28 Times Pixar Took It Wayyyy Too Far And Seriously Disturbed Their Viewers

"I loved that movie when I was little but boy, did it give me nightmares."

—cupcakequeen24

"This was probably not what the writers intended and perhaps I just look too deep into things, but I think that could be a heartbreaking allegory of Alzheimer’s or dementia. It was a small moment in the film, but just seeing Merida’s face at the thought of her mom forgetting who she is was still incredibly sad."

—originalhedgehog71

"Show me the Lava short and it is guaranteed to make me weepy. He just wanted someone to love. 😭"

—Deadzy

"The short Kitbull on Disney+ was so sad when it depicted the dog getting neglected and abused at the beginning. My animal-loving self was not prepared for how sad that made me feel."

—elmnt_65

"When 22 becomes a Lost Soul because they have given up ever finding their spark to make it to Earth in Soul. Such a dark moment, but an ultimately moving moment by Pixar. I don’t think a young child can completely comprehend the intensity of that scene, but as an adult, I found it utterly heart-wrenching."

—megana459810788

"The moment when Joe realizes that the 'spark' he and 22 have been looking for in Soul wasn’t someone’s purpose, but their want and willingness to live. It’s such a small moment, but it’s super impactful, especially to people who have had feelings and beliefs that they don’t want to live/shouldn’t be alive anymore. It probably went over most kids' heads, but I can bet most of the adults felt it and understood it."

—megana459810788

"Remy's dad is showing him up close what happens when rats get too comfortable around humans, and it's just this window display of dead rats hanging in traps. Like, fucking hell, man, this passed for a kids film???"

—hobbitgirl96

"Major 'Joffrey making Sansa look at the heads' energy."

—vanillalilac

"Cars 2 has a scene in the middle where a good-guy car is tortured to death. The bad guys talk about bursting bolts and oil gushing inside his engine, and it ends with his engine blowing up and him bursting into flames. Now, imagine all of that, but to a human or animal character. Not a moment of that sequence would be allowed in a kids movie."

—francisq

"When Sulley thought that Boo had gotten destroyed in the trash compactor in Monsters, Inc. I was 5!"

—tpwk2021

"When Marlin leaves Dory behind in Sydney and she's just having a breakdown, sobbing and swimming in circles, was AWFUL."

—audras40ba7dcb9

"I have a weird knack for predicting what happens in movies, but this plot twist really caught me off guard because it was so dark for a kids movie! It’s such a good movie, though. I would recommend not watching it on a plane. I ugly-cried and the guy next to me asked me if I was okay, lol. I was not."

—sierrao44a157429

"I know he was the bad guy, but, like, Ernesto de la Cruz being entombed alive for eternity was dark AF."

—bamabecky02

"When Helen says, 'I love you' when he's leaving again...gut-wrenching."

—Laura37911973

"The scream-sucking machine in Monsters, Inc. is pretty dark. It’s basically a torture machine for kids! I watched it with my toddler when she was about the same age as Boo (and very much like her), and it was a horrible thought!"

—rcs31

"Toy Story's broken and disfigured dolls that were way too creepy to be acceptable — Toy Story was honestly a horror story."

—blurryniner

"When Marlin loses 400-plus kids and his wife. I didn’t see the beginning till i was 9 because my mother skipped past it."

—carolineantoniette

"My toddler basically spent the whole film asking where mummy fish was! Damn you, Disney/Pixar, and constant parent deaths!"

—rcs31

"In the Pixar short Float when the child, who could fly, was flying around the playground. The father, who has been trying to get the child not to fly, shouts out in front of everyone, 'WHY CANT YOU JUST BE NORMAL?!' And the child, stunned, floats to the ground and cries. Even my young children gasped."

—tiffanymarrc

"In Inside Out, we are watching a literal child go through depression. I had to watch it a couple of times to actually understand what was happening. Because it’s a kids movie, I don’t think they wanted to show the full effects of depression; but goddamn, they did a great job depicting it."

—Moonlxght

"The scene at the beginning of Ratatouille, when the old lady tries to kill Remy and his family, gave me nightmares when I was little."

—awesome-not-weird

"He calls himself trash and tries to throw himself away the whole movie, and then he literally tries to kill himself. Woody goes after him and finds him basically in a ditch and then drags him through the dark, never letting go, telling him stories and talking to him, until Forky starts to walk on his own and respond to Woody. Super dark, but I also thought it was a touching and spot-on demonstration of how to help a suicidal friend."

—catsfordaysss

"After I rewatched, it's clear the movie is made for an older audience with an important message, but this just hit so hard, and I CRIED."

—g_bernie

"Not a Pixar movie, but when the lamp brutally murders the 'i' that was just minding its own damn business. Let's have a moment of silence for the unsuspecting 'i.'"

—doseofdivineee