History NightmareFuel / TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles

!! Comics
* ''NightmareFuel/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW''
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* [[NightmareFuel/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 1987 Cartoon]]
* [[NightmareFuel/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 Cartoon]]
* [[NightmareFuel/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012 Cartoon]]
* [[NightmareFuel/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]
* [[NightmareFuel/{{TMNT}} 2007 Movie]]
* [[NightmareFuel/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014 2014 Movie]]
* [[NightmareFuel/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW IDW Comics]]

!!NightmareFuel for the Original Movie goes HERE:

* In the first movie The Shredder himself is made of Nightmare Fuel.
** His intro scene alone can send chills up your spine.
*** His theme, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "Shredder's Suite"]], is a mix of epicness and scariness.
** The first time we get even a glimpse of him, even before he's fully introduced, he's just sitting in the dark, watching a wall of T.V.'s. He throws a knife at one, which hits the image of April square in the face. It's a very effective build-up.
--> '''Shredder:''' Find her. [[HeKnowsTooMuch Silence her.]]
* The scene where the boys find out Splinter has been abducted. They're only 15 and their parent that has been there for them for their whole lives has been ripped away from them. What's worse is that they don't know ''who'' did it.
** The clincher of this scene is Raph breaking out into a SkywardScream of rage and grief. The camera slowly spins around him, then it spins faster and faster as he starts to yell, finally zooming into an unnerving close-up of his screaming face. The dark lighting and ominous music don't make things any better.
** His scream is loud enough to travel out of the sewers, scaring a passing pedestrian ([[MoodWhiplash who then thought it was nothing]]).
** More subtle, but no less heartbreaking is Donatello's reaction. He had tried to have a real conversation with Mikey about this exact possibility, Splinter being gone, to have Mikey blow him off. He comes home to this nightmare scenario and sinks to his knees in grief.
* Raph being ambushed and cornered by the Foot Clan. They deliver a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to him, rendering him comatose. The only reason why he survives is because they weren't aiming to kill him.
** His comatose body getting thrown through the skylight. As far as his brothers and April knew, he was just out cooling off. Now his body's been returned to them, and they have a moment of panic finding out whether he's alive or not.
--> '''[[MamaBear April]]:''' Is he...?
--> '''[[BigBrotherInstinct Leo]]:''' No. He's alive - ''barely''.
* The climax of the Apartment Fight. A Foot Ninja tries to ''behead'' Donatello with an axe, which the turtle manages to duck in time. But the axe strikes a power main, electrifying the Foot Ninja and setting the apartment ablaze. Basically, all hell has broken loose.
** This is when you see the movie bring the characters back to their Mirage roots. The Foot in this scene are a dangerous opponent, Casey Jones is whacking away at enemies with hard wooden bats, and the remaining Turtles are fighting savagely for survival. The fiery, hellish lighting really ''does not'' help.
*** Consider what this scene was like for those kids who were introduced to the ''very'' watered-down ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)]]''. This movie is the first time they've seen their heroes use mild language, the first time they've seen violence with serious consequences, and sure as hell is the first time they are seeing their heroes get beaten up badly with no option but to retreat.
* The majority of the Foot is [[TheReveal revealed]] to be ''young, misguided teens'' who have run away from home, manipulated by [[MagnificentBastard Shredder]] to join the "family" of the Foot Clan.
* And on that note, Tatsu beating up a young Foot Ninja qualifies as one of the scariest scenes. What's worse is that while it's implied that the kid is still alive, it's just a vague implication. The kid coughs a few times, then is [[NothingIsScarier silent for the rest of the scene]]. In the original script, the boy actually ''died'', but it was changed at the last minute due to how unsettling it was. However, it's not impossible that he died ''slowly'' of injuries sustained by the beating.
* The FinalBattle with Shredder, where the turtles are beat up again and Shredder almost impales Leo. What saves Leo is the [[BigDamnHeroes arrival]] of [[PapaWolf Splinter]] at literally the last second.
* Also, imagine yourself as Splinter. For a week, you're alone and imprisoned, crucified against a wall. You are interrogated regularly for answers by your captors, and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness once you are no longer useful]], they ''will'' kill you.
--> '''Shredder:''' Then hang there until you ''die''!
!!Other:
* While not exactly scary, showing Splinter alone in a dark, deserted room is a bizarrely creepy way to end the "Coming Out of Our Shells" tour video.

* Also, imagine yourself as Splinter. For a week, you're alone and imprisoned, crucified against a wall. You are interrogated regularly for answers by your captors, and once you are no longer useful, they ''will'' kill you.