History WesternAnimation / TheThreeFriendsAndJerry

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The series is a production with roots in Sweden and the United Kingdom, debuting on {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} in Latin America and was part of [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family]]'s "The Basement" block (a block of cartoons that came on around the time that most kids would be out of school, back in the days when free-to-air TV and basic cable channels that weren't like Toon Disney or Creator/CartoonNetwork[[note]]read: channels that show animated shows 24/7/365[[/note]] had animation blocks on during weekday afternoons). Sadly, it was, in a way, too ahead of its time. The show was criticized for its child-unfriendly content, including sexual references, illegal and morally questionable actions that children might see as fun to imitate, and offensive language (one episode had the kids get in trouble for swearing).

* ValuesDissonance: This show passes for a kids show back in Europe, where there is less prudishness on sexual and rather crude humor. In America, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar people were wondering how it got on TV in the first place.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Lots of it. A lot of people who remember this show even have said how perverted it was for a kids' show (and was the reason why the show didn't last in America). The worst part about this is, at one point, when the show was available On Demand, it was shown on PBS Kids Sprout (home to safe, inoffensive kids' shows, some of which have educational value). And one of the episodes that were on demand on that channel was the one where Thomas goes catatonic after seeing Tony's girlfriend naked in the shower after inadvertently walking in on her. Also, HIT Entertainment still distributes the show outside Scandinavia and Germany (according to the mirror of an old HIT's [[http://ecc.netlink.info/hit/hit_ecat.html website]]), despite having decayed into the preschool program producer and distributor.

The Three Friends and Jerry (1998-1999) is an animated television series, created by Magnus Carlsson and co-produced by two production companies. One Swedish, the other British.

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The series is a production with roots in Sweden and the United Kingdom, debuting on {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} in Latin America and was part of [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family]]'s "The Basement" block (a block of cartoons that came on around the time that most kids would be out of school, back in the days when free-to-air TV and basic cable channels that weren't like Toon Disney or Creator/CartoonNetwork[[note]]read: channels that show animated shows 24/7/365[[/note]] had animation blocks on during weekday afternoons). Sadly, it was, in a way, too ahead of its time. The show was criticized for its child-unfriendly content, including sexual references, illegal and morally questionable actions that children might see as fun to imitate, and offensive language (one episode had the kids get in trouble for swearing). While Fox Family screwed it over in 2000, 3 years later, [[NetworkToTheRescue FoxBox (Later, 4Kids TV) acquired the series and treated extremely well to the point it was the second most aired show on the network]].

The series is a production with roots in Sweden and the United Kingdom, debuting on {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} in Latin America and was part of [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family]]'s "The Basement" block (a block of cartoons that came on around the time that most kids would be out of school, back in the days when free-to-air TV and basic cable channels that weren't like Toon Disney or Creator/CartoonNetwork[[note]]read: channels that show animated shows 24/7/365[[/note]] had animation blocks on during weekday afternoons). Sadly, it was, in a way, too ahead of its time. The show was criticized for its child-unfriendly content, including sexual references, illegal and morally questionable actions that children might see as fun to imitate, and offensive language (one episode had the kids get in trouble for swearing). It only aired for one year in America and only spawned 39 episodes.

* CommonKnowledge: The American MoralGuardians outrage which supposedly resulted in the show's cancellation after just one season never happened. In fact, Fox Family ran the show for '''two seasons''' lasting until at least April of 2000, as [[http://web.archive.org/web/20000408222823/http://foxfamilychannel.com/entryframe2.htm this]] schedule page from their website-archived via the Wayback Machine-will gladly clarify.

The series is a production with roots in Sweden and the United Kingdom, debuting on {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} in Latin America and was part of FOX Family Channel's "The Basement" block (a block of cartoons that came on around the time that most kids would be out of school, back in the days when free-to-air TV and basic cable channels that weren't like Toon Disney or Creator/CartoonNetwork[[note]]read: channels that show animated shows 24/7/365[[/note]] had animation blocks on during weekday afternoons). Sadly, it was, in a way, too ahead of its time. The show was criticized for its child-unfriendly content, including sexual references, illegal and morally questionable actions that children might see as fun to imitate, and offensive language (one episode had the kids get in trouble for swearing). It only aired for one year in America and only spawned 39 episodes.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Lots of it. A lot of people who remember this show even have said how perverted it was for a kids' show (and was the reason why the show didn't last in America). The worst part about this is, at one point, when the show was available On Demand, it was shown on PBS Kids Sprout (home to safe, inoffensive kids' shows, some of which have educational value). And one of the episodes that were on demand on that channel was the one where Frank goes catatonic after seeing Tony's girlfriend naked in the shower after inadvertently walking in on her. Also, HIT Entertainment still distributes the show outside Scandinavia and Germany (according to the mirror of an old HIT's [[http://ecc.netlink.info/hit/hit_ecat.html website]]), despite having decayed into the preschool program producer and distributor.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Lots of it. A lot of people who remember this show even have said how perverted it was for a kids' show (and was the reason why the show didn't last in America). The worst part about this is, at one point, when the show was available On Demand, it was shown on PBS Kids Sprout (home to safe, inoffensive kids' shows, some of which have educational value). And one of the episodes that were on demand on that channel was the one where Frank goes catatonic when he sees Tony's girlfriend changing in front of him. Also, HIT Entertainment still distributes the show outside Scandinavia and Germany (according to the mirror of an old HIT's [[http://ecc.netlink.info/hit/hit_ecat.html website]]), despite having decayed into the preschool program producer and distributor.

* ValuesDissonance: This show passes for a kids show back in Europe, where there is less prudishness on sexual and rather crude humor. In America, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar well people were wondering how it got on TV in the first place.]]
* {{Yellowface}}: Mimmi, in the original Swedish version of the series. In the United States, her skin color was changed due to original skin color being offensive towards East Asians.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Lots of it. A lot of people who remember this show even have said how perverted it was for a kids' show (and was the reason why the show didn't last in America). The worst part about this is, at one point, when the show was available On Demand, it was shown on PBS Sprout (home to safe, inoffensive kids' shows, some of which have educational value). And one of the episodes that were on demand on that channel was the one where Frank goes catatonic when he sees Tony's girlfriend changing in front of him. Also, HIT Entertainment still distributes the show outside Scandinavia and Germany (according to the mirror of an old HIT's [[http://ecc.netlink.info/hit/hit_ecat.html website]]), despite having decayed into the preschool program producer and distributor.

* TheScrapegoat: Jerry is always blamed for any misfortune that befalls the Three Friends, whether he really is at fault or not.

* BlandantLies: Jerry has a habit of telling these often in order to try to sound cool. Most people don't buy it but sometimes humor him just to watch him fail to live up to them.

* {{Jerkass}}: Anybody who is not Jerry or the vicar.

** In a more general sense, The Girls are often just as bad, if not even ''worse'', than The Three Friends. They are often portrayed as very shallow, manipulative, and will be enamored, then repulsed, by the Three Friends for very petty reasons, often contradicting what they themselves said earlier.