Cartoon/Western Animation General

@Background Pony #718D  
Not really.

@Prof.NightJack
 
Yes really.

OK, tell me what was allowed in the old cartoons that wouldn’t be today.

@Background Pony #718D  
No, not at all, death was a lot more common in the cartoons in the early 90s, now it’s rarely a thing in cartoons, even less if it wasn’t a peaceful or natural death.

@Prof.NightJack
 
I think you’re just stupid.

@Background Pony #718D  
Showing someone die a violent death on screen.

@Prof.NightJack
 
When has a cartoon today not done that? You don’t know what you’re talking about.

@Background Pony #718D  
Or maybe I have seem more cartoons then you and know it’s bullshit they get away with more.

@Background Pony #718D  
They really don’t.
 
SU, GF, and Star Vs. all have their moments of darkness but none are that dark in of themselves. And again, they’re held back by comedies technically. Again, using SU as an example, it should be doing a lot more at this point the series than it is, we should know a hell of a lot more about Homeworld and the characters on it but we just don’t because they would rather bum around Earth doing non-important things and worrying about Steven’s pre-teen relationship with Connie.

@Prof.NightJack
 
I know for a fact they do. Like I said, you’re just an idiot.

Oh dear, this is gonna turn ugly…

@fobone
 
Prove that cartoons of the past got away with more.

To be honest though, 80’s and 90’s cartoons also had a lot of censorship. It varied from show to show.
 
For every Batman: TAS or Gargoyles, there was stuff like Spider-Man The Animated Series or GI Joe.

@Background Pony #718D  
Dude, if you think I am wrong is one thing, but don’t start insulting me over it…

@Background Pony #718D
 
How about giving some examples instead of just saying “Lol no you’re wrong”?

@Prof.NightJack
 
Sorry.
 
But I’m right, and you’re wrong. Simple as that.

@Jarkes  
True, some things cartoons today do that they didn’t in the 80s and 90s, but some things they can’t do that the old one could.

@Background Pony #718D  
No, it’s about the same really.  
Some things they can’t get away with now they they could get away with in the past.  
Some things they couldn’t do before they can now.  
That is the truth.

@Prof.NightJack
 
You’d say they’re about equal?

@Background Pony #718D  
More or less.  
Views have changed over time and that has had an effect on what we deem appropriate for kids as well, so cartoons have changed to reflect that.

Sorry. I guess I tend to get upset when someone disagrees with me.

I’m not good at figuring out flaws in a cartoon when I watch it.
 
What’s wrong with me? Am I just dumb?

@Background Pony #718D  
It’s not that they “got away with more”, it’s that they actually tried to go that extra mile, whether or not the succeeded is debatable
 
As for for proof…  
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and here

@fobone
 
You think there are more cartoons that focus on comedy these days?

@Background Pony #718D  
Yes. Western animation has been in the…unique position of pulling double time for comedy and drama because comedies are the only types of cartoons that are being greenlit these says if they aren’t Star Wars or Marvel, and even those aren’t completely guaranteed to not be comedies.
 
The only cartoons I can think of that aren’t a comedy of some type and weren’t bill as one are Voltron and Star Wars Rebels.