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Wattrel's High Wind Warning! (Japanese: カイデン、強風注意報！ , High Wind Warning!) is the 52nd episode of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, and the 1,284th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on May 31, 2024, in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2025, and in the United States on February 7, 2025.
==Blurb==
While observing a wild Capsakid for his academy report, Roy notices Wattrel having trouble flying in strong wind. The next day, he finds Wattrel training by itself, so he and Fuecoco cheer it on—but they’re interrupted by a haunting noise coming from elsewhere in the forest. Shortly after, a mysterious woman accompanied by a Houndstone appears, and she tells Roy she’s searching for a Pokémon known as “the Otherworldly.” The next day, Wattrel takes off on its own again, so Roy goes to find it…and discovers the Capsakid in a precarious situation! Will Roy and Wattrel be able to get the wild Pokémon to safety?
==Plot==
Liko, Roy, and Dot are observing various wild Pokémon for the reports they need to make. Liko tries to film a flock of , but accidentally messes it up as they fly away. Dot spots a group a group of , but is prevented from filming them when starts chasing them around. Roy, meanwhile, has chosen to observe a , with bringing him a Grepa Berry to feed it. tries to help Roy too, but is constantly outdone by Fuecoco bringing in more berries and even directly fetching them straight from the tree with and grilling them in the process, while Wattrel keeps struggling to even fly high enough due to strong gusts of wind. When the group gathers at their campsite to eat and show off their progress, Roy shows his friends a video of Wattrel struggling with strong winds, which it still has problems with, despite Roy having helped it to overcome its fear of flying. Roy wonders how he could help Wattrel get more confident.
In the dead of night, Roy wakes up to notice that Wattrel is missing. He and Fuecoco find the in the woods, struggling to fly up a tree. Roy and Fuecoco try to cheer up Wattrel with a song, though it remains dejected. Suddenly, a haunting sound fills the air, sending shivers down Roy and his Pokémon's spines. A appears nearby and runs towards them, but instead of attacking them, it just affectionately jumps onto Roy and cuddles up to him until its , a woman with a microphone whose hair is styled in the shape of a skeleton, calls it off. She reveals that she had heard Roy's earlier singing to encourage Wattrel and performs a rap telling it to not run away from its fears. Roy is in awe at the rap, but his attention quickly turns elsewhere when he notices Capsakid emerging from a nearby bush. Knowing that it's a Pokémon that likes sunlight, he wonders why it is on the move in the middle of the night. The woman figures that it must be fleeing from "", a scary Pokémon not from this world that she's trying to find. Roy gets excited at the prospect of meeting it too, but quickly turns around to film the potentially rare Capsakid behavior for his report. Kneeling closer to Fuecoco, the woman says she sees potential in him and encourages the Fire Croc Pokémon to keep at it. When Roy turns back around, she and Houndstone have both vanished. In the morning, Roy tells his friends of "the otherworldly", but neither Liko nor Dot has any idea what it could mean. When Roy tries to show them the video he took to prove that his nightly encounter was real, his Rotom Phone only displays a black screen.
The group once again splits up to continue writing their reports. Liko tries to film the White Squawkabilly flock again, but and make too much noise and cause them to fly away again. Dot films making a rainbow with , but quickly realizes she needs to find wild Pokémon to observe. As Wattrel still struggles to overcome its inability to fly in strong winds, Fuecoco keeps effortlessly collecting berries, even offering one for Wattrel. An irritated Wattrel winds up in a short fight with Fuecoco, which Roy is quick to break up, though Wattrel flees while he's busy calming down Fuecoco. While looking for Wattrel, Roy spots the Capsakid from earlier stuck on a cliff. He carefully walks down a narrow cliffside path, leaving Fuecoco behind to avoid him falling into the water below. At one point, the cliff beneath Roy starts to crumble, causing Fuecoco to cry out in alarm, but Roy barely manages to get to stable footing in time and successfully reaches Capsakid. Distrustful of Roy, Capsakid bites him on the finger and uses to fire its extremely spicy seeds into his mouth. To Capsakid's surprise, however, Roy finds the spicy seeds very tasty, happily even accepting a second mouthful of them. Eventually, Roy manages to earn Capsakid's trust, but is unable to make it back past the collapsed cliff face or climb up the cliff while holding Capsakid. Wattrel, having been attracted to the site by Fuecoco's alarmed cry from earlier, sees its chance to conquer its fear and swoops down to help. As Wattrel keeps struggling against the wind, and Floragato sense that something is going on and lead Liko and Dot to the site.
Eventually, Wattrel manages grab a hold of Capsakid, and, after some further struggles, manages to pass it to Wattrel, who successfully carries it up the cliff to safety. After celebrating Wattrel's success, Roy starts climbing up the cliff, much to Liko and Dot's alarm. Although Roy assures that he's a good tree climber, a combination of a rock he tries to grab breaking off and an especially strong gust of wind blowing by cause him to lose his grip and start falling. Without hesitation, Wattrel dives down to save him and unexpectedly evolves into , becoming big enough finally overcome the winds and grab Roy, flying him around for a while as Liko and Dot observe the newly evolved Frigatebird Pokémon in awe. Roy is also feeling excited that his Pokémon evolved, but is left dismayed when he finds out that neither of his friends actually recorded the evolution. Nevertheless, after saying goodbye to Capsakid, the group continues on their , with Fuecoco taking a flight on Kilowattrel along the way. Meanwhile, in the depths of a dark, mist-filled forest, a ghostly Pokémon lurks in wait.
==Major events==
* Roy meets Ryme for the first time, unaware of her real identity.
* Roy's evolves into .
===Debuts===
====Humans====
* Ryme
====Pokémon debuts====
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* 
* ()
* (shadow)
* Roy's Kilowattrel
==Characters==
===Humans===
* Liko
* Roy
* Dot
* Ryme
===Pokémon===
* ()
* ()
* (Liko's; Rotom Phone)
* ()
* (; evolves)
* (; newly evolved)
* (Roy's; Rotom Phone)
* ()
* ()
* (Dot's; Rotom Phone)
* (Ryme's; debut)
* (; )
* (; ×3)
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* 
* 
* 
* (×3)
* 
* 
* (debut)
* 
* (shadow; debut)
==Trivia==
* Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar: "Where does store its electricity?"
** Choices: Its cheeks, its beak, its throat
** Answer: Its throat
* The first eyecatch features Roy and his , and the second features Roy and his .
* This is the first episode of the Pokémon animated series to not feature any Generation I Pokémon, not counting Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar.
* Dot, Roy, Liko, and narrate the preview for the next episode.
===Errors===
===Dub edits===
==In other languages==
052
Category:Episodes written by Kimiko Ueno
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Hiromasa Amano
Category:Episodes directed by Fumihiro Ueno
Category:Episodes animated by Takashi Shinohara
Category:Episodes animated by Saki Ebisawa
Category:Episodes animated by Natsumi Hattori
Category:Episodes by multiple animation directors
Category:Episodes in which a Legendary Pokémon appears
Category:Episodes in which a main character's Pokémon evolves
Category:Episodes focusing on Roy
Category:Episodes which aired in the United Kingdom before the United States
de:Voltrel! Achtung, starker Wind!
es:EP1288
fr:LH052
it:OP052
ja:2023年版第52話
zh:宝可梦 地平线 第52集