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The scene which caused the seizures was a fifteen-second section in which {{AP|Pikachu}} used an {{t|Electric}} attack on some vaccine missiles. The explosion was shown as a bright flashing object which alternated rapidly between red and blue. | The scene which caused the seizures was a fifteen-second section in which {{AP|Pikachu}} used an {{t|Electric}} attack on some vaccine missiles. The explosion was shown as a bright flashing object which alternated rapidly between red and blue. | ||
The seizures caused by this episode caused [[Oriental Light and Magic|OLM]] to drop the strobe effects from Pikachu's electric attacks. Also, a disclaimer is now broadcast at the beginning of Japanese television shows precautioning viewers to not sit too close to the television screen and watch it 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 seizures caused by this episode caused [[Oriental Light and Magic|OLM]] to drop the strobe effects from Pikachu's electric attacks. Also, a disclaimer is now broadcast at the beginning of all Japanese television shows, precautioning viewers to not sit too close to the television screen and watch it 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。") | ||
This episode also gave the Pokémon anime the dubious title of "Most Photosensitive Epileptic Seizures Caused by a Television Show" from [[wp:Guinness World Records|The Guinness Book of World Records]]. | |||
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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]]. | ||
Team Rocket decides to send their prototype Porygon out next, which looks similar to Akihabara's Porygon except that it bears a "R" flag on its tail and a zero on its forehead. Team Rocket'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 company 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|ThunderShock}}, | Team Rocket decides to send their prototype Porygon out next, which looks similar to Akihabara's Porygon, except that it bears a "R" flag on its tail and a zero on its forehead. Team Rocket'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 company 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|ThunderShock}}. Then, Akihabara's Porygon sent Team Rocket and the prototype Porygon "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 | 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. | ||
[[File:EP038SeizureScenes.png|thumb|right|250px|Scene after Pikachu blew up the missile. For health and safety reasons, please click on the image to view the animation.]] | [[File:EP038SeizureScenes.png|thumb|right|250px|Scene after Pikachu blew up the missile. For health and safety reasons, please click on the image to view the animation.]] | ||
The vaccine transforms into an object that resembles a flying spaceship, looking like a cross between a {{wp|Star Wars}} {{wp|X-wing}} and a {{wp|Syringe|medical needle}}, and takes pursuit. It launches more missiles that both of the Porygon dodge with difficulty. Inside the Center, Nurse Joy and the technician are amazed by the resilience of the "virus" and command the Vaccine to unleash a powerful attack. Revealing a gigantic particle gun, it locks onto the prototype Porygon and fires a huge beam, sending Team Rocket downward into a cyberspace bug hole created by the powerful attack. The passengers of Akihabara's Porygon shield their eyes from the blinding red and blue light. The bug holes created by the vaccine's beam cause a system error, and Joy orders the technician not to use the attack again. | The vaccine transforms into an object that resembles a flying spaceship, looking like a cross between a {{wp|Star Wars}} {{wp|X-wing}} and a {{wp|Syringe|medical needle}}, and takes pursuit. It launches more missiles that both of the Porygon dodge with difficulty. Inside the Center, Nurse Joy and the technician are amazed by the resilience of the "virus" and command the Vaccine to unleash a powerful attack. Revealing a gigantic particle gun, it locks onto the prototype Porygon and fires a huge beam, sending Team Rocket downward into a cyberspace bug hole created by the powerful attack. The passengers of Akihabara's Porygon shield their eyes from the blinding red and blue light. The bug holes created by the vaccine's beam cause a system error, and Joy orders the technician not to use the attack again. | ||
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* Akihabara, the name of the professor, is also the name of a {{wp|Akihabara|famous electronics district}} in {{wp|Tokyo}}. | * Akihabara, the name of the professor, is also the name of a {{wp|Akihabara|famous electronics district}} in {{wp|Tokyo}}. | ||
* The seizures caused from this episode were parodied by ''The Simpsons'' in the episode "{{wp|Thirty Minutes over Tokyo}}" and ''South Park'' in the episode "{{wp|Chinpokomon}}". | * The seizures caused from this episode were parodied by ''The Simpsons'' in the episode "{{wp|Thirty Minutes over Tokyo}}" and ''South Park'' in the episode "{{wp|Chinpokomon}}". | ||
* There was originally going to be | * There was originally going to be an episode [[EP040 (unaired)|celebrating New Year's Eve]]. It was never aired even in Japan as a result of the hiatus caused by this episode. By the time the hiatus ended, it was four months too late to air a New Year's Eve episode. | ||
* After the hiatus, the time slot changed from Tuesday to Thursday. The original schedule was as follows: | * After the hiatus, the time slot changed from Tuesday to Thursday. The original schedule was as follows: | ||
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* The incident also caused ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]'' and ''[[EP053|The Purr-fect Hero]]'' to be rescheduled from March 3 and May 5, 1998, respectively, to July 9, 1998. | * The incident also caused ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]'' and ''[[EP053|The Purr-fect Hero]]'' to be rescheduled from March 3 and May 5, 1998, respectively, to July 9, 1998. | ||
* Before the series restarted, a special report was aired on April 11, 1998 titled 検証番組 アニメ ポケットモンスター問題検証報告 ''Inspection program: inspection report of the anime Pocket Monsters problem''. | * Before the series restarted, a special report was aired on April 11, 1998 titled 検証番組 アニメ ポケットモンスター問題検証報告 ''Inspection program: inspection report of the anime Pocket Monsters problem''. | ||
* Despite {{AP|Pikachu}} being the one to launch the seizure causing attack, {{p|Porygon}} has never had an important role in another episode since. (It should be noted that Pikachu has appeared in every Pokémon episode to date, barring [[Pokémon Chronicles]]). Its evolved form, {{p|Porygon2}}, is the only one out of the one hundred [[Generation II]] Pokémon that hasn't appeared in the anime and many believe that it never will. Also, Porygon's final form, {{p|Porygon-Z}}, has never appeared either, and Porygon-Z is currently the only [[Generation IV]] Pokémon that hasn't appeared in the anime or movies. Porygon has appeared in the first four films, and ''[[EP047|A Chansey Operation]]'' as cameos however. | * Despite {{AP|Pikachu}} being the one to launch the seizure causing attack, {{p|Porygon}} has never had an important role in another episode since. (It should be noted that Pikachu has appeared in every Pokémon episode to date, barring [[Pokémon Chronicles]]). Its evolved form, {{p|Porygon2}}, is the only one out of the one hundred [[Generation II]] Pokémon that hasn't appeared in the anime and many believe that it never will. Also, Porygon's final form, {{p|Porygon-Z}}, has never appeared either, and Porygon-Z is currently the only [[Generation IV]] Pokémon that hasn't appeared in the anime or movies. Porygon has appeared in the first four films, and ''[[EP047|A Chansey Operation]]'' as cameos, however. | ||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
* After Pikachu attempts to shock the floating head, Misty's hair is a darker shade. | * After Pikachu attempts to shock the floating head, Misty's hair is a darker shade. | ||