Home / Episode Guide / Coming Apart at the Dreams!衝撃ジガルデ対ジガルデ!壊れゆく世界!!The Shocking Zygarde VS Zygarde! The Breaking World!!
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On Saturday, November 19th, 2016, Cartoon Network in the United States aired the Pokémon the Series: XYZ episode "Coming Apart at the Dreams!" which was heavily edited compared to the Japanese version. Many of the scenes featuring Ash and his Pokémon on top of the Prism Tower while he was captured by Lysandre appear to be completely reanimated and not just simple paint edits.

The reason for this edit seems to be that the English dub took exception to Ash and his Pokémon appearing to be in the Crucifixion position and were also tortured by Lysandre while in this captured position. The English dub modified the scenes to instead have Ash's arms and his Pokémon's arms hanging down instead of extended out and they also removed most of the facial expressions of pain. It is unclear if this edit was an attempt to censor religious similarities to the Crucifixion of Jesus, to soften the scene to make it seem like Ash wasn't being tortured or a combination of both.
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The English dub has Ash's arms and his Pokémon's arms hanging down instead of extended out.
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The English dub has Ash's arms hanging down instead of extended out.
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The English dub has Ash's arms and his Pokémon's arms hanging down instead of extended out.
10:40

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The English dub has Ash's arms and his Pokémon's arms hanging down instead of extended out. The English dub also adds Ash Greninja into this scene.
10:42

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The English dub has Ash's arms and his Pokémon's arms hanging down instead of extended out. Ash's facial expressions are changed to be more subdued to make it look like he wasn't experiencing pain.
10:44

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The English dub has Ash's arms and his Pokémon's arms hanging down instead of extended out. Ash's facial expressions are changed to be more subdued to make it look like he wasn't experiencing pain.
10:45

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The English dub has Ash Greninja's arms at its sides instead of extended out. Ash Greninja's facial expressions are changed to be more subdued to make it look like he wasn't experiencing pain.
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The English dub has Ash's arms hanging down instead of extended out. Ash's facial expressions are changed to be more subdued to make it look like he wasn't experiencing pain.
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The English dub has Ash's arms and his Pokémon's arms hanging down instead of extended out. Ash's facial expressions are changed to be more subdued to make it look like he wasn't experiencing pain. Hawlucha's wings are also not extended out.
11:07

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The English dub has Pikachu's arms hanging down instead of extended out.
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The English dub has Ash's Pokémon's arms hanging down instead of extended out. Hawlucha's wings are also not extended out. Ash's Goodra also has the tears forming in its right eye painted out.
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The English dub has Ash's arms and his Pokémon's arms hanging down instead of extended out. Ash's facial expressions are changed to be more subdued to make it look like he wasn't experiencing pain.

Ash looks like he's stoned and constipated at the same time in the English dub!
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The English dub has Ash Greninja's arms at its sides instead of extended out. Ash Greninja's facial expressions are changed to be more subdued to make it look like he wasn't experiencing pain and its eyes appear to be closed.
11:20

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The English dub has Pikachu's arms hanging down instead of extended out.
11:27

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The English dub has Ash's arms hanging down instead of extended out.
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The English dub has Ash's arms hanging down instead of extended out.
11:55

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The English dub has Ash's arms and his Pokémon's arms hanging down instead of extended out.

The English dub actually fixed the error in the Japanese original where Ash's Greninja is in its normal Greninja state not its Ash Greninja form before transforming when they get loose a few minutes later.
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The English dub has Ash's arms hanging down instead of extended out.
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The English dub has Ash's arms and his Pokémon's arms hanging down instead of extended out.
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The English dub has Ash's arms and his Pokémon's arms hanging down instead of extended out.