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"Ash and Passimian! A Touchdown of Friendship!" is the 64th episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun and Moon and the he 1,005th episode of the Pokémon anime overall. It first aired in Japan on March 1, 2018, but was not aired anywhere else outside of Asia. This episode was skipped in the dub due to Ash Ketchum wearing dark face paint resembling blackface during the second half of the episode, in order to imitate the appearance of a Passimian. Blackface is perceived as a negative racial stereotype of African Americans in the United States.
Aftermath[]
Passimian made its English debut in A Young Royal Flame Ignites!.
Trivia[]
- Who's That Pokémon?: Passimian
- The scene in which one of the Passimian jumps on the back of another one and the second Passimian appears to be hurt is a reference to a scene from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam.
- This is the first banned episode not to feature the Team Rocket trio.
See also[]
- Beauty and the Beach
- The Legend of Dratini
- Electric Soldier Porygon
- Holiday Hi-Jynx
- Stage Fight!
- The Mandarin Island Miss Match
- The Ice Cave!
External links[]
- Ash and Passimian! A Touchdown of Friendship! at Bulbapedia, the Pokémon wiki.
- Ash and Passimian! A Touchdown of Friendship! at the Internet Movie Database