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[animebw]

Binge-Watching: Pokemon Banned Episodes

It’s time to watch about Pokemon’s banned episodes! These are episodes that, for whatever reason, were either pulled from circulation soon after being dubbed or were never dubbed in the first place. There are seven in total across the show’s initial run, and I’ve already watched one of them- The Ice Cave- which was never dubbed because it featured Prominent Blackface Jynx. Now it’s time to check out the other six and find out why Big Brother doesn’t want you to see them!

This post will be a little looser and less structured than my usual posts. I’ll just briefly touch on each episode in turn and talk about why it was banned, as well as my own impressions. Cool? Cool. Let’s-a go!

Beauty and the Beach: A beach episode? What could possibly go wrong? Well, everything, basically. You’ve got lots of banning shots of girls in bikinis, an old man leering at Misty’s boobs (and no, trying to localize it as “you remind me of my granddaughter doesn’t make it any less creepy), and James wearing inflatable breasts that made me physically retch. Also, Misty’s forced to parade her bikini-clad body in front of a drooling audience for money. Yeah, it’s the G-rated version of that and there’s no real fanservice, per se, but still, yikes. Turns out, OG Japanese Pokemon is way hornier than the dub would lead you to believe. There’s even that one line in the OG theme song about looking for Pokemon under a girl’s skirt. And it’s super fucking uncomfortable on every level. Thank god that American standards for kid’s content are more prudish so the localization team scrubbed all this stuff out.

-It’s interesting that despite dubbing this episode, they didn’t translate any of the signs into English. I wonder why?

-”You’ll always be my baby.” We really need more Deliah Ketchum content.

The Legend of Dratini: The gang stops Team Rocket from stealing a rare Dratini! This episode was never dubbed because the guest character is a park ranger who points an actual gun at Ash on multiple occasions, and guns in American kid’s cartoons is still very no-no. Thought honestly, it’s kind of funny how intense the ranger is about the whole thing. They’re just a bunch of kids, dude, no need to go full Lone Ranger on them. Also: yet more uncomfortable horny with Jessie trying to seduce said ranger, despite him being an old man. Gross.

-”Please do something about that talking through singing thing.” pfft

-So Dratini’s Japanese name, Miniryu, is literally just “mini dragon.” Nice.

-Ash Fucking Dies(tm)

-Oh, that’s where Ash gets his giant horde of Tauros. I was wondering.

-Okay but why is this ED just Meowth singing an acoustic guitar song

AI Soldier Porygon: Ah, the infamous episode that gave seizures to tons of kids watching and made Japan tighten its broadcast standards so you couldn’t show rapidly flashing lights anymore. Truly, Pokemon was a groundbreaking show. And yes, there are a lot of flashing lights in this episode, and despite not being epileptic myself, it puts a lot of strain on your eyes. I can totally see how it messed people up.

Other than that, this episode is mostly fun as a late-90s throwback to the era when people were just starting to get into computers but didn’t entirely know how they worked. Ash imagines a computer virus as an actual virus, the internet world the gangs visits gives me heavy flashbacks to Scooby-Doo Lost in Cyberspace, of all things, and somehow an antivirus program escapes to the real world and blows up like an actual bomb. It’s pretty ridiculous, but hey, that’s Pokemon for you.

-Hold on, this guy’s name is Professor Akihabara? As in, the nerdy professor is named after Tokyo’s otaku mecca? Good lord, this show.

-And now I realize that Porygon’s name is a Japanization of “polygon,” because of course it is.

Holiday Hi-Jynx: In case you couldn’t tell from the title, this is another episode done in by Blackface Jynx. It’s a pretty silly holiday special about Jessie restoring her faith in Santa Claus after trying to kidnap him. Also, Santa exists in the Pokemon world, his sleigh is pulled by a Rapidash instead of reindeer, and his elves are all Jynxes. Don’t ask me to explain that, because I don’t think I can.

-So, apparently Jynx has telepathy hair. Huh.

-Ash jumping headfirst into reckless situations will never stop being funny.

-”I think it’s time to Psywave goodbye now.” Santa’s a fucking savage, lol.

Stage Fight: Another Jynx casualty! She only shows up for like three seconds in a group shot and never actually talks, but I guess even that was too much. Which is a shame, because this is a pretty fun episode. The concept of a radio play pantomimed by Pokemon as human actors do their voices behind a curtain is exactly the kind of bonkers worldbuilding I come to this franchise for, and there’s even a sweet emotional arc about a trainer overcoming her fear of her Raichu so she can patch up their relationship and make it trust her again.

-”It’s kinda hard to match the lip flaps, isn’t it?” Ahahaha, dub humor.

The Mandarin Island Miss Match: MAN, am I bummed this episode got banned. It’s such a great development episode for Ash, forcing him to cool his arrogance and realize how much he owes the Pokemon and people around him for helping him win. It takes more than outer strength to be a great trainer; it takes respecting your Pokemon and appreciating them for all they do. After all, they’re the ones actually fighting and winning the badges that Ash is so proud of. Seeing that realization would’ve made his character development even more satisfying on a grand scale. Also, Prima is the fucking best and she absolutely triggered Misty’s lesbian awakening through the sheer power of her boobage. Which may be part of why the episode was banned, honestly; Prima’s got some stacked funbags, and that might’ve been a little too much for American censors. Plus, you know, it’s got Jynx in it too. Once again, a potentially great Pokemon episode is wiped from memory because of blackface. Gotta love hate it.

-”Sometimes, his brain goes out to lunch.” pfft

-”Now you really look like ash.” Damn, Misty’s on fire today. As is Ash, I suppose.

-”She’s using perverse psychology on me!” “You know, you sound smarter with your mouth shut.” I’M FUCKING LOSING IT

-”Is it available on CD?” “Tape only! 18.95.” sdfkhsdf Prima’s great

Best of Team Rocket

-”We work with Jessie, so we know all about brutal!”

-”We’re so good, we destroy things without even trying!”

-”Don’t worry, I prepared this parachute!” *splat* akjdhskdfhs nice

-”We conduct misdeeds in a fair and open manner.”

-Team Rocket Dinner Theater sounds like the best fucking idea.

-”Can’t we be friends, even thought we’re stealing from you?”

-”And a wet Meowth is an unpleasant Meowth!”

-”Losing is so important, it’s what we based our whole career on!”

And with that, I really have finished Pokemon’s initial run. Just one more movie to go, and then it’s time to move on to LoGH!

#anime #the anime binge-watcher #tabw #pokemon #pokemon gen2

[sodokachi]

Identity Pains or Everyone Wants a Piece of Adrien

Did someone say they were bored with the normal lovesquare? Well fine then. Read this. >;)

Summary: Adrien's love life has become far more complicated than he ever wanted it to be. At least he has a lot of friends now, right?

Or

Plagg called it a love polygon, but Adrien just wanted regular love.

@thinkoutsidethelovesquare Day 4: Friendly rivalry

I'm thinking so far outside the box I've come full square! ^m^ Hehehe.

A sandwich of parings: Ladrien, Beedrien (Bee!Chloe/Adrien), Vixen (Fox!Alya)/Chat Noir, and Alya Césaire/Chat Noir.

Adrien wasn't sure what god had it out for him, but he bet it was Plagg.

It was the only explanation to his current predicament. It definitely wasn't his fault. Sure, he had let Queen Bee in that night and talked to her about her concerns about being a superhero. How was he to know she had a crush on him? Or that Ladybug would be jealous of the attention she gave him?

The two girls had been getting along fine until he had entered the picture. Alya had snapped just one pic of Bee visiting him and the very next night Ladybug started showing up to hang out. Plagg made fun of his new superhero visitors and laughed that maybe he was the honey to Chat's vinegar. Adrien strangely didn't mind the metaphor.

Really, he would have been more flattered at Ladybug's attention if it hadn't obviously been motivated by jealousy. Meanwhile Bee had spent time seemingly just because she liked him. It made it very awkward as he still harbored very strong feelings for the ladybug themed heroine.

His last teammate you would think would be better. She wasn't. She, for some ungodly reason, liked flirting with Chat Noir. Plagg had said she must be the type to like bitter instead of sweet things. Adrien thought less of the metaphor and Plagg every time Plagg used it.

Tonight was the first night the bugs had both shown up. Although both had obviously known of the others visits due to Alya. They also seemed to think Chat was visiting him as well. He wasn't sure if that was a good cover up or not.

Besides greeting him the two girls hadn't said a word to since they had arrived.

"Um, why don't you two sit on the couch and choose a movie. I'm going to go get some snacks." He gestured to the door with his thumbs and then fled the scene as quickly as he could.

He entered the massive kitchen and started hunting for some easy snacks. Plagg was sitting on a counter eating an entire wheel of Brie.

"Shouldn't you be happy?" Plagg dryly asked. "You have two girls sitting on your couch in the middle of the night after all."

Adrien sighed. "You're a pig Plagg. You know they're more likely to fight than to have fun when it's all three of us, right?"

Plagg snickered. "This seems like a you problem." God. He should never have shown Plagg how to get on the internet.

Adrien grabbed the candy and chips he had managed to scrounge up and headed back to his room. As he approached he sighed at the sounds of arguing coming from his slightly ajar door.

"I was here first!" Bee grumbled.

"He likes me better." Ladybug growled. God, that sound did things to him.

He opened the door loud enough for them too both hear it. They both looked away from one another with slightly guilty expressions. He sighed. As least they realized they were acting like children. Unlike a certain Kwami he wasn't going to mention.

"So, I brought your favorite chips, Bee, and your favorite candy, Ladybug." He handed them the items.

"Thanks." Murmured Bee. She was already fiddling with the bag.

"Thank you very much, Adrien." Ladybug smiled up at him.

Bee scowled at Ladybug. "Always have to one up me huh?"

Ladybug turned and smiled sweetly at Bee. "Huh? What's that you said?"

Bee grumbled. "Nothing."

Adrien sighed and grabbed the remote. They hadn't even bothered to try to find a movie. He navigated into his vast library of movies. Now, which movie would both of them like enough to not argue throughout?

"Why don't you just choose whatever movie you want to watch, Adrien." Ladybug smiled. Bee snorted. "I'm also fine with whatever." She muttered.

He smiled a bit. He was grateful they seemed to be at least trying not to argue around him. He turned on one of his favorite romantic comedies that he knew both of them would adore. He noticed both or their eyes lighting up at him moving to sit and was careful to take his seat in between the rival girls.

His smile dimmed a bit when both girls grabbed his arms. Ladybug on his left and Bee on his right.

Unfortunately, he was a teenage boy and thusly couldn't (didn't want to) really complain about the softness now pushing up against his arms. Instead he tried to ignore the girls shooting what they seemed to think were inconspicuous glares past him.

He would be lying if he said he wasn't a little bit flattered by two superheroines fighting over him. He just wished Ladybug actually liked him, instead of just being jealous. Also that stupid image that Plagg had put in his brain about the two girls was not being helped by how close they were.

He tried to focus on the movie and succeeded for about fifteen minutes.

"Want a chip?" Asked Bee slyly. He nodded without thinking about it and was rewarded with Bee gently pushing the bite size chip into his mouth. Oh God. There was no way Ladybug was going to allow this to go unchallenged.

"Want a gummy bear?" Ladybug asked sweetly fluttering her eyelashes at him. How was he supposed to say no to that? He nodded and the girl had the audacity to put the gummy bear straight onto his tongue instead of tossing it in his mouth.

He chewed slowly in the hopes that the two would stop this silly competition (that he was totally not enjoying no sir!). Unfortunately (fortunately?), the two girls continued for a good while. They fought to get his attention by sliding their hands on his leg and sides so that they'd be the next to feed him. He really didn't have the mental fortitude for all this touching.

"That's enough, thank you." He smiled politely at Bee. She pouted.

Ladybug hummed victoriously and pushed another gummy bear at him. "No thank you, Ladybug." She pouted as well.

He focused on the movie instead of the two pouting girls and found himself smiling as the main character chose the nice girl over her meaner counterpart.

Bee growled. "Why did he chose her?"

Ladybug grinned. "She's the better choice, obviously."

Adrien didn't even know what was going on with them, but attempted to fix things anyway. "He ended up falling for the girl. That's all that really matter right?" Strangely enough his words had good effect. The girls both looked at him and then smiled while nodding.

"Great!" He noticed the credits rolling. "Well I had a great time, but I really need to get to bed so..." He gestured to his window.

The girls said moved to say their goodbyes. Ladybug, as usual, gave him a small peck on the cheek as she moved to leave. Queen Bee looked angry and Adrien felt a little bit of dread.

Bee slid right up to him and pushed her breasts against his chest. She grabbed his hair in her hand and pulled his lips to hers. Adrien moaned a bit at the feeling of her tongue entering his mouth. He didn't have the mind to pull away from her until after she had already done it herself.

She smirked as she pulled back. "How's that for a goodbye kiss hmn?"

Adrien dared to glance back at the angry face of Ladybug.

The girl stalked right up to Bee and glared into her eyes. "How dare you! Adrien is not yours. He's mine. That means I'm the only one that gets to do that!" To cement her point she grabbed Adrien by his jacket and pulled him in for a deep, tongue filled kiss. She let him go and smiled confidently. "See, mine." She said possessively. Bee glared at her.

Adrien frowned at both of them and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. "Get out." He said flatly.

They both looked at him in shock. "Wha-?"

"I will not be used as some sort of trophy!" He cut them off. "Leave until you two actually have the decency to ask me first!"

The girls both ducked their heads and threw their respective weapons to swing away. Ladybug turned back for a second. "I'm sorr-"

"You can apologize later. For now, please leave." Ladybug grimaced and nodded. Both the bugs swung away.

Plagg came out of hiding. "Wow. They are a handful." Plagg said amusedly.

Adrien groaned. "Claws out!" He needed to think and he couldn't do that with Plagg commentating.

Chat Noir sat down on his couch. "How in world am I going to deal with those two?"

He shook his head and decided to go for a midnight run to clear his head and dull the heat he was feeling from the kisses.

He jumped out his window and made his rounds across Paris. He climbed the old beautiful monuments and raced along the rooves with gusto. He looked for criminals, but found none.

Landing on a rooftop he was surprised to hear his superhero name called out from below him. Alya was waving at him from her balcony. He noticed she was wearing a cute cotton pajama top and short shorts. They were both covered in cute little fox chibi. He smirked and dropped down onto the railing.

"What does the illustrious reporter want from the great Chat Noir." He purred his name. He was a bit surprised when his words actually had their intended affect.

The girl blushed. "W-well, I was wondering if you wanted to come in for some snacks? You do so much for Paris after all!" She grinned hopefully at him.

He stared at her in surprise and then smiled. "Sounds good! I have a feeling we're going to end up doing an interview, but I don't mind."

"Great!" She said excitedly. "Come on in and sit down. I'll go get the snacks." She left her room and Chat let himself sit down on her bed.

It was nice to feel appreciated as his superhero self and from such a cute girl to boot. Especially since his civilian side was getting so much attention for doing so little.

Alya returned with macaroons and he grinned at the sight of them. "Those are my favorite flavor! How'd you know?"

She chuckled nervously. "Lucky guess." She grinned when he popped one in his mouth and let out a happy moan.

"What are you doing out so late?" She asked as she watching him scarf down the pastries.

He slowed down and frowned. "Don't want to talk about it. Girl problems you know?"

Alya's eyes dimmed for a second. "Having a problem with Vixen?" She asked softly.

He blinked. "Not really. Just rethinking some of my life choices. Especially my crushes." He chuckled.

She grinned shyly. "Well, what do you think of me?"

He gave her a strange look. "You're really cool and ambitious. Why?"

She took a deep breath. "I kind of like you." She looked away.

"Really?" He smiled. "That's really, really flattering."

"Does that mean...?" Alya looked at him hopefully.

Chat considered her. She was cute, smart, funny, and best of all she came with no baggage.

He nodded. She tackled him with a happy shout.

He was surprised when the girl pressed a kiss to his lips. He supposed he had actually kind of given her permission though.

Part of him knew that this might be a bad idea since Bee and Ladybug would be furious if they ever found out. The other part was busy kissing a really cute girl.

He pushed his tongue into her mouth and glided across hers. She moaned at the feeling of his claws dragging down her back.

As he continued he couldn't bring himself to stop and care about the consequences. After all, at least with her there were no complications.

#adrien agreste #Plagg #Chat Noir #Ladybug #Queen Bee #fox!alya #ladrien #Beedrien #Fox!alya/Chat Noir #Alya Cesaire/Chat Noir #miraculous ladybug #fanfic