has disappeared from American streaming services amid speculation that the show did not meet guidelines. Show Watch Below: Eva Mendes says her two daughters’ favourite TV show is Bluey Fans recently noticed that “Family Meeting,” an episode from the show’s third season was unavailable on the streaming service Disney+. The episode is focused on dad Bandit getting accused of letting off a fart in front of his eldest daughter Bluey as he rolled out of bed. Disney have decided to air the episode. ABC/Ludo Studio In an email received by blog Pirates and Princesses, a Disney Branded Television employee revealed why the episode wasn’t available. “‘Family Meeting’ will roll out on US platforms soon. Some of the Bluey content did not meet Disney Junior broadcast S&P in place at the time the series was acquired” the email explained. “Now that it is rolling out on other platforms, it is a great opportunity to reevaluate which is what we plan to do.” American fans have been left scratching their heads over the issue, especially considering many other episodes of Bluey have excessive references to farting. The episode "Family Meeting" did not meet Disney's standards. ABC/Ludo Studio This isn’t the first time the beloved animation has been censored overseas. Fans were quick to point out a conversation in season three was dubbed over, censoring the original conversation about a vasectomy to instead be focused on removing teeth. Fans on Twitter were also quick to list a number of other episodes where small minute details had been changed. This wasn't the first time the show had been censored. ABC/Ludo Studio This isn’t the first time Disney has made headlines for their heavy-handed censorship. Earlier this year Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch shared the hilarious notes he received from Disney’s censorship department. “One last treat. Ever curious about the fights I had with the censors on Gravity Falls? I probably shouldn’t share this buttttt here are some REAL NOTES from DISNEY S&P and my REAL REPLIES. You are not prepared” the creator shared on Twitter. One note said: “Please revise ‘poopface’ as it comes across as a replacement for ‘s***face’. Prior use of Mabel saying ‘Poop. Poop. And Butts’ in the episode ‘Fight Fighters’ came across as more childlike and not as offensive.” To which Alex Hirsch defiantly replied, “I’ve never met a human on earth of any age who would be offended by a cartoon saying the word ‘poop face.’ Not changing it.” Disney show Gravity Falls also clashed with Disney's censorship depatment. Disney And it appears that Disney’s censorship department keeps a close eye on most of their children's shows, with Disney actor Kevin Chamberlin replying to Alex Hirsch to share his own hilarious run-in with the department. “On Jessie, we had to change a scene because it implied a cricket was depressed,” he explained.
A Reddit thread from two years ago shows just how long fans have noticed the discrepancies between the Australia and United States airings.
One Australian commenter quipped that they are “obviously too inappropriate and must be censored for international markets.” Another commenter wrote the following reply:
It’s safe to say that this is something fans have been keeping tabs on for years, likely causing the new Bluey Season 3 to be examined under a censorship microscope. Credit: Screenshot via BlueyTV
One fan shared the “7 things Disney censored in Bluey, Season 3,” and viewers are calling the examples “disappointing and wild.”
The clip contains video footage of the original content that had been cut by Disney, none of which commenters founds offensive in the least. Below are the 7 examples @world.shaker shared in the video that has more than 3 million views to date.
The comment section is filled with surprised responders in agreement that the censorship is “silly,” with one fan even proposing a petition to restore the episodes to the original versions. Another fan accused Disney of being selective in their censorship. Credit: Screenshot via BlueyTV
“They cut ‘Family Meeting’ but the Lion King 3 is literally all fart jokes?” user @Charlotte EC wrote. Another commenter expressed confusion that the country that requires its children to participate in active shooter drills in their schools feels the need to shield them from a pile of pony poop in a children’s program. “I thought America was the land of the free?” Amber Evans added. In an update video, the original poster claims that due to the backlash Disney has received for their recent Bluey censorship, they have announced that they will be reevaluating their available versions of the popular show. What has Disney censored on Bluey?In the Disney-distributed versions of the episode, Buttermilk taking a poop then Bluey and Indy running away was cut due to toilet humor.
Why are there banned Bluey episodes?The show has grown so popular, Disney will release later this year an episode, unedited, that it banned because of jokes about flatulence. The company had to give audiences a chance to acclimate to the Bluey characters and the show's sense of humor, before putting it on its streaming service.
Is there a banned Bluey episode?However, another controversial episode of the mega-popular kids' show is not, and probably never will be shown on Disney+ or Disney Junior. The Bluey Season 2 episode “Dad Baby,” is as of this writing, banned from the US, and it doesn't look like that will change any time soon.
Which episodes of Bluey were removed?One of the two episodes is the missing episode of “Family Meeting” and the other is “Smoochy Kiss”. The episode of “Family Meeting” was previously left out due to “standards” and Disney had said that they would “reevaluate” the decision. Two new episodes of Bluey are now available on Disney+.
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