One of the most kid-friendly movie franchises that’s currently active (at least assuming our hopes for future sequels don’t go ignored), the Paddington films are filled to bucket hat’s brim with good-natured comedy and adventure. Which, naturally, makes the lovable bear that much easier to parody in surprising ways. But not all parodies are created and experienced equally, and Paddington’s right holders have teamed with production company StudioCanal to file a lawsuit over a YouTube series’ raunchy depiction of the bear.
Okay so it’s not just a YouTube series, but rather the award-winning British puppet satire Spitting Image, which has existed in various forms since its conception in 1984. The latest iteration was launched in July 2025 on YouTube, as opposed to linear television, and one of the early sketches posted, called “The Rest Is Bulls*!t,” features a heavy-handed spoof of Prince Harry co-hosting a podcast with a very wonky and worrisome-looking version of Paddington, who was last seen on the big screen in the adventurous third film, Paddington in Peru.
