Top 10 Most Violent Cartoons
Happy Tree Friends (commonly abbreviated as HTF) is an American adult animated flash series created and developed by Aubrey Ankrum, Rhode Montijo, Kenn Navarro, and Warren Graff for Mondo Media. Disguised as a children's cartoon, the show follows the misadventures of cute, anthropomorphic forest animals... read more Happy Tree Friends is super gory, violent, disgusting, sadistic, and cute. I like it that way and wouldn't want it any other way. I'm not some sadistic person who hates every drop of sunshine. I hate most of the 70% of sunshine, but those of us who love this cartoon watch it because we hope our favorite characters survive until the end, and we love dark humor. The unbelievable deaths make it a bit more interesting.
If you genuinely think this is a kids' show...
Watch an episode of it. Skip the intro if you want. The violence isn't in the intro. It's later in the actual episode. It's kind of disturbing how this is a lot of people's CHILDHOOD FAVORITE. (Glad it isn't mine because this is DEFINITELY not for kids. I did watch it when I was bored during quarantine, and by then it didn't faze me as much since I wasn't 8 or something.)
Fun fact (spoilers): There's some imaginary serial killer in the show named Mr. Pickles, and then there's a violent show on this list named Mr. Pickles.
Mr. Pickles is an American animated television series created by Will Carsola and Dave Stewart for Adult Swim. The series revolves around the Goodman family, especially their 6-year-old son named Tommy and the family's border collie, the demonic Mr. Pickles. The series was picked up for 10 quarter-hour... read more I've heard this is just some dog who goes around killing everyone. Obviously, this is going to be here if that's what this show is about.
I think this definitely wins it. This is literally satanic. It's basically a dog ripping out poor people's guts.
Drawn Together is an American adult animated sitcom which ran on Comedy Central from October 27, 2004 to November 14, 2007. The series was created by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein, and uses a sitcom format with a TV reality show setting.
Family Guy is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a family consisting of parents Peter (Fat, Idiotic Dad) and Lois (Nagging Bitchy Wife), their children Meg (Socially Awkward Daughter) Chris (Fat, Idiotic... read more The later seasons in particular feature blood and gore in almost every episode.
I'm not at all saying this isn't violent. I remember there being a scene where Peter Griffin plays GTA V and goes on to commit some of the same atrocities in real life.
South Park is an American adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. The show is about four boys, who are Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick, and their adventures in South Park, Colorado. The Woodland Critters episode is very disturbing, and some of Kenny's deaths are pretty disturbing as well.
Eric Cartman... need I say more?
Also, Kenny dies a LOT. South Park would absolutely suck to live in.
One of the most controversial cartoons. Kenny just kept dying in a row of episodes.
Invader Zim is an American animated television series created by Jhonen Vasquez for Nickelodeon. The series centers on an extraterrestrial named Zim from the planet Irk, and his mission to conquer Earth and enslave the human race along with his malfunctioning robot servant GIR. The episode "Dark Harvest" might be the only reason why this show is ranked so high. The only moment as violent, graphic, or gross is during the episode "Rise of the Zit Boy" when Zim's pimple gets to the size of a hot air balloon and pops, unleashing so much pus and liquid. Another example is "Planet Jackers" when Zim's head is bashed to a pulp.
Remember when Zim plucked Keef's eyes out?
The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network. The main characters of this show are Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup. The show is about the Professor Utonium creating three little superhero girls that save the day from villains... read more The violence was even more intense than in Tom and Jerry and Looney Tunes in the earlier seasons, but like those shows, the original Powerpuff Girls is awesome!
One of the few kids' cartoons that showed blood (in some episodes and in the intro).
Metalocalypse is an American animated television series, created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, which premiered on August 6, 2006 on Adult Swim. This show looks like it's going to be violent from the start, and guess what? It is.
Tom and Jerry is an American animated series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series centers on a rivalry between the title characters Tom, a cat, and Jerry, a mouse. Many shorts also... read more This is easily the best cartoon series in existence! It's pretty violent, but the violence is still very funny!
I'm not going to say this isn't violent. This is VERY violent. It's mostly cartoon-like violence and not gory like HTF and Mr. Pickles.
This should be higher. It's the best cartoon ever. I guess it's the most violent of kids' cartoons.
Beavis and Butt-Head is an American animated sitcom created and designed by Mike Judge. The series originated from Frog Baseball, a 1992 short film by Judge originally aired on Liquid Television.The Newcomers
The violence in this show will make anyone squirm, especially adults. If you're gonna watch this show, you'll see what I mean.
Uncle Grandpa is an American animated television series created by Peter Browngardt for Cartoon Network that premiered on the network on September 2, 2013. The series is based on Browngardt's animated short of the same name from The Cartoonstitute. There is a short in Uncle Grandpa called New Experiences with Beary Nice and Hot Dog Person. Beary Nice gets a happy new experience, while Hot Dog Person gets his skin ripped open, gets eaten by birds, and more. He dies sometimes!
For a kids' show, it's super violent. Characters get killed, Uncle Grandpa's head flies off of his body, and one time, a character gets ripped into pieces. Very violent. Take The Powerpuff Girls off now!
Superjail! is an American animated television series produced by Augenblick Studios in its first season, and by Titmouse, Inc. in its second, third, and fourth seasons. A fourth season was confirmed on the Twitter page of David Wain, who voices the character of the Warden. The series follows the events... read more I've actually decided to watch some of this, and I can confirm that this is violent and gory. This definitely looks like something that would be in the top 10, but it's not.
I love this show! This is more violent than half the shows in the top 10!
Should be #1. It's obvious a lot of people have never seen Superjail!.
Rick and Morty is an American adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for Adult Swim. Many scenes in this show are too violent, and Rick is one of the most violent characters in cartoons.
This show is amazing. It has violence and sex.
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening that originally started on April 19, 1987 as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show. It got its own series on December 17, 1989 and is still running as of 2023, making it the longest running animated sitcom. It is about a man named Homer... read more
The Ren & Stimpy Show, often simply referred to as Ren & Stimpy, is an American animated television series created by John Kricfalusi for Nickelodeon. The show wasn't just violent but ridiculously violent. You know what violence is? Watch Man's Best Friend and see what I mean.
This is so violent. It should be in the top 5.
The very name of the show and the image used for it here...
It really doesn't need any more explanation as to why it's there. It doesn't bother looking kid-friendly like HTF. It just shows its violence from the very start.
Looney Tunes is an American animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. from 1930 to 1969 during the golden age of American animation, alongside its sister series Merrie Melodies. Like Tom and Jerry, this is VERY violent, but mostly in a cartoonish sort of way. Still, it's violent, and nothing will change that.
Hazbin Hotel is an American adult animated musical comedy series created by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano. It revolves around Charlie Morningstar, demon and princess of Hell, on her quest to find a way for other demons to be "rehabilitated" and allowed into Heaven, so she opens a rehabilitation hotel... read more
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator the late Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It is currently the most popular animated television show on Nickelodeon and is world-renowned by children and adults alike due to its humor, high-quality... read more This was a part of LOTS of people's childhoods (and mine as well), but I won't say it isn't violent. In some episodes, Bikini Bottom gets destroyed. In one episode (spoilers), King Neptune's son, Triton, uses his laser to spell out his name in the middle of the city, destroying it in the process.
One Coarse Meal, Squid's Visit, A Pal for Gary, and the toenail scene from House Fancy are the violent ones. But the rest of the cartoon isn't.
It's not just violent. It has many inappropriate jokes in it too.
King Star King is an American animated web series created by JJ Villard and Eric Kaplan for Adult Swim. The series aired on the network's online video streaming service Adult Swim Video on June 15, 2014.
'Teen Titans Go!' is an American animated television series produced by Cartoon Network. The show follows a superhero group called the Teen Titans, and shows what happens when they go home and have silly adventures. This show is Cartoon Network's revival of the popular 2003-2006 American animated television... read more
Aqua Teen Hunger Force is an American animated sitcom created by Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro for Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. Well, sure it's violent, but it's not as bad as other violent cartoons.