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The big difference between Stan and Peter is how they treat their daughters. Stan doesn't understand Hailey. He dislikes what she likes and argues with her constantly. In the episodes where he gets to understand her, they bond. Together, they make anti-gun songs, pick blueberries for peace, go on a strike, listen to stoner music, etc. When Stan steps into her world they can actually connect. They just don't agree, that's it. And even though he doesn't like her, he does show that he loves her on many, many occasions. Peter just hates Meg lmao
Peter hates Meg because the writers couldn't think of a story for a female daughter, so they just made the plot of Meg the punching bag of the family lol
@@angeldaly8181 And Stan had an episode where he questioned if Hailey was his. Then by the end he chose not to find out and said, 'she's my daughter no matter what'. Now that's a real father
I think the worst thing about Homer is how Marge has kicked him out or even walked out with the kids, but she always takes him back when he comes snivelling. I mean she almost had an affair and the guy she almost did it with? There wasn't actually anything wrong with him. When Bart gets older he's gonna work out that his mom and dad only married because Homer got Marge knocked up with Bart, and that's not going to make him feel any better about himself. And getting that done pretty much ruined Marge's future too.
Two words, Meg Griffin. How her father treats her almost anytime the two are on screen together should be the best indicator. Even putting that aside, he doesn't really act that much better to his sons either and has said multiple times that he hates being around them.
Most of those were cutaway gags and Peter has had moments where he bonded with Meg. He has also protected her a few times. Peter is definitely a bad father but he’s definitely not anywhere near as bad as Ozai (I’d have included Omni man too but he actually redeemed himself in the comics)
It’s funny you mentioned Peter as being the worst dad and it kinda does feel depressing because he hasn’t always been this way. Recently rewatched the first two seasons and his personality towards his wife and kids is so day and night. It feels great when he goes out of his way for them but makes me realize “this is not the same guy that exists today”. You explained it very well in your video about him.
Season 1 Peter Griffin was kind of a dumb blue collar guy who genuinely loved his family where modern day Peter Griffin is a literal developmentally disabled monster who's just an agent of chaos
A few years ago I saw a comic strip that depicted Bart Simpson & Chris Griffin as grownups in a relationship. They’re in couples therapy, and Bobby Hill is their therapist. Bart talks about how his dad used to yell at him and strangle him, yet he was never violent or aggressive towards his sisters. He says this abuse caused him to act out more, which made his dad more angry, and the cycle continued. Chris talks about how everyone in his family bullied his sister, called her names, told her to shut up, and pushed her down the stairs for no reason. Then he says that he joined in with the abuse because he was scared that if he stood up for his sister, they’d abuse him too, and he’s carried that guilt into adulthood. It ends with Bobby calling Hank after the therapy session and telling him what a great dad he is. I haven’t watched your video yet, but the concept immediately made me think of that comic strip.
@@MaddysinLeighSearch ‘Bart Chris Bobby comic’. It’s reposted on a site called Films for Action. It’s so well written. The author/illustrator also wrote a commentary explaining why they made the comic.
I could get behind the fact that Chris would only join in to abuse Meg, so he doesn't become an outcast & a victim as well. While both modern day Simpsons & Family Guy have turned into 1 big mess with lots of meta & pop culture references, & clearly have lost their roots & the emphasize on important meaningful values & morales, I still never forget the episode of the kids switching roles with the parents & Meg cooks dinner & Stewie stands up for her, & claims to "give her a chance" after Peter & Lois speculate hypothetically how horrible it will be, only for her to deliver a delicious 3 course meal
Mr.Doofenshmirtz aka Heinz Doofenshmirtz father. Lay let me lay down some reasons why. He didn’t show up to his sons birth, Disowned him and made him get raised by a pack of ocelots, had to stand still outside for hours as a garden gnome (without moving including eating or sleeping) Made him lose his best friend, he bought him a toy train but used it for himself,kicked him out at 16 and cared more for a dog than him.
Ozai is the worst, in my opinion, he didn't love or care for anyone but himself. He was physicaly, mentally and emotionally abusive towards Zuko, tried to kill him, pushed Azula until she broke mentally. Thank god for Iroh, otherwise Zuko would've ended up just like Azula or worse.
I agree Ozai is extremely selfish Not to mention he did not have any sympathy for his brother when his Nephew died and Iroh was grieving his son's death which is probably why he is very careing towards his Nephew Sense Iroh knew That his younger brother was never going to show compassion infact in Lord Ozai's case He thinks love and compassion is a sign of weakness hence why He treated his Brother and children badly
I think Azula was a daddy's girl to begin with, she was always so hateful towards her mom, even calling her weak and then bragging to Zuko when she was exiled, making him think she was dead. She didn't even see her as a mom, just someone that took care of her and her brother. But if you really wanna make Ozai a bad father, Azulon killed Roku and then wiped out the entire existence of the tribes that would have incarnated into, then Ozai sent his son on an impossible mission to find the ONE that survived after burning his face. AND NOT EVEN TELLING EITHER ZUKO OR AZULA THAT ROKU WAS THEIR GREAT GRANDFATHER??? Roku was their mom's grandfather but Azulon tried to erase him from their history, Ozai continued it. Iroh brought it all to light, a Zoku set off to fix it.
Gabriel Agreste needs to be in this. After his wife dies, he emotionally distances himself from Adrien, forcing him to call him "Father" instead of "Dad". He also refused to let Adrien go to school up until the show started, and only gave in until Adrien signed himself up for school, and kept running away from the house to go. He also didn't let Adrien have any friends, outside of the spoiled and selfish daughter of his own long time friend, who's also a terrible parent. At 1st, he at least decides that he'll never Akumatize Adrien, but there are two alternate timelines where as soon as he finds out that his son is Chat Noir, he imediately gets excited about how he's going to traumatize him so he can Akumatize him. And even in the current timeline, he still tried in the 5th season after Adrien got his heart broken by Marinette. He also used the fact that Adrien was born with the help of magic to literally control him, and force him to do things against his will. And then when Adrien and Marinette actually do get together, both in the Chat Blanc timeline and the canon timeline, he does everything he can to split them up, for no other reason than her not being the girl HE chose. Even when Adrien begs and pleads with him to let them be together, he doesn't listen and moves him to another country to keep them apart. He even amended the wish he wanted to make on the Miraculous from simply "bring back his wife", which he knows will result in someone else being killed in her place, to "bring back his wife, heal himself and his assistant from their life threatening illnesses (both are his own fault), make Adrien love Kagami instead of Marinette, and make Adrien and Kagami the most beloved idols in the whole world". Mind you, he already knows that Adrien hates modeling, and hates being famous. Oh yeah, and his response to finding this out was to digitize Adrien and using the 3D model and voice samples to turn him into a virtual assistant used by the entire world. AI Adrien can be dressed up in various outfits, and made to say anything you want. Therefore making Adrien even more famous than he was before. He even took advantage of this himself, by making another version with Kagami, and using the two AI's to promote Adrien and Kagami as "the perfect couple". When called out for how miserable he was making Adrien, his responses were either "he needs to do this because he's an Agreste" or "he's actually very happy." So yeah, Gabriel Agreste is a trash parent.
@@blueraccoon1088 What other episodes? I covered up to the S5 finale here. Sure, he does a few things showing he still cares about Adrien, but it's honestly very rare for him to not have an alterier motive
Of the dads listed in this video, I gotta give it to Ozai. Not only did he commit horrific war crimes against the other nations, but he also abused his wife and children in just as cruel of ways. And he did it all without a single hint of remorse. All he cares about is power and he will use anything or anyone, even his own children, to get it. Even his own father Azulon, who is guilty of vile crimes of his own, had empathy for Iroh when he lost Lu Ten in The Siege of Ba Sing Se. Ozai used it as an opportunity to usurp Iroh's postion as heir. He is utterly irredeemable.
I agree, I feel like everyone else, even Stephen Stotch, has positive moments or expressed some level of care for their kids at points. Ozai never has, even for azula-there’s not a single scene he says/does anything remotely positive
@@tiablue9106exactly, the other dads do nice things on purpose (even if it could be argued it’s part of the cycle) the one good thing Ozai does for kids he does on accident (allowing Iroh to travel the world with Zuko thus giving Zuko someone who unconditionally loves him as well as time away from Ozai)
@@gennybaratta2460yeah that's true, as zuko said, ozai banishing him ended up being the best thing he ever did. after thinking, the only "nice" things I could say ozai did is after zuko returned, he praised him when he heard he killed aang and at the big war meeting he refused to start until zuko arrived. (and I think it's implied in flashbacks ozai sometimes hung out w/ his kids or smth when they were younger) that's all, but considering what he put zuko thru it rlly means nothing; he just wanted zuko to fall in line and once he stepped out again, he immediately tried to kill him 🙃
I'd have Ozai's head taken from his shoulders and hung it on Ba Sing Se's gates instead of imprisoning him (or just make it look like William Wallace from Braveheart or Dimitri from Fire Emblem: Three Houses killed him)
Ozai never loved his kids, he used them in an attempt to gain power in front of his dad. Tried to kill his son multiple times. Scarred his teen son for life and banished him for speaking out of turn. He only used them to show status
I agree Bob Pataki was a horrible father severely neglecting Angelica which is a form of child abuse while praising her sister as the golden child, which didn't do her any favors either. In one episode Helga was shown to have walked herself to kindergarten in a dangerous inner city with homeless people and criminals. I really wish the planned spinoff series, The Patakis, was greenlit
Honestly Ozai is probably even higher if you include all the stuff we learn in the comics - I think the only thing that actually tops his actions is Peter asking God to erase Meg from existence (even though Ozai attacking Zuko the _instant_ the eclipse passed was his way of trying to achieve the same thing haha). Also, I'm holding you to doing a few ATLA videos, least of all for the fact it means we'll get to see you make a ATLA look for it 😁
no hes worse because he was trying to turn his daughter, into the daddy he never had. Azulan is very proud of Iroh who went out to dominate, but , azulan also understand family. azulan was very sad when irohs son died and even accepted pulling out of ba sing se due to that death. when ozai tries to usurp iroh , azulan insults him in front of a bunch of generals, emasculating him. why do you think AZULA is her name and shes the perfect little psycho daddy wanted ? he didnt have to put her in charge , he didnt have to lord over her. but he had to lord over his daddy , the man who made him feel small. and that is how azula was abused
Comics are canon for avatar yes. Finding Ursa and bringing her home and putting an end to miscommunication and racism once and for all yes. No true balance in the world yes. Zuko being right about not being fire or earth property yes.
If I had to choose, it would probably either be Clay Puppington from Moral Orel or Early Cuyler from Squidbillies as the worst cartoon dad. Clay’s an amazing realest depiction of a horribly abusive and selfish father and it’s never played up for laughs like in Family Guy. Early Cuyler on the other hand, is the comedic heart and soul of Squidbillies but everything he does is for his own ends. He doesn’t seem to love anyone and while a lot of the shit he does to everyone is really absurd and over the top, growing up in an extremely small, southern town, I saw a lot of Early Cuylers growing up and tbh they’re not very far off the mark. That show was very clearly made by people who knew the realities of those places. In thirteen seasons, I can’t think of a single nice word or thing that Early does for his son Rusty and by the end, Rusty leaves and Early is cut out and left alone, which he genuinely deserves, and he never reflects on how it was all his fault and pretty much destined to happen that way.
The guy who voice acted him is pretty much a real life Early Cuyler, he was fired from Adult Swim after his social media posts calling Dolly Parton a bimbo, slut and race traitor because she supported BLM
I always felt like Timmy’s dad was as far as they could possibly push a bad parent in a kid’s TV show before the content made it too inappropriate to get a TV-Y7 rating
true, neglectful but in a way that wasn’t malicious, in the first movie he actually shows that had he known the impact of his actions he would have tried to be a good parent…his parents do love and care about him, they just are purposely kept from realizing the truth by Vickie most of the time
@@bostonrailfan2427 Yet they're dangerously stupid. There was that one episode where Timmy got rid of Vicky and the new chosen babysitters were a mix of a satanic cult and the ring wraiths from LOTR.
@@bostonrailfan2427 I honestly haven’t watched the show in an extremely long time so I didn’t know about that until now. I was never the biggest fan of it. I just always thought it was hilarious how unfit they were to be parents.
Randy at least shows interest and care for his family, he’s a bit strange at times, but he’s better than most animated parents, and honestly one of the most likable South Park characters
Drew Pickles is often overlooked but he actively ignores his daughter due to his bank work and then compensates this by calling her "princess" on a daily basis and then stuffing her with cookies! He's also stubborn, snotty, and just unwilling to admit his mistakes unlike younger brother Stu who helped Tommy grow up right thanks to realizing his own flaws and confiding in Tommy and strengthening the fatherly love.
This is a sort of, stretch, but I feel like Professor Membrane almost hits that mark, if not redeeming himself in Enter The Florpus. I don't have as good of a case to go off as you, but he just seems to outright ignore his son, over-stating how disinterested he is in Dib's interests.
It’s sad how the nicest characters in south park have such bad parents😂 I don’t know if I can say that Cartman’s mom made him the way he is, or if he was just born that way and made it worse by her, but she uses him as a mental support friend who makes her feel better about herself and for how horrible she is so she loves him her spoiling and everything else she does may have made a horrible kid 10 times worse
At least cartman has had some moments where he was genuinely good and didn’t bother taking the credit for it, even if he ultimately got screwed over despite those deeds (namely his post Covid sacrifice)
In the circumstances Cartman didn't become how he is because of abuse, but because he lacked a stable discipline figure in his life. And his mom wasn't exactly sterling at picking boyfriends either, so Cartman never had a positive male role model either. Additionally, experiences with his mother will affect the quality of the women Cartman chooses for a partner as an adult. However it is strongly implied that he was born a sociopath.
I do not think Lianne is a "horrible" person, but sure she is a case when she a good person but a bad mother, she treats her son as her friend and spoils him bc if he ever learns to be responsible or independent... she gets bored
If you haven’t seen it already, I highly recommend watching Moral Orel. The main character’s father, Clay Puppington, is probably one of the most despicable and realistic depictions of a narcissistic parent in media; especially for people who grew up with religious trauma.
Arthur’s parents should be on here especially given their “bias” toward DW. Think about it when David promised Arthur that they would go on a peaceful father & son trip, when Grandma Thora had to cancel he literally broke his promise by letting DW go on the trip
Cotton Hill comes to mind the most in just how upfront he always is on hating Hank causing Hank to repress his emotions so much and pretty much everyone bar Bobby & good Hank, with positive moments usually still having underlying hate like when he says Hank is a better father for making Bobby whilst Cotton only made Hank (at the time).
I know right? Even on his death bed, all he did was demean Hank even telling Peggy to her face that he finds her and his son worthless. I know Cotton has his good moments mainly towards Bobby, but I can never like him especially after what he said about Hank.
I mean, cotton does activity admit Hank is a better father than he is. "Hell, if it's a contest on who's the better daddy, you win. I mean, you made Bobby. All I made was you."
@@zeospark9715Peggy's final words to him are along the lines of "I hope you live forever" and cotton dies shortly afterwards. Cotton literally died to spite Peggy.
Frank Heffley is probably one of the most horrible fictional dads ever. He never supports Roderick's dream of being a drummer and turns it down on a regular basis, always makes sure Manny never gets in trouble even if it means punishing his other kids for no reason, and once even tried to send Greg to military school just because he doesn't like sports and the only reason why he wasn't sent there was because he accidentally humiliated himself at a party which stopped Frank from humiliating himself at the party and also, in the first book, it implies that he hits his kids. P.S. I know that Frank isn't a cartoon dad but he's been in animated movies before so he technically is.
Eh, I’d say Frank is more of a generic deadbeat than a legitimately poor parent. Yes, Frank hates the idea of Roderick being a drummer as a career, but so does everyone else except for Roderick. Despite what the fandom thinks of him, he’s a 17 year old loser who doesn’t pay attention in school and likes to intentionally get into trouble, while the rest of his bandmates are in their 30’s. Roderick might the best of the Heffley’s, but he still sucks compared to the rest of the world. And most people seem to agree his music is terrible. Yes, Frank doesn’t really give Manny any punishments for anything he does, but that’s because nobody does. It’s very clear Manny is a sociopathic little monster who has Susan wrapped around his little demonic claw… I mean thumb. Frank isn’t really the type to give his kids punishments anyways, Greg even mentions he just tends to throw whatever is in his hands at them, and the severity is therefore dictated by the item in question. It says a lot more about Greg’s lack of reaction than Franks method of discipline, considering we also know Greg is a narcissistic psychopath who has no problem manipulating people into getting what he wants. Sending him off to military school might have legitimately been a good thing. We also know that in the past Frank has tried to be nice to his boys, such as taking Greg to a baseball game and buying him a benchpress set, going out to eat with the boys instead of trying to cook meals which they are terrible at, and letting Roderick drive their car during the road trip. Frankly, Susan is far far worse. She shows complete favouritism towards Manny, the little piece of shit, such as coming all the way to his daycare just to slice his sandwich. She’s just as manipulative and scheming as Greg, she’s intentionally lied to her entire family about her terrible sisters coming to stay, she’s taken Greg to a vet instead of a proper doctor, she forces the boys into activities they don’t want to do, such as soccer, the swim team, the school play, etc. and she’s refused to listen to Greg regarding their maid intentionally being lazy and sleeping in his bed.
I do agree Frank sucks. But not in the live action Wimpy Kid movies. (First 3) his character is done very well. And I think by the time of the 3rd movie. He is even a good dad.
Honestly I personally think it should be in this order (from bad to the absolute worst) Stupid and or just neglectful - -Mr.Turner -Marceline’s dad -Finn’s Dad -Randy Marsh Highly Neglectful/directly physically or mentally abusive towards family members - -Homer Simpson -Cotton Hill -Kenny’s Dad -Steven Stotch Extremely neglectful/mutilated family on some occasions - -Stan Smith -Peter Griffin Flat up tried to go out of their way murder their children/Evil - -Firelord Ozai -Omni Man This list ranges from being neglectful to downright evil/ higher risk of intentionally putting their family in danger.
@@startheangel9760to be honest, I see him more as a product of his time. Still a terrible dad, but the sad truth is, the stuff he did to his family were as common as computers are today. The entire segment with the flashbacks tells us "The 40s were a horrifying time."
@valentinkambushev4968 Yes and no. Yes because like you say, he acted and behaved according to what it was acceptable in his era; but it is also no because at some point he used it as an excuse in order to not face not-so-nice moments and for not giving the right emotional support to his wife. Come on, even in that era, there have been husbands who hugged and comforted their own wives when they wanted to cry and mourn. Even there were some who decided to put effort on cheering them up, being with them during the grief and find not so quick solutions to their depression like starting a home project, offering their help and support in some of the house chores, or taking little vacation. But also we can't complain that he also cared about you.
Are we forgetting that Quagmire (Peter’s friend) straight up tried to have sex with Meg the moment she turned eighteen and Peter still hangs out with him?
That seaspn finale of invincible was so perfect mix of action, viloence and emotion. Adventure time and fairy odd parents were after my time but what makes the rest of the fathers (outside of south park dads) such great characterts are extremely layered. Omni is bad but you can see his perspective if you put yourself in hia shoes. Seems so evil but you can still make sense of it by using his character's logic.
Omni Man is literally an alien from a race of interplanetary conqueres. That is all he has ever known for thousands of years. Humans are able to make Viltrumites caring people through romantic relationships.
In my opinion the worst dad is Eve’s dad from Invincible. The man literally had to stop himself from calling his own daughter a bitch, wants her to get back with her cheating ex boyfriend saying all guys make mistakes, refuses help from his daughter when he loses his job due to his pride
Adam, Eve's father, hates and fears his own daughter because he hates and fears those with superpowers because he is full of toxic masculinity and has an outdated view of men and women gender roles.
I'm going to have to go with Fire Lord Ozai. Peter Griffin is close contender, but how bad Peter is can greatly depend on the writers at the time (as is the case in most shows like this). Can't blame anyone for thinking Peater is the worst, but personally I also can't separate him from the (very) rare times he does something good. Ozai is a complete monster and total sociopath, there are no redeeming qualities which all these other dads display at some point or another
Also helps that Family Guy is a comedy, the continuity is all over the place. Avatar TLAB, though, treats itself more seriously, it's a far more serious depiction of abuse.
Some of the Netflix animation dads belong on this list, including: -Frank Murphy from F Is For Family -Marty Glouberman from Big Mouth If you haven’t seen those shows, then you should.
do we really need a discussion on who is the worst dad, it's peter. He's been shown to mental/physically abuse his daughter because of his sister, wanted to incest marry his son for money his son was going to inherited and the less said about he cares for his own baby the better
I mean… Ozai burned his sons face, married a woman who was already in love, then banished her, emotionally manipulated his daughter, poisoned his father, wanted to get his brother Banished and idk what else I forgot
true, but his lack of trying to conquer the world puts him behind the other two…plus he never tries to outright fight and kill his kids, just abuse them
Fun fact: in the comics, Omni man becomes a good person and protects his son and saves an entire race of aliens, so he’s technically an amazing animated dad, he just hasn’t appeared as that yet.
there's exactly 9 good parents in the whole BoJack Horseman show and 8 of them are Hollyhock's adoptive fathers. the ninth is, of course, Princess Carolyn. every single other parent is worse than most parents on the list
Archer and Bob Belcher are closer to "decent father" than any of the characters in the video. Also, Rick from Rick and Morty should have got a special mention. He cloned beth and doesn't even remember who the real beth is.
Rick mixed them up because he couldn't decide to let his daughter stay or go. Also it is not his timeline's daughter, his died young along with his wife due to Rick prime.
I have a fantasy about Meg from Family Guy just leaving the family and living her own life. Like she tells her family to eff off, moves in with her grandparents, finishes high school at another school, starts a dual enrollment program in a local college, goes to therapy, makes real and supportive friends, and has her life improve dramatically for the better. Back at home, the family starts falling apart because they have no one to abuse and try to go get Meg back. Meg meets up with them. She's had a makeover. Her friends are there to support her. She looks great and at her insistence, her friends back off while she confronts her family. Meg tells her family that she is never going back because she has finally begun confronting her trauma and loving herself for who she is. They start laughing at her and tell her to drop it and come home, but she refuses and leaves them. The Griffin Family is left alone with the consequences of their abuse and shittiness.
I think Ozai 'wins' here for worst dad. He's really the only one without a single redeeming quality, and his abuse is insidious in every aspect of his relationships with his family.
Forgot to include the fact that Butter's dad also regularly beats him, and Butters still thinks he's just a bad kid and that's why his parents always punish him 😥
Jonas Venture Sr. should be in the rogues gallery of Worst Cartoon Fathers. He was a terrible father to Rusty, constantly putting him in dangerous positions and neglecting him all while putting on a good public persona. Rusty had been kidnapped, nearly killed, abandoned, had to kill someone with a house key to survive. Also a bunch of other stuff that is currently escaping my mind but i made my point. Go Team Venture but not Jonas Venture Sr.
There are a few horrible dads you left off such as Crimson, Paimon, and Cash from Helluva Boss. Crimson because he tried pushing Moxxie to be a mobster like him, most likely killed Moxxie's mom, and in the episode he was introduced him he tried to force Moxxie into marrying his ex Chaz despite being married to Millie. Paimon because he neglected Stolas all his life hell he continuelessly forget his name and he bought Blitzo from his father Cash to be a friend for Stolas because he doesn't want to deal with him. And Cash because he sold Blitzo to Paimon, he forced him to steal from the Goetia mansion putting his life in danger and favoring Fizzarollie over Blitzo even considering him to be his son
Cotton Hill joined the military at 14. fought in ww2 and was awarded the medal of honor. that had to mess him up a bit. Since the goal of parenting is to produce successful healthy kids I think Homer and Marge raising a US president, the chief justice of the Supreme Court/POT CEO/owner of 3 NBA teams and a immortal signing superstar would put them in contention for parents of the century.
I would say that just because Marge managed to raise Bart, Lisa and Maggie DESPITE her lazy, alcoholic husband, doesn't make Homer any better of a father.
@@hyenaholicproductions9033 that would be true if you wanted to raise normal kids but were raising leaders of nation and rockstars. So basically you talking extremely narsastic pyschopaths who can entertain a crowd, get people to fallow you and can find your self in the right place at the right time all skills they can learn from homer. Plus Homer is a Grammy award winner so he will have the connection in the music industry to help maggie. Was friends with a former president so will probably have learned something. He knows half the world's celebrities which could be extremely helpful in president run. He also owns the Denver Broncos so he could sell them and fund the run himself. As for Bart obviously he can only become a Supreme Court Justice if President lisa nominates him but Homer put him on that path when he didn't let him see the movie and then helped him deal with his childhood trauma. Most importantly Homer taught them to reach for the stars if a extremely unfit alcoholic can be picked to go into space anything is possible.
Homer isn't actually a real person. In real life, an abusive alcoholic is more likely to die of liver failure. Homer also doesn't think much of the Denver Broncos (or of Grammies). When he brought them up he started sulking. He wanted them for the status, not the money. You talk as if the man doesn't have huge debts to pay off the moment he's sold off the Broncos anyway. Homer may know half the world's celebs but most of them it's through restraining orders. He leeches off other people's money and fame. Not the best lesson to teach your kids. You see, Homer seems to think that once you're a celeb, you just ARE famous. That you don't need skills or practice, that you don't have to worry about being in the public eye, that you don't need self-restraint. Because certainly Homer has never shown the slightest self-restraint or made any attempt to teach it to his kids. If you're talking about the 'future' stories, the vast majority show Bart is far more likely to grow up to be a weed-addicted layabout leeching off his sister. And I say that Lisa grows up to be successful DESPITE her father, not BECAUSE of him.
Sad thing is that Mr. Turner shouldn't be in that list PRE-Channel Chasers. He was a neglectful goofball, but he didn't neglect his son out of pure malice, was part of his son's life, and even accepted how bad he was as a parent. The later seasons however, flanderized him so hard even Ozai and Omniman would feel shame of themselves.
Thanks Dan! And thanks for the taking the time out to write and record your section, it means a lot! And I'll have to ask you back when I do my Golden Turd video haha
The worst father is Ozai; I don't feel he needs an explanation, just look at his kids. Then probably Peter if you look at how he treats Meg (if it was just Chris or Stewie, i'd put him a bit lower on the list). Then Cotton Hill. Those are my top 3. So far Omniman has done 1 insanely bad thing to his kid, but lemme tell you if it were Cotton Hill and Hank Hill in that situation, Cotton would not have hesitated and it would have been in the name of "duty" and "honor."
For a representative of Japanese Animation, may I present *(spoilers for One Piece)* Vinsmoke Judge. Introduced in Wholecake Island Arc as Sanji's father, Judge has done the following to Sanji: Altered Sanji's body in an attempt to make Sanji into a unsympathetic war machine. (Sanji's mother, Sora, was able to stop that from happening though.) Verbally and physically abused his son. Allowed Sanji's brothers to verbally and physically abuse him. Killed Sanji's pet rat by dropping them out of a window, which happened right in front of Sanji. Told Sanji to never cook again. Locked up Sanji in a cage with his face covered up in an iron mask just so no one can see the "embarrassment" Sanji was. Faked Sanji's death in order to lock him up in said cage. When Sanji eventually escaped, Judge allowed him to leave on the condition that he would never call Judge his father and to deny any relationship with the Vinsmoke family. Manipulated the bounty system so Sanji could be brought to him in order to set up an arranged marriage with one of Big Mom's kids in order to combined their forces so he can re-conquer the North Blue. It should be noted that he chose Sanji because he views him as the most "worthless" member of the Vinsmoke Family. Threatened Sanji's adopted father figure and Sanji''s cooking hands. The last (and possibly only) words he ever says to Luffy, Sanji's captain, were questions relating to why Luffy would want Sanji. He asks this by calling Sanji "Germa's failure" and listing every possible insult he could think of. There's incompetent dads. There's brutal dads. There's selfish dads. And then there's Judge. He is a brutal, selfish, arrogant, narcissistic man who just wanted kids in order to further his own goals. And the worse part is, he KNOWS what he doing is for his own personal pride. He doesn't care who he has to hurt. His wife. His son. His next door neighbor's dog. If it will help him conquer the North Blue, Judge will do anything to accomplish that goal.
I disagree with the idea that omniman is a worse father then peter, yes omniman wants to conquer the world, but the story still knows he is the villian and plus in the end he's a loving father that is sadly still set in his ways he's not a out right monster, peter on the other hand is constantly shown to be the worse human imaginable and the stories in family guy try to make him out like he's a good person, which is just wrong
Lois is worse than Peter she actively married a terrorist and she makes sure her kids don’t have a good relationship with Peter just so she can seem morally superior
@@michaelj7620 that only works if you pretend the story had zero build up of omni mans character he clearly wants what HE thinks is best for his son etc etc
If this included anime Dads, I’d say the worst one is Enji Todoroki (Aka Endeavour) While he later regrets his family mistakes, he was a terrible parent for shoto and the rest of his family. He didn’t care about them and he was only having children that could surpass his strength.
@@bostonrailfan2427 i get that even in in Chanel chasers he was going to fire Vicky but Timmy prevented in order to kept cosmo and wand kinda dum because he would try to get rid of Vicky and besides she’s not the only villain Timmy has, what makes things worse is how his parents were portrayed during the last sessons9 meet the odpsrents and wishology the exception to that rule
@@guillermosierracuellar9812 he has never been portrayed as malignant, he has always been too busy working or being roped into things by his wife…he demonstrates on multiple occasions that he’s a good dad, especially in the second movie where he protects Timmy
I don’t know if you know about the French show Code Lyoko, but Ulrich is one of the main characters in this show, and his father is a big jerk too. He’s literally obsessed with his son’s work at school and just won’t show that he is proud of him, while Ulrich does his best to satisfy his dad, but to no avail. Each time he sees his son (who is a boarder) he just rants about his bad grades, and always says that his friends Jeremy, Aelita, Odd and Yumi are "good for nothings" and that "they’re a bad influence for Ulrich" even though he doesn’t know them, and that Jeremy and Aelita are literally science geniuses. He would clearly have deserved a mention in this video.
I love this channel. This video literally had me recalling some bad animated dads from shows I haven't watched in a while. Guys like Brian Griffin, Bob Pataki, Richard Watterson, Caillou's Dad, or Dwight Turnbull from Robotboy. I'm subscribing!
Father from Kids Next door. He kidnapped and brainwashed children, they also are very scared of him and he is emotional(probably physically as well ) abusive to them.
Honestly with comic knowledge, Omni man definitely isn't as bad as a few bad dads when you see his redemption, meanwhile it's fair to say Peter Griffin, butter's dad and randy will keep getting worse
I hate Butter's Dad, but the show acknowledges that he and Butters' mom are the bad guys, and what they're doing to Butters is unfair. He even got an episode where he was genuinely abused by his Grandmother, and he got one over on her, telling her that he didn't love her. That's something. Peter Griffin is just treated as if child abuse, regardless of which of his children is affected, is genuinely a huge gag that we should all laugh over.
@@hyenaholicproductions9033 Peter definitely darker as a lot of his crimes are just next level, butters dad and mum while less bad on scale, definitely need more slaps, seriously my favourite butters moment is his Grandma speech and punching his dad
Agreed Bob Pataki is horrible, he neglected Helga which is a form of child abuse. He often put her down and always compared her to her sister Olga, who was the family's overachieving golden child, who also suffered because of her family role placed upon her. He openly favored Olga over Helga. Even his wife Miriam became an alcoholic because she married Bob, because she stopped chasing her career dream to be Bob's house wife.
I love when content creators do collabs like this, where they have others do what they are known for. Especially if it is a bigger name drawing attention to smaller channels. Should you see this Lydia, your videos are enjoyable and funny, and you have my respect.
Frist of, so cool to see Kitty join my favorite group of cartoon reviewers more and more 🙃 this video was awesome, it really shows how much western show love having their "bad dad" haha. Its so hard to find a clear winner in that category but for me its probably Peter, even tough Omniman almost killed his kid, we see him being a lovable dad just so rarely these days that for me, hes clearly the top bad dad lol. Anyways, amazing video and huge props for it 👌😁
I come to throw into the running; Rand Ridley from Inside Job. He literally ereased his daughters memory of her only friend as a child to keep her focused on science and learning. She graduated MIT early, and all of this just so he can have her work for Cognito Inc, and have a placeholder for when he eventually gets booted from the company. If you ever do one for worst mothers, her mom Tamiko is an option as well. She never really cared about Reagan, and was more focused on her toxic relationship with Rand and being with other men.
I honestly think it's Ozai. 1. Unlike the majority of the parents on this list he doesn't care in the slightest, ever, for his children. Seeing them as little more than tools or pathetic. 2. He has physically and mentally abused them to insane points, forcing insane expectations on them, he gave Zuko a permanent burn scar and helped make Azula an insane Psychopath. 3. He tried to outright kill his own son. No remorse. To honestly even call Ozai a father is giving him to much credit.
Not to mention Ozai Didn't care in the slightest when his nephew died and beraded his Older brother Iroh for grieving the death of his Son and not to mention Iroh grieving The death of his son was the whole reason why his younger brother Ozai was made Fire Lord in the first place and if Iroh was made Fire Lord Like originally planned He could have ended the hundred year war between the othe Nations but no Ozai was made Fire Lord He wasn't going to rest until the Fire Nation took over the entire world
I don't think I can even think of a worse parent than ozai in western animation. Many like to argue peter...but like most characters in family guy and shows like it..his abuse is irrational and inconsistent. Where as ozai shows VERY real elements of familial abuse that mirrors real life...not just with zuko but azula to.
Maybe I'm reading in to it too much, but I think there was some meaning behind Ozai's treatment of Zuko, especially after giving him his scar. He basically told Zuko that the only way to ever get his honor back and bring him back into his good graces - which was an absolute lie, of course - was to accomplish an impossible task. By that point in the series, the Avatar, Aang, hadn't been seen or heard of in nearly 100 years. Multiple generations went by with the only mention of this nigh mythical figure being little more than a legend or history lesson. You could easily forgive some for not believing the Avatar even existed, even in a world where people casually bend the four elements. And despite that, Ozai still sends Zuko on this mission. Why? Like I said, I might be reading too much into it, but he's basically telling Zuko that he never wants to see him again. Not only that, but he's mentally abused him into believing that he is a complete and absolute failure unworthy of his father's love or attention. He would rather have him live the rest of his days in depression and anger, believing that he is worthless and undeserving of his father's praises. Outright killing him wasn't good enough for him (yet), Ozai had to make sure that even on the opposite side of the world from him, that Zuko would never be outside of his influence and, if not that, that he would die because of his own perceived ineptitude - he might've succeeded to, if he hadn't made the mistake of allowing Uncle Iroh to keep watch over him.
Definitely Ozai ruled through fear and violence and his own family was no exception. Ozai saw his own son as weak, an embarrassment and shame to the family name so he essentially banished Zuko on an impossible quest. He was seen almost like a "bastard son" an illegitimate heir who can never be part of royal rule.
At least dragon cares for Luffy and saved him once. Sanjis dad Judge was horribly abusive to him. Also endeavour realises he was a pos and he tries to better himself. Also the show doesn't just magically fix his family because he had a change of heart they show his actions have consequences and it will take years to fix it that is if it can even be fixed
@@stempest7218 Boku no Hero is too forgiving in my opinion. Bakugou NEVER got any sort of official punishment for suicide baiting or any of his awfull ways and while Endeavour is trying for redemption I still think he deserves some jail time, having his hero license suspended or at least some punishment
@@marceloasensiofilho3833 yeah I agree that bakugou got off to lightly but I wasn't talking about him. Japan can't jail endeavour or revoke his license at the time of manga because he is the strongest hero to fight the league of villains without him they don't stand a chance. Also besides endeavour being rough when training todoroki we don't know how abusive endeavour was to his family outside natsu saying he ignored him and his sister As for endeavour while he hasn't had legal trouble he has been severely injured scarred in the face. Natsu his second oldest son straight up hates him and only starts to change his mind after endeavour saves at the cost of injuring himself. Then endeavour realises his kids need time away from so he buys an apartment for kids. SPOILERS for manga Dabi being evil is made endeavours fault which he did by accident and feels incredible remorse and is willing to die for it. Seriously he has been severely injured and will most likely be crippled if he even survives.
@@stempest7218 I read the manga and fully understand that he unfortunatelly is too important in the war against AFO and such. I still think both him and Bakugou got off very lightly. Personally I thought the author was gonna have Bakugou make his final Sacrifice against Shigaraki, the main reason I dropped boku no hero is because the author lacked the guts to have Bakugou sacrifice himself to save Deku. It would have elevated the stakes of the final saga to an all time high and made for a compeling full redemption for him, having him give up his life for the guy he told to "die and hope to have a quirk in his next life"
@@marceloasensiofilho3833I agree with bakugou mostly but his return to the manga is pretty hype. One of my biggest problems with bakugou outside of treatment of deku being handwaved away is the fact anyone in his class actually like him. Like all he does he shout, be anti social and egotistical and yet all his classmates are his friends. Endeavour I completely disagree with he is my favourite character and his redemption has been done great because it's not easy no one forgives him straight away so he is still punished with his family hating him, getting the crap beat out of him and almost dying multiple times and being willing to die with dabi to protect his family and to shoulder the problem he created. My only real problem with endeavour is hawks being an endeavour fanboy.
Even though you said you weren't including anime characters, I think Flint aka Brock's dad from Pokémon deserves a mention because because he was the Gym Leader of the Pewter Gym but he abandoned it along with Brock and his NINE siblings to become a better Pokémon trainer but he failed at that and he decided to become a rock souvenir salesman because he didn't want Brock and his siblings to see how much of a loser he is. After Flint left, Brock had to step up not only as a parent but as a Gym Leader as well and it was only until Ash defeated Brock that Flint decided to be a parent and Gym Leader again. So yeah, Flint sucks and is a deadbeat. Hell even Ash called him the good for nothing father who left home and never came back
Early Stan was 1. My kids won’t be happy unless they follow my rule. 2. Here’s my plan to make their lives better. 3. Plan backfires. 4. Stan learns his lesson and makes amends with his kids.
I'd say worse might be Stephen Stotch and least bad out of all is honestly Homer considering we all know how much he loves Bart, Lisa and Maggie. And Mr. Turner of course loves Timmy as well just doesn't show it often. I think a major difference between Stan and Peter besides Stan being way smarter is Peter was much more caring in the beginning whilst Stan was hardly caring.
Between Randy and Peter, I think if your family is excited about you going to jail or willing to pull the plug while you're in a coma, you really screwed up.
I think it depends on the rick. Rick 137 is shown in his origin to be all about Diane and Beth(sure maybe more Diane but she was erased from the timelines, at least he has infinite beths). Rick prime straight up abandons her tho
Cotton is easily one of the most rotten people to ever be written and the fact that Hank turned out to be such a good upstanding father to Bobby and son to Cotton when he has time and again thrown any kindness Hank does back in his face is a miracle funny enough you can say the same thing about Orel Loved laughing at Cotton but him and Clay Puppington are up there as far as horrible animated fathers go because their horrid personalities and actions are so real and grounded. Like I know its a cartoon and i can laugh and like Cotton but that personality of his in real life is the most repulsive and cowardly thing i feel a man can be too scared to own up to his mistakes to cowardly to try to live life beyond a time thats long gone and too proud to take tokens of kindness from people they've wronged. Cotton is so longwinded when it comes to his service which should be a selfless thing yet is so vain and bombastic because deep down he uses that as the only honorable thing hes done in his life because other than that pinnacle of being a war hero he did nothing but dishonor nearly everything he did. He was a womanizer that constantly degraded his wife and son uncaring about the people he hurts or screws over as long as hes getting reverence because without it hes just a sad bitter little man that doesnt matter and that fear hurts him most of all to be seen as insignificant its why as terrible as he is to Hank he still tries so hard to stay relevant in Hanks life beisdes his soft side for Bobby who looks basically like a clone of Cotton its sad to see such a vain man hurt Hank who we see has all these coping mechanisms and looks for father figures and certain masculine ideals to get that validation that his father never gave him its why he idolises the other strong masculine men he grew up around Coach Souers. Tom Laundry Buck Strickland and basically any former athlete
omni man true is the definition of conflicted father. similar to darth vader. rick is not only a bad grandpa he unlike omniman is a psycho and is completely irredeemable sometimes.
Omni-Man is a very different case. He was raised on a planet of people worse than him where he only knows violence and conquest. Plus unlike most of the others Nolan actually loves Mark and that’s why he spares Earth. For him.
I wanna say this for Timmy’s dad in the Wish Muffin episode he didn’t want to have a babysitter for Timmy when he faked being gone he did try to stop Timmy from calling her but you can see his Wife literally stopping him by tying him up
Commiting mass murder by literally pushing your son through dozens or hundreds of people right after saying that your sons mother is a pet to you has to be the worst.
How about Jack Fenton from Danny Phantom? He didn't give a damn about Danny or Jazz. Jack only cared about ghost hunting so much, he didn't even realize his son is half-ghost. And to make matters worse, Jack's invention is what made Danny half-ghost in the first place. No matter Danny never told him.
Ah, good, the King of the Hill section was actually about Cotton. I was about to say, Hank's always trying his best. Being a good parent isn't about being perfect and never making mistakes, it's about trying your hardest. Cotton definitely didn't show that the majority of the time, though the Jimmy Carter episode was a welcome exception.
@@VGamingJunkieVT Hank definitely grew as a father to Bobby, in the beginning of the series he would often say "that boy ain't right" because Bobby is the exact opposite of Hank.
From what’s been shown in the show about omni-man, I’d say he’s clearly far ahead, but with the comics out there it’s hard to say. At least family guy and the other shows have a huge cast of characters that are just as problematic as Peter, Stan and Homer, but with Invincible, Marks is just a normal high school kid. Then his idol, the man he wants to be and looks up to, spun on a dime and became this monster that would have easily murdered everyone he cared about, called his mom a pet, and beat him nearly to death while telling him how worthless he is seems worse than a predictable Peter doing something bad to Meg again for the thousandth time.
Omni-Man is definitely up there, but it can at least be argued that with his upbringing, it makes sense why he would do the things he did. I'm not saying he is justified, but at least he has shown he loved Mark and Debbie. In the end, his love for his son allowed him to push aside the man he kept trying to be. I would say Ozai is probably worse since Omni-Man at the least stopped beating his son, if Ozai had his way, Zuko and Iroh would be dead without a hint of regret.
The show tries to present Homer in a sympathetic light despite his abuse and neglect. the biggest excuse given is abe using the cycle of abuse. While abe was far far from perfect as the show goes on we learn that he was incredibly sacrificing. Mona was also shown to be far less apart of homer’s life then initially appeared putting more work onto abe. So once again while abe was far from perfect on his worse day he was a better father then homer. Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart Homer locks bart in a cage because a present bart brought for marge accidentally ruined a present he brought and in the end bart apologizes to homer for not thinking of his feeling when he reacted negatively to this. Also going by marge’s logic above wasn’t it her fault I mean bart wouldn’t have brought her a rabbit if it wasn’t her birthday yet she never stop to think about barts feelings as he was locked in a cage. Homer is also abusive in ways abe never was in The Great Money Caper Homer abandons Bart at the wharf at night after his magic act only earns 60 cents. It’s played completely for laughs. Fat Man And Little Boy After bart starts a business selling shirts homer quits his job his ten year old some to support the entire family. Then we as the audience are supposed to feel sorry for him because he feels emasculated by this. I also like to point out that this money and the money in Barting Over is never seen or heard from again. This is also not the first or last time bart has supported the family. Marge and homer are pretty much white trash. They repeated steal from their child yet grip about how much of a financial burden he is. Bart is also repeated presented as the bad gut when he finds a male role model who treats him like a human being Dad Behavior Homer hires a handyman to take over father-son catch duties with Bart only to become jealous and start hanging out with Milhouse. Homer claims that he likes hanging out with Milhouse because he’s hurt over the fact that Bart keeps calling him by his name instead of dad. But for someone who repeatedly tells his son he’s an unloved accident, pawns him off on someone else at the quickest opportunity only to get jealous at seeing how happy his son is and start hanging out with another child as some kind of childish revenge just makes Homer come across as a petty jerkass. The Wreck of the Relationship I hate this episode homer and bart are sent on a trust-building and surprise surprise when bart is actually given positive reinforcement he thrives and even raises to the ranks of acting captain. Homer by contrast nearly gets everyone killed and refuses to listen to Bart. He reasoning being that why should he respect Bart as captain when the boy doesn't respect Homer's authority as his father. Basically equating something Bart worked legitimately hard to earn with something Homer just expects to be given to him no matter how he acts. Barthood The major problem with this episode is that it actually goes into this dynamic but still treats bart as the bad guy. Bart and lisa are continuously pit against each other (which is one of the more subtle but particularly odious forms of bad parenting/child abuse) marge is fully complacent in this even though homer is the more vocal. He bluntly 'admits' that he doesn't want anything to do with Bart to a therapist, and can't say one nice thing to his son that isn't backhanded. Lisa greatly benefits and takes advantage of this she pretends it doesn’t exist. This is the only future where bart doesn’t end up as a loser and he does it by cutting his family out of his life. There is this happy ending with bart making peace with Lisa and Homer in adulthood but with no indication of them having to earn it. it doesn’t help that E My Sports and Diary Queen aired after this. If anything the fact he tries to be a good father to lisa and Maggie (who he regularly forgets) shows just how much of an aweful person he is. He shows open contempt for bart yet will have an existential crisis and see everyone as lego’s when lisa grows away from him. then lets not forget Flander's Ladder and Barts Not Dead two consecutive episodes where homer intentionally puts barts life in danger and has no remorse for what he did. He even tries to financially exploit it the second time. My major beef with the simpsons is that unlike family guy the writers don’t acknowledge that the characters are asshole. This is why I compare bart more to timmy turner then meg griffon.
@@IvannoGianni There's really no need to give meaningless blanket responses to something you didn't bother reading, and possibly even less need to announce that you won't read it. If you're not reading all that, just don't and move on.
@toushin1000 I always felt bad for Bart because it was apparent that he wasn’t really cared for by his family. Homer didn’t care and Marge always cared more for Lisa and Maggie. Bart always felt like the odd one out. Another example of Bart thriving even if it’s just for a short time was during the Simpsons Movie when they were back in Springfield when Bart was staying with Flanders. He always had a better relationship with Ned Flanders than with Homer. Flanders was a positive role model for Bart. Something he really needed. Flanders didn’t make Bart feel like a bad kid. He cared for Bart, not Homer nor Marge did. Lisa always used her position as favourite for her advantage and I always felt that it makes her look extremely arrogant (but that may be my bias because I really don’t like her)
- Thats a good write up to be fair, Bart has actually shown he can be a canny over-achiever basically every time he gets support and his family ALWAYS drag him down. The episode where he became a golf caddy blew my mind, he was learning that showing respect could lead to personal gain and he was making good money and Marge says she wants him to remain a rebel!
@@MadMalMan Even their treatment of lisa can be considered a sign that they are a bad parent. As shown in lisa’s sax they decided bart was a lost cause because dealing lisa was easier. When written right lisa is a tragic figure as the sheer amount of favoritism they give has made it so she’s unable to function normally she expects everyone to treat her like they do so doesn’t have any friends and goes into suicidal depression at even the thought of someone being better than her. they go out of their way to destroy any potential bart has and they’ve destroyed lisa’s emotional potential.
I realized every animated dads never APOLOGIZES to their own actions like Finn's father, Homer's endless stupidity, Timmy's dad neglect, Stan, Peter Randy, Steven's immature yet disturbing behavior, Hank, Ozai and Cotton's narcissism of perfectionists and Omni man's violent behavior as they refused to apologize to each of his son and daughter or wife just to make an poor apology just to dodge more drama.
Ozai said “Azula was born lucky and Zuko was lucky to be born” to their faces And I think it was said in one of the books that if Zuko was born without any bending that he would throw Zuko off the balcony and let him splatter
I love how all of these are just "He abused his son, hit his wife, abandoned his family in a volcano, killed his daughter twice, abandoned his infant child at an orphanage, stole money from his wife's wallet, stole money from his son's wallet, sabotaged his daughters Career because he was clingy, killed his sons best friends for kicks, and is a rampant alchoholic. However, he's had some really sweet dad moments throughout the show and has been shown to truly love his family, so he is not the worst cartoon dad."
IF you want to make a part 2, you could watch the Venture Bros. Show. Rusty deserv his place as an honorable mention as a bad father but his dad, Jonas, deserve a spot on the list of the worst dads in cartoon and animation.
Yes he's unlucky for being Jonas's kid but Rusty is still a crappy dad toward Hank and Dean. Heck, he sometime use them as servant, almost never take care of 'em (to the point of Hank seeking a father figure in Brock) and he see his sons as annoyance most of the time.
The creators of the show have stated the central theme of the Venture Bro is failure. Even Jonahs Sr. is lauded as a hero of the ever optimistic atomic age, he is a failure as a father. Rusty tries to live up to his father's greatness but constantly fails in inventions and restoring Venture Industries to its former glory of respect, wealth and power. Rusty also fails to be a good father to Hank and Dean but at least tries and is not the completely neglectful amoral monster that Jonahs was.
@@Lony15It's generational trauma, Rusty hates his dad but wants to be just like him repeating similar mistakes his father did while raising him such as Jonas putting Rusty in dangerous adventures which often resulted in Rusty getting kidnapped and neglecting Rusty by pawning off to other members of team Venture, while Rusty pawns off Dean and Hank to Brock
@@rootfish2671 i know that. At least Rusty knows he's not a good father and sometime try to be better. But still, Jonas Sr. Deserv his place on the list (even more because he gave traumas to Rusty, preventing him of being a good father.)
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You’re lucky dude
Great now do animation’s worst mom
You forgot a Flame Princess dad like he is the worst father in Adventure Time Flame Princess and Dad she locked her for 14 years
i think the worst. dad is stan smith terrible person
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Clay Puppington makes Omni-Man look like a saint
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Hey Saber! Just looked him up and I've never seen this show. Would you recommend it?
@@LydiaLovesTimelines It's VERY dark but also very good after season 1
@@Saberspark hello
@LydiaLovesTimelines it is a great show I recommend it 100%
The big difference between Stan and Peter is how they treat their daughters.
Stan doesn't understand Hailey. He dislikes what she likes and argues with her constantly. In the episodes where he gets to understand her, they bond. Together, they make anti-gun songs, pick blueberries for peace, go on a strike, listen to stoner music, etc. When Stan steps into her world they can actually connect. They just don't agree, that's it. And even though he doesn't like her, he does show that he loves her on many, many occasions.
Peter just hates Meg lmao
I honestly don't think him or Lois like the kids. I get it as a parent. I'm not mean of course, but you do feel suffocated.
I think it's because of an episode when he said Meg wasn't his
Peter hates Meg because the writers couldn't think of a story for a female daughter, so they just made the plot of Meg the punching bag of the family lol
@@angeldaly8181 And Stan had an episode where he questioned if Hailey was his. Then by the end he chose not to find out and said, 'she's my daughter no matter what'. Now that's a real father
I think the worst thing about Homer is how Marge has kicked him out or even walked out with the kids, but she always takes him back when he comes snivelling. I mean she almost had an affair and the guy she almost did it with? There wasn't actually anything wrong with him. When Bart gets older he's gonna work out that his mom and dad only married because Homer got Marge knocked up with Bart, and that's not going to make him feel any better about himself. And getting that done pretty much ruined Marge's future too.
Two words, Meg Griffin. How her father treats her almost anytime the two are on screen together should be the best indicator. Even putting that aside, he doesn't really act that much better to his sons either and has said multiple times that he hates being around them.
Most of those were cutaway gags and Peter has had moments where he bonded with Meg. He has also protected her a few times. Peter is definitely a bad father but he’s definitely not anywhere near as bad as Ozai (I’d have included Omni man too but he actually redeemed himself in the comics)
@@jakealter5504 peter shot meg.
@@fillit8839 in a cutaway gag which isn’t canon
@@jakealter5504 they're canon.
It’s funny you mentioned Peter as being the worst dad and it kinda does feel depressing because he hasn’t always been this way. Recently rewatched the first two seasons and his personality towards his wife and kids is so day and night. It feels great when he goes out of his way for them but makes me realize “this is not the same guy that exists today”.
You explained it very well in your video about him.
Season 1 peter would be very disappointed at the current peter.
I still like him for a completely different reason cause he’s funny
@@okjeffy6581 I like his random childish moments like when he plays with a balloon and turns into one when it flies up
Season 1 Peter Griffin was kind of a dumb blue collar guy who genuinely loved his family where modern day Peter Griffin is a literal developmentally disabled monster who's just an agent of chaos
A few years ago I saw a comic strip that depicted Bart Simpson & Chris Griffin as grownups in a relationship. They’re in couples therapy, and Bobby Hill is their therapist.
Bart talks about how his dad used to yell at him and strangle him, yet he was never violent or aggressive towards his sisters. He says this abuse caused him to act out more, which made his dad more angry, and the cycle continued.
Chris talks about how everyone in his family bullied his sister, called her names, told her to shut up, and pushed her down the stairs for no reason. Then he says that he joined in with the abuse because he was scared that if he stood up for his sister, they’d abuse him too, and he’s carried that guilt into adulthood.
It ends with Bobby calling Hank after the therapy session and telling him what a great dad he is.
I haven’t watched your video yet, but the concept immediately made me think of that comic strip.
Yeup how do we start to forgive the sins of our fathers?
And now I need to find this comic
@@MaddysinLeighSearch ‘Bart Chris Bobby comic’. It’s reposted on a site called Films for Action. It’s so well written. The author/illustrator also wrote a commentary explaining why they made the comic.
I could get behind the fact that Chris would only join in to abuse Meg, so he doesn't become an outcast & a victim as well.
While both modern day Simpsons & Family Guy have turned into 1 big mess with lots of meta & pop culture references, & clearly have lost their roots & the emphasize on important meaningful values & morales,
I still never forget the episode of the kids switching roles with the parents & Meg cooks dinner & Stewie stands up for her, & claims to "give her a chance" after Peter & Lois speculate hypothetically how horrible it will be, only for her to deliver a delicious 3 course meal
OK so that wasn't just a fever dream of mine!
Mr.Doofenshmirtz aka Heinz Doofenshmirtz father. Lay let me lay down some reasons why. He didn’t show up to his sons birth, Disowned him and made him get raised by a pack of ocelots, had to stand still outside for hours as a garden gnome (without moving including eating or sleeping) Made him lose his best friend, he bought him a toy train but used it for himself,kicked him out at 16 and cared more for a dog than him.
I was surprised he wasn't on the list
His father is a really unforgivable person that a heartless father treats his own child like subhuman
at least dr doofenshmirtz isn't like that to vanessa
@@viviennemorgan7217
He broke the cycle of abuse
@@KingdomofEvania100 which one doofenshmirtz or his father.
Ozai is the worst, in my opinion, he didn't love or care for anyone but himself. He was physicaly, mentally and emotionally abusive towards Zuko, tried to kill him, pushed Azula until she broke mentally. Thank god for Iroh, otherwise Zuko would've ended up just like Azula or worse.
Too bad Azula didn’t have someone like Iroh to help her, at least she’s showing some signs of redemption in the comics
I agree Ozai is extremely selfish Not to mention he did not have any sympathy for his brother when his Nephew died and Iroh was grieving his son's death which is probably why he is very careing towards his Nephew Sense Iroh knew That his younger brother was never going to show compassion infact in Lord Ozai's case He thinks love and compassion is a sign of weakness hence why He treated his Brother and children badly
I think Azula was a daddy's girl to begin with, she was always so hateful towards her mom, even calling her weak and then bragging to Zuko when she was exiled, making him think she was dead. She didn't even see her as a mom, just someone that took care of her and her brother.
But if you really wanna make Ozai a bad father, Azulon killed Roku and then wiped out the entire existence of the tribes that would have incarnated into, then Ozai sent his son on an impossible mission to find the ONE that survived after burning his face.
AND NOT EVEN TELLING EITHER ZUKO OR AZULA THAT ROKU WAS THEIR GREAT GRANDFATHER??? Roku was their mom's grandfather but Azulon tried to erase him from their history, Ozai continued it. Iroh brought it all to light, a Zoku set off to fix it.
Gabriel Agreste needs to be in this. After his wife dies, he emotionally distances himself from Adrien, forcing him to call him "Father" instead of "Dad". He also refused to let Adrien go to school up until the show started, and only gave in until Adrien signed himself up for school, and kept running away from the house to go. He also didn't let Adrien have any friends, outside of the spoiled and selfish daughter of his own long time friend, who's also a terrible parent.
At 1st, he at least decides that he'll never Akumatize Adrien, but there are two alternate timelines where as soon as he finds out that his son is Chat Noir, he imediately gets excited about how he's going to traumatize him so he can Akumatize him. And even in the current timeline, he still tried in the 5th season after Adrien got his heart broken by Marinette. He also used the fact that Adrien was born with the help of magic to literally control him, and force him to do things against his will. And then when Adrien and Marinette actually do get together, both in the Chat Blanc timeline and the canon timeline, he does everything he can to split them up, for no other reason than her not being the girl HE chose. Even when Adrien begs and pleads with him to let them be together, he doesn't listen and moves him to another country to keep them apart.
He even amended the wish he wanted to make on the Miraculous from simply "bring back his wife", which he knows will result in someone else being killed in her place, to "bring back his wife, heal himself and his assistant from their life threatening illnesses (both are his own fault), make Adrien love Kagami instead of Marinette, and make Adrien and Kagami the most beloved idols in the whole world". Mind you, he already knows that Adrien hates modeling, and hates being famous. Oh yeah, and his response to finding this out was to digitize Adrien and using the 3D model and voice samples to turn him into a virtual assistant used by the entire world. AI Adrien can be dressed up in various outfits, and made to say anything you want. Therefore making Adrien even more famous than he was before. He even took advantage of this himself, by making another version with Kagami, and using the two AI's to promote Adrien and Kagami as "the perfect couple". When called out for how miserable he was making Adrien, his responses were either "he needs to do this because he's an Agreste" or "he's actually very happy."
So yeah, Gabriel Agreste is a trash parent.
You didn't see the other episodes haven't you?
@@blueraccoon1088 What other episodes? I covered up to the S5 finale here. Sure, he does a few things showing he still cares about Adrien, but it's honestly very rare for him to not have an alterier motive
Of the dads listed in this video, I gotta give it to Ozai. Not only did he commit horrific war crimes against the other nations, but he also abused his wife and children in just as cruel of ways. And he did it all without a single hint of remorse. All he cares about is power and he will use anything or anyone, even his own children, to get it. Even his own father Azulon, who is guilty of vile crimes of his own, had empathy for Iroh when he lost Lu Ten in The Siege of Ba Sing Se. Ozai used it as an opportunity to usurp Iroh's postion as heir. He is utterly irredeemable.
I agree, I feel like everyone else, even Stephen Stotch, has positive moments or expressed some level of care for their kids at points. Ozai never has, even for azula-there’s not a single scene he says/does anything remotely positive
@@tiablue9106exactly, the other dads do nice things on purpose (even if it could be argued it’s part of the cycle) the one good thing Ozai does for kids he does on accident (allowing Iroh to travel the world with Zuko thus giving Zuko someone who unconditionally loves him as well as time away from Ozai)
@@gennybaratta2460yeah that's true, as zuko said, ozai banishing him ended up being the best thing he ever did. after thinking, the only "nice" things I could say ozai did is after zuko returned, he praised him when he heard he killed aang and at the big war meeting he refused to start until zuko arrived. (and I think it's implied in flashbacks ozai sometimes hung out w/ his kids or smth when they were younger) that's all, but considering what he put zuko thru it rlly means nothing; he just wanted zuko to fall in line and once he stepped out again, he immediately tried to kill him 🙃
I'd have Ozai's head taken from his shoulders and hung it on Ba Sing Se's gates instead of imprisoning him (or just make it look like William Wallace from Braveheart or Dimitri from Fire Emblem: Three Houses killed him)
Ozai never loved his kids, he used them in an attempt to gain power in front of his dad. Tried to kill his son multiple times. Scarred his teen son for life and banished him for speaking out of turn. He only used them to show status
You forgot Bob Pataki, the father if Helga & Olga from Hey Arnold. This guy acts pretty much the exact way a father shouldn't be.
Bob Pataki is a saint compared to any of these dads
Or Maybe Rick Sanchez, a dude who's done just about everything illegal.
@@hyperstarman6848 Yeah, I have to agree with this dude. Bob may be a terrible dad but these dudes on this list fly hoops around him.
I agree Bob Pataki was a horrible father severely neglecting Angelica which is a form of child abuse while praising her sister as the golden child, which didn't do her any favors either. In one episode Helga was shown to have walked herself to kindergarten in a dangerous inner city with homeless people and criminals. I really wish the planned spinoff series, The Patakis, was greenlit
Bob did nothing wrong.
Honestly Ozai is probably even higher if you include all the stuff we learn in the comics - I think the only thing that actually tops his actions is Peter asking God to erase Meg from existence (even though Ozai attacking Zuko the _instant_ the eclipse passed was his way of trying to achieve the same thing haha).
Also, I'm holding you to doing a few ATLA videos, least of all for the fact it means we'll get to see you make a ATLA look for it 😁
I'll have to do a community post and get advice from you all regarding my ATLA makeover :)
no hes worse because he was trying to turn his daughter, into the daddy he never had. Azulan is very proud of Iroh who went out to dominate, but , azulan also understand family. azulan was very sad when irohs son died and even accepted pulling out of ba sing se due to that death. when ozai tries to usurp iroh , azulan insults him in front of a bunch of generals, emasculating him. why do you think AZULA is her name and shes the perfect little psycho daddy wanted ? he didnt have to put her in charge , he didnt have to lord over her. but he had to lord over his daddy , the man who made him feel small. and that is how azula was abused
OMNI-MAN AND OZAI 🔥🔥🔥🔥😈
Comics are canon for avatar yes. Finding Ursa and bringing her home and putting an end to miscommunication and racism once and for all yes. No true balance in the world yes. Zuko being right about not being fire or earth property yes.
_Ozai gaslighting the everloving f*** out of Azula since childhood is his most heinous act of villainy..._
If I had to choose, it would probably either be Clay Puppington from Moral Orel or Early Cuyler from Squidbillies as the worst cartoon dad. Clay’s an amazing realest depiction of a horribly abusive and selfish father and it’s never played up for laughs like in Family Guy. Early Cuyler on the other hand, is the comedic heart and soul of Squidbillies but everything he does is for his own ends. He doesn’t seem to love anyone and while a lot of the shit he does to everyone is really absurd and over the top, growing up in an extremely small, southern town, I saw a lot of Early Cuylers growing up and tbh they’re not very far off the mark. That show was very clearly made by people who knew the realities of those places. In thirteen seasons, I can’t think of a single nice word or thing that Early does for his son Rusty and by the end, Rusty leaves and Early is cut out and left alone, which he genuinely deserves, and he never reflects on how it was all his fault and pretty much destined to happen that way.
The guy who voice acted him is pretty much a real life Early Cuyler, he was fired from Adult Swim after his social media posts calling Dolly Parton a bimbo, slut and race traitor because she supported BLM
I always felt like Timmy’s dad was as far as they could possibly push a bad parent in a kid’s TV show before the content made it too inappropriate to get a TV-Y7 rating
true, neglectful but in a way that wasn’t malicious, in the first movie he actually shows that had he known the impact of his actions he would have tried to be a good parent…his parents do love and care about him, they just are purposely kept from realizing the truth by Vickie most of the time
@@bostonrailfan2427 Yet they're dangerously stupid. There was that one episode where Timmy got rid of Vicky and the new chosen babysitters were a mix of a satanic cult and the ring wraiths from LOTR.
Same
@@neh1234 guess you seriously don’t get kid-friendly humor
@@bostonrailfan2427 I honestly haven’t watched the show in an extremely long time so I didn’t know about that until now. I was never the biggest fan of it. I just always thought it was hilarious how unfit they were to be parents.
Randy at least shows interest and care for his family, he’s a bit strange at times, but he’s better than most animated parents, and honestly one of the most likable South Park characters
Drew Pickles is often overlooked but he actively ignores his daughter due to his bank work and then compensates this by calling her "princess" on a daily basis and then stuffing her with cookies!
He's also stubborn, snotty, and just unwilling to admit his mistakes unlike younger brother Stu who helped Tommy grow up right thanks to realizing his own flaws and confiding in Tommy and strengthening the fatherly love.
Same here I remember not liking Drew when I was younger because he always spoiled Angelica and often start things with Stu for no reason
he dumps his daughter on his sister-in-law and father every chance he gets then does do anything when his daughter gets caught abusing the kids
This is a sort of, stretch, but I feel like Professor Membrane almost hits that mark, if not redeeming himself in Enter The Florpus. I don't have as good of a case to go off as you, but he just seems to outright ignore his son, over-stating how disinterested he is in Dib's interests.
True, but at least he punishes her at times
I don't think of the parents from The Rugrats are good parents.
It’s sad how the nicest characters in south park have such bad parents😂
I don’t know if I can say that Cartman’s mom made him the way he is, or if he was just born that way and made it worse by her, but she uses him as a mental support friend who makes her feel better about herself and for how horrible she is so she loves him her spoiling and everything else she does may have made a horrible kid 10 times worse
At least cartman has had some moments where he was genuinely good and didn’t bother taking the credit for it, even if he ultimately got screwed over despite those deeds (namely his post Covid sacrifice)
In the circumstances Cartman didn't become how he is because of abuse, but because he lacked a stable discipline figure in his life. And his mom wasn't exactly sterling at picking boyfriends either, so Cartman never had a positive male role model either. Additionally, experiences with his mother will affect the quality of the women Cartman chooses for a partner as an adult.
However it is strongly implied that he was born a sociopath.
@NahJitOwesMeACheeto I was not irl…. I’m just like that
I do not think Lianne is a "horrible" person, but sure she is a case when she a good person but a bad mother, she treats her son as her friend and spoils him bc if he ever learns to be responsible or independent... she gets bored
If you haven’t seen it already, I highly recommend watching Moral Orel. The main character’s father, Clay Puppington, is probably one of the most despicable and realistic depictions of a narcissistic parent in media; especially for people who grew up with religious trauma.
Vile Eye did a video about him and made the case
Yeah, he can't be as bad as a literal war-lord though.
Homelander is the closest to Clay Puppington now
@@TimSlee1as a person, no. As a dad, he definitely treated his kid worse.
Because he's a religious zealot? @@electricfeverx976
Arthur’s parents should be on here especially given their “bias” toward DW. Think about it when David promised Arthur that they would go on a peaceful father & son trip, when Grandma Thora had to cancel he literally broke his promise by letting DW go on the trip
I still have no earthly idea how a parent could have a “bias” towards a child that could be that ungodly annoying and rude
@@hyperstarman6848 Well you can always ask my parents! 😆
Cotton Hill comes to mind the most in just how upfront he always is on hating Hank causing Hank to repress his emotions so much and pretty much everyone bar Bobby & good Hank, with positive moments usually still having underlying hate like when he says Hank is a better father for making Bobby whilst Cotton only made Hank (at the time).
I know right? Even on his death bed, all he did was demean Hank even telling Peggy to her face that he finds her and his son worthless. I know Cotton has his good moments mainly towards Bobby, but I can never like him especially after what he said about Hank.
I mean, cotton does activity admit Hank is a better father than he is. "Hell, if it's a contest on who's the better daddy, you win. I mean, you made Bobby. All I made was you."
@@zeospark9715Peggy's final words to him are along the lines of "I hope you live forever" and cotton dies shortly afterwards.
Cotton literally died to spite Peggy.
@@martianscienceenthusiastI wonder if Peggy told him that because she knew how far he would go just to be able to spite her.
Frank Heffley is probably one of the most horrible fictional dads ever. He never supports Roderick's dream of being a drummer and turns it down on a regular basis, always makes sure Manny never gets in trouble even if it means punishing his other kids for no reason, and once even tried to send Greg to military school just because he doesn't like sports and the only reason why he wasn't sent there was because he accidentally humiliated himself at a party which stopped Frank from humiliating himself at the party and also, in the first book, it implies that he hits his kids.
P.S. I know that Frank isn't a cartoon dad but he's been in animated movies before so he technically is.
Honestly, i think the only times where he would hang with Greg or Rodrick it would be because of Susan's pressure
Eh, I’d say Frank is more of a generic deadbeat than a legitimately poor parent.
Yes, Frank hates the idea of Roderick being a drummer as a career, but so does everyone else except for Roderick. Despite what the fandom thinks of him, he’s a 17 year old loser who doesn’t pay attention in school and likes to intentionally get into trouble, while the rest of his bandmates are in their 30’s. Roderick might the best of the Heffley’s, but he still sucks compared to the rest of the world. And most people seem to agree his music is terrible.
Yes, Frank doesn’t really give Manny any punishments for anything he does, but that’s because nobody does. It’s very clear Manny is a sociopathic little monster who has Susan wrapped around his little demonic claw… I mean thumb. Frank isn’t really the type to give his kids punishments anyways, Greg even mentions he just tends to throw whatever is in his hands at them, and the severity is therefore dictated by the item in question. It says a lot more about Greg’s lack of reaction than Franks method of discipline, considering we also know Greg is a narcissistic psychopath who has no problem manipulating people into getting what he wants. Sending him off to military school might have legitimately been a good thing.
We also know that in the past Frank has tried to be nice to his boys, such as taking Greg to a baseball game and buying him a benchpress set, going out to eat with the boys instead of trying to cook meals which they are terrible at, and letting Roderick drive their car during the road trip.
Frankly, Susan is far far worse. She shows complete favouritism towards Manny, the little piece of shit, such as coming all the way to his daycare just to slice his sandwich. She’s just as manipulative and scheming as Greg, she’s intentionally lied to her entire family about her terrible sisters coming to stay, she’s taken Greg to a vet instead of a proper doctor, she forces the boys into activities they don’t want to do, such as soccer, the swim team, the school play, etc. and she’s refused to listen to Greg regarding their maid intentionally being lazy and sleeping in his bed.
I do agree Frank sucks. But not in the live action Wimpy Kid movies. (First 3) his character is done very well. And I think by the time of the 3rd movie. He is even a good dad.
@@zlincorporated personally, I think that Frank and Susan were much more bearable in the movies
Yeah. That’s why I like the movies more than the books
Honestly I personally think it should be in this order (from bad to the absolute worst)
Stupid and or just neglectful -
-Mr.Turner
-Marceline’s dad
-Finn’s Dad
-Randy Marsh
Highly Neglectful/directly physically or mentally abusive towards family members -
-Homer Simpson
-Cotton Hill
-Kenny’s Dad
-Steven Stotch
Extremely neglectful/mutilated family on some occasions -
-Stan Smith
-Peter Griffin
Flat up tried to go out of their way murder their children/Evil -
-Firelord Ozai
-Omni Man
This list ranges from being neglectful to downright evil/ higher risk of intentionally putting their family in danger.
It was a shame not to add BoJack's father and Oral's father.
Butterscotch Horseman is worse than some on the list, but it was his mum who really messed him up.
BoJacks grandpa is way worse than his dad. Beatrice's childhood backstory was absolutely depressing
@@startheangel9760to be honest, I see him more as a product of his time. Still a terrible dad, but the sad truth is, the stuff he did to his family were as common as computers are today. The entire segment with the flashbacks tells us "The 40s were a horrifying time."
Or the trio of fathers from Helluva Boss - Paimon, Buckzo and Crimson
@valentinkambushev4968 Yes and no. Yes because like you say, he acted and behaved according to what it was acceptable in his era; but it is also no because at some point he used it as an excuse in order to not face not-so-nice moments and for not giving the right emotional support to his wife.
Come on, even in that era, there have been husbands who hugged and comforted their own wives when they wanted to cry and mourn. Even there were some who decided to put effort on cheering them up, being with them during the grief and find not so quick solutions to their depression like starting a home project, offering their help and support in some of the house chores, or taking little vacation.
But also we can't complain that he also cared about you.
Are we forgetting that Quagmire (Peter’s friend) straight up tried to have sex with Meg the moment she turned eighteen and Peter still hangs out with him?
Yeah Quagmire is literally a rapist and sexual predator.
The amount of Dads featured could provide an entire cast for a cartoon series
Bad daddies
The dead beats.
Trash Dads
@@samflood5631 the dad* beats
Braks Dad
Expecting a “Cartoons worst moms” and gladly seeing Timmy’s mom there.
His Parents are horrible
That seaspn finale of invincible was so perfect mix of action, viloence and emotion. Adventure time and fairy odd parents were after my time but what makes the rest of the fathers (outside of south park dads) such great characterts are extremely layered. Omni is bad but you can see his perspective if you put yourself in hia shoes. Seems so evil but you can still make sense of it by using his character's logic.
And he only gets better in the comics, especially after that moment
Omni Man is literally an alien from a race of interplanetary conqueres. That is all he has ever known for thousands of years. Humans are able to make Viltrumites caring people through romantic relationships.
there's a special place in hell for Doofinshmirtz's parents.
It's just a cartoon
@@XtremeFootballing *there’s a special place in cartoon hell for Doofinsmirtz’s parents.*
I think the reason Homer is going to stop strangling Bart is because he wants to become a much better father
And disney
Yeup people can change for the better, it's called character growth but most people will justify abuse because of the old days.
I'm pretty sure he's stopped consistently strangling Bart since around season 30. He's been a pretty wholesome sweet dad for awhile now.
@@kingdomcomesuperman3669 Yeah that's true but he never confirmed that he stopped until the episode where he did say he no longer strangles Bart
That and not to be compared to Stephen Stotch or a hideous beast given the name "Peter Griffin"
In my opinion the worst dad is Eve’s dad from Invincible. The man literally had to stop himself from calling his own daughter a bitch, wants her to get back with her cheating ex boyfriend saying all guys make mistakes, refuses help from his daughter when he loses his job due to his pride
Adam, Eve's father, hates and fears his own daughter because he hates and fears those with superpowers because he is full of toxic masculinity and has an outdated view of men and women gender roles.
I'm going to have to go with Fire Lord Ozai. Peter Griffin is close contender, but how bad Peter is can greatly depend on the writers at the time (as is the case in most shows like this). Can't blame anyone for thinking Peater is the worst, but personally I also can't separate him from the (very) rare times he does something good. Ozai is a complete monster and total sociopath, there are no redeeming qualities which all these other dads display at some point or another
Also helps that Family Guy is a comedy, the continuity is all over the place. Avatar TLAB, though, treats itself more seriously, it's a far more serious depiction of abuse.
Some of the Netflix animation dads belong on this list, including:
-Frank Murphy from F Is For Family
-Marty Glouberman from Big Mouth
If you haven’t seen those shows, then you should.
Also Rand Ridley from Inside Job
do we really need a discussion on who is the worst dad, it's peter. He's been shown to mental/physically abuse his daughter because of his sister, wanted to incest marry his son for money his son was going to inherited and the less said about he cares for his own baby the better
I mean… Ozai burned his sons face, married a woman who was already in love, then banished her, emotionally manipulated his daughter, poisoned his father, wanted to get his brother Banished and idk what else I forgot
Bro, Omni-Man literally almost killed his son
@@Leepookiewookieyes! I mean at least Peter admits he loves his family but Ozai is a monster who can't even understand what love is!
@@TherealXpansionAnd Peter has actually killed Meg, multiple times.
true, but his lack of trying to conquer the world puts him behind the other two…plus he never tries to outright fight and kill his kids, just abuse them
Fun fact: in the comics, Omni man becomes a good person and protects his son and saves an entire race of aliens, so he’s technically an amazing animated dad, he just hasn’t appeared as that yet.
Honestly, I expected Doofenshmirtz's father to be on here.
I'd like to throw Butterscotch Horseman and Joseph Sugarman into the mix. Certain versions of Rick Samchez also deserve a mention.
there's exactly 9 good parents in the whole BoJack Horseman show and 8 of them are Hollyhock's adoptive fathers. the ninth is, of course, Princess Carolyn. every single other parent is worse than most parents on the list
Archer and Bob Belcher are closer to "decent father" than any of the characters in the video. Also, Rick from Rick and Morty should have got a special mention. He cloned beth and doesn't even remember who the real beth is.
Rick mixed them up because he couldn't decide to let his daughter stay or go.
Also it is not his timeline's daughter, his died young along with his wife due to Rick prime.
I have a fantasy about Meg from Family Guy just leaving the family and living her own life. Like she tells her family to eff off, moves in with her grandparents, finishes high school at another school, starts a dual enrollment program in a local college, goes to therapy, makes real and supportive friends, and has her life improve dramatically for the better. Back at home, the family starts falling apart because they have no one to abuse and try to go get Meg back. Meg meets up with them. She's had a makeover. Her friends are there to support her. She looks great and at her insistence, her friends back off while she confronts her family. Meg tells her family that she is never going back because she has finally begun confronting her trauma and loving herself for who she is. They start laughing at her and tell her to drop it and come home, but she refuses and leaves them. The Griffin Family is left alone with the consequences of their abuse and shittiness.
Zuko sums up Ozai in one of the best phrases I've ever heard:
"He's the worst father in the history of fathers"
I think Ozai 'wins' here for worst dad. He's really the only one without a single redeeming quality, and his abuse is insidious in every aspect of his relationships with his family.
Forgot to include the fact that Butter's dad also regularly beats him, and Butters still thinks he's just a bad kid and that's why his parents always punish him 😥
Bob Belcher and Bandit Heeler are always the father of the years in my opinion.
Yess, along with heinz doofenshmirtz
Aspire to be Bandit. Bob is decent himself.👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
I love when I see the support/collaborations between TH-camrs.
Jonas Venture Sr. should be in the rogues gallery of Worst Cartoon Fathers. He was a terrible father to Rusty, constantly putting him in dangerous positions and neglecting him all while putting on a good public persona. Rusty had been kidnapped, nearly killed, abandoned, had to kill someone with a house key to survive. Also a bunch of other stuff that is currently escaping my mind but i made my point.
Go Team Venture but not Jonas Venture Sr.
Oh yeah and then we find out that was the villain all along
@@skybitemost of the original team venture team were inhuman monsters
Goku makes all these dads look like Parent of the Year...
And grand parent
We can rule out Bob from Bob's burgers
Absolutely 💯 best dad in all FOX shows
@@LydiaLovesTimelinessup.
There are a few horrible dads you left off such as Crimson, Paimon, and Cash from Helluva Boss. Crimson because he tried pushing Moxxie to be a mobster like him, most likely killed Moxxie's mom, and in the episode he was introduced him he tried to force Moxxie into marrying his ex Chaz despite being married to Millie. Paimon because he neglected Stolas all his life hell he continuelessly forget his name and he bought Blitzo from his father Cash to be a friend for Stolas because he doesn't want to deal with him. And Cash because he sold Blitzo to Paimon, he forced him to steal from the Goetia mansion putting his life in danger and favoring Fizzarollie over Blitzo even considering him to be his son
Giving Fizzarolli a card with "I wish you were my son" written on it will never not be disgusting
Cotton Hill joined the military at 14. fought in ww2 and was awarded the medal of honor. that had to mess him up a bit.
Since the goal of parenting is to produce successful healthy kids I think Homer and Marge raising a US president, the chief justice of the Supreme Court/POT CEO/owner of 3 NBA teams and a immortal signing superstar would put them in contention for parents of the century.
I used to be into King of the Hill, I'm proud to say and Cotton Hill was one of my favourite characters.
I would say that just because Marge managed to raise Bart, Lisa and Maggie DESPITE her lazy, alcoholic husband, doesn't make Homer any better of a father.
@@hyenaholicproductions9033 that would be true if you wanted to raise normal kids but were raising leaders of nation and rockstars. So basically you talking extremely narsastic pyschopaths who can entertain a crowd, get people to fallow you and can find your self in the right place at the right time all skills they can learn from homer. Plus Homer is a Grammy award winner so he will have the connection in the music industry to help maggie. Was friends with a former president so will probably have learned something. He knows half the world's celebrities which could be extremely helpful in president run. He also owns the Denver Broncos so he could sell them and fund the run himself. As for Bart obviously he can only become a Supreme Court Justice if President lisa nominates him but Homer put him on that path when he didn't let him see the movie and then helped him deal with his childhood trauma. Most importantly Homer taught them to reach for the stars if a extremely unfit alcoholic can be picked to go into space anything is possible.
Homer isn't actually a real person. In real life, an abusive alcoholic is more likely to die of liver failure.
Homer also doesn't think much of the Denver Broncos (or of Grammies). When he brought them up he started sulking. He wanted them for the status, not the money. You talk as if the man doesn't have huge debts to pay off the moment he's sold off the Broncos anyway. Homer may know half the world's celebs but most of them it's through restraining orders.
He leeches off other people's money and fame. Not the best lesson to teach your kids.
You see, Homer seems to think that once you're a celeb, you just ARE famous. That you don't need skills or practice, that you don't have to worry about being in the public eye, that you don't need self-restraint.
Because certainly Homer has never shown the slightest self-restraint or made any attempt to teach it to his kids. If you're talking about the 'future' stories, the vast majority show Bart is far more likely to grow up to be a weed-addicted layabout leeching off his sister. And I say that Lisa grows up to be successful DESPITE her father, not BECAUSE of him.
@hyenaholicproductions9033 I used to be into The Simpsons too but that series has become boring and unfunny.
Sad thing is that Mr. Turner shouldn't be in that list PRE-Channel Chasers. He was a neglectful goofball, but he didn't neglect his son out of pure malice, was part of his son's life, and even accepted how bad he was as a parent.
The later seasons however, flanderized him so hard even Ozai and Omniman would feel shame of themselves.
Thanks again for having me on! Always enjoy talking about USA Father.
Thanks Dan! And thanks for the taking the time out to write and record your section, it means a lot! And I'll have to ask you back when I do my Golden Turd video haha
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The worst father is Ozai; I don't feel he needs an explanation, just look at his kids. Then probably Peter if you look at how he treats Meg (if it was just Chris or Stewie, i'd put him a bit lower on the list). Then Cotton Hill. Those are my top 3. So far Omniman has done 1 insanely bad thing to his kid, but lemme tell you if it were Cotton Hill and Hank Hill in that situation, Cotton would not have hesitated and it would have been in the name of "duty" and "honor."
Peter solos
For a representative of Japanese Animation, may I present *(spoilers for One Piece)* Vinsmoke Judge. Introduced in Wholecake Island Arc as Sanji's father, Judge has done the following to Sanji:
Altered Sanji's body in an attempt to make Sanji into a unsympathetic war machine. (Sanji's mother, Sora, was able to stop that from happening though.)
Verbally and physically abused his son.
Allowed Sanji's brothers to verbally and physically abuse him.
Killed Sanji's pet rat by dropping them out of a window, which happened right in front of Sanji.
Told Sanji to never cook again.
Locked up Sanji in a cage with his face covered up in an iron mask just so no one can see the "embarrassment" Sanji was.
Faked Sanji's death in order to lock him up in said cage.
When Sanji eventually escaped, Judge allowed him to leave on the condition that he would never call Judge his father and to deny any relationship with the Vinsmoke family.
Manipulated the bounty system so Sanji could be brought to him in order to set up an arranged marriage with one of Big Mom's kids in order to combined their forces so he can re-conquer the North Blue. It should be noted that he chose Sanji because he views him as the most "worthless" member of the Vinsmoke Family.
Threatened Sanji's adopted father figure and Sanji''s cooking hands.
The last (and possibly only) words he ever says to Luffy, Sanji's captain, were questions relating to why Luffy would want Sanji. He asks this by calling Sanji "Germa's failure" and listing every possible insult he could think of.
There's incompetent dads. There's brutal dads. There's selfish dads. And then there's Judge. He is a brutal, selfish, arrogant, narcissistic man who just wanted kids in order to further his own goals. And the worse part is, he KNOWS what he doing is for his own personal pride. He doesn't care who he has to hurt. His wife. His son. His next door neighbor's dog. If it will help him conquer the North Blue, Judge will do anything to accomplish that goal.
I disagree with the idea that omniman is a worse father then peter, yes omniman wants to conquer the world, but the story still knows he is the villian and plus in the end he's a loving father that is sadly still set in his ways he's not a out right monster, peter on the other hand is constantly shown to be the worse human imaginable and the stories in family guy try to make him out like he's a good person, which is just wrong
Lois is worse than Peter she actively married a terrorist and she makes sure her kids don’t have a good relationship with Peter just so she can seem morally superior
He beat his son almost to death told him he loves his mom like a pet then dipped
@@michaelj7620 that only works if you pretend the story had zero build up of omni mans character he clearly wants what HE thinks is best for his son etc etc
"Not a complete monster?" Tell that to all the people on that train or that entire alien planet he blew up!
Omni Man in the show killed thousands of people. It’s not like the comics where he just beat Mark almost to death.
If this included anime Dads, I’d say the worst one is Enji Todoroki (Aka Endeavour) While he later regrets his family mistakes, he was a terrible parent for shoto and the rest of his family. He didn’t care about them and he was only having children that could surpass his strength.
The worst things is that mr turner was not a bad father at beginning until Vickie got until their lives
the two movies showed just that: he is a good father, he is simply kept busy so that Vickie can abuse Timmy
@@bostonrailfan2427 i get that even in in Chanel chasers he was going to fire Vicky but Timmy prevented in order to kept cosmo and wand kinda dum because he would try to get rid of Vicky and besides she’s not the only villain Timmy has, what makes things worse is how his parents were portrayed during the last sessons9 meet the odpsrents and wishology the exception to that rule
@@bostonrailfan2427 don’t you agree
@@guillermosierracuellar9812 he has never been portrayed as malignant, he has always been too busy working or being roped into things by his wife…he demonstrates on multiple occasions that he’s a good dad, especially in the second movie where he protects Timmy
@@bostonrailfan2427 yeah saves him from me is that he is more ignorant or dumb than evil like the others one
I don’t know if you know about the French show Code Lyoko, but Ulrich is one of the main characters in this show, and his father is a big jerk too.
He’s literally obsessed with his son’s work at school and just won’t show that he is proud of him, while Ulrich does his best to satisfy his dad, but to no avail.
Each time he sees his son (who is a boarder) he just rants about his bad grades, and always says that his friends Jeremy, Aelita, Odd and Yumi are "good for nothings" and that "they’re a bad influence for Ulrich" even though he doesn’t know them, and that Jeremy and Aelita are literally science geniuses.
He would clearly have deserved a mention in this video.
I love this channel. This video literally had me recalling some bad animated dads from shows I haven't watched in a while. Guys like Brian Griffin, Bob Pataki, Richard Watterson, Caillou's Dad, or Dwight Turnbull from Robotboy. I'm subscribing!
Father from Kids Next door. He kidnapped and brainwashed children, they also are very scared of him and he is emotional(probably physically as well ) abusive to them.
Honestly with comic knowledge, Omni man definitely isn't as bad as a few bad dads when you see his redemption, meanwhile it's fair to say Peter Griffin, butter's dad and randy will keep getting worse
I hate Butter's Dad, but the show acknowledges that he and Butters' mom are the bad guys, and what they're doing to Butters is unfair. He even got an episode where he was genuinely abused by his Grandmother, and he got one over on her, telling her that he didn't love her. That's something. Peter Griffin is just treated as if child abuse, regardless of which of his children is affected, is genuinely a huge gag that we should all laugh over.
@@hyenaholicproductions9033 Peter definitely darker as a lot of his crimes are just next level, butters dad and mum while less bad on scale, definitely need more slaps, seriously my favourite butters moment is his Grandma speech and punching his dad
My first thought was Helga’s dad on Hey Arnold. Her entire home life was heart breaking
Agreed Bob Pataki is horrible, he neglected Helga which is a form of child abuse. He often put her down and always compared her to her sister Olga, who was the family's overachieving golden child, who also suffered because of her family role placed upon her. He openly favored Olga over Helga. Even his wife Miriam became an alcoholic because she married Bob, because she stopped chasing her career dream to be Bob's house wife.
Stan Smith’s dad Jack maybe for being so heartless. And hell yeah Timmy’s dad is terrible too.
At least Mrs Turner is a good mother
Stan: daddy will you read me a story?
Jack: who the hell are you?!
@@54032Zepol😂 still my favorite Jack Smith moment
Timmy dad, at least, shows he cares. Sometimes, he makes him a bike and takes him to work
@@sophiecooper1824 😆😂
I love when content creators do collabs like this, where they have others do what they are known for. Especially if it is a bigger name drawing attention to smaller channels. Should you see this Lydia, your videos are enjoyable and funny, and you have my respect.
Frist of, so cool to see Kitty join my favorite group of cartoon reviewers more and more 🙃 this video was awesome, it really shows how much western show love having their "bad dad" haha. Its so hard to find a clear winner in that category but for me its probably Peter, even tough Omniman almost killed his kid, we see him being a lovable dad just so rarely these days that for me, hes clearly the top bad dad lol. Anyways, amazing video and huge props for it 👌😁
Kitty Monk is so sweet and always a joy to collab with 🙂
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I come to throw into the running; Rand Ridley from Inside Job.
He literally ereased his daughters memory of her only friend as a child to keep her focused on science and learning. She graduated MIT early, and all of this just so he can have her work for Cognito Inc, and have a placeholder for when he eventually gets booted from the company. If you ever do one for worst mothers, her mom Tamiko is an option as well. She never really cared about Reagan, and was more focused on her toxic relationship with Rand and being with other men.
I honestly think it's Ozai.
1. Unlike the majority of the parents on this list he doesn't care in the slightest, ever, for his children. Seeing them as little more than tools or pathetic.
2. He has physically and mentally abused them to insane points, forcing insane expectations on them, he gave Zuko a permanent burn scar and helped make Azula an insane Psychopath.
3. He tried to outright kill his own son. No remorse.
To honestly even call Ozai a father is giving him to much credit.
Not to mention Ozai Didn't care in the slightest when his nephew died and beraded his Older brother Iroh for grieving the death of his Son and not to mention Iroh grieving The death of his son was the whole reason why his younger brother Ozai was made Fire Lord in the first place and if Iroh was made Fire Lord Like originally planned He could have ended the hundred year war between the othe Nations but no Ozai was made Fire Lord He wasn't going to rest until the Fire Nation took over the entire world
I don't think I can even think of a worse parent than ozai in western animation.
Many like to argue peter...but like most characters in family guy and shows like it..his abuse is irrational and inconsistent.
Where as ozai shows VERY real elements of familial abuse that mirrors real life...not just with zuko but azula to.
I'd have to say Firelord Ozai. He physically and mentally abused his kids and those around him.
Maybe I'm reading in to it too much, but I think there was some meaning behind Ozai's treatment of Zuko, especially after giving him his scar. He basically told Zuko that the only way to ever get his honor back and bring him back into his good graces - which was an absolute lie, of course - was to accomplish an impossible task.
By that point in the series, the Avatar, Aang, hadn't been seen or heard of in nearly 100 years. Multiple generations went by with the only mention of this nigh mythical figure being little more than a legend or history lesson. You could easily forgive some for not believing the Avatar even existed, even in a world where people casually bend the four elements. And despite that, Ozai still sends Zuko on this mission. Why?
Like I said, I might be reading too much into it, but he's basically telling Zuko that he never wants to see him again. Not only that, but he's mentally abused him into believing that he is a complete and absolute failure unworthy of his father's love or attention. He would rather have him live the rest of his days in depression and anger, believing that he is worthless and undeserving of his father's praises. Outright killing him wasn't good enough for him (yet), Ozai had to make sure that even on the opposite side of the world from him, that Zuko would never be outside of his influence and, if not that, that he would die because of his own perceived ineptitude - he might've succeeded to, if he hadn't made the mistake of allowing Uncle Iroh to keep watch over him.
Definitely Ozai ruled through fear and violence and his own family was no exception. Ozai saw his own son as weak, an embarrassment and shame to the family name so he essentially banished Zuko on an impossible quest. He was seen almost like a "bastard son" an illegitimate heir who can never be part of royal rule.
Shou tucker, Ging Freecs, Monkey D. Dragon, Endeavour, etc... Anime deadbeat or bad dads are on a whole other level
At least dragon cares for Luffy and saved him once. Sanjis dad Judge was horribly abusive to him.
Also endeavour realises he was a pos and he tries to better himself. Also the show doesn't just magically fix his family because he had a change of heart they show his actions have consequences and it will take years to fix it that is if it can even be fixed
@@stempest7218 Boku no Hero is too forgiving in my opinion. Bakugou NEVER got any sort of official punishment for suicide baiting or any of his awfull ways and while Endeavour is trying for redemption I still think he deserves some jail time, having his hero license suspended or at least some punishment
@@marceloasensiofilho3833 yeah I agree that bakugou got off to lightly but I wasn't talking about him.
Japan can't jail endeavour or revoke his license at the time of manga because he is the strongest hero to fight the league of villains without him they don't stand a chance. Also besides endeavour being rough when training todoroki we don't know how abusive endeavour was to his family outside natsu saying he ignored him and his sister
As for endeavour while he hasn't had legal trouble he has been severely injured scarred in the face.
Natsu his second oldest son straight up hates him and only starts to change his mind after endeavour saves at the cost of injuring himself.
Then endeavour realises his kids need time away from so he buys an apartment for kids.
SPOILERS for manga
Dabi being evil is made endeavours fault which he did by accident and feels incredible remorse and is willing to die for it. Seriously he has been severely injured and will most likely be crippled if he even survives.
@@stempest7218 I read the manga and fully understand that he unfortunatelly is too important in the war against AFO and such.
I still think both him and Bakugou got off very lightly. Personally I thought the author was gonna have Bakugou make his final Sacrifice against Shigaraki, the main reason I dropped boku no hero is because the author lacked the guts to have Bakugou sacrifice himself to save Deku. It would have elevated the stakes of the final saga to an all time high and made for a compeling full redemption for him, having him give up his life for the guy he told to "die and hope to have a quirk in his next life"
@@marceloasensiofilho3833I agree with bakugou mostly but his return to the manga is pretty hype.
One of my biggest problems with bakugou outside of treatment of deku being handwaved away is the fact anyone in his class actually like him. Like all he does he shout, be anti social and egotistical and yet all his classmates are his friends.
Endeavour I completely disagree with he is my favourite character and his redemption has been done great because it's not easy no one forgives him straight away so he is still punished with his family hating him, getting the crap beat out of him and almost dying multiple times and being willing to die with dabi to protect his family and to shoulder the problem he created.
My only real problem with endeavour is hawks being an endeavour fanboy.
Even though you said you weren't including anime characters, I think Flint aka Brock's dad from Pokémon deserves a mention because because he was the Gym Leader of the Pewter Gym but he abandoned it along with Brock and his NINE siblings to become a better Pokémon trainer but he failed at that and he decided to become a rock souvenir salesman because he didn't want Brock and his siblings to see how much of a loser he is. After Flint left, Brock had to step up not only as a parent but as a Gym Leader as well and it was only until Ash defeated Brock that Flint decided to be a parent and Gym Leader again. So yeah, Flint sucks and is a deadbeat. Hell even Ash called him the good for nothing father who left home and never came back
If Stan’s personality and attitude stayed the same from the first few season to now I think he would have been the worst father
True, that. The fact that he and his family have grown as characters is part of the reason why I enjoy American Dad.
Early Stan was
1. My kids won’t be happy unless they follow my rule.
2. Here’s my plan to make their lives better.
3. Plan backfires.
4. Stan learns his lesson and makes amends with his kids.
Family Guy practically begged us to hate their characters. Meanwhile, American Dad remains more wholesome in my opinion.
No, even then he’d still be better than Ozai
@@jakealter5504 I don't watch the series with this "Ozai" character.
2:38 That's how I felt when you made your "10 Great Family Guy Characters We Will Never See Again" video haha. Keep up the great the content Lydia!
I'd say worse might be Stephen Stotch and least bad out of all is honestly Homer considering we all know how much he loves Bart, Lisa and Maggie. And Mr. Turner of course loves Timmy as well just doesn't show it often. I think a major difference between Stan and Peter besides Stan being way smarter is Peter was much more caring in the beginning whilst Stan was hardly caring.
I love how you adapt your avatar to the art style for the show you're currently talking about ^^
Between Randy and Peter, I think if your family is excited about you going to jail or willing to pull the plug while you're in a coma, you really screwed up.
Randy Marsh I'm cool with.
I'm surprised that Rick Sanchez wasn't on the list. That is one seriously awful father.
*grandfather
@@hyperstarman6848 You've got to be a father to be a grandfather.
@@Celestia282 he's more awful to his grandkids than he is to his daughter
@@hyperstarman6848 True, but he's still really awful to his daughter.
I think it depends on the rick. Rick 137 is shown in his origin to be all about Diane and Beth(sure maybe more Diane but she was erased from the timelines, at least he has infinite beths). Rick prime straight up abandons her tho
The worst thing in animations is the way they make their dads.
Cotton is easily one of the most rotten people to ever be written and the fact that Hank turned out to be such a good upstanding father to Bobby and son to Cotton when he has time and again thrown any kindness Hank does back in his face is a miracle funny enough you can say the same thing about Orel Loved laughing at Cotton but him and Clay Puppington are up there as far as horrible animated fathers go because their horrid personalities and actions are so real and grounded. Like I know its a cartoon and i can laugh and like Cotton but that personality of his in real life is the most repulsive and cowardly thing i feel a man can be too scared to own up to his mistakes to cowardly to try to live life beyond a time thats long gone and too proud to take tokens of kindness from people they've wronged. Cotton is so longwinded when it comes to his service which should be a selfless thing yet is so vain and bombastic because deep down he uses that as the only honorable thing hes done in his life because other than that pinnacle of being a war hero he did nothing but dishonor nearly everything he did. He was a womanizer that constantly degraded his wife and son uncaring about the people he hurts or screws over as long as hes getting reverence because without it hes just a sad bitter little man that doesnt matter and that fear hurts him most of all to be seen as insignificant its why as terrible as he is to Hank he still tries so hard to stay relevant in Hanks life beisdes his soft side for Bobby who looks basically like a clone of Cotton its sad to see such a vain man hurt Hank who we see has all these coping mechanisms and looks for father figures and certain masculine ideals to get that validation that his father never gave him its why he idolises the other strong masculine men he grew up around Coach Souers. Tom Laundry Buck Strickland and basically any former athlete
omni man true is the definition of conflicted father. similar to darth vader. rick is not only a bad grandpa he unlike omniman is a psycho and is completely irredeemable sometimes.
Omni-Man is a very different case. He was raised on a planet of people worse than him where he only knows violence and conquest. Plus unlike most of the others Nolan actually loves Mark and that’s why he spares Earth. For him.
I wanna say this for Timmy’s dad in the Wish Muffin episode he didn’t want to have a babysitter for Timmy when he faked being gone he did try to stop Timmy from calling her but you can see his Wife literally stopping him by tying him up
Commiting mass murder by literally pushing your son through dozens or hundreds of people right after saying that your sons mother is a pet to you has to be the worst.
i wonder how hank and stan would have turned out if they're fathers were switched with each other
How about Jack Fenton from Danny Phantom? He didn't give a damn about Danny or Jazz. Jack only cared about ghost hunting so much, he didn't even realize his son is half-ghost. And to make matters worse, Jack's invention is what made Danny half-ghost in the first place. No matter Danny never told him.
See, homer isn’t a bad dad
He is a dad who does stupid things with good intentions (most of the time)
He tries that’s what counts
sup.
Ah, good, the King of the Hill section was actually about Cotton. I was about to say, Hank's always trying his best. Being a good parent isn't about being perfect and never making mistakes, it's about trying your hardest. Cotton definitely didn't show that the majority of the time, though the Jimmy Carter episode was a welcome exception.
Hank tried his best and broke the cycle of generational trauma and abuse by actually loving his son and trying to accept Bobby for who he is
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Yeah, it was great that the series ends with them grilling together with a shared interest.
@@VGamingJunkieVT Hank definitely grew as a father to Bobby, in the beginning of the series he would often say "that boy ain't right" because Bobby is the exact opposite of Hank.
From what’s been shown in the show about omni-man, I’d say he’s clearly far ahead, but with the comics out there it’s hard to say. At least family guy and the other shows have a huge cast of characters that are just as problematic as Peter, Stan and Homer, but with Invincible, Marks is just a normal high school kid. Then his idol, the man he wants to be and looks up to, spun on a dime and became this monster that would have easily murdered everyone he cared about, called his mom a pet, and beat him nearly to death while telling him how worthless he is seems worse than a predictable Peter doing something bad to Meg again for the thousandth time.
Omni-Man is definitely up there, but it can at least be argued that with his upbringing, it makes sense why he would do the things he did. I'm not saying he is justified, but at least he has shown he loved Mark and Debbie.
In the end, his love for his son allowed him to push aside the man he kept trying to be.
I would say Ozai is probably worse since Omni-Man at the least stopped beating his son, if Ozai had his way, Zuko and Iroh would be dead without a hint of regret.
Dishonorable mentions:
Butterscotch Horseman, Joseph Sugarman, Clay Puppington, Rusty Venture, Rand Ridley, Buckzo, Paimon, Crimson
What about Rick Sanchez he's easily one of the worst fathers in cartoon history
In my list there's also Buckzo, Paimon and Crimson from Helluva Boss, all 3 are horrible fathers.
HOW DID CLAY PUPPINGTON NOT MAKE THIS LIST??? (Seriously, anyone who doesn't know, go watch Moral Orel immediately)
The show tries to present Homer in a sympathetic light despite his abuse and neglect. the biggest excuse given is abe using the cycle of abuse. While abe was far far from perfect as the show goes on we learn that he was incredibly sacrificing. Mona was also shown to be far less apart of homer’s life then initially appeared putting more work onto abe. So once again while abe was far from perfect on his worse day he was a better father then homer.
Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart
Homer locks bart in a cage because a present bart brought for marge accidentally ruined a present he brought and in the end bart apologizes to homer for not thinking of his feeling when he reacted negatively to this. Also going by marge’s logic above wasn’t it her fault I mean bart wouldn’t have brought her a rabbit if it wasn’t her birthday yet she never stop to think about barts feelings as he was locked in a cage.
Homer is also abusive in ways abe never was in The Great Money Caper Homer abandons Bart at the wharf at night after his magic act only earns 60 cents. It’s played completely for laughs.
Fat Man And Little Boy
After bart starts a business selling shirts homer quits his job his ten year old some to support the entire family. Then we as the audience are supposed to feel sorry for him because he feels emasculated by this.
I also like to point out that this money and the money in Barting Over is never seen or heard from again. This is also not the first or last time bart has supported the family. Marge and homer are pretty much white trash. They repeated steal from their child yet grip about how much of a financial burden he is.
Bart is also repeated presented as the bad gut when he finds a male role model who treats him like a human being
Dad Behavior
Homer hires a handyman to take over father-son catch duties with Bart only to become jealous and start hanging out with Milhouse. Homer claims that he likes hanging out with Milhouse because he’s hurt over the fact that Bart keeps calling him by his name instead of dad. But for someone who repeatedly tells his son he’s an unloved accident, pawns him off on someone else at the quickest opportunity only to get jealous at seeing how happy his son is and start hanging out with another child as some kind of childish revenge just makes Homer come across as a petty jerkass.
The Wreck of the Relationship
I hate this episode homer and bart are sent on a trust-building and surprise surprise when bart is actually given positive reinforcement he thrives and even raises to the ranks of acting captain. Homer by contrast nearly gets everyone killed and refuses to listen to Bart. He reasoning being that why should he respect Bart as captain when the boy doesn't respect Homer's authority as his father. Basically equating something Bart worked legitimately hard to earn with something Homer just expects to be given to him no matter how he acts.
Barthood
The major problem with this episode is that it actually goes into this dynamic but still treats bart as the bad guy. Bart and lisa are continuously pit against each other (which is one of the more subtle but particularly odious forms of bad parenting/child abuse) marge is fully complacent in this even though homer is the more vocal. He bluntly 'admits' that he doesn't want anything to do with Bart to a therapist, and can't say one nice thing to his son that isn't backhanded. Lisa greatly benefits and takes advantage of this she pretends it doesn’t exist. This is the only future where bart doesn’t end up as a loser and he does it by cutting his family out of his life. There is this happy ending with bart making peace with Lisa and Homer in adulthood but with no indication of them having to earn it. it doesn’t help that E My Sports and Diary Queen aired after this.
If anything the fact he tries to be a good father to lisa and Maggie (who he regularly forgets) shows just how much of an aweful person he is. He shows open contempt for bart yet will have an existential crisis and see everyone as lego’s when lisa grows away from him. then lets not forget Flander's Ladder and Barts Not Dead two consecutive episodes where homer intentionally puts barts life in danger and has no remorse for what he did. He even tries to financially exploit it the second time.
My major beef with the simpsons is that unlike family guy the writers don’t acknowledge that the characters are asshole. This is why I compare bart more to timmy turner then meg griffon.
I Ain’t reading all that
Im happy for you tho
Or sorry that happened
@@IvannoGianni There's really no need to give meaningless blanket responses to something you didn't bother reading, and possibly even less need to announce that you won't read it. If you're not reading all that, just don't and move on.
@toushin1000 I always felt bad for Bart because it was apparent that he wasn’t really cared for by his family. Homer didn’t care and Marge always cared more for Lisa and Maggie. Bart always felt like the odd one out. Another example of Bart thriving even if it’s just for a short time was during the Simpsons Movie when they were back in Springfield when Bart was staying with Flanders. He always had a better relationship with Ned Flanders than with Homer. Flanders was a positive role model for Bart. Something he really needed. Flanders didn’t make Bart feel like a bad kid. He cared for Bart, not Homer nor Marge did. Lisa always used her position as favourite for her advantage and I always felt that it makes her look extremely arrogant (but that may be my bias because I really don’t like her)
- Thats a good write up to be fair, Bart has actually shown he can be a canny over-achiever basically every time he gets support and his family ALWAYS drag him down.
The episode where he became a golf caddy blew my mind, he was learning that showing respect could lead to personal gain and he was making good money and Marge says she wants him to remain a rebel!
@@MadMalMan Even their treatment of lisa can be considered a sign that they are a bad parent. As shown in lisa’s sax they decided bart was a lost cause because dealing lisa was easier. When written right lisa is a tragic figure as the sheer amount of favoritism they give has made it so she’s unable to function normally she expects everyone to treat her like they do so doesn’t have any friends and goes into suicidal depression at even the thought of someone being better than her. they go out of their way to destroy any potential bart has and they’ve destroyed lisa’s emotional potential.
0:34 I remember that episode
Definitely Butters' dad. Like future covid era Butters realised, neither of those parents loved him.
I realized every animated dads never APOLOGIZES to their own actions like Finn's father, Homer's endless stupidity, Timmy's dad neglect, Stan, Peter Randy, Steven's immature yet disturbing behavior, Hank, Ozai and Cotton's narcissism of perfectionists and Omni man's violent behavior as they refused to apologize to each of his son and daughter or wife just to make an poor apology just to dodge more drama.
I would add Rand Ridley from Inside Job to this list.
Ozai said “Azula was born lucky and Zuko was lucky to be born” to their faces
And I think it was said in one of the books that if Zuko was born without any bending that he would throw Zuko off the balcony and let him splatter
Well Homer did say “I’d rather drink a beer than win father of the year”
Omg I wish I included that quote 🤣
Maybe next time Lydia
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I love how all of these are just "He abused his son, hit his wife, abandoned his family in a volcano, killed his daughter twice, abandoned his infant child at an orphanage, stole money from his wife's wallet, stole money from his son's wallet, sabotaged his daughters Career because he was clingy, killed his sons best friends for kicks, and is a rampant alchoholic. However, he's had some really sweet dad moments throughout the show and has been shown to truly love his family, so he is not the worst cartoon dad."
IF you want to make a part 2, you could watch the Venture Bros. Show.
Rusty deserv his place as an honorable mention as a bad father but his dad, Jonas, deserve a spot on the list of the worst dads in cartoon and animation.
And Rusty is just unlucky
Yes he's unlucky for being Jonas's kid but Rusty is still a crappy dad toward Hank and Dean. Heck, he sometime use them as servant, almost never take care of 'em (to the point of Hank seeking a father figure in Brock) and he see his sons as annoyance most of the time.
The creators of the show have stated the central theme of the Venture Bro is failure. Even Jonahs Sr. is lauded as a hero of the ever optimistic atomic age, he is a failure as a father. Rusty tries to live up to his father's greatness but constantly fails in inventions and restoring Venture Industries to its former glory of respect, wealth and power. Rusty also fails to be a good father to Hank and Dean but at least tries and is not the completely neglectful amoral monster that Jonahs was.
@@Lony15It's generational trauma, Rusty hates his dad but wants to be just like him repeating similar mistakes his father did while raising him such as Jonas putting Rusty in dangerous adventures which often resulted in Rusty getting kidnapped and neglecting Rusty by pawning off to other members of team Venture, while Rusty pawns off Dean and Hank to Brock
@@rootfish2671 i know that. At least Rusty knows he's not a good father and sometime try to be better.
But still, Jonas Sr. Deserv his place on the list (even more because he gave traumas to Rusty, preventing him of being a good father.)
Worst cartoon dad
caillou’s dad, he’s always grounding him