History Recap / PokemonHolidayHiJynx

* DubInducedPlotHole: In the original Japanese, Santa lived on an island in an unspecified location; the English dub changed his home to the North Pole. This created the question of how Ash and his friends were able to get there so quickly on a raft pulled by not particularly fast Pokémon.[[note]] And no, "Santa's Island" is not some weird Japanese Christmas tradition - it was invented because even the writers of the [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness famously bizarre first season]] realized that reaching the North Pole from Kanto ([[FantasyCounterpartCulture loosely based on the]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region Japanese geographical region of the same name) in a single day was simply ludicrous.[[/note]]

* DubInducedPlotHole: In the original Japanese, Santa lived on an island in an unspecified location; the English dub changed his home to the North Pole. This created the question of how Ash and his friends were able to get there so quickly on a raft pulled by not particularly fast Pokémon.[[note]] And no, "Santa's Island" is not some weird Japanese Christmas tradition - it was invented because even the writers of the [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness famously bizarre first season]] realized that reaching the North Pole from Kanto in a single day was simply ludicrous.[[/note]]

* {{Blackface}}: There was a complaint that the featuring Pokémon, Jynx, looked like this to people in the West.
* {{Bowdlerise}} / GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: Later Japanese airings of this episode digitally color Jynx's black-colored face to purple, to appear less offensive and reflect her current appearance. This has yet to be applied to the dub version, though (and thus [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes hasn't been rerun or released on any format for some time now]].)
* ChristmasEpisode: The plot is kicked-off by Santa losing his boot.
* DubInducedPlotHole: In the original Japanese, Santa lived on an island in an unspecified location; the English dub changed his home to the North Pole. This created the question of how Ash and his friends were able to get there so quickly on a raft pulled by not particularly fast Pokemon.[[note]] And no, "Santa's Island" is not some weird Japanese Christmas tradition - it was invented because even the writers of the [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness famously bizarre first season]] realized that reaching the North Pole from Kanto in a single day was simply ludicrous.[[/note]]

* AnachronicOrder: This episode was supposed to air around where "Pikachu's Goodbye" was slotted, but ended up airing much later in the season. As a result, an episode with Charmander aired during the period when it should've been a Charmeleon in the US, and Charizard in Japan.

* DubInducedPlotHole: In the original Japanese, Santa lived on an island in an unspecified location; the English dub changed his home to the North Pole. This created the question of how Ash and his friends were able to get there so quickly on a raft pulled by not particularly fast Pokemon.

* BlackFace: There was a complaint that the featuring Pokémon, Jynx, looked like this to people in the West.

* EyeCatch: This episode, the ''Who's that Pokémon'' is Jynx (original) and/or Pidgeotto (dub).

* IdiotBall: Ash deciding to pull the raft to the North Pole himself. He's a scrawny ten-year-old expecting to survive an estimated 4000 mile swim to the frigid northern waters ''in his underwear''. Even if he didn't keel over from exhaustion, he'd probably freeze to death from exposing so much skin to the cold.

* IdiotBall: Ash deciding to pull the raft to the North Pole himself. He's a scrawny ten-year-old expecting to survive an estimated 4000 mile swim to the frigid northern waters ''in his underwear''. Even if he didn't keel over from exhaustion, he'd probably freeze to death from exposing so much skin to the cold.

* EyeCatch: This episode, the ''Who's that Pokémon'' is Jynx (original) and/or Pidgeotto (dub).

* EyeCatch: This episode, the ''Who's that Pokémon'' is Jynx (original) and/or Pidgetto (dub).

* EyeCatch: This episode, the ''Who's that Pokémon'' is Jynx (original) and/or Pidgetto (dub).
* MrFanservice: Ash spends a good deal of the trip to the North Pole in a pair of blue and black striped boxers when he resorts to UnderwearSwimsuit while pulling the raft. Cue fangirls.

* MrFanservice: Ash spends a good deal of the trip to the North Pole in a pair of blue and black striped boxers. Cue fangirls.

* BlackFace: There was a complaint that the featuring Pokémon Jynx, looked like this to people in the West.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Thanks to Recap/PokemonS1E38ElectricSoldierPorygon, this episode is loose canon at best.

* BizarroEpisode: Even by the standards of [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the Indigo League season]], this episode is pretty out there.

* MrFanservice: Ash spends a good deal of the trip to the North Pole in a pair of blue and black striped boxers. Cue fangirls.
* SeriesContinuityError: Because it aired out of order (it was supposed to air after "Electric Soldier Porygon"), Charmeleon is suddenly de-evolved to Charmander. Some put this in order where it airs during episodes where it should be a ''Charizard''.

* SeriesContinuityError: Because it aired out of order (it was supposed to air after "Electric Soldier Porygon"), Charizard is suddenly de-evolved to Charmander.

* SeriesContinuityError: Charmander is suppose to be a Charmeleon in this episode. Then again, this aired out of order and may not even be canon.

* ChristmasEpisode

* BlackFace: There was a complaint that the featuring Pokémon Jynx, looked like this to people in the West.

* BlackFace: There was a complaint that the featuring pokemon Jynx, looked like this to people in the West.

* EyeCatch: This episode, the ''Who's that Pokémon'' is Jynx (original) and/or Pidgetto (dub).