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* ''Electric Soldier Porygon'' is the most commonly used translation: no known official English title exists for this episode.}} | * ''Electric Soldier Porygon'' is the most commonly used translation: no known official English title exists for this episode.}} | ||
(Japanese: '''でんのうせんしポリゴン''' ''Computer Warrior Porygon'', commonly ''Electric Soldier Porygon'') is the 38th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 16, 1997. The episode is infamous for resulting in over seven hundred Japanese people (ranging from 3-58 years old<ref>http:// | (Japanese: '''でんのうせんしポリゴン''' ''Computer Warrior Porygon'', commonly ''Electric Soldier Porygon'') is the 38th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 16, 1997. The episode is infamous for resulting in over seven hundred Japanese people (ranging from 3-58 years old<ref>[http://cnn.com/WORLD/9712/17/japan.cartoon/ Cartoon-based illness mystifies Japan]</ref>) suffering adverse health effects, including {{wp|Photosensitive epilepsy|epileptic seizures}}, vomiting, irritated eyes and other related symptoms, due to use of a flashing strobe effect upon its first and only airing. Because of that, this episode was [[Banned episodes|never commercially released or re-broadcast]] anywhere in the world, and the show went on hiatus for four months. | ||
The frames which caused the seizures are a four-second section in which {{AP|Pikachu}} uses an {{t|Electric}} attack on a group of vaccine missiles. The explosion—which occupies a significant portion of the frame—flashes brightly and alternates rapidly between red and blue. The seizures caused by this episode resulted in [[OLM Incorporated|OLM]] dropping strobe effects from Pikachu's electric attacks. For years following the incident, a disclaimer was broadcast at the beginning of all Japanese television shows, cautioning viewers not to sit too close to the television screen and to watch only in a brightly-lit room. (「テレビアニメを見るときには、部屋をあかるくして近づきすぎないようにしてみてくださいね。」) | The frames which caused the seizures are a four-second section in which {{AP|Pikachu}} uses an {{t|Electric}} attack on a group of vaccine missiles. The explosion—which occupies a significant portion of the frame—flashes brightly and alternates rapidly between red and blue. The seizures caused by this episode resulted in [[OLM Incorporated|OLM]] dropping strobe effects from Pikachu's electric attacks. For years following the incident, a disclaimer was broadcast at the beginning of all Japanese television shows, cautioning viewers not to sit too close to the television screen and to watch only in a brightly-lit room. (「テレビアニメを見るときには、部屋をあかるくして近づきすぎないようにしてみてくださいね。」) | ||
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This episode also gave the Pokémon anime the infamous title of "Most Photosensitive Epileptic Seizures Caused by a Television Show" from {{wp|Guinness World Records|The Guinness Book of World Records}}. | This episode also gave the Pokémon anime the infamous title of "Most Photosensitive Epileptic Seizures Caused by a Television Show" from {{wp|Guinness World Records|The Guinness Book of World Records}}. | ||
On September 19, 2020, the official Pokémon Twitter account posted a tweet that read "Porygon did nothing wrong", likely as a reference to this episode, and modern consensus that Porygon was a scapegoat due to Pikachu being the franchise's mascot. The tweet has since been deleted.<ref>https://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?threads/pokemon-twitter-deletes-porygon-tweet-controversy-and-history.282646/</ref> | On September 19, 2020, the official Pokémon Twitter account posted a tweet that read "Porygon did nothing wrong", likely as a reference to this episode, and modern consensus that Porygon was a scapegoat due to Pikachu being the franchise's mascot. The tweet has since been deleted.<ref>[https://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?threads/pokemon-twitter-deletes-porygon-tweet-controversy-and-history.282646/ Pokemon Twitter deletes Porygon Tweet: Controversy and History]</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||