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Originally Posted by UserNameGoesHere

Or do you mean the original stuff but you feel differently about it now?

This, definitely. Adventure Time, Peewee's Playhouse and Spongebob all derived their popularity from the fact that their material is presented in such a way that it works on multiple levels. Kids enjoy the bright colors, cartoon characters and simple plots, while adults see beneath the surface and extract the less savory nuances.

I'd have to go with Pokemon as a case study myself. From sharing a cartridge with my brother in the days of Red/Blue, it was just simple, cute monsters with a competitive streak. Flash forward 15 years, and suddenly Team Rocket is revealed to be made up of individuals that make a living out of kidnapping a kid's best friends, exploiting them for profit, and presumably killed when they are of no further use.

They aren't the Mafia--they're the Nazi Party. O_O