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falconboy
Since: Aug, 2011
17th May, 2017 10:35:36 PM
Rolie Polie Olie.
mimitchi33
Since: Apr, 2009
28th May, 2017 08:06:26 AM
The episode you're thinking of is The Lie.
They might have been robots? The kid throws away his brussels sprouts instead of eating them, and he gets nightmares about those sprouts taking over the world or his family turning into brussels sprouts. The same show might have had a special about their grandpa (robot) turning evil.