A Look at the Banned Pokémon Christmas Special
23Back in the day, Pokémon did a Christmas special, what is now banned. Let's take a look back at this fairly obscure episode.
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Sources:
[1] Carole B. Weatherford, “Politically Incorrect Pokemon.” https://web.archive.org/web/20080925070143/http://hk.geocities.com/hksar_dolphin/cbw1.htm
[2] The Game Theorists, Pokemon Part 3. https://youtu.be/iYXH87UlJ5o
[3] The Game Theorists, A Merry Racist Jynx-mas. https://youtu.be/m40f31gZcag
[4] The Game Theorists, Pokemon Racism, Jynx Justified. https://youtu.be/p8X3l_Tt8VE
[5] Joost de Vries, “Black Pete: the scandal we Dutch can’t stay silent about any more,” The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/14/black-pete-scandal-dutch-silent-sinterklaas
[6] ausma, “Palafin and Iron Bundle are banned from SV OU,” Smogon Forums. https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/palafin-and-iron-bundle-are-banned-from-sv-ou.3711440/
[7] Linday Ellis, Bright: The Apotheosis of Lazy Worldbuilding. https://youtu.be/gLOxQxMnEz8
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Timestamps:
0:00 Episode Overview
2:32 The Jynx Controversy
9:08 World Building Implications
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