History NightmareFuel / DragonBall

* [[CompleteMonster Frieza]] from ''Dragon Ball Z'' was arguably the most terrifying character in the series; all other villains in the series were either created evil, or were raised by a race that ''was'' evil. Frieza seems to be the most needlessly evil, and outright cruel character in the series.

** Frieza's 4th form is pretty freaky when he first transforms into it, mostly because of how his chalk-white skin combined with it being his most humanoid form makes him look ghostly. Of course, it doesn't hurt that his first order of business is to [[spoiler: [[CompleteMonster blast Dende]]]].

** After being ineffectually beaten up by Gohan, he gets up, very effectively beats up Gohan, and then begins to ''slowly crush his skull.'' Judging by Gohan's [[HellIsThatNoise screams of agony]], it's excruciatingly painful, and Frieza is '''''[[CompleteMonster LAUGHING]].''''' Did I mention that Gohan is ''five?''

* Omega Shenron's death. He gets [spoiler:impaled by a dragon!]

* Goku's first [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBaM9vp0J_w Super Saiyan transformation]], in the original Japanese version. Other versions have scored the scene to look like something dramatic and awesome is happening, but in the original version, the music gives the impression that not only is there no ''clue'' as to what the hell Goku turned into, just that it isn't something good, shocking even Frieza. Imagine what the kids who first saw this scene, to see their hero Goku go through that...

* Most of the {{Family Unfriendly Death}}s[=/=]{{Cruel And Unusual Death}}s in general, while not as [[NightmareFuel/{{Berserk}} bad]] [[NightmareFuel/{{Hellsing}} as]] [[NightmareFuel/FullMetalAlchemist these]] [[NightmareFuel/{{Bleach}} kinds,]] are pretty uncomforting, such as the picture above, of Dr.Gero killing an ordinary human [[DisproportionateRetribution just because he bothered him.]]

** Though to be fair, it's very likely Doctor Gero simply had no idea what kind of a personality his creation would develop. Had he known that the ultimate being would inherit the personality of the most sadistic warlord of the universe, combined with the ambitions and love for combat of an entire warrior race, things may have turned out differently.

*** An in universe example is when Frieza's being healed. Look at the faces of the medics; you can't tell if they're concerned for Frieza or terrified wondering what the hell did that to him. All they know is that someone took Frieza at full power on and their boss got ''cut in half''.

* His transformations unlike the other transformations that were either weird, NightmareFuel or heroic; Frieza's in a catergory of his own. His first transformation into his 2nd form is BodyHorror at its finest, first his chest and arms enlarge giving the appearance of an upper torso way too big for Frieza's small frame until his legs bulk out starting from the thighs to his ankles, also [[{{Satan}} his horns turn upwards as seen through a shadow]], then we see from his point of view of Vegeta gradually getting smaller, then stretching out his neck, a pink aura surrounds him as his facial features become more adult and his shoulder pads enlarge. In fact the sheer weight of the form causes him to fall to his knees as power is straining his being. In the anime, he then stands up and turns around to show his satanic new form, while in the manga, he gives a SlasherSmile knowing that the heroes are now screwed. Everyone including Vegeta are scared of this new form. [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice which are completely justified as Frieza goes to impale Krillin with his horns and prolonged it with sadistic pleasure]].

* Even though he only appeared in one episode, Evil Buu (gray) arguably is pretty freaking scary given his depressing, morbid appearance. Any child who sees this haunting stare [[http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c82/PlasmaKing549/MajinBuuPureEvil-Blast1-IntotheEyes.jpg]] would most likely cream their pants. Let's see. Soulless white eyes? Check. Gray, melancholy color compared to bright, jubilant pink? Check. Sickly, anorexic body? Check. Even when anorexic Buu is pink [[http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/YBM/PinkThinBoocard.jpg]], that unnerving [[SlasherSmile smile]] isn't exactly doing anyone's conscious any favors.

* Even though he only appeared in one episode, Evil Buu (gray) arguably is pretty freaking scary given his depressing, morbid appearance. Any child who sees this haunting stare [[http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c82/PlasmaKing549/MajinBuuPureEvil-Blast1-IntotheEyes.jpg]] would most likely cream their pants. Let's see. Soulless white eyes? Check. Gray, melancholy color compared to bright, jubilant pink? Check. Sickly, anorexic body? Check. Even when anorexic Buu is pink [[http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/YBM/PinkThinBoocard.jpg]], that unnerving smile [[SlasherSmile]] isn't exactly doing anyone's conscious any favors.

*** An in universe example is when Frieza's being healed. Look at faces of the medics; you can't tell if they're concerned for Frieza or terrified wondering what the hell did that to him. All they know is that someone took Frieza at full power on and their boss got ''cut in half''.

** The scene when Frieza appears shortly after the Dragon Balls become useless was already scary when you see his angry expression. However DragonBallAbridged made this scene [[UpToEleven even scarier]] when the camra zooms in on him [[SlasherSmile smiling menacingly]]. The dialogue (which is quite possibly the best line in the Abridged series) tops it all off.

** The next transformation, while not as graphic, is even more BodyHorror after Frieza extends his shoulder guards and grows spikes on his back, his face stretches out and then contorts his face into making his nose into a malformed beak while his head elongates. He then plays [[DragonBallAbridged paintball with Piccolo who had been a match for him earlier...just remove the "t"]], his last transformation is unimpressive as he cracks his skin and emerges in his 4th and true form, [[UncannyValley the placid expression and ghostly design makes up for it though]] and [[WouldHitAChild is]] [[HeroKiller easily]] [[LackOfEmpathy the worst]] [[OhCrap one]] of them all as Goku find out [[spoiler: At least until he turns Super Saiyan]]

* His transformations unlike the other transformations that were either weird, NightmareFuel or heroic; Frieza's in a catergory of his own. His first transformation into his 2nd form is BodyHorror at its finest, first his chest and arms enlarge giving the appearance of an upper torso way too big for Frieza's small frame until his legs bulk out starting from the thighs to his ankles, also [[Satan his horns turn upwards as seen through a shadow]], then we see from his point of view of Vegeta gradually getting smaller, then stretching out his neck, a pink aura surrounds him as his facial features become more adult and his shoulder pads enlarge. In fact the sheer weight of the form causes him to fall to his knees as power is straining his being. In the anime, he then stands up and turns around to show his satanic new form, while in the manga, he gives a SlasherSmile knowing that the heroes are now screwed. Everyone including Vegeta are scared of this new form. [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice which are completely justified as Frieza goes to impale Krillin with his horns and prolonged it with sadistic pleasure]].

**** ItGetsWorse - remember, the earth's dragon can't revive people more than once, and as far as they knew, the Namekian dragon could only revive three people every 130 days. That means he was knowingly sacrificing everyone killed by Cell or Vegita PERMANENTLY.

* Even [[PsychopathicManChild Fat Buu]] gets one. After deciding he's gonna eat [[{{Satan}} Dabura]], he starts dancing towards him in an innocent, yet menacing fashion while chanting "Me eat you up, me eat you up, me eat you up". Dabura tries to put up resistance, pummeling him, blasting him, spitting [[TakenForGranite petrifying saliva]] at him, but no matter what he does, [[ImplacableMan Buu]] continues to dance towards him until the Demon King is finally consumed.
* This [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzYBD6sZuko creepy, pedophile-like]] look that [[JerkAss Veg]][[WarriorPrince eta]] gave to Gohan back at Namek.

* Van Zant, the bandit who shot Buu's dog and later Mr. Satan. In his first scene he kills an elderly couple and revels about how awesome it feels to kill someone. Then we see him shooting people at random in a nearby town. It all leads up to Van Zant shooting Buu's dog and Mr. Satan and this triggers the release of Buu's evil side, making everything what Buu does afterwards his fault. All this for no reason other than the sheer thrill of killing people. Even worse is that at the time Buu had reformed and posed no threat to anyone. What's worse is that he uses Buu's destruction spree as an excuse, reasoning that everyone will be killed eventually, and even going so far as to pretend that Buu killed his victims. And just ''why'' he does all of this? He's reckoned that with Buu flying around basically laying waste to the planet, he's probably going to die soon, and he decided it'd be fun to try to take as many people with him as possible. That's his entire motivation. The most terrifying thing about him is that he is [[HumansAreBastards a completely normal human being]] with ''no superpowers''. Put emphasis on ''completely'', since he is just a simple human with no superpowers or martial arts training. All other human villains were leaders of evil organization (Commander Red), or were mercenaries and later cyborgs( Tao Pai Pai), but he is just an average human. All other Complete monsters in the series are intergalactic warlords, androids or other supernatural creatures and use ki- blasts and other superpowers for evil, Van Zant uses ''normal guns'' to accomplish bad things. It is terrifying to see that a regular human, who uses normal guns to accomplish bad deeds, can be just as bad as intergalactic alien warlords or insane androids.

* Early in the Buu saga, we see the fight between Videl and Spopovich. Long story short, this entire episode, if you remove the fantasy elements, is a wrestler ''pounding a woman to death in a tournament, and absolutely no one is coming to help her!!''. There's a shot of Spopovich ''stepping on her head, and all Videl can do is cry out in pain!!'' She's lucky Gohan defied his father and flew in to save her, which, really, brings up a whole 'nother issue! Goku, ''the hero of the entire damned series'' apparently didn't see anything wrong with this!

** Arguably the worst part about Frieza is how he's not just going to ''kill'' you; he wants you to die ''terrified''. Probably the best example is in ''DragonBallKai'' after he [[spoiler:[[ShootTheMedicFirst kills Dende]]]] and then [[FlashStep Flash Steps]] right behind the heroes, and says this priceless bit of dialogue, all while [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhCn_q04qBk this music is playing in the background.]]
-->'''Frieza:''' *After blasting a (at most) [[spoiler:''ten-year-old child'']] [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath into a smoldering corpse]]* "[[IGaveMyWord I promised]], didn't I? To show you a terror greater than Hell? But that [[spoiler:[[InfantImmortality Namekian child there]]]] [[SubvertedTrope won]]'[[SubvertedTrope t get to experience this.]] It's a shame, isn't it? I'll just have to let you guys take his share."

---> Vegeta: "I'm not immortal! And Frieza is going to... [[OhCrap to...]]
---> Frieza: "[[FauxAffablyEvil Oh, don't mind me.]] By all means... '''''Give me some ideas...'''''"

---> Frieza: "It'll be quick. You needn't worry... ''death is my specialty''."
** The scary thing to me about Frieza is this: he's the most realistic villain in the series. The villains that were made of evil like Piccolo, Cell, Buu, etc, are scary in their own right, but we may never see anyone act like that in real life. Frieza though, is what happens if you take the evilest man on Earth and give him ungodly levels of power and an empire spanning the entire galaxy. Between the genocides, lack of empathy for his subordinates, extreme imperialistic tendencies, and lack of any discernable positive traits, he's basically AdolfHitler...InSpace.
** I consider Frieza [[spoiler: floating in space with a chunk of his face, an arm, and his lower half missing]] pretty disturbing. Surprisingly, the Nicktoons broadcast of Dragonball Kai only edits this for blood, and [[http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/tanookikuribo/Tanooki%202/vlcsnap-2011-06-22-21h57m20s85.png nothing]] [[http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/tanookikuribo/Tanooki%202/vlcsnap-2011-06-22-21h56m46s3.png else]].
** His actions, by themselves, are very disturbing. His attitude, however? When he's not angry at you, [[FauxAffablyEvil He's rather polite.]] I find the fact that he can be so composed when he's commiting [[MoralEventHorizon his countless atrocities]] and trying to terrorise people quite unnerving.
** I'm surprised no one's mentioned his first fight with Gohan yet. After being ineffectually beaten up by Gohan, he gets up, very effectively beats up Gohan, and then begins to ''slowly crush his skull.'' Judging by Gohan's [[HellIsThatNoise screams of agony]], it's excruciatingly painful, and Frieza is '''''[[CompleteMonster LAUGHING]].''''' Did I mention that Gohan is ''five?''

** The most terrifying nightmare [[JTJag I]] ever had was several years ago, when I dreamed that Cell absorbed my father and then called me to gloat about it.

-->Cell: All that you fail to understand will now be made clear to you. Hahahahaha!! ''Welcome home!!!''

** I always thought it was really disturbing how after Cell absorbs Android 17, he imitates his voice in order to try to convince Android 18 to be willingly absorbed. The worst thing is that for a split second she seriously looks like she's considering doing that, until Cell makes the mistake of using 17's voice to call Dr. Gero 'great'. (Or refer to him as Dr. Gero-sama, depending on which version of the show you watch.)

**** [[spoiler:Kid Buu later upgraded it to [[EarthShatteringKaboom Class X]].]]
***** [[spoiler:Try [[OmnicidalManiac Class X-3]], with an immediate threat of [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Class X-4]] to boot.]]
**** You know how at that point in the series [[DeathIsCheap death was practically retconnable at will thanks to the Dragon Balls?]] To the point Piccolo even tried to buy time by suggesting Super Buu kill all the humans down on mainland Earth knowing they could be wished back? Suddenly when he did that attack it didn't feel so cheap anymore.

* So you're watching the last few moments of Goku's fight with Piccolo, all is right, Goku gives a thumbs up to all his friends as they shout the countdown. Right when they get to nine, Piccolo gets up and fires a mouth beam straight into Goku's right shoulder. And this isn't Z where a beam to face results in some external wounds, maybe your clothes would tear or something like that. No. This is Dragon Ball and Goku now has a hole he can stick his hand into under his shoulder. After writhing in pain for a while, Piccolo gets up and begins stomping on the wound over and over as Goku grabs the ground in pain. All the while, Piccolo is grinning ear to ear, and even laughing. Tenshinhan, Yamcha and Krillin try to help but Piccolo stops them before they can enter the ring. Goku, the badass, still manages to get up and get in an attack before a swift kick from Junior reminds him he has a giant hole in his body. Junior, the prick, then elbows Goku, right in the wound, followed by more blood curdling screams. And just to add injury to injury, Piccolo breaks Goku's leg. All in all, Junior made me wet myself in pure terror.

* No one's listed Babidi yet? A sadistic little creep who can't fight on his own, but can take even the faintest traces of darkness in someone's soul and [[MindRape forcefully corrupt them]] into psychopathic slaves? Plus, his whole method for reviving Majin Buu revolved around ''inflicting pain''. On top of ''that'', he'll gleefully show you via magic the death and chaos Buu causes, just to show you how little hope you have.
** And if you're one of his slaves and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he thinks for a second that you've outlived your usefulness]]? Your arteries, veins, etc. are literally expanded within you, clogging your insides to the point YOU become StuffBlowingUp. Good God, if ''Dragon Ball'' was a CrapsackWorld, this guy could've committed several genocides all by himself in a day without ever needing to throw a punch, release an energy beam, or even destroy a planet…

* Watching the original Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Z as a kid, I understood that Goku's Super Saiyan transformation came out of the anger that had been built up when he saw Vegeta killed, Piccolo mortally wounded (but still alive), and this anger exploded when his best friend Krillen was killed. At that point I felt that the transformation was pure-hearted because he had seen his friends die and the transformation came out of a need to protect his son who Frieza was aiming for next. Then I watched the DBZ Kai dub where Goku explicitly says to Frieza, "'''I will make you...suffer!'''", and I was shocked at how eerie it was to hear Goku, a pure-hearted man who showed mercy to his enemies and fought battles out of the joy he got from them, actually wanted to fight someone just to make them suffer for once to pay for the harm he had caused him personally. This stark contrast was when I finally realized that the Super Saiyan transformation wasn't just a superficial corruption (I was familiar with the concept that Goku could no longer use the Spirit Bomb because his heart wasn't pure anymore, which I thought was dumb), but actually was a new level of power entirely that brought with it a form of inner chaos that Goku had never known before, and this is why Master Roshi was afraid of the possibility Goku wouldn't be able to handle it. It all made sense to me after that one line.
* How long did it took to include Van Zant, the bandit who shot Buu's dog and later Mr. Satan, into the list. Really, this guy gives this troper the creeps. In his first scene he kills an elderly couple and revels about how awesome it feels to kill someone. Then we see him shooting people at random in a nearby town. It all leads up to Van Zant shooting Buu's dog and Mr. Satan and this triggers the release of Buu's evil side, making everything what Buu does afterwards his fault. All this for no reason other than the sheer thrill of killing people. Even worse is that at the time Buu had reformed and posed no threat to anyone. What's worse is that he uses Buu's destruction spree as an excuse, reasoning that everyone will be killed eventually, and even going so far as to pretend that Buu killed his victims. And just ''why'' he does all of this? He's reckoned that with Buu flying around basically laying waste to the planet, he's probably going to die soon, and he decided it'd be fun to try to take as many people with him as possible. That's his entire motivation. The most terrifying thing about him is that he is [[HumansAreBastards a completely normal human being]] with ''no superpowers''. Put emphasis on ''completely'', since he is just a simple human with no superpowers or martial arts training. All other human villains were leaders of evil organization (Commander Red), or were mercenaries and later cyborgs( Tao Pai Pai), but he is just an average human. All other Complete monsters in the series are intergalactic warlords, androids or other supernatural creatures and use ki- blasts and other superpowers for evil, Van Zant uses ''normal guns'' to accomplish bad things. It is terrifying to see that a regular human, who uses normal guns to accomplish bad deeds, can be just as bad as intergalactic alien warlords or insane androids.

* Most of the {{Family Unfriendl Death}}s[=/=]{{Cruel And Unusual Death}}s in general, while not as [[NightmareFuel/{{Berserk}} bad]] [[NightmareFuel/{{Hellsing}} as]] [[NightmareFuel/FullMetalAlchemist these]] [[NightmareFuel/{{Bleach}} kinds,]] are pretty uncomforting, such as the picture above, of Dr.Gero killing an ordinary human [[DisproportionateRetribution just because he bothered him.]]