Top 10 Biggest Pokemon Controversies
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- Опубликовано: 24 май 2024
- You won't find these in the Pokedex. Join Ashley as we look over the times where the Pokemon franchise found itself in hot water, including the likes of "Dexit", "The Porygon Episode", "Pokemon Unite", and more! Which of these events made you no-longer want to be a Poke-fan? Let us know in the comments!
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I can understand not wanting to show that episode again, but keeping Porygon and it’s evolutions out of the show will just continue to associate them with that incident. Maybe try bringing the Porygon line back to remove the connection. Of course there could be something else entirely that I am missing.
I still think it's funny on how people still think that Porygon was the cause of the seizures but people forget who was the one who did the attack which was Pikachu not Porygon
I'd understand a temporary ban on Porygon if it'd been directly responsible, but not a permanent one. And all Porygon did was dare to be introduced in an episode where Pikachu's attack was animated dangerously
@@wizwitch5318 exactly my poor boy basically I guess you can say that they have forgotten about Porygon he needs redemption
@@wizwitch5318no one banned Porygon. It’s just Pokemon Company tries not to use it in anime. Then, I don’t understand why we got 2 new evolutions in the games, both of which are quite popular in Pokemon battle tournaments. And btw, Porygon was shown twice in anime afterwards as a cameo and twice in movie intros. What was the point of this?)))
In regards to “Pikachu & Pichu,” why should the rest of the world have to be punished when they don’t even have the same narrator? I can understand why it’s been banned in Japan, but it makes no sense for the rest of the world to be denied access to viewing it.
exactly
Ethnocentrism?
I think Tobias from the Sinnoh arc deserves an honorable mention. This was a character who shows up out of nowhere, has no backstory and has both a Darkrai and Latios that destroys Ash's entire team after one of the series' most memorable battles. Though there are a lot of characters who are introduced a few episodes before eliminating Ash from the Pokemon League, this one felt like the worst since we learn absolutely nothing about Tobias. Even the likes of Harrison, Tyson and Cameron are much more developed and contribute to the narrative outside of a single battle with Ash rather than contribute to his endless loop of getting eliminated in every edition of the Pokemon League.
Ash's loss to Alain in the Kalos League deserves a mention too. People were PISSED considering it felt like they were actually building up to Ash winning. The Japanese RUclips channels had to disable likes if I remember, when you could still see the like to dislike ratio.
@@Torraduke I think that loss was easier to digest since Alain was a well-developed character who even had his own 4-part series to do exactly that and unlike Tobias we actually see the strengths (defeating Zygarde and holding out against Steven's Metagross) and limitations of his Mega Charizard X (overpowered by Mega-Raqauza and Primal Groudon). Plus I feel like Alain's confession to Ash in XYZ and his defeat to Leon cemented his rival as the better trainer despite the former winning all 4 battles against Ash.
In my perspective, while Alain got his own 4 episode mini series, Tobias didn't & we could've really used that. I was always curious about how Tobias became the trainer of legendary pokemon in the first place & a miniseries would've done the trick to his character. In my opinion, He did have a story. We just never got it. A miniseries for Ritchie, Harrison, Tyson & Virgil (AKA, the guy who should've beaten Ash in the ventress conference) all deserved more character development. If only the idea was thought of beforehand, it would've been different.
We are still pissed that he lost to alain is because we have waited 20 years for this moment for ash to win the league, only to come straight back down with another lost
@@theravingtimes9582 I agree.
That Pikachu and Pichu short was erased from my memory. I remember watching that all the time before the Pokemon movie came on. I think it was the one with Celebi or Jirachi
Actually it played before the third film with Entei and the Unown.
@@darthkurland Thank you. Havent seen it in years
I didn’t take the removing Pokémon in Sword and Sheild too serious, im not the player who must transfer so many Pokémon in later games.
This was such a big mistake I made when Pokémon Home came out...
Again Pokemon fans are some of the most annoying people sometimes and I say this as someone who deeply loves these games.
Another controversial episode from the Pokémon anime was the episode Tentacool and Tentacruel, which was yanked from US television shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It's since made a small comeback.
I still can’t believe they replaced Veronica Taylor. Even after all these years, she is still THE voice of Ash.
Sarah got better in the role as the years went by.
replacing voice actors is not all that big of a deal. why because what original voice actors will die and if companies decide to reboot a franchise of course they'll use new voice actors
I got the American version of Ape Escape 2 on the PS2 not too long ago because she was in it. I imagine that Ash and Misty are arguing with each other in the opening scene. I really hate the fact that only the British version is readily available. Some of the acting in that isn't that good and the MC sounds a bit too old for a kid.
She was also the voice of Brianne De Chateau/Ribrianne in Dragonball Super
But that voice actress has gotten used to the role and has significantly improved. Now she sounds like Ash has matured into a teenager. She will be voicing ash for the final time in the upcoming Netflix mini series
I would NEVER show my mom the seizure episode. She has epilepsy and even though she hasn’t had a fit in decades I don’t wanna take any chances with her seeing it. When Incredibles 2 was released in theatres, a seizure warning was displayed before the Bao short to let people know about the intense animation, something the infamous Pokémon episode didn’t do because they simply weren’t aware of it. I’m glad Pixar was. In fact, when I went to see it, the theatre had posters set up explaining this to any people with epilepsy who would wanna see it. And if you’re wondering when Incredibles 2’s seizure scene is, it’s during the battle between Elastigirl and the Screen Slaver inside that cage
The biggest controversy I've seen is the electric soldier porygon episode
TV broadcasting wasn't the only industry to be affected. Certain games were also altered for their Virtual Console release due to having similar strobe effects from the Zapper in _Mario Kart 64_ to the final battle of _Sonic the Hedgehog 2_ (for the SEGA Master System and SEGA Game Gear) featuring a lightning attack that caused the screen to strobe between black and bright white.
Pokemon games may have its ups and downs but itself and the anime are my childhood.
Yuri Geller's issue came from Kadabra's Japanese name "Yungerer" which referenced him
Note that Japanese has no letter L. When transcribing foreign names with an L they substitute R. And a transcription error probably turned ri into an n. There's no real doubt they were copying Geller's name.
@@petemorris8499 リ vs ン…I can see the potential.
I saw that pichu special when I was little I still have the DVD
08:03 Not only he complained about the mon using a spoon as part of it's "gimmick" but even it's Japanese name is a reference to him. Kadabra: Yungerer
The first one can also be noted as the same Issue with the genie in Dragon Ball Z.
You mean Mr. Popo ?
@@TigerOwna "Hi~"
Pokémon is no doubt to be one of the biggest controversies media franchises. Especially the porygon episode.
And yet it remains so beloved by people worldwide.
Pokemon has also been accused of being satanic
I what way?
That's every mom or grandma. They even thought that about Harry Potter.
Meh these days if it's magic and fun it will be accused of being satanic
@@gilbertmillers4865 Some priests said that Pokemon goes against the bible
@@grayshigami6797 oh yeah 🧐I remember seeing a video on that I’m a Christian and I disagree
Love your video WatchMojo and keep up the great work
Dexit is still my biggest problem with Pokémon to this day, and the fact that they're still doing with Scarlet and Violet pretty much proves that Game Freak doesn't give a shit about their games anymore!
The short with Pikachu and the Pichus ended with a celebration of the first year Ash and Pikachu met. That being banned retconned the timeline and thus continued the criticism that they never age.
Pokemon unite announcement trailer
“That’s it, that’s the whole direct, that was a single video game”
The Pokémon voice recasting almost made me leave the franchise. But when some of the original voices were invited back, I changed my mind.
what happens when the original voices die? replacing old voice actors is not a big deal especially when most voice actors have quit
I'm surprised that Team Rocket cross dressing (especially James) in certain episodes didn't get a mention
Let’s not forget the Burger King tragedy of 1999
Awesome! You added clips from my local news! (ABC 7 and Local 4 michigan)
When you realise you are real old Pokémaniac? When you not only know about every single entry on this list, but also remember them from when they happened. Not sure if that's good or bad thing 😅
This should be a top 20
The Pokémon that weren’t in Sword and Shield at the beginning weren’t added as the DLC. They were added with a free update that released along side the DLC.
Hey, WatchMojo. You guys should definitely do a list of the Top 30 Cutest Pokemon. I have a couple of examples of these adorable pokemon you guys should mention.
Examples:
Eevee
Pikachu
Jigglypuff
Oshawott
Togepi
Minccino
Skitty
Piplup
Teddiursa
Clefairy
Emolga
Smoochum
Pichu
Dendenne
Pachirisu
What do you think, WatchMojo? Can you guys do this list?
I'm not surprised about the Porygon episode being at the top. I've often wished they redid the episode to where it doesn't give people seizures.
The Kalos League stunt should be here. Out of all of Ash's league losses, none have gotten this much outrage
porygon hasn't shown up in the anime ever since. bring it back!!!
The Porygon episode wins, because it was infamous for what it did to people’s health.
What's unknown to me... is why the studio didn't edit the Porygon episode to remove the flashing lights.
Foreign property: *exists*
Murica: iT's CoNtRoVeRsIaL!! *SKREEEE*
Change the word "property" to "anything" and it'd work.
I remember the pikachu pichu short it was really good!
Dexit is number 2? The developers literally got death threats and fake SA accusations over it. Then again, Electric Soldier Porygon is pretty bad.
Interesting I just moved 1 of my Jinx to my Pokémon Home from Go.
I'm not sure that I completely agree with the ordering of these by least to most controversial.
The fighting is wrong message should be a honorable mention.
My take on these being a 90s person.
10: I didn't think like that, and didn't notice.
9: Actually gets played frequently.
8: Didn't know about the salute.
7: Never played Pokémon GO.
6: That was a cute episode...
5: Probably didn't notice lol
4: Pokémon aren't real...
3: Kadabra was human...
2: Oh no... Anyways. There's always future games.
1: Pikachu is Guilty, Porygon is innocent...
#3 was written in the speculative and was discredited in future entries.
Numbers 9 & 8 I never knew anything about.
I think that Porigon episode was the most controversial thing in Pokemon and it also the reason why Porigon and it’s evolutions are never been shown in the anime since.
that Unite controversary was stupid. It wasn't that big of a deal. Sure it could of been in other Presents but they wanted to do a separate trailer for it. Fans expected way too much
Wasn't the episode about a massive Tentacruel going on a seaside rampage also a controversy? Because of the imagery after 9/11, the episode was taken off the air.
It was.
Not a controversy but it was deemed "too sensitive" to show after 9/11 happened and was pulled from syndication for a few years. Also, the episode with Wishcash using earthquake got pulled for awhile after Japan had a massive earthquake.
@@EvlutnTrnrDaisy i think a black and white episode got pulled too for team plasma shooting at buildings with their pokemon
@@EvlutnTrnrDaisy Exactly, too sensitive. Also, I was unaware of the Wishcash episode in the wake of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake.
Hera are some biggest blunders made in the Pokemon anime that should be addressed too.
1. Charizard disobeying Ash after evolving. What was to point to it, to make people thing friends become jerks?
2. Iris calling other people, namely Ash, little kids. It's not funny nor is it clever. It's hypocrisy nobody wants to hear. It's inclusions like that which make people think Iris shouldn't have been in the anime in the first place.
3. Goh catching more Pokemon than Ash. It really devalues the main protagonist in many ways.
4. Certain Pokemon Ash should've gotten instead. Considering his progress, he should've gotten far better Pokemon than certain ones he got. Absol, Flygon, Garchomp, Seismitoad, Zoroark, Braviary, Arcanine, Houndoom, Corviknight, Drednaw, and Espeon are a few examples of Pokemon he should've gotten (Rather or not some people have the same opinions). In fact, quite a lot of Pokemon he caught should've evolved to their final evolutions, then that way they could get a lot more love from viewers.
5. The Sun & Moon anime style. The cool style of animation before just got replaced by something cheap and off putting.
6. The XY anime featured Mega Evolution, but none of the main characters used it at all. If new features are to be introduced, have the main characters do it too.
7. Pikachu Gigantamaxing. There wasn't any build up on that. What were they thinking not using it alot?
8. Misty and Brock leaving the show. Replacing beloved characters with new faces doesn't work out most of the time.
9. Plenty of characters from the games don't make an appearance at all. Not even most of the player characters do.
But still, the recasting controversy should be number one on that list. It lost millions of devoted fans that way.
I won't include the episodes that got banned because that deserves a list all its own.
1. I always thought that Charmander evolved to fast hence why he became a jerk and thought Ash wasn't worthy to listen to
@@catherineterry1111 No, Charmeleon stopped listening because he lost respect for Ash after being ordered to go easy on a Paras.
One day I'll create my own Pokemon animation 🎉
No delays and halfed team (the order half was working on Legends Arceus) were the reasons why Scarlet and Violet came with inumerous glitches at launch.
people crying about recasting of old voice actors is not that serious, karens cant expect remakes to feature old voice actors when the original voice actors have passed away
Peta will complain about anything
Uri-Geller is just like every other karen in the world crying about people using their likeness.
other things on this list i can understand
Jinx Porgon pokemon go Sorta
*#1 the safari zone having a revolver*
The worst thing about the Pokemon Anime is that Team Rocket should've been disbanded after the first five seasons like in the games.
Jelly donut
Can you do a list of the top 10 worst Pokemon episodes.
Cute and cuddly dog fighting? Not controversial at all!
Here’s an idea: What are some real world places that have potential to be regions in Pokémon?
I remember when they had to change the voices. I was angry and I wanted the old ones back so badly.
I'm Shocked that No One has mentioned The Kalos League final Screwjob in the Anime or The Sun & Moon Anime Redesign of Ash!
The episode where all those people were sent to the hospital in Japan...I was 15-16, as well as the Safari Zone.
No wonder why i always thought nicki Minaj look was based on jynx😮
The entire Porygon line had paid for Pikachu’s sins.
AH YES PORYGON!
Whats wrong with the unites company?
wait the Tentacruel episode coinciding with 9/11 isn't in the list???
RIP my boy Kadabra. That is such a stretch. It’s a MATRIX reference!
Nani koray? We could have gotten the Porygon episode and make it safer to watch but Japanese laws prevented that.
0:45 I like the noise Pikachu makes here.
Registeel is harder than any metal? Is it made of carbon?
Pokémon got banned in Japan? But it came from there. I saw this Pichu short so apparently America got a hold of it. Wasn't the narrator male in the English version? The Flash AKA The Flop was still released despite the controversy over the main actor.
5:55 I didn't know Pikachu could make adorable squeaking noises.
Pokémon just hasn't been the same without the old cast. I had trouble enjoying the newer shows because of it. The new art design also didn't help. Who thought it was good idea to change it? At least when Pokémon first went digital they added a filter to make it look older at first but kept the art style mostly the same to keep the fans happy. I just can't stand Ash's new voice.
7:26 I like how Pikachu is bitch slapping the other one. I don't the plot of the first movie held up that well. Back then I was young and wanted to see Pokémon in theaters.
I think I remember this Peta parody. That bandaged Pikachu looks familiar.
By the time Sword and Shield came out I kind of stopped playing Pokémon even though I tried Arceus because it was something different. I remember the Pokédex controversy well.
I wore sunglasses when watching the Porygon episode. I was unfortunate enough to sample this scene beforehand. Who the hell thought this was okay? Did anyone watch the show before releasing it? I think that's required. This episode was interesting even though I haven't watched the series for awhile at the time. I think I was teased for liking Pokémon and they said Pokémon was evil because of this episode. At the time I had no idea what episode this was. Wasn't the use of guns in another episode also controversial?
hello ladies and gents I am a big fan of two franchises Pokémon and Dragon ball isn't it amazing that before CBW's Thesis no one had a problem with Jynx??and after her Thesis suddenly Gamefreak had a controversy on their hands??hmmmm I wonder???could be ???wait isn't she that rather obscure poet that no one knew about before her thesis??yup that's her!!!!she went after Toriyama and company as well and she caused the infamous SPACE SMURF YEARS!!!!!he has been seen little since those days but it isn't because of her I am thankful to say it's because of the fact that in plots like The tournament of power Dende and Mr. Popo are basically extraneous with the exception of finding people like Android 17 who don't give off energy but should they be needed again *Toriyama is not AFRAID!!!!!* Pokémon Go has worse against it than inappropriateness and believe me that was/is a big one but when I was playing Sun and Moon you can scan QR codes I almost found myself out in the street trying to scan a car I stopped myself because I have mediation training but not everyone is so lucky and Pokémon Go take it to whole other level entirely Regitsteel didn't even know that one was well I just didn't know about it and being jewish myself not sure how much of that one is real and how much is reading into a bad design decision I guess either way it ended up good but you know can't really say it even made my radar at all and I work hard to catch 'em all I personally Think they could have found another way to deal with the pikachu and pichu short problem. PETA can go fuck themselves especially after you look closely into them. I am among the Dexit people why oh why did you just take it away???
A honorable mention is the tauros episode when the game keeper pulls a shotgun on ash
I'm posible que no te preocupes por el momento😅
I loved watching the Pichu and Pikachu short story and and it’s still my favorite mini movie in the series shame that it was banned because the Japanese narrator was caught for drug offenses 👍❤️
Porygon should appear in the new series. It's not fair with it.
Yes, porygon should be brought back to the anime. He has evolutions so they could always use porygon 2 and say the original has bugs and upgrade disk fixed him and caused him to evolve.
At least that explains why Pichu is disliked by the Pokemon company and hasn’t had a card since then. It’s too bad bc Pichu is my favorite Pokemon.
And that why we never see porygon 2 and prorygon z in the anime because of what happened to that porygon episode
Number one pick was obvious
I never gave into Pokémon Go, and after hearing of people trespassing on properties, or even putting themselves in danger, was a great decision.
It helps when you spoof. There's always a workaround for gps inspired games.
How come the Dragonite Episode and Safari zone one aren't here? Including the 9/11 tentacruel one and Team Rocket's crossdressing.
Is peta really worth mentioning as a controversy? That's like reporting a brawl between toddlers at the local daycare
4. Well, Team Plasma IS basically an eviler PETA. And that goes double for their leader, Ghetsis. Ever since the beginning, one question has plagued the Pokemon series; "Isn't it kinda messed up to catch these creatures and make them fight each other?" And while there have been hand-wavy answers that the Pokemon WANT to fight and get stronger, or that they learn to love you as soon as they're caught, Gen 5 tackled this arguement head on by having Ghetsis make that argument and then revealing him as the least redeemable character in the franchise! Ghetsis doesn't even believe a single word of this Pokemon rights rhetoric, he LOVES using pokemon for power!
2. Hey! At least it's not as bad as REMOVING WILD POKEMON BATTLES ENTIRELY! Such as the fate that befell Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee. Give the subsequent games credit, at least you can do that in those games! This is a detrimental design decision that ACTIVELY HURTS THE GAMEPLAY LOOP because you can't grind by conventional means and you also can't have rematches with trainers in the overworld. It is for that reason why I am BAFFLED why people aren't complaining more about the Let's Go games than they are the more resent ones because they weren't THIS BAD!
Hey, the Let's Go games weren't bad, just different. They were made to make it easier for Pokémon GO players to get into the core series games.
It’s very interesting that they did that. Almost like a swipe at identity politics!
Y'all forgot the beauty and the beach episode. How y'all forgot that one??
I guess black life's don't better as they made jynx purple...
And porygon was innocent in everything i feel bad for it never getting an appearance since tech pikachu caused the problem
I think the banned short is kept from any play due to not wanting to have to pay royalties to a criminal and be associated with such. Logical for a children's cartoon.
Jynx cost lots of problems with it's original design.
And somehow the whole controversy of trapping creatures just so they can beat the crap out of each other never phased anyone.
(I'm SOOOOOOOOO gonna die for saying this but) i like jynx no matter what her color
Niki minaj?
Jyinci minaj
😂😂Why? Why would you use a picture of Jynx as the thumbnail? It defeats the whole... You know what? No. Nope, I'm not doing this. 😁Hey, a Pokemon list! Neat. Let's find out what #1 is.
Oldest reason on the Web: clickbait.
Like #300 for the laughs I got remembering the Nikki Minaj controversy 😂😂😂
Thanks for the new video WatchMojo and go hug your furbabies all 💙🐱💙
How did 4kids tried to censoring Misty slapping Ash on the face but NOT do anything about a Pokemon that looks EXACTLY like racist caricature?
Justice for Porygon
Some of these Pokémon episode gained controversy/ban is bc of peoples oversensitive reaction or their one-minded thinking. It's entertainment. Don't take tv so seriously
Jinx jinx jinx
"Shut up, b¡tch, you love it!" -Mr. Popo
POKEMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where is the Tobias battle?
The porygon one will always be yhe worst
I just found a pokemon that looks a bit uncomforting
Top Ten Things The Pokémon Franchise Needs
1. Voice Acting
Or you need to grow up lmao
It was pikachus fault not porygon. Just want to make that clear.
Regarding Jynx: The people complaining about her pretty much showed how ignorant they were. Jynx is based on a creature from Japanese mythology called the Yama Uba. Pretty much everything regarding Jynx was based on this creature...from its looks to its connection to Christmas.
Gee...the people who complained not only were ignorant of its Japanese origins, but also judged Jynx based on her LOOKS. Kinda makes you wonder who the REAL racists in this debate were?
Exactly and it’s so fucking annoying that a handful of people complained and caused a change that was never needed. People really like to just grasp at straws.
Ppl making stuff up and being offended for others. Same with Mr popo in dbz. So lame
@@danieln6700 EXACTLY! In fact, wasn't Mr. Popo ALSO based on something from Japanese mythology? I forget what, unfortunately...
African American stereotypes but not just African right?...😏
Controversies aren't hurting Pokémon. Nintendo is hurting Pokémon.