A question thats been buggin me a long time

[burning avenger]

Okay this may have already been answered but you guys remember back in Kanto when Charmelon evolved? Well i was wondering how it suddenly reverted back to Charmander for a few episodes like snow way out. Anyone know? Was it originally meant to be aired earlier or something?

 

[AtoMan]

lol ;-)

just 2 winter episodes, which 4kids moved to air... on winter. but it's moved permanently, so it makes no sense. Like in Poland, Germany etc.

 

[Misty]

Yeah, the original Japanese order makes sense, but 4Kids moved the episodes around, usually because stuff like holiday eps don't fit in their timeline.

 

[Adamant]

Well, no, they did air a year too late in Japan as well. They were originally scheduled for airing right after the Porygon episode (along with a New years special which was most likely never completed). When the show was put on hold for some months due to the seizure incident, TV Tokyo simply skipped the Christmas specials and aired the episodes originally scheduled for January. (The episode "Pikachu's Goodbye" was not part of the original schedule, and must've been created later, but it was the first post-Porygon episode to air)

The two Christmas specials were thus put on hold for almost a year, until christmas again approached, and someone decided to air a special episode consisting of these two previously unaired episodes. When 4Kids was given the second season, these two episodes were numbered by air date, not originally intended air date (4Kids had probably already recieved a couple of post-Porygon episodes by this point anyway), which is why they were aired out of order worldwide.

Then came the angry letter about Jynx.

 

[AtoMan]

Yes, you're right. But in Japan the "new" placement for these episodes makes sense. Not in $kids version.