History Anime / PokemonHorizonsTheSeries

* CanonImmigrant: Friede's Charizard, which could Terastrialize into a Dark Type, was added into ''Scarlet and Violet'' as a limited-time distribution event.

** Friede's Charizard can Terastrialize into a Dark Type, and it certainly looks menacing, but it's firmly a good guy.

* CatsAreMean: Liko's Sprigatito starts off this way, not wanting to really bond with its new trainer (even ''scratching her''), but over time it just becomes more aloof like ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' and show's that [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold it's not as bad as it pretends]].

*** Gives a lead protagonist a Psychic Type (not counting Ash's Mr. Mime, who mostly stayed at home helping his mother, or Serena's Delphox, which didn't obtained the typing until after she left the main group).

** Freide discusses that there are many types of Pokémon Trainers, including ones who aim to become stronger, others who aim to catch every kind of Pokémon, or some who want to study Pokémon evolution. Those happen to be the exact goals of Ash, Goh, and Chloe respectively, but it's not clear if he's referring to them personally or just speaking in generic terms.

* AmbiguousGender: The Paldean Starters owned by the protagonists (plus [[spoiler:Dot]]) have no defined genders.

* SapientEatSapient: In Episode 13, Friede (and his Pikachu) eat a sandwich filled with nothing but meat. It isn't said what kind of meat, but by this point normal animals have long since disappeared from the anime, leaving the only option to be Pokemon meat.

** Both times a gym leader has shown up, the characters have ended up doing something similar to their qualifying trials in VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet; Sunflora hide-and-seek for Brassius and a variant on "Where in Levincia is Mr. Walksabout" for Iono [[spoiler: with an amnesiac Liko replacing Director Clavell]].

* AmbiguousSituation: Freide discusses that there are many types of Pokémon Trainers, including ones who aim to become stronger, others who aim to catch every kind of Pokémon, or some who want to study Pokémon evolution. Those happen to be the exact goals of Ash, Goh, and Chloe respectively, but it's not clear if he's referring to them personally or just speaking in generic terms.

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Zigzagged, mostly thanks to the Explorers. While Liko and Roy can deal with grunts Zirc and Onia just fine, admins are clearly way above their level, and unlike previous villainous teams, they don't wait to show up. Friede is the only one among the Rising Volt Tacklers that can handle them in an one-on-one match, but he isn't always present to help. It's telling that the children need to face Spinel 3-on-1 to have a balanced match, and even then, they still end up on the losing side before the battle is interrupted. [[spoiler:The ancient Pokémon are similarly too strong to be defeated in battle, with victory against them being calming them down and befriending them.]] Having said that, the Explorers aren't present in every episode, and when they aren't around, Liko and Roy are given opponents closer to their own level, like wild Pokémon and other trainers.

* DubNameChange: {{Averted|Trope}} for the first time in the anime; the majority of the characters either keep their Japanese names or have {{Barely Changed Dub Name}}s. Sadly, SpellMyNameWithAnS may still apply to some of them.

*** The initial plot focus is far more on the adventuring aspect of the Pokémon journey, rather than self-improvement via battling others. Both protagonists lack some form of ToBeAMaster / competitive goal that involves battling powerful trainers. Liko is just a schoolgirl caught up in events centered around her pendant, and Roy wants to battle Pokémon mentioned in legends.

* CuteLittleFangs: Liko's energetic roommate, Ann, has these, similar to Sapphire Birch from ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' and her Oshawott.

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Zigzagged, mostly thanks to the Explorers. While Liko and Roy can deal with grunts Zirc and Onia just fine, admins are clearly way above their level, and unlike previous villainous teams, they don't wait to show up. Friede is the only one among the Rising Volt Tacklers that can handle them in an one-on-one match, but he isn't always present to help. It's telling that the children need to face Spinel 3-on-1 to have a balanced match, and even then, they still end up on the losing side before the battle is interrupted. Having said that, the Explorers aren't present in every episode, and when they aren't around, Liko and Roy are given opponents closer to their own level, like wild Pokémon and other trainers.

* AdaptationalLateAppearance: Due to ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'' not being purely focused on Galar region, not everything from the [VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Generation 8 games]] made an appearance in that series, and appeared in ''Horizons'' instead. Finally making their appearance are...

* AdaptationalLateAppearance: Kabu, the Fire Type Gym Leader from Motostoke, was not present at all on ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'', which covered [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield the eighth generation]] of games. He makes his debut in the anime covering the ninth generation.

*** Has a group of adults that consistently receive major focus and travel with the kids, and are far more involved in the plot than even Cynthia and Kukui ever were. In fact, it is one of these adults who own the series' Pikachu rather then the child protagonists.
*** The initial plot focus is far more on the adventuring aspect of the Pokémon journey, rather then self-improvement via battling others. Both protagonists lack some form of ToBeAMaster / competitive goal that involves battling powerful trainers. Liko is just a schoolgirl caught up in events centered around her pendant, and Roy wants to battle Pokémon mentioned in legends.
** The series has downplayed catching when it was a major part of all prior series. Ash usually captured a Pokémon or two by the tenth episode, but as of the twelth episode, Liko's only Pokémon was gifted to her, and Roy's willingly joined him without battle. It wouldn't be until the fourteenth episode that Roy would catch a Wattrel, and even then Liko still only has her starter.

* AdaptationalLateAppearance: Kabu, the Fire Type Gym Leader from Motostoke, was not present at all on ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'', which covered [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield the eight generation]] of games. He makes his debut in the anime covering the ninth generation.

* InternalDeconstruction: While previous series have made being a Pokémon Professor a rather glamorous job (with Professor Oak notably being revered for his research and enjoying it quite tremendously), Episode 18 reveals that [[spoiler:Professor Friede found the job absolutely soul crushing, and actually quit being a Professor because he spent all day cooped up in a lab -- the results of which completely burnt him out and left him unwilling to pursue any further research until he met Captain Pikachu.]]

* OlympusMons: One of the many mysteries in the anime is the appearance of a black Rayquaza. [[spoiler:It was originally housed within Roy's ancient Pokéball but flew off after getting out in the sixth Episode.]]

** [[spoiler: Liko is very committed to making other people happy and doesn't care about what happens to her. Sounds noble, but it ends up stunting her growth because she's letting herself actually do much as a result, leading to Roy outdoing her a lot and her Sprigatito getting frustrated with her after she forfeits a battle out of concern of what would happen if her opponent failed the "test" the battle was.]]

* TheAllegedCar: The ''Brave Asagi'', the airship that the Rising Volt Tacklers use to fly all over the world apparently used to be a fishing boat owned by Ludlow that was then converted into the airship it is now. Its not exactly in the best shape, but it is lovingly cared for by Orla.

* CoolAirship: A massive airship, named the "Brave Asagi", is the main form of transportation for Professor Friede and his crew. Apparently it was turned into an airship from ''a fishing boat''.

* EarlyBirdCameo: The Shiny Rayquaza and [[spoiler:the Pokémon inside Liko's Pendant, the Normal Form of Terapagos]], both appeared in this series before ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' made the former obtainable with a ''Pokémon Home'' compatibility update and the release of ''The Hidden Treasures of Area Zero'' DLC respectively.

*** To lack some form of ToBeAMaster / competitive goal that involves battling powerful trainers. Liko is just a schoolgirl caught up in events centered around her pendant, and Roy wants to battle Pokémon mentioned in legends. The focus is far more on the adventuring aspect of the Pokémon journey, rather then self-improvement via battling others.