An Awkward Secret Revealed?!

**An Awkward Secret Revealed?!** (Japanese: *What are those Brooches and Bracelets You're All Wearing? Everyone's Powers Must Remain Secret!*) is the 23rd episode of season 1 of Pokémon Legends.

## Summary/Synopsis

*Our heroes are just enjoying a snack in a field with some peace and quiet. However, Sugar sees the Élèmen Bottle in Yvonne's bag and starts innocently playing with it - which costs everyone their secret identities after a group of kids see it and identify it as the same one used by Cure Spicy. However, a girl named Miranda Skylark shows up some time later, and she accidentally sends Nanette flying while fighting with Elizabeth. Because of that, it is when they fight against a nightmare that the worst is revealed...*

*What will happen now?*

## Plot

While the heroes are stopped in a field to have some food, Nanette overhears some kids talking about how cool Faith Idol is. She spits out her mochi (she coughs in the dub due to eating ice cream too fast) and is stunned, but a kid comes up to her and asks if she knows Faith Idol too. She nervously laughs that she's met her in person before. Meanwhile, Sugar is digging in Yume's bag and is playing with her Èlèmen Bottle. This is noticed by the kids, who immediately recognize the bottle as the same one used by Cure Spicy, and correctly conclude that the kids must be the superheroes. Without anybody noticing, they run off to tell the news station.

Another kid then points out that she has a similar bracelet (after she forgot to press the button to turn on its civilian disguise mode) to which she nervously replies that she's a fan and bought some Faith Idol merchandise at the cosplay store. Nijiko and her Pokémon cross the road to go pick some Oran Berries on a tree on the other side, but suddenly, she sees a child run into the road about to get hit by a car. She and Dragonet immediately activate their transformation so the latter can use her strength boost to push the child off the road, which she does. Dragonet de-transforms after the child thanks her and they resume going to pick berries.

However, after they get back to the group with a bucket of berries to share, a news article appears online minutes later saying that a group of local teenagers and preteens have suspiciously similar accessories to well-known superheroes and one of them has a Ninja Dragonet with a "strange synchronizing powerup." The article states that the teenagers and preteens claim to have gotten them as merchandise at the store, but that said merchandise items will not be distributed by Bandai yet until next week and are not yet available for purchase. The article correctly concludes that these teenagers and preteens are in fact the superheroes.

Another article appears online soon after, saying that despite the veil of light covering the superheroes' faces, a red translucent bottle resembling the one used by Cure Spicy was seen in the possession of a girl who always seems to wear red after her Vulpix was digging through her bag for Vulpix treats, but a pink infant Ninja Dragonet noticed the bottle in her backpack, snatched it, and started playing with it.

Meanwhile, Delia and her friends are having another problem. They're faced with the fact about whether or not they and their counterparts are the same person, but when word gets to Nanette, she gets so raged up that she runs off to find them. This confirms the fact that someone is going after them, with not even the heroes knowing that someone is the one who attacked a queen of happiness. As for the mascots, Techno, Miinya, Notia and Rainglow start fearing that they would be found out, and so they hide in Glorysia's bag. A 12-year old girl with orange hair and brown eyes owning a marked Kantoian Vulpix notices the commotion and checks on the heroes. She says that she will definitely kick Nijiko's behind, which makes the latter extremely annoyed, and a spark flies between them. Eventually, news articles about the kids being the heroes are all the over the Internet. Nanette yells at Sugar that this is all her fault for playing with the Èlèmen Bottle and demands that Dragonet spank her, but she refuses and says she's just a baby who meant no harm. When her mother refuses, Nanette grabs Sugar instead and starts spanking her hard, causing her to scream and cry since she didn't mean to cause any harm. Her mother grabs her back and angrily tells Nanette she should be ashamed of herself for being so harsh on her.

The girl, Miranda Skylark, becomes so mad that she accidentally sends Nanette flying near a Nightmare. Bianca slaps her face and a brawl ensures until the Vulpix, Veronica, scolds her Trainer for being stupid. Miranda stops and apologizes, only to realize she hurt her childhood friend really badly. Nijiko says that while this is all Sugar's fault, she's an innocent baby who would never cause something like this on purpose. Urgently, in Yumesora, an enraged Queen Cosmica decides to erase the memories of the public in order to prevent another ruckus. However, she forgets that everyone will be affected, so she decides to rewrite the memories of those who found out of their identities instead.

Back with the heroes, Nanette is cornered by the Nightmare, but a beam of orange and brown air, coming from Miranda, hits it. Miranda apologizes to Nanette for being so harsh, but only Elizabeth refuses to forgive her as her sworn rival. She does, however, tell everyone to transform to fend the monster off. After an hour of fighting and then purifying it, Miranda and Marina reveal two facts about Nanette before. She snaps, however, and runs to the Pokemon Center. Upset, Marina runs to find her younger sister while the group of kids from earlier state everything that they saw was only performed by a silly bunch of wild Ditto.

## Major Events

* The heroes are revealed to have arrived at Vermillion City.
* The Starlix Club (minus Delia, who obviously lives there) visit the Kanto Region.
* Miranda Skylark (Momoko Ai in the original), who is revealed to be a childhood friend of Nanette, makes her debut and joins the Harmonic Starlight Skies as Warrior Athena, the fairy of air.
* Nanette's past is revealed, but to the audience, only the following is heard:
	+ Miranda said that "Nanette wasn't human back then."
	+ Marina says that "the reason why Nanette may lose control is because of the essence of an ancient Legendary Pokemon."
	+ Another fact was going to be revealed, but Nanette cuts them off out of anger.
* Everyone's identities get found out by the public, but Queen Cosmica manages to convince them otherwise by rewriting their memories to make it look like nothing even happened thanks to a bunch of wild Ditto.
	+ As a result of the finding of her past being left intact, Nanette lashes out at everyone (even her Pokemon) and runs to the Pokemon Center to hide alone.
		- Marina realizes Nanette's worst fear after that and runs off to find her.

## Characters

#### **Humans**

* Nanette Daisy
* Marina Daisy
* Glorysia Melody
* Karyll Aguilar
* Red Fire
* Green Leaf
* Chase Ketchum
* Elaine Gabena
* Ethan Gold
* Lyra Silver
* Brendan Birch
* May Maple
* Lucas Diamond
* Dawn Berliz
* Barry Pearl
* Verity Platinum
* Sorrel Virile
* Hilbert Miller
* Hilda Mari
* Bianca Tulip
* Cheren Harkabune
* Nate Miller
* Rosa Mari
* Calem Xavier
* Serena Yvonne
* Elio Sunne
* Selene Moonne
* Mallow Flores
* Lillie Aether
* Lana Davis
* Pollen Yellow
* Victor Woods
* Gloria Tate
* Jim Porter
* Leah Rosie
* Parker Robertson
* Karen Porter
* Lucas Porter
* Asumi Breeze
* Elizabeth Storybook
* Bloom Peters
* Flora Gabena
* Stella Star
* Musa
* Tecna
* Aisha
* Roxy Page
* Chloe Porter
* Mirta Springriver
* Amelia Porter
* Lily Porter
* Ellie Porter
* Jane Springriver
* Brianna Porter
* Fiona Woods
* Marie Fragans
* Yvonne Burns
* Jessie
* James
* Brock Harrison
* Charlie Garcia
* Charlene Garcia
* Misty Waterflower
* Miranda Skylark (debut)
* Aurea Juniper
* Fennel Rosetta
* Sonia Magnolia
* Catherine Porter
* Delia Ketchum
* Elis Daisy

#### **Pokemon**

* Tepig (Nanette's, Gigi)
* Popplio (Nanette's, Jessica)
* Fennekin (Glorysia's, Skylinda)
* Riolu (Glorysia's, Kestin)
* Charmeleon (Red's, Char)
* Krabby (Red's, Krab)
* Pidgeotto (Red's, Oscar)
* Ivysaur (Green's, Saur)
* Clefairy (Green's, Limey)
* Pikachu (Chase's, Ashton)
* Eevee (Elaine's, Evolite)
* Oddish (Elaine's, Olive)
* Vulpix (Miranda's, Veronica, debut)
* Star Lucario (Jim's, formerly Ryu)
* Charizard (Jim's, Flaris)
* Chespin (Jim's, Chester)
* Rotom (Elizabeth's)
* Ninja Dragonet (Elizabeth's, Bubbles/Dragonet; Ash-Dragonet briefly)
* Castform (Elizabeth's, Casty)
* Cherrim (Elizabeth's, Bluey)
* Scorbunny (Bloom's, Kiko)
* Chikorita (Flora's, Plante)
* Eevee (Stella's, Whiteley)
* Bounsweet (Musa's, Stena)
* Rotom (Tecna's, Tony)
* Piplup (Aisha's, Pippy)
* Scorbunny (Chloe's, Wilbur)
* Ralts (Ellie's, Venus)
* Pikachu (Amelia's, Pika)
* Spiky-Eared Eevee (Amelia's, Emily)
* Carbink (Jane's, Carl)
* Sobble (Jane's, Sobby)
* Diancie (Mirta's, Dia)
* Torchic (Mirta's, Fire)
* Squirtle (Mirta's, Squirt)
* Pachirisu (Lily's, Risa)
* Riolu (Lily's, Lu)
* Buneary (Lily's, Bunny)
* Eevee (Lily's, Hearty)
* Cyndaqil (Parker's, Enrico)
* Honedge (Parker's, Shielder)
* Kubfu (Leah's, Jay)
* Rotom (Leah's, Joule)
* Swablu (Leah's, Cloudy)
* Spritzee (Marie's; Citronelle)
* Bounsweet (Marie's; Reena)
* Cherrim (Marie's; Pinkie)
* Clefairy (Marie's, Clefy)
* Vulpix (Yvonne's; Pixie)
* Eevee (Yvonne's; Flare)
* Cherrim (Yvonne's; Reddie)
* Ninja Dragonet (Fiona's; Pumpkin Bread)
* Mudbray (Fiona's; Muddy)
* Cherrim (Fiona's; Brownie)
* Buneary (Fiona's; Anna)
* Meowth (Team Rocket)
* Ninja Dragonet (Carrot Cake)
* Ninja Dragonet (Pudding)
* Ninja Dragonet (Sugar)

## Scripts

* Japanese Version
* Italian Nick Version
* Italian Clieume Version
* Italian DuArt Version
* English Nick Version
* English Clieume Version
* English DuArt Version
* 4Kids Version
* Viz Version

## Trivia

* Even though she has no powers, Nijiko acts like the disguised timer she wears on her front bow that tells her how many minutes Dragonet will detransform in after using Return/Mucus Shuriken is something she has to keep hidden. Ironically, the public's memories of it are erased along with the powered characters' identities.
	+ It is unknown exactly why she would want to keep such a thing hidden since magical abilities in Pokémon are not exactly noteworthy like similar abilities in humans, but it may be since such a powerup is rare among Pokémon and she doesn't want excessive media attention.

* The scene where Nijiko has Shitasakan-chan turn into Satoshi-Shitasakan to save a kid from being hit by a car and then detransforming onscreen right afterwards is very similar to the scene in *Pretty Cure Miracle Leap* where Nodoka transforms into Cure Grace to save a boy from being hit by a truck.

### Dub Edits

* In the original, Nonomi spanks Shugadorimu with a wooden spoon when she realizes the events of the entire episode are her fault and leaves several bruises on her underside (the fish equivalent of a behind). In the 4Kids dub, she simply uses her hand to spank her and the bruises are edited out.
* In the original, the news article mentions Bandai, a Japanese toy company. In the 4Kids dub, it instead mentions Hasbro, an American toy company.

### Easter Eggs

* The news article that appears online after Nanette forgets to turn on her bracelet's camouflaged mode mentions Bandai, a real-world toy company.
* In the Japanese dub, Nijiko says "KAWARUNRUN!", a reference to the main *Happiness Charge! Pretty Cure* phrase.
* When Karyll reads one of the articles, Bomb Man's name can be seen.
* Nanette's eyes become white with yellow scalrea when...
	+ She spanks Sugar with a wooden spoon.
	+ She lashes out at everyone and runs away.