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So, because I'm a sperg who watches cartoons for kids, I've been watching Star Vs. The Forces of Evil a lot lately.
I think it's very good, very fast paced and has great animation. It almost seems like a kid-friendly version of Rick and Morty, complete with dimensional travel and a pair of opposite main characters.
I honestly think it's a dillion times better than Steven Universe.
 
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Trilby said:
No other cartoon was as open to alternative lifestyles than this!
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This is truer than we know. Cow and Chicken was one of the most sexually confused cartoons ever made.

Remember all those jokes about C&C's dad being a woman (and the mom being a man)? Remember how the Red Guy was alternately male or female depending on the short, despite not even changing the voice?

This is presumably why CN has not tried to reboot it. In fact, a lot of CN's old hits are probably never going to get rebooted. Johnny Bravo? The title character alone is enough to draw controversy these days, never mind that we're supposed to laugh with him. Ed, Edd n Eddy? No sympathetic female characters. (Though the fact it was produced at another studio might be just why; same with Courage the Cowardly Dog)...

Indeed, the reason The Powerpuff Girls is getting rebooted is because CN wants to position it as their "girl power" property. And all the signs point to them making it the kind of show the original was not. The clip that's come out lately? The villain's name is fucking Manboy, and he's a neckbeard stereotype.
 
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Steamboat_Bill said:
This is presumably why CN has not tried to reboot it. In fact, a lot of CN's old hits are probably never going to get rebooted. Johnny Bravo? The title character alone is enough to draw controversy these days, never mind that we're supposed to laugh with him. Ed, Edd n Eddy? No sympathetic female characters. (Though the fact it was produced at another studio might be just why; same with Courage the Cowardly Dog)...

Indeed, the reason The Powerpuff Girls is getting rebooted is because CN wants to position it as their "girl power" property. And all the signs point to them making it the kind of show the original was not. The clip that's come out lately? The villain's name is fucking Manboy, and he's a neckbeard stereotype.
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iirc, there was a villain on PPG that basically was an SJW feminist. and the girls basically told her to cut that shit out in the end (my memory is hazy, it's been a long time). that wouldn't sit well nowadays. also i'm sure the fact that the girl have a father but not a mother would make people breakdown and have a rage fit.
 
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ZehnBoat said:
iirc, there was a villain on PPG that basically was an SJW feminist. and the girls basically told her to cut that shit out in the end (my memory is hazy, it's been a long time). that wouldn't sit well nowadays. also i'm sure the fact that the girl have a father but not a mother would make people breakdown and have a rage fit.
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Oh, yeah. That was a great episode.

Oddly enough, they're bringing Him back and he doesn't seem to be changed, even though he'd probably throw SJWs into a frenzy if he were in a modern cartoon.
 
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Steamboat_Bill said:
This is truer than we know. Cow and Chicken was one of the most sexually confused cartoons ever made.

Remember all those jokes about C&C's dad being a woman (and the mom being a man)? Remember how the Red Guy was alternately male or female depending on the short, despite not even changing the voice?

This is presumably why CN has not tried to reboot it. In fact, a lot of CN's old hits are probably never going to get rebooted. Johnny Bravo? The title character alone is enough to draw controversy these days, never mind that we're supposed to laugh with him. Ed, Edd n Eddy? No sympathetic female characters. (Though the fact it was produced at another studio might be just why; same with Courage the Cowardly Dog)...

Indeed, the reason The Powerpuff Girls is getting rebooted is because CN wants to position it as their "girl power" property. And all the signs point to them making it the kind of show the original was not. The clip that's come out lately? The villain's name is fucking Manboy, and he's a neckbeard stereotype.
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Lord knows PPG was perhaps the safest of the rest given the circumstances (still I like the idea of gender bending even when you're not blatently filling in those blanks).
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ZehnBoat said:
iirc, there was a villain on PPG that basically was an SJW feminist. and the girls basically told her to cut that shit out in the end (my memory is hazy, it's been a long time). that wouldn't sit well nowadays. also i'm sure the fact that the girl have a father but not a mother would make people breakdown and have a rage fit.
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Lord knows they didn't want to go down that road again! I think that villain was called "Femme Fatale".
 
Steamboat_Bill said:
This is truer than we know. Cow and Chicken was one of the most sexually confused cartoons ever made.

Remember all those jokes about C&C's dad being a woman (and the mom being a man)? Remember how the Red Guy was alternately male or female depending on the short, despite not even changing the voice?
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Don't forget the "carpet munching" episode with the biker chicks! (I think it only aired once, though)

EDIT: My mistake, I didn't realize you already mentioned it.
 
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ShiningPokeStar said:
Don't forget the "carpet munching" episode with the biker chicks! (I think it only aired once, though)
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I actually posted that one above.

Believe it or not, it was apparently banned because one person (literally one solitary person) sent a complaint in to Cartoon Network. Presumably it was after this that they also retired the "Barbequor" episode of Dial M for Monkey, with its gay Silver Surfer parody who was easily distracted by Judy Garland... great stuff. What a shame that you can't do that anymore.
 
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Steamboat_Bill said:
I actually posted that one above.

Believe it or not, it was apparently banned because one person (literally one solitary person) sent a complaint in to Cartoon Network. Presumably it was after this that they also retired the "Barbequor" episode of Dial M for Monkey, with its gay Silver Surfer parody who was easily distracted by Judy Garland... great stuff. What a shame that you can't do that anymore.
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It's a shame when one person makes a difference.

EDIT: Reminded myself of a Simpsons episode just now.
 
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ZehnBoat said:
iirc, there was a villain on PPG that basically was an SJW feminist. and the girls basically told her to cut that shit out in the end (my memory is hazy, it's been a long time). that wouldn't sit well nowadays. also i'm sure the fact that the girl have a father but not a mother would make people breakdown and have a rage fit.
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I actually remember how they did it specifically. Mainly, the villain's MO was to only steal coins with Susan B. Anthony on them because she hated men so much she didn't even want them on her money. So the girls proceed to lecture her on how Susan wanted to be punished like a man because she believed that equality should also apply to consequences. And then they beat the shit out of her, which lead to her whining about how her prison outfit made her look fat.

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maybe dobson can pick up where the show left off and finish Steven Universe
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I can already tell, they'd have to start censoring a little more in the UK version...
 
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