History NightmareFuel / Brave

[[caption-width-right:350:Just think about what would happen if [[BalefulPolymorph her]] MamaBear wasn't there.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Just think about what would happen if [[BalefulPolymorph her]] MamaBear [[AdultFear wasn't there]].]]

** Imagine how terrifying this scene is for poor Elinor. Her daughter is trapped right below her with [[TheDreaded Mor'du]]. All while [[AdultFear she is helpless to protect Merida because she can't fit down the hole.]]

* A bit of AdultFear near the climax where Fergus finds Elinor's room [[spoiler: trashed and her clothing torn, coming to the somewhat-true realization that a bear was in there]]. Then he finds what was likely the same bear [[spoiler: attacking his daughter]].

** ...[[NightmareRetardant for your]] [[MamaBear mom who is now a bear of comparable size to Mor'du who proceeds to]] [[MomentOfAwesome/Brave throw off four clans worth of fully-grown Scottish warriors to literally beat the immortality out of him.]]

** ...[[NightmareRetardant for your]] [[MamaBear mom who is now a bear of comparable size to Mor'du who proceeds to]] [[//Awesome/Brave// throw off four clans worth of fully-grown Scottish warriors to literally beat the immortality out of him.]]

** ...[[NightmareRetardant for your]] [[MamaBear mom who is now a bear of comparable size to Mor'du who proceeds to]] [[Awesome/Brave throw off four clans worth of fully-grown Scottish warriors to literally beat the immortality out of him.]]

** ...[[NightmareRetardant for your]] [[MamaBear mom who is now a bear of comparable size to Mor'du who proceeds to throw off four clans worth of fully-grown Scottish warriors to literally beat the immortality out of him.]]

** Made even worse than that, if you notice that when Mordu [[spoiler: is crushed and dies, his ghost appears for a second before turning into a wisp and disappearing. A lovely bit of FridgeHorror... the wisps may be the ghosts of the people who failed to break the spell, turned into a bear and later died...]]

* Mor'du roaring down right on Merida in the climax. Just imagine it. Nearly a ton of killing machine towering over you, roaring barely inches from your face, its roar shaking your very core and bones and will likely kill you and devour you and there's nothing you can do about it. Absolutely nothing except scream.

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[[caption-width-right:275:BearsAreBadNews at its most terrifying.]]

[[caption-width-right:275:BearsAreBadNews at its most Scariness]]

* The fact that, however unintentionally, Elinor and Merida are not good role moddles for faminists - they're femi''nazis'' because they're both trying to be better than the other than equal - Elinor because she's Queen, Merida because she wants to be different to her mother - and it causes all the problems.

* The song "Mor'du, Mor'du, Mor'du" -- funny song sung by outrageous Scottish king to entertain his friends, right? Now go back and re-listen, [[spoiler: knowing that his wife Elinor turned into a bear & was mistaken for Mor'du, so everything he was singing about, he intended to fully do to his wife once he caught her.]] Pleasant dreams.

** ...[[NightmareRetardant for your]] [[MamaBear mom who is now a bear of comparable size to Mor'du who proceeds to throw off 4 clans worth of fully-grown Scottish warriors to literally beat the immortality out of him.]]
* Finding out the true nature of Mor'du is pretty horrific on its own when you think about it. [[spoiler:The prince is implied to have turned into an animal right there in the throne room and ''killed everyone, including his family'', and he was powerless to stop it. And then it's heavily implied that its either his spirit or the souls of his familiy manifesting as the Wisps is so he can finally be put out of his misery and killed so he can finally reunite with them, essentially meaning that he pulled a SuicideByCop]]. ''In a kid's movie''.

* How about [[spoiler: the Triplets turning into bears? I mean, just imagine it. You've just found out that your MOM has somehow been turned into a giant bear. And then, after you help her out, you find a nice little cake just ''sitting there waiting for you''. And then, after eating it, you and your brothers suddenly become violently ill. Since no one freaked out about three little princes suddenly turning into bears, I would assume they were all alone while this was happening. And then you open your eyes and see two other bears next to you. After the initial moment of panic, you find out that you're a bear too. And then you realize that the same thing happened to you as what happened to your mom, and there is literally no one you can tell. You and your brothers are all alone, scared and confused, and there isn't anyone who knows or might be able to help.]]

** This is made even worse when you realize that the Triplets likely had their animalistic instincts take over from time to time too. While cubs probably wouldn't become aggressive, one Triplet would actually be TURNING on the other two. Imagine ''that''. Who would be more afraid- the two little boys who have suddenly just seen their brother turn into a real bear, or the last Triplet when he goes back to normal and realizes what happened?

[[caption-width-right:350:AlwaysChaoticEvil at his Savageness.]]

* The [[WillOTheWisp Will-o'-the-Wisps]] are pretty creepy: little glowing blue fairy-like creatures that lure people by floating in a long line leading..."somewhere", while beckoning with both hands and whispering "Follow...Follow..." in childlike voices...Brrr.

* The Will-O-The-Wisps are pretty creepy: little glowing blue fairy-like creatures that lure people by floating in a long line leading..."somewhere", while beckoning with both hands and whispering "Follow...Follow..." in childlike voices...Brrr.

* Near the climax, the scene where [[spoiler:her father locks her in the room while he goes after Bear!Elinor]] is horrifying for several reasons. For one, [[spoiler:her father thinks that the bear killed his wife, so he's out to avenge her]] two, [[spoiler:said bear ''is'' his wife, and he comes this close to killing her]] and three [[spoiler:Merida knows that all of this is her fault]]. Brr.

* How about [[spoiler: the Triplets turning into bears? I mean, just imagine it. You've just found out that your MOM has somehow been turned into a giant bear. And then, after you help her out, you find a nice little cake just ''sitting there waiting for you''. And then, after eating it, you and your brothers suddenly become violently ill. Since no one freaked out about three little princes suddenly turning into bears, I would assume they were all lone while this was happening. And then you open your eyes and see two other bears next to you. After the initial moment of panic, you find out that you're a bear too. And then you realize that the same thing happened to you as what happened to your mom, and there is literally no one you can tell. You and your brothers are all alone, scared and confused, and there isn't anyone who knows or might be able to help.]]

*** What's especially worse is we actually get to learn about Mor'du's backstory in the new short that appears as a Bonus Feature on the BluRay/DVD. The Witch, who is narrating the story, tells us that ''after'' Mor'du transformed into a bear, to quote the witch, instead of choosing to mend the bond torn by pride, "''he instantly'' '''accepted''' ''his new form''" and then killed his brothers. *shudder*

** The moment where [[spoiler:Elinor accidentally catches Merida with her claws, you can just see the horror as she realizes what she's done, even as Merida is frantically trying to cover the scratches and insists it's nothing. (In retrospect, that sounds horribly like a fully-human parent realizing they've become abusive.) Especially when she discovers that she's also hurt Fergus.]]

** ..for your mom who is now a bear of comparable size to Mor'du who proceeds to throw off 4 clans worth of fully-grown Scottish warriors to literally beat the immortality out of him.

** This is made even worse when you realize that the Triplets likely had their animalistic instincts take over from time to time too. While cubs probably wouldn't become aggressive, one Triplet would actually be TURNING on the other two. Imagine ''that''. Who would be more afraid- the two little boys who have suddenly just seen their brother turn into a real bear, or the last Triplet when he goes back to normal and realizes what happened?