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TIL one episode from the Pokemon anime, titled "Dennō Senshi Porygon", had a scene that caused viewers to experience seizures, temporary blindness, convulsions, and lost consciousness. 685 viewers, all of them kids, had to be taken to the hospital. It never aired outside of Japan.

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