Banned Cartoons 

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To be fair, corporate censorship is not to protect the children. It's to appease the parents and keep them willing to let the kids watch the show. Parent sees something inappropriate on one episode, they completely shut off the show. And yes, kids can always find a way, but most easy are through friends and online piracy, both of which reduce viewership numbers.

They can NEVER Truly Ban a Cartoon They can only pretend it didn't happen...

Fun Fact: in the Latin Spanish dub of Cow and Chicken Supercow speaks English

I think this is why I like Total Drama Island so much. The show was made under far less censorship practices and ended up doing some wild things for kid's TV back in 2007

I had to pause a minute in because calling sex "a business exchange between one woman and 2-4 men" had me DYING.

I like how you can tell that the kitchen scene is a greenscreen effect because we all know that Huggbees would NEVER own a knife set

Alex Hirsh's videos on the S&P fights he had with Disney over Gravity Falls are comedic gold

Huggs reaction to that opening scene from the Cow and Chicken episode, the appalled silence we were all feeling, freaking slayed me.

A big thing you overlooked with the Dexter vs Spongebob thing is that the swearing is integral to the Spongebob episode's plot, while in Rude Removal, you could quite literally remove that rudeness and not lose anything, save for that gag at the very end.

fun fact: in china (or atleast in the past) giving someone the finger actually meant you were threatening them with sex.

When I was a child, it wasn’t cartoons or tv that inspired me to drink, smoke, curse, etc. It was family members that inspired me to do all of the above.

The thing I think people like about Gennedy's shows, is that they genuinely respect the audience that is children, as a legitimate interested group of people who want quality stories, and not just some easy demographic to get cheap views.

Funny how they made an entire PSA about alcohol and THEN had it pulled…for having alcohol.

I love that Polite Dexter has a British accent ON TOP of his usual vaguely Russian one.

I feel so bad for the writers, animators, and voice actors who were forced to make an entire episode because of corporate meddling only to have those exact same executives delete it.

Huggbees: "They pulled the tiny toons episode because they were afraid it may actually encourage children to drink. This is ridiculous!" Huggbees less than 5 minutes ago: "Damn If I had seen this episode when I was a kid I would have killed someone for a beer"

Rude Removal is strange because if I recall, it wasn’t FOR us It was for the creators to laugh at the fact that it’s public at all is especially fun

Another thing about rude removal is that with sailor mouth SpongeBob and Patrick are oblivious and unaware to the words that they were using, but with rude removal on the other hand the rude clones are fully aware of what they are saying with obviously rude intentions. So definitely another thing about the tone.

Not gonna lie, I laughed so hard it echoed from the walls, as the mom of cow and chicken describes the Buffalo Gals so nonchalantly after getting their home busted by them.

To me, part of the comedy of the Dexter one is that the "swears" are sometimes incompletely censored and you can tell they're saying extremely mild words like 'crap'.

Hugbees seems like the type of person to run for president for the express purpose of resigning and causing a constitutional crisis.

Honestly, I don't think Buffalo Gals is even that bad in terms of adult comedy in children's shows. The issue is that the adult jokes are the ENTIRE EPISODE, when children are unlikely to understand what the joke IS. They're just going to be confused as to what they're supposed to be laughing at. I don't see what a child would get out of the episode other than it just being a series of wacky movements and loud noises.

i think another main difference between sailor mouth and rude removal is the way the words are censored, parents will hear the 1kHz bleep while their children are watching cartoon network and wonder what the hell is going on. whereas they are a lot less likely to bat an eye (ear?) to dolphin noises. and on sailor mouth spongebob is immediately met with disapproval from everyone else in the room when he swears

To be fair about the "Muchaco" line from Cow & Chicken, the entire show had a running joke about calling men "ma'am, ladies girls etc." and women "sir, men, guys". Cow even does it in the beginning of the episode.

Arthur also had a swearing episode, complete with a Sopranos parody explaining why words get censored. And that was on PBS, not cable. But Arthur was a kid show that was willing to "go there" including Arthur just straight up punching his sister. I get the educational factor, but it's still wild.

I gotta admit, the Tiny Toons one is a pretty smart move. Make a pearl-clutching PSA you don’t want to out of contractual obligation, then end up getting it banned for the very content you didn’t want to add in the first place? Hot damn, what a flex. Wouldn’t be surprised if they intentionally called the censor board to pull the episode for them.

Honestly,I think making the One Beer episode being boring was intentional,since they were basically forced into making something they clearly didn't want to,so it was kinda like a big middle finger...so in that context,I kinda like it.

I could swear I remember seeing a broadcast version of Rude Removal that simply used a different title card and took away the beeps. I remember it so distinctly because when hearing these lines again I can remember a lot of the actually-not-swears-at-all that were spoken before the beeps were added. I particularly noticed when Dexter says, "This tastes like caca!" after spitting the possibly-potatoes. You can even still see how his mouth was animated in line with the two syllable not-really-an-expletive. Is this just a case of mixed up memories, or is anyone else sitting there in their thirties remembering this same experience?

I think the most ridiculous censorship from my childhood was what Reboot's writers had to deal with. Dot giving her little brother a kiss on the cheek on his birthday was seen by the board of standards and practices as incestuous, Dot had to have a monoboob because a grown woman having two tits was seen as not appropriate for kids for the two big examples. The writers got so sick of it all that once the restrictions were loosened up they made a whole damn song about how ridiculous all the shit they had to deal with was iirc

As a child, I would’ve just taken the content of the Cow and Chicken episode literally, and laughed at the funny antics. But my functioning adult brain guessed its underlying premise the second I saw this video’s thumbnail. Just another reason to wish I could re-experience the 90s.

I like to imagine that the sunglasses are Andrew’s eyes and the little squares reflecting on them his pupils. It’s hypnotic!

"Censorship is a worthless tool that is only good for people who are too stupid to not know how to ignore things they don't like." Truer words were never spoken.

Not going to lie, out of all the shows shown here, Buffalo Girls really shows why it was banned

There was an episode of Peppa Pig that was banned in Australia because it featured a message about spiders being harmless.

Usually, I'm the one who misses the hidden innuendo jokes, but I suspect Huggbees missed one while discussing the Buffalo Gals episode of Cow & Chicken. To give you an example of such jokes flying over my head, I've watched the Senile Scribbles parody of Skyrim countless times, as it's the best, and arguably the only truly good Skyrim parody. I'm just sayin', there's a lot of bad ones out there. Anyways, at the beginning, where he's at the guardian stones with the old man, the old man says he'd give him his helmet, but it's got a two-handed wielding enchant. When the old man is asked if he can even lift a greatsword, he responds that he's never tried, and it just helps him when he pees. I probably watched that scene a couple dozen times before realizing that the old man is saying he's veey well-endowed. Well anyways, back to Cow & Chicken, when Chicken is discovered spying, the Buffalo Gals say, in unison, "We Hate chicken". Now, I could be mistaken, but I believe that's code for saying they hate the male reproductive organ that is referred to in slang as the name for a male chicken, the one beginning with the letter 'c'. Even if that wasn't what the writers meant, I'm still gonna list it as a happy little accident, much like I believe Bob Ross would, if he was still alive.

I feel like when my dad used to make dvds of cartoons for me, he may have added that dexter episode without telling me, because I distinctly remember watching that ep multiple times over the years. He definitely did it on purpose but like you said, it runs like any other ep so I never noticed it being that bad.

After the Loonatics video it's neat seeing Hugbess slowly cover animation more often. This banned/censored cartoons topic is one big rabbit hole worth digging into.

The best “one joke for the kids, one joke for the parents” show has to be The Animaniacs. The show was funny when I was a kid in the 90’s but has taken on a whole new tone now that I’m 33. The original Ren and Stimpy is also good (I have a feeling that it wasn’t a kid show though).

I would definitely love a follow up to this where Huggbees watches more banned cartoons, if he can find another sampling of interesting cartoons.

The Dexter's Lab episode was probably removed because of the way the kids behaved to their parents in that cartoon. If a parent watched that episode, they would think: "This show is teaching kids to be rude to their parents. My kids can't be allowed to watch this show." Back then, parents could monitor what their kids watch much easier than to now, therefore if parents banned their kids from watching a cartoon that would mean less watchtime. In the Spongebob episode the swearing didn't have this problem.

Ed, Edd n Eddy was a banned cartoon when I was a kid, but only because my mom thought whoever made it was on drugs

The cow & chicken episode additionally has two more issues 1) "they enter people's houses and eat their carpets" which is kinda... how do I avoid the censorbot? let's say unwilling participation in carnal activities adjacent? (it rhymes with the gatorade flavour fierce grape). 2) cow is a stand-in for a child character so it also can be seen as a wee bit towards the direction of grooming which is not only offensive, but immensely problematic for broadcast reasons. Naturally the network did the right thing in pulling it, too many potential controversies and too many potential PR issues with keeping it (in addition to mentioned wrong audience for the jokes), it would make no business sense to do otherwise and it's honestly surprising it even got to air once.

As an adult looking back at the episode of Cow and Chicken, then thinking about all of Cow and Chicken... How much of that show was appropriate? How much did they get through the censors that maybe shouldn't have?

> Ignores instructions on the Pepsi Nitro can > Thinks it tastes awful because the chemical reaction is not complete > Drinks it anyway Never change Huggbees.

Honestly, I think the real important difference between Sailor Mouth and Rude Removal is the fact that one has them saying swears innocently without understanding their meaning and are then repentant at the end when they find out the truth and panic when they accidentally say it. In Rude Removal, it's not only being said completely intentionally to be insulting but it's also played even more as a joke (as in "Haha, saying swears is funny!"). So in a way, you could say it makes light of insulting language way more than Sailor Mouth does.

I remember being shocked by Mordecai saying, "You pissed me off."

Years of experience has taught me that "I'm not offended by anything" usually just means no one has hit that button yet.

"Contagious thirst for life" actually pretty much covers it. It's clear that you both deeply enjoy and have a good sense of humor about the topics you cover, and the fact that you're willing to brave Pepsi Nitro for your viewership is just more proof that you're willing to go above and beyond.

Buffalo gals hit me like a sack of bricks when I heard the words "chewing on carpet" and that's when the entirety of this verbal Rube Goldberg contraption went off in my face.

I'm imagining the kidnapper crying while the kid absolutely verbally wrecks him.

Remember kids, don't appease people. That's how you lose Czehoslovakia.

THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THIS VIDEO IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE SENTENCE I’VE EVER HEARD

"Big Bill's Bastard Beating Emporium" sounds like something a Floridian would say, so that checks out.

To be fair, Dee Dee has four fingers. That could also be considered her ring finger instead, something I'm sure the showrunners were trying to argue, for why it's okay. A visual beep of sorts, but one far easier to decipher without prior knowledge.

fun fact ; In Australia a lot of cartoons are still censored, but specifically dealing with head injuries, the latest example was Steven Universe, basically direct and intent blows to the head specifically are usually banned and replaced with a flash screen or the cartoon stars.

I had never heard of cow&chicken, so that first clip hit me like a freight train lmfao. Thank you for introducing what looks like a 5 second clip goldmine. A confused screaming buffet.

Huggbees is just Ed, Edd and Eddy all rolled into one.

Some clarification about the regular show moment: the initial censored version was done for the european market, which is typically more scrutinous than america when it comes to S&P. While the censored version could have aired in the states a few times, it definitely didn't after 2014 when cartoon network greatly relaxed its content guidelines, which led to the total drama series airing uncensored and Steven Universe existing as a whole.

Your glasses are giving wilky wonka Florida man

I will always love both Dexter's voice and the fact that his glasses are his eyes, which makes no sense (his glasses change depending on his reaction)

Cow and Chicken was a fever dream of a show and I IMMEDIATLEY knew this episode when the girls started to eat the carpet. It must of been locked away from the rest of my brain until this key moment in history

There's something so perfectly sesinct and pure about "We're going to go fuck up your lab" that tickles me

28:19 “You didn’t drink beer…..you somehow drank METH.” 😂

I can see why glitter force was a bad localization and why hugbees needs to make a video on it

DARE taught me more about drugs in the 1990s than I ever could have dreamed of at that age in the 4th grade. I could have been as innocent and ignorant as possible until they rocked up with a suitcase of that stuff. Yet they were all worried about a beeped out swear. Priorities.....

I love Sailor Mouth and Rude Removal, and I assume the difference was that SpongeBob and Patrick were innocent in the delivery of swears for the better part of the episode whereas Dexter and Dede were being rude to their mom, and adults were probably concerned it would influence their children to behave similarly to them? Idk it shouldn’t have been banned. And what you said of intent with the noise makes sense too haha

To add on to the Regular Show comparison, I distinctly remember one of the main 2 saying "this S is so F'd up!" (the letters, not the actual words) and subsequently remember that line being removed/altered in later airings. I couldn't tell you what episode it was but it must have been the first season, it was very early in the show's life.

That first statement made in this video rings true. Thank you for showing your intelligence and wisdom in a thoughtful sentence again, Huggbees.

I can’t believe they banned SpongeBob for being too bad in modern day

I think Rude Removal might have actually been less the language and the way they treated Mom. Like the language would have been part of it, but the negativity being thrown around was less 'dexter's cartoonish super science etc' or 'stupid shit kids deal with' and more a very domestic, realistic kind of familial abuse. Like kids who saw it could directly model it, or it might remind them of how Dad treats Mom when he's had a bad day, or how a teen sibling with problems might be acting. Too heavy and real at the same time.

As a lesbian I can confirm that we will break into your home, devour your flooring, and invite little girls to join us when we hang out to sing folk tunes about coming out and play softball. I don't think the episode should've been banned because it works as a PSA to young children in order to let them know what will happen if they're ever around a lesbian

The devil just hopping away on his absolute dumpy had me at the end

DeeDee's hand gesture on the title card is good enough to me. The words are easy enough to censor and it be ambiguous what can fill in the blanks. There is only one hand gesture DeeDee can be doing.

You unlocked the memory of that Cow And Chicken episode. I wasn't alive when it released but I remember seeing vague clips of it in the 00s. I didn't realise the entire episode all revolved around that joke... fucking hell.

huggbees : " they named the lesbian gang the buffalo gals so the writers could make them sing ' won't you come out tonight ' as many times as they want. the complete lack of sublt- " me: * finally gets the joke *

the tiny toons episode is so clearly made because they had to and i love how they poke at that with the "can we do a funny episode next time" line

you can't ban a cartoon, only delay its disappointment

SpongeBob gets a pass for their swearing episode both because spongebob is known for having hidden adult humor in it, but also because the tone of the episode (from what I remember from watching it) is anti-swearing via the lesson that Mr. Krabs teaches them at the end of the episode

I love the unique art for the thumbnail! The video as a whole is awesome too. While I do think some censorship is ok for separating hard adult stuff from little kids or whatever, but things like these cartoons have no right to be kicked off the air. Especially the Tiny Tunes where they're trying to TEACH KIDS AN IMPORTANT LESSON!!!!!

There was also Mass Transit Trouble from Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog, which was only banned during a rerun in the 2000s as it involved bombs planted by Robotnik. Post 9/11, anything involving bomb plots was considered too inappropriate at the time. While there's no need to explain Electric Soldier Porygon, 4Kids actually did some localization work on the episode, with the troublesome scene getting the same treatment as all the other Thundershock scenes by 4Kids. However, because the Japanese government banned the episode internationally, 4Kids was unable to finish the episode and release it in America. And of course, there's the actual pilot episode of Osomatsu-San, which was banned due to copyright infringement claims regarding the overall nature of the episode. This is why on Funimation, Episode 1 is skipped over, starting on Episode 2 instead.

The Huggbees lore enthusiasts are going wild from this one folks

Fun fact: One Beer wasn't censured in my country (Italy) I've watched it when I was a kid, and it made me not wanting to drink alcohol

From what I recall the reason why regular show could get away with using swears during their initial premieres was because regular show was scheduled on the second latest time slot for cartoon Network which gave them a bit more wiggle room but for reruns that could be played throughout the day they couldn't really use the non-censored version

My Grandmother would sometimes talk about the “Funny Dexter episode where he swears” whenever it was on as a kid. From my knowledge as I get older that episode never aired until much much later after Dexters original run. So how the fuck did she know about that episode?

idk if it's mentioned here but the tiny toons beer episode was never banned and the rumor was started with an unverified Wikipedia claim, there's a good video by poparena that covers the myth

I remember seeing that Cow and Chicken episode, and my dad laughing his ass off, but I didn't see what was so funny; it just looked silly. Holy fuck, I had no clue.

45:20 Actually this might be another reference to lesbian slang. Since Muchacho means "young man"/"boy" specifically, she might be making a reference to the term "boi" which (according to Wikipedia) refers to "a boyish lesbian" or "submissive butch in the BDSM community". I remember that first definition being around in the 90s, not so sure about the second one but it does make a bit of sense in context of mogged by a cow (although I should point out I’m not a lesbian so I could be way off)

The problem with ignoring genuinely offensive stuff is that it doesn’t fix the problem. And another is people don’t know when to draw the line at censorship, just like some people with offensive humor

I feel like the Dexter's Lab episode being in 1998 kind of makes it rough since it's a year after South Park started so everyone was probably more aware of what their children were watching.

In Rude Removal, it was apparent they were being nasty. "This tastes like [bleep]"! In Sailor Mouth, for all the viewer knew it was just weird new vernacular. Hey Patrick, how the [bleep] are ya? Oh, you then went on to say pretty much that.

I've been watching YT videos on banned cartoons etc. for like 10 years now and I assumed this was just gonna be another Top 10 list but I'm actually happy that it's a lot more personal than that

Rude Removal is pretty old news at this point, but I like that you brought the other cartoons along for us peeps that already seen that Dexter's Lab episode.

Gonna be real, if My Little Pony can show a slave army at war several times, pre-censored cursing and a bare ass is barely notable in my eyes.

Ok, that bit with you just being completely silent for like 20 seconds as you grab a chair and your "beer" honestly had me laughing harder than anything else I've seen in the last month, and I was genuinely expecting it to end with you just deadpanning the camera and saying something along the lines of "the fuck?" 😂😂

Are you sure Rude Removal never aired? I have a distinct memory of actually seeing it on TV. I know I've seen the episode, but I wouldn't have seen it online at the time.

I honestly love the message about censorship in this video thanks for the content

I watched A Clockwork Orange when I was 10. And all other kids who want to truly be ready for life and art should, too.

After years of watching every episode of the Official, I finally came to watch one of your videos. Loving it and I hit that sub button fast. Don't know why I never watched your stuff before but now I have a shit ton to binge.

I wish I could subscribe a second time... because of an ad? you're the only person I sit through advertisements for and the donkey kong music was just 👌