History NightmareFuel / TheVisionOfEscaflowne

* [[spoiler: Dilandau in Selena mode]] almost eating a snail. Good thing Jajuka stops them [[NauseaFuel otherwise the audience would certainly have puked...]]

* The idea of a single person finding him/herself face to face with an actual Dragon, and without mechas or effective weapons handy, is ''fucking horrifying''. [[spoiler: It happens to Van and the recently HeelFaceTurn-ed!Folken towards the end of the series, when neither was armed and Van wasn't riding Escaflowne. Understandably, Van (who had fought and defeated Dragons but had never been indefense against one) was about to have an HeroicBSOD, and Folken (who had been mutilated by another Dragon and barely survived thanks to Zaibach) had to gather ''all'' of his wits to get himself and Van away to safety, managing to both net himself his biggest SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome and [[RebuiltPedestal recover Van's trust and affection]].]]

* When Hitomi is placed under hypnosis by the fake-Plactu aka Zongi, her psychic abilities begin overwhelming the both of them and Hitomi gets caught in a horrible vision of [[spoiler: witnessing fake-Plactu/Zongi's ''horrible'' murder, as he is crushed to death by a ''very'' angry Dilandau since he killed and then replaced one of his soldiers]]. The trauma is so intense for Hitomi that she goes into catatonic shock and ''her heart stops''. Adding to the NightmareFuel of the scene is Millerna's frantic attempts to perform CPR and her resulting hysteria when she realizes she's not strong enough to keep it up. Though Van is more successful with the CPR, the lack of music and everyone's desperate pleas for Hitomi to snap out of it add to the tension of the scene.

* Van's EleventhHourSuperpower moment against Dilandau's Dragonslayers starts off like a typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome moment]]...[[SubvertedTrope until it cuts to how]] [[MookHorrorShow Dilandau is seeing it]] - one by one, his unit is brutally cut down, despite having every advantage going for them. Eventually, only Dilandau is left, tentatively and uselessly calling out to his dead comrades for support, facing down a now-godlike soldier who can and ''will'' kill him without batting an eye, with an expression of abject shit-your-pants ''terror'' on his face, [[spoiler:even as he's escaping]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNp_W_ozVx4 It's a particularly chilling moment.]]

* The idea of a single person finding him/herself face to face with an actual Dragon, and without mechas or effective weapons handy, is ''fucking horrifying''. [[spoiler: It happens to Van and the recently HeelFaceTurn-ed!Folken towards the end of the series, when neither was armed and Van wasn't riding Escaflowne. Understandably, Van (who had fought and defeated Dragons but had never been indefense against one) was about to have an HeroicBSOD, and Folken (who had been mutilated by another Dragon and barely survived thanks to Zaibach) had to gather ''all'' of his wits to get himself and Van away to safety, managing to both net himself his biggest CrowningMomentOfAwesome and [[RebuiltPedestal recover Van's trust and affection]].]]

* Dornkirk's naked body... that is all. Could also fall under FanDisservice or BodyHorror.

* Van's EleventhHourSuperpower moment against Dilandau's Dragonslayers starts off like a typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome moment]]...[[SubvertedTrope until it cuts to how]] [[MookHorrorShow Dilandau is seeing it]] - one by one, his unit is brutally cut down, despite having every advantage going for them. Eventually, only Dilandau is left, tentatively and uselessly calling out to his dead comrades for support, facing down a now-godlike soldier who can and ''will'' kill him without batting an eye, with a surprisingly [[TearJerker heart-wrenching expression]] of abject shit-your-pants ''terror'' on his face, [[spoiler:even as he's escaping]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNp_W_ozVx4 It's a particularly chilling moment.]]

* Van's EleventhHourSuperpower moment against Dilandau's Dragonslayers starts off like a typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome moment]]...[[SubvertedTrope until it cuts to how]] [[MookHorrorShow Dilandau is seeing it]] - one by one, his unit is brutally cut down, despite having every advantage going for them. Eventually, only Dilandau is left, tentatively and uselessly calling out to his dead comrades for support, facing down a now-godlike soldier who can and ''will'' kill him without batting an eye, with a surprisingly [[TearJerker heart-wrenching expression]] of abject shit-your-pants ''terror'' on his face, [[spoiler:even as he's escaping]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNp_W_ozVx4 It's a particularly chilling moment - see for yourself.]]

* Van's {{EleventhHourSuperpower}} moment against Dilandau's Dragonslayers starts off like a typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome moment]]...[[SubvertedTrope until it cuts to how]] [[MookHorrorShow Dilandau is seeing it]] - one by one, his unit is brutally cut down, despite having every advantage going for them. Eventually, only Dilandau is left, tentatively and uselessly calling out to his dead comrades for support, facing down a now-godlike soldier who can and ''will'' kill him without batting an eye, with a surprisingly [[TearJerker heart-wrenching expression]] of abject shit-your-pants ''terror'' on his face, [[spoiler:even as he's escaping]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNp_W_ozVx4 It's a particularly chilling moment - see for yourself.]]

* Van's EleventhHourSuperpower moment against Dilandau's Dragonslayers starts off like a typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome moment]]...[[SubvertedTrope until it cuts to how]] [[MookHorrorShow Dilandau is seeing it]] - one by one, his unit is brutally cut down, despite having every advantage going for them. Eventually, only Dilandau is left, tentatively and uselessly calling out to his dead comrades for support, facing down a now-godlike soldier who can and ''will'' kill him without batting an eye, with a surprisingly [[TearJerker heart-wrenching expression]] of abject shit-your-pants ''terror'' on his face, [[spoiler:even as he's escaping]]. It's a particularly chilling moment.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNp_W_ozVx4 Van's EleventhHourSuperpower moment against Dilandau's Dragonslayers]] starts off like a typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome moment]]...[[SubvertedTrope until it cuts to how]] [[MookHorrorShow Dilandau is seeing it]] - one by one, his unit is brutally cut down, despite having every advantage going for them. Eventually, only Dilandau is left, tentatively and uselessly calling out to his dead comrades for support, facing down a now-godlike soldier who can and ''will'' kill him without batting an eye, with a surprisingly [[TearJerker heart-wrenching expression]] of abject shit-your-pants ''terror'' on his face, [[spoiler:even as he's escaping]]. It's a particularly chilling moment.

* [[[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNp_W_ozVx4 Van's EleventhHourSuperpower moment against Dilandau's Dragonslayers]]]] starts off like a typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome moment]]...[[SubvertedTrope until it cuts to how]] [[MookHorrorShow Dilandau is seeing it]] - one by one, his unit is brutally cut down, despite having every advantage going for them. Eventually, only Dilandau is left, tentatively and uselessly calling out to his dead comrades for support, facing down a now-godlike soldier who can and ''will'' kill him without batting an eye, with a surprisingly [[TearJerker heart-wrenching expression]] of abject shit-your-pants ''terror'' on his face, [[spoiler:even as he's escaping]]. It's a particularly chilling moment.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNp_W_ozVx4 Van's EleventhHourSuperpower moment against Dilandau's Dragonslayers]] starts off like a typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome moment]]...[[SubvertedTrope until it cuts to how]] [[MookHorrorShow Dilandau is seeing it]] - one by one, his unit is brutally cut down, despite having every advantage going for them. Eventually, only Dilandau is left, tentatively and uselessly calling out to his dead comrades for support, facing down a now-godlike soldier who can and ''will'' kill him without batting an eye, with a surprisingly [[TearJerker heart-wrenching expression]] of abject shit-your-pants ''terror'' on his face, [[spoiler:even as he's escaping]]. It's a particularly chilling moment.

* Van's EleventhHourSuperpower moment against Dilandau's Dragonslayers starts off like a typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome moment]]... [[SubvertedTrope until it cuts to how]] [[MookHorrorShow Dilandau is seeing it-]] one by one, his unit is brutally cut down, despite having every advantage going for them. Eventually, only Dilandau is left, tentatively and uselessly calling out to his dead comrades for support, facing down a now-godlike soldier who can and ''will'' kill him without batting an eye, with a surprisingly [[TearJerker heart-wrenching expression]] of [[http://artoki.co.uk/slayground/pictures/slayercaps/Dilandau128.htm abject shit-your-pants]] ''[[http://artoki.co.uk/slayground/pictures/slayercaps/Dilandau128.htm terror]]'' on his face, [[spoiler: [[http://artoki.co.uk/slayground/pictures/slayercaps/Dilandau129.htm even as he's escaping]].]] It's a particularly chilling moment.

* The idea of a single person finding him/herself face to face with an actual Dragon, and without mechas or effective weapons handy, is ''fucking horrifying''. [[spoiler: It happens to Van and the recently HeelFaceTurn-ed!Folken towards the end of the series, when neither was armed and Van wasn't riding Escaflowne. Understandably, Van (who had fought and defeated Dragons but had never been indefense against one) was about to have an HeroicBSOD, and Folken (who was mutilated by another Dragon and barely survived thanks to Zaibach) had to gather ''all'' of his wits to get himself and Van away to safety, managing to both net himself his biggest CrowningMomentOfAwesome and [[RebuiltPedestal recover Van's trust and affection]].]]

* When Hitomi is placed under hypnosis by the fake-Plactu aka Zongi, her psychic abilities begin overwhelming the both of them and Hitomi gets caught in a horrible vision of [[spoiler: witnessing fake-Plactu/Zongi's ''horrible'' murder, as he is crushed to death by a ''very'' angry Dilandau since he killed and then replaced one of his soldiers]]. The trauma is so intense for Hitomi that she goes into catatonic shock and ''her heart stops''. Adding to the NightmareFuel of the scene is Millerna's frantic attempts to perform CPR and her resulting hysteria when she realizes she's not strong enough to keep it up. Though Van is more successful with the CPR, the lack of music and everyone's desperate pleas for Hitomi to snap out of it add to the tension of the scene.

* Naria and Eriya's RapidAging due to the side-effects of the amplified fortune/luck modifications is a very unpleasant sight. Its also tragic when they die in Folken's arms.

* When Hitomi is placed under hypnosis by the fake-Plactu, her psychic abilities begin overwhelming the both of them and Hitomi gets caught in a horrible vision of [[spoiler: witnessing fake-Plactu's murder]]. The trauma is so intense for Hitomi that she goes into catatonic shock and ''her heart stops''. Adding to the NightmareFuel of the scene is Millerna's frantic attempts to perform CPR and her resulting hysteria when she realizes she's not strong enough to keep it up. Though Van is more successful with the CPR, the lack of music and everyone's desperate pleas for Hitomi to snap out of it add to the tension of the scene.

* Van's EleventhHourSuperpower moment against Dilandau's unit starts off like a typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome moment]]... [[SubvertedTrope until it cuts to how Dilandau is seeing it-]] one by one, his unit is brutally cut down, despite having every advantage going for them. Eventually, only Dilandau is left, tentatively and uselessly calling out to his dead comrades for support, facing down a now-godlike soldier who can and ''will'' kill him without batting an eye, with a surprisingly [[TearJerker heart-wrenching expression]] of [[http://artoki.co.uk/slayground/pictures/slayercaps/Dilandau128.htm abject shit-your-pants ''terror'']] on his face, [[spoiler: [[http://artoki.co.uk/slayground/pictures/slayercaps/Dilandau129.htm even as he's escaping]].]] It's a particularly chilling moment.
*** Van during this whole time turned into a [[TheBerserker total berserker]] that's even more bloodthirsty than Dilandau.

*** And just before all that, viewers are treated to a BodyHorror [[http://www.100megspopup.com/catgurlmerle/hurtbustingout.jpg scene]] with Van bleeding to death as a price for becoming one with Escaflowne; so if the latter gets damaged, well, just take a guess...

* Van's EleventhHourSuperpower moment against Dilandau's unit starts off like a typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome moment]]... [[SubvertedTrope until it cuts to how Dilandau is seeing it-]] one by one, his unit is brutally cut down, despite having every advantage going for them. Eventually, only Dilandau is left, tentatively and uselessly calling out to his dead comrades for support, facing down a now-godlike soldier who can and ''will'' kill him without batting an eye, with a surprisingly [[TearJerker heart-wrenching expression]] of [[http://artoki.co.uk/slayground/pictures/slayercaps/Dilandau128.htm abject shit-your-pants ''terror'']] on his face, [[spoiler: [[http://artoki.co.uk/slayground/pictures/slayercaps/Dilandau129.htm even as he's escaping]].]] It's a particularly chilling moment.

* Van's EleventhHourSuperpower moment against Dilandau's unit starts off like a typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome moment]]... [[SubvertedTrope until it cuts to how Dilandau is seeing it-]] one by one, his unit is brutally cut down, despite having every advantage going for them. Eventually, only Dilandau is left, tentatively and uselessly calling out to his dead comrades for support, facing down a now-godlike soldier who can and ''will'' kill him without batting an eye, with a surprisingly [[TearJerker heart-wrenching expression]] of [[http://artoki.co.uk/slayground/pictures/slayercaps/Dilandau128.htm abject shit-your-pants ''terror'']] on his face, [[spoiler: [[http://artoki.co.uk/slayground/pictures/slayercaps/Dilandau129.htmeven as he's escaping]].]] It's a particularly chilling moment.

* Van's EleventhHourSuperpower moment against Dilandau's unit starts off like a typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome moment]]... [[SubvertedTrope until it cuts to how Dilandau is seeing it-]] one by one, his unit is brutally cut down, despite having every advantage going for them. Eventually, only Dilandau is left, tentatively and uselessly calling out to his dead comrades for support, facing down a now-godlike soldier who can and ''will'' kill him without batting an eye, with a surprisingly [[TearJerker heart-wrenching expression]] of [[http://artoki.co.uk/slayground/pictures/slayercaps/Dilandau128.htm abject shit-your-pants ''terror'']] on his face, [[http://artoki.co.uk/slayground/pictures/slayercaps/Dilandau129.htm spoiler: even as he's escaping.]] It's a particularly chilling moment.

* Van's EleventhHourSuperpower moment against Dilandau's unit starts off like a typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome moment]]... [[SubvertedTrope until it cuts to how Dilandau is seeing it-]] one by one, his unit is brutally cut down, despite having every advantage going for them. Eventually, only Dilandau is left, tentatively and uselessly calling out to his dead comrades for support, facing down a now-godlike soldier who can and ''will'' kill him without batting an eye, with a surprisingly [[TearJerker heart-wrenching expression]] of [[http://artoki.co.uk/slayground/pictures/slayercaps/Dilandau128.htm abject shit-your-pants ''terror'']] on his face, [[spoiler: http://artoki.co.uk/slayground/pictures/slayercaps/Dilandau129.htm even as he's escaping.]] It's a particularly chilling moment.

* Van's EleventhHourSuperpower moment against Dilandau's unit starts off like a typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome moment]]... [[SubvertedTrope until it cuts to how Dilandau is seeing it-]] one by one, his unit is brutally cut down, despite having every advantage going for them. Eventually, only Dilandau is left, tentatively and uselessly calling out to his dead comrades for support, facing down a now-godlike soldier who can and ''will'' kill him without batting an eye, with a surprisingly [[TearJerker heart-wrenching expression]] of abject shit-your-pants ''terror'' on his face, [[spoiler: even as he's escaping.]] It's a particularly chilling moment.