Modern cartoons that DON'T use bathroom humor?

Sam Hill · #1 09-12-2009, 08:26 PM

Can anyone name any current cartoons which do not (or at least very rarely) resort to bathroom humor/fart jokes?

I find it kind of depressing that practically every cartoon I've seen today (and this includes the ones I like) uses this sort of low brow humor. I've never been fond of this stuff, even when I was a kid. Not only is it juvenile but I also consider it lazy writing to get a cheap laugh (and it doesn't always succeed there, either).

Even the Disney Channel is now including it in their recent animated fare which makes me sad.

So, to anyone who has seen enough episodes of certain shows, can you tell me which ones have a noticeable lack (or none whatsoever) of fart jokes?

J!!! · #2 09-12-2009, 08:29 PM

Kid vs Kat for the most part I think doesn't resort to fart jokes.

But it's hard to find any cartoons without fart jokes so eh.

Dr.Pepper · #3 09-12-2009, 08:31 PM

I don't think I have seen very much bathroom humor on Phineas and Ferb, but then again I haven't seen every episode there is.

dothesmartthing · #4 09-12-2009, 09:04 PM

If this is a reference to cartoons in general, I haven't seen any bathroom humor in action cartoons such as Batman: The Brave and the Bold and The Secret Saturdays. The preschool-oriented shows like Wow! Wow! Wubbzy certainly don't use it, but I think it is almost impossible for me to watch a season's worth of a Y7-rated comedic show without seeing characters using such bathroom jokes nowadays.

CaptainHero · #5 09-12-2009, 09:54 PM

Bathroom humor is a necessity for any series trying to appeal to any pre-teen or even teenager.

**Lonestarr** · #6 09-12-2009, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainHero

Bathroom humor is a necessity for any series trying to appeal to any pre-teen or even teenager.

Pretty sad, as far as I'm concerned. Anyone who still thinks that bathroom humor is funny obviously never uses the bathroom. That's stuff not funny. Just disgusting.

As for shows currently airing, I'd be hard pressed to think of any.

Urusei Yatsura · #7 09-12-2009, 10:13 PM

By current, do you mean recent?

I don't think Avatar uses bathroom humor... And a lot of anime doesn't either...

Monterey Jack · #8 09-12-2009, 10:24 PM

Are we confined to TV shows here? Most of this year's big-screen animated features have eschewed fart 'n' poop jokes, like Coraline, Up, Ponyo and 9. Kung Fu Panda was also notable for having not so much as a belch joke.

**Neo Yi** · #9 09-12-2009, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Urusei Yatsura

By current, do you mean recent?

I don't think Avatar uses bathroom humor... And a lot of anime doesn't either...

Actually, Avatar had two if I remember. The "Winter Solstice" episode where Sokka complains there's no bathrooms in the spirit world and a follow up later in Season - I'm gonna say - Three episode where Aang is implied to have gone to the bathroom in said Spirit world.

But they're brief, obscure, and far apart from one another that it doesn't blatantly take over the series.

Urusei Yatsura · #10 09-12-2009, 10:56 PM

Yeah^ I knew I was missing something. It's great that it doesn't take over the series...

**Antiyonder** · #11 09-12-2009, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainHero

Bathroom humor is a necessity for any series trying to appeal to any pre-teen or even teenager.

I don't recall The Spectacular Spider-Man using potty humor (or much of it) and it doesn't seem to hamper the shows success.

I'd say the use of it is similar to adult toons being reliant on adult content. Lack of faith in the creative writing.

Plus, considering that A Pup Named Scooby Doo and Tom & Jerry continue airing even without potty humor, it should be an indicator that it's not necessary.

Chazooma · #12 09-12-2009, 11:04 PM

I guess I'm the only one who enjoys a little now and then...
:P
It does get really tired if it's the only kind of humor on a show, though,
but I think some is ok, as long as the joke itself hasn't been done to death.

SpongeJosh · #13 09-12-2009, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Antiyonder

I'd say the use of it is similar to adult toons being reliant on adult content. Lack of faith in the creative writing.

Yeah the Simpsons was good when it started without blatant sex and fart jokes and South Park was edgy and smart. Then Family Guy and most of Adult Swim's fare eventually decided tasteless and annoying was all it takes to be funny.

soundmonkey44 · #14 09-12-2009, 11:19 PM

I find a subtly Joy that "Adult Content" is in all actuallity Just as immature & Crude as Child/Tween Toilet Humor for the most part. I would love to see more shows with TV-MA ratings because they actually Deserve them for more reasons then Toilet Humor...Like Claymore (or to a smaller extent Black Lagoon, yes its lewd at times, but it actually has enough other types of content to Desrve its MA rating. where as many other Toons & a few anime do not! ) Why can't there be a TV IMA (TV Immature!)

But i guess im rambling..sorry!

Back on Topic. Most E/I cartoons Don't use Crud Humor. Nor do most toons aimed at small children.

zimbach · #15 09-12-2009, 11:35 PM

The reason toilet humor seems unavoidable is that it is possibly the most universal subject matter. Everyone poops, pees, and farts, yet we all pretend we don't want to talk about it.

Things we relate to * not wanting to talk about it = funny! generally speaking.

Sam Hill · #16 09-12-2009, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Chazooma

I guess I'm the only one who enjoys a little now and then...
:P
It does get really tired if it's the only kind of humor on a show, though,
but I think some is ok, as long as the joke itself hasn't been done to death.

It is, though. Most fart jokes I've seen in kid cartoons have been completely unimaginative.

I'd be willing to overlook some of it if it wasn't in pretty much every children's cartoon these days. It's definitely gotten worse over the past decade.

nwm2112 · #17 09-12-2009, 11:52 PM

King of the Hill. Plus the 1999 revival of Woody Woodpecker didn't resort to bathroom humor in any of the episodes I've seen.

SpongeJosh · #18 09-13-2009, 12:01 AM

Aside from SpongeBob cutting the cheese in Karate Choppers, the poop/proof thing in Krab Borg, the amount of diapers in Rock-a-bye Bivalve, and People Order Our Patties (P.O.O.P.) from the Training Video, I can't remember SpongeBob ever heavily relying on any scatological humor. 4 out of a 100 ain't bad.

**Antiyonder** · #19 09-13-2009, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by zimbach

The reason toilet humor seems unavoidable is that it is possibly the most universal subject matter. Everyone poops, pees, and farts, yet we all pretend we don't want to talk about it.

Things we relate to * not wanting to talk about it = funny! generally speaking.

Perhaps, but it goes back to what I've said before. What's good or bad is subject to opinion, but too much of any one thing is almost alway a bad thing.

zimbach · #20 09-13-2009, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by nwm2112

King of the Hill. Plus the 1999 revival of Woody Woodpecker didn't resort to bathroom humor in any of the episodes I've seen.

What? The whole episode in which Cotton burned the church down had a poo joke as the premise!