As much as Cartoon Network shows like to focus
on their kid characters, there has still been a place in most shows for the parents
of these characters. Sometimes wacky and
supportive, sometimes distant but occasionally caring, and sometimes pretty darn
awful. But, looking beyond the personalities of these
animated parents, where exactly do they rank on the morality scale? Which are the best, and which are the worst? I’mBrad with WickedBinge, and this is Cartoon
Network Parents: Good to Evil. As usual, we’ll be starting with the most
pure and noble characters and working our way down… These characters are The Good. Taking the Gold, we have none other than the
creator and father of the Powerpuff girls, Professor Utonium. Ignoring his, shall we say… less than positive
portrayal in the 2016 reboot, the Professor is an absolutely wonderful
dad. When he first met his daughters,
he fell in love with them pretty much instantly, immediately going out to buy them gifts
to make them feel welcomed. Throughout the series, we see the Professor
be nothing but supportive and caring towards his girls. He’s one of their biggest cheerleaders when
it comes to their hero work, but at the same time he isn’t afraid to put his foot down
when being superheroes starts to affect their schooling or their safety. Speaking of
which, the Professor can be pretty protective of his girls without being overbearing. He
will do anything if it means keeping them safe and happy. He built the mecha, Dynamo,
to protect them in certain situations, and he even built a power suit for himself so
he could fight alongside his daughters and spend
more time with them. The Professor is
gentle when it comes to comforting his girls, and isn’t afraid to be a bit silly and play
games with them. Though he may make the occasional mistake,
especially in the laterseasons, he always makes up for it in some way, and the love
he has for his kids is unconditional. All in all, the Professor is still an absolutely
amazing dad. The Silver Medal of Good goes to Monty Uno
from “Codename: Kids Next Door”. Monty
is a prime example of not judging a book by its cover. When we first meet Monty, he’s
pretty bumbling and dorky, trying to get his son Nigel - aka Numbuh One - into things like
father/son fishing trips and playing the sousaphone. Little do we know, he was once the
legendary Numbuh Zero, who helped defeat Grandfather and was beneficial in bringing
the KND into a new age. That alone already makes this guy a hero,
but even after being decommissioned and losing his memories of
the KND, Monty never stopped being an amazing person. He clearly loves his son, and though they
may not always understand each other, Monty has stated again and again
that all he wants is for his son to be happy. There is no better example of this than when
Monty destroys the decommissioning device and leaves a message
for his son within it, telling Numbuh One that as much fun as it was being a ‘kid’
again, he knows that he has to be an adult in order to complete his greatest mission
ever: being a good father to Nigel. Monty is
selfless, loving and strong, and is easily the best parent that we see from this show. Taking Bronze Medal of Good, we have Duane
and Nicole Williams from “Craig of the Creek”. Being two of the most recent parents on this
list, Duane and Nicole have still shown us in a pretty short amount of time
how great they are as parents. With three
kids, all of different ages, these two still manage to keep things balanced and are able
to focus on their entire family without favoring
one kid or leaving anyone out. Though a bit
stern at times, Nicole can be incredibly playful with her kids, like when she allowed Craig
to turn the entire house into one giant fort to cheer him up. She also comforts Craig
when she learns that he’s stressing out about his new math class, and reminds him
how much she and Duane want to know about what’s
going on in his life, and that they’re always there to talk or listen. As for Duane, though a bit goofy and filled
with dad jokes, he’s also very active in his kids’ lives. He has an incredibly strong bond with his
youngest daughter, and even helps do her hair. Duane will also play video games with Craig,
and cares about spending time with him, even getting
sad when he thinks Craig won’t want to play games anymore once he’s beaten Duane. As a parenting pair, they’re sweet,
attentive, supportive and fun. Even if they haven’t helped their kids save
the world, they’re still pretty great. Next, we have Carol from “OK KO”. In terms of both heroes and moms, Carol is
absolutely legendary. As a single mother, Carol is KO’s primary
source of advice, support, and love. She tries to teach him patience and control
at a young age, and is always there to encourage him, even when he
makes a mistake or gets frustrated. Carolwill also sometimes have KO figure out
lessons on his own instead of just telling him a
lesson, so he can truly learn something as well as become more independent. Though
she may be a fighter, she’ll also try to be sympathetic towards people - even a giant
lizard or a former enemy - and tries to be an example of a hero that doesn’t always
have to use her fists to solve a problem. While all these examples may make her seem
more like a sensei than a parent, she’s still
definitely a mother. She enjoys KO’s homemade
macaroni cards, jokes around with him, and is always willing to give him a hug. Even
when she starts focusing on other characters like Mr. Gar, Carol is always there for her
son. Next, we have Mary and Chad from “Clarence”. While Mary is a single mother and Chad
is only her boyfriend, we’re counting both of them as Clarence’s parents since they
both play a big part in Clarence’s life and help
raise and take care of him. Although it isn’t
always easy taking care of a boy as energetic and strange as Clarence, Mary is
incredibly patient. She’ll come up with games to encourage Clarence
to help with chores, and her great sense of humor and unconditional
love lets her son know that he can truly be himself around her. Mary may not always notice the trouble that
her son gets into, but when she does, you can bet that she’ll
still have his back, even if she also has to
occasionally put her foot down. As for Chad, while he may not be a stepdad
in writing, he’s more than happy to play with Clarence
and tries to be someone that Clarence can look up to. He even forced himself to run a marathon because
he didn’t want his lazy habits to rub off on Clarence. This effort must be paying off, because according
to the episode “Man of the House”, Clarence views
Chad as a respected captain. Chad may
not always be the most responsible and can occasionally be bumbling, but that doesn’t
stop him from being a pretty lovable guy. As such, we felt both Mary and Chad deserved
a high ranking. Greg Universe from “Steven Universe” is
next on our list. Similar to Monty Uno, Greg
wasn’t too impressive at first. He was living in a van away from Steven, and
had even left most of the child raising to the Crystal Gems
after Steven had reached a certain age. This was, admittedly, a pretty bad move. However, we can’t really blame Greg for
this, since he believed that he was doing the right
thing, given that he didn’t know much about gem culture and thought Steven would
be better off with the gems. We also see
that he’s willing to step in and pull Steven back from gem stuff when he thinks that
things are getting too dangerous, like when he grounded Steven from going into space
with Pearl. He can be protective and pretty helpful as
well, and is even willing to stand up to threats much stronger than him to try
and protect Steven. While he may not be as
strong as a gem, it’s his human side that helped shape Steven into the person he is
today, teaching his son lessons and trying to give advice and comfort wheneverpossible. What drops Greg a few notches is that although
he’s never tried to hurt Steven on purpose and is never really malicious,
he’s still made a few questionable choices. He
lied about Steven healing his leg and pretended that it was still broken, in order to spend
more time with him. This led to Steven questioning his powers
and nearly losing the ability to tap into them. He was also somewhat dismissive about Steven’s
feelings in the sequel series, “Steven Universe Future”,
and although we could understand not wanting to take his half-alien kid to a doctor, his
choice to keep Steven out of school probably wasn’t the best choice for his son’s developmental
or social growth. But again, Greg
didn’t do any of this maliciously, only doing what he thought was best for his son. So,
we’re giving him the benefit of a doubt. Up next are Samurai Jack’s Mom and Dad,
the Emperor and his wife. It couldn’t have
been easy for these two, and although they didn’t get much time with their son, they
certainly left an impact on him. When Jack was still a boy, his parents were
always seen as kind and loving. His mother would teach him things like how
to make a straw hat to protect himself from the sun, while his father
would give him advice on how to deal with bullies or how to deal with the idea of taking
a life in self defense. When Aku attacked,
his parents risked their own lives getting Jack to safety, allowing him to train in peace
as he prepared to take on the Ultimate Evil. Despite it being years since they’ve seen
him, when Jack eventually returns to take the sword
and fight Aku, it’s clear that their love for
him hasn’t faded whatsoever. Being such kind and noble people, you can
certainly see how Jack became the person he is today. Unfortunately, as good as they are, we felt
we couldn’t put them any higher because, well,
they put a LOT of pressure on Jack to be the world’s savior. While yes, being so pure of heart Jack was
probably the only option available, so they didn’t have much of a
choice. Still, his failure to defeat Aku and belief
that he had let his parents down and that they were ashamed of him caused a ton of
emotional and mental damage to Jack, as we see at the beginning of Season 5. Again,
we can’t blame the Emperor and his wife too much for this, we’re sure it wasn’t
their intent, but we do have to dock them some points. Up next is another KND parent, Sydney Beetles. Sydney is the father of Wallabee
Beetles, aka Numbuh Four. While Numbuh Four is all about action and
fighting, his father for the most part is as chill and happy
go lucky as can be. Talk about total
opposites. Like with Monty and Nigel, Sydney and Wallabee
sometimes struggle to understand each other and as a result aren’t
too close. In fact, Sydney can be pretty
oblivious to what his son wants. He even took Numbuh Four to his office once
for “Bring Your Daughter to Work Day”, wanting to participate
despite not having a daughter, much to Numbuh Four’s reluctance. But while he is a bit goofy and foolish, this
doesn’t take away from the love he has for his son. This is most demonstrated in the episode“Operation:
MATADOR”, where Sydney and a bunch of other dads signed up for a "How
To Be A Better Dad" seminar, only to be kept in prison-like cells all day and forced to
drink so much coffee that it drove them to the point of violence and aggressiveness. As
such, he tried to attack his son before Numbuh Four was able to snap him out of it, and
the two of them were able to free the rest of the dads together. Though he may play as
big of a role as Monty, we have to admire his optimism, cheerfulness and willingness
to better himself for his family. Bunny “Mama” Bravo from “Johnny Bravo”
is next. While Johnny may love the babes
and pretty ladies, he loves his mama even more - and she loves him just as much! Besides the fact that she allows him to still
live at home, Bunny is incredibly nurturing and dedicated to motherhood. She’s so dedicated, in fact, that in the
Christmas special, it’s revealed that she only asks Santa for
gifts for Johnny and none for herself. Though
she’s a bit eccentric, this doesn’t hinder her from being a good parent. However, because
she’s aware of (and doesn’t try to deny) that her son can sometimes be overly emotional
or a bit of an idiot, Bunny doesn’t always treat him and his problems seriously, so we
had to take off a few points for that. In her protectiveness of her son, Bunny can
also sometimes end up babying Johnny, which also
isn’t great considering how immature Johnny already is. But even with these flaws, her loving nature
is more than enough to earn her a spot in the Good Tier. Reaching the end of the Good Tier, we have
Dexter and DeeDee’s Mom and Dad from “Dexter’s Lab”. Dexter’s parents are pretty typical, with
his mother being a homemaker and his father is an office worker. Basically they both represent the archetype
of suburban parents. Because they’re so average and a bit ditzy,
it’s no surprise that the science-related antics their son gets himself
into often fly way over their heads, making them come off as unobservant. While there are a few times where they set
aside time to spend together with their kids as a family,
for the most part they’re off doing their own
thing. They aren’t bad parents, they just don’t
really have a huge presence in the show or in their kids’ lives. We will point out that Dexter’s Dad can
occasionally make some questionable choices when it comes to his
kids, like trying to turn a simple snowball fight between his kids into a full-on war,
trying to push Dexter into sports, or when he
occasionally plays childish pranks on his family. Their mother, in contrast, is a bit more
grounded but still tends to hyperfocus on things like order and cleanliness, and can
have a bit of a temper. It’s these things that keep them just on
the edge of good. But while
they may be bystanders for the most part due to not knowing about their genius son’s
secret lab and inventions, they have helped him save the day before in the episode “Last
But Not Beast” where they helped Dexter and DeeDee fight Badaxtra. They do mention
that they’re going to have a “long talk” with Dexter afterwards about his lab, but
this stillshows that even if in a case where they didn’t necessarily approve of what
their kids were doing, they would still help them and
try to protect them, and that’s not nothing. That’s it for the good characters. Now it’s time to descend into neutral territory. This is
the Grey Area. Just on the edge of grey, we have Mel Sumouski,
Sumo’s dad from “Clarence”. Mel is a
pretty gruff guy. Compared to a goofier dad like Chad, Mel comes
off as pretty stern and fairly distant from Sumo. He can be tough, and isn’t always supportive
of his middle child’s antics, like in the episode “Dream
Boat”, where after Sumo tells his dad that he’s
going to build his own boat, Mel just sort of scoffs and tells him he’ll “believe
it when he sees it”. Later on in that episode, however, he did
rescue his son and his friends when Sumo’s boat sank, showing that he’ll still
be there for his son, even if it doesn’t always
seem like it. Another example of this is when he helps get
Sumo and the rest of the kids off the hook for falling through the attic
of Breehn’s parents home and ruining their dinner party. He’ll also take Sumo fishing with him sometimes. He may not smile much
and isn’t as open with his affection, but even with these traits, we feel that Mel does
enough to be on the higher end of the Grey tier. Next is Mom and Dad from “Cow and Chicken”. Talk about a strange concept. “Mama
had a chicken, Mama had a cow-” you all know the rest. Making these two even stranger
is the fact that we never see their faces, and most of the time, they’re doing stuff
with their feet. Most of the time they come off as eccentric
and wacky, and other times they seem closer to insane. But then again this whole show is kinda insane
so, maybe it fits. They’ll sometimes tell their kids random
stories or give them strange advice, but it does
seem like their hearts are in the right place, at least. Regardless of how much parenting
they actually do, they seem to still care about their kids - and each other - in a way
that seems genuine. But because they don’t get much development,
don’t have any moments of extremely good or bad parenting, and are
mostly seen as gag characters, we felt we had to put them in the Grey Area. Time to look at another pair of KND parents,
Kani and Genki Sanban AKA Numbuh Three’s Mom and Dad. Perhaps just a bit stereotypical, these two
are extremely stern and stoic compared to their daughters, Kuki
and Mushi. Genki hardly ever smiles and is
focused on her business while Kani is extremely irritable and scolds his daughters for
nearly everything, viewing a simple conflict between them as “bickering” and completely
losing his temper over it. There was also the time in the episode “Operation:
HOT-STUFF” where he was so concerned about keeping his house cold that he ignored
that his daughter was clearly freezing. While these traits would have easily pushed
theminto the Bad Tier, they’re really just surface level faults. At their core, they’re still loving
parents. Genki, after all, was the one who bought Numbuh
Three her first Rainbow Monkey, and though she may be a bit jealous
that she never had fun toys like that growing up, she still allows her daughters
to have them so that they can have a better childhood than she did. Kani also clearly cares a lot. He only yells about “bickering”
because he “wants his babies to stop fighting”, and was heartbroken when he wasn’t
able to make a proper sundae for his daughter and their guests. Though they have their
faults, they’re able to make up for them and still be decent enough parents. Up next is Nicole and Richard Watterson from
“The Amazing World of Gumball”. And
yes, while some may look at Richard as the worst parent, we felt that we had to put
BOTH of them in the Grey tier. Richard can indeed be lazy and selfish, often
oblivious to what his kids are doing and isn’t very active
in terms of teaching or disciplining. We can’t
forget the episode where he made Gumball and Darwin compete in a “lazy off” with him,
and then tricked them into doing all HIS chores. Speaking of morals, Richard once tried
to convince Gumball to steal candy when Nicole wouldn’t allow them to get any treats
from the store. He’s also rather incompetent when it comes
to taking care of them. When Nicole isn’t around, he’s irresponsible
and lets his kids do pretty much whatever they want, from eating cans of whipped cream
for breakfast and wearing their PJs all day to getting a tattoo. As for Nicole, her major flaw is her extreme
temper and competitiveness. Though we can’t blame her for losing her
temper, she takes it to some EXTREMES sometimes, to the point where her
kids are genuinely afraid of angering her. She can be passive aggressive as well, and
when it comes to pushing her kids to be the best, Nicole can take it WAY too far. What started as a simple encouraging method
turned into Nicole forcing her family to compete and fight against each other for the top
spot on a chart. She’ll also bend the rules during games
or lessen her own kids’ accomplishments if it prevents her from losing,
as seen when the family played Dodge or Dare. Both Richard and Nicole have some pretty terrible
traits. Thankfully though,
they’re far from abusive or neglectful. They love their kids, and both of them can
be very protective of them - with Nicole always willing
to fight for her family, and Richard putting himself in danger to save his kids when they’re
in danger, as seen in the episode “The Hero”. They can also overcome their faults for their
families, with Nicole being willing to admit she was wrong in her actions, and Richard
trying to be less lazy and even getting a job at one point. But even if their faults don’t completely
overshadow their good sides, we still can’t consciously call them completely
good parents, at least in comparison to our other Good Tier candidates. Next, we have Jake the Dog from “Adventure
Time”. When it was announced that Lady
Rainicorn was pregnant and Jake was going to have puppies, the audience was just asexcited
as Jake was. As such, Jake started off as a pretty dedicated
father, moving in with Lady so he could help take care of the
puppies. He exhausted himself trying to do
all he could for his kids, and listened to parenting advice tapes left behind by his
mother, all for the sake of keeping his babies happy
and safe - emphasis on safe. This,
unfortunately, led to Jake being a pretty overbearing father for a time, which definitely
annoyed his kids. However, once Jake saw that his kids could
fight for themselves and learned that Rainicorn kids aged quickly,
Jake took a pretty big step back from being a
parent. Some could even argue that it was TOO big
of a step back… While he’ll still
sometimes spend time with them, it isn’t very often. His kids take notice of this, and
while they don’t outright resent him for it, they’ll still comment on it. His son, T.V. even
says in one episode "I love Dad, but he's only met me twice.” Another one of Jake’s sons,
Kim Kil Whan, views his father as irresponsible and thus was very distant and cold
towards Jake, although he has grown to accept this part of Jake even if he still doesn’t
completely approve. Even if all of this doesn’t look that great
on Jake’s part, it isn’t necessarily neglectful given that all his
kids are technically adults and have their own
lives. We also know that Jake still loves his kids
regardless of how much time he spends with them, even being willing to get
back with his old gang after he thought his daughter, Jake Jr., was kidnapped. In terms of being a father, Jake has room
to improve, but he still does juuuuust enough to be kept
out of the Bad tier. Ending the Grey Tier, we have yet another
pair, Harold and Gladys, Billy’s Mom and Dad
from “The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy”. Similar to the Watterson parents,
these two fall under the same category of “Immature Dad” and “Temperamental Mom”. Though, even immature may be an understatement. In many cases, Harold is just as
idiotic as his son, Billy, and doesn’t do much in terms of actual parenting. When he does
try to provide guidance for his son, it’s usually not very good advice - like when Harold
tried to crash a Battle of the Bands competition because Billy was sad about not being
in a band. He can also be apathetic and a jerk at times,
but never quite crosses that line into being an actual bad person, just a really
stupid one. Gladys on the other hand, while
being a bit more of an active parent, is also much more violent. She’s attacked Grim on
several occasions, and even tried to kill Billy when she thought she was a sasquatch. She was a bit of a mama bear in the earlier
seasons, but towards the latter half of the show, she didn’t really share too many moments
with her son, usually just letting him do whatever he wants. Neither Harold nor Gladys seemed to take Billy’s
feelings into consideration when they nearly moved to a
new city in “Keeper of the Reaper”, and the
heartwarming scenes between the three of them are practically nonexistent. Because
they aren’t outright cruel or abusive, we can’t put them in the Bad tier, but these
two just barely squeak by.That wraps up the grey area. Now it’s time to finally look at the questionable,
the neglectful, and the worst of the worst. These characters are the Bad to Evil. Starting off this section, we have Mac and
Terrence’s Mother from “Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends”. Mac’s mom is pretty much always working
in order to provide for her family, which had resulted in Terrence
terrorizing and bullying Mac and Bloo whenever they were all left home alone. Now, this alone wouldn’t put her in the
Bad Tier, since we all understand the sacrifices a parent
has to make and we aren’t going to blame her for needing to work long hours in
order to keep her family off the street. What
does bring her down to this tier however is how she went about telling Mac that he had
to get rid of Bloo. Though she was trying to help him ‘grow
up’ in a sense, she was a bit callous in how she did it. Considering that imaginary friends are thinking,
feeling people in the Fosters universe and Bloo was the closest
friend that Mac had, her telling Mac that he had to give up Bloo and that he didn’t
have a choice in the matter was pretty callous and cruel towards both of them. She also partially blamed Mac for being bullied
by his older brother, insinuating that along with Terrence being a jerk, Terrence might
have picked on Mac because he saw Mac as a baby due to still having an imaginary
friend. That could be considered victim blaming, which
is kinda messed up. It’s also
repeatedly stated that if she ever found out that Mac was going to Fosters every day,
she would forbid him from going back. But even with all this, we can’t put her
any lower since she still genuinely cares about her
sons and their well-being. We see her making
sure they have good holidays and trying to comfort Mac when he’s upset. It’s a bare
minimum, but it still counts. Next, we have the rarely seen parents of Ed
Edd n Eddy. You could make a decent
argument that all three Ed parents subtly symbolize some sort of neglect or abuse. Let’s
start with the worst: Ed and Sarah’s parents. They clearly favor Sarah over Ed, often
taking her word over her brother’s and often grounding Ed for the littlest things and
forcing him to live with his horrible aunt when he gets bad grades. It’s gotten to the point
that Ed is terrified of making his mother angry, and has even had nightmares about
being punished by her. Let’s also not forget that, during one grounding,
Ed’s parents took away the stairs so that he couldn’t leave
his room. Like Double D says, that’s disturbing. Speaking of Double D, his parents are practically
non-existent and are always away, leaving Double D in his home alone to do all
the chores. While the idea of Double D and
his parents communicating through sticky notes instead of actually talking face-to-face
is portrayed as sort of an amusing quirk of his home life, it’s kiiiinda messed up when
you think about it. Double D is also practically terrified of
making his parents upset, though that could just be his neurotic nature. Either way, they don’t seem very close,
focusing more on respect and keeping things tidy than being a family. Finally, we cometo Eddy’s parents, who are
seemingly the least bad of the bunch. Sure, they do get Eddy
only clothes for Christmas, but that’s hardly a sin. We do briefly see Eddy’s father get
angry over his bad grades and hear about Eddy’s mother forcing him to clean out his
room and get rid of any ‘mature’ magazines but, again, nothing out of the ordinary. But
while they aren’t as concerning as Ed or Double D’s parents, they were apparently
distant enough to give Eddy’s older brother a chance
to bully, influence and practically torture Eddy when they were younger, as seen in the
“Big Picture Show” finale movie. That can’t
be ignored, and since we don’t see or hear about Eddy being particularly close to his
folks or having any nice moments with them, we had to put them - along with the other
Eds’ parents - in the Bad Tier. Up next, we have Martin Mertens, Finn’s
Dad from Adventure Time. Compared to other
bad dads, Martin’s story is sort of a tragic one. While he started off as a conman, Marty
did initially try to be better and attempted to live an honest life for the sake of his
family, and while he did abandon Finn, Marty had always
meant to go back for him. Unfortunately, through the years since that
fateful day, Marty’s negative traits such as
his selfishness and opportunistic nature turned him into a truly awful dad. He has little
empathy or sympathy, and even when he was reunited with Finn, he was still more
focused on saving himself than trying to reconnect. He also abandons Finn a second
time, causing Finn to lose his arm. He can be pretty childish, and even cruel
at times - though this seems to come from him simply
being oblivious and not knowing any better than him outright trying to maliciously hurt
his son. He still fought to protect Finn when
his son was a baby, and eventually Finn is able to accept Martin for who he is, even
if he still doesn’t consider Martin a true father. Entering our bottom 3, we’re giving the
Bronze Medal of Evil to Sherm, Rigby and Don’s Dad from “Regular Show”. While originally he seemed supportive and
proud of Rigby in the Thanksgiving episode, Sherm quickly became
the opposite in his future appearances. He was often frustrated with Rigby’s lack
of maturity and often compared him to his younger brother, Don. He can be pretty strict and mean, and isn’t
shy about making his criticisms or disappointment known. In the episode "Lunch Break", we get a
flashback of Sherm forcing a young Mordecai and Rigby to eat the four boxes of cereal
that they had opened to get a toy so that the cereal wasn’t wasted, which causes them
to pass out and end up in the hospital. Later on, Sherm refuses to let Rigby take
his car to prom. When Rigby takes the car without his permission,
due to his mother giving him the keys, Sherm takes it upon himself to crash
the prom and force Rigby and Eileen to leave. As he’s driving them home, he tells Rigby
that he's nothing but a screwup who messes up everyone's lives. Talk about harsh, especially since this was
the season where Rigby was actually trying to better
himself. Thankfully, after Rigby saves them allfrom
a car crash and proves that he can be responsible and do things right, Sherm tells
him that he’s proud of him. It’s implied that their relationship does
improve somewhat after all this, but considering how much verbal
abuse Sherm dished out at Rigby and how much he favored Don, this isn’t enough
to save him from the podium of poor parents. With the Silver Medal of Evil, we have inventor
and villain Lord Boxman from “OK KO”. Although all of his children are robots that
he built, Boxman clearly fills the role of a
father to them. Unfortunately, he isn’t a very good one. In fact, he’s pretty cruel at times,
only really seeing his ‘children’ as tools and weapons that can be used to attack the
Plaza. He’s always disappointed in their failures
and often has them destroyed as a ‘punishment’. Heck, we’re first introduced to Boxman while
he’s throwing Darrell into a furnace as a way to make a point to his son. Boxman will also sometimes pit his kids
against each other, as seen in "Sibling Rivalry". While he is sometimes doting over his
robots' successes, this doesn’t stop him from going back to treating them horribly
within moments, making his ‘love’ seem conditional
in that he’ll only give them love when they succeed at something or meet certain expectations. Eventually, however, Boxman is
able to make some progress in terms of being a father. He starts working on his temper
and tries to treat his robots better, and in the series finale, “Let’s Fight to
the End”, Boxman actually admits to his faults as a
father and promises to treat his kids better than ever before, saying that he’ll always
love them. We can admire how much he
changed, but it took a while to get there. Adding in how cruel he was for the longest
time, and we felt we had to still put him pretty low on our list. Taking the Gold Medal of Evil, we have Father
from “Codename: Kids Next Door”. Amongst all the CN parents, Father is without
a doubt the absolute WORST. Even the
way he became a ‘father’ is absolutely horrible. In the special “Operation: ZERO”, it was
revealed that Father had kidnapped the members of Sector Z from both the KND and
their actual families. He had then used a delightfulization ray to
permanently brainwash them, forever turning them into the obedient
Delightful Children From Down the Lane. So, yeah, kidnapping your children and forcefully
changing their personalities so that they can better serve you? That alone would be more than enough to put
Father at the bottom of our list, but of course the guy
has done way more than that. We could
honestly spend all day focusing on all the crimes that he’s committed and all the
dangers he put the KND through. Focusing on just his action as a parent though,
just like Lord Boxman, any type of love or praise Father
shows towards the Delightful Children are conditional. He’s controlling and often yells at his
kids whenever they fail or disappoint him, and the Delightful Children
are clearly afraid of both him and his wrath whenever he gets like this. You could argue that Father doesn’t have
ANY actual love forhis children, seeing them more as minions to use against the KND. Even the one nice
thing he does for them - throwing them a birthday party with a delicious cake - has an
ulterior motive, being a way to make OTHER kids miserable. Beyond being an awful
person and villain, Father is a terrible parent with no good or soft side to him
whatsoever, and more than deserves this ranking. But what do you think? Let us know in the comments if you agree with
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