In December 1997, more than 700 Japanese children suffered seizures, vomiting, irritated eyes and other symptoms after viewing a flashing red background in the episode Electric Soldier Porygon. The show was pulled for retooling until April of 1998. In the U.S. airing, the offending animation was slowed down and the strobe effects deleted. The names of two Pokemon, Ekans and Arbok, are herpetological words, reversed. The word Pokémon is derived from the Japanese words Pokétto mon ...[Read Story ]