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In the wake ofQuiet on Set, many people are looking back at scenes from Nickelodeon shows in a new light. The shows most in the hot seat are those produced by Dan Schneider, whoparted ways with the network in 2018. Schneider has sincebeenaccused of inappropriate behavior in the workplace, which he has denied.
Butfanshavebeen pointing out the sexualization of young girls in Schneider’s shows for years, along with other problematic and inappropriate scenes. A while back, weaskedtheBuzzFeed Communityto tell us about moments that are SUPER uncomfortable to look back on. Here are the scenes they mentioned.
Note : Some compliance include topics of eating disorderliness , anti - trans linguistic process , and young girls being sexualized .
1.Ariana Grandewas probably the most blatantly sexualized, like in this clip fromiCarly.
2.But probably the most infamous examples are theVictoriousbonus clips. In one, Grande (as her character Cat) tries to drink water upside down, and it’s super sexual.
3.In the same clip, she also tries to juice a potato in a very sexual manner.
4.In another of these bonus clips, Cat tries to touch her uvula.
5.These clips are just filled with double entendres.
6.Inyet another bonus clip, Cat tries to stick her foot in her mouth.
7.In fact, you could write a whole dissertation on foot-related scenes in Dan Schneider’s shows, like this one fromiCarly.
8.Here’s another one fromiCarly,which also features teenageMiranda Cosgrovenaked in the bath.
9.This bonus clip of Tori fromVictoriousis particularly bad.
10.Many of the scenes seem innocent, like this moment fromiCarly…
11….And this one, where Carly wakes Sam up with her bare foot…
12….But there are so many of them that they become hard to ignore. Remember that whole episode ofVictoriouswhere Trina buys illegal fish to nibble her feet and make them smooth, and everyone ogles her feet the entire episode?
13.“Feel these kids' feet” should’ve been Nickelodeon’s tagline back then.
14.It’s…uncomfortable, to say the least.
15.I’ll end the feet examples with this scene of Tori fromVictorious,but there areSO MANY MORE.
16.There are also a LOT of what seem to be references to porn tropes and scenes in Schneider’s shows, like when Cat issurrounded by guysshooting water guns at her inVictorious.
17.One that comes up repeatedly is people — usually young girls — getting something squirted on their faces, like this example inZoey 101.
18.It also happens onVictorious…
19….And inDrake & Josh…
20….AND onAll That.
21.Let’s also not forget that the kid’s costume seems pretty darn phallic in theAll Thatexample, as pointed out inQuiet on Set.
22.In one of the most famous examples fromQuiet on Set,anotherAll Thatscene seems to reference glory holes.
23.A lot of the shows also include sexual (or sexual-sounding) terms that would probably go over most kids' heads, like thisiCarlyscene that features theword"hobknocker," which was actually cut from the British broadcast.
24.And, of course, there’s Penelope’s last name fromThe Amanda Show, which two of the writers alleged was purposeful innuendo in the first episode ofQuiet on Set.
25.In an early episode ofVictorious, Robbie tells Andre, “nice fingering” after he plays the piano.
26.And in another episode, Tori refers to herself as a “throat player.”
27.In oneVictoriousepisode inspired byThe Breakfast Club,the dialogue is a clear reference to the scene in the film about the characters being virgins, though they use the word “vegan” instead.
28.A lot of the innuendo in these shows is about breast size. Like this example fromVictorious…
29….And this one, also fromVictorious…
30….And this one fromZoey 101,where one of Quinn’s inventions makes her boobs look bigger, and Michael jokingly gives her a “D+.”
31.There’s also plenty of butt wiggling, like in thisVictoriousscene…
32….Along with spanking, like in thisVictoriousscene.
33.There are also a ton of jokes that rely on cross-dressing and seem to poke fun at transgender people. One of the most blatant examples is inVictoriouswhen Beck makes a joke about his aunt being transgender and purposefully misgenders her.
34.There’s also a scene inDrake & Joshwhen Josh impulsively kisses a woman passing by, and then her voice is super deep, which is accompanied by a laugh track and Josh looking horrified.
35.Also onDrake & Josh, Drake tells Josh to get a sex change so it’ll be easier to break up with Mindy.
36.And then, of course, there’s the episode in which Josh dresses up as a woman to write his advice column, which is run by his female alter ego, and Drake calls him a freak…
37….And the episode when Josh’s dad dresses in a prom dress that Drake’s mom is working on for their neighbor, who Megan thinks is a boy. Then, when the woman shows up, Megan shudders after hearing her speak in a low voice.
38.This type of humor continues in full force oniCarly.Spencer has multiple examples where he dresses as a woman, and it’s played for laughs — especially when he dresses as Great Aunt Natalie and is called a “man lady.”
40.There are also a ton of jokes about underwear that are fat-shaming, like whenVictorioushad a whole plot line about Trina and Cat using Tori’s underwear as tissues in public and without her permission, then referring to them as being “giant.”
41.Coco is consistently fat-shamed onZoey 101, like when Chase mistakes her underwear for a pillowcase.
42.There are plenty of other problematic jokes on these shows. Check out thisskitabout drinking from a sumo wrestler’s belly onThe Amanda Show.
43.Does anyone remember the “iGo to Japan” episode ofiCarly? It’s filled with racist stereotypes and vilification of Japanese characters.
44.InSam & Cat,people with dwarfism are used for comedic purposes and are referred to as things rather than people.
45.The shows often make light of mental health, as well. OnVictorious(and in the aforementioned bonus videos of Cat), they constantly make a joke out of Cat and her brother’s mental health.
46.And then there’s “Crazy Steve” onDrake & Josh.
47.In another problematic running joke, Stacey’s lisp onZoey 101is constantly played for laughs, right up until she’s hit by a car and “cured.”
48.There are also some creepy storylines on the shows, like onZoey 101,when Logan spies on the girls with a hidden camera.
50.Robbie is pretty creepy himself, considering he has secret cardboard cutouts of Cat he keeps in his room.
51.And finally, in one episode ofiCarly, there’s a Confederate flag just randomly hanging in a classroom.
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