Cartoon Lovers Reminisce Over Most Scarring Body Horror Scenes from Classic Childhood TV Shows

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Ely Bulnes • Writer and Editor
Jul 24, 2024 11:30 AM EDT

Saturday morning cartoons with a bowl of sugary, rainbow cereal or after school cartoons with a juice box and PBJ are definitely core memories for anyone that grew up in the 80s, 90s, and 00s. Much like modern kiddos with their iPads, we grew up glued to TV screens. Granted, we didn't have everything that we wanted on-demand; we had to accept whatever the cable TV gods had running or choose from what we had at home on VHS or DVD. These cartoons brought us comfort, humor, and joy as children, and even now are an amazing source of that sweet, sweet nostalgia. You'd be surprised how many cartoon theme songs you probably still remember the lyrics to-- they're just buried deep in your head. You know what else is buried deep in there? Probably all of the images below, gleaned from a Reddit thread discussing the most disturbing and scarring body horror scenes from our favorite childhood cartoons. Triggered? I know I am. 

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    r/cartoons u/Marissa-Cheesecake • 3d What are the freakiest body horror moments in animation? Discussion
    via u/Marissa-Cheesecake
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    From The Powerpuff Girls

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    via u/Marissa-Cheesecake
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    Lusty Musky • 2d is the context for warty Blossom? ← Reply D 9 ♡ Marissa-Cheesecake OP 2d • is the context for warty Blossom? In one episode, the girls have a nightmare where a boy from school is terrorizing them. They think he has cooties.
    via u/Marissa-Cheesecake
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    From CatDog

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    via u/Tyrantic-Monkeyyy
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    From Gravity Falls

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    via u/Bigdoga1000
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    From Chowder

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    via u/PsychoPmkn
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    From Chowder

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    via u/PsychoPmkn
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    Kaneharo 2d . I truly hate things that have more teeth than it should. Ŵ 7 ♡ 73
    via u/Kaneharo
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    From Invader Zim

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    via u/jesseybean
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    That one cat finger ep in Steven universe. I didn't even like the show like that, this ep just really stuck in my mind.
    via u/nobodyspecial201
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    From Steven Universe

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    via u/Marissa-Cheesecake
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    WM_PK-14 • 2d First season had so many traumatizing episodes, old steven dying, cat mutation, frybo with it's eye pierced- ... ← û 5 ♡
    via u/WM_PK-14
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    From Over the Garden Wall

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    via u/RAYFATE
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    coffee-bat 2d what is that RAYFATE ⚫2d Over The Garden Wall..."The Beast". 18 60
    via u/coffee-bat, u/RAYFATE
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    From Ren and Stimpy

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    via u/rafael-a
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    JackPembroke. 2d Oh ancient terror memory unlocked Д 43
    via u/JackPembroke
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    From Adventure Time

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    via u/Budget_Sir8284
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    ShadOBabe • 2d SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron Max transforming into a giant version of Goofy in a nightmare during A Goofy Movie freaked me right out as a kid.
    via u/ShadOBabe
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    From A Goody Movie

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    via u/ShadOBabe
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    Which is so interesting because a lot of the standard scary moments in other animated movies DIDN'T scare me as a kid. Reply 38 ↓
    via u/ShadOBabe
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    From Spongebob

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    via u/Carboyyoung
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    This is more of an injury scene in SpongeBob, but this is pretty unnecessary. He could have probably formed a copy of himself rather than seeing his muscles and body tissues. Reply û 31 ♡
    via u/Carboyyoung
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    From The Amazing World of Gumball

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    via u/Completely_Abalone_949
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    From My Little Pony

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    via u/Joviart0406
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    Redeemed_Veteranboi • 2d What's happening to her? Is she melting or aging faster? Joviart0406 • 2d 11 Apparently she's turning into wood but it's very much giving melting, and I absolutely hate it ❤ 17
    via u/Redeemed_Veteranboi, u/Joviart0406
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    From Full Metal Alchemist

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    via u/Probablyatrashpanda
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    From Pinocchio

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    via u/Yiye44
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    From The Simpsons

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    via u/Raye_of_F***king_Sun
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    From Codename: Kids Next Door

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    via u/Imaginary_Chain
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    Imaginary_Chain • 2d Its not really freaky, but tha chicken pox episode from KND. Imagine lil chix coming from random spots around the body while sick. Crazy
    via u/Imaginary_Chain
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    From The Simpsons

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    via u/marysanchh
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    From Spongebob

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    via u/patrickstar-308
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    Ben 10

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    via u/Darkbeastzelda

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