It's New Year's Eve! Pocket Monsters Encore

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Holiday Hi-Jynx
Original series
Snow Way Out!
大晦日だよ! ポケットモンスターアンコール
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It's New Year's Eve! Pocket Monsters Encore
First broadcast
Japan Skipped
United States Skipped
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Japanese themes
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(Japanese: 大晦日だよ! ポケットモンスターアンコール It's New Year's Eve! Pocket Monsters Encore) is believed by some to have been intended to be the 40th episode of the Pokémon anime, despite airing in a different timeslot to usual, being an hour long, using kanji characters in the title, and using the title 'Encore'. It was set to air in Japan on December 31, 1997. It is confirmed in the list of the episodes' production numbers given in the booklet with the Mewtwo's Counterattack Laserdisc release, as well as episode numbers visible on scripts, that it was not initially intended to be EP040. During the rescheduling following the EP038 incident, it was canceled entirely. Like other episodes given the 'Encore' title, it would not have had any new footage, but instead be repeat previous footage. It was also subsequently skipped in all broadcasts in other languages, and has never aired. No trailer for this episode has ever been seen, nor is any further information known apart from its Japanese title.

The original schedule was as follows:

Code English title Japanese title Planned broadcast Actual broadcast
* Holiday Hi-Jynx ルージュラのクリスマス December 23, 1997 October 5, 1998
* Snow Way Out! イワークでビバーク October 5, 1998
EP040 The Battling Eevee Brothers イーブイ4きょうだい January 6, 1998 April 16, 1998
EP041 Wake Up, Snorlax! おきろ!カビゴン! January 13, 1998 April 23, 1998
EP042 Showdown at Dark City たいけつ!ポケモンジム! January 20, 1998 April 30, 1998
EP043 March of the Exeggutor Squad ナッシーぐんだんだいこうしん! January 27, 1998 May 7, 1998
EP044 The Problem with Paras パラスとパラセクト February 3, 1998 May 14, 1998
EP052 Princess vs. Princess げきとう!ポケモンひなまつり March 3, 1998 July 9, 1998
EP053 The Purr-fect Hero こどものひだよ!ぜんいんしゅうごう! May 5, 1998 July 9, 1998

Trivia

  • This was the first episode of the Pokémon anime to not air even once, and the only skipped episode of which no footage whatsoever has been seen by audiences, assuming that there was any original footage at all.
  • It was set to air on a Wednesday morning instead of a Tuesday evening like the other episodes and run for about an hour.
  • A similarly titled (お正月だよ!ポケットモンスタースペシャル!It's the New Year! Pocket Monsters Special) 2-hour special aired on January 1, 1999, recapping events of the anime until EP077.

In other languages

  • The episode has not aired anywhere in the world.

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Holiday Hi-Jynx
Original series
Snow Way Out!
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