[Redway]

In line with my latest string of TV-allied threads. From bonafide children’s cartoons (aka Rugrats, Winnie the Pooh) to PG-17 shows (South Park), what things did you only realise about certain shows and characters in them when you got much older?

I’ll go.

1. Spongebob was definitely gay (unsurprisingly).

2. Scooby-Do: Daphne and Fred. were obviously shagging (excuse the pun) and probably not many people over the age of 12 would miss the not-so-subtle chemistry between them, as superficial as it was. And Velma was either lesbian or asexual.

3. Family Guy: Stewie probably wasn’t gay except for Brian (the subtle-as-a-bag-of-bricks ‘hints’ were too obvious, almost like a red herring)

4. Winnie the Pooh: Eeyore was definitely a latent homosexual.

5. That’s So Raven: Chelsea was never a total idiot, even in the later seasons, just incredibly ditzy but still fairly book-smart. And Alana (Raven’s nemesis in one of the early seasons) secretly admired the latter (obviously) and wasn’t hard at all.

6. Rugrats: the babies were obviously a figment of Angelica’s active imagination (figured that out pretty soon tbh) on account of her parents’ borderline-neglectful lack of attention to her.

Over to you guys.

[Redway]

I have a feeling Pokemon looks quite a bit different viewed through more adult eyes.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Mathew Corbett had his hand up Sooty's ar$e

[Mokka]

Bill Cosby wasn't a lovable Dad

[LaLaLand]

Bert & Ernie were deffo a couple!

[LaLaLand]

You guys read that old Rugrats urban legend/"theory" that makes a lot of sense?

The Rugrats really were a figment of Angelica's demonic and unimaginable imagination.

Chuckie died in 1986 along with his mother, that's why Chaz is a nervous wreck all the time.

Tommy was born in 1988, but he was a stillborn, that's why Stu is constantly in the basement making toys for the son who never had a chance to live.

The DeVilles had an abortion in 1990, Angelica couldn't figure whether it would be a boy or a girl thus creating the twins.

As for "All Grown Up" the teenage Angelica became addicted to various narcotics which further aggravated her Schizophrenia, bringing her back to her childhood and thus her creations she obsessed over, because of time lapse between the present and the last time she interacted with her creations, she made them older. Angelica was constantly taking hits of acid, so she would never have to live without her creations who were her only company. In a judgmental world, Angelica's mom actually died of a heroine overdose in 1982 just after Angelica was born, and Drew in his depression married a gold digging ***** that Angelica idolized because she fooled herself into thinking it was her real mom but always had a concept of her mom, Cynthia, and took a barbie doll and made it after her mom's image, wearing an unwashed orange dress and having jacked up hair, which is why she was so attached to it. Later in life she followed in her mom's footsteps with drugs and everything, dying of overdose at age 13 when 'All Grown Up!' was "cancelled".

The only rugrat not to be fictional however, was unborn Tommy's brother Dil. However, Angelica didn't know the difference between Dil and her creations, although Dil didn't follow her commands. After endless crying and a refusal to disappear like the others did when Angelica was angry with them, she hit him. Due to this, he sustained a brain hemorrhage, which resulted in a deformation. As he grew up, his damage only became more evident and by the time he was 9 in "All Grown Up!" he lived as an outcast, being ridiculed for his weirdness and retardation. The immense guilt over this is what led Angelica to her drug use and is what led Angelica to un-create the Rugrats briefly, until her experience with hallucinogenics.

On a trip to Paris to find love, Chaz married a woman named Kira (He was actually going to marry a different woman named Coco, but she just wanted him for his money.) who had a daughter named Kimi that was torn from her because she was a cocaine addict (Angelica imagined her from Kira's stories). He lost his mind after the death of his wife and was in denial that she was ever prostitute. Upon return to America, Chaz and Kira married and she got her greencard. It was actually a really happy and romantic story. Kira continually struggled with addiction, but was relatively happy with her life and Chaz

Suzie was actually Angelica's only friend, who entertained the thought of Angelica's creations, for her sake. Angelica spent the last days of her life in the back of the school cafeteria, imagining friends around her and playing with the lives of her creations.

[Babayaro.]

Bear from Bear in the Big Blue House was a pedo

[Tony Montana]

Wow never knew about that Rugrats theory. That's creepy and ****ed up.

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Babayaro.

Bear from Bear in the Big Blue House was a pedo

Screaming at this.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by LaLaLand

You guys read that old Rugrats urban legend/"theory" that makes a lot of sense?

Stranger theories have been posted.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by LaLaLand

You guys read that old Rugrats urban legend/"theory" that makes a lot of sense?

That sounds like a really bad Soap Opera.

[Babayaro.]

Jim did NOT fix it

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Babayaro.

Jim did NOT fix it

Not a TV show but I love that theory about The Karate kid where Daniel is actually the bully

[Crimson Dynamo]

it took me many years to realise that on UNiversity Challenge they were not one row above another

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

it took me many years to realise that on UNiversity Challenge they were not one row above another

[Epic.]

Originally Posted by Babayaro.

Jim did NOT fix it

fffff

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Mokka

Bill Cosby wasn't a lovable Dad

...yeah, that totally stunned me, I have to say...

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

it took me many years to realise that on UNiversity Challenge they were not one row above another

I literally did the same

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by LaLaLand

You guys read that old Rugrats urban legend/"theory" that makes a lot of sense?

I'd never seen that before. It has alot of holes but its making me look at the show completely differently.

[Crimson Dynamo]

That when Kirk and Bones (or SPock) beamed down to a planet with some crew member in a red shirt that you had never seen before ..

that crew member wasn't coming back..

[Alf]

Kathy Beale from Eastenders was Christopher Biggins assistant on the children's programme "On Safari"

Youtube video

[Marsh.]

That Rugrats Anjelica theory is not even a good one since it makes zero sense.

[GoldHeart]

The rugrats one definitely makes no sense so I don't believe that one .

I've never watched SpongeBob square pants . But I never got that vibe .

And I think Velma in scooby doo is just a geek , but I guess it's open to interpretation