Invader Zim. The animation and shock humor was a little much for youngermee, particularly the organ stealing episode.
Not a TV show specifically, but another thing I remember was there were these anti smoking ads with claymation figures that had creepy music and they ate dead birds and things.
This one?
My first picks have already been mentioned, but I think these women have also been influential
Flannery O’ Connor Shirley Jackson Emily Dickinson
Any of the following:
Potable water is good, perhaps wheat berries or ibuprofen would be good too.
As for an unorthodox answer, I’m going to say survival guides. Most people have some idea of how they might survive, but it couldn’t hurt to have a resource to fill any knowledge gaps.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (because it was read to me)
Pirate’s Promise (first full book I read on my own)