History of Cartoon Violence (Warning: Adult Content)

I like the graphic with Popeye, GI Joe and all

Ironically, I wonder if some videogames had fit partially the void left by violent cartoons? And strange then these soccer moms forgot the news broadcast who bring their shares of violence...
 
Disney channel is named the main enemy of showing violence and -quote- most importantly hangovers -quote- yet i remember an episode of Phineas and Ferb with Doofenshmirtz having a giant headache on the morning after a party.

Ah well, it's not like the rest of the article makes more sense to me.
 
My definition of violence is a bit different; I only consider it actual violence if there's repercussions shown for the actions. Serious results like wounds, death, endangerment of life, and so forth. Bugs Bunny and Kim Poissible aren't exactly what I use if talking about violence in our animation. Otherwise it's just random comedic hijinks.
 
I agree. I expected the article to be about the decline in realistic violence in cartoons since the mid-late 90's and early 00's (which is when realistic violence/suspense/danger in children's cartoons hit its peak) to now. Instead it was about comedic violence, which I don't think is really in any significant danger of being soccer-mommed away.


BTW, what's up with Spongebob being so low on the violence scale? I don't remember any Loony Tunes character ever getting hit in the face with a nuclear pie bomb.
 
One gag that I've always thought was extremely violent, all things considered, is when Papa Bear would smash Junior in the face with a shovel. That was 60 years ago.
 
This cartoon violence stuff first came up back in the late 60's - early 70's. The do-gooders of the world were convinced that watching Daffy Duck get his beak blown off on Saturday morning would turn us all into junior axe murderers or some such nonsense. Of course, these same people were oblivious to the fact that the Vietnam war was broadcast on TV every night in living color, showing us real violence with real people ending up real dead. I didn't buy their argument then and I'm not sure I do now. I mean, seriously, I haven't killed anyone in days. :evil:

I remember attending a lecture given by Bob Clampett around 1980. Someone asked if his cartoons were ever censored for violence. He responded, "what violence?".

Interesting article, though. I like Kim Possible a lot, but it's not really fair to compare her to Bugs Bunny. I mean, Bugs is ... BUGS. He's the acme, the top, the best of the best, the one we all really want to be. And I'll keep watching Duck, Rabbit, Duck until I'm a dead old man.
 
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