History NightmareFuel / TheLeagueOfGentlemen

* The local veterinary surgeon Matthew Chinnery, a kind-hearted animal lover cursed to accidentally kill any innocent creature he interacts with, usually in shockingly brutal or explosive fashions. For the sheer amount of no-limits BlackComedy on display, he has been an enduring favourite since the very first episode, but for both casual viewers and even hardened fans, many of his sketches are extremely tense and cringeworthy to sit through in the worst possible ways. Examples of Chinnery's unintentional cruelty throughout the franchise include euthanizing a farmer's perfectly healthy dog via lethal injection while the farmer is fetching the dog he actually wants puttng dog, oxygenating a tortoise until it erupts like a rocket out of its own shell, and gorily exploding an over-bloated hedgehog. So for many, Chinnery has become the true TheDreaded of the series, even above the likes of Papa Lazarou.

-->'''Mama Lazarou''': Don't make him angry, [beat] he can do things.
** His alter ego [[spoiler: Keith]] is also deeply, [[BlackEyesOfEvil deeply unsettling.]]
-->'''Creator/MarkGatiss''': People are always banging on about how dark it is and we always say, "Oh, come on..." And then we watch it again and sometimes I'm quite taken aback by all that's going on. The thing that I always think is really something is Papa Lazarou kidnapping Bernice's mother in the Christmas Special. That's absolutely terrifying.

** The creators were asked if his meat was human flesh... Their answer? No. [[spoiler: It's so much worse than that.]]

* In the final scene of Episode One of Series 3, Mickey is painting a picture of him and Pauline getting married when the phone rings [[spoiler:it's Ross calling Mickey about the fact that he and Pauline just had sex]], however before he can answer the glass of water's spills over the picture and with an ear piercing sound affect a large patch red covers Pauline (a la Film/DontLookNow) Mickey takes this as a warning and runs to find Pauline rather than answer the phone.

* According to [[BigDamnMovie the movie]], if at any point you stop writing about a fictional world, [[spoiler:it is destroyed by a fiery hail of meteors--so, essentially, any time a series ends you're dooming not just your leads but dozens of incidental characters and extras, to say nothing of the countless people who ''implicitly'' populate the work's world, all of whom actually exist on another plane.]]
* "[[spoiler:We didn't cut their faces off]]!"

--> '''[[spoiler:Papa Lazarou:]]'''[[spoiler: It's a wife mine now!]]
* Pop is probably the most unnerving character in the whole series. A violent, perverted Greek drunkard who abuses his two sons, sexually harrassess the girlfriend of his older son Al, goes out of his way to frighten the two tennants he has staying in a flat he owns and even films the people in that flat without their knowledge. He returns in the 2017 series after being away for over a decade to find that Al and his wife have told their two daughters that Pop died. He's back to his old creepy ways with his own granddaughters, giving them skimpy underwear as "gifts" while Al can only standby and do nothing out of fear for his father. This makes it hard to feel sorry for Pop when his other son [[spoiler: Richie murders him when the two finally meet again.]]
* The local veterinary surgeon Matthew Chinnery, a kind-hearted animal lover cursed to accidentally kill any innocent creature he interacts with, usually in shockingly brutal or explosive fashions. For the sheer amount of no-limits BlackComedy on display, he has been an enduring favourite since the very first episode, but for both casual viewers and even hardened fans, many of his sketches are extremely tense and cringeworthy to sit through in the worst possible ways. Examples of Chinnery's unintentional cruelty throughout the franchise include euthanizing a farmer's perfectly healthy dog via lethal injection while the farmer is fetching the dog he actually wants puttng dog, oxygenating a tortoise until it erupts like a rocket out of its own shell, and gorily exploding an over-bloated hedgehog. So for many, Chinnery has become the true TheDreaded of the series, even above the likes of Papa Lazarou.

** During the iconic Hello Dave scene, while Papa goes upstairs, leaving Mary and Mama alone, Mama removes her veil and pleas to Mary to help her by playing along she is terrified and convincing to Mary[/note]which is part of the plan to make Mary, Papa's wife[note] it's her last line that seals the deal:
-->'''MamaLazarou: Don't make him angry, [beat] he can do things.

* Lance Longthorne's story in series 3. He receives a [[EvilHand new arm that's still inhabited by the spirit of the nun it belonged to]]. Said spirit forces Lance to act more like the arms former owner and even after being mostly torn off it ''still'' has enough control over him to force him into a [[HeroicSacrifice]].

* Lance Longthorne's story in series 3. He receives a [[EvilHand: new arm that's still inhabited by the spirit of the nun it belonged to]]. Said spirit forces Lance to act more like the arms former owner and even after being mostly torn off it ''still'' has enough control over him to force him into a [[HeroicSacrifice]].

* Edward and Tubbs, a pair of incredibly hideous, [[VillainousIncest incestuous]] CorruptHick {{Serial Killer}}s, as well as the implied metamorphosis of their son from a normal human being into a [[MadmanInTheAttic monstrous ogre-like creature that lives in the attic]]. Not something you expect to see on a SitCom.

** His alter ego [[spoiler: Keith]] is also deeply, [[BlackEyesOfEvil deeply]] [[UncannyValley unsettling.]]

* Edward and Tubbs, a pair of incredibly hideous, [[VillainousIncest incestuous]] CorruptHick {{Serial Killer}}s, as well as the implied metamorphosis of their son from a normal human being into a [[BerthaInTheAttic monstrous ogre-like creature that lives in the attic]]. Not something you expect to see on a SitCom.

* The local veterinary surgeon Matthew Chinnery, a kind-hearted animal lover cursed to accidentally kill any innocent creature he interacts with, usually in shockingly brutal or explosive fashions. For the sheer amount of no-limits BlackComedy on display, he has been an enduring favourite since the very first episode, but for both casual viewers and even hardened fans, many of his sketches are extremely tense and cringeworthy to sit through in the worst possible ways. Examples of Chinnery's unintentional cruelty throughout the franchise include euthanizing a farmer's perfectly healthy dog via lethal injection, oxygenating a tortoise until it erupts like a rocket out of its own shell, and gorily exploding an over-bloated hedgehog. So for many, Chinnery has become the true TheDreaded of the series, even above the likes of Papa Lazarou.