Top 10 Times The Simpsons Got Banned in Different Countries
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Even as one of the tamer adult cartoons, "The Simpsons" has still run into trouble in different countries. For this list, we’ll be looking at episodes of this long-running animated series that were banned or censored in various countries due to content that was perceived as offensive or inappropriate. Our countdown includes "Little Big Mom" getting banned in Japan, "Stark Raving Dad" getting pulled from circulation, "A Midsummer's Nice Dream" getting banned in the United Kingdom, and more! Do you think any of these episodes should’ve been banned? Let us know in the comments.
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@katherineknapp6604
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah
@luguiaro
2 жыл бұрын
I'm Brazilian. The Brazilian episode was never banned or censored. There were some threats to sue Fox, but nothing happened. Guess WatchMojo should also learn more about what happens here in Brazil.
@katherineknapp6604
2 жыл бұрын
@@luguiaro yep
@M11M3N
7 ай бұрын
New Orleans banned the episode: A Streetcar Named Marge
I am brazilian and I am pretty sure that "Blame it on Lisa" is the most rerunned episode of the simpsons here
@lauramedeiros98
2 жыл бұрын
( Brazilian here too ) I was about to say that ! And I actually like the episode :)
@eliudesantos3237
2 жыл бұрын
Same here. Come on, we are the Hue Hue Nation. We can't be that easily offended, right? Right?!
@p.d.l7023
2 жыл бұрын
Lisa episodes are the worst!
@JoaoMASilva
2 жыл бұрын
It was a well acclaim episode, unless you're butthurted carioca (rio de janeiro's resident)
@benitosierrajr3958
Жыл бұрын
@@JoaoMASilva People in the USA just hate Lisa and her episodes, don’t listen to those losers in the United States, they have their own widely debated and deeply divided problems.
Out of all countries that got offended by the wacky antics of the Simpsons, it's Brazil that gotten the most offended, to the point of threatening to take legal action.
@mikitz
2 жыл бұрын
When will these idiots learn that this kind of reception only verifies the shown stereotypes as actual facts? The same happened with the Borat film and Kazakhstan.
Homer J. Simpson: “Ah, stupid sexy Flanders!” Me: LOL
@valentinaminauro352
2 жыл бұрын
That gets me every time 😆
@SpikeTheWolf
2 жыл бұрын
Ha!
I am pretty sure Cape Fear was never bannad. The SS Joke part is just cut out of this episode since the first time the episode aired on free tv.
@christiankresse2048
2 жыл бұрын
It´ s the same with the episode in the name of the grandfather when Krusty speaks German they cut it out after before the reruns
Stark raving dad getting pulled from airing was pathetic and cowardly!😤 Specially when the sad documentary the guys involved I’ve already been found out to be liars!
@carminecdinoproductions
2 жыл бұрын
I agree! A weak and cowardly mistake!
As a Brazilian, the episode was offensive but it wasn't that off from reality.
I’m just glad Canadians can take stereotypes with a laugh so the episode Boy Meets Curl wasn’t banned in Canada. The episode is based on the 2010 Winter Olympics and because of this the episode mostly takes place in Vancouver
What some countries fail to realize is that The Simpsons' portrayals of other countries are not making fun of the countries, but actually making fun of how Americans perceive those countries to be. The joke is American global ignorance.
@twist58
2 жыл бұрын
And THAT is the big difference several countries that banned The Simpsons failed to take notice.
@SpikeTheWolf
2 жыл бұрын
Oooooh
@Rapamaru
2 жыл бұрын
well,in case of Brazil,i think they were spot on
@thewolvenghost7239
2 жыл бұрын
@@Rapamaru Why else would they be so offended lol.
@chrisrj9871
2 жыл бұрын
I'm sure that global ignorance thing applies to other countries that aren't the target in the episode. Like what do France, Japan or Mozambique or wherever think of Brazil? Oh well, it's best to focus on what's happening locally.
Stark raving dad, is a damn good episode
I remember watching the mj episode alot as a 9 year old.
I don't know why the Michael Jackson episode is still banned; he was never convicted. People just decided after watching that "documentary" that he was guilty 😔 R.I.P Michael Jackson
@jasonjayrulezgonzalez8485
2 жыл бұрын
Glad I have it on DVD 📀
Stark Raving Dad was banned in every country and yet it's only number three. I thought for sure it would be number one
Amazing how people can laugh at everyone else, but no jokes about themselves are allowed.
This made me miss the classic Simpson bold writing
the episode Stark Raving Dad had an untitled sequel episode with Leon returning with a Prince persona this time around and the town of Springfield engaging in the free love stylings of Prince but the episode was unmade due to them being unable to procure Princes voice to voice Leon and the episode was deemed to be too raunchy and too much like Stark Raving Dad to be made.
@aidanhever3369
2 жыл бұрын
Not to mention that Prince has already passed away.
Stark Raving Dad is my favorite episode. 🥺💔
i have watched nr5 in germany it wasnt banned
Now Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo I can understand why it got controversy But the MJ one boils my blood a lot. You’d think once the allegations first began, they’d pull the episode off the air, not do it after a dumb documentary was released Like come on, films with Kevin Spacey don’t get banned, they stay. Why does it have to be MJ in particular when both these guys were accused of the same thing and they all don’t sound true
@AxeIRad
2 жыл бұрын
It was also 10 years after he died They showed it in memory when he died
@ragantate3995
2 жыл бұрын
Three things, MJ was proven innocent, Kevin Spacey has never been Black & MJ has never been rumored to have had accusers killed before giving testimony in court. Boils my blood too.
The Michael Jackson episode is one more reason I'm very sad to see physical media slowly disappear. I do own the Season 3 box set, and the great thing about that is that nobody will ever come knocking on my door to confiscate my DVDs because snowflakes suddenly decide that no one should ever be able to watch a certain episode again, or because of licensing or content distribution rights going awry or other BS reasons.
Flanders: feels like I’m wearing nothing at all!nothing at all! nothing at all! Homer: dah! Stupid sexy Flanders🤣
This reminds me of the final episode of Excel Saga being banned in Japan. It was bloody. I like it.
9:47 Those bodyguards did nothing
never knew about Little Big Mom being banned in Japan
@mathieuleader8601
2 жыл бұрын
@MINOLTA Toyota Dude 36 yes the video say this I never knew it got banned in Japan
Out of all the possible episodes that could have been banned in Japan...
Suggestion: Top 10 best Superman-inspired characters of all time.
@scottishfilmhistorian
2 жыл бұрын
So about 80% of all male superheroes and about half of female ones? 🤣
Awesome video
Brazil is very sensitive. Years ago during a match on a tour of Brazil Chris Jericho (who was playing a bad guy at the time) took a Brazilian flag threw it on the ground and kicked it. Brazil threaten to put him in jail and fine him (Police even took his passport when he got backstage) if he didn't apologize publicly. So he did and WWE suspended him for 30 days because the Brazilian government was still going to sue WWE.
@BrianRetro
2 жыл бұрын
From what I heard, India is probably the country with the most sensitivity on how it's portrayed. When Lucasfilm was out scouting locations for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the Indianan government wanted to see the script and make changes that they deemed too inappropriate. When the told the filmmakers they couldn't use the word, "Maharaja", they were like, "Forget this!" and ended up shooting in Sri Lanka instead.
I know you have other narrators for this channel, but when I see a topic like this, I automatically think Rebecca is going to narrate.
Please do similar videos with other cartoons like Family Guy, South Park, and others!
They should of put all these episodes to show 👍🏽
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i love whewatch mojo cover the simpons
Thirty Minutes over Tokyo was probably the best way for me to finish watching the first ten seasons of The Simpsons, because the show was running out of original ideas during the 2000’s to the present day.
@leob4403
2 жыл бұрын
Mistake, seasons 11 to 20 are great aswell, I think it's worth watching up until and including season 29
@paganavenger8920
2 жыл бұрын
@@leob4403 I think Season 29 is where I just stopped, except I never had the chance to finish the season and only saw the first episode, which is a parody to Game of Thrones.
FYI: The Netherlands airs ALL episodes and uncut, Stark Raving Dad, is aired here without any issues, China banning tv shows is nothing new, and Brazil complaining about the clearly accurate portrayal of the country, is just hilarious :)
6:10 Homer makes a Roblox Oof sound effect
I have a suggestion here: Top 10 Hilda Episodes
Some people can’t stand the truth
3:37 Marge with white pearl necklace. Same scene, 6 seconds later. Red pearl necklace.
That after 9 pm is called the watershed btw
anyone that gets offended by these eps are big babies that need to grow up
"Go BANNANA!" 🍌👀 -Ralph Wiggum
7:32 Lofi Homer
I'm from the UK gun episode has airs 100s of times without cuts
@sarahfields288
Жыл бұрын
Channel 4 always cut bits out. If you watch it on Disney plus or DVD you'd see the difference
Stark Raving Dad is not on Disney+
5:14 Simpsons did it first
I’m from Australia and I hated that episode where The Simpsons visited the country just because Bart did a prank call
@aerisgainsborough2141
Жыл бұрын
OI! MR PRIME MINISTA...HEY AAANNNDDDYYY!!!!!
I’m from the UK and The Cartridge Family is one of my favourite episodes
@jamesbraun9842
2 жыл бұрын
I never understood what the backlash either. Its mostly making fun of the US with gun Obsession.
@sarahfields288
Жыл бұрын
When it's on channel 4, certain parts are just cut out
1. It seems The Simpsons depicted Brazil with a certain level of accuracy considering the country went to great lengths to "clean up" for the Olympics.
I wonder if that King of the Hill episode Returning Japanese where Cotton plans on spitting on the Prime Minister ever got banned in that country
Huh - living in Germany and saw the Episode on Spot 5 many times...sooooo...not that well researched, eh?
No show should be banned, it’s only a cartoon, meant to make light of things
Yeah United Kingdom Had to edit simpsons episode all the time
3:37 The Simpsons are for entertainment. Teaching kids not to use guns is what parents are for, assuming they even need to be told. I see no harm in this episode.
I think some countries can be so sensitive. If the Simpsons would make an episode about the Dutch then we would laugh with you. The 'Die Bart, Die' joke also applies to our language, though admittedly we joke about the Germans whenever we can, after WW2.
@strangefruit42
2 жыл бұрын
The episode was never banned in Germany, so that part was ridiculous anyway. Only the SS guy may be cut, I think.
In Chile, the channel that broadcasted The Simpsons (Canal 13) was property of a catholic university (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) until 2017. They censored episodes such as 'Pray Anything' (Homer sues the Church and then owns the temple) and 'Three Gays of the Condo' (because of course), along with several scenes such as that in 'The Frying Game' when Reverend Lovejoy confronts a catholic priest.
honestly with pulling the mj episode it was dumb to do, personally growing up with this show from the start way back in 89 some of us never really knew it was michael jackson in that episode to begin with... many years later tho and the internet we got more info about episodes in general, im honestly glad i still have my original dvd season 3 set as that episode granted isnt the greatest it doesnt feel good to watch the classic episodes without that episode, sadly tho right around my personal opinion season 10 is where they just wanted to be like south park... some say it was even earlier then that, the homer saying the f word cleaverly back in season 6 is where they say the show went downhill
@leob4403
2 жыл бұрын
Simpsons was never as crude or banal as South Park. While South park has some moments where it shines, overall Simpsons is far superior
These episodes were great
Im from germany and cape fear isn‘t banned. I think they just cut out the Joke with english and german translation of „die Bart die“ because it makes mi sence in german.
@christiankresse2048
2 жыл бұрын
The episode was never banned here
@Hangekyo
2 жыл бұрын
And the joke with "Die Bart, Die" is in the episode - Bob even says "Das ist Deutsch für die Bart."
@sikress
2 жыл бұрын
Mojo’s got a bad factcheck …
#0: The entire series- North Korea
@99mrpogi
2 жыл бұрын
And the Simpsons can portray the Kim family for satirical purposes through any means
Wait… I was a child when the Sideshow Bob episode aired in Germany. I saw it in the 90s.
@BroAnarchy
2 жыл бұрын
Well... The simpsons have been on air since 1989, so that.. Makes sense
@sarahfields288
Жыл бұрын
Was you offended?
Some people just don’t understand comedy.
#3 Thats wrong. On german TV the episode aired hundreds of times. The little scene with the ss guy got cut out.
An October 1, 2021 article from Showbiz 411 stated that all cases against Michael Jackson (pertaining to Leaving Neverland) were dropped, confirming Jackson's innocence. Yet the Simpsons episode remains banned. Why?
Totally amazing video of banned episodes of the Simpsons in other countries,fantastic job watch mojo. Some of those episodes are great very enjoyable to watch of the Simpsons,much better then the new season new episode of the show too.
all Simpson's episodes should not be ban
@Newhavenrailroadpro2006
2 жыл бұрын
its a funny show
im carioca (from rio de janeiro) and i found that episode hilarious
Abraham Simpson mention it The tree family of The Simpson was always bad like a curse, so isn't strange in every country they visit ends badly for Homer
He's Right ...U Prolly Shouldn't Do What Hommer Do 😄💯
Colombia didn't banned any Simpsons episodes except for Stark Raving Dad.
The Simpsons can´t live without being banned in the rest of the world
6:20 I think they have to banned ..Simpson tide too 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
while most of these episodes have funny moments to laugh at i can agree 100% with this list on why all these episodes were banned in the countries they were trying to portray in this animated sitcom
It's from two different things: 1. the writers roast every country the Simpsons go to, even the USA. 2. the writers since the turn of the millennium just don't seem to know what they're doing.
@leob4403
2 жыл бұрын
Wrong, there are loads of great episodes after 2000
I'm surprised Bart Vs Australia isn't on the list
@JamesDavy2009
2 жыл бұрын
One thing you must know about Australia: we love to make fun of ourselves.
Damn I forgot about the Micheal Jackson episode
Some people believe everything is a joke Some people believe nothing is a joke I believe there are lines you don't cross...and a couple of these got very close if not going over
@chrismeulen8108
2 жыл бұрын
sensitive much? it's a just a cartoon......
All hail Emperor Clobbersauras!!!
my favorite support worker and my friend daria rogers went for a holidays in japan and i try the japanese candies like hello panda and porkys and i tried it they are so delicious and very good :-)
I like the way they showed Brazil, it's not far(in my point of view the reality is kinda worse)
Rio was dangerous for tourists at the time for the most part. So basically they didn't want people to know that and stop coming? Kinda muffed up. I guess it makes less sense these days since its so popular, but that doesn't change that it was true 20 years ago
Trying to keep up with Family Guy Bob's Burgers and Rick & Morty
As a big fan of The Simpsons i have every episode mentioned in this video. 😆
I'm only watching this because I have Disney Plus and I have nothing else to watch
Well they are not worse or better off than south park. No one should be immune from satire, because no one forces you to watch it
Omg...so much drama around marijuana when one of the main characters is an alcoholic.
I don't think any of them should be banned. The series wouldn't make since and yes I'm aware I have consistency of TV shows
The scene wear Homer attacks the emperor of Japan was really disrespectful and that’s why that episode never aired in Japan
Top 10 shows that are past their sell by date surely The Simpsons is among them.
In my opinion Australia and Brazil are perhaps the countries the Simpsons mock the most
@JamesDavy2009
2 жыл бұрын
I wish Australia would give their do-nothing PM a swift booting.
I'm not a soccer lover just because I was born in Brazil.
Starting from no. 8 Imagine Family Guy did that 😓
@jimbo9208
2 жыл бұрын
they have
The cartridge family wasn’t banned it just wasn’t aired at a sensitive time, it was reaired, never banned , I remember watching it in the UK as a child so it wasn’t banned.
The problem that the simpsons got banned from other countries is because of homer and his carelessness if you wanna have a good vacation don't bring homer at all he brings nothing but disaster whenever he goes
I don't think I've ever laughed once at this show.
What about "The Greatest Story Ever D'Ohed"? I'm pretty sure that both the Christian community and Israel were very unhappy with how the episode portrayed various sensitive issues
@JoltsD
2 жыл бұрын
The most an actual Christian should do is say, "I don't care for that," then continue on with their day. It's not up to them to control the world (that's Catholicism). I don't know about Israel, so I can't comment about that.
Before watching: let's see how overly sensitive the world had become. XD
Why didn’t you show the SS officer?
Really?
@tre-engines
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting
Die Bart, Die makes no sense according to Sideshow Bob as it says: The Bart, The and it's technically, the wrong gender of "the", it's supposed to be Der Bart, Der if it was actually supposed to be German