Fictional dad and mom can educate all types of precious life classes, however some animated moms and dads want a go to from youngster companies. Redditor Dwaynedanger2 just lately headed to the subreddit r/Cartoons with a prolonged accounting of animated dad and mom and prompted a easy dialogue: “Who Are the Worst Mother and father on This Record?” Some, like Stu and Didi Pickles from The Rugrats, have been pardoned from judgment, as customers questioned their inclusion on a listing that has certifiably negligent dad and mom. Others, nonetheless, couldn’t escape their parental conflict crimes, and have been rightfully flogged within the feedback.
Right here’s our rating of the worst animated dad and mom and their offenses primarily based on the responses…
Homer Simpson, ‘The Simpsons’
Certain, Homer bodily abuses his son infrequently, however at the very least it’s clear that the violence is satirizing this type of relationship. And for probably the most half, Homer is a loving father whose largest crime is being a dolt.
Mr. and Mrs. Turner, ‘The Pretty OddParents’
The whole premise of The Pretty OddParents hinges on the truth that Timmy Turner’s dad and mom are negligent and usually depart him underneath the care of a callous babysitter. With out this, there can be no want for Timmy’s fairy godparents to make his each want come true (so long as everybody abides by Da Guidelines). The neglect doesn’t finish with Timmy’s magical surrogate dad and mom both, as a result of his organic dad and mom by no means even query what their son does all day.
Huge Bob and Miriam Pataki, ‘Hey Arnold!’
Helga Pataki is the proper instance of dangerous eggs being a product of their upbringing. Huge Bob is a workaholic who favors her booksmart older sister, and Miriam is apathetic and likes the bottle greater than anything. With dad and mom like that, Helga’s fixed lashing out makes whole sense — if she’s not getting consideration from her dad and mom, she’s useless set on discovering it from some other place.
Mr. and Mrs. Doofenshmirtz, ‘Phineas and Ferb’
Heinz Doofenshmirtz, the bumbling scientist at odds with Phineas and Ferb, is one other antagonistic character with a horrific backstory. His dad and mom pressured him to be a garden gnome, deserted him to be raised by ocelots and someway defied logic a lot that neither have been current for his start.
Jerry and Beth Smith, ‘Rick and Morty’
Jerry and Beth’s parenting abilities are mismatched and incompatible at finest. Jerry desperately needs to be patriarch of the household however is tormented by the truth that he'll at all times pale compared to his breadwinner spouse. Beth, in a misguided try to carry her son out of his shell, has Morty go on all types of misadventures that she is aware of are unsafe. There’s additionally the truth that Beth regrets getting pregnant with Morty, including one other layer to the time she didn’t hesitate to probably watch him die.
Peter and Lois Griffin, ‘Household Man’
Peter as soon as shot Meg for merely saying “hello” and Lois as soon as slept with Meg’s boyfriend, so their inclusion right here is way from shocking. Whereas some reveals could attempt to make a degree with parental abuse, there may be little or no rhyme or purpose as to the way in which the Griffins deal with Meg, apart from being a operating gag at her expense.
Stephen and Linda Scotch, ‘South Park’
Stephen and Linda Scotch exist in South Park nearly completely to bodily, sexually and emotionally torment Butters. Along with grounding him for issues which are wholly out of his management, their abusive parental rap sheet consists of sending him to conversion remedy after suspecting he’s bi-curious (regardless of Stephen actively sleeping with males), demanding he eat human stays, and naturally, tried filicide. To make issues worse, they know they’re terrible dad and mom — they simply don’t care.
