Top 20 Most Censored Pokémon Moments

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[@marcusyates3044]

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[@IAmMugel]

I was actually lucky enough to get my hands on a VHS with the uncensored English version of Holiday Hy-Jynx as a kid. I have to wonder, if I dug that out from the void of wherever it got off to, would it be worth a lot today... 🤔

[@dwainsimmons3447]

The dubs of the first and second movies.

[@sauronawdi8999]

in lebanon they didn't air the entire episode of ash challenging erika cause of he had to wear women's clothes so i got really confused back then cause i thought i missed that episode when i saw him having the badge from that gym

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Calling Japanese Riceballs..."Donuts" has to be The Dumbest Censorship 4Kids has ever done.

[@KittyMcFlame]

For real I mean like what's wrong with the word rice balls ?

[@sbatou87]

They went with the "Viewers Are Morons" trope.

[@fry4guy]

I never understood why they use censorship about other cultures. I would think anime would be a great way to teach kids other kinds of cultures and to try new things. Preferably with the new foods in Japan like Rice Balls or Takoyaki.

[@KittyMcFlame]

@@sbatou87 What do you mean by that

[@sbatou87]

@@KittyMcFlame Well, that the targeted US audience wouldn't know what an onigiri/rice ball would be, so 4Kids dubbed it into donut.

[@animeknight8958]

To this day, i never understood why they edit the riceball and called them Jelly Donuts.

[@christianparrish3292]

Ikr

[@lfgubrs]

I think it's because donuts are more recognizable for the western audience than riceballs. Most european dubs they also called them donuts.

[@hookslogan]

@@lfgubrs this is the main reason, plus people forget their target audience is usually younger so they’re even less likely to know what riceballs are.

[@animeknight8958]

@@lfgubrs It also make you forget that those who saw the show back in the 90's were just kids and never heard of rice balls.

[@robinolsson6152]

At least a meme was created.

[@GioGiovi36]

Ah yes, the times when 4Kids was disrespectful towards Japanese cuisine.

[@StewyAdamRules]

I don’t get it. It’s not like food is offensive. This could have been a good opportunity to teach young children more about the wider world, but they felt the need to hide it as if American children and their parents simply could not fathom another culture existing outside their own.

[@djcolita4085]

Nah man , Japanese or not I know Brock is the horniest person in the Pokémon world to exist 😂😂

[@Venemofthe888]

well you know japan their legal age was very low so no wonder brock was even worse

[@LegionIvory]

@@Venemofthe888 Yeah, I do not understand why the age of consent is 13 in Japan. Like, why?

[@bloodwolfgaming9269]

@@LegionIvory Because some cultures are just different wither that match up with our own or not.

[@WendyWalker087]

She can violate my rights lmao Brock

[@Ser_IanSheepington]

Yeah he is up there with Quagmire

[@kpanthony200]

As the slap scene from episode 1 you could have added episode 3 as an extra too since she literally slaps him again but with caterpie.

[@wikiuser92]

*Because* of Caterpie. Ash celebrates his second successful capture (Pidgeotto), but Misty calls him out on using a Bug against a Bird Pokémon.

[@MasterOfViewership]

and slaps him in several other Kanto episodes

[@axels3188]

I think James with Inflatable Breasts was the most censored moment in the Pokemon anime.

[@ChristyTina22]

The Ghost at Maidens' Peak was one of my favorite early English dub episodes purely for the fact that Brock and James are voiced by the same actor.

[@dawnrigel4255]

Honestly, Jinks looks a bit better in purple anyway. Like, I love the design trope of characters with a face hidden in shadow so much that we mostly see darkness (like Vivi from ff9), but I think for Jinks it just makes more sense to give her more coloration than just all black.

[@emilyandrews9857]

In certain circles, a face behind a shadow could represent an evildoer.

[@ChicagoMel23]

It’s Jynx

[@georgeblack2749]

It would be different if her lips were were not visible and her hair was not blonde. But with those 2 things AND a “black face”, it was almost impossible for black folks to not see Jinx as a caricature of Black women.

[@oryxthetakenking8275]

Jynx is based on the Japanese mythological creature, the Yuki-onna, yet people felt like it was a racial stereotype of black people.

[@georgeblack2749]

@@oryxthetakenking8275 … you don’t really want to hear my point of view here and I know that, so we will just agree to disagree. 🙏🏾

[@thevideogamehit9016]

The episode electric soldier Porygon was banned because of a scene which caused mass seizures resulting in the episodes ban which also resulted in episodes getting edited to avoid causing more seizures

[@RuV9999]

yeah it was banned. i think its after the japan version release on that episode cause that incident US version choose to ban that episode.

[@thevideogamehit9016]

​@@RuV9999 also the episode the legend of Dratini was banned due to it's portrayal of handguns. Other episodes which had guns weren't banned for some reason.

[@chuumon95]

Anime censorship is really stupid. Some of this stuff have been in regular cartoons for years. This might be out there, but I’m calling it discrimination.

[@gilbertmillers4865]

Agreed it’s ridiculous

[@Father_of_Death]

The issue is that 4Kids was initially creating English language dubs for local television. The FCC had so many restrictions and sometimes it killed any potential for the dubs. TPCi was not as bad as they were up until XY then they began to get censor heavy.

[@aznpikachu215]

That's really the network, FCC in America has regulations from 6 AM - 12 PM

[@Venisor21]

Discrimination on who? What's wrong with just calling it "censorship", that's the most accurate description. There's no need to seek a stronger label for it.

[@chuumon95]

@@Venisor21 Against Japanese cartoons

[@nathanbalazonbautista418]

I love the update of these old videos from that was originally Top 10. Give us Top 20 Censored Digimon Moments next.

[@Seibertz]

Literally started laughing at work at the guy with the mustache

[@AngelWingsYT]

right like comeon japan eve you had to of stopped n went "hmm...this may not come across well"

[@Fishycheese99]

There are no accidents- master oogway

[@joseguadalupemartineztorre9702]

I always thought changing Lenora was weird. In the games,i thought she was pregnant, so i thought they didn't want to show a pregnant woman charging into danger

[@The90210Officer]

Considering the fact that the dad in The Kangaskhan Kid had the exact same mustache makes it even more questionable.

[@GoatAmv]

op 10 Most Censored Pokémon Moments #10: Safe Shurikens. “Aiming for the Top Floor!” ... #9: Jessie's Midriff. ... #8: Putting Out Matches. ... #7: Meowth's Out-Of-Body Experience. ... #6: Team Rocket's Unfortunate Salute. ... #5: A Wildly Inappropriate Question. ... #4: Lenora's Outfit. ... #3: Brock's Jelly Donuts. #2: Miltank's Udders "Got Miltank?” After Cyndaquil and Meowth are injured and separated from their trainers, they are brought to a Miltank to heal. The cow-like Pokémon uses a combination of glowy hands and its naturally produced milk to heal others. However, American censors took issue with its udders. In the original Japanese version, Meowth and Cyndaquil are clearly shown drinking the milk directly from Miltank, which was completely cut from the English dub. If you look very, very, closely you can still see the moment where Cyndaquil detaches from an udder, but that’s about as close westerns audiences got. People have been to farms, you know! #1: Inflatable Accessories “Beauty and The Beach” There are plenty of examples of James assuming disguises throughout the anime. But the outfit he wore in this highly controversial episode sent the censors into overdrive. To infiltrate a beauty contest, James puts on a bikini, attaches inflatable breasts to himself and pumps them up to astounding size, where he then proceeds to make fun of Misty for being on the left side. The outrage caused by this led to the episode being banned for years! Even after being heavily edited, it was barely shown on western television and isn’t available on several streaming services. James' controversial accessories will ensure that this episode will live forever in infamy.

[@aphelion4616]

Why was Torchic made to not set them on fire? Pikachu zapped the living hell out of Ash for how long in the beginining and they didn't change that? That is weird.

[@TheCommenterDragon]

Honestly, The censored moments are one of the many things that played a part in making Pokemon the iconic series that it is. Because as we all know there's not a single cartoon in history that hasn't had it's share of innuendoes, dirty jokes, racial stereotypes, And dark moments.

[@dwainsimmons3447]

And yugioh

[@Miya2306]

15:00 Poor Seviper 😂🤣😂

[@RayvenLunaNite]

20:29 can we appreciate the figure James has? Like, dayum!

[@yunidai16]

Just remember, it's actually O.L.M. that made the art changes, because video-chopping wasn't a thing back then. Plus, it's possible that Japan gave some differences between the TV airings and DVD releases, with the localized/foreignized option released in the dub.

[@sweatyjaguar]

Moment of silence for the journey we will never forget coming to an end…

[@moinmahmud6265]

Yes

[@toadskywalker6417]

Lost pause: these donuts are great. Jelly filled are my favorite. Nothing beats a jelly filled donut

[@pandaman1331]

Thank you Adolf for ruining the image of that beautiful mustache.

[@marcusyates3044]

Top 10 Pokemon Copycats!

[@christianparrish3292]

Yes.

[@jamalvargas6146]

Daigunder If You Remember That

[@theshinyguru951]

yep

[@DARKMK-lj4bx]

Ditto, zorua and zorark

[@X6800]

Another reason I hate censorship. People don't know what they're doing. But I'll admit nothing is funnier than POISON SUCTION?! Different anime but still. 🤣

[@okamijubei]

And threaten someone by using a mallet gun.

[@17bergman]

That beach episode i remember seeing once, it was indeed odd how james looked like that at all😳

[@AngelWingsYT]

now it is censored for completely different reasons

[@jasminejohnston6393]

🍙This is not a donut, 4Kids. Well that and you don’t have to be Japanese to know what an onigiri is

[@AngelWingsYT]

4kids really thinking a ball of rice would be such a conundrum for kids it had to be changed

[@shinyumbreon-jb3cp]

This is why TPCi needs to release both DVDs and streaming service containing original Japanese audio with subtitles.

[@QueenSephy2002]

That won’t happen

[@GoodNight0wl]

I gotta say. Right from the get-go, I was not prepared for #20 XD

[@BruceVial]

Pokémon America are very afraid to mention or acknowledge the existence of rice balls. Why? No idea.

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

The censorship in the US is literally BORING and ANNOYING. All uncut anime materials are obviously meant for millions of adolescents, adults and middle aged people alike.

[@mattiasolsson1523]

I agree, for example like Yugioh anime. Some censored moment can’t be help like the Pokémon anime, sometime they have to do it because the Japanese went too far for a franchise media for younger.

[@chuumon95]

They should’ve just had Team Rocket’s entire entry in the beauty contest cut. Why in the world did they have James compete as well? Makes no sense.

[@tails230]

It doubles Team Rocket's chance of winning. (Which as I recall, they actually did.)

[@pyrusmew5]

1:45 I don’t blame Pokémon for censoring this because even I feel disturbed by this!

[@sjonnoh]

Ah yes, imagine getting "burned" from holding a match (definitely barely does anything). Holding a candle which melts and then burns your hands is definitely more safe!

[@DarthPooh]

I wish none of these were edited and I also wish none of the episodes got banned either

[@singsongsign]

In the Sun And Moon episode Mission: Total Recall, there is a scene where Lusamine picks up a jar with pills in it. Why was that not changed in the dub?

[@DARKMK-lj4bx]

Hell nah💀

[@xBloodxFangx]

Dont play with fire, kids. Unless its a birthday candle. Then its fun and ok.

[@Ty-ut3do]

Man I am so confused I remember watching pokemon when I was a little kid but I didn't know things in anime were censored and I didn't even know banned episodes even existed

[@pasqualembisceglia1989]

I love the 20 Pokémon anime moments.

[@everlenaoliver6912]

I swear, censors must think this is still the 50s.

[@grayshigami6797]

Top 10 times Pokemon angered fans Ash loses the Kalos league Ash's new design in Sun and Moon

[@christianparrish3292]

That's a brilliant idea

[@robinolsson6152]

Yes, Ash new design in Sun and Moon was horrible.

[@mattiasolsson1523]

I really hate the SM design so much. Pokémon was never the same when that happen.

[@OverlordZeroULTIMA]

Agreed with the "younger" Ash designs. He should be looking OLDER, guys! Next time we see him (IF we see him, since I know he's finally retiring), he'd better have at least some grey hair or something. He can't still be 10 anymore. Never should have, tbh.

[@wikiuser92]

Nah, SM just had to find its feet animation-wise in the beginning. That's all. And the Kalos League loss wasn't that bad.

[@bigguy952]

What really irks me, is that 4 of these moments on the list were set around and after the Passimian episode in Sun and Moon and proves that TPCi could have easily Re-painted Ash’s face just like how they painted over the shurikens, the train attendants mouth, and the wine glasses. I get blackface is a serious issue, but that shouldn’t be an excuse to not even attempt at a Re-edit proves that it can be done

[@kavinaderrow3269]

"JeLlY DoNuTs."

[@adamdaher2779]

Number 5 had me by surprise 😂

[@Father_of_Death]

0:57 That's the Charlie Chaplin moustache.

[@TKnHappyNess]

Ofuda in the DiC Sailor Moon dub in 1995: A-OK Ofuda in the 4Kids Pokemon dub in 1998: EVIL! CENSOR IT!

[@dwainsimmons3447]

Dic didn’t censored as much as 4kids

[@xDracolich]

3:32 didn't they also have an episode where Brock made those rice things, and everyone referred to them as "filled donuts"?

[@TheCheat420]

Ash vs Carvanah That's the episode where Ash buys a car off the Internet and doesn't get the title for months.

[@DrPowerBoy]

I swear Pokémon knows how the human mind works when you release an original of anything than edit it you know damn well were all gonna lose our minds over coveting that original unedited, even if it’s literally a different colour shirt LOL

[@princessyumenijino8969]

I hope I see more videos like this in the future and another different Pokemon anime the series

[@RastaSaiyaman]

One thing that was censored, but the footage was still kept, is from the original Japanese opening tune. In that song, Ash is singing how he searches for Pokémon in rivers, mountains, forests and underneath girls' skirts. At which you hear the said girl screaming. Of course, when the dubbed version got a new song, that part of the lyrics had to go. BUT, that part where Pikachu darts between a girl's legs, and she quickly pulls her skirt down, to protect her dignity, was still there in the animation.

[@strange_person_28]

0:06 この映像が残っていた事に驚いた 日本ではアメリカよりもこの問題に敏感です I was surprised that this video remained. Japan is more sensitive to this problem than the United States.

[@Gooberger5336]

3:53 the laws of physics and gravity were meant to be broken in Pokémon aka that time ash held an extremely heavy Pokemon without any injuries

[@alibrennan5977]

I just finished The Owl House last month and I still can’t get over the fact the Goh and Hunter share the same voice actor😂

[@Thepurpleoracle81]

Yeah I love it!

[@Marvelsdisneydreamuniverse]

Every time i heard Brock calling rice balls jelly donuts indeed i litterly went like "That aint no donut!"

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

13:24 At least they didn't call it "Another Dimension" like Dragon Ball Z did.

[@ChicagoMel23]

The three biggest were whole episodes, the Electric Soldier Porygon and Legend of Dratini episode, and the passimian disguise ep,so they didn’t count.

[@TalaIsDarker]

I guess I never understand censorship

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

14:53 Even though the censored the grunts, they still left James’ and Meowth’s arms up and looking like a salute. This is especially problematic when you consider that Meowth’s then VA, Maddie Blaustien, was a transwoman AND Jewish.

[@bloodwolfgaming9269]

Though they did edit the positioning of James's hand to make it less of a salute.

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

@@bloodwolfgaming9269 Yeah, but still, I couldn’t tell any difference between Nyarth’s position and Meowth’s.

[@ChicagoMel23]

Gender doesn’t change. He was always a man

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

@@ChicagoMel23 You talking about Maddie?

[@gilbertmillers4865]

Correction biological man with a mental illness

[@arghyadeepdas2208]

The holding of lit matchstick was not removed for fire safety reasons, but to what horror it has resemblance to, primarily from US historical context. :)

[@DashkinsPreciousTigerUwU69]

Whitehouse

[@ReeseDavidson]

I finally understand why the slap scene always froze but still played the audio. I thought it was a mistake, but no.

[@aaronlawrence3274]

I’ll be honest, I never even noticed anything wrong with the first episode when I grew up watching it

[@OverlordZeroULTIMA]

Same. Tbh, kid me didn't notice anything with media back in the day. But after seeing the clip in this vid, I did hear a loud woosh noise (not like you Redditers out there are thinking! I don't understand you guys anyway) like she had swung her arm, but no slap, before she spoke.

[@2025SPACEDUDE]

I wish Ash was still a bad ass and someone good at roasting the hell out of misty

[@maevblog9955]

Coincindentally Hoopsandhiphop has posted today about cencorship in Pokémon

[@CWPage]

18:23 Ash Captured A Rice--- Uhh, Jelly Donut? 😒

[@dXter76]

at this rate, I kind of expected them to redraw all trousers at 19:26

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

16:56, 17:19 That's pretty Cool some changes were actually for the better they turned Lenora into a Girl Boss. 💁🏿‍♂️🙆🏿‍♀️

[@mattiasolsson1523]

It was for the better.

[@georgeray1906]

Yup and I can see Lenora wearing an apron whenever she's cooking.

[@emilyandrews9857]

A censorship I've always found curious was Serena kissing Ash goodbye. I never understood why they censored it.

[@cjsaurus4120]

Honestly Serena was the only one who pretty much confessed that she loved ash with THAT SCENE

[@VTPPGLVR]

14:39 I’ve seen that used as a normal salute at events in Japan. Certain Saltine shitheads took a Roman salute and a Hindu symbol (which then carried on in Buddhism like many things did) and now a salute and a religious symbol are tainted for many years.

[@Juansolous]

I still laugh at the donuts

[@SpookySammy]

I was expecting the safari zone ep either the keeper holding a gun to Ash's head being No1 lol

[@nicksullivan4994]

How about Top 20 Most Censored Dragon Ball Moments?❤️📺🎶👍🏻

[@Ser_IanSheepington]

I bet Mr. Popo is in there

[@starlite04]

Doesn't everyone know the wedding couple drink orange juice at weddings?

[@TBMA3_SENPAI]

"Ah Americans" - The mummy 1999 3:44

[@matthewpowell2429]

None of these left me confused, but many of them were ones that I wish they did an English dubbing of.

[@jojo-digidestined4073]

I'm assuming this was filmed before the news about team Rocket leaving the anime ?

[@jujub4553]

Just like Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus were cousins

[@theanimeguy13ify]

I know the Pokémon episode Beauty and the Beach was banned from physical and streaming releases.

[@jaredlanglitz5651]

I remember when Shuckle and Pikachu licked Jessie’s belly button, and it gave her a chill each time. Also Crogunk always stabs Brock in the bottom.

[@mattiasolsson1523]

Here is one honorable mention, Ash be crucifies in the team flare arc.

[@KittyMcFlame]

Do you mean by that what do you mean by that

[@mattiasolsson1523]

@@KittyMcFlame It was censored, watch the different.

[@KittyMcFlame]

@@mattiasolsson1523 No I meant like since when did I see Ash crucify the team flare arc I didn't really grow up watching Pokémon so I really don't know what that meant

[@mattiasolsson1523]

@@KittyMcFlame At the Top of the prisim tower.

[@KittyMcFlame]

@@mattiasolsson1523 In what episode and season was that

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

You never saw Real Guns in Pokémon too often. I think it was only 3 Times.

[@bloodwolfgaming9269]

I can only think of 4 or 5 episodes. The episode when Todd Snap shows up to get a picture of Pikachu. While hiding in the grass, his camera causes a glare that only Ash notices and it shows him thinking it's a scope on a rifle and he imagines all of them getting shot. There was the episode where Ash tries to see if he and Pikachu has what it takes to go through similar training that Officer Jenny and her Growlithe does. The episode starts off with Ash and friends coming across a guy dressed as a burglar to help train the Growlite but they mistake him for a real crook. Ash tries to get Pikachu to stop him but Pikachu wouldn't because he seen the guy had a gun in his hand. Later on, Brock even chastises Ash about it saying he shouldn't have expected Pikachu to go after someone with a gun like that. There was the controversial episode of the giant Tentacruel attacking the sea side city. Aside from all the city destruction causing censoring issues due to the episode airing in the states not long after the 9/11 attacks, there was also a crazy old lady who had a tank and was using guns to try and stop the large Tentacruel. I want to say in the episode of the Khangaskhan Kid, there was a scene where Officer Jenny points a rifle at Ash because they thought they were in the Safari Zone but actually in a Pokémon Preserve and she thought he was a poacher. The only other episode I can really recall was the one involving the really grumpy game warden who had a revolver that he pointed directly at Ash's face at one scene. He even took a shot at Team Rocket later on and I want to say there was even a scene where Team Rocket took him hostage and held him at gun point with his own gun. The episode was banned completely though for some reason, I can recall there being a version that was heavily edited and instead of holding the warden at gun point, Jessie threatened to use a tickling robot on him to get him to tell them what they wanted. But there has been soo much going around with this episode. Some sources say this episode was never released to the states due to all the guns in it but I can remember seeing the episode once or twice when I was a kid, both the original and the edited version because I can recall the reason why the warden was soo protective of the area was because it held a lake with a Dragonair in it that saved his life or something and he wanted to protect it from poachers.

[@broden4838]

What next? "Top 10 Most Censored MegaMan NT Warrior Moments?"

[@RayvenLunaNite]

13:24 pause and you'll see just how messed up meowth is...damn

[@KittyMcFlame]

What are you talking about

[@KrystalKollectz]

this was amazing !! loool

[@likecascade7015]

Why is it always the US getting screwed over when it comes to foreign shows?

[@timerdudestephens1]

They should turn sandwich censorship into jam doughnut

[@Templar127]

Screams in Jelly-filled donuts!

[@manoftheusajones5147]

Such as the JELLY FILLED RICE BALL!

[@yaboikingkai3475]

Professor Kukui gotta get that vitamin C.

[@jamalvargas6146]

Scooby Doo Vs The Flintstones Who's Hanna Barbera's most pivotal cartoon series

[@thanksgivingtorakaonandcoo5411]

What if cbbc censored Frankie speech in episode XY

[@gamemadame]

They always do the rice balls dirty xD

[@chikusumi6724]

The recent pokemon series is so slow comparing to the previous series... I miss the old pokemon who are strong and so nostalgic. Even pikachu seems so odd at the current series

[@KressfallVT]

Many of these were 4Kids being silly.

[@siddusiddarthsahoo]

Then y didnt they censor tommy's father's mustach😶😶

[@bewearstar9462]

They did censorship him getting slaped though and his mustache edges are rounded then Hitlers mustache

[@katherinetyler5543]

I also don't understand that, but I was a child and didn't even know who Hitler was, so I guess they didn't think kids would know either.

[@JoloBondoc]

Yea people nowadays

[@danielferrieri7434]

Top Ten Hardest To Watch Pokémon Moments

[@christianparrish3292]

Not a bad idea.

[@mattiasolsson1523]

The whole akward faces in SM

[@ShadyRK9]

Black Face Jynx will NEVER be a thing again. Even with Nintendo/Game Freak recently transferring the OG 1999 Pokémon Stadium to the Switch it's still purple Faced!

[@stringercorrales6627]

Meanwhile in American public schools: “you might not be a boy, you might actually be a girl”.

[@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291]

In the entire uncut ‘Pokemon’ anime, the fictional tween named Misty was being both short-tempered and unapologetic. I’m sorry, but it’s the truth.

[@_G50_]

She wasn't really even a tomboy. In fact none of the anime main females came close. She wore dresses, makeup, loved clothes shopping, and loved dolls.

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

@@_G50_ You’re right.

[@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291]

@@_G50_ Oh, my bad. That was awkward.

[@shannoncory4308]

Quit saying udders please. A cow only has ONE udder. It's 1 udder with 4 teats. sheesh

[@FGGAMER7899]

I like jynx’s new design