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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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[โ€“] tamal3@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Are You Afraid of the Dark episode with the drain monster. Couldn't stand on the drain in the shower for about 8 years afterward.

[โ€“] GiantRobotTRex@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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.

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.

[โ€“] tamal3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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 ๐Ÿ˜น

[โ€“] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

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