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What?!?!?!?Who do they think they are? Skipping episodes to all the loyal fans. That is right i said skipped. They actually skipped several episodes when they were being translated. One was for seizures and stuff. My ep guide has information about this but this part is dedicated straight at those of you who want them eps back.
Here is info about individual episodes and where you can write or email those people who are behind this skipping. Be kind and courtious when writing or they might never show those episodes.

E-mail YTV(In Canada): info@ytv.ca
E-mail the starter of this campaign: upoke@upnetwork.com
4Kids Email: kids@4kidsEnt.com

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Children's Day
This episode takes place right after "A Battle in the Festival" and before "The Case of the K-9 Capers!" It was the fifty-fourth Japanese episode, being the second of a pair of holiday episodes. The first was holiday in alcapulco
In this episode, Ash and the gang find a school of kids celebrating (yes you got it) Children's Day. When Ash discovers a Pokémon trainer and his Pokémon were planning on coming in to show the kids, but had to cancel he did what any kind and considerate boy would do, he offered to go in with the cute loving Pikachu. All the kids are thrilled and excited when they show up.

But the kids aren't the only ones.Of course Team Rocket appears, and they found they made one of the children very happy; the boy had been hoping he would get to see a Meowth. This is because he was saved by a friendly Meowth when he was very little. Seeing a diabolic way to get at Pikachu, Meowth asks (more like tricks) the boy to capture Pikachu for them. The boy, who would do anything to please the his savior (a meowth) sneaky cat, tries.But of course he fails. Team Rocket is deafeated (like always what kind of villains are they :) and everything is good and right once again.

This episode was skipped for the same reason the previous one was. It was feared that people just understand it. But I would say just because this episode centers on a holiday we don't celebrate, it doesn't mean we can't see it!Don't we celebrate stuff Japan doesn't JEEZ!!

To the viewers of Japan, "Holiday at Aopluco" was the eighteenth episode, taking place after "Island of the Giant Pokémon" and before "Tentacool & Tentacruel." If you'll remember in the "Iland of the Giant Pokémon," Ash and friends had just found the sea-side city of Porta Vista. Then, in "Tentacool & Tentacruel," they've just missed the ship that will take them to the mainland. So what happened at Porta Vista? This episode, that's what!
Do we all recall "Hypno's Naptime," where Ash remembers his mother and Professr Oak in beach-wear? Ever wonder where that memory came from? That's right, this episode!

In "Holiday at Aopluco" Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu accidentally destroy a dock belonging to an very old man after yrt another Team Rocket attempt of attack (they are just so sorry). Of course, they all feel horrible for ruining his dock. There had to be a way to make enough money to repair this man's dock! Conveniently (why does everything jut work itself out come on people), Professor Oak and Ash's mom show up to tell them that there's a swimsuit competition being held, and the prize is enough money to save the old man's dock! Horray! So, Misty enters the contest.

But she's not the only one. Nastina's cousin (you all remember her from the following episode) finds out that the old man who owns the dock may never be able to repair it if he doesn't win the competition. She's overjoyed, because she really doesn't like him. Why? I have no idea. I haven't seen the episode, obviously. To make sure Misty couldn't possibly win, she gets Team Rocket to enter the competition as well. (Now nobody freak out, James is just wearing a body suit in the show but he sure looks like a female that is very female like.) But then Gary pops up, and his fan club beats the pants off Jessie and James! (Yes, yes, I'm fully aware that no one's wearing pants but rather bikini's.)

But the swimsuit competition isn't over just yet! And the final winner is...ta da! Ash's mom! Can you believe it? Anyway, that's why she's holding the trophy in Ash's memory. She generously gives the money to her son, who in turn gives it to the old man. So everybody lives happily ever after. Was there any doubt?

This episode was lost because of James and his body suit. Thanks a lot James! Also, apparently upper chests are mentioned. But we can't let these two things stop us from seeing this episode! Help The Lost Episode Campaign bring this episode out of Japan. We need it! All Pokémon episodes must be seen or we will never be pleased and pokemon will die out!

Electric Soldier Porygon" was the thirty-eighth episode in Japan, taking place after "Ditto's Mysterious Mansion" and before "Pikachu's Goodbye." It doesn't really contain any plot holes like "Holiday at Aopluco" and "The Legend of Dratini" did, but it was still an episode that we missed! And we do still want to see it, don't we? I know I do!
In this episode, the gang stops at a Pokémon Center so Pikachu can get a little rest, but something's terribly wrong! The transporter we saw working in one of the earlier episodes, "Pokémon Emergency!" is broken down, and Pokéballs aren't arriving at their destinations! Ash and his pals take it upon themselves to figure out what's going on.

Visiting the man who invented the Pokéball Transporter, they find out some thieves have stolen a Pokémon that actually lives in cyber-space! The man sends them into the computer network with another such Pokémon (that's right, Porygon) to find out what happened.

Well surprise surprise. It was Team Rocket that stole the first Poryon! They used it to get into the computer network and set up a blockade so they could steal the Pokéballs traveling from Pokémon Center to Pokémon Center. "And our plan would've worked too, if it weren't for those kids and their d--" Oops, wrong show! ^_^ Anyway, Team Rocket send out Weezing, Arbok and their stolen Porygon while Ash sends out Pikachu, Blubasaur and the Porygon he has, and they all duke it out right there in cyber-space. But it looks like Team Rocket's winning! Oh no!

Fortuantely for our heroes, at that moment Nurse Joy uploads a anti-virus into the system. This program can't tell the difference between humans and computer codes, and it blasts Team Rocket sky high! Ash and his fiends, including the Porygon, manage to escape with nothing more than a few scratches, and the system is working smoothly again! Horray!

This episode was, you might already know, the seizure episode. It had strong strobe lighting that caused children in Japan to suffer seizure attacks. This episode currently has a ban on it, and can't be seen by anyone. Period. But there this situation can be remedied. Television companies have used a dimmer on all Pokémon episodes since this one, and if they used it here it would be fine as well! Or they could slow the frames so the strobe lighting isn't so intense. There are other things that can be done too. The bottom line is: we still want to see this episode! Especially since there's nothing to be afraid of anymore! So help The Lost Episode Campaign bring this episode out of Japan and to you!

This is episode number thirty-five, after "The Kangaskhan Kid" and before "The Bridge Bike Gang." For several episodes, Ash had been looking for the Safari Zone to capture more Pokémon. First mistaking Lara Laramie's ranch for the Zone, then finally stumbling upon it only to find it's reserved, it seems Ash never finds a place in the Safari Zone where he can catch more Pokémon. Or does he?
"The Legend of Dratini" tells the tale of a trigger-happy, grouchy old warden of the Safari Zone and the Pokémon he loved as a child. When Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu come across him, they get the legal permission they need to catch Pokémon in the Safari Zone. Oh goody! Will Ash finally get a new Pokémon? As a matter of fact, he does. Ash catches a Tauros! And another! And another! Finally he gets about twenty of these bull-like Pokémon, which are then sent to Professor Oak of course. See what we miss!

Anyway, while Ash and his friends are out searching the Safari Zone, Team Rocket wants that mysterious Pokémon that only the warden knows the whereabouts of, the one he's kept secret since his childhood. This is because the Pokémon is none other than the rare dragon Dratini! Using such hideous torture devices as Meowth's singing and a tickle machine, Team Rocket learns of the secret pool hidden in the Safari Zone where Dratini is hiding. They leave the warden tied up in the tickle machine and take off.

When Ash and his friends return to the warden's cabin, they free him and find out about Team Rocket's devious plot. They have to do something! So the warden leads them to the pool deep in the Zone, where Team Rocket is just about to use explosives to knock out all the water Pokémon in the pool. Ash bravely dives in to stop the bomb, but runs out of air. Suddenly he's rescued by Dragonair!

The bomb sends Team Rocket blasting off again, and it is revealed that it isn't the Dratini in the pool that the warden loved as a child, it's the Dragonair! It has grown up, and the Dratini is its offspring. Once again, Ash and friends have managed to save the day, see new Pokémon, and even catch some we didn't know about!

Now, why did this wonderful episode fail to be translated? The answer lies in the Safari Zone warden. He is actually quite trigger-happy, taking some shots at Team Rocket. The translators felt that this was too violent for Pokémon viewers. This makes me so mad! We, living in the time of Power Rangers, Big Bad Beetleborgs and many more, can't take one guy shooting a gun! What an outrage! So because of this, we missed out on "The Legend of Dratini."

"A Battle in the Festival" was Japan's fifty-third Pokémon episode, and was the first of a holiday pair of episodes that were skipped. It took place after "Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden" and before "Children's Day," which comes before "The Case of the K-9 Caper!" For more on the second holiday episode, check out the last Lost Episode: "Children's Day."
In this episode Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu come upon a festival celebrating Girl's Day, a holiday that is only held in Japan. There's a contest being held in this festival for girls to enter, a Pokémon battle contest. The prize is a set of special dolls. Misty wants these dolls, because her sisters have won similar sets on previous Girl's Days, and of course Mitsy has to prove herself just as good as they are. Misty's just like that.

But Team Rocket follows Ash and his friends to the festival. When Jessie sees the dolls, she wants them too. So she enters the contest with a Lickitung she caught after it ate all her shopping bags. That's right, the mystery is now solved. We never saw her catch it because this episode was skipped. See what happens when a few episodes are missed?

Misty borrows Pikachu to enter. (Why doesn't she just use her own Pokémon?) After some tough battles, the last of which Pikachu goes up against Lickitung, our electric buddy is declared the winner and Misty gets her dolls. Oh joy!

This Pokémon episode wasn't translated because it focuses on a holiday only celebrated in Japan. The television companies felt that people of other contries wouldn't be able to understand because of the culture gap. Come on people! We can't let something as simple as a holiday break our love of our favorite show! Help The Lost Episode bring these skipped shows out of Japan! We can't do it without you!

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