What TV show traumatized you as a kid? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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When I was about 8 years old (2016) I woke up early while my parents were still asleep and turned on the TV to see what to watch. Superjail was on and I cried due to so much gore being on the TV, even if it was cartoon gore. I was 8.

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[-] GiantRobotTRex@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 17 hours ago

I just remember the pinball episode. Actually I remember almost nothing about the episode except a giant pinball showing up at the end. I don't remember why that was so terrifying but it definitely left a mark for some reason.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago

Why do I remember that specific visual from that episode and basically nothing else? The...mall was in the pinball machine?

There was the episode with Gilbert Gottfried who was a radio announcer, there was an episode about a ghost monster thing in the pool that the kid turned orange with chemicals....some 30 year old neurons are firing over here folks, and they ain't firing that bright.

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 16 hours ago

I remember the pinball one, but it was the one with the weird house with all the mirrors that got me.

[-] tamal3@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

It was this red kelpy blood clot that would come out of swimming pool drains and shower drains and kill children. I don't know anything else about it than that, but it got me good. I don't remember the pinball 😹

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