I believe there was a cut scene in the Spongebob episode "Just One Bite" from season 3. I recently watched this episode and noticed a scene involving Squidward triggering a trap with a bucket of gasoline twice was cut.
Any guesses why this scene was cut from TV but not from DVD releases?
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Quoting (at length) the SpongeBob Wiki -- which is, of course, unofficial:
"The scene in which Squidward triggers a burglar alarm consisting of a bucket of gasoline which is spilled, lit on fire, and explodes is cut out of later airings of the episode.
"The reason for the censorship was never officially announced by Nickelodeon. However, the most likely explanation for the removal was the episode aired on October 5, 2001, nearly a month after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. As in the months following the attacks many media outlets began to either cancel, delay, delete, or censor media that contained anything resembling the attacks, terrorism, or violence.
"Another possible reason could be to prevent children from attempting to use and/or ignite gas. Yet another could simply be the scene was too violent. This scene would later become an internet meme.
"On a few airings, the first explosion is aired, but the second explosion is cut. This happens for unknown reasons but it might be because they decided to get rid of the second explosion because if there were more then one, it would resemble the 9/11 terrorist attack. Then they soon decided not to air the first explosion at all beause its just too violent.
"The version is included on the Tales from the Deep, The Complete Third Season, and 10 Happiest Moments DVDs include the edited version, but VideoNow versions still have this scene intact. Today, the uncut episode is still mainly aired only Canadian channels, including YTV and Nickelodeon Canada. It is very hard to find the version of the episode with this scene.
"The version without this scene started airing sometime in 2002. It is weird why it was not deleted in Canada, maybe because there was no 9/11 attacks in Canada, or YTV just hasn't gotten their hands on the edited version."
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One other possibility for editing out the scene: Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's forces often used the method of dousing dissidents with gasoline and setting the victims ablaze publicly. Such victims, called los quemados "the burned ones" included an American photographer. For many Chilean expatriates, such a scene, even in a cartoon, is often traumatizing.
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