Top 10 Shocking Kids Show Scandals

Despite these shows being made for kids, they were surrounded by scandal. For this list, we’ll be looking at times that children’s TV programs ended up in hot water thanks to various controversies, even if the shows were misinterpreted or the complainants weren’t in the right in any way. Our countdown includes a censored dance between Pearl and Rose Quartz on "Steven Universe" (2013-19), allegations against an Elmo actor on "Sesame Street" (1969-), prejudice against Tinky Winky on "Teletubbies" (1997-2001), and more! What do you think of these scandals? Are there any we missed? Let us know in the comments!

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[WatchMojo]

What do you think of these scandals? Are there any we missed? Let us know in the comments!

[ashleybrown]

Bob the Builder works construction, so he's probably gonna throw down some F bombs on a pretty regular basis.

[ipettynote]

Wait people really had a problem with teenage Dora?? damn people are reaching...

[greninjastorm]

"Spiders can't hurt you."

Have you never heard of a brown recluse? Australia is the obvious answer for dangerous spiders, but there's brown recluse spiders, black widows, etc

[thMandalorian]

Spongebob is a sponge, he doesn’t have a sexual orientation 😂

[marbzy]

Dora's a teenager now? Didn't know that. I thought she was cursed to be a kid forever.

[emiebex]

Remember When Elmo was dancing around Katy Perry's short dress? People were actually thinking Elmo was looking up her skirt.🙄

[mrvincentjackson]

I had figured the situations with Dan Schneider would be on here too, especially with what he did with iCarly. If you don't know about it, look it up. It's disturbing.

[KevyNova]

I’m surprised Pee-wee’s Playhouse didn’t make this list. When the show started, Pee-wee was given a list of phrases, such as “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours”, that he was not allowed to say but he took that as a challenge and worked as many of them into the show as he could.

[cesarvictorino]

Top 10 Kids Shows That Would Be Great and Pg-13 or Rated R Shows.

[DanBen]

From interviews I've heard from the Creator of Teletubbies about
Tinky Winky. She never thought about the gay thing. Purple because a boy or girl can where purple. The antenna is like an upside down coat hanger that people use to put on TVs get a signal. He has a handbag as lots of young kids sometimes dress up or pretend to be mummy or daddy.

[WDB]

If you know Bob the builder your childhood was awesome

[MrDMC]

Controversy can really hurt children's television. Understandably people would rather be safe than sorry when comes to their kids.

[missviolet]

When Kid Nation came out, I was in primary school. My friends and I watched nearly every episode. At the time, we were obsessed with it. We even wanted to be on the show.

Now as an adult, I realised how exploitative this show was. Those poor children.

[DKQuagmire]

i'm not for or against lgbtq stuff, but censoring a harmless dance scene involving 2 female characters is ridiculous!
there was also a scene in one of the my little pony cartoons where a character has 2 mums, and that was never censored.
Busters postcards. a spin off show from Arthur, had an episode pulled from airing, for also portraying a family living a normal happy life, with 2 mums! my head hurts from thinking about all this.

[nikkibest]

" People were up in arms about it on social media ". No, how shocking! That never happens on an every day basis over every single thing that ever happens in todays world.

[Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Never really understood the handbag-thing. A guy having that is still somehow way better than anyone having a fannypack.

[Silverheart]

I’m surprised the episode of Arthur where their Teacher Mr Ratburn marries another man isn’t on this list.

[baileyjones]

Most of these in my opinion are not that controversial. Seems to me like a bunch of snowflakes looking for outrage about everything

[davidpumpkinsjr.]

There was a list not too different from this one a while ago and I'm surprised that neither list mentioned the "unpleasantness" surrounding Jimmy Savile and "Jim'll Fix It".