Top 20 Most Disturbing Kids Cartoons Episodes EVER

[Music] suddenly they heard something down the hall in the dark [Music] welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 most disturbing episodes of kids cartoons that was a really strange case of the hospital today straight out of a nightmare for this list we'll be looking at the most spine tingling entries of shows aimed at children what cartoon episodes scarred you for life let us know if we missed it in the comments below number 20. teeth for two cat dog the sound of a dentist drill is enough to make anyone squirm in their seat really really plenty of drilling and wow that's just the start of this uncomfortable episode of cat dog once the pets realize their personal Dental habits affect the other's mouth they begin a wince-inducing war to see who can ruin the other's teeth first and one thing's for sure they definitely don't hold back no doc not the aluminum foil the recurring imagery of their broken decaying mouths makes this episode genuinely difficult to sit through that's not even mentioning the gruesome sound effects either if anything this episode will have you reaching for the TV remote or better yet for your own toothbrush well boys I'm afraid I'm going to have to take you down to the gums and do a total build out number 19. earth mover Batman Beyond one Batman Beyond villain took a literal down to earth approach to villainy the titular earth mover wanted to get revenge against its enemies by burying them alive Underground he had to be dead that's what we figured anyway as if the episodes claustrophobic setting wasn't bad enough the reveal that his true form was a decomposing corpse is just plain haunting but the worst part of the story is that it's hard to label earth mover as a cut and dry villain he mainly wanted revenge for becoming a twisted version of his former self Tony left knee buried while earth mover still isn't the most sympathetic villain ever the fact that he's heavily implied to die by the end of the episode made this story even more disturbing number eight Sleepless in retroville the adventures of Jimmy Neutron boy Genius in Jimmy's eyes pillow fights and pizza are all part of a perfect sleepover okay okay one ultimate pizza coming up [Music] unfortunately Carl's knack for messing things up turns those two into walking scary stories the slumbertron must have combined the pizza and scary story programs to create [Music] sentient Italian food doesn't sound all that frightening at first however kids might disagree when they see the horrifying and formally inanimate objects Chase Jimmy and the others across the house not even Carl's hilarious songs can save this episode from feeling like a full-blown horror film good morning until you good morning to you we're all in our places thankfully a Twist revealed that it was all a nightmare but in the end it's safe to say that it's not just Jimmy who will have trouble getting back to bed number 17. Jack and the haunted house Samurai Jack this legendary cartoon primarily told its story through action this terrifying installment is no different a foolish samurai warrior wielding a magic [Music] size a scary House's uneasy atmosphere this episode abruptly swaps between art styles and color palettes when those choices were combined with an eerie lack of background music every moment became absolutely spine tingling the scary decisions led to the moment when a shadowy monster debuted in the context of this frightening episode the villain feels more menacing than the show's other one-off villains do since it was capable of spooking the typically unshakable Jack it was a guarantee that the viewers would get scared too number 16. Haunted Train Hey Arnold boarding this ride of an episode will give you an Express ticket to having an intense fear of trains the train then enters the zone of Darkness from the moments Grandpa Phil tells the story about a haunted Caravan it's painfully obvious where the episode is heading but it still didn't make the scariest portion of the story any easier Arnold Gerald and Helga all become trapped in a train seemingly Bound for the Underworld the tense Stakes aren't glossed over either we're all gonna there are several bone-chilling allusions to fire Brimstone and everything in between the trio thankfully manages to emerge from the train unscathed this Shrine isn't haunted haunted oh no not that story again even though it's all okay in the end it's still hard to watch these three young characters grapple with a thought of their own deaths number 15. the boogeyman cometh The Real Ghostbusters most kids share a deep Primal Fear about the monster in their closet well sir it's like this it's the boogeyman what but in this specific case it's not just a childhood nightmare the animated Ghostbusters discover that the boogeyman is all too real additionally he also has some downright terrifying ways of scaring his victims the way his massive head pops out of doorways is sure to haunt young audiences for Generations especially given the creepy echo of his voice [Applause] [Music] Wild wild bug ghosts is literally in the show's name this marks one of the few instances where the monster wasn't played off as a joke The Real Ghostbusters definitely let the frightening boogeyman live up to his age-old reputation now do you believe us looks like we owe all of you an apology number 14. Angelica's worst nightmare Rugrats ironically it seems like Angelica's worst nightmare is a lot like everyone else's after all if a giant baby tried to eat us we'd be scared too the episode in question centers around the spoiled Angelica becoming anxious after hearing she's getting a new sibling you see sweetheart Mommy and Daddy are um wait the thing is Angelica mommy's gonna have another baby her fears manifest themselves into a horrifying dream where her baby brother is presented as a horrifying monster that's right I'm the new baby I'm the new baby and you're the old baby C and you better get something straight right off the bat there is room in this house for the first of us watching him Stomp and grow into a beast is horrifying to make matters worse her dream parents neglect and ignore her fears oh that's ridiculous you know babies can't talk Charlotte you're right it'll be perfect for the new baby oh by the way we're moving the new baby into your room and giving him all your toys the scenario Angelica dreamed up is so demented that we wouldn't be surprised if this episode inspired viewers to have nightmares too number 13. collector the Powerpuff Girls given how frequently Blossom Bubbles and buttercups save the day it's no surprise they have a devoted fan base holy hoarders this has got to be the most complete collection of Powerpuff paraphernalia on the planet but a loner names Lenny Baxter completely destroyed the line between fan and fanatic after finishing his collection of Powerpuff Girl merchandise he began quotes unquote collecting a lot more personal items hello lady let me be the first to introduce you to my collection permanently the sight of a grown stranger sneaking into the girls rooms is enough to get anyone's skin crawling but Lenny's Obsession gets even more disturbing when he tries to turn the trio into his own personal trophies fortunately a group of less toxic fans rescued the heroes before they became permanent parts of the villains collection but one thing you don't have Lenny is true fandom number 12. it's a Wishful Life The Fairly Odd Parents when our bucktooth main character is berated for every good deed he's done that day he decides to teach everyone a lesson by wishing he didn't exist bye you know what I wish I was never born Timmy is then transported to an alternate timeline where it turns out everyone is better off without him what's worse is that Jorgen tries to send him to what is conceptually similar to hell [Music] forever when Timmy is able to steal jorgen's wand he laments wondering if everyone else's sadness is worth his existence he decides it's not and accepts his fate but all I'll be doing is making everybody's life worse I can't do that to Cosmo and Wanda Mom and Dad it all turns out to be a test but it's still a pretty shocking plot Number 11. same as it never was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the 2003 series of TMNT has a couple of Dark episodes throughout its run however none of us expected Our Heroes in a half shell to die on screen when Donatello is sent to the future he discovers things took a turn for the worse in his absence you've been gone over 30 years Donatello 30 years it can't be Splinter was killed the brother split up Mikey lost an arm and shredder has taken over the world in a last-ditch effort to stop this horrible timeline from happening the turtles charge Shredder's HQ dying off one by one all right honey we'll do it one more time but please tell me we have a Fighting Chance the saddest part is seeing Raphael crawling over to his estranged brother Leo to spend his final moments with him Leo Leo [Music] [Applause] it's the teenage mutants ninja dead guys number 10 are you happy now SpongeBob SquarePants Squidward has always gone the short end of the stick but no one expected the show to insinuate him ending it all Squidward realizes that he doesn't have a happiest memory prompting SpongeBob to try and create one for him look I don't need a happy memory so just get back to your culinary grease Factory and leave me alone unfortunately his efforts fail sending Squidward into a deep depression locking himself away for weeks it's here we see one of the darkest images ever drawn in the series Squidward takes a rope and ties it up implying he's decided life isn't worth living I can't seem to get happy maybe this will help it may have been a bait and switch but by the end of the episode Squidward has a mental breakdown leaving his depression unresolvedoors at a certain point his pain is no longer funny number nine two heck and back Rocco's modern life even though it aired on Nickelodeon Rocco's Modern Life likes to push what they could get past the sensors in this episode heifer finds himself choking to death after swallowing a chicken's rib cage while Rocco tries to revive him heifer meets peaches in what is quite obviously hell heifer's food habits being played for Laughs the cartoon gets quite dark as heifer is exposed to his various gluts and his sins and how he would be punished now turn to channel 3. sure where's the remote [Music] you poor fool still don't know where you are do you there is no remote [Music] it gets even scarier when Peaches starts appearing out of nowhere when he thinks he's safe the cartoon likes to play with adult jokes from time to time but the cartoon went a little far for a watershed time slot number eight Fail-Safe Young Justice attention you have entered the boundaries of Earth's space fail safe is easily one of the most Relentless and horrific episodes of a kids cartoon in recent memory the episode kicks off with the death of the entire Justice League following an alien attack to make matters worse the team is forced to take the League's place and defend the Earth themselves the one thing the aliens cannot destroy is hope but after Artemis dies the rest of the team is picked off one by one before suddenly waking up and finding out that the whole scenario was a simulation Made Real by Miss Martian's powerful psychic mind leaving everyone devastated by these real emotions for a fake experience we know that young justice was supposed to be mature but not that mature what you experienced was a training exercise number seven nightmare Hospital Steven Universe while Steven Universe's stories often take place in bright and colorful settings this chapter steers the viewer right into utter nightmare territory during the story The Hero has to go into a hospital at night what was that [Music] at the same time mysterious enemies lie in wait within the Shadows a subdued color scheme and unsettling music makes the hospital uncomfortable long before any evil gems start Rising [Music] good day off Kenny when they do they come in the form of some of the grizzliest creature designs the show has ever seen from the lighting to the music to the storyboarding this entire episode is a master class in how to create a terrifying tone and atmosphere but it might just do its job a little too well gem experiments this is what you've been doing training to fight these things number six Heavenly puss Tom and Jerry The Adventures of this cat and mouse Duo is filled with endless violence but the characters have only ever died a handful of times blue cat Blues sees the two characters await a train to run them over after losing the girls of their dreams [Music] however Heavenly puss pulls no punches after Tom and Jerry engage in a typical Chase Tom is crushed by a piano and ascends to heaven but once he gets there he is rejected for how he's treated Jerry within that time you can obtain the signature of that little mouse on this certificate of forgiveness you will be permitted to pass it's here we find Tom pleading with Jerry to forgive him before he gets sent to the red hot place down below turns out it was all a bad dream and Tom has never been happier to see Jerry [Music] number five haunted Teen Titans he's not coming back you know that's all that's left of it Obsession can drive a person insane and in Teen Titans Robin was that person in this episode of the hit series Robin Ponders over Slade's defeat and wonders if he is truly gone a question that begins to haunt him as he starts to see the villain everywhere he goes you're not real I'm very real could you have gotten all those bruises from someone who wasn't there Robin is driven mad by the hunt for Slade who turns out to be nothing more than Visions caused by a hallucinogenic chemical the whole Affair serves as a metaphor for paranoia and PTSD which is what made this episode one of the darkest in the series sometimes I feel like I'm the only one still looking for him the only one who can stop him number four filet of Soul Dexter's Laboratory Dexter and Dede have a real nasty habit of getting caught in messy situations [Music] look no further than the episode's sore eyes or a self-imposed laser eye surgery gives Dexter a terrifying lens on life but filet of souls still managed to be more unnerving than ocular horror during this Infamous story Dexter and Dede tried to give their goldfish a proper burial we'll give fishy a decent burial in the garden tomorrow unfortunately their actions cause the pet to come back as a Sinister Ghost and the fish isn't the only being to come back the idea of your childhood pets coming back as strong spectral beasts is terrifying on its own with an unsettling concept and a terrifying final jump scare it doesn't take a genius like Dexter to figure out why this story is so scary early morning is dead foreign number three the Puppet Master avatar The Last Airbender what I'm about to show you I discovered in that wretched Fire Nation prison one of the most dangerous forms of bending in the world of avatar The Last Airbender is blood bending the act of bending the water within a person's blood to control their movements it was first introduced in the Puppet Master which told the story of Hama a former prisoner of the Fire Nation who escaped by developing this dark technique which she continued to use to harm innocent civilians they threw me in prison to rot along with my brothers and sisters they deserve the same desperate to stop Hama and save her friends Katara is forced to use bloodbending herself an ax that leaves her in tears with such a dark premise a tragic villain and a horrific technique the puppet master was perhaps the darkest and creepiest episode of avatar The Last Airbender congratulations Katara you're a blood Bender number two perfect Courage the Cowardly Dog from Freaky Fred's debut to King Ramsay's curse the show has always found a way to terrify its viewers in new unique ways this show always bordered on the scary with plenty of episodes using chilling ideas to drive the comedic situations courage gets himself into but the series finale haunted many children's dreams during this episode no matter how much he tries he can't seem to do anything right you did it wrong just like you painted the chicken cooperong and you did a lousy job repairing the windmill his feelings of inadequacy manifests in the hallucination of a school teacher called the perfectionist who berates him throughout the story it all comes to a head when courage starts having bad dreams where a CGI creature soothingly tells courage you're not perfect you're not perfect foreign [Applause] animation switch is weird enough but this one among many other moments makes the entire episode nightmare fuel before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one dark Harvest Invader Zim this episode is without a doubt the most messed up thing ever to be aired on Nickelodeon when Zim fears that his alien biology will reveal his Origins he attempts to make his body appear more human and the episode quickly devolves into a full-blown horror movie as Zim harvests organs around the school replacing them with everyday objects until his hunt finally ends and he steals dibs lungs seriously how did this one make it past the big exit Nick I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about an alien harvesting human organs doesn't exactly make for great children's television but it does make dark Harvest our choice for the number one unexpectedly dark kids cartoon episode did you enjoy this video check out these other clips from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos

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Length: 23min 37sec (1417 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 16 2023