Funny Aneurysm Moment/Western Animation: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[South Park]]'', considering how badly Chef had a [[Dropped a Bridge On Him|bridge dropped on him]] after his voice actor, Isaac Hayes, left the show two months after a stroke and an episode mocking Scientology (and someone - not him - told the powers that be that it was due to their mocking religion, when everyone would know they would put two and two together and know they meant Scientology), it was that much more disconcerting to find out that Hayes died on August 10, 2008. What's even worse is that on the official 2008 South Park Calendar, the month of December has Chef on fire on the bridge just after it was struck by lightning with the quote "Oh my god! They Killed Chef!" underneath.

** "Butters' Very Own Episode" ends with Gary Condit, JonBenet Ramsey's parents, and O.J. Simpson being called out for being murderers who lie through their teeth and (in the second case) are playing the victims on top of that. Not ''nearly'' as funny and biting now that all but O.J. Simpson have been confirmed to be innocent people [[Convicted By Public Opinion]], and too late for Patsy Ramsey (who died of ovarian cancer) at that.

** Also in "Cartoon Wars," Matt and Trey give [[Seth Macfarlane]] a "no hard feelings" shout-out in the form of a trucker who gives Kyle a ride to the television studio, and who happens to like ''[[Family Guy]]''. Why does he like it? Because [[Self-Deprecation|"at least it doesn't get all preachy and up-its-own-ass with messages]]," which is what most people have accused ''[[South Park]]'' of being in later episodes. This label can now aptly be applied to ''[[Family Guy]]'' in its seventh and eighth seasons, which have been accused of being preachy and "up its own ass" in messages rather than being that [[Rapid-Fire Comedy]] sitcom filled with [[Manatee Gag|manatee gags]], [[Overly Long Gag|overly-long gags]], and [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|random moments that have no plot relevance]] (though some die-hard fans will tell you that some episodes of ''[[Family Guy]]'' do show glimmers of these underneath the [[Anvilicious|anviliciousness]]).

** In [[The Movie]], there is a bombing of an American actor after Terrance and Phillip are arrested and [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] sending the troops to war with Canada. [[The War On Terror|Two years later...]]

* An episode of ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' opened with Saddam Hussein speaking out to his subjects (who are all shown in silhouettes, waving plungers in the air) just before falling through a trap door and ending up in Hell. Well, they got the falling-through-a-trap-door-to-his-death part right. All they were missing was the noose.

* In the earliest Kids' WB! promos, [[Animaniacs (Animation)|Yakko Warner]] proclaimed that the block was meant for kids by shouting, "AND NO GROWN-UPS ALLOWED!" Less than two years later, ''Freakazoid!'' got canned because most of its fans were older than Kids' WB!'s target demographic. This also caused a planned 20-episode season for ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' to be cut in half. Sounds like Yakko was giving us fair warning.

* ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch (Animation)|Celebrity Deathmatch]]'' has [[Bloody Hilarious|many,]] ''[[Gorn|many]]'' of these moments, including the fight where James Brown crushed himself with a stage light, and the match where Gene Siskel broke Roger Ebert's skull. Siskel would die of a brain tumor a year after that episode was aired.

*** [[DiC Entertainment]] exercised [[Clumsy Copyright Censorship]] towards licensed songs in their shows when they went into syndication or home video, another example being [[Captain N the Game Master]].

* An episode of ''[[Taz Mania]]'' called "Taz Babies" was a [[Take That]] against [[Executive Meddling]]; the producer said that a proposed [[Spinoff Babies]] show was ahead of its time. Then came ''Baby [[Looney Tunes]]''. Depending on what you think of that show, this can be either a FAM or a [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] moment.

* An episode of ''[[Road Rovers (Animation)|Road Rovers]]'' features an opening with Princess Diana and Prince Charles finalizing their divorce before being attacked by werewolves. This was cut from later airings for obvious reasons.

* In an early episode of ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'', Goliath is getting adjusted to New York's geography. When asking Elisa why New York has no walls around it to protect it from invaders, she replies that the greatest dangers to New York come from within the city. Then came 9/11, adding this to the other kajillion-and-a-half Twin-Towers-inspired [[Dude, Not Funny|Unfunny]] [[Funny Aneurysm Moment|Aneurysm Moments]].

* In the ''[[Batman the Animated Series]]'' episode "Two Face", Bruce quips about stealing Harvey Dent's fiancée. This wasn't particularly funny to begin with, but after watching The Dark Knight one can't help but remember what happened with Rachel, Harvey and Bruce. Even worse, in a comic story based on the animated series, [[The Joker]] actually plants the suspicion in a nearly reformed Two Face that his fiance and Bruce are planning to marry each other and conspiring to keep Two Face locked up in Arkham.

* In one episode of [[Extreme Ghostbusters (Animation)|Extreme Ghostbusters]], there's a fog monster that they're trying to destroy. During their [[Hard Work Montage]], it cuts to clips of the fog monster eating different landmarks of New York. One of which is the World Trade Center. Bonus chill points because the fog monster rises from the ground as a dark roiling mass, making it look like the buildings are being consumed by smoke.

* The episode of ''[[Star Wars the Clone Wars]]'' where Ahsoka loses her lightsaber. Her response? "My master's gonna kill me!" Guess what happens to Anakin at the end of ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''! (Hint: Ahsoka was neither in ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'' or ''Revenge of the Sith'')

* A bit of ironic crossover occurred in the ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'' cartoon, where (former) [[C List Fodder]] Dr. Light is sucked into an apparently horrible abyss within Raven's cloak by shadowy tentacles that came from where the lower half of her body should have been. In later episodes, Dr. Light is comically terrified whenever Raven is in sight. The [[Naughty Tentacles]] jokes had less allure after the official DC ''[[The DCU|comic]]'' version of Doctor Light was given a history of rape after an initial [[Identity Crisis|infamous story]] used to make him more threatening...

* In ''[[Xiaolin Showdown (Animation)|Xiaolin Showdown]]'', Raimundo has a throwaway line in "Chameleon" (season 1, episode 6) - "Maybe I'm missing the point. We're never gonna go after each other!" Talk about [[Tempting Fate]], given the number of {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Revolving Door|betrayals]] he and Omi commit}} in later episodes of the series.

* In the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'']] episode "Swarm of the Century," Princess Celestia is distracted from the [[Extreme Omnivore|Para]][[Killer Rabbit|sprite]] invasion of Ponyville because she needs to take care of "an [[Inferred Holocaust|infestation]] in [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Phillydelphia]]. Not as funny nowadays if you work for [[Intimidating Revenue Service|a certain government agency]] [http://bedbugger.com/2010/04/22/philadelphia-irs-offices-battling-bed-bugs/ in a similarly-named city].

* [[Pixar Regulars|Pixar Regular]] Joe Ranft actually died in a car accident while the films ''[[Corpse Bride (Animation)|Corpse Bride]]'' and ''[[Cars]]'' were both still in production. Particularly jarring, as those movies were about dead people and cars, respectively.

* Before the [[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]] episode, "Holly Jolly Secrets", the Ice King's evil and/or Cloudcuckoolander antics were just seen as funny. Now, {{spoiler|they remind the viewer of his decline into insanity detailed in that episode.}}

** Same goes for an ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' gag on the episode "Francine's Flashback," where Stan brings Whitney Houston over to sing Francine's favorite song "The Greatest Love of All" <ref> Though a later episode revealed that Francine's favorite song is [[Prince]]'s "Little Red Corvette"</ref>, which Houston refuses to do -- until Stan offers her a bag of crack cocaine and she sings, "No matter what they take from me/They can't take away my dignity!" before diving for the bag and face-planting on the ground. Which is then followed by Francine throwing the crack out the door and telling Houston to fetch it like a dog.

* [[Spongebob SquarePants|"We're not talking about some dumb mail fraud scheme or hijacking here...]] '''''WE STOLE A BALLOON!!!!!'''''

* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 (Animation)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' isn't immune-in "Shredder and Splintered," one of the theories on the Turtles is that they are space aliens. Twenty-five years later, Michael Bay announced plans in the film reboot he is producing that he intends to make them aliens instead of mutants. Needless to say, [[Internet Backdraft|this has not passed without notice]].

* In the ''[[Rugrats (Animation)| Rugrats]]'' episode, '''The Bank Trick''', Chuckie plays with a computer that has contacts to the stock market. Considering he's a toddler, it may sound funny for 1992 but not much any more after the Great Recession of 2008.

* One scene in [[Beavis and Butthead (Animation)| Beavis and Butthead Do America]], Beavis's transformation into Cornholio and entering the cockpit may have gotten some laughs in 1996. However, this causes a nose drive, which tossed Butthead into the same area and him laughing when the pilot tells to leave. In a post-9/11 America, it's not so funny anymore.