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''Ahmed and Salim'' (January 20th, 2009-August 23rd, 2011) is an Israeli animated web series on Website/YouTube, created by Tom Trager and Or Paz of ''WebVideo/{{Sugarzaza}}''. The series is, as the creators define it, a {{sitcom}} about [[BlackComedy terrorists]], focusing on the Muslim family, The Majhayeffs, who live in the [[FictionalProvince fictional Middle Eastern town]] of Khazbazbazstan, namely the [[NameAndName titular characters]], Ahmed and Salim, and their father, Yasser.
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''Ahmed and Salim'' (January 20th, 2009-August 2009–August 23rd, 2011) is an Israeli animated web series on Website/YouTube, created by Tom Trager and Or Paz of ''WebVideo/{{Sugarzaza}}''. The series is, as the creators define it, a {{sitcom}} about [[BlackComedy terrorists]], focusing on the Muslim family, The Majhayeffs, who live in the [[FictionalProvince fictional Middle Eastern town]] of Khazbazbazstan, namely the [[NameAndName titular characters]], Ahmed and Salim, and their father, Yasser.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Ahmed ''(left)'' and Salim ''(right)'']]'''Ahmed ''(right)'']]
''Ahmed andSalim''' ''(January Salim'' (January 20th, 2009-August 23rd, 2011)'' 2011) is an Israeli animated web series on ''[[Website/YouTube [=YouTube=]]]'', Website/YouTube, created by Tom Trager and Or Paz of ''[[WebVideo/{{Sugarzaza}} Sugarzaza]]''. ''WebVideo/{{Sugarzaza}}''. The series is, as the creators define it, a [[{{Sitcom}} sitcom]] {{sitcom}} about [[BlackComedy terrorists]], focusing on the Muslim family, The Majhayeffs, who live in the [[FictionalProvince fictional Middle Eastern town]] of Khazbazbazstan, namely the [[NameAndName titular characters]], Ahmed and Salim, and their father, Yasser.
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* PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie: This is the series version of this.
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* PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie: Post911TerrorismMovie: This is the series version of this.
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The characters all speak a gibberish language, which is supposedly supposed to be Arabic, though it's kind of a mixture of total gibberish and several different languages, mostly Arabic and Israeli, (as the voice actors speak Israeli). Their dialogue is accompanied by two sets of subtitles (one in Israeli and one in English) that translates them to actual dialogue.
** Aside from Israeli and Arabic, their language also includes occasional uses of English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, and Gibberish.
** Aside from Israeli and Arabic, their language also includes occasional uses of English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, and Gibberish.
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The characters all speak a gibberish language, which is supposedly supposed to be Arabic, though it's kind of a mixture of total gibberish and several different languages, mostly Arabic and Israeli, Hebrew, (as the voice actors speak Israeli). Hebrew). Their dialogue is accompanied by two sets of subtitles (one in Israeli Hebrew and one in English) that translates them to actual dialogue.
** Aside fromIsraeli Hebrew and Arabic, their language also includes occasional uses of English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, and Gibberish.
** Aside from
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* FictionalProvince: The show is set in the fictional Middle Eastern town of Khazbazbazstan.
* GroinAttack: Yasser has fallen victim to these more times than he'd like to admit.
** In "Episode 4", he was shot in the gonads by Salim, after the latter mistook the former for a Jew.
** In "Episode 6", Salim blended his testicles up in a blender.
** In "Episode 4", he was shot in the gonads by Salim, after the latter mistook the former for a Jew.
** In "Episode 6", Salim blended his testicles up in a blender.
* PaedoHunt: Most of the adult characters in this show, namely Yasser, Habub, and Depstik are pedophiles.
-->'''Yasser''': We too are intelligent human beings who deserve proper respect! [[ImmediateSelfContradiction Okay, I'm gonna go rape a bunch of 10-year-olds]].
-->'''Yasser''': We too are intelligent human beings who deserve proper respect! [[ImmediateSelfContradiction Okay, I'm gonna go rape a bunch of 10-year-olds]].
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The show obviously takes place in the United Arabic Emirates, though it's never specified which emirate. They live in the fictional town of "Khazbazbazstan", which just might be in a completely fictional emirate, altogether.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The show obviously takes place in the United Arabic Emirates, though it's never specified which emirate. They live in the fictional town of "Khazbazbazstan", which just might be in a completely fictional emirate, altogether.altogether.
* YourMom: In "Episode 1", Yasser threatened to kill Ahmed and Salim's mom if they didn't do as he commanded ... despite the fact that he already killed their mom.
-->'''Yasser''': I need you to do a very important mission for the organization.
-->'''Salim''': Oh, come on, father. Not now. [[Series/GilmoreGirls Gilmore Girls]] is about to start!
-->'''Yasser''': Shut your mouth, you pussy! ''[shoots his wife]'' Now do it or else I'll shoot your mother!
-->'''Ahmed''': But you just shot mom.
-->'''Yasser''': OH, WHAT A BUMMER!!!
* YourMom: In "Episode 1", Yasser threatened to kill Ahmed and Salim's mom if they didn't do as he commanded ... despite the fact that he already killed their mom.
-->'''Yasser''': I need you to do a very important mission for the organization.
-->'''Salim''': Oh, come on, father. Not now. [[Series/GilmoreGirls Gilmore Girls]] is about to start!
-->'''Yasser''': Shut your mouth, you pussy! ''[shoots his wife]'' Now do it or else I'll shoot your mother!
-->'''Ahmed''': But you just shot mom.
-->'''Yasser''': OH, WHAT A BUMMER!!!
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* EvilPlan: Yasser always has an evil plan to commit acts of terrorism in the name of Allah.
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* IAmNotMyFather: Ahmed and Salim seem to reject their father's idealism of radical Islamism. Though they don't actively combat it, more as they do view terrorism as a chore and blow it off to play video games instead.
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* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Although it's never specified whether they're in middle or high school, Ahmed and Salim fit this trope. Despite being raised in a terrorist family, Ahmed and Salim are just your average joes, who spend their time surfing the net and playing video games.
* PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie: This is the series version of this.
* PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie: This is the series version of this.
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* SkywardScream: It's a [[RunningGag running gag]] for Yasser to do this when [[SayMyName damning the names]] of Ahmed and Salim.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Ahmed ''(left)'' and Salim ''(right)'']]'''Ahmed and Salim''' ''(January 20th, 2009-August 23rd, 2011)'' is an Israeli animated web series on ''[[Website/YouTube [=YouTube=]]]'', created by Tom Trager and Or Paz of [[WebVideo/{{Sugarzaza}} Sugarzaza]].''[[WebVideo/{{Sugarzaza}} Sugarzaza]]''. The series is, as the creators define it, a [[{{Sitcom}} sitcom]] about [[BlackComedy terrorists]], focusing on the Muslim family, The Majhayeffs, who live in the [[FictionalProvince fictional Middle Eastern town]] of Khazbazbazstan, namely the [[NameAndName titular characters]], Ahmed and Salim, and their father, Yasser.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Ahmed ''(left)'' and Salim ''(right)'']]'''Ahmed and Salim''' ''(January 20th, 2009-August 23rd, 2011)'' is an Israeli animated web series on ''[[Website/YouTube [=YouTube=]]]'', created by Tom Trager and Or Paz. The series is, as the creators define it, a [[{{Sitcom}} sitcom]] about [[BlackComedy terrorists]], focusing on the Muslim family, The Majhayeffs, who live in the [[FictionalProvince fictional Middle Eastern town]] of Khazbazbazstan. The [[NameAndName titular characters]], Ahmed and Salim are two [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent average teenagers]] who love playing video games, watching TV, and screwing around on the internet, while their father, Yasser, constantly nags them to stop goofing around and commit acts of terrorism, [[IAmNotMyFather which they reluctantly do]]. However, on account of their laziness and stupidity, the duo usually messes up their tasks and it usually backfires on Yasser and his terrorist organization, pissing off the latter and causing him to [[SkywardScream scream to the sky]], "[[TitleDrop AHMED AND SALIM!]]".
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[[caption-width-right:350:Ahmed ''(left)'' and Salim ''(right)'']]'''Ahmed and Salim''' ''(January 20th, 2009-August 23rd, 2011)'' is an Israeli animated web series on ''[[Website/YouTube [=YouTube=]]]'', created by Tom Trager and Or Paz. Paz of [[WebVideo/{{Sugarzaza}} Sugarzaza]]. The series is, as the creators define it, a [[{{Sitcom}} sitcom]] about [[BlackComedy terrorists]], focusing on the Muslim family, The Majhayeffs, who live in the [[FictionalProvince fictional Middle Eastern town]] of Khazbazbazstan. The Khazbazbazstan, namely the [[NameAndName titular characters]], Ahmed and Salim, and their father, Yasser.
Ahmed and Salim are two [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent average teenagers]] who love playing video games, watching TV, and screwing around on the internet, while their father, Yasser, constantly nags them to stop goofing around and commit acts of terrorism, [[IAmNotMyFather which they reluctantly do]]. However, on account of their laziness and stupidity, the duo usually messes up their tasks and it usually backfires on Yasser and his terrorist organization, pissing off the latter and causing him to [[SkywardScream scream to the sky]], his episodic [[{{Catchphrase}} catchphrase]] "[[TitleDrop AHMED AND SALIM!]]".
Ahmed and Salim are two [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent average teenagers]] who love playing video games, watching TV, and screwing around on the internet, while their father, Yasser, constantly nags them to stop goofing around and commit acts of terrorism, [[IAmNotMyFather which they reluctantly do]]. However, on account of their laziness and stupidity, the duo usually messes up their tasks and it usually backfires on Yasser and his terrorist organization, pissing off the latter and causing him to [[SkywardScream scream to the sky]], his episodic [[{{Catchphrase}} catchphrase]] "[[TitleDrop AHMED AND SALIM!]]".
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As you can guess, the show is extremely controversial on account of how offensive it can be toward Muslims. Several episodes were taken down their original upload channel, though reuploads on other accounts are still abundant on ''[=YouTube=]''. The [[UsefulNotes/UnitedArabEmirates UAE]] actually banned the series from their country and the ''[=YouTube=]'' moderators have warned the creators that they could ban the series from their platform entirely if new episodes became too offensive ... which, of course, they did, leading to the platform forcing their show into cancellation, with their final episode airing on August 23rd, 2011. Tom Trager and Or Paz have gone on record, though in saying that ''Ahmed & Salim'' isn't meant to make fun of Muslims, as a whole. It's only supposed to make fun of Muslim ''terrorists'', specifically.
Despite its heavy censorship and forced cancellation, Ahmed & Salim had still become an online sensation, garnering around 2 million views per video and worldwide fans, some of which are Muslim, themselves and claim that they find the show hilarious and has developed a cult following, ever since.
Despite its heavy censorship and forced cancellation, Ahmed & Salim had still become an online sensation, garnering around 2 million views per video and worldwide fans, some of which are Muslim, themselves and claim that they find the show hilarious and has developed a cult following, ever since.
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As you can guess, the show is [[OvershadowedByControversy extremely controversial controversial]] on account of how offensive it can be toward Muslims. Several [[BannedEpisode episodes were taken down their down]] from the original upload channel, though reuploads on other accounts are still abundant on ''[=YouTube=]''. The [[UsefulNotes/UnitedArabEmirates UAE]] actually [[BannedInChina banned the series from their country country]] and the ''[=YouTube=]'' moderators have warned the creators that [[ScrewedByTheNetwork they could ban the series from their platform entirely entirely]] if new episodes became too offensive ... which, of course, they did, leading to the platform forcing their show into cancellation, with their final episode airing on August 23rd, 2011. Tom Trager and Or Paz have gone on record, though in saying that ''Ahmed & Salim'' isn't meant to make fun of Muslims, as a whole. It's only supposed to make fun of Muslim ''terrorists'', specifically.
Despite its heavy censorship and forced cancellation, Ahmed & Salim had still become an online sensation, garnering around 2 million views per video and worldwide fans, some of which are Muslim, themselves and claim that they find the show hilarious and has developed a [[CultClassic cultfollowing, following]], in Israel and [[BigInJapan America]], ever since.
Despite its heavy censorship and forced cancellation, Ahmed & Salim had still become an online sensation, garnering around 2 million views per video and worldwide fans, some of which are Muslim, themselves and claim that they find the show hilarious and has developed a [[CultClassic cult
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* AllJustADream: Several episodes end this way, as is the writers' most frequent ass-pull of an ending, which helps them get out of killing off their characters or resolving plots that are too complicated for them to solve.
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* TheFaceless: Salim's face is never shown, as he's always wearing his litham.
* ForeignCultureFetish: Ahmed and Salim are big fans of Western media, watching American sitcoms, playing video games that are popular in the states, and spending most of their time looking up memes and stupid videos on the internet, like any true American patriot.
* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Specifically the Middle Eastern cultures. Ahmed, Salim, and Yasser all come from the same family, yet they all wear completely different Islamic garbs.
* ForeignCultureFetish: Ahmed and Salim are big fans of Western media, watching American sitcoms, playing video games that are popular in the states, and spending most of their time looking up memes and stupid videos on the internet, like any true American patriot.
* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Specifically the Middle Eastern cultures. Ahmed, Salim, and Yasser all come from the same family, yet they all wear completely different Islamic garbs.
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* SiblingRivalry: Ahmed and Salim constantly bicker and argue, calling each other names like "Fudgepacker", "Wanker" and "Fidgy Banana". You know, like your typical teenage brothers do.
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The characters all speak a gibberish language, which is supposedly supposed to be Arabic, though it's kind of a mixture of total gibberish and several different languages, mostly Arabic and Israeli, (as the voice actors speak Israeli). Their dialogue is accompanied by two sets of subtitles (one in Israeli and one in English) that translates them.them to actual dialogue.
** Aside from Israeli and Arabic, their language also includes occasional uses of English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, and Gibberish.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: Ahmed is the big guy to Salim's little guy.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Yasser's "[[SayMyName AHMED AND SALIM!]]".
** There's also the term "Fidgy Banana", a made-up insult that Ahmed and Salim fling at each other every now and then.
** Aside from Israeli and Arabic, their language also includes occasional uses of English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, and Gibberish.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: Ahmed is the big guy to Salim's little guy.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Yasser's "[[SayMyName AHMED AND SALIM!]]".
** There's also the term "Fidgy Banana", a made-up insult that Ahmed and Salim fling at each other every now and then.
* LikableVillain: Ahmed and Salim are loveable terrorists since they seem to somewhat [[IAmNotMyFather reject their father's idealism of being evil]] and would [[IJustWantToBeNormal much rather live normal lives]], playing video games, watching TV, and wasting time on the internet.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The show obviously takes place in the United Arabic Emirates, though it's never specified which emirate. They live in the fictional town of "Khazbazbazstan", which just might be in a completely fictional emirate, alltogether.
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wives]] by shooting them dead.
* VillainProtagonist: The main characters are all Islamic fundamentalists who are guilty of rape, murder, and war crimes against the Jews.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The show obviously takes place in the United Arabic Emirates, though it's never specified which emirate. They live in the fictional town of "Khazbazbazstan", which just might be in a completely fictional emirate,alltogether.altogether.
* VillainProtagonist: The main characters are all Islamic fundamentalists who are guilty of rape, murder, and war crimes against the Jews.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The show obviously takes place in the United Arabic Emirates, though it's never specified which emirate. They live in the fictional town of "Khazbazbazstan", which just might be in a completely fictional emirate,
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AnimatedShockComedy: The show is extremely violent and offensive with the show heavily featuring stereotypical Islamic fundamentalists murdering Jewish people, blowing up synagogues, raping children, and having sex with animals.
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AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The characters all speak a gibberish language, which is supposedly supposed to be Arabic, though it's kind of a mixture of total gibberish and several different languages, mostly Arabic and Israeli, (as the voice actors speak Israeli). Their dialogue is accompanied by two sets of subtitles (one in Israeli and one in English) that translates them.
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ComicalTranslation: Being a show that's entirely spoken in foreign gibberish, the show utilizes this gag a lot. As mentioned before, their language is a mixture of other languages, English included. So, sometimes, the characters will say a word in English, which translates to something funny, according to the subtitles. (For instance: Their word for "Faggot" is "[[Music/GeorgeMichael George Michael]]", their word for "Internet" is "[[TheInternetIsForPorn Porno]]", their word for "Six Million" is "Holocaust", their word for "Nothing" is "[[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Seinfeld]]", their word for "iPhone" is "Expensive Shit", etc.)
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LaughTrack: In typical sitcom parody fashion, the show has this. Over the series, however, the canned laughter was toned down and used less frequently to make it a bit less annoying.
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MiddleEasternTerrorists: All of the characters are this.
*WhereTheHellIsSpringfield:NameAndName: Ahmed and Salim.
* RunningGag: This show has several.
** At the end of every episode, Yasser gets mad at Ahmed and Salim and screams out "[[SayMyName Ahmed and Saliiiiiiiim!]]" [[SkywardScream at the sky]].
** [[ComicalTranslation translation gags]], where spoken words in their language coincide with funny words in the subtitles.
** Yasser getting mad at his kids being annoying and taking out his anger on one of his many wives.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The show obviously takes place in the United Arabic Emirates, though it's never specified which emirate. They live in the fictional town of "Khazbazbazstan", which just might be in a completely fictional emirate, alltogether.
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** At the end of every episode, Yasser gets mad at Ahmed and Salim and screams out "[[SayMyName Ahmed and Saliiiiiiiim!]]" [[SkywardScream at the sky]].
** [[ComicalTranslation translation gags]], where spoken words in their language coincide with funny words in the subtitles.
** Yasser getting mad at his kids being annoying and taking out his anger on one of his many wives.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The show obviously takes place in the United Arabic Emirates, though it's never specified which emirate. They live in the fictional town of "Khazbazbazstan", which just might be in a completely fictional emirate, alltogether.
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'''Ahmed and Salim''' ''(January 20th, 2009-August 23rd, 2011)'' is an Isreali animated web series on ''[=YouTube=]'', created by Tom Trager and Or Paz. The series is, as the creators define it, a sitcom about terrorists, focusing on the Muslim family, The Majhayeffs, who live in the fictional Middle Eastern town of Khazbazbazstan. The titular characters, Ahmed and Salim are two average teenagers who love playing video games, watching TV, and screwing around on the internet, while their father, Yasser, constantly nags them to stop goofing around and commit acts of terrorism.
As you can guess, the show is extremely controversial on account of how offensive it can be toward Muslims. Several episodes were taken down their original upload channel, though reuploads on other accounts are still abundant on ''[=YouTube=]''. The [[UsefulNotes/UnitedArabEmirates UAE]] actually banned the series from their country and the ''[=YouTube=]'' moderators have warned the creators that they could ban the series from their platform entirely if new episodes became too offensive ... which, of course, they did, leading to the platform forcing their show into cancellation, with their final episode airing on August 23rd, 2011. Tom Trager and Or Paz have gone on record, though in saying that ''Ahmed & Salim'' isn't meant to make fun of Muslims, as a whole. It's only supposed to make fun of Muslim ''terrorists'', specifically.
Despite its heavy censorship and forced cancellation, Ahmed & Salim had still become an online sensation, garnering around 2 million views per video and worldwide fans, some of which are Muslim, themselves and claim that they find the show hilarious and has developed a cult following, ever since.
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As you can guess, the show is extremely controversial on account of how offensive it can be toward Muslims. Several episodes were taken down their original upload channel, though reuploads on other accounts are still abundant on ''[=YouTube=]''. The [[UsefulNotes/UnitedArabEmirates UAE]] actually banned the series from their country and the ''[=YouTube=]'' moderators have warned the creators that they could ban the series from their platform entirely if new episodes became too offensive ... which, of course, they did, leading to the platform forcing their show into cancellation, with their final episode airing on August 23rd, 2011. Tom Trager and Or Paz have gone on record, though in saying that ''Ahmed & Salim'' isn't meant to make fun of Muslims, as a whole. It's only supposed to make fun of Muslim ''terrorists'', specifically.
Despite its heavy censorship and forced cancellation, Ahmed & Salim had still become an online sensation, garnering around 2 million views per video and worldwide fans, some of which are Muslim, themselves and claim that they find the show hilarious and has developed a cult following, ever since.
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