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Pokémon TV Lost Episodes
Once upon a time, there was a period when the Japanese producers
of the Pokémon animated TV show didn't care about the American
viewers... mostly because it didn't have to. Therefore, a lot
of the early Pokémon episodes were deemed too "dangerous" to
air on American television. For good reason too, seeing guns and
males with breasts will warp the kids for sure!
Anyways, the following is a list of three Pokémon episodes
that were never aired on American television, or at least not without
some MAJOR edits to it.
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1. Holiday at Porta Vista (aired between
episodes 17 & 18)
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Episode Summary:
Ash's mom and Professor Oak happen to come to Porta
Vista, at the same time that Ash, Misty, and Brock came
after their encounter with the Giant Pokémon. The
group find Ryu, an old man who runs a beach house. Somehow,
Ash's antics destroys Ryu's wooden dock. However, Ryu is too
poor to try to repair the dock, so Ash and company decide to
work for Ryu's restruant to help pay off their debt.
Eventually business picks up, which begins to bug one of
Ryu's competitors, to the point where they hire Team Rocket
to chase away Ryu's business. Out of money, the party later
learns of a beauty pageant, "Miss Sunburn". And the prize
money is just enough to pay off the dock (so Ash wouldn't
have to work any more). Misty, being the only one who can
enter the contest, enters the contest. Later, Team Rocket is
back at it again, and enters the contest also. But in order
for James to participate, he has to wear a body suit
with fake breasts
so that he can pass off as a woman. But Ash, being the smrt
fellow he is, wises up to their antics and drive Team Rocket
away. Later Ash's mom wins the competition and gives the
money to Ryu to fix his deck.
The reason why it won't air in the US: Well,
technically it DID air on TV (back on June 24th, 2000 for
anyone who wants to know), but not without James' busom
scene(s) being cut out.
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2. Electric Soldier Porygon
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Episode Summary:
Pokémon centers have a system to transport
Pokéballs to other centers. One day, the system just
breaks down. Dr. Akihabara, who developed the system, sends
Ash and his friends fine out what's wrong. Our heroes find
out that Team Rocket has broken in, capturing
Pokéballs. This caused the Pokéball
transporter system to shut down. While Ash and so forth
fight Team Rocket, an unexpected error occurs. Nurse Joy is
afraid that the system crashed, and orders a security
company to install a vaccine program. The program later is
activated and takes the form of a missile. The vaccine
program doesn't realize that Ash and his friends aren't bugs
in the computer and constantly attacks them. Porygon, a
Pokémon that Ash and Co. used to enter the system,
eventually leads the crew to safety.
The reason why it won't air in the US: As the
missiles were being fired towards Ash and Co.'s general
direction, Ash uses Pikachu to knock out a few of them
before it hits them. Pikachu does, and the missile explodes
in a rapid flashing red-blue effect. Unfortunately,
repeating flashes is #1 on a kid's not-good list. When the
episode aired in Japan, about 700 kids were rushed to a
hospital due to epileptic seizures. Since there's more kids
in the US than in Japan, you figure that probably more kids
will suffer the same fate. Here's
a clip of the episode, it's about 2 megabytes ... Of
course if you ask me, the scene could easily be cut out or
fixed up. But I guess there's too much stigmata against the
episode to make it worth the while.
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3. Legend of Dratini
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Official Summary:
After finally entering the Safari Zone, our heroes meet
up with the elderly supervisor of the zone. As they are
being explained the rules of the safari zone in his office,
a picture, carefully hung there, catches Ash's attention. It
is a picture of the elderly supervisor as a boy, taken
alongside a Dratini, the legendary Pokémon. Ash asks
desperately about the existence of Dratini, but the elderly
man denies everything. Hearing of the plenitude of
Pokémon in the safari zone, Team Rocket also arrives
on the scene.
The reason why it won't air in the US:
This episode was never aired
because the Game Warden of the Safari Zone began shooting at
people. The Censors pulled the episode out because of that,
most likely using several school shootings as a reason to
pull it off the air. Of course we ALL know that school
shootings are because of ignorant parents who toss their
kids in front of "the ultimate babysitter", the television
set.
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