History NightmareFuel / PacificRim

*** This actually gets mentioned in the ''Acension'' novel, where two Jaeger pilots, while waiting for an incoming Kaiju, talk about how saddened they are that all the sea life they can see will probably die off due to imminent attack. Oh, and then the Kaiju they're fighting casually starts ''eating a live whale'', with descriptions of blood swirling in the water. The horrified pilots fire off two magnesium laced warheads to both MercyKill the whale and destroy the Kaiju which, while putting the poor whale out of it's misery, just pisses the Kaiju off.

** The fan theory that posits that the kaiju were natural (if alien) animals that were experimented on, cloned, brainwashed, and used by the Precursors crosses this with TearJerker territory. Otachi's pregnancy also lends credence to this, that they once had an existence beyond being mindless bioweapons, but now that's all they are, the hive mind that once let them communicate and warn each other of danger turned against them.

** The novelization adds to the horror with the extra detail that Onibaba's attack was during Mako's first visit to Tokyo. Imagine the feeling of being lost in an unfamiliar city and having no one around to help you and add onto that the fact that your parents are probably dead and [[AdultFear there's a giant alien chasing you down with every intention of killing you]].

** As noted on the {{Fridge Horror}} page, it's not just humans the Kaiju are affecting. While they were created to destroy humanity, the impact they have on the Ocean's environment must be a thousand times worse. Coral reefs and Kelp forests cover thousands of square miles of the Pacific. A single Kaiju could cause irreversible damage just by ''stepping on them''. There are also specific breeding grounds some species migrate to, such as California Sea Lions, that have probably become contaminated with Kaiju blue. Hundreds of species may have gone extinct during the Kaiju war, resulting in food chain depletion and starvation for millions.

* The Kaiju shelters. Just the feeling of being boxed in, while giant monsters and mechas rampage 6 feet above you. And if the structure gives in, it's a perfect size for a mass grave. Or as Charlie Day's character said, a Kaiju buffet line.

** You walk down the street, looking for your friend, who you've organized lunch with at that little cafè by the bay. When suddenly, the water in the ocean begins to churn. What the hell's going on? Then, off the coast, you see the beast, rising like Godzilla. Its arms are the size of a small skyscraper, its body resembling a troll. It opens what looks like a mouth, and roars. It's a sound like you've never heard, like your skull is squeezing your brain. Then it grabs a cargo boat, and throws it like a stick towards the city. You dive for cover, and the boat cleaves through the building behind you. The monstrosity walks towards you, its footsteps hammering like a small earthquake. Every instinct is telling you to run like hell. [[DeerInTheHeadlights But you're mesmerised with this beast, which towers over you by a mile.]] [[OhCrap It looks down and spots you.]] That's when you turn, and start running. It roars again, and you trip. You close your eyes, and wait for your death. Suddenly, a loud thud sounds in front of you, and rises. A [[HumongousMecha mechanical humanoid, at least 60 meters tall, stands before you]]. With both the monster and the robot occupied with each other, you scramble to your feet, and sprint as fast as your legs will allow.

** If I remember right, the novelization mentions that the scars are burns from where the circuitry overheats and burns it's pattern into the skin (and the deleted [[ShirtlessScene scene where Idris Elba struts around half-naked]] shows his scars are very uniform and circuitry-like). Also, I think Raleigh's armor was torn open and blood spattered when he stumbled out of Gipsy Danger.
** I just wanted to chime in that if you watch the opening of the movie when Knifehead is attacking you can actually see Raleigh's torso be burned by the circuitry on his suit shorting out. Later on he takes his shirt off and you can see the same pattern imprinted in his skin.
* Though they're not intended to be sympathetic, some of the Kaiju die in drawn-out and gruesome ways that can be hard to watch. Leatherback gets its skull battered repeatedly and finally drops dead after its body cavity is blasted until it bursts open like a grape. Otachi has both its tail shattered and its venom sack forcefully ripped out, and lets out a chilling shriek as it's decapitated. Otachi's offspring is too premature to survive on its own and has nightmarish, bloodshot eyes. It's both sad and horrific to see that giant, half-formed fetus trying to kill humans, only to be strangled to death by its own umbilical cord. Then there's Raiju who gets bisected by Gipsy's Chain sword and Slattern who has his innards roasted by Gipsy's Nuclear Turbine. Of all the Kaiju, the one who had the most merciful death was Scunner, who got vaporized by the thermonuclear bomb on Striker.

** [[WordOfGod Del Toro says]] he based TheReveal on similar NightmareFuel scenes from ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'' and ''{{Film/Dragonslayer}}'', and it definitely shows.