Y'know, Pokemon are pretty sick!

[Elok]

I was channel-surfing the other day, came across one of the bajillion Pokemon shows they've got on Cartoon Network. And it suddenly occurred to me (though I doubt I'm the first one to think this) that the whole Pokemon thing is really warped.

I mean, you've got these little kids running around imprisoning wild animals in tiny little balls. The only times they're let out is to fight one another for entertainment. There's this whole industry of people competing to see whose animals can win, for cash or glory or something. It's basically Mexican cockfighting, only the "chickens" can breathe fire, call down lightning, etc. Oh, and the animals aren't killed, only rendered "unable to battle" with little X's over their eyes. Aww, how cute, the wittle Pikachu got a concussion and passed out. WTF? We can't show nipples or swear words to kids, but other little kids playing an everlasting, sanitized-for-TV bloodsport is fine? Man, that's really messed up! Isn't it?

I'm not saying Pokemon is turning children into animal-abusing monsters or anything. But we let some chronically twisted stuff on the air without thinking twice. Whoa.

[Japher]

You should watch more cartoons. A lot of them are pretty distrubing.

[Tattila the Hun]

Yah, like Tom & Jerry.

[Ming]

Remember Bugs Bunny in drag

[General Ludd]

What's wrong with drag?

[Ming]

That was pretty racey stuff back then... the whole bugs bunny seduction of elmer fudd in "What's Opera Doc" was a little ahead of its time

[Gibsie]

I had "Basil Brush" on TV yesterday and they made a joke about "uranus" looking good, which got a "thank you" from the the fox muppet in return.

England is the sickest.

[General Ludd]

I don't remember the name but there's a cartoon about babies with super powers that all involve snot, barf, ect... That's the only cartoon that I've ssen which I would be comfortable calling "sick"


And I should add that it's not neccisariy the premise that bothers me - it could be done well, I'm sure, but the only point of the cartoon is to be as vulgar and gross as possible.

[Elok]

If you're talking about bad stuff Bugs Bunny did, look up the old "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips" from WWII. Nothing like a cartoon campaign of genocide...Popeye, too, in "You're a Sap, Mr. Jap."

[Sandman]

Originally posted by General Ludd
I don't remember the name but there's a cartoon about babies with super powers that all involve snot, barf, ect... That's the only cartoon that I've ssen which I would be comfortable calling "sick"


And I should add that it's not neccisariy the premise that bothers me - it could be done well, I'm sure, but the only point of the cartoon is to be as vulgar and gross as possible.

I remember seeing that. Its wikipedia article is stone dead, so it never managed to gain any lasting success. Thank god.

[Kidlicious]

I don't know if it is the cartoons, but kids seem to be more and more ****ed up everyday.