Top 10 Worst Cartoon Finales

Here are some of the worst finales to any cartoon ever.
The Top Ten
Goku's Next Journey (DragonBall Z)

This ending made no sense and doesn't really resolve anything. In the final few episodes, a tournament is held, which is only an excuse for Goku to meet with everyone again. Then he just ditches everyone to go off and train with a kid who looks like the reincarnation of Buu.

After all these episodes, the hero Goku abandons everyone, including his own family, for no real reason.

Even the English dub voice actors are fully aware of how stupid this episode is.

The stupidest ending to one of the greatest anime.

Back on Shaq (Johnny Bravo)

Johnny Bravo meets Shaquille O'Neal. Now, who's the idiot who thought this was a good way to end the series?

As I've said before, the series should have ended with Johnny Bravo being sent back in time, where he meets the King himself, Elvis Presley. Elvis could have taught him how to get the ladies, and the finale could have ended with Johnny and Elvis performing either "Burning Love" or "Viva Las Vegas."

Johnny would then return to his own timeline, become an Elvis impersonator, and finally win over the ladies. That would have been a much better finale than this!

Stimpy's Pregnant (Ren & Stimpy: "Adult Party Cartoon")

Whilst all of the Adult Party Cartoon episodes are the worst in animation history, this is how we end Ren and Stimpy's story? And this is the thanks all the fans of the old show get? Heck no!

I'd say Ren and Stimpy's story really ended in "The Last Temptation," which was a season five episode and the last episode of the original series. After Ren saves Stimpy from choking on some turkey, their stuff is owned by Wilbur Cobb (even though he died in season four, he came back as Ren's guardian angel after the episode where he fell asleep and fell into a fire pit). This leads the main duo to cry like babies in the end. See? That is how the story completely ends. "Stimpy's Pregnant" ends Ren and Stimpy in a bad way.

Stimpy giving birth to a baby made from his crap, Stimpy being noted for constipation and not pregnant at all (which is the biggest reason why this finale episode was misleading), the jokes going on for too long, Ren treating Stimpy like a total slave by making him do all the work whilst bragging to his mom on the phone, and the most infamously despicable part of the reboot's ending: the scene where Stimpy vomits and eats his own vomit. That is not funny. It is nauseating!

This is not the way to end the story of Ren and Stimpy. If you want to see how Ren and Stimpy ends, please go watch "The Last Temptation." It's a much more tolerable finale than the show's foul reboot, which was brought out as nothing but the most disgusting utter garbage ending I have ever seen in my life.

The Lair (Mr. Pickles Season 1)

PhantomStrider has every right to hate this season finale and the show overall.

Sonically Ever After (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)

This was simply a load of crap. This episode alone is what makes Sonic X better than SatAM. Sure, there was Chris, but there was never a waste of time episode like this one.

To the writers of this episode: just how drunk were you guys when you wrote this episode?

One of the many reasons why both Sonic Boom and Sonic X are better than whatever this mess is.

The Elimination Special, Part II the Elimination (Drawn Together)

This episode was nothing more than a waste of the audience's time. How do you end a series by making a clip show and throwing in a surprise elimination, even though it was already clear the show was ending?

After so many clip shows and pointless singing, the character who gets evicted from the house isn't even one of the main characters but some random character, Munchkin Mouse, who was never in the show before. Then they show a brief clip show with his face pasted into each scene, and the episode just ends.

The finale wraps up with all the characters (and Brian Dunkleman, who is in the episode for no real reason) being handed their pink slips. They grab their stuff and walk away, ending this trainwreck. A whole 22 minutes of your time is wasted on an awful ending to an awful show.

The New Black (The Boondocks)
The Doomsday Project (Sonic the Hedgehog Sat AM)

Thankfully, there are people on the internet making a season 3 of their own. They even got Crush 40 to sing the original Sonic SatAM theme song.

It ends on a cliffhanger, and that's pretty much its biggest crime.

In case you're curious, the creators said the glowing eyes belonged to Naugus.

Goodbye to Bloo (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)

This episode was disappointing as the end to this cartoon, especially when Cheese moves to Foster's after his owner Louise moves to another apartment that doesn't allow imaginary friends.

Things Change (Teen Titans)

I agree and disagree. This episode didn't have the worst ending. It was just unsettling and left us with a lot of questions. I do wish we had a season six. I miss OG TT. Now we have crap called TTG. But Trouble in Tokyo wasn't bad at all. Things Change just left us on a cliffhanger.

The Newcomers

? I Wanna Dance With My Buddy (Hailey’s On It)
? The End and the Beginning (Harvey Beaks)
The Contenders
Everyone's a Critic (Darkstalkers)

Another bad ending to a terrible cartoon based on a video game. How does it end?

It ends with the good guys and bad guys forced to work together to pretend Pyron has taken over Earth when his brother comes to visit. Of course, everything goes wrong, and Pyron's brother decides to take over. The group must work together again to stop him, and that's pretty much how it ends.

The Superjail Six (Superjail!)
Relief (Deadman Wonderland)

The series ends with so many things unresolved.

Come Along with Me (Adventure Time)
The Mountains of Beyond (The World of David the Gnome)

The only reason it's on the list is for how depressing it is, with the main characters preparing for their deaths. Yeah, great way to end a kids' series by having the characters die.

I wouldn't really call this one bad, just depressing. If this list were about sad endings, you should have put the finale of Dinosaurs on the list.

Fancy Schmancy (The Fairly Odd Parents)
The Gift of Gum (SpongeBob SquarePants)
Cleaved (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)

This is the worst cartoon finale I've seen to date. It throws everything to the wayside in favor of Star and Marco's budding relationship. Its one saving grace (or final nail in the coffin, depending on who you ask) is the ending scene along with the beautiful soundtrack for the entire episode. In the beginning, the show was about Star metaphorically bringing a bit of Mewni to Earth. The final scene really does that fact some poetic justice.

The Final Wreck-ening (Total Drama All-Stars)

Really boring final two, and the reset button was stupid. Horrible finale to a horrible season.

The worst winner, the worst ending. Why did they have to sink the island?

At least Owen's cameo was good.

The Ending of the End/The Last Problem (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

This certainly isn't a bad finale, but it isn't a good finale either. The action and plotting are on point, but the lesson feels like something that's been said before. Many fans have criticized the finale's lesson as all too familiar to that of the premiere's lesson. Overall, it felt like the writers were playing it safe, which is understandable considering they were wrapping up nine seasons of story. But, for what it was, it was pretty well done.

A Million Points of Light (Digimon Digital Monsters)

I really hated the final moments of this finale. The DigiDestined kids are all grown up and married to completely different people. The only couple they got right was Yolei and Ken. Not even TK and Kari end up together. What the hell?

Lumpus' Last Stand (Camp Lazlo)

Agree. This episode was inappropriate for kids, and Lumpus is a pedo for asking the scouts to paint themselves without anything on.

Sozin's Comet (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
So Long, Sonic (Sonic X)

Honestly, I'm shocked barely anyone talks about this being a bad ending. I'm even more shocked that this ending isn't at least in a top 20 spot for being one of the worst cartoon/animated/anime series endings. In my opinion, it's a horrible, heartbreaking ending.

Sure, I would recommend watching the Japanese TMS dub rather than the 4Kids English dub since things are better explained by TMS. However, it still doesn't help save it from being a bad ending.

Recap: Tails has to kill Cosmo using the Sonic Power Cannon in order to stop Dark Oak. Tails kills Cosmo and becomes depressed, especially since he had just killed the love of his life. Shadow disappears. Sonic is only able to recover one of Cosmo's seeds to give to a heartbroken and depressed Tails. The team returns to Sonic's planet. The Master Emerald is completely destroyed. Rouge suspects Eggman knows something about Shadow possibly surviving. Chris is forcefully sent back to his home planet by Eggman. Eggman plots a new plan of attack against Sonic's team, and Sonic and his friends prepare for a new plan of attack.

Keep in mind, this is basically an unanswered cliffhanger!

What makes this ending worse are all the unanswered questions left by TMS and SEGA that Sonic fans still want to know. Some of the questions fans ask include:

- What was Eggman's next plan of attack?

- What was Rouge planning to do in the end, especially since she was holding onto Bokkun's locket?

- Does Knuckles ever find a way to fix the Master Emerald?

- How does Shadow return to Sonic's world?

- Does Chris ever make it home or return to his original age on his planet?

- Were SEGA and TMS ever planning for Sonic and Chris to reunite one day or have Sonic and his friends return to Chris's planet?

- Does Tails ever recover from his mourning and depression after Cosmo's death?

- Were SEGA and TMS planning to bring back Cosmo, especially since there's a shot... more

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