Talk:Pokémon episodes removed from rotation

UK Bans

Just thought I'd add Aside from Electric solider Every episode has been shown in the UK(various Dub edits not counting) and continued to be shown in reruns —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.164.9.218 (talk) 15:52, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

The episodes not made part of the season packs containing the American dub are not made available to international distributors

This should be obvious enough from the wording itself, not to mention far more logical than the notion that every distributor in the world, other than those that don't redub the American dub, screened these episodes and individually chose not to air them. The episodes were not "banned worldwide", they were dropped from distribution by the sub-distributors themselves. So tell me, how does one source this? Shouldn't Pokemon.com's statement that "these are the episodes that make up each season" be enough to point out that these weren't part of the officially distributed season sets? 134.129.203.26 (talk) 23:44, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

You know, on reviewing this I have to agree that the statement does not need a citation as it is covered by the one prior. I removed it because pocketmonsters.net is not a reliable source. Restoring. MelicansMatkin (talk) 23:52, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Beauty and the Beach

So why was this one actuly banned? The article just gives a general plot of the episode itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elcaballooscuro (talk • contribs) 22:10, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Because of the Bikini James issue... ZappaOMati 18:31, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

"Tentacool and Tentacruel" now on Cartoon Network Video

Should "Tentacool and Tentacruel" be counted as a banned episode now that it's on Cartoon Network Video and will probably air on Cartoon Network again soon? 76.92.186.38 (talk) 16:36, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

"Banned"?

Banned is a very strong word. Is it correct to use it in place of "withdrawn" or something similar given that no citations have been provided (as far as I could tell) for its use? 82.26.198.27 (talk) 00:20, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

New ban

I heard Rumors of a new episode that was banned in America because it features mild nudity. can anyone confirm? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.111.153.83 (talk) 05:06, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

You heard wrongly. No such episode exists. MelicansMatkin (talk, contributions) 06:37, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Miniryu no Densetsu shown in Australia

I remember watching an episode where Ash catches 30 Tauros in the Safari zone in Australia, on Cheese TV when I was young. So I believed this was dubbed and shown. 203.214.6.3 (talk) 11:35, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Pokémon Scent-Sation banned in New Zealand?

I live in New Zealand, and I used to tape the anime off the air (having since bought the episodes legally) and I have Scent-Sation on tape from when it aired. My tape comes from the second run, so it was aired at least twice. Has it been banned since then? I'm not sure the first season (eps 1-57) episodes were aired more than twice on New Zealand channels. Can anyone confirm this? --Megatronacepticon (talk) 10:58, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Suggestion for article rename

I would like to bring this article in-line with other "list" articles, how about renaming this to List of censored Pokémon episodes? Kencaesi (talk) 21:42, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Two problems. 1. This isn't a list. 2. They aren't "censored". They were episodes that never aired again. Loads of episodes had censored material. We can't list all of them. Would you like to provide what "other list articles" you are talking about? _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 21:57, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

This is from the anime, so... that section saying it doesn't exist, ever, at all in the anime might have an issue

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:James_Weepinbell.png — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.231.35.109 (talk) 08:46, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Legend of Dratini

A recent edit included this comment in hidden text: "Please don't remove this, because this is actually true". In order to demonstrate something is true, references are needed to reliable sources. Verifiability is a core Wikipedia requirement. I've left the basic claim in place with a "citation needed" tag for now, but it's liable to be removed again if we can't find sources to back it up. Gusworld (talk) 22:35, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

I removed it, it's complete nonsense. The scene in question is a mock police interrogation where the character is dressed up as a stereotypical police detective, and while he's wearing a fake mustache, it's a pencil-style one rather than a "Hitler-style" one.

The entire article really needs some serious clean-up. Not a single one of the claims about why these episodes were skipped by 4Kids are sourced, and they all seem to be pure, if logical, fan speculation. 85.167.10.13 (talk) 03:33, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Necessary remakes

They should remake some of these episodes that lack what got them banned in the first place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.186.22.193 (talk) 20:46, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Mandarin Miss Match

As shown in the reference link, this episode would seem to have to be included in this article, since it was removed from the DVD box set. SnivyFan1995 (talk) 15:36, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

References

EP394

Does anyone know why episode 394 never aired except in one country? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Primal Groudon (talk • contribs) 15:01, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

South Korean Airings

I think those banned in South Korea should be added, along with the last ten or so episode of the Gold and Silver arc too, due to time constraints. They don't seem to have been dubbed in Korean over the years either. ValenciaThunderbolt (talk) 16:55, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Well those episodes should be added on Korean Wikipedia since they didn't air in Korean Language. Ajeeb Prani (talk) 17:58, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

"Jynx with Blackface"

Jynx isn't referred to this way outside of 2 episodes and it doesn't seem like appropriate wording for an encyclopedia, especially given the capitalization. lukini (talk | contribs) 16:41, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

List of episodes

I noticed that per Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Pokémon episodes removed from rotation/archive1, this has been rebranded so that it's not considered a "list". I'd just like to voice my disagreement with this decision. The fact that a list of things uses section headings instead of bullet points or tables doesn't suddenly make it not a list. This is simply a list where the descriptions of the items are detailed and useful; a rarity among lists on Wikipedia. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 03:15, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

@Thebiguglyalien I'd suggest talking to @PresN and @Hey man im josh since it was their call in the end. I can't really speak further on this since my point has been made and it was disagreed with, but if you wish to continue discussing this issue I'd suggest talking it out with them. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 14:07, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

GA Review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Pokémon episodes removed from rotation/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Pokelego999 (talk · contribs) 00:33, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 00:02, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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There are relatively minor copy issues, but I'm stuck on this odd Fox reference in Tobin that I can't verify elsewhere, is unusually written, and to me fails the smell test. There are also three spots I found where the spot check failed, which is higher than I'd like to see. I'm hopeful that these can be tied to another source. Ping me when addressed. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 00:51, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Did you know? If you fancy doing so, I always have plenty of GA nominees to review. Just look for the all-uppercase titles in the Television section. Reviews always appreciated.

Copy changes

• Surprised at some of the duplicate links in sections, though I can see that as a result of having been composited from multiple pages (especially larger episode summaries).
  • Where did you notice the large amount of dupes? Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 23:06, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
• Team Rocket is eventually defeated and the protagonists are able to repair the boat they destroyed Comma after "defeated" (WP:CINS)
  • Done. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 23:06, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
• Remove comma after "suit competition"
  • Done. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 23:06, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
• Reading the "Beauty and the Beach" section raised a little sanity flag for me as a TV editor. Fox aired it? Like, big Fox? The way Tobin puts it ("Fox Television") is definitely not how any U.S. source would write it. I'd love a bit more of an answer here. It checks out to Tobin, but it does not check out to my smell test.
  • From what I can gather, 4kids's dubs aired their stuff in a programming block on Fox (See 4Kids TV). The book's timeframe is accurate to when 4kids's content was put out on Fox during that programming block. The way the book refers to it technically isn't inaccurate, but isn't super specific either. I can remove this if you feel it best. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 23:06, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

  I would remove, @Pokelego999. Aside from being an anachronism in this context, 4KidsTV never had Pokémon (it was the direct competitor to Kids' WB, which did; these blocks usually ran against each other in most markets, though mine had some stuff happen). If Fox Kids ever had Pokémon, it would have been in international markets and not the U.S. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 05:12, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

• "series'" should be "series's" MOS:'S
  • Done. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 23:06, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
• The episodes would have featured Team Rocket dueling with Team Plasma, and would have ended with a city being threatened by explosions hailing from the energy-conducting Meteonite item. Remove comma (CinS) — one subject (episodes)
  • Done. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 23:06, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Sourcing and spot checks

Reviewed: 3, 4, 10, 18, 19

• Although many recovered during the ambulance trip, over 150 viewers were admitted to hospitals. This is not backed up by Radford.
  • Removed since this is admittedly a smaller detail and better covered at the main article. The source used in this article for that content was unreliable to my memory, likely missed this when removing the unreliable source. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 23:06, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
• when it aired "Pikachu's Goodbye", which was the only episode promoted during the hiatus Neither 10 nor 11 backs this up.
  • Could have sworn at least one source did, but I might be misremembering. Replaced and reworded the info with some sources that do confirm the bulk of the content. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 23:06, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
• The Legend of Miniryu release date is in [18], but that source does not say it is episode 35.
  • Again, could've sworn this was confirmed somewhere, but episode numbers are pretty obscure info, so I might just be misremembering. Removed this bit and adapted the sentence structure to fit. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 23:06, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

This is independent of the Tobin/"Fox Television" issue, which I believe to be an issue with the source and not something missing in the source.

Images

This is probably one of the more inventive GAs I've reviewed in terms of use of images. Of these, there are two specific images that are fair-use, Jynx's art and the GIF of the James inflatable breasts scene. These have NFURs for the instant article, and I agree with them. They help illustrate specific flashpoints in the context of the article. The other four are libre-licensed, two PD-USGov, one PD-simple and one PD by its author.

@Sammi Brie: I believe I've addressed your concerns. Let me know if anything else needs to be done. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 23:06, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

@Sammi Brie removed the Fox mention. Did some digging, and it definitely seems to have aired on Kids WB, not on Fox. Likely either an error or a conflation of some sort in the book itself, but since it's a minor detail what station aired it, and the rest of the info is accurate, not much seems to be lost. Let me know if anything else needs to be done. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 22:37, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

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