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see "Common Knowledge" above
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* HarsherInHindsight: The episode opens at a panicked, busy Pokémon Center with all the nurses scrambling at the amount of Pokémon pouring in. It’s eerily prophetic in light of the hundreds of children who were hospitalized for epileptic seizures after watching the episode.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The episode opens at a panicked, busy Pokémon Center with all the nurses scrambling at the amount of Pokémon pouring in. It’s eerily prophetic in light of the hundreds of children who were hospitalized for epileptic seizures after watching the episode.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Porygon, who [[CommonKnowledge despite not actually being the one who caused the seizure-inducing lights]], is still associated with the incident, and it and it’s evolutions haven’t had an appearance in the anime outside of cameos since.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Porygon, who [[CommonKnowledge despite not actually being the one who caused the seizure-inducing lights]], is still associated with the incident, and it and it’s its evolutions haven’t had an appearance in the anime outside of cameos since.
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Causing seizures isn't exactly an intentional gimmick, unless the people at Game Freak were a lot more malevolent than we assumed.
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* DancingBear: If it weren't for the seizures this episode unintentionally caused, it'd most likely be a forgettable, one of a million filler episode.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: At this point, any knowledge of this episode comes from the fact that its airing resulted in hundreds of cases of epilepsy in children across Japan.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: At this point, any knowledge of this episode comes from the fact that its airing resulted in hundreds of cases of epilepsy in children across Japan. If it weren't for the seizures this episode unintentionally caused, it'd most likely be a forgettable, one of a million filler episode.
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** The severity of the epilepsy cases are often over-reported. In reality, there were 600 reports of epilepsy, but only 72 hospitalizations, 2 ICUs, and thankfully zero deaths. So while it was serious to be sure, the damage ensuing from the episode was not too traumatic.
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** The severity of the epilepsy cases are often over-reported. In reality, there were 600 reports of epilepsy, but only 72 hospitalizations, 2 ICUs, [=ICUs=], and thankfully zero deaths. So while it was serious to be sure, the damage ensuing from the episode was not too traumatic.
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** The severity of the epilepsy cases are often over-reported. In reality, there were 600 reports of epilepsy, but only 72 hospitalizations, 2 ICUs, and thankfully zero deaths. So while it was serious to be sure, the damage ensuing from the episode was not too traumatic.
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Mis Blamed only applies to RL creators.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Porygon, [[{{Misblamed}} who despite not actually being]] [[CommonKnowledge the one who caused the seizure-inducing lights]], is still associated with the incident, and it and it’s evolutions haven’t had an appearance in the anime outside of cameos since.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Porygon, [[{{Misblamed}} who [[CommonKnowledge despite not actually being]] [[CommonKnowledge being the one who caused the seizure-inducing lights]], is still associated with the incident, and it and it’s evolutions haven’t had an appearance in the anime outside of cameos since.
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* SignatureScene: The blaring explosions caused by Pikachu, not Porygon, electrocuting the missiles.
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* SignatureScene: The blaring explosions caused by Pikachu, not Porygon, Pikachu electrocuting the missiles.missiles because of how it caused mass seizures in Japanese children.
