History NightmareFuel / OverlySarcasticProductions

** The way Red explains the [[AnAesop moral]] behind the story, bringing up the ([[BlackComedy darkly ludicrous]]) idea of moving in with someone [[PoorCommunicationKills before you're on the same page]], leading to learning [[YearOutsideHourInside their home is cut off from time]]. The way she frames that last part feels like the premise to a CosmicHorror story...
** Even when it's ''not'' framed as a CosmicHorror, it's still unsettling. Red lampshades that moving in with a partner whose home generally isolates you from your family and friends forever is a "red flag". And [[ExactWords she's right]] when one bears in mind that (even without [[YearOutsideHourInside time-warping abilities]]) in real life, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything possessive spouses use isolation to control their partners]].

* Part 6 has the True Fire of Samādhi. It's extremely powerful, can't be put out by water, and even Sun Wukong (who's immune to most other kinds of fire) is not impervious to it. As a matter of fact, it nearly kills him.

'''[[TheNoseKnows Di Ting]]:''' We are in '''very''' real danger, and the truth '''will''' destroy us.

'''[TheNoseKnows Di Ting]]:''' We are in '''very''' real danger, and the truth '''will''' destroy us.

** Also, the Macacque is just as strong as Sun is:

** Part 3 has Sun, Tripitaka and Pigsy encountering a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent tiger demon]] who introduces himself by '''''[[TearOffYourFace RIPPING OFF]] HIS [[BodyHorror OWN SKIN]]'''''. [[DramaticDeadpan ...okay]].
** Part 6 has the True Fire of Samādhi. It's extremely powerful, can't be put out by water, and even Sun Wukong (who's immune to most other kinds of fire) is not impervious to it. As a matter of fact, it nearly kills him.
** Part 6 also has Quan Yin trick the wielder of the True Fire of Samādhi into sitting on an illusion of her lotus platform, which is actually, as Red puts it, "a metric f***ton of swords". And this because [[DisproportionateRetribution he pretended to be her to lure Pigsy into his cave]]. BewareTheNiceOnes, indeed. Even ''Sun Wukong'' is freaked out!

** Part 10 has some classic ParanoiaFuel for Monkey: [[MasterOfDisguise a perfect imposter]] who knows ''everything'' about him and takes advantage of the real Monkey genuinely trying to improve to steal not only ''his'' identity (and subjects), but try to replace Tripitaka and the rest of his TrueCompanions purely for the impostor's own ego. Even worse, said impostor, the Six-Eared Macaque, actually ''[[MaliciousSlander tells]]'' Sandy he's going to replace Tripitaka with the [[UnwittingPawn unknowing monkeys]], fully intending to utterly ruin Monkey's friendships. It's a ''really'' good thing Monkey's repentance was in Quan Yin's presence to provide an alibi, otherwise his gradual CharacterDevelopment would have all come to naught just because of the Macaque's greed.
** Part 11 has the Bull Demon King so incensed at Sun (politely) asking to borrow the Palm Leaf Fan from his wife that he tries to kill his own former blood-brother, denies her asking him to simply give Sun the fan, and ultimately is only defeated when the ''Buddha and Jade Emperor'' send in reinforcements to make him stop.

* ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''

* Grettir the Strong's saga in Legends Summarized, fittingly for a Halloween-themed story; primarily when dealing with [[HumanoidAbomination Glam]] and its DyingCurse.

* '''''Hossiadam'''''. She isn't illustrated to just be ''a'' scary witch in "The Sun Maiden and the Crescent Moon": she's illustrated as ''[[EldritchAbomination the]]'' scary witch. She's made to be the kind of creature that, as Red puts it, can eat and subsume mortals a la "Film/TheThing". When our lead male starts to suspect he's not his sister, we see tiny pupils dot her irises. And when she starts to chase him down, she morphs into an abomination that eats through every single means to slow her down ''with her razor-steel teeth''!

* '''''[[Myth/SiberianMythology Hossiadam]]'''''. She isn't illustrated to just be ''a'' scary witch in "The Sun Maiden and the Crescent Moon": she's illustrated as ''[[EldritchAbomination the]]'' scary witch. She's made to be the kind of creature that, as Red puts it, can eat and subsume mortals a la "Film/TheThing". When our lead male starts to suspect he's not his sister, we see tiny pupils dot her irises. And when she starts to chase him down, she morphs into an abomination that eats through every single means to slow her down ''with her razor-steel teeth''!

** Jarnvidr (or "Iron Wood") is a dark, sinister-looking forest with the glowing eyes of [[SavageWolves Fenrir's children]] visible in the shadows. Then the scene pulls out to show [[AnimalisticAbomination Fenrir's]] absolutely ''gargantuan'' eyes glaring menacingly at the viewer.

* On a similar note, Red's video about ''Theatre/TheOresteia'' has a pretty scary moment where Orestes is seemingly freaking out over nothing... but then the image slowly changes, as the background darkens, the people become red-tinted, and the Furies fade in.

** Part 10 has some classic ParanoiaFuel for Monkey: [[CriminalDoppelgänger a perfect imposter]] who knows ''everything'' about him and takes advantage of the real Monkey genuinely trying to improve to steal not only ''his'' identity (and subjects), but try to replace Tripitaka and the rest of his TrueCompanions purely for the impostor's own ego. Even worse, said impostor, the Six-Eared Macaque, actually ''[[MaliciousSlander tells]]'' Sandy he's going to replace Tripitaka with the [[UnwittingPawn unknowing monkeys]], fully intending to utterly ruin Monkey's friendships. It's a ''really'' good thing Monkey's repentance was in Quan Yin's presence to provide an alibi, otherwise his gradual CharacterDevelopment would have all come to naught just because of the Macaque's greed.