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@CandiceVidito

Ай бұрын

@_Cinenerd_ Not even close

@Reaperguy67

Ай бұрын

​@_Cinenerd_ go away and nobody asked about your comment number

@mr.x8259

Ай бұрын

They are all overblown.

@manueltapia1859

Ай бұрын

One from the Little House in the Praire where a a teen girl got pregnant by a misterious masked man, the girl's father didn't support her and called her the W word at the end it is revealed was the locksmith and the girl dies 😮😢

@vishalkalicharan7710

Ай бұрын

Please do Top 10 Video Game Zombie Slayers!!

People complain about how shows aren't realistic... and then when they portray realism people complain about it... And that's why we can't have nice things.

the 13 reasons why censorship is still kind of weird to me. I get why it's done, don't get me wrong, but removing that suicide scene and leaving several far more graphic scenes of sexual assault including a guy getting a broomstick forced into him after being severely beaten is fine?

@Margann1987

Ай бұрын

The amount of blood may be part of it.

@RayvenLunaNite

Ай бұрын

I hated that entire "arc." I was a victim of r*** and it just pissed me off

@hajime9958

Ай бұрын

This is no shocker for someone who went through something horrific, Netflix of course something that controversial will be immediately deleted off of their lineup but of course they also keep the sexual parts in it. Netflix, make up your mind is your show going to be TV MA not allowed for children to watch or is it going to tv-14 pick one.

@melissagrant4178

Ай бұрын

​@@RayvenLunaNiteI sorry you went through that, it not your fault that some people can't understand the word NO

Diversity Day is, hands down, one of the best episodes. The fact that we have become so sensitive that Comedy Central pulled it down is just laughably stupid.

@dinocollins720

24 күн бұрын

it's soooo freakiun funny!!!

@stocksgoupward5922

17 күн бұрын

@@dinocollins720 comedy central is so sensitive and so far left and knows that their audience too cant handle the episode. think about the Daily show can you be more left than that show

@dinocollins720

17 күн бұрын

@@stocksgoupward5922 you're 100% right!!!

"The Lost Sister" was like an attempted spin off of Kali's gang, but it didn't work, because they just weren't compelling characters. The worst part about it was that it came right in the middle of an exciting cliffhanger with the characters we actually cared about back in Hawkins.

I’ll never understand why the ‘Diversity Day’ episode of The Office US is considered controversial or to have “aged badly”. The entire point is to satirise ignorance and expose why lazy stereotypes are ridiculous and wrong. And it does so hilariously. If it had been an episode in the UK original you can bet your arse Ricky Gervais would have been a _helluva_ lot more savage.

@jopalm3649

Ай бұрын

Yeah and it's based on real experiences of one of the writers of the show.

@clothilde1623

Ай бұрын

@@jopalm3649 Is that so? Wow, poor sod!

The Boondocks: Return of the King and the R Kelly episode. Both episodes are as relevant today as they were when they first aired.

@masonplacher7096

Ай бұрын

They said IRL shows only.

@nerdgeekman

Ай бұрын

@@masonplacher7096I think that’s bullcrap that they always exclude animated shows. Animation is a medium.

@masonplacher7096

Ай бұрын

@@nerdgeekman Not always. There’s their top 10 modern tv shows that jumped the shark.

@Shojo-SkipSchmandy_the_Hottie

Ай бұрын

​@@masonplacher7096 Live-action.

@tweezy7151

Ай бұрын

Tyler Perry episode

Controversial was not the right word for this list. More like “questionable” or “most talked about”.

@kyleyoung5063

Ай бұрын

What do you think controversial means my guy 😂

Poussey's death still hurts.

@HelloMyNameIsRED

Ай бұрын

She was my favorite character in that show

@phantomrequim

Ай бұрын

@@HelloMyNameIsRED Mine, too.

Carol of O Conner and Sammy Davis Jr. We're good friends in real life and Carol managed to not only get Sammy to be on the show, but get CBS to allow it

@brianarbenz1329

Ай бұрын

What many don't realize is that while Carroll O'Connor made a campaign commercial for George McGovern in 1972, Sammy Davis Jr. had endorsed Richard Nixon.

@lmbuckhalterjr6123

Ай бұрын

His reaction was real. He didn't know the kiss was coming.

Next: top 20 controversial cartoon episodes

@zrgproductions806

Ай бұрын

They already made a list for those a few years back.😅

@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl

Ай бұрын

Arthur's Big Hit should be #1

@mauricesmithjr4050

Ай бұрын

Why would that be #1?

@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl

Ай бұрын

@@mauricesmithjr4050 a lot of people hate it, and for good reason. Arthur gives D.W. what he deserves but then he is treated like the villain

@Mr2000sEraClassics

Ай бұрын

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 Baxter Stockman becomes a zombie

You missed 'All In the Family's' episode dealing with the se&ual assault of Edith. It was back in the 70's and the show was always sparking debate and outrage because of the casual and sometimes graphic humour dealing with race, gender, se&uality and crime. As prudish as the censors were back then, the show would never be allowed to air today, in the era of everyone being upset because they were offended for every reason under the sun.

Married with Children - The Lost Episode evidently this episode was considered too raunchy so it only aired once. Now you can only see the episode in The DVD's.

@mytruecrimelibrary

Ай бұрын

I have the entire box set of the 11 seasons of Married.... it's a pretty tame (and hilarious) episode.

@hannafantaghiro6387

Ай бұрын

Saw it as a kid on TV, didn't considered it very special

@robinsoncristopheralvarezp7344

13 күн бұрын

Whats about?

why do people always forget that TWD is based off a comic. there are definitely some things that were added for the show itself but abrahams death wasn't out of nowhere.

@nicholepautz928

Ай бұрын

A little louder for those in the back

@leoalcaraz6153

Ай бұрын

Most fans of the show don’t read the books

@purplebean8989

Ай бұрын

You shouldn't have to read a book to Enjoy a show, it should hold up as a story on its own

@AshPrimeDCFC

Ай бұрын

Irrelevant. You're watching a show, not reading a comic.

@williambragg6171

Ай бұрын

Including Glenn’s death. What did people expect?

I noticed that comedy central pulled ‘Diversity Day’ The Office out of rotation. The Iron Throne was the worst series finale of an overall well written and produced series. GOT truly messed up

Love how the background music keeps changing with every entry

The ironic thing about The Offic e episode is that the Michael Scott character was never intentionally offensive; he just had a knack for accidently stepping in it. Sammy Davis Jr. on All in the Family marked the start of Archie Bunker changing as a person. I'm glad that it was a process that happened over the run of the show instead of being like someone flipping a switch and Archie suddenly being different. I didn't actually watch the Ellen episode. There was so much hype before the episode that I knew what the big reveal was going to be days before it happened. Here's a pattern I've noticed: Kill a white male character = some fans will be upset because it's their favorite character, but generally no big deal. Kill a character who belongs to a certain group (women, racial minorities, LGBT) and the writer's/producer get accused of hating all members of that group.

@brianarbenz1329

Ай бұрын

No, I believe you're missing the point of that issue. It's been shown that minority or LGBT characters are killed off far more frequently, in fact for a long time, the black male character always died. It is believed to be intentionally, or unconsciously a tool to enable TV and movies' producers to quickly wash their hands of characters that might prove a ratings liability. It's an old habit, and those die hard in entertainment.

The season 6 episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer "Seeing Red" involved both the murder of Tara (a lesbian character who was part of the first gay kiss on television) and an attempted sexual assault of Buffy by a former lover. Both were considered huge betrayals by fans, misogynistic acts done to further other characters' arcs. The consequences of the attempted rape were dealt with well into the following season, but Tara's death is often cited as one of the early examples of the "bury your gays" trope.

The episode of Family Matters where Eddie gets pulled over by the cops racially pfofiling him Moesha where Frank admitted he was Dorian’s father and not his uncle . Due to an afrair he had with MO’s mom

One thing people forget about Plato’s Stepchildren is that the episode is about disability (specifically the Social Theory of Disability) and guest stars a disabled actor who died just four years after the episode aired. The interracial kiss is really important, but Alexander’s story still rings true today.

Casanova Cat (1951) "Tom and Jerry" 🐾

Seeing _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_ on here isn’t much of a surprise.

20. Diversity Day "The Office" (2005-13) 19. Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister "Stranger Things" (2016-) 18. I'll See You In Court "Married... with Children" (1987-97) 17. Sammy's Visit "All in the Family" (1971-79) 16. Honey "Degrassi: The Next Generation" (2001-15) 15. Various "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (2005-) 14. To Ransom a Man's Soul "Outlander" (2014-) 13. The Animals "Orange is the New Black" (2013-19) 12. Plato's Stepchildren "Star Trek: The Original Series" (1966-69) 11. Return to Camelot Part 1 "Dallas" (1978-91) 10. The Day Will Come When You Won't Be "The Walking Dead" (2010-22) 9. Tape 7, Side A "13 Reasons Why" (2017-20) 8. Lucy Is Enciente "I Love Lucy" (1951-57) 7. Thirteen "The 100" (2014-20) 6. Abyssinia, Henry "M*A*S*H" (1972-83) 5. The Iron Throne "Game of Thrones" (2011-19) 4. Maude's Dilemma "Maude" (1972-78) 3. The Puppy Episode "Ellen" (1994-98) 2. Home "The X-Files" (1993-2002; 2016-18) 1. The Puerto Rican Day "Seinfed" (1989-98)

@denny11506

Ай бұрын

Number 13 is what it caused Netflix's reputation to be ruined by a single episode. In my opinion.

@RH-tv9hk

Ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

Ellen Degeneres coming out as Gay. They wouldn't even air that episode in Alabama.

@jenniferbice8998

Ай бұрын

The episode wasn't aired on of all things Birmingham's ABC affiliate (ABC 33/40). Instead, if you were in the Birmingham area on that date, it was being shown at The Boutwell Auditorium via closed circuit TV from Atlanta's ABC affiliate.

I remember digrassi, we watched it in school for health class. Even being as far back as 1994 it was still about 10 years out of touch as "come on, it's the 80s" always made a few chuckles

The office diversity Day episode was supposed to be cringy. There are far too many people who think the way that Michael Scott does and I think it was pointing out how not to act

@NoshikiYT

Ай бұрын

Bro people be too sensitive these days💀

@Hallmark44

Ай бұрын

That's what I'm saying! The whole POINT was that Michael was off-base. I think it's aged even better, actually.

I remember the X-File episode "Home" as it was back pre-TIVO or such, so you had to program your VCR to record a show, and I was a big X-Files fan (even did an X-Files fan page as an excuse to learn HTML). But, my VCR, you had to "turn off" for it to work, and I forgot to do it, so I didn't get that episode... a coworker told me how f-d up it was, but it was several years before they reaired it.

@richardhoehn9922

Ай бұрын

I have the complete series on DVD. The episode is included there.

The Walking Dead season 7 premier shouldn't have been much of a shock to anyone. Glenn died exactly as he did in the comics. I was a tad bit surprised at Abraham's death but for people to throw a hissy fit at Glenn's death was just daft.

@chethanmnaik49

Ай бұрын

The show isn't exactly completely comic accurate. Glenn was an instant fan favourite, so everyone was hoping that he would survive this especially since he already had a fake out death in Season 6.

Personally I think removing the suicide wasn’t the right choice. I think the broom should of been removed that stick with u long after . It over poor Tyler

The suicide scene in "13 Reasons Why" should not have been edited. Showing it as originally filmed highlighted its awfulness which was the point.

@hajime9958

Ай бұрын

They have to edit it because of multiple factors including people under the age of 13 were watching the show and people have died from after watching that show. I won't go into detail and then also parents going like oh why is it so graphic, why are you allowing your underage child to watch a show that's talking about Mental Health unless they're over the age of 14 do not watch it unless you have a parent with you. It's not that hard people. They get rid of something that is pretty graphic but they keep the sexual parts of 13 Reasons. That is just annoying like you know what read the trigger warnings on every single episode because literally is talking about Mental Health that's why they put trigger warnings. This is my opinion please do not h3rass me in the comments or I will ignore you

Not me tearing up at seeing just 10 seconds of the clip from MASH…

I'm surprised you didn't put the episode called "The Bicycle Man" from the show "Diff'rent Strokes". That episode is about a p3d0 messing with kids, and it's very uncomfortable to watch.

@melissagrant4178

Ай бұрын

I was also surpise they didn't include some of the fresh Prince episode

Genuinely, can someone please explain why Lucille Ball’s character being pregnant was controversial?? I realise it was the 50s and television was a lot more uptight but I am wracking by brains and cannot for the life of me work out why that would be controversial! If her character were unmarried or something I could see why folk might have been bothered back then, but wasn’t she a married woman? I don’t get it! 🤷‍♀️

@Itsmytest

Ай бұрын

It was just a no-go to show a woman "in that way" or "in condition" (some of the common phrases back then for when a woman was pregnant), let alone to say it on TV. It was considered a morality issue. Even if one was married, it was still considered highly inappropriate to show on TV.

@clothilde1623

Ай бұрын

@@Itsmytest Thanks lots for replying 🙂 Trying to wrap my millennial head around that! It’s almost like a 20th century version of medieval confinement. Tbh it’s the ‘morality’ of it that I’m struggling with, given the entire point of marriage was procreation. I guess anything remotely suggestive of [whispers] s-e-x was considered taboo, even when it was church sanctioned - nay, actively encouraged! 🫤

Informative video thanks

I’m getting a bit tired of people holding that The 100 episode over the show’s head. Hell the rest of Thirteen was pretty good as a story.

Idk with degrassi i saw an episode about a main character harming herself and that’s how i learned to do i started doing it. That episode always hits me and i blame it for teaching me to harm myself at the young age of 10

Every single episode of Drawn Together

@georgeprchal3924

Ай бұрын

That was the point of Drawn Together and I respect them for being purposely offensive to their target audience.

The controversy over "Home" was not overblown. An example: many years ago, my crew and I were sent to prune some trees away from power lines at a dead end road. The grandmother and grandson were clearly having an intimate relationship. I was glad to get out of there! As was my crew. Stuff happens.

The DIFF'RENT STROKES........THE PEDO EPISODE pt.1 2 & 3

JTs death was way more traumatizing than Adams death

Shocked yall didnt add the D&D Community episode. Even though the whole thing is ridiculous.

@mr_capgras_hands_me_my_shovel

27 күн бұрын

Yeah, Chang was only in the episode for like 5 minutes lmao

Well, This generation really went soft, most of that stuff would have been considered tamed back in the 2000s, you can´t tie like that the hands of a writer or they will be forced to play safe, also that episode of the office makes fun a cultural issue and censoring it is not going to make it disappear.

The Gang Turns Black is still available on streaming. The banned episodes are the ones that feature Lethal weapon 5 & 6 and Martina Martinez.

Home is maybe the best episode of The X-Files. It was very serious, very sad, and just brilliant in a low key way.

@i.m.2377

Ай бұрын

No way. As a big fan of X files, I can tell there are lots of much better episodes than "Home" To me, all the episodes related to the main argument (which I won't reveal) are clearly the best. Maybe because I love mystery plots, plot twists, etc.

GREAT LIST

although viewership went down way more after ‘the day will come when you won’t be’, i feel like carl’s death was way more controversial.

shocked that there are no glee episodes here🤣

The crazy thing about TWD is Glenn getting his head smashed is cannon

That Outlander episode was definitely a rough watch, but I think it was brilliantly done. There's very few SA scenes involving male victims. Just made Black Jack's death even more satisfying when it finally happened and at Jamie's hands.

Carroll O'Connor was the best. He is what made All in the Family the groundbreaking show that it was.

Really appreciate that you didn’t show any spoiler imagery for Home, that’s great for anyone here who wants to brave it for themselves! 😂 Thought I’d mention that the Six Feet Under episode “That’s My Dog” caused such an uproar that it could be on this list. I knew people who couldn’t finish it and HBO received so much hate for it. It’s amazing. I love when creators take risks in artful, moving ways.

I can understand why people were up in arms about the OITNB episode; but to be fair, Samira Wiley’s then-girlfriend, now wife-who is white, btw-wrote the episode.

While the ending to GOT wasn't what anyone expected, it's definitely not as awful as described in this video. The problem was the pacing of the last season. If it had a few more episodes leading up to the same ending, fewer people would be upset over it. Also a few things to consider the show runners ran out of source material a few seasons back to base things off of and considering what all those characters have been through during the entirety of the series I'm not sure why everyone thought it'd be all rainbows and sunshine at the end. These people were broken and exhausted once the ash settled.

Why do so many people complain about TV getting real? This list is like watching a 3-year-old try to sing a rap song by a one hit wonder.

5:35 the Gang turns Black didn't even have blackface it was literal black actors used when they saw each other in the mirror, should still be up too.

Number 5 legit made me give up on television entirely. It was that bad.

It's (The Office) a sit-com for Christ's sake! Too many people have little to no sense of humor, and get easily offended over nothing.

@kaminariishida5681

Ай бұрын

bunch of snowflakes

@PGHDude

Ай бұрын

On one hand yes. On another hand, maybe people are tired of their culture being the butt of jokes? Just because you find something funny doesn’t mean everyone does.

@kaminariishida5681

Ай бұрын

@@PGHDude so don't watch, simple AF

I wouldn't call S2 E7 of Stranger Things an unnecessary waste of time. I agree it can come across as a weird backdoor pilot, but it has Eleven learn a lesson about just because a person works for someone evil doesn't mean they're evil themselves, with many of them even having families they need to support.

Lethal Weapon 6 is a classic.

@CharlesLeeRay812

23 күн бұрын

I agree with you it was better than 5. But they screwed up 7. Should've never hired the new guy. He looks like a pimp, not a cop.

at 3:23 Sammy Davis Jr. magically turns into Mike Evans. Yep, that's controversial!

18:45 that clip you just showed of the creature (?) gave me the chills.

So if a character is gay or trans then killing them off is controversial??? Don’t they want to be treated like equals

What about fresh Prince, episode when Prince and his cousin got pull over and put into jail

I was a dedicated TWD viewer, but couldn't watch ever again after the Negan scene.

@jessedodson3475

Ай бұрын

Can't of been that dedicated then

I’m surprised that Twilight Zone’s The Encounter was listed! It was banned for decades

It's sometimes the task of fiction to bring something controversial, uncomfortable, unsettling, or IGNORED into the foreground. The focus is, it's fiction. But of course, truth is stranger than fiction. If drama or comedy shied away from all topics that might be deemed controversial by some, that would make for some boring entertainment. Even back in the late 90s, the controversy over the "Ellen coming out as gay" episode always baffled me -- what's the big deal?! Less than a year later, "Will & Grace" would debut, featuring multiple gay characters in main roles. And then a random memory came to me -- the movie "The Kite Runner" (and the book upon which it is based) features the rape of a young boy... talk about heavy subject matter, and yet that is rarely broached in subjects about controversy in entertainment. So, what's the difference?? Society is, unfortunately, plagued with many inequities and difficult issues. These sometimes need to be depicted in TV and film. The characters in these stories are flawed, just like all of us are. They will do things that meet the disapproval of some. Bringing controversial subject matter to the forefront is almost essential, even if it's uncomfortable to consider or perhaps violent to see. Don't overanalyze these things, and don't turn away from them either.

u can't say those episodes of Always Sunny didn't 'work out' just bc they were pulled....still great episodes especially when u know what always sunny is and the jokes it aims to make....jabroni statement watchmojo

“Various” for always sunny was 😂

I guess it was taboo back then or something 13:05 either way it sounds kind of weird

Arrow season 4 episode "eleven fifty-nine".

Others: The Simpsons: The Principal and the Pauper Arthur's Big Hit Family Guy: Life of Brian The Big Bang Theory: The Matrimonial Momentum

Where’s the D&D episode of Community?

@SithBunny1

Ай бұрын

I was waiting for someone else to mention it. Although I thought it was hilarious.

@georgeprchal3924

Ай бұрын

Not worthy of controversy.

The final episodes of Final space in season 3 Is the biggest BS there is. And that was already a series full of Despair

Saying that episode of always Sunny was blackface is f****** crazy

I find "Diversity Day" to be hilarious, "Chapter Seven" to just be a fun episode, "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" to be beautiful and delicious, "To Ransom a Man's Soul" to be a perfect reminder of how Outlander doesn't shy away from even some of the best and worst moments in history and in humanity, and "Abyssinia, Henry" to be a sweet but tragic episode that didn't shy away from the horrors of war. I also think "The Iron Throne" was the perfect final episode for Game of Thrones.

@DarkSpells87

Ай бұрын

Aaaaand you lost me on Iron Throne.

@cookscreativecorner

Ай бұрын

@@DarkSpells87 I just honestly didn't have a problem with it or most of the eighth season. The only issue I had with the eighth season was Rhaegal's death.

@DarkSpells87

Ай бұрын

@@cookscreativecorner ok, without unpacking that episode in full I will chose one of the stupid things from it; Bran being selected and accepting to be king. He said multiple times throughout show that he can never rule as Three Eyed Raven because powers of the Raven are not meant to be used in favor of a single nation. He is criptic, emotionless and overall uninterested in any form of politics or government. And we are somehow led to believe he has been preparing for it his entire life? No, just no. And that is only one example in a episode full of those.

@cookscreativecorner

Ай бұрын

And that’s your opinion, and you’re more than welcome to have it. I just happened to love the episode and the season. You’ll have to torture me like Ramsay did to Theon and kill me in the same way Ramsay died (a truly delicious way, too) before I say otherwise.

Earshot/Graduation Day Part 2: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Both Episodes delayed airing for months due to the Columbine HS Massacre in 1999.

Shit that's why they don't have the puerto rican day festival in rochester,ny anymore😂😂😂

This should just be 20 episodes of Southpark lol

@mr_capgras_hands_me_my_shovel

27 күн бұрын

Yeppp lmao

"Nobody is going to root for a cast of characters who stand for discrimination, eugenics, and racism." with 5 out of 8 episodes having zero plot and zero character development -Inhumans review How did MCU went from Homecoming and GOTG2 to Inhumans in 2017?

Surprised Wentworth wasn’t here. Some horrible violent rape scenes!

Loved that All In The Family episode! Like all kids after Pokémon, Jackie Chan Adventures, Flint The Time Detective, I watched I Love Lucy and All In The Family.

Just because critics simply didn’t _like_ the episode Chapter Seven doesn’t mean that it was controversial.

If you really feel that Poussey was unfairly killed off, maybe use that anger to avenge the real black citizens who die in similar ways.

This just proves people are too damn sensitive 😂

George Lopez (2002-2007) The Manny Lopez Episode and The Ricky episodes are still relatable to any In George's situation

The Walking Dead didn't Die. it came back strong with The Ones Who Live!

I saw the strangest episode of Family Guy . What's Family Guy ? 😊😂❤

Netflix's Orange is the new black controversial episode might what it caused Netflix's reputation to be ruined thanks to that infamous episode.

3:00 what a _WEIRD_ idea for an episode, wtf were they smoking that day lmfao.

Does it seem like their channel has more ads than other channels. Was making breakfast while I watched and felt like I was stopping a lot to skip ads

How is Heil, Honey, I'm Home not on this list?

Is that Kai Greene? 2:04

I've seen many of these episodes live, but yes Home was so crazy . I remember how we were all weirded out .

I wish they make more controversial movies / TV shows

A bad backdoor pilot was “controversial"?? Lmao

Instead of rebooting this same list every year, maybe WatchMojo should instead make separate such lists by decade.

It's FUCKING OBVIOUS that the Puerto Rican Seinfeld is #1!

We talked about prime time shows but what about kids live action shows? I found out about episode 187 on Sesame Street. It’s one where Margaret Hamilton, who played the wicked witch of the west Guest starred. I watched it. I didn’t think it was scary or anything. But back when it first aired…it was controversial and parents demanded it be pulled…

I love it’s always sunny!

The episode of Mom is very offensive,it's not very funny,second is Two And A Half Men is considered to be offensive,honorable mention Married With Children,too challenging and very offensive.