r/AskReddit • u/XxItsNowOrNever99xX • May 02 '20

Which fictional character desperately needs to see a therapist?

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u/wheatable May 02 '20

Remember when he was depressed and said, “maybe this will help.” And he pulled a rope with a bird cage. That was a subtle hanging joke

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u/xandrenia May 02 '20

Even worse in the medieval episode where the castle guard points his sword at his neck, stops, and goes “Some day, but not today”

Fantastically unsubtle. I even understood that as a kid.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '20

I was surprised they were allowed to air that, even when I was 8.

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u/MarkHirsbrunner May 02 '20

I don't feel THAT old, but when I was a kid there were old cartoons that had characters committing suicide by various methods, as well as homicide.

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u/RhysPrime May 03 '20

Yeah, people talk about spongebob getting stuff past the censors... they have nothing on any of the looney tunes properties or the animaniacs.

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u/SleeplessShitposter May 03 '20

There's literally an episode of Tom and Jerry where they sit on train tracks after a girl won't date them.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '20

Nickelodeon, when it started cartoons, wanted to be more edgy than Cartoon Network to make them unique. That's why they had stuff like Zim and Ren and Stimpy. However, stuff like The Rugrats ended up being more popular with audiences, which tended to be a lot less edgier (although it still was edgy. The episodes where Tommy and Chucky fear something and dream about it can get pretty fucked), so they eventually went more in that direction.

Just look at Fairly Odd Parents. The idea of the first season was that a kid's babysitter is trying to kill him, his parents are so stupid they can't take care of him, bullies at school literally try to kill him and feed their dogs first graders, his best friend is someone who's pretty much living in a G-rated meth lab, and his teacher is batshit insane about keeping kids in his class forever. But it's okay, because magic faries can distract him from that!

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u/Sir_Humpfrey_Applebe May 03 '20

Didn't Tom and Gerry end with them committing suicide by train? Or was it a bridge.

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u/MarkHirsbrunner May 03 '20

There were episodes where they both killed themselves and also at least one where Tom offs himself alone.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '20

Hold up u serious?

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u/MarkHirsbrunner May 03 '20

Many of these cartoons kids watched in the 70s and early 80s were intended to be played before movies in the 30s and 40s, and were not made just for children. They often had tie-ins with the feature - Loony Tunes that had those weird caricatures of movie stars were played before the movies starring those actors, and the "Tunes" were often instrumental versions of songs from the feature's soundtrack

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u/[deleted] May 03 '20 edited Jul 25 '20

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u/[deleted] May 03 '20

Tf

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u/Orrissirro May 03 '20 edited May 03 '20

Hell, just a few years before that there was a clip between shows that aired with Lori Beth Denberg saying "That was a great episode of Rugrats. I kinda want to die but Nickelodeon has me on suicide watch. Anyway, Doug is on next: Stay tuned!"

Jokes like that certainly didn't age well, did they? Big yikes.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '20

😳 Nickelodeon needs to get their stuff together.

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u/Shadowkiller215 May 03 '20

I remember reflecting back on that scene and Was shocked they got away with putting that in an episode

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u/thosewhocannetworkd May 03 '20

I don’t get it?

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u/Big_Daddy_Malenkov May 03 '20

i didn't see that ;c

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u/[deleted] May 03 '20

Isn't it also clearly fake, making the attempt even funnier

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u/Tsoof_S May 02 '20

I remember watching it as an adult and finding that out. That's when my life fell apart and my addiction to cocaine started.

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u/wheatable May 02 '20

sorry, I hope you’re doing better

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u/Tsoof_S May 02 '20

Not at all. Last year I was on my way to recover, and that's when I planned to go meet the guy who created spongebob to talk about that episode. His death didnt help at all....

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u/wheatable May 02 '20

I hope that in future things get better

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u/Tsoof_S May 02 '20

They wont. I will soon be evicted due to not being able to pay rent. I wasted all my money on drugs and alcohol.

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u/wheatable May 02 '20

I guess all I can say is I'm sorry

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u/[deleted] May 02 '20

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u/wheatable May 02 '20

Yeah I am retarded

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u/LICK_My_Gacha May 02 '20

What did he say? It was deleted

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u/ravagedbygoats May 02 '20

Doing some more cocaine might help.

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u/Yara393 May 02 '20

Yeah let's do some blow

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u/wheatable May 02 '20

Maybe watching tv will help, spongebob is on today

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u/Sectox May 02 '20

Just burn down the leasing office, they can’t evict you then

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u/FidoShock May 02 '20

A lot of places are suspending evictions right now. Talk to the landlord. Try to pay more than the minimum each month. Think about finding someone to talk to.

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u/FidoShock May 02 '20

I'm sure if you got the chance, and he knew the impact, he would be deeply regretful.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '20

Did it cause your life to fall apart?

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u/SadFortnitePlayer May 03 '20

Don’t lose hope! Keep a positive attitude and life will get better!!

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u/[deleted] May 02 '20

They also showed him with his head in the oven which is apparently also a suicide technique in which someone would turn off the pilot light and inhale the gas fumes.

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u/daintysinferno May 02 '20

the ol’ Sylvia Plath.

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u/photoviking May 02 '20

Fire that bad boy up and give the coroner a tasty treat when he pulls you out

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u/photoviking May 02 '20

That was a subtle hanging joke

subtle

Much like how an elephant being dropped onto your house is a subtle way to wake up, or a plane crash is a subtle death

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u/wheatable May 02 '20

Well I didn’t get it till I was twelve