Offensive joke from classic 90s cartoon has people saying it would have been cancelled today

An offensive joke featured in a much-loved '90s cartoon has left stunned internet users claiming it would have no chance of succeeding nowadays.

With the world constantly changing around us, it's easy to forget how drastically different it used to be, but TV always does a good job of reminding us.

Sometimes it's something as simple as the haircuts in Friends or the fashion in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, but on other occasions, the differences are more stark.

If you were lucky enough to be born in the '90s, try to cast your mind back to your childhood and running home after school to switch on the TV.

You might have been met with the sight of the Powerpuff Girls or Dexter's Laboratory, but you might also have been greeted by the hulking frame of Johnny Bravo.

The confident, muscular cartoon character was a familiar sight on children's TV, where his show ran between 1997 and 2004.

Multiple seasons of the show prove there was a love for Johnny Bravo, but looking back on the cartoon now, its more problematic moments are hard to ignore.

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One joke in particular has gone viral on X today (February 7), after it appeared on the 'Historic Vids' account.

In the clip, Bravo can be seen visiting a museum where he learns about a pen which was used by the President to sign the 19th amendment.

Bravo learns the 19th amendment made it so women were allowed to vote for the first time - an incredible moment in history, but something Bravo apparently wasn't that impressed by.

In fact, he wondered why we'd bothered with it at all.

"Why'd they go and do that? I didn't think chicks liked to vote," Bravo said to an entirely unimpressed crowd.

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Though Bravo's naivety around the situation is clearly problematic, the women in the cartoon did teach him a lesson as they chased after him in fury.

Arguably not the best way to deal with ignorance, but hopefully it taught Bravo where he'd gone wrong.

Viewers have been left shocked after watching the clip today, with one X user posting: "Oh fo [sic] sure Johnny would be canceled today."

Another viewer responded to say the show would definitely be cancelled 'in this day and age', though added: "Johnny Bravo back in the day was hilarious."

A third argued that Bravo's ignorance was one of his traits, saying he was supposed to be a 'empty headed a**hole'.

Whatever your thoughts on the show, it's now been 20 long years since the last episode of Johnny Bravo aired, so thankfully everyone who's keen to leave him in the past can do exactly that.