Childhood trauma incoming! Join us as we explore the most devastating and heart-wrenching deaths in family films that left young viewers emotionally scarred. These shocking moments from seemingly innocent movies proved that kid-friendly entertainment isn't always as gentle as parents might expect.
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today, we're counting down our picks for the Top 10 Most Brutal Deaths in Kids Movies.
00:20Number 10. Up, Up and Away. The Incredibles.
00:25Syndrome's eventual end is a walking example of why Edna Mode has a strict no-cape rule on super suits.
00:33He had a great look. A little cape in the boots.
00:36No capes!
00:38Isn't that my decision?
00:40Do you remember Thunderhead?
00:43The villain was already having a rough day, but things took a violent turn for the worse when he tried to kidnap Jack-Jack.
00:50All it did was put him and his cape in close proximity to the plane's jet turbine.
00:56This isn't the end of it! I will get your son eventually! I'll get your son!
01:03Oh no!
01:04He tries to hang on, but once the loose fabric gets caught, the Once Great Syndrome becomes human wood chips.
01:16Evisceration can't be a fun way to go, but even worse, the plane promptly explodes afterwards. Kind of feels like overkill.
01:25That was totally wicked!
01:28Number 9. Faith, Trust and Diamond Dust. Atlantis, The Lost Empire.
01:35There's a poetic sense of justice that the crystals Rourke tried so hard to steal are what end up putting him six feet deep.
01:43Well, I have to hand it to you! You're a bigger pain in the neck than I would have ever thought possible!
01:48He's crystallized in a visual representation of his greed, and given the screams of pain, it doesn't sound like a good time.
01:57God!
01:58Ahh!
02:00Ahh!
02:01But, as if becoming a sentient gem doesn't hurt enough, Rourke then gets a very close haircut through a propeller.
02:09No matter how you cut it, going from an imposing adversary to a light rain of sparkles has gotta sting.
02:23At least Rourke can say he went out in style.
02:26Number 8. A Fall From Grace, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
02:31An army of furry critters and friendly dwarves should not be this terrifying.
02:37Look! After her!
02:39What a man!
02:40Though, in the Evil Queen's defense, read Run 2, if an angry mob of them were after us.
02:47However, when it comes to pointing blame, they're only guilty of positioning her near the edge of a cliff.
02:52I'm trapped!
02:54Well, what do I do?
02:56I'll make her a little foos!
02:58The true culprit is the bolt of lightning that rudely sent her skydiving without a parachute.
03:09To rub some rock salt into the wound, a boulder follows her down.
03:14So, even if she somehow endured the fall, she'd have another gift on the way to finish the job.
03:21Number 7. Dark Horse The Never Ending Story
03:26In this magical tale of hope and adventure, the aptly titled Swamp of Sadness lives up to its name with a surprisingly grisly body count.
03:36Atreyu makes it across the hazard, but his horse, Artax, endures a fate that's neither quick nor painless.
03:43Artax! You're sinking! Come on! Get around! You have to now!
03:49The mystical mud saps his will to live, until the animal is fully submerged from hoof to head.
03:56Artax! Fight against the sadness, Artax!
04:00Literally drowning in your own despair has got to be one of the vilest forms of torment out there.
04:06Artax! Stupid horse! You gotta move or you'll die!
04:13Move! Please!
04:15Since this is a fantasy though, Artax would return for another story, making his death slightly less traumatic for kids who made it to the end.
04:24Number 6. Chopped, Skewered, and Fried The Little Mermaid
04:30Even at the size of a giant, it's clear this sea witch rocked the boat a bit too much.
04:36Baby! My poor little poopsies!
04:41When she starts stirring up the ocean, Artax commandeers a shipwrecked vessel to impale Ursula with.
04:48You pitiful, insignificant fool!
04:52Yeah, clean through the body, full shish kebab style. That'll definitely leave some splinters.
04:59But this type of sushi is best served char broiled.
05:03So much for true love!
05:08Or at least that's what mother nature thinks, since Ursula is then promptly electrocuted by lightning.
05:15Honestly, the worst part about this is trying to decide which is worse, getting stabbed or getting shot.
05:22Number 5. Extermination
05:25Spider- Into the Spider-Verse
05:28With great power, sometimes comes a great deal of pain.
05:32Carl, what's your take on head trauma?
05:38I tried to warn you pal.
05:40Though Spidey can usually thwip out of dangerous situations, the explosion of Kingpin's multiversal machine leaves the hero beaten, broken, and totally defenseless.
05:51Hey! You okay?
05:53I'm fine, I'm fine. Just resting.
05:56His last act is ensuring Miles gets out safely, but it can't protect him from watching the hero's brutal end.
06:03Not even a superhero can withstand a shattered midsection.
06:07They're gone.
06:08We mercifully don't see the impact, and yet the sound alone is enough to convince us it wasn't pleasant.
06:23In the end, Peter's still body speaks louder than a dramatic farewell ever could.
06:29Number 4. Through the Jungle Vine
06:32Tarzan
06:33At the very least, this death was fast, but that's really the only good thing we can say about it.
06:40I can use a challenge, because after I get rid of you, rounding up your little ape family will be all too easy!
06:48When Clayton's trapped in a web of vines, he starts mindlessly hacking at them.
07:01Except, of course, for the one around his neck.
07:04Eventually, Clayton drops, but he never reaches the ground.
07:08The vine goes taut, and all we hear is the sickening sound as Clayton's neck presumably snaps from the whiplash.
07:16It's gotta hurt even more, since this was completely his own doing.
07:34If this is the alternative, maybe the Evil Queen's fall wasn't so bad after all.
07:40Number 3. Once Upon a Rasputin
07:44Anastasia
07:45In a moment of brilliant cruelty, this amnesiac princess decides to give Rasputin a taste of his own demons.
07:53I couldn't have said it better myself!
07:59Once she cracks his reliquary, they turn on the villain and proceed to dissolve him from the inside out.
08:06His skin melts, his bones crack, and then he's left as nothing but dust.
08:18It's quite literally a fate worse than death, since it's dealt by the undead themselves.
08:24There's no telling the kind of suffering Rasputin endured, but at least he probably lost consciousness before it got too bad.
08:32His soul though? That's a different story.
08:35Consumed by his hatred for Nicholas and his family, Rasputin sold his soul for the power to destroy them.
08:44Number 2. Doom goes for a dip. Who framed Roger Rabbit?
08:49Surprisingly, getting flattened by a steamroller isn't the most cringe-worthy part of Doom's, well, Doom.
08:57No, that part just really, really hurt.
09:00Holy smoke, he's a Doom!
09:02Surprised?
09:03Not really.
09:04The true honor belongs to his so-called dip, an acid he used to dissolve animations like the tuned shoot.
09:12After getting sprayed with the stuff, Doom's left with nowhere to go but down.
09:16Knowing his sadistic ways and its lengthy list of ingredients, we doubt the shower feels nice.
09:22Remember me, Eddie!
09:23When I kill your brother, I talk just with me!
09:31So, Doom sinks, or technically melts, into a corrosive chemical that he designed himself.
09:38If that's not karma, we don't know what is.
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10:04Number 1.
10:05The King Is Dethroned
10:08The Black Cauldron
10:10Letting go is never easy, both actually and figuratively.
10:14You've interfered for the last time.
10:17Haha!
10:18Over his throat, sire!
10:20Now, Pinkeeper, you shall die!
10:25When the titular cauldron begins to devour everything in sight, the Horned King adamantly hangs on.
10:31Impressively, his grip doesn't waver even as his very skin tears off and his skeleton starts to incinerate.
10:39No!
10:40You'll not have me!
10:43Yeah, there's no way of sugarcoating the fact that every single fiber of the Horned King's body was painfully ripped apart in his last moments.
10:53If he just let go sooner, he might have been able to cut his torment short.
10:57Curse you!
11:03No!
11:04But hey, at least he can say he genuinely held on until the very end.
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