Was There Really An Episode of Pokemon That Gave Thousands of Kids Seizures?

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[@Makesmistakes]

Music get too loud!!

[@jeffdroog]

@@TodayIFoundOut This was brought to you by hearing aids everywhere! You're gonna need them after that musical number they throw in there for you! Much love to the editor for attempting to deafen everyone.Trying to put us on equal footing with BLIND DAVE?

[@m5sib]

Oh I'm sorry for pointing out a problem that makes part of the video unwatchable (yes I skipped part of the video due to the loud music) while not being a Pateron member.

[@TheoneandonlyJobis]

Fire your editor. The obnoxiously loud music after 20 minutes should have easily been caught.

[@brad9478]

🤔 some people have epilepsy. Maybe a video without flashing lights, as another version.... Just might be nice for some 🫡

[@mwolkove]

Glad I can hear the music at 21:00, too bad Simon is completely inaudible.

[@professordeltagames6011]

I wonder what happened with their levels in this section of the edit

[@elizabethhaskell6505]

Too much bass it drowns him out completely on my TV

[@nemesisofeden]

Wait, Simon was talking?! 😂

[@RondaOptional]

I had to pause the video I couldn't figure out where it was coming from lol.

[@MidnightWonko]

The music was so creepy to me that I legit had to skip over that part of the video.

[@ewamanda]

The music is WAY too loud.

[@lathrael7152]

REALLY! It feels like it's been edited by a drunk person who was also editing someone's new recording and accidently mixed up those two.

[@tonyahinrichs8828]

It's really bad.... I can't finish. 😢

[@FoxMulder556]

Yoooo it gets sooo damn loud in the end quarter bit of the video

[@dpad_dave]

I had to stop the video, feels like someone's cat walked over the keyboard during editing

[@ocaptainmycaptain9464]

Can’t hear the bonus facts through that mix.

[@ZorgoXorgon]

The music that starts around 19:33 is too loud.

[@joeyfish5]

omg I thought it was too loud by 4mins im worried about that time more now

[@quinnglaze9920]

Did the music get really loud towards the end for anyone else?

[@bluegecko6770]

Yes very annoying

[@MimiYuYu]

It’s only after you watched the flashes from the Pokémon episode. It’s a side effect of the red and blue flashing lights.

[@SylviaMoonbeam1127]

@@MimiYuYui wasn’t even watching. I had it playing in the background, listening as I was doing other things

[@alexandervladimirovich576]

Yes, very annoying. Actually stopped watching the video as it made it impossible to hear what he was saying.

[@videogamevalley7523]

Yea I thought I started the music app on my phone and didn’t know how I did that

[@rejeanlacoursiere2073]

I barely hear what Simon says at the end, the music is too loud

[@Katchelina]

I thought i had another youtube tab open with music or something for a moment and was confused why it was so loud

[@Ulfhednir9]

@@Katchelina lol me too

[@jakhan4203]

Same!!!​@@Katchelina

[@meJaso]

19:32 the background audio track gets way too loud.

[@EShirako]

Wildly too loud this time around!

[@Caleb1874ya]

Today I found out how to edit background music volume level…

[@Lokiawa]

Lol. Indeed!

[@RampagingMonkey666]

Whats up with the music during the bonus facts? Its far too loud and overpowered Simon's voice to the point that captions are required.

[@BruceBoyde]

Yeah, no idea what that was about. Got crazy loud for about 2 mins, but then went back to normal with about 5 mins of video left. My guess is the editor forgot to adjust the volume on that one track, so it played loud before ending and moving on to the next

[@danielcronin7512]

Kinda sounded like the outcome music edited into the video to early

[@ApathyBM]

Over compression due to lazy sound mastering. If Simon recorded the bonus fact softer, the whole audio file gets boosted

[@MakeOrBreakSociety]

21:03 omg the music here is way too loud. It's hard to focus on Simon

[@jeffdroog]

Youre not focusing enough

[@MakeOrBreakSociety]

@@jeffdroog LOL no kidding :D

[@mat1988ize]

That was a hard minute to get through

[@sugarwheats]

Why is the music so loud 19:35

[@jeffdroog]

So you dance!

[@MimiYuYu]

It’s a side effect of watching those flashing lights. If you skip to 19:33 without watching the flashing Pokémon footage then the music is a normal level

[@Tapeshoes]

I don't think anyone has pointed out how loud the music at 21:00 is yet

[@Chloeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

It’s loud as FUCK 😭😭 how did no one catch this beforehand lmao

[@HoneyPiss]

It was Pikachu's fault! Justice for Porygon!

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

#Justice4Porygon

[@Ihavethetouch]

Porygon did nothing wrong!

[@kcant65]

Pika PIKA PIKA! (too offensive to translate.)

[@clintonpangburn3698]

Wow, a relevant comment!

[@Ihavethetouch]

It's fun watching someone try to explain Pokemon in serious way

[@SmashBrosAssemble]

“Isn’t this that Cartoon that causes seizures?” ~ Bart Simpson

[@rb3872]

Aye Caramba!

[@beagleissleeping5359]

And now back to Seizure Robots

[@laceneil4570]

All that seizing made me hungry!

[@Integrawr]

Anyone else find the music at 20:00 unnecessarily loud? Not sure if its a bit, but I can barely hear Simon.

[@TheDopekitty]

Yeah. Normally I can just not notice it if it's below a certain volume but this was way more than I was able to get past

[@flushedphoenix81]

Yes so much so you can’t actual hear who you came to watch

[@themeach011]

I think his mic was wrong the whole time the music was probably st the right volume

[@kcant65]

This episode really needs a reupload. Everything else is very good but the music levels that start around the bonus facts are so bad that I had to have the captions on to know what Simon was saying.

[@rocketshiprick]

What is with the music? 22:01

[@tompayne3200]

The audio mixing on this video trying to replicate porygons effects.

[@m5sib]

Who does the mixing? Why is the music getting so loud I can hardly hear him talking over the music!!

[@FrankDarrin]

What music?

[@FrankDarrin]

Oh I'm at 9 mins I guess it's coming

[@the_silent_tortoise]

Porygon was an ultra-rare Pokemon in Pokémon Snap. In the river level, if you were able to get each Slobro into the river with apples and lead the last one into the brush where it would evolve and then throw a tranq ball to scare out a Psyduck, then hit Psyduck with an apple, a Porygon would appear for a split second to eat the apple. Ask me what my 4th grade teacher’s name was though… No clue. 😅

[@NunnyaBidniss]

I was going to leave a comment about the sound mix going WAY too heavy on the music about 20 minutes in, but apparently a few hundred people already beat me to it. 😂 Seriously though….the final 7 or 8 minutes of the video is completely unwatchable. The music almost completely drowns Simon out. I caught maybe one in ten words after the sound went out of whack. So wtf is going on down in the basement? Was this some sort of protest by the employees you keep locked up down there? It may be time to cut off their bread and water for a few days to teach them a lesson.

[@_RiseAgainst]

I don't think the editors are locked in the basement. They're next!

[@MrPeterheveran]

Loved this video. Can we get a Pokemon Brain Blaze episode please?

[@JanetSnakehole28]

I'm assuming the super loud music is part of a cheeky 'music? what music?' gaslighty attempt to generate mass hysteria in us. Otherwise, you might want to reupload this without the intrusive backing track

[@MichelMauzerolle-jb1ey]

Your editor is possessed

[@RatKindler]

I saw a talk by an epilepsy scientist that was among the panel tasked with investigating the incident. He also designed a filter system that was implemented with broadcast television in Japan to prevent it from happening again.

[@DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

Yes kids, back during my childhood, our cartoons tried to kill us

[@dipshitprice1080]

The music at the end ruins the video it's to loud to hear what is being said

[@MimiYuYu]

Actually I think it makes the video better!! It’s going to be more memorable. And the comments section is hilarious

[@Cavemanjason]

@@MimiYuYu likely strategic to. more comments = more engagement. more engagement leads to more recommendations on other people's feeds. TIFO's playing the KZbin algorithm.

[@Phantomcrustacean]

Certainly wasn’t expecting this. I’ve seen every Pokétuber under the sun discuss this but i don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone outside of that sphere discuss it

[@abc-coleaks-info]

Who edited this thing? Background music stays in the background for a reason.

[@N1ghtF1re]

The music in the "Bonus Facts" got a bit loud, making it difficult to hear what Simon was saying

[@MimiYuYu]

Actually Simon was interrupting the music that was supposed to make us start mass hysteric dancing

[@chrissiriska8086]

Love your content. Just found Decoding The Unknown channel few months ago and now am subscribed to all your channels LOL Great YT Channel

[@charlesplante]

Try not to get burnt out on that content, take it at a reasonable pace.

[@chrissiriska8086]

@@charlesplante As I sit and watch his 12hr compilations LMFAO :P

[@abnormalghost8320]

After 21:00 this video is unwatchable which sucks because this was absolute gold

[@dumorte]

mass hysteria in the comments. there is no music playing in this video

[@nicholas4839]

There is music playing but not very loud you have to listen to hear it

[@kevinyoung9706]

What a wonderful video you guys made! Its almost like pfffph hmmmph *shakes uncontrollably* I was there harumphhhhh *thud*

[@smokeyninja9920]

Hazard warnings such as that found at the start of this video should include an audible description of the hazard to increase the efficacy of the warning 11:05 But then lizard brain gonna lizard brain...

[@muadeeb]

13:33 did we just lean into Brain Blaze territory?

[@QueensGTO_Viper]

The sound mixing gave me a seizure, thanks.

[@calebbean1384]

The music got insanely loud at the end wtf

[@Zoom15000]

Going to like and comment before this video is pulled and reuploaded with the music edited quieter. You just know in 2024 the answer to a case of mass hysteria would be chemtrails 😂

[@daisaq]

To this day I'm angry about the fact that Porygon was labeled as the one to blame, while it was Pikachu's attack caused the incident. Pikachu was, and is, scott free just because he's cute, famous, and everyone's favorite. life isn't fair, even for Pokémon 😢

[@alex7x57]

The song is what used to be the usual background music for the channel. It's called Those Who Live in the Forests by Silent Soul Retreat. I've been wondering what it was for years, but it was never loud enough to Shazam until now.

[@DMTrance87]

Interesting editing choice....i think i get it?

[@ClifBratcher]

I distinctly remember reading about it in a late 90s gaming magazine. They called it "Pocket Monsters" and I thought, "what a generic name for a show. That would never take off in the US.."

[@guyvanarsdall7686]

Pro tip for those complaining about the loud music, volume control.

[@voodu007]

I got to watch this live in Japan when it first aired. I remember my dad calling from work half an hour later to see if I was ok because the news of seizures countrywide became so widespread that night. It really happened.

[@raideduela]

The music is so loud at the end of the video

[@Blank00024]

Yeah, the music was so bad I just had to stop the video there. Sorry about your watch time, fact boi.

[@ramalshebl60]

i remember this shit like it was yesterday

[@arthurirwin8235]

Man! when the music started kicking, I had to stop what I was doing and bust a move!! I don't care what you play. Just play it loud!!! Bravo 👏 👏 👏

[@stephennicol9549]

The music volume is cursed 😫20:30

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

Simon talking about Pokemon? Yes, please.

[@dillonbuford]

How has he never seen an episode?

[@marenjones6665]

That's my question.

[@duckymomo6472]

Maybe the music blaring was an attempt to make us all go into an online mad hysteria… but all it did was make me stop the video and watch something else 🤷‍♂️

[@firedem0n5]

#JusticeForPorygon !

[@charlesplante]

Boy, I cant wait to watch this on my ultra-brite 100" TV while hosting a rave party! The "dance floor" is going to be wild AF.

[@jessicalypsojessicakyliemc9879]

AHHH MY SEIZURES!!!!

[@J.MacInnes]

Pokémon causes seizures, watching too much tv leads to obesity, your kids will develop a British accent if they watch Peppa Pig, Poltergeist- evil clowns will come out of tv and drag you away- maybe just read a book, or go outside instead.

[@RyuDragon529]

I watched this episode years ago with the brightness turned down real low. The red and blue lights strobing lights were still really bright

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

You can't hear it properly for the damm music. Wtf is happening fact boy? Get a grip.

[@charlesplante]

Don't make me call fact Daddy, fact mommy is dissapoint.

[@Zeb-eo4yz]

20:58 As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left...

[@ExperimentIV]

bro what happened at the end of this video with the audio levels lmaoooo

[@Zeb-eo4yz]

Dancing until you're dead. Whatever, I don't dance...19:32 Oh crapples.

[@beagleissleeping5359]

19:33 I've got a fever and the prescription is LOUDER BACKGROUND MUSIC!!! 😂 Edit: I was just giving you all a hard time, but, holy crap at one point I had to turn on the captions.

[@samsprague2846]

I had a test with a neurologist using a strobe light, It made me flop around almost exactly like a fish out of water.

[@samueldrazkowski2908]

The woman believing she was cursed and then being taken to someone could trigger a placebo effect that stopped her dancing

[@Zeb-eo4yz]

24:46 'Of these, 21 were young women, two were girls around 10 years old, and one was a man who was fatigued from holding the two young girls...' I didn't change much but I think this clarifies something important.

[@biggz21100]

Music in the bonus facts got way too loud. Couldn't even hear what you were saying 30 seconds after it started. Poor quality there Simon.

[@Zeb-eo4yz]

You would think by the time you started laughing they would get the joke. I applaud your effort. Interacting with the community without being live is a noble goal.

[@UmatsuObossa]

I saw that episode online about a year ago. Even as someone without seizures, those lights were obnoxious. Probably would be disorienting if they went on much longer.

[@TheSwarm666X]

i know i have that episode, but ya, just in Japanese.

[@leonardticsay8046]

I’m surprised that SpongeBob SquarePants didn’t induce seizures. I mean…”if nautical nonsense be something you wish, then drop on the floor and flip like a fish”?!

[@bobingabout]

I had to pause the video at around the 19 minute mark to try and figure out if the music was coming from this video, or was something else on the computer, because it was REALLY loud, drowning out Simon entirely after about the 21 minute mark.

[@magnoliaopal]

19:40 to 22:20 the music gets way too loud. Turn on the subtitles of you can.

[@radioactiveslam8352]

A+ topic, research, and information presentation. D- in sound mixing. Couldn't stick it past 21:15

[@JDScott]

Might want to re-edit this one. That music added at 19:33 is way louder than the narration. It continues until 22:19. 😂

[@BarbaricAvatar]

In a video dealing with unintended consequences, it's ironic that the plonky music that kicks-in at 19:30 draws ones attention to the extent that they can no longer concentrate on what Simon's saying! The muted microphone compared to other channels of the Whistlerverse doesn't help either.

[@BarbaricAvatar]

Oh jeez, it gets worse 75secs later. Now I can barely hear the Whistler at all!

[@Zeb-eo4yz]

I too am getting massively hysterical about this. Elderly people have problems with this kind of thing. I can't turn the volume down and read closed captions at the same time. I'm going to start a letter writing campaign, but with the email. If I could just figure out how to work it.

[@stevestewart9282]

I 100% believe that it could have caused seizure like effects from the strobbing effect in the episode. I've never suffered any sort of seizure in my entire life but in my younger days I had a few similar experiences at raves due to extended strobe lighting effects. Never had a seizure from it but it certainly made my head fuzzy and my balance rubbish until I got somewhere without the lights and sat for a little bit.

[@TheDopekitty]

Thank the internet gods for subtitles

[@urobos1]

The infamous porygon episode.

[@manitoublack]

Even though I'm not photo-sensitive. That blue/red flashing is always hard to watch

[@auro1986]

colours used in animated episodes were in specified wavelength that were similar to atom bomb explosions

[@taukakao]

The music is so loud I really feel the need to go frantically dancing until I land in a hospital now!

[@TinchoX]

Beloved editor for Simon's videos: Please, do not forget to check the audio levels of the background music before uploading the video in question, thank you in advance. -Your KZbin audience.

[@Zeb-eo4yz]

Don't be hysterical. I'm sure the writer had more to do with this than the editor.

[@charlesplante]

Thumbnail looks like Simon just got told he was bald for the first time.

[@Docmain3]

The music in the bonus part is way too loud

[@TheAntiburglar]

Lmao using the Porygon noise to bleep Simon at 7:32 made me laugh out loud XD

[@_RiseAgainst]

If Simon was 4 years younger he would understand pokemon.

[@pocket_sand284]

Ahh the 90s when Natural selection was streamed straight into the home. If you were affected by this episode it was your clue to get out of the gene pool.

[@JustTheTruth-Please]

Background music should be in the background. Couldn’t hardly hear Simon.

[@DrunkbowDash]

That music was great! Can we just have half an hour of that? 😂

[@Jaysin412]

I watched this episode back in the day

[@TrencherTaz]

Honestly was digging the slow buildup of the song. Wouldn't mind knowing where to listen to it again.

[@MimiYuYu]

I found a short of that clip of Pokémon and watched it about 8 times in a row to see if I would spazz out. I didn’t experience any symptoms except a weird music drumming through my ears that got louder and louder until I started dancing and dancing until I passed out

[@MusicalRaichu]

sorry couldn't handle the background sounds during the bonus facts. is this an experiment to find if you can create seizures from aural stimuli?

[@gabbyn978]

About thirty years ago I heard about such an incident in the news, but it was said to have happened within a japanese cinema, the anime was a totally different one, and the whole background was flickering. Maybe there were more than one cases?

[@daisaq]

Yes there were. Not huge as pokemon one, but there were similar incidents in 2007, with the movie Babel. also Anime Owarimonogatari caused some to similar disorientation. it's worthnoting that about 9 months prior, Anime called YAT! Anshin caused similar cases to a few children. If it was investigated carefully Pokémon shock could have prevnnted.

[@autumno248]

Music wayyy too loud toward the end of the video editor !!

[@DrityD]

Well Simon, long time watcher. First time writing. Lol. You will watch Pokemon cartoons. Because you have kids now. 😅 Oh Simon, I LOST THE "GAME"!!😂😂😂

[@killielila]

Yea no snacks in the basement tonight til you fix the audio wtf

[@samsprague2846]

I think there is no topic more fascinating than mass hysteria.