10 TV Show Finales That Totally Divided Fanbases

Dinosaurs, a family-friendly show produced by HBO and endorsed by Disney, a combination that on paper eludes to this being a sweet, wholesome collection of tales about a quirky but lovable family of anthropomorphic reptiles.

Which it ingenuously was for roughly 96% of its entire run until the veracity becomes all too real in the series finale. In it's most well-remembered episode - which itself should immediately reveal itself to be a precursor of what's in store - titled "Changing Nature".

Now, for a show that has puppeteered dinosaurs chewing the scenery in every scene, with it's main target demographic being prepubescent children, the idea of it depressingly mimicking reality is unthinkable. But that's exactly what they did!

Afyer After the head of the Sinclair family inadvertently causes a disaster, it eventually evolves into an ensuing ice age, as we watch the family deal with the inevitability of the end of days as they spend their last moments huddling together for warmth as the temperature gradually dwindles and the world around them becomes enshrouded by ice.

In what can only be considered a macabre gut-punch, confused viewers - mainly children - whose parents had the arduous task of explaining the tragedy that just occurred on-screen - all die off-screen.