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Jynx's usually dark skin was changed to purple, and several other features were altered in order to minimize comparisons to a racial stereotype. Despite changes, many episodes featuring Jynx were never re-aired for Western audiences. A holiday episode titled "Holiday Hi-Jynx" was removed from airing, and minor cameos in the episodes "Stage Fight!"
Jynx (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ ŋ k s / ⓘ), known in Japan as Rougela (Japanese: ルージュラ, Hepburn: Rūjura), is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Jynx first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue and sequels, later appearing in various merchandise, spinoff titles, or animated and printed adaptations of the franchise.
A youtube video by Matthew Patrick, titled "Game Theory: Pokemon Racism, Jynx Justified" also confirms this. More over Hild and her daughter Urd in Oh My Goddess! are both dark skinned and being from 1988 predate Jynx by several years so the old defense that Jynx was based on Hild of Norse mythology may also be valid.-- 67.42.65.212 ( talk ) 11 ...
Jynx, one of the series' titular creatures, came under heavy backlash following a 2000 article by Carole Boston Weatherford that accused its design of perpetrating blackface imagery. [10] The resulting controversy forced a drastic redesign of Jynx, changing its skin from black to purple and shrinking its eyes and mouth.
The episode "Holiday Hi-Jynx", which would have aired the following week, December 23, 1997, was pulled following the incident, and would not air until October 5, 1998. Airing out of order caused confusion to viewers because Ash still had a Charmander instead of Charizard , and Misty did not have Togepi yet, but Starmie and Horsea .
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The backlash to Maye’s comments was swift, with one saying: “She’s a racist idiot. Period.” Period.” “Sadly, Elon’s mom is a racist POS,” read a second comment, while a third said ...
Put another way, Jynx resembles an overweight drag queen incarnation of Little Black Sambo, a stereotype from a children's book long ago purged from libraries. [13] In response to the controversy, Jynx's in-game sprites were given a purple skin color in the American versions of Pokémon Gold and Silver, released in late 2000.