Why did they censor the word spam?


On OVA episode 2, when all the girls went camping, Yukari showed her
collection, rations from different countries, some of Rabbit Team girls
started to yell *pam, *pam, *pam, which is I guess come from word spam. But
why they censored the word? How could it become something like "eggs, bacon,
sausage, and spam"?




Apparently, it's a parody from a popular Monty Python sketch titled "Spam".
It's about two customers who order a breakfast from a menu that includes Spam
in almost every dish.

As usual, a lot of other shows also have to censored some brand or replace it
with similar names to the real-life brand, so that the producers can avoid
copyright issues. Some other show also tend to censored part of the show if
it's a parody to other show for same reason.

This is a video from [Girls und Panzer OVA
2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlsvLZvAkOg) and [Monty Python -
Spam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE)

And this is a picture for comparison in case if the video is removed:

![Similarities between the Girls und Panzer parody and the original Monty
Python sketch](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8KiZI.jpg)

Spam is actually used as military food in World War II.

> Spam is a brand of several canned precooked meat products made by the Hormel
> Foods Corporation. It was first introduced in 1937 and gained popularity
> worldwide after its use during World War II.(1)

![A spam can](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PYvI6.jpg)

Spam was used by U.S. military occupation after World War II into Guam,
Hawaii, Okinawa, the Philippine Islands, and other islands in the Pacific as
one of their military food.

> The term spam in the context of electronic communications is derived from
> this sketch.(2)

Sources:

  * [(1) - Wikipedia: "Spam (food)"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_\(food\))
  * [(2) - Wikipedia: "Spam (Monty Python)"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_\(Monty_Python\))




Apparently, it's a parody from a popular Monty Python sketch titled "Spam".
It's about two customers who order a breakfast from a menu that includes Spam
in almost every dish.

As usual, a lot of other shows also have to censored some brand or replace it
with similar names to the real-life brand, so that the producers can avoid
copyright issues. Some other show also tend to censored part of the show if
it's a parody to other show for same reason.

This is a video from [Girls und Panzer OVA
2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlsvLZvAkOg) and [Monty Python -
Spam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE)

And this is a picture for comparison in case if the video is removed:

![Similarities between the Girls und Panzer parody and the original Monty
Python sketch](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8KiZI.jpg)

Spam is actually used as military food in World War II.

> Spam is a brand of several canned precooked meat products made by the Hormel
> Foods Corporation. It was first introduced in 1937 and gained popularity
> worldwide after its use during World War II.(1)

![A spam can](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PYvI6.jpg)

Spam was used by U.S. military occupation after World War II into Guam,
Hawaii, Okinawa, the Philippine Islands, and other islands in the Pacific as
one of their military food.

> The term spam in the context of electronic communications is derived from
> this sketch.(2)

Sources:

  * [(1) - Wikipedia: "Spam (food)"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_\(food\))
  * [(2) - Wikipedia: "Spam (Monty Python)"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_\(Monty_Python\))

