History NightmareFuel / MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart

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* "Scared of Puppets." Full stop. Mao Mao is terrorized by a creepy ventriloquist puppet named "Mr. Din Danalin" that Badgerclops impulse-buys from Gary. The source of this fear comes from an incident on his sixth birthday party where the doll's head springs off of its shoulders by accident and lands in his lap. The rest of the episode has Mao Mao tortured by visions of both [[DemonicDummies Mr. Din Danalin]] and his own father taunting him over his fear. Made worse by Badgerclops [[WhatTheHellHero actually taunting him as well.]] Even to the point where Mao Mao ''throws up.''

** Also, the fact that he apparently [[SwallowedWhole ate one of Pure Heart Valley's citizens]] before his fight with Mao Mao, and would have digested them if it wasn't for the outcome of the fight sending him to the hospital, where the doctors found out and had the poor thing removed from Orangusnake's stomach.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Ruuuufus..."'']]

** When Mao Mao assures Eugene that they would never let harm come to Adorabat, [[TooDumbToLive Badgerclops casually mentions]] the time they used her as ''[[WouldHurtAChild bait]]'' to lure a monster out of its lair. Eugene is, understandably, [[DudeNotFunny unamused]].

* "Scared of Puppets." Full stop. Mao Mao is terrorized by a [[UncannyValley creepy ventriloquist puppet]] named "Mr. Din Danalin" that Badgerclops impulse-buys from Gary. The source of this fear comes from an incident on his sixth birthday party where the doll's head springs off of its shoulders by accident and lands in his lap. The rest of the episode has Mao Mao tortured by visions of both [[DemonicDummies Mr. Din Danalin]] and his own father taunting him over his fear. Made worse by Badgerclops [[WhatTheHellHero actually taunting him as well.]] Even to the point where Mao Mao ''throws up.''

* “Adoradad” is absolutely filled with AdultFear. First, Eugene goes to the Sheriff's Department because his daughter was "missing" for ''eight months'' while he was too busy working to notice. Then, he finds Adorabat living and working with absolute strangers (to him). And he wants to keep Adorabat safe at her real home because she lost both her mother ''and'' her right leg to a horrific Cave Dragon. No wonder Eugene is worried for Adorabat’s life, safety and well-being. Later he finds a note in her room and he thinks that Adorabat went back to fight the Cave Dragon, nearly getting himself killed before Adorabat saves him in the nick of time.

** While all of the Sweetiepies are stunned from the emotional shock of being zinged, [[NightmareFetishist Pinky]] takes the liberty of [[BodyHorror ''pulling their teeth out of their mouths with pliers.'']] After Mao Mao and Badgerclops leave for the castle, he lets out an evil laugh as he holds several teeth between his ''own teeth.'' Pinky was always an absolute gremlin, but this kind of behavior makes him come across as a full-blown ''serial killer.''

** Then, when Adorabat finally goes to the dentist, she is relieved that the dentist is not scary. She nods...but then it turns out the drill she uses to fix her teeth is gigantic. Poor Adorabat must have been in a lot of pain having her tooth fixed by that drill.

** When Mao Mao assures Eugene that they would never let harm come to Adorabat, [[WhatAnIdiot Badgerclops casually mentions]] the time they used her as ''[[WouldHurtAChild bait]]'' to lure a monster out of its lair. Eugene is, understandably, [[DudeNotFunny unamused]].

** The Cave Dragon itself is pretty scary, bearing an uncanny resemblance to [[Film/Cloverfield the Cloverfield Monster]].

* In "No Shortcuts," Adorabat wants to have one of her wings ''severed'' so that it could be replaced with a robotic version like Badgerclops' arm. Badgerclops produces a buzzsaw and 'happily obliges' until Mao Mao pulls her away at the last minute. Badgerclops was ready and willing to [[WouldHurtAChild dismember a CHILD.]]

-->'''Gary:''' I knew selling these weird [[BuffySpeak hairless ape dummies]] would attract dark forces!

* “Adoradad” has a lot of examples of Adult Fear, Adorabat’s Dad Eugene hasn’t seen his daughter for a long time, he has to go to work for a long time so he can’t check up on her, he learns she is with strangers Mao Mao and Badgerclops, although they are not dangerous to her, he does not know that, and they go on adventures fighting monsters, Adorabat’s mom Sonara also went adventuring when Adorabat was younger and it seems she Sonara was killed by a Cave Dragon Monster and Adorabat lost her right leg to it. No wonder Eugene is worried for Adorabat’s life, safety and well-being. Later he finds a note in her room and he thinks that Adorabat went back to fight the Cave Dragon. He almost gets killed by it but Adorabat saves him.

** While all of the Sweetiepies are stunned from the emotional shock of being zinged, [[NightmareFetishist Pinky]] takes the liberty of [[BodyHorror ''pulling their teeth out of their mouths with pliers.'']] After Mao Mao and Badgerclops leave for the castle, he lets out an evil laugh as he holds several teeth between his ''own teeth.'' Pinky was always an absolute gremlin, but this makes him come across as a full-blown ''serial killer.''

* "Strange Bedfellows" kicks the rivalry between Mao Mao and Orangusnake up from its normal Saturday morning cartoon energy to one where the two are legit trying to kill each other. Their clash puts them both in the hospital with fragile bones, still trying to fight each other while they ''continue to shatter their own bones into dust.'' Their fighting takes them outside the hospital where Mao Mao and Orangusnake nearly drown in cement. Mao Mao rescues himself and then Orangusnake from this fate by ''breaking every single bone in his own body'' and stopping the flow of cement as he flops around like a [[BodyHorror gelatinous ragdoll.]]

* In the episode “Sugar Berry Fever”, Mao Mao encounters a large cobbler monster while inside the stomach of the boar monster. The monster has tentacles made of cobbler stuffing and at one point tries to ''devour Mao Mao''. Had Mao Mao not mustered up enough courage, if the large cobbler monster was real, he would have easily been eaten.
* To those that have a fear (or had a fear) of going to the dentist, the Astral Smoke Monster that Adorabat encounters in “Flyaway” is this. It has the shape of the dentist, except it’s entirely made of smoke and glowing purple eyes. Adorabat whimpering during this encounter doesn’t help, either.

* “Adoradad” has a lot of examples of Adult Fear, Adorabat’s Dad Eugene hasn’t seen his daughter for a long time, he has to go to work for a long time so he can’t check up on her, he learns she is with strangers Mao Mao and Badgerclops, although they are not dangerous to her, he does not know that, and they go on adventures fighting monsters, Adorabat’s mom Sonara also went adventuring when Adorabat was younger and it seems she Sonara was killed by a Cave Dragon Monster and Adorabat lost her right leg to it. No wonder Eugene is worried for Adorabat’s life, safety and well-being. Later he finds a note in her room and he thinks that Adorabat went back to fight the Cave Dragon. He almost gets killed by it but Adorabat saves him.
* “Zing Your Heart Out” has Adorabat being possessed by the Ruby Pure Heart into saying meanspirited things to the residents of Pure Heart Valley. During this possession, Adorabat’s eyes are purple as opposed to their usual color. Although it is at first used to fend off Chester, Adorabat’s possession gets progressively worse, even having her zings causing her to fire [[EnergyWeapon laser beams out of her mouth.]] To make matters even worse, after she overwhelms the Sweetiepies (save for Pinky), under the recommendation of the Ruby Pure Heart, Adorabat straight-up overthrows King Snugglemagne, taking his crown in the process. Then, during Mao Mao and Badgerclops’ battle against the possessed Adorabat, she seems to break out of it at first, but the Ruby Pure Heart has a second, even stronger round ready to go, so strong that it ''shatters the windows of the castle.''
** This is made worse by the fact that inside of AdorabatÂ’s mind, her usual self is attached to several strings, hence the reason why sheÂ’s not in control of her body.

* In the episode “Sugar Berry Fever”, Mao Mao encounters a large cobbler monster while inside the stomach of the boar monster. The monster has tentacles made of cobbler stuffing and at one point tries to ''devour Mao Mao''. Had Mao Mao not mustered up enough courage, if the large cobbler monster was real, he would have easily been eaten.
* To those that have a fear (or had a fear) of going to the dentist, the Astral Smoke Monster that Adorabat encounters in “Flyaway” is this. It has the shape of the dentist, except it’s entirely made of smoke and glowing purple eyes. Adorabat whimpering during this encounter doesn’t help, either.

* “Adoradad” has a lot of examples of Adult Fear, Adorabat’s Dad Eugene hasn’t seen his daughter for a long time, he has to go to work for a long time so he can’t check up on her, he learns she is with strangers Mao Mao and Badgerclops, although they are not dangerous to her, he does not know that, and they go on adventures fighting monsters, Adorabat’s mom Sonara also went adventuring when Adorabat was younger and it seems she Sonara was killed by a Cave Dragon Monster and Adorabat lost her right leg to it. No wonder Eugene is worried for Adorabat’s life, safety and well-being. Later he finds a note in her room and he thinks that Adorabat went back to fight the Cave Dragon. He almost gets killed by it but Adorabat saves him.
* “Zing Your Heart Out” has Adorabat being possessed by the Ruby Pure Heart into saying meanspirited things to the residents of Pure Heart Valley. During this possession, Adorabat’s eyes are purple as opposed to their usual color. Although it is at first used to fend off Chester, Adorabat’s possession gets progressively worse, even having her zings causing her to fire [[EnergyWeapon laser beams out of her mouth.]] To make matters even worse, after she overwhelms the Sweetiepies (save for Pinky), under the recommendation of the Ruby Pure Heart, Adorabat straight-up overthrows King Snugglemagne, taking his crown in the process. Then, during Mao Mao and Badgerclops’ battle against the possessed Adorabat, she seems to break out of it at first, but the Ruby Pure Heart has a second, even stronger round ready to go, so strong that it ''shatters the windows of the castle.''
** This is made worse by the fact that inside of Adorabat’s mind, her usual self is attached to several strings, hence the reason why she’s not in control of her body.

* "Try Hard" Mao Mao and Badgerclops get themselves trapped in Green Jell-O and they get taken hostage by the Sky Pirates, Only Adorabat is left. This is the first time Adorabat had to fight the Sky Pirates all by herself and she feels especially helpless ar first since Mao Mao is not there to help her. The Sky Pirates threaten her to surrender and to surrender the Ruby Pure Heart or else she will never see her friends again, whether they will hold Mao Mao and Badgerclops hostage forever or kill them is unknown but both are terrifying. When Adorabat tries to rescue her friends, the Sky Pirates go after her. Adorabat is only a kid and 3 grown up pirates try to capture/kill her as well.

* "Try Hard" Mao Mao and Badgerclops get themselves trapped in Jell-O and they get taken hostage by the Sky Pirates, Only Adorabat is left. This is the first time Adorabat had to fight the Sky Pirates all by herself and she feels especially helpless ar first since Mao Mao is not there to help her. The Sky Pirates threaten her to surrender and to surrender the Ruby Pure Heart or else she will never see her friends again, whether they will hold Mao Mao and Badgerclops hostage forever or kill them is unknown but both are terrifying. When Adorabat tries to rescue her friends, the Sky Pirates go after her. Adorabat is only a kid and 3 grown up pirates try to capture/kill her as well.

** While all of the Sweetiepies are stunned from the emotional shock of being zinged, Pinky takes the liberty of [[BodyHorror ''pulling their teeth out of their mouths with pliers.'']] After Mao Mao and Badgerclops leave for the castle, he lets out an evil laugh as he holds several teeth between his ''own teeth.'' Pinky was always an absolute gremlin, but this makes him come across as a full-blown ''serial killer.''

* "Strange Bedfellows" kicks the rivalry between Mao Mao and Orangusnake up from its normal Saturday morning cartoon energy to one where the two are legit trying to kill each other. Their clash puts them both in the hospital with fragile bones, still trying to fight each other while they ''continue to shatter their own bones into dust.'' Their fighting takes them outside the hospital where Mao Mao and Orangusnake nearly drown in cement. Mao Mao rescues himself and then Orangusnake from this fate by ''breaking every single bone in his own body'' and stopping the flow of cement as he flops around like a [[BodyHorror gelatinous ragdoll.]]
** What about the part where the Sky Pirates give Orangusnake a get well cake, but it holds a blade in a secret compartment and Adorabat and Badgerclops are not going to give Mao Mao his sword or help intervene should Orangusnake try to kill him, granted their bones are so brittle any slight movement will break them into dust, but the fact that your friends will not help you just because their heroes and they have to play by the rules while your arch nemesis and his friends are bad guys and they don’t and you have to live in fear of your arch nemesis trying to kill you without your friends saving you is still unsettling.