The two-part episode " Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma ! " was originally scheduled to be broadcast on March 17 and March 24 , 2011 . The Pokémon Smash episode on the week that would 've followed by the first part was preempted from broadcast due to the news coverage of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , before being postponed due to the content of the episodes wherein Castelia City is destroyed . There were plans for the episodes to be broadcast at a later date , but there has been no such broadcast . Footage from this episode was later used in the episode " Meloetta and the Undersea Temple " originally broadcast on September 27 , 2012 , as well as in " Strong Strategy Steals the Show " originally broadcast on December 13 , 2012 . Another episode , " Hiun City Fishing Competition ! Fishing Sommelier Dent Appears !! " , was scheduled to be broadcast on April 7 , 2011 , but was postponed due to the tsunami as well . It was later retitled " Fishing Sommelier Dent Appears !! " and broadcast on June 23 , 2011 , with all references to Hiun ( Castelia ) City removed from the episode in order to fit into the new continuity
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Pokémon episodes removed from rotation