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(Japanese: '''でんのうせんしポリゴン''' ''Computer Warrior Porygon'', though commonly ''Electric Soldier Porygon'') is a somewhat notorious episode of the [[Pokémon anime]], due to the fact that on its single airing in Japan on December 16, 1997, over six hundred Japanese children suffered seizures, vomiting, irritated eyes and other symptoms due to a flashing strobe effect. | (Japanese: '''でんのうせんしポリゴン''' ''Computer Warrior Porygon'', though commonly ''Electric Soldier Porygon'') is a somewhat notorious episode of the [[Pokémon anime]], due to the fact that on its single airing in Japan on December 16, 1997, over six hundred Japanese children suffered seizures, vomiting, irritated eyes and other symptoms due to a flashing strobe effect. | ||
The episode was never commercially released or re-broadcast anywhere in the world due to it being [[Banned episodes|banned]] by the Japanese government. | The episode was never commercially released or re-broadcast anywhere in the world due to it being [[Banned episodes|banned]] by the Japanese government. | ||
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. | ||