Banned episodes

Some episodes of Pokémon have been banned from the original lineup of episodes. A total of seven episodes are banned from Japan or the US as of now.

The never seen before episodes were withdrawn from airing due to the natural disasters in real world Japan.

The 4Kids Entertainment episodes and Episode 38 were withdrawn due to offensive stereotypes, lightning problems, or inappropriate content that 4Kids believed, like United Artists, the owners of the banned Looney Tunes shorts, that no amount of selective editing could ever make these acceptable for distribution on TV. Those episodes are however, remastered for DVD release, while the AG101, BW023 and BW024, and Original Episode 38 have never seen a DVD release.

Globally

 * IL038: Electric Soldier Porygon (for seizure causes)

Never seen before

 * AG101: Battle of the Shaking Island! Barboach vs. Whiscash! (postponed indefinitely)
 * BW023: Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma (Part 1) (postponed indefinitely)
 * BW024: Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma (Part 2) (postponed indefinitely)

Withdrawn by 4Kids Entertainment

 * IL018: Beauty and the Beach
 * IL035: The Legend of Dratini
 * JE134: The Ice Cave
 * OI010: Stage Fight!
 * OI019: The Mandarin Island Miss Match
 * OVA001: Holiday Hi-Jynx (currently shown)