Top 10 Unintentionally Disturbing Kids Show Characters

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Жыл бұрын

These characters were created for kids, but they ended up being way too disturbing! For this list, we’ll be looking at the characters in children’s programs that weren’t supposed to be scary, but totally were. Naturally, this excludes those that were frightening on purpose. Our countdown includes The Puppets from “Peppermint Park” (1987-88), Candy Wife from “The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack” (2008-10), Wizbit from “Wizbit” (1986-88), and more! Which character haunted you the most as a kid? Let us know in the comments!
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@WatchMojo Жыл бұрын

We're super excited to announce that The WatchMojo Game is here and available now on Amazon in the US! wmojo.com/game Available in other regions soon! Which character haunted you the most as a kid? Let us know in the comments!

@aaronbarrea8922 Жыл бұрын

If you post this 2 days ago, then why did this poste 1 minute?

@brandonscott5544 Жыл бұрын

Disturbing kids shows characters terrifying 🤨🔥☠️

@jamesparker1127 Жыл бұрын

Another character would be Ratafak Plachca from Slineko in what was Czechoslovakia in the 1980s. He to the naked eye looks like the stuff of nightmares and makes you wonder why Ratafak was around children.

@whitleysdollhouse877 Жыл бұрын

All of them, 1000% and they're disturbing

@Late30sDude Жыл бұрын

Bozo the Clown gave me nightmares as a kid

@sophiaisabelle0227 Жыл бұрын

Disturbing kids' show characters have left a legacy throughout the decades. Somehow they amplify the experience for most audiences all around the world.

@snipermafia3609 Жыл бұрын

They are also very cringeworthy, it’s so bad it’s good

@TheAuscomando Жыл бұрын

Why are all the creepy live-action kids shows from England...

@typicalghost6930 Жыл бұрын

Cause they are british

@djaafardjaafar7381 Жыл бұрын

Check the British history of the past 2000 years

@stars4sofia Жыл бұрын

We are pretty fucked up i guess 💀

@josuelrobles6612 Жыл бұрын

@@typicalghost6930what makes British scary ?

@user-hd7he7vy4s 10 ай бұрын

Because British is scarier. Just look at their teeth.

@rodolfobrenner5404 Жыл бұрын

Here in Brazil we had a character called Fofão, a furry alien with big cheeks (which look like a scrotum) who hosted a kids show, released music and a lot of toys, including a doll. In the 90s, a rumor started that there was a black knife inside the Fofão doll (it was actually a structure to hold the head), and this became an urban legend, with some churches burning the doll to remove the "demon" inside lol

@ChizuruAotsuki Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, Fofão was mentioned in another similar countdown

@adiosarisen8301 Жыл бұрын

And now you guys have Garibaldo

@hannahmartin9705 Жыл бұрын

@@ChizuruAotsuki Blameitonjorge

@rodolfobrenner5404 Жыл бұрын

@A Suicune On The OBX no, I just edited

@ChizuruAotsuki Жыл бұрын

@@hannahmartin9705 Yes! I actually looked that video up after commenting and am gonna rewatch it soon!

@carefreejimbob Жыл бұрын

Noseybonk! Am 42 now, but I vividly remember hearing his theme tune when I was young, and literally running out of the room!

@ThirdOfJune4444 Жыл бұрын

I normally don't comment but I had to this time. I am shocked that "The Letter People" did not make it in this countdown. That show traumatized me for many years as a kid. They were like demon puppets from the depths of hell haunting my nightmares. There was just something completely horrifying and demonic about them and I felt like death was just around the corner. The only thing I liked about that show was the intro song. But when I saw those puppets, I got so terrified. They still creep me out to this day. What were those puppet builders thinking?

@teresadixon2899 Жыл бұрын

It didn't help that I mostly saw that show when I was home from school sick. Watching when you are feverish and half asleep really creates nightmares!

@ThirdOfJune4444 Жыл бұрын

@@teresadixon2899 Yikes, that must've been horrifying for you! I totally empathize.

@officialbrdillin Жыл бұрын

I agree

@victorhernandez8723 Жыл бұрын

I remember “The Letter People”! Loved watching it when I was little!

@cryospiral Жыл бұрын

I know I'll be in the great minority but the Sun on the Teletubbies used to scare the hell out of me! Along with that creepy animated Spider-Man at the end of the Muppet Babies closing credits.

@BTG077 Жыл бұрын

Limbo is ironically the most underrated Muppet in my opinion. Yes, he may be unsettling to our modern society, but it was also aired during a psychedelica heavy time. Just listen to the old synthesizer.

@joeuser2360 Жыл бұрын

As a child at that time, it never bothered me at all.

@magicalhikari5859 Жыл бұрын

I mean, it’s just a face made out of noodly circles

@BTG077 Жыл бұрын

What Watchmojo forgot to mention is that Limbo was in a short called “The Organized Mind” that aired prior to the creation of Sesame Street. He’s one interesting fella!

@jamesparker1127 Жыл бұрын

7:50 If Annabelle saw the puppets from Peppermint Park, she would speed dial the cops in a heartbeat.

@ottagol1985 Жыл бұрын

That can work as a short sketch.

@m.lanzoni9306 Жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: The character Mr. Chuckle Teeth from the TV show "The X-Files" was based on Mr. Noseybonk. A creepy character from a kids show inspired the creation of another creepy character from a kids show inside a creepy TV show.

@johncoxmastercartoonist9390 Жыл бұрын

I remember that! One of the very last episodes in the series, in fact.

@knightofarkronia8652 Жыл бұрын

Who thinks The X-Files is for kids?

@johncoxmastercartoonist9390 Жыл бұрын

@@knightofarkronia8652 The X-Files isn't for kids. But in one of the last episodes in the whole series ("Familiar" s11e8), Mulder and Scully were investigating a series of kidnappings/murders connected with a satanic cult brought on by a creepy preschool show whose mascot disturbingly resembled Mr. Nosybonk. (and I think it or another show also ripped off the Teletubbies, but I could be remembering wrong; I haven't watched that episode in years).

@JordySchaap Жыл бұрын

In the Netherlands we had in the 90's a education series called "Ik Mik Lorreland". In that series the villain was a puppet character called "Karbonkel". He had a scary voice and looked terrible scary and ugly. He even said and did mean things. A lot of children were (and still are) afraid of him. When a TV was rolled into a classroom to watch that series (it's educational after all) a lot of kids started crying even before the VHS tape started rolling because they knew who they would see...

@victorhernandez8723 Жыл бұрын

I heard of him.

@stevencombs3049 Жыл бұрын

I saw an episode of that. It was interesting

@kadajsnightqueen Жыл бұрын

Two words: Rataphak Plachta. He is the true stuff of nightmares. Mr. Nosybonk runs and hides in terror when he shows up, especially when he dances.

@victorhernandez8723 Жыл бұрын

I heard of him!

@UnknownPerson-wc7wf Жыл бұрын

Rataphak is pretty wholesome character after you hear his backtory

@ZetaR0yszawa Жыл бұрын

@@UnknownPerson-wc7wf He helped ended communism.

@RoaringDinosaurs Жыл бұрын

More like WhatTheFuck 😂😂

@pvredove 8 ай бұрын

Y’all misspelled his name it’s „Raťafák Plachta“

@veck6325 Жыл бұрын

When I saw limbo on your countdown, it brought back memories of being afraid of that thing they call a puppet. I haven’t thought of limbo in 40 years but when I saw it on your show, it flooded back like a nightmare.

@baileeharding8886 Жыл бұрын

Limbo scared me too. He wasn't even supposed to be on Sesame Street. He was made for a short film Jim Henson created called Limbo the organized mind. I was so happy when they got rid of limbo because I would cry and cry until he was gone. His voice and the way he looked scared me when I was a little girl.

@zenfrodo Жыл бұрын

I remember LImbo too well -- it scared the shit out of me as a kid. I'm kinda shocked that none of the "good guys" from Sid & Marty Kroft made this list. Lidsville alone was enough for nightmares.

@theunhallowed Жыл бұрын

ngl most of the numberjacks villains are just something else, especially the man in the white suit

@hannahmartin9705 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, the numbertaker. It's even creepier since he never spoke

@arturosandovalsaito2704 Жыл бұрын

I think this video needs a part 2 or a part 3 because there are many more creepy looking characters besides those freaks like the Groke from the moomins, dirt girl, or Ratafak Plachta.

@dat_dino_piggy3499 Жыл бұрын

Noo-noo (from the teletubbies) always scared me as a kid. He’s so creepy looking as well with those big dead eyes that stare into your soul 😂😂

@SethACampbellMusic Жыл бұрын

I knew I couldn't be the only one!

@dr.einstein3102 Жыл бұрын

That telechat phone is so HORRIFYING!! Why did the creators think it would be a good idea to have a face on a phone speaker!?! Would it be less terrifying if that face was on the smokebox of a steam train like Thomas and Friends?

@davidpumpkinsjr.5108 Жыл бұрын

Not his appearance, but the mannequin in "Everyday's Special", who comes to life at night, but cannot leave the department store, always filled me with existential dread.

@jimb.7523 Жыл бұрын

I don't think that was the name of the show. I always thought it was "Special Delivery," but that's not it either. I do know what show you're talking about, though.

@jimb.7523 Жыл бұрын

I had to Google it, but the show was called "Today's Special." We were both close, since we knew "Special" was in the title. lol

@CalifornianCuttlefish Жыл бұрын

Great Video! *these characters scare me...*

@Natalie66796 Жыл бұрын

I actually had one of those zippy dolls as a kid. Traumatising stuff I tell you. I'm good I never saw the show. The zippy doll was my mum's when she was a kid

@officialbrdillin Жыл бұрын

I've Been Waiting For This List From WatchMojo!

@vslazer6728 Жыл бұрын

I think Barney should have been on this list, I always felt unsettled by his presence and mannerisms even as a kid.

@mattparkent440 Жыл бұрын

The British are really good at making creepy characters.

@hazy33 Жыл бұрын

Yup... Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan. The tradition continues 🙂

@baileeharding8886 Жыл бұрын

I remember Limbo. He scared me so much when I was little. It worked because I learned how to count to ten in fear of him appearing one day. At the age of 19, I'm not as afraid; in fact, his voice is low-key soothing now and he looks like rubberbands...however he does sound like a detonation countdown which makes him a bit unnerving still.

@Lark88 Жыл бұрын

Interesting that most of these characters are from British kids shows.

@johncoxmastercartoonist9390 Жыл бұрын

The goofy hatrack who sang "My Hat, It Has 3 Corners" (a song made popular by Mr. Rogers 2 years later) in the 1992 children's video Wee Sing in The Marvelous Musical Mansion. Speaking of Mr. Rogers; Old Goat was the only MRN character I remember creeping me out as a kid. His beady eyes, goofy smile, weird "BAA-ing" sounds and light gray fur were kind of an odd mixture of uncanny on a level of Mr. Rogers puppets. Also, thanks to penguinz0 aka Moist Cr1tikal, I have an "appreciation" for Peppermint Park and Noseybonk, lol.

@kingbeef66 Жыл бұрын

Some of these would make for great Halloween costumes to scare people with.

@Dkangel8 Жыл бұрын

Anyone else think the telephone from the wizard show looks like the baby from Dinosaurs?

@KB_Grimweaver Жыл бұрын

Bob the train creeps me out with those souless, unblinking eyes.

@ELEcomments Жыл бұрын

"obviously this excludes shows that are meant to be terrifying" Watchmojo: Adds Flapjack...

@mathieuleader8601 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Blobby is a child of Pennywise in my view

@hazy33 Жыл бұрын

Mr Blooby also had a number hit single over Xmas 1993!

@Alola_Hanna-Barbera_TMS_Fan Жыл бұрын

Limbo is actually someone who wants to be loved...

@namelessdork2256 Жыл бұрын

So what did we learn today kids? Never let Britain design your kiddy show mascots.

@olliesmith2890 Жыл бұрын

Wizadora, wow i used to love that show. Brought back lovely memories thank you.

@kingtallzilla6919 Жыл бұрын

What about nosy blanket from Slinecko? The puppet is a blanket that can move at demonic speed with a long neck, with a face that can make a mad scientist want to change their looks.

@victorhernandez8723 Жыл бұрын

I saw some of these characters from one of blameitonjorge’s videos from his KZfaq channel.

@mayaeiland Жыл бұрын

What about Barney as a doll from Season 1?

@ThisGuyFrritz Жыл бұрын

6:49 The way the voice-over sounded in this segment fits right in to how creepy the show is. 8:16 YOU'RE NOT ERNIE (whoever you are, Emo Philips) AND THIS IS NOT SESAME STREET! 8:36 That pig sounds like Kermit the Frog. GET ME OUTTA PEPPERMINT PARK!

@dethbucketghostparanormalg5042 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised Dan Schnieder is not on this list

@captainfalconmain6576 Жыл бұрын

Haha good one

@tashacooper1753 9 ай бұрын

Right using kids as fetish material

@dangeiger9796 Жыл бұрын

Those martians from Sesame Street creeped me out as a kid

@victorhernandez8723 Жыл бұрын

AAAH! Mr. Noseybonk! One of the most frightening kids’ show characters ever spawned! About time WatchMojo acknowledges him!

@scp173... Жыл бұрын

Wiz bit looks like Bill cipher on steroids

@victorhernandez8723 Жыл бұрын

Priceless!

@rvkhart Жыл бұрын

I'd like to know how Elaine Fairchilde from Mister Roger's neighborhood didn't make the list. That puppet always creeped me out.

@ZachMaster26 Жыл бұрын

From all the times I watched Sesame Street before outgrowing it once starting middle school, I've never heard of Limbo.

@OldMusicFan83 Жыл бұрын

Freddy the Frog, New Zoo Review from the early 70s

@millerhxc Жыл бұрын

Some of these are so UK specific. I grew up with a lot of these. I don't think Zig and Zag are that bad. However, I did find the puppets from Dizzy Heights/House of Gristle a bit creepy. Still watched them, though...

@owenjolley351 Жыл бұрын

Another one id like to add is the house from Step inside (This is basically what you would get if you took one of the faces from Thomas the Tank Engine and placed it on the front of a house).

@ScarysReviews Жыл бұрын

in Australia we had E.C, a eyeless doll in the show Lift off, with many crazy puppets. There was Dicky Knee on hey hey it;s saturday, not disturbing, but funny. The most disturbing, the face in Muligrubs (some clips are on youtube) I was always disturbed by THE CLOCK in the Magic Library.. freaky thing.

@maxwellg.2755 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised the Yip Yips weren't on this list. Those things scared the crap out of me!

@jennierich2986 Жыл бұрын

'Of course I can talk, except now I'm singing!'

@valerierosario491 Жыл бұрын

I never saw Wizbit,but I'd be scared of the rabbit,too. Looks like something out of Cabin Fever.

@Gmackematix Жыл бұрын

Zippy was orange because his creator was a fan of Dundee United who play in orange. I think his voice was, for a while, Peter Hawkins who also voiced the Daleks in Dr Who. I'm sure his persona was deliberately that of an annoying child so he could be threatened with the zip. I once met Paul Daniels who was keen to do his Wizbit voices but the show was after our time really. Mr Blobby was only for a fake kids show to prank celebs so he was meant to look as silly as possible. 'Jigsaw' was on when I was a kid, but I didn't find anything sinister about Mr Noseybonk. Maybe it was the happy tune ('A Hippo Called Hubert') or the fact that I suspected he was just presenter Adrian Hedley in a costume.

@MisEMariaS Жыл бұрын

Bird Big use to creep me out. Thinking about it he still does.

@scottbakanumba1heathen313 Жыл бұрын

Beaker from Muppets creeped me out. For one, his eyes never blinked!

@elpinguino8.0.86 Жыл бұрын

He was my favorite, but I admit that he was a little bit creepy

@logantink6829 4 ай бұрын

WatchMojo, I just wanted to let you that the good news is that the disturbing TV kid shows have ended, the bad news is that some of the voice actors were of the characters in kids shows have sadly died, because of their cause of deaths. For Wizbit, Wilf Lunn was the self presenter of this show and was also a British inventor, he was born in March 20, 1942 and sadly he died in December 13, 2023, he was 81 years old. Goodbye forever Wilf Lunn :( (March 20, 1924 - December 13, 2023)

@BloodBathBunny Жыл бұрын

These shows are tame compared to the 80s show called "TerraHawks" I still have nightmares about the character named Zelda.

@conradschmidt251 Жыл бұрын

The puppet from the Teletubbies gave me nightmares for years… even now it’s still unsettling.

@LoveHandle4890 Жыл бұрын

Like”The Misadventures Of Flapjack” wasn’t already disturbing enough as it was.

@Coyotek4 Жыл бұрын

Watching this list is like watching the Nazis open the ark in the first Indiana Jones movie.

@AtheistOrphan Жыл бұрын

“It’s beautiful!”

@RoxastheKeyofDestiny Жыл бұрын

Eye Guy and Terror Toad from Power Rangers scared me a little bit once

@user-xq5ul8mm3r 7 ай бұрын

9:52 this bit genuinely jumpscared me 😅

@alj3872 Жыл бұрын

Bear in the Big blue house scared me. The sun, luna and shadow were just plain put freaky

@CyclopsDemon Жыл бұрын

0:09 That looks like one of the puppets from Jim Henson’s Wilkins Coffee commercials.

@1visualfxguy Жыл бұрын

Zippy looks like that evil Muppet from the Willkins Coffee ads.

@Yonko-Yata Жыл бұрын

I could only think about blameitonjorge and the video he made on this same topic but with alot more characters lol

@michaelgariti8008 Жыл бұрын

Jigsaw from SAW was a puppet named "Mr. Noseybonk?" ...and the kids' show looks 100x creepier than the movies!

@williamponce5907 Жыл бұрын

That thumbnail would be nightmare fuel in the Saw movies

@doomsday3659 Жыл бұрын

I’m surprised that the puppets from The Wiggles weren’t included. Those things literally gave children freaking nightmares THROUGHOUT the 1990s!

@victorhernandez8723 Жыл бұрын

I was wondering about them, as well.

@russellsidell Жыл бұрын

Peppermint Park is legit distressing.

@Redmellibean Жыл бұрын

I see all that new drywall, makes me wonder how many times you will replace drywall cause the kid went though it.

@sharronfoxx69 Жыл бұрын

Witchy Poo on HR Puffinstuff, probably wasn’t meant to be spooky but she scared the crap outta me!!!

@victorhernandez8723 Жыл бұрын

I find her hilarious!

@laurasohn8332 Жыл бұрын

8:19 he sounds like the Squeaky-voiced Teen from The Simpsons...

@marleynightingale4312 Жыл бұрын

Lol yes

@elidagdagan2780 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Noseybok is basically “The Babadook and Pinocchio having a child”

@victorhernandez8723 Жыл бұрын

😆 Good one!

@flipboy062 Жыл бұрын

Live action Garbage Pail Kids still give me cold sweats 😳

@derpycow3916 Жыл бұрын

Rataflak plachta will always be my number source of nightmares no matter what this list says

@Hilz28 Жыл бұрын

Ugh. All of these. Totally disturbing. Disturbing adults on acid behind these 🤦‍♀️ Haven't even watched all of these yet, but if you haven't, add Bananas in Pajamas.

@madtheghost337 6 ай бұрын

This is one of many reasons I love the DHMIS series.

@saranonimus9211 Жыл бұрын

On Sesame Street, there were those aliens that looked kinda like mops with eyes, they'd show up at the window, and when the phone rang, they'd mimic the sound...brrrring, brrrrrring. When I see them now, I think they're cute, but when I was little, they freaked me out. I'd hide behind the couch and cover my ears when they came on. I had nightmares about them. Don't know why, but I couldn't cope with mop aliens as a little kid. ??

@samkresil6011 Жыл бұрын

I never found anything much wrong with Zippy in Rainbow. I loved it growing up.

@jimb.7523 Жыл бұрын

*AMERICAN 80's and 90's KIDS:* **had cool cartoons, like TMNT, GI Joe, and Batman: TAS** *EUROPEAN 80's and 90's KIDS:* **had weird children shows with creepy puppets and nightmare inducers**

@magusxxx Жыл бұрын

Phoebe got mixed up with a rough crowd and is now known as The Evil Bong.

@marvelfan8996 Жыл бұрын

Limbo just now scared the crap out of me

@matthewbaduria Жыл бұрын

Eureka's Castle has one creepy character it was the monster living in next door outside was defintly creepy.the three fishes were very creepy.

@erich84502b Жыл бұрын

Rabbit had me even more freaked out

@jpeggingaround 10 ай бұрын

Zippy is literally my favorite character from Rainbow.

@PinHeadzBlackson Жыл бұрын

Ebenezer from Pinwheel

@jalacia3851 Жыл бұрын

The only one I ever saw before was amazing adventures of flapjack. But, lol, all of this was scary though.

@joelewis4711 Жыл бұрын

They all seem to be the same show !

@sailorhathor9705 Жыл бұрын

What is the party hat called? Whizbit? Was it a reject from "Lidsville"? How come these types of lists never seem to include characters from the nightmare fuel shows I watched as a child, like "Gigglesnort Hotel" and "Outerscope"? I loved them and feared them at the same time!

@geckohunter123 Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t be surprised if Noseybonk was the inspiration for that terrifying X-files character

@brandonuboyd2726 Жыл бұрын

Puff and stuff was very creepy to me in the 70s

@josephblumenberg6574 Жыл бұрын

I remember Snuffaluffagus scared me when I was younger 😂😅

@coryakabueze4541 Жыл бұрын

Him from the power puff girls should’ve been on this list

@AtheistOrphan Жыл бұрын

The guy who voiced Zippy also voiced the Daleks.

@KittyGirl-mf1oo Жыл бұрын

I don't think I ever saw any episodes of Seseme Street with Limbo in them, and I'm glad I didn't, because it looks like something out of a horror movie.