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** An in-universe example occured when Krusty tried in one episode to go back to stand-up, only to discover the audience found his routine dated and uncomfortable, especially the embarrassing Asian stereotype.
* As noted in the anime section, many Americans seem to read perverse subtext into non-sexual [[Panty Shot|Panty Shots]]. But this also is true for older western cartoons such as ''Little Lulu'' and ''Little Audrey'' (their entries in the [[Panty Shot]] article are referred to as "disturbing"). Let's look at context here, people: These are characters who originated in [[The Thirties|the 1930s]] and [[The Forties|1940s]] respectively, when pedophilia was't even talked about, and they were supposed to be just cute (but mischevious) little girls wearing dresses. And, well, when you're a kid and you wear a dress, sometimes your underwear shows. It was supposed to be ''realism'', people, not ''fanservice''. [[Fridge Logic|The fact that there are people out there reading sexual undertones into something meant to be totally innocent would mean... ]]
* How about the ever-lovable Disney? At least two examples from older films are pretty much banned from being shown in this day and age, one being ''[[Song of the South]]'', the other being a short segment from the original ''[[Fantasia]]''. Both for major issues with racism. ''Song of the South'' is pretty obvious in how it violates modern values, but in ''Fantasia'', it's the character Sunflower of the Pastoral Symphony. Looking at her, you can probably figure out [[media:Centuar high res 2637.jpg|why]]. She's been completely cut from the movie since 1969.
** At least four episodes of Disney's ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' had jokes that played off Chinese stereotypes. One of these that is particularly remembered poorly was a subpolt in the series' pilot which
* ''[[Daria]]'' has more than a few examples where the show's original target audience (loner/"outsider" teens) will likely agree with the Aesop but adults and other teens may find it rather ridiculous. The show often portrayed participating in extracurricular activities as inherently negative and the adults as fools for encouraging participation in them. While anti-social teens would overwhelmingly agree with that, most parents probably would see the adults as not all that unreasonable and some may even be offended by the portrayal of jocks and cheerleaders as always incredibly stupid. The show also took vicious jabs at school field trips to places like the mall or playing paintball--which most high schoolers would consider a far more fun time than at typical day at school.
** Another example is in "The New Kid" where Daria while working on the yearbook reluctantly manages to get the pages for sports and clubs pulled. The teacher in charge of the yearbook agrees to put them back in only after a harsh beating. While most wouldn't agree with this means of it, removing the pages is something that most people probably would find unreasonable and unfair to those who worked hard on such clubs and on the sports teams.
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