History NightmareFuel / StarFox

* When you blow up Andross' face in ''Star Fox 64'', it turns into one of two things: a robot head (on easy route) or his true form: a giant brain with tentacles and floating eyeballs (on hard route). Both are terrifying in [[ParanoiaFuel their]] [[VillainExitStageLeft own]] [[BodyHorror respective]] [[EvilIsVisceral ways]].

* Speaking of "Videogame/StarFox2'', that game might very well be the darkest one in the franchise. After his first defeat, Andross has completely snapped, wanting nothing more than to destroy Corneria instead of conquering it. And if you aren't quick enough with the objectives, he ''will.'' You're treated to the sight of Andross's forces bombarding the capital city as a female voice desperately tries to call Star Fox for help, only to be [[KilledMidSentence cut off mid-cry]] as the city explodes. And instead of the standard game over screen, you're greeted with grim music and the words, "'''Coneria Fell.'''" Andross is victorious, and everyone's dead.

You couldn't expect a [[VideoGame/StarFox game franchise about anthropomorphic animals piloting spaceships]] to be a possible source of NightmareFuel... until you remember it's made by {{Creator/Nintendo}}.

* In ''Star Fox 64'', Pigma loves to bring up his betrayal of James, and in the worst way possible.

** A HugeHolographicHead floating in space is pretty much routine in ''Star Fox'', but the one in the very first game may rank as the creepiest due to the untextured polygons and basic early 90s geometry, not helped by the core of it bearing the unnerving image of Andross with ProphetEyes. In addition, when taking the hardest path to this fight it will blow up and then reassemble into a face that looks either like a devil, a bull, or even [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]] for a bonus battle. As scary as Andross is to look at in 64, his original incarnation may just make that redesign look LighterAndSofter in comparison!

-->'''Aparoid Pigma''': Do not resist. You have been warned.
-->'''Fox''': Looks like Pigma's already gone... who or what are you?!
-->'''Aparoid Pigma''': We will answer. We are the ultimate existence. You cannot resist us. [[YouWillBeAssimilated You will join us.]]

--->'''Pepper''': Is that you, Fox? Too late... the Aparoids.. […] They.. took me. My body's no longer under my control. […] This is my final request. Destroy this ship! ''Destroy me!''
--->'''Pepper''': I'm sorry... I'm powerless... shoot! Shoot me!
--->'''Pepper''': No reason to wait... I'm already an Aparoid…
--->'''Pepper''': Let me die in battle! Do ''not'' let me transform! Honor! Let me keep ''my honor'', Fox!

-->'''Peppy:''' ''This'' is the enemy's bioweapon?!
-->'''Falco:''' [[YoureInsane Andross is an insane fool!]]

-->'''Spyborg''': Destroy. Destroy. I will terminate all enemies.
-->'''Spyborg''': You are an enemy.
-->'''Spyborg''': (''After its mid-fight fake-out'') The view is clear. Destroy. Destroy.
-->'''Spyborg''': (''At low shield'') Where is the enemy?! (''spins around wildly, arms outstretched'')
-->'''Spyborg''': (''As it dies'') [[AlasPoorVillain I must be complete...]]

---> (upon reaching the base, only to find it a space wreck)
--->'''Falco''': Somebody beat us here. ''It's all gone!''
---> (while flying through the route with the warp gates)
--->'''Falco''': ''Something's not right here.'' Who took this base out?
* Leon Powalski himself. As noted, he is the most formal Star Wolf member, but the most sadistic too. He likes to torture his victims. In Star Fox Assault, he is the assassin of the team. He is actually the most feared member of Star Wolf.
-->'''Leon''': I think I'll torture you for a while!

-->'''Andross''': Ah, the son of James [=McCloud=]! Those tin cans are no match for me! I'm looking forward to this...

-->'''Andross''': Ha ha ha! You can never defeat me! I'll make those fools pay!

''Then'' you manage to understand the reason behind such MoodWhiplash, SurpriseCreepy, and [[VileVillainSaccharineShow Surprisingly Dark Villains]]. Because, well, it's Nintendo after all.

--->(as a robot arm flies past the team)
--->'''Falco''': ''What the heck is that?!''

--> '''Pigma:''' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Daddy screamed REAL good]] before he ''DIED!''

** A HugeHolographicHead floating in space is pretty much routine in ''Star Fox'', but the one in the very first game may rank as the creepiest due to the untextured polygons and basic early 90s geometry combining for an UncannyValley effect, not helped by the core of it bearing the unnerving image of Andross with ProphetEyes. In addition, when taking the hardest path to this fight it will blow up and then reassemble into a face that looks either like a devil, a bull, or even [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]] for a bonus battle. As scary as Andross is to look at in 64, his original incarnation may just make that redesign look LighterAndSofter in comparison!

* As seen on the main page for the original game, the Star Fox team is depicted looking like realistic animals in artwork. Needless to say, [[UncannyValley they do look kinda freaky.]] Thank goodness Nintendo stuck with the more cartoony look in-game afterwards. In particular, [[http://playingwithsuperpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Corneria.jpg Fox looks like he's going to maul you in this picture.]]

** A popular fan theory for Out of This Dimension is that when Fox flies into the secret space bird that brings him out of the Lylat System and into the level, what actually happens instead is that the canopy of Fox's arwing gets smashed from colliding with the bird and his oxygen supply begins to leak out quickly. Causing Fox to hallucinate from brain damage and drift aimlessly into space until he eventually dies.

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* There's something intimidating and [[TeareJerker/StarFox a bit depressing]] about the Sector X boss, Spyborg, in ''64''. It's an unfinished robot that's gone haywire and managed to destroy the entire base holding it. Earlier in the level at certain points you'll come across its arms flying through and you're wondering "What the heck was that?!" Then you reach the boss and you find it staring at you with those blank...soulless eyes...

* There's something intimidating and [[TeareJerker/StarFox64 a bit depressing]] about the Sector X boss, Spyborg, in ''64''. It's an unfinished robot that's gone haywire and managed to destroy the entire base holding it. Earlier in the level at certain points you'll come across its arms flying through and you're wondering "What the heck was that?!" Then you reach the boss and you find it staring at you with those blank...soulless eyes...

* [[UnderTheSea Aquas]] from ''64.'' The level quickly gets very dark (you can use your unlimited torpedoes to brighten things up slightly, but it doesn't always help), with endless quantities of hostile sea life appearing out to the gloom to attack you. Even the boss of the level, an enormous clam called Bacoon, manages to be pretty scary when you first approach it and can't quite make out whether or not it's actually an enormous ''mouth.'' That's even without the depressing/horrific backstory of the planet mentioned in the official strategy guide: Bacoon, the boss of this level, who existed long before Andross, commanded thousands of the starfish enemies to the planet's polar caps and had them explode, instantly melting the polar caps and ''flooding the entire planet'', '''killing all non-aquatic life'''.

* There's something intimidating about the Sector X boss, Spyborg, in ''64''. It's an unfinished robot that's gone haywire and managed to destroy the entire base holding it. Earlier in the level at certain points you'll come across its arms flying through and you're wondering "What the heck was that?!" Then you reach the boss and you find it staring at you with those blank...soulless eyes...

* When you blow up Andross' face in ''Star Fox 64'', it turns into one of two things: a robot head (on easy route) or his true form: a giant brain with tentacles and floating eyeballs (on hard route). Both are terrifying.

** A HugeHolographicHead floating in space is pretty much routine in ''Star Fox'', but the one in the very first game may rank as the creepiest due to the untextured polygons and basic early 90s geometry combining for an UncannyValley effect, not helped by the core of it bearing the unnerving image of Andross with ProphetEyes. In addition, when taking the hardest path to this fight it will blow up and then reassemble into a face that looks either like a devil, a bull, or even [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]] for a bonus battle.

* Also in ''64'', whenever Fox is killed, one of his teammates cries out "[[BigNo NO]]!"... unless all of his wingmates are down, or he dies in the final Venom stage, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68fORFvlA4c where all you hear is Fox's screaming.]] He's truly alone...

** A HugeHolographicHead floating in space is pretty much routine in ''Star Fox'', but the one in the very first game may rank as the creepiest due to the untextured polygons and basic early 90s geometry combining for an UncannyValley effect, not helped by the core of it bearing the unnerving image of Andross with ProphetEyes. In addition, when taking the hardest path to this fight it will blow up and then reassemble into a face that looks either like a devil for a bonus battle.

* The Aparoids. They are able to possess not only machines, but organic life forms as well. It doesn't help that until they are fully assimilated, [[FateWorseThanDeath their victims are still aware]] [[AndIMustScream of what they are doing.]] They start out pretty tame: they're brightly colored and have a few funny-looking forms. Then in the later levels we see them assimilating ''everything''. More and more they resemble [[AmbiguousRobot techno-organic hybrids]] that just seem disturbing. Then there's what happens to Pigma... sure, [[KickTheSonOfABitch nobody is going to miss him]], but ''holy crap'', that is not a pleasant fate. There's a reason a picture of Aparoid Pigma is the page image. And what he becomes has the following exchange in a deep, almost demonic voice:

--->'''Pepper''': Is that you, Fox? Too late... the aparoids.. […] They.. took me. My body's no longer under my control. […] This is my final request. Destroy this ship! ''Destroy me!''

--->'''Pepper''': No reason to wait... I'm already an aparoid…

* [[UnderTheSea Aquas]] from ''64.'' The level quickly gets very dark (you can use your unlimited torpedoes to brighten things up slightly, but it doesn't always help), with endless quantities of hostile sealife appearing out to the gloom to attack you. Even the boss of the level, an enormous clam called Bacoon, manages to be pretty scary when you first approach it and can't quite make out whether or not it's actually an enormous ''mouth.'' That's even without the depressing/horrific backstory of the planet mentioned in the official strategy guide: Bacoon, the boss of this level, who existed long before Andross, commanded thousands of the starfish enemies to the planet's polar caps and had them explode, instantly melting the polar caps and ''flooding the entire planet'', '''killing all non-aquatic life'''.

** Many contemporary cheat/code guides tell players how to enter [=OotD=]. What most of them don't tell you is that you get locked into this stage with no way out. So a kid who reads these guides does all the steps to enter the level, thinking it'll be some sort of cool BonusLevel they can enjoy before returning to the main game (similar to the [[WarpZone Black Hole]]), but instead, they're greeted with an eternity of flying through a weird dimension with cartoon moons and a slot machine.

* The GameOver theme in ''64''. It truly gives you that sense of feeling that you have indeed failed...

-->'''Pepper''': Is that you, Fox? Too late... the aparoids.. […] They.. took me. My body's no longer under my control. […] This is my final request. Destroy this ship! ''Destroy me!''
-->'''Pepper''': I'm sorry... I'm powerless... shoot! Shoot me!
-->'''Pepper''': No reason to wait... I'm already an aparoid…
-->'''Pepper''': Let me die in battle! Do ''not'' let me transform! Honor! Let me keep ''my honor'', Fox!