History NightmareFuel / SonicExe

* The game's ending is even more creepy than it used to be. After the GameOver screen and one last glimpse of the victims, the game goes full-screen as X appears before us, with an evil glare on his face and a pixelated, yet detailed, face. After a bout of static, [[ArtShift that face suddenly becomes a LOT more detailed]]. Following on from this, he starts writing "[[AGodAmI I AM GOD]]" on the computer monitor, and the player can actually hear his finger pressing and moving across the screen, right before a much louder and clearer laughter is heard. As if things couldn't get any worse, '''HE SUDDENLY [[JumpScare LETS OUT A LOUD UNGODLY SCREAM AND LUNGES AT THE SCREEN WITH HIS MOUTH OPEN WIDE]] THAT CAUSES A PART OF THE SCREEN TO CRACK!''' [[NothingIsScarier And then there is absolutely NOTHING for almost a whole minute.]] However, [[FromBadToWorse the silence is quickly broken by one of two messages]]. What accents this further is that [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou neither the message nor the screen crack disappear after the game closes]][[note]]well, unless you use Task Manager or Force Quit to fully close the game[[/note]].

** Likewise, the insertion of Giygas' theme from ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' actually somehow works, due to the track's very creepy nature and the hopelesness feel in 'YOU CAN'T RUN' stage.

* The game's ending is even more creepy than it used to be. After the GameOver screen and one last glimpse of the victims, the game goes full-screen as X appears before us, with an evil glare on his face and a pixelated, yet detailed, face. After a bout of static, [[ArtShift that face suddenly becomes a LOT more detailed]]. Following on from this, he starts writing "[[AGodAmI I AM GOD]]" on the computer monitor, and the player can actually hear his finger pressing and moving across the screen, right before a much louder and clearer laughter is heard. As if things couldn't get any worse, ''HE SUDDENLY [[JumpScare LETS OUT A LOUD UNGODLY SCREAM AND LUNGES AT THE SCREEN WITH HIS MOUTH OPEN WIDE]] THAT CAUSES A PART OF THE SCREEN TO CRACK!''' [[NothingIsScarier And then there is absolutely '''NOTHING''' for almost a whole minute.]] However, [[FromBadToWorse the silence is quickly broken by one of two messages]]. What accents this further is that [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou neither the message nor the screen crack disappear after the game closes]][[note]]well, unless you use Task Manager or Force Quit to fully close the game[[/note]].

* The game's ending is even more creepy than it used to be. After the GameOver screen and one last glimpse of the victims, the game goes full-screen as X appears before us, with an evil glare on his face and a pixelated, yet detailed, face. After a bout of static, [[ArtShift that face suddenly becomes a LOT more detailed]]. Following on from this, he starts writing "[[AGodAmI I AM GOD]]" on the computer monitor, and the player can actually hear his finger pressing and moving across the screen, right before a much louder and clearer laughter is heard. As if things couldn't get any worse, he suddenly [[JumpScare lets out a loud ungodly scream and lunges at the screen with his mouth open wide]] that causes a part of the screen to crack. [[NothingIsScarier And then nothing for almost a whole minute.]] However, [[FromBadToWorse the silence is quickly broken by one of two messages]]. What accents this further is that [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou neither the message nor the screen crack disappear after the game closes]][[note]]well, unless you use Task Manager or Force Quit to fully close the game[[/note]].
-->"KEEP THIS INTERESTING FOR ME"\\

* The game's ending is even more creepy than it used to be. After the GameOver screen and one last glimpse of the victims, the game goes full-screen as X appears before us, with an evil glare on his face and a pixelated, yet detailed, face. After a bout of static, [[ArtShift that face suddenly becomes a LOT more detailed]]. Following on from this, he starts writing "[[AGodAmI I AM GOD]]" on the computer monitor, and the player can actually hear his finger pressing and moving across the screen, right before a much louder and clearer laughter is heard. As if things couldn't get any worse, he suddenly [[JumpScare lunges at the screen with his mouth open wide]] that causes a part of the screen to crack. [[NothingIsScarier And then nothing for almost a whole minute.]] However, [[FromBadToWorse the silence is quickly broken by one of two messages]]. What accents this further is that [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou neither the message nor the screen crack disappear after the game closes]][[note]]well, unless you use Task Manager or Force Quit to fully close the game[[/note]].

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sonicexe_original_game_9_33_screenshot.png Play with him... '''IF YOU DARE.''']]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sonicexe_original_game_9_33_screenshot.png NightmareRetardant? Well, not so much anymore...]]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sonicexe_original_game_9_33_screenshot.png NightmareRetardant? Well, not so much now...]]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sonicexe_original_game_9_33_screenshot.png| NightmareRetardant? Not so much...]]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sonicexe_original_game_9_33_screenshot.png]]

* The GoryDiscretionShot for Tails and Knuckles is even more PlayedForHorror than the original, with the player only seeing a brief second of X mangling and tearing them apart, [[NothingIsScarier with us left to only hear what's going on]]. And this time, there's absolutely no LarynxDissonance to lighten the mood at any point.

* The game's ending is even more creepy than it used to be. After the GameOver screen and one last glimpse of the victims, the game goes full-screen as X appears before us, with an evil glare on his face and a pixelated, yet detailed, face. After a bout of static, [[ArtShift that face suddenly becomes a LOT more detailed]]. Following on from this, he starts writing "[[AGodAmI I AM GOD]]" on the computer monitor, and the player can actually hear his finger pressing and moving across the screen, right before a much louder and clearer laughter is heard. As if things couldn't get any worse, he suddenly causes a JumpScare that causes a part of the screen to crack. [[NothingIsScarier And then nothing for almost a whole minute.]] However, [[FromBadToWorse the silence is quickly broken by one of two messages]]. What accents this further is that [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou neither the message nor the screen crack disappear after the game closes]][[note]]well, unless you use Task Manager or Force Quit to fully close the game[[/note]].

** And it gets [[FromBadToWorse even darker]]! X is {{Yandere}} to Sonic. The same monster is attempting to merge his world with our own, so he would enslave the humanity and eventually, the whole ''universe'' and later on ''other universes'' as well, so all living thing would be nothing but disposable toys to torture for X! This is so fucked up that even Slenderman would fear!

* The game's ending is even more creepy than it used to be. After the GameOver screen and one last glimpse of the victims, the game goes full-screen as X appears before us, with an evil glare on his face and a pixelated, yet detailed, face. After a bout of static, that face suddenly becomes a LOT more detailed. Following on from this, he starts writing "[[AGodAmI I AM GOD]]" on the computer monitor, and the player can actually hear his finger pressing and moving across the screen, right before a much louder and clearer laughter is heard. As if things couldn't get any worse, he suddenly causes a JumpScare that causes a part of the screen to crack. [[NothingIsScarier And then nothing for almost a whole minute.]] However, [[FromBadToWorse the silence is quickly broken by one of two messages]].

* The GoryDiscretionShot for Tails and Knuckles is even more PlayedForHorror than the original, with the player only seeing a brief second of X mangling and tearing them apart, [[NothingIsScarier with us left to only hear what's going on]].

* Every single "I AM GOD" image, which shows X with a genuinely terrifying NightmareFace. It has been changing from version to version, and every time it brings something new.

While ''Sonic.exe'' has a polarizing reception (despite its fair share of genuinely good fangames), there is no denying that there are still some effective horrors throughout the story.

* The nature of the villain, X. He is an EldritchAbomination who created his own world, while trying to absorb his world into others. He lures unfortunate souls by using his own game, and taking them. The bodies of the victims then turn into an ugly heap of meat with engraved numbers. After that, X creates new bodies for the souls that are based on Sonic characters. Imagine yourself being a victim. You awaken in his world in the body of one of your favourite characters. You gained a new body, but now you are just a play-thing for an evil god who acts like a murderous child. He will kill you in the most brutal ways and revive you as many times as he wants just to repeat your suffering again. [[HopeSpot Someday your suffering may end]], but what will entail if that happens is just as bad if not worse. Like all toys, X will get tired of playing with you, and for such toys as you are prepared for the unenviable fate of being eaten by him. Your body will be destroyed and you will remain in the [[TheNothingAfterDeath black void]]. And then, you, a disembodied soul, [[CessationOfExistence will vanish]] [[TheUnperson as if you never even existed]]. Truly FateWorseThanDeath ''and'' CruelAndUnusualDeath at the ''same time''.

* The nature of the villain, X. He is an EldritchAbomination who created his own world, while trying to absorb his world into others. He lures unfortunate souls by using his own game, and taking them. The bodies of the victims then turn into an ugly heap of meat with engraved numbers. After that, X creates new bodies for the souls that are based on Sonic characters. Imagine yourself being a victim. You awaken in his world in the body of one of your favourite characters. You gained a new body, but now you are just a play-thing for an evil god who acts like a murderous child. He will kill you in the most brutal ways and revive you as many times as he wants just to repeat your suffering again. [[HopeSpot Someday your suffering may end]], but what will entail if that happens is just as bad if not worse. Like all toys, X will get tired of playing with you, and for such toys as you are prepared for the unenviable fate of being eaten by him. Your body will be destroyed and you will remain in the [[TheNothingAfterDeath black void]]. And then, you, a disembodied soul, [[CessationOfExistence will vanish]] as if you never even existed. Truly FateWorseThanDeath.

* The nature of the villain, X. He is an EldritchAbomination who created his own world, while trying to absorb his world into others. He lures unfortunate souls by using his own game, and taking them. The bodies of the victims then turn into an ugly heap of meat with engraved numbers. After that, X creates new bodies for the souls that are based on Sonic characters. Imagine yourself being a victim. You awaken in his world in the body of one of your favourite characters. You gained a new body, but now you are just a play-thing for an evil god who acts like a murderous child. He will kill you in the most brutal ways and revive you as many times as he wants just to repeat your suffering again. [[HopeSpot Someday your suffering may end]], but what will entail if that happens is just as bad if not worse. Like all toys, X will get tired of playing with you, and for such toys as you are prepared for the unenviable fate of being eaten by him. Your body will be destroyed and you will remain in the [[TheNothingAfterDeath black void]]. And then, you, a disembodied soul, [[CessationOfExistence will vanish]].

!Unmarked spoilers ahead! If you don't want to have all the scary moments spoiled, you shouldn't be reading this page.

While there is no doubt that ''Fanfic/SonicExe'' itself is polarizing, there's no denying that there's still horror lying within...

!!Fanfic:
* The whole story's background. X is san EldritchAbomination who created his own universe and tries to take over other worlds. He uses his game to lure people into his trap, taking their souls. The bodies of the victims then turn into an ugly heap of meat with engraved numbers. After that, X creates new bodies for the souls that are based on Sonic characters. Imagine yourself to be a victim. You awaken in his world in the body of your favorite character like Shadow or Silver. You gained a new body, but now you are just a toy for an evil god who acts like a murderous child. He will kill you in the most brutal ways and revive you as many times as he wants just to repeat your suffering again. And another guy from your home world is looking at how you're killed by X. Someday your suffering may end. The how your misery will end is not great. Someday X will get tired of playing with you, and for such toys as you are prepared for the unenviable fate of being eaten by him. Your body will be destroyed and you will remain in the [[TheNothingAfterDeath black void]]. And then, you, a disembodied soul, [[CessationOfExistence will just vanish.]].

!!Video game:

* Every time a character dies, you get to see their demonic form standing on the select screen, staring at you with expression of what can be described as agony.

** But Robotnik gets it the worst: he's literally drained of skin color (keep in mind that he is ''a human''). His mustache hanging rather than sprouting in two sides does not help at all.

* The whole story's background. X is the Lovecraftian Abomination God who created his own universe and tries to take over other worlds. He uses his game to lure people into his trap and then taking their souls. The bodies of the victims turn into an ugly heap of meat with engraved numbers. After that, X makes for souls new bodies based on Sonic characters. Imagine yourself to be a victim. You awaken in his world in the body of your beloved Sonic franchise character like Shadow or Silver. You gained a new body, but now you are just a toy for an evil god who acts like a murderous child. He will kill in most brutal ways and revive you many times to repeat your suffering again. It's literally hell! And another guy from your home world is looking at how you're killed by X. Someday your suffering may end. The how your misery will end is not great. Someday X will get tired of playing with you, and for such toys as you are prepared for the unenviable fate of being eaten by him. Your body will be destroyed and you will remain in the [[TheNothingAfterDeath black void]]. And then, you, a disembodied soul, [[CessationOfExistence will just vanish.]].

** But Robotnik gets it the worst: he is literally drained of skin color (keep in mind that he is ''a human''). His mustache hanging rather than sprouting in two sides does not help at all.

* Every time a character dies, you get to see his demonic form standing on the select screen, staring at you with expression of what can be described as agony.