Porygon
It's upsetting how it hasn't happened by now, but I really wish Porygon could be given a major episode role in the anime again. I see why they temporarily stopped airing the show, and I see why they didn't show Porygon much for a little while, but pretty much never showing or acknowledging it again? I find that a little upsetting. I'm just trying to figure it out, are they worried parents will be frightened at the sight of Porygon and make their kids stop watching Pokémon out of fear of another similar incident? That's the only reasoning I can think of. And like you said, it was Pikachu's doing (although I think the blame is entirely on whoever thought there it was absolutely okay put a flashing blue/red strobe effect in the show; that still irritatingly baffles me), so it doesn't make much sense.
I honestly have never seen EP038, but I am undoubtedly interested. I've seen the strobe flashing scene, and it doesn't bother me, so I should be fine. I'm planning to go through all the original episodes (in English; I have the complete DVD set) starting on February 27th, I may hop on my computer and watch that episode after I see EP037. This is such a shame because I think Porygon is an awesome Pokémon. And, at the least, we still get its appearances in games and other media, plus they gave it two neat evolutions in Gen II and IV, respectively, so they haven't totally stopped acknowledging it which is nice.
I like Porygon's concept; a man-made Pokémon whose evolutions are basically hardware or computer OS upgrades. It's got a nice design and unique colors. I don't remember specifically using one myself, but I'd be more than happy to one day. :) I haven't even thought about getting it in the RBY 3DS rerelease, but I'll definitely try to when it come out...wait...will the VC release even
have a Game Corner anymore? I wonder, since there wasn't any Game Corner in BW or XY, and they axed the Hoenn one in ORAS, possibly because of the gambling thing. If they remove the feature in RBY, I'm sure we'll have some sort of alternative to getting Porygon. But still...it's a pretty big feature.
Also, as I like to try to see the adorable factor in a lot of things, I find Porygon to be no exception :) Just goes to show that even computer programs aren't limited to showing happiness- just lookit that cutie ^^