What tv character freaked you out as a kid?

Aysha · 17-06-2009 6:19pm #1

Mine was the witch out of HR Puffinstuff...!

todolist · 17-06-2009 6:24pm

'I Dream of Jeanne' I was freaked out seeing a woman forced into a bottle during the opening credits.:eek:

todolist · 17-06-2009 6:46pm

Nobody else freaked out??????????????

Ruu_Old · 17-06-2009 6:50pm

Supergran terrified me for some reason, I don't know why but I used to run from the room when I heard the theme tune coming on.

trout · 17-06-2009 6:54pm

I still have nightmares about Cleo Laine

Aysha · 17-06-2009 6:56pm

Jeez, cant remember supergran at all. Around what year was it on?

SpodoKamodo · 17-06-2009 7:02pm

Wurzel Gummage. And his girlfriend (At least I think it was his girlfried... some kind of blue doll)

Aysha · 17-06-2009 7:09pm

SpodoKamodo wrote: »

Wurzel Gummage. And his girlfriend (At least I think it was his girlfried... some kind of blue doll)

Aunt Sally!

Baraboo · 17-06-2009 7:10pm

For some reason Tommy Cooper used to really scare me. Guy in a Fez making strange hand signals and talking incomprehensibly.

SuperTyper · 17-06-2009 7:13pm

Has to be the child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, still find him creepy:eek:

Burkatron · 17-06-2009 7:27pm

SuperTyper wrote: »

Has to be the child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, still find him creepy:eek:

+1 on that!
Also 40 coats freaked me out,still does!
Oh & the McSpuds from Bosco!
Hmm I think thats about it!
Oh the whole Von Trapp family,but that's a different story!

Same As · 17-06-2009 7:29pm

Barney freaked the Sh1t outta me when I was a young fella! All those stories about him assaulting people and stuff really got to me!

Di-di from Dexters Lab also scared me, She reminded me of a Crystal Meth addict from Dublin City centre!

Quite a Harrowing Childhood!

kelle · 17-06-2009 8:18pm

The fox and the snake on Wanderly Wagon
The robots on Dr. Who

Bearhunter · 17-06-2009 11:05pm

SuperTyper wrote: »

Has to be the child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, still find him creepy:eek:

+1
It took me years before I could watch that film all the way through. The Whirlygig Witch off Wanderly Wagon was another who scared the sh1te out of me. And there was some crap movie that was on once centuries ago called Winter of the Witch that frightened me for years after. And the faceless nun off that Armchair Thriller thing, Quiet as a Nun.

So mostly old women that scared me then...you can tell I went to the nuns at an early age.

admiralofthefleet · 17-06-2009 11:43pm

grotbags used to scare the life out me.

Aysha · 17-06-2009 11:50pm

SuperTyper wrote: »

Has to be the child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, still find him creepy:eek:

Yeah, my husband says as a child, the child catcher scared the sh1t out of him.

hop2it · 18-06-2009 12:00am

all of wondere wagon and worzel gummage remeber they used to take his head off and put it on the compost heap used too frighen the **** out of me:(

admiralofthefleet · 18-06-2009 12:04am

not so much a character but the noise on family fortunes when they got a question wrong, the EEHHH EEEHHH, used to scare the crap out of me, i would run out of the room whenever i heard it. i called it the chicken noise:o

thing is i would love it as a message alert tone now, but cant find it

tk123 · 18-06-2009 2:07pm

Zelda from Terrahawks freaked me out a bit

hairymick · 18-06-2009 2:08pm

The Incredible Hulk used to scare the bejasus out of me as a child.I couldent get past the opening credits where he starts transforming and his eyes turn green.

sillyputty · 18-06-2009 3:56pm

Not a tv character but Action Man Figure with the sliding eyes scared the heck out of me, my brother used to chase me with him saying "look into my eyes MY EYES!! Hahaaha"

humberklog · 18-06-2009 8:40pm

Again not so much a character but the hands that would pop out in shadow form onto the side of the armchair in Armchair Thriller. Thursday nights on ITV.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Up8vQ0cd0

Ash-209 · 19-06-2009 2:11am

the moomins terrified me!! used to leave the room if they came on

rubadub · 19-06-2009 1:44pm

Slugworth in charlie & the chocolate factory

A mate mentioned this recently, don't remember it myself. freaky though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_1QyOQDx6w

Sleipnir · 19-06-2009 1:47pm

kelle wrote: »

The fox and the snake on Wanderly Wagon
The robots on Dr. Who

"Sneaky snake" or "neaky nake" as I used to call him.
Scared the piss out of me.

Grotbags too.

Pop's Diner · 19-06-2009 2:44pm

Pob

Lizzykins · 19-06-2009 4:05pm

Definitely the Daleks and the Childcatcher from Chitty chitty bang bang.

deadhead13 · 19-06-2009 5:43pm

"Children of the Stones" the whole series freaked me out.

Firetrap · 19-06-2009 8:22pm

The Incredible Hulk freaked me out big time. The show was on the air when I was about six or seven and it not only scared the bejesus out of me but out of half my class in school as well. I watched an episode of it a few years ago and thought it was harmless stuff. :rolleyes: