To be fair, most 90's kids didn't get to experience any of that, as 4kids edited the guns AND outright removed any episode which featured them heavily. (like one in which Ash catched a bunch of Tauros… and then we were all confused when they showed up in the later episoses)

No wonder they're now flocking to Palworld, as they were denied what was supposed to be there from the beginning. :<

Ah, here comes the Squirlte Squad… my first episode…
It's also where I realized how unphazed I was to guns in kids TV, especially when Batman existed.

Funnily enough, I think this was the most they did in terms of censoring. Back when I thought turning someone's hair purple was supposed to be threatening.