Horacio ハヤテHayate
Horacio
Gender	Male
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Blond
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Alola
Relatives	Dana andYansu (brothers) Unnamed father
Animated debut	Mounting an Electrifying Charge!
English voice actor	Sam Black
Japanese voice actor	Nozomu Sasaki

Horacio (Japanese:ハヤテHayate) is a recurring character inPokémon the Series: Sun & Moon. He is arival ofSophocles.

History

InMounting an Electrifying Charge!, Horacio entered theCharjabug race as the leader of the Red Comet team with hisShinyCharjabug and his brothersDana andYansu. He was certain that his Charjabug's top-class equipment andSpeed-increasingnature would allow him to win the race with ease. During the race, he constantly mockedSophocles and his ownCharjabug. He also kept yelling at his brothers and insisted they keep pushing on, despite the fact that his Charjabug was getting exhausted from all the obstacles it had to face during the race. Eventually, Horacio's Charjabug got stuck when it was unable to climb an ice-covered slope. Sophocles's team eventually won the race, much to Horacio and his brothers' dismay.

InEvolving Research!, Horacio and his brothers arrived atVast Poni Canyon. There, he challenged Sophocles to a race to see who could obtain a legendary "Bug Stone" that he believed could evolve anyBug-type. Due to Sophocles's fear of the dark, he struggled to get through a cave, allowing Horacio to easily get ahead and make his way to a rope bridge that led to the Bug Stone. Horacio tried crossing the bridge, only for it to collapse underneath his feet, leaving him and Charjabug to hold onto it for safety. Sophocles's own Charjabug subsequently evolved into aVikavolt and carried Horacio and his Charjabug to safety, before retrieving the Bug Stone. Afterwards, Sophocles gave the Bug Stone to Horacio, only for it to not work when he tried it on his Charjabug. He then learned that Charjabug evolve into Vikavolt with the canyon'sspecial magnetic field, not anEvolution stone. Horacio then vowed to train and evolve his Charjabug so they could face Sophocles in a Vikavolt race one day, before taking his leave.

InA High-Speed Awakening!, Horacio participated theVikavolt race to settle his score with Sophocles. It was also revealed that hisCharjabug had evolved intoVikavolt during his time at Vast Poni Canyon. Eventually, he lost the race and congratulated Sophocles for beating him once again before vowing to have a rematch with him someday.

Character

Horacio was arrogant and condescending, often boasting of his father's money and obtaining exclusive things. He is often flanked by his two brothers. InMounting an Electrifying Charge!, he believed his Charjabug's top-class equipment andSpeed-increasingnature would allow him to win theCharjabug race with ease. He was also a bad sport, mockingSophocles and hisCharjabug. He completely disregarded the well-being of his Pokémon, by not allowing his Charjabug to take a break during pit stops, resulting in Charjabug being too exhausted to continue and allowing Sophocles's own Charjabug to race ahead. This was seen again inEvolving Research!, when he arrived at a bridge with the Bug Stone at the other side. He disregarded Sophocles's warning about the bridge being unstable and continued on, resulting in the bridge collapsing, and he had to be saved by Sophocles's newly evolvedVikavolt.

ByA High-Speed Awakening!, Horacio appeared to have been humbled. After he lost to Sophocles in theVikavolt race, he offered his rival a friendly handshake. He also learned the value of fair play, as seen during the race, where he had his Vikavolt go back to help Sophocles's Vikavolt after the latter saved it fromTeam Rocket's clutches. Later, after everyone's Vikavolt were freed, he resumed the race at the same time as everyone else.

Pokémon

This listing is of Horacio's knownPokémon inPokémon the Series:

This article is missing information on this character's Japanese voice actor. Please feel free to edit this article to add this information.

Charjabug →Vikavolt 

Debut	Mounting an Electrifying Charge!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Abe Goldfarb

Main article:Horacio's Vikavolt

ThisShinyVikavolt is Horacio's only known Pokémon, given to him by his father. InMounting an Electrifying Charge!, Charjabug was entered in theCharjabug race Koko Cup. Charjabug ended up losing toSophocles and hisCharjabug.

InA High-Speed Awakening!, Charjabug was revealed to have evolved into Vikavolt when Horacio entered theVikavolt race.

Pokémon competitions

Horacio has competed in the followingPokémon competitions:

• Charjabug race Koko Cup - Runner-Up (withYansu andDana;Mounting an Electrifying Charge!)
• Vikavolt race Fini Cup - Runner-Up (A High-Speed Awakening!)

Voice actors

Trivia

• Horacio's Charjabug's color scheme and car design is a reference to the characterChar Aznable fromMobile Suit Gundam. Horacio's team's name, the Red Comet team (Japanese:チーム赤い流星Team Red Meteor), is a reference to Char's epithet, the Red Comet (Japanese:赤い彗星).
  • After evolving, Vikavolt was nicknamed the (Japanese:白い彗星White Comet). This is a reference to the nickname one of the main characters fromInitial D, whose art style was parodied byJames inA High-Speed Awakening!, the episode in which Vikavolt first appeared.
• TheEvolution of Horacio's Vikavolt marks the first time in theanimated series a knownShiny Pokémon has evolved.
• The car thatCharjabug had driven resembles aShinyGenesect.

Names

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