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Dennō Senshi Porygon: Pokémon Shock, The episode is infamous for using visual effects that caused seizures in a substantial number of Japanese viewers, an incident referred to as the "PokÃ©mon Shock" (ã��ã�±ã�¢ã�³ã�·ã�§ã��ã�¯, PokÃ©mon Shokku?) by the Japanese press. Six hundred and eighty-five viewers were taken to hospitals; two people remained hospitalized for more than two weeks. Due to this, the episode has not been rebroadcast worldwide. After the shock, the PokÃ©mon anime went into a four month hiatus, and it returned on TV Tokyo in April 1998. Since then, the episode has been parodied and referenced in cultural media, including episodes of South Park and The Simpsons.

Watch this if you dare ... a video clip of the infamous Pokémon episode "Dennō Senshi Porygon" that supposedly caused seizures in hundreds of Japanese children. The U.S. Army was inpsired by this episode to fabricate a non-lethal seizure gun.

1 posted on 09/26/2012 2:11:21 PM PDT by DogByte6RER

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2 posted on 09/26/2012 2:11:57 PM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")

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To: DogByte6RER

That Pokemon episode with Porygon stole that from "Battling Seizure Robots!"

5 posted on 09/26/2012 2:30:18 PM PDT by KC_Lion ( Wherever I find myself standing, I forever stand with Israel.)

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Here's a cheaper, easier to make weapon..

6 posted on 09/26/2012 2:30:42 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)

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