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===List of banned episodes=== | ===List of banned episodes=== | ||
; [[EP038]] | ; [[EP038]] | ||
: Known as the "seizure episode," this episode has been banned worldwide after airing only once in Japan. One particular scene of this episode had a series of flashing lights, which caused a total of approximately 685 Japanese children, 375 girls and 310 boys to be sent to the hospital with symptoms of epilepsy. The show went on hiatus for almost a year, delayed the episodes ''[[Holiday Hi-Jynx]]'' and ''[[Snow Way Out!]]'', and cancelled the airing of the [[Unaired New Year's Eve Special|New Years Eve episode]]. The episode also forced the producers to go back through the previous episodes and dim the lighting on them so as not to cause an accident of this magnitude again. Because this episode is prohibited from airing, {{p|Porygon}} has not had any appearances in the anime since, and its evolutions, {{p|Porygon2}} and {{p|Porygon-Z}}, have never made any appearances in the anime at all, even though it | : Known as the "seizure episode," this episode has been banned worldwide after airing only once in Japan. One particular scene of this episode had a series of flashing lights, which caused a total of approximately 685 Japanese children, 375 girls and 310 boys to be sent to the hospital with symptoms of epilepsy. The show went on hiatus for almost a year, delayed the episodes ''[[Holiday Hi-Jynx]]'' and ''[[Snow Way Out!]]'', and cancelled the airing of the [[Unaired New Year's Eve Special|New Years Eve episode]]. The episode also forced the producers to go back through the previous episodes and dim the lighting on them so as not to cause an accident of this magnitude again. Because this episode is prohibited from airing, {{p|Porygon}} has not had any appearances in the anime since, and its evolutions, {{p|Porygon2}} and {{p|Porygon-Z}}, have never made any appearances in the anime at all, even though it was Pikachu who caused the seizure-inducing lights. | ||
; [[Unaired New Year's Eve Special|EP040 (unaired)]] | ; [[Unaired New Year's Eve Special|EP040 (unaired)]] | ||
: This episode was scheduled to be broadcast December 31, 1997, between ''[[Holiday Hi-Jynx]]'' and ''[[Snow Way Out!]]''. However, following the EP038 incident, the schedule was re-organized and this episode was never actually aired. No trailer for this episode has ever been seen, nor is any further information known apart from its Japanese title. | : This episode was scheduled to be broadcast December 31, 1997, between ''[[Holiday Hi-Jynx]]'' and ''[[Snow Way Out!]]''. However, following the EP038 incident, the schedule was re-organized and this episode was never actually aired. No trailer for this episode has ever been seen, nor is any further information known apart from its Japanese title. | ||