13 Formerly Beloved TV And Movie Characters Who Don't Hold Up
Maybe we weren't the most discerning as children...
![13 Formerly Beloved TV And Movie Characters Who Don't Hold Up](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/4/780474_320x180.jpg)
Growing up, our favorite movie. and television characters may not have been the best influences. After all, children aren't known for their discernment. Here are 13 characters to give a second look with a critical eye…
![SEVERUS SNAPE Alan Rickman was great, but the character's redemptive incel arc? Not SO much. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/2/780472.jpg)
![LONG DUK DONG Sixteen Candles is a rough nowadays, but nothing is quite as insufferable as the racist stereotypes the character emobodied. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/0/780470.jpg)
![SI AND AM The Lady and the Tramp antagonists rely on heavy Asian stereotypes to taunt Lady and cause havoc. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/4/780464.jpg)
![POWER RANGERS Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was a lesson in racial stereotypes, starting with the Rangers' color choices. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/1/780471.jpg)
![PEPE LE PEW The cartoon skunk stalks and sexually assaults Penelope Pussycat, in a weird French stereotype. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/3/780473.jpg)
![BORAT Borat is a smart film that punches up. However, the constant quoting ruined the character. (Borat 2 is relevant, even with this though.) CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/7/780477.jpg)
![MANGO The Saturday Night Live character (arguably) now reeks of using homophobia for laughs. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/2/780462.jpg)
![CLIFF HUXTABLE With Bill Cosby's sexual assault cases, it's hard to be charmed by the purity of The Cosby Show anymore. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/3/780463.jpg)
![FLASHBACK MONICA Almost any character wearing a fat suit for the laughs is just cringey. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/9/780469.jpg)
![COPS The reality show is deeply unsettling when you realize it's just exploitative reality show copaganda. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/6/780466.jpg)
![CHUCK BASS Chuck is an attempted rapist in the first episode of Gossip Girl, yet somehow becomes a romantic icon? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/7/780467.jpg)
![BARNEY STINSON Legend-wait for it-oh nevermind, deceiving women into sex doesn't sound SO great anymore. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/8/780468.jpg)
![APU attoms down and CU bottoms UP! Hairs FAST! Hank Azaria has won three Emmys for his voice-over work for the racist caricature on The Simpsons. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/5/780465.jpg)