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'''Banned episodes''' are episodes of the [[Pokémon anime|anime]] which have been deemed unsuitable for airing or reairing in a specific country. | '''Banned episodes''' are episodes of the [[Pokémon anime|anime]] which have been deemed unsuitable for airing or reairing in a specific country. | ||
==Banned episodes internationally== | |||
There have also been three confirmed episodes of Pokémon that have either aired once or never in Japan, nor the rest of the world. | |||
===List of banned episodes=== | |||
; [[EP038]] | |||
: Known as the "seizure episode," this episode has been banned worldwide after airing only once in Japan. One particular scene of this episode had a series of flashing lights, which caused a total of approximately 685 Japanese children, 375 girls and 310 boys to be sent to the hospital with symptoms of epilepsy. The show went on hiatus for almost a year, delayed the episodes ''[[Holiday Hi-Jynx]]'' and ''[[Snow Way Out!]]'', and cancelled the airing of the [[EP040 (unaired)|New Years Eve episode]]. The episode also forced the producers to go back through the previous episodes and dim the lighting on them so as not to cause an accident of this magnitude again. Because this episode is prohibited from airing, {{p|Porygon}} has not had any appearances in the anime since, and its evolutions, {{p|Porygon2}} and {{p|Porygon-Z}}, have never made any appearances in the anime at all. | |||
; [[EP040 (unaired)]] | |||
: This episode was scheduled to be broadcast December 31, 1997, between ''[[Holiday Hi-Jynx]]'' and ''[[Snow Way Out!]]''. However, following the EP038 incident, the schedule was re-organized and this episode was never actually aired. No trailer for this episode has ever been seen, nor is any further information known apart from its Japanese title. | |||
; [[AG101 (unaired)]] | |||
: This episode was scheduled to be broadcast on November 4, 2004. However, not long before, a devastating {{wp|2004 Chūetsu earthquake|earthquake}} struck Japan. Believing it would have been insensitive to air an episode about earthquakes mere weeks after the disaster, it was postponed. However, it never got around to airing and was soon forgotten. Because the episode never aired, {{p|Barboach}} instead debuted in ''[[AG110|The Great Eight Fate!]]'', but not in a major role. | |||
==Banned episodes in the English dub== | ==Banned episodes in the English dub== | ||
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; [[EP250]] | ; [[EP250]] | ||
: This episode was also banned due to the large focus on Jynx. Unlike the previous episode, this one has never aired in English. Due to the episode not having the redesigned Jynx with purple skin, it was banned and has never been seen outside of Japan, except for {{wp|Brazil}}. | : This episode was also banned due to the large focus on Jynx. Unlike the previous episode, this one has never aired in English. Due to the episode not having the redesigned Jynx with purple skin, it was banned and has never been seen outside of Japan, except for {{wp|Brazil}}. | ||
==Banned episodes in South Korea== | ==Banned episodes in South Korea== | ||