Have cartoons become to mature?

 Classic cartoons like the Looney Tunes and others like it is something that reminds us (well me) of our childhoods. These show contained simple minded antics that are easily processed by an adolescent mind. And I for one found it extremely funny every time Sylvester failed to eat Tweety Bird.

Cartoons were created to entertain the mind of a child. But adults took a liking to comedic animation as well, and we now have cartoons that are only meant for adults. Most of these shows come on late at night when children to young to watch them should be asleep, but this is not always the case. Around 10:00 pm the cartoon channel Teletoon switches to Teletoon At Night where shows like:

American Dad

Archer



Robot Chicken

are played. It is now also common for shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy to be played in the early evenings.

Not only have cartoons meant for adults, that have ratings of at least 14+, been introduced to children but cartoons that are specifically meant for kids are changing.

At least some of us know the old cartoons like:


The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show

The Smurfs



Fraggle Rock



These shows were created with children as the target audience, so they created the jokes in a way that children would understand but lately I have been finding that cartoons are taking on a more mature humour.

This is clearly evident in this episode of the "new" Looney Tunes that runs on Teletoon. Where Bugs isn't faced with trying to escaped from telling bed time stories to a prince but is faced with a common problem that most adults will go through at least once in their life time, having their cable shut of and having to deal with customer service. My mom was the first one to notice this and she couldn't believe how "mature" the cartoon was.

By putting beloved characters into grownup situations it may desensitize children or even force them to grow up too early.

What should be done about this? Should we just sit back an wait untill cartoons are Scooby-Doo doing his taxes for 30 minutes?
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