Caillou is a Canadian animated children's television series created by Hélène Desputeaux and Christine L'Heureux and based on the children's book series of the same name and was distributed by DHX Media. The first three seasons were animated in Canada by CINAR Corporation (later Cookie Jar Entertainment) with service by the Taiwanese animation studio Morning Sun Animation Group, after which it was animated in South Africa by Clockwork Zoo. Some of the episodes were banned or censored by Cartoon Network, PBS Kids, Sprout (now Universal Kids) and Cartoonito, the most notable episode being Big Brother Caillou. Also, post-production has been censored once in it’s original country.
Banned or censored episodes[]
Banned episodes
Episode name
Reason
Caillou's Cricket
When Caillou throw his cricket out of the window, he couldn't see it anymore.
The Spider Issue
Daddy Long Legs was left unaired in Australia due to spiders being dangerous in said country.
Caillou The Patient
Caillou's injury appears to be very graphic.
Caillou Makes A New Friend
Jim's bullying was too realistic to Caillou.
Caillou's Getting Older
Death-related content was mentioned throughout the episode, as well as a dead bird appearing on the screen.
Caillou's Quarrel
Clementine was being too bossy towards Caillou.
Hide and Seek
Caillou angrily took the spinner from Rosie and is still mad at Mommy and Daddy about Rosie taking all of his toys.
Caillou's Crossword
Caillou and Leo were calling Clementine "stupid" by hearing the skateboarder boy teach them the word. This can be classified as racism, mainly since Clementine is black and Caillou and Leo are white.
Caillou's Promise
Caillou throws sand at Rosie in the sandpit, as well as being aggresive to her later on in the episode (ex. "They're my friends and you're not coming." - Caillou to ban her to go to circus)
Rosie Bothers Caillou
Caillou talks back to his mother Doris, shoves Rosie out of his room, making her cry, Rosie banging on his door to let him back in, and her hitting a book against a door repeatedly.
Caillou Walks Around the Block
Doris leaves her son unattended and Caillou wanders around the neighborhood by himself.
Caillou Watches Rosie
Caillou was unfairly blamed for what Rosie did and Rosie hit Caillou three times.
3's a Crowd
Leo and Clementine were both unreasonably getting angry at Caillou over something that was an accident and not apologizing to him.
Censored episodes
Episode name
Reason
Big Brother Caillou
On Cartoon Network, the scene where Caillou pinched baby Rosie's face hard enough to make her cry was cut.
Caillou Joins the Circus
On Cartoon Network airings of the episode, the scene where Caillou throws a tantrum was cut.
Caillou's Quarrel
On Cartoon Network, the scene where Caillou was arguing with Clementine was cut, going straight to him telling her that he doesn't want to play anymore after she suggests the tea party.
Caillou Plays Baseball
At one point in the episode, Caillou says the line "I hate baseball!", The word "hate" was muted due to the fact that the said word can be strong enough to be a swear word for young children.
Caillou's Bad Dream
On PBS Kids airings, when Daddy said "Bad dreams can be pretty scary sometimes," it was overlapped with the word "Goodnight, Caillou".
Post Production (Canadian Edits)[]
Season 4[]
Episodes showing disabilities were edited due to hate and ableism, for example, a mom disciplines her son for being a dragon rather than having Down syndrome.
