Rising Volt Tacklers

The Rising Volt Tacklers (Japanese: ライジングボルテッカーズ Rising Volteccers) are a team of adventurers led by Friede in . It was originally founded by Friede, Captain Pikachu, Orla, and Ludlow in Paldea. The Rising Volt Tacklers travel around the world aboard the Brave Olivine, which serves as their base of operations.
==History==
===Pre-series===
Sometime prior to the events of the series, the Pokémon Professor Friede was fishing in the Paldea region with his and his former mentor Ludlow. Friede met up with a teacher of his, Lucca, who wanted him to meet someone. Upon meeting a trying to fly, Friede decided to do research on him and tried to befriend the Mouse Pokémon. Although he failed to befriend Pikachu, Friede didn't give up as he offered the Mouse Pokémon some food. Eventually, Friede decided to fly up to sky to see why Pikachu wanted to fly, realizing that he wanted to see the horizons. Seeing Pikachu falling, Friede and Charizard saved him, winning his friendship. Friede asked Pikachu to be his partner, which he accepted. Later, Friede asked Ludlow if he can have his boat and was okay with it. The two arrived in Slateport City in Hoenn where Friede met up with his childhood friend Orla and asked her to turn Ludlow's boat into an airship. Through her help, the boat turned into the Brave Olivine and the four of them formed the Rising Volt Tacklers. Also, Friede decided to nickname his partner Captain Pikachu.
Later, the three of them met Mollie, Murdock, and Sohdayo, as they joined the Rising Volt Tacklers, but the latter eventually decided to leave the team in order to become a journalist for the Occulture. Sometime after Sohdayo left, Murdock's niece Dot (who is a well known streamer known as Nidothing) joined the Rising Volt Tacklers. During their adventures, the Rising Volt Tacklers had various Pokémon from all the different regions settle in with them when they decided to make the Brave Olivine their home. One day, Friede was contacted by Lucca, who was reached out by her mother, Diana, as she asked him to bring her daughter Liko, who was attending Indigo Academy in the Kanto region, to Paldea and protect her during the journey there.
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The Rising Volt Tacklers debuted in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One). They first appeared looking for Liko at Indigo Academy, but they failed to find her because all the students were wearing the same uniforms. Despite this, they decided to try again in finding Liko during the school break with Friede going back to Indigo Academy by himself in order to find her. When Liko clashed with the members of the Explorers, Friede appeared to help her. After nearly getting hit by 's , Liko and her were protected by the power of her mysterious pendant.
In the following episode, Friede took Liko to the Rising Volt Tacklers's airship, where she had her first interaction with the rest of the group. Before Liko could ask more about them, the ship was intercepted by members of the Explorers and another battle between Friede and Amethio ensued. After Liko almost gave herself to the Explorers, her Sprigatito unleashed a strong enough to break the forcefield around Wing Deck, but got blown overboard in the process, allowing Amethio to capture her before fleeing with his group.
In For Sure! 'Cause Sprigatito's with Me!, Friede revealed that Liko's mother hired the Rising Volt Tacklers to protect her. The group went to the city where the Explorers were last seen, and Murdock's Rockruff managed to smell Sprigatito's scent in Onia. Friede, Liko, and Rockruff chased her back to their temporary base, where Friede engaged Amethio again in a battle to allow for Liko and Rockruff to find where Sprigatito was held captive. After being reunited with her Pokémon, Liko decided to trust in the Rising Volt Tacklers and became part of the group, whose next destination was Paldea.
Throughout their journey to get Liko to Paldea, the Rising Volt Tacklers met a boy named Roy on an island in Kanto as he helped them repair their ship. Roy eventually decided to join the Rising Volt Tacklers on their adventures, after forming a bond with a that lived with them as he became his first Pokémon and an encounter with a Black Rayquaza that came out of his . The Rising Volt Tacklers helped Liko and Roy become better at Pokémon battles. In addition, Liko and Roy learned of the existence of Dot (who was hiding in her room from the rest of the crew and Liko and Roy up until that point) as they attempted to make friends with her.
In Welcome to Paldea!, the Rising Volt Tacklers arrived in Paldea. After Friede failed to reach Liko's mother, they decided to head over to her house as Alex, her father, was home. However, Liko overheard Alex talking to Friede, as he expressed how worried he was about her being on her own and expressed a desire for her to attend school in Paldea. Liko decided to head back to the ship for the night, but was not able to fall sleep. Through Orla and Mollie's advice and a drawing Dot made for her, Liko made up her mind as she left the ship to go back home to tell Alex her decision. Upon arriving home, Liko told her father that she wanted to continue traveling with the Rising Volt Tacklers and attend online classes at the Indigo Academy, which he understood and accepted her decision.
Following a lead from Alex and Brassius about the Black Rayquaza, the Rising Volt Tacklers investigated Arboliva's Forest where they met a that had another Ancient Poké Ball and saw the damage that a forest fire caused to it. The Rising Volt Tacklers worked together to restore the forest and eventually witnessed Liko's pendant reveal an unknown Pokémon, which showed her and Roy a vision. After Arboliva decided to join them, Liko and Roy discovered that it and the Black Rayquaza belonged to Lucius, the Ancient Adventurer. Friede also found out about this through Lucca as she told him that she knew the legend thanks to her mother. Liko decided to meet with her grandmother in Galar to learn more about her pendant.
However, before they could set off for Galar, they were ambushed by Spinel of the Explorers who was able to steal Liko's pendant by using his to put her in a trance, which led her to lose part of her memory. While most of the crew was searching for Liko, Dot had some help in streamer and Levincia's Gym Leader in finding her. Dot decided to leave the airship in order to find Liko, causing Roy to finally meet her in person. Meanwhile, Liko was able to recover the memories she lost while under Beheeyem's trance and met up with Roy and Dot, meeting the latter for the first time. After reuniting with Friede, Liko realized that her pendant was stolen, so the Rising Volt Tacklers made a plan to get it back from Spinel. Dot officially became a Pokémon Trainer with the that have been living with the Rising Volt Tacklers as her first Pokémon. After they managed to get Liko's pendant back from Spinel, the Rising Volt Tacklers set off for the Galar region.
During their journey to Galar, the younger members became curious as to how Captain Pikachu was able to fly during a battle against Roy's Fuecoco and . After failing to get an answer from Friede, Liko, Roy, and Dot asked the rest of the members, but no luck. However, their question did get the rest of the members curious as well, turning to Friede for answers. Although he was reluctant to answer their question, Friede decided to tell them as to how he met Captain Pikachu and the formation of the Rising Volt Tacklers. In The Bittersweet Truth, the Rising Volt Tacklers arrived in Galar. They decided that their first stop was at Motostoke before heading to Hammerlocke by train. 
However, after hearing from Kabu that he saw the Black Rayquaza flying to the west of Motostoke, they decided to take a detour to the Galar Mine. Here, Liko, Roy, and Friede encountered the Explorers again and they battle them. However, a that had an Ancient Poké Ball arrived and attacked them, which led to Captain Pikachu getting injured. Fortunately, Liko and Roy managed to bring Captain Pikachu out of the mine while Friede continued his battle against Amethio. After recovering at the Motostoke's Pokémon Center, Liko and Roy reunited with Friede and the three of them decided to confront Moltres again in order to calm it down. Through their teamwork, they were able to do it. After Terapagos reappeared, they saw a vision and Moltres decided to join them, returning to its Ancient Poké Ball. However, Terapagos didn't return to its pendant form, as sensed its presence and revealed it to her Trainer. Friede hid Terapagos while he, Liko, and Roy decided to take it to the Brave Olivine.
After showing the rest of their teammates Terapagos, Liko, Roy, and Friede headed for Hammerlocke to find the Old Castle that Diana was at. Through her , they were able to meet with Diana, who explained her past and the history of Terapagos. However, they were ambushed by the Explorers, who followed them to their location in order to take Terapagos. Fortunately, they were able to escape with Diana joining them as she showed Liko information about Lucius and his remaining Pokémon. After Terapagos did some exploring of its surroundings, Diana gave Liko a belt that was owned by Lucius to hold the Ancient Poké Balls. Liko then told her friends that she wanted to find Lucius's remaining Pokémon and look for Laqua, which they agreed. However, due to not having a lot of information of the three remaining Pokémon, they decided to continue pursuing Black Rayquaza. After Dot got misled in finding information about the Black Rayquaza's whereabouts, Roy decided to ask someone if they knew anything about the Ancient Poké Balls, which Diana tells him that she knows someone who could help. However, Diana's friend Tepen turned out to have turned into stealing. Fortunately, Liko, Diana, and their friends helped Tepen realize the error of his ways. Although Tepen wasn't able to help them get information about the Ancient Poké Balls, Liko and her friends were able to get intel on a contact of his. Through Tepen's information, Liko and her friends meet Karna as she designs Poké Balls, but could't help them with information about the Ancient Poké Balls either. 
Due to not getting the information they needed about the Ancient Poké Balls, the Rising Volt Tacklers decided to continue their search for the remaining Six Heroes. Also, the Rising Volt Tacklers took in a wild and that decided to live on the Brave Olivine. Eventually, the Rising Volt Tacklers got information about a and they realized that it had to be one of Lucius's Pokémon, so they decided to investigate. After finding it, they failed to see it because of the covering it and the younger members witnessed two Pokémon appearing on the ship. However, through Friede's plan, the Rising Volt Tacklers were able to see Lapras with scars and they found out that it used the mist to cover any ship that went nearby to give to its fellow Pokémon the chance to steal the food cargo on them. After preventing the group from stealing anything, the Rising Volt Tacklers followed Lapras and its group. However, they were stopped when Lapras used on the ship. Liko, Roy, and Friede decided to confront Lapras on their own. Terapagos attempted to reason with Lapras, even bringing out Arboliva and Moltres for help. Liko, Roy, and Friede were then shown another vision of Lucius. After spending time with Lapras and its friends, the Rising Volt Tacklers got ready to leave. However, Lapras decided to join them as its friends encouraged to go with them and it returned into its Ancient Poké Ball.
Before setting off, the Rising Volt Tacklers witnessed the Black Rayquaza arriving to their location. However, after Amethio battled and got defeated by the Black Rayquaza, the Rising Volt Tacklers witnessed Terapagos transforming and battling the Legendary Pokémon. Unfortunately, Terapagos collapsed and the Black Rayquaza left. Later, Diana told Friede that she was planning to travel alone again, which he understood and accepted her decision. The next day, Liko and Roy did a training battle with Diana, which led them to victory when Sprigatito landed a hit on Diana's . After the battle, Liko and Roy thanked Diana for the experience, as it will help them be better Trainers. Upon hearing of Diana's departure, Liko and Roy decided to do a surprise farewell party. Through the rest of the members help, Liko and Roy were able to surprise Diana, which she appreciated. Before leaving, Diana gave Liko her adventure log. After dropping Diana off, the Rising Volt Tacklers agree to continue their search for the remaining Six Heroes. However, before doing so, the Rising Volt Tacklers decided to return to Paldea for information on Terapagos.
During their return journey to Paldea, the Rising Volt Tacklers began to run out of funds needed to pay for supplies, so the adults decided to take some jobs in order to raise money. After Friede got a job request from a friend of his, he took the assignment with Liko and Roy accompanying him. They were able to fulfill the job and stop a group of . Also, Friede got another job assignment from another friend of his who is the leader of a group of , as they were having trouble with a group of and its . Fortunately, Roy found out the problem but, to their disappointment, for this reason the Rising Volt Tacklers were no longer needed to do the job. Also, the Rising Volt Tacklers took in a wild when it decided to come live on the Brave Olivine. In addition, Dot was reunited with her mother, as she came to bring her home because her time with the team was a trial period, but let her stay as a permanent member of the team, after seeing her friendship with her Pokémon partners, Quaxly and , Liko, and Roy, and having a battle against each other. 
In Transform! Hero of the Seas, Palafin, the Rising Volt Tacklers arrived back in Paldea. Sometime after returning to Paldea, the team learned of the Explorers' plan to capture the Black Rayquaza and decided to investigate a mysterious tower they had built near Levincia. However, when Friede entered the tower, it turned out to actually be a trap set up by Spinel, locking Friede up inside while the rest of the Explorers admins started the capture operation at a lighthouse outside of Levincia. Liko, Roy, and Ludlow hurried to the site to stop them, with the rest of the team moving the Brave Olivine to the site as well to allow Dot to jump down to the lighthouse and use a shutdown program on the device the Explorers had used to summon Rayquaza. While Friede successfully escaped from Spinel's trap and Roy managed to stop Chalce from catching Rayquaza, things quickly took a turn for the worse when Rayquaza's started devastating the scenery and Coral made a reckless attack on Rayquaza out of rage by having her use , sending Rayquaza crashing straight into the Brave Olivine and severely damaging it. Fortunately, Murdock was able to safely land the Brave Olivine. After the Explorers retreated, Liko, Roy, Dot and Friede battled Rayquaza. Depsite having help from Amethio, the four of them couldn't defeat Rayquaza, and the Legendary Pokémon left once again. In the aftermath of the battle, Liko, Roy, and Dot decided to learn more about the Terastal phenomenon and be able to use it in battle. As such, they went to study at Naranja Academy, while the rest of the Rising Volt Tacklers focused on repairing the Brave Olivine.
During their time doing repairs to the airship, the Rising Volt Tacklers took a group of wild as new traveling companions. After the repairs on the Brave Olivine were finished and the younger members were done with their studies at Naranja Academy, the Rising Volt Tacklers set off to search for the Six Heroes once more in HZ068. Their first destination was the land of Kitakami, planning to meet up with the Terapagos researcher Briar. After arriving in Kitakami and spending an evening at the local Countryside Harvest Festival, the team learned from Carmine that Briar was currently at the Crystal Pool on Oni Mountain. Friede and the junior members of the team subsequently traveled there, meeting Briar and exchanging information about Terapagos with her. While both sides learned a lot, the Rising Volt Tacklers didn't gain any new leads, so they decided to focus on finding the remaining three members of the Six Heroes for now. 
Through an unexpected stroke of luck, Dot discovered that a photographer named Perrin had seen in Kitakami. Through Perrin's help, Liko, Roy, Dot and Friede found Kleavor. After some convincing from Lapras, having a battle with the younger members of the Rising Volt Tacklers and seeing Liko's selfness for Pokémon, Kleavor showed her, Roy, Dot and Friede a vision of Lucius of the day they meet. Kleavor then decided to join the group and it return to its Ancient Poké Ball.
The next day, Liko and her friends reunite with Diana, as they exchange information about the Explorers. After returning to the Crystal Pool and were able to summon Rystal, a member of the original Explorers, Liko and the group find out that she and Lucius were her great-great grandparents. Liko and the group then listen to Rystal tell everyone how she formed the Explorers with Lucius and Gibeon and they were able to reach Laqua. However, Liko and the group had to bid farewell to Rystal when she had to return to her proper time. Liko and the group then bid farewell to Diana, as she intends to continue traveling her own way. Through Sohdayo's help, the Rising Volt Tacklers decided to head to Olivine City in the Johto region in order to search for . In HZ077, the Rising Volt Tacklers arrived in Johto. After falling to find Entei in Johto, the Rising Volt Tacklers head back to Paldea when Briar revealed that a Pokémon similar to Entei has been spotted in Area Zero. 
In HZ079, the Rising Volt Tacklers arrived back to Paldea. After Liko, Roy, and Dot defeated Geeta, together with Friede entered Area Zero and met up with Briar. Upon finding the Pokémon similar to Entei, they realized that it was a Paradox Pokémon named . The four Rising Volt Tacklers battled Gouging Fire when it wanted to test their strength. Through their teamwork, they defeated Gouging Fire, who showed them a vision of when it first met Lucius. Gouging Fire then decided to join the group and returned to its Ancient Poké Ball. However, it and the rest of the Six Heroes come out to summon the Black Rayquaza, who arrived at the group location. Liko, Roy, Dot, and Friede battled the Black Rayquaza once again and, after a tough battle, they were able to return Rayquaza to its Ancient Poké Ball. Rayquaza then showed them a vision of the original Explores reaching Laqua. The group then bid farewell to Briar and, following Rayquaza, made their way to the paradise.
==Team roster==
===Current members===
 	Team position 	Status
Friede 	Friede is the commander, leader, and founder of the Rising Volt Tacklers. He's also responsible for the navigation of the Brave Olivine. 	Founding members
Captain Pikachu	Captain Pikachu is Friede's Pokémon partner and the second-in-command of the Rising Volt Tacklers. He's responsible for the navigation of the Brave Olivine when Friede is not present. He's also the leader of the team's Pokémon, which includes the members's and the ones living in the Brave Olivine.	Founding members
Orla 	Orla is the engineer of the Brave Olivine and is responsible for the engine room. 	Founding members
Ludlow 	Ludlow is a fishing expert and is responsible for watching the ship whenever the other members are absent. With the Brave Olivine being built on top of his boat, he's responsible for handling the helm whenever the ship is traveling on water. 	Founding members
Mollie 	Mollie is a healing specialist and is responsible for the ship's infirmary and the health of the members and Pokémon of the team. 	Later members
Murdock 	Murdock is a skilled chef who is responsible for feeding the team. 	Later members
Dot 	Dot is Murdock's niece and is responsible for the technology part of the Brave Olivine, as she created most of the software used by the team, being the team's intelligence specialist. She is also a popular streamer known as Nidothing. 	Later members
Liko 	Liko is responsible for taking care of the airship's observatory as the lookout. She also helps take care of the Pokémon who live on the Brave Olivine and does various chores around the ship. 	Later members
Roy 	Roy is responsible for hoisting the Rising Volt Tacklers flag and fixing it whenever it gets damaged. 	Later members
===Former members===
 	Role
Sohdayo	Sohdayo was a member of the Rising Volt Tacklers before the younger members joined the team. Prior to Dot's arrival, Sohdayo left in order to become a journalist for the Occulture magazine. In HZ076, Sohdayo was contacted by Friede, who wanted to ask him for help with finding one of Lucius's Pokémon. It is unknown what role or responsibility he had on the team.
=== Allies===
These characters are allies of the Rising Volt Tacklers:
 	Role
Lucca 	Lucca is Friede's former teacher and Liko's mother. She was the person responsible for introducing Captain Pikachu to Friede and thus is also indirectly responsible for the creation of the Rising Volt Tacklers.
Diana 	Diana is an adventurer and Liko's grandmother. She started traveling with the Rising Volt Tacklers after the events in Galar in Rivals in the Dark of Night! until Respective Departures. She return in HZ074 to HZ075.
Franka 	Franka is Dot's mother and Murdock's younger sister. She was the one who granted her daughter the right to travel the team, initially on a trial basis and, starting from A Wild Mom Appears!, as a permanent member.
 	Iono is an influencer and streamer who is the Gym Leader of Levincia's Gym. She is also a friend of Dot and a frequent contact of the Rising Volt Tacklers. In Someone We Can't See! Whosawhatsit?, Iono helped Dot find Liko who was missing after being abducted by Spinel and in Dot and Nidothing, it was revealed that she helped the team find a place for the Brave Olivine to be docked while it was repaired.
Perrin 	Perrin is a photographer from Sinnoh who met Dot during the Rising Volt Tacklers's trip to Kitakami, and later helped Liko, Roy, and Dot find Lucius's Kleavor in Tengu Mountain.
Briar 	Briar is a researcher and teacher who meet the Rising Volt Tacklers at the Crystal Pool, and meet back up with her in Area Zero in order to find Lucius's . In HZ081, she helped the group with information as they battled and also found out that Lucius's Entei was actually a Paradox Pokémon, a .
Six Heroes	The Six Heroes are a group of Pokémon that once belonged to the Ancient Adventurer, Lucius. It consists of Rayquaza, , , , , and and were scattered throughout the Pokémon world. During the events of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, they assisted Liko and the other Rising Volt Tacklers on several occasions. In HZ082, Liko, Roy, Dot, and Friede managed to reunite them all after encountering Gouging Fire and battling Rayquaza in Area Zero.
==Technology==
===App===
*Members of the Rising Volt Tacklers have an app installed in their Rotom Phone as proof of joining. The app was developed by Dot.
App
===Vehicles===
 
*The Brave Olivine is the base of operations of the Rising Volt Tacklers, which also acts as both the group's airship and living quarters.
Brave Olivine
==Missions==
As a way to raise funds for travel, the Rising Volt Tacklers sometimes do side missions on the way to certain regions.
Mission 	Description 	Episode 	Hirer	Status
Rescue Shine's Bramblin	Rescue Shine's from a group of . 	The Wild Pair, Friede and Cap!	Shine	Clear
Transport a stone 	An excavation group hired the Rising Volt Tacklers to remove a huge rock from their excavation site.	Fuecoco…Becomes a Crook?! 	 	Failed
==Pokémon==
The Rising Volt Tacklers, except Mollie, have at least two or three Pokémon partners on their teams and thirteen different species of Pokémon who live on the Brave Olivine. Friede's Pokémon partners led both the Pokémon that belong to the rest of members on the team and the group who live on the Brave Olivine. So far, two of the Pokémon, and , that originally lived on the Brave Olivine as wild Pokémon have since been caught by two members of the team, Roy and Dot. Also, each member of the Rising Volt Tacklers has a Rotom Phone. In addition, Friede, Dot, Liko, and Roy can use stallization.
This listing is of the Rising Volt Tacklers's known in :
===Belonging to the crew===
====Friede====
	♂
====Orla====
	
====Ludlow====
	♂
====Mollie====
♀
====Murdock====
	♀
====Dot====
♂	♀
====Liko====
♀	♀	
====Roy====
♂	
===Traveling with===
===Wild Pokémon===
==Gallery==
 	
Official artwork from https://twitter.com/anipoke_PR/status/1634139785051746305	Official artwork from https://twitter.com/anipoke_PR/status/1846823464273084611
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