Twisted Sister - Dark Toons

[@ChannelAwesome]

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[@TheUnmitigatedDawn]

Review a webcomic in the future. Like Rain, Dumbing of Age or Khaos Komix

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

This one was not dark. This one is depressing...

[@vinniedelibero2942]

Can u do Boogie Frights from the Powerpuff girls?

[@acemckillayoface]

How about the Gargoyles episode 'Deadly Force' in which Broadway accidentally shoots Elisa Maza with a gun.

[@therealmckoy6772]

The PPG with the slave gnome

[@sadlobster1]

Ironically...before this episode came out; when we were kids, my younger sister made her own kind of Powerpuff Girls character named Bellflower. It had a purple dress, purple eyes and a ponytail like Bunny does. The moment she saw the character...I kid you not, my sister thought they "stole her idea and turned Bellflower into a monster"

[@glowworm2]

Oh my gosh! Your poor sister. That's hilarious though.

[@godsclown4419]

That's fucking hilarious!!

[@GBlastMan]

you want to hear something similar? right before the Rowdyruff Boys episode was released i did a 3 male versions of the girls where they ironicly made them as their brothers so they could have partners to fight badguys with bigger numbers, instead of being The Rowdyruff Boys i called them "The Powerbuff Boys" quite lame name i know XDD And i kid you not that they had the exact same design they eventually got when they were revived by Him, they were called Brock, Beck and Butch (yeah as the same name he eventually got XDD) they were made with soda, those pop like things that were like a dust kinda thing, and superhero comics and of course the accidentally mix of chemical X. When they appeared i was like "what the hell?! how?! when?!" and i was like Craig sure must wired the heck out of my house with microphones and micro cameras and saw my boys and made them evil or something XDD, i still have that small comic strip crudely made in mid 2000's with them and i always have it near my desktop as a cool thing to remember that time XDD

[@danieltentori7523]

She predicted the future in a way 😂

[@pink-a-palouza7888]

I Had something similar with monster high....I made an oc really similar to Elissabat....down to her design

[@JokerFan-hj4iv]

This isn’t even the darkest episode. He needs to see speed demons. That was Him (the demon guy) at his best.

[@Mate397]

Yea that was quite an episode. 50 years in the future where HIM could reign supreme.

[@mrcritical6751]

What about the episode with the Jack Black impersonator

[@enigma1326]

I was thinking about the magician

[@flaviobidoli6676]

For me, Power-Noia is the darkest episode but yeah, they surely made a couple of dark ones

[@brookeh4217]

trueee and Knock it off

[@Revenraynehart]

Doug wearing a Gorillaz shirt, when Ace became the bass player when Murdoc was in jail. Awesome

[@noahsterben5666]

Omg this has nothing to do with PPGs but I was watching Super robot monkey team hyper force go when the part in season where robot apes do the zombie gorilla dance when I notice that Doug had that shirt on

[@louisduarte8763]

I just think it's funny to hear a band like Gorillaz are fans of anything like PPG.

[@jameswhiteii9129]

We just have to wait for the possible cameo from Him.

[@austinmorrison6953]

Imagine my surprise when they first confirmed PPG and Gorillaz exists in the same universe. And the scene when Mojo is reading the newspaper in the movie there’s an ad for a Gorillaz concert on it.

[@TeryJones]

This just reminds me that, somewhere in the Powerpuff Girls Universe, Bruce Willis is a bounty hunter driving around in a red 1969 Chevrolet El Camino capping mother fuckers with a Taurus Raging Bull like a raving lunatic. Imagine if he showed up in that silly ass car race in that "Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!" episode and just starts shooting all the bad guys cold blooded! That would have been a terrifying sight I'll tell you what..... Did I mention Stylo is one of my favorite videos by the Gorillaz? XDXDXDXDXDXD

[@mnunez1108]

moral of the story: "dont be mean to someone, because when there gone, you will realized the pain you have done to them."

[@Sleepyshy712]

Yep 😢😢😢😢

[@irain4927]

There was a tonely dark episode called "Abracadaver" about a zombie hypnotist seeking revenge on Blossom who he mistakes for a little girl that humiliated him in life and I loved that episode.

[@JYJnKumi]

I found that one to be the darkest as a kid.

[@irain4927]

@@JYJnKumi I think that one and the one where the speed run to a future where Him took over were the darkest episodes of the series,and I love them both.

[@jakewulgar]

I remember that episode!

[@Zacman1123]

This episode is more sad than dark.

[@nisim04]

wow.... i was just thinking that and like, 5 seconds before i got to the comments section (yours happens to be the 1st i saw)

[@Zacman1123]

@@nisim04 Cool.

[@giordanobrunomacario2630]

Sad can be dark

[@Zacman1123]

@@giordanobrunomacario2630 How's that work?

[@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985]

Yeah, the Him episode was dark.

[@xorbeas3960]

I like how a children’s cartoon taught us not to play God

[@Starfals]

If only we listened xd

[@graciegj63]

@OutlawRebel117 Yep

[@chaseashley6775]

This ain’t how you do human transmutation

[@graciegj63]

@@chaseashley6775 What about eugenics and messing with DNA to make abominations?

[@tigerninja25robot82]

Yep in the show where a guy gets 3 daughters while playing God.

[@grapeshot]

I like the episode when Bubbles shows just how much of a badass she was. She went in their version of the danger room and turned it up to lethal capacity and killed every monster in there. And then after she stack them up she was on the top saying Hardcore. Then Mojo Mojo hit her from behind. Then she proceeded to slap patches of meat out of him.

[@robbieking4070]

Plus that episode had a little nod to Samurai Jack with the line “WHO ELSE WANTS SOME?!”

[@chrsmueller923]

I just hate how she faced zero consequences for what she did. It was just as bad as when Buttercup knocked out every villain's tooth, and she was brutally beaten up for it. Yet Bubbles gets away scott free with hurting innocent people.

[@majdjinn5042]

@@chrsmueller923 But she really was Hardcore.

[@teddybeer6206]

I mostly remember the sheer violence of this episode.

[@Sonicfalcon16]

@ oh that's cool

[@ragingraichu219]

Honestly, this may have elements of darkness, but Speed Demon is the true epitome of dark for this show.

[@rickydiscord7671]

and both of those eps should've been longer. but at the sametime with Speed Demon they get to the point. so the time frame was ok. but there's another dark ep. where a man toke the professor's blue print on how he made the girls. and he used it as a business and treat his girls like crap and on top of that they are similarly made like bunny. some of them are not shaped right, can't think for there selfs, unstabled powers you name it. but at the end they helped there sisters but we never seen and heard from them again.

[@ragingraichu219]

@@rickydiscord7671 Knock It Off, yeah, that one was pretty dark.

[@rickydiscord7671]

@@ragingraichu219 ah thanks.

[@remylabeau5140]

I can’t believe I went 20+ years without realizing that Tom Kenny was the narrator.

[@dudearnav]

What? HE WAS? I can only Imagine Tom Kenny laughing like Spongebob

[@glowworm2]

@@dudearnav He's an incredibly talented voice actor and has voiced so much more than just Spongebob.

[@moneymohawk5560]

He was also the mayor

[@remylabeau5140]

Money Mohawk oh yeah definitely I could tell he was the mayor. The narrator to me just sounded so different from anything I’ve heard from him.

[@moneymohawk5560]

And the French narrator from Spongebob

[@fistofbuuda]

There's another episode of The Powerpuff Girls where the bad guy him ends up taking over the future of Townsville and the Powerpuff Girls are forced to time travel backwards

[@gothicMCRgirl]

Yup, it’s called “Speed Demon” and Doug should DEFINITELY comment on that one in the future, that episode was creepy as hell from start to finish.

[@tendayimundawarara9377]

Yeah that was dark. Scared me half to death as a kid

[@dariushcreates]

that was the darkest episode ever

[@joelgordon7814]

Still waiting for that one: “Speed Demon”

[@roxel7522]

It's your fault...... your fault.....your fault...... YOUR FAULT.....

[@AlFoor1]

You should check out the episode “speed demon” it is WAAAAYYYY darker than this episode and a total tone shift compared to the rest of the series. I distinctly remember that episode really freaking me out as a kid.

[@nerdydragon4280]

yes this traumatized me as a kid also "Zom-B-Gone" and "Knock It Off"

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

Ironicaly, this episode ends with the girls saying they are never leaving Townsville, but the exact next episode is the one they move to that shitty city xD (granted they can fly between both cities in a split-second if the mayor calls, but still, ironic)

[@yake222]

you mean the one where the literal devil took over the world

[@Anthonydavis65]

@@Kyiverdam that episode gave me nightmares

[@lasarousi]

that episode casually Kickstarter my love for post apocalyptic stuff.

[@ThemeParkAvenue]

Weird people: We don’t like this episode. PPG fans: We’re not gonna take it!

[@jameswhiteii9129]

I don't like it.

[@dionysus-sama6338]

Sad episode

[@rabidguineapig]

I was just trying to remember what songs twisted sister did and then you reminded me!

[@coolguyg64]

I love it. Tragedy episode. It make us stronger.

[@amazingspiderlad]

No! We ain't gonna take it!

[@TheWesinatorvids]

“That does look like something else, right?” Well it didn’t until you pointed it out...

[@Kalam1ty._]

Yep lol

[@47Cartoonguy]

Fun fact: Powerpuff Girls is the final show made by Hanna Barbera

[@UltimateGamerCC]

Genndy was working with HB??

[@AndrewHager02]

The Gaming Paladin No, he worked for Matt Groening on The Simpsons. Heeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrre’s yer sign!

[@613mp]

Sad fact

[@_ChrisIsHere]

Bunny

[@granddad19921]

actually it was billy and mandy

[@freedomfighter271]

Since you did a Powerpuff girls episode, maybe look at the episodes named "Knock it Off", "Speed Demon" and "Tough Love."

[@rogerhurtubise2150]

Knock it off was like a fever dream, especially with bizzaro universe dexter's dad Dick Hardley

[@leeiif]

Speed Demon. My god he HAS to do that one.

[@darkwolf719]

I still say the pilot episode “Meat Fuzzy lumpkin” is creepy

[@fivefs]

Oh ‘Speed Demon’ yeah that one definitely got me more than any in this series. I can still hear Miss Keane’s lines.

[@crispcracker9572]

Holy crap, I was tromatised by speed demon when I was little.

[@1805movie]

"Twisted Sister. Obviously a parody of the band Green Day." Oh, Doug. You goof.

[@meatpuddle90]

I know right? They're obviously parodying metallica

[@Femaiden]

Cinema Snob makes this joke all the time. . .

[@BubbaNewportLEX]

Tina Davis r/wooosh

[@liveactionlink8736]

@Tina Davis That can't be correct. This joke is obviously a very complex riddle that may never be solved

[@comicsans3272]

Is this a jojo reference

[@yanselalmodovar918]

I think it's ironic that Doug is wearing a Gorillaz shirt when Gorillaz actually cameos in the PowerPuff Girls show in a newspaper article I think. And the leader of the GangGreen Gang, Ace, replaced Murdoc for a short time while he was in jail.

[@ossianback]

It's cool but it's more coincidental than ironic!

[@yanselalmodovar918]

@@ossianback Most likely but it's still pretty neat.

[@louisduarte8763]

Maybe it's not ironic if he did it on purpose.

[@GaidenDS10]

Nah I think he knows what’s he’s doing here. Unless he says something about it otherwise.

[@ossianback]

If he did it on purpose it would be a reference, and if he did it unintentionally (which I find more likely) it would be coincidence. Irony requires an element that contradicts expectations. Perhaps if Doug had worn a Gorillaz shirt in every episode of the series EXCEPT this one, where such a shirt would actually have fit, that could have been considered ironic, regardless of whether or not it was intentional. But yeah, it's a neat observation regardless!

[@MichaelMorbius4ever]

For those who don't know the actress who voiced Bunny is Christine Cavanaugh a.k.a Dexter and Chuckie Finster. This episode feels a lot different now than it did when it first aired now that Christine is gone💜 Thanks for making the hairy armpit shot even more uncomfortable than it ALREADY WAS DOUG😵☠

[@usamazahid3882]

Interesting tidbit. For a second I thought when I was a kid, that the voice of Bunny sounds a bit like Ed from Ed, Edd 'n Eddy, but I didn't know that she was voiced by Dexter herself. RIP Christine. 💜💜💜

[@chrismulwee4911]

I, too, thought it was a man voicing Bunny. Almost sounds like one.@@usamazahid3882

[@supermario0527]

The long coat hat guy with the pipe is a reference to Jacques Tati's great film Mr. Hulot's Holiday which Roger Ebert described as one of the best comedies ever made. Anyone who has an interest in visual comedy and slapstick needs to see that film, as well as Mon Oncle and Playtime.

[@thgroh]

exactly what I wanted to point out as well, thanks. Weird choice for a reference, though. But I like these kind of easter eggs. Someone in the art department obviously felt like putting in an in-joke for those who know Tati :)

[@RogueT-Rex8468]

Perfect.

[@gothnerd887]

I thought he was a flasher

[@rzepatowarzywo]

That's not the only reference to Tati in PPG. Their house was based on the house from Tati's "Mon Oncle"

[@wstine79]

I love this episode. Think the episode where are The Powerpuff Girls go into the future and Townsville is taken over by "Him" is even darker.

[@ravishing_cadet4625]

I didn't really watch power puff girls Who is Him?

[@diamond9030]

@@ravishing_cadet4625 A red, Gender-confused Demon with two voices

[@BlackIrisKing]

@@ravishing_cadet4625 Satan or the Devil. They call him 'Him' because they can't say his name outloud in a kids' show.

[@ravishing_cadet4625]

Oh The lobster guy

[@thiagoteixeira6537]

I agree !

[@kneeofjustice9619]

“That’s does look like something else right?” *Trojan ad plays*

[@thesphinx336]

Knee Of Justice Could that one sentence be enough for KZbin’s algorithm to assign that advertising to this video?

[@thesphinx336]

crazy silly Yes I did

[@thesphinx336]

crazy silly I’ve heard the crappy auto subtitles tell the algorithm what the videos about and assign advertising based on what the viewer might like. Although KZbinrs can sponsor a product Channel Awesome would not have control of what ad plays. I suppose the it could also be the demographics of the people who watch videos about old cartoons are in the age group that uses Trojan.

[@royaleroque7716]

@crazy silly "This episode brought to you by 'Trojan Condoms' ". 😁

[@shaggydee91]

I got a peaCOCK ad

[@Deathnotefan97]

I was 8 when this episode first aired I wouldn't say it was "heartwrenching" but it was definitely very sad Bunny was too pure for this world

[@mbrooks007]

The most messed up episode was "Beat Your Greens" where the children eat the invading aliens.

[@irkenpony17]

Eh well... They just broccoli

[@Twinklethefox9022]

I have that video on a vch somewhere...

[@frick_____you]

The weirdest "eat your veggies" aesop I've ever seen. Especially since the adults would technically have been fine if they DIDN'T eat their greens.

[@BroomPusher2024]

The Saiyans of Planet Vegetal: NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

[@msmockturtle4921]

I love that one

[@chrissyswoo]

One of my favourite episodes of The Powerpuff Girls is "Knock it Off" I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on this episode. It's dark, but the ending verges on sinister and just plain creepy. The main antagonist's name is Dick Hardly and... yeah. Big time recommend.

[@glowworm2]

"Knock it Off" is one of my favorite episodes too. It's incredibly dark and insane though.

[@keshiaanders6452]

This episode is both sad & disturbing. The disturbing part is the fact that The Powerpuff Girls are not only Bunny's sisters, they are also her mothers. So that sheds a new light of Bunny's deformity (and it's not because of the combination of the wrong ingredients).😖 Also, the big eyes are actually based off of the art style of Margaret Keane, who Craig McCracken is a fan of (enough to make the PPG's teacher be named after her).

[@royaleroque7716]

That's quite a reference. Cool bit of trivia.

[@shanadaniels461]

😳 I....I-I'm not gonna even read deep into that!

[@BuzzardPlanet97]

Yo I literally just finished watching Big Eyes and now I read this comment wtf

[@MegaMr46]

Keshia Anders at least Bunny was better than the woke PPG.

[@autumbreeze1129]

Yeesh. That never even occurred to me. Yikes

[@lens_hunter]

"If you look around me you'll see that I have a love for dark cartoons." Bruh there's a picture of Boosette on your wall.

[@coolgreenbug7551]

I've stared at that every episode he's made 'is that, is that what I think it is?'

[@EGeorgev]

Who knew Doug was a coomer.

[@coolgreenbug7551]

@@EGeorgev yet another word I dread learning the definition for

[@Yunone]

@@EGeorgev or maybe Doug isn't aware about Bowsette and other similar artworks.

[@quint866]

OMG HOW DID WE MISS THAT!?

[@DarknetDude]

I love your critical analysis of different animation styles. I never noticed the anime influence and Powerpuff Girls until you mentioned it; it's like a fusion of Animation Styles, and it worked out pretty damn well.

[@rangerfanboy1710]

Christina Cavanaugh, the voice of Chuckie Finster and Gosalyn Mallard was the voice of Bunny

[@Fershizzal]

R.I.P

[@youngsirzo]

RIP. She voiced Dexter too?

[@mrcoconut3652]

Young Sir Ren yes

[@Twinklethefox9022]

Wait rip.. is she dead?

[@mrcoconut3652]

UmbreonTwinkle yep she is

[@MytokyokittyStudios]

It was nice to see the “Twisted Sister” episode reviewed. The creators really broke fans hearts with that sad/dark ending. Now I think the next Powerpuff Girls episode to be reviewed should be *”Speed Demon” (Season 2 Episode 12).* That has to be the darkest episode in the entire series. Some other suggestions: *Rugrats “The Mysterious Mr. Friend” Season 3 Episode 11.* Stu creates a clown toy that walks & talks called “Mr. Friend.” However, this toy malfunctions (when the adults aren’t around) and it scares the babies. The scariest scene in that episode is when Mr. Friend malfunctions in Tommy’s crib (its head spins like crazy). *Hey Arnold “Haunted Train” (Season 1 Episode 8)* After hearing a story from Grandpa, Arnold, Gerald, & Helga attempt to find the haunted train (also known as Engine 25). *CatDog “New Neighbors” (Season 1 Episode 15)* After reading a Sci-Fi comic, Dog thinks the new neighbors are aliens. He hears weird noises coming from the new neighbors house and even sees green lights shining/flickering from their windows. That’s all I can think of for now. 😅

[@sanji3618]

Surprisingly I have never seen any of these episodes

[@arielruh7773]

That's life fairy odd parents with Eddie the zombie gerbil they even show his corpse in his cage I've seen a bunch of episodes oh yeah and I remember watching a episode of Batman or Justice League I can't remember I was a little girlit was it showed a man's stomach melting and then showing some sort of armor with a talking skeleton face , the guy referred it as maniac

[@MauZangetsu]

After reading your comment, I can only think of one thing. Sometimes, late at night You can hear the whistle wail With a spooky, screechy sound Like a wheel gone off the rail; And up in the smoky clouds You can almost recognize the ghost of a crazy engineer with fiery cinder eyes Isay, Whoo-whoo! Can't you hear the haunted train? Whoo-whoo! Waiting on a haunted train I'm gonna, crash that engine You know, only sticks and stones and old conductors' bones remain...

[@Dante95nyc]

Speed Demon was the darkest episode of PPG, a lot of shows from the late 90's and early 2000's had a darker atmospheric tone to them.

[@EternalGoldenNight]

He should definitely watch it and review. That ep is still burned in my memory it still haunts me.

[@Dante95nyc]

@@EternalGoldenNight Right?

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

The book one of them is holding, it’s entitled “How I Did It” is that a reference to Dr. Frankenstein’s book?!😂

[@glowworm2]

Yep!

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

That's Fronkensteen

[@ceruleanwalker1069]

I argue that everyone's biography should be called "How I did it." Also why isn't it Frodrick Fronkanstein.

[@graciegj63]

@@ceruleanwalker1069 It's not. It's Fredrick Fronkensteen.

[@graciegj63]

@@TheRealNormanBates *horses whinnying* (I think it was Blüker.)

[@trevonmiller5935]

Trust us the "speed demon" episode is a darker than this

[@310bound]

No, it isn’t. It’s pretty cliché & has a happy ending. A mongoloid failed experiment literally does. Wtf

[@thelastjedi91]

As many have already pointed out, in terms of dark PPG episodes, "Abracadaver" and "Speed Demon" are a must for this series!!

[@genericyoutubecommentchann7418]

My reaction as a child was something like: “Oh.... That’s it? That didn’t seem right. Why did it end like that? I’m not sad, just confused.”

[@lavenderflowersfall280]

Me too

[@dannyanderson4385]

To be honest, that's a fine reaction. Anyone who finds this episode to be sad kinda missed the point of the episode.

[@irkenpony17]

As a kid I didn't exactly have much of a reaction either, in fact I don't even remember how I felt because I didn't feel any impact. But years later as a young adult now I fuckin choke up and then cry when bunny dies and Bubbles says the final line.

[@genericyoutubecommentchann7418]

Danny Anderson I think feeling sad is an understandable reaction. The music at the end, the characters’ reactions, and just the overall situation makes it seem like the ending is trying to create a sad tone.

[@310bound]

It’s actually pretty dark. A special needs experiment literally dies.

[@ChristionGirl45]

This episode was deffiantly messed up, but I think the darkest episode of PPG was "Speed Demon" that one was messed up from beginning to end, you should check that one out, Doug!!

[@gavinlikesmovies9444]

Nostalgia critic is a grown man watching girls hop around like bunny's That's normal

[@glowworm2]

I thought that scene was cute!

[@OriginalSparkstar]

its not the worst thing the PPG fandom has done

[@liveactionlink8736]

Grown men have been doing that for decades. They're called Playboy bunnies or if you go further down the rabbit hole (pun not/not intended), you could put the term "furries" into use. I don't know about the word "normal", that's subjective, but it is common lol

[@unripetheberrby6283]

Hey That's innocent-

[@vkvlogs6700]

Omg he did it. I love this episode but this episode made me sooooo sad

[@alowt1418]

I was actually scared of bunny

[@ButzPuff]

There is another dark Powerpuff ep that often gets overlooked called "Knock It Off". An old friend of the Professor shows up and starting making bootleg clones of the Girls and it just gets creeper from there as the clone become more disfigured and litterally falling apart. A real jab at the clone debate at the time in real life.

[@irkenpony17]

yeeesssss

[@X_Leonhart]

"Life just sucks for some people" Not a bad moral for kids if you ask me.

[@azuroslazuli6948]

A great moral for quitters, you mean.

[@irkenpony17]

Azuros Lazuli - not really much for quitters. The lesson isn’t saying “life sucks so if ya hate it don’t try anything” or something like that. The episode’s moral is actually “Don’t take things for granted”

[@unripetheberrby6283]

Yea..

[@patbuttramssuperfan]

X Leonhart So true!

[@mikshin9825]

@@azuroslazuli6948 Oh sure, because everyone can become successful if they work hard enough. Especially children in war zones.

[@nadiaasfar8119]

For the next few: Powerpuff Girls: Speed Demon Steven Universe: Keeping it Together

[@Goldstar_]

Steven Universe isn't a show for little kids.

[@miku9421]

@@Goldstar_ Its a cartoon that appears on Cartoon Network with lots of songs, bright colors, and silly jokes. It's definitely for kids, it just happens to have a lot for adults as well.

[@xFalseProphetx]

I think Knock it Off from ppg was dark af too

[@steviecopeland]

What about the su episode where he turns into a cat abomination? From season 1

[@Goldstar_]

@@miku9421 Kids, sure, but not little kids. Steven Universe is more mature than Dexter's Lab, PPG, Cow & Chicken, etc. In any case, I stopped watching Steven Universe after about five or six episodes (it's not my jam), so anything after that I couldn't speak of.

[@mathewwatson-FireGem21]

I actually remember this episode of Powerpuff girls, twisted sister. That episode was very dark and also sad it actually made me feel bad for the 4th sister

[@DarkenedStarlight]

If you want a fully dark PPG episode try "Speed Demon"

[@roydondsa]

That was dark AF

[@spacemalla]

"Donald's day off" is kind of dark. I mean, his nephews tricks him to believe he is really sick and is going to die!

[@UltimateGamerCC]

that episode is mighty messed up, honestly one of the few times that Donald's anger is justified.

[@sdm47]

I agree If was still hilarious because of how fucked up it was not gonna lie

[@sdm47]

It’s Donald’s off day actually You got it backwards

[@pundertalefan4391]

I remember that one being disturbing to me when I was little.

[@shooby9496]

"I guess you could argue It teaches kids that s**t happens sometimes..." That's a pretty good point actually.

[@AlexbobeAlex]

"Abracadaver" Is a good dark episode from powerpuff girls as.well

[@JYJnKumi]

YAAAAAASSSSSS

[@Feras_Ahmed661]

The episode were they timetraveled

[@ZaronNitro]

Ah, Twisted Sister... A.k.a: Childhood's first depression.

[@RatusMax]

mine was "mime for a change" it didn't sit right with me at all.. it was burned into my head as kinda fked up...

[@glowworm2]

I think mine was that Rugrats episode where Chuckie's pet bug dies.

[@tonythepokemonguy751]

The amount of dark episodes in the power puff girls is great, id love to see more get reviewed

[@nicolemiller7760]

This episode made me cry when I was younger; and honestly now, I think a lot of people can relate to Bunny in feeling inadequate, which makes the ending especially sad and dark.

[@AoiUsagiOtoko]

even as a kid this episode felt weirdly resonant for me. i'm autistic but didn't even know i was diagnosed until like my early 20s so for all of my childhood i felt like the weird freak that didn't belong anywhere lol. seeing her try to fit in with the rest of them but just...unintentionally failing always felt relatable to me idk

[@moxxiedemongamer3019]

If you ask me The Darkest episode of The Powerpuff Girls is when the girls went into the Future and it Him took over and that was Darker

[@mrjweezy64]

I would have went with Speed Demon for a dark PPG episode. Twisted Sister is more sad than dark.

[@sdm47]

Dark things can also be sad they’re not mutually exclusive things That shit was both dark and sad

[@kyuubifox33]

I think the PPG with the race is much darker and more horrifying haha this one was dark though with the death and that brutal elbow Bubble has to take to the gut

[@jakey14344]

How about the new one? I heard it sucked ass.

[@icecreamhero2375]

@@jakey14344 Its really really bad.

[@jakey14344]

Yeah. Say all you want about Disney, but CN's reboots of their old shows makes TLJ look like A New Hope.

[@LJ808]

What's the episode where an old "friend" of Prof. Utonium makes ugly powerpuff girl clones? That was a dark ass episode.

[@glowworm2]

"Knock it Off" I want Doug to review that one and "Speed Demon" as they are honestly the darkest episodes in the series.

[@strawberrysoulforever8336]

@@glowworm2 And it has one of the most obvious adult jokes ever. How did the censors not catch that? I guess if no one wants to reprint Famous Five books, no one's going to catch it (if you've read it, you know which name in common comes up, particularly with another villain sharing that name in one book).

[@DigitalxGamer]

It’s not really “pointless.” The point was to return things to the status quo. Bunny wasn’t going to work in future episodes.

[@CesarDaSalad]

Exactly. If they'd kept her alive the girls would have been forced to make her part of the team permanently, but she was just meant for one episode. So boom goes the dynamite...

[@EnclosedPoolArea]

They could have had her protect a different city or something.

[@HelloHamburger]

Cesar The Salad Or cut her out at some point after a few episodes(PPG 2016) really making it seem pointless because they did it for a few episodes making it seem like a staple, but really was just a gimmick. Whereas here, you can easily tell that she was just a one episode gimmick that while it may stick with you it won’t be mentioned by the other characters because they probably have a unspoken rule to never speak of it again because they want to move one, but in PPG 2016 it just seemed like there was no in universe reason to cut the new 4th PPG was because of the laziness of the crew.

[@bannedprofile7553]

I think he means a in universe reason obviously she will not work later in the show. It just happens.

[@Kalam1ty._]

They could have did what the reboot did. Have her go on some mission that only she can pull off.

[@AdaraFukuchi]

i think they killed her for the simple reason of: shes a one off character. we don't need her anymore. we wont use her anymore. so sucks to be bunny :v

[@sarafontanini7051]

well also she was made by girls who didn't know what they were doing and so yeah I can see her being usntable since she was made of the wrong ingredients

[@liveactionlink8736]

@@sarafontanini7051 She was also given life by her sister-moms. Those kinds of hillbilly births typically end up badly due to mixing DNA... I mean, ingredients that shouldn't be combined

[@AdaraFukuchi]

@@sarafontanini7051 i never said it was bad resoning :v

[@ZeroX7649]

@@sarafontanini7051 She was made of literal dirt. And now she will return to said dirt. 😂 I wish I were in the writers room when they wrote this. That sounds like a riot.

[@johnyume2247]

I was thinking the same. This is just a simple writing solution for story continuity. If Bunny was still alive she'd most likely continue to live with the PPG as a sister, even if not a super hero. That messes with their story forumla. This was a quick and guiltless reason for all the problems and questions Bunny's existence would pose if she remained alive but didn't live with the girls. Could something else have been written? Sure. This show also loved violence.

[@JazzRoyalty]

The long coat wearing pipe smoking guy on the beach is Mr Hulot, a character from Jacques Tati's movies, a French director who made iconic movies.

[@eksortso]

Wow, I knew who Mr. Hulot is, and watched Jacques Tati's "Playtime" a few years before this episode aired, but I didn't get the reference (which isn't in Playtime, I don't think).

[@thesaltiestspoon]

When I was little I didn't realize how vicious the power puff girls were And then I rewatched it and saw them beat the shit out of mojo jojo and felt bad

[@glowworm2]

There's an episode called "Candy is Dandy" where the girls become addicted to candy. At one point, they give Mojo the most brutal beating ever when he purposely takes their candy from them after he keeps committing "crimes" so the girls can get candy from the Mayor.

[@thesaltiestspoon]

@@glowworm2 I remember that one...

[@glowworm2]

@@thesaltiestspoon There was another one called "Mime for a Change" where a clown named Rainbow gets hit by a bleach truck and loses all of his colors and becomes a color draining villain called Mr. Mime. The girls restore color to Townsville by singing a cheerful song and Rainbow regains his colors. The girls then beat the crap out of him and he ends up in jail. That's pretty harsh.

@@glowworm2 how about the one were a former coleague of Utonium tries to make his own PPG and creates an army of deformed PPG?

[@Tropcopter]

glowworm2 I always skipped Candy is Dandy as a kid because that Mojo scene made me so uncomfortable :(

[@Starfals]

I remember that episode, i was really surprised how it ended when i was a kid. Totally came out of nowhere lol.

[@JadeFalcon07]

OMG this episode reminded me of a perfect candidate! SpongeBob: Dying for Pie. The whole episode Squidward is convinced he's done something that will KILL SPONGEBOB by sunset!

[@powergannon]

This isn't the dark Powerpuff Girls episode I was expecting.

[@Startbreak12]

Please elaborate, if there's another worth one out there, I'd love to be reminded of it as well

[@glowworm2]

Same here. I was waiting for a review of "Speed Demon" or "Knock it Off." This episode just comes across to me as sad--it's mostly cute until we get to Bunny exploding and everyone crying--including the narrator.

[@glowworm2]

@@Startbreak12 Yes. One of the most notorious and darkest episodes of the Powerpuff girls is "Speed Demon." The girls are going to go on vacation to the Bahamas and innocently race each other home, but in doing so, accidentally end up traveling 50 years into the future. The entire town has become apocalyptic, the Mayor is dead, the Professor is a crazy old man trying to recall his formula for the girls, and the girls have been missing in action all this time. Oh, and Him, who's obviously the Devil himself in this show has taken over. It's traumatic and terrifying, and the only way to fix things is for the girls to race back home and decide to never go on vacation because otherwise, something like that will happen.

[@glowworm2]

@@Startbreak12 Oh, and there's also "Knock it Off" where the Professor's ex-college roommate who looks like a 70s version of Dexter's Dad (and is even voiced by the same voice actor) , Dick Hardly (No, seriously, that's his name) comes over for a visit and sees the girls as a cash grab. He gets the girls to innocently give him some Chemical X and he starts making extremely messed up versions of the girls. The climax is absolutely disturbing and the PPG almost die in the end.

[@theCrownofSympathy]

Yeah, I was hoping for Speed Demon.

[@periwinkle3132]

Some recommendations: 1. The Mask- Courage the Cowardly Dog 2. And She Was Gone- As Told By Ginger

[@HexManiacQuinn]

As Told By Ginger was for older kids, wasn't it?

[@maciekur]

@@HexManiacQuinn Not realy... I mean it's not like it was on prime time or something.

[@michaelcinelli4120]

Courage The Cowardly Dog Everyone Wants To Direct WOW is it scarier now

[@royaleroque7716]

Yes! Also the WAC Pilot featuring the chicken from outer space.

[@rushguy1]

@Starlight_Feather WHAT'S YER OFFER?!

[@melindamercier6811]

Royale Roque that one with the lack of music and all its creepy sound effects of mundane life... still gives me the creeps!

[@Lugo428]

Holy shit, I forgot about that episode.

[@Thespeedrap]

@Starlight_Feather he already did it.

[@eksortso]

My dark toons suggestion probably has been offered up before, but it's the Loony Toons short from 1957 where Sylvester the Cat joins Birds Anonymous and struggles not to eat Tweety. A lot of film-noir psychological influences hit the WB cartoons in the 50s, it seems. I saw that short in the 80s as part of the regular post-1948 WB cartoon rotation on Saturday mornings, just mixed in without care.

[@KamikazeCutie]

Next one:: RugRats-“Angelica’s worst nightmare“.

[@thabigben1]

Or Disney's Recess with their darkest/Halloween episode The Terrifying Tales of Recess. Three tales in one episode.

[@BeastWarsFan]

What about the one where Tommy and Chucky imagine themselves as adults? The ending of it was kinda creepy. BWF

[@hentaihaven2843]

@@thabigben1 Yes!

[@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985]

Probably one of the darkest episodes I remember watching as a kid was from a show called Super robot monkey team (yes, it's a pretty obvious spoof on Power rangers and anime). It was called I, Chiro. Then again all 4 episodes of the I, Chiro Saga were pretty dark; Antauri's masters, I, Chiro, and the Savage lands part 1 and 2. Fun fact: Mark Hamill voiced the main villain. And it had big names like Greg Cipes, Tom Kenny, Kevin Michael Richardson and some really cool guest stars.

[@sant25xyz]

I remember the super robot monkey team episode “belly of the beast” had a disturbing scene where after being swallowed by the dark one worm, Chiro encounters the villain, Mandarin and after a quick battle, Mandarin falls into a pool of the dark one’s stomach acid and his face becomes horribly disfigured.

[@DarthNinja65]

Perhaps a SpongeBob episode. Like "Ghost Host", "I Was A Teenage Gary", or "Jellyfish Hunter"

[@hippienerd166]

I mean, if he's going to do a SpongeBob episode, by default it HAS to be either Graveyard Shift or Rock Bottom!

[@erdemkara4143]

@@hippienerd166 How about Demolition Doofus, where one of the semi-main characters tries to kill the titular character!?!

[@sdm47]

Nasty patty That’s all I have to say

[@jacobaobert]

no, the lesson is "follow the instructions in the lab"

[@ZeroX7649]

No it's don't use dirt to try to make a person.

[@TheGuardDuck]

The Velveteen Rabbit. Kid gets sick, his sentient toys get Holocaust-ed, and only the bunny escapes because of a fairy.

[@RogueT-Rex8468]

Excuse???

[@TheGuardDuck]

@@RogueT-Rex8468 Excuse what? That's what happens. It f-ing dark, and I balled my eyes out as a kid because Mom had no idea that it was like this.

[@TheGuardDuck]

@Strawberry Orphan I saw it as a cartoon. It's literally like Toy Story, but with that dark parody ending where they all burn in the furnace.

[@maciekur]

Oh, that character with the pipe is in fact Mesiour Hulot, a popular French character played by the great Jacques Tati. Sort of Chaplin of France. Make sence as one of his most fameous movies takes place at a beach resort.

[@lillordakira9752]

7:43 At least She was created before South Park introduce Timmy.

[@coopercane500]

Spongebob; "I was a teenage Gary"

[@darkcylander]

I think the reason they ended it like that was because if she stayed they would probably need to keep her around, and there can't be four powerpuff girls

[@roarinfireball]

It’s amazing how the Powerpuff Girls were able to have so much expression and personality, while essentially being characters drawn as a couple symmetrical shapes. That takes talent.

[@ratiroo1124]

I was very confused with this episode as a child. I think I was just laughing and joyful throughout the episode and then just left in awe by the ending. I don't really remember being sad but rewatching it reminded me of how nice it was to have such a different episode.

[@_mad_cat_]

Another dark Powerpuff Girls is "Knock it Off" but there are lots more to be honest.

[@caodogao4327]

The one where they run so fast they go to a ruined future. Dude. That episode was heavy.

[@_mad_cat_]

@@caodogao4327 I know right!

[@Daviticus042]

@@caodogao4327 And the world was ruined because they weren't there to save it.

[@EternalGoldenNight]

What is the one we're the kid abuses the hamster?

[@glowworm2]

@@EternalGoldenNight Getting Twiggy with it

[@nadillasakinah950]

I missed bunny How about that TMNT episode: Same as it Never Was

[@ariadnefrolich7243]

Yes!!! That's about as dark as a "kids" show can get.

[@somethingcraft3148]

Ariadne Frolich there were darker episodes in this series

[@somethingcraft3148]

It mean for older kids

[@Silverstar_]

That's for older kids. Doesn't fit the criteria. Pretty much all action cartoons skew older.

[@Anthonydavis65]

Yes and it was on 4kids!!! How did they get away with that i will never know

[@michaelryall5752]

Hey Arnold! episode "The Headless Cabbie" along with the episode "Ghost Bride" both are creepy. Powerpuff Girls episodes "Speed Demon" and "Abracadaver". MLP: Friendship is Magic episodes "Party of One" and "Lesson Zero" involve rather disturbing mental and emotional breakdowns in a TV-Y show.

[@powergannon]

I personally prefer the Ghost Train episode of Hey Arnold

[@casm4]

Speed demon used to freak me out for sure.

[@hiattgrey9161]

I always thought it was cute how all three of the girls were hoping around and saying "Bunny!".

[@mammothtv9823]

Recommendation: The episode of CatDog where Cat tries to clean Dog's teeth from the inside while he's sleeping.

[@chrissyhill7890]

I was grossed out when I first saw it

[@cheshire8767]

Ew

[@damonika09]

Ew. No.

[@Nasser851000]

does anyone remember power puff girls being on the cover of rice krispies?

[@s0uverains95]

Dream Master well yes, but actually no. I grew up with only modern snap crackle and pop.

[@annvictor9627]

No, but I looked it up.

[@checocartoons342]

Love to see SpongeBob next, stuff like Graveyard Shift or Nasty Patty.

[@carolmunro6931]

I loved Graveyard Shift!

[@expendableindigo9639]

I don't see how Nasty Patty is dark, it's just an accurate representation of how kids get attached to random things.

[@checocartoons342]

Expendable Indigo they Nearly Killed Someone & tried to hide the Body!? How is that Not Dark!?

[@expendableindigo9639]

@@checocartoons342 Oh you're right, sorry. I always get it confused with To Love A Patty.

[@amitaikatz5929]

Graveyard Shift was more comical then dark. Although I would recommend the Dirty Dan episode, where Sandy's hibernation turned her into a wild animal.

[@princessaur]

I am once again requesting "Into the Bunker" and/or "Northwest Mansion Mystery" from Gravity Falls.

[@karekarenohay4432]

About dark toons... I remember to be in my house with my little friends during my birthday party when I was about 6 years, watching Bugs Bunny toons, and then starting to watch something weird on the TV. All my friends and me went silent, and my father came from the kitchen to see what happened to us. It was a FREAKING ANIMATED VERSION OF EDGAR ALLAN POE'S THE TELL TALE HEART! My father pull off the TV, and we all returned to normality, but... it was shocking. As a child, I didn't know that a toon could cause fear.

[@fazbearsanduniverses7564]

SpongeBob graveyard shift or SpongeBob nasty patty.

[@RWQFSFASXC-qc5fq]

Try Squid's Visit or Boating Buddies.

[@Luxito_DeWarlock]

Watch Betty Boop’s Old Man of the Mountain or Red Hot Mama. That $h!t is dark

[@kaneda317]

I'm disappointed that this was the PPG episode he went with when it comes to the darker episodes. The one where they go to the future is much much darker. This one is more sad than dark.

[@Bostonterrierslol]

Tom Kenny also played the Mayor on PPG

[@glowworm2]

He played quite a few characters on the show--and he was great at it!

[@poochyenajones1362]

I think he should do the Speed Demon afert this one. That's where powerpuff girls suddenly went really dark.

[@animls4evr]

This episode was more sad than dark. I do vividly remember this one. I also remember a couple episodes like a zombie magician that almost kills Blossom with a magic trick. Then there's the one where the girls literally run years into the future and it's horrifying what happens to Townsville without the PowerPuff Girls.

[@Ashurman666]

Two other episodes of PPG i recommend: Speed Demon which tells a story that's been told before by MY GOD is it dark for a kids show, and See Me Feel Me Gnomey, a musical episode that was all about Communism...and it was fucking banned too

[@danim8893]

I vote for “The Mask” from Courage the Cowardly Dog. Also, Adventure Time, any of the dozen episodes that are dark and sad.

[@hippienerd166]

@xMaNrEbOrN78 that or the one about Ice King's backstory and how he used to know Marcelline in a previous life!

[@hippienerd166]

That's a great one! Another really great Courage episode he should do is the one with the Harvest Moon, that moon with the creepy Clutch Cargo-style face that wants them to successfully grow a plant!

[@davorianware1382]

"Twisted Sister, obviously a parody of the band Green day." I wish i could subscribe to you twice.

[@colonelmomo666]

3:05 This is a reference to Jacques Tati's most famous comedic character Mr Hulot. He's always wearing that outfit, first introduced in 1953 in his movie "Monsieur Hulot's Holidays".

[@ChimeraMK]

"Sometimes the tougher things, has no buildup and it comes out of nowhere." That's true. My brother had this internship at a hospital in a different city from where we live. Every now and then he'd post on facebook photos of him smiling with people at the hospital. His last photos were of him in a hospital Halloween party. The next day he jumped off a building.

[@mollymoonfan5939]

It feels wrong to like this comment, but I want you to know I read it and feel for you, a lot of times the worst stuff comes right out of left field.

[@ChimeraMK]

@@mollymoonfan5939 What makes it really come out of nowhere is that he always looks cheery while I barely smile. He's always with friends while I barely talk to anyone. When compared to me, we're almost opposites in terms of mood, he's happy while I'm sad.

[@ZoeLycan]

I remember this episode, specially, and it hurts me that in later seasons they make another 4th powerpuff girl and on the most recent/latest one, they make what they call the 5th one (Bliss I think its called) but never mention or reference Bunny ever again

[@glowworm2]

That's a completely separate PPG series made by other animators that was made in 2016 and is nothing like the original one.

[@Neat0_o]

You should look into the courage the cowardly dog episode “the chicken from outer space. It’s iconic.

[@royaleroque7716]

Yes! If you can get through the pilot episode, most of the other episodes are tame.

[@Goldstar_]

"The Chicken From Outer Space" was the pilot short that preceded the series. Honestly, there are several Courage shorts that Doug could showcase here.

[@Speedstreak]

I think when I saw that episode when I was younger, it scared me.

[@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17]

I just watched Helga's Parrot, Hey Arnold. It's one of those that doesn't get dark until the end, but the end is *_dark_*

[@bluelocimon]

I remember watching this episode when i was a kid (maybe 5 or 6 years old) and i remember it was sad, but now is even sadder! And i was pretty sure that she came back at some point but i just googled it and no, this was her only episode, which makes it even rougher

[@eveyaspaas3667]

This episode legitimately made me cry, and I still can’t watch this episode because I’m scared I’ll get really sad again.