History NightmareFuel / PokemonReborn

** In the Mod ''Pokemon Reborn Hardcore'', things get even worse. After his death, you can start a sidequest in which his ghost tells you to meet him in the place where you outed him, and tells you to "bring the ring". When you go there, he chews you out for bringing his own ring (used to catch his Pokemon) instead of Heather's Ruby Ring, and reveals the main purpose of bringing you here was ''to kill you''. When the Player Character tries to run, they get cornered by the remains of his team, and Corey summons a swarm of Koffing to kill you with corrosive mist, attempting to murder you with his patched-together team! Somewhat mitigated in the end with TheReveal that it's not actually Corey's ghost, but his [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Haunter]], who blames you for its master's death and wants revenge.
* Shade's gym. It's an old power plant with no power, so it's pitch black inside, except for the occasional flicker. The music there is a low, menacing tune similar to what you find in [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Lavender Town]] and doesn't change when you encounter wild pokemon. To get to Shade, you have to stumble your way through the darkness, lowering the doors with terminals, and every time you activate a terminal you see how someone ''died''. One girl getting attacked by a Garchomp, another being decapitated, Corey committing suicide...and the [[HumanoidAbomination less said about Shade himself]], the better.

* The PULSE machines. Just three of those things were able to destroy ''half the city'' with just Tangrowth. Imagine what one could do with, say, a Gyarados or a Tyranitar. [[SarcasmMode Or even better]], imagine what a whole army of Pokemon hooked up to those things could do.

** Then there's the first battle against Solaris atop Pyrous Mountain. He says that "it won't take more than a single Pokemon to delete you". [[TemptingFate Seems like he's setting himself up to get defeated by his own hubris, right?]] [[HaHaHaNo Ha ha ha NOPE.]] That "one Pokemon" is his '''[[LightningBruiser Garchomp]]''', and it's ''[[OhCrap LEVEL 75]]'' (to put this into perspective, the highest level your Pokemon can be at the time is level ''45'')! [[HopelessBossFight Cue curb-stomp battle.]]

** In the aftermath of that, Amaria drops all pretense of civility and goes full-on {{Yandere}}, with nothing but pure, undiluted ''hatred'' towards the player for causing Titania to leave her (because she's forgotten ''your'' achievemets). On the story route where Taka lives, she normally maintains an attitude of faux cheerfulness, but in ''this'' route she outright makes ''death threats'' and stays in a state of TranquilFury for the entire battle. Oh, and the fight ends with the implication that she's going to kill herself for real this time. This is perhaps exemplified best by what she says when she sends out her last Pokemon on this route:

* The Glass Workshop marathon and PULSE Hypno. Not only is it able to take over up to two human minds at once, it can also control ''all those humans' Pokemon'' as well. And this doesn't just go for Cain and Shelly. It takes over '''''you''''' as well.

* '''THE PULSE MR. MIME.''' It's a Dark/Ghost Type With Wonder Guard, is only weak to fairies, and can give its ability to other Pokemon. It doesn't [[HumanoidAbomination even look like a Mr. Mime anymore]] whereas the other PULSES at least somewhat resembled the original Pokemon. Oh, and [[FromBadToWorse it gets worse.]] There's the fact that it's puppeteering Sigmund Connal's mutilated body and we get a ''[[SarcasmMode lovely]]'' look at his state as his in-battle sprite has changed to his corpse. [[NothingIsScarier It is never made clear who killed him, Lin or the PULSE, and though it's implied to be the former, it is never outright revealed]]. Oh, and the PULSE Mr. Mime is now controlling ''the deceased Sigmund Connal's'' Pokemon to fight for it as well. The music doesn't help either. As awful as he was, what Connal had been reduced to here [[AlasPoorVillain makes it hard not to feel sorry for him]].

*** His speech when he seizes her is even worse. Despite Heather's repeated refusal to go anywhere with him, he essentially kidnaps her, sounding the whole time like a child molester about to drag her into his white van. [[spoiler:It gets a lot worse after Saphira's Gym battle, when she tells the player that Connal raped her while seemingly out of his mind with grief.]]

* [[spoiler:'''THE PULSE MR. MIME.''' It’s a Dark/Ghost Type With Wonder Guard, is only weak to fairies, and can give its ability to other Pokemon. It doesn’t [[HumanoidAbomination even look like a Mr. Mime anymore]] whereas the other PULSES at least somewhat resembled the original Pokemon. Oh, and [[FromBadToWorse it gets worse.]] There’s the fact that it’s puppeteering Sigmund Connal’s mutilated body and we get a ''[[SarcasmMode lovely]]'' look at his state as his in-battle sprite has changed to his corpse. [[NothingIsScarier It is never made clear who killed him, Lin or the PULSE, and though it’s implied to be the former, it is never outright revealed]]. Oh, and the PULSE Mr. Mime is now controlling ''The Deceased Sigmund Connal’s'' Pokemon to fight for it as well. The music doesn’t help either. As awful as he was, what Connal had been reduced to here [[AlasPoorVillain makes it hard not to feel sorry for him]].]]
* The scene with [[spoiler:Lin’s father]] is short, but its revelation of him having [[spoiler:sexually abused his daughter]] is amongst one of the darkest happenings in Reborn.

[[caption-width-right:170:Just one of the many PULSES this game has to offer.]]

“[[CruelAndUnusualDeath The Doctor Will See You Now...]]”

*** His speech when he seizes her is even worse. Despite Heather's repeated refusal to go anywhere with him, he essentially kidnaps her, sounding the whole time like a child molester about to drag her into his white van.

*** This ultimately turns into a [[TearJerker Tear Jerker]] when you learn that [[AllThereInTheManual according to one of the interviews on the forum back when the real-life Reborn league was running]], his sister (who was suffering from depression) [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]], and electroshock therapy could have saved her.