayquaza. Amethio and Spinel's squabbles were interrupted by Hamber before Gibeon decided to give Spinel the mission to investigate the Rising Volt Tacklers.
Spinel made his physical debut in The Future I Choose, where it was revealed that he used his to jam the Rising Volt Tacklers' phone signals to prevent them from communicating with their Rotom Phones in the previous episode. Later, Spinel was shown spying on the Brave Olivine in order to analyze the Rising Volt Tacklers' skills as s.
In An Unexpected Picnic!, Spinel used a large amount of Magneton to create another electrical interference, preventing the Brave Olivine from updating its flight systems, leaving it stranded near Levincia.
In Fly! Wattrel!!, Spinel had his Magneton and lead Friede into an ambush in Levincia, but had them retreat once stallized into a type. Later, he lured Liko into the city with a false advertisement for a spice Murdock was looking to purchase. He cornered her in an alley and had his Beheeyem put Liko and her and Rotom Phone in a trance, allowing him to take her pendant without difficulty. In the following episode, Spinel was seen at his base of operations studying the pendant and tracking the movement of the Rising Volt Tacklers and Liko.
In Quaxly, We Can Do It, Spinel moved the van that served as his base to a cargo ship in Levincia's harbor, aiming to make a quiet getaway while the Rising Volt Tacklers were misdirected into pursuing a different ship. However, when he drove past Liko, Roy, and Dot, an ancient in Liko's possession reacted to her pendant as he passed by with it. The three were able to follow him to the ship, where he sent Beheeyem and Magneton to corner Dot and her , only for Liko and Roy to save her in time. When they were able to defeat his Pokémon with the combined forces of Sprigatito, Quaxly, and , Spinel was forced to send his into battle, easily defeating his three opponents. The ancient Poké Ball then reacted with Liko's pendant again, forcing Spinel to exit his van, which in turn allowed Liko and Sprigatito to reclaim the pendant from him. Spinel was left laughing maniacally before retreating at Umbreon's urging when emerged from the ball to protect Liko and the others.
Later, Spinel was summoned to a meeting of the Explorers leadership to submit a report on his mission. He was antagonized for his failure by Coral, Chalce, and Sidian before Hamber brought the meeting to an abrupt ending when Spinel offered no information beyond the contents of his report. He then stepped out of his van and looked out over the ocean, musing that he could not submit unverified information and expressing his own curiosity in the truth behind Liko and the pendant.
In Reunion at the Ancient Castle!, it was revealed that Spinel was with Chalce at an Explorers research facility during the events in Galar.
In As Long as I'm with My Friends, it was revealed that Spinel sent several pieces of false information to Dot to mislead the Rising Volt Tacklers. During the meeting with the other Admin of the Explorers, Spinel suggested that the group keep an eye on the movements of the Rising Volt Tacklers so that they could finally take possession of , but Amethio and the other members decided to follow in the footsteps of the black Rayquaza.
In Respective Departures, Spinel monitored Amethio's training with Hamber alongside Chalce. Soon after, they decided to focus on their main objective, finding the Black Rayquaza.
Prior to Transform! Hero of the Seas, Palafin, Spinel led a select group of Explorers to create a tower on an island near Levincia. In A Challenge from the Explorers, Friede went to investigate the island after receiving information from Liko and Roy, and in the following episode, Friede met with Spinel, this time in person. During the confrontation, Spinel revealed that everything was just a trap created specifically for Friede and had a violent battle with his Umbreon against Friede and Captain Pikachu. After Friede managed to create a strategy and managed to escape, Spinel assessed how Friede is an opponent to be studied further.
In From So Far Away, Spinel left with his teammates from the battle against Rayquaza and together they returned to the Explorers base. Later, he heard the new team guidelines imposed by Gibeon and was the only one to accept them without question, after which Spinel left the meeting with the other Explorers.
In The Treasure of Eternity, Spinel returned to the Exceed building, where he was revealed to be working as a researcher. There, he found Friede investigating the Treasure of Eternity project. After Friede found the vault that was supposed to contain the project empty, Spinel watched as he made his escape. Spinel was then revealed to have taken the crystal of Laquium from the vault before Friede could get there, and left the building by car on his own. However, he was unaware that Zirc and Onia had been monitoring him at the behest of Amethio, who suspected that he was planning something.
In The Approaching Shadow!, Spinel interrupted Liko and Amethio's battle and as an experiment, Spinel used the mist generated by the Treasure of Eternity on his , causing it to go feral and defeat Amethio's Terastallized in a single hit. Angered by it, Terapagos transformed into its Terastal Form and destroyed the Laquium with its power, forcing Umbreon back into its normal state. After trapping Liko and Amethio inside a cave and meeting with Chalce again, Spinel comes to the conclusion that Terapagos and the Laquium are opposites. After that, Spinel revealed his true intentions to Chalce, revealing that for him if the Explorers wanted to have a future, he should take Amethio out of action, revealing at the same time that he already knew of the blood tie between Gibeon and his rival in the group. In the next episode, Spinel used his Beheeyem to record footage of Amethio letting Liko go with their target, after which he arranged for a meeting and used the footage to frame Amethio. Amethio realized Spinel's deceit but was unable to give his perspective after Gibeon silenced him. Gibeon then proceeded to expel Amethio from the Explorers, much to Spinel's pleasure.
In Shine on, Terastallization! Liko vs. Roy!, back at the Explorers's base, Spinel started looking through the Terapagos data that Chalce stole from Naranja Academy. Chalce also revealed that Hamber started questioning her, but she told him nothing.
In HZ075, Spinel was at Exceed headquarters doing reserch where Chalce arrived. The two discussed Amethio's current whereabouts and their goals in finding Laqua.
In HZ078, Spinel approached Cervantis after his son Amethio left the room. Indicating that he has been keeping a close eye on Amethio and the other members of his family.
===Character===
Spinel is shown to be snarky and dismissive towards others, especially with Amethio, easily irritating him, which results in him becoming unprofessional around his associates. He is formal around other Explorers members, as well as, in front of his superiors. He happily obliges and obeys orders from Gibeon. Spinel is shown to be very confident on his abilities, and looks down on everyone, including his adversaries to whom he displays a condescending attitude, while keeping a seemingly unflinching sense of level-headness, rarely if ever seen losing his cool. He was not seen working with other members of the Explorers at first, but was later shown to be a close collaborator of Chalce. 
Spinel is shown to gather intelligence on his targets before acting, and relies on deception and subterfuge in conducting his operations. Spreading false information via the Internet is one of his trademark tactics; he will do this in order to mislead his targets, split them up, and lure them into traps. He tends to keep himself hidden and instructs his Pokémon through radio transmitters, allowing for them to easily escape with minimal risk once their tasks are finished. He also prefers to divide and entrap his targets so his ambush attacks will prove more effective. When out in public, he wears a disguise and changes his personality in order to keep his true identity a secret. Spinel had no problem erasing anyone's memory, as seen when he had his erase Liko's memory after he stole her pendant. He also had no reservations about directly attacking other humans with his Pokémon. 
Spinel is callous and has no reservations even in abusing his own Pokémon for the sake of his experiments; while he shows some affection towards his Umberon, he did not hesitate to put it in a pained, crazed state just to see how Terapagos would react to the Treasure of Eternity. Spinel also has an envious and vindictive nature as seen with his animosity towards Amethio, where he intentionally tries to kill him and when that fails, frames him as a traitor and tricking Gibeon to expel his grandson.
However, Spinel loses his composure at times, openly showing his psychopathic nature. The first time this occurred was when he witnessed the that emerged from an Ancient Poké Ball once owned by Lucius. When Arboliva appeared before him, he appeared to lose some of his sanity, laughing maniacally at how fascinating he found it. He did not retreat until his Umbreon urged him to, and he acted uncharacteristically in the subsequent meeting of the Explorers leadership, where he said little outside of what he filed in his report and did not respond to Coral's taunting. Later on, he had a similar reaction to seeing the effect Laquium had on his Umbreon and Terapagos's subsequent transformation to nullify it, although he reverted back to his usual persona soon afterward to resume plotting with Chalce. Saying the phrase "laughably grim" at Liko, Roy, and Dot to taunt them (because he thinks they're so weak) shows how crazy he is, as seen in Quaxly, We Can Do It, but Dot was able to surprise him by using the phrase against him when the trio won the battle and wanted the pendant (Pagogo) back.
===Pokémon===
This listing is of Spinel's known in :
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===Voice actors===
=== Artwork===
 	 	
Artwork from	Concept art from	Eyecatch
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters===
Spinel briefly appeared in a flashback in HZM03.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	スピネル Spinel 	From
English, German, French,Brazilian Portuguese	Spinel 	Same as his Japanese name
European Spanish 	Espinela 	From espinela (spinel)
Latin American Spanish 	Espinel 	From espinela (spinel)
Italian 	Ruben 	From rubino ()
Korean 	스피넬 Spinel 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	斯琵奈爾 Sīpínài'ěr 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	斯琵奈爾 Sīpèihnoihyíh 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Thai 	สปิเนล Spinel 	Same as his Japanese name
==References==
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