Stuff edited out of Big O

[I.R Joey]

Interesting stuff I found at this fan site.

The show is heavy on religious references, amoungst other things. The unedited show has the large robots called "mega-deus" (Definitions from Merriam-Webster's dictionary)
mega-
: 1a: great : large b: greatly surpassing others of its kind
deus
: 1: a god introduced by means of a crane in ancient Greek and Roman drama to decide the final outcome 2: a person or thing (as in fiction or drama) that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty

While the Cartoon Network edit refers to them as "mega-deuce"
mega-
: 1a: great : large b: greatly surpassing others of its kind
deuce
: 3 [obsolete English deuce bad luck] a: Devil, Dickens -- used chiefly as a mild oath "what the deuce is he up to now" b: something notable of its kind "a deuce of a mess"

Not to be outdone, once inside The Big O we meet another religous reference: "Cast In The Name Of God, Ye Not Guilty" (Note: Cartoon Network has replaced God with Good, as well as, surpressing all other seen/spoken references to God(s) - little politically correct here, huh?). Anyway, the catch phrase, if you will, is a reference to the actions of Jesus in John 8:7


So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

[Flying Grayson]

I did not know that Big O had religious refrences. Cool

[RockItShipper]

Originally posted by Flying Grayson
I did not know that Big O had religious refrences. Cool

Good thing there's a DVD with sub options. :)

[DR. BELCH]

Ah! I thought that quote sounded familiar--even Biblical, but couldn't place it for the life of me. Gracias, I.R.
Come to think of it, the whole memory loss thing sounds like a strange variation on the Old Testament "sins of the fathers"--the evils of the past generations, long forgotten, have a way of coming back to haunt their children and grandchildren. In one ep (and I think this is what happened, because I suspect dubbing confused things a lot) a man unwittingly falls in love with a married pregnant woman whose husband is either dead or has abandoned her, and she has a son by this absent lover. The boy was passed off as this man's own, but somehow Beck learned the truth and is willing to stir up a scandal over it. This is also where Dorothy becomes the most human, as she comes right out and asks Roger if they were in a similar situation, in close quarters sin sus memorias, would he fall for her.
Odd, also, that everyone takes them for lovers and not father and daughter, though she looks decidedly underage. Though maybe in Japanese anime/the future/Paradigm City, statutory rape laws are waived.

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Still, there isn't a whole lot edited out of Big O other than the bits of religious references you pointed out, and a maybe a few shots.

[Flying Grayson]

Hey What was the last episode of the series shown on CN. I missed it. don't worry I wont be spoiled.