Pokémon Horizons: The Series · Rising Hope: Rising Again arc
HZ096 · Crash! Team Dragon Rampage!
激突！ドラゴン爆走団
Synopsis
What happens.
Liko, Roy, and Ult return to Mochew City late at night, but as they arrive, Pagogo is highly interested in going to a nearby mountain. Dot notices, and points out that it is in the direction of Blackthorn City, home to Dragon Tamers.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's HZ096 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · HZ096-HZ117
Rising Hope: Rising Again.
Final third of Season 3. Blueberry Academy (Indigo Disk DLC) features prominently. Season finale aired May 1, 2026.
Read the full Horizons guidePokémon featured · 16
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 Rising Hope: Rising Again.
Further reading
The full episode guide on Pokéos.
Pokéos keeps an expanded guide for HZ096 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 HZ096 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.