History NightmareFuel / Robotboy

* A more subtle example is Dwight Turnbull's behavior, namely the fact that he tries to murder his own brother by tossing him into a woodchipper, which would have lead to the [[CruelAndUnusualDeath great grandmother of all gorey demises]] for poor Tommy, but his disturbing behavior doesn't end there, as in the episode ''Underwater'', he outright says the main reason he's excited for the fishing trip is that he'll get to ''cut open and gut fishes''. Suddenly, Dwight seems less like a bully and more like a budding sociopath, given he displays no restraint whatsoever in trying to murder his brother and is giddy about harming animals.

* With it being an episode revolving around nightmares, "Kamikazi Nightmare" has its fair share of scary imagery, such as characters getting covered in insects, Kamikazi's various hallucinations upon [[ItMakesSenseInContext eating the tainted tapas]], the climax where the ray gun malfunctions and causes the environment to transform into a cave populated by giant hostile insects, said insects ''bleeding'', and the ending where [[WhatAnIdiot after eating]] the tainted tapas, Gus has a red slug grow out of his ear, he ''eats it'', and then is shown to have had his ''[[BodyHorror lower half turned into a slug's foot]]''. All while being oblivious to it all.

* Kamikazi successfully reprogramming Robotboy in "The Tune Up". It just looks ''wrong'' seeing Robotboy with this completely ''blank'' look on his face, devoid of any emotion.

** Protoboy [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence brutally]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating Robotboy to a pulp]] at the start. He shoots him with his arm cannon, punches his ears off to the point they are just hanging on by wires, ''[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe rips him in half]]'' with his EyeBeams before kicking him and violently grabbing his face in a painful looking way, and throwing him at the wall of Tommy's house. He would have killed him right there if he didn’t [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment get a phone call]] [[MoodWhiplash from his "Dear"]].
** Protoboy grabbing Tommy with the implication he was ''strangling him'' using his shirt. Not even Kamikazi would go that far (maybe). This is practically seen as the moment Proto crossed the MoralEventHorizon in-universe too.
** Right as he attempts to destroy the ship, Protoboy has his already unnerving face framed-in shadow except for his glowing red eyes, which only serves to make him look ''terrifying''. This is not helped by his remark about wishing Robotboy could see him destroy it and kill everyone on it. It feels like they ''purposefully'' wanted to make Protoboy the most evil character they could and wanted to hammer it home for all it's worth.
** And to top it off, [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath Protoboy's death]]. Robotboy lunges at him, '''''punches a hole in his chest''''' and '''''violently [[AreTheseWiresImportant tears out his motherboard]]''''' on-screen (made worse by how the burst of electronic sparks when Protoboy's motherboard is torn out [[SymbolicBlood kind of resembles a blood spray]]), causing him to revert into his deactive mode shortly after. We even get a good shot of the hole in his chest. This is made worse by how, despite the lighthearted tone the series usually takes, it's all played ''dead seriously''.
*** The simple fact that Robotboy, '''deliberately KILLED''' someone, his own ''brother'', in a manner akin to something out of ''Franchise/MortalKombat''. Sure, Protoboy gets better, and [[TheyKilledKennyAgain it's practically the norm for him]], but it doesn't migrate the nature of the scene. It should say something that he did so anyway. He always let Kamikazi and many others get away with their lives, but Protoboy? He's so vile, Robotboy had no choice, but to end him.
*** Robotboy himself's cold attitude in this scene might also come off as chilling. The look of disgust and hatred he shows as he appears from behind Protoboy, how he violently lunges at and mutilates him while screaming "hi-yah!", and the cold DeathGlare he has when Protoboy dies. It seems to serve as an indication that he has had enough of trying to redeem him, and he despises him as much as anyone else. The sad face at the end almost seems jarring from how he was before.

** While not as graphic as "The Revenge of Protoboy", seeing him in Robotboy's body getting reduced to charred legs by Brainy Yak is disturbing. Especially when you consider that this is onscreen ''murder''.

** The fact that Protoboy actually ''surivived'' at the end, unlike every other episode he appears, which ended with him getting killed.

* [[PsychoPrototype Protoboy]] in general. Anyone familiar with how comedic the show's villains tend to be will be in for a surprise when this guy shows up. As shown in "Brother", he was Moshimo's first prototype robot, who was devoid of Robotboy's humanity and was quite vicious towards the professor. He was later kidnapped by Kamikazi and reprogrammed, too well infact, causing him to become too evil for him to control (and perhaps [[VileVillainSaccharineShow too evil for the show]]). He is taken surprisingly seriously, especially after he makes his return, where he's a full-on KnightOfCerebus. To put it straight, he is one, if not the only villain to attempt ''mass murder''.

* [[PsychoPrototype Protoboy]] in general. Anyone familiar with how comedic the show's villains tend to be will be in for a surprise when this guy shows up. As shown in "Brother", he was Moshimo's first prototype robot, who was devoid of Robotboy's humanity and was quite vicious towards the professor. He was later kidnapped by Kamikazi and reprogrammed, too well infact, causing him to become too evil for him to control (and perhaps [[VileVillainSaccharineShow too evil for the show]]). And he only gets worse in the second series where he's a full-on KnightOfCerebus. To put it straight, he is one, if not the only villain to attempt ''mass murder''.

* [[PsychoPrototype Protoboy]] in general. As shown in "Brother", he was Moshimo's first prototype robot, who was devoid of Robotboy's humanity and was quite vicious towards the professor. He was later kidnapped by Kamikazi and reprogrammed, too well infact, causing him to become too evil for him to control (and [[VileVillainSaccharineShow too evil for the show]]). And he only gets worse in the second series where he's a full-on KnightOfCerebus. To put it straight, he is one, if not the only villain to attempt ''mass murder''.
** His garbled electronic voice is also pretty unnerving. His more audible, more monotonic voice in his later appearences isn't better by much, especially when he says something disturbing and/or sadistic.

* While not as bad as "The Revenge of Protoboy", seeing him in Robotboy's body getting reduced to charred legs by Brainy Yak is disturbing. Especially when you consider that this is onscreen ''murder''.

** And to top it off, [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath Protoboy's death]]. Robotboy lunges at him, '''''punches a hole in his chest''''' and '''''violently [[AreTheseWiresImportant teara out his motherboard]]''''' on-screen ade worse by how the burst of electronic sparks when Protoboy's motherboard is torn out [[SymbolicBlood kind of resembles a blood spray]]), causing him to revert into his deactive mode shortly after. We even get a good shot of the hole in his chest. This is made worse by how, despite the lighthearted tone the series usually takes, it's all played ''dead seriously''.

** Protoboy [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence brutally]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating Robotboy to a pulp]] at the start. He shoots him with his arm cannon, punches his ears off to the point they are just hanging on by wires, ''[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe rips him in half]]'' with his EyeBeams before kicking him and ''violently grabbing his face'' and throwing him at Tommy's house. He would have killed him right there if he didn’t [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment get a phone call]] [[MoodWhiplash from his "Dear"]].

** And to top it all off [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath Protoboy's death]] at the end of the episode. Robotboy lunges at him, '''''punches a hole in his chest''''' and '''''violently [[AreTheseWiresImportant TEARS OUT his motherboard]]''''' on-screen, causing him to revert into his deactive mode shortly after. We even get a good shot of the hole in his chest. This is made worse by how, despite the lighthearted time the series usually takes, it's all played ''dead seriously''.
*** The simple fact that Robotboy, '''deliberately KILLED''' someone, his own ''brother'', in a manner akin to something out of ''Franchise/MortalKombat''. Sure, Protoboy gets better, and [[TheyKilledKennyAgain it's practically the norm for him]], but it doesn't migrate the nature of the scene. It should say something that he did so. He always let Kamikazi get away, even if not without some slapstick across the way, but Protoboy? He's so vile, Robotboy had no choice, but to end him.

*** The burst of electronic sparks when Protoboy's motherboard is torn out [[SymbolicBlood kind of resembles a blood spray]].

*** Think about it from Protoboy's perspective. You just thought you had killed your {{archenemy}}, and were ready to finish off what he tried to save, only for you to hear him behind you, you turn around and see him ''completely unharmed and absolutely pissed'', much to your surprise or even ''[[HorrifyingTheHorror horror]]''. And before you can even get the chance to comprehend how he's still alive, he lunges at you and tears your circuits out. You look at the hole in your chest before gazing into his cold, unfeeling glare, once more in denial of how he's alive, before you are no more.

*** Think about it from Protoboy's perspective. You just thought you had killed your {{archenemy}}, and were ready to finish off what he tried to save, only for you to hear him behind you, you turn around and see him ''completely unharmed and absolutely pissed'', much to your surprise or even ''[[HorrifyingTheHorror horror]]''. And before you can even get comprehend why he's still alive, he lunges at you and tears your circuits out. You look at the hole in your chest before gazing into his cold, unfeeling glare, once more in denial of how he's alive, before you are no more.

* Think about it from Protoboy's perspective. You just thought you had killed your {{archenemy}}, and were ready to finish off what he tried to save, only for you to hear him behind you, you turn around and see him ''completely unharmed and absolutely pissed'', much to your surprise or even ''[[HorrifyingTheHorror horror]]''. And before you can even get comprehend why he's still alive, he lunges at you and tears your circuits out. You look at the hole in your chest before gazing into his cold, unfeeling glare, once more in denial of how he's alive, before you are no more.

** And to top it all off [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath Protoboy's death]] at the end of the episode. Robotboy lunges at him, ''punches a hole in his chest'' and '''''[[AreTheseWiresImportant TEARS OUT his motherboard]]''''' on-screen, causing him to revert into his deactive mode shortly after. We even get a good shot of the hole in his chest. This is made worse by how, despite the lighthearted time the series usually takes, it's all played ''dead seriously''.
*** The simple fact that Robotboy, '''deliberately KILLED''' someone, his own ''brother'', in a manner akin to something out of ''Franchise/MortalKombat''. Sure, Protoboy gets better, and [[TheyKilledKennyAgain it's practically the norm for him]], but it doesn't migrate the nature of the scene.
*** The mere fact Robotboy actually killed him should say something. He's always let Kamikazi get away, even if not without some slapstick across the way, but Protoboy? He's so vile, Robotboy had no choice, but to end him.
*** Robotboy himself's cold attitude in this scene might also come off as chilling. The sheer look of disgust and hatred he shows as he appears from behind Protoboy, how he violently lunges at and mutilates him while screaming "hi-yah!", and the cold DeathGlare he has when Protoboy dies. It seems to serve as an indication that he has had enough of trying to redeem him, and he now sees him as an inredemable scumbag. The sad face at the end almost seems jarring from how he was before.

* Being an episode revolving around nightmares, "Kamikazi Nightmare" has its fair share of scary imagery, such as characters getting covered in insects, Kamikazi's various hallucinations upon [[ItMakesSenseInContext eating the tainted tapas]], the climax where the ray gun malfunctions and causes the environment to transform into a cave populated by giant hostile insects, said insects ''bleeding'', and the ending where [[WhatAnIdiot after eating]] the tainted tapas, Gus has a red slug grow out of his ear, he ''eats it'', and then is shown to have had his ''[[BodyHorror lower half turned into a slug's foot]]''. All while being oblivious to it all.

* "The Revenge of Protoboy", despite coming from the DenserAndWackier series 2 and all the attempts at humour, is still a quite shockingly dark and violent episode with several very disturbing scenes for the series' standards.
** Protoboy [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence brutally]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating Robotboy to a pulp]] at the start. He shoots him with his arm cannon, punches his ears off to the point they are just hanging on by wires, ''[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe rips him in half]]'' with his EyeBeams before kicking him and ''violently grabbing his face'' and throwibg him against Tommy's house, he would have killed him right there if he didn’t [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment get a phone call]] [[MoodWhiplash from his "Dear"]].

** Right as he attempts to destroy the ship, Protoboy has his already unnerving face framed-in shadow except for his glowing red eyes, which only serves to make him look terrifying. Not helped by how he sadistically comments on how he would have liked to have seen Robotboy still around as he massacres everyone on the ship. It's almost like they ''purposefully'' wanted to make Protoboy the most evil character they could.
** [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath Protoboy's own death]] at the end of the episode, Robotboy lunges at him, ''punches a hole in his chest'' and '''''[[AreTheseWiresImportant TEARS OUT his motherboard]]''''' on-screen, causing him to revert into his deactive mode shortly after. We even get a good shot of the hole in his chest. Yes, Robotboy just '''purposefully KILLED''' his very own brother in a manner akin to something out of ''Franchise/MortalKombat''. This is made worse by how, despite the lighthearted time the series usually takes, it's all played disturbingly dead seriously. Sure, Protoboy gets better, and [[TheyKilledKennyAgain it's practically the norm for him]], but it doesn't migrate the nature of the scene.

*** Robotboy himself's cold attitude in this scene might also come off as chilling. The look of disgust and hatred on his face as he appears from behind Protoboy, how he violently lunges and mutilates him while screaming "hi-yah!", and the cold DeathGlare he has when Protoboy dies. It seems to serve as an indication that he has had enough of trying to redeem him, and he now sees him as an inredemable scumbag. The sad face at the end almost seems jarring from how he was before.

* [[PsychoPrototype Protoboy]] in general. As shown in "Brother", he was Moshimo's first prototype robot, who was devoid of Robotboy's humanity and was quite vicious towards the professor. He was later kidnapped by Kamikazi and reprogrammed, too well infact, causing him to become too evil for him to control (and [[VileVillainSaccharineShow too evil for the show]]). And he only gets worse in the second series where he's a full-on KnightOfCerebus. To put it straight, he is the only villain to attempt ''mass murder''.

* We could just say, [[PsychoPrototype Protoboy]] in general. As shown in "Brother", he was Moshimo's first prototype robot, who was devoid of Robotboy's humanity and was quite vicious towards the professor. He was later kidnapped by Kamikazi and reprogrammed, too well infact, causing him to become too evil for him to control (and [[VileVillainSaccharineShow too evil for the show]]). And he only gets worse in the second series where he's a full-on KnightOfCerebus. To put it straight, he is the only villain to attempt ''mass murder''.

*** Robotboy himself's cold and attitude in this scene might also come off as chilling. The look of disgust and hatred on his face as he appears from behind Protoboy, how he violently lunges and mutilates him while screaming "hi-yah!", and the cold DeathGlare he has when Protoboy dies. The sad face at the end almost seems jarring from how he was before.

** Right before he attempts to destroy the ship, Protoboy has his already unnerving face framed-in shadow except for his glowing eyes, which combined with his line about wanting to have Robotboy around to see him destroy the ship and murder everyone on it, makes this likely the most shockingly dark scene of the entire series, not helped by...

** [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath Protoboy's own death]] at the end of the episode, Robotboy lunges at him, ''punches a hole in his chest'' and '''''[[AreTheseWiresImportant TEARS OUT HIS MOTHERBOARD]]''''' on-screen, causing him to revert into his deactive mode shortly after. There's even a close-up of the hole in his chest. Yes, you just saw Robotboy '''purposefully KILL''' his very own brother in a manner akin to something out of ''Franchise/MortalKombat''. This is made worse by how it's all played dead seriously, seeing something like that in a lighthearted show like this is bound to disturb quite a few. Sure, Protoboy gets better, and [[TheyKilledKennyAgain it's practically the norm for him]], but it doesn't migrate the nature of the scene.

*** Robotboy himself's cold and dead-serious attitude in this scene might also come off as unnerving. The look of disgust and hatred on his face as he appears from behind Protoboy, how he violently lunges and mutilates him while screaming "hi-yah!", and the cold DeathGlare he has when Protoboy dies. The sad face at the end almost seems jarring from how he was before.

* While not as bad as "The Revenge of Protoboy", seeing him in Robotboy's body getting reduced to charred legs by Brainy Yak is pretty disturbing. Especially when you consider that this is onscreen ''murder''.

*** Robotboy's himself in this scene might come off as unnerving to some. The look of disgust and hatred on his face as he appears from behind Protoboy, how he violently lunges and mutilates him while screaming "hi-yah!", and the cold DeathGlare he has when Protoboy dies. The sad face at the end almost seems jarring from how he was before.

** The fact Protoboy actually ''surives'' at the end, unlike every other episode he appears, which ended with him getting killed.