Pokémon episodes removed from rotation

This is a list of Pokemon episodes that got removed from rotation, from numerical order.
== "Beauty & The Beach" (Episode 18) ==
=== Reason for episode removal ===
In this episode, the female characters all enter a beauty contest. Team Rocket also enters, with James donning a suit with inflatable breasts. One scene of the episode involved James showing off his artificial breasts for humorous effect, taunting Misty by saying: "Maybe, one day when you're older, you'll have a chest like this!". In one scene, he puffs up his breasts to over twice their original size. When it was dubbed and aired in 2000, all scenes of James in a bikini (about 40 seconds) were edited. There were a number of other sexualized scenes, such as one in which Ash and Brock are stunned at the sight of Misty in a bikini and another in which an older man appears to be attracted to her. In addition, all Japanese text on signs, etc. remains intact in this episode, as opposed to other first-season episodes in which it was digitally replaced with English text.
A continuity problem created with this episode's removal is due to a flashback in "Hypno's Naptime". This episode also marks the first time chronologically that Misty and Brock meet Gary and Delia. However, during the rerun of "Hypno's Naptime" on Kids Station, the flashback was changed to "Pokémon, I Choose You!".
== "Tentacool and Tentacruel" (Episode 19) ==
=== Reason for episode removal ===
This episode was temporarily removed from rotation after the September 11 attacks of 2001, mainly because of the similarities between the attacks and Tentacruel attacking the city. The character Nastina also used military-style weapons during the fight scenes in the episode. However, Tentacruel striking a building was not removed from the dub's opening theme, and the episode is still available on the home video and DVD markets. The episode was aired a month after the September 11 attacks, and was not aired in the US again until the series began airing exclusively on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. It was also not shown for a short time in 2005 following Hurricane Katrina as it portrays a city flooded underwater, as of 2011 the episode has since returned to rotation.
== "The Tower of Terror" (Episode 23) ==
This episode was temporarily withdrawn after the September 11 attacks due to its title. It has since been returned in the regular episode rotation when the series started airing exclusively on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. While the episode in question has no similarities to the September 11 attacks, the episode was pulled mostly due to the episode's title itself.
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