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What could be so frightening that these children's animated episodes are immediately banned from airing?
Children's animated series are generally known for their cheerful atmosphere, easy-to-understand content, and friendliness towards young viewers. However, there are still special cases where some animated episodes become disturbing and can have a negative impact on children's brains. Below are the episodes that are BANNED in these extremely popular animated series, and just hearing the content is scary!
1. Dexter's Laboratory: Episode Dexter's Rude Removal
Dexter's Lab is one of the most successful animated series of the 90s, captivating audiences worldwide. However, a particular episode, Dexter's Rude Removal, was banned from airing even though it was completed, due to its vulgar content.
In this episode, Dexter creates a machine to 'eliminate' his sister Dee Dee's annoying qualities. However, a mistake leads to Dexter creating 2 versions of himself and his sister: one side being polite and courteous, the other constantly swearing, with every curse word bleeped out.
Due to its vulgarity, this episode was immediately banned from airing, even though it was completed. Genndy Tartakovskky, the producer of the show, occasionally mentions it, adding to the audience's curiosity.
2. Tiny Toon Adventures: Episode One Beer
The Tiny Toon Adventures episode was banned for encouraging children to use stimulants and containing highly inappropriate language.
In the One Beer episode, characters Plucky Duck, Hamton J. Pig, and Buster Bunny get drunk after drinking a beer. Later, the characters even ask their female classmates, 'Do any of you girls want to go out?'
Despite the producers' intention to highlight the harmful effects of alcohol, this episode had the opposite effect. When Tiny Toon Adventures released on DVD, this episode was banned.
3. Sailor Moon: Episode Day of Destiny
In the final episode of season 1 Sailor Moon, the overly tragic plot led to extensive cuts and modifications when it aired in the United States. In this episode, all the female sailors sacrifice themselves in battle, leaving only Sailor Moon alive. The excessively dark content of the episode prompted a hurried overhaul by the US distributor.
Additionally, the English dubbed version of Sailor Moon also conceals and glosses over many valuable details from the original script.
4. Pokémon: Electric Soldier Porygon Episode
This is perhaps one of the most infamous banned episodes. Hundreds of Japanese children were hospitalized after watching this episode. The strong light effects in the episode caused seizures, hallucinations, and nausea among the kids. Even now, revisiting this episode can still make many viewers feel queasy.
5. The Powerpuff Girls: Episode See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey
This episode is perhaps unfairly 'blacklisted,' leaving both the crew and fans in regret. The episode See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey adopts a musical style. The plot revolves around three female leads encountering a gnome who proposes a deal: all evil forces will disappear if the superheroines trade their powers. The three superhero sisters agree, and this gnome transforms the entire Townsville into a cult. In the end, the superheroines still manage to defeat him.
However, Cartoon Network abruptly banned this episode when airing in the United States. Much later, the show's producer, Craig McCracken, responded: 'They banned it because the lasers in the episode looked somewhat like crucifixes, and one of the characters resembled Jesus.' Nevertheless, the episode has now been restored, and audiences can enjoy it.
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