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Bambi- the sequence when Bambi’s mother is shot and killed by hunters. This has to be one of the most traumatic sequences you could put a kid through. Whoever decided they’d kill a character’s mother and then leave the character to wander around calling for her must truly be a sadist. This scene has been traumatizing children for generations, including my grandfather when he was young.

The Land Before Time- again, a sadistic parent killing before the movie is even a half-hour old. This time, we get to see the parent actually die. Actually, I find this difficult to watch even to this day. It just seems…wrong, somehow. I mean, dang, that shouldn’t be in a children’s movie at all.

All Dogs Go To Heaven- there are many, many here. Don Bluthe was never a man to pull punches with his movies, and this one was surely no different. This movie contains elements of kidnapping, child exploitation, gambling, drinking, smoking, contract killing, and murder, and the implication that Charlie had been on death row before his escape. Kind of heavy wouldn’t you say? Man, they sure don’t make ‘em like they used to. The worst part in my opinion, and the part that creeped me out a child was the part where Charlie dreams that he’s gone to hell. All sorts of tiny imps attack him, while the ship made of bones in which he is floating begins to sink into lava. As if this weren’t enough, a Satan-esque, dragon-like dog appears. Apparently, there was to be some dialogue between Charlie and this monstrous satanic figure, but it was cut when the ratings people refused to give the movie a G rating if the dialogue remained in. Wow.

Ren and Stimpy- gee, which one to choose. I’d have to go with the horrendous faces that Ren make while “happy” in the Happy Helmet episode. Truly disturbing for me a child.

Peter Pan- the part where the Indian chief threatens to “burn’em at stake” (referring to the lost boys and Wendy) if Tiger Lilly isn’t returned by sundown. I hated this line for whatever reason. I would actually get up and leave the room until that part was over when I was very young.

Oliver and Co.- the deaths of the two ‘bad-guy’ Dobermans (were there names Roscoe and DeSoto??). Nothing quite like a fall onto electrified train tracks. One of the most gruesome death scenes in children’s movie history, in my book.

The Simpsons- the death of Frank Grimes. This just about as dark as The Simpsons gets. A man who works hard for everything snaps and electrocutes himself and nobody cares. Homer disrespects the man at his funeral and everyone laughs. I don’t know, this is honestly more disturbing to me now than when I saw it as a kid.

I don't think I've ever seen a more disturbing cartoon than Felidae. That experiment scene...and those images....just OMG.

What is Felidea? I know Muppeto said something about it and it sounds really disguisting! Poor kitties! Fireheart is a cat! Plague Dogs was really hard to watch especially the end