Top 20 Kids Show Concepts That Are Actually Horrifying
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Today, we're counting down our picks for kids. Shows with surprisingly dark premises, spoilers may be ahead. Time for your dissection, guys. Number 20, genetically conjoined animals navigate life in a world populated by humanoids. Cat, dog. Sometimes siblings may feel like they're joined at the hip, but that saying is very literal. When it comes to cat-dog.
The premise of the cat and dog brothers being fused together isn't the only thing that might creep out viewers. The show had many unsettling episodes, like meat, dog's friends, where dog decides to turn vegetarian. After learning how meat is made, they make animals out of meat. I've been eating animals. See you learn something new every day, while. It's a noble lifestyle. Change it traumatizes dog when he hallucinates, sensient meats, who torment him.
Another recurring element of the show is the ridicule that cat-dog faces. Nice bucket. Funnel face. As usual, you're a paragon of sensitivity for your information. This is a bonafide medical device. They're constantly treated poorly by characters like the greasers and other citizens of Nberg for being different. Ultimately, that sends a pretty bad message to the show's audience of impressionable children. If you crush old 159, you'll have to crush me and cat along with it.
So, where's the downside? Am I missing something here? Stomp him like a cockroach. Number 19. Two teenagers are placed in bizarre and grotesque situations. Mr. Mey, things just went off the rails in Mr. Mey, this French fry, has 10 grains of salt on it. Stop wasting. Salt. The show is about Josh and Parker. Two teenagers working at the fast-food joint known as Mr. Mey. They'd often get into wacky antics. And that's putting it mildly.
They've burnt off a co-worker's nose turned mall shoppers into zombies, and even had a stowaway vampire in their freezer. Help me help me. No, her breast smell like the dead. And honestly, that's just scraping the surface. Besides absurdly creepy episodes of which, there are plenty. There are also so many off-putting character designs that the show feels like a fever dream. Yeah, it's okay, buddy. We'll be right back. Dizzy. Let's get to the kitchen.
Okay, I'm so dizzy. Yeah. If you were someone traumatized by the show, just know you're not alone. Number 18, a man who can't control his rage, picks, fights with everyone. Dan versus hi, dan. I just moved in next door. I'm a supermodel. I don't care who the IRS sends. I am not paying taxes. Sometimes you may feel like the world is against you, but eventually you learn to move past your problems.
Well, at least that's the ideal scenario. Unfortunately, that's not always a reality. Just ask Dan, the star of Dan versus lives, a pretty miserable existence. In each episode, he picks, fights with just about anything and drags his friends into his messes. I have been wronged. Again, I can't believe it either. I demand vengeance. Who is it? This time, the worst, most devious subhuman of them. All the mailman close, the wolf-man.
Sometimes, dan's right to be angry, but he always ends up going overboard in his quest for revenge and never changes, which is pretty sad. In one of the first episodes, he develops a vendetta against the entire state of New Mexico Characters also get severely injured. And there's almost a blood sacrifice that happens. What was that? He? We'd better go check it out. What the sacrifice it'll wait 10 minutes.
This series stretches the definition of a kid Show. Number 17. A young girl develops superpowers after being exposed to a radioactive substance. The secret world of Alex Mac, getting superpowers is awesome, getting exposed to dangerous chemicals. Not so awesome, of course. You should worry, for all, we know, you could have been hit by something that's seeping into your brain cells at this very minute and attacking your central nervous system.
And you're going to turn into a quivering mass of jelly. When Alex, mac is nearly run over by a truck, a radioactive substance from the vehicle spills onto her while she makes it out. In the end, alex discovers she has powers. It might be cool, but it comes with a serious cost.
Where did Alex go throughout the show, she constantly has to evade the chemical plant that made the substance and keep her powers a secret from her own parents. Have you kids seen Alex? No, apparently, she had to stay late after school to try out for the basketball team, right? Ray, right, basketball? I didn't know. She liked basketball. Neither did I.
That's a lot for a young girl to deal with her constant fear of being snatched and experimented on, adds a creepy vibe to this show, that keeps viewers on edge. Number, 16, monsters, scare humans for assignments. Ah, real monsters, having to do homework can be scary. But. What if your homework was to be scary? You also know the results of last week's midterms are in, and you, P-mongers have really let me down this time.
How hard could it be to scare the pants off an 8-year old. In this show, monsters attend their very own school where they get a quality education in terrifying humans. Besides, getting a crash course in how to frighten these monsters have to regularly travel up to the surface world, to scare humans, as part of their assignments. The modern education system is haunting enough.
So, the idea of a school designed solely for monsters to terrify us is pretty cruel, first. A tooth fairy. Now, this, the monsters in training can also give us plenty of nightmares already just by their hideous looks alone. Let's just hope class won't be in session for much longer. What are you looking at? Sorry, thanks. Number 15. A boy who grew up inside a talking whale, joins a creepy pirate in search of treasure.
The marvelous misadventures of flapjack. Creepy. Doesn't even really begin to describe the series. The marvelous misadventures of flapjack revolves around a boy named flapjack, captain, knuckles, and the whale, bubby. We can't be the only ones who thought the idea of a young child living inside of a whale who is also their adoptive mom, by the way, was odd. Am I in troubles? No, no, no, baby. I am not mad at. You.
Better stop poisoning my baby's head. Flapjack probably also should not be hanging around with Captain Knuckles, either. He's not exactly a great role model. There's only one way to handle people on the bad side of town. Never do nothing for nobody. And if that doesn't work, call him A. And the more the show went on, the more it weirded us out. She must have laid eggs on my head.
While I listened to your shell gross, it had regularly introduce us to some incredibly gross visuals. And why don't we just leave it at that. Trust us, when we say. You do not want to see what peppermint Larry looks like when he gets the candy flu. Number 14, four, turtles are mutated by chemical waste and grow up to fight ninjas and other mutants, teenage mutant ninja Turtles.
While viewing the adventures of the Ninja Turtles, now, is usually considered fun for all ages. Their story is a little darker than you think. Yeah, we're unbelievable. Jeez. Where's your off? Switch? After all the original comics they first appeared in, were not meant for younger audiences, and that distinctly dark tone was especially reflected in the 2003 cartoon.
As per usual, the turtles along with their mentor, master Splinter, get transformed, after being exposed to mysterious mutagen, ooze and grow up to become crime fighters. I took pity, gathering them up in a coffee can. That'be all well and good, if not for the terribly dire situations. They so often find themselves in anyone else. Remember that one episode where they were almost dissected, sorry, I can't minister a sedative, but it might corrupt my findings.
I can't look. Number 13 passengers can't leave until they work through their traumas. Infinity train, there has to be a way off this train that won't kill me. The infinity train is definitely one of the most unique forms of therapy we've seen. It may look like a regular train, but don't let that fool you. Inside are infinite environments of virtually anything. You could imagine.
Passengers who get picked, pied up, are assigned a number that goes up or down, depending on their actions. As they pass through the cars, the goal is to get the number down to zero. Zero. So they can leave your num's going up. You're losing progress. Miss tulip. What progress spoiler here? But the number basically represents how well they're working through their personal problems.
While the train's purpose is technically good Riding, this locomotive is an undeniably dangerous experience. Working through unresolved issues is a lot easier said than done. And some traumas can take a lifetime to heal. Nothing will ever change. Stuck on this train forever. Number 12, teenagers are transformed into animals and have to fight brain rotting parasites. Anamorphs. Is it happening? I feel weird, weird.
This adaptation of the popular anamorphs book franchise arguably might not be the kind of show that could be made today, at least not for an audience of kids. The show follows a group of teenagers who meet an alien and develop the ability to morph into various animals. It's soon up to them to stop an evil species known as the Y from conquering Earth. These critters are the worst.
They control people by sneaking in through their ears. And yeah, that's pretty nasty. They must have a host to live in on Earth. Their hosts are humans, the fate of the entire world resting in a bunch of teenagers. Hands can also be pretty stressful, if you really think about it. They were essentially enlisted into a war. Overnight. It is done. The of change is in your flesh.
Number 11, children solve crimes with the help of a ghost writer, meant to get kids to love reading and writing. Ghost writer taught us that words definitely have power. The show centered around kids from Brooklyn, who essentially became detectives with the help of a ghost named Ghost Riter Hey, what's ghost rider doing warning. Do not overheat. Admittedly, despite having a ghost involved, the show wasn't too haunting. Nobody else sees that.
Sh, people will think we're nuts. Don't get us wrong. There were still some creepy moments like that episode with the slime monster, gooey, gus Jamal, why Very funny? Okay, casey, you guys again, but what really makes this show so disturbing is actually a detail that was shared after it already ended.
Kermit Frasier, a writer / producer for the show, revealed that Ghost Riter was originally an enslaved person who was murdered after escaping during the Civil War. It definitely adds a layer of dark realism to everything. Number 10, psychedelic blobs dance around the screen. Even the title BBA sounds disturbing and threatening, like an ancient incantation that can raise the dead. In actuality, BBA is just a nonsense word.
And the title of this extremely disturbing children's show, from the United Kingdom that aired in the early 2000s. The Bubas are terrifying and psychedelic alien creatures, complete with sparkling fur, enormous unblinking eyes, and retractable necks, who do little else, but dance around and direct mysterious noises towards each other, while children may enjoy the color and music. The rest of us are left in horror as we watch the rituals of this weird alien race.
Number nine, a demonic headmaster terrorizes the children of his school. The demon headmaster, we must set things in motion. Every child thinks that their headmaster or principal is some kind of evil entity. But that is actually the case in the demon headmaster. And it is terrifying. This is a show from the UK, and it concerns a student named Dina Glass, who does battle with her titular demon headmaster.
He has green eyes, manipulates and controls the students, and eventually tries ruling the world by accelerating evolution, and building a hyperbrain School is supposed to be a sanctuary for children. And the idea of its leader controlling the students and causing them harm is a pretty disturbing concept to imagine, particularly for parents. Yes, I have created you, and I shall name you. Number eight, basically. Every story, goosebumps, take it off me. I hate this space.
I hate this space. I hate it. The'90s were clearly the peak of children's horror. Horror. Not only did, are you afraid of the dark air from 1990 to 1996, RL Stein also terrified us all with goosebumps throughout the mid to late decade, and let us tell you, most of these stories were downright disturbing. Even for adults. These include a haunted mask that molds to the wearer's face.
A creepy dummy that terrorizes children, a haunted house that needs blood. And a father who is apparently turning into a plant. We're surprised. The children who watched this show turned out okay, because these are some straightup, scary stories. Number seven, an alien tries to enslave the human race. Invader Zim watch, as I bring a royal audience to the downfall of the human race.
The concept of aliens is equal parts, terrifying, and wondrous to human beings, particularly kids. But in the case of invader Zim, they are definitely more scary than wonder inducing the premise of this unsettling and disturbing show is that an alien named Zim, integrates himself into society and attempts to enslave the human race. ZIM's pursuits lead him to do some extremely nasty things, like plucking out eyes, murdering his classmates and performing operations.
We're sure he's not qualified to perform. And to think this was a cartoon on Nickelodeon, I'm afraid, I don't know what you're talking about. Number six, a dog is constantly terrorized by paranormal entities. Courage, the cowardly dog, courage. Courage. The cowardly dog has to be one of the scariest and darkest cartoons of all time. The basic concept of the show is that courage and his owners, eustace and Muriel Bag, are tormented by scary supernatural entities.
And the cowardly courage must do what he can to protect them from danger. The pilot episode shows some pretty gruesome imagery involving chickens, and it only gets worse from there. These aren't innocent supernatural stories. They are legitimately scary, disturbing and disgusting stories, filled with some blood-freezing imagery that will undoubtedly stick in your mind. We can't imagine how children take to it. Number five alien creatures communicate through gibberish and display human children in their stomachs, teletubbies.
Hello! what is it with children enjoying these freaky alien shows. Teletubbies has always had a bit of a reput utation for being creepy. After all, it features Strang-looking creatures who speak in alien, gibberish, and broadcast human children, on their stomachs, eat custard room with an intelligent vacuum cleaner and live under a sun composed of a human baby's face. Talk about an acid trip.
The show is well known for its surrealism, and, like most surreal fiction, it has a tendency to really get under your skin and creep you out to no end. Artistic, sure, disturbing, and unsettling you Betcha Okay, again, I get again, again, number four, two animals are constantly scammed by the devil, cow and chicken. My science project. While cow and chicken is often presented as a comedy.
Its basic premise is quite disturbing, and the episodes are full of dark humor and unnerving surrealism for one thing, chicken and cow have delirious parents, whose upper halves are mysteriously absent. So, their home lives are none too happy and more than a little creepy. On top of that, they frequently encounter someone from Hell called the red guy, also known as the devil. Who obviously does numerous disturbing things like drag-chick into the underworld.
One more thing to try, but I can't remember what it is, but it has something to do with your head. And this s, it's surreal. It's dark, and it's full of eerie scenes. Seriously, what was with the cartoons of the'90s, he shut up, cow, mind your own. Be What? Number three, a boy and his dog live in a post-apocalyptic world, adventure time, adventure time.come on, grab your friends.
Adventure time is very fun, but it's also incredibly dark. The premise of the show is that two best friends, jake the dog, and Finn, the human, go on adventures in the post-apocalyptic land of OO. Oo. While the show is mostly innocent fun. It also features a host of nightmarish villains, including the lich and Golad. A creepy baby sphinx hybrid with mind-control powers. This castle is in unacceptable condition. Unacceptable.
Other monsters include the Earl of Lemong, grab, a franken-Steinan creature who downright horrifying and mysterious formless beings covered in teeth called L gloves. Needless to say, this post-apocalyptic world, and the monsters inhabiting it are more than a little spine-chilling. Number two kids hold the Grim reaper, hostage, the grim adventures of Billy and Mandy, look, it's Santa Claus.
The grim adventures of Billy and Mandy, certainly are grim, as they contain two, extremely disturbing and adult themes, slavery and murder. The two children. Keep the Grim reaper as their servant and use his powers for their own means. They also use him to gain access to the underworld, which is filled with suly unimaginable and nightmarish creatures.
Don't be fren by, look in my eye, just your average evil meteor from out of the sky due to his servitude and the kids's manipulation of him. The Grim reaper often has murderous fantasies. The concept itself is particularly disturbing, but the show is also filled with terrible imagery and situations, making this one of the most disturbing kids programs. Yeah, terrifying.
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The Rand and Stimpy Show is known for being one of the darkest and most violent children's cartoons of all time. The show was infamous for being needlessly, brutal, and numerous episodes were censored. As a result, one episode in particular, was banned from airing on Nickelodeon, and resulted in the firing of series creator and showrunner John, chris Valoi. While the show received critical acclaim. Date: 2024-01-27
BJI82a I saw some of the 90’s shows and I thought it was just hard core slap stick it got most of us to laugh like ren and stimpy and cow and chicken. I’m suprised that the show mega babies hasn’t popped up on this area for being over the top gross humor but I liked it a lot. I think some of these shows were trying to make you look at the comedy more then the plot and not care about the extra violence. One show that should have been on this list is tattooed teenaged alien fighters from Beverly Hills I liked it and they were trying to show heros that fought Kiju monsters on their level.
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zahidshabir4038 I grew up withe 2003 series of TMNT back when it first came out and even binged the show last year (it took me a little over a month to complete) and even now as a 27 y/o I find it to be a good show though to me the ending was lacklustre and left me wanting more even though aftyer the show ended there was a spin off movie that was a crossover with other versions of the ninja turtles including the OG 1980's TV series
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user-wz4ll4sz7m Through The Dragon's Eye was a messed up live action kids show. A graffiti art of a Dragon opens a portal, bunch of kids fall into it. Meet different coloured people pink, green, blue etc. The shows bad guy was black and tried turning everyone into puddles of paint. Think he was styled to look like a crow/skeleton/grim reaper.
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sasoridokueki5754 Seriously, what is up with the cartoons of the 90’s Because those shows still have a hell lot more dignity to their ballsy nature compared to a lot of today’s cartoons. (aside from a few good gems here & there like Adventure Time, Amazing World of Gumball, Regular Show, etc)
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watchmojo A boy named Jimmy is trapped in hell for all eternity, only having the son of the devil and a mad scientist girl as companions in the underworld. Going on Adventures that lead to interacting with some of the most noticeable creatures of the underworld and mythology ever.
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sodorflubbs5000 You know the problem with a lot of these is you’re looking at this through the eyes of adults, not kids. I grew on Biggles books and Goosebumps and such. This is fun for kids. It was fun and I never suffered. Adults just don’t get it. Kids love these.
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devinfaucette And it's interesting to note that since they're turtles. A lot of people gloss over the teenage part. And in a lot of situations that they find themselves in, if you swap it with a teenaged child a lot of their situations are pretty messed up
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rikrob Boobahs messed me up big time! I wasn't a kid when they were on, more a late-teen returning from a heavy night out! Seeing those eyes when you're still very much intoxicated left a permanent scar in my brain!
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JamesAbela The show the number jacks freaked out my kids when they were young. They were way too sinister for the young kids that were supposed to be watching. Notice the BBC has removed them from CBEEBIES.
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trinaq I loved Infinity Train, though it was definitely edgier and darker than your average kids' show. I liked the concept of working through past traumas, and wish that it had lasted for longer.
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user-lv5zz7wv6l I agree with you description what kids dosen’t thinking about a post apocalyptic world oh that’s no kid just leave the universe for the fans to decide don’t tell us
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waheedabdullah6371 I thought Rebecca would mention about being killed by a Ghom if you became an irredeemable Infinity Train passenger to show the consequences of not wanting to change
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SafireRanmako In the cartoon of Beetlejuice. Lydia is the best friend of a poltergeist named Beetlejuice who she goes on wacky, and freaky, adventures with.
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GemJam73 Worst list ever. All of these shows were after my childhood, so I don't have too much skin in this game. This comes across as very judgmental.
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robertmcnally2220 I absolutely love secret world of Alex mack. I have the complete series on DVD. The, show was my favorite tv show as a teenager
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deejaykennedyful When i saw Adventure Time on the list, i was sure Steven Universe would be there too. Why wasn’t Steven Universe on the list!
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watchmojo You seem to have forgotten that TMNT did not begin in 2003. It goes all the way back to 1987 on TV, and the comic books began in 1983.
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Dtgray12 Hilda is dark. Little girl works with witches and supernatural phenomenon that can literally end her and her mom is okay with it. reply
