10 Upsetting Children's TV Show Episodes That Gave You Nightmares
3. The Sad Story of Henry - Thomas the Tank Engine
OK, so this is easily one of the most disturbing videos that was ever created with the intention of educating children. Henry is a train who has a pretty sweet paint job and is worried that if he goes out into the rain, it will get all ruined. We've all been there, right?
Everyone tries to convince him to come out of the tunnel he's hiding in and do his job, but to no avail. That's when things get really dark. The fat cat who owns all of the trains says that Henry will have his rails removed (which really, when you think about it, is basically like cutting off the feet of a train) and be bricked up inside the tunnel forever.
And because all industry cares about is efficiency, the train that was not following the rules and making money for his corporate masters ends up with a wall of bricks between him and the outside world, where he is forced to watch the rest of the trains go by.
If that isn't bad enough, the narrator (voiced ominously by Ringo Starr) guides all of the viewers to the conclusion that Henry had it coming when he ends the cartoon with a shockingly heartless, "I think Henry deserved his punishment...don't you?"