>>55944978The pacing until the Porygon episode was speeding along. Ash had six badges in 32 episodes. After the Porygon incident, the pacing of the show slowed down a considerable amount, and during that time off the air, the direction of the series was being talked about a lot. Without the seizures, the anime might have finished up in about 55-60 episodes. Heck, considering that Ash got five badges in 26 episodes, the pace might have even resolved the Indigo League in 52 episodes. From there, any future adventures of Ash might have been given OVAs before Gen II of Pokemon started with its own characters.