History BannedEpisode / WesternAnimation

* Creator/{{Netflix}} had to pull the ''WesternAnimation/MayaTheBee'' episode "King Willi" after a mother caught what appeared to be a phallic shape carved on a log and [[MoralGuardians openly railed against it]]. That image she caught [[StreisandEffect spread all over the internet]], and in a strange way, it may have garnered the series more attention than ever.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episodes "The Great [=MacGrady=]" and "Room to Ride/The Frensky Family Fiasco", got pulled due to the Lance Armstrong doping incident (Armstrong cameoed on both episodes). The former episode was remade for season 24, replacing Lance Armstrong with a fictional wrestler named Uncle Slam Wilson. However, the official PBS Kids [=YouTube=] channel uploaded the original version for some reason.

** The "WesternAnimation/CensoredEleven", a group of eleven Creator/WarnerBros cartoons withheld from all syndication and network rerun packages since 1968 for heavy Black stereotyping.[[note]]Three of these shorts – ''Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land'', ''Jungle Jitters'', and ''All This and Rabbit Stew'' – are known to have fallen into the PublicDomain, meaning that, despite the ban, they can be found on video sites and some gray-market home media releases.[[/note]] The list includes the following cartoons…

* ''WesternAnimation/SoupeOpera'': Supposedly, the episode with the bat was banned because its wings gave children seizures.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E10 Hail to the Chief/Twistory]]" These episodes were withdrawn from broadcast on Nickelodeon in the U.S. after their premiere due to inappropriate violent mockeries of the past US Presidents, particularly in the latter episode[[note]]though the caricatures of the founding fathers returned in "Escape From Wish Island" with no issue; it's often thought the heavy British stereotyping was more of an issue, but other episodes featured that as well[[/note]], though they started airing on television again in December 2016. These episodes can be found on the Nick Picks Vol. 3 [=DVD=], Season 2 DVD and Paramount+.

* ''WesternAnimation/XavierRiddleAndTheSecretMuseum'': "I Am Jackie Robinson / I Am Anna Pavlova" was banned after August 2020, because viewers complained about the Jackie Robinson episode watering down history and systemic racism. To be specific, the episode compared minor disagreements between kids (i.e the playground bully not liking Yadina's red jacket) to racism. It is still available on digital platforms.

* The ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Ready for the Bettys" was pulled from reruns between 2009 and 2015 due to legal issues with a real-life band called The Bettys that the writers were unaware of at the time. As a side effect, "Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown" was pulled due to featuring that episode's song in the #10 spot, and "The Flying Fishmonger" was pulled due to being paired with "Ready for the Bettys". Both episodes were finally aired again in the United States on the Disney Channel on May 22, 2015, and the episodes are still available on services such as iTunes, Netflix, and Disney+.

** The two-part Season 2 finale, "The Hunger Strike" and "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show", which openly and viciously lampooned Creator/{{BET}}, were removed due to legal threats from BET and its parent company Creator/ParamountGlobal. These two episodes finally premiered on [adult swim] on May 29, 2020, during a ''Boondocks'' marathon (while Canadian cartoon channel, Teletoon, merely aired the episodes with a warning that stated that the jokes about BET are not the views and opinions of anyone who works at Teletoon, making one wonder [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot why Cartoon Network's Adult Swim couldn't have done the same thing]]). They are now available on Creator/HBOMax completely uncut.

** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS28E18LookingForMrGoodbart Looking For Mr. Goodbart]]" was banned in Russia for depicting Homer playing a stand-in for ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'' in church. Due to the unintentional parallel to a real-life incident where a Russian blogger got in trouble for playing the game in a church in St. Petersburg, the Orthodox Church suspected the episode of being "Hollywood propaganda" seeking to defame their country's society.

** Additionally, the episodes "Propane Boom" and "Death of A Propane Salesman" were temporarily banned after 9/11, due to their plots revolving around Megalo-Mart blowing up.

** FOX banned the eighth season episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E21PartialTermsOfEndearment Partial Terms of Endearment]]" because it dealt with abortion. The episode was later released as a DVD-exclusive episode (like "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" did before actually airing on TV) and has aired on most international channels like the UK's Creator/{{BBC}}3 (though the international versions are the edited versions that have scenes cut for content and/or time reasons).

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'' episode "Straight Illin" only aired once on Creator/CartoonNetwork and was pulled due to complaints over disgusting content. The episode is available to see on HBO Max's "Cartoon Network" section.

* In [[UsefulNotes/AustralianWildlife Australia]], a ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'' episode of all things was banned, because it taught that [[ValuesDissonance spiders are harmless]], which isn't something you want to teach Australian children, as the spiders in that country are among the most poisonous on the planet. It did accidentally air on the feed of Nick Jr. Australia gets (which is the same as the Asian feed) before a parent complained about it.

* ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam'': In July 2016, Creator/HiTEntertainment withdrew episode 7 of Season 9, "Troubled Waters", as it featured a scene where Elvis slips over a piece of paper while holding a tray of tea. In a FreezeFrameBonus, the paper is showing '''[[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/26/19/369CA3BA00000578-3709281-image-a-8_1469557205964.jpg verses 13-26 of chapter 69 of]] Literature/TheQuran'''. For context, wilfully or negligently damaging any physical copy of the Quran is considered an act of sacrilege in Islam, so having a page from it just lying around to be trodden on like that would be taken as a major insult. [=HiT=] later stated that they would no longer be working with Creator/XingXingDigitalCorporation, the animation company that inserted the controversial image. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes The episode was later removed from Channel 5's on-demand service, so good luck trying to find it online]].