Top 10 Darkest Adult Cartoon Episodes
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- Just a heads up for younger viewers there's a fair few adult concepts discussed in this video. Checking out a top 10 of the darker adult cartoon episodes from cartoons like Family Guy, Rick and Morty and Bojack among others :)
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23:45 I love this quote and little interaction because it's much more than her picturing the ice cream, it's her finally allowing herself to just enjoy something, even if it isn't there. Seeing as earlier on her father didn't let her have ice cream and instead just let her have some sugar on a lemon, this just shows that she can overcome what her father taught her, even if it goes against what is drilled into her mind. (watch her struggle to say "delicious", before she would've just said something like "fattening")
I never noticed that before.. That's really beautiful actually.
3:37 Strider I love you but this is one of your dumbest takes. The episode DOES have a message. If you pay attention to Homer’s life; it wasn’t so great. His mother left him. His dad was awful. He had to give up his dreams to go work to Mr. Burns. And throughout the episode, all Homer wanted was to be Grimey’s friend. The episode is trying to say no matter how bad your life is, you have no excuses for hating someone so much for doing nothing to you directly
Thank you for mentioning that men are abused too. Not enough people know/believe that.
@@lindseylewis8651 Men are stronger than women on average, yes. But that doesn't mean women can't cause severe damage and abuse.
Men are also more likely not to speak out if they are abused.
@@lindseylewis8651 **most** men are stronger than **most** women. There are exceptions though. There are weak men and strong women.
Stronger or not, if you're raised to believe that you can't defend yourself against a woman, so you let her beat the fuck out of you, you're going to get hurt.
And don't forget emotional / mental abuse
@@lindseylewis8651 you are stupid
@@lindseylewis8651 My mother used to work in a help call center/crisis hotline in Canada. The ratio's much closer than you'd expect. Very few people know about it. It's about 3:2 for every woman:man abused, not 5:1 as you think.
They used to gather statistics on a yearly basis. Women were typically physically abused more often than men, while men were typically psychologically abused to an extreme degree more than any other form of abuse. Both have around the same numbers concerning sexual abuse, with the edge given towards the female sex (percentage-wise out of all that reported abuse). Psychological abuse turned out to be by far the worst and most damaging form of abuse by their gathered statistics.
There is no "rare by comparison." Abuse is the issue that should be addressed, not the details regarding the victim. It's all the same type and any one abuse case is as big a problem as any other. A person's sex shouldn't have to be taken into account to determine which case is more important, otherwise the entire concept of crisis hotlines, etc. can get thrown out the window, since they're not doing their jobs right.
"Homer's Enemy" was actually the writers' holding up a mirror to the haters and naysayers who were criticizing the character of Homer and the way things always worked out for him.
@theultimatexperience fuck you if ya do not like it dont watch
@Imani Alexander fuck you
@@theletsplayer4921 no u
I always understood that chapter as a really simple but hard message: Life is simply not fair: get use to it or die in your frustration for not being able to accept it. This is indeed a very shocking and strong message for a society like the American one, where they always teach you that meritocracy is real in the capitalist world, and that if you work really hard you will be successful and rich, while if you are poor or miserable is because you are lazy and conformist. In reality it is certainly not like that, there is people that are mediocre and have done barely the minimum and still getting a pretty good life, while there is a lot of good and really hard working people that simply can't get out of their misery no matter how hard they work. Frank was a pretty clear example of this way of thinking, and the hard part is that after a whole life working he finally gets the opportunity of his life, but he simply looses it by not being able to accept how unfair is life and the system.
@@eduardof7322 this was a good breakdown
The American Dad anorexia episode is so well done that I'd honestly be surprised if nobody involved with the production had/has an eating disorder
Well it is Hollywood, where such disorders are a lot more common
I never thought I'd say this but American Dad has emotionally moved me.
I remember watching it while my ed was still a massive secret. Soooo weird but also Idk if it was a topic American dad should’ve handled yk like he just recovers at the end of the episode like nothing even happened
You guys? I love American Dad. It's Family Guy I could never stomach.
Also, that was a great AD episode. I don't know why this series is so hated while Family Guy just keeps devolving into a complete trainwreck year after year.
Also I did like that American Dad showed that anorexia doesn't just effect woman.
yeah. i also think it's really dangerous that there's not a lot of attention for eating disorders in men. That could make it a lot harder for men to realize/admit they have anorexia
especially a straight, cis man. i’ve met a few in treatment before. their stories were often the saddest …
I was surprised to see Moral Orel on this list just because no one even knows about the very under appreciated show.
Every episode of that show is dark. Every. Single. Episode.
@@gabbls_ Well, the second half of season 2 and onward are all very dark. The earlier ones are more easygoing
@@missconstruct6968 Yep.
JustaTroll i’ve never heard of it. I think I might watch that.
Saaaame
Thank you for pointing out that both women and men have been victims of domestic abuse. Some people don't want to acknowledge it, or else they laugh at it like it's a joke.
THIS. It's like men can't be raped or abused. It's fucked up. I hope this will get more and more a knowledged in the future.
Thank you for pointing out some people may not want to acknowledge it, and not all people you may have in mind. There are some other people I have in mind that could be considered the opposite of the ones you are thinking about which do the same for different reasons. Don't forget that
Little edit: Who are you talking about anyways?
Marcos Socram I think I have an idea of what you're saying. It's food for thought.
Marcos Socram I meant that some people don't want to admit that males can be victims. They don't even want to consider that it's a possibility.
Black The Nerevarine I do too.
Man that episode of Bojack was really strong for me, my dad was suffering of dementia caused by a tumor, I had to pause the episode several times, but ended up watching it two times anyways is so artistic yet so real.
My dad died this friday, I migrated to Argentina and couldn't see him for over two years, I'm still trying to cope but I'm feeling better, I know he was suffering, death surely was a release for him.
If anyone reads this, thank you, needed to express that.
Bojack is just a masterpiece. I never thought that a cartoon can nail life better than any other tv show.
its alright not a masterpiece though
@@37H662 ok your opinion
@@37H662 I respect your opinion but you’re wrong and I hate you
@@ObamaMpreg im not wrong the show is a whiny and nihilistic bore
@@37H662 it's not whiny, it's just bringing light to the fact that some people cant be saved, unlike most shows it shows life is nothing but things piling like up until you evaually die. The lesson is to enjoy life while you are still alive. Some people can't enjoy life because they are just fundamental bad but you can work on self improvement even tho bojack can't be saved from himself.
I am new to this show and this is what I took from it
i still remember the first time i watched the american dad anorexia episode. it completely got me in all the ways it was supposed to. i was getting angry at his family for trying to sabotage his diet thinking they were just being crazy and paranoid, and was completely rooting for stan until we finally saw him as he actually was and was genuinely shocked at myself for not realising there was anything wrong... whether you like the show or not, that episode is really well done and really helped inform me on eating disorders when i first saw it as a 13 year old.
Your right
Same, I actually gasped when I saw how he looked
That's like the only good american dad episode. I remember it clearly
THE MEMORIES ARE RUSHING IN (⊙o⊙)
I actually lost a classmate to anorexia. R.I.P., Kylie. You will be missed.
Jennifer Ferlmann I have anorexia
Dwight Schrute South Park version get some help
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Lol
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Dude, Homer's Enemy is one of the best ever Simpson's episodes.
I'll makes u wonder is having a job n being dumb is a thing after "overqualified "
Simpsons suck
Lee McDonald lol
ibuki fan ok that’s your opinion
@Lee McDonald lmao
As someone who is actively fighting anorexia, the american dad episode really hit hard when I first saw it. The moment they reveal his real body I had to pause the episode to go do something else for a while. It struck home and made me seriously question if we should keep the damn mirror in our hallway. Did not expect that from an american dad episode
The episode really stuck with me too. I've also struggled in the past with an eating disorder and it reached a peak around the time I happened to see this episode. And it reminded me just how much things like anorexia could dominate someone's life. So much of it still resonates with me today. I'm sorry for what you're going through amanda and if it's any consolation, it got much better for me over time. I'm still generally a very healthy eater but I can enjoy a treat now.
There is a episode in the Simpsons when the town of Springfield pushes Bart to try to commit suicide because he lost a baseball game
Oh yeah I remember that one. It bothered me when I was younger but even more so now as suicide is a huge issue today.
He actually put that one on his worst Simpsons list awhile back cause it was so bad.....
Maybe that didn't make the list because it wasn't so much dark as mean spirited. Homer's Enemy looks into rather grim but existing aspects of real life and the frustrations and self destruction it can cause. That makes it more unsettling.
I don't remember that episode. That's really disturbing! And here I thought that the Alvin and the Chipmunks episode about them greiving the loss of their cat was dark!
Jesus Christ... must have missed that one
3:45- I always figured that "Homer's Enemy" was about the dangers of letting resentment and envy get the best of you.
It does make sense but poor Frank had to put up with so much and still had to that’s unfair you feel for the guy.
I saw it as just a meta take on Homer and the world of Springfield. The Simpsons gets it's humor from taking a sarcastic look at this country's problems and assigns a stereotype to every facet of American life. Your hobby, ethnicity, occupation, religion, or interests are kind of dumb when you look at it right. Comic Book Guy is not a collector of comics, he's a pretentious dork who doesn't realize how pathetic and mundane his personality is. Chief Wiggum is not a respectable officer of the law, he is an unqualified idiot who is too inept and dangerous to hold a gun or a badge. And bottom line: most of America is like this. For every good cop there are thousands of Chief Wiggums. For every down-to-earth sci-fi fan there are thousands of Comic Book Guys.
The immediate family is Matt Groening's way of holding up a mirror to the average American family. Homer is a lazy, uneducated functioning alcoholic and we've sort of taken this fact for granted for years now by the time this episode first aired. Frank Grimes is an average, real-life American who has been sucked into a cartoon world and is trying to make sense of Springfield, but most importantly, Homer Simpson. Homer shouldn't be able to make it as far as he has in life as the person he is. Everything about his character is put under and electron microscope because the viewers have sort of accepted that he's a humorous character and not a *caricature* of the average American. How does this man work at a nuclear plant being as stupid as he is? How can a selfish slob like him have such a wonderful wife? Why do people like him? If any of us met Homer in real life we'd ask the same thing. Eventually Frank believes that if Homer can continually make an ass of himself it must not be so wrong to join in. For the sake of comedy, he dies doing what Homer would do.
His funeral service is the funniest part of the episode. "Frank Grimes - or 'Grimey' as he liked to be called by friends..." is the ultimate insult to his life and legacy. And Homer dozes off at a funeral, making some oafish statement like "change the channel, Marge!" in his sleep to roaring laughter from all.
"That's our Homer!" It sure is Lenny. It sure is.
homer kills thanos with the infinity gauntlet with a doughnut
And the correct answer IS: Frank was a representation of the CRITICS of The Simpsons. Matt Groening fessed up years ago. Go back and watch the segment again, only now replace Frank with Critics. That's why Homer "doesnt seem to do anything to Frank" and is nice guy Homer.
It's also why The Simpsons BURIED Frank at the end. To put a final period on bad critics.
In the pixel Simpsons intro, Frank Grimes is seen as an angel, so he got a good ending after all
That’s genuinely sweet 😭
Time's Arrow really shook me up because I had a grandpa suffering from Dementia, Parkinson's, and PTSD before he passed away this September and it was even worse the second time I watched it because he had just passed on my second watch-through (which was just before Season 5 dropped)
I'm so sorry you, your grandpa, family, and everyone that knew him and respected him had to battle against these absolutely horrible and draining conditions. I hope hes in peace, and everyone that he held near and dear to his heart will be able to find some tranquility when they know that they are not the only ones that deeply miss him.
Homer's Enemy is my all time favourite Simpson's episode. It always comes off as a way of exploiting just how unplausible the life of Homer/his family is. Almost like a critique of the show. The idea for the episode was "A regular person who was forced to work with Homer" and how that would cause a regular person to lose their mind. A lazy, uneducated buffoon who goes to space, is friends with the President, and is somehow well-off at his job where he is in charge of everyone's safety despite being inept... gotta love that concept. That doesn't mean I don't appreciate your take on it. I can see how it comes off as mean-spirited, but I see that as a byproduct of the story they are telling. Good stuff as always!
Mine also. An absolute masterpiece.
I'm really sorry for Frank.
It was pretty oh wuts the word "Good"
Because it’s a great episode, this guy is just really soft. His worst South Park list I saw was really laughable.
Time's Arrow was probably the one episode that cemented my opinion of BH. It is amazingly complex and beautiful.
I think the message of “Homer’s Enemy” was that you can’t get mad at lousy people for being more successful than you. That’s not their fault.
I LOVE Moral Orel!!! I still think that it was the most well written, intelligent, insightful, & entertaining, Adult Swim shows ever!!! I grew up in & still reside in, a town that has more churches than businesses, so to me, Moral Orel is absolutely hilarious, & speaks to me personally.
You should do a top 10 best spongebob episodes in honor of Stephen Hillenburg
Definitely :)
Band Geeks, the best cartoon episode of all time that time will never let it die.
I second this!
Heck yeah!!! :)
FUCK YEAH
Moral Orel truly was the cartoon that broke Adult Swim. It's a shame it was canceled, but it's hilarious that a channel that prides itself on "adult" "edgy" cartoons couldn't handle it.
Honey's scream in the fire is just so haunting. It's quiet, it echoes, you hear the agony and fear in it. It gives me chills
when i saw the title, my first thought was “a bojack horseman episode is gonna be number 1”
I really enjoyed the outro. Stating 'it's gonna be okay' as insincere, but then following it with a sincere comment that can be felt inside was a very uplifting way to end such a dark episode. Your commentary is clearly well thought out, and your narration is very pleasant to listen to.
Being someone who struggles with Depression and Anxiety, especially in times of great stress like now, it's good to hear. Thank you, Strider
It felt a little offensive to those who say that with genuinely good intentions. We all want to believe things will be okay in the end, and sometimes a little optimism is what we need. That being said, I'm sure PhantomStrider meant to voice genuine care for the audience.
IMO, the best thing about Time's Arrow is that it did not expect you to forgive Beatrice, simply understand her, and it did it excellently. At the end of the episode, the viewer is 100% in sync with Bojack who decides to not take his revenge on his mother like he always wanted and just let her be at peace. Had we not seen her journey, I imagine that most peole would've been genuinely upset at Bojack for not giving Beatrice what they felt she deserved.
The true difference between empathy and sympathy. If only more people could get that differentiation.
I still wish Bojack got the revenge he so much has earned and Beatrice deserves. I could care less about what happened to her in her past because at the end of the day she had 100% autonomy over herself and her actions. Any comeuppance she got is 100% on her and her shitty behavior.
Todd said it best. "You are all the things that are wrong with you. It's not the alcohol or the drugs or all the shitty things that happened to you in your career or when you were a kid. It's you. Alright? It's you."
Now to clarify. When I say I could care less about what happened to her in her past I'm referring to who she is today as that has nor shouldn't have any baring on the person she is. It's not an excuse. It's like an abusive father who beat his child went to apologize after the kid is an adult and tried to use his shitty past to explain why he abused him. It doesn't matter what your past was like. What matters is who you are in that moment. I do care in terms of character study and intrigue.
@@rickywilliams1586 To put simply. Dementia. Reality/illusion based disorders especially those that tamper with your view on reality, memory or reliving a singular newly made he'll every single moment of your life. Is a very terrifying aspect in terms of character development. Some actions truly don't become chur own if chu can't truly see reality. It's not a drug or alcohol Chu chose to take either...
@@blaizgueesford8545 Before dementia Beatrice was absolutely horrendous person. Dementia didn't verbally and emotional abuse Bojack. Dementia didn't turn Beatrice into that horrible person. She was always like that. Sure during her dementia I can't fully blame her for say drugging a young girl. Yes, she's not all there. However, that's not the things that Bojack and the audience want revenge for. It's everything else.
@@rickywilliams1586 Bojack didn't succumb to the self-destructive cycle of hate and violence that rot his mother to the core.
I have always been really impressed with the writing for the "American dad" one.
It isn't a perfect episode and the solution is a bit too quick at the end making it lose a bit of its message but the way it frames the family as the bad people in the beginning is honestly amazing.
We see through Stan's eyes the whole first part of the episode and are lead to believe that his family is the ones in the wrong. That they are just jealouse or just don't want to admit that being fat isn't healthy...then we get the actual view of what is going on and it is a done really well.
We see both sides of the coin but we start with Stan's so that we can put outself in his shoes and see what he is seeing and understand why he might believe his family is trying to trick him. It is so well done and is overall just a well executed episode
Time's Arrow was terrifying. The end sequence where Hollyhock gets ripped away from Henrietta paralleled with Beatrice's doll getting burned was horrific. The way her mother approached from behind the flames was chilling
The censoring is gorgeous
I found it hilarious that Foxy's boobs were censored because of her nipples always showing through her blouse XD
It sucks
Agreed. The twilight sparkle censoring is hilarious!
lol thanks XD As much as I hate to censor unnecessarily, I didn't want this video flagged like worst anime was over one thing I missed. May as well make the self-censoring entertaining though :D
Agnesaugusta yea lol
I think the list needs to be updated. Now we have the Bojack Horseman Episode "A View from half way down" 📽😐
To be honest most bojack episodes could probably take ip the whole list
a view from halfway down is beautiful but to me not as dark as bojack killing his loved ones
Really?! "The Showstopper" is totally the darkest episode ever. #LetMeIn
The showstopper, time's arrow, that's too much man, the view from halfway down etc etc
@@bradyward2177 Don't forget "Downer Ending."
I'm sorry but you missed the point entirely of the moral orel episode "alone". Specifically the part involving orel's teacher Miss Sculptham. It is NOT about OCD. She was raped by the milk man/ice cream guy(i forget which), but she was so alone so ENJOYED IT. She's playing with the lock because it represents sex, going IN AND OUT over and over. The point was that she was alone, and the first human contact she had, however violent was satisfying to her. She wanted it to HAPPEN AGAIN. You even see her pleasure herself to the thought it of. I don't mean to be nitpicky but you gave the wrong impression to the episode when it is SOOOOO much deeper and more fucked up than that. For those of you who have never seen moral orel, all i can say is be prepared. You see hints in season 1 and about half of season 2. Its the last few episodes of season 2 and the entirety of season 3, that's when the show gets DARK. Really dark.
Thank you
Well yes and no. I dont think she necessarily wants it to happen again, because it shows that she feels really guilty about feeling pleasure from the experience of being r*ped.
the fuck?
💀💀💀💀
When Bojack realizes what she meant by "I see you" I freaking cried
That entire monologue episode at the funeral was absolutley top notch
As dark as its concept was, The American Dad After School Special was, at the same time, a VERY good episode. I genuinely believe everyone who likes American Dad SHOULD watch it, as it's as well-written as it is dark.
As someone who's dealt with eating disorders on my own I can say that it's extremely relatable and while a little bit exaggerated (as cartoons are) is grossly similar to my own thought processes when dealing with that time in life.
It reminds me of "you're getting old" from South Park. The best show of depression I've ever seen.
@powerstar 2028 why is that?
Hunny Dail he’s probably a Canadian who isn’t good humoured like me
Dude, this episode is pretty messed up...
10: Slasher (The Nutshack)
9: Homer's Enemy (The Simpsons)
8: After School Special (American Dad)
7: Auto Erotic Assimilation (Rick & Morty)
6: Screams of Silence (Family Guy)
5: Pigmalion (King of the Hill)
4: Alone (Moral Orel)
3: Coma (Mr Pickles)
2: Lost in the Parking Space (Drawn Together)
Castlevania (2017)
Rick Potion #9 (Rick and Morty)
EP 200/201 (South Park)
1: Time's Arrow (Bojack Horseman)
*You're Welcome*
But I like his commentary
no thank you I'll watch the video
"you're welcome" for what? You just typed out the list that he has in the video. If you added timestamps I'd at least see the point of this comment
add the time stamps?
The fact there’s so many options for Bojack Horseman is terrifying and amazing at the same time
3:43 I thought the message was, "A real person would be driven insane if they lived in the world of The Simpsons."
Spot on I think
The fact that Time's Arrow didn't even get nominated for an Emmy is an abomination.
And Bojack horseman once again takes the cake and makes "the view form halfway down" totally crushing "time's arrow" as darkest episode
24:17 it felt so sincere when you said that. oddly fitting bc i've been going through some shit lately... thank you PhantomStrider
Unpopular Opinion:
I think "Auto Errotic Assimilation" is one of the best episodes of Rick and Morty because it has something NO other episode has AT ALL: It has an experience that 'breaks' Rick. He was always seen as emotionaly indestructible: His nihilistic point-of-view makes it easy for him to accept things that would put a lot of development on other characters: The death of a friend, a feeling of being unloved by everyone, betrayal by family, depression. But strangely, Rick always walked it all off as if he experienced it many times before. The most he does, is throw in a frown, AND THAT'S IT!!! He never showed any emotion about ANYTHING that's typically very difficult on normal people (it's part of the reason edgy fans worship him), but Unity leaving him for someone else? THAT hit him so hard he almost killed himself in dispair. And honestly, THAT IS KINDA REFRESHING!!!!
I personally feel as if Strider actually missed part of the message that I get/got from Rick and Morty in general as well as "Auto Erotic Assimilation". Not because I am 'smart' but because I generally look at the world in a pessimistic and nihilistic way.
@Brandon Roberts Like to me, I have always read the show as a statement on the fact that nihilism and a depression about your existence is unwarranted because the people in your life, as fucked up as they are, give you reason. I've never taken it as a 15-20 minute bashing over the head that you're not important...but the look into a man who had completely missed what really was important and was now having to catch up with the damage he's caused in his past. The 'Auto Erotic Assimilation' episode, to me, was an opening into the mindset of how Rick views the world...and him doubting what he believes in.
Agreed
I don't think it's unpopular opinion at all. And I completely agree 😁
Another part of that episode is the fact Rick's alcoholism is what saves him. If you notice he doesn't chicken out at the last moment, he passes out... until the next day.
The King Of The Hill episode is darker when you remember Trip comes back to reality upon getting electrocuted and everything that’s ever happened finally hits him right before he dies
I've heard theories that they really could've tried harder to save him - and them not makes it even darker.
Just watching the excerpt of that Moral Orel episode gave me unpleasant flashbacks of my Anxiety Disorder. That woman fiddling with the locks, the other one with her stuffed animals. The writers know what it's like to live with such disorders feeling alone in the world and being at the mercy of a community that doesn't understand you.
Whenever i look in a mirror i see myself as a fat guy, doctors say I'm underweight. My little sister pushes me to eat more than 2 meals a day
Renamon 565 I hope things get better for you! It’s important to remember that even if you’re not particularly happy with the way you look, you deserve to be happy and healthy xx
@@tabifiedler6944 thank you
Good luck bro, just remembrance to eat healthy not just junk food, try some of that hummus fruits and vegetables it’s awesome
I hope u get better
PISS OF GO TO THAPERY AND GET. ME PUNS
There was a "message" in "Homer's Enemy", sort of. The writer was trying to show what happened when you try to apply real-life rules to fantasy, and thus gave us a plot where a realistic character tries to deal with Homer, who was intentionally made more obnoxious than usual to make that statement. Unfortunately, the mistake they made was that Grimes isn't very "realistic" either, in that his life is just exaggerated misery after misery that only gets worse. As you saw, the results were not pretty. Some viewers saw Homer as a monster, and others saw Grimes as a big jerk, neither being the true intent.
And seeing as "Screams of Silence" made your list, the writer achieved his stated goal perfectly.
To be honest when I first saw "Homer's enemy" I was almost about to cry. It was so unfair
same
Never mind I just cried
"Darkest cartoon episodes"
**plays jazz megalovania in opening**
"Time's Arrow" really, REALLY hit me when I saw it. I wasn't expecting it at all. It's almost exactly what happened to my poor grandmother. Dementia tore her mind to shreds until my uncles and their wives decided to put her in a very similar shitty care home.
With dementia, you are figuratively watching brain death in real time, and it's heartbreaking.
I totally relate to your situation. I lost my grandma to Alzheimer’s Disease in 2014. It is a truly awful disease.
@@Showtunediva I wouldn't wish dementia even on the most absolutely vile person on earth. It is up there with the worst ways to die.
I don’t particularly think that Rick in Rick and Morty is intended to be mature and insightful as most of the edgy fan base have come to believe. We aren’t supposed to see Rick as smart for his nihilism, we’re supposed to question it. That’s why we see him most often juxtaposed with Morty, who often finds the good in mundaneness. It’s almost akin to Squidward and Spongebob. I think comparing the series to Bojack is a little like comparing apples with oranges. They’re both fruit, but they have different flavors. I really like cartoons. Anyway, great list as usual!
Rick and morty had a few fucked up episodes, the two i remember the best are the episodes were morty got to lead an adventure and almost got raped by a jelly bean and spent the rest of the episode just trying to leave the adventure and not wanting to lead anymore (without context that must look retarded) and the one were morty found out rick wipes mortys memories to avoid the trauma they would cause.
Character foils
I love your take on that!
@@lexgalexy8627 Thank you!
Also, thanks for the heart, PhantomStrider!
At least Frank Grimes had a son
that tried to get revenge on Homer.
Yeah at least he didn't die a virgin so that's something.
The great louse detective (Season 14, episode 6) is the name of the episode if anyone's interested.
He happened to like hookers, ok.
As a kid i always thought that Frank somehow survived and came back to life
and was taken into police custody by policemen on stilts (also why does springfield has stilts with sirens on them)?
10: Needlessly violent does not equal dark.
9: I didn't know him until you showed me this, but I will never forget.
8: There we go. When we got to this episode, I knew this list would be depressing
7: Damn.. I didn't expect you to shell shock me like Avengers Infinity War did.
6: This has to be one of the worst episodes on this list. One of the worst I've ever seen.
5: This was a Halloween episode? I'd rather watch Creepshow 2.
4: I did not know this was so horrifying. I thought this was a satire..
3: Wierd Al was in Mr. Pickles? Hm. Maybe it's not as bad as I thought.
2: Oh hey, Morel Orel is back! Strange how this is one of the better episodes here.
HM1: This is awesome! I always was a fan of Castlevania.
HM2: Ah, one of my favorites.
HM3: For some reason censored Moh#### was funnier than if they didn't censor him.
1: Knew it was coming somewhere.
I made a statement it's somewhere around yours Check it out I think we are on the same page
I remember seeing "Screams of Silence" for the first time. And it was dark and very poorly handled. Like, it did almost make me throw up at how horrid it was. But i guess theres also something to be said for the rawness of the episode. There wasnt anything spared.
Sack up
If you touch a big problem lightly, it won’t be solved. There are times when handling something “correctly” can exasperate the issue. Additionally, it was good to see Glenn’s protective side, and watching him run the abuser over was pretty cathartic.
My grandpa suffers from dementia and my dad shows signs from it and Bojack Horseman portrays how it feels incredibly accurate and I'm glad they handled the subject better than any family guy episode ever could
I'm glad someone is talking about Moral Orel
It's a very underrated gem that deserves more attention
Agreed :)
Yup
The “Frank Grimes” episode was actually one of the better “Simpsons” episodes before the series got mired in political clichés. You understand the point: some are born on a soft bed while others are on a bed of nails. Here one views the world as happenstance rather than meritocracy. This is actually philosophically profound.
I relate to Frank Grimes more now than when I first saw him as a kid.
RIP Frank
Holy crap you're name is frank
As someone with OCD, that clip from Moral Orel was the single best representation of OCD I've ever seen. It captures the feeling of helplessness as you try to satisfy your compulsions to no avail. I'm doing better now since I just left a mental health facility, but at my worst I was barely able to leave my room in case I touched something.
god bless you both. i hope you live long, fullfilling, happy lives!
The episode was NOT about OCD. The constant motion of opening and closing the lock is supposed to represent sex, not OCD.
Despite the mature, dark, controversial, and alien-like episodes we receive, the beautiful thing is that we can all come together and reconcile about these episodes.
Absolutely. Well said Peachii.
Now I realized that in the King of the Hill episode, this was either the first or second time Michael Keaton voiced as a pig. Why second? Well, I watched a Ghibli film called "Proco Rosso", a film centered on planes, pirates, and the main character being a pig pilot.
This video really made me realize that complex and hard-to-swallow morals like these, when treated with respect, can be beautiful and even helpful. Well done compilation, I understood everything despite not having watched most of these shows yet(being fairly young, and sticking to less mature cartoons and especially RUclips channels for the most part).
Howdy! Just a heads up that there's a few darker concepts discussed in this one. Thanks very much to my assistant writer Cosmodore in this one as well as my editors Timelord, FuturisticBagel and ToonGrin. Thanks very much to my Patrons for believing in me too. All the community helped make this video possible and I appreciate it. Look after.
I sometimes like dark concept episodes, they have the potential to become something amazing. Altough I would say some can get really depressing.
You consider Rick and Morty less mature than Bojack Horseman? Good news PhantomStrider, you're not alone.
Hey, I was pleasantly surprised to see you acknowledge Moral Orel, I've never seen anyone even acknowledge it who was in any way well-known. It's my favourite Adult cartoon ever by miles, so would you ever consider doing some kind of list or video on it?
You're my favorite top 10 youtuber
I'm still waiting your list of best italian and france cartoons, and also the list of the best and wierdest so bad and so good movies!
Close Your Mouth morty
n o g r a n p a
Come on, now. Don't wanna catch any flies!
*Close your eyes shut your mouth dream a dream and get us out*
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SHUT THE HECK UP RICK
Hard to believe that Duckman didn't even get a mention...
OwU? What's Duckman?
@@colleenpinto7530 What's DUCKMAN?!? Enjoy! ruclips.net/p/PLHSbAz1hu9sR0mg7WrJBSP4G1XppCzwqy
@@kenlieck7756 I just viewed the videos. I shall keep you in my prayers.
@@colleenpinto7530 Heh. Reminds me of when this one girl borrowed my VHS tapes and watched Duckman episodes for 24 hours straight while in bed with the flu. She went into a deep depression as a result...
@@kenlieck7756 Oh..wait, she WHAT?!
#1 got me... just this week I lost my granny. She had dementia. We watched her just slowly fade away... she was an amazing lady... and it breaks my heart that she suffered the way she did...
Sorry for your loss
I wouldn't call Rick & Morty's philosophy immature per se, although we all know from the copypasta the worse fans are. I do think it'd be nice if they acknowledged a more optimistic philosophy, perhaps to have someone challenge Rick's, but I wouldn't say it's _real_ shallow.
@kristian rikardsen oh god... 😂
@kristian rikardsen LMAO I FORGOT THAT EXISTED
@kristian rikardsen we don't mention that blasphemous show around here
I feel like Dr. Wong from the pickle rick episode kind of did challenge Rick's philosophy.
I hear Megalovania you sly sly fox
Do you feel your sins crawling on your back while watching this video
same lmao
I can feel sans at the back of the episode.
Don't watch to many dark cartoons or your gonna have a bad time
The King too little too late. I already had a lot of bad times. I have now know the horrors of the dark side
That Simpsons episode always stick with me, the moral is "Even if you try your hardest you wont always come on top"
Another comment, but I also love how Morel Orel is getting more appreciation lately in 2022. It’s truly such an underrated cartoon and it deserved better by Adult Swim.
I'm more surprised and kinda happy that they gave Stan the eating disorder. I know it's just because it was the most comedic as making Francine or Haylee anorixic and then joking about would just be incredibly poor taste. But I also know that men and boys can have eating disorders as well so it was kind of nice to see a man be the one with a problem. I like that for the first half of the episode we see Stan getting fatter and fatter. We see what out of context looks like his family sabotaging him to teach him a lesson and come on like they wouldn't do that. But there's that incling that something is off with our preception and then we're shown what everyone else sees, that Stan is actually bone thin and pushing himself to the point of death. Even though it is played for some jokes they do actually show how serious eating disorders can get. I maintain that even in their darker and more shock value episodes American Dad is still 10x better than Family Guy and I feel it's because you know that the family does actually love each other. Even when they do cruel things (and not that I'm trying to justify disfigurement of bodies or mental abuse) you still feel that they love each other and that this is just the kind of people that they are. It helps that American Dad seems to be set in it's own completely insane world and that the other people in that world are just as unbalanced as the Smiths where as in Family Guy it's precived that the Griffins are in our world and completely hate each other the Smiths seem quite par for the course in theirs. I still really like American Dad it still can make me laugh. Anyways I keep repeating myself and you get the idea. Talk to you guys later and
Howdy Strider!
Absolutely. Well said. Stan's delusional state of his body 100% reflects what often happens with anorexia. I was going overtime but I really wanted to convey that at least a little in the review.
@@phantomstrider oh wow you actually responded to my comment! Thanks! I really like your videos and you remind me of my best friend.
I think what makes a lot the newer adult shows like Bojack Horseman and Rick and Morty more depthful is that they dark shows but not in the generic way Family Guy is. Family Guy is just a bunch of one note cartoon jerks being horrible people for shock value, while the latter shows look into characters that are horrible people, but still in human ways. Sometimes they don't even mean to be horrible, it's just in their system, some of the audience might even relate to such moments of selfishness, even if they are hopefully exaggerated from their own. They're very psychological and I think that's why people take to them while Family Guy and The Simpsons seem to be losing steam with each season.
Moral Orel is so compelling to me. Ive watched through the seasons multiple times and have always got the feeling my life somewhat paralleled Orel’s.
No wonder why my parents always tried shielding me and my sister from most adult shows. It wasn't ENTIRELY because of the dark humor, pointless blood, etc. It's things like this
Homer’s Enemy is one of the most loved episodes of the Simpsons ever
I don't feel like Rick and Morty's lessons are meant to be taken seriously (unlike a lot of the 12 year olds see it) and I think that the whole point of Ricks nihilism is to not act like him. When I see it like that, that's how I find my enjoyment out of the show. If you acknowledge the edginess and don't take it to heart, it's great.
I think that's an excellent perspective on it Bubby. Perhaps I'm the one taking the shows philosophy too seriously.
I have a niece who is eleven who treats it like it is: a dark comedy show. She seems more adjusted than the kids older than her.
Yeah, I've heard that it's supposed to show that Rick' s outlook is a bad thing in the end because the creators openly don't share it.
Khuel the Succubus Kisser your opinion is your own, but i personally treat the characters as stereotypes and nothing more, nothing less
@Khuel the Succubus Kisser You have issues man. Seriously....
The darkest episodes, are the one's you can relate to
Yeah
Usually things like domestic issues are played for brief tongue and cheek humor on Family Guy. But with "Screams of Silence", they tried to take it seriously and failed which somehow makes it even more uncomfortable with a ton of mixed messages.
man after time's arrow my boyfriend and i literally had to stop watching and just laid there and cried for an hour. it was an episode that was crafted with pinpoint precision to hit me hard too, as dementia is probably my greatest fear. it was devastating. it's probably my favorite episode of anything i have ever seen. it's just too powerful
The power of cartoons is that they can be so funny, and then be so real, it can relate with kids and adults.
homer could beat thanos just by eating a donut
Exactly
painhellemental 9000: LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why are you here in this sad episode?
@@coldgal8476 to laugh at the people who are sad
painhellemental 9000 makes sense
That 'American Dad' episode reminded me of the tragic passing of a woman whose voice uplifted my soul as a youngster and her name is Karen Carpenter. I still listen to 'Close to You' when I need to de-stress. Thank you for the light you brought to the world's attention, Mr and Ms Carpenter. Her spirit lives on.
If this list was made this year, "The View From Halfway Down" would be #1. That was one of the best Bojack episodes.
this entire video could have been filled with only bojack horseman episodes.
13:00-13:08 was so funny when PhantomStrider was saying no along with Hank until Hank came back and said, "Yes."
Holy crap, hi!!
@@kendrarasberry3078 Hi Kendra!
I knew a guy that was verbally abused to the point that he began to react violently toward her, but the moment he realized what was happening he left. It's good to acknowledge that this happens and it's very real.
Personally I never thought pigmalion was dark but I did find the ending sad
When Trip got electrocuted he regained his sanity, only to die moments later
The episode where Morty gets sexually abused scarred me for life
Which one
the world's most awesome variety channel it was the meeseeks episode
@@varietyhub2948 it was the one where Morty decides what adventure they're going to make
8:35 great video as always, but I think the show is more about how Rick sees everything as meaningless more than everything being meaningless. The universe is about 93 billion light years in diameter. You and me cannot possibly understand this number, but Rick is so smart and he has been around so much, he actually understands what it means. He truly understands how pointless it is beyond what any human could, so imagine what this would do to any human.
Tl;Dr the show Rick and Morty is more of a character study of Rick's nihilism than being about nihilism itself.
I believe that Rick and Morty follows the idea that through the chaos and hopelessness, life goes on. Even after Rick’s suicide attempt, life keeps going, and we see him again in the very next episode, alive and still going; killing some memory-infesting alien parasites. When Morty is sexually assaulted in Season 1 episode 5, we see that at the very same time, the meeseeks have begun a war at the Smith residence, trying to receive the sweet release of death, and while that is happening, Beth and Jerry are talking about that vacation that Beth wants to go on as they sip glasses of wine, and Summer is enjoying her newfound popularity most likely, with friends or a boyfriend. The point is that the world hasn’t stopped. As Morty is being assaulted, the meeseeks are trying to kill each other and themselves, and Jerry is struggling with his failing marriage, Rick is having the time of his life; gambling and singing “Sweet Home Alabama”, Summer is most likely happily chatting it up, and Beth is finally taking charge. Though it may feel like everything is falling apart, it’s not. You just have to keep going.
That clip that was used; with Morty saying “Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everyone’s gonna die. Come watch tv?” That clip perfectly represents this symbolism that we see. Some horrible shit has happened to Morty AND Summer. But they’re alive, so they might as well live. That “Come watch tv” is Morty inviting Summer to keep going, just like he says. Morty now knows things; things that made Rick a nihilist. But Morty doesn’t go about it like Rick (seems to). Hell, just the fact that neither of them have committed suicide with the knowledge that they posses is proof that neither are true nihilists with what they know. They both know that they’re worthless, along with all that they do. But they haven’t yet stopped living.
After the incident with the alien parasites, with Sleepy Gary and the others; especially with Jerry. With Jerry getting sexually assaulted. With Jerry achieving his dream and then getting it ripped away from him when it turns out that it was all a cheap simulation. With Rick being imprisoned. With Rick attempting suicide. With Rick’s perception of reality being mangled after learning a convincing simulation of his grandson was only a simulation (including his genitals). With Morty birthing his own dead body. With Morty being sexually assaulted. With Morty thinking that he had finally been appreciated by his grandfather (even if he was blacked out) and then it turning out that his grandfather wasn’t appreciating him, but instead a character that Rick didn’t remember the next morning, and then in the same episode seeing his heroes slowly killing each other and themselves. With Summer feeling ashamed of her body because she was dumped for a girl with bigger boobs. With Summer seeing her crush shattered in front of her. With Summer trying to escape from her emotions about her parents divorce by murdering half of a society in a post apocalyptic version of Earth. With Beth losing her mind when she can’t tell if she’s a fabricated clone that has to be killed by her own father or a real person. With Beth having to venture back to her childhood not-so-imaginary world to retrieve and, as it turns out, hurt her childhood friend in order to save an innocent man’s life. And with Beth having to lose her dear father multiple times in tragic ways only for him to randomly come back later.
All of these things are soul crushing, and could potentially drive your average person to suicide. But the Smith family is not made up of average people. I watched this show when I was going through suicidal thoughts. This was one of the things that helped me survive them. It beautifully portrays that message of continuing on through hopelessness. Not giving the perfect amount of fucks to keep going, but still caring about those around you. It’s a simple fact that none of us matter, and nor will anything that we ever do, but we can still watch tv. Nothing matters, but we can enjoy little things like interdimensional cable. It was a message that even I, in my darkest days, could agree with. It’s that “why not” attitude that kept me going. Those little hints of happiness. Rick and Morty tells us that even if every single sign is pointing to us having a worthless life, we should still keep going, just for that little bit of light.
I’m bad at summarizing, sorry about that. But hey, better to see this great show through a new lens, right?
Also, the “Brian & Stewie” episode in Family Guy was pretty bleak. That was honestly one of my favorite episodes of that show (I know a lot people disliked it 😂) . It showed a lot of revelations between two characters, and the fact that Seth McFarlane voices both of them is what I dogged the most, bruh was essentially talking to himself for 20+ minutes lol.
Another dark episode to me was Rick and Morty’s “Tales from the Citadel”, great storytelling in that episode.
Desmond Appiah Yeah I watched it once and will never watch it again, brought up a lot of pushed back feelings. I feel it’s darker than the abuse episode.
When I first saw Time's Arrow I felt so both sad and sorry for Beatrice's terrible past and kudos to Wendie Malick who also plays Eda On The Owl House did both a great heartbreaking and terrifying performance in the episode.
Darkest adult cartoon episodes
*Happy megalomania plays in the background*
megalovania, lol, but megalovania isn't even a word, so who cares?
IM SO GLAD I WASNT THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED SANS 4 LIFE!!!
@@themindelectricdemo4 sans 4 ever*
All the Fangirls ruined sans for me now ;-;
Papyrus is where it’s at.
Elle & Tempolyn! Don’t let dumb fangirls ruin sans or any other characters for you, just try to remember that’s their stupid imagination and is not the real character
P.S and just to be safe never look up sans x listener ok 👌🥴
(It'll ruin your life 😰)
I love how your censors are of random screenshots of random movies and TV.
Homer's enemy is one of my favourite episodes. I found it hilarious.
That Rick and Marty ending always gives me chills
Thank god for that bit of comic relief after with Jerry’s weedwacker, which was a full Circle moment as well
Phantomstrider i have ideas for you
Top 10 worst adult swim shows
Top 6 worst cartoons based on video games
Top 10 cruelest characters on cartoons
Top 10 best cartoon characters
Top 10 adult cartoons
kristian rikardsen no thanks
On the top 6 part. Then that legend of zelda show would be on there
I like the way you think, Carlos
Best cartoons based on video games, and the kirby show should be on that list
what about top 6 Christmas movies or top 10
You actually forgot that Futurama episode called "Jurassic Bark". Dang! That dog at the end really disappointed me whenever I saw him starving to death.
Friendship That wasn’t really dark, just sad.
That was sad. Not dark.
Friendship he didn’t starve to death the pizza people fed him.
that always felt manipulative to me. Its on my list of worst episodes.
Did he starve to death? I didn't realise. And yeah.. I actually took it off the list at the last minute because I felt it was more sad than dark.
I actually really appreciate the eating disorder episode, I have been in recovery for 4 years now and I just really appreciate how it shows the body dysmorphia aspect as many people don't understand it.
The first one looks like a new grounds cartoon
Regarding honorable mentions 200 & 201: Matt and Trey didn't back down. Comedy Central did. They were mad about it. 201 is the only episode that hasn't been released unedited officially. Though naturally someone 'hacked' it off their website.
I'm not sure they were mad. Trey and Matt actually said in the dvd commentary they respected how the execs were straight up with them and said they didn't want to get blown up.
@@personmcpersonstein3571 Ah. Not heard it: from a transcript of that and an nterview I was under the impression that that was said somewhat ironically, but without tone of voice it can be hard to say.
Was going to metion this myself when I heard what he said about 201. Glad someone else already pointed it out.
I gotta say this is one of your most smart and thought provoking videos yet. As someone with OCD, the moral Orel episode was a bit exaggerated but still very relatable. I do hope this list gets more views because it actually cheered me up a bit. :)
Reckno64 Such an underrated show.
@@thenumber1hero does it still air on adult swim?
Strider is so caring and amazing ugh I love him
As someone who worked at a turkey slaughter house I can emphasize with your fear of whether or not the practice of industrialized food preparation is ethical or humane. If you have any questions about the process of how your food is prepared (at least on the chicken and turkey side) feel free to ask and I’ll give you an unbiased run down on whatever aspects you’re curious on. (This is open to anyone however not just strider)
If your still answering question I have one. Are they killed quickly or does it.. um take time? Like do they possibly suffer?