I was having some trouble deciding if I wanted to post a Simpsons pic and a PPG entry in this, or the previous pic along with this example, but due to the nature of our upcoming big announcement, I went with the one I already did for good reason. It's another example that proves that Yes, It Can Be Done!
The Simpsons is so much a merchandising juggernaut they made fun of that fact all the way back in Season 3. Today, merchandise is the only thing keeping the show alive, as it'll run until, in the words of Troy MacLure "the show becomes unprofitable." And sometimes, specific countries get their own unique material, of have the family endorse their own products, like the Japanese and C. C. Lemon.
Today's subject comes from France, a commercial for their version of Tide, called Vizir. Marge buys some at a supermarket to clean off the stains on the family's clothes. By the time she's hanging them out to dry outside, Homer, Bart, and Lisa get to see the fruits of that labor. They're also naked, and as the clothes fly off the rope because Bart pulled them too far, we see much of Homer, Bart... and Lisa in the nude. Bart shows his wiener before the movie, though it's more abstract than that per request of show creator Matt Groening. Lisa shows a lot, too, covering herself with that cover I so adore and running off to the distance, showing her butt for a few frames.
This was still early in the show's run, so it's interesting to see an example of Lisa nudity that isn't heavily censored. At last, the team found an idea that worked and used it in a country that'd accept it. The only censorship later down the line was with Bart, who later got a censor bar over his lower area. Lisa was left untouched, since there's no need to censor her at all.
When finally given an opportunity to strip Lisa in a way that doesn't diminish her or exploit her, they absolutely took it. And the result was a massive success for the company. If another country can use our own characters in ways that we can't, what's stopping us from using them the same way but our own cowardice?