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"How the hell did they get away with that?" moments in children's TV
- Thread starter Uzumaki Goku
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Jesus, shout outs to my brain for purging a lot of this from my memory lol
This pig toilet from Invader Zim
A lot of stuff in Invader Zim, really, like that time Zim harvested the organs of the kids in school to put them inside himself, or the scene where he removed some kid's eyes and replaced them with robotic ones, or when Zim gets his body juiced in a blender gun to kill monster sized lice, or when Dib's sister killed a guy for a video game, or when Zim sent rubber pigs to the past to destroy Dib's life and his father has to revive him as a cyborg.
The show was crazy.
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One of those shows that was made purely to sell toys but turned out better than expected. It was surprising how much of the show was basically children's Game of Thrones with characters trying to bribe, connive or brute force themselves into positions of power to try and stop a seemingly unstoppable force. I'm overselling it a bit as it is still a kids show but it felt weirdly more built up than it needed to be for a week to week adventure style show.
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Rugrats got away with stuff too. I remember when Tommy, Phil and Lil were naked and Tommy goes "Uh, Lil... can I ask you something?"
I also really liked the gun violence episode in spite of it's "very special episode" vibe. It was realistic and portrayed the dangers accurately.Gargoyles was always pretty much an adult show disguised as one for kids but the episode Future Tense took it to an insane new level wherein all the characters you grew to love over the series are killed in horrific ways.
I somehow (barely) emember that scene weirdly enough, probably more than anything else from that show.
All of you coming in posting stuff from Simpsons, Teen Titans and other shows that weren't really aimed at children make me wonder if you just blindly think all cartoons are, but this:
This is the good shit. Ren & Stimpy got away with so much more than probably any popular cartoon ever. With how my mom was at the time I'm amazed I was allowed to watch it. And this was when it first aired on Nick, before being canned then moved to Spike with edited episodes and new ones that are awful for every reason imaginable. rock certainly belong up there, though. It was a really weird time for Nickelodeon cartoons...
OTOH, I still, to this day, have no idea how the hell the fingerprints joke from Animaniacs got through. You can't even feign ignorance or hide behind a really clever joke with a wink. It's right there.
The other part is that some "darker" stuff from some shows aimed at kids are the ones everyone remembers fondly because they're not insulting the kids by treating them like, well, kids. They're giving them a mature, memorable story where things actually happen that matter instead of Spongebob doing Spongebob things.
This is the good shit. Ren & Stimpy got away with so much more than probably any popular cartoon ever. With how my mom was at the time I'm amazed I was allowed to watch it. And this was when it first aired on Nick, before being canned then moved to Spike with edited episodes and new ones that are awful for every reason imaginable. rock certainly belong up there, though. It was a really weird time for Nickelodeon cartoons...
OTOH, I still, to this day, have no idea how the hell the fingerprints joke from Animaniacs got through. You can't even feign ignorance or hide behind a really clever joke with a wink. It's right there.
The other part is that some "darker" stuff from some shows aimed at kids are the ones everyone remembers fondly because they're not insulting the kids by treating them like, well, kids. They're giving them a mature, memorable story where things actually happen that matter instead of Spongebob doing Spongebob things.
I can't find a good gif of the guy from Road to El Dorado getting blown, so instead have the murder/suicide from Legend of Korra:
In hindsight, letting the guy behind "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac" make a kids cartoon was a very weird choice on Nickelodeon's end.
Pretty much all of Nickelodeon in the 80s and 90s. They literally had (imported from Canada) a show named "You Can't Do That on Television. (It introduced the world to a young Alanis Morrisette) The sketches on that show could never be done seriously these days. Then there were their cartoons like Ren and Stimpy. Rocko's Modern Life. Etc.
I can't recall anything from YCDTOT that wouldn't fly today. Got any examples? It was just mostly gross out humor which will always be a staple with kids.
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It may be tame now but back then it was crazy. People getting executed for one. Every episode had at least one scene taking place in front of the firing squad. It's still a lot of stuff I'm surprised parents had no problems with it. Of course it was Canadian. But then again everything on Nick was imported back then. (Or reruns of black and white sitcoms)
I don't think that was the sole reason as John K. was fired 1 and 1/2 years into the five-year run. The show constantly ran over budget and episodes were not delivered on time. At the end of his run he submitted an episode that was deemed to violent to air and that is considered to be the final straw that ended the run of the original team, but the seasons after that still were not really kids stuff. In the end I think it simply ended because the ratings were not good enough anymore.
It's not a show, it's a film
but it's a children's film? Or is it supposed to be educational or just show some shock footage?
Adventures of Mark Twain, yes a children's film.
It was always creepy to me, but more cause the kid's faces looked really weird. Like the oldschool hobbit animation which was always unsettling to me.
It's for kids, I think. I've never watched the whole thing.
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985 film) - Wikipedia
Well, that was fascinating to watch. Really like this depiction of Satan.
The ending to Infinity Train Book 3.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUgeSJhXNeQ
I'm only posting it as a link because the thumbnail spoils it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUgeSJhXNeQ
I'm only posting it as a link because the thumbnail spoils it.
Is it "Hey Arnold" or "Rugrats" where there's an episode where their grandpa decays in the back of a bus and his jaw falls off?
Also, is there something I'm missing with the "you were a mistake" jokes? I remember them as a kid and understood them as just 'the parents weren't planning to have a kid when they got pregnant.' I didn't get the particulars but it didn't feel like a dirty joke either.
Also, is there something I'm missing with the "you were a mistake" jokes? I remember them as a kid and understood them as just 'the parents weren't planning to have a kid when they got pregnant.' I didn't get the particulars but it didn't feel like a dirty joke either.
A more recent example. This scene from Ressha Sentai ToQger gets worse when you realise that it was powered by the team's "imagination energy".
Three pages and no mention of the most demented episodes of Punky Brewster? For shame. This two-parter was deeply unsettling and had Punky battling skeletons, creepy ghosts, and a giant freaking spider.
Watch it for yourself here.
Watch it for yourself here.
I'm dying!
Also notice something particular about those items?
Also from the Owl House.
I feel like every time Eda transforms back into her normal self from her beast form, it almost looks like she had a hangover.
Also let's not forget that time in MLP, when Rainbow Dash takes off Fluttershy's sheets and the latter blushes in embarrassment.
And I think there was one moment in Justice League Unlimited when Shayera was implying flipping the bird to some antagonists. And Diana being slapped in the ass in the original show.
Edit: X-Men TAS also had a quote that Rogue said as she is giving Scott CPR: "Come ON, pretty boy, make a girl feel welcome!"
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I knew it was unaired but I didn't know it was called a Christmas tape. First I've heard of those.
Popee The Performer - It was a series of shorts revolving around a clown named Popee, a purple wolf named Kedamono, and the boss and father named Papi. In each episode (except Episode 1) at least one or all the characters featured in the episode will die some cartoony way or pretty dark way.
Its 2000 CGI anime that aired on a Japanese channel called Kids Show or something like that, had gore and showed disturbing imagery. It was similar to a creepypasta. Popee The Performer would air at random times, so there's no telling when show would come one.
In my opinion, this is the creepiest and darkest kids show you can get. If you want to go see it for yourself, you can watch the entire series on YouTube.
Animals of Farthing Wood - The show was about these animals who had to migrate to a safe place cause their home was being destroyed, and there was danger on the journey, there was A LOT of blood and death in the show, don't watch it if you are faint of heart, seriously, how many animals died brutally in that cartoon? And it was for KIDS.
Belle and Sebastian - It was weird enough hearing characters talk about flat out killing Belle, a Great Pyrenees dog that was falsely accused of being dangerous to others, and not the usual euphemisms they use, but they show her muzzled and strapped to the table about to be euthanized. Thankfully she escaped and was eventually pardoned.
Its 2000 CGI anime that aired on a Japanese channel called Kids Show or something like that, had gore and showed disturbing imagery. It was similar to a creepypasta. Popee The Performer would air at random times, so there's no telling when show would come one.
In my opinion, this is the creepiest and darkest kids show you can get. If you want to go see it for yourself, you can watch the entire series on YouTube.
Animals of Farthing Wood - The show was about these animals who had to migrate to a safe place cause their home was being destroyed, and there was danger on the journey, there was A LOT of blood and death in the show, don't watch it if you are faint of heart, seriously, how many animals died brutally in that cartoon? And it was for KIDS.
Belle and Sebastian - It was weird enough hearing characters talk about flat out killing Belle, a Great Pyrenees dog that was falsely accused of being dangerous to others, and not the usual euphemisms they use, but they show her muzzled and strapped to the table about to be euthanized. Thankfully she escaped and was eventually pardoned.
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Anything from the DCAU really:
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