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Some episodes of the Pokémon anime were removed from rotation for various reasons. They are commonly referred to as banned episodes.

Electric Soldier Porygon (38)
After its first airing of the episode in Japan, the episode was banned worldwide. Nearly 700 viewers were taken to hospitals, having symptoms of epilepsy. This incident is referred to as the Pokémon shock by the Japanese media. The Pokémon anime went into a hiatus, with re-airings of the first 37 episodes of the anime with modifications, such as reducing lighting. Porygon, along with its evolutions, has not appeared in the anime since then.

Beauty and The Beach (18)
The 18th episode of the anime was skipped from the English dub by 4Kids Entertainment. The reason for removing the episode from rotation is because of scenes of cross-dressing by James where he wears inflatable breasts for a beauty contest. As a result, the episode has never aired in most countries, as most of the dubs in other languages are based on the English dub in the United States.

After heavy edits, removing objectionable content from the episode, the episode finally aired for the first time in the United States on June 24, 2000. Most of the Japanese text, unlike most dubbed episodes, was untouched.

Episode 35
The second episode to be skipped in English. There is prevalent use of firearms throughout the episode. The Safari Zone warden points a revolver at Ash's head twice and even shoots at Team Rocket. As the episode was skipped in English, this resulted in a major continuity error where Ash caught 30 Tauros.

Stage Fight (90) and The Mandarin Island Miss Match (99)
These episodes were removed from rotation in 2013 because Jynx appears in its original design. They are not in Pokémon TV's schedule.

Episode 250
The 250th episode of the Pokémon anime was skipped in the dub because Jynx is an important plot point. As Jynx appears in its original black-colored face design (blackface being an offensive racial stereotype), 4Kids decided that they will not dub the episode.

Episode 1003
For the first time in more than seven hundred episodes, episode 1003 of the Pokémon anime was skipped in English. It is also the first episode skipped after the 4Kids era. The reason for skipping the episode in the English dub is because of a scene where Ash paints his face black as part of his Passimian costume, considered central to the plot of the episode. The black painting of Ash's face has implications of blackface, which is offensive to the black community.