9 occasions Mickey Mouse was banned

When you hear about Mickey Mouse what goes through your head? That he is a Disney character, adored by children and also by many adults? A funny, funny, smart and cute mouse? Yeah, these impressions are pretty much consensus, which is why it's a surprise to imagine that Mickey Mouse has been banned and censored several times. Doubt? Then check out the following stories and then tell us your thoughts about them:

1 - Reading deemed inappropriate

A 1930s episode was censored because kitty Clarabela appeared reading Book Three Weeks (minute 1:05) by writer Elinor Glyn, one of the first authors to write erotic fiction for the female audience.

2 - Concern

In 1935 Mickey Mouse was banned from Romania. At that time, 3-meter-high movie screens were still new, and the government was concerned that children might be frightened by a giant rodent.

3 - It is the fault of the helmets ...

In 1929 German censorship prohibited the screening of a movie called "The Battle of Barnyard." This was because an army of shorthair cats wore a helmet style similar to that used by the German army in the 19th and 20th centuries. In justifying the censorship, the fact that cats wore that kind of helmet seemed to offend national dignity.

4 - ... and also of mice

The German government continued to show its dislike for Mickey Mouse in subsequent years, claiming that it saw no point in a small, dirty animal being idolized by children around the world. "Mickey Mouse is the worst idea ever, " the government said. The character was completely banned by the Nazis, but eventually became popular again.

5 - Currently

Not only Mickey Mouse, but Pooh Bear, Sleeping Beauty and all the Toy Story characters are banned from Iran. At least with regard to the use of the image of these characters in school materials. The justification is that these characters are part of “demoralizing images”.

6 - Germany again

In 1954 Mickey's comics were banned in East Germany on the grounds that the characters had rebellious characteristics.

7 - Now in Yugoslavia

The apparently most hated mouse comics in the first half of the last century were also banned in Yugoslavia, on the grounds that the characters appeared to be too angry and that this could influence the population and thus undermine the reign of Peter II, who had only 14 years old at the time. A journalist who wrote about the subject was expelled from the region.

8 - The sons of Mussolini

You may recall that in 1938 Italy was a place free of all American influence except for Mickey who, believe it or not, was not banned. The explanation for this tolerance has to do with Mussolini's sons, who were completely Mickey fans and asked that their father not remove the friendly mouse from circulation. Request fulfilled.

9 - Again, the video with the Clarabela cow

The first video listed here had more than one complaint, in fact. Not only did Clarabela read the Three Weeks book bothered the censors, but less than a year after the video was released, the producers received numerous complaints about the apparently exposed cow's mammary glands.