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title_ja_trans=Denno Senshi Porygon| | title_ja_trans=Denno Senshi Porygon| | ||
screen=hd | | screen=hd | | ||
screenshot=| | screenshot=EP038| | ||
broadcast_jp=December 16, 1997 | | broadcast_jp=December 16, 1997 | | ||
broadcast_us=Unaired | | broadcast_us=Unaired | | ||
en_series=Indigo League | | en_series=Indigo League | | ||
en_op= | | en_op=N/A| | ||
ja_op=[[Aim to Be a Pokémon Master|めざせポケモンマスター]] | | ja_op=[[Aim to Be a Pokémon Master|めざせポケモンマスター]] | | ||
ja_ed=[[Fantasy in My Pocket|ポケットにファンタジー]] | | ja_ed=[[Fantasy in My Pocket|ポケットにファンタジー]] | | ||
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Team Rocket are celebrating their so-far successful raid of Pokémon, confident since they are where no human has ever gone before. Just as Team Rocket claims that no one can catch them, Porygon floats into view, infuriating {{MTR}}. [[Jessie]] and [[James]] send out {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} and {{TP|James|Weezing}} into a {{pkmn|battle}}. Weezing uses {{m|Poison Gas}} on them, making Ash and friends cough. Then Porygon regains composure and uses {{m|Conversion}}. Porygon's skin color becomes purple, like Weezing's. Porygon charges, with the group still riding it, right into Weezing and Arbok, effectively [[fainting|knocking them out]]. | Team Rocket are celebrating their so-far successful raid of Pokémon, confident since they are where no human has ever gone before. Just as Team Rocket claims that no one can catch them, Porygon floats into view, infuriating {{MTR}}. [[Jessie]] and [[James]] send out {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} and {{TP|James|Weezing}} into a {{pkmn|battle}}. Weezing uses {{m|Poison Gas}} on them, making Ash and friends cough. Then Porygon regains composure and uses {{m|Conversion}}. Porygon's skin color becomes purple, like Weezing's. Porygon charges, with the group still riding it, right into Weezing and Arbok, effectively [[fainting|knocking them out]]. | ||
Jessie decides to send their prototype Porygon out next, which looks similar to Akihabara's Porygon, except that it bears a "[[Team Rocket|R]]" flag on its tail and a zero on its forehead. Jessie's Porygon uses {{m|Sharpen}} to give itself a sword-like beak and tries to attack the other Porygon, who has also changed shape to counter it. Ash and his friends decide to capitalize on the distraction to move the barrier Team Rocket built to hold back all the Poké Balls that were intended to be delivered to the Pokémon Centers. Team's Rocket's attempt to stop them were stopped by Pikachu's {{m|Thunder Shock}}. Then, Akihabara's Porygon sent Team Rocket and the prototype Porygon {{DL|Team Rocket's mottos|Blasting off|"blasting off again"}}. | |||
Ash and friends weren't out of the woods yet. Akihabara, represented by a floating TV screen, tells them that trouble is afoot again. Nurse Joy has hired another technician to put the anti-virus vaccine program into the computer, and it indiscriminately targets Team Rocket ''and'' Ash and his friends. Trying to fix the problem himself, the doctor did not tell Nurse Joy that the problem was caused by real people and not a virus. As the Vaccine targets the heroes, Porygon gathers Ash and his friends and attempts to escape. From the ground, Team Rocket call Ash out for running away, but are corrected by Ash when he tells them to run from the Vaccine. The Vaccine launches a few rockets that destroy the remainder of the Poké Ball barrier in sparkly, flashing red and blue explosions. Meowth and the prototype Porygon rescue a panicking Jessie and James from the moving sea of Poké Balls and join Akihabara's Porygon in an attempt to escape. | Ash and friends weren't out of the woods yet. Akihabara, represented by a floating TV screen, tells them that trouble is afoot again. Nurse Joy has hired another technician to put the anti-virus vaccine program into the computer, and it indiscriminately targets Team Rocket ''and'' Ash and his friends. Trying to fix the problem himself, the doctor did not tell Nurse Joy that the problem was caused by real people and not a virus. As the Vaccine targets the heroes, Porygon gathers Ash and his friends and attempts to escape. From the ground, Team Rocket call Ash out for running away, but are corrected by Ash when he tells them to run from the Vaccine. The Vaccine launches a few rockets that destroy the remainder of the Poké Ball barrier in sparkly, flashing red and blue explosions. Meowth and the prototype Porygon rescue a panicking Jessie and James from the moving sea of Poké Balls and join Akihabara's Porygon in an attempt to escape. | ||
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==Major events== | ==Major events== | ||
* [[Jessie]] takes a prototype {{DL|List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio#Porygon Zero|Porygon}} from [[Dr. Akihabara]], but later accidentally leaves it. | |||
{{animeevents}} | {{animeevents}} | ||
===Debuts=== | ===Debuts=== | ||
====Pokémon debuts==== | ====Pokémon debuts==== | ||
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* {{p|Psyduck}} ({{OP|Misty|Psyduck}}) | * {{p|Psyduck}} ({{OP|Misty|Psyduck}}) | ||
* {{p|Arbok}} ({{OP|Jessie|Arbok}}) | * {{p|Arbok}} ({{OP|Jessie|Arbok}}) | ||
* {{p|Porygon}} ([[List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio#Porygon Zero|Jessie's]]; new; leaves; Japanese debut) | |||
* {{p|Weezing}} ({{OP|James|Weezing}}) | * {{p|Weezing}} ({{OP|James|Weezing}}) | ||
* {{p|Porygon}} ([[Dr. Akihabara]]'s; Japanese debut) | * {{p|Porygon}} ([[Dr. Akihabara]]'s; Japanese debut) | ||
* {{p|Ninetales}} (flashback; Japanese debut) | * {{p|Ninetales}} (flashback; Japanese debut) | ||
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The incident caused by the episode was coined by the Japanese press as the [[Pokémon Shock]]. Before the series restarted, a special report was aired on April 11, 1998 titled ''[[Anime: Pocket Monsters Problem Inspection Report]]''. In addition, an explanation aimed for children {{DL|EP039|Explanation of EP038 incident|was shown on the first episode after the incident.}} | The incident caused by the episode was coined by the Japanese press as the [[Pokémon Shock]]. Before the series restarted, a special report was aired on April 11, 1998 titled ''[[Anime: Pocket Monsters Problem Inspection Report]]''. In addition, an explanation aimed for children {{DL|EP039|Explanation of EP038 incident|was shown on the first episode after the incident.}} | ||
Despite {{AP|Pikachu}} being the one to launch the seizure-inducing attack, {{p|Porygon}} has never had an important role in another episode since, while Pikachu has appeared in every Pokémon episode to date, barring [[side story episodes]]. Porygon's evolved forms, {{p|Porygon2}} and {{p|Porygon-Z}}, also remained absent from the anime until [[M15|the fifteenth movie]], and even then only appeared in cameo roles. Porygon itself has also made cameo appearances in the first four films and ''[[EP047|A Chansey Operation]]''. | Despite {{AP|Pikachu}} being the one to launch the seizure-inducing attack, {{p|Porygon}} has never had an important role in another episode since, while Pikachu has appeared in every Pokémon episode and movie to date, barring [[side story episodes]]. Porygon's evolved forms, {{p|Porygon2}} and {{p|Porygon-Z}}, also remained absent from the anime until [[M15|the fifteenth movie]], and even then only appeared in cameo roles. Porygon itself has also made cameo appearances in the first four films and ''[[EP047|A Chansey Operation]]''. | ||
The seizures caused from this episode have infamously made the Pokémon anime a frequent reference when discussing Japanese anime and its quick action and flashy effects. Numerous television shows and movies have made parodies with [[List of references to Pokémon in popular culture|notable references]] by ''{{wp|The Simpsons}}'' in the episode "{{wp|Thirty Minutes over Tokyo}}" and ''{{wp|South Park}}'' in the episode "{{wp|Chinpokomon}}". | The seizures caused from this episode have infamously made the Pokémon anime a frequent reference when discussing Japanese anime and its quick action and flashy effects. Numerous television shows and movies have made parodies with [[List of references to Pokémon in popular culture|notable references]] by ''{{wp|The Simpsons}}'' in the episode "{{wp|Thirty Minutes over Tokyo}}" and ''{{wp|South Park}}'' in the episode "{{wp|Chinpokomon}}". | ||
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[[Category:Episodes written by Junki Takegami|038]] | [[Category:Episodes written by Junki Takegami|038]] | ||
[[Category:Episodes storyboarded and directed by Kiyotaka Itani|038]] | [[Category:Episodes storyboarded and directed by Kiyotaka Itani|038]] | ||
[[Category:Episodes storyboarded by Kiyotaka Itani|038]] | |||
[[Category:Episodes directed by Kiyotaka Itani|038]] | |||
[[Category:Episodes animated by Takayuki Shimura|038]] | [[Category:Episodes animated by Takayuki Shimura|038]] | ||
[[Category:Milestone episodes|038]] | [[Category:Milestone episodes|038]] | ||