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Alternative Character Interpretation: Some critics believe that the show tries to normalize tropes and icons associated with homosexuality, since the largest Teletubby is purple, carries a handbag and has a triangle on his head.
Mondegreen: Because Po's The Unintelligible, the above periphery demographic as well as clueless parents thought the dolls say en fuego it (correctly fi-dit, literally meaning faster) and momma man (correctly ma ma man, literally meaning whee whee whee!)!
actually, man meands "slow down" in Cantonese. Also, others have reported accidentally hearing the early talking toys say windmill (again, fi-dit) or worse, bite my butt (correctly yap-yee-sahm, literally one-two-three). If you're confused, this is Cantonese, the same language Lisa Silverman speaks.
And Tinky-Winky saying "Again again!", sounding like "I got a gun!" [1]
Nightmare Fuel: And the winner is....... THE BEAR AND LION. The original version, from Penelope Keith and Eric Sykes has paranoia-inducing dialogue (although the bear drops it once she comes on screen, the lion maintains its sinister speech when on screen), an agressive delivery from Keith and Sykes, unnatural and scary-looking characters, a chase with very Unfortunate Implications, and had creepy background music. It was so scary that Ragdoll was forced to redub the segment with more cheery music and drop the sinister speech when the segment was finally cleared for two episodes and a DVD re-release, which is just two friends mucking around.
Just think about where they live--or more importantly how they live. They have a schedule set out for them every day from when they wake up, to when they go to sleep. The sun is has the face of a baby overlooking them, watching everything they do. There's microphones popping up out of the ground giving "orders" every now and then, from giving them instructions on how to wash themselves, to saying good-bye at the end of the day, which implies they can't take care of themselves without being told what to do. Everything is set up for them, and it's all done in a perfect organized manner in a controlled environment. Try watching an episode with this knowledge, and see if your childhood doesn't feel a little bit violated.
With respect to the Bear and the Lion, the overlay from Animal Parade and Three Ships, the weird CGI from Dancing Bear, the senile old woman from Tea Party, the soap commercial dropouts from The Magic Tree and The Puppet In The House and the dolls from Little Bo Beep all attracted their fair share of controversy too.
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