Sometimes even the shows aimed at the youngest children can have some f@#$ed up material. From stop motion creatures from Hell to actual nightmares, join me as we countdown 15 surprisingly messed-up scenes from cartoons aimed at kids.
Warning: Even if you're an adult, these scenes can be pretty hard to watch. Viewer's discretion is advised.
#15: SpongeBob SquarePants: Fusion gone wrong
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| And this is the least disturbing thing on this list! |
Episode: SquidBob TentaclePants
SpongeBob and Squidward spend most of the episode fused together thanks to Sandy's latest invention. In the end, her device backfires and causes herself, Patrick, Larry, Pearl, Mrs. Puff and Mr. Krabs to fuse with them. The image is over quickly, but it leaves a lasting impression.
#14: Tom & Jerry: Tom dreams about going to Hell
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| Thank Heaven this is only a dream! |
Episode: Heavenly Puss
This episode might just be a dream, but that does nothing to limit the nightmare factor. After dying, Tom finds himself in front of a cat St Peter, who tells him that he can't enter heaven because of his constant torment of Jerry. He tries to make amends, but his attempts are in vain and he ends up falling into Hell, where a devil version of Spike the bulldog prepares to torture him for all eternity. As if that wasn't bad enough, near the beginning of the episode we get to see 3 kittens tied up in a wet bag, hinting that they've been drowned.
#13: Thomas The Tank Engine: Henry gets bricked up
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| Thankfully, he's let out of this tunnel in the next episode. |
Episode: The Sad Story of Henry
Henry gets a new paint job and he likes it so much that he refuses to leave his tunnel for fear of the rain ruining it. After several failed attempts of forcing him to move, the Fat Controller has his tracks removed and a large brick wall built in front of him, effectively tombing him within the tunnel. He ends up trapped in the tunnel so long that he becomes too weak to even respond when Gordon mocks him. All he can do is watch the outside world and think about what he's done.
#12: Angry Beavers: Zombie attack!
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| Where's the Electric Blueberry when you need her?! |
Episode: Open Wide for Zombies
Norb and Dag discover a hut in a bayou owned by an old woman. Unfortunately, she turns out to be a voodoo witch and she has a large army of zombies at her disposal. While still a fairly comedic episode, there's no denying that the zombies look absolutely terrifying, plus it was scary to think what would happen to the beavers if the zombies caught them.
#11: Rugrats: Angelica's nightmare
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| After this dream, I don't blame Angelica for wanting to stay an only child. |
Episode: Angelica's Worst Nightmare
In this episode, Angelica dreams of what it would be like if she had a younger brother. The dream starts out normal enough, but it becomes horrifying when her baby brother starts chasing her with intent to kill. He grows larger and larger until he becomes the size of a building and when he finally catches Angelica, he proceeds to swallow her whole.
#10: Pingu: Pingu's walrus tormentor
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| If you listen closely, you can hear hundreds of Pingu fans running for the nearest hiding places! |
Episode: Pingu's Dream
During a nightmare, Pingu's bed comes to life and starts walking. Things take a turn for the worse, however, as a gigantic walrus appears out of nowhere and starts tormenting the poor penguin. His mannerisms and creepy laugh just add the the disturbing nature of this episode.
#9: Ren & Stimpy: Ren's psychopathic jealousy
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| Still nowhere near as bad as Ren Seeks Help... |
Episode: Stimpy's Fan Club
Stimpy gets tons of fan mail while Ren gets nothing. His jealousy slowly consumes him and before long, we see him debating with himself whether or not to kill his best friend in his sleep. Over time, his thoughts become more and more disturbing, the visuals become more and more menacing, eventually leading to a scene were all we see are Ren's face and hands coming out of darkness. Thankfully, these sequences end when Stimpy gives Ren his own fan letter.
#8: Star Vs The Forces of Evil: Hungry Larry
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| Imagine this guy being part of Ludo's army! |
In this episode, Star and Marco hire a ghost to turn the latter's house into a haunted house attraction. While it starts out silly, things quickly take a turn for the worse as Larry starts eating the trick or treaters and eventually even Star is incapacitated. If not for Marco's father, Hungry Larry would've won in the end.
#7: Courage the Cowardly Dog: Pretty much the whole show
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| This show was made for Halloween! |
Honestly it's difficult to find an episode of this show that didn't have nightmare fuel. Between murderous felines, terrifying CGI ghosts, shaving obsessed lunatics and straight up demons, this show has more than enough material to scar any child for life.
#6: Villainous: What happens to Vilgax
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| Yeeeesh! |
In the episode "Guide for an Evil Conquest, Dr. Flug shows his 5 points for successful villainy while review the Ben 10 villain Vilgax. Near the end, Dr. Flug gives Vilgax a Black Hat branded Omnitrix. When he tries to transform into Black Hat, he instead turns into a monstrous hybrid of the 2, the Black Hat half eats the Vilgax half and the whole abomination gets sucked right into the Omnitrix. Understandably, Flug responds by burning the device.
#5: Powerpuff Girls: The future where Him wins
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| This guy isn't this show's version of Satan for no reason! |
Episode: Speed Demon
In this episode, the girls fly so fast that travel many years into the future. Him takes over Townsville in this future and he wastes no time turning the town into a hellish landscape where everyone is sickly and miserable. In the climax, the townsfolk surround the girls and remind them that they've abandoned the town to this fate. Luckily, the girls are able to travel back to the present and prevent this future from happening.
#4: Invader Zim: Zim's organ hunt
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| Thank God this scene was obscured by shadows! |
Episode: Dark Harvest
Zim fears that the nurse will discover his alien nature once she examines him, so he steal the organs of the human students while replacing them with various random objects. As the episode progresses, more and more students get their organs graphically ripped out and Zim gets more obese from eating them. Dib tries to stop him, but in the end he is Zim's final victim...
#3: Avatar: The Legend of Korra: Korra's torture
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| This gives torture a whole new level of pain! |
Episode: Venom of the Red Lotus
In this episode, Korra is captured by the Red Lotus and they torture her by bending toxic liquid into her skin. All the while, her body contorts horribly until she enters the Avatar state and promptly massacre's the cult, only stopping when she passes out from the poison. While she survives, she suffers serious physical and psychological damage from the encounter.
#2: Gravity Falls: Weirdamagedden
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| And we thought Bill was just a harmless triangle at first. |
In this 3-part series finale, Bill Cipher manages to escape the dream world and turns Gravity Falls into a hellish landscape. To list a few things that happen during this time: Bill captures a large number of the population and turns them into a possibly conscious throne of agony (even he doesn't know), reality distorting bubbles scatter the land and Bill's gruesome friends roam the land, torturing any humans they encounter. Thankfully, the main characters are able to reverse this horrible event and kill Bill once and for all.
#1: Teen Titans: Trigon's invasion
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| Quite an accurate depiction of the apocalypse, if I say so myself. |
Episode: The End
If you thought Bill Cipher's Hell on earth was bad, you haven't seen this one. After Raven is forced to complete her prophecy, her father Trigon invades Earth and it isn't pretty. Demonic entities roam the land, most of the planets population are turned into statues, the skies turn blood red and Trigon himself sits in the middle of it all, watching the carnage from a giant throne. Thankfully, the combined efforts of the Teen Titans and Slade (who mainly came to reclaim his soul from the satanic figure) are enough to banish him from Earth.
I swear, some of these shows should've been put on Adult Swim. If you know of some other moments in kids shows that were traumatizing, feel free to tell me in the comment section. I'll see you later. Have a happy Halloween.
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