For a show whose whole purpose is to educate children on geography, math, science and biology, this show clearly has some disturbing imagery and segments that will keep many children up at night.
Some of the segments can be a little unsettling to kids, to say the least:
- Captain Bones, who is cursed to "sail the seven seas for all eternity" - even when his body has rotted away. How long has he been on that ship? And what happened to the crew?
- Eddie Bull's segment might be a tad scary due to the fact that he gets eaten by all of the animals at the zoo for no reason other than he's so delicious.
- Some of the distractions on "Distraction News" could be creepy due to the fact that random and surreal imagery keeps popping up to distract the audience. Not only that, but Dora Smarmy herself looks... off.
- Some animals shown in "Poop or Scoop" are pretty scary, especially insects, arachnids, and the monkfish.
- The Revolting Slob can come off as this, with his terrible hygiene, grotesque appearance, and continual farting, burping, and sneezing. The fact that he explodes at the end of each segment doesn’t help matters.
- The game Riddle Snake can be this, with the titular character being a hissing purple snake with yellow eyes, the echo effect of the hostess's voice, and the use of pounding drums as a soundtrack. It doesn't help that some episodes end with this game.
- Think Tank may frighten some younger viewers as Captain Bob is sucked down a drain in each segment.
- The very intro to the show has shades of this, especially for younger viewers. We see a computer falling with a loud, droning sound, juxtaposed with a brain accompanied by an increasingly distorted lullaby.
