Episode 003 (Page 2)
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After the December 16th,
1997 airing of Pocket Monsters
Episode 038, "Cyber
Soldier Porygon," OLM went back over the first 37 episodes of the TV
series and re-edited them to reduce any strobe lights, flashing, quick
background color changes, or any other special effects that even
slightly resembled the types of images that sent all those children to
the hospital during the "Pokémon Shock" incident. This was
probably done both out of an abundance of caution as well as an attempt
to show the public at large that OLM and every other party involved was
taking the incident seriously.
Thankfully, the versions of Episodes 2 - 37 that the Japanese Hulu site has of the series are all the pre-Porygon edits, meaning it is now possible to do side-by-side comparisons of the changes made. Below is a gallery of those changes. The 1997 original broadcast version is on the left while the 1998 re-edit is on the right.
The full-screen impact is reduced when Caterpie's hit by Pigeon.
The movement of the red and black impact shot is removed.
Pikachu's Electric Shock is slowed down.
The speed of Satoshi's throw and the amount of time the Monster Ball spends in the foreground is reduced.
The moving background is replaced with a static one.
The flash of light that accompanies Kasumi's slap is removed. This shot was cut from the English dub, by the way, further proving that it was actually Japan, not 4Kids, who made all these edits.
The speed of the dust blowing in the foreground is reduced.
Nyarth's slashing is slowed down here.
Thankfully, the versions of Episodes 2 - 37 that the Japanese Hulu site has of the series are all the pre-Porygon edits, meaning it is now possible to do side-by-side comparisons of the changes made. Below is a gallery of those changes. The 1997 original broadcast version is on the left while the 1998 re-edit is on the right.
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WARNING
The animated gifs below contain rapidly flashing images that may potentially trigger seizures for people with visual sensitivities.. While there was never any issues reported when the "unedited" episodes originally aired in Japan back in 1997, and the gifs presented here are all kept at a small 300 x 225 pixel size, viewer discretion is still advised. If you are concerned about viewing such images then please navigate away from this page immediately. -
Dogasu's Backpack
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| Episode
003 "Get Pokémon!" (B Part: Getting Pigeon, Rockets appear) |
Episode
003 Navigation | A Part: Getting Caterpie |
| B Part: Getting Pigeon, Rockets appear | Rocket Trio vs. Pigeon | Rocket Trio vs Caterpie, Ending |
| B Part: Getting Pigeon, Rockets appear | Rocket Trio vs. Pigeon | Rocket Trio vs Caterpie, Ending |
The full-screen impact is reduced when Caterpie's hit by Pigeon.
 |
 |
The movement of the red and black impact shot is removed.
 |
 |
Pikachu's Electric Shock is slowed down.
 |
 |
The speed of Satoshi's throw and the amount of time the Monster Ball spends in the foreground is reduced.
 |
 |
The moving background is replaced with a static one.
 |
 |
The flash of light that accompanies Kasumi's slap is removed. This shot was cut from the English dub, by the way, further proving that it was actually Japan, not 4Kids, who made all these edits.
 |
 |
The speed of the dust blowing in the foreground is reduced.
 |
 |
Nyarth's slashing is slowed down here.
 |
 |
| B Part: Getting Pigeon, Rockets appear | Rocket Trio vs. Pigeon | Rocket Trio vs Caterpie, Ending
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