To suggest to my 17yo DS that his mortal fear of Balamory was unreasonble?

[fuckinghellapeacock]

Apparently it was the Policeman. We still debate this. AIBU?

@JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff

You are all wrong about Spooky Spoon. She is a menopausal woman who has given up being nice and minding the rules and goes about doing what the fuck she likes.

Her insane rage-filled shriek and pearls are pretty much me trying to get the kids out the door on a work day.

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Ahhh, that'll be why my pair were never fazed by the Spoon. Too familiar.

I thought the kids on Trapped actually got trapped Getting trapped in a creepy tower for eternity seemed a high price to pay for getting your face on telly.

@NC4Now

My 18 year old was terrified of Brum too! He used to switch the Tv off and leave the room.

He also had nightmares about the Number Taker

The Number Taker is seriously scary, my DD is 14 and still traumatised.

DD (6) had to watch old episodes of Come Outside as part of her home schooling (too hard to explain!). It very much took DS1 (12) back!
He was inexplicably scared of Upsy Daisy's skirt going up in ITNG.

@fuckinghellapeacock

That Thomas the Tank episode “But I think he deserved his punishment, don’t you?” No, I don’t, you sadists.

Mr Tumble sends shivers down my spine. I was actually 17 when I had DS and even now 7 years later I won't even have it on for DD for two minutes before the Teletubbies start

My youngest used to be absolutely terrified of the Hahoos in the night garden and at least one of my DC was really scared by the numberjacks and convinced they were inside our sofa!

Also my goddaughter used to be frightened of the go compare man. She was about 2/3 and used to have nightmares and randomly cry that go compare was in the kitchen during the day

Haha, DS1(14) was terrified of Balamory also.

He is the most easy going person and was as a toddler but could not handle it. I had to tell his pre-school and then Reception never to put it on. We used to go to Weymouth on holiday and he couldn’t go near the harbour!!

The one with the house with the face and Chris Jarvis is Step Inside. I was a little worried about that cat he had, it looked like it probably had rabies!!

My now 12yo will still not watch the episode of Balamory when Archie goes a bit mad and makes a mess. As a 3 yo he was traumatised. Archie was a scientist in his eyes...
I have yet to break it to him that Miles is a comedian.

In the Night Garden freaks out my 17yo, she thinks it’s some sort of mind control as it’s so relaxing.

No where near as troubling as spooky sooon from the numberjacks!

That episode with Henry is awful. Poor Henry. Either have anthropomorphic trains and treat them with compassion, or have trains that can be bricked up for months without problem. You can't have both!

And this is why I fucking love Mumsnet.

DS1 (now 15) was inexplicably terrified of Higgledy House with Justin and Sarah-Jane. He would watch anything else they were in but as soon as the Higgledy House theme tune came on he was a screaming sobbing mess.

My DS2 was terrified of the fox in Peter Rabbit. Mr Tod?

How has Baby Jake not been mentioned yet? That was some disturbing shit. For DH and I. The DC loved it.

PersonalIy I was scared of hartly hare in pipkins. He was so disheveled and mad looking. Hated him. My kids were scared of nothing. Hard headed to the last one.

That creepy house on Step Inside. No fucking way would I step inside that house, stories or not...

Chuggington’s a poor man’s Thomas. Give me the island of Sodor any day...

@NC4Now

That creepy house on Step Inside. No fucking way would I step inside that house, stories or not...

This one bypassed me. Fuck that.

The more I think about it TV now and in the semi recent past had nothing in terms of scary like 1970s tv. I‘ve already mentioned Hartley hare who was the puppet equivalent of scary people who shout at you in bus stations but also Hamble the weird doll on play school that had a real Chucky vibe about her.

NC4Now

Fucking hell I’d forgotten about that. What on Gods green earth possessed them to create such a nightmare?

We still talk about how my daughter (now 16) had nightmares after watching Scooby Doo.
As for me, I hated that big old Great Googly Moogly thing (the ferocious beast) from Maggie and the Ferocious Beast.

My DD used to be obsessed with Dora the fucking Explora. We had to sing her to sleep with the theme song. (That bad!) Then one (fine) day she watched the nursery rhyme episode and was absolutely freaked out by Humpty Dumpty. (Who was friendly) She never watched Dora again. (Sorry not sorry). She is 16 now and still says that eggs shouldn’t have faces and clothes or talk.

Cornetto- I once wrote up that very theory about In The Night Garden Being Iggle Piggle’s dying fever dream as he floats away on Mumsnet (under an old name) and got a right bollocking from another user who thought I was disgusting for even suggesting such a thing and that I ought to be very very ashamed of myself. I was baffled.

Oh and Fuck Me - what the hell was Baby Jake and how did that get greenlit???