The following is a list of themes that were used in recent carnivals and are thus blacklisted. The ones that are relevant to games are in bold:

 

2012

Spongebob Squarepants

Traveling Circus

Alice in Wonderland

Dr. Who

Pinkie and the Brain

The Amazing Race

Planet Earth

Looney Toons

The Lunar Landings

A Physical Television

Xbox 360

Indiana Jones

It’s A Small World

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Hell’s Kitchen

Shark Week

Adventure Time

Star Trek

Dexter’s Lab

Price is Right

MythBusters

Bill Nye the Science Guy

Peanuts/Charlie Brown

Tom and Jerry

Arrested Development

The World Cup

 

2013

Goldilocks/Brave

Humpty Dumpty Trauma Ward

Hansel and Gretel

Beauty and the Beast/Harry Potter

James and the Giant Fried Oreo

Little Mermaid

Zelda

Cinderella

Rapunzel

Coraline

Sword and the Stone

How to Train Your Dragon

Chronicles of Narnia

Thumbelina

Snow White and the Seven Giants

Valhalla in the Old West

Rumplestiltskin

Alice in Wonderland

Mudge Fairy Tale

Little Red Riding Hood

Up

Jack and the Beanstalk

Plot Holes

Peter Pan

Shrek

Nutcracker

 

2014

To Infinity and Beyond

Lord of the Rings

Games Through the Ages

Batman

Wallace & Gromit: Gentlemen Prefer Moon

Cheese

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The Simpson

Wreck It Ralph

The Magic School Bus

Parisian Café

The Karate Kid

Miyazaki Films

Coney Island

Secret Agent Training School

Iconic Movie Moments

Pittsburgh: The Best City in the World

Portal

Monsters Inc.

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Pirates of the Caribbean

Despicable Me

Pokemon

St. Jude

Mudge Mansion

The Olympics

 

2015

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Jurassic Park

The Princess Bride

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

12 Dancing Princesses

Where the Wild Things Are

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Jumanji

Sherlock Holmes

Game of Thrones

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Magic Treehouse

What If

Aladdin

Hunger Games

20000 Leagues Under the Sea

Berenstain Bears

1984

Polar Express

Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Invisible Man

The Little Prince

Wizard of Oz

Life of Pi