Creative Censorship - Eddache

[@8MillsProductions]

“Kids are unlikely to get a tank, or a bazooka, or a rocket into space.” Well, not with that attitude.

[@therogueaxolotl.]

*Hides my modified sherman tank with a hyperdrive and bazooka turret*

[@JacksonYT198]

Elon musk as a kid : ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT

[@JamesTDG]

With enough time, somebody would do that for the irony

[@Joshuathegreen]

The kid from Texas: Wanna see my tank collection?

[@therogueaxolotl.]

@@captainsmolletkermit8986 Nah, I am one

[@lazyhammerwieldingpenguin2247]

Replacing a whale with an iceberg is not only funny by its self, but that whale and the story arc surrounding it is integral to a later character's backstory and the overall plot of One Piece.

[@Rickbane01]

I think 4kids got the later issues of the manga and decided to go bankrupt then figure that out.

[@toriierriffic]

also they still used the whale in the theme song

[@Kolbjornelenano]

but why censor the whale?

[@alvinsu5188]

the whale had scars on it plus 4kids wouldn't have known that the whale was important because in the sub version of one piece was on the water 7 arc and in the manga it was on the enies lobby arc it's until thrill bark when a character who has a backstory with the whale shows up.

[@lazyhammerwieldingpenguin2247]

@@Kolbjornelenano The most common theories I've seen are 1. 4kids One piece does not like to mention death, and they find out all of the whale's pirate friends died 50 years ago. 2. Ever since then he's been bashing his head against the coast which so now his face is covered in scars, and 4kids probably didn't want to show a story that kinda portrays a whale performing self harm.

[@illegalmemedealer3549]

Ah yes. Gravity “I’ve got some children I need to make into corpses” Falls and it’s harmonious relationship with the censors

[@Sophie_the_Sapphic]

"not s&p approved" is approved by s&p

[@trash-lol]

@Method Zero **screaming**

[@thehero8573]

ANCIENT SINS

[@Foxy02016]

Not S+P approved has been approved by S+P

[@ogpandamonium]

They got that through but they couldn't get a lesbian couple into the show

[@and_gelitan]

“It’s okay kids she didn’t die. She’s gone on holiday.” *“to the SHADOW REALM!”*

[@Snippyyy]

i recently watched fantastic mr fox (fantastic movie btw, pun intended) and in place of a swear, the characters would just say "cuss" and they turned it into a reoccurring gag throughout the movie, i loved it

[@depressionpie4859]

That movie is so good and the cussing is a great addition. You can even see the word “cuss” spray-painted on a wall in the background of one scene and I think that’s beautiful

[@Starlight-ue8jy]

Spoiler :(

[@Nerd-O-Matic]

@@Starlight-ue8jy That doesn’t spoil the plot.

[@Digicara64]

​@@depressionpie4859BROOOOOO I LAUGHED SO HARD WHEN I NOTICED IT!

[@PausianSiam-l8k]

Fr like Mr fox once said what the f word

[@JasontheCartoonFan]

Believe it or not, that Phineas and Ferb clip was actually DIRECTLY QUOTING part of Disney Channel’s standards and practices. I kid you not.

[@karenperell-gerson7319]

Cool

[@Mr_Mimestamp]

8:30

[@jaffa3717]

Yes, that's the joke

[@irok1]

@@Mr_Mimestamp thanks

[@CollidedUniverses]

I left the video off there and when I came back to it, I read this comment right as it happened

[@kieferwalsh8666]

Speaking as an Irish person here, feck is actually considered a curse word similar to crap in severity. Most likely because of father ted

[@oldarachnid]

Neat

[@parkertdm1652]

Hey, is "Ire" a slur?

[@willspikes]

@@parkertdm1652 no, it is just another word for anger, although it could become a slur if it is used against a specific group of people in a derogatory way.

[@bboops23]

My boss is Irish but has lived in the US for about 50 years. When he was a kid "feck" was still seen as closer to the American English version of "fuck." He said in that time "fuck" in the US became seen as worse and feck in Ireland was seen as better.

[@creeperhunterD]

Is "crap" also considered a swear? In the USA words like "crap" "damn" "hell" and "bastard" are considered "lesser swears" where they're not really offensive to anyone but kids under 11 shouldn't really be saying them.

[@skootergirl22]

youtube is doing this, 4kids just said "all animation is for children" and "only america excists", lower decks uses the same animation style of that of final space and not many know about that show

[@peachymunmagenta]

I strangle 4kids

[@Ooffoop]

@@peachymunmagenta like at once?

[@skootergirl22]

@KGK Skull yep they were just doing what was told by the censores not really their fault

[@Magmafrost13]

Not really, its more like 4kids said "we are only producing a product for american children". Its not like they ever fought against other companies producing cartoons for an older or non-american audience (at least not to my knowledge), it just wasnt something they themselves were interested in doing.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Yup. I find it hilarious that 4Kids don't realize the fact that American tourists in Japan exist.

[@MisterMistea]

Bless KZbinrs like you who make separate chapters for their sponsorship segments.

[@Eugenman48]

Yes, they are the king

[@Poopenfarden]

SHOUT-OUT TO [KZbinrs who put their sponsored segments different] gotta be one of my favorite genders frr

[@guillain_]

yup, we all agree

[@ichliebebaeumeweilbaum]

15:31 There's also a song by my favorite German musician, which has two versions. The first is all censored and the second is not. The second version reveals that the song isn't actually bad and just innocently talking about a cat. I love songs that play with the lyrics like that.

[@sandyarieiv6628]

What song?

[@ichliebebaeumeweilbaum]

@@sandyarieiv6628 Alligatoah - "der Zensor" und "der Zensor ist tot"

[@theslaya1576]

​@ichliebebaeumeweilbaum 14:56 I remember an image where someone named themselves Nasser in a game, the "ass" portion got censored so it read, "N***er". Like bruuh -_-

[@ichliebebaeumeweilbaum]

@@theslaya1576 😭😭 omg

[@tiyenin]

15:09 Oh, so like Starbomb's "Minecraft Is for Everyone."

[@RiverShock]

As much as people give 4Kids crap for the "Shadow Realm" stuff in YGO... The fact the majority of those deaths or banishments do get reversed makes it make more sense than just outright death IMO. (Granted, there's definitely scenarios they didn't handle especially well, like the Arkana duel...)

[@Ramsey276one]

A little Hell doesn’t hurt... AS LONG AS YOU GET OUT XD

[@peanut9560]

Welcome to the shadow realm Jimbo

[@dragonchris152]

Honestly the cheesy shadow realm nonsense kind of made the show better in my eyes.

[@Space_Cowboy.22.]

@@dragonchris152 same

[@Emily12471]

We can all agree out of everything 4kids did the shadow realm was the best addition(not a high bar for 4kids though)

[@wumpus976]

Okay, that connection made between Wax Stan and Stanford made the episode WAY darker than I thought it was.

[@therogueaxolotl.]

all I remember was wax Coolio an wax Larry King

[@wumpus976]

@@therogueaxolotl. Rest In Peace, Larry King.

[@B-RY-N]

@@wumpus976 …and rest in peace, Coolio. ☹️

[@thephony1651]

Man this is the saddest thread I’ve seen in a bit. RIP Larry King and Coolio.

[@Wardback]

I remember once on strictly one of the contestants swore and they had to apologize for his actions while in Ireland a couple weeks later Ryan tuburdy swore on a show watched by millions of children and everyone laughed

[@Local_Phantasm]

The duality of man: Swears force someone to apologize Swears make children laugh

[@100billionsubscriberswithn4]

That's Ireland for you.

[@j-man3267]

Late Late Toyshow?

[@Wardback]

@@j-man3267 yup

[@TurgsEpicYoutubeChannel]

Super Mario 3d world

[@antoniomv9444]

I love when creators have to play around with censorship regarding words/heavy concepts. It adds a certain layer of humor, making it way darker than the original intent. "I gonna kill you"? Nah, doesn't have the same punch as "I HAVE SOME CHILDREN TO TURN INTO CORPSES"

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

"I have some children to turn into corpses" sounds more horrifying because rather than just vaguely say they'll be killed, it more specifically, vividly describes how the kids will end up.

[@zaidalvi8774]

@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 " I'm gonna kill on of them just for the heck of it " -bill

[@PillarGuy]

Avatar: The Last Airbender has some of my favourites in that regard. Katara's "I'll make sure your destiny ends right then and there" and Azula's "I am about to celebrate becoming an only child" sound so much more menacing than if they just directly said "I am going to kill you"

[@seesaw41]

When I get my hands on you, I'm gonna disassemble your molecules!

[@randommushro0m]

@@PillarGuy frrr

[@Kyropinesis]

i love it when people add censor bleeps to things to make it sound worse deliberately

[@whitedog4644]

You’re forgetting Aqua Teen Hunger Force, the king show of creative censorship.

[@CarpettinginMotel.townson]

Ah Ah Ah

[@AlkisenSuper]

@@CarpettinginMotel.townson You gonna sneeze?

[@richardsavings6690]

#StandardsAndPractices

[@yaboiolly9342]

@@AlkisenSuper lmfao that was good

[@christopherauzenne5023]

Another good adult swim show with creative censorship is Metalocalypse that’s a show about a heavy metal band and hey censor words with a guitar riff sound instead of just a bleep which honestly makes it funnier then the word itself (to the point where the uncensored version on hbo comes off less funny)

[@coreysheldon4332]

13:38 “The alternate to this is swearing in another language” that line reminds me that, when shooting Mork and Mindy, Robin Williams would often be speaking alien gibberish, or what the producers and crew assumed was alien gibberish, but he would often sneak in swear words from other languages he had some grasp of, including Russian, Spanish and Yiddish. Eventually the network picked up on this and they had to bring in foreign language censors to make sure he wasn’t sneaking in anything, and then - of course, because it’s robin - he would switch to a different language once they brought in someone to censor him in one given language

[@Helperbot-2000]

*Fucking* legend

[@zixvirzjghamn737]

and then they shout the f-bomb and get sued over it

[@watermeloon314]

God, every time I learn something new about Robin Williams I love him even more.

[@EdnaK728]

That man was a national treasure and I always thought he was funny

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

Shazbat! :)

[@nicolebee3283]

here's something I found interesting. apparently cigars are allowed in some kids stuff if they're comically oversized (like the penguin's in BTAS) not sure if it's true but it'd be neat if yes

[@jacktobias6513]

@@AnonymousGentooman 'How about the whole pack you earned it.'

[@Sp3ctralI]

*older Disney cartoons*

[@redranger2716]

What does BTAS stand for?

[@Sp3ctralI]

@@redranger2716 Batman: The Animated Series

[@josinboop6132]

I love the way The Good Place censors within the plot

[@ghostly_fan9829]

14:30 “the way the bleep was sweared” Lol

[@bboops23]

One of my favorite censorship tactics I heard about, to get around censorship, was the act of adding even worse jokes that would cause the censors to not notice the original joke. Well, apparently, once on M*A*S*H, they had put one of these fake jokes in near a real joke they thought would make the censors angry. The censors skipped over both and demanded they removed the phrase "Your V.I.P.-ness" because they thought they were trying to sneak in the word penis. The writer's never even thought of that and got the notes back utterly confused.

[@ciphergacha9100]

This is like a bear skipping the bait, skipping the human and eating the worm

[@barfkoninkproducties7673]

Wonder showzen did this also by proposing ridiculous skits so the ones they really wanted didn't seem as offensive, one of those was dressing up a kid in a Hitler costume and letting him do street interviews but it actually got the green light. The sad part is most people on the street didn't know who he was supposed to be

[@chickencurry420]

In Team America: World Police, the sex scene was originally 10 minutes long or something crazy like that. Then the censors said "Can you get it down to 2 minutes?" And the writers just didn't tell them 2 minutes was what they really wanted to do all along

[@BLET_55artem55]

One of the most famous USSR directors actually used this tactic in EVERY SINGLE one of his movies. For example, to show a topless woman (from the back, not 2Ti) he "randomly" added a "random" NUKE explosion. It got cut out, but the topless spine lady stayed

[@Hwarming]

The Animaniacs writers would do that a lot too, slip in a joke they didn't care for that was really raunchy so the censors would flock to that instead of a joke they really liked that was a little raunchy

[@GroundThing]

Re: the one F-bomb in a PG-13 movie, I remember seeing somewhere the idea of a PG-13 Deadpool movie, where deadpool knows he's got one F-bomb, so he's going to make it count, and then someone says it before him. Which I find a hilarious idea, and serves to boost the idea that you mentioned of "Limitations and Restrictions can spark creativity".

[@MrShifty1]

I also saw a BTS video on a PG 13 movie where an actress wanted to not say Fuck for the whole movie until a post credits scene where the whole cast would scream "Fuck!" at the camera.

[@missingtexturez]

I also saw a similar idea of a pg 13 spiderman Deadpool crossover movie where he used fake made up curse words but Peter gets confused and deadpool accidentally says "I only get one fuck word in this movie" explaining why,followed by a bleeped out f bomb

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

You mean Once Upon a Deadpool?

[@torgranael]

There was also a running joke in some old movies of an actor staring dead at the camera and saying "Fuck." to the audience just before the movie actually starts. I think the idea is that censors would be so focused on looking out for a second fuck that they'd miss other objectionable content. Either that or just harmless trolling in general.

[@Charles.Foster.Offdensen]

i think i remember this kind of word not being a big deal in the 90's if used sparingly. Like PG vs PG-13 ... which says a lot about how much hold the MPAA has gotten over this stuff and ruined things

[@Peterscraps]

It's interesting how puritanism has changed over time. From gay people being characterized as having a disorder to having "fucks", a word which has lost a lot of meaning, being mistaken for a another word which has gained a lot of notoriety since it's original inception. Perhaps people should focus on context and intent rather than the word itself, big ask for the ever changing puritans I know.

[@isitonathroneofmethadone6563]

Will probably never happen

[@godzilla36812]

OmG Is ThAt ThE ReAl PeTeRScRaPs

[@guy6199]

Thanks for your * insert peterscraps outro

[@A11V1R15]

Yeah, because humans are fully capable of reading minds from the reproduction of sounds and images taken from the show's studio

[@upstagedbyadog]

@@A11V1R15 just start from the context - sorry, do you need me to type that more slowly for you ...?

[@medicfan7764]

12:53 This is just comedy heaven

[@ScarabD]

2:01 Ah yes, I think my favourite thing about this particular change was that the Shadow Realm is honestly INFINITELY WORSE IN CONTEXT than just killing them would be. Like, 4Kids looked at this and really thought 'you know, it's definitely be less scarring to send these kids to HELL if they lose a card game than to just kill them.'

[@grumpyteen6641]

I've never seen the show, but when you explain it (I thought it was a fight) it sounds meesed up

[@jmurray1110]

Essentially you are trapped as a ghost driver walking the plains of the shadow realm unable to communicate or die

[@Fiery_studios]

So that’s where the shadow room came from

[@ScarabD]

Yeah I kinda like it, tbh, it was just way more scary to me than the original version... @@Fiery_studios

[@iriszeldaana]

8:44 nichijou: the definition of "so that kind of heightened ridiculousness is totally acceptable, because we know its not real. its just a cartoon"

[@Ramsey276one]

SUPLEX A DEER! XD

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

I wish more people understood that concept.

[@alwaysstayclassy.forever]

nichijou. the japanese version of ohio

[@frankwest5388]

Honestly, the Shadowrealm censorship is so much more interesting than normal death or hell in the original It feels more like some sort of mystical evil force, where the vagueness of what it is, makes it so much more scary and intimidating than just saying someone dies or is sent to hell. Like, I have a good idea of what death or hell is, but a purple otherworldly liquid that is going to swallow my body and soul? That sounds straight out of a Lovecraft story. I don’t even know if the shadow realm is going to kill me, all I know is that I want to be as far away from it as possible.

[@IncubiAkster]

Sounds eexactly like hell or death to me. 'It feels more like some sort of mystical evil force, where the vagueness of what it is'. Yeah, pretty much sounds like death and the mystical places of hell/other afterlives ofwhatever a particular religion or individuals guess is.

[@mangaprofilepicture5820]

@@IncubiAkster the difference is in the fact that the shadow realm is an unknown concept. If a villain opened up a portal and said “good luck escaping _hell_” i have no clue what hell is actually like, but I’d be able to take a few good guesses at it. But if someone were to say “off to the shadow realm” well, whats a shadow realm? whats inside a shadow realm? how long does it last? Can i escape a shadow realm? Etc. The fact that they created their own evil afterlife makes it more intimidating than if they kept as just the underworld because we as the audience don’t know what its like until the characters explain/experience it

[@vesper7312]

Or you can be like the manga, where a character turns another character's hand into a gun and forces them to shoot themself. *The card games got intense*

[@frankwest5388]

ChaoticSyd you clearly don’t play in my locals. That is tame

[@nicocchi]

@@IncubiAkster yeah but you see, the difference is that hell has been depicted many, many, MANY times. It's either a cave filled with lava and fire and torture, a frozen lake, a place with a swirly vortex of whatever you wanna interpret souls as, a dark poisonous swamp, or a harem of sin full of hot demon girls, etc. So the "fear of the unknown" is gone there when there's so much fiction giving their take on the place. Granted, the shadow realm is literally "hell but with other name", but you have no idea then how a little rebranding can be so powerful. Just look at Super Smash Bros, everyone complaining that clones were stealing roster spots, but now that they're Echo fighters, people are literally asking for DLC echo fighters.

[@narottamcecil1803]

About a few years later “The Shadow Realm”, actually became a real place that characters in other story-based cartoons visited & escaped to tell the tale.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

That’s so Interesting! The Shadow Realm got popularised by 4Kids after all.

[@digitalutopia1]

just like android hell

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

The shadow realm, or rather the purple realm, will never be the same once you watches the abridged version

[@Nameless-ln5mr]

@@HappyBeezerStudios SILENCE!

[@williammiller79]

The swearing part is why people not only like shows like South Park and Rick & morty, but also streaming services like Netflix and HBO max, where the uncensored versions of some shows are put up for us to enjoy in their whole glory.

[@RhysLloyd2611]

I watched Gravity Falls when I was 11 and I still love it to this day cuz it's not toned down and overly kiddie and as an 18 year old I can rewatch it and still have fun. We need more kids shows like it, The Owl House is close but it doesn't capture the same vibes, it is genuinely well written and funny tho. I think Gravity Falls was a lightning in a bottle scenario

[@Charles.Foster.Offdensen]

Over The Garden Wall

[@jokerofspades-xt3bs]

so far the only shows i can think of off the top of my head that were intended for kids but still really fun to watch at 16 are: avatar the last airbender gravity falls and the ducktales reboot

[@Casual_guy1234]

There was wars fought with P&A

[@AaronGood]

Gotta say, censoring Bart's little simpson has been one of the weirder directions you've ever given me while editing these videos, but someday your best notes will be made into a book and we'll be rich!!

[@jasdanvm3845]

You are his video editor?

[@AaronGood]

@@jasdanvm3845 I am indeed, yes.

[@jasdanvm3845]

@@AaronGood Well, good luck with that book. Knowing how weird comedy will be in the future, maybe it works.

[@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety]

Without excessive censorship responsible parents might actually be encouraged to have meaningful conversations with their kids.

[@Ender_Zard]

See, the issue is that means people have to actually do their fucking job as a parent, and raise their damn kid.

[@Joshuathegreen]

Yeah, my parents always talked to me about not repeating curse words or any other bad things I saw in movies. Thus, I was allowed to watch R Rated movies as early as 10 years old

[@MR.BONES007]

Remeber regular show when he went you pissed me ofg

[@zodiackiller1360]

@@Joshuathegreen same thing except for games and my dad made me look up parental guides on the game to get a good idea of what I'm in for if i get the game

[@aridabaginindabag9970]

yes daddy, I will do what you say daddy.

[@Verebazs]

Who's the single most vulgar character in cinematic history? R2-D2 from Star Wars.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

"R2-D2 watch your language, always having sex with robotic strangers" From the Star Wars Rap. I mean, the bot does put his plug into basically every socket available.

[@googoogaagaayt]

16:13 If you wanna- "Please recharge headset. Power off." Best timing so far I've ever seen

[@ComputerBoyTheEntertainer]

that's impossible, wow

[@thejordyoshi]

I love creative workarounds for censorship in media. There was one shot in a recent MPAA PG-13 movie that it took me a couple watches to figure out how it got past censors. The said shot is a closeup of someone’s brains getting blown out, but due to their headwear stretching to contain the matter, the brains are never actually visible in the shot. It was like something from Looney Tunes played straight.

[@Jerry_F]

What movie was it?

[@syndrette]

I think it was the new doctor strange ​@Jerry_F

[@blazingginger2]

I would watch Sonic X when i was about 8 and was very confused why Shadow didnt just look for, her, where did she go, stuff like that.

[@Namerco]

Yeah some censorships of 4!kids kinda fuck the plot up but im a european so uh yeah i got my own stuff and i got a uncensored version of it also yu-gi-oh was kinda mixed between 4!kids and a normal version idk why

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@Namerco The problem is that TMS censored the hell out of Sonic X and later on sent the ultra censored cut to 4Kids.

[@LucanVaris]

My parents say that my hamster just "went on vacation to the Shadow Realm, to eat jelly-filled donuts for all of eternity." I hope I can see him again. Nothing beats a jelly-filled donut with your totally-not-dead hamster friend, that's for sure. ;D

[@commandernemex3478]

He died.

[@LucanVaris]

@@commandernemex3478 Nu. D:

[@legoworld246]

@@commandernemex3478 Liar!

[@dairylandsportswi]

"Aw, what happened to your hamster, John?" "he went on vacation to the shadow realm"

[@miciso666]

when someone says that. someone out there is very pissed.

[@xhantTheFirst]

13:00 There's a cool example of creative liberty on the "cutting away at the last second" cliche in Bojack Horseman, where an episode ends with a character saying "Motherf" and being cut off by the ending, and the following episode starting with the character saying "ucker", thus not technically swearing.

[@chazzywaz]

Thats creative and hilarious

[@kylespevak6781]

9:36 notice how neither option says that the parent should actually parent. A good parent would know what their child is watching and help them understand and digest it in the proper way

[@randomtheorist251]

I'm glad you included the profanity buzzer from the IT Crowd. That part is genius.

[@alexdavis665]

When it comes to horror, I'm surprised you didn't mention how Adventure Time is a post-nuclear holocaust society.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

It's a nuclear apocalypse disguised as a fantasy setting.

[@tonypepperoni2496]

@@smeggiamagarwine I don't know where the holocaust part comes in, but basically the entirety of the show takes place after a nuke is dropped on Earth, nearly wiping out all of human life.

[@nintendont4681]

@@smeggiamagarwine It is, scenes in the later seasons take place in the past and in an alternate reality where the bomb never went off. Pretty interesting ngl

[@ashtmslf2315]

@@tonypepperoni2496 yeah thats called a nuclear holocaust, nothing to do with the other holocaust

[@z.j.karasik9601]

@@tonypepperoni2496 funnily enough, it is specifically not a nuke, but a nuke with extra evil

[@mariabarber4272]

That "Jesus Christ, Ah shit, AH FUCK!" Bit genuinely got me to laugh, love the content man and keep up the good work!

[@SaraHouck461]

This should serve as a reminder on how I often get a kick out of the "censored for comedy" trope, which as the name implies, is when something is censored in a manner that is expected to be played for laughs.

[@shinkaiatsuya950]

Best swearing censor is Danny Phantom Mr. Lancer replacing swear words with book titles.

[@Mekasoundwave]

Moby DICK!

[@shinkaiatsuya950]

​@@MekasoundwaveGulliver's TRAVELS

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

C H I C K E N S O U P F O R T H E S O U L

[@Azurath100]

Clip it?

[@Ramsey276one]

Source please?

[@kast6296]

13:14 i mean, thats the point of that scene in the show. later on they begin cursing like normal when they go to the bad place

[@adrienstarfaer]

14:38 Preeetty sure people are assuming it's the one syllable shortening of the slur

[@SwiftpawWolffox]

I remember the writers for the original Animaniacs saying they would purposely put in things that the censors would grab onto and insist be censored/removed, so they wouldn't notice the more subtle context jokes (ie fingerprints/'finger Prince') and that's how they got away with what they did so often.

[@FScotsman4472]

the animaniacs was, as still is, an absolute gem of a show.

[@Materminds187]

While most kids cartoons don’t have as much brutality with the violence, with it reduced to a minimum, The Clone Wars 2008 series is a show that got away with showing a lot of the depravity had in a war and a lot of character deaths on-screen instead of off. It is a regular occurrence in that show to see characters be sliced through with a lightsaber but since there is no blood, it’s fine.

[@rex2546]

im pretty sure they did cut a scene of a clone being impaled though

[@fluffy698]

It also makes logical sense because the lightsabers cauterize the wound.

[@glassvader7243]

@@fluffy698 yeah one of the only things I don't like about a new hope is the bar scene in mos eisley when obi wan cuts the other guys arm off and there's some blood

[@demonguysayshi2666]

@@fluffy698 Cutting through flesh with a really hot object doesn't mean that the wounds instantly cauterise. Actually, death by lightsaber is incredibly messy. Linked video explains it better. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIOkqnyOnLx1jcU

[@zixvirzjghamn737]

@@glassvader7243 I'm not sure about this but I'm pretty sure we don't know if lightsabers are actually hot

[@DoYmN]

2:55 "She's gone on holiday... TO THE SHADOW REALM!" *boom* omg I laughed so hard at this and idk why :D

[@peaches2111]

my sister laughed so hard at that part.

[@esotericVideos]

13:45 I'm so glad you included Chopper in this. Chopper is by far the most profane character in any kids show, they just get away with it because they don't subtitle him.

[@Takeshi357]

My favourite use of creative censorship from a non-comedic and entirely stylistic perspective is in the TV version of Fist of the North Star, with the use of silhouettes to depict particularly gruesome deaths.

[@cosmicspacething3474]

I like how Bojak Horseman only says fuck in the most intense moments even though it doesn’t need to be censored.

[@MitskulpCh36]

13:53 is one of my favourite jokes in the IT Crowd and NOT just cus of Chris Morris, but because it implies that the guy on the button has to be omnipresent and aware of where the camera is and who is being filmed

[@Allanbuzzy]

Now, on the topic of censorship, remember when Turner tried to kid-ify Toonami back in the UK? I'm not talking like "Oh, basically turn it into a pre-school channel" (which they technically did considering CN Too took the place of Toonami, whereas Cartoonito became it's own channel on Toonami's previous space) but I'm meaning like when they used to have CNX, a channel which was made for grown-ups.

[@Zephyr616]

Yeah I remember CNX, *BUT* our Toonami aired Outlaw Star uncensored, in the US they censored the f out of it even though it aired on adult swim there, while it had a 10pm and 4am timeslot on our Toonami. Many a school night did I stay up to watch it, I'd also have my VCR set to automatically record incase I missed it (being only 10 at the time 😂)

[@Zephyr616]

But hey as much as I miss Toonami, (and by extension for anime, Fox Kids) thank our stars we had them as full channels here rather than afternoon program blocks on other channels

[@Allanbuzzy]

@@Zephyr616 Oh shit, do you remember Jetix by any chance? That channel was PRIME anime, even having a block dedicated to it evening afternoons.

[@Zephyr616]

@@Allanbuzzy Jetix started off on Fox Kids as an evening block but a lot of it was already airing on fox kids anyway, Jetix brought more American cartoons that were heavily inspired by anime. Then when they turned fox kids into Jetix they started to move all the good anime like Shin Chan, Flint the time detective, and such to later and later night time slots. Stuff like Sonic X, Shaman King, Digimon, Sailor Moon, Card Captors, Yu-Gi-Oh,,etc were already airing on Fox Kids. Jetix brought stuff like Hyper monkey Super robot team and stuff like that, before eventually turning into Disney XD. As someone who grew up with OG fox kids I resented the slow Jetix takeover and stuck more to Toonami during those days.

[@Allanbuzzy]

@@Zephyr616 Cardcaptors and Yu-Gi-Oh, for whatever reason or another, were airing on Nickelodeon instead. I think it's more odder that Jetix was broadcasting 24/7 when it launched and then in March 2006 it decided to close at 11pm... and then return at 4am for some reason.

[@Unthinkablenames]

1:57 "God dam it Kris where the hell are we"

[@leobamabaconator]

11:37 oh you done gosh diddily darn doggone done it

[@tyrxian6452]

Anyone who thinks Gravity Falls isn't terrifying at times needs to see stuff like the Shapeshifter

[@OwO377]

And other mystery creature mainly bill cipher that take terrify to a new level.

[@christopherwatts134]

I grew up on shows like criminal minds when I was younger then 10 so when I first watched gravity falls those scenes didn't realy strike me as messed up or terrifying but when I watched it with my younger brother these past months I realised how messed up it can be at points

[@OwO377]

@@christopherwatts134 that true. Guess in the future other dangerous content give to the children so call 'cartoon' despite it should give to above young adults and yet some person think everything is for kid but in reality it that just harmful for mental state.

[@z.j.karasik9601]

and most of weirdmaggedon

[@AndrewTaylorPhD]

MY favourite "cut away at the last minute" censorship was in the X-Files, the episode opens with Mulder chasing down a vampire, and staking it, then reaching it into its mouth and pulling out a set of plastic fangs. He says "oh, sh-" and the theme song cuts in. Also: I think it was Armando Iannucci who took a clip of David Cameron talking about cuts and put just a tiny bleep into "cuts" every time he said it so it became "cu*ts", absolute genius use of censorship to elevate the content

[@Charles.Foster.Offdensen]

Iannucci is so great

[@nslouka90]

I like how the Hays Code was practically outlining the plot for the movies before they were even made.

[@aquaticchaos1717]

1:39 Ah yes the three most controversial objects: guns, cigarettes, and riceballs

[@benthecat4345]

13:00 He makes fun of people thinking he was going to say "Son of a bitch" but says it anyways 😂

[@thunderlips5293]

Yeah, that’s the joke

[@EllieMiller510]

13:48 I swear I’ve seen this episode like 5 times and NEVER heard chopper say “what the f*ck?”

[@trashkitty8736]

9:04 ''i hate guns, guns are for wimps'' says guile, A SOLDIER

[@kacpercicharski4193]

Its fine, he uses the giant energy ring discs that come out of his fists, he doesn't need guns

[@EB3Rplus]

@@kacpercicharski4193 Oh no, he has guns so to speak. 💪🏻

[@SiRenfield]

Either that or he’s a Brock Samson type LOL

[@pinkertonbyweezer]

Of course Eddie decides to make a video about censorship after his Daft Spunk parody.

[@raelogan]

One of my favorite shows as a kid was Samurai Jack, and I especially loved how they were able to really get away with imagery so creatively. The original airing of the series for the first four seasons was TV-Y7 FV (suitable for ages 7 and above for Fantasy Violence), but has since been bumped up to TV-PG, I believe, with season five definitely being more mature and taking advantage of the lesser restrictions to various levels of success, while still keeping true to original spirit. My favorite episode had to have been the "Jack is Naked" episode where his clothes get stolen and he spends like half the episode trying to either get his clothes back, get new clothes (and being mistaken for people like a burglar), or just avoiding being seen while nude. And THIS was during the TV-Y7 era. 🤣

[@Xanmangamer]

13:20 I did kinda know about "Hay" Replacing "Hell" but did you know that in the show there is a place called tarturars (Don't know how to spell it) is basically a metaphor for "Hell"

[@Siennarchist]

Damn. He really went for falcon and the winter soldier like that? Nice.

[@ood26]

What was that about? Was that mentioned in another video?

[@TheUncomplicator]

@@ood26 it’s a reference to the end of an episode here one of the villains blows up a building for no reason to show she is the bad guy. In that case it wasn’t censorship as much as shoddy writing to make people not simpatize with that character.

[@marmato9332]

@@TheUncomplicator I mean, it's a narrative device, is it really that unacceptable? (Haven't seen it btw)

[@leandroalves4159]

@@marmato9332 I see what you mean but the execution was messy and It felt really weird. Like, she was actually being portrayed as kind of a sympathetic villain until that point of the show, but her actions really conflicted tonally to her personality.

[@marmato9332]

@@leandroalves4159 I get that then

[@PhazChill]

I’ve often found bleeping makes things funnier too. When Brooklyn Nine Nine introduced bleeped swears in Season 6(?) I was howling with laughter (specifically the “This B needs a C in her A” scene)

[@Tenebrio-Morio]

The single censor bleep in part four of JoJo caught me so off guard that I almost choked, it helped that not a single swear before that was bleeped out. Also the fact that the line wasn't nearly as vulgar in the Japanese version. "I got an erection" was changed to "I got a rock hard ****."

[@Dragonmistress83]

I hate the bleep sound on swearing. It annoys me more then I can enjoy what I am watching.

[@X_Leonhart]

Same happens to me with Conker Live & Reloaded (remaster of Conker’s Bad Fur Day). Most of the cursing is funnier when covered by a bleep... Except for the Great Mighty Poo song; bleeping that was a real mistake.

[@project-gladiator]

Ever watched Scott the Woz unscensored? It feels weird

[@rickrogan2355]

To this day I still feel like censorship isn't for the kids, its so the parents don't have to do their jobs.

[@rompevuevitos222]

"But my kid will start repeating it!" Then fucking teach them not to

[@cerabond7650]

KZbin nowadays in a nutshell.

[@ButWhyMe...]

True. They found the loophole to get everything they don't like banned.

[@artblock3539]

Or, here's an idea, Don't watch show with excessive swearing in front of your kids!

[@XDRosenheim]

@@rompevuevitos222 Or let them do it for that one year where it is funny to them. They will quickly learn where it is appropriate and where it is not.

[@jihlnabaat6329]

The production value of your music video were amazing i wish music videos really had this kinds talent.

[@Nameless-ln5mr]

I still remember how Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker censored the Joker’s death. In the uncut version, Robin shoots him, and he bleeds out while saying “That’s not funny. That’s… not… funny…” However, due to a shooting that occurred at the time, they had to censor it for a time. How did they do it? Well… they made the Joker’s death MORE HORRIFYING. I’m not kidding! In the censored version, Robin throws the gun aside, then throws the Joker into a large container that contained liquid, causing the clown to get soaked, while a puddle forms below him. Then, as he tries to get up, he slips, and accidentally flips a lever, causing some broken wires to spark, electrocuting him to death offscreen, while Batgirl, and by extension, the audience, get to hear his screams of PURE AGONY!

[@Maniac4Bricks]

13:29 as a kid the Shrek line went over my head, and the Madagascar line practically did. I just found it a funny string of words said in slow motion.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

When the media is multilayered. One silly slapstick level for the kids and one subtile wordplay level for the parents.

[@Pyroscity]

Sugar Honey Ice Tea

[@nickrustyson8124]

The funny thing about guns in cartoons is, in America, not every household have a gun and the ones that do, the kids sure as hell can't get to them, but knives on the other hand, literally every household has a knife of some type

[@moonlitee]

I live in an area where guns are common, due to our hunting culture. You are right, everyone is responsible and puts their guns in a "gun-safe" or a locked cabinet. Most issues arise when people who do not understand firearms (such as those who are not raised around them) get ahold of them.

[@PabloSanchez-qu6ib]

Sandy hooks.

[@toasthead]

I'd say there is a good probability that the kids can get to them seeing what goes on

[@alexbenavidez4500]

I wouldn't say every household is responsible, because if it was, accidental shootings within the home wouldn't be such a HUGE issue that it is. Most people with guns are more likely to shoot themselves than anyone else with them.

[@nickrustyson8124]

@@alexbenavidez4500 That is some more people are likely to get attack by sharks in shallow waters logic

[@masicbemester]

14:09 No one can escape Neil Cicierega. He is everywhere.

[@L0rdOfThePies]

I frankly dont want to, embrace him. He is a part of life.

[@masicbemester]

@@L0rdOfThePies I never outright said I'd want to escape him tho

[@L0rdOfThePies]

@@masicbemester better get used to our supreme overlord while he's buffering, you might live that way

[@masicbemester]

@@L0rdOfThePies I know. Again, I have not said that I would want to get away from him. In fact, it's the opposite. It was a warning for others that they cannot run from Him.

[@L0rdOfThePies]

@@masicbemester what's the use in warning others if its inevitable, most wont live after the big bang (big bang of 2 trucks that is)

[@jaredwonnacott9732]

My favorite bit of creativity sparked by censorship is in Histeria, where the network censor is a regular character that shows up whenever something would typically be considered inappropriate for children, then the other characters justify the content as educational.

[@sheacorduroy5565]

My favorite censorship job ever is the censored version of Megadeth's cover of "These Boots", basically, the song writer, Lee Hazlewood, got so upset over Dave Mustaine changing the lyrics of the song that he threatened to take legal action if he didn't censor out the lewd/edgy stuff. So naturally, Dave censored everything he could, making the song sound even more rude than the original, and being just overall hysterical to listen to. Mustaine also grilled Hazlewood after the fact as well. “Lee Hazlewood says my cover is a vile, vulgar, offensive cover. What I find vile and vulgar is that they were happy to collect a royalty check for years before complaining about it.”

[@TheGraceOfEbonee]

First of all I didn't know about the Shadow Realm input and learned something new. Second, I love the implication you gave with Bert and Ernie being in two beds.

[@Ramsey276one]

Hoisted by their own petards! XD

[@2edge2fury99]

Nickelodeon/Disney channel shows (from what I remember) always seemed to walk the line of having jokes or plot elements that were “edgier”/for an older audience but packaged in a kid friendly way

[@dwainsimmons3447]

Yep

[@Noschool100]

as interesting as this is, it is depressing to see how "think of the children and morality" so easily restricted free speech, I mean you couldn't show people in the same bed?

[@thepinkestpigglet7529]

That was less banned and more the censors were so poorly worded people thought they'd get banned

[@stm7810]

Also it was and still is used to suppress the LGBTQAI+.

[@vikingmr.1229]

@@stm7810 Nowadays they the one who supress others , so censorship is basically still in use , just the user changed.

[@ballslover32stan93]

@@vikingmr.1229 Would you care to elaborate on what you’re talking about?

[@vikingmr.1229]

@@ballslover32stan93 The censorship in hollywood?

[@maligulant4396]

14:42 (gay man speaking) it's much easier to see how this could've been mistaken bc the f slur has a shorter version that's only one syllable long, "f*g". it sounds a lot like "fuck" even when uncensored.

[@twistedyogert]

9:07 I always thought that removing guns from cartoons was to only stop *accidental* shootings, not *intentional* shootings.

[@upstagedbyadog]

Swearing: In Victoria Wood's sitcom "dinner ladies" (Royals, series 1 episode 2) Simon Williams plays a royal visitor. In one speech he uses the word "effing" multiple times describing how boring being a royal person is. UKTV channel Gold decided to bleep out "effing" making it sound like "bleep-ing" and as a result far more offensive than the original.

[@noelleholiday61]

I personally think more shows and.movies should make use of clearly building up to a swear or alluded swear, and then having it be nothing. Makes it far funnier in my opinion.

[@rompevuevitos222]

I think they stopped because it had been overused, but yeah, haven't seen much use of that trope lately

[@Larsen_illustrations]

​@@rompevuevitos222 well i like it

[@haylazmask]

I also always enjoy cut to the other half type of censor avoiding. eg. Sherlock's "Fu-" cut to John's "Cough" in series 3.

[@renakunisaki]

"It looks like a huge-" "Johnson! What are you looking at?"

[@Liggliluff]

(14:40) I dislike pre-censored content so much, since swearing is allowed on Swedish TV as far as I can tell. So post-censored content in USA is not censored here, but pre-censored content is, and it's very jarring first watching one dropping f-bombs just fine, then right after having one censored. - Please have an uncensored version for audiences who don't watch it censored.

[@rosemulet]

Touching on my is a masterpiece and I’m so glad someone else finally sees it

[@Veiwer77]

I'm american, and I can not understand how someone can be shown graphically having their head bashed in with a barbed wire wrapped baseball bat is ok but a lady nipple is the end of the world. Anything involving creating life is bad but something about taking a life against their will is ok?

[@Veiwer77]

@Parker Most likely it's religious. Sex is always taboo to christians but violence is ok

[@annakilifa331]

As a non-American person who grew up religious, I can tell you that the first time I ever conciously heard of a connection of swear words or nudity with religion was when I was in my late teens and on the english speaking part of the internet. And I didn't get how those were supposed to be related. I guess I could understand christians being against "using the lords name in vain", so not wanting "god" or "Jesus" to be used as swear words, but I would have never connected words like "fuck" or "shit" with religion. I mean, they don't have anything to do with each other. And nudity by itself doesn't need to be sexual and again, doesn't really have anything to do with religion. Mentioning that a married couple has sex is also not something where I could see why that would be bad. But especially the connection between swearing and religion is something that has confused me since I first heard about it. I still don't get it. My parents are very religious and I know a lot of other very religious people, but none of them have ever said or implied that swearing is bad for religious reasons. I just don't get that.

[@rompevuevitos222]

Same shit as GTA allowing decapitations but sex being the ultimate sin I guess they couldn't promote wars and lethal injections as something good otherwise

[@SCP_Wandsman13_13]

especially because of how easy it is to make half those weapons. knives, bats, guitars, power tools, the list goes on and on.

[@QuiGonJohn1999]

“4Kids basically invented hell-“ Im gonna tell that to people out of context to see their reaction

[@SlapstickGenius23]

The biblical concept of Hell predated the shadow realm by (I think) thousands of years. But the actual concept of an underworld not named Hell is even older than Satan’s Place itself, going way back into the prehistoric times.

[@Kenionatus]

​@@SlapstickGenius23 You took that way too literally. Oh, and things can be invented multiple times too, tho I'd argue that's not the case here.

[@Totellynetasknwaker-qb6vy]

@SlapstickGenius23 4kids predates god and the bible

[@MinnesotaShirokuma]

My favorite instance of playing with censorship was an episode of Game Grumps where they play Katamari and Dan is explaining to Arin what "felching" is, where Barry threw in the bleeps at appropriate and inappropriate points, sprinkling them in almost randomly.

[@God.Of.Men.]

Imagine being a big bad in a cartoon, and you lose because, some random little kid sent you, to the shadow realm.

[@sprocket6932]

“Don’t worry kids she’s just on the holiday TO THE SHADOW REALM!”

[@FinallyAlone]

12:34 I found that joke funnier than i should have.

[@gimme10m38]

Even though Eddie uploads once in a while, but man it's a treat every single time I come to this channel !

[@genyakozlov1316]

Finally, a video about censorship which isn't made up of complaining! Looking at the positive and the negative sides of anything artistic is how it always should be done. Keep it up!

[@Tenebrio-Morio]

Yeah, it's like it's impossible to look at the issue objectively or without strawmanning. This was a nice change of pace.

[@alexursu4403]

Censors: No death. BTAS Crew: Certified Joker Gas moment.

[@PoisonIvory088]

9:59 the best movie ever in my opinion

[@sneakysnuck8481]

1:48 Pokemon lied to me for so long! I thought that was a jelly donut too!

[@Techydad]

My favorite replacement swears are on Farscape and Adam Ruins Everything. On Farscape, the main characters are far from Earth so they use alien words (which conveniently don't get translated by the translator microbes which handle everything else just fine). So they'll say Frellin' Hazmama instead of actually swearing. On Adam Ruins Everything, they'll replace key words in swear words with the names of birds. For example, Mother Falcon.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Galactica had "frak", which is close enough to "fuck" that it can be used pretty much in the same context, and that everybody knows what is meant, without having the word in.

[@chidiisanerd]

1:43 actually the reason rice balls were censored is that it was only broadcasted in America and some kids and parents would be confused to hear riceball. edit: and also after parents got mad over brock for eating too much junk food 4kids changed it to popcorn balls and onions. THAT'S EVEN WORSE!!!!!!!!

[@Nekoszowa]

"it was only broadcasted in America" What the FUCK are you talking about? Pokemon is one of those shows that were broadcasted almost world-wide.

[@josgretf2800]

@@Nekoszowa the 4kids dub

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Balls as in the T word?

[@gobomania]

I think a very valid point about the Lower Decks bleep misunderstanding is that the viewers are tuned into the show's comedic narrative of watching impure/horrible people (like Archer), so they automatically assume the worst coming out from said characters.

[@jmurray1110]

Isn’t it an adult comedy anyway Why does it need to be censored

[@Charles.Foster.Offdensen]

i dont understand this either - it's annoying@@jmurray1110

[@mildlycornfield]

12:57, PORKY, OH MY GOD!! That genuinely caught me off guard 😂😂😂

[@Pyroscity]

14:20 Godspeed you magnificent bastard.