History NightmareFuel / TeenTitans

--> '''Raven''':'''WHAT'S THE MATTER? AFRAID OF THE DARK?'''

* The episode "[[WhatDoTheyFearEpisode Fear Itself]]". The scariness kicks in when you remember that Raven was the one who made these without even thinking about it. Yes, the snarky, demonic, demigoddess who is in near constant control of her emotions. Makes you wonder about the extent of her powers.

** The cute little demon birds with the GlowingEyesOfDoom singing "Turn back!" over and over in their sweet, childlike little voices. Beast Boy acknowledges how creepy this is, but decides that hey, [[WhatAnIdiot he'd know if they were dangerous]].

* Beast Boy turning into a monster that resembled Beast from ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' in the episode "Beast Within" due to a mutation-inducing chemical. And it's implied that the chemical unleashed the combined primal instincts of all of BB's most dangerous animals. AND IT'S STILL IN THERE!

* Madame Rouge in "Calling All Titans". Robin freezes her, then shatters her into little frozen pieces. She then reforms herself in a manner that reminds this troper of an ooze monster.
* Though it is more ParanoiaFuel, Slade laser-injects nanobots into the Titans in season one. Think about it. Thousands of nigh invisible robots floating around in your body, possibly for decades. [[SadisticChoice And what Slade wanted to use them for]] is a whole other can of scary.
* Terra and Raven's mudfight. Sure it sounds kinky in text, but poor Raven... The episode really drives home the feeling of betrayal through the dialogue, where Terra's taunts push Raven far enough that she goes into demon mode, and ''even that'' doesn't help her in the fight. She's then helplessly [[PrimalFear drowned]] in mud by her former friend, onscreen, the first time one of the Titans in the show actually looked like they were about to be successfully killed off. None of the other fights in that episode are as prolonged or vicious.

** Cyborg's circuits and backup power cells had all died out, so he is forced to remain within Titans Tower with the rest of the Titans gone, letting it fall to disrepair as he simply tries to keep himself alive while hooked up to a non-portable power cell that can't even allow him to leave the tower.
** Beast Boy attempted the solo SuperHero thing, but turned out too [[VisualPun chicken]] and [[TheWorfEffect was beaten up routinely]]. He decided to resign himself to being "the one-man zoo" at a freak show, so he could cage himself in and protect himself from others as he grew old, a far cry from his start as the PluckyComicRelief and TheBigGuy.

* Whatever the heck that ''thing'' the rest of the Titans were chasing in the final episode "Things Change" was.
* The episode ''[[WhatDoTheyFearEpisode Fear Itself]]''. Granted the episode wasn't especially scary. The scariness kicks in when you remember that Raven was the one who made these without even thinking about it. Yes, the snarky, demonic, demigoddess who is in near constant control of her emotions. Makes you wonder about the extent of her powers.

** It should be noted though that Fixit ''did'' come to realize the error of his ways and is shown to be helping the Titans in the tie-in ''Teen Titans Go!'' comics once or twice.

* Mother Mae-Eye. It's actually a pretty creepy episode, what with zombie cookiemen, the menacing, hopeless music, what could actually be in the pies (They're red, [[SoylentGreen think about it]]), and there's the Mean Green Mother herself, who is difficult to explain, but scary none the less, think [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Wicked]] [[CompleteMonster Witch of]] [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating the West]], then give her MindControl.

* Beast Boy turning into a monster that resembled Beast from ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' in the episode "Beast Within" due to a mutation-inducing chemical.

* "Aftershock" in itself is creepy, but the most horrific part may be when we discovered the extent of the neural suit's control over Terra. Slade can command her to do anything he wants, regardless of her will, and the suit is literally impossible to move because it's combined with her nervous system. Granted, Terra was able to overcome that due to great inner strength, but imagine a non-superpowered person being stuck in that suit, at the mercy of a master they hate ''for the rest of their life''.

** The cute little demon birds with the GlowingEyesOfDoom singing "Turn back!" over and over in their sweet, childlike little voices. Beast Boy acknowledges how creepy this is, but decides that hey, he'd know if they were dangerous.

* In "Hide & Seek," Raven's flat and insensitive recounting of most of the season 4 events, which include [[spoiler: the aforementioned undead Slade unmasked, global apocalypse, and unfathomable evil that is Trigon]] to a group of ''innocent little kids and a toddler''. Naturally, all three kids are ''very'' freaked out and even crying after hearing her sickening tale. No social skills ''much?!?''
* Heck, plenty of the villains from the so-called "joke" episodes are actually good sources of NightmareFuel. Mother Mae-eye, a "mother" with pies that brainwash you, zombie cookies, and the strange tendency to bake her "beloved children" in pie. Mad Mod, whose hypnotising machines could turn you into a vegetable, simply because you aren't calling them "biscuits", Mumbo, who could erase you in a blink by sending you into his magic hat...the list goes on and on.

* In "Hide & Seek," Raven's flat and insensitive recounting of most of the season 4 events, which include [[spoiler: the aforementioned undead Slade unmasked, global apocalypse, and unfathomable evil that is Trigon]] to a group of ''little kids and a toddler''. Naturally, all three kids are ''very'' freaked out and even crying after hearing her sickening tale. No social skills, ''much?!?''

** Even more unsettling is when Cyborg manages to pull aside Fixit's cloak... we see a truly ''bizarre'' show of biology: nothing but pulsating/beating organs ala [[StarWars General Grievous]]... no blood/bones or anything remotely like nerves or muscles. How Fixit ended up like this, no one knows.

* Any episode with Slade or Trigon. Even better, season 4 has BOTH.
** "That's nothing compared to what I'm going to do to you." This becomes even ''more'' terrifying once you're old enough to put [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty a more adult spin on that]]...

* Kitten's boyfriend has a GIANT SPIDER for a head!

* And there's [[PeoplePuppets the Puppet King]], which is ''completely creepy.''

** The cute little demon birds with the GlowingEyesOfDoom singing "Turn back!" over and over in their sweet, childlike little voices. Beast Boy acknowledges how creepy this is, but decides that hey, he'd know if they were dangerous...
*** ''Turn back! Turn back! Turn back!''
* How about that EldritchAbomination that Raven becomes when she gets angry? Big black tentacles, her eyes all red, she gets really tall...And then there's that thing she turned into to persuade Gizmo into helping them. [[ShadowDiscretionShot We don't actually see it]], but apparently there were tentacles, horns, and dragon-like ''jaws''.
* Raven sucking Doctor Light into the magic shadows within her cloak; when he's pulled out at the last second, his face is ash white and all he can do is curl in a ball and say, "So dark. Make it stop. Please, make it stop." The fact that in a later episode, all she had to do was snarl at him and he immediately went into Terrified Surrender Mode doesn't ease the imagination of what might have happened under that cloak. Also note that his costume/armor appears to be ''crumbling away'' when he's pulled out. Makes you wonder what exactly do the shadows do...
* Starfire going through alien puberty in "Transformation" and the scene in the same episode where she meets the lady who looks like the benevolent DC character White Witch - but who turns out to be a [[OneWingedAngel bug-like monster]] who ''eats young Tamaranians going through said Chrysalis type alien puberty''. Just imagine it. You're being enclosed a chrysalis for reasons you don't understand and nobody can explain, nobody is there to help you, and just as the cocoon closes, ''you're going to be eaten by an alien!''

* Since both Slade and Raven tend to inspire this, what could beat ''that scene'' in "Birthmark" where Slade is sent by Raven's demonic father for no other reason than to torture her about her destiny to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt? Which he does by shredding her clothes and then tossing her unconscious body off a roof? "Oh... and a happy birthday."

** Cyborg's circuits and backup power cells had all died out, so he is forced to remain within Titans Tower with the rest of the Titans gone, letting it fall to disrepair as he simply tries to keep himself alive while hooked up to a non-portable power cell that cannot even allow him to leave the tower.

* While it was [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic EPIC]], the ending to Mumbo's VillainSong might be considered rather unsettling...
-->'''Mumbo''': Tonight I will make the Titans (''DramaticPause'') disappear...(''whispering'') forever.

** One particularly unsettling part was the part where Cyborg goes next. Immediately after Starfire's taken by those creatures, Cyborg pulls Raven outside and convinces her to keep moving. After a while, she agrees, and starts walking, while Cyborg just stands there, illuminating the hallway with his shoulder-mounted flashlight. We get a rather creepy shot of Cyborg looking ''very'' disturbed, but still looking at Raven's way. We pan over to Raven, and the light turns off. She turns around, and he's ''gone''. '''What the fuck'''.
* When I was a kid, I was a huge fan of ''Teen Titans'', but the episode "The Sum of His Parts" scared the living daylights out of me. While I'm old enough now to not lose sleep over it, its implications are still potentially terrifying. Here's a guy who's had most of his body replaced with robotic parts, and some maniac has kidnapped him with a view toward ''finishing the job''. It's a total horror movie premise smack-dab in the middle of a superhero series. Made even more frightening by the fact that it's not part of the seasonal arc and [[MoodWhiplash starts out as]] one of the more light-hearted filler episodes, besides the fact that the kidnapper isn't one of the regular RoguesGallery. On top of everything, Cyborg's worst fear is losing his humanity, and when he begs for release on those grounds the kidnapper gets all psychological on him ("It's only your faulty human understanding that makes you say that", or something along those lines). Plus, there's something chilling about that mask he tries to replace Cyborg's face with (at the climactic moment he presses it on, muffling Cyborg's speech so that no one can hear his screams).
** It should be noted though, that Fixit (the maniac in question) ''did'' come to realize the error of his ways. And is shown to be helping the Titans in the tie-in ''Teen Titans Go!'' comics once or twice.
** Even more unsettling is when Cyborg manages to pull aside his cloak... we see a truly BIZARRE show of biology: nothing but pulsing/beating organs... no blood/bones or anything remotely like nerves or muscles. No one is sure what the hell he is.

** One particularly unsettling part was the part where Cyborg goes next. Immediately after Starfire's taken by those creatures, Cyborg pulls Raven outside and convinces her to keep moving. After a while, she agrees, and starts walking, while Cyborg just stands there. We get a rather creepy shot of Cyborg looking ''very'' disturbed, but still looking at Raven's way. We pan over to Raven, and the light is gone. She turns around, and he's gone. ''What the fuck''.

* The episode ''[[WhatDoTheyFearEpisode Fear Itself]]''. Granted the episode wasn't especially scary. The scariness kicks in when you remember that Raven was the one who made these without even thinking about it. Yes, the nice, demonic, demigoddess who is in near constant control of her emotions. Makes you wonder about the extent of her powers.

* When I was a kid, I was a huge fan of ''Teen Titans'', but the episode "The Sum of His Parts" scared the living daylights out of me. While I'm old enough now to not lose sleep over it, its implications are still potentially terrifying. Here's a guy who's had most of his body replaced with robotic parts, and some maniac has kidnapped him with a view towards ''finishing the job''. It's a total horror movie premise smack-dab in the middle of a superhero series. Made even more frightening by the fact that it's not part of the seasonal arc and [[MoodWhiplash starts out as]] one of the more light-hearted filler episodes, besides the fact that the kidnapper isn't one of the regular RoguesGallery. On top of everything, Cyborg's worst fear is losing his humanity, and when he begs for release on those grounds the kidnapper gets all psychological on him ("It's only your faulty human understanding that makes you say that", or something along those lines). Plus, there's something chilling about that mask he tries to replace Cyborg's face with (at the climactic moment he presses it on, muffling Cyborg's speech so that no one can hear his screams).

* When I was a kid, I was a huge fan of ''Teen Titans'', but the episode "The Sum of His Parts" scared the living daylights out of me. While I'm old enough now to not lose sleep over it, the implications of it are still potentially terrifying. Here's a guy who's had most of his body replaced with robotic parts, and some maniac has kidnapped him with a view towards ''finishing the job''. It's a total horror movie premise smack-dab in the middle of a superhero series. Made even more frightening by the fact that it's not part of the seasonal arc and [[MoodWhiplash starts out as]] one of the more light-hearted filler episodes, besides the fact that the kidnapper isn't one of the regular RoguesGallery. On top of everything, Cyborg's worst fear is losing his humanity, and when he begs for release on those grounds the kidnapper gets all psychological on him ("It's only your faulty human understanding that makes you say that", or something along those lines). Plus, there's something chilling about that mask he tries to replace Cyborg's face with (at the climactic moment he presses it on, muffling Cyborg's speech so that no one can hear his screams).

* When I was a kid, I was a huge fan of ''Teen Titans'', but the episode "The Sum of His Parts" scared the living daylights out of me. While I'm old enough now to not lose sleep over it, the implications of it are still potentially terrifying. Here's a guy who's had most of his body replaced with robotic parts, and some maniac has kidnapped him with a view towards ''finishing the job''. It's a total horror movie premise smack-dab in the middle of a superhero series. Made even more frightening by the fact that it's not part of the seasonal arc and [[MoodWhiplash starts out as]] one of the more light-hearted filler episodes, besides the fact that the kidnapper isn't one of the regular RoguesGallery'. On top of everything, Cyborg's worst fear is losing his humanity, and when he begs for release on those grounds the kidnapper gets all psychological on him ("It's only your faulty human understanding that makes you say that", or something along those lines). Plus, there's something chilling about that mask he tries to replace Cyborg's face with (at the climactic moment he presses it on, muffling Cyborg's speech so that no one can hear his screams).

* When I was a kid, I was a huge fan of ''Teen Titans'', but the episode "The Sum of His Parts" scared the living daylights out of me. While I'm old enough now to not lose sleep over it, the implications of it are still potentially terrifying. Here's a guy who's had most of his body replaced with robotic parts, and some maniac has kidnapped him with a view towards ''finishing the job''. It's a total horror movie premise smack-dab in the middle of a superhero series. Made even more frightening by the fact that it's not part of the seasonal arc and [[MoodWhiplash starts out as]] one of the more light-hearted filler episodes, besides the fact that the kidnapper isn't one of the regular RoguesGallery and ''doesn't even have a name''. On top of everything, Cyborg's worst fear is losing his humanity, and when he begs for release on those grounds the kidnapper gets all psychological on him ("It's only your faulty human understanding that makes you say that", or something along those lines). Plus, there's something chilling about that mask he tries to replace Cyborg's face with (at the climactic moment he presses it on, muffling Cyborg's speech so that no one can hear his screams).

* When I was a kid, I was a huge fan of ''Teen Titans'', but the episode "The Sum of His Parts" scared the living daylights out of me. While I'm old enough now to not lose sleep over it, the implications of it are still potentially terrifying. Here's a guy who's had most of his body replaced with robotic parts, and some maniac has kidnapped him with a view towards ''finishing the job''. It's a total HorrorMovie premise smack-dab in the middle of a superhero series. Made even more frightening by the fact that it's not part of the seasonal arc and [[MoodWhiplash starts out as]] one of the more light-hearted filler episodes, besides the fact that the kidnapper isn't one of the regular RoguesGallery and ''doesn't even have a name''. On top of everything, Cyborg's worst fear is losing his humanity, and when he begs for release on those grounds the kidnapper gets all psychological on him ("It's only your faulty human understanding that makes you say that", or something along those lines). Plus, there's something chilling about that mask he tries to replace Cyborg's face with (at the climactic moment he presses it on, muffling Cyborg's speech so that no one can hear his screams).

* How about that EldritchAbomination that Raven becomes when she gets angry? You know what I'm talking about, big black tentacles, her eyes all red, she gets really tall... oh god, the horror... the horror. And then there's that thing she turned into to persuade Gizmo into helping them. [[ShadowDiscretionShot We don't actually see it]], but apparently there were tentacles, horns, and dragon-like ''jaws''.

* Starfire going through alien puberty in "Transformation" and the scene in the same episode where she meets the lady who looks like the benevolent DC character White Witch - but who turns out to be a [[OneWingedAngel bug-like monster]] who ''eats young Tamaranians going through said Chrysalis type alien puberty''Just imagine it. You're being enclosed a crysalis for reasons you don't understand and nobody can explain, nobody is there to help you, and just as the cocoon closes, ''you're going to be eaten by a CosmicHorror!''
* Beast Boy turning into a monster that resembled Beast from ''Disney's Beauty And The Beast'' in the episode Beast Within due to a mutation-inducing chemical.

* The episode ''How Long Is Forever'', is the episode where Starfire is sent into a BadFuture and sees everyone's lives in the present destroyed with the dispersal of the Titans following Starfire's absence. It definitely counts as some type of horror. Between seeing Beast Boy as a washed up, depressed, carnie animal, Cyborg as a person that can't even get outside a decaying tower, and Raven going ''insane'' to say the episode is unsettling is a major understatement.

* While it was [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome EPIC]], the ending to Mumbo's VillainSong might be considered rather unsettling...

** Even in the original episode "Birthmark" all of the interactions that Slade has with Raven seem uncomfortably similar to AttemptedRape. All of his lines and actions towards her are seriously [[NoYay creepy]].
** Not to mention all the analogies for the aftermath of rape, such as becoming an adult (forcefully losing her innocence), cutting her hair, and the markings (despite it being Trigon's, it could be seen as Slade "leaving his mark").

* The very episode "Haunted" gives [[NightmareFuel a whole new definition]] to the word "nightmare", considering how Slade is slowly killing Robin [[spoiler:only for Robin to discover it's his own mind destroying him]].

** Also the part where Robin has been strapped to a bed so he doesn't hurt himself, only for Slade to appear and approach him with some kind of electric knife.

* "Aftershock" in itself is creepy, but the most horrific part may be when we discovered the extent of the neural suit's control over Terra. Slade can command her to do anything he wants, regardless of her will, and the suit is literally impossible to move because it's combined with her nervous system. Granted, Terra was able to overcome that due to great inner strength, but imagine a non-superpowered person being stuck in that suit, at the mercy of a master they hate ''for the rest of their life''. Oh, and it'd be pretty awkward [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking if she had to go to the bathroom as well...]]

** Then there's the reveal at the end of the season, after Trigon has escaped and ''razed the entire planet in under a minute'': Slade may have returned, but it was only what he had of a soul, inhabiting his ''undead fleshless, muscleless skeleton, wrapped up nicely in his normal outfit.''
* Mother Mae-Eye. It's actually a pretty creepy episode, zombie cookiemen, the menacing, hopeless music, what could actually be in the pies (They're red, [[SoylentGreen think about it]]), and there's the Mean Green Mother herself, who is difficult to explain, but scary none the less, think [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Wicked]] [[CompleteMonster Witch of]] [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating the West]], give her MindControl, and then make her a giant, it's creepier than it sounds.

* Though it is more ParanoiaFuel, Slade lazer-injects nanobots into the Titans in season one. Think about it. Thousands of nigh invisible robots floating around in your body, possibly for decades. [[SadisticChoice And what Slade wanted to use them for]] is a whole other can of Nightmare Fuel.

* Whatever the heck that '''thing''' the rest of the Titans were chasing in the final episode "Things Change."

* The very episode "Haunted" gives NightmareFuel a whole new definition to the word "nightmare", considering how Slade is slowly killing Robin [[spoiler:only for Robin to discover it's his own mind destroying him]].

* The very episode "Haunted" gives [NightmareFuel a whole new definition]] to the word "nightmare", considering how Slade is slowly killing Robin [[spoiler:only for Robin to discover it's his own mind destroying him]].