Top 20 Controversial Moments In Animated Movies

Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the scenes from animated films that caused a stir due to mature themes or shocking content. Our countdown includes scenes from movies “All Dogs Go to Heaven”, "Wizards", "Bambi" and more! What film controversy will always stick with you? Let us know in the comments down below.

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What film controversy will always stick with you? Let us know in the comments down below.

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[SensationalBanana]

Not treating kids like fools and showing difficult themes to them helps grow empathy.

[juanjosealmanzar]

Animated movies are not only for kids. It can be a form of art. And there are lots of people who do not understand that

[SpammytheHedgehog]

Wait until the Commisioner finds out what Batman's been doing with his daughter.

[aliengranpa]

I think Optimus dying was more a Gen X thing, not millennials.

[boredpersonstory]

Back when kids movies didn't talk down to kids and wasn't filled to the brim with potty humor. Yeah a kid might have a nightmare but that was the fun part, the most remarkable rewatch and rememberable parts of the films.

[sdtagolf]

Grew up watching Optimus die multiple times and it hurt every time 😭

[SaturnGrl]

People want to complain how dark alot of the early Disney films were...yet...has anyone actually read the original stories they are based off of? The book "Pinocchio", for example, WAY darker than any on screen portrayal from Hollywood. In fact, I'd recommend looking up "Un burattino di nome Pinocchio" from 1971. It is an Italian animated film that follows the original book way more closely, with many of the darker moments included. This was not a Hollywood film, so they didn't hold back on the storybook details.

[elconferencistaaspergeraut]

The donkey transformation in Pinocchio is the one that represents for me true childhood trauma, and the whole Plague Dogs movie was hard to watch. And that's what makes me respect them both, as they make concience about our awful tendencies as society.
Whether vice, scams, traffic and animal abuse. Worst of all, none of any of the villains in both movies got what they deserved, which, again, is no different from our reality.

[COELACANTHofficial]

6:02
Keep in mind that the point of this movie was to teach children to listen to their parents and to not engage in bad behavior.

[civilwildman]

(Before watching) The death of Optimus Prime has to be in on this list...

[WildDancer]

Goes to show that art isn't just for kids, its for everybody.

[HimeRoseChibiChan]

People need to keep in mind that animation isn’t meant to coddle children. It’s supposed to tell effective stories for all to enjoy.

[HaleyJoAnna]

The fact that turning red is deemed controversial is ridiculous

[Jeremiah_Rivers]

The only good coming from “Hellfire” is how hard the song itself goes.

[KairaSuperSayan]

3:40 where was Turning Red when I was dealing with raging PMS on top of braces?!

[RuddFoxx]

Hot take: The scenes in Dumbo and Pinocchio were "scared straight" types of scenes, intended to make kids be scared of drinking booze or gambling, watching boxing or having adult activities. They came from an earlier time where people thought you had to toughen kids up to make them do good things instead of just patiently teaching them right from wrong like we believe now. Also the Hellfire scene from Hunchback is one of the greatest works of art in human history.

[COELACANTHofficial]

Fritz the Cat was literally X Rated.
It was about political and social differences. Of course it was going to be controversial. That's part of what made it the masterpiece it is. It chose to delve into the problems of the time. Something no other animated movie did at the time.

[josephlowes]

Fun Fact. Duke was supposed to die in the G. I. Joe the Movie, but because of the backlash over Optimus's death so he was just in a coma. But I still think the scene with Duke was more darker, he got impaled on the chest with a snake and there was blood.

[Animeguy]

Song of the South is the movie that sticks