‘Homem de Ferro’ faz mal às crianças

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Ainda me lembro quando disseram que as Tartarugas Ninjas era muito violento para as crianças...

As Tartarugas sofreram tanto que em vários países europeus nem sequer puderam ser ninjas (palavra muito violenta), por isso passaram a "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles". Além disso as matracas do Miguel Ângelo eram proibidas, de maneira que o coitado acabava por só poder usar uma corda com gancho na ponta. Eis a explicação na Wikipedia:

Upon TMNT's first arrival in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland, Austria, Germany, and some other countries in Europe, the name was changed to "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles" (or TMHT, for short), since local censorship policies deemed the word ninja to have excessively violent connotations for a children's program (in Ireland, however, the first season aired as "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" before changing to "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles") Consequently, everything related to the Turtles had to be renamed before being released in these nations (comic books, video games, toys, etc.) The lyrics were also changed, such as changing "Splinter taught them to be ninja teens" to the "Splinter taught them to be fighting teens."

The policies also had other effects, such as removing use of Michelangelo's nunchaku (which were at the time banned from appearing in 18-rated movies) and generally toning down the usage of all the turtles' weapons. After many seasons of never using his nunchaku, they eventually disappeared entirely, replaced by a turtle shell shaped grappling hook called the "Turtle Line".