Does This Remind You of Anything?/Western Animation: Difference between revisions

** In the episode "Love, Springfield Style", in Bart's version of the movie ''Sid and Nancy'', Lisa and Nelson [[G-Rated Drug|become chocoholics in a way that is portrayed like a drug addiction]], right down to using razor blades to divide small piles of chocolate milk mix, using cigarette lighters to melt pieces of candy bars in spoons, and flushing various chocolate candies down the toilet whenever the cops show up.

** In the episode "Round Springfield", this classic exchange happens:

''(changes to a scene of Murphy lying broke and destitute in an alleyway, surrounded by broken Fabergé eggs)'' }}

** In the episode "Last Exit to Springfield", Mr. Burns tries to bribe Homer, who's a Union leader. Homer [[Mistaken for Gay|thinks Mr. Burns is hitting on him.]]

'''Homer:''' ''(aloud)'' Sorry, Mr. Burns, but I don't go in for these backdoor shenanigans. Sure, I'm flattered, maybe even a little curious, but the answer is no! }}

** From "Brother From the Same Planet":

*** Also this disturbing exchange...

'''Bart:''' Oh yeah? Remember this? "Higher Dad! Higher! Whee!" }}

** Yet another, in "The Haw-Hawed Couple": Bart becomes Nelson's "best friend", and it's played exactly like a relationship, with lines like "I've known him for ages, but we met at a party and hit it off right away" and jealousy over Bart 'flying kites' with another boy. Complete with a ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' homage at the end.

* ''[[South Park]]'' does this one a lot, for satirical purposes:

** "Here Comes The Neighborhood" was devoted to the town's reaction when Token Black, the only ''rich'' kid in town, convinces a number of other ''rich'' families (such as those of Will Smith and Oprah) to move to South Park. The locals get upset, and try progressively more extreme plots to drive the "richers" out of town: burning giant lowercase letter Ts on their lawns (short for "'''t'''ime to leave"), dressing as peak-headed ghosts (because rich people are scared of [[Scooby-Doo Hoax|ghosts]], naturally), etc. This was all a plan by Mister Garrison to take over their property and sell it to make the South Park residents rich, which fell through because the others hated rich folk... to which he replies, "Well, at least we got rid of those damn ni--" before being [[Curse Cut Short|cut off by the closing credits]].

** "Red Man's Greed", the history of American colonization and Native American displacement... with roles reversed.

** "Margaritaville", a Jew (Kyle) starts preaching and gathering followers. Check. Some adults start taking him as a threat. Check. He is betrayed by one of his followers (Cartman) who sold him out. Check. He does a (sorta) [[Heroic Sacrifice]]. Check. He is hailed as a savior. {{spoiler|Subversion, Obama is the one}}.

** In "Major Boobage", even with Kyle giving him hints Cartman didn't (or refused to) see any significance to his hiding of outlawed cats in his attic.

** "Crème Fraiche": In [[Real Life]], the Shake Weight already has this (see Real Life section below), taken [[Up to Eleven]] in this episode, combined with something that could only be described as ''literal'' [[Food Porn]].

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq0MdXnZem0 Rocko also has his own secret, to the dismay of the others.]

* ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'', "Mac Daddy": When Bloo discovers that Mac created another imaginary friend in his sleep (or so they think), the conversation plays out like an uncovered affair:

'''Mac:''' I don't know! I don't remember anything; I just woke up and he was in my bed! }}

** In another episode, Goo accidentally creating imaginary friends in her sleep is treated as similar to bed-wetting -- made even more explicit by [[Cloudcuckoolander]] Coco suggesting solving it by having Goo wear a diaper on her head.

** More than one episode had an odd example: robots need alcohol to function properly, so when Bender was feeling particularly bad about something, he went for a while ''without'' drinking... and as a result, behaved as if he were drunk. Thus, Bender's sobriety reminds one of alcoholism in humans.

** Which leads to:

'''Bender:''' I promise nothing! }}

*** One of those episodes also has Bender's antenna treated like a certain part of male anatomy...

*** The above also happens in the more recent Neutopia, where at first the only noticeable difference in Bender is that his antenna is gone.

* ''[[The Boondocks]]'' episode "A Date with the Health Inspector" is a satire of the Iraq War. [[Upperclass Twit|Ed Wuncler III]] and Gin Rummy represent George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfield, the X-Box killer which starts the whole episode is Osama Bin Laden, and the store clerk that Ed and Rummy rob for no reason is Saddam Hussein (in a [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]). Several quotes are also made referencing the war, such as Rummy reciting Rumsfeld's "known unknowns and unknown unknowns" quote, and Wuncler telling the clerks to "Bring it, bitch" (a parallel to Bush's "Bring them on" speech).

* ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' had an episode with Peanut gaining his superpowers. The episode treated the "changes" a lot like puberty and Harvey (among others) were concerned about who he would have his first superhero battle with...

** An earlier episode has [[Captain Ethnic|Apache Chief]] losing his superpowers due to spilling burning coffee in his lap (to grow tall) presented as if it were erectile dysfunction. Made worst by the fact that {{spoiler|he regains his superpower by being turned on...}}. Multiple superheroes go on to play the powers-as-sexuality thing.

'''Black Vulcan:''' Well, you know when the power goes out in your house? It would be like that... but in your pants. }}

** And who could forget the episode where Harvey, who gets his powers from the sun, needs to stay in the shade for medical reasons, ending up with a powerful addiction to self-tanning lotion, with Peanut as his "dealer".

*** Buford even asks the new geek to speak in an indian accent.

** As part of [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]], in "Perry Lays An Egg", Doofenshmirtz begs Perry to "thwart him" after Perry leaves, seeing how his latest scheme was pretty pathetic. He chases Perry into town and just when Perry thinks he successfully escaped Doof ...

'''[[The Speechless|Perry]]''': (''Looks shocked and runs away'') }}

** While "Phineas And Ferb Get Busted" is a somewhat disturbing homage to prison films and ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', the scene where the sergeant squirts the boys with water when they reach for their tools can remind some of waterboarding prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

* One episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' titled "The Ultimate Thrill" featured the character Roxy Rocket, a former stuntwoman turned jewel thief who rides rockets as part of her robbery plans. It's mentioned a couple of times that she is in it more for the thrill of the crime than the actual spoils, and adding Batman chasing her into the mix just made it more exciting. The episode ends with Batman cornering Roxy straddling one of her rockets which is about to crash into the side of a cliff, and her getting really into it.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k58wihIiyR4\]

** ''Batman: The Animated Series'' [[Batman: The Animated Series/Radar|was notorious for it's sexual innuendo.]] The pie scene in "Mad Love" for instance:

* ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' had lots of sexual innuendo of this nature. In particular one scene features Ren with a saw strapped to his groin sawing through a log on Stimpy's back causing Stimpy to react in pleasure. At the end, Ren's saw goes flaccid and he's shown looking tired and [[Smoking Hot Sex|smoking]].

** Stimpy of ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' has to overcome his TV addiction in one episode by quitting cold turkey. He eventually weans himself off... [[Metaphorgotten|and goes into gambling]]

* Disney's ''[[Doug]]'' has an episode revolving around a product touted as a "relaxant" that is not legal to sell to anyone under 18, but whose manufacturers are secretly trying to get kids hooked on it. The product, Nic-Nacs, does not exist in real life, but it's suspiciously similar to one that does...

* ''[[Re Boot]]''. Everything about Hexadecimal in Season 3 involved BDSM. Which was made even more disturbing when you realize the fact Megabyte is her brother...

'''Megabyte''': [[Brain Bleach|Let us not even THINK about that.]] }}

* One episode of ''[[Aeon Flux]]'' manages to play Trevor performing back surgery on a Breen women like sex. The women moans ecstatically throughout the operation, and upon finishing, Trevor tells he that she was amazing and asks her if it "was as good for [her] as it was for [him]." While smoking a cigarette. And when Trevor's on-again-off-again lover Aeon learns of this, she reacts as though Trevor had cheated on her.

* In an episode of ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' when Edd discovers a scientific magazine a page unfolds like a [[Playboy]] centerfold and he reacts "oh my" and smiles. The camera then reveals that the picture is of a praying mantis.

** In another episode, Edd and Eddy are searching through Ed's room and Eddy finds a magazine called Chicks Galore. He gleefully remarks "Ed's been holding out on us!", only to discover that the magazine is about baby chickens.

** The Kankers' POV in the Christmas special. They found a moldy piece of bread, sausages and pennies, and a fur coat. Later, when Edd (dressed as an angel) was stuck to the top of Rolf's shed, Eddy was laying in a chicken's roost, and Ed (dressed as a shepard) was just standing there, the Kankers show up with the items in hand.

'''Lee:''' And Fur! }}

** Some scenes between Eddy and Edd in [[The Movie]] ( {{spoiler|Eg. Edd questioning Eddy implying that he's impressing his brother, the entire fight after the "sandquick" prank -- Ed's suggestion that the two tickle each other doesn't help}}) just scream... [[UST]]. Hell, {{spoiler|when Eddy broke down after [[Complete Monster|his brother's]] [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] on him, it sounds like something out of a [[Hurt Comfort Fic]]}}.

* In ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', overshadowing someone looks ''very much'' like possession (although more benign).

* ''[[American Dad]]'' has this:

''(zoom out to reveal Brian, sipping a martini)''<br />

'''Brian:''' Uh, do I know you? ''(walks off)''<br />

* In the ''[[Rugrats]]'' episode "Give and Take" Chuckie can't stop playing with Boppo. When the others tire of watching, they leave Chuckie with the toy. Phil comments, "A kid his age should be outside playing with his friends, not sitting alone in his room bopping his Boppo." Lil adds that her brother is right that Chuckie has a problem.

* From an old episode of ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'':

* ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'': "Daydream Believer". It's not hard to imagine it being about psychoactive drugs instead of daydreaming.

* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'': Knightbrace is a wannabe dentist who was rejected by the ADA for being too crazy. He is shown stalking the streets, ambushing children, and mutilating their mouths. His attacks are played out disturbingly like ''rape scenes''. And then there's the episode where there's a place where all the teenage couples go. "You go up as a boy, but come home as a man!" It's eleven minutes of sexual innuendo.