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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"?


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Why did they censor the word 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_\(Monty_Python\))


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SPAM® is [a registered trademark by the Hormel Foods
Corporation](http://www.hormelfoods.com/Brands/BrandWall/SPAM-Family-of-
Products).

As you might have noticed from other productions, Anime usually change or
censor any real-world trademarks which appear.

They do this:

  1. to avoid legal trouble with trademark owners should they consider their brand misrepresented
  2. to not give something away for free [which they might get paid for](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ProductPlacement/AnimeAndManga)


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