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** Some blame Pikachu for the seizures, and for the scapegoating of Porygon. But the truth is that the only ones who can truly be rightfully blamed are the animators who designed the afflicting scenes. Animation director Takayuki Shimura, who animated this episode, never worked on the main series again. Indeed, he no longer works in animation ''at all.''
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** Some blame Pikachu for the seizures, and for the scapegoating of Porygon. But the truth is that the only ones who can truly be rightfully blamed are the animators who designed the afflicting scenes. Animation director Takayuki Shimura, who animated this episode, never worked on the main series again. Indeed, he no longer works in animation ''at all.''again, and wouldn't work on another animated series until ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}''.
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The reaction was swift and severe. The ''Pokémon'' anime was forced into a four-month hiatus, and this episode was never again broadcast in any part of the world. According to a post from Creator/MaddieBlaustein on Serebii.net, Creator/FourKidsEntertainment dubbed the episode, and toned down the flashing to make it safe, but were legally unable to air it. The strobe effect was a direct result of Pikachu's attack, but Porygon's starring role in the episode caused it to become associated with the incident. To this day, Porygon and its evolutionary relatives have never again appeared in the anime, outside of cameos in the fifteenth movie's opening sequence. (Although it was included in the American Pokérap.)
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The reaction was swift and severe. The ''Pokémon'' anime was forced into a four-month hiatus, and this episode was never again broadcast in any part of the world. The episode was ''banned worldwide'' after airing just once in Japan. According to a post from Creator/MaddieBlaustein on Serebii.net, Creator/FourKidsEntertainment dubbed the episode, and toned down the flashing to make it safe, but were legally unable to air it. The strobe effect was a direct result of Pikachu's attack, but Porygon's starring role in the episode caused it to become associated with the incident. To this day, Porygon and its evolutionary relatives have never again appeared in the anime, outside of cameos in the fifteenth movie's opening sequence. (Although it was included in the American Pokérap.)
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* GuestStarPartyMember: Team Rocket have a Porygon in their employ for this one episode, and that's it.
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Due to a flashing strobe effect used in one scene, nearly 700 viewers (primarily children) were taken to hospitals; a number of these people had experienced photosensitive epileptic seizures. More seizures occurred after [[IfItBleedsItLeads news programs showed clips of the scene during reports on the event.
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* PunBasedTitle: Tying into why this episode was given [[IHaveManyNames almost a half-dozen titles]] by various {{Fansub}}s. While ''Electric'' is the simplest and most literal translation of "Den-no" ("Den" meaning ''electricity'' and "no" roughly meaning ''of''), it can also mean ''Computer'', ''A.I.'', or ''Cyber'' (if you interpret the "no" to mean ''brain'').
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* PunBasedTitle: Tying into why this episode was given [[IHaveManyNames almost a half-dozen titles]] by various {{Fansub}}s. While ''Electric'' is the simplest and most literal translation of "Den-no" ("Den" meaning ''electricity'' and "no" roughly meaning ''of''), it can also mean ''Computer'', ''A.I.'', or ''Cyber'' (if you interpret the (since "no" ''also'' corresponds to mean ''brain'').the kanji for ''brain'' - "electric brain" being the literal meaning of the Japanese term for "computer").
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* PunBasedTitle: Tying into why this episode was given [[IHaveManyNames almost a half-dozen titles]] by various {{Fansub}}s. While ''Electric'' is the simplest and most literal translation of "Den-no" ("Den" meaning ''electricity'' and "no" roughly meaning ''of''), it can also mean ''Computer'', ''A.I.'', or ''Cyber'' (if you interpret the "no" to mean ''brain'').
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* SaveTheVillain: The first and (especially in light of Ash's ''[[Recap/PokemonS1E35TheLegendOfDratini other]]'' perma-banned adventure, where he [[ComedicSociopathy casually drops a bomb in Team Rocket's lap]]) perhaps MostTriumphantExample in the whole series: Ash goes out of his way to retrieve Team Rocket from cyberspace, even at the risk of trapping himself and his friends in there, too. Fittingly, this is the first if not ''only'' episode where Team Rocket [[VillainousValor humbly thank him, then withdraw without a fight]].
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* SaveTheVillain: The first and (especially in light of Ash's ''[[Recap/PokemonS1E35TheLegendOfDratini other]]'' perma-banned adventure, where he [[ComedicSociopathy casually drops a bomb in Team Rocket's lap]]) perhaps MostTriumphantExample the most shining in the whole series: Ash goes out of his way to retrieve save Team Rocket from cyberspace, the anti-virus missles, even at the risk of trapping himself and his friends in there, too.cyberspace. Fittingly, this is the first if not ''only'' episode where Team Rocket [[VillainousValor humbly thank him, then withdraw without a fight]].
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* SaveTheVillain: The first and (especially in light of Ash's ''[[Recap/PokemonS1E35TheLegendOfDratini other]]'' perma-banned adventure, where he [[ComedicSociopathy casually drops a bomb in Team Rocket's lap]]) perhaps MostTriumphantExample in the whole series: Ash goes out of his way to retrieve Team Rocket from cyberspace, even at the risk of trapping himself and his friends in there, too. Fittingly, this is the first if not ''only'' episode where Team Rocket [[VillainousValor humbly thank him, then withdraw without a fight]].
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Due to a flashing strobe effect used in one scene, nearly 700 viewers (primarily children) were taken to hospitals; a number of these people had experienced photosensitive epileptic seizures. More seizures occurred after [[WhatAnIdiot news programs showed clips of the scene during reports on the event]].
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* IdenticalTwinIdTag: Team Rocket's Porygon (Unit Zero) has an "R" flag on its tail to distinguish it from Unit One.
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* IdenticalTwinIdTag: IdenticalTwinIDTag: Team Rocket's Porygon (Unit Zero) has an "R" flag on its tail to distinguish it from Unit One.
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Due to a flashing strobe effect used in one scene, nearly 700 viewers (primarily children) were taken to hospitals; a number of these people had experienced photosensitive epileptic seizures. More seizures occurred after [[WhatAnIdiot news programs showed clips of the scene during reports on the event.
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* BodyUploading: The existence of the Poké Ball transport system, which teleports the physical item of a Pokeball, or at least the physical Pokémon inside it, was well-established before this episode aired, and the end reveals that Dr. Akihabara had been building a similar device that would work on humans.
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* TeleportersAndTransporters: The existence of the Poké Ball transport system was well-established before this episode aired, and the end reveals that Dr. Akihabara had been building a similar device that would work on humans.
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** Some blame Pikachu for the seizures, and for the scapegoating of Porygon. But the truth is that the only ones who can truly be rightfully blamed are the animators who designed the afflicting scenes. Animation director Takayuki Shimura, who animated this episode, never used in the main series episodes since then.
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** Some blame Pikachu for the seizures, and for the scapegoating of Porygon. But the truth is that the only ones who can truly be rightfully blamed are the animators who designed the afflicting scenes. Animation director Takayuki Shimura, who animated this episode, never used in worked on the main series episodes since then.again. Indeed, he no longer works in animation ''at all.''
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* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Dr. Akihabara somehow creates a Pokémon from code which can exist outside the virtual world... and is more focused on his transporter system?
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* StuffBlowingUp: The final 2 antivirus missiles manage to make it through the exit right after the gang... at the expense of Dr. Akihabara's lab.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Dr. Akihabara had multiple opportunities to tell Nurse Joy not to use an antivirus, which would have prevented the conflict of the episode's second half, but he never did.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Dr. Akihabara had multiple opportunities to tell Nurse Joy not to use an antivirus, which would have prevented the conflict of the episode's second half, but he never did. At one point he even has a video call with her while the main Pokémon Center tech support is in the room, and doesn't bother telling either of them why it's a stupid idea.
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