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(Japanese: '''でんのうせんしポリゴン''' ''Denno Senshi Porygon'', commonly ''Electric Soldier Porygon''; no known English title) is a somewhat notorious episode of the [[Pokémon anime]], due to the fact that on its single airing in Japan on December 16, 1997, nearly seven 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''' ''Denno Senshi Porygon'', commonly ''Electric Soldier Porygon''; no known English title) is a somewhat notorious episode of the [[Pokémon anime]], due to the fact that on its single airing in Japan on December 16, 1997, nearly seven 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 by the Japanese government. | The episode was never commercially released or re-broadcast anywhere in the world due to it being banned by the Japanese government.{{fact}} | ||
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 | 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。) | ||
Also, this episode gained Pokémon the dubious title of "Most Photosensitive Epileptic Seizures Caused by a Television Show" from [[wp:Guinness World Records|The Guinness Book of World Records]]. | Also, this episode gained Pokémon 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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* [[Jessie]] | * [[Jessie]] | ||
* [[James]] | * [[James]] | ||
* Unnamed | * Unnamed computer repair man | ||
===Pokémon=== | ===Pokémon=== | ||