Whats Nicks problem with the word “dead”?
In the early days of the Nicktoons, it was okay to say “dead”, but, sometime in the mid-1990s, Nick started cracking down on such usage, for real reasons unknown. New episodes produced since then are forbidden from uttering the word “dead”, or anything related to it, such as “die”, “death”, or “dying”. Beacuse of this, producers had to use other words for “dead”, but not necessarily imply death, such as “expiration”. The ban is especially hard work when death is the central issue. In Mother’s Day, Didi interupted Chazz just before saying that his wife was dead; later on, while talking to Chuckie, he said that she was in the hospital. Then, in Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts, Chazz & Chuckie visited Melinda’s grave at a cemetary, an obvious sign of death. But still, he could not say the word.
