History UnintentionalUncannyValley / WesternAnimation

* Pretty much any Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} show based on a Creator/DreamworksAnimation movie. The shows have [[NoFlowInCGI much, much lower-budget CGI than the movies do]], and as a result the characters tend to look very strange, almost as if they're made out of clay. With ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'', [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81F2hWFJeML._RI_.jpg the Penguins themselves don't look too bad]], but [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/penguinsofmadagascar/images/a/ad/Julien-character-web-desktop.png/revision/latest?cb=20190718042749 King Julien]] and especially [[http://shared.frenys.com/assets/149998542119/2974536-You-penguins-are-psychotic-by-Maurice.jpg Maurice]] and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/penguinsofmadagascar/images/1/1f/Mort-character-web-desktop.png/revision/latest?cb=20180425154117 Mort]] barely resemble their movie counterparts. The characters in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'' [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91Q83jLoKYL._RI_.jpg don't fare any better]], particularly [[https://nick-intl.mtvnimages.com/uri/mgid:file:gsp:kids-assets:/nick/properties/kung-fu-panda/characters/shifu-character-web-desktop.png?height=0&width=480&matte=true&crop=false Shifu]].
** The television adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' is the worst of the bunch, to the point that the shows resembles more like a FMV of a [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PS1]] game than that of a show released in 2013.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': This trope is brilliantly alluded to, and parodied, in the episode "Frankendoodle." The drawings of the characters that come alive are described in-universe as "kinda creepy when they move", save for the jellyfish Patrick drew earlier. And Patrick is VERY obviously put off by [=DoodleBob=] because he flat out resembles, but not entirely imitates, [=SpongeBob=], which is seen in-universe as quite creepy.

* Parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' with a pink, badly CGI'd dancing pig-baby (probably a parody of the infamous CGI Dancing Baby), whose mere existence instills great horror (and grief) in those who watch it, especially Gumbo and Mung.

** InUniverse example: Homer briefly imagines his children as "mutants" with pinkish skin, five-fingered hands and eyes with irises. The camera briefly cuts to a [[ArtShift more realistic]] rendering of Bart, Lisa and Maggie. Homer screams and runs away after seeing that.
** The original show has nothing on the depths into the Uncanny Valley the fans will boldly go. Michael Swaim gives us [[http://www.cracked.com/video_17898_the-7-creepiest-simpsons-fan-tributes.html The 7 Creepiest Simpson Fan Tributes]][[note]]Or "The 7 Most Extreme Forms of Simpsons Fandom", if you want to go by the in-video title.[[/note]]. The title is most certainly accurate.
** In the episode were Gabbo was introduced, Krusty tries to compete with his own ventriloquism number, using a shoddily-made puppet that looks rather creepy. ''And then the puppet loses its lower jaw.'' From this point on, things go downhill rather quickly.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1WW8ADHo5Q This]] Butterfinger commercial shows Homer from an angle that doesn't make him look like Homer anymore.

** One episode has a gag in which Krusty says "We'll be filmed in HD TV! Here's how I'll look!" cue a cut to [[https://www.vooks.net/images/simpsonskrusty_hd.jpg this]] face - which makes the kids recoil in horror. This is how some people view HD TV today.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':
** In the episode "Knock It Off", the BigBad creates an army of PPG imitations, but with shoddy worksmanship. The scariest ones are those who are only ''slightly'' different from the originals.
** Arguably, the Powerpuffs themselves. As the characters are designed to look ridiculously cute, they have rather big eyes, and a lack of fingers, toes, noses, and ears. A number of jokes in the show revolve around their appearance because of this, and there's even an episode that showed what would happen if the FreakLabAccident never occurred and girls turn out to be the Run of the Mill Girls instead, without their unique cuteness features.

* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'': InUniverse, this is how the [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110212181306/villains/images/3/38/Charlie_the_robot.jpg Funland operator]] of "Foul Play in Funland" is seen by the rest of the gang, who, throughout the episode, make it verbally clear his eerie atmosphere and superhuman abilities are absolutely off-putting. Of course, the revelation that he's just a haywire animatronic certainly helps.

%% ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
%% Hama's movements also appear slightly stiff and unnatural, making her seem creepy even before she's revealed as a villain.

* [[CreepyChild The Delightful Children]] [[HiveMind From Down The Lane]] in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' are pretty much in and out universe UncannyValley fuel, due to their VoiceOfTheLegion, blank eyes, and sociopathic qualities, not to mention a slight NonStandardCharacterDesign. They're arguably the scariest aspect of the series. Lenny (the football helmet) averts this when he betrays them for the K.N.D. He's still a bit weird, but seems like a normal kid with a nasally lisp thanks to his headgear. [[spoiler:Then he dives headfirst back into the creepy hole when he reveals himself as a triple agent. He ''slides back into his place in the group with a slurping sound''.]]

%% The horse statue that scares Spike in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E3CastleManeia "Castle Mane-ia"]]. The spiders don't help.

** Invoked with the avatar of the Tree of Harmony from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E22WhatLiesBeneath "What Lies Beneath"]], which takes the form of Twilight Sparkle. Said avatar has unusually stiff, robotic movements, speaks with strange inflections on words, and has an off-putting gaze that is occasionally framed looking directly at the camera.

* Any ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' FanArt that portrays remotely non-human characters in a more realistic drawing style. It's a given that if Leela's [[{{Cyclops}} eye]] wasn't a simple oval and black dot, Fry would be unable to look at her, much less have sex with her. Actually, that's probably how many people in-universe see her. From "The Cyber House Rules"...
-->'''Leela:''' No one's stared at me, or avoided staring at me, or tried to [[KillItWithFire burn]] me!

** For [[BrokenBase some viewers]], the animation style of the ''Life With Loopy'' shorts tend to have this effect, though the fans will argue that after a while, it's just something you get used to. The pilot ("Goldfish Heaven"), however, falls much deeper into the valley due to its even cheaper look and rougher animation. [[http://67.media.tumblr.com/3117a740e1fb89eb2459ad73b152baad/tumblr_o8bc5yOOhE1vwbwpro1_500.gif This one shot of Larry laughing]] falls there the deepest.

** Garnet's [[ThirdEye third eye]] ([[spoiler:and in turn, Sapphire's [[{{Cyclops}} single eye]]]]) can invoke this in first-time viewers. This is presumably why Garnet wears a [[CoolShades visor]] ([[spoiler:and why Sapphire's hair covers her face]]).

** [[spoiler: White Diamond and White Pearl]] in "Legs From Here to Homeworld".
*** [[spoiler: White Pearl has a INCREDIBLY robotic behavior, seems to be forever stuck in the same pose as her Diamond, with ''only her mouth moving'', is perpetually smiling, ''overrules'' Blue and Yellow Diamond, glides instead of walking, even going through walls... and where her left eye should be, there's just a huge crack and a faint round outline. Unlike every other Pearl we've seen, she shares the voice of her Diamond, suggesting... [[PeoplePuppets something else.]]]]
*** [[spoiler: White Diamond acts in a way that's both overly cheering and [[TranquilFury intimidating]] at the same time, calls the intergalactic war Pink caused "a game", and asks questions and [[MotorMouth keeps talking]] without expecting an actual answer. She also has eyes but no pupils... Also, she is stuck in a sort-of T-Pose, with her arms outstretched, and the only part of her that has movement is her face (while literally the entire rest of her body is drawn in the same style and with the same methods as the ''scenery'').]]

* Done intentionally in the WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters short "Twisted" with Harley Quinn. While she's normally a very cute AntiVillain (bordering on AntiHero in some versions), This version is both [[AdaptationalVillainy far eviler]], and [[{{Gonk}} very ugly]]. Even if you can get past her weird makeup and ScaryStitches, her facial features are misproportioned, and her eyes seem to not be focusing in the same direction.

* ''WesternAnimation/SidTheScienceKid'' is somewhat creepy. Henson Studios used a technique that combines CGI Motion-Capture with actual puppetry. The actors are "filmed" in real time as the CGI characters, with as little post-production as possible being used.

** In the episode were [[TheDollEpisode Gabbo was introduced]], Krusty tries to compete with his own ventriloquism number, using a shoddily-made puppet that looks rather creepy. ''And then the puppet loses its lower jaw.'' From this point on, things go downhill rather quickly.

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[[caption-width-right:295:"Have you ever met my candy wife?"]]

* [[http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/mother-nature-full-episode.html An episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' had Timmy's dad using a rather creepy puppet of his mom, who is now too busy working as Dimmsdale's new weatherperson. It even creeps Timmy out.
--> '''Timmy's Dad:''' I don't know [if Mom would get this upset]. Let's ask while I'm drinking a glass of water!
--> '''Sockpuppet Mom:''' I think you're being too hard on Timmy.
--> '''Timmy's Dad:''' ''*SpitTake*'' Oh, sure! Take his side!
--> '''Timmy:''' No amount of therapy will ever make this moment okay.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bionicle}}'':
** ''Bionicle: The Legend Reborn'' used the actual LEGO toys as its character models with an absolutely minimal amount of tweaking, to make them seem more realistic while still keeping the intended "toy look". One added feature was the rotten-looking teeth and weird lips formed by a ''second'' row of mechanical teeth that slid over the real ones, but their true jaw-line still remained apparent. When they smiled, it looked [[https://biosector01.com/w/images/bs01/e/ea/TLR_Toa_Mata_Nui_and_Click.jpg horrifying]].
** The earlier movies also had shades of this, not with the designs (which did their best to avert this by redesigning the characters from their toy looks) but the animation itself. The movements in the first two were often very choppy, with the characters turning stiff a lot. Then, there are Tahu's cheeks, which ''flap'' like tissue as he performs a skydive inside a volcano, despite his mask being supposedly solid metal. Given that the mask has an odd, organic-looking design with many tubes running across it, this flapping makes it look like he has his facial muscles exposed.

* ''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn'' has the audacity to rip off numerous Disney and Don Bluth character designs, but does it so incompetently that when the designs aren't just plain OffModel, they're downright unsettling. There's something rather unpleasant about the human faces in the movie--when they're not crudely stylized, they're instead vaguely realistic. The problem is that when they address the camera in a scene, the low quality of the art and animation gives them a sort of floppy, choppy feeling that is definitely inhuman. This is not helped by the artists doing such a lackluster job with the faces, which resulted in many of the cast having FishEyes.

* Also parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' with a pink, badly CGI'd dancing pig-baby (probably a parody of the infamous CGI Dancing Baby), whose mere existence instills great horror (and grief) in those who watch it, especially Gumbo and Mung.

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': In "Jack and the Haunted House", there's something '''extremely disturbing''' about [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3NbEuEB-o9Y/Sfdyt886sjI/AAAAAAAACUc/8Z2g9ebV1dY/s200/Samurai+Jack+35-02.png the Demonic Spirit's frighteningly detailed design]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** This trope is brilliantly alluded to, and parodied, in the episode "Frankendoodle." The drawings of the characters that come alive are described in-universe as "kinda creepy when they move", save for the jellyfish Patrick drew earlier. And Patrick is VERY obviously put off by [=DoodleBob=] because he flat out resembles, but not entirely imitates, [=SpongeBob=], which is seen in-universe as quite creepy.
** Speaking of ''[=SpongeBob=]''... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcVS0Kyprp8 who you callin' Pinhead?]]
** There's actually something '''extremely''' disturbing [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h24JqTo99BY about the face Spongebob makes when he's ashamed of himself.]]
** Many of the {{Gross Up Close Up}}s can be seen as this.

* In a similar vein, ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures''.

* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' was a very frightening cartoon for many, often skipping the "comedy" part of its "horror-comedy".
** By far, one of the best examples of the trope was in the GrandFinale: "Perfect". Courage had a series of nightmares where he was declared "not perfect" by what appears to be [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Nightmare_Valley.jpg a blue half-human, half-octustingray thingy]].
%% In the episode "The Mask". Kitty before removing the mask qualifies, and the atmosphere and music certainly doesn't help. "Doc Gerbil's World" is equally mindrending.
%% King Ramses. ''"Return the slaaaaaaaaab..."''
** Freaky Fred has an unmoving, seemingly frozen face, a perpetual smile with entirely too many teeth and a creepy, predatory but [[FauxAffablyEvil deceptively polite]] voice. The fact that he is as close as a show for kids can get to a ''child molester'' serves to make him all the more disturbing.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'':
** Intentionally invoked with [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Flapjack.jpg this image]] of the titular Flapjack.
** The Candy Wife (pictured above), also deliberately in the valley.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLnKRaBlseM&feature=related She's heeeeeeerrrrreeeee~]]
** [[PungeonMaster Punsy]] [=McKale's=] realistic design looks a bit...off to say the least.

* Also invoked for many of the villains in ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters''. One of the most traumatic characters for anybody growing up in the 1980s might have been their Boogey Man.

* Intentionally invoked in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', part two of "Heart of Steel". The robotic [[spoiler:replacements for Gotham's citizens]] ''look'' perfectly normal, but ''move'' in increasingly impossible ways - such as their heads spinning around to look at things, or crouching and leaping in a terrifyingly inhuman manner.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]]'s version of Toyman falls into this trope, with his very big toy head.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Free Willzyx", the announcers from the marina hand out [[http://southpark.wikia.com/wiki/File:The_Group.jpg very photorealistic artist's impressions of the boys]]. Since by that time the viewer has gotten used to South Park's cutout style of drawing, the photorealism of the drawings is a little off-putting for them.

** In Season 3, [[InvokedTrope done on purpose]] with the Timberwolves, who are rendered [[TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects in CGI]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' makes use of this trope a lot when creating a character who is supposed to be off-putting:
** Lemongrab. In a show where almost all the characters have black dots for eyes, his eyes are jarring. Lemongrab, with his NonStandardCharacterDesign, has realistic eyes- white ovals with dark pupils, DullEyesOfUnhappiness that just look ''wrong'' when they're not exaggerated into cartoonish outrage or fear.
*** The scene of Lemongrab's creation, and coming to life, deliberately invokes this trope. The reaction Princess Bubblegum has to her failed experiment is the same reaction the audience has to him, too.

** Marceline's Dad moves like a marionette on mismatched strings- his walk is just ''creepy''.
** Princess Monster Wife. The Ice King assembled PMW from body parts stolen from his favorite princesses. Imagine Frankenstein's Monster, but as a big, bulky princess with grossly mismatched arms, legs, and parts of her face. Her voice consists of three simultaneous voices of the princesses who compose her mouth. The most unsettling scene with PMW is when she is trying to eat. She lifts a spoonful of mashed potatoes to her mouth, but she is unable to eat because her mouth is so misshapen. (The fact that Princess Monster Wife is a sweet, kind, and genuinely sad character softens the blow of the uncanny valley a little bit, though.)
** Guardian Angel has cartoonish eyes mixed with a realistically drawn, skeleton mouth.
** The Scrodinger's Cat/Demon Cat thing with the broken, floating legs.
** The Lich is a skeleton half-covered in dead, tattered flesh that moves. Lich-posessed Princess Bubblegum and Lich-posessed Snail deserve special mention, too.
** Some fans had this reaction to Susan Strong. She has the same simple face, eyes, and head as the other characters, but has a disproportionately large body, and it is a very muscular, realistically-drawn body. Unlike the other examples, she was intended to be appealing- not unsettling.
** Some of the more non-cartoonish expressions, in a similar manner to the infamous "She's Here" scene of Flapjack... such as Finn's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ys4Ejf4CrI Four Weeks]]" face, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG59fHNANRE that horrifying face he makes]] when a drop of water comes towards him.
** Ricardio is a cartoonish heart [[InkSuitActor with the realistically drawn face of]] Creator/GeorgeTakei.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' seems to intentionally do this to the Kraang, where, while stylized, the Kraang's disguises are always a simple, droll businessman, whose face and eyes almost never move. It's sort of creepy.
* The episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' "Hermit Ren" features a creepy cave mummy in the cave where Ren plans to spend the rest of his life. The mummy itself may qualify, but it definitely qualifies during a scene when [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/speedyboris/renandstimpy/hermit-20-300x227_zps3ebb1b55.jpg Ren begins to slip into insanity and sees his face on the mummy]]. Not helped by the implication that the mummy is actually a ''dead body''.
** Any moments where Ren goes off-model.
* The infamous ending bumper to Creator/AdultSwim that was used for five years featured a pair of bleary eyes being greeted by a grinning sun from behind a hill, and the text "THE DAWN IS YOUR ENEMY". The creepy [[DroneOfDread drone music]] didn't help matters either.

* Most anything drawn by animator Creator/PeterChung, which includes works like his well known MTV cartoon series ''WesternAnimation/AeonFlux'', and for doing animated stories for ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'' and the ''WesternAnimation/DarkFury'' special in the ''Riddick'' series (also ''Anime/ReignTheConqueror'', but that one's an anime example due to being a Japanese/Korean co-production). Most of his characters (like Aeon Flux herself) look downright anorexic, and as Pan Pizza from WebVideo/RebelTaxi put it "is it possible to have TOO MUCH animation?", stating that the style really takes some getting used to.

* ''WesternAnimation/MrPickles'' is drawn in a [[NightmareFuel horrifying]], grotesque style that makes the characters look [[https://web.archive.org/web/20151014205518if_/http://0.tqn.com/y/animatedtv/1/W/7/d/1/pickles_04.jpg absolutely]] [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4fm5BksWohM/VDKm6jNnjaI/AAAAAAAAAhA/kMhCXhhb5Ww/s1600/Mr.Pickles.S01E03.jpg hideous]]. It really looks like the animators were going for a mixture of Uncanny Valley and {{Squick}}.

** Deliberately invoked with Frybo when brought to life. It moves like an animatronic, [[LiteralMinded follows orders literally]], materializes food from inside itself and [[SymbolicBlood 'bleeds' ketchup and mustard]]. Later it gains vein-like bulges and the fries on the top of its head [[CombatTentacles become prehensile]].
** Also played intentionally in any episode involving [[LotusEaterMachine Rose's Room.]] The room can accurately represent Steven's views of his friends and family [[spoiler: even managing to fool him with a replica of Connie]], but this trope comes into play whenever it attempts to replicate too much, such as ''the whole of Beach City'', or a complete personality. The [[AGlitchInTheMatrix result]] [[SpeakInUnison can]] [[BrokenRecord be]] [[MoodWhiplash creepy,]] if well-intentioned by the eponymous room.

*** Likely done intentionally with [[spoiler: [[TragicMonster Spinel.]]]] Being a throwback to UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, she's animated using squash, stretch and smear techniques; due to this, she appears to have multiple eyes, noses, etc. during some frames, and it just looks...off. In addition, due to having RubberMan-like abilities to provide an in-universe justification for why she moves like this, her limbs bend in some scenes in a way that is simply...not natural. and the big ol' googly eyes she has only heightens the effect when they're used.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** Done specifically when Bill Cipher [[DemonicPossession possesses]] Dipper's body to make things all that much creepier. As such, Dipper's facial features become [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/4abcbd7cb0062ddc6c0b741172d83fe9/tumblr_nbmux2Iynt1qduyqso7_250.gif slightly more detailed]], to the point he enters this territory. What's worse, he didn't stop ''[[SlasherSmile smiling]]''.
** Done in the same way with [[http://68.media.tumblr.com/1e0ac773ab0f6c3b1db4c4aba7c91cb6/tumblr_inline_nbgu29A4RX1rvm5yj.png this]] old guy.
** Then of course there's Giffany when she possesses an animatronic. Check the ''UnintentionalUncannyValley/VideoGames'' section for reasons why.
** There's also [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/gravityfalls/images/5/55/Short5_wierd_looking_bear-o.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131019215115 Bearo]].

* ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel'' has a graphical style reminiscent of early 3D games, down to all the imperfections in the models and movement. As a result, everything looks disturbingly alien.

** Done specifically when Bill Cipher [[DemonicPossession possesses]] Dipper's body to make things all that much creepier. As such, Dippers facial features become [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/4abcbd7cb0062ddc6c0b741172d83fe9/tumblr_nbmux2Iynt1qduyqso7_250.gif slightly more detailed]], to the point he enters this territory. What's worse, he didn't stop ''[[SlasherSmile smiling]]''.

* The infamous ''WesternAnimation/RapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' special has it especially bad thanks to its [[NoBudget severe budget problems]] during the production, easily making it among '''''the''''' absolute [[NightmareFuel creepiest]] examples in animation history. The result has all the characters resembling mangled-up sex dolls who move in very robotic and unnerving ways. The backgrounds are no better as they appear to be some freakishly unnatural hybrid between hand-drawn and CG renderings, and the show in general resembles more like the in-game graphics of some mid-90s PC-game than a special released on television. [[EpicFail On top of it all, the makers behind this had no experience in animation whatsoever]].

** Garnet's [[ThirdEye third eye]] ([[spoiler:and in turn, Sapphire's [[{{Cyclops}} single eye]]]]) can invoke this in first-time viewers. This is presumably why Garnet wears a [[CoolShades visor]] ([[spoiler:and why Sapphire's hair [[BlindingBangs covers her face]]]]).

** Then of course there's Giffany when she possesses an animatronic. Check the ''UncannyValley/VideoGames'' section for reasons why.

* The infamous ''WesternAnimation/RapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' special takes it UpToEleven with its [[NoBudget severe budget problems]] during the production, easily making it among '''''the''''' absolute [[NightmareFuel creepiest]] examples in animation history. The result has all the characters resembling mangled-up sex dolls who move in very robotic and unnerving ways. The backgrounds are no better as they appear to be some freakishly unnatural hybrid between hand-drawn and CG renderings, and the show in general resembles more like the in-game graphics of some mid-90s PC-game than a special '''released on''' '''''television'''''. [[EpicFail On top of it all, the makers behind this had no experience in animation whatsoever]].

** This trope is brilliantly alluded to, and parodied, in the episode "Frankendoodle." The drawings of the characters that come to life are described in-universe as being "kinda creepy when they move". And Patrick is obviously put off by [=DoodleBob=] because he resembles, but never entirely imitates, [=SpongeBob=]. In universe, [=DoodleBob=] is seen as disturbing, unsettling, and creepy.

* Most anything drawn by animator Peter Chung, which includes works like his well known MTV cartoon series ''WesternAnimation/AeonFlux'', and for doing animated stories for ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'' and the ''WesternAnimation/DarkFury'' special in the ''Riddick'' series (also ''Anime/ReignTheConqueror'', but that one's an anime example due to being a Japanese/Korean co-production). Most of his characters (like Aeon Flux herself) look downright anorexic, and as Pan Pizza from WebVideo/RebelTaxi put it "is it possible to have TOO MUCH animation?", stating that the style really takes some getting used to.

* Pretty much any style of animation that's more focused on the characters being in the Three Quarter view. As such when a character of a distinct artstyle ends up facing the front or viewer, it becomes unsettling. ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons" and ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' are among the most notable examples where they achieved meme status.

** Some of the more non-cartoonish expressions, in a similar manner to the infamous "She's Here" scene of Flapjack... such as Finn's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ys4Ejf4CrI Four Weeks]]" face, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG59fHNANRE that horrifying face he makes]] when a drop of water comes towards him, though these are made less creepy [[MemeticMutation upon spending some time on the Net]]...

** A throwaway gag in the season 5 episode "Rosebud" has UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush rejected from Mr. Burns' birthday celebration for only serving one term as [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidents president]]. His caricature is mildly offputting, especially when he says "Get away from me, loser" to UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter.

* ''WesternAnimation/GlennMartinDDS'': All of the characters look like an unholy hybrid between [[Film/TheGoonies Sloth]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Quasimodo]].

** This trope is brilliantly alluded to, and parodied, in the episode "Frankendoodle." The drawings of the characters that come to life are described in-universe as being "kinda creepy when they move." And Patrick is obviously put off by [=DoodleBob=] because he resembles, but never entirely imitates, [=SpongeBob=]. In universe, [=DoodleBob=] is seen as disturbing, unsettling, and creepy.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends]]'' is this to some fans after the show's format was [[ShiftedToCGI converted from using model trains to CGI]] with the characters actually moving their mouths while they talk.

** ''[[http://www.toontracker.com/clutchcargo/cargo.htm Clutch Cargo]]'' used the same technique, and started airing in 1959. The technique is called "SynchroVox" and was invented in 1952.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X3lcjCSzs4 This]] Butterfinger commercial shows Homer from an angle that doesn't make him look like Homer anymore.

* Also parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' with a pink, badly CGI'd dancing pig-baby (probably a parody of the infamous CGI Dancing Baby), whose mere existence instills great horror (and grief) on those who watch it, especially Gumbo and Mung.

** Even worse were the crossovers with ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''. When the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]]'' characters went into the ''Fairly Odd Parents'' cartoon and were animated in its 2D style, it was relatively okay, even if their character designs were strikingly different. But when the latter was rendered in Jimmy Neutron's 3D style... the results were terrible-looking.