BoJack Horseman: The Show That Made Me Deeply Uncomfortable (And Not in a Good Way)
An Unfiltered Investigation Into One of the Strangest Shows Ever Put on TV
Look, I’ve seen some weird cartoons in my day.
I’ve sat through Sealab 2021. I’ve witnessed Aqua Teen Hunger Force at 3 AM. I’ve even watched my own animation projects spiral into absolute chaos.
But BoJack Horseman?
This one was different.
This show didn’t just confuse me. It didn’t just disturb me. It made me sit there, mouth slightly open, questioning my entire understanding of what should and shouldn’t exist.
And not in a “Wow, what a deep show” kind of way.
More like a “Wait… why is that horse dating a human? Why are there normal humans next to talking animals? What fever dream reality am I trapped in?”
I’m just gonna say it:
BoJack Horseman was unsettling in ways I am STILL trying to mentally process.
BUT.
And I cannot stress this enough…
That theme song? ABSOLUTE FIRE.
Like, who approved this kind of musical masterpiece for such a deeply uncomfortable show? I don’t know who in the production team sold their soul to the musical gods to get this track made, but I want to personally shake their hand.
Now, theme song aside… let’s talk about why this show made me deeply uncomfortable—and not in a good way.
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Reason #1: The “Animal-Human” Situation Was NEVER Addressed (And I Have Questions)
So let me get this straight.
• There are talking animal people living side by side with regular humans…
• And everyone is just cool with this?
• And some of them date each other?
• And at no point does anyone stop and go, “Hey… uh… this is kind of weird, right?”
Listen, if you’re gonna build a world where humans and animal-people co-exist, you need to establish some rules.
Zootopia did this. DuckTales did this. Heck, even Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles gave us some kind of explanation for how their world worked.
But BoJack Horseman just throws you into this unholy Dr. Moreau nightmare and expects you to accept it.
AND I WILL NOT.
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Reason #2: The Show Acted Like It Was Deep (But It Was Just Depressing)
Listen, I love a good existential crisis in animation.
I love dark humor that punches you in the gut.
But BoJack Horseman didn’t just give us dark humor.
It gave us “Hey, let’s make you feel like garbage for six straight seasons, then remind you life is meaningless.”
Oh, cool. So fun. So enjoyable.
It’s like if someone made an animated version of a midlife crisis, but then cranked up the sadness to 100 and said, “Yeah, this is entertainment now.”
Meanwhile, shows like Futurama and Gravity Falls managed to tackle heavy themes while still being, you know… watchable.
This show?
No.
This show just sat in the corner, smoking a cigarette, whispering “nothing matters” while staring directly into your soul.
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Reason #3: The Interspecies Relationships Broke My Brain
So you’re telling me…
• A horse can date a human.
• A cat can date a human.
• A literal anthropomorphic Labrador retriever can be a TV personality.
• And nobody… NOBODY… questions this???
I’m sorry, but my brain rejects this entire premise.
The ONLY cartoon where human-animal relationships make sense is Beauty and the Beast, and that’s because he turns back into a dude at the end.
But in BoJack Horseman?
Nope. No explanations. No rules. Just absolute chaos.
I mean, imagine if this happened in real life. Imagine you show up to a wedding and the groom is a giant talking horse.
ARE YOU JUST SUPPOSED TO SIT THERE AND PRETEND THIS IS NORMAL?
I CANNOT.
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Reason #4: The Animation Style Made It Worse
The flat, weirdly stiff animation only added to the uncanny horror.
Every time BoJack moved, it felt wrong.
Every time a human and an animal character interacted, my brain short-circuited.
And let’s not forget the dead, soulless expressions on everyone’s faces—because, yeah, let’s make this even more unsettling.
It felt like a fever dream drawn in Microsoft Paint.
You want me to sit through six seasons of this? I could barely get through two episodes without questioning my existence.
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Final Verdict: This Show Was a Psychological Experiment and We Were the Test Subjects
Listen, I get it.
Some people love BoJack Horseman. Some people say it’s “one of the greatest animated series of all time.”
And if you’re one of those people?
Good for you. Truly.
But me?
I spent every episode wondering why I was watching a literal talking horse spiral into depression while dating humans in a world that refuses to explain itself.
HOWEVER.
That theme song? That glorious, absolute banger of a theme song?
🔥 That was the real star of the show. 🔥
If the entire BoJack Horseman experience had been just that theme song on a loop, I’d have no complaints.
But alas, instead, I had to sit through a six-season-long existential crisis wrapped in a biology experiment gone wrong.
This show isn’t for me.
And if you feel the same way, WELCOME TO THE SUPPORT GROUP.
Now, if you disagree and want to scream at me, please:
✅ Light me up in the comments
✅ Troll me on my YouTube channel
✅ Tell me my taste is garbage, which, honestly, is fair—have you seen the cartoons I make?
