For the most part, television episodes are banned due to content deemed too inappropriate for the public, although that wasn’t what happened in the episode “Electric Soldier Porygon” in Pokémon.
The episode was banned after one sequence showed so many rapidly blinking red and blue lights that it caused hundreds of hospitalizations in Japan due to reports of headaches, seizures, and more. The episode was cut after that and was never aired anywhere else in the world.
“The Ricardos Visit Cuba” – I Love Lucy
In the episode, Lucy, Ricky, and Little Ricky travel to Cuba in order to get on the good side of Uncle Alberto, who had hoped that Ricky would marry a Cuban woman.
While there was no issues with the episode first aired in the 1950s, after the United States relations with Cuba went south in the early 60s, the episode was reconsidered. Although there wasn’t any real controversial material, the episode just didn’t feel appropriate at the time.
“Earshot” – Buffy The Vampire Slayer
In Season 3 of the hit teen vampire show, Buffy discovers a student’s plan to commit a dangerous plot aimed towards his classmates. After discovering the student, she learns that he was only planning to hurt himself, both not-so-great scenarios.
Dark enough as the episode was, to make matters worse, it was scheduled to air just a week after a similar incident at a Colorado high school in 1999. The WB quickly pulled the episode, although it was later aired, with not everyone being happy about it.
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