Cartoons
Cartooning doesn't get proper credit for being the versatile medium it is. Often derided as kids' stuff, sometimes cartoons can handle big issues or misunderstood characters better than movies. If you're going to try to relive the Saturday mornings of your youth, get ready to see animated heartbreak in Hey, Arnold and mass slaughter in Gargoyles. If you like your nostalgia disappointment tinged with creepiness, let us remind you how the internet freaked when Lola Bunny got top surgery. And don't you ever, ever forget that one day, when you're old and gray and the world has passed you by, they will turn Peppa Pig into a bacon sandwich.
We kid, of course. Cartoons are awesome, and we bet Peppa would taste somehow whiny. How about some quick fun cartoon bits? Here's Chuck Jones' rules for making a Road Runner cartoon. Here's a reminder that Brad Pitt appeared in 1992's Cool World that you won't regret reading. And just in case you're not hungry, crave some cartoon food with us.
5 Grossly Inappropriate Jokes Hidden in Children's Cartoons
Cartoon writers have the unenviable task of creating something a toddler will love, without it making mom or the babysitter want to blow their own brains out. Yet some of the stuff they slip past censors is pretty shocking.
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949 5 Creepy Cartoon Fan Theories That Make Way Too Much Sense
Any mentally unbalanced individual can come up with a creepy fan theory about your favorite cartoon. But sometimes, those individuals make a lot of sense.
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- By Matthew Moffitt
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Attempts to Censor Popular Cartoons
Sometimes the desire to protect children's sensitive brains turns into bizarre self-parody.
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- By Steve Shapiro, Aaron Short, Ivan Farkas
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4 WTF Moments From the 'Aliens vs Predator' Cartoon For Kids
2010's 'Predators' was serviceable, but it didn't have nearly enough governors.
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- By Cyriaque Lamar
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5 Horrifying Details Hidden in Classic Children's Cartoons
Children's franchises like to put up a front that's all lollipops and rainbows, but scratch the surface and you find that those lollipops are produced by child slave labor, while all those rainbows are the offal resulting from a mass unicorn slaughter.
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5 Fan Theories About Cartoons That Will Ruin Your Childhood
Crazy is like currency on the Internet, and among all the garbage, some strangely compelling ideas can emerge, making you rethink shows you thought you knew well.
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- By Aaron Short, Dennis Fulton
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The 4 Craziest Holiday Episodes of '80s Cartoons
While most Christmas things are presents for the kids, cartoon Christmas episodes are presents for the parents: They're the only sure way to get the kids to just sit down for a bit, sweetie, Mommy and Daddy are very tired. Which may be why parents in the 1980s didn't notice that their kids were watching solid crazy.
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- By Luke McKinney
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6 Creepy Things You Never Noticed About Famous Kids Cartoons
The longer and harder you look at something, the more grotesque it's going to get.
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6 Insane (But Convincing) Fan Theories About Kids' Cartoons
Just like a broken watch, even the Internet is right every once in a while
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5 Life Lessons Learned from Old School Cartoons
Entertainment can have value for any number of reasons, but if it can help you learn something while keeping you entertained, well that's even more awesome.
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5 Old Children's Cartoons Way Darker Than Most Horror Movies
As it turns out, some of the most nightmarish cartoons predate even your grandparents/
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- By Vincent Pall, Dustin Koski, Jim Ciscell
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6 Terrifying Children's Cartoons from Around the World
Allow us to present the following traumatizing scenes from cartoons around the world. (Because we like the taste of your despair.)
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The Most Insanely Violent Cartoon Ever (Is About the Bible)
I celebrate Christmas each year despite being non-religious. This mostly involves watching Die Hard on repeat and drinking copious amounts of Whiskeynog. This year, though, I'm actually going to study up on Christianity, using the most effective and distinguished tools I know: late night cartoons on TBN.
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- By Robert Brockway
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The 6 Most Inexplicable Cartoon Adaptations Ever
Sometimes it makes sense to spin-off a live-action property into a cartoon. But sometimes a TV show or character is dumped into the laps of some cartoon writers who are told, 'Just make up whatever pops into your head. Kids are stupid.'
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- By Anthony Scibelli
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The 5 Craziest Children's Cartoons from North Korea
Take a look at the most insane Saturday morning line-up in history courtesy of North Korea.
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