Porygon's only appearance in the entire Anime to date is Denn? Senshi Porygon, an episode most notable for causing hundreds of children to have epileptic seizures on its broadcast in Japan. Japan's Fire Defense Agency reported 685 affected people were admitted into hospitals of 30 prefectures by the following day. The phenomenon was repeated when a news broadcast about the event inexplicably replayed the scene.
It was subsequently determined that the very quickly alternating red and blue patterns of the scene in question triggered a previously undiagnosed (in Japan) form of epilepsy. This light was not caused by the episode's featured Porygon, but rather from a blast created when Pikachu destroys a pair of missiles. As it turned out, the American Federal Communications Commission, and equivalent agencies in most European countries, already knew that television used in this manner could sometimes invoke epilepsy, and had banned extremely high frequency color switching on television broadcasts in their countries years ago.
No new Pokémon episodes were aired in Japan for four months after this incident. The episode has never been aired again in Japan and there are no plans for a dubbed version to be aired internationally.
Possibly as a result of this incident, Porygon has not appeared in the anime since and its evolved form Porygon2 has never appeared at all. Its final evolution, PorygonZ, will likely share this same fate.
Not that I care about the anime, but seriously, this made me laugh. v;
So? Porygon is a shitty pokemon anyway
Quote from: Bushybrow on May 28, 2007, 04:49:30 PM
So? Porygon is a shitty pokemon anyway
GTFO
I was mainly referring to the kids having the seizures, but that wouldn't have been a Pokemon related title....
Quote from: General Grievous on May 28, 2007, 05:51:06 PM
Quote from: Bushybrow on May 28, 2007, 04:49:30 PM
So? Porygon is a shitty pokemon anyway
GTFO
I was mainly referring to the kids having the seizures, but that wouldn't have been a Pokemon related title....
Should of posted it in the lobby or something. Oh yeah Bushybrow, Porygon pwns so GTFO.
Quote from: Original_MIB on May 28, 2007, 05:52:23 PM
Quote from: General Grievous on May 28, 2007, 05:51:06 PM
Quote from: Bushybrow on May 28, 2007, 04:49:30 PM
So? Porygon is a shitty pokemon anyway
GTFO
I was mainly referring to the kids having the seizures, but that wouldn't have been a Pokemon related title....
Should of posted it in the lobby or something. Oh yeah Bushybrow, Porygon pwns so GTFO.
Yes, but then it probably would have just got moved here.
Porygon 2 looks like a rubber ducky awesome;
Quote from: RAWL on May 28, 2007, 06:15:32 PM
Porygon 2 looks like a rubber ducky awesome;
It really does.
Quote from: RAWL on May 28, 2007, 06:15:32 PM
Porygon 2 looks like a rubber ducky awesome;
it looks plastic and squishy.
I watched that episode. It was awesome.