Craziest Cartoon Episodes That Were Banned

is there any better way to start a Saturday morning than with cartoons but there are some episodes you aren't going to see on Nickelodeon or anywhere else yep today we're taking a look at kids TV episodes that proved too controversial for the small screen from celebrity appearances that aged like milk to adult content that should never have got past the sensors here are the craziest cartoon episodes that were banned [Music] pory gone in 1997 pokemania was in full swing in Japan while the rest of the world wouldn't get their first exposure to the anime TV series until the following year it seemed the Pocket Monsters could do no wrong back home that is until the fateful day that the episode electric Soldier Porygon aired the episode itself was wholly uncontroversial Ash and the Gang find themselves battling the villainous Team Rocket inside cyberspace with the help of the artificial Pokémon Porygon but then something happens which caused chaos across Japanese households near the end of the episode some cyber missiles are launched at our heroes which Pikachu heroically destroys using a thunderbolt attack only when the missiles are destroyed rapidly flashing blue and red lights appear to Mark the event in certain people flashing strobe lights of a certain frequency can cause an excessive response from the brain triggering epileptic seizures and because of the frame rate of the TV show the lights were at the perfect frequency for this yes this Pokémon episode wound up causing the hospitalization of over 600 kids many suffered full-blown seizures While others reported seizure symptoms such as blindness nausea and convulsions and that's without mentioning the thousands of others with symptoms who didn't go to to the hospital yesh the episode was never aired again and never dubbed into English this was obviously a stain on the brand so the Pokémon company needed to do something about it did they punish Pikachu for his actions not likely instead it was poor old Porygon that got the shaft the creature and its Evolutions were never given a featured role in the series ever again over a thousand episodes later and Porygon is relegated to nothing more than occasional background appearances all to cover up the crimes of The Golden Child Porygon did nothing wrong and I for one am tired of pretending he did Dexter's dirty language if you grew up in the 9s I'm sure you're aware of how popular Cartoon Network's Dexter's Laboratory was the show follows boy Genius Dexter as he gets up to a whole load of sciency H Jinks alongside his annoying sister deei but one particular Adventure of theirs was deemed far too shocking for TV I'm talking about the infamous Rude Removal in this episode Dexter invents the Rude Removal System which splits him and his sister into two versions one polite pair and one very impolite pair the nasty doppelgangers are crude aggressive and foulmouthed littlee beats the me the crass clones go on to smash up Dexter's Lab braid his mom and even insult her cooking well what do you think Dexter I think it tastes like jeez that's a little much huh well but that uh implied language is something else and that's exactly why the story got pulled from Air Cartoon Network thought that all the cursing was just too much I mean sure it's definitely shocking but it is censored so personally I don't see the issue heck SpongeBob did a similar episode a few years later and it aired fine although with some controversy hi Squidward how the are you nice day isn't it Squidward but back to Dexter if anything the most shocking part of Rude Removal is the title card which shows Dexter mooning the camera and Dei flipping at the bird but what do you think was Rude Removal worthy of being uh removed moved are censored swears still inappropriate for kids let me know down in the comments eight-legged freak I don't like spiders there's no way something should have that many legs but a lot of the time spiders are nothing to fear something British children's cartoon Peppa Pig tried to convey in an episode from 2004 entitled Mr Skinny Legs only it backfired hard in the episode Peppa befriends a spider see UK spiders are highly unlikely to bite even if they did there aren't any deadly species in the country but that's certainly not the case somewhere else the episode was aired Australia see where I'm going with this encouraging Australian kids to play with the many highly venomous and sometimes deadly spiders in the country is reckless and irresponsible what's more the episode even has Peppa playing with her arachnid friend and tucking it into bed just imagine a little rugrat watching this episode then running outside stumbling on a Sydney funnel web one of the deadliest in the world sure enough after receiving complaints from angry parents the episode was pulled off air and a online makes sense the last thing you want to do is encourage kids to get in danger but I'm going to encourage some fantastic behavior and tell you to like And subscribe that way you'll never miss out on more awesome videos like like this one all done nice let's get back to more Bann episodes banned in China South Park is no stranger to controversy its crude and often offensive humor spares nobody naturally this has led to the show getting a ton of flak perhaps most notably from the Chinese government that's right the episode Bann in China aired in 2019 and took aim at the country's pension for censorship in it one of the main characters Randy Marsh is arrested and subjected to communist re-education alongside Winnie the Pooh um what see hilariously Winnie is censored across Chinese social media after jokes were made comparing the friendly bear to the country's president Xi Jinping Jinping as you can gather is a sensitive man and this episode shines a light on the awful way China treats its citizens makes fun of its censorship laws and heavily features a banned character in it so is it any surprise that it was banned in China no no it's not but things went even further the episode was ultimately responsible for South Park being entirely scrubbed from the country seriously online every mention of the series was removed episodes were taken down forums were closed and social media posts were hidden such a Draconian response is par for the course in China's heavily controlled Society though so frankly it's surprising South Park survived there as long as it did Bad The Simpsons is the longest running animated series of all time and as such has been no stranger to controversy but one episode of the hit sitcom was entirely unpraised dad so what's the sitch well in it Homer gets sent to a mental institution where he meets Leon Kowski a man who believes he's the king of Pop Michael Jackson hilarity ensues and to make the scene funnier Leon was actually voiced by Jackson surprise I'm a very popular Entertainer oh of course I've heard of you I mean you'd have to be living under a rock not to know what' you say your name was Michael Jackson doesn't ring a bell well have you heard of MTV n Mot beat it you beat it the episode was actually one of the more popular ones but in 2019 everything changed the documentary leaving Neverland was released which took a supremely critical view of MJ and reignited some nasty allegations if you know you know after watching the dock the brains behind The Simpsons opted to completely remove Stark raving dad from circulation it was omitted from Disney plus axed from all the box sets going forward and pulled from rerun schedules indefinitely it seems like a cut and dry business decision to avoid association with controversy but there may well have been something more to it after finishing the documentary simpsons's showrunner Al Jean came to the belief that Jackson used his appearance on the show as a tool to groom victims there's no outright proof of this but Jean's steadfast belief meant he stands by the decision to erase the episode from existence a decision which proved almost as controversial as the original Jacko controversy the Beloved episode's banishment was bemoaned by fans with some viewing it as totally unnecessary others expressed the importance of preserving media as a form of History rather than erasing it then again if Jean was on to something then maybe it was the right choice to jettison Jackson's episode ah it's all so complicated if we were discussing whether we should ban any modern Simpsons episodes I'm sure we'd all be in agreement all of them Teenage Mutant Ninja trauma Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is awesome its kick butt action and dynamite storytelling have improved many a childhood although it nearly ruined a fair few too see the 2003 version of the show featured an episode called insane in the membrane the episode follows an injured villain named Stockman who clones himself a new body to inhabit only things go horribly wrong when it begins to rapidly Decay both physically and mentally what follows is a horror mov esque nightmare where the rotting madman Rampages around the city attempting to destroy the turtle's Ally April O'Neal All while hallucinating his dearly departed mother you were such a good boy you had so much potential what happened to you baby doll that's not just terrifying but also pretty heartbreaking when the staff at Fox broadcast standards and practices looked at the finished episode they were apparently horrified at what they saw the gruesome subject matter and scary visuals LED them to lock the episode away from children's eyes I got to say I might agree with them on this one kids are impressionable and seeing some of the disturbing stuff on display here could easily cause some sleepless nights that said the episode was released in the UK and appeared on the US DVD release too it wouldn't be aired on American TV until 2015 though there's no word on what exactly caused Fox to change their minds or how many kids were upset after watching it but it would have taken me a long time to recover beer babies if you're a living fossil you might remember the public service announcements from the 1980s kids cartoons for everyone else they were short short sections aired after an episode to heavy-handedly explain the morals of the story we'll tell her we did it remember it's better to tell the truth and that's no lie now we know and knowing is half the battle uh cool by the '90s they'd largely gone out of style with one Infamous exception 1991's Tiny Tunes Adventures episode elephant issues rather than a normal episode with a PSA at the end the WB Network decided to make the whole episode the PSA to disastrous effect elephant issues is composed of three segments with one in particular one beer really catching the eye of the sensors can you guess why that's right one beer is all about booze you mean that's beer wow I think you can see where this is going the idea was by showing everyone's beloved childhood characters getting absolutely off their faces it would demonstrate the evils of alcohol to kids so after arguing who should drink first it's finally settled on Buster right Bottoms Up given that the characters in the show are all kids themselves you can clearly see the issue here anyway after they all down the Brew this happens I H that's not a very good [Music] sign yep they drunkenly steal a police car drive it off a cliff and uh put it this way aren't seen driving it back what the shocking and upsetting content of the segment caused the whole episode to be removed from syndication in the US and it's since gone down as one of the most well-known Band cartoons ever or at least at least that's what people say turns out this is a job for Buzz Kill man I'm sorry but this story is nowhere near as dramatic as people believe because guess what the episode was never actually banned at all what YouTuber Pap Arina did some serious sleuthing and not only uncovered a commercial for the episode but also several TV Guide listings up until 1997 a full 6 years after first broadcast so what gives well the evidence says it all we can't be sure when or why but someone made the whole drama up and it spread online like wildfire well that's disappointing thanks a lot buzz kill man regardless I think this episode did do its job after watching it I'm going t total totally inappropriate Rocco's Modern Life is one of Nickelodeon's all-time greats one of the reasons for its massive popularity is it's penchant for adult humor something that would get its creators in serious trouble back in 1993 enter Leap Frogs an episode where main character Australian wabby Roco is seduced by his married neighbor Yoo Rocco could you come upstairs for a moment please dear would you zip me up darling okay essentially his neighbor the towed Bev bige head feels neglected by her husband and so sets her eyes on Rocco what follows is a series of incredibly awkward sequences where she makes Rocco and US super uncomfortable Oh Boy documentary yes why don't you join me no so straight away this is some pretty edgy content for children so much so that parents went ballistic after catching their kids watching it in fact the episode Drew so many complaints that Nick pulled it from Air entirely given the premise I kind of understand the parents objections heck maybe it did deserve the axe I don't know how much of the adult stuff kids would understand though so I'm not sure I agree what do you think did this episode need to be banned or were people too sensitive let me know down in the comment poke poaching once more we venture into the world of Pokémon once more we're in for something decidedly less kid-friendly than parents expected 1997 the legend of Dratini follows Ash and Pals as they enter the Safari Zone a massive Pokemon preserve what follows sounds like standard Pokemon Fair the gang catch a bunch of monsters face off against the dastardly Team Rocket and ultimately save the titular Dratini from their clutches but wait what's so egregious about that well this episode has guns in it a lot of guns now guns do feature another Pokémon episodes but fleetingly or in a very over-the-top fashion but in this episode characters are threatened at gunpoint on seven different occasions too many for them to all be censored in a global release heck at one Point Ash even gets a revolver pointed directly in his face that's right perhaps unsurprisingly the legend of Dratini never got an English dub and was never released outside of Japan however this created a pretty big plot hole for Global viewers see Ash captures 30 Tauros in the Safari Zone so when he visits them all in a later episode it left a lot of kids confused about where the heck they'd come from what's more the unaired episode was the anime debut of Dratini and because of its removal people outside of Japan wouldn't get to see the creature in the show for another 200 plus episodes fortunately no one aims an AR-15 at anyone when Dratini does show back up nice creepy crabs some cartoon episodes were perfectly fine when they released only to be hit with a ban decades later enter the 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants episode midlife crustation in it Mr Krabs feels his age and is desperate to recapture his youth so he tags along with SpongeBob and Patrick on their big night out it turns out to be a disappointing Affair though until he hears about the last activity they have planned I guess you're going to miss the panty raid the what you're talking about girls right girl girls yeah and you're talking about raiding their dress ERS for their underpants right oh yeah wow so sure enough they sneak into a girl's house to steal her underwear only to discover that the girl is Mr Krab's mom just when you thought it couldn't get any weirder for decades the episode aired in the US until 2021 when Nickelodeon announced they' made the decision to pull it from broadcast as well as streaming services in the country the network cited story line concerns as the reason but never elaborated but come on we all know what the issue was why the heck do SpongeBob and Patrick want to steal girls underwear it's totally out of character for these two Goofy Goobers to even consider something like that so I can understand Nick's thought process and ultimately choosing to can it having said that the shows had way more adult jokes in different episodes g yep that went straight over little amazed head the first time I watched it regardless of what I think midlife crustation is still banned in the US today does this whole episode really deserve a ban or is the controversy just a load of New York New York we're heading back to the town of Springfield now but not for long because our favorite cartoon family are off to New York in the 1997 episode the city of New York versus Homer Simpson the family must travel to the Big Apple to retrieve the family car but after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center the episode was pulled from Air see the car is abandoned outside the Twin Towers so a huge portion of the runtime takes place there after the tragedy the decision was made to take it from syndication for obvious reasons the ban was was eventually lifted in 2006 although reruns would still occasionally have some content removed notably a joke in the episode that quote they stick all the jerks in Tower one has been sporadically cut in certain regions yeah I'm not surprised bands and edits like this one were commonplace in the Years following the devastating attacks oh one more thing about the episode it's commonly cited as predicting the attacks themselves with this travel ad that appears to read 911 it didn't $9 was chosen as the price because it was ridiculously cheap and the Twin Towers were simply shown to adverti the city's landmarks there enjoy a little bonus from Buzz Kill man Terror tubies okay so these next two aren't technically cartoons but they're so wild I had to include them the BBC kids show Teletubbies is a surreal junk through a psychedelic world with the titular tubbies episodes featured so-called magical events but in 1997's seesaw the magical event proved so terrifying it led to the episode's ban enter The Lion and the bear the episode starts as normal then suddenly this happens I'm the bear I'm the bear and I'm coming um yeah then things only get more [Music] unsettling the thing is utterly freaky for reasons I'm not entirely sure of but what it was hiding from gives me the heebie gbi's even [Music] more I am the scary lion with big scary teeth it's even more uncanny than the bear then the lion gives Chase it just feels wrong and that's probably the best way to describe the entire sequence the stressful music The Uncanny wooden cutouts they just don't belong in Teletubbies parents complained to ad nauseum until the BBC pulled the episode but the damage was already done I know I had recurring nightmares of these SCP looking Terrors anyway then a few years later an edited version of the sequence was aired on TV this version had altered vocal performance cut shots and added artificial sound effects like squeaking Wheels to tone down the uncanniness where's the [Music] bear where's the bear it's uh a bit better but I still never want to see one of those two Knuckleheads ever again if I just triggered your PTSD let me know down in the comments we can comfort each other Nares as spine chilling as the wooden Terrors from the Teletubbies are there's another kid show that gave me even worse nightmares Pingu yes the show about the little penguin in the 1991 episode pingu's dream we follow Pingo on a trip to snoozeville his dream starts off innocently enough with him riding his bed around a Barren landscape he's having a great time and so are we until [Laughter] well this thing is supposed to be a wall only it's huge has no tusks and sports an unnerving set of human teeth it torments bingu and laughs maniacally at his suffering do I even need to tell you the problem with this episode The Walrus was deemed far too chilling for kids TV and the EP was banned in several countries including the UK good freaking riddens but if you thought that was the only controversial part of Pingu oh boy you've seen nothing yet there's actually a whole slew of banned or censored episodes from the show probably the most outrageous is little accidents a 1990 story about pingu and Friends uh going to the bathroom yeah it's as weird as it sounds essentially after Pingu drinks way too much he desperately needs to pee but shock horror he can't reach the toilet with no other option our penguin pal does the unthinkable jeez from the color of that Pingu still needs to drink more water the focus on all that urine caused the episode to be banned in a heap of countries including the USA But if you ask me the craziest thing is someone's actual job was to create and animate Pingu doing a massive leak out of clay for shame and on that particularly smelly note I've had just about enough of these Band cartoons had you ever seen any of these episodes which of them blew your mind the most let me know down in the comments and I'll see you in the next video thanks for watching [Music]

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Published: Mon Jun 24 2024