Spinel

Spinel
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Exceed Scientist Explorer Admin
Appears in	Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Debut	"The Ancient Poké Ball"
In other languages
Japanese	Name スピネル Literal Supineru Voice actor(s) Makoto Furukawa
Japanese	Name スピネル Literal Supineru Voice actor(s) Makoto Furukawa
English	Name Spinel Voice actor(s) Matthew Mercer
English	Name Spinel Voice actor(s) Matthew Mercer

Spinel is a scientist of Exceed, who secretly works with Explorers as one of the organization's admins, and a major antagonist appearing in Pokémon Horizons: The Series.

Appearance

Spinel has cyan hair with fluffy strands that extend down to his shoulders, with a dark cyan tint near the end of his bangs. His eyes are narrow and are colored in two tones between soft pink and sky blue.

Personality

Spinel is a crafty and intelligent individual, using both to deceive his opponents. Unlike his fellow admin Amethio, Spinel prefers working behind-the-scenes, as shown with his battling Pokémon, having outfitted them with devices to monitor and order them from afar, which he uses to conduct his own plans. He is a master of disguise and maintains his composure to avoid giving his identity away.

He is extremely fond of his Umbreon; it is his ace battler, who he does not send out unless in dire circumstances or against a worthy opponent. It is always seen by his side and he is known to pat it on the head. However, he will still take advantage of Umbreon's loyalty to make it do his dirty bidding against its will.

Spinel also lacks any sort of loyalty to most of his colleagues. Out of all of his colleagues, he has the most animosity towards Amethio, and he has no qualms with applying cruel methods to eliminate the boy out of his way.

Etymology

Spinel is a kind of pointed crystal, which is commonly seen in red and have sharp edges.

Biography

After Amethio reported back on his failure to acquire Liko's pendant due to a black Rayquaza interfering at the last moment, Spinel doubted his claims and began arguing with him before Hamber stopped them. Gibeon then decided to hand the mission over to him, resulting in Amethio setting his sights on Rayquaza.

Upon learning that the Rising Volt Tacklers were in Paldea in a forest near Artazon, Spinel sent his Magneton to cause an electrical interference to get their attention. Alongside his Beheeyem, the two Pokémon relayed information back to him regarding their capabilities, Pokémon and the artifacts in their possession, leaving him impressed. He then declared that their adventure with the pendant would be over before it started.

Spinel later discovered the Brave Olivine and sent a large group of Magneton to interfere with the ship's electrical systems, resulting in the ship being stuck near Levincia as he appeared to set his plan in motion to take the pendant. After battling Friede, Spinel hacked into Liko's Rotom Phone in order to lure her away from her friends upon learning that she was looking for Herba Mystica. Spinel caught up to Liko in disguise, using his Beheeyem to hypnotize her, her Sprigatito and her Rotom Phone. Once he took the pendant, Spinel had his Beheeyem use its powers to erase Liko, Sprigatito and Rotom's memory of the incident. After Liko, Sprigatito and Rotom snapped out of their trance, Spinel left them in their amnesiac state with the pendant in his possession.

When the Rising Volt Tacklers tried to search for Liko, Spinel fed them false information that she was in Artazon. Despite his attempts to misdirect them, they eventually found Liko in Levincia, prompting him to believe that she had some fight in her after all. During this time, he was studying the pendant, discovering that it was similar to a Tera Orb but knew there was much more hidden to it.

Spinel later tried to make his getaway on a ship leaving Levincia, even hiring someone to distract them, but the Rising Volt Tacklers were able to find him without much difficulty due to the ancient Poké Ball in Liko's possession reacting with the amulet he had stored. During the battle against Liko and her friends, he became unusually angry after Beheeyem and Magneton were defeated by starter Pokémon, forcing him to send out Umbreon. In the ensuing fiasco, the ancient Poké Ball in Liko's possession reacted with the amulet, causing Arboliva to appear, which amazed him, but he was forced to back off after Umbreon reminded him of the threat. Spinel was later summoned to a meeting where he was taunted by Sango and questioned by Chalce over the pendant, though he remained mostly silent on the issue. Once the meeting was over, he looked out at the ocean, musing that he could not submit unverified information and expressed a greater interest in the truth behind Liko and her pendant.

Spinel was mentioned to have helped Chalce at an Explorers Research Facility while the Rising Volt Tacklers were in Galar.

He later fed false information about Rayquaza to the Rising Volt Tacklers and suggested to the rest of the Explorers to continue pursuing the Rising Volt Tacklers and reclaim the pendant which is now a Terapagos. However, his request was denied as the other members wanted to focus on the Shiny Rayquaza.

Spinel arrived at Glaseado Mountains, and cornered both Liko and Amethio. He effortlessly defeated Amethio's Ceruledge with his Laqurium-powered Umbreon, when he witnessed Terapagos neutralizing the effects and transforming. He then trapped both Liko and Amethio inside a cave, and told Chalce about his discovery. He also stated Amethio is a nuisance to the Explorers due to Amethio being related to Gibeon, and thus he wished to eliminate the boy out of his competition. He then succeeded in getting Amethio fired by Gibeon, by framing the boy with his Beheeyem that would look like Amethio was betraying the Explorers.Knowing that Hamber was starting to suspect him and Chalce, both Spinel and Chalce decided not to report their updates regarding their research on Laqurium and Terapagos.

Pokémon

On hand

Magneton (multiple)

Umbreon

Beheeyem

Lost

Terapagos

Trivia

• Spinel is the second antagonistic character to own an Eeveelution - all other characters with one were either protagonists and/or supporting characters.
  • The first was Annie who owned an Espeon.