Timeline: BANNED Kids Cartoons

We all have a favorite cartoon, but is your favorite kids cartoon banned? If so, where? Did you know that SpongeBob SquarePants is banned in 120 countries or that the Simpsons movie was banned in Burma? How about Scooby Doo and Phineas and Ferb? Let's find out!
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[@WatchFiction]

What on this list surprised you the most?

[@LewisShucklebout]

The Tom and Jerry because it was my childhood

[@ggyt4267]

SpongeBob

[@mouse0007]

nothing

[@nanosecond4889]

Shinchan because I'm from India I seeing shinchan everyday

[@animebaba7858]

@@nanosecond4889 Shinchan 2006 Mei Hindi Mai Dub Kiya Gaya Tha Aur Uske Baad 2008 Mei Ye Ban Hogaya Aur Uske Baad 2010 Mei Shinchan Ko Phir Se India Mei Laya Gaya And Isliye Shinchan Ko Tum Roz Tv Paar Dekhte Ho

[@thesizzles1337]

imagine just making a film about a mouse smelling a flower and getting it banned

[@camilavargas1078]

Probably because flowers have a lot of bacterias

[@oO0yuu0Oo]

-_-

[@oO0yuu0Oo]

kids are not stupid.Schools exist for a reason. Adults are getting more overprotective.

[@chocolixo]

I don't remember very well, but I think this is a mistake, the scene he's referring to is a scene where he smells "magic dust" and gets strong

[@alexblurphy5800]

@@chocolixo 😬

[@Averifiedperson7712]

Me: Loves spiders Australia: I am about to end this man’s whole career

[@nobodyuknow.]

No. In the peppa pig episode, peppa was touching a spider. Spiders in Australia are poisonous so it was banned so that children won't attempt to do that.

[@ritupandey2324]

It's totally opposite if you love spiders then Australia is heaven for you

[@hadiabbas538]

You do know how dangerous spiders are In australia and in a peppa pig episode Peppa pig kept touching the spider as if it’s a friend and spiders in Australia are poisonous

[@Averifiedperson7712]

@@hadiabbas538 relax bro this comment is just a joke

[@Totallynotdum456]

Me: sees this My POV: NOOOOOOOO WHYYY SPIDER MAN AUSTRALIA IS THE WOST Me now: ohhhhhhhhh its Peppa pig I'm okay with that

[@gamerthings2559]

All the other cartoons I could understand, but an episode of Mighty Mouse getting banned due to him smelling a flower is outrageous. What were people thinking back in 1987?

[@dememeryt]

It was cocain if not mistaken

[@JaisalLakum]

RICK ROLL

[@nightistic1217]

Yea ur right

[@Escanimations]

"WAS THAT THE SMELL OF 87?!"

[@Helluva_Fan0]

It wasn’t a flower… It was… D R U G S

[@SOPHI529]

Fun fact: if you look at the captions in the episode of Phineas and Ferb where Dr. Doofenshmirtz is obsessed with Spanish soap opera’s, Dr. Doof says something in Spanish after his defeat, instead of saying “Curse you, Perry The Platypus!” The captions say that he says “DAMN YOU, PERRY THE PLATYPUS”

[@Rodrickheffley0011]

F**k... What's their problem

[@alexturnerstan553]

Imagine banning a cartoon because one of the characters smelt a flower

[@lazzaraee]

EXACTLY oml i woulda been so mad if I made that cartoon

[@Yougot1907ed]

But guys what flower did mighty mouse smell?

[@nightistic1217]

Exactly

[@nightistic1217]

@@lazzaraee SAME

[@windowsvista5696]

@@Yougot1907ed *dirty mind intensifies*

[@Inescapeium]

Mighty Mouse: **smells a flower** The World: *Now this is an Avengers level threat*

[@Mr-.Facts.]

Cool cartoon fact: SpongeBob's original name was SpongeBoy.

[@shapphirethewolf8814]

I knew that.

[@xian18robloxgamer54]

ya same

[@thepringelsman9329]

Samee

[@shandydelapena8369]

There was also an even older version of SpongeBob named Bob the Sponge

[@acx3gamingsmc663]

Really wanna see the pilot for spongebob

[@DAJTheYouTuber_2007]

Mighty Mouse: _smells a wonderful flower_ The entire goddamn Planet: you weren't supposed to do that

[@wuchenyugyss6703]

Tom and Jerry: *is banned worldwide in the year 2013* Me: Damn. There goes my favorite childhood cartoon

[@nimoosabid5437]

Same👌

[@marshalizacuervo3142]

ITS ONE EPISODE

[@Yougot1907ed]

@@marshalizacuervo3142 thank you

[@bread2512]

@N4tserd3v1l I remember that from a video

[@richardawatterson1526]

Spongebob might be banned in 120 countries but it still is one of the most watched cartoons in the world

[@alexdiaz1425]

Why it was banned in that much countries?

[@Omar8253]

@@alexdiaz1425 spongebob got many holes

[@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234]

🤦‍♂️ Pretty sure that was a Typo... It's 12 countries

[@nightistic1217]

That was my childhood honestly

[@AshrithAyushmansChannel]

But not banned in my country

[@oO0yuu0Oo]

Peppa pig: *Likes spiders* People: Hey that’s inappropriate!

[@ElizabethCherryBlossom]

Australia is known for their big spiders

[@yourekind]

@@ElizabethCherryBlossom like the Sydney funnel web spider people in Australia would describe it dark and deadly

[@animatorbruh1192]

George

[@AnonymousFohYOU]

As a Brit, I want to clarify that Mickey is not banned in England since 1967.

[@octaviomaldonado3333]

Just a reminder: Most them are banned episodes actually.

[@UkrainePatr1ot]

Mighty Mouse: smells a flower The entire World: and I took that personally.

[@martian_2876]

@Meeko likes feet It was a cocaine joke

[@BTG077]

This more so seems like “censoring” a episode rather than the whole darn show.

[@Usmanahmed-ec2kg]

I know right

[@cell_64]

Cause for example. Tom and Jerry still exist Worldwide. :/ I probably just having a damn small brain.

[@ImMrMeeseeksLookAtMe]

people in the comments don’t understand that most of the shows mentioned in this list are just some episodes that are banned and not the entire show, and they’re just banned from being on tv, you can still watch them somewhere else.

[@GabrielXZ17]

Animaniacs 2020 literally says where are they banned “Illegal in Bahrein-y!”

[@YLCCOfficial]

Anti Animaniacs, GO TO BAHRAIN!!!!!🇧🇭🇧🇭🇧🇭

[@TheChamp820]

Fun fact:Pikachu caused the 600 kids to have seizures,im assuming he used thunder bolt and porgoyn countered it causing flashing lights causing 600 kids that are sensitive to flashing lights to have a seizure. Correct Me Please If I'm Wrong.

[@apug5000]

Your right about that

[@kurdbender]

Well that’s not fun

[@Gollzz11001]

I don’t really watch Pokémon but what episode did that happen

[@AwhRubyyt]

and how is that *fun*

[@felipeborquez6370]

And Porygon got all the blame and got banned from the Anime

[@bombarideru__]

,,world wide" Romania: well i still have those animations banned world wide

[@macailynphares9922]

2:09 for years, I've been wondering why disney haven't been airing one of my favorite Phineas and Ferb episodes "Get ready for the Bettys". Now I know why

[@memesandsimilar]

Countries after banning innocent kids shows and not bloody killing trash like horrors and Mr Pickle: We did it Patrick, we saved the world

[@matteden9351]

Ikr

[@memesandsimilar]

@Hidden Sponge bro Mr Pickle is litteraly about murdering

[@oO0yuu0Oo]

lol

[@felipeborquez6370]

The world is full of Fools, idiots and brainless morons

[@alienspear8706]

The thing is mr pickles is A show for teens/ adults.

[@melissarankl]

For those who don't know for most of the shows here they meant that a specific episode of the show was banned and not the entire show. Just thought I'd say this because half the comments are about this :)

[@Sparkle_HSRHonkai]

World: well how many cartoons do you want to ban? USA: *YES*

[@ericbingham-kumpfcomposer5293]

Angela Anaconda was so scary that it made my grandchildren cry.

[@lobcos]

sailor moon: banned in the usa me, who just wants to watch some anime: *cries* and sorry to you russians who never experienced the joy of the full gravity falls. f

[@yjfudth6566]

Gravity Falls is one of the best.

[@JustBoredAsf]

Nobody: Not even a single soul: Cartoon network: I have tom and jerry Nick jr: I EVEN HAVE BUBBLE GUPPIES

[@acura2171]

Bro what? I was still able to watch Powerpuff Girls, Fairly Odd Parents, and Phineas and Pherb despite being born in 2010 and you're saying it is banned worldwide?!

[@Razzl_And_Dazzl]

PPG: banned worldwide CN: *are you sure about that* (it's on demand)

[@minni3m3]

Fun fact: some of these "banned" worldwide shows are still watchable

[@ninjadantdm7922]

Through KZbin

[@minni3m3]

@@ninjadantdm7922 nope

[@minni3m3]

@@ninjadantdm7922 i see some of these "banned" shows on tv still

[@ninjadantdm7922]

Oh i forgot copystrikes

[@bereczkiandedonia__official__]

i saw some banned season 3 (2004-2005) episodes as well

[@Kayzerim]

1:39 Spongebob: We screwed up badly, didn't we, Patrick?

[@verybadguy4427]

1:08 fun fact: Penguin Lolo is Soviet-Japanese TV series

[@ifefe]

fun fact: in Brazil, an episode of The Simpsons was banned for taking place in Brazil and representing the country in a xenophobic way (exaggerating samba, African influence and football)

[@themanwhowouldbebrick]

Oh I’ve seen that one I had it on DVD

[@Benjamin_Gaming]

Imagine banning an episode of a cartoon over a mouse smelling a flower Also imagine banning a cartoon over peeing And imagine banning a movie over the colors red and yellow

[@elijaholveda2872]

They were I don't know because lost episode

[@johncohagen2793]

Shrek 3 never came out in 2004. It was released 3 years after Shrek 2.

[@luf5887]

Mighty Mouse : sniffs flower Earth: We don't do that here

[@TheGiantCrustle]

He crushed the flower first and then sniffed the powder, resembling cocaine.

[@geekedhoopoe6371]

The Adventures of Mighty Mouse "An episode was banned due to Mighty Mouse smelling a flower." BANNED DUE TO *SMELLING A FLOWER??!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!??!* That's just so- messed up.

[@karlheintz6882]

Snorting cocanie ......not a flower....that's why it got banned

[@elliplayz8613]

there’s no reason for spongebob to be banned in 120 countries that’s insane

[@grippytoes]

It. Was. Just. One. Episode.

[@BoskeU]

@@grippytoes Oh, wait till you see the entire thing 😖

[@ryanprjgamingchannel9437]

It's kind of weird that Indonesia doesn't fully ban Spongebob Squarepants... Only just censored a plenty of the episodes. One of them even looks like the 30th September incident on 1965, that infamous scene.

[@watchmychannelorelse]

what was it?

[@elijaholveda2872]

Imagine banning a cartoon show because of a lost episode

[@miltontheboi2461]

1:35 Oh, no wait, is that big chungus?

[@someminecraftwardenfan1526]

Oh, is that Corrupted Boyfridge?

[@funnydude6277]

Reddit

[@M.HamzaSiddiqui]

Yes

[@atahanakkan2116]

Pokemon was banned in Turkey because one child thought he was Pikachu and jumped from the balcony.

[@antoniossilent2647]

Ok 😐

[@antoniossilent2647]

Btw I live in Greece,near Turkey

[@OceanShell_Sunsets]

How was Pokémon fault,it’s the guardian or whoever was supposed to be watching him fault?!!?😭

[@chocolateturtle7106]

@@antoniossilent2647 nobody cares

[@ihatezmg5943]

1:14: DUDE POKEMON IS A VIDEO GAME TOO, just that porygon is OP

[@matildalitsey143]

4 suprised me the most: Popeye, Mighty Mouse, SpongeBob, Fairly Odd Parents

There was an episode of Simpsons where they were going to Brazil(It was one of the oldest ones) and the imagery of the country was so stereotypical the government of Rio de Janeiro banned that episode

[@Nocturne61]

Oh yeah, I heard about this story. The creators even had to apologize to Brazil over it.

[@ihatezmg5943]

2:06 Bert is such a madman

[@sdarki2684]

bert or bart?

[@lucijan96Plays]

@@sdarki2684 bart

[@dacockroach]

​@@sdarki2684bert

[@DiaChris2004]

*Caillou Show Banned in 1997 Worldwide* Me on the outside: Oof! That’s no good On the inside: YOU ARE GROUNDED

[@PrincessMalka_]

Mighty Mouse: *sniffs a flower* The world: That’s illegal.

[@RVAdada]

It wasn’t a flower

[@gameXplorer089]

it was drugs

[@Bruh-dl6mt]

Mighty mouse got banned world wide for smelling flower? What the frick is wrong with the world

[@wen1985]

and it really looked like he was doing drugs if you see it

[@nicolehernandez3489]

Looney tunes: *banned worldwide* Me: *watching looney tunes*

[@Pitti323]

2:16 boondocks wasn't even for kids wdym?

[@Dragon-lv2cu]

So what bad stuff does it have

[@boredreindeer5602]

@@Dragon-lv2cu I think I been told there is racial slurs and VERY adult stuff……

[@dethscorpion16]

Beavis and Butthead banned worldwide? And yet, they are played on Paramount in today’s world.

[@vismayballal7011]

2:18 Shin chan started air again on Indian TV channels but the Indian censor board has removed some mischievous scenes that is thought to be dangerous and some adult content scenes too as only children watch cartoons in India , while shin Chan was made for all ages (except small children).

[@thatannoyingrappingboi1775]

In Mexico almost no one of these cartoons are banned XD

[@loboferoz4755]

Yeah, in Mexico they don´t ban anything XD

[@_G1ZM0_]

Same for serbia

[@timothycarrington9884]

Poor Topanga Bolin! Her favorite show SpongeBob SquarePants has been prohibited from airing in one hundred and twenty countries!

[@salvadormoure5211]

Ok, here are some details: -Why it says Caillou worldwide in 1997 if Disney Junior (Playhouse Disney then) used to emit it in my country until like 2011? -Same with Dexter but in Cartoon Network, Powerful girls and Fairly Odd Parents with the difference that they stopped later -I am from Spain and they used to emit new Phineas and Ferb episodes literally THIS YEAR -And the opposite with Shin Chan, they banned it here too, at least I never saw it again after 2008 -And the penultimate... I'm glad they banned them, idk how but it gave me a trauma in primary school, I can't even say the name

[@lacatra5408]

those are episode ban , not the show entirely banned

[@tonicaparani1122]

And that's why WW2 started.

[@countryland69]

Did the entire world really just ban "The Adventures of Mighty Mouse" for smelling a flower?

[@likebecomingevil4545]

0:21 Looney tunes get banned in world wide but cartoon network make that cartoon

[@pokesour4557]

How in the world bubble guppies and phiness and ferb been banned when I litterly see them in tv every day (unless it has been unbanned please I think it aint banned anymore from were I am but in the rest of the world its still banned idk)

[@milagrosrodriguez5545]

The reason why Peppa pig was banned in Australia because the episode Mr skinny legs Peppa became friends with the spider but for the people in Australia there spiders are huge and venomous.

[@sonicfan2009_YT]

0:56 Me who likes AOSTH: Guess I'm on the FBI's most wanted

[@mrpopcorngaming6709]

Fbi Open up

[@inactive3679]

Anything that was said to be banned in the USA or worldwide, I can still see and watch to this day

[@royale5306]

same

[@Brooklyn.00000]

Same

[@Kalnari14]

Imagine banning an entire pig episode just because it includes spiders

[@tengomuchomiedo750]

Exactly,like it’s not even that scary💀✋-

[@TheRoarrianTiger]

No it has a reason,i know

[@Icedmochaa845]

Well considering the country was Australia...I think they have a reason.

[@imKOOKY-bzzzt]

@@Icedmochaa845 ya...spiders

[@mateoshadow2]

Australia is home to the most venomous spiders in the world

[@ffireworkks]

mighty mouse just wanted to smell a flower 😟

[@nimoosabid5437]

Yeah lol same I was thinking the same thing

[@connordervoncyberlifegesen8529]

@@nimoosabid5437 I guess they banned it because this masculine mouse did something somewhat feminine?

[@arthurrochamattathecreator3070]

2:32 thats my name

[@Hellothere-ky4jr]

Arthur?

[@arthurrochamattathecreator3070]

@@Hellothere-ky4jr yes

[@Rytexture]

Caillou was not banned worldwide my friend. Edit: neither was Phineas and Ferb and Fairy Odd Parents.

[@Oliartz]

Whoever got to watch all the TV shows in this vid is a literal legend.

[@soapysoapster]

You forgot The Owl House That's been banned in turkey

[@felipeborquez6370]

And censored in Rusia

[@kittycubeenterprises7276]

OMW (on my way) to Turkey RN

[@Screwyoupeopleandyourworld]

*Based*

[@Meliodas-vo3mh]

When it said to infinity and banned I almost died

[@GuestyMidnight]

How is SpongeBob banned in 120 countries 💀

[@iStarryGlitch]

Exactly-

[@INotSillyTV]

Red mist squidward

[@reenawl]

I think it's because the red mist episode

[@mcalexandreg.s6627]

That's a good question

[@GuestyMidnight]

@@reenawl omg Ik that one was creepy

[@FemaledDawgReal]

1:37 *B I G. C. H. U. N. G. U. S

[@amibibi3667]

Pepa pig is banned in Australia because of an episode were she Is friend with a spider, in a country(Australia )where spiders are extremely dangerous

[@spacelavayt7446]

That's not a very good reason to ban a tv show episode

[@oceanexblve884]

That’s acctually hilarious 😂😂😂

[@zaveaconza2783]

yup I agree

[@spallo8762]

Australia kinda stinks because of the spiders

[@spacelavayt7446]

@@spallo8762 And the hot weather

[@felipeborquez6370]

Adjusting to modernity: The Owl House (2020, censored at Rusia and China) These countries' governments do not approve the LGBTs the show has

[@TheBlenderMan688]

14 year old tiktok girls gonna be after countries

[@felipeborquez6370]

@Austria-Hungary how was I supposed to know? I'm no expert

[@TheBlenderMan688]

@Austria-Hungary Tiktok girls gonna go after countries now

[@Screwyoupeopleandyourworld]

That's sounds *Based*

[@latexu9589]

0:22 Is "Mighty Mouse smelling a flower" some sort of sexual innuendo?🤨🌼

[@Juaji2233]

0:31 ah yes lets ban a cartoon mouse for smelling a flower

[@articwolf1587]

I think it was because it portrayed him doing meth or another drug.

[@4str4x]

What is meth

[@articwolf1587]

@@4str4x time to get real. It's a powder supposed to be used in medicine but people take it to get hyper like a sugar rush

[@4str4x]

@@articwolf1587 cocaine

[@articwolf1587]

@@4str4x yeah like that

[@herrera728]

Beavis and Butthead ain’t even a kids show😭😭😭

[@JamboreeBlackberry]

It’s more of a young adult show. Btw the whole housefire incident had nothing to do with the show

[@sumayyasipad5898]

DUDE WHY IS Spongebob BANNED in a lot of country’s?? (I hope it’s not banned in Malaysia coz that’s where I live)

[@Shinylixz_x]

How is powerpuff girls banned worldwide ?? I was born in 2010 and i used to watch it when i was a child?

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen_]

it's about episodes being banned bruv

[@eugenestuff26]

I’m glad that Thomas the tank engine is not in this list

[@Ethanhasnovideos]

If the powerpuff girls is banned worldwide, then how can I still watch it on hbo max, hulu, and even cable?

[@vreikezen8268]

GET YOUR EYES CHECKED IT SAYS ONE EPISODE

[@Realestate89104]

0:33 *not intensifies*

[@Realestate89104]

*noot

[@createmations7892]

Noot Noot

[@tamagotchifan3659]

2:02 no my favorite 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@RainbowGirl-nv3yu]

Which one?

[@FrutigerAeroUser98]

1:38 CHUNGUS😎

[@_reb0og]

dead meme.

[@BeeB0_HI]

@@_reb0og yeh

[@Remilia-f3g]

@@_reb0og dead memes are still fun, just not popular

[@MJGTMKME123_Official]

​@@Remilia-f3gfr

[@Rusty87000]

Is the Big Chungus episode banned?

[@isha-1ly]

SpongeBob is banned in 120 countries..? *_the childhoods lost_*

[@laskoo0]

I still watch it in Europe from back days till now

[@hiimnoobidkwhatimdoingwith2558]

i still suprised that its banned in 120 like what

[@laskoo0]

Yeah it's still like to blow your head I mean if you understand me

[@songohan6937]

me too bro

[@phoenix6649]

Shin Chan was banned in India 2 times and it came back and now when I am writing this comment shin Chan airs on tv everyday till date

[@ramirezramirez8925]

Why did spongebob get banned in 120 countries

[@tiglishnobody8750]

Violence and foul language

[@phantom0o0]

Fun Fact: One episode of Peppa Pig was banned in Austrailia. The reason for this is that the episode was about making friends with spiders. As you may know Australia is home to some of the most deadly spiders in the world, most of them being hostile!

[@ronzasabah5676]

Yup, your right!

[@phantom0o0]

@@ronzasabah5676 thanks

[@phantom0o0]

@G.A.B.E idk but it might be

[@Shrekkkkkk]

True, because they don't want black widow spider attacks

[@phantom0o0]

@@Shrekkkkkk We don't have black widows we have redbacks

[@kukurishku45]

0:46 Why the cartoon ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' inspired an 5-year-old boy to try and set fire to his house?

[@muk_is_superior]

Because *y e s*

[@RastaFudge]

Because there was probably an episode where the house lit on fire

[@YangOfficialChannel]

Oh yes, Ren and Stumpy were banned because it was too violent. I never have seen that program but I have heard about him.

[@udaykiran878]

2:21 shinchan was not ban in India 🇮🇳 we see the cartoon always

[@NotRealKirby]

2022: Masha & the bear banned worldwide

[@gamerunityzone5675]

2:19 but i can still see shinchan in india lol

[@EarthySmerky]

I’m suprised South Park didn’t appear at all

[@AngryBird___]

Its a more show for adults

[@raunaksingh8686]

Me Indian: *Still watching shin Chan cause it's my childhood emotion*

[@tees._ta]

powerpuff girls is banned on 2004?

[@Natalie_Milana7]

1:57 actually it was Shrek 2, not 3

[@DenisSailor130]

On TMNT 2012 Has been 1 Banned Episode - Episode with Leatherhead

[@ItzFrostys]

I miss fireman sam its my childhood

[@feliznavidad911]

Pingu is my childhood

[@nooobyt]

Sinchan return in india with god level edit 🤣😂