Stuff in old cartoons that seems really screwed up now

[shades of eternity]

Speedy Gonzolas.

There's a reason a lot of his early work didn't make it into anthologies.

Paradoxically, he was awesome in that strange loony toons sitcom where he owned a restaurant.

[bob fett]

image.jpg
Rambo runs around with some kids each episode and shows them how it's done.

[K7P5V]

There was one episode, set during the French Revolution...or maybe it was a Three Musketeers parody...anyway, Tom was tasked with preventing mice from eating all the food for a banquet or something. Of course Jerry wins against him. It ends with a shot of the guillotine - Tom was beheaded. Jerry got Tom killed all so he could eat lavishly, and of course this being Tom and Jerry was portrayed somewhat heroically/in the "pro"tagonist role. The hero got someone killed just to eat fine cheese and fruits and meats.

That's a seriously messed up episode! I mean, usually Tom is the one messing with Jerry and gets his comeuppance, but Jerry was totally the villain here and Tom still pays, this time in bleakly morbid fashion...

Great example! Although, it still continues to be televised on a somewhat regular basis...

[80sbaby]

The "Mammy" maid from Tom and Jerry would definitely not fly today.

[Castle]

The "Mammy" maid from Tom and Jerry would definitely not fly today.

there was a reason why gone with the wind got cancelled last summer.

[The Cool Thatguy]

Everything in Exo-Squad.

Still love it, mind...

[Derek Metaltron]

The way they got away with Joker killing people in BTAS by having them with those creepy grins, even though every kid knew that was death if they didn't get caught in time.

[Powerboy]

Speedy Gonzolas.

There's a reason a lot of his early work didn't make it into anthologies.

Paradoxically, he was awesome in that strange loony toons sitcom where he owned a restaurant.

Love the character but it plays, I suppose, to the "Mexicans are all thieves" mentality. And, of course, Slowpoke Rodriquez.

[Samm]

Speedy Gonzolas.

There's a reason a lot of his early work didn't make it into anthologies.

Paradoxically, he was awesome in that strange loony toons sitcom where he owned a restaurant.

I don’t see anything wrong with Speedy! He’s awesome! Pretty popular among Latinos... I need him to return in the Looney Tunes reboot on HBO Max

[AndrewCrossett]

Yep, Speedy Gonzalez is very popular in Mexico... but there I assume his voice is dubbed in Spanish with something less stereotypical.

The nastiest racial stuff was the anti-Japanese material in the wartime cartoons. Unlike the other racial stereotyping, this was motivated by actual malice and hatred and was really nasty. They made fun of the Germans too, but it wasn't nearly as vicious.

[Konja7]

Love the character but it plays, I suppose, to the "Mexicans are all thieves" mentality. And, of course, Slowpoke Rodriquez.

I don't think the he fits in "Mexicans are all thieves" stereotype when Speedy is an heroic thieve.

What it is the stereotype of Slowpoke Rodriguez?

Yep, Speedy Gonzalez is very popular in Mexico... but there I assume his voice is dubbed in Spanish with something less stereotypical.

Yeah. His voices is pretty normal in Mexican dub (he has an "accent").

[Vakanai]

Yep, Speedy Gonzalez is very popular in Mexico... but there I assume his voice is dubbed in Spanish with something less stereotypical.

The nastiest racial stuff was the anti-Japanese material in the wartime cartoons. Unlike the other racial stereotyping, this was motivated by actual malice and hatred and was really nasty. They made fun of the Germans too, but it wasn't nearly as vicious.

True - but it's been a bit reversed ever since, the Nazis now are far more likely to be portrayed as evil stereotypes than WWII era Japanese. Understandable considering the holocaust against the Jews, although the Japanese weren't innocent concerning racist war crimes either, just ask the Chinese or the Koreans.

[Celgress]

there was a reason why gone with the wind got cancelled last summer.

I'm so glad I have the uncut film on blu-ray. While it does have major issues, as a film and history buff I find Gone With the Wind endlessly fascinating (including the making of featurettes).

[DanMad1977]

Still, kids love Tom and Jerry and can distinguish the cartoon world from the real world.

Its the same with fairy tales from the brothers grimm.

[Dr. Skeleton]

Great example! Although, it still continues to be televised on a somewhat regular basis...

Yeah, that episode disturbed me from that day forward, and how Tuffy responded being a little turd about it made you wish Tom won in that episode.

And the other Tom & Jerry episode in which Tom was hiding inside a gift box to lure Jerry into a trap. When Jerry comes out and sees the present, he decides to stick needles in the box and then saw it in half while Tom was inside. This show had some really graphic sh!t.

Also, a majority of old Looney Tunes shows were pretty messed up as well.