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Person Asked “Show Me The Worst Character Designs You’ve Ever Seen”, And Here Are 39 Of Them
When we were kids, the cartoon characters in the shows we’d watch were absolutely flawless. We’d laugh, enjoy their hilarious antics, and get swept up in the brilliance of their storylines. But as we got older, it became a bit harder to see past the weirdness of some cartoon and anime character designs.
Some are so bad that no amount of good storytelling can hide that fact. That’s why we’re here to ruin your childhood just a little bit more with this list of abominable character designs from movies, shows, and anime.
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#1
Cats - Live Action Movie
Luke Branwen 2 years ago
I'm amused by the theories that covid was a divine punishment for this.
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#2
Spiderus From Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
#3
Tika - Barbie Movie
#4
Globglogabgalab - Strawinsky And The Mysterious House
#5
Becky - T.u.f.f. Puppy
New Everywhere 2 years ago
It keeps alternating between looking like a nose and a hole aaaaahhh
#6
Jay Jay The Jet Plane
#7
Tales In Mushroom Village
#8
Sonic The Hedgehog
#9
Kid - Foodfight
#10
The Problem Solverz
Ducki (She/Her) 明明 2 years ago
This is what i got in those make a character with google slides things you do in elementary school.
#11
Peppa's Guinea Pigs
PhaseWitFact 2 years ago
Every character on Peppa Pig should be pictured here. That show has lazy sloppy illustrators pretending that they're edgy.
#12
Fanboy & Chum Chum
#13
Peppa The Pig
#14
Billy From Monster By Mistake
#15
Joshua And The Promised Land
#16
Kamichama Karin
#17
Gakuen Handsome
#18
Buttercup From The Power Puff Girls
#19
Bigby Wolf - Unstable Fables
#20
xxxHolic
#21
Teen Girl Wolf - Unstable Fables
#22
Squirrel Daredevil Dan - Foodfight
#23
Howie And Poodle - Almost Naked Animals
#24
The Joker
#25
Sid Phillips - Toy Story
Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago
Okay but to be fair people were just learning how to animate and model stuff like that when that movie came out. The design did always kinda scare me as a kid though ngl
#26
Jonny - The Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest
#27
Groucha - Téléchat
Luke Branwen 2 years ago
This looks like that kind of weird $hit you find on the dark side of Youtube.
#28
Bozz And Doody - Cubeez
#29
Purple Monarch - Miraculous
ImATotalTina 2 years ago
Everything about this show is just awful. No offense to the fans out there 🐞
#30
Maury The Hormone Monster - Big Mouth
#31
Kindergarteners From Leo
Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago
I don’t think it’s that bad of a design. It’s just unrealistic cuz it’s a cartoony style, and they look pretty funny
#32
Alpha And Omega
#33
Barb - Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
#34
Ginger - As Told By Ginger
#35
Królestwo Zielonej Polany. Powrót
#36
Muscle Man - Regular Show
#37
Mr. Rzykruski - Frankenweenie
#38
Beavis and Butt-Head
#39
Johnny Test
myvloggun [[ he/him ]] 2 years ago
hey! this one doesnt belong. sure, it had its issues, but it was a solid show
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What do you think ?
Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago
More than half of these are just cartoony art styles with unrealistic proportions or exaggerated features to appear funny or ugly on purpose, not genuinely bad character design…
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Yep, and a bunch of the rest are early CGI which suffered from technical limitations of the time. How many polygons can we use to create this character? Three. Three thousand? No, THREE!
Load More Replies... myvloggun [[ he/him ]] 2 years ago
half of these are just characters being styalized and people not liking it, that's all
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Uhhh. that's pretty much what took "worst design" to mean. Did you think we meant poor load-bearing strength or something?
Load More Replies... Becca not Becky 2 years ago
The early 3D/computer animation that didnt age well is forgivable, IMO. As for others, I'm all for creativity but do some cartoons have to be downright hideous?
Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago
More than half of these are just cartoony art styles with unrealistic proportions or exaggerated features to appear funny or ugly on purpose, not genuinely bad character design…
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Yep, and a bunch of the rest are early CGI which suffered from technical limitations of the time. How many polygons can we use to create this character? Three. Three thousand? No, THREE!
Load More Replies... myvloggun [[ he/him ]] 2 years ago
half of these are just characters being styalized and people not liking it, that's all
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Uhhh. that's pretty much what took "worst design" to mean. Did you think we meant poor load-bearing strength or something?
Load More Replies... Becca not Becky 2 years ago
The early 3D/computer animation that didnt age well is forgivable, IMO. As for others, I'm all for creativity but do some cartoons have to be downright hideous?
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