Terrifying Children’s TV Characters That Gave Us All The Nightmares

Children’s television programming taught and entertained us through fun, creative ways. But every once in a while, those fun or educational concepts got lost. This happened when certain characters took center stage. Some characters didn’t teach us how to count or solve mysteries.

Instead, these characters did nothing more than haunt our dreams. Here are the most scary kids’ TV characters that gave us nightmares.

Barney the Dinosaur

Talking purple dinosaurs sounds fun, right? Wrong. Barney is actually terrifying. He does preach about love and working together, but he does so with a bunch of children. Adults probably need more help than kids, but the concept of the show is still frightening no matter whom he preaches to.

Spiderus

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Even if you don’t have a fear of spiders, you can understand where the fear originates just by looking at Spiderus.

He comes from the kids show “Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends.” Not all of Miss Spider’s friends can be winners, because this guy was drawn directly out of someone’s nightmares.

Teletubbies

“Teletubbies” creator Anne Wood is on a roll, as is British children television, because both have made it on this list multiple times. Each colorful Teletubby has a television implanted into its abdomen, as well as a shaped antenna on its head. Why? Because Anne Wood likes terrifying children.

The Toothbrush Family

As seen on “Captain Kangaroo” and “Commander Tom’s World,” with the price of your cable subscription, you can see these terrifying talking toothbrushes on your TV.

Maybe if their eyes didn’t seem like they were hollowed out to showcase the blackness of their souls, it would be less frightening.