History NightmareFuel / PokemonXAndY

** Unless you realize that [[NothingIsScarier the playground itself is empty]].

* A glitch used to exist which would prevent your save from loading if you saved on North or South Boulevard in Lumiose City. All your hard work and fun could go to waste just because one time you saved in the wrong part of the wrong city. Fortunately, Nintendo has released a patch to fix the glitch, meaning it's gone for good. Even if you stumble into this glitch as a result of not having Internet access/an SD Card at the time, don't fret--nothing's wrong with the save file. It's the loading that fails, so getting the patch will [[DisneyDeath fix everything.]]

*** The fact that [[spoiler:Lysandre is the first Team Boss to canonically ''die''. (At least in ''Y''. His final fate in ''X'' is [[BuriedAlive far]] [[AndIMustScream worse]].)]]
*** To clarify, in ''X'' after [[spoiler:the player defeats Lysandre, he decides to set off the weapon anyway in a TakingYouWithMe moment, despite the weapon not having enough power]] to do what he wanted. The FiveManBand manage to escape, but [[spoiler:Lysandre and a large percentage of Team Flare never make it out and are implied to have been buried under the rubble]]. What makes this even ''worse'' is that post-game Sycamore suggests to the player that they may have [[spoiler:become immortal--meaning that Lysandre will be trapped there ''[[AndIMustScream for all eternity]]'']].
* The protagonist competes in Restaurant battles in Lumiose City. In Restaurant Le Wow (the Three Star restaurant) the owner serves you as the Champion before the battles. [[spoiler:After the second battle, the intensity was so much for him, ''he has a heart attack!'' He doesn't die, but ''still.'']]
* The infamous "Lumiose ghost girl". On the north side of Lumiose City, there is a three-floor building with little kids playing on the first floor and a dojo man from Kanto on the third. The second floor, however... as soon as you step out of the elevator, the lights go nuts, you're unable to move, and a ghostly woman just slowly moves around you before stating that "You're not the one." and leaves. This event is totally unexplained in game and leaves the question--who is the one, and what would have happened if you were the one?
** Making it even creepier is how she just kind of ''slides'' around you instead of walking properly, despite looking like she's mid-step.

* From the post-game Looker subplot: When we meet [[spoiler:"Essentia"]] for the first time. It gets worse when we find out who she really is and why she's stealing Pokémon.
** [[spoiler:When Essentia attacks Mimi the Espurr.]] The screen cuts to black, we hear [[spoiler:Mimi]] cry out, and then there's that gut-wrenching ''squelch.'' [[spoiler:It turns out that Looker took the hit instead, and he wasn't too badly hurt, but it was easy to immediately fear the worst.]]
** Although he's okay, the fact that Looker [[spoiler:tries to pass off the gut-punch as bad enough to require a hospital stay, and Emma is convinced]], is kind of creepy. Emma must have been worried sick, plus [[spoiler:she wasn't even aware that it was actually her fault]].
** [[spoiler:Watching Emma ''screaming in pain'' when the suit malfunctions near the end of the subplot. No one should have to go through something like that.]]
*** It happens once before then, too, [[spoiler: during the same scene where she strikes Looker. Watching her go through that once is bad enough; multiple times just makes it ''even more'' distressing]].
* Café Kizuna is a place for people who are ''very'' friendly with their Pokémon. A woman there thinks that the ideal way to be friendly with them is for the trainers to live in PokéBalls as well. (Yes, she's eccentric, and this is a mild case, but she's clearly not a fan of the PokéStar movies of ''Black 2'' and ''White 2''; at least two of those movies had scenarios like that, and they were ''serious'' Nightmare Fuel potential.)
** Valerie has a similar dream, claiming she's training Pokémon because she dreams of ''becoming'' one. (As if she wasn't creepy enough. Comparisons to her and TheFairFolk have already been made.)
* Mr. Mime's 3D model. Holy UncannyValley, Batman.
** Volbeat and Illumise also look really creepy, the eyes in particular. It's almost like they are trying to remind players of the odd-model sprites in the Japanese version of Green.
* Some of the new Pokédex are somewhat too creepy for a kid's game. Like the one for Phantump, which clearly states that they're stumps inhabited by the souls of ''dead children''. Likewise, its evolution Trevenant traps those who harm the forest there forever, possibly turning them into more Phantumps as a result. Pumpkaboo is stated to be a spirit trapped on earth in the form of a pumpkin, becoming restless at night, and Gourgeist explicitly revels in human suffering.
** Trevenant in general. You know the scary forest scene in Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs? That's what encountering Trevenant in a horde encounter is like.
*** Even worse than Snow White though, imagine walking through a dark spooky forest, you hear rustling. Something is following you. It's a living walking tree with long sharp claws a glowing red eye (Or half a dozen of them) which immediately grabs you or bites you (However it works) trapping you within the forest for all eternity. Remember in Mortal Kombat 2 the very very creepy forest of living trees, thinking back, you would probably rather be lost in there. At least in those games, all they do is growl at you.
*** The Trevenant thing is decreased slightly when you consider that Trevenant isn't even five feet tall, so it's shorter than the average adult, rather than being very tall.
** Trevenant trapping people is made slightly less creepy when you read its ''Y'' entry and see that it's kind to Pokémon that live around it, so it'll probably be nice to trainers unless they're deliberately bothering it. That said, it ''does'' induce a bit of ParanoiaFuel, in that you'd want to make ''absolutely sure'' that you weren't doing anything wrong...

*** Laverre City is surrounded by Hex Manics and creepy forests, [[AdultFear but it's Gym is based on a Dollhouse chock full of fairy-type users. One even calls you a doll like everyone else.]]

** Unless you realize that [[NothingIsScarier the playground itself is empty]]. Even worse, there's a [[spoiler:Rare Candy]] hidden behind the jungle gym. That sort of thing lying on the ground in a dark, empty playground? [[AdultFear Kind of disturbing...]]
* How about the first time you encounter [[spoiler:AZ]]? You're all set to get into North Lumiose and there's this freakishly gigantic...man?...blocking your way. And for a while that's completely unexplained.
* The wild encounters on Route 13. Tufts of dirt follow you around, and appear to slow you down if you are near them. Pokémon in those tufts tend to have abilities like Arena Trap.
** It's also quite possible to get two of them following you at once, depending on how you walk around or if you're just unlucky with where they spawn. If it happens, it really contributes to the feeling that the Pokémon in the dirt clouds are trying to chase and trap you.

** That's made worse, actually. [[spoiler:The heart attack was not fatal, since he serves you again the next time you battle... but he has another heart attack. Every time you battle him, you give him a heart attack.]]

** The eeriest moment is probably fighting the Team Flare leader's Pokémon for the final time. [[spoiler:Lysandre's Pokémon are loyally fighting to enact a plot that will guarantee their own deaths. They're minutes away from being destroyed at their master's hands, but still as loyal as ever--it's rather tragic.]]

* If you go into Lumiose Station and check behind the far timetable, you'll find a note. It reads: "I'm going to go for help. Wait in the usual place." It's been speculated that the note was intended for the ghost girl; the person who wrote it left on the train, [[BusCrash died]], and left her alone to wait for them... forever. But this raises the question: ''Just what did they need help with so badly that they needed to leave for outside assistance?''
** Or, maybe "the usual place" was the office building, and she went there expecting to find someone--not you--and she was murdered on the way, possibly by whoever she needed help ''from''. The three events may be clues pointing to something dangerous that is key in a future sequel or a download.
** As a cross-game Nightmare Fuel, ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'' has one of the Hex Maniacs in Mt. Pyre mutter the very same thing once you defeat her. Just ''what'' is going on? Are those Hex Maniacs the same one? Are they looking for each other? Are there a cult of Hex Maniacs looking for a chosen one?

''Pokemon X and Y'' has some pretty scary stuff...

* A glitch has been discovered that if you save in the outskirts of Lumiose (Saving inside buildings doesn't seem to trigger it), it could permanently freeze your game and you'll have to restart. All your hard work and fun could go to waste just because one time you saved in the wrong part of the wrong city. Fortunately, Nintendo has released a patch to fix the glitch, meaning it's gone for good. Even if you stumble into this glitch as a result of not having Internet access/an SD Card at the time, don't fret - nothing's wrong with the save file. It's the loading that fails, getting the patch will [[DisneyDeath fix everything.]]

*** Lysandre's Plan is extremely disturbing especially when you see him before the main events - even when acting like a well intentioned man, he cannot conceal his utter disdain and revulsion for "filth". When one looks at his plan, his "World of Silence" and "Eternal Beauty", it becomes clear what sort of villain he truly is. Lysandre corresponds very strongly to a [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei LAW Villain]] - believing a massive amount of humanity is not worthy and deserves destruction for their sin, while selecting Chosen Ones to survive and create a new world.

** The eeriest moment is probably fighting the Team Flare leader's Pokémon for the final time. [[spoiler:Lysandre's Pokémon are loyally fighting to enact a plot that will guarantee their own deaths. They're minutes away from being destroyed at their master's hands, but still as loyal as ever - it's rather tragic.]]
* The protagonist competes in Restaurant battles in Lumiose City. In Restaurant Le Wow (the Three Star restaurant) the owner serves you as the Champion before the battles. [[spoiler:After the second battle, the intensity was so much for him, ''he has a '''HEART ATTACK!''' '' He doesn't die, but ''still.'' ]]

* On the north side of Lumiose City, there is a 3 floor building with little kids playing on the first floor and a dojo man from Kanto on the third. The second floor, however... as soon as you step out of the elevator, the lights go nuts, you're unable to move, and a ghostly woman just slowly moves around you before stating that "You're not the one." and leaves. This event is totally unexplained in game and leaves the question -- who is the one and what would have happened if you were the one?

** To make things even worse, you can find her again. If you go to the Richissime Hotel on the fourth floor, you can find her standing in the corner in one of the rooms. Talk to her and she says, "Don't speak to me. I can't hear the elevator."
*** There's no implication that they're the same person, given the 'ghost' uses the Hex Girl character model. For all you know, the girl in Richissime Hotel just really digs elevators.
** It gets even worse. If you go into Luminose Station and check behind the billboard at the top left, you'll find a note. It reads: "I'm going to go for help. Wait in the usual place." The implication being that the one the ghost was waiting for left on the train, [[BusCrash died]], and left her alone to wait for them... forever. But this begs the question: ''just what did they need help with so badly that they needed to leave for outside assistance?!''
*** Or, maybe "the usual place" was the office building, and she went there expecting to find someone - not you - and she was murdered on the way, possibly by whoever she needed help ''from''. The three events may be clues pointing to something dangerous that is key in a future sequel or a download.

* From the post-game Looker subplot: When we meet [[spoiler:"Essentia"]] for the first time. It gets worse when we find out who she really is and why she's stealing Pokemon.

* Route 14. Most of it is a swampy route/spooky forest with tombstones scattered all over the place. Then there's the haunted house and the story the old man tells you. Thankfully, there are some Pokemon Rangers to keep you company and Shauna's reaction to the story helps lighten things up. It's also NightmareRetardant because of its playground.

* The wild encounters on Route 13. Tufts of dirt follow you around, and appear to slow you down if you are near them. Pokemon in those tufts tend to have abilities like Arena Trap.

*** Lysandre's Plan is extremely disturbing especially when you see him before the main events - even when acting like a well intentioned man, he cannot conceal his utter disdain and revulsion for "filth". When one looks at his plan, his "World of Silence" and "Eternal Beauty", it becomes clear what sort of villain he truly is. Lysandre corresponds very strongly to a [[ShinMegamiTensei LAW Villain]] - believing a massive amount of humanity is not worthy and deserves destruction for their sin, while selecting Chosen Ones to survive and create a new world.

*** To clarify, in ''X'' after [[spoiler:the player defeats Lysandre, he decides to set off the weapon anyway in a TakingYouWithMe moment, despite the weapon not having enough power]] to do what he wanted. The FiveManBand manage to escape, but [[spoiler:Lysandre and a large percentage of Team Flare never make it out and are implied to have been buried under the rubble]]. What makes this even ''worse'' is that post-game Sycamore suggests to the player that they may have [[spoiler:become immortal--meaning that Lysandre will be trapped there ''for all eternity'']].

*** To clarify, in ''X'' after [[spoiler:the player defeats Lysandre, he decides to set off the weapon anyway in a TakingYouWithMe moment, despite the weapon not having enough power]] to do what he wanted. The FiveManBand manage to escape, but [[spoiler:Lysandre and a large percentage of Team Flare never make it out and are implied to have been buried under the rubble]]. What makes this even ''worse'' is that post-game Sycamore suggests to the player that they may have [[spoiler:become immortal--meaning that Lysandre will be trapped there]] ''[[AndIMustScream for all eternity]].''
*** [[FridgeLogic Though think about it]], [[spoiler:can't really be for all eternity because over time, the weather and such will wear down the rocks, or perhaps some far far future archaeologists will dig the site up. Regardless, what makes this very very scary, is if Lysandre DOES escape. Either he'll have had time to reflect being under all that rubble and become an enlightened being of peace, OR he'll turn into an even bigger (completely feral) psychopath with no rationality and will kill everything he sees and there is nothing anyone can do to stop him since he is unkillable.]]

*** To clarify, in ''X'' after [[spoiler:the player defeats Lysandre, he decides to set off the weapon anyway in a TakingYouWithMe moment, despite the weapon not having enough power]] to do what he wanted. The FiveManBand manage to escape, but [[spoiler:Lysandre and a large percentage of Team Flare never make it out and are implied to have been buried under the rubble]]. What makes this even ''worse'' is that post-game Sycamore suggests to the player that they may have [[spoiler:become immortal--meaning that Lysandre will be trapped there]] ''for all eternity.''
*** Though think about it, [[spoiler:can't really be for all eternity because over time, the weather and such will wear down the rocks, or perhaps some far far future archaeologists will dig the site up. Regardless, what makes this very very scary, is if Lysandre DOES escape. Either he'll have had time to reflect being under all that rubble and become an enlightened being of peace, OR he'll turn into an even bigger (completely feral) psychopath with no rationality and will kill everything he sees and there is nothing anyone can do to stop him since he is unkillable.]]

* In-game, Team Flare are this combined with ParanoiaFuel. First of all is that their end goals basically amount to [[spoiler:''mass murder'']] in either their goal for immortality or [[spoiler:killing off everybody not them]] (former for ''X'', latter for ''Y'') and that they are able to listen in all Holo Casters. And then you have all the Nazi parallels in ''X''. (Suddenly the ''name'' "Holo Caster" sounds quite uncomfortable...)

** The eeriest moment is probably fighting the Team Flare leader's Pokémon for the final time. [[spoiler:In Y, Lysandre's Pokémon are loyally fighting to enact a plot that will guarantee their own deaths. They're minutes away from being destroyed at their master's hands, but still as loyal as ever - it's rather tragic.]]

* Klefki's fainting animation. It might be a key chain, but it's still sentient, and watching it break apart like that is just unsettling. (Of course, Klefki's "ring" is formed from long thin arms it normally keeps locked together.)

As if ''NightmareFuel/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' wasn't scary enough, ''Pokemon X and Y'' now joins in.

** [[spoiler:When Essentia attacks Mimi the Espurr.]] The screen cuts to black, we hear [[spoiler:Mimi]] cry out, and then there's that gut-wrenching ''squelch.'' [[spoiler:It turns out that Looker took the hit instead, and he wasn't too badly hurt, but given that the Looker plot so far had been [[DarkerAndEdgier very explicit about death]], it was easy to immediately fear the worst.]]

** There's no implication that they're the same person, given the 'ghost' uses the Hex Girl character model. For all you know, the girl in Richissime Hotel just really digs elevators.

* The wild encounters on Route 13. Tufts of dirt follow you around, and appear to slow you down if you are near them. Pokemon in those tufts tend to have abilities like Arena Trap.

* The wild encounters on Route 13. Tufts of dirt follow you around, and appear to slow you down if you are near them. Pokemon in those tufts tend to have abilities like Arena Trap.
* Fridge horror here, but in Black and White, they introduced a Pokemon called Hydreigon. Hydreigon is known to be [[OmnicidalManiac fairly destructive.]] It apparently [[BigEater eats anything.]] Now where can you find Hydreigons? In the wild. From above Victory Road. Now this isn't too big of a problem for you; you're the hero, you got Pokémon to protect you, all at a fairly high level. But where is Victory Road located? In between Route 21 and 22. Route 22 is literally right next to the first Gym's town, and has a bunch of toddlers playing in it. [[AdultFear Who's to say that a Hydreigon has never decided to attack lower from Victory Road?]]
** Unlikely, as when looking at the offical map of Kalos, the mountain Victory Road and the Pokemon League is on is pretty far away from Santalune, and is actually right above route 17, and considering that route is obviously very cold since its covered in snow, a Dragon type wouldn't want to go near it.

** It gets even worse. If you go into Luminose Station and check behind the billboard at the top left, you'll find a note. It reads: "I'm going to go for help. Wait in the usual place." The implication being that the one the ghost was waiting for left on the train, [[BusCrash died]], and left her alone to wait for them... forever. But this begs the question ''what did they need help with so badly that they needed to leave for outside assistance?!''

* Klefki's fainting animation. It might be a key chain, but it's still sentient, and watching it break apart like that is just unsettling. (Of course in all likelihood, Klefki's "ring" is able to open up naturally; it has to get those keys on the ring somehow and some interpret the two sides of its ring as being its arms.)

* The Fairy Tale Girls, full fucking stop. While some have some adorable lines, and they are generally adorable themselves...several of them reach creepiness you wouldn't expect a child to achieve. In fact, they seem downright possessed in some cases, saying the fairies they have are whispering to them, and telling them to do things, you can find them around areas associated with ghosts and hauntings, and one states she's old enough to be your mother, hinting these girls are far from natural.

** As a cross-game Nightmare Fuel, ''Omega Ruby an Alpha Sapphire'' has one of the Hex Maniacs in Mt. Pyre mutter the very same thing once you defeat her. Just ''what'' is going on? Are those Hex Maniacs the same one? Are they looking for each other? Are there a cult of Hex Maniacs looking for a chosen one?

** As a cross-game Nightmare Fuel, ''ORAS'' made it so that one of the Hex Maniacs in Mt. Pyre will mutter the very same thing once you defeat her. Just ''what'' is going on? Are those Hex Maniacs the same one? Are they looking for each other? Are there a cult of Hex Maniacs looking for a chosen one?

*** Or, maybe "the usual place" was the office building, and she went there expecting to find someone - not you - and she was murdered on the way, possibly by whoever she needed help ''from''. The three events may be clues pointing to something dangerous that is key in a future sequel or a download.

* Klefki's fainting animation. It might be a key chain, but it's still sentient, and watching it break apart like that is just unsettling.

** Taking into account their demeanour and somewhat mature-looking faces, it's possible that at least some of them are midgets rather than children. And that they're intentionally affecting an exaggerated childish facade for...whatever reason motivates them. They come off more than a little disturbed as a result.

*** It's been confirmed by Hex Maniac's and Fairy Tale Girls though that its really just an act, and very likely all trainer classes in all games such as psychic's are all just playing the role of that trainer class, its still possible that some of the Fairy Tale Girl's have some kind of mental problem, but for most they're just playing the role of fairy Tale Girl