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: This episode was banned due to the prevalent usage of handguns throughout the episode. The {{safari|Kanto}} warden points a gun at {{Ash}}'s head, and even shoots the gun at {{TRT}}. The banning of this episode left a major plot hole and a continuity error in the English dub, as this was the episode where Ash captured all 30 of his {{AP|Tauros}}. As this is the Safari Zone episode, it also makes the Safari Zone unseen in the English anime, though it is mentioned in the two episodes that took place before it. | : This episode was banned due to the prevalent usage of handguns throughout the episode. The {{safari|Kanto}} warden points a gun at {{Ash}}'s head, and even shoots the gun at {{TRT}}. The banning of this episode left a major plot hole and a continuity error in the English dub, as this was the episode where Ash captured all 30 of his {{AP|Tauros}}. As this is the Safari Zone episode, it also makes the Safari Zone unseen in the English anime, though it is mentioned in the two episodes that took place before it. | ||
; ''[[Holiday Hi-Jynx]]'' | ; ''[[Holiday Hi-Jynx]]'' | ||
: After this episode aired, a woman named {{wp|Carole Boston Weatherford}} wrote an article stating that {{p|Jynx}}, which was featured prominently in the episode, is a negative stereotype of African-Americans related to characters in ''{{wp|The Story of Little Black Sambo}}''. Soon afterward, the episode was pulled from rotation and is not believed to have aired since 2000. Despite this, the episode was available [[List of English language Indigo League home video releases (Region 1)|on VHS]], and was also available on [[List of English language Indigo League home video releases (Region 1)|the original Indigo DVD boxset]] (however, it is not on the current box set). It is no longer mentioned on [[Pokémon.com]], but was (albeit lacking pictures of Jynx) before April 2013. Also, it was added to the rotation on {{wp|Boomerang (TV channel)|Boomerang}} in 2011, and still was included in Cartoon Network's online streaming services. Additionally, no restrictions were placed on this episode in | : After this episode aired, a woman named {{wp|Carole Boston Weatherford}} wrote an article stating that {{p|Jynx}}, which was featured prominently in the episode, is a negative stereotype of African-Americans related to characters in ''{{wp|The Story of Little Black Sambo}}''. Soon afterward, the episode was pulled from rotation and is not believed to have aired since 2000. Despite this, the episode was available [[List of English language Indigo League home video releases (Region 1)|on VHS]], and was also available on [[List of English language Indigo League home video releases (Region 1)|the original Indigo DVD boxset]] (however, it is not on the current box set). It is no longer mentioned on [[Pokémon.com]], but was (albeit lacking pictures of Jynx) before April 2013. Also, it was added to the rotation on {{wp|Boomerang (TV channel)|Boomerang}} in 2011, and still was included in Cartoon Network's online streaming services. Additionally, no restrictions were placed on this episode in other countries airing the English dub or a dub based on the English dub, but the episode isn't mentioned on any local versions of Pokémon.com. This episode has also been banned in {{pmin|South Korea}}. This episode is still banned even after the Japanese re-airing of the Christmas Eve episode of ''[[Pokémon Smash!]]'', in which Jynx was recolored to match what she currently looks like in the Pokémon games. | ||
; ''[[EP090|Stage Fight!]]'' and ''[[EP099|The Mandarin Island Miss Match]]'' | ; ''[[EP090|Stage Fight!]]'' and ''[[EP099|The Mandarin Island Miss Match]]'' | ||
: These [[Orange Archipelago|Orange Islands]] episodes were banned since April 2013 simply because of a small cameo by Jynx. They are not available on Netflix and are no longer even mentioned on [[Pokémon.com]]. They also are not available on the re-release of [[List of English language Adventures on the Orange Islands home video releases (Region 1)|the Orange Islands DVD box set]]. They are also banned in [[Pokémon in South Asia|India]]. | : These [[Orange Archipelago|Orange Islands]] episodes were banned since April 2013 simply because of a small cameo by Jynx. They are not available on Netflix and are no longer even mentioned on [[Pokémon.com]]. They also are not available on the re-release of [[List of English language Adventures on the Orange Islands home video releases (Region 1)|the Orange Islands DVD box set]]. They are also banned in [[Pokémon in South Asia|India]]. | ||
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==Banned episodes in South Korea== | ==Banned episodes in South Korea== | ||
These episodes were banned from airing in {{pmin|South Korea}}, causing South Korean continuity errors in the anime's run. Generally the banned episodes contained overt {{wp| | These episodes were banned from airing in {{pmin|South Korea}}, causing South Korean continuity errors in the anime's run. Generally the banned episodes contained overt {{wp|Censorship of Japanese media in South Korea|references to Japanese culture}}; however, the last banned episodes occurred during ''Advanced Generation''. Furthermore, episodes [[EP260]] to [[EP274]] simply were never aired. | ||
===List of banned episodes=== | ===List of banned episodes=== | ||
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; ''[[XY024|An Undersea Place to Call Home!]]'' | ; ''[[XY024|An Undersea Place to Call Home!]]'' | ||
: This episode, which was set to debut {{p|Skrelp}} and {{p|Dragalge}}, was postponed due to the {{wp|Sinking of | : This episode, which was set to debut {{p|Skrelp}} and {{p|Dragalge}}, was postponed due to the {{wp|Sinking of MV Sewol|sinking of the MV Sewol ferry in South Korea}} almost a week before the episode was scheduled to air in Japan.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Sunma47/status/460501151461298176/photo/1 Sound director Masafumi Mima's Twitter account]</ref> Because of this, the episode was also skipped in the American dub. This caused a temporary continuity error, as this is the episode where Ash invented the "Rock Tomb Climb" technique, which he used to win his battle against [[Grant]]. {{wp|Cartoon Network}} {{n|Cartoon Network's schedule for June unveils new dub episode titles|listed the dub title}} along with ''[[XY021|A PokéVision of Things to Come!]]'', ''[[XY022|Going for the Gold!]]'', and ''[[XY023|Coming Back into the Cold!]]''. Later, however, {{n|Turner Broadcasting press site removes 24th XY episode from the schedule|it was removed from the list}} and was replaced with ''[[XY025|Climbing the Walls!]]''. The episode finally aired in Japan on November 20, 2014, and in the United States on February 7, 2015. | ||
===Temporarily banned episodes in the United States=== | ===Temporarily banned episodes in the United States=== | ||
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===Temporarily banned episodes in other countries=== | ===Temporarily banned episodes in other countries=== | ||
; ''[[DP049|Dawn's Early Night!]]'' | ; ''[[DP049|Dawn's Early Night!]]'' | ||
: | : While not banned, this episode was initially skipped in {{pmin|New Zealand}} for an unknown reason. When the season was repeated, the episode aired as normal. It is also readily available on DVD in New Zealand. | ||
; ''[[BW026|Scare at the Litwick Mansion!]]'' | ; ''[[BW026|Scare at the Litwick Mansion!]]'' | ||
: While not banned, this episode was initially skipped in {{pmin|Poland}} for an unknown reason. It has been instead aired later, between ''[[BW047|Crisis from the Underground Up!]]'' and ''[[BW048|Battle for the Underground!]]'' | : While not banned, this episode was initially skipped in {{pmin|Poland}} for an unknown reason. It has been instead aired later, between ''[[BW047|Crisis from the Underground Up!]]'' and ''[[BW048|Battle for the Underground!]]'' | ||