History NightmareFuel / THEWALKINGDEAD

* When [[spoiler: Lee gets his infected left arm amputated. The game does not treat you to just a cutscene and poof! Lee has a stump for a left arm, oh no! It treats you to a brutal, graphic scene of Christie having to ''saw through his goddamned arm with a saw'' all while he's screaming in pain. If there was any consolation, it's that Christie and the others do not take pleasure in having to put Lee through this.]]

* When [[spoiler: Lee gets his infected left arm amputated. The game does not treat you to just a cutscene and poof! Lee has a stump for a left arm, oh no! It treats you to a brutal, graphic scene of Christie having to ''saw through his goddamned arm with a saw'' all while he's screaming in pain. If there was any consolation, its that Christie and the others do not take pleasure in having to put Lee through this.]]

* Lee and Clementine [[spoiler:walking through a horde of walkers, with only the bleak hope that the zombified blood on their clothes will prevent the walkers from smelling them]].

*** This game must really hate children, because in Episode 4, when Lee and the group get into a house [[spoiler: after making it to Savvannah]], Kenny discovers [[spoiler: a starved zombie boy that looks ''exactly'' like Duck no less in the attic. It's implied that this boy starved to death and became a weakened zombie. Though a zombie, you can't help but feel bad for it as Lee puts it out of its misery.]] Oh, and to make it worse? Lee is reminded of how he first met Clementine and says, [[spoiler: "This could've been Clementine had I not found her..." It is also implied that he was one of the original residents of the house, and we saw him in the family picture.]]

*** This game must really hate children, because in Episode 4, when Lee and the group get into a house [[spoiler: after making it to Savvanah]], Kenny discovers [[spoiler: a starved zombie boy. It's implied that this boy starved to death and became a weakened zombie. Though a zombie, you can't help but feel bad for it as Lee puts it out of its misery.]] Oh, and to make it worse? Lee is reminded of how he first met Clementine and says, [[spoiler: "This could've been Clementine had I not found her..."]]

* At one point, a group including Rick and Carl have to make it through a horde of zombies. The hold onto each other's hands and walk through in a straight chain. It goes well at first, then the other child of the group makes too much noise out of fear, and is grabbed by zombies who chow down (while he screams for his mother the entire time). The mother tries to pull him out, but only gets set on herself. She is still holding onto Carl and begs Rick to not leave them, but Carl is about to be grabbed next, so Rick has to ''cut off her hand at the wrist with a hatchet''. As Rick and Carl run, we can see the jutting stump of her arm still sticking out of the mass of zombies tearing her and her son to shreds. In a series full of gore, this death stands out for being borderline ''sadistic''.

[[folder: The comic]]

* While the zombies are bad, they’re nothing compared to the human antagonists. In this hellish world, HumansAreBastards has never been so true.
** The Governor. He feeds humans to the zombies. Keeps his zombified daughter as a pet (implying pedophile interactions between the two). Enjoys rape and torture. And this guy rules a city with this principles! The worst part is, unlike most villains, his actions are not justified at all. He’s simply a sadistic murderous psychopath. By himself, he killed more than a third of the protagonists, raped Michonne and amputated Rick.
** Thomas. He is in a freaking Zombie world, and what does he do to pass time? Killing children!
** The Hunters. They casually eat human flesh, even in front of their victims. They went as far to eat their own children! They feel guilty about this, but ignore the guilt. Also, if you think about it, they are realistic villains. In a Post-Apocalyptic world, where food becomes scarce, some people will be weak enough to resort to cannibalism. Yes, they eat humans, in a world where dead monsters eat humans. This makes the Hunters WORSE than the Zombies, because they choose to be this way.

[[folder: The TV show]]
* The ParanoiaFuel shown the series. When you are scared, homeless, starving and surrounded by monsters and psychopaths, it’s easy to feel paranoia, and to become violent. In each group, any argument can lead to tragedy, anyone can become a threat, alive or dead. The world they knew is dead, and this brings the worst into the protagonists and antagonists alike.

[[folder: The video game]]
* In the game, when [[spoiler: either Carley or Doug is shot by Lily]], everyone stands in stunned silence for about a second during which a shuddering breath can be heard. This is Carley/Doug's death rattle.
* In the game, having to MercyKill [[spoiler: Duck]] because he was bitten. Not only does it ramp up the AdultFear to the nth degree with the prospect of a parent having to shoot [[spoiler: their own child]], but if you picked the option to do it yourself, the game doesn't go the easy route and make you ''watch'' Lee kill him. Oh no, the game makes you, the player, take control and put down a [[spoiler: ten-year-old boy]]. And you can't get out of it until you pull the trigger. Happy dreams.
** Another case of AdultFear is at the end of the episode [[spoiler: when Lee and the others find out that a mysterious man has been talking to Clementine the whole time, secretly telling her what to do and to come to him. While his intentions are not clear yet, it still is easy to draw parallels to a child molester]].
*** And just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...[[spoiler: Clementine is kidnapped by the end of Episode 4, and Lee is bitten by a walker. The AdultFear has just gone through the roof.]]

* In the game, when either Carley or Doug is shot by Lily, everyone stands in stunned silence for about a second during which a shuddering breath can be heard. This is Carley/Doug's death rattle.

The Walking dead series is not only NightmareFuel. It's a Nightmare PERIOD! The Comics take the horror of a ZombieApocalypse UptoEleven.
* The zombies are terrifying because a simple bite from them turns you after a painful agony into what they are: mindless flesh-eating monsters.

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* In the game, having to MercyKill [[spoiler: Duck]] because he was bitten. Not only does it ramp up the AdultFear to the nth degree with the prospect of a parent having to shoot [[spoiler: their own child]], but if you picked the option to do it yourself, the game doesn't go the easy route and make you ''watch'' Lee kill him. Oh no, the game makes you, the player, take control and put down a ten-year-old boy. And you can't get out of it until you pull the trigger. Happy dreams.

* In the game, having to MercyKill [[spoiler: Duck]] because he was bitten. Not only does it ramp up the AdultFear to the nth degree with the prospect of a parent having to shoot [[spoiler: their own child]], but if you picked the option to do it yourself, the game doesn't go the easy route and make you ''watch'' Lee kill him. Oh no, the game makes you, the player, take control and you yourself must summarily execute a ten-year-old boy. Happy dreams.

** The Governor. Just the Governor. He feeds humans to the zombies. Keeps his zombified daughter as a pet (implying pedophile interactions between the two). Enjoys rape and torture. And this guy rules a city with this principles! The worst part is, unlike most villains, his actions are not justified at all. He’s simply a sadistic murderous psychopath. By himself, he killed more than a third of the protagonists, raped Michonne and amputated Rick.