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* In an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Lisa's addiction to the Corey hotline is portrayed as similar to a drug addiction.
** In another episode of the same series, where Homer moves into the treehouse with a woman he married while inebriated in Las Vegas, Marge overhears that woman making a sandwich to Homer's specifications... which to the audience sounds surprisingly like a certain sexual act. An appalled Marge exclaims, "Oh no! She's making him a sandwich!"
** In the episode "Love, Springfield Style", in Bart's version of the movie ''Sid and Nancy'', Lisa and Nelson [[G
** In the episode "Round Springfield", this classic exchange happens:
{{quote| '''Bleeding Gums Murphy:''' I spent all my money on my $1,500 a day habit.<br />
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'''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.
** And in another episode, Bloo going behind Mac's back to play with a rich kid is treated like an affair...down to Mac [[G
*** The relation may be even more similar than you think, as it had been demonstrated that sugar has an adverse affect on Mac.
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' played a candy addiction as a drug addiction (even going as far as hiring Mojo Jojo as their "fall guy" to commit some misdeeds to send him to jail so as to be rewarded with said candy).
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*** 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).
* In fact, pretty much ''every'' children's cartoon since 1995 has done at least one really, really [[G
* ''[[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.
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** In response to Amon, benders start to discriminate and oppress ALL non-benders with situations highly reminiscent of historic examples of oppression such as the [[Red Scare]] with [[Mc Carthy]] style laws, the Nazi subjugation of Jews, the Japanese-internment during [[World War II]], etc.
* 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:
{{quote| '''Harley''': Don't you wanna rev up your Harley? VROOM VROOM!}}
* ''[[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]].
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* The ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'' episode "Freaky Fred" features the eponymous barber, who has a compulsion to shave anyone and anything completely bald. However his creepy inner monologue, complete with delighted, drawn-out repetitions of "Naaaaauughty", and chorus of "La La La La"'s in the background (very similar to a certain song in ''[[A Nightmare On Elm Street]]'') cause him to appear as something between a psychopathic murderer and serial child molester, making the series' least threatening villain into one of its most disturbing (which is quite a feat).
** He was, apparently, a parody of Sweeney Todd.
** There was also Kitty and Bunny... two [[Romantic Two
* 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.
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** A rare example that has nothing to do with the homosexual undertone of the show occurs in "Child's Play," where Shakespeare gets into creative differences between his agent (who wants him to do kids' plays for merchandise) and Larry (who acts as a [[Moral Guardian]] and keeps objecting to the plays' content). Considering how short-lived "Time Squad" was, one has to wonder if this wasn't Dave Wasson (the show creator) speaking out against the creative output of his show or if this was merely a satire on the mediocre quality of current kids' TV programming and movies due to greed and [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]].
** Another non-homosexual example: the two times Larry has acted drunk (in "Eli Whitney's Flesh-Eating Mistake," where his [[Non Sequitur Thud]] after being beaten by angry townspeople is "I'm okay to drive. Just help me to the car." and in "Pasteur Packs O'Punch where Larry experiences wild mood swings after being electrocuted, where he drunkenly tells Tuddrussell that he loves him, offers to drive despite being in no condition to operate anything, telling off Otto with a slurred, "Hey, don't tell me what to do!", and embarrassing himself at a party by standing on a table and declaring himself, "The Queen of France").
** Tuddrussel always berates Larry's effeminate personality and hobbies and tells him to act like a robot (as seen in "Hate and Let Hate" and "Forget the Alamo"), which [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|can be taken as a G-rated version of saying]], "[[Get Back in The Closet]]!"
*** In a similar vein, on the first episode "Eli Whitney's Flesh-Eating Mistake," there was [[Fantastic Racism]] in the form of the townspeople who were attacked by Eli Whitney's flesh-eating robots attacking Larry because he may be a flesh-eating robot and Tuddrussell taking offense to being called a "robot lover" (though the rampant [[Ho Yay]] begs to differ).
**** Though the whole scenario could be taken another way, because Tuddrussel only takes offence ("Hey! You watch who you're calling 'robot lover'!") when a townsperson labels ''Otto'' as a 'robot lover' ("This must be some kind of flesh eating robot lover trick!") right after Otto explains that Larry doesn't have any teeth. Tuddrussel having taken offence to someone other than himself being labeled as such can vaguely be interpreted as pure [[Ho Yay|jealousy]].
** "Daddio DaVinci" (season one, episode three) had Otto opening Larry's gear box on his chest and Larry covering himself in the same way a woman would if her breasts were exposed.
* The ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Call of the Cutie" concerns Apple Bloom being the last in her class to get her "cutie mark," a symbol that represents who she is and what she'll do with her life. The language used to describe getting a cutie mark ("It isn't something that happens overnight, and no amount of wishing, hoping, or begging will make a cutie mark appear before its time"), the way Apple Bloom is teased for not having one, and the fact that one girl has a cuteceñera to celebrate getting hers, is reminiscent of a girl getting her first period or breasts, [[Your Mileage May Vary|depending on whom you ask]].
** In the episode "Lesson Zero", Big Macintosh is holding onto a doll that Twilight enchanted so that anypony that looked at it, would desperately want it. First, Big Macintosh got a hold of it, and suddenly everypony from town starts chasing after him for it. They all end up crowding him and piling on top of him for it. Now, if the doll weren't there...
*** Never mind that. What about the time when Twilight Sparkle got flung into him? She crashed into Big Macintosh upside down, her back on him, and her tail end right under his nose...
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