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{{quote|The character Jynx, Pokémon #124, has decidedly human features [in contrast to most other characters]: jet-black skin, huge pink lips, gaping eyes, a straight blonde mane and a full figure, complete with cleavage and wiggly hips. Put another way, Jynx resembles an overweight drag queen incarnation of [[Little Black Sambo]], a stereotype from a children's book long ago [[censorship|purge]]d from libraries.<ref>{{cite news| last =Weatherford| first =Carole Boston| title =Politically Incorrect Pokémon| date =January 5, 2000| url =http://hk.geocities.com/hksar_dolphin/cbw1.htm| accessdate =April 17, 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080925070143/http://hk.geocities.com/hksar_dolphin/cbw1.htm| archive-date =September 25, 2008}}</ref>}}
In response to the controversy, Jynx's in-game sprites were given a purple skin color in the American versions of [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'']], released in late 2000. By 2002, [[Nintendo]] officially redesigned Jynx, changing
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