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** "The Story of Jimmy Rebel" and "Pause" have not been seen much in reruns. The former was banned because it was deemed to be too racist (even by the show's normal standards), while the latter was banned because Creator/TylerPerry complained that Winston Jerome [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed was based on him]]. The good news is that both episodes are uncut and uncensored on DVD and, on May 29, 2020, "Pause" aired on Adult Swim as part of a marathon. The bad news is that HBO Max only has "Pause" available.

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** "The Story of Jimmy Rebel" and "Pause" have not been seen much in reruns. The former was banned because it was deemed to be too racist (even by the show's normal standards), standards, which is odd for a show that's already packed with a lot of racial humor), while the latter was banned because Creator/TylerPerry complained that Winston Jerome [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed was based on him]]. The good news is that both episodes are uncut and uncensored on DVD and, on May 29, 2020, "Pause" aired finally reran again on Adult Swim as part of a marathon. The bad news [adult swim] for the first time since 2010, following the BET 2-parter's premiere on the same night, and is that now on HBO Max only has "Pause" available.(sadly, "The Story of Jimmy Rebel" isn't on there, though this is more because the streaming service premiered around the time of major "Black Lives Matter" protests over George Floyd's murder from police brutality).
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** Creator/ReginaKing voices both of the Freeman brothers. And of course, Huey and Riley frequently talk with each other.

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** Creator/ReginaKing voices both of the Freeman brothers. And of course, Huey and Riley frequently talk with each other. They also share a Quebecois voice actress, Creator/PascaleMontreuil.
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** "The Story of Jimmy Rebel" and "Pause" have not been seen much in reruns. The former was banned because it was deemed to be too racist (even by the show's normal standards), while the latter was banned because Creator/TylerPerry complained that Winston Jerome [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed was based on him]]. The good news is that both episodes are uncut and uncensored on DVD and, on May 29, 2020, both episodes aired on Adult Swim as part of a marathon. The bad news is that HBO Max only has "Pause" available.

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** "The Story of Jimmy Rebel" and "Pause" have not been seen much in reruns. The former was banned because it was deemed to be too racist (even by the show's normal standards), while the latter was banned because Creator/TylerPerry complained that Winston Jerome [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed was based on him]]. The good news is that both episodes are uncut and uncensored on DVD and, on May 29, 2020, both episodes "Pause" aired on Adult Swim as part of a marathon. The bad news is that HBO Max only has "Pause" available.
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** Aaron [=McGruder=] originally wanted to pitch a series of TV specials based on the comic strip, à la ''{{ComicStrip/Peanuts}}'', but quickly realized that such shows weren't really en vogue anymore.

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** Aaron [=McGruder=] originally wanted to pitch a series of TV specials based on the comic strip, à la ''{{ComicStrip/Peanuts}}'', ''{{Franchise/Peanuts}}'', but quickly realized that such shows weren't really en vogue anymore.

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* ChannelHop: More like Production Company Hop. Though the ContinuityReboot will still be produced by Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision, it's now going to be co-produced by Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation, as opposed to Adelaide Productions, SPT's animation arm became dormant when the original ''Boondocks'' did.



** John Witherspoon, Robert's voice actor, died on October 29, 2019, after having been announced to be reprising his role for the reboot.

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** John Witherspoon, Creator/JohnWitherspoon, Robert's voice actor, died on October 29, 2019, after having been announced to be reprising his role for the (now canceled) reboot.



** In "Return of the King", an elderly UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr inspires a political reawakening among the African American community, which eventually results in a large crowd of protesters angrily surrounding the gates of the White House. The [[UsefulNotes/BlackLivesMatterMovement George Floyd protests]] of 2020 saw nationwide civil unrest as a reaction against police brutality and racial injustice, including a demonstration in which protesters surrounded the White House.

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** In "Return of the King", an elderly UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr inspires a political reawakening among the African American community, which eventually results in a large crowd of protesters angrily surrounding the gates of the White House. The [[UsefulNotes/BlackLivesMatterMovement [[UsefulNotes/BlackLivesMatter George Floyd protests]] of 2020 saw nationwide civil unrest as a reaction against police brutality and racial injustice, including a demonstration in which protesters surrounded the White House.



** Robert Freeman will be recast in the reboot as John Witherspoon died in 2019.



** [=McGruder=] originally wanted to pitch a series of TV specials based on the comic strip, à la ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', but quickly realized that such shows weren't really en vogue any more.
** The idea of Michael Caesar getting introduced into the show was floated around. However, it never became a reality due to a failure to find a voice actor for him.
** There were failed plans for a live-action movie about Uncle Ruckus. [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/362353100/the-uncle-ruckus-movie?ref=nav_search It fell short of its intended funding goal on]] Website/{{Kickstarter}}.
** Season 4 was originally going to have 20 episodes, but due to [=MacGruder=] leaving the show, the order was cut down to only 10 episodes.
** John Witherspoon was set to reprise his role as Robert in the reboot, but he died in October 2019. It is unknown if he had recorded any dialogue prior to his passing.

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** Aaron [=McGruder=] originally wanted to pitch a series of TV specials based on the comic strip, à la ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', ''{{ComicStrip/Peanuts}}'', but quickly realized that such shows weren't really en vogue any more.
** The idea of Michael Caesar getting introduced into the show was floated around. However, it never became a reality due to a failure to find a voice actor for him.
** There were failed plans for a live-action movie about Uncle Ruckus. [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/362353100/the-uncle-ruckus-movie?ref=nav_search It fell short of its intended funding goal on]] Website/{{Kickstarter}}.
** Season 4 was originally going to have 20 episodes, but due to [=MacGruder=] leaving the show, the order was cut down to only 10 episodes.
** John Witherspoon was set to reprise his role as Robert in the reboot, but he died in October 2019. It is unknown if he had recorded any dialogue prior to his passing.
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** The idea of Michael Caesar getting introduced into the show was floated around. However, it never became a reality as [=McGruder=] couldn't decide on the right voice actor to be casted for the role.
** There were failed plans for a live-action movie about Uncle Ruckus. [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/362353100/the-uncle-ruckus-movie?ref=nav_search It fell short of its intended funding goal on]] {{Website/Kickstarter}}.
** Season 4 was originally going to have 20 episodes, but due to [=MacGruder=] leaving the show, the order was cut down to only 10 episodes.
** In 2018, [=McGruder=] proposed making a video game adaptation of the show, but this idea seems to have been quickly scrapped.
** In 2019, it was announced that ''The Boondocks'' would return as a ContinuityReboot on Creator/HBOMax, however these plans gradually descended down into DevelopmentHell. It may have started with John Witherspoon's unexpected death just a few months after stating he intended to reprise the role of Granddad. News on the reboot series' development was suspiciously quiet, and it wasn't until 2022 that it was officially confirmed to have already been canceled by Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision, leaving the franchise's fate uncertain.
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* CreatorChosenCasting: Ceaser, Huey's best friend and {{foil}} in the original comic strip, was AdaptedOut from the animated series specifically because Creator/AaronMcGruder couldn't think of a good voice actor for the character and wasn't happy with any of the choices he was given.

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* CreatorChosenCasting: Ceaser, Caesar, Huey's best friend and {{foil}} in the original comic strip, was AdaptedOut from the animated series specifically because Creator/AaronMcGruder couldn't think of a good voice actor for the character and wasn't happy with any of the choices he was given.
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* SelfAdaptation: Aaron McGruder created the original comic strip as well as the animated series based on it, and he wrote all the episodes of the series' first three seasons (though he was absent for the fourth season).

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* SelfAdaptation: Aaron McGruder [=McGruder=] created the original comic strip as well as the animated series based on it, and he wrote all the episodes of the series' first three seasons (though he was absent for the fourth season).
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* SelfAdaptation: Aaron McGruder created the original comic strip as well as the animated series based on it, and he wrote all the episodes of the series' first three seasons (though he was absent for the fourth season).
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** The comic strip was very topical, and most of the humor revolved around the political news and popular culture of the time; it stands out as a product of [[TheNineties the late 1990s]] and (especially) [[TurnOfTheMillennium the early-to-mid 2000s]], in the same way ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty''[='s=] humor made it a product of [[TheEighties the 1980s]].
** The music of Thugnificent and Gangstalicious is an element specific to the show that ties it to the period it was made, as the styles of rap that they parody (crunk for the former, snap for the latter, and more generally the "ringtone rap" era for both) were enormously popular in the middle of the decade, but were CondemnedByHistory by 2009. Thugnificent's career decline can be seen as a nod to crunk's demise, but overall, their presence dates itself.
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* CreatorChosenCasting: Ceaser, Huey's best friend and {{foil}} in the original comic strip, was AdaptedOut from the animated series specifically because Creator/AaronMcGruder couldn't think of a good voice actor for the character and wasn't happy with any of the choices he was given.

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** John Witherspoon, Robert's voice actor, died on October 29, 2019, after having been announced to be reprising his role for the reboot.
** The same goes for his voice actor in the Japanese dub, Yuji Mikimoto, who also died at the same year.


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* DiedDuringProduction:
** John Witherspoon, Robert's voice actor, died on October 29, 2019, after having been announced to be reprising his role for the reboot.
** The same goes for his voice actor in the Japanese dub, Yuji Mikimoto, who also died at the same year.
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** Had it not been for her scheduling conflicts, Music/AliciaKeys would have been the voice actress for Huey.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** The comic strip was very topical, and most of the humor revolved around the political news and popular culture of the time; it stands out as a product of [[TheNineties the late 1990s]] and (especially) [[TurnOfTheMillennium the early-to-mid 2000s]], in the same way ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty''[='s=] humor made it a product of [[TheEighties the 1980s]].
** The music of Thugnificent and Gangstalicious is an element specific to the show that ties it to the period it was made, as the styles of rap that they parody (crunk for the former, snap for the latter, and more generally the "ringtone rap" era for both) were enormously popular in the middle of the decade, but were CondemnedByHistory by 2009. Thugnificent's career decline can be seen as a nod to crunk's demise, but overall, their presence dates itself.
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** The Latin American Spanish dub offers an interesting case: The first three episodes were dubbed in Argentina, and shown there, since there weren't any plans to show this series in the rest of the region. For unexplained reasons, the Argentinian dub was canceled, and the rest of the episodes were dubbed in Mexico instead. Also, the Argentinian-dubbed episodes were never shown in the rest of Latin America.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/SamuelLJackson, who's best known for playing {{Scary Black M|an}}en, as Gin Rummy, a ''white guy''.

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Creator/SamuelLJackson, who's best known for playing {{Scary Black M|an}}en, as Gin Rummy, a ''white guy''.guy''.
** In the Japanese dub, and while [[YaoiGenre not the first time we hear him voicing such characters before]], Creator/KazuyaNakai's (Gangstalicious) main speciality is either voicing either hot-blooded heroes, villains, or violent thugs. In this series, he is voicing a violent thug who happens to be [[{{Gayngster}} gay]].
** Also from the same dub, Creator/KunihikoYasui (Tom [=DuBois=]) is well known for voicing either villains or anti-heroes, like [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Iori Yagami]] and [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Haruki Kusakabe]]. Tom is basically [[ExtremeDoormat the opposite of such roles]].

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* AuthorExistenceFailure: John Witherspoon, Robert's voice actor, died on October 29, 2019, after having been announced to be reprising his role for the reboot.

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John Witherspoon, Robert's voice actor, died on October 29, 2019, after having been announced to be reprising his role for the reboot.reboot.
** The same goes for his voice actor in the Japanese dub, Yuji Mikimoto, who also died at the same year.



* CrossDressingVoices: Huey and Riley Freeman are both voiced by actress Creator/ReginaKing. Her normal speaking voice even sounds like Huey.

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* CrossDressingVoices: Huey and Riley Freeman are both voiced by actress Creator/ReginaKing. Her normal speaking voice even sounds like Huey. The same goes in foreign dubs

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* LifeImitatesArt: In "The Trial of R. Kelly", R. Kelly wins his trial in spite of the overwhelming evidence against him. Three years after the episode aired, R. Kelly was acquitted of all charges in his trial.

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In "The Trial of R. Kelly", R. Kelly wins his trial in spite of the overwhelming evidence against him. Three years after the episode aired, R. Kelly was acquitted of all charges in his trial.trial.
** In "Return of the King", an elderly UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr inspires a political reawakening among the African American community, which eventually results in a large crowd of protesters angrily surrounding the gates of the White House. The [[UsefulNotes/BlackLivesMatterMovement George Floyd protests]] of 2020 saw nationwide civil unrest as a reaction against police brutality and racial injustice, including a demonstration in which protesters surrounded the White House.

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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Robert's voice actor, John Witherspoon, died on October 29, 2019, after having been announced to be reprising his role for the reboot.

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* AuthorExistenceFailure: John Witherspoon, Robert's voice actor, John Witherspoon, died on October 29, 2019, after having been announced to be reprising his role for the reboot.



** John Witherspoon was set to reprise his role as Robert in the 2020 reboot, but he died in October 2019. It is unknown if he had recorded any dialogue prior to his passing.

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** John Witherspoon was set to reprise his role as Robert in the 2020 reboot, but he died in October 2019. It is unknown if he had recorded any dialogue prior to his passing.
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** After the documentary ''Surviving R. Kelly'' came out in 2019, [adult swim] started skipping "The Trial of R. Kelly" during their regular rotation. Ironically, this happened when Huey's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards R. Kelly and everyone dancing in court after Music/RKelly is found innocent went viral online. In 2020, it returned to rotation[[note]]Compare to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E1StarkRavingDad Stark Raving Dad]]", which was banned after the documentary about Music/MichaelJackson's sexual abuse scandal ''Leaving Neverland'' was released, but unlike "The Trial of R. Kelly", "Stark Raving Dad" hasn't come back and probably never will, though, thanks to semi-legal downloading and older DVD copies of ''The Simpsons'' third season, it is available if you look hard[[/note]] and HBO Max has the episode uncut and uncensored.

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** After the documentary ''Surviving R. Kelly'' came out in 2019, [adult swim] started skipping "The Trial of R. Kelly" during their regular rotation. Ironically, this happened when Huey's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards R. Kelly and everyone dancing in court after Music/RKelly is found innocent went viral online. In 2020, it returned to rotation[[note]]Compare to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E1StarkRavingDad Stark Raving Dad]]", which was banned after the documentary about Music/MichaelJackson's sexual abuse scandal ''Leaving Neverland'' was released, but unlike "The Trial of R. Kelly", "Stark Raving Dad" hasn't come back and probably never will, though, thanks to semi-legal downloading and older DVD copies of ''The Simpsons'' third season, it is available if you look hard[[/note]] rotation and HBO Max has the episode uncut and uncensored.
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* ShortRunInPeru: "The Hunger Strike" and "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show" made their world premieres on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in March 2008 before airing in Latin America a little bit later and finally premiering in the United Statea in ''May 2020'' due to the aforementioned ban in the U.S.

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* ShortRunInPeru: "The Hunger Strike" and "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show" made their world premieres on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in March 2008 before airing in Latin America a little bit later and finally premiering in the United Statea States in ''May 2020'' due to the aforementioned ban in the U.S.

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* ShortRunInPeru: "The Hunger Strike" and "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show" made their world premieres on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in March 2008 before airing in Latin America a little bit later and finally premiering in the US in ''May 2020'' due to the aforementioned ban in the States.

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* ShortRunInPeru: "The Hunger Strike" and "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show" made their world premieres on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in March 2008 before airing in Latin America a little bit later and finally premiering in the US United Statea in ''May 2020'' due to the aforementioned ban in the States.U.S.

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** After the documentary ''Surviving R. Kelly'' came out in 2019, [adult swim] started skipping "The Trial of R. Kelly" during their regular rotation. Ironically, this happened when Huey's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards R. Kelly and everyone dancing in court after Music/RKelly is found innocent went viral online. As of 2020, it has returned to rotation[[note]]Compare to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E1StarkRavingDad Stark Raving Dad]]", which was banned after the documentary about Music/MichaelJackson's sexual abuse scandal ''Leaving Neverland'' was released, but unlike "The Trial of R. Kelly", "Stark Raving Dad" hasn't come back and probably never will, though, thanks to semi-legal downloading and older DVD copies of ''The Simpsons'' third season, it is available if you look hard[[/note]] and HBO Max has the episode uncut and uncensored.

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** After the documentary ''Surviving R. Kelly'' came out in 2019, [adult swim] started skipping "The Trial of R. Kelly" during their regular rotation. Ironically, this happened when Huey's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards R. Kelly and everyone dancing in court after Music/RKelly is found innocent went viral online. As of In 2020, it has returned to rotation[[note]]Compare to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E1StarkRavingDad Stark Raving Dad]]", which was banned after the documentary about Music/MichaelJackson's sexual abuse scandal ''Leaving Neverland'' was released, but unlike "The Trial of R. Kelly", "Stark Raving Dad" hasn't come back and probably never will, though, thanks to semi-legal downloading and older DVD copies of ''The Simpsons'' third season, it is available if you look hard[[/note]] and HBO Max has the episode uncut and uncensored.

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** An unaired pilot was pitched to the Creator/{{Fox}} network. It wouldn't be until 2016 when Carl Jones uploaded a clip on [[https://twitter.com/iamcarljones/status/729067923168317442/video/1 his Twitter account]].

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** An unaired pilot was pitched to the Creator/{{Fox}} network. It wouldn't be until 2016 when Carl Jones uploaded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL0r5kSMVLE a clip on [[https://twitter.com/iamcarljones/status/729067923168317442/video/1 his Twitter account]].was posted online]].

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* CrossDressingVoices: Huey and Riley Freeman are both voiced by actress Creator/ReginaKing (her normal speaking voice even sounds like Huey Freeman).

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* CrossDressingVoices: Huey and Riley Freeman are both voiced by actress Creator/ReginaKing (her Creator/ReginaKing. Her normal speaking voice even sounds like Huey Freeman).Huey.
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* CrossDressingVoices: Huey and Riley Freeman are both voiced by the actress Creator/ReginaKing.

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* CrossDressingVoices: Huey and Riley Freeman are both voiced by the actress Creator/ReginaKing.Creator/ReginaKing (her normal speaking voice even sounds like Huey Freeman).
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** Robert Freeman will be recast in the reboot as John Witherspoon died in 2019.
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** After the documentary ''Surviving R. Kelly'' came out in 2019, [adult swim] started skipping "The Trial of R. Kelly" during their regular rotation. Ironically, this happened when Huey's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards R. Kelly and everyone dancing in court after Music/RKelly is found innocent went viral online. As of 2020, it has returned to rotation[[note]]Compare to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E1StarkRavingDad Stark Raving Dad]]", which was banned after the documentary about Music/MichaelJackson's sexual abuse scandal ''Leaving Neverland'' was released, but unlike "The Trial of R. Kelly", "Stark Raving Dad" hasn't come back and probably never will[[/note]] and HBO Max has the episode uncut and uncensored.

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** After the documentary ''Surviving R. Kelly'' came out in 2019, [adult swim] started skipping "The Trial of R. Kelly" during their regular rotation. Ironically, this happened when Huey's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards R. Kelly and everyone dancing in court after Music/RKelly is found innocent went viral online. As of 2020, it has returned to rotation[[note]]Compare to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E1StarkRavingDad Stark Raving Dad]]", which was banned after the documentary about Music/MichaelJackson's sexual abuse scandal ''Leaving Neverland'' was released, but unlike "The Trial of R. Kelly", "Stark Raving Dad" hasn't come back and probably never will[[/note]] will, though, thanks to semi-legal downloading and older DVD copies of ''The Simpsons'' third season, it is available if you look hard[[/note]] and HBO Max has the episode uncut and uncensored.

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