Difference between revisions of "List of banned episodes"

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The following is a list of all episodes banned, for one reason or another, in one or more region, including ones where only a part of it is banned.

Season	Episode	Region	Reason
3	Stark Raving Dad	Worldwide	In March 2019, following the sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson that publicly came to light in the documentary Leaving Neverland, the producers of the show decided to pull "Stark Raving Dad" from syndication, Simpsonsworld.com, Disney+ and future DVD releases, resulting in the season beginning with "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" instead.
5	Cape Feare	Germany	Due to the scenes of violence against child and a character having the rank of Obergruppenführer, as it's against the law making Nazi references or using symbols unless for educational or historic purposes.
9	The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson	Worldwide	Due to the 9/11 attacks, and the prominent presence of the World Trade Center in the episode, the episode was pulled or censored many times (expecially the scenes at the towers), and the phrase "they stick all the jerks in Tower One." was removed all together.
The Cartridge Family	United Kingdom	due to the soccer riot and the deciption of guns in the episode, though it was shown in a VHS (The Simpsons: Too Hot for TV) and on the Season 9 DVD. It aired on Sky, but the final scene with Maggie was censored to make it look like she gets rid of it.
10	Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo	Japan	Due to scenes decipting content offensive to their culture: for example the Hello Kitty factory, and the Battling Seizure Robots (referecing the episode of Pokémon banned in Japan due to the seizures caused by Pikachu's attack. The episode was aired later in South Korea for the same reason but not banned.
11	Little Big Mom	due to the leprosy subplot and the segregation element, sensitive topics in Japan.
13	Blame It on Lisa	Brazil	Temporarily due to the portrayal of the country and Rio de Janeiro after prostest in the city. It started airing uncensored in 2012 and put on DVD.
Weekend at Burnsie's	United Kingdom	Temporarily due to the use and reference of marijuana and the attack of crows on Homer.
16	Goo Goo Gai Pan	China Hong Kong	Due to the portrayal of China.
19	E. Pluribus Wiggum	Most of Latin America	Due to mentioning Juan Perón as a dictator.
28	Treehouse of Horror XXVII	Japan	Due to the violent scenes involving childrens.
29	Treehouse of Horror XXVIII	Italy	On TV for two years due to the content of "Mmm... Homer", before being added to Disney+ in 2020 and then aired in 2021 on TV.
33	A Made Maggie	Czech Republic	Due to undisclosed reason.
34	One Angry Lisa	Hong Kong	On Disney+ for the dialogue "Behold the wonders of China. Bitcoin mines, forced labor camps where children make smartphones, and romance.".