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Just letting people know.. that this page was vandalized with the pictures of penises at the top.
To whoever who is doing this--GROW UP!
In the article it says that: Holiday Hi-Jynx...isn't re-aired in English
But I have seen it on Tooonami UK. Does anyone have further information on this? Sonic Mew 21:01, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
Ive seen that chritmas ephisode with jynx in it on kidswb Im it may have just been one time but they aired the ephisode in america
unsigned comment by 207.200.24.241, also known as Jsmith
Let's keep the Ken Sugimori artwork. Sonic Mew June 30, 2005 16:36 (UTC)
I second that. Jynx looks better purple anyway. RiffRaff1138 July 1, 2005 03:56 (UTC)
All I can do is laugh and shake my head... I didn't even know blackface was a racial thing until I came to the Internet, and it wasn't until a week or so ago that I learned just what it was (I had, however, seen some of the blackface stuff from ages past within the past year). Dang, Mr. Popo, Jynx... I never knew! I just knew they looked kind of freaky. Popo, however, I liked, unlike Jynx... *shivers* T.J. Fuller, Jr. 08:43, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
In the US will these two episodes be aired?? Jynx
If Jynx was still the colour black in those two episodes would 4kids still air it???
Also why in Japan did they change the color of Jynx if the problem was only in America and maybe England??
This may or may not be interesting but pokémon.com still displays the original, black-faced image. -- Celestianpower hab 20:01, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
and it would be pointless if they show it because it won't fit the storyline anymore jynx 21:11, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
WHY DID THEY BAN THE JYNX Pokémon figurine COULDN'T THEY JUST PAINT OVER THE BLACK WITH SOME PURPLE??
It isn't even re-produced in Japan... and Nintendo of USA "claims" that Jynx is "not popular" in USA. XD
I beg to differ, jynx. I would most certainly buy Jynx stuff if I saw it. Leastwise, I would buy merchandise with the original, black-skinned Jynx. I could really care less about anything with the new purple design, if only because I am still annoyed about the controversy. –– Czar Baldy Bald IV 16:01, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Jynx figurines (the original version) are still available in the USA, however, only online. The Japanese pack including the original Jynx and Mr. Mime is sold all over the internet, and the solo pack that Tomy makes of the original Jynx is still available online. Granted, both version are Japanese, they're still sold in the America's. In fact, I got the original Jynx from the solo Tomy packs a few weeks ago. I'm just starting to collect the Tomy ones now. I'd like to know where to buy them instead of wasting all that money on shipping. :p - Yoshirox10
These three passages seem to be unsourced.
"Generally considered"? "Generally attributed"? "Many believe"? "Infamous"? These are POV assertions that need some kind of supporting info. Thanks, - Willmcw 19:29, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
in pokemon snap for the n64 it had the blacked skin jynx or it could have been a color font problem or laziness to do that but to comite a thing saying that pokemon is racist and change a pokemon is just wrong. if u feel bad u say well i have an issue with the pokemons figure and feel alittle discruage not sue them
The section titled "Controversy", particularly the first paragraph, radiates a completely dismissive tone to the notion of Jynx being blackface inspired. It's practically hostile towards it- "Having black skin does not show any significance in changing the skin color at all because if Mr Mime has a white color and is not censored, why should jinx? This censorship would be the true idea of racism because the mere color of black is attributed the the African race - which is not a fair thing at all." The facts are presented fairly evenly, but it emanates a feeling that Wikipedia does not have any respect at all for any possible disagreement with its preferred stance. Daft Neophyte 23:01, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Why has this article been turned into a redirect to a short entry in another article? I don't see any AfD notice or prior discussion. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 19:49, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
The result of the move request was what Kung Fu Man said. — harej ( talk) ( cool!) 00:28, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
Jynx (Pokémon) →
Jynx —
The only thing standing in its way from B-class and possibly GA, is the manga. I dont know what to reference though. It doesnt say "Jynx did this", but instead it says "Jynx can do this". I might have to re-read that part where Jynx appears to figure out what chapter to reference. Blake ( Talk· Edits) 00:11, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
I think we should cover Smoochum here as a form of Jynx, and redirect it here as opposed to the list (this could be done with other articles, such as Pichu/Raichu, Riolu, Charmander/Charmeleon, Mime Jr., and Igglybuff/Wigglytuff). - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 06:41, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
Whoever got the idea of making Ji(y)nx purple has no design skills at all.
Ji(y)nx looks better black.
And why are episodes featuring Ji(y)nx being banned? There was absolutely no need for most of the episodes that were banned to be banned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fifteen501 ( talk • contribs) 21:55, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be a reference of some sort to Ganguro, which was at its most popular (in Japan) when the pokemon games were created? If you type Ganguro into google and look at the images as they pop up, the first one looks almost exactly like Jynx. Given that Japan is 99% Japanese, it seems odd that they'd even be aware of archaic american stereotypes, while Ganguro was huge around the time the game came out (and is still around today). This seems a glaring omission, considering how I found got this idea from Bulbapedia, which is not supposed to be more accurate and cognitive of the facts than the original wikipedia. Why do you have to find this alternative and seemingly more likely theory elsewhere? I don't know how to go about adding this, but I feel it needs to be done. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.28.141 ( talk • contribs)
I heard recently that Jynx might be related to the mythological beast Yama-uba, the mountain Crone. It's not just bulbapedia. A youtube video by Matthew Patrick, titled "Game Theory: Pokemon Racism, Jynx Justified" also confirms this.
Just saw on Tumblr somebody took a picture from a Japanese magazine that shows Jynx, Smoochum, and arrows pointing from them in their evolutionary line, and then it points to a new evolution, a more female-humanoid looking Pokemon. I can't confirm if it's legit but I just saw that. -- Matt723star ( talk) 16:19, 26 March 2013 (UTC) Edit: here's the URL to the picture I found it on: [1] -- Matt723star ( talk) 16:22, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
Doesn't look like an official source, which would surely make the Pokemon look more prominent in the 3D images. Admittedly, it's nowhere near as bad a hoax as the supposed starter designs from Gen V. Such horrible Japanese! 128.195.166.25 ( talk) 20:35, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
...NOT. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.231.213.30 ( talk) 05:28, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
News headline: undereducated white man attempts to casually dismiss racism, but accidentally implies that Japanese people are stupid and uneducated about historical stereotypes like he is. 68.33.78.75 ( talk) 15:26, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
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Originally called "Rujura" in Japanese- In the lead, the Japanese name is introduced as "Rougela", with the Hepburn romanization "Rūjura" (with a long u sound). Here, the name is given as "Rujura" (with a short u sound). Either change to "Rougela" or "Rūjura".
Jynx Pokémon walk in a dance-like fashion- I'm unsure what the word "Pokémon" is doing here?
Red & Blue, as well as in Leaf Green- rewrite as
Red, Blue, and LeafGreen
the [[Pokémon (anime)|''Pokemon'' anime]]
Outside of video games, Jynx first appeared in the Pokémon anime in "Holiday Hi-Jynx" when one of Santa Claus's Jynx was separated from him, Ash and friends helped to return the Jynx to her owner.this feels a bit like a run-on sentence, and its clauses aren't joined together correctly
Jynx later appears in episodes of Pokémon: Advanced Generation, with the inoffensive purple skin color- Whether something is offensive or not is subjective, would consider striking the word "inoffensive" and let readers decide for themselves
Jynx has made a number of appearances in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, with the black-skinned design before the Weatherford controversy- this is the first time Weatherford is mentioned in the article body. Needs to either be explained, or reworded to something like "before the design change"
the humor of heta-uma art, since we can assume most enwp readers will be unfamiliar with it.
Looks good! I brought up a few issues I found, but nothing major. I'll put the review on hold for a week - please let me know when you have addressed the above or if you have any questions.-- Alexandra IDV 07:51, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
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![]() | A fact from Jynx appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the
Did you know column on 19 July 2009 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
| ![]() |
Just letting people know.. that this page was vandalized with the pictures of penises at the top.
To whoever who is doing this--GROW UP!
In the article it says that: Holiday Hi-Jynx...isn't re-aired in English
But I have seen it on Tooonami UK. Does anyone have further information on this? Sonic Mew 21:01, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
Ive seen that chritmas ephisode with jynx in it on kidswb Im it may have just been one time but they aired the ephisode in america
unsigned comment by 207.200.24.241, also known as Jsmith
Let's keep the Ken Sugimori artwork. Sonic Mew June 30, 2005 16:36 (UTC)
I second that. Jynx looks better purple anyway. RiffRaff1138 July 1, 2005 03:56 (UTC)
All I can do is laugh and shake my head... I didn't even know blackface was a racial thing until I came to the Internet, and it wasn't until a week or so ago that I learned just what it was (I had, however, seen some of the blackface stuff from ages past within the past year). Dang, Mr. Popo, Jynx... I never knew! I just knew they looked kind of freaky. Popo, however, I liked, unlike Jynx... *shivers* T.J. Fuller, Jr. 08:43, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
In the US will these two episodes be aired?? Jynx
If Jynx was still the colour black in those two episodes would 4kids still air it???
Also why in Japan did they change the color of Jynx if the problem was only in America and maybe England??
This may or may not be interesting but pokémon.com still displays the original, black-faced image. -- Celestianpower hab 20:01, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
and it would be pointless if they show it because it won't fit the storyline anymore jynx 21:11, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
WHY DID THEY BAN THE JYNX Pokémon figurine COULDN'T THEY JUST PAINT OVER THE BLACK WITH SOME PURPLE??
It isn't even re-produced in Japan... and Nintendo of USA "claims" that Jynx is "not popular" in USA. XD
I beg to differ, jynx. I would most certainly buy Jynx stuff if I saw it. Leastwise, I would buy merchandise with the original, black-skinned Jynx. I could really care less about anything with the new purple design, if only because I am still annoyed about the controversy. –– Czar Baldy Bald IV 16:01, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Jynx figurines (the original version) are still available in the USA, however, only online. The Japanese pack including the original Jynx and Mr. Mime is sold all over the internet, and the solo pack that Tomy makes of the original Jynx is still available online. Granted, both version are Japanese, they're still sold in the America's. In fact, I got the original Jynx from the solo Tomy packs a few weeks ago. I'm just starting to collect the Tomy ones now. I'd like to know where to buy them instead of wasting all that money on shipping. :p - Yoshirox10
These three passages seem to be unsourced.
"Generally considered"? "Generally attributed"? "Many believe"? "Infamous"? These are POV assertions that need some kind of supporting info. Thanks, - Willmcw 19:29, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
in pokemon snap for the n64 it had the blacked skin jynx or it could have been a color font problem or laziness to do that but to comite a thing saying that pokemon is racist and change a pokemon is just wrong. if u feel bad u say well i have an issue with the pokemons figure and feel alittle discruage not sue them
The section titled "Controversy", particularly the first paragraph, radiates a completely dismissive tone to the notion of Jynx being blackface inspired. It's practically hostile towards it- "Having black skin does not show any significance in changing the skin color at all because if Mr Mime has a white color and is not censored, why should jinx? This censorship would be the true idea of racism because the mere color of black is attributed the the African race - which is not a fair thing at all." The facts are presented fairly evenly, but it emanates a feeling that Wikipedia does not have any respect at all for any possible disagreement with its preferred stance. Daft Neophyte 23:01, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Why has this article been turned into a redirect to a short entry in another article? I don't see any AfD notice or prior discussion. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 19:49, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
The result of the move request was what Kung Fu Man said. — harej ( talk) ( cool!) 00:28, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
Jynx (Pokémon) →
Jynx —
The only thing standing in its way from B-class and possibly GA, is the manga. I dont know what to reference though. It doesnt say "Jynx did this", but instead it says "Jynx can do this". I might have to re-read that part where Jynx appears to figure out what chapter to reference. Blake ( Talk· Edits) 00:11, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
I think we should cover Smoochum here as a form of Jynx, and redirect it here as opposed to the list (this could be done with other articles, such as Pichu/Raichu, Riolu, Charmander/Charmeleon, Mime Jr., and Igglybuff/Wigglytuff). - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 06:41, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
Whoever got the idea of making Ji(y)nx purple has no design skills at all.
Ji(y)nx looks better black.
And why are episodes featuring Ji(y)nx being banned? There was absolutely no need for most of the episodes that were banned to be banned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fifteen501 ( talk • contribs) 21:55, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be a reference of some sort to Ganguro, which was at its most popular (in Japan) when the pokemon games were created? If you type Ganguro into google and look at the images as they pop up, the first one looks almost exactly like Jynx. Given that Japan is 99% Japanese, it seems odd that they'd even be aware of archaic american stereotypes, while Ganguro was huge around the time the game came out (and is still around today). This seems a glaring omission, considering how I found got this idea from Bulbapedia, which is not supposed to be more accurate and cognitive of the facts than the original wikipedia. Why do you have to find this alternative and seemingly more likely theory elsewhere? I don't know how to go about adding this, but I feel it needs to be done. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.28.141 ( talk • contribs)
I heard recently that Jynx might be related to the mythological beast Yama-uba, the mountain Crone. It's not just bulbapedia. A youtube video by Matthew Patrick, titled "Game Theory: Pokemon Racism, Jynx Justified" also confirms this.
Just saw on Tumblr somebody took a picture from a Japanese magazine that shows Jynx, Smoochum, and arrows pointing from them in their evolutionary line, and then it points to a new evolution, a more female-humanoid looking Pokemon. I can't confirm if it's legit but I just saw that. -- Matt723star ( talk) 16:19, 26 March 2013 (UTC) Edit: here's the URL to the picture I found it on: [1] -- Matt723star ( talk) 16:22, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
Doesn't look like an official source, which would surely make the Pokemon look more prominent in the 3D images. Admittedly, it's nowhere near as bad a hoax as the supposed starter designs from Gen V. Such horrible Japanese! 128.195.166.25 ( talk) 20:35, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
...NOT. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.231.213.30 ( talk) 05:28, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
News headline: undereducated white man attempts to casually dismiss racism, but accidentally implies that Japanese people are stupid and uneducated about historical stereotypes like he is. 68.33.78.75 ( talk) 15:26, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Alexandra IDV ( talk · contribs) 20:42, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
I'll do this one.--
Alexandra
IDV
20:42, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Originally called "Rujura" in Japanese- In the lead, the Japanese name is introduced as "Rougela", with the Hepburn romanization "Rūjura" (with a long u sound). Here, the name is given as "Rujura" (with a short u sound). Either change to "Rougela" or "Rūjura".
Jynx Pokémon walk in a dance-like fashion- I'm unsure what the word "Pokémon" is doing here?
Red & Blue, as well as in Leaf Green- rewrite as
Red, Blue, and LeafGreen
the [[Pokémon (anime)|''Pokemon'' anime]]
Outside of video games, Jynx first appeared in the Pokémon anime in "Holiday Hi-Jynx" when one of Santa Claus's Jynx was separated from him, Ash and friends helped to return the Jynx to her owner.this feels a bit like a run-on sentence, and its clauses aren't joined together correctly
Jynx later appears in episodes of Pokémon: Advanced Generation, with the inoffensive purple skin color- Whether something is offensive or not is subjective, would consider striking the word "inoffensive" and let readers decide for themselves
Jynx has made a number of appearances in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, with the black-skinned design before the Weatherford controversy- this is the first time Weatherford is mentioned in the article body. Needs to either be explained, or reworded to something like "before the design change"
the humor of heta-uma art, since we can assume most enwp readers will be unfamiliar with it.
Looks good! I brought up a few issues I found, but nothing major. I'll put the review on hold for a week - please let me know when you have addressed the above or if you have any questions.-- Alexandra IDV 07:51, 9 May 2024 (UTC)