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** The [[Disney]] [[Wartime Cartoon]] [[DVD]] collection has [[User Operation Prohibit Flag|unskippable, un-fast-forwardable]] intros by Leonard Maltin, with the same message before each of "times were different then but we know better now". Since the collection was released at the height of the early 2000s post-9/11 hysteria, it may be [[Harsher in Hindsight]].
** The [[Disney]] [[Wartime Cartoon]] [[DVD]] collection has [[User Operation Prohibit Flag|unskippable, un-fast-forwardable]] intros by Leonard Maltin, with the same message before each of "times were different then but we know better now". Since the collection was released at the height of the early 2000s post-9/11 hysteria, it may be [[Harsher in Hindsight]].
** For years (when they were still showing [[Looney Tunes]]), Cartoon Network wouldn't show any Speedy Gonzales cartoons, fearing a backlash from Hispanic viewers over the airing of "negative Mexican stereotypes". The network later relented when they received petitions signed by thousands of Hispanic people who saw Speedy as a positive role model; an intelligent, athletic hero who always comes to the rescue of his fellow Mexican mice, always gets the best of the "gringo<ref>Spanish slang for "foreigner", mostly Americans</ref> cat" and always gets the girl. There were other stereotypical Mexican mice, mind -- but of all the Mexican stereotype cartoons, there were none more heroic than Speedy.
** For years (when they were still showing [[Looney Tunes]]), Cartoon Network wouldn't show any Speedy Gonzales cartoons, fearing a backlash from Hispanic viewers over the airing of "negative Mexican stereotypes". The network later relented when they received petitions signed by thousands of Hispanic people who saw Speedy as a positive role model; an intelligent, athletic hero who always comes to the rescue of his fellow Mexican mice, always gets the best of the "gringo<ref>Spanish slang for "foreigner", mostly Americans</ref> cat" and always gets the girl. There were other stereotypical Mexican mice, mind -- but of all the Mexican stereotype cartoons, there were none more heroic than Speedy.
** The [[Pepe Le Pew]] cartoons -- all 17 of them (15, if you discount "Odor of the Day" <ref>which was really just your average screwball Looney Tunes cartoon</ref> and the cameo appearance at the end of "Dog Pounded") teach [[Viewers Are Morons|impressionable, screwed-up kids]] that masculine persistence in the face of manifest resistance, even outright revulsion, on the part of the female target, is a virtue worthy of reward <ref>Translation: It pays to be a stalker-cum-rapist, especially if you're charming and French, and [[Dave Chappelle]] was right about what he said about watching the Pepe cartoons at an older age on ''Killing 'Em Softly''</ref>. Doesn't help that Pepe's cartoons generally make clear that it's his smell and his enthusiasm that makes him repellant to women -- and it '''''really''''' doesn't help that there are three Pepe shorts (1949's "For Scentimental Reasons" -- ''which won an Oscar'', 1952's "Little Beau Pepe," and 1959's "Really Scent") that show that [[No Guy Wants to Be Chased|he freaks when his female target goes after him]]
** The [[Pepe Le Pew]] cartoons -- all 17 of them (15, if you discount "Odor of the Day" <ref>which was really just your average screwball Looney Tunes cartoon</ref> and the cameo appearance at the end of "Dog Pounded") teach [[Viewers are Morons|impressionable, screwed-up kids]] that masculine persistence in the face of manifest resistance, even outright revulsion, on the part of the female target, is a virtue worthy of reward <ref>Translation: It pays to be a stalker-cum-rapist, especially if you're charming and French, and [[Dave Chappelle]] was right about what he said about watching the Pepe cartoons at an older age on ''Killing 'Em Softly''</ref>. Doesn't help that Pepe's cartoons generally make clear that it's his smell and his enthusiasm that makes him repellant to women -- and it '''''really''''' doesn't help that there are three Pepe shorts (1949's "For Scentimental Reasons" -- ''which won an Oscar'', 1952's "Little Beau Pepe," and 1959's "Really Scent") that show that [[No Guy Wants to Be Chased|he freaks when his female target goes after him]]
* Most [[Disney Princess|Disney Princesses]] have no specified age, but Aurora and Ariel were both explicitly said to be 16, and at least Ariel married [[Fourth Date Marriage|at the end of the movie]]. This would be legal in Europe, where most Disney Princesses live, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Europe down to the present day], but even though it's legal within 60% of the United States (depending on state), it's generally frowned upon.
* Most [[Disney Princess|Disney Princesses]] have no specified age, but Aurora and Ariel were both explicitly said to be 16, and at least Ariel married [[Fourth Date Marriage|at the end of the movie]]. This would be legal in Europe, where most Disney Princesses live, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Europe down to the present day], but even though it's legal within 60% of the United States (depending on state), it's generally frowned upon.
** A straight example would be Snow White. In the original story she was ''seven'' when she was married, and in the Disney movie she can't be much older than 14.
** A straight example would be Snow White. In the original story she was ''seven'' when she was married, and in the Disney movie she can't be much older than 14.
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** [[In Universe]] example: The Po-Ho do a ritual that one scientist regards as barbaric, and Dr. Quest comments that it is, but by their standards, not the Po-Ho's.
** [[In Universe]] example: The Po-Ho do a ritual that one scientist regards as barbaric, and Dr. Quest comments that it is, but by their standards, not the Po-Ho's.
* ''[[Scooby Doo]] Where Are You'' had a rather embarrassing example of this in the episode "Mystery Mask Mix-Up", where Scooby and Shaggy dress in Chinese garb and both don bad Chinese accents (real bad). This scene ends with a scene of Shaggy randomly gaining squinty eyes and buck teeth.
* ''[[Scooby Doo]] Where Are You'' had a rather embarrassing example of this in the episode "Mystery Mask Mix-Up", where Scooby and Shaggy dress in Chinese garb and both don bad Chinese accents (real bad). This scene ends with a scene of Shaggy randomly gaining squinty eyes and buck teeth.
* Non-negative, possibly deliberate example in the [[Kung Fu Panda]] movies: Both [[Big Bad|Big Bads]], who are villainous by at least Western standards as being mass murderers, are even worse morally from a Confucian perspective, which makes sense [[Fridge Brilliance|given these are movies about China]]. [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Tai Lung]] is pretty guilty of familial impiety (turning on one's mentor), which is a major sin in the value system (as in "actively counter to the philosophy"), while [[Evil Overlord|Lord Shen]] is more-or-less a living blasphemy against it's moral code ([[Complete Monster|cruel]], [[Bad Boss|disloyal]], and again, [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking|filial impiety]]).
* Non-negative, possibly deliberate example in the [[Kung Fu Panda]] movies: Both [[Big Bad|Big Bads]], who are villainous by at least Western standards as being mass murderers, are even worse morally from a Confucian perspective, which makes sense [[Fridge Brilliance|given these are movies about China]]. [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Tai Lung]] is pretty guilty of familial impiety (turning on one's mentor), which is a major sin in the value system (as in "actively counter to the philosophy"), while [[Evil Overlord|Lord Shen]] is more-or-less a living blasphemy against it's moral code ([[Complete Monster|cruel]], [[Bad Boss|disloyal]], and again, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|filial impiety]]).
* ''[[School House Rock]]'' devotes two segments to Manifest Destiny and assimilation, both of which are rather more controversial and/or out of favor than they were in 1976.
* ''[[School House Rock]]'' devotes two segments to Manifest Destiny and assimilation, both of which are rather more controversial and/or out of favor than they were in 1976.
* The entire [[Four Fingered Hands]] trope is this to Japan, as the [[Yakuza]] used to [[Yubitsume|chop the fingers off of those unable to pay debts]].
* The entire [[Four-Fingered Hands]] trope is this to Japan, as the [[Yakuza]] used to [[Yubitsume|chop the fingers off of those unable to pay debts]].
** The Yakuza typically cut off fingers from each other as punishment for failure. In Japan missing fingers are seen as a sign of ''being'' a Yakuza, not being a victim of Yakuza.
** The Yakuza typically cut off fingers from each other as punishment for failure. In Japan missing fingers are seen as a sign of ''being'' a Yakuza, not being a victim of Yakuza.
* Occurs in-Universe in ''[[Young Justice (Animation)|Young Justice]]'': in the beginning of the episode "Image" {{spoiler|Black Canary is shown a video of herself kissing Superboy, to her astonishment. The woman in the video is actually Miss Martian, playing a game common on Mars (where everyone can shapeshift and read minds). The real Black Canary is not pleased.}}
* Occurs in-Universe in ''[[Young Justice (Animation)|Young Justice]]'': in the beginning of the episode "Image" {{spoiler|Black Canary is shown a video of herself kissing Superboy, to her astonishment. The woman in the video is actually Miss Martian, playing a game common on Mars (where everyone can shapeshift and read minds). The real Black Canary is not pleased.}}
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