Pokémon Horizons: The Series · The Search for Laqua arc
HZ049 · Dot and Nidothing
ドットとぐるみん
Synopsis
What happens.
On the way to Levincia, where Dot's Tera Training test is set to take place, Liko and Dot notice how happy Roy is that he passed his test. Liko tries to give Dot confidence before being notified about a new Nidothing video that Dot scheduled in advance.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's HZ049 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · HZ046-HZ070
The Search for Laqua.
Antagonists The Explorers introduced (Amethio, Spinel, Onyx, Sidian, Gibeon). Race to the floating city Laqua. Ends with Laqua's destruction and a one-year time skip.
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Who appears.
Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.
More from this arc
Other episodes in The Search for Laqua.
Further reading
The full episode guide on Pokéos.
Pokéos keeps an expanded guide for HZ049 with a longer synopsis, the complete Pokémon and character roster, and episode imagery. It pairs well with this page when you want every detail.
Read HZ049 on PokéosEpisode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.