Top 10 Times Robot Chicken Went TOO FAR
#10: Sunny Muffins
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“Adoption’s an Option” A little girl frolicking through a field seems innocent enough until she comes across a trapped pegasus. The animal asks the girl for help who seems willing to do so. However things take a dark turn when she pulls out a pair of scissors to cut the pegasus’ wings and then feeds him oats that cause him to black out. As if the sudden shift in tone wasn’t enough, when the horse awakes, the girl informs Pegasus he has a new name, Sunny Muffins. When he refuses to accept the name, she whips him into complying. The brutal psychological torment coming from such a little girl is disturbing to say the least.
#9: Cheerios!
“We Don't See Much of That in 1940s America” Honey Nut Cheerios may not be everyone’s go to for cereal but its ads are bright and cheery with its well known mascot, Buzz Bee. He makes some Cheerios appear much to the delight of two boys at the kitchen table. In fact one of them likes it so much he slams his fist on the table inadvertently causing the bee to sting him in his arm. If honey bees use their stinger, it can be fatal. While the boys assure Buzz everything will be fine, the sad truth is that his life will come to an end. He dies slowly in front of the boys as he describes his final moments. So much for being bright and cheery.
#8: Raiders of the Magic Garden
“Slaughterhouse on the Prairie” Due to the nature of the show, there isn’t much need for setup or context but this sketch features a parody of a ‘70s children’s show, “The Magic Garden” which featured two women who would sing songs and tell stories. This is mashed with the climax of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” when the story box asks to be opened. When the box is opened spirits come out and the two women are killed for having looked upon them. However there’s no justification as to why they suffer such horrible deaths so it comes off as gratuitous.
#7: Kermit Kong
“Western Hay Batch” What at first seems to be a King Kong parody but with Muppets soon reveals a more twisted nature. A giant Kermit climbs up the Empire State Building with Miss Piggy in hand. He’s attacked by fighter planes despite Piggy’s cries for them to leave. They spray Kermit with water, hitting him in the eye. He falls to his doom but the scene then transitions to the Muppet Babies and we see that Kermit has fallen through a glass table. When Nanny appears she commands the Muppets to clean up the crime scene. Obviously this isn’t the responsible thing to do as the young Muppets don’t fully comprehend what happened to Kermit.
#6: Kingdom Hearts' Key Party
“May Cause Numb Butthole” If you’re unfamiliar with key parties this sketch will painfully bring you up to speed. Xehanort demands Sora’s key so they can get the party started but Sora refuses, preparing to fight. However we soon find out that the keys are for people to take at random and then get it on with that key’s owner. From there more Disney characters pop up and start getting down to business. Sora for his part is not down and is made an unwitting participant in the whole affair. There’s even a moment involving Donald Duck under Maleficent’s robe. We definitely could have gone on without seeing that.
#5: Dave's Mercenary Warehouse
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“Endless Breadsticks” Two guys are just hanging out on what looks like a calm evening when suddenly mercenaries burst through the door and proceed to wreck everything. Not only do they kill one of the boy’s mothers but they bring in horses to pull one guy apart and they shoot the other. We then find out these mercs were hired by someone else who was insulted for the backpack he wore. All this senseless violence was for nothing as the mercenaries broke into the wrong house. The whole sketch is an ad for a mock guns for hire service. The level of aggression displayed is just way over the top for what it is.
#4: Sailor Moon Confronted
“Joint Point” Serena is walking down the street when an unnamed villain approaches, telling her Queen Beryl needs her life force to take over Earth. She quickly transforms into Sailor Moon and is ready to throw down. Things become very awkward, very quickly as Serena’s transformation and moaning have made the villain aroused. He apologizes profusely and even admits that it’s disrespectful towards her. Sailor Moon questions if there’s any point to fighting and both agree to go their separate ways. What makes this sketch even more disturbing is that Sailor Moon is rather young and the villain comments that she’s “pretty hot”. Ick.
#3: The Joker
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“Catch Me If You Kangaroo Jack” Batman catches the Joker and mercilessly punches him but stops himself from killing him. The Joker points out that because of Batman’s no killing rule the Joker will be able to continue committing crimes. To break the cycle Batman testifies at the Joker’s trial where he ends up receiving the death penalty. At his execution, Joker’s strapped to the electric and suffers horribly as it’s revealed Commissioner Gordon didn’t put a wet sponge on Joker’s head. The violence depicted is way over the top both when Joker is punched by Batman and even worse during the execution as his face quite literally melts off. The most disturbing part is that Batman is the only person who isn’t horrified witnessing the Joker electrocuted.
#2: Skylanders Trap Team
“Fridge Smell” This sketch is a twist on the videogame “Skylanders: Trap Team” but the joke is as pretty tasteless as they come. Bushwack decides he’s gonna take on Tuff Luck in more ways than one. Whisper Elf warns him that Tuff Luck is a trap but Bushwack misunderstands the double entendre at play. The two go behind a bush and soon Bushwack runs away screaming that Tuff Luck is a trap meaning that she’s female presenting but has male genitalia. The term is frequently used as a way to denigrate trans people.
#1: Cuddles Fabric Softener
“Massage Chair” You might want to turn away from this sketch as it’s way over the line. Viewers growing up in the ‘90s may remember fabric softener commercials featuring the Snuggle Bear. In this parody a man doing laundry complains his clothes aren’t huggably soft. Cuddles appears to say that he can make them feel huggably soft. The man comments on how soft Cuddles feels to the point he soon becomes excited. Things become very inappropriate as the man takes Cuddles to the bathroom. The show is known for being shocking and offensive but what it depicts here is way too much.
