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British kids' cartoon Peppa Pigisn't normally a show you'd associate with controversy -- but Indiain Australia it's a whole different story.
An episode of the show that revolves around Peppa discovering a spider in the sink -- the brilliantly named "Mr Skinny Legs" -- has now been pulled from Australian TV not once, but twice.
SEE ALSO: Who knew drawing Peppa Pig could be so NSFW?The episode has drummed up controversy because of its implication that spiders are harmless.
"There's no need to be afraid, Peppa," says Daddy Pig at one point in the episode. "Spiders are very, very small, and they can't hurt you."
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable This may be the case in Britain, but in Australia -- as we've seen plenty of times before -- it's a whole different ball game.
The first complaint came when the episode aired back in 2012:
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable After the episode was aired again recently on Nick Jr, a fresh complaint was made.
The channel initially fought back, describing the episode as "light-hearted, friendly and very mild in impact", according to the Guardian.
But after the media got involved, they responded by saying they'd pulled it.
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