History NightmareFuel / StarFox

* How can we forget about Vulcain? This... thing has 3... [[BuffySpeak things]] in its face. Are those goatees? Mandibles? Let's not forget it bleeds when you destroy an arm (it's technically lava, but still). Speaking of it's loss of arms, [[Determinator it still goes on without them,]] and uses ITS LAVA BLOOD TO ATTACK YOU. And not to mention this monster's death. Its [[YourHeadASplode head pops off ]], with that same lava blood spurt, and then it sinks into the lava. Drowning and decapitation... [[SarcasmMode have fun sleeping tonight]]. Now Falco and Peppy's quotes make a whole lot of sense.

** 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 HugeHolographicHead floating in space is pretty much routine in Starfox, but the one in the very first one may rank as the creepiest due to the untextured polygons and basic early 90s geometry combining for an UncannyValley effect. In addition, when taking the hardest path to this fight it will grow horns as a CosmeticAward.
* Also in ''64'', whenever Fox is killed, one of his teammates cries out "NO!"... unless he dies in the final Venom stage, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68fORFvlA4c where all you hear is Fox's screaming.]] He's truly alone...

-->'''Queen''': All for us. ''Everything in the universe exists for us!''

* 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 look incredibly freaky.]] Thank goodness Nintendo stuck with the cartoony look in-game afterwards.

** That's even without the depressing/horrific backstory of the planet mentioned in the official strategy guide: 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'''''.

* The Aparoids. They are able to possess not only machines, but organic life forms as well. It doesn't help that [[FateWorseThanDeath their victims are still aware 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 [[spoiler:Pigma]]... not a well-liked character, but ''holy crap'', that is not a pleasant fate. And what he becomes has the following exchange in a deep, almost demonic voice:

-->'''Aparoid''': We will answer. We are the ultimate existence. You cannot resist us. You will join us.

* [[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, a giant clam, 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.''

* The [=RedEyes=] in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures''. Words cannot describe the brix that were shat by the players when they stepped out of the Arwing for the first time and saw freaking enormous T-Rexes roaming everywhere! And for half the level you can't even kill them! And don't even mention the [=RedEye=] King...

--> [[DoesThisRemindYouofAnything Daddy screamed REAL good]] before he ''died!''

--> Daddy screamed REAL good before he ''died!''

* Out Of This Dimension from the original. MindScrew doesn't even ''begin'' to cover this... The intro to that level is Pepper trying and failing to reach Fox and co. as if they just disappeared. And then at the end of the level, the words THE END pop up in front of Fox, who's just stuck there. Until the player dies. You literally get trapped in another dimension with no way out and Corneria is doomed.

-->'''Queen''': All for us. ''Everything in the universe exists for us!''

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

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

* The Aparoids are able to possess not only machines, but organic life forms as well. It doesn't help that [[FateWorseThanDeath their victims are still aware of what they are doing.]]

* The [=RedEyes=] in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures''. Words cannot describe the brix that were shat when I stepped out of my Arwing for the first time and saw freaking enormous T-Rexes roaming everywhere! And for half the level you can't even kill them! And don't even mention the [=RedEye=] King...
* Out Of This Dimension from the original. MindScrew doesn't even ''begin'' to cover this...
** The intro to that level is Pepper trying and failing to reach Fox and co. as if they just disappeared. And then at the end of the level, the words THE END pop up in front of Fox, who's just stuck there. Until the player dies. You literally get trapped in another dimension with no way out and Corneria is doomed.

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

* Also in ''64'', whenever Fox is killed, one of his teammates cries out "NO!"...unless he dies in the final Venom stage, where all you hear is Fox's screaming. He's truly alone...

** The intro to that level is Pepper trying and failing to reach Fox and co. as if they just disappeared. And then at the end of the level, the words GAME OVER pop up in front of Fox, who's just stuck there. Until the player dies. You literally get trapped in another dimension with no way out and Corneria is doomed.

** A HugeHolographicHead floating in space is pretty much routine in Starfox, but the one in the very first one may rank as the creepiest due to the untextured polygons, basic geometry leading to a certain UncannyValley effect. In addition, when taking the hardest path to this fight it will grow horns as a CosmeticAward.

* The Aparoids in ''Star Fox Assault'' in general could be considered this. A sentient machine race that can possess other machines, and even organic life forms. The worst part? [[FateWorseThanDeath Their victims are still aware of what they are doing.]]

* Out Of This Dimension from the original. MindScrew doesn't even ''begin'' to cover this...

* The [=RedEyes=] in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures''. Words cannot describe the brix that were shat when I stepped out of my Arwing for the first time and saw freaking enormous T-Rexes roaming everywhere! And for half the level you can't even kill them! And don't even mention the [=RedEye=] King...