The Existential Horror of Kid's Cartoons

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  • @operaanimelover369
    @operaanimelover3696 ай бұрын

    Courage the Cowardly Dog, Samurai Jack, Avatar the Last Airbender, As Told by Ginger, Hey Arnold, Justice League, and X-Men the Animated Series are animated shows that I still cherish to this day, have challenged my perception of family-centered animated shows, and affirmed my stance that the "just for kids" argument fails significantly. What these aforementioned shows achieved was sharp writing, naturally dynamic characters, and the entirety of never pandering to an audience.

  • @octopusgardener5495

    @octopusgardener5495

    6 ай бұрын

    My dad was just as excited as us kids when Courage came on because he genuinely enjoyed watching it

  • @alexandergorbachev4088

    @alexandergorbachev4088

    6 ай бұрын

    I'll add the 90s Batman animated series to that. One of the best portrayals of the character and his villains.

  • @KnallisSillan

    @KnallisSillan

    6 ай бұрын

    yo as told by ginger!!

  • @DSnake655

    @DSnake655

    6 ай бұрын

    Hate that "Just for kids" bs.

  • @campy245

    @campy245

    6 ай бұрын

    don’t forget about flapjack that show was creepy too lol

  • @squidgiemctentacles5265
    @squidgiemctentacles52656 ай бұрын

    Children's shows had more subtle, creeping terror than most modern horror movies can't lie

  • @Gadget-Walkmen

    @Gadget-Walkmen

    6 ай бұрын

    Mostly because you don’t see it coming from those kinds of shows!

  • @FallenKnight2244

    @FallenKnight2244

    6 ай бұрын

    They would need to rely more on subtlety and nuances instead of overly excessive scares

  • @tsriftsal3581

    @tsriftsal3581

    6 ай бұрын

    Nothing is darker than Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. A huge monster stalking and salivating at the thought of catching the outcasts forced off a cliff leading to his humiliation and captivating. Tortured by ripping the teeth out of its skull after surviving a near fatal attempted murder is paraded in front of those that shunned the trio. It's the epitome of evil. At least the Grinch and Scrooge had a change of heart unlike those that only acted the way they were taught without question, leading to redemption and growth. The inhumane treatment of The Bumble simply looking for a meal.

  • @Flufferz626
    @Flufferz6266 ай бұрын

    I was explaining Star Wars Clone Wars to a friend who thought it was just for kids. Uh...no. Another Star Wars fan who was a Desert Storm veteran in our group spoke up about Bad Batch and how it is one of the most accurate medias he has seen that portray a soldier having to adjust to a post-war society, especially after realizing they were used in a proxy war. Animation =/= for children. Also sometimes kids have to face harsh truths (Littlefoot losing his mom, Simba losing his dad etc) to cope with reality. We want to protect our kids so much, but there is only so much we can do. Protection goes hand-in-hand with preparation.

  • @alex4833

    @alex4833

    6 ай бұрын

    Spot on. I completely agree. I am not surprised to hear that The Bad Batch is accurate in portraying soldiers adjusting to a post-war society. Jennifer Corbett, its head writer is a Navy veteran.

  • @MajorHickE

    @MajorHickE

    6 ай бұрын

    The Umbara and Geonosis arcs are some of the most fucked up things I've seen on TV. I am still shocked that anyone agreed to onscreen FLAMETHROWERS or a straight up prisoner execution in a Y7 show.

  • @tsriftsal3581

    @tsriftsal3581

    6 ай бұрын

    ... and there are the Austrian stories. All non "humans" on the planet are subject at every moment of being ripped apart and eaten. "Civilization" presents as isolation from this reality but it's a lie. You were brought into existence to provide for those few that teach you there is no other choice but to labor for them for the majority of your existence.

  • @Ju-pk7bh
    @Ju-pk7bh6 ай бұрын

    You express this so well: "...the goal should not be to pretend that hardships and horrors don't exist, the goal isn't to be absurd so nothing matters, or seek friendship behind every enemy..."This may be the genre that I need right now!

  • @wafagdplqs4421
    @wafagdplqs44216 ай бұрын

    Parents never realised how scary and creepy some episodes of our favorite cartoons were !

  • @MrChill56
    @MrChill566 ай бұрын

    Adventure Time got me frozen with the scene of Finn killing Grass Finn, or rather his reaction to that. It devastated me and I was quite adult while watching it.

  • @TerryThomasT
    @TerryThomasT6 ай бұрын

    This reminded me of a TV show I watched when I was a child, about 20 years ago. It was about a scientist and some kids who, much like in the Matrix, can physically plug in to, and then digitally enter, some version of the internet. In that digital world, they solve crimes or some such hijinks. But as part of the process of moving between the real world and the digital one, they have to pass through a portal, which feels like falling through a spinning kaleidoscope. In one episode, they're desperately trying to get back to the real world before the Big Bad Guy can, and they just about manage to enter the portal. But Big Bad gets to their physical location first and unplugs their connection. And kids and their dad end up trapped in spinning kaleidoscopic limbo, falling indefinitely, infinitely, with no one to save them. And then the season ended. It was the most existentially terrifying situation to 10-year old me, and I remember sitting numb in terror, imagining myself falling FOREVER. I'd blocked it out till now. I don't even remember the name of the show. But damn, did it leave an impact.

  • @ctsilva45

    @ctsilva45

    6 ай бұрын

    was it VR Troopers?

  • @Gwestytears

    @Gwestytears

    6 ай бұрын

    That sounds familiar

  • @BingFox

    @BingFox

    6 ай бұрын

    New Adventures of Johnny Quest?

  • @EmrysMerlin8807

    @EmrysMerlin8807

    6 ай бұрын

    The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest. Among other things, had one of the most hype openings of the 90s cartoon era.

  • @BingFox

    @BingFox

    6 ай бұрын

    @@EmrysMerlin8807 Real adventures, I knew I was off by a word.

  • @isaacwilliams7133
    @isaacwilliams71336 ай бұрын

    As one of my favorite (other) KZreadrs said about Puss in Boots “this is a kids movie about how one day you will day and there is nothing you can do about it.”

  • @benjaminbrand3714
    @benjaminbrand37146 ай бұрын

    Great work! A good example this made me think of from recent is the anime "Made in Abyss." A cuter looking show you would be hard pressed to find but it evolves into one of the most horrifying things I have ever seen 😳

  • @chrisosborn6401

    @chrisosborn6401

    6 ай бұрын

    Bondrewd loves his children. Nothing sinister here.

  • @savagebooks7482

    @savagebooks7482

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @ashmarten2884

    @ashmarten2884

    6 ай бұрын

    If there weren’t some ‘awkward’ things in that show, I’d 100% be my favorite.

  • @coryholliday926
    @coryholliday9266 ай бұрын

    "though the show came out nearly 25 years ago"... Made my back hurt

  • @alexm-e4910
    @alexm-e49106 ай бұрын

    Atlantis is probably my favourite children’s movie ever made

  • @ivanbluecool
    @ivanbluecool6 ай бұрын

    I give respect for SpongeBob for putting the red mist Squidward in their episode and it worked considering it scared parents to have ir removed from the episode. Courage you know fear is deep when the uptight teacher is more scary than the baby horn dream or return the slab guy.

  • @jonathanortiz3253
    @jonathanortiz32536 ай бұрын

    I’m so glad I was able to grow up during that time and kept watching cartoons into my young adult years. Those 90-00 cartoons have definitely shapes how I view the world and the courage I have to still find the joy in the scary times. Great video essay as always!

  • @tsriftsal3581

    @tsriftsal3581

    6 ай бұрын

    Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips. Couldn't get any darker than that time. Pearl Harbor attacked. Small mustached seeking a final solution. Bugs doing Mammy and being as racist as possible. Ohhh, he gets a pass because he wore dresses. Hmmm

  • @chelseawhite7117
    @chelseawhite71176 ай бұрын

    I’m surprised this video didn’t touch on predecessors to these shows and films from the 80s, like Secret of NIMH or the Brave Little Toaster. The latter one scarred me forever and yet for some reason we rewatched it often. It touched on grim themes like abandonment by loved ones, growing obsolescence, falling into situations beyond your control while you’re trying to survive, and death and dismemberment. It was DARK 🥲 one character went briefly crazy and tried to eat his own cord, and another went truly insane and k*lled himself on-screen in front of everyone including child-coded characters. The tone is accentuated by scary designs of antagonists, dreary brown color schemes, creepy music, and a reverberating silence when other movies would have tried to comfort you with a gentle score or something. It’s not that it was a “bad film” but it sure was hard to get through as a kid.

  • @valasafantastic1055

    @valasafantastic1055

    6 ай бұрын

    Brave little toaster traumatized me. It is a bad film. It has bad messages and bad morals. It was not made for children. It was made by a suicidal person who later did infact kill themselves. It’s not a good thing. It should not have been made/released. It’s ok to admit it was traumatizing. I think some art is bad and we can all it out. And that artists have some moral/ethical duty to not create or at least to not publish/sell art that is more dangerous than helpful. Don’t release art that encourages or glamorizes ending your own life!

  • @TheFreakDownStreet
    @TheFreakDownStreet6 ай бұрын

    Adventure time was such a trip watching it as it aired. Seeing the dark undertones eventually come to the surface without loosing the whimsy really hit me growing up.

  • @IncandescentWriter

    @IncandescentWriter

    6 ай бұрын

    My first episode was Marceline and Ice King making a song together. I missed out on a lot because I thought nothing of the show. Always loved stories that intertwine with itself like that. Almost like a puzzle, but you have to wait for it all come together and I think that kind of storytelling is beautiful, no matter how grim or lighthearted it may seem. I still have yet to watch the full series, but it is something I want to do.

  • @Orbinie
    @Orbinie6 ай бұрын

    Another awesome kids show with a really adult theme is the owl house. The first season is rather light hearted with some horror aspects but with the second season the theme shifts to become even darker and more story focused. And I think the popularity of the show show's how good it is not only for a kids audience. Also I would love to see a video from you to the owl house^^

  • @TheArtofKAS
    @TheArtofKAS6 ай бұрын

    We wouldn't be dealing with any existentialisms if we all just returned the slab😂😫🤝🏾

  • @chrisosborn6401

    @chrisosborn6401

    6 ай бұрын

    I should gain something out of this. What's yer offer?

  • @TheArtofKAS

    @TheArtofKAS

    6 ай бұрын

    @@chrisosborn6401 It's simple! you return the slab and you don't suffer the consequences of [redacted]

  • @EmrysMerlin8807
    @EmrysMerlin88076 ай бұрын

    For me the pinnacle of top tier storytelling in a show primarily aimed at children/young adults will always be Gargoyles. That 5 part opener set a tone for what the series was and wanted to be, and it carried through all the way to the end of season 2.

  • @appleofdoom
    @appleofdoom6 ай бұрын

    This reminds me of an Australian children's writer Paul Jennings, who wrote some awfully existentially terrifying things for kid's books

  • @brianedwards7142
    @brianedwards71426 ай бұрын

    Spirited away has bags of existential dread. Sen's parents being turned into pigs, No Face, Yubaba and her 3 pet disembodied heads.

  • @danielhale1
    @danielhale16 ай бұрын

    I love Invader Zim, Bee and Puppycat, Rocko's Modern Life, etc. There's something to their depth and discordance that spoke to me and entertained me in ways the simpler stuff couldn't. On a different note, I really like how filled out the character of Dr. Doofinschmurtz is. :D He's divorced but with an amicable relationship with his ex. He's a self-described villain who's trying to take over the worl-- I mean tri-state area, but often his primary concern is being a part of his daughter's life and bringing her happiness. He has deep pain from his increasingly absurd past, and half the time treats Perry's visits as therapy sessions. Absolutely brilliant character that covered more in a kids show than I expected!

  • @VoiceOfTheEmperor
    @VoiceOfTheEmperor6 ай бұрын

    Honestly, seeing Watership Down at 12 I am fairly certain gave me PTSD.

  • @brianedwards7142

    @brianedwards7142

    6 ай бұрын

    Watership Down. The book is even darker.

  • @Bene_Singularis
    @Bene_Singularis6 ай бұрын

    I'm glad that you mentionned Ferngully. I miss that era when cartoons had such important messages and deep overall tones to them. It made us grow up more mentally and emotionally sound. Today's shows are so superficial. Their worth is so not like back then.

  • @matthewstarkie4254

    @matthewstarkie4254

    6 ай бұрын

    This video is literally about how today's cartoons have deep tones and important messages. Some might be less literal than representing deforestation with the destruction of a rainforest, but a lot of modern cartoons are steeped in meaning.

  • @Bene_Singularis

    @Bene_Singularis

    6 ай бұрын

    @@matthewstarkie4254 There's a world of difference between the quality level of storytelling of 20-30 years ago vs today. People should learn from their predecessors on that matter. That knowledge seems to not quite be lost, but it's a matter of "too much effort, not enough money for it" too often. Today, it's very surface-level. Before it often was so deep. I'll always prefer quality over quantity. I'm glad that some companies are begining to learn from their mistakes on that point. In a world of cheap stuff, real art stands out so much.

  • @Azaul
    @Azaul6 ай бұрын

    Not sure how familiar you are with G.I. JOE, but for a half hour toy commercial, it often dipped into existentialism and trauma. One famous example is No Place Like Springfield, where the villains gaslight Shipwreck (usually a comic relief character) into think he has amnesia, going so far as to give him a fake wife and daughter. Cobra uses an imperfect cloning technology, so Shipwreck’s friends start melting in front of him all while he thinks he’s lost his mind. The conclusion has him run into a burning building to save his family even though he’s already learned Cobra’s plot. There are a lot of surprisingly poignant moments. Likewise, Nightmare Assault is an episode about sniper Low-Light dealing with childhood trauma and his father’s abuse. Cobra creates a machine that gives the Joes nightmares, and because Low-Light’s life is a living nightmare, he teaches them how to face their fears. There’s a scene where he relives his father shaming him for being afraid of the dark. He's screaming stuff like "I'm no wimp anymore" and "what do you think of your cowardly son now dad?" while he fights against snakes in a nightmare, and it’s really raw and emotional. And this only happened once in a while. You could sit down to watch G.I. JOE expecting light military fantasy action and get blindsided by an existential nightmare.

  • @brianedwards7142
    @brianedwards71426 ай бұрын

    I choked on my coffee when you called the 90s the "golden age" but then I reckon I'm twice your age. Porky Pig did a nice line in existential dread especially when teamed with Sylvester the cat but there was also the Milton the Monster show, Casper the Ghost and Wendy the Witch and of course Scooby Doo. I get what you are saying about scripts having more depth though. I learned a stack of psychology from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic which Yogi Bear never supplied. I'm currently bingeing The Angry Beavers btw.

  • @isengrim99
    @isengrim996 ай бұрын

    I like how you contextualise Puss In Boots 2 this way, it makes sense and it totally deserves to be mentioned with the most awesome Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and Disney Channel shows I grew up with in the late 90's/early 00's

  • @kaitlyn__L
    @kaitlyn__L6 ай бұрын

    This is validating, I’ve long thought kids’ animation often went more psychological and existential than almost anything aimed at adults. That said, it was a bit weird hearing Csupo said as “kuh-supo” rather than “chupo” 😅 like I totally get why that was your first instinct, but yeah

  • @misfits9294
    @misfits92946 ай бұрын

    So Alex Hirsch worked on Flapjack, right? That I feel explains a lot.

  • @PalaeoJoe
    @PalaeoJoe6 ай бұрын

    That was fucking poetic

  • @just_a_guy247
    @just_a_guy2476 ай бұрын

    I swear his voice keeps getting deeper

  • @DahVoozel
    @DahVoozel6 ай бұрын

    Potatoes and molasses, what's the Beast? Please don't ask us. Existential dread and a bump on the head, almost very likely that we were possibly dead. Oh, potatoes, and molasses.

  • @caitens9041
    @caitens90414 ай бұрын

    I really really enjoyed this video. Nearly all of the cartoons you mentioned, I watched growing up. It made me realize how impactful my early life of watching tv was, and in positive ways. These cartoons helped shaped me as a person. That's really special and I'm so glad I had the opportunity to grow up during that time period where cartoons were arguably at their peak. At least for me. Nostalgia abound.

  • @SmallOneEyedKing
    @SmallOneEyedKing4 ай бұрын

    What I love about courage is the cowardly dig. Is his desperation and tenacity to always save his owners no matter how scary and terrifying his enemies might be. And that is true courage facing your fears no matter how deep they overcome.

  • @spectrumchaser4343
    @spectrumchaser43436 ай бұрын

    TBH, I was expecting The Brave Little Toaster to come up at some point. That movie is nightmare fuel.

  • @alex4833
    @alex48336 ай бұрын

    Awesome video! Great examples as well. It reminds me of how, when I rewatched the DCAU last year, I found that it covered various adult issues in a nuanced way. One great example of this was the Justice League United's Cadmus arc. It had nuanced discussions about superheroes and the power - and potential for destruction/danger - that they held as well as what the response should be (is it right for Cadmus to have powerful weapons to stop superheroes, should the JL attack Cadmus w/o concrete evidence of wrongdoing, the dangers of escalation/retaliatory strikes, accountability/keeping the powerful in check, etc). It also had a scene where the watchtower satellite cannon was hacked and blasted Cadmus, causing civilian casualties. So, it didn't shy away from dark scenes or complex discussions and did not dumb down their discussions either. Great video again. Have a great day.

  • @piedhart
    @piedhart6 ай бұрын

    That closing line was beautiful and profound!

  • @The_Open_Book
    @The_Open_Book6 ай бұрын

    I used to complain that I didn't get channels with all those shows on them as a kid. But knowing how much Spongebob has shaped my sense of dry/dark humour now as an adult.. I'm scared what kind of existential mess I'd have been if I were exposed to these too 😅 Thanks for talking so thoroughly about the value of animation! The medium deserves the recognition.

  • @j.a.svoboda9805
    @j.a.svoboda98056 ай бұрын

    It goes to show that every medium, genre, and trope has its strengths. It just takes a skilled writer who understands the medium to make those strengths shine.

  • @lordbalthosadinferni4384
    @lordbalthosadinferni43846 ай бұрын

    I'm quite surprised you haven't seen/finished Steven Universe. Would love to hear your take on the series, and I'm sure others would as well. Great video as always! If we're all gonna die anyway, we may as well dance

  • @Shackbanshee
    @Shackbanshee6 ай бұрын

    Omg, every video gets me more and more excited to have you edit my novel. I'll be starting the first rewrite in the new year...so hopefully I can hire you soon!

  • @KnallisSillan
    @KnallisSillan6 ай бұрын

    Oh this was a fantastic one this time. Your videos are always so good but this one made me cry a little.

  • @leigh-anjohnson
    @leigh-anjohnson6 ай бұрын

    Why did seeing that clip of Courage being shaved make me feel afraid 😨?

  • @nathancarter8239
    @nathancarter82396 ай бұрын

    It looks like you had an audio/video glitch from 7:58 to around 8:20 de-synced the audio from the visual for like a half-second.

  • @savagebooks7482

    @savagebooks7482

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @KyleRayner12
    @KyleRayner126 ай бұрын

    Courage came out 25 years ago?! I remember it with a level of clarity that I assumed meant it was first airing when I watched it in the early to mid-2000s.

  • @IncandescentWriter

    @IncandescentWriter

    6 ай бұрын

    omg Right?! Same!

  • @RealBearFace
    @RealBearFace6 ай бұрын

    There was that episode of My Life As A Teenage Robot where Jenny's skin suit comes to life and its straight up nightmare inducing as a kid

  • @dylanroyboy
    @dylanroyboy6 ай бұрын

    Thank you, this is why I love animation. And not just because you put my entire childhood into one video. Because of the links and threads you can connect animation with and how much inspiration can come out of it.

  • @RIlianP
    @RIlianP6 ай бұрын

    Children centered media can be more subtly depressing, not just cartoon but live action series as well. Some things you just get better as an adult though.

  • @Ignoreduser
    @Ignoreduser6 ай бұрын

    It’s crazy that you’re talking about “extraterrestrial horror of kids cartoons” and don’t mention “The Brave Little Toaster” (honorable mentions: “We’re Back,””James and the Giant Peach,””Rockadoole” and “The Secrets of Nimh”). “Worthless” alone is the existential anthem. It had “self deletion,””finding purpose,””struggling with faith,”” mutilation (pseudo body horror)” and “the inevitably of death and the regrets that comes with it.”

  • @zinv08
    @zinv086 ай бұрын

    This would have been a great Halloween episode. But it still works on its own.

  • @chrisosborn6401

    @chrisosborn6401

    6 ай бұрын

    Existential dread doesn't wait for Halloween to make an unannounced visit.

  • @iceluvndiva21
    @iceluvndiva216 ай бұрын

    RWBY definitely has the extensial horror in so many ways

  • @JDBlumenstein
    @JDBlumenstein6 ай бұрын

    Solid video and great conclusion! You have such thoughtful material. I always leave your videos feeling impressed and introspective.

  • @savagebooks7482

    @savagebooks7482

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks! appreciate it

  • @sparo_art
    @sparo_art6 ай бұрын

    My dad and uncle would watch so much of these cartoon with us ! That goes to show that although cartoon are "for kids" you don't need to make them with only your vision of a kid in mind :D

  • @sassylittleprophet
    @sassylittleprophet4 ай бұрын

    I saw Disney's Hunchback for the first time as a young adult, and it hits me particularly hard because I had a pastor almost twice my age shame me from the pulpit for being "too immodest" and "tempting" others who were "weak in the faith" (he meant himself, no one else had a problem with what I wore). He did this for 9 months. I was 21-22, he was 40-41. And he would say this with my parents, my siblings, his wife and kids, and my husband in the audience, and he'd always be looking directly at me. I always asked myself, "Why is no one saying anything about this? Why isn't anyone addressing the fact that this married pastor is publicly lusting after me from the pulpit?" No, Frollo, objectifying/sexualizing someone *is* your fault.

  • @BulkBrogan.
    @BulkBrogan.6 ай бұрын

    Something l remember the most from my childhood was the Demon shredder arc from 2003 teenage mutant ninja turtles A demon from ancient Japan creating an army of undead, yokai, and demons to take over the world And the only way to defeat him was for the turtles to transform into their dragon spirits and team up against him It was fucking metal especially for a little kid

  • @ivanbluecool
    @ivanbluecool6 ай бұрын

    Perfect with the wise fish dinner and scary teacher is definitely one of the scariest episodes in courage While the horror is what give you a shock. Perfect would definitely destory you confidence when you realize how deep and real it is that even someone you hate can bring you down and the internet is basically that on steroids with how toxic people can be with the veil of protection

  • @gioiacolli3407
    @gioiacolli34076 ай бұрын

    it's funny, because on one hand i consider old cartoons as a safe heaven without death or tragedy, on the other there are some rooms in my mind occupied by the horrors of (other) old cartoons

  • @ralunix4612
    @ralunix46126 ай бұрын

    Those emotions I felt when I saw those shows will never be recreated as an adult. That type of eldrich fear for the Pharaoh..... It was notnthe type of fear you feel when in danger similar to a carcrush , it felt as if you choose to crash the car and want to go back but CAN'T. YOU JUST STARE. Thats how some of those episodes felt as a child and when it's done it ? It stood with me for a whole day, sometimes even more.

  • @ChaoticUrges
    @ChaoticUrges6 ай бұрын

    COURAGE!!!

  • @tknklr
    @tknklr6 ай бұрын

    Great vid! We could go even further back for more stuff in this vein. Within the past four years I've begun (procrastinating) writing a story focusing on a character inspired by old Fliescher cartoons like Betty Boop and Popeye, specifically Betty Boop cartoons. They are full of Nightmare Fuel stuff that. I accidentally stumbled across an old short when I was a kid back in the early 2000's while browsing comcast on demand. There's more infamous ones, but in the first episode I saw, Betty gets stuck on a fitness machine which is running at full power. She spends most of the episode screaming for help until another character comes to her aid. By the time she's freed, she's as thin as a noodle. The scary part that messed me up is when all the furniture and objects in the world spontaneous came to life and began laughing at Betty new noodle-thin body. I gained repsect for Betty Boop that day (even though I avoided watching it for a long time after that)

  • @MrHazz111
    @MrHazz1116 ай бұрын

    Man that Courage episode scared the shit out of me as a kid.

  • @Shatterverse
    @Shatterverse6 ай бұрын

    Dude, have you ever looked into the history of most fables and fairy tales? They're nightmare fuel designed to largely scare kids into behaving.

  • @oskarcreegan2566
    @oskarcreegan25666 ай бұрын

    Amazing as always ! You might want to give a little volume mixing to the music, it's sometimes a little too loud/distracting to clearly hear what you're saying.

  • @urahara64360
    @urahara643606 ай бұрын

    I think there is an element that is being neglected which is the even earlier dark movies of the 80s from Don Bluth.

  • @drelldezee
    @drelldezee6 ай бұрын

    The Amazing World of Gumball plays around with a lot of that existential horror stuff too

  • @birgitteandersen5886
    @birgitteandersen58866 ай бұрын

    I absolutely love existential horror!!!! It's my favorite because life is hard, but there are reasons to keep going.

  • @PancakeBoi
    @PancakeBoi6 ай бұрын

    I Didn't realize you had a Detroit lions shirt on, its an honor to see that

  • @dfolz1101
    @dfolz11016 ай бұрын

    Knowing courage is 25 years old is horrific in and of itself.

  • @ayeg-dp5to
    @ayeg-dp5to6 ай бұрын

    courage is my favorite cartoon nowadays cause i think about it on a daily basis

  • @snbsixteen6stars201
    @snbsixteen6stars2016 ай бұрын

    I wish more people would bring up moville mysteries A horror science fiction cartoon tackling anticorpiration, mass histaria Serial killers, animal trafficing human trafficing and many more

  • @dylanmcaden285
    @dylanmcaden2855 ай бұрын

    I know I’m late to the party here but I’m still waiting for your “Over the Garden Wall” video.

  • @DanierCZ
    @DanierCZ6 ай бұрын

    Just from a random glance at your desktop...Crusader Kings II and III, Hades, Terrascape, good taste, sir, good taste.

  • @idaslittlecorner6318
    @idaslittlecorner63186 ай бұрын

    I miss the good old days of cartoons😢 Right now, I can only get that feeling from anime. Which isn't a bad thing, but I feel kids are missing out on some really classic stuff like we had in the past.

  • @LordIronfist
    @LordIronfist6 ай бұрын

    This has... Maybe always been the case? I mean, grim meaning what it does may have been simply coincidence but the collection coming from the brothers Grimm was basically the same thing (although they were more so that way to convey basic common sense things for avoiding danger) In that if you read the original versions...they are full of existential horrors

  • @ElectrostatiCrow
    @ElectrostatiCrow6 ай бұрын

    Return the slab.

  • @NotTheDude
    @NotTheDude6 ай бұрын

    Holly Jolly Secrets revealing that Ice King was really just some poor guy who was driven insane by the crown was a defining moment in my childhood. I remember gathering around the TV with my friends and losing our minds.

  • @motorcitymangababe
    @motorcitymangababe4 ай бұрын

    I feel like horror has always been part of children's stories for the same primal reasons animals play fight/ hunt. The world is a cruel place at times- teaching children about the scary parts in parables that are age appropriate prepares them for this without completely crushing their souls. Eta shout out to the grandpappys of existential horror in animation- the nlack cauldron and watership downs!

  • @christiancornier9357
    @christiancornier93576 ай бұрын

    I see you in the lion's shirt savage

  • @spaceeskimosasteroid3577
    @spaceeskimosasteroid35774 ай бұрын

    You wanna talk about an existential kids film. All dogs go to heaven has the main character die at the beginning, trick his way out of heaven and then come to terms with the fact when he dies again he can only go to hell (obviously they do end up letting him back into heaven because he dies selflessly but he’s fully ready for what’s waiting for him)

  • @VictorIV0310
    @VictorIV03106 ай бұрын

    Balam Industries

  • @prestely
    @prestely6 ай бұрын

    Very interesting video! It got me thinking about the people who are actually behind the cartoons and who kids cartoons are actually made for. I believe gen X were the ones making the cartoons i would watch as a kid in the 90s....but now? Are millenials - my generation making the cartoons we're seeing today and thus passing on our anxiety about the World to younger generations? Or are old gen X still in charge, especially in Big animations studios and with parenthood playing a role in shaping the World they want to pass on ? It seems to me that kids animation or teenage oriented art, unlike regular art made by adults for adults fails to question the artists and spends too much Time worrying about the receiver's end. Thanks again for your video, you sure got me thinking a lot about this! And thanks for reminding how much i used to love Cow and Chicken.

  • @richardconnor2871
    @richardconnor28716 ай бұрын

    Yesss! I was sitting here waiting for Adventure Time to be the next thing on the list, hahaha. Cartoons these days are so much better than when I was growing up... With a few notable exceptions (Batman the Animated Series still holds its own)

  • @juanrodriguez9971
    @juanrodriguez99716 ай бұрын

    I dont think there was ever a single kid who lauger at Ren removing that part of his mouth or at Squidward suffeeing the lost of his toenail

  • @ashmarten2884
    @ashmarten28846 ай бұрын

    My childhood was shaped by books about small animals committing warcrimes and eugenics. May or may not have shaped my current favorite media piece being a game about small slimy critters attempting to break their cycle of eternal suffering.

  • @mc_zittrer8793
    @mc_zittrer87936 ай бұрын

    So, for your daily PSA of existential dread, here's a fun bit of trivia: Even with all the telescopic advancements and other tools NASA uses to keep track of the skies, we still frequently have very near misses with celestial objects, many of which go completely unnoticed until they pass us by, due to them using the light of the sun as a sort of blind spot as they approach us. I even wrote a horror story with this in mind.

  • @IncandescentWriter
    @IncandescentWriter6 ай бұрын

    I can't say which show started it, but Courage was truly one I found the most interesting. I was in complete awe for each episode and never scared me. Now that there's a reason behind why, it's so telling now on why I loved these shows and film growing up. You explained all of this perfectly. Think it definitely had intentions to make sure there are lessons to be made in this genre, so that people may recognize the struggles of life and process, or come to terms with, on how to move forward through/pass those struggles. Of course, there can be many other factors to discuss continually about this topic, it's not just one thing after all. As much as I loved our 90s and early 2000s shows, but this genre has been growing and adapting throughout the years. It may be our nostalgia that we sing praise for these films and shows for being what they are in comparison to now. However, this entire analysis isn't something I don't disagree with. It is all spot on. If we really want to look back on every animated media, it is a long list if we were to go over and discuss further into length on how media then evolved into the 90s, early 2000s, and now. Hell, we can even go back to the original fairytales and fables, how they too fit into this discussion. It is interesting how stories like these grow and evolve, and goes on to tell what hasn't been told before or expands on previous topics.

  • @AndaraBledin
    @AndaraBledin6 ай бұрын

    A more recent show that you didn't mention is CentaurWorld.

  • @LaneMaxfield
    @LaneMaxfield6 ай бұрын

    That was just beautiful, man. Normally you give good advice but this was more like a full-on guided meditation! 😂😂😂

  • @brianedwards7142
    @brianedwards71426 ай бұрын

    While I was watching I was imagining with dread if Disney bought the rights to the works of Richard Wagner and made an animated Flying Dutchman. Disney: where Intellectual Property goes to die of shame.

  • @golgarisoul
    @golgarisoul6 ай бұрын

    Is the audio desynced for anyone else?

  • @damen9578
    @damen95786 ай бұрын

    I remember that Star Wars the Clone Wars was canceled because it became too mature for children. Still one of my favorite shows.

  • @supersinger9000
    @supersinger90006 ай бұрын

    Another good existential horror cartoon is The Amazing World of Gumball. I mean, what could be more existentially horrifying than finding out that your world and your entire existence is nothing more than a fictional cartoon show meant to entertain children? And you're stuck playing the villain? (Well, quite possibly not finding out until it's too late, the show's over, and everything you know and love is getting swallowed up by a static void.)

  • @reidchikezie1161
    @reidchikezie11616 ай бұрын

    Damn, Courage was so fun and scary to watch back then!!

  • @JdeeGeekyGao
    @JdeeGeekyGao6 ай бұрын

    I felt a bit too old for the demo of this vid as my traumatizing kids cartoons were those 80's one, IYKYK... toaster.

  • @coolbeans5911
    @coolbeans59116 ай бұрын

    I'm so thankful to have grown up watching these cartoons

  • @mothhann
    @mothhann6 ай бұрын

    Comment for the algorithm and also say love the shirt - Go Lions!

  • @liammiller5244
    @liammiller52446 ай бұрын

    3:50, damn man why you gotta call me out like that.

  • @savagebooks7482

    @savagebooks7482

    6 ай бұрын

    just had to

  • @charliee284
    @charliee2842 ай бұрын

    Sponge Bob had some traumatic.... images

  • @cynicalsenpai
    @cynicalsenpai6 ай бұрын

    love this topic!! Are you from Detroit too??

  • @savagebooks7482

    @savagebooks7482

    6 ай бұрын

    My family is

  • @zacharyclark3693
    @zacharyclark36936 ай бұрын

    SpongeBob captures the existential horror of working in food/retail jobs. Change my mind.

  • @KimberlyPinkney
    @KimberlyPinkney6 ай бұрын

    I thought Disney's Black Cauldron and Last Unicorn were freaking dark!

  • @savagebooks7482

    @savagebooks7482

    6 ай бұрын

    The last unicorn is definitely pretty dark lol

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