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(Japanese: '''大晦日だよ!ポケットモンスターアンコール''' ''It's New Year's Eve! {{tt|Pocket Monsters|Pokémon}} Encore'') is an hour-long [[clip show]] originally intended to air in Japan on December 31, 1997. This would have been between ''[[Holiday Hi-Jynx]]'' and ''[[Snow Way Out!]]''.
(Japanese: '''大晦日だよ!ポケットモンスターアンコール''' ''It's New Year's Eve! {{tt|Pocket Monsters|Pokémon}} Encore'') is an hour-long [[clip show]] originally intended to air in Japan on December 31, 1997. This would have been between ''[[Holiday Hi-Jynx]]'' and ''[[Snow Way Out!]]''.


During the rescheduling following the [[EP038]] incident, it was canceled entirely.
During the rescheduling following the [[EP038]] incident, it was [[Banned episodes|canceled entirely]].


It is confirmed in the list of the episodes' production numbers given in the booklet with the [[M01|first movie]] Laserdisc release, as well as episode numbers visible on scripts, that it was not initially intended to be a regular episode. Also unlike regular episodes, it was planned to air in a different timeslot to usual, would have been an hour long, and uses kanji in the title.
It is confirmed in the list of the episodes' production numbers given in the booklet with the [[M01|first movie]] Laserdisc release, as well as episode numbers visible on scripts, that it was not initially intended to be a regular episode. Also unlike regular episodes, it was planned to air in a different timeslot to usual, would have been an hour long, and uses kanji in the title.


Like other episodes given the 'Encore' title, it would not have had any new footage, but instead be repeat previous footage. It was also subsequently skipped in all broadcasts in other languages, and has never aired. No trailer for this episode has ever been seen, nor is any further information known apart from its Japanese title.
Like other episodes given the 'Encore' title, it would not have had any new footage, but instead be a repeat of previous footage. It was also subsequently skipped in all broadcasts in other languages, and has never aired. No trailer for this episode has ever been seen, nor is any further information known apart from its Japanese title.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* A similarly titled but different special, [[It's the New Year! Pocket Monsters Special!]], aired on January 1, 1999. That special was two hours long (whereas this special would have been one hour long) and recapped the events of the anime until [[EP077]].
* A similarly titled but different special, [[It's the New Year! Pocket Monsters Special!]], aired on January 1, 1999. That special was two hours long (whereas this special would have been one hour long) and recapped the events of the anime until [[EP077]].
** It's possible that material from this unaired special was imported into the 1999 New Year's special.
** It is entirely possible that material from this unaired special was imported into the 1999 New Year's special.
* It has been speculated that footage from [[EP038]] would have been in the special.
* It has been speculated that footage from [[EP038]] would have been in the special.


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