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Answer : The episode Dennō Senshi Porygon ("Electric Soldier Porygon") is infamous for using visual effects that caused seizures in a number of Japanese viewers, an incident referred to as the "Pokémon Shock" by the Japanese press. Six hundred and eighty-five viewers were taken to hospitals, but only two people remained hospitalized for more than two weeks. Due to this, the episode has been banned worldwide.
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The episode: Dennou Senshi Porigon from Pokemon
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The most infamous of these episodes was "Dennou Senshi Porigon" (translates into "Electric Soldier Porygon"). The episode made headlines worldwide when it caused 685 children to experience seizures and seizure-like symptoms caused by a repetitive flash of light. Although the offending sequence was caused by Pikachu's actions, the episode's featured Pokémon, Porygon, has never been seen again in the anime except for one brief cameo appearance in the movie, Pokémon Heroes
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Pikachu Seizure Effect
This episode "Electric Soldier Porygon" is a banned pokemon episode because it contains bright visual effects as a result of which many japanese viewers suffered from seizuers. The incident is known as the "Pokemon Shock"
got banned for causing epileptic fits or something
Pokemon episode called Dennō Senshi Porygon or "Electric Soldier Porygon".
A scene in this episode showed some intensely bright flashing lights which caused some viewers blurred vision, headaches,seizures etc.
This caused the series to be put off air for 4 months.
the episode that caused seizures in children due to changing bright lights
parodied in the simpsons "thirty minutes over tokyo"
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