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So for a while now I've been watching the whole Pokemon series. I'm currently on Gold and Silver, but I'm going back and watching episode 18 - Beauty and the Beach - which starts with Ash and co accidentally stealing a boat, because of course it does.
Friday, 29-Jan-16 20:12:20 UTC from web-
@mrmattimation Isn't that the episode with the really cheesy beauty pageant later in?
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@northernnarwhal Yeah, the one that was banned.
Friday, 29-Jan-16 20:19:44 UTC from web-
@mrmattimation I remember reading about that one. James has these weird inflatable fake breasts too, I think? It was a really bizarre and completely nonsensical episode.
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@northernnarwhal The James breast scenes weren't even that numerous... Or long.
Friday, 29-Jan-16 20:24:59 UTC from web-
@mrmattimation I just remember them because, like, why would they even do that? Who thought that was a good idea?
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@northernnarwhal Well, I mean, in Japan children's television is considerably less conservative than it is in the west. The inflatable breasts weren't THAT big a deal, at least not over there.
Friday, 29-Jan-16 20:27:11 UTC from web-
@mrmattimation I think in this case it's not even a matter of offense, I'm just trying to wrap my head around who would come up with something like that for a show based around kids battling each other with little monsters they capture in tiny mechanisms. There's another banner episode that involves some park ranger dude pulling a gun on Ash and the gang too, which just bamboozles me in its absurdity in context.
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@northernnarwhal I did...
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