History Radar / MAD

** [[SerialEscalation In "Class of the Titans" They drop FIVE F-BOMBS]]! Justified in that the name of the character who drops these five F-bombs is Curseus.

Like ''MADtv'' and ''MAD'' magazine itself, this show became notorious for pushing the boundaries of acceptable content on television.

** Both episodes originally aired rated TV-PG like every other episode, but sooner or later, they were re-rated TV-PG-L.

** The PantyShot from "Grey's In Anime" (shown on the page).

* Lots of the parodies shown are mash-ups of movies and TV shows that are normally for anyone over 14 years old (''Cloverfield'', ''Jersey Shore'', ''CSI'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Avatar'', ''Mama'', ''Glee'', ''Total Recall'', ''The Avengers'', ''What to Expect When You're Expecting'', ''The Iron Lady'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''How I Met Your Mother'', etc) with movies and TV shows that are suitable for kids (''My Little Pony'', ''Bob The Builder'', ''Adventure Time'', ''Regular Show''[[note]]more or less[[/note]], ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', ''iCarly'', ''Pokémon'', etc), so every episode gets crap past the radar via using ParentalBonus (including a lot of references to movies, TV shows, and fads from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s), along with toilet humor and some mild sexual innuendo.
* The "Grey's In Anime" sketch gave '''Pedobear''' a cameo. However, he was [[CaptainErsatz painted green and wasn't showing his standard facial expression]], though the animatic version of the sketch had Pedobear as he's commonly shown.
** The PantyShot, also from "Grey's In Anime" (shown on the page).

* Lots of the parodies shown are mash-ups of movies and TV shows that are normally for anyone over 14 years old (''Cloverfield'', ''Jersey Shore'', ''CSI'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Avatar'', ''Mama'', ''Glee'', ''Total Recall'', ''The Avengers'', ''What to Expect When You're Expecting'', ''The Iron Lady'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''How I Met Your Mother'', etc) with movies and TV shows that are suitable for kids (''My Little Pony'', ''Bob The Builder'', ''Adventure Time'', ''Regular Show''[[note]]more or less[[/note]], ''[[SpongeBob SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', ''iCarly'', ''Pokémon'', etc), so every episode gets crap past the radar via using ParentalBonus (including a lot of references to movies, TV shows, and fads from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s), along with toilet humor and some mild sexual innuendo.

* [[TheOffice Meredith]] says she's got [[INeedAFreakingDrink just the thing]] for [[Franchise/{{X-Men}} Rogue]] in "The Clawfice" after Rogue tries to absorb her persona and becomes depressed.

* In ''[[ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Snott Pilgrim vs]] [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the Wonderful World of Disney]]'', where the title character has to fight the 7 dwarves, who are Snow's "evil exes", we hear this:

* And in "Fantastic Megan Fox" Megan Fox considers targeting ScarlettJohansson's eyes...just as the camera focused on her breasts.

* In "Big Time Rushmore," one of the costume ideas GeorgeWashington, ThomasJefferson, TheodoreRoosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln wear to create their boy band image are kinky, S&M-style leather attire. AbrahamLincoln is the only one who liked wearing his costume and when the four turn back to normal thanks to their fairy godmother Taylor Swift, Abe is the only one who keeps his costume.

Well, [[WesternAnimation/{{Mad}} the cartoon]] ''is'' rated TV-PG (and it is said to be the revamped version of ''Series/{{MADtv}}'', which was rated TV-14 and not meant for children to begin with, despite its many SubvertedKidsShow sketches, both animated and live-action), so a page like this is expected, but even by Creator/CartoonNetwork's standards (if any) for PG-rated shows outside of Creator/AdultSwim, the writers do manage to sneak some stuff in that makes viewers wonder/exclaim, "WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids!"

* They parody a lot of movies that are more suited for older audiences -- that parody of ''Unstoppable'' mixed with ''Thomas the Tank Engine'', ''The Bourne Identity'' mixed with ''Toy Story 3'' (and a little bit of ''Inception''), ''I Love You Man'' mixed with ''Iron Man'', ''iCarly'' mixed with ''CSI: Miami''...
** ''They made a Film/{{District 9}} parody'' ("The Fresh Prawn of Bel Air"). Granted, it parodied ''TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' more than it did ''Film/{{District 9}}'', but the question remains: if ''MAD'' is supposed to be a kids' show, why the heck would the writers use ''Film/{{District 9}}'' for a parody?
*** The original animatic was supposed to have one of the prawns on a cover of ''Vanity Fair'' which had the words, "Sex" written on it over and over again. On the actual show, this was replaced with illegible scribbling.

* In the opening of "''[[TheLoneRanger Lone]] {{Rango}} / {{DoctorWho}}[[WhoseLineIsItAnyway 's Line is it Anyway?]]''", they actually get away with explicitly talking about two animals mating. And yes, they say "mating".
* In ''Film/2012 [[101Dalmations Dalmations]]'', a puppy's response to the day saying they need to ''fix'' the situation.
* "Aw, it that a Buzz Lightyear? I used to sleep with one of those every night." "...Keep talking."

[[caption-width-right:If Creator/CartoonNetwork can get away with a PantyShot on a kids show, imagine what else they can do...]]

* In the opening of "''[[TheLoneRanger Lone]] {{Rango}} / {{DoctorWho}}[[WhosLineIsItAnyway 's Line is it Anyway?]]''", they actually get away with explicitly talking about two animals mating. And yes, they say "mating".

Well, [[WesternAnimation/{{Mad}} the cartoon]] ''is'' rated TV-PG (and it is said to be the revamped version of ''MADtv'', which was rated TV-14 and not meant for children to begin with, despite its many SubvertedKidsShow sketches, both animated and live-action), so a page like this is expected, but even by Creator/CartoonNetwork's standards (if any) for PG-rated shows outside of Creator/AdultSwim, the writers do manage to sneak some stuff in that makes viewers wonder/exclaim, "WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids!"

* Speak and Swear on "Rejected ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' Characters": "How the [bleep] should I know!?". Granted, it was [[ThisTropeIsBleep bleeped out]], but it still counts.

* Lots of the parodies shown are mash-ups of movies and TV shows that are normally for anyone over 14 years old (''Cloverfield'', ''Jersey Shore'', ''CSI'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Avatar'', ''Mama'', ''Glee'', ''Total Recall'', ''The Avengers'', ''What to Expect When You're Expecting'', ''The Iron Lady'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''How I Met Your Mother'', etc) with movies and TV shows that are suitable for kids (''My Little Pony'', ''Bob The Builder'', ''Adventure Time'', ''Regular Show''[[note]]more or less[[/note]], ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''iCarly'', ''Pokemon'', etc), so every episode gets crap past the radar via using ParentalBonus (including a lot of references to movies, TV shows, and fads from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s), along with toilet humor and some mild sexual innuendo.

* "{{Pokemon}} [[Franchise/JurassicPark Park]]": "Yeah, we got their balls! [[ThatCameOutWrong ...Stop laughing!"]]. The fact that the James parody says it makes it even funnier.

* Spider-Baby got away with a strong breastfeeding joke involving Mary Jane coming in to babysit.
** Getting more specific, the scene has Mary Jane ask Spider-Baby, "Is someone hungry?" in a seductive voice, with the camera visibly zooming on her boobs.

** Another one: "S'Up", which is a mash-up of an innocent family-friendly movie (''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'') with a very sleazy and very reviled reality show (''Jersey Shore'').
** They also did a ''TwoAndAHalfMen'' parody ("Two and a Half Man") that included a drunk driving reference (Charlie crashes his car into the house and belches), a bestiality reference (it's implied that Alan's son is from his "summer in Narnia"), several moments of ToiletHumor, and Charlie hitting on an ice princess with the line, "Wanna see my [[UnusualEuphemism vuvuzela]]?" It also helps that the episode that had this sketch aired around the time that the real CharlieSheen was once again making the news for being a train-wreck.
** They did ''two'' parodies of ''Keeping Up With the Kardashians'': one was ''Keeping Up with the Car-Crashians'' that featured the Kardashian sisters getting into car accidents and the other was a mash-up of ''Keeping Up With the Kardashians'' with ''Conan the Barbarian''. Seriously, either the writers [[IdiotBall don't know what shows are age-appropriate for kids]] or they ''do'' know, but figure [[RefugeInAudacity it's much more fun to slip it in their show, so long as the censors don't notice]].
*** Given that ''MAD'' Magazine has been doing parodies of "adult" movies since the 1960s and '70s (including such classics as ''Film/TheGodfather'', ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', and America's first X-rated movie [[note]] back when the X rating just meant that it was rated "R" or a really heavy "PG-13" at most[[/note]], ''Midnight Cowboy'', this could just be a case of the show staying doggedly loyal to the source material (unlike [[MADtv the previous sketch show that was based on "MAD" Magazine]]), no matter what the cost. On top of that, the show's audience (or even its PeripheralDemographic) may have seen or even heard of some of the kid-unfriendly shows and movies being parodied.

* In "What to Expect when you're Expecto Patronum", a mash-up of "What to Expect when you're Expecting" and Harry Potter, they got away with this:
--> [[InnocentInnuendo Teenage Wizard: Come on! You can do it!]]
--> [[InnocentInnuendo Teenage Witch: I can't! It's too hard!]]
** When the camera scrolls down, you can see him helping her cast a spell, but it's obvious what the pun is (especially with their facial expressions before it scrolls down). Yes, MAD got away with possibly one of the most blatant sex jokes in the history of Cartoon Network.

* In "Total Recall Me Baby", a mash-up of "Total Recall" and Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe", there was an adult joke where they randomly showed a three-breasted old woman, referencing Kaitlyn Leeb's character from the original ''Total Recall''. You know, the '''''hooker with the three boobs'''''?
* In "''[[JerseyShore S']]{{Film/Up}}''", they got away with a drug joke. They came over for a party, and since the house is in the air, are now "really high".

** Give up? It's [[spoiler: midgets]].
* In "Total Recall Me Baby", a mash-up of "Total Recall" and Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe", there was an adult joke where they randomly showed a three-breasted old woman, referencing the three-breasted woman from Total Recall. What makes matters worse was the woman they were referencing (played by Kaitlyn Leeb) [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids WAS A HOOKER]]!
* Has no one else noticed that in the adds for [[ItMakesSenseInContext "QuickerSand" and "QuickishSand"]] they showed explorers ''drowning in quicksand'' onscreen?!
* In "Rainbow Dash and Bernstein", when asked why he's alive, Crash responds, "I don't know, why are you alive?" Cue beat and all three of them looking awkwardly at the camera. [[DontExplainTheJoke If you don't get it, it's awkward because Crash essentially asked how the kid was made...]]