8 Unexpectedly Dark Episodes in Cartoons | blameitonjorge

Sometimes the writers of a cartoon feel the need to explore themes other than straight comedy, especially when that's all they released for the last hundred

episodes

. Sometimes they introduce

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er themes and jokes in hopes of going unnoticed and other times I've just been given permission to write a really

dark

and messy episode, usually like a what if or just a dream, so today we're going to

unexpectedly

watch eight

episodes

. Dark in

cartoons

, these episodes can be cynical and depressing. or downright awful, whatever it is, it's out of the ordinary, so without further ado, let's get started.

Dexter destroys his own laboratory. Anyone who has seen Dexter's lab knows that his lab is his pride and joy in life. Nothing is more important to him, so watch him destroy. voluntarily is quite shocking and disturbing and in the form of the DD episode he does it alone the episode focuses on Dexter becoming more and more fed up with DeeDee destroying his lab in almost every episode, she tries to convince them that it's just her way of express himself and then seeks to show Dexter his ways of finding inner peace and until now Dexter has always been isolated and alone, so he accepts that and tries to learn;

However, life is easy. Dexter gets carried away with this new lifestyle and ends up destroying the only thing that really makes him happy. Didi's lab blames herself for his change and runs away crying, leaving Dexter alone to realize what he has done. When the episode ends we see him sitting alone in his laboratory slowly repairing it while the camera zooms away silently he is alone, joyless and unenthusiastic just as he was before this episode it is really dark and depressing because it gives a glimpse of a dexterous character who We generally don't see, we see that he wants to be happy but he just doesn't fit into the fold of normality, he gets too carried away with things that lead to his isolation, in the end maybe he's just destined to be isolated from the rest of the world and from the only place that really understands it. his adventures in the lab, depressing times, backstory of what he started. was a simple show about a boy and his magical dog playing video games, exploring dungeons, and dancing with the cloud people.

It sure has become a plot-heavy show, isn't it adventure time? At this point, he is no stranger to depressing moments with the most notable being Marceline's Ice King backstory, however, the backstory of the entire show is proving to be one of the most depressing aspects and although met in the episode Evergreen, this episode takes place 65 million years before the series begins and continues. an ice elemental called urgence evergreen and he is a poorly treated apprentice Gunther Gunther idolizes evergreen and wishes to be like him, but is usually scolded by his master in a meeting with the other elementals, we discover that a green meteor is heading towards the earth and is ready to make contact Evergreen insists that they wear a magical crown that can grant the wearers the wish to destroy the meteor, but the other elementals are against it because they fear it will corrupt it.

Welcome. Don't leave me any choice. End up freezing them. and then goes ahead with his plan anyway, when the meteorite impact is imminent, Evergreen is attacked, leaving him unable to put on the crown, he orders Gunther to wear it and wishes for the meteorite to disappear, but his only wish is to be like his teacher. He transformed into a strange version of an evergreen that looks suspiciously like the Ice King. He shoots ice magic left and right as he shouts Gunther no. We then cut to the Ice King and reveal that this is all a recurring dream he's been having.

What's really depressing about this is that the Ice King has been drawn into Gunther's childish desire, turning him into an idolized caricature he sees of the evergreen master. The ice king names all his pains. Gunther also furthermore strongly implies that the meteor was the Lich, the main antagonist of the series. the cause of the apocalypse everything could have been avoided if Gunther had not put on the crown everyone pushes Bart Simpson to suicide The Simpsons are known for their use of black comedy and their sometimes depressing endings, move aside, but they always know how keeping things balanced between lighthearted and serious, well, for the most part, the season 18 episode, the boys a nuisance, is an extremely dark and cynical episode for an otherwise lighthearted comedy, the story begins when Bart gets his minor league team into the championship game in the championship game against Shelbyville Springfield is leading five two in the bottom of the ninth with two outs, while Shelbyville has the bases loaded, a fly ball heads toward Bart, who he fails to catch it and then repeatedly fails to pick it up, allowing all four runners to score. causing them to lose the entire game, the entire crowd turns on Bart, who yells and boos at him and even throws beer bottles at him.

Chief Wiggum picks him up in his police car, apparently escorting him away from the hate, but in reality he simply drives them back to the field. so the crowd can keep throwing beer at him, he's back, all his donuts, his failures are broadcast all over the city on the radio and they continually mark him and make fun of him, which made him burst into tears the next day, a bar Exterior has been spray painted. I hate Bart Simpson in almost everything in the city, a crowd of townspeople find him on top of a water tower and he jumps in a suicide attempt while the crowd applauds him, he survives and is taken to the hospital and just when he thought Bart the suffering was over, the crowd was actually standing outside the hospital window chanting Bart Sucks, that's right, this crowd of grown adults are still harassing a ten year old kid they brought in to attempt suicide for a fucking baseball game. the minor league and now at the end they All apologize and created a fake game until now.

I may feel good about myself again, but that doesn't erase what this city did in the slightest. It's a little hard to see Springfield the same way after this episode, he got a lot. from negative reviews from fans and critics alike due to its unnecessarily cynical and unpleasant content, and as they point out in the episode, it really does seem like Springfield is the meanest city in America and will be haunted by this for the rest of her life. I always thought. that was just a slogan to attract small businesses Tom almost went to hell despite being a cartoon full of comedic violence, sometimes things can go too far in Tom and Jerry, this is especially evident in the episode Heavenly Puss in which Tom almost went to hell.

The episode begins as usual with Tom chasing Jerry, however the dark themes hit you in the gut as Tom was killed by an upright piano, goes to heaven and refers to a feline. Peter and before being judged, Saint Peter admits three children who drowned in a bag. God then turns to Tom and tells him that he is not allowed to enter heaven due to his constant torment of Jerry, unless he can get him to sign a certificate of forgiveness if he can't then he will burn in hell forever in the land. Tom finds out that he has a limited amount of time to get Jerry to sign and when Jerry refuses, Tom tries to forge his signature, but St. catches him.

Peter bribes Jerry, but he doesn't care, leading Tom to attack him, the devil encourages them, which strikes fear into his hearts and makes him act with more compassion as time runs out. Tom frantically tries to tell Jerry about a situation literally to the end. At the last second, Jerry agrees and signs the paper, but the pen doesn't work. After a few tries, it works and Tom runs into heaven, but time runs out, the escalator disappears, and Tom falls into hell, where the devil is ready to torture him for all eternity. luckily it all turns out to be just a dream, much to Tom's relief, he goes to hug and kiss Jerry much to his confusion, but he just lets it happen.

Dreamy, no, although it's still a pretty messy episode. I mean do everything you can to redeem yourself. That it's all for nothing in the end is a very depressing thought, not to mention the use of hell and the devil really being a fucking slapstick show about a can of mouse, possessing those children who drowned, that's sad as hell. Stan sees everything as If for some reason you haven't seen a single episode of South Park before, don't think that the dark themes and humor are a rarity in the series, those moments are practically its life force and the reason why most of people watch the series. show, but its inclusion on our list today is for a different kind of dark stuff that gets all too real in the season 15 episode You're Getting Old, the basic premise is that after Stan's 10th birthday, he starts seeing the world differently and lose interest. in almost everything, to put it more clearly, he starts to see everything as literal shit, he can't enjoy modern music, movies, tv shows or anything else, the other kids start to see it more as a big fuss and no longer They want to go out with him, Stan.

He has a big fight with Kyle and they stop being friends and on top of all this, his parents Sharon and Randy have been fighting and decide to get divorced. The episode ends: Fleetwood Mac's landslide victory as we see a montage of the show's entire dynamic. changing and, unlike most episodes of the series, things do not go back to the way they were. The changes in this episode were long overdue for a show that many saw as a comedic escape from the real world. This episode really affected A lot of people basically saying that nothing lasts forever.

People change when you get older, your tastes change, and they can feel like your whole identity and world is falling apart. Some also saw it as a metaphor for how Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the showrunners, felt. South Park and were worried that it could be the end of the series, however, they debunked these rumors that claim that the show still has a long life ahead of it and so far it seems like the show is not slowing down, but one has to wonder if it really was like that. your decision or Comedy Central's Phineas and Ferb are imprisoned and in solitary confinement.

One of the main recurring jokes of Phineas and Ferb is that her sister Candace always tries to arrest her brother and her parents for all the crazy things they do in the backyard every time. A crazy act of God happens where whatever crazy project the kids are working on in the episode completely disappears when Candace gets her mother to see right almost every time in the episode Phineas and Ferb are arrested. Candace finally arrests her brothers when they are building a plane. car in the backyard her mother is shocked that Candace has been telling the truth the whole time and she quickly gets angry at the kids.

They send Phineas and Ferb to reform school upon arrival, shave their heads and teach them that creativity is wrong and something. to be punished by Candace she soon realizes that he misses his brothers and decides to take him out of school, however when he gets there he discovers that Phineas and Ferb's souls have been broken and are unwilling to leave, he is finally able to free them. . They are in a trance, but it is soon revealed that this has all been a dream and that the events of this episode never took place. Wow, the dream trope seems like an easy way for writers to have fun and a way to potentially use series. changing plot points and twists and exploring much darker themes like the ones we saw in the Tom and Jerry episode, whether it's a dream or not, it's still quite disturbing to see Phineas and Ferb lose creativity and become lifeless husks of what the Powerpuff Girls once were. creates a fourth sister and then blows up the original Powerpuff Girls series has a good amount of Dalton Tower humor from time to time we watch the series with a more mature mindset, you might catch a lot of jokes you missed as a kid, However, the episode Twisted Sister is one of the few episodes that is dark for the entire runtime and actually features a dead character.

The episode begins with the girls returning home after a long day of crime fighting only to be told they had to do the chores they had. very tired, so they decided to create a fourth Powerpuff Girl to help them with all their crime fighting and household chores. Unfortunately, they don't have the main ingredients like sugar, spices and all the good stuff, so they settle for the end result. Bunny is a big hunchback girl who isn't very smart and when you catch the bad guys they tell her to go fight crime but she doesn't understand and puts the police officers in jail and lets the criminals roam free.

The girls scold Bunny, which makes her run. After upsets, they are then overwhelmed by criminals and need help, but he comes back to their aid and saves them, but then after the girls praise Bunny, she appears out of nowhere, the ending is bleak and depressing as the girls girls bow their heads. She is aIt's sad to know that it cost her baddest bunny her life. Any sudden death is both hilarious and alarming. One could take it as a swipe at other shows that introduced major characters late in a show to get views like Poochie from The Simpsons, bunnies killed off in a. comically at the end and has never seen Brian and Stewie again as South Park in the Simpson family.

Guy is no stranger to dark and messy humor, in fact, nowadays that's essentially the show for an episode to be on this list. it has to be extremely dark and different than usual and again very much like the South Park episode, this is a very different type of darkness, the Brian and Stewie episode is very different from the normal Family Guy episode, there are no cuts , very little music. one setting and no other characters besides Brian and Stewie, both voiced by Seth MacFarlane, the episode revolves around the pair checking Brian's safe deposit box at the bank, however the door closes behind them at the end. on banking day, leaving them trapped inside the vault until the next morning or so they think because it's actually Saturday, which means they will be trapped there until Monday morning.

From now on, the episode is just the two of them talking to themselves, starting with Stewie soiling himself out of fear and then forcing Brian to look at the feces worried he'll get hit. A rash, if he doesn't get rid of it, forces him to use a gun, which it turns out Brian had in his safe deposit box. Stewie, come on, you know how to use that thing, oh seriously, what happens if I hold it sideways like a black? Come on man, take it easy, it's okay, I don't want any problems, there won't be any problems as long as you eat my poop.

Stewie also uses his last cell phone battery to call a clothing store instead of asking for help. Brian punched Stewie, causing Stewie to burst into tears. The physical abuse is usually played for laughs in this show, but here it's shown a little more realistically and Brian instantly feels remorse, the two get drunk on some whiskey Brian kept in the box, and their argument soon begins. turns into hurtful insults and then causes him to be shot prematurely and sent to hide under the table after sobering up. Stewie asks Brian why he kept a gun in his safe, to which she reveals that it's in case he ever wants to kill himself.

The whiskey was meant to be his last drink oh um I called you are you serious the lie Brian Brian confesses that he has no purpose in life and finds comfort knowing that he has the option to commit suicide yesterday when you said that No. he lives with a purpose, you were right, I don't know what purpose my life has, you know, I've tried to find meaning in my life and I just can't. Stewie then admits that he would be lost without Brian and that he loves him. them, Brian tells Stewie that he loves him too the next morning, the vault door opens and Brian carries a sleeping Stewie outside in silence, the credits also roll in silence, while Family Guy is generally seen as a polarizing program due to its cuts and degrading humor.

The episode is a powerful breath of fresh air, because once we actually see these characters become characters without the worry of a throwaway joke, we'll come in and interrupt the moment and it's a deep, dark, intimate moment between Brian and Stewie, who the viewer may be, wasn't meant to see it, we did it anyway and even though Brian's character isn't as well liked online, hearing him talk about wanting to commit suicide is pretty heartbreaking seeing how fragile he really is. Of course, he let her ruin it. Killing them in a stupid, dumb way, but that's later in this episode.

It's unexpected. Is powerfull. It's a dark episode.