𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢 (ミニリュウのでんせつ The Legend of Dratini) is the 35th episode of Pokémon: Indigo League.
𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀
Arriving at the Safari Zone, Ash, Misty and Brock meet a warden named Kaiser, who seems to know about a Dratini, but refuses to say anything. As the heroes go fishing for the Pokémon, Team Rocket pries out the information from Kaiser and make a plan that endangers the Safari Zone, all for getting the Dratini. Ash goes to save the Pokémon and gets a visit by Kaiser's old friend...
𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗮
This episode was banned in the English dub, commonly believed to be because of Kaiser threatening to shoot Ash involving guns and actually shooting at Team Rocket.
This was also unaired anywhere outside of Asia, as most dubs other than the English and Asian dubs are based on the English dub.
According to Eric Stuart, the episode was never dubbed in English, as it did not comply with the standards of the Federal Communications Commission or the standards of the network television broadcaster in the United States when they saw the original Japanese footage.
Although this episode was never dubbed, footage from this episode was used in the Pokérap, meaning that 4Kids did receive this episode.
Although this episode was never dubbed, an old version of the official English website recognizes every episode, including this one which was banned in the dub, except for the globally banned "Cyber Soldier Porygon," and lists a description for it. However, no official English title is given to it.
