>>151163707
>the Pidgeonman episode that dealt with loneliness and severe depression
>the Mr Wynuh Christmas special episode that quite literally took imagery from the Vietnam War, specifically the Fall of Saigon
>the Veterans Day episode where flashbacks told how Grandpa *totally* gave Hitler a wedgie and how Gerald's dad was a lowly fuck up PA to some jerkoff general in Vietnam and happened to come across a wounded soldier slowly bleeding to death but the guy didnt die because Gerald's dad used the paperwork he had on him to fashion makeshift bandages for the wound and drove him back to safety
>the entire Helga therapy episode
They couldn't really roll up thier sleeves back then like they can nowadays, but they didnt shy away from presenting more mature subjects in ways younger kids could process