Top 10 Darkest Robot Chicken Sketches Ever

“Garfield Stockman in: A Voice Like Wet Ham" Every Disney fan remembers the classic “Beauty and the Beast” number where Belle sings a cheery song about her French village. The “Robot Chicken” version of this tune is a lot more grim. Instead of singing about the town's highlights, the Belle in the sketch sings about all the downsides of life in feudal France. Between the disgusting living conditions to rampant disease, the village looks like an awful place to live. Even Belle ends up catching a mysterious illness by the end of the sketch. We’re glad Disney didn’t make their song this realistic or horrifying in the original animated movie.

“Cracked China” Most kids would be thrilled to see a pony come flying through the window. If it happens to be one of the apocalypse ponies, however, the children should run for their lives. After a couple of kids cause mischief around their house, a group of sketchy looking ponies come soaring into the picture. Each creature represents one of the fabled four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. These toys are not concerned with child safety standards. By the end of the sketch, almost everything in the house is on fire, and the family has been decimated. Umm... we guess the kids learned their lesson?

“Ban on the Fun" In the “Laff-A-Lympics” cartoon, a bunch of Hanna-Barbera characters compete against one another. But what if they took the competition way too seriously? In this “Robot Chicken” sketch, a few villainous Hanna-Barbera characters preemptively eliminate their competitors. When their heinous acts are discovered, a group of typically heroic toons get revenge by taking out the villains responsible. The sketch is dark by design, but the sight of characters like Scooby-Doo committing acts of violence really sticks with you. Still, this dark reimagining of the “Laff-A-Lympics” might leave you smiling... if you have a totally twisted sense of humor.

#7: Cartoons Smokers

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“Triple Hot Dog Sandwich on Wheat” In the early ‘60s, the Winston cigarette company used characters from “The Flintstones” to promote their tobacco products without hinting at the harmful health effects they could cause. But the “Cartoon Smokers” segment tackles the habit’s potential negative effects head-on. We see cartoon characters like Fred Flintstone and Pink Panther suffering from various smoking-related ailments. Even supporting characters like Olive Oyl, who inhaled tobacco second-hand, are affected. Seeing these bright cartoon characters looking weakened and sick is seriously depressing. The sketch may not have been designed as a PSA, but it’s just as effective as any real anti-smoking commercial.

“Hemlock, Gin and Juice” The premise of Dora the Explorer has always been simple. A young girl breaks the fourth wall to ask us for guidance along her adventures. This concept gets really dark in this sketch, however, when a teenage Dora needs to get some things for her Quinceanera. The audience picks out an item for Dora at the store and...she promptly steals it. After she drinks a beverage that she is definitely not old enough for, she ends up on the roof and looks straight at the camera. Dora admits in a tearful confession that she can’t hear anyone beyond the fourth wall. Although this sad confession is meant as a joke, her words left us wondering if the real Dora could ever really hear us.

“Easter Basket" While hanging out at Fred’s house, Barney gets creative in his attempt to steal his friend’s Fruity Pebbles. Sadly, the two friends end up physically fighting over the cereal. During their scrap, Fred accidentally receives a fatal blow from his best friend. Barney quickly rushes to hide the evidence of his crime, only to realize that all of the animal appliances at Fred’s house saw what happened. So… Barney ends the lives of all the living creatures that witnessed his crime. He’s eventually caught in the act, captured and forced to pay the ultimate price. We hope the Fruity Pebbles were worth it!

#4: Wonder Pets Visit the Laughter House

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“Cake Pillow" When the tiny animal rescue trio known as the Wonder Pets hears that a cow is in trouble, they jump to the rescue. After releasing the cow from confinement, they realize it's too weak to walk away. The Wonder Pets decide to carry the animal into a nearby building called the laughter house. Unfortunately, they didn't know that the building's name was missing an s. By the time they realize where they’ve really taken the animal, the cow’s life has come to an abrupt end. The sketch would have been plenty dark if it had stopped there. But the writers go the extra mile and have the little trio eat hamburgers to close out the segment. Too soon, wonder pets, too soon.

“Adoption's an Option" Legendary voice actress Cree Summer has lent her voice to a few terrifying antagonists throughout her career. If we had to pick her most horrifying role, we’d look at this extremely grim “Robot Chicken” segment. In the sketch, Cree plays a little girl that finds a Pegasus caught in the trap. Instead of freeing the animal, she makes sure it can’t fly away, renders it unconscious and drags it to a barn. The girl torments the Pegasus both physically and mentally until it accepts its new name. Seeing the trapped majestic animal cave to the girl’s demands is undoubtedly dark. And the way Cree makes the girl sound simultaneously sweet and sinister ensures this character will haunt our nightmares.

“Lust for Puppets" Using the power of imagination, Calvin can have full conversations with his stuffed tiger , Hobbes. Although Calvin loves to talk to his animal companion, his parents are a little concerned about it. After they try to stop Calvin’s conversations with therapy and medication, Hobbes decides to take them out of the picture. Before we know it, the parents are permanently gone and their son is locked in a padded cell indefinitely. The “Calvin And Hobbes” stories always made it seem adorable that the boy had someone to talk to. But now that we’ve seen what could happen if his imagination took a dark turn, we’ll never look at the comics the same way again. Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few grim honorable mentions. The iCarly iNipples, “Caffeine-Induced Aneurysm" A Certain Video Should’ve Never Been Uploaded to iCarly.com Happy Days Zombie Attack, “Ants on a Hamburger" Fonzie Accidentally Starts a Zombie Outbreak Toy Story 4, “Kramer Vs. Showgirls” Woody Is Forced to Say Goodbye to His Old Partner

“Toyz in the Hood” While the Tooth Fairy is visiting a child, the mystical being hears the parents arguing downstairs. Things eventually turn violent and the fairy checks it out. We’re then shown three distinct endings. In the first scenario, the fairy takes the father's life before handing the kid some change. The second ending sees the father dealing a fatal blow to the mystical being before telling his child to run away with him. And the last scenario has the police arresting the sole survivor of the dispute before leaving the kid home alone. And did we mention the mother is never heard from in any ending? The segment concludes with characters chanting that this is the darkest “Robot Chicken” sketch. We couldn’t agree more.