Are there really drug references in Scooby Doo?
They're not intentional references. Stoners tend to see weed references in everything. It's the same thing with "Puff the Magic Dragon" - the songwriter wasn't thinking about marijuana for a second, but stoners have been insisting that it's about weed for decades now. You've got to admit, though, that the kids drive around in a psychadelic van, Shaggy looks like a hippie and talks like he's stoned all the time, and the way Scooby fiends after those Scooby Snacks, he's like a junkie looking for his fix... so it's not hard to see where the idea came from.
Is Shaggy (from the “Scooby-Doo” cartoon) on drugs?
This is the basis of a joke, that you can tell Norville “Shaggy” Rogers is high because he thinks his dog talks, he thinks projections of monsters exist in 3d, he is terrified of middle aged guys in rubber masks, he’s always hungry and eats dog biscuits, he never drives the van, and other things. But I don’t think it would have gotten on the air if the idea of Shaggy and Scoby smoking a doobie was ever shown so I’d say no. Even though Doobie was Scooby Doo’s middle name and Shaggy’s favorite name was Mary Jane. But no, the cartoon network says no to pot smoking characters, so I’ think he’s not.
Are there any direct references to psychedelic drugs in Scooby Doo?
No, not on purpose: But to some there certainly are implied references.The common reference people point to is the moments in which the Mystery Machine fills with smoke, such as in “The Haunted House Hang Up” from Scooby-Doo: Where are You?—There are a few joke/gag references to Shaggy and Scooby-Doo smoking weed in Scooby-Doo (2002).\ 1 \ There’s that moment in the plane when Shaggy meets ‘Mary Jane.’“I’m Mary Jane.”“Like, that is my favorite name!”For those who don’t know, Mary Jame is a nickname for Marijuana.\ 2 \ There’s that moment when Shaggy and Scooby were hotboxing in the Mystery Machine.…Turns out that they were just cooking with the vents open, though.
Does Star Wars make any reference to drugs, or does the Dark Side symbolically represent them?
Thanks for A2A Abhishek Chopra!Spice and glitterstims are referenced in the defunct EU, I don't know if it is in the movies. In Episode II a dealer offers Obi-Wan some deathsticks while in the bar looking for Zam, and he mind tricks him to "go home and rethink your life". Alcohol (technically a drug) is featured throughout the series in bars / cantinas, as well as Jabba's palace and sail barge. And for good measure you have these, a drug all their own:
Looking for a 90's anti-drug children cartoon with mutated caterpillars?
I'm trying to find the name or information for a film made to teach young kids about drug use. Our classroom watched it when I was in second grade, in 2000. It was cartoon. The plot was essentially this: several caterpillars stumbled across a field with a chain-link fence labeled "marijuana." One of them started eating it all the time even though the others told him it was dangerous. Eventually they all went in their cocoons and when they emerged, the stoner caterpillar was a mutated, ugly wreck who couldn't fly and his newly butterfly friends had to leave him behind. The film was probably produced for classrooms and not very long, probably less than 45 minutes. It was very dramatic and kind of traumatic. I want to use it as an example in a paper I'm writing about scare tactics used to teach elementary school kids about drugs. Unfortunately, I can't recall the title or any way to search for it. If you remember seeing this film or something similar, know the title, or have suggestions about how to find it I would greatly appreciate this information. Thank you!
Does anyone think the cartoon Adventure Time is inappropriate?
I kind of like Adventure Time with fiona and cake the cat better.
Do you think that todays era of cartoons are gay?
Absolutely and I think over time sexually orientation is going to more open through cartoons when tht is not really important, and I feel it will influence many children to make decisions based on an idiotic television show. Cartoons are supposed to be funny not based on relations. Encourage kids to spend more time outside instead of watching the idiot box
Was Fred Flintstone’s “cactus juice” really “peyote punch”?
Andy, from the Mother-In-Law's Visit episode: Fred: "Hi, Mother-in-law dear, how was your trip?" Wilma's Mother: "Oh,no. He's been at the cactus juice again." Fred: "Can I take your bags? I love my dear sweet mother-in-law." Wilma's Mother: "Stop your mumbling, you've been drinking." Fred: "No, I haven't. I just love having you here."
Whats the name of the monkey cartoon from super troopers?
The monkey was Johnny Chimpo, don't remember the name of the show.
Can there be drug abuse in a children's movie?
PG, no way. PG-13, maybe, but don't count on it. The PG rating has replaced G as the vanilla-safe zone where no hint of the realities of life can intrude; the G rating has turned into a ghetto for cartoons.The MPAA guide to ratings bluntly states: "There is no drug use content in a PG-rated motion picture." And they hold to that: Whale Rider (2002), clearly a family-friendly film, was slapped with a PG-13 because one (mildly nefarious) character is momentarily seen with what could be a hashish pipe on a table in the background. It's still cited as one of the most ridiculous moments in MPAA history. The trend is not towards relaxation: right now there is a movement afoot to have tobacco smoking by characters trigger an R rating. The "rules" for allowable drug use in PG-13 vs R films are less crisp, but seem to be centered around whether the actual use of drugs is shown (as opposed to just the presence of drugs, references to drugs, or the implication that drugs were used), whether it's shown in a positive light (Harold and Kumar), and to some extent the type of drugs shown (prescription drug abuse or "pills" in general seems to get a pass; the Johnny Cash biography film Walk The Line got a PG-13 despite extensive pill-popping but did not show a bit of dope-smoking, which would have been equally historically accurate). The weird upshot is that content from a 1970s "After School Special" (public service dramatizations aimed at kids and young teens) would now garner an R rating, forbidding the target audience from seeing it.