Trivia / The Simpsons S9E5 "The Cartridge Family"

• Banned in China: The heavy references to guns and Reckless Gun Usage being Played for Laughs (and shown in such a way that glamorizes guns and/or makes gun misuse susceptible to imitation in real life) got this episode banned on the UK's Sky One channel. It didn't help that production started just after the Dunblane school massacre which resulted in the passage of the Firearms (Amendment) Act of 1997. It was available on the VHS release "The Simpsons: Too Hot for TV", and when The BBC (the terrestrial broadcaster of The Simpsons in the UK from 1997 to 2004) got the rights to season 9, they had no qualms about showing the episode uncut. Sky followed suit when the rights reverted to them. This episode was also broadcast by Channel 4 (the successor to the BBC as the show's terrestrial broadcaster), but they cut the end where Marge goes to throw away the gun, only to keep it for herself when she sees how good she looks with it in the trashcan reflection.
• Deleted Scene: After Snake flees from the Sleep-Eazy Motel, Chief Wiggum arrives late expecting to stop a crime. He then smells the complimentary breakfast that was given to Marge by the Sleep-Eazy Clerk and eats it.
• Surprisingly Lenient Censor: The Fox censors were nervous about some of the episode's subject matter, such as Homer pointing the gun in Marge's face, and Bart aiming the gun at Milhouse with the apple in his mouth, but ultimately let it go.

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