There are a lot of twisted cartoons out there, which could only have been conceived of while under the influence of illegal substances. Obviously, I’m not talking about garden variety animated shows like Doug.

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A teenage kid with a sweater vest, a dog, and a best friend (okay, so his best friend is a blue guy with parachute pants to be fair) is hardly the work of scrambled eggs brains; I’m talking about series with serious pathos, i.e. The Craziest Cartoons Most Likely Created On Drugs.

 
1) Ren and Stimpy

Ren is a neurotic, violent, asthmatic Chihuahua with a semi-retarded manx cat for a best friend, Stimpy. They do things like invent emotion control helmets and watch their farts become filial relations. Factor in Ren’s abuse of Stimpy, the frequent appearance of bodily fluids, and tertiary characters like The Powdered Toast Man, and you’ve got the antithesis of sobriety.

2) Space Ghost Coast to Coast

If Letterman was hosted by an oblivious superhero that married Bjork, was shot in Space, and had a praying mantis bandleader, it would be Space Ghost Coast to Coast. It might also be funny.

3) SpongeBob Square Pants

Take a sea sponge living in an underwater pineapple, a Texan karate expert squirrel, and a fast food restaurant. Add a meowing pet snail named Gary and a pink starfish that speaks with the voice of a dumber Brad Garrett. Now you’ve got what Phish Food would be in cartoon form.

4) Aqua Teen Hunger Force

The Aqua Teen Hunger Force is comprised of a personified meatball, fountain beverage, and serving of French fries, a show which could only have stemmed from a case of the munchies.

5) CatDog

CatDog is obviously, a Cat/Dog. What is less clear is which drug cocktail creator Peter Hannan was on.

6) Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

Staged in a New Jersey landfill, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters follows a bevy of teenage monsters that attend a school led by a headmaster, The Gromble, a green guy with a beard, mommy issues, and four legs wearing red pumps. So maybe the show creators developed the premise after attending a Long Island drag pageant, but more likely they attended one wasted.