On Nurse Joy's request, they go to Professor Akihabara, the one who created the Poké Ball transfer system. Since then, the episode has been parodied and referenced in cultural media.Īsh, Misty, Brock and Pikachu make their way to the nearest Pokémon Center, where they discover that the Poké Ball transmitting device is malfunctioning. After the incident, the Pokémon anime went into a four-month hiatus.
The incident is referred to in Japan as the "Pokémon Shock" ( ポケモンショック, Pokemon Shokku).Īs a result of the incident, the episode was pulled from rotation and it has not aired in any country since. Additionally, the shares of Nintendo, the company that produced the games they were based on significantly fell. The episode contained repetitive visual effects that induced photosensitive epileptic seizures in a substantial number of Japanese viewers, with more than 700 children across Japan taken to hospitals. To find out what is wrong, they must go inside the machine. In the episode, Ash and his friends find that there is something wrong with the Poké Ball transmitting device at the local Pokémon Center. Its sole broadcast was in Japan on December 16, 1997. " Dennō Senshi Porygon" ( Japanese: でんのうせんしポリゴン, Hepburn: Dennō Senshi Porigon, translated as "Computer Warrior Porygon", although more commonly "Electric Soldier Porygon") is the 38th episode of the Pokémon anime's first season.
In one of the scenes believed to have caused epileptic seizures, Pikachu uses a "Thunderbolt" attack on a cyber missile, making the screen flash red and blue rapidly.
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