Remember the incident concerning the banned Pokemon episode 'Electric Soldier Porygon'? Well, the first rap in the 4 O'Clock Club episode 'Keys' was originally going to feature the characters rapping against a background that flashed red and blue, but a more serious fate befell its test audience upon its screening. The flashing caused the estimated test audience to be hospitalized after suffering epileptic seizures - two of which remained hospitalized for up to two weeks. The event was so controversial that the 4 O'Clock Club was sent into a week-long production hiatus. The scenes were immediately cut from the rap, and some said it brought back 'horrifying' memories of the banned Pokemon episode 'Electric Soldier Porygon', from which Japanese children suffered the same fate. The deleted scenes have since been stored away, and no further traces of these scenes have been found on BBC iPlayer or online.
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