History NightmareFuel / BatmanForever

* Any of Batman's nightmare/rememberance scenes. The dark atmosphere and visuals sure help, but then there's that [[BatOutOfHell FREAKING BAT]] flying at the viewer too! Imagine being a kid running away from home, falling onto a big cave, and then facing what was intended to be Man-Bat can REALLY give you chiroptophobia for the rest of your life or make you as obsessed with bats as Batman himself. In a DeletedScene we see him appear in front of adult Bruce Wayne as he found his father's journal. Not only was the pacing tense and suspenseful, his appearance, from the [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]] to the horrid face and slow movement are more than enough to make anyone shit their pants, Batman included. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3HwRnU4ryM And that's only half a joke.]]

Say we flip for it?

R... r-right...?

"Oh, come on! This is ''Batman Forever''! One of the Creator/JoelSchumacher films! You know, the same guy who introduced [[LighterAndSofter neon lights and campiness]] to the 90's ''Batman'' movies!! Surely there can't be anything all THAT scary about this film, right?"

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[[caption-width-right:350: Who's [[IronicEcho NOT]] afraid of the big bad bat!?]]

** [[FromNobodyToNightmare The Riddler]] himself can be considered this. Sure, being played by Creator/JimCarrey he might be more fun than scary, but there are also times when he's in full [[Film/TheCableGuy Chip Douglas]] mode and then some. His DissonantSerenity while murdering Stickley, his twitching, his [[LoonyFan fanaticism]] over Bruce Wayne turning into psychopathic hatred, his [[LaughingMad sadistic glee]] when watching Two-Face causing chaos and horror in the circus...he might not be Creator/HeathLedger, but he could as well qualify for a nice Joker. Also, by the end of the film, he has managed to read the minds of practically everyone in Gotham and ''even managed to find out who Batman is!'' [[spoiler: This leads him to prepare a quite effective assault on Wayne Manor that ended with the Batcave destroyed and Bruce almost dead. Had it not been for [[VillainBall his penchant for riddles stopping Two-Face]], this could have very well been the end for Batman! Not bad at all for a campy and nerdy guy, ain't it?]]
*** As [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-gadgets-that-reveal-ridiculous-things-about-supervillains/ this]] article points out, the Riddler's cane can be a pretty dangerous and destructive weapon. [[spoiler: The fact that it managed to help The Riddler enter THE BATCAVE is no small feat.]]

* Any of Batman's nightmare/rememberance scenes. The dark atmosphere and visuals sure help, but then there's that [[BatOutOfHell FREAKING BAT]] flying at the viewer too! Imagine being a kid running away from home, falling onto a big cave, and then facing the thing in the page image...that can REALLY give you chiroptophobia for the rest of your life...or make you as obsessed with bats as Batman himself.
** [[FromBadToWorse And it gets even worse.]] Do you see that bat? [[spoiler: That's actually MAN-BAT!! That's right, Man-Bat was originally intended to be in the film! In a DeletedScene we see him appear in front of adult Bruce Wayne as he found his father's journal. Not only was the pacing tense and suspenseful, his appearance, from the [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]] to the horrid face and slow movement are more than enough to make anyone shit their pants, Batman included. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3HwRnU4ryM And that's only half a joke.]]]]

* Any of Batman's nightmare/rememberance scenes. The dark atmosphere and visuals sure help, but then there's that [[GoddamnedBats FREAKING BAT]] flying at the viewer too! Imagine being a kid running away from home, falling onto a big cave, and then facing the thing in the page image...that can REALLY give you chiroptophobia for the rest of your life...or make you as obsessed with bats as Batman himself.