Lionel Mandrake
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The Frankman said:
Yep.
Wiki Answers said:
TV Shows With Banned Episodes?
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Yep.
The Frankman
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The thing is that Tale Spin anthropomorphically uses animals as races all the time (as per The Jungle Book). That back then shouldn't be a big deal, especially for a retroactive ban. Makes even less sense now... I'll re-watch the episode again, maybe I missed a word or something. There are shows you watch as a kid where you KNOW you're watching something that normally would be censored, and that was just another ep. to me.Sir Ilpalazzo said:
As for Dexter's Lab... no words. :lol
friskykillface
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:lol :lol i'll need to check out that Porygon episode of pokemon, i swear i saw the original broadcast of the jesse boobs episode
RadioHeadAche
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The Outlaw Star episode "Hot Springs Planet Tenrei" was banned from airing on Toonami in the US because of nudity and a lot of sexual content. I used to be confused when Gene had those new Caster shells because of that.
Also, I've known about that Dexter's Lab episode since I was in my early teens. I used to really enjoy knowing about these banned episodes. I remember being so freaked out by the Porygon episode because it was pretty scary to think a cartoon could cause so much harm. On that note, I'm pretty sure that episode is banned worldwide. I think 4Kids may have edited it, but they never ended up showing it. I might be wrong, though. In fact, I heard Porygon (and all other forms) was never shown again on the series because of that. Although, he was briefly shown in one of the movies.
Also, I've known about that Dexter's Lab episode since I was in my early teens. I used to really enjoy knowing about these banned episodes. I remember being so freaked out by the Porygon episode because it was pretty scary to think a cartoon could cause so much harm. On that note, I'm pretty sure that episode is banned worldwide. I think 4Kids may have edited it, but they never ended up showing it. I might be wrong, though. In fact, I heard Porygon (and all other forms) was never shown again on the series because of that. Although, he was briefly shown in one of the movies.
RadioHeadAche
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123rl said:
You can watch the whole episode. In fact, that wikipedia link someone posted features a clip from the infamous scene.
On a related note, I heard that some people watching the news story following that episode had seizures because they showed part of that scene in the report.
Night_Trekker
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BrassMonkey1010 said:
That is a great episode. Morgan and Wong are very talented writers.
Too bad about The One :/
No banned episode (well, one was pulled from syndication for a while but is now regularly shown on Nicktoons Network) but Rocko's Modern Life has gotten a few scenes outright censored out of the show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htX_lKApHhk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2MlMyrcUjY&feature=related
Ren & Stimpy originally had an episode titled Mans Best Friend which was banned for this scene in particular until Spike picked up the show and renamed it Ren & Stimpy's Adult Party Cartoon.
Tiny Toons had a very special skit banned where they all got drunk and KILLED THEMSELVES.
Finally, I believe any Beavis and Butthead episode which dealt with fire was banned as well.
If you want more, here's a pretty exhaustive list of things that have been banned over the years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htX_lKApHhk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2MlMyrcUjY&feature=related
Ren & Stimpy originally had an episode titled Mans Best Friend which was banned for this scene in particular until Spike picked up the show and renamed it Ren & Stimpy's Adult Party Cartoon.
Tiny Toons had a very special skit banned where they all got drunk and KILLED THEMSELVES.
Finally, I believe any Beavis and Butthead episode which dealt with fire was banned as well.
If you want more, here's a pretty exhaustive list of things that have been banned over the years.
RadioHeadAche
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I've never seen that first Rocko clip before.
Night_Trekker
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Sir Ilpalazzo said:
I am almost certain that reruns of Tom and Jerry have the black house owner/housekeeper/whatever overdubbed. Considering what I remember about how she used to sound, I am not at all surprised if that's true.
Or maybe I'm just remembering things wrong.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Ezduo said:
Man. Why'd you have to go and link to TVTropes?
I want my two hours back.
Tricky I Shadow
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The Frankman said:
Wow. :lol
There was a Darkwing Duck episode that was banned: Hot Spells
adamsappel
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In the original DVD release of the Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection, the Mammy episodes were re-dubbed. You could send them a request for a disk with the unedited episodes. Eventually, though, they must have just put the uncut episodes on later printings, because that's what I have. My daughter went through a T&J phase, and it makes me cringe when when I hear the Mammy dialogue or see a blackface moment.Ezduo said:
BobTheFork
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Each season of The Tick on dvd is missing one episode they aren't allowed to show again : (
Freeza Under The Shower
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Better off ted. :'(
Well, not banned, but not broadcasted, so that's pretty much the same.
Well, not banned, but not broadcasted, so that's pretty much the same.
The Frankman said:
When Gargoyles first began, I was ridiculously hooked. The animation was superb and the story felt epic and grand. Then, like a week after the opening five-parter, they aired this episode. It felt really condescending and forced and I was so insulted I swore off the show. Have only ever watched a handful of episodes since then, despite liking ST:TNG actors enough to watch an episode of Leverage and like 20 minutes of one of The Librarian TV movies.
Really, really did not like that episode. Shouldn't be banned from re-airing though.
Azure Dream
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Ezduo said:
I remember this ep! I think I hated it when I was younger. But damn, the belching song, how could you give this up? :lol
You know Fifi would've gone with them if she could've ditched her friends.
Otrebor Nightmarecoat
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what a great thread. That animaniacs "fingering prince" bit was awesome.
123rl said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tape
Also, as an actual response to this:
http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/?page_id=330
Not exactly banned so much as pulled from the schedules due to public outcry.
Lionel Mandrake
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The Hardwicke House article reminded me of two more shows which were cancelled after public outrage.
Heil Honey I'm Home! - A sitcom about Hitler. What could go wrong?
The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer - Sitcom that joked about slavery, and made Abe Lincoln into a crossdressing idiot.
Heil Honey I'm Home! - A sitcom about Hitler. What could go wrong?
The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer - Sitcom that joked about slavery, and made Abe Lincoln into a crossdressing idiot.
Stabby McSter
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The Clerks Animated Series had a bit about the show. I thought it was a joke. D:Lionel Mandrake said:
funkmastergeneral
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Stabby McSter said:
Holy shit, me too. It's actually real :O
InfiniteNine
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Pfeiffer is real!? Well holy shit.
Lionel Mandrake
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Yeah, Clerks apparently takes place in an alternate world where the show was universally loved and praised, instead of reviled.
Replicant said:
Two episodes of Buffy were temporarily banned for similar reasons.
One was where Jonathan was going to kill himself (but it was made to look like he was going to go on a rampage).
The other was the finale where the Principal turned into a giant snake.
Both of them were too close to Columbine.
The Frankman said:
Of course they are retroactive bans, we all watched these things with no problem when they first aired.
Rarely do most cartoons "ban" episodes before they air, Pokemon is one of the only ones that has done it on multiple occasions.
Everything else gets banned in syndication by the pc police, but for a lot they might as well be considered banned because if they do not get released on DVD or someone does not have it on VHS from their youth you would never know about it since it does not run in syndication
jaxword said:
Yeah I remember that, I had to get my copy of the Buffy S3 finale from a friend in Canada who had seen it.
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex - "Jungle Cruise"
Despite the series airing at 12AM it was initially skipped by Canadian TV broadcaster YTV for extreme graphic content. The episode in question details a serial murder who skins their victims. It cemented the fact that the series was a horrible fit for the channel (a channel that targets 6-17 years old might I add), but the episode eventually found itself on the channel at a later slot, and managed to get itself back into regular rotation for repeat broadcasts. YTV never picked up GITS second season.
Cybersix - Various Episodes
Fox Kids in the US picked up this dark series based on Argentinean comics of the same name. The television series, while tame in comparison to its source material, features borderline Nazi antagonists (in the comics, they are Nazi's), and a cross-dressing protagnist who kills to gain her life force (in the comics, she drains her opponent's life away like a vampire). The show's edited and disjointed version lasted only a few weeks on the Saturday morning block before being axed. Like GITS, it wasn't a right fit. In Canada, where the series partially originates from (it was a Canada-Argentina-Japan co-pro) the series has aired in full for years.
Sailor Moon - Sailor Stars
We never got confirmation as to why this last season of Sailor Moon never made its way to English speaking audiences. The series was a hit, but speculation arose that the season was deemed to risque due to a variety of new characters that were introduced being crossdressers. Shortly after Stars being a no-show Toei pulled all rights regarding Sailor Moon from all companies worldwide and kept in hiding in Japan. So Stars being a no-show may be Toei's doing.
The ridiculous often comes into play with general censorship on animation. Gohan crying due to hunger, and dreaming of an apple in DragonBall Z, for instance, has been edited in some versions. Baffling stuff.
Despite the series airing at 12AM it was initially skipped by Canadian TV broadcaster YTV for extreme graphic content. The episode in question details a serial murder who skins their victims. It cemented the fact that the series was a horrible fit for the channel (a channel that targets 6-17 years old might I add), but the episode eventually found itself on the channel at a later slot, and managed to get itself back into regular rotation for repeat broadcasts. YTV never picked up GITS second season.
Cybersix - Various Episodes
Fox Kids in the US picked up this dark series based on Argentinean comics of the same name. The television series, while tame in comparison to its source material, features borderline Nazi antagonists (in the comics, they are Nazi's), and a cross-dressing protagnist who kills to gain her life force (in the comics, she drains her opponent's life away like a vampire). The show's edited and disjointed version lasted only a few weeks on the Saturday morning block before being axed. Like GITS, it wasn't a right fit. In Canada, where the series partially originates from (it was a Canada-Argentina-Japan co-pro) the series has aired in full for years.
Sailor Moon - Sailor Stars
We never got confirmation as to why this last season of Sailor Moon never made its way to English speaking audiences. The series was a hit, but speculation arose that the season was deemed to risque due to a variety of new characters that were introduced being crossdressers. Shortly after Stars being a no-show Toei pulled all rights regarding Sailor Moon from all companies worldwide and kept in hiding in Japan. So Stars being a no-show may be Toei's doing.
The ridiculous often comes into play with general censorship on animation. Gohan crying due to hunger, and dreaming of an apple in DragonBall Z, for instance, has been edited in some versions. Baffling stuff.
I can't find any reference on the web, but I remember that re-runs of this Simpsons episode had a brief scene cut out after 9/11. The scene: Sideshow Bob flying a biplane into a shack in the desert (and bouncing off). Ridiculous.
Man, this should never have been banned. TV land is stupid.The Frankman said:
Lionel Mandrake
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Wrong thread.
I was watching Dog Bites Man on Netflix today. For those that don't know/haven't heard of it, the show is a about an incompetent team of news casters (co-starring Zach Galifianakis) who go around and mess with real people who have no clue they are being filmed as part of a comedy show. It's similar in style to the Ali-G show, so if you've seen that, you really need to check this out because it's fucking hilarious.
Sadly, the show only lasted 9 episodes. I suppose this was in part due to the nonsensical title of the show, and the fact that it wasn't made explicitly clear until episode 5 that only the main news cast was in on the script.
To my surprise, I found out through an interview with Zach G. that there was actually a 10th episode filmed, but never shown: "There was one episode that never aired where we went to a real KKK rally. I got to ask the grand wizard of the KKK if he'd ever seen Big Momma's House 3. Which was probably the highlight of my career."
I can understand why Comedy Central decided not to air it. I mean, doing so would probably be more trouble than what it was worth. Still, I want to fucking see it! I'm sure they filmed a shitload of stuff that never made it to the air, and there was never a DVD release. I kind of hoped that when Zach became more famous after the Hangover, that Comedy Central would try to sort of cash in, but they passed.
Full interview here:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/zach-galifianakis,14068/
Sadly, the show only lasted 9 episodes. I suppose this was in part due to the nonsensical title of the show, and the fact that it wasn't made explicitly clear until episode 5 that only the main news cast was in on the script.
To my surprise, I found out through an interview with Zach G. that there was actually a 10th episode filmed, but never shown: "There was one episode that never aired where we went to a real KKK rally. I got to ask the grand wizard of the KKK if he'd ever seen Big Momma's House 3. Which was probably the highlight of my career."
I can understand why Comedy Central decided not to air it. I mean, doing so would probably be more trouble than what it was worth. Still, I want to fucking see it! I'm sure they filmed a shitload of stuff that never made it to the air, and there was never a DVD release. I kind of hoped that when Zach became more famous after the Hangover, that Comedy Central would try to sort of cash in, but they passed.
Full interview here:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/zach-galifianakis,14068/
Count Dookkake
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Night_Trekker said:
Huh? The One was an awesome little B-movie.
Too bad about Black Christmas. There was almost a great film there. Not sure how they fucked that one up so spectacularly.
If you like Morgan and Wong, you should check out Penelope Spheeris's The Boys Next Door. It is an almost completely forgotten movie that they wrote. Very disturbing.
B-Rad Lascelle
Banned
I can safely say that the Chris Benoit Dedication episode of WWE Monday Night RAW will never be acknowledged, circulated or aired anywhere again.
There was an episode of Beast Wars that didn't go past the script stage ("Dark Glass" I think). It was about Rattrap attempting to recover Dinobot's memory and place it into Dinobot II's body, only to find out it doesn't work, and that his friend was lost forever. Staff on the show initially said it was a bit too grim, then later backed on their stance saying it wasn't action packed enough, and even calling into question the quality of the script. It did serve a piece to the story that did continue on, as in the series finale Dinobot II does appear to gain his memory back even if just for a short moment.
Count Dookkake
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A skit for the short-lived Dana Carvey show was scrapped minutes before it went live, due to a call from Spielberg's people. In it, a Nazi and his pal were driving around in a panic, late for some meeting, and unable to make sense of their map. The title?
Schindler's Lost.
Schindler's Lost.
Brolic Gaoler
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viewtifulsub said:
I'm also pretty sure I saw it on TV originally.
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