There just isn't one list large enough to encompass all of the shockingly offensive moments in the world of animation.
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Welcome to WatchMojo.com and today we are counting down our picks for another Top 10 controversial cartoon episodes.
Worker: Hot stuff coming through
Homer: (Scream)
Bart: Dad why did you bring me to a gay steel mill?
For this list we've looked at episodes from your favourite television shows that have either been banned,
protested, criticized or all of the above.
From violence to racial and cultural insensitivity.
The shocking material in these 'toons may make you want to reprogram your TV settings
Or tell your children to leave the room.
Just a quick note; some of the images and themes of the cartoons on this list are regarded as highly offensive,
so watch at your own discretion.
Silver Spooner: Stop you're far too late
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Homer: You all stink
Worker: Oh be nice
Number 10: SpongeBob You're fired
SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob: Hey Mr. Krabs! What's the good word?
Mr Krabs: Well actually SpongeBob, uh, there's two words
And they're not very good...
You're fired
Spongebob: (Chuckles) Oh, Mr K...WHAT?
in this TV special, serving as the eleventh episode of the
animated TV series 9th season,
Mr Krabs discovers that he can save a nickel more
by discharging his prized fry cook
SpongeBob: But how about if I work for free?
Mr. Krabs: Yeah, I looked into that. Apparently, it's "illegal".
This means that SpongeBob is
forced out of his position, and left unemployed
Patrick: Hey buddy are you ready?
Ready for your first day of glorious unemployment?
Or as I like to call it, "funemployment"?
In an attempt to cheer him up, Patrick introduces
his best friend to the joys of not having a job
Describing the event as fun employment
The two then slack off for the rest of the day
ignoring all responsibilities and duties.
Next on our i-tin-er-ary, a brief mid-morning siesta.
Though SpongeBob eventually realizes what he's doing
and starts looking for a job at several fast food joints,
the episodes representation of unemployment
sparked heavy political debate and called into question
and called into question, the real message it was
sending to the youths, and underprivileged.
Mr. Krabs: You're rehired boy.
SpongeBob: All right! Now my life has purpose again!
Number 9: Dial M for Monkey:Barbequor
Dexter's Laboratory
Honeydew: Surprise!
Everyone: Happy birthday!
In this early episode of the Cartoon Network series,
Monkey is celebrating his birthday
with all of his justice friends
at a barbecue they hosted for him.
After being rudely interrupted by the titular, evil alien,
and his partner Silver Spooner,
Monkey is forced not only to save his birthday barbecue,
but the whole universe.
Pilot: Oh yeah? We got your feast right here
Get 'em boys!
Why did this episode get banned in countries like
the US, Canada and the UK you ask?
It raised criticism regarding it's stereotypical depiction
of homosexuals via the Silver Spooner character.
Silver Spooner: Judy Garland? Where?
And also included the depiction of
an inebriated character via the show's parody
of the Incredible Hulk known as Krunk
Honeydew: That's to Monkey now.
Commander: And it's up to you to drive Krunk home.
Number 8: Buffalo Gals
Cow and Chicken
Thug Gal: Buffalo Gals won't you come out tonight
Munch Kelly: Come out tonight, come out tonight.
Here with a segment entitled "Cow and Chicken Reclining
This first part of Episode 7 from Season 2
of the Cartoon Network series
following the titular animals
garnered such debate and criticism
That it was only ever broadcast on TV once.
Munch Kelly: Here's my card, drop by anytime
While the show's humour has
Always been unconventional
The sexually suggestive content
featured on Buffalo Gals
Along with the heavily implied scareotyping of lesbians
Led the Network to ban the segment
and have the episode aired with a replacement segment
in the future instead
Mom: Oh the Buffalo Gals! A motorcycle riding gang
that randomly bursts into peoples' homes
and chews on their carpets
Cow: Buffalo Gals
Munch Kelly: Moo! Saddle up Gals!
Number 7: Last Horizons
TaleSpin
Baloo: Well, I said I'd find Panda-La
if it was the last thing I did.
And this looks like the last thing I'm gonna do.
This Disney cartoon series came under some heat
with the temporary ban of this particular episode.
Panda Monk: Welcome, strange one.
I trust you come in peace.
In Last Horizons, Baloo is welcomed into
the legendary city of Panda-la with open arms,
only to realize this reception was all a ruse
for Emporer Wan-Lo overtake Cape Suzette
Wan-Lo: People of Cape Suzette, your guns are useless.
Prepare to surrender to the might of Panda-La.
The ficticious Asian nation's attack
is dangerously reminiscent of
Japan's Pearl Harbour attack against
the US naval base in 1941
Aside from the World War Two reference,
the episode also contained various offensive Asian stereotypes
which led to the ban.
Baloo: I thought we were friends.
Wan-Lo: We have no friends! We live to conquer!
And where we conquer, we live.
Number 6: Homer's Phobia
The Simpsons
John: Hi I'm John. Can I help you with anything?
Although the animated sitcom had already touched
on gay and lesbian themes in previous episodes
This specific episode was the first
to fully focus on them
And thus was both the most praised and criticised for it
Marge: Didn't John seem a little...
Festive to you?
Homer: Couldn't agree more, happy as a clam
Marge: He prefers the company of men.
Homer: Who doesn't?
When Homer befriends a shop clerk named John
and later figures out he's gay
The Simpson patriarch begins to adopt
homophobic behaviour towards him
And develops fears that John's sexuality
will influence his son.
Homer: Where'd you get that shirt?
Bart: I dunno, came out of the closet.
Homer: Uhhhhhhh...huh.
Despite a lot of viewers being unimpressed
with Homer's character,
and the presentation of homosexuals in general,
Workers: Hello!
Homer: (gasp)
The episode ironically received positive critical response
for it's anti-homophobia message.
John: Queer?
Homer: Yeah and that's another thing.
I resent you people using that word.
That's our word for making fun of you!
We need it!
Number 5: Br'er Rabbit
Song of the South
Johnny: Why, you said there was a tale about
Br'er Rabbit not coming back to his briar patch
Remus: Well bless my soul, child.
I sure did
This dated film is yet another swept under the rug
reminder of Disney's very different take on kid-friendly animation.
The live action slash animated musical features
an implied ex-slave referred to as uncle Remus
who exhibits highly offensive racist stereotypes.
Sally: Is that right, uncle Remus?
Remus:Well you see miss Sally, I had...
Sally: I see.
The NAACP described the character as presenting a
"Idyllic master-slave relationship"
In their public statement.
Or, despite being post Civil War
, in other words, post slavery.
Remus and his companions were often depicted
as subservient to the family that once owned them.
Sally: I don't like to say this uncle Remus,
but from now on I want you to stay away from Johnny.
You understand?
Aside from the controversy about the live action sections,
Song of the South also featured animated segments
around Br'er Rabbit that were
subsequently aired on TV.
Rabbit: I ain't goin' no party!
'Cuz I ain't goin' be here
I'm goin' leave this ol' place.
Remus: "You mean you leavin' your own briar patch?
Rabbit: Dat. I. Is.
These ignited debate because of suggestions
that the figure signifies enslaved Africans
And depicts them as tricksters
Which isn't always a positive thing
Bear: Whatchu doin' up there?
Rabbit: Oh, keeping the crows out the cornfield.
I is making a dollar a minute
Bear: Uh...A dollar a minute?
Rabbit: That I is!
Would you like to make a dollar a minute, Br'er Bear?
Bear: Uh...yeah...but
Rabbit: Ya know, you'd make a mighty fine
Scarecrow Br'er Bear
Bear: Uh...thanks
As such, the entire film has yet to have been
released for personal viewing.
But it's signature song "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"
is still widely recognized today.
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Zip-A-Dee-A
Wonderful feeling Wonderful day
Yes Sir
Number 4: Rude Removal
Dexter's Laboratory
Mom: I hope you like it
What do you think Dexter?
Rude Dexter: I think it taste like s***!
Mom: Oh...(faints)
Little kid swearing is never a good look
for a children's cartoon series.
When Dexter comes up with an ingenious idea
to separate the rudeness within him and his sister,
their clones wreck havoc in their home lives and speak
in a way that we've never witnessed their characters speaking before
Rude Dexter: Where the f*** are we?
Rude Dee Dee: Beats the c*** outta me!
This banned episode ran into trouble with its
Excessive use of profanity
And despite being censored with beeps
The bad words being said were still clearly decipherable
Dexter: That was very rude, and we are in want of an apology
Rude Dexter: Yeah here's your f******* 'pology
Mom: Kids, lunchtime!
Rude Dexter: Lunchtime! I'm f****** starvin'!
The characters also depicted various
cultural stereotypes as the nice Dexter and Dee Dee's
spoke with English accents while the rude clones
spoke with a New York City one.
Rude Dexter: Look lady, that's cute and all,
but let me tell you somethin'. I make my own f*****g rules.
As a result, Rude Removal never actually aired on TV
And was only viewable online over a decade
after its production via Adult Swim's YouTube channel
Dexter: So you're off then?
Rude Dexter: Yeah we're gonna f*** up your lab!
Number 3: Return of the King
The Boondocks
Person: Oh s*** m************ MLK! Haha
Ay what's up folks? Hey, that got a dream s***
was off the chain, n****!
MLK: Oh ok... thank you very much.
Huey: He learned that streets named after him weren’t the very safest.
This satirical comedy took a very interesting stance
on the famed activist and humanitarian
Dr. Martin Luther King.
And although the episode addressed
many of the country's sociopolitical issues,
there were many viewers who couldn't get past how it was presented
Huey: King amazed the world when on November 2nd,
seven days after awaking from a thirty year coma,
he showed up to vote in a 2000 presidential election.
He was turned away due to voting irregularities.
In Return of the King, Dr. King returns from a 32 year coma
After surviving an assassination attempt.
And discovers the outcome of his years of
civil rights activism
MLK: Well you know, Puffy, like you I can’t stop.
I won’t stop.
I don’t even know how to stop.
When he takes the stage to deliver a speech,
he loses his temper and shouts the n-word more than once.
KING: Will you ignorant n****** please shut the hell up!
(gasp)
Random Guy: He just say what I think he said?
The episode was not well received by
civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton
who claimed it desecrated black historic figures.
MLK: And I know some of you don't want to hear me say that word.
It's the ugliest word in the English language,
but that's what I see now.
Number 2: Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
Merrie Melodies
Bugs Bunny: Eh...what's up Doc?
(foreign language)
Yet another cartoon that was
unfortunately a victim of its time.
Bugs Bunny: Japs, hundreds of them.
This calls for strategy.
While we've all at one point enjoyed
Bugs Bunny's regular shtick,
it comes off almost cringe-worthy in this
short, racist depiction of the Japanese
Japanese Soldier: Oh regrettable incident.
Oh not all knowing honourable general.
For instance, one of the soldiers Bugs comes
into contact with is drawn as a height-challenged man
with exaggerated Asian features.
And is shown wielding a machete,
while muttering Japanese gibberish
The Bunny also uses racial slurs throughout
Bugs Bunny: Hey uh here's yours, boiled eggs
and one for you monkey face
Hey don't shove there's plenty for all
Here you are slant eyes, everybody gets one
Back in the day, this World War Two animated cartoon
served to portray American enemy soldiers
as lesser and inferior.
The only thing it serves as today
is an embarassing reminder of the past
Bugs Bunny: Here's some scrap iron for Japan, Moto
(foreign gibberish)
Bugs Bunny: Happy landings!
Before we unveil our number 1 pick, here are a few honourable mentions
Mom: Pepper Ann? Do you want breast?
Ann: What?
Mom: I'm making chicken, do you want breast or thigh?
Peppa: Don't be scared mommy
Momma: Get rid of it!
Papa: Ok, we'll take Mr. Skinnylegs into the garden.
Lois: But you know what? It's one more person
to share the world with. Another little voice
In the backseat of the car
One more Griffin to love and to love us in return.
Peter: We had the abortion
Number 1: Heroes
Beavis and Butt-head
Butt-head: Woah. Guns are cool.
America has tolerated a lot
from these nonchalant teenage misfits,
but this episode went a bit too far.
Bob: Hey there, welcome to Bob's fancy skeet.
You boys eighteen?
Butt-head: Uh...no?
After the boys watch a riveting episode of Cops!,
they illegally obtain guns from the owner
of a skeet shooting establishment
andw haphazardly fire them outdoors.
Butt-head: This is cool, uh, push.
Uh, pull.
KOne of Butt-head's shots hits a commercial airliner
Pand sends it hurdling down to its doom.
Beavis & Butt-head: (laughter)
The banned episode was not only criticized
for its blatant disregard of firearm safety
But also for the inhumane mocking of the trapped passengers of the demolished aircraft
Woman: Help us! Help us! We're trapped in here!
Please! We have two pregnant women on board
Beavis & Butt-head: (laughter)
Butt-head: How did that happen?
Beavis: Yeah
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Homer: You know me Marge, I like my beer cold,
My TV loud and my homosexuals flaming.
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