History Main / EldritchABomination

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* BetrayalAtHouseOnTheHill has, as one of it's 'haunt' scenarios, 'The Stars are Right'. Just guess what survivors are trying to stop, and what the traitor is trying to do.
* ArkhamHorror! How could this be completely forgotten? Nothing like a co-operative board game where the easiest way to win, on occasion, is beating up the elder god.
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* The Lords of Cthul from ''{{Monsterpocalypse}}'' are the Cthulhu-esque, Godzilla-sized avatars of powerful extradimensional monsters who get [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu bodyslammed]] regularly.

* I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned CthulhuTech. An RPG set about 80 years in the future after the Migo have attacked earth and the Great Old Ones are stirring. It combines HPLovecraft with NeonGenesisEvangelion of all things (what with the gigantic biological weapons called Engels that pilots mentally sync to and ride in their spines).

* ''Dragon Warriors'' brings us Balor, the god of darkness. A humanoid being, but of of such immense size and power that he can rampage across the world unstoppable. It's a good thing that he's [[SealedEvilInACan entombed in magical ice.]] His cultists, [[ElementalPowers the Darkness Elementalists,]] are granted some of the best elemental spells.

** We find out in the sequel that they're harder to kill than initially thought. Black holes merely [[SealedEvilInACan trap them]], and they will eventually [[spoiler:[[OhCrap adapt to and take over that environment]]]]. Even after the [[SuperRobot ridiculously]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu victories]] [[spoiler:in the original, humanity had to [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu give up the fight]], ban all technology that could get the Monsters' attention, and safely hole up in the solar system.]] It bought time... against [[spoiler:[[FightingAShadow mere remnants]] from the original. [[ApocalypseHow Sacrificing the Earth]] would trap them again, while the means to [[DeaderThanDead actually killing them]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt endangers the entire universe]].]]

** Taken as canon, the axed manga that would happen in between supplies plenty of reasons for the sequel's scenario. If the creatures so far are mere space antibodies, then the [[spoiler:Great Attractor]] turns out to be the [[NoSuchThingAsSpaceJesus conscious will of]] [[GeniusLoci the universe]]. Being able to crush star systems with a thought is bad enough, but its body exists on a higher dimension that humans and their technology [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm cannot perceive through]]. And it has long ago shed that to become [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien god knows what]]. When the whole universe [[CrapsackWorld is a cosmic horror]], it's not just time to stop exploring. It means all of mankind's victories are [[FridgeHorror merely delaying the inevitable]], using up its resources and [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing its best weapons]] to desperately extend its existence.

** We find out in the sequel that they're harder to kill than initially thought. Black holes merely [[SealedEvilInACan trap them]], and they will eventually [[spoiler:[[OhCrap adapt to and take over that environment]]]]. Even after the [[SuperRobot ridiculously]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu victories]] [[spoiler:in the original, humanity had to [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu give up the fight]], ban all technology that could get the Monsters' attention, and safely hole up in the solar system.]] It bought time... against [[spoiler:[[FightingAShadow mere remnants]] from the original. [[ApocalypseHow Sacrificing the Earth]] would delay them again, while the means to [[DeaderThanDead actually killing them]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt endangers the entire universe]].]]

** Taken as canon, the axed manga that would happen in between supplies plenty of reasons for the sequel's scenario. If the creatures so far are mere space antibodies, then the [[spoiler:Great Attractor]] turns out to be the [[NoSuchThingAsSpaceJesus conscious will of]] [[GeniusLoci the universe]]. Being able to crush star systems with a thought is bad enough, but its body exists on a higher dimension that humans and their technology [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm cannot perceive through]]. And it has long ago shed that to become [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien god knows what]]. When the whole universe [[CrapsackWorld {{is}} a cosmic horror]], it's not just time to stop exploring. It means all of mankind's victories are [[FridgeHorror merely delaying the inevitable]], using up its resources and [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing its best weapons]] to desperately extend its existence.

** Taken as canon, the axed manga that would happen in between supplies plenty of reasons for the sequel's scenario. If the creatures so far are mere space antibodies, then the [[spoiler:Great Attractor]] turns out to be the [[NoSuchThingAsSpaceJesus conscious will of]] [[GeniusLoci the universe]]. Being able to crush star systems with a thought is bad enough, but its body exists on a higher dimension that humans and their technology [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm cannot perceive through]]. And it has long ago shed that into [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien god knows what]]. When the whole universe [[CrapsackWorld ''is'' a cosmic horror]], it's not just time to stop exploring. It means all of mankind's victories are [[FridgeHorror merely delaying the inevitable]], using up its resources and [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing its best weapons]] to desperately extend its existence.

** We find out in the sequel that they're harder to kill than initially thought. Black holes merely [[SealedEvilInACan trap them]], and they will eventually [[EvolutionaryLevels adapt to that environment]]. Even after the [[SuperRobot ridiculously]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu victories]] [[spoiler:in the original, humanity had to [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu give up the fight]], ban all technology that could get the monsters' attention, and safely hole up in the solar system.]] It bought time... and the inevitable fights are against [[spoiler:mere remnants from the original]].
** Taken as canon, the axed manga that would happen in between supplies plenty of reasons for the sequel's scenario. If the creatures so far are mere space antibodies, then the [[spoiler:Great Attractor]] turns out to be the [[NoSuchThingAsSpaceJesus conscious will of]] [[GeniusLoci the universe]]. Being able to crush star systems with a thought is bad enough, but its body exists on a higher dimension that [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm humans and their technology cannot perceive through]]. And it has long ago shed that into [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien god knows what]]. When the whole universe [[CrapsackWorld ''is'' a cosmic horror]], it's not just time to stop exploring the damn thing. It means all of mankind's victories are [[FridgeHorror merely delaying the inevitable]], using up its resources and [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing its best weapons]] to [[OhCrap desperately extend its existence]].

*** There's another candidate in that episode as well. [[spoiler: The Time Lord Victorious]]. Remember this line from back in ''Family of Blood''. "He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever. He burns at the center of time and he can see the turn of the universe." Then contrast this with [[spoiler: coming from the person just described. "But there are laws. There are laws of time. Once upon a time there were people in charge of those laws, but they died. They all died. Do you know who that leaves? Me! It's taken me all these years to realise the laws of time are mine! '''And they will obey me!'''"]]
*** On that note, [[spoiler: remember the Doctor's line from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens The Pandorica Opens]] about the thing the Pandorica was designed to hold: There was a goblin, or a trickster... Or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world. Now, remember what happens in the cliffhanger: it was designed to hold him.]]
*** Terrifyingly, this makes him exactly like [[TheMaster someone else we know]], down to that last line of dialogue. Hell, you could say their entire race counts, seeing that they can frickin' ''create'' Eldritch Abominations.
**** He can move through time and space with little to no effort, known to change shape, well-dressed, mysterious, charming, fond of XanatosGambits . . . The Doctor, (and for that matter, the Master), [[spoiler: particularly towards the end of Waters of Mars]] is really not a million miles away from being Nyarlathotep.

* One Donald Duck issue revealed that a giant octopus called Ar-Finn sleeps beneath the depths in a sunken city (Cthulhu and R'lyeh anyone?). Our reality (or at least Donald's) exists only because Ar-Finn dreams about it. But if he wakes up, the world will start to adapt to his image, with the architecture becoming more and more alien and the people more octopoid in appearance. It was awfully cynical for a Disney story, especially the ending, where Donald is horrified to find out that [[SchrodingersButterfly our whole existence is just a dream]]. Probably as close to Lovecraftian standards as Disney will come for the foreseeable future.

** Although he's a mechanical example, I'd say Ultimate Gah Lak Tus definitely qualifies. Aside from driving everyone who sees it insane and spreading a flesh eating virus across the planets it consumes, much of the devastation it causes stems from its own gravitational pull.

* [[http://imgur.com/alefC.jpg THIS]] T-SHIRT. Whoever got the idea to combine Hello Kitty and ''{{Twilight}}'' should be [[DisproportionateRetribution killed and killed again and again]] [[KillItWithFire with FIRE]] and then nuked from orbit.
** It's the only way to be sure...

** Although he's a mechanical example, I'd say Ultimate Gah Lak Tus definitely qualifies. Aside from driving everyone who sees it insane and spreading a flesh eating virus across the planets it consumes, much of the devastation it causes stems from its own gravitational pull... SoYeah.

*** ''The Wildlife of StarWars'' classifies it as an arthropod... SoYeah.

* In ''FinalFantasyIX'', Necron fits this to a T, with the effect being accentuated by HighOctaneNightmareFuel [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62MkCz0f83s scenery and music]]. SoYeah.

* [[{{Disgaea}} Baal]] is just as old as the universe, absurdly powerful, and immortal. SoYeah.

*In the 3rd season of the Episodic Telltale Sam and Max games, Yog-Sototh, who looks supciously like Cthulhu,and as many ofh the attributes of a cosmic horror. makes several appearences throughout the season. In episode 304, [[Spoiler: He is actually seen. Then there's Junior, who is even more fearsome, and Maxthulhu, when Max's Psyhic powers combine with Juniors Taint]].

* [[OmnicidalManiac Darth]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Nihilus]] in ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II: The Sith Lords'' is a "human (dark side aberration)" according to the ''StarWars Saga Edition'' KOTOR supplement. When translated into plain English, this is "horrific, incomprehensible monster spawned from pure evil that wipes out entire planetary populations because he's [[strike: hungry]] Hunger." An EldritchAbomination by any other name...

**** Although the fact that Zeus was willing to fight it says volumes for the guy's courage. And his re-entry into the fight was pretty awesome in its own right, too - he jumps off Olympus and started hurling thunderbolts before the inevitable end-battle finale of ''beating the thing over the head with an entire mountain'', hitting him so hard that he ''sent him all the way down into Tartarus''. Yes, that's right: Zeus clubbed Typhon into another world... ''with a mountain as his club'' and the other world being the Greek equivalent of Hell. Bad. Ass.

Occasionally [[MarsNeedsWomen they lust after our women]] (and men), resulting in NaughtyTentacles.

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** [[spoiler:Said universe]] becomes the main enemy in TheThanosImperative
* For the last few years Marvel is delivering clues about an upcoming ''Unholy War'' event that is supposed to change Marvel's magic in a similar manner that {{Annihilation}} did it with Marvel's space. One of them was Mephisto mentioning, while standing next to something that could be considered an EldritchAbomination itself, that the upcoming conflict involves beings so terrible even he dares not to speak of them. Mephisto, a demon who has it's own hell, and is born either from part of a being equal to the Abstracts or what's left from Elder Gods (themselves abominations as mentioned above) killed thousands of years ago, who fought with Galactus and is the best candidate for Marvel's {{Satan}} is afraid to even mention them? If that's not EldritchAbomination with a serious overload of HighOctaneNightmareFuel, I don't know what is.

** [[spoiler:Said universe]] becaomse the main enemy in TheThanosImperative

** The Realm of Kings entry above could be the start of that particular arc...

* Played with in [[http://www.chainsawsuit.com/20080402.shtml this strip]] of Kris Straub's ''Chainsawsuit''.