History NightmareFuel / TurningRed

* At dodgeball practice, Mei gets increasingly angry at Tyler as he teases her. Her hand then turns into that of her red panda form, and she throws her ball at Tyler with enough force to ''break the sound barrier''. Fortunately, he's able to duck in the nick of time, and [[SoftGlass the ball instead breaks a hole in a faraway window]]. Had she aimed a few inches lower, Tyler would've been [[OffWithHisHead decapitated]] or worse.

* Once Mei's parents realize that she's undergoing the transformation, they opt to [[TheShutIn quarantine the kid in her room for a month]], cutting her off from friends, school, helping at the temple -- in short, everything that this intensely extroverted girl enjoys in her life. On top of that, they empty her room of everything but a mattress, which in and of itself is horrific to do to anyone, let alone a young child going through a traumatic experience. Then a montage shows why they had to do it: the room is soon filled with deep claw marks as Mei repeatedly transforms with no control at all. If any of her possessions had been left in the room, they would have been destroyed.

[[caption-width-right:350: ''[[KnightTemplarParent "What's she gonna do?]] [[TemptingFate Ground me?"]]'']]

''Turning Red'' is inarguably one of Creator/{{Pixar}}'s cutest and sweetest films, coming prepackaged with an emotionally touching story about growing up and dealing with change, and with that in mind [[BlatantLies we can totally guarantee there are definitely zero things in it at all that could possibly scare the crap out of people watching]]! After all, this movie was created by a studio with a family-friendly reputation... right?

''[[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment Right?]]''

* Mei attacking Tyler at his birthday party is quite a startling moment. She has a panic attack after [[OhCrap realizing the date of the 4*Town concert is on the same date as the red moon ritual]], and tells him she needs a few minutes, but [[BullyingADragon he demands she gives the party guests more rides and then insults her family to her face]]. Mei [[RageBreakingPoint finally snaps]], lets out a ''bloodcurdling'' scream as she pounces off the roof of Tyler's house, and tackles him hard enough to leave a scratch on his face, and everyone, [[EveryoneHasStandards including Mei's friends,]]are shocked by this. After that, the boy sobs as he apologizes, and even Mei is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified by what she has done]] as she notices the other kids recoil in fear.

* Mei attacking Tyler at his birthday party is quite a startling moment. She has a panic attack after [[OhCrap realizing the date of the 4*Town concert is on the same date as the red moon ritual]], and tells him she needs a few minutes, but [[BullyingADragon he demands she gives the party guests more rides and then insults her family to her face]]. Mei [[RageBreakingPoint finally snaps]], lets out a ''bloodcurdling'' scream as she pounces off the roof of Tyler's house, and tackles him hard enough to leave a scratch on his face, and everyone, [[EveryoneHasStandards including Mei's friends.]]are shocked by this. After that, the boy sobs as he apologizes, and even Mei is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified by what she has done]] as she notices the other kids recoil in fear.

* Mei attacking Tyler at his birthday party is quite a startling moment. She has a panic attack after [[OhCrap realizing the date of the 4*Town concert is on the same date as the red moon ritual]], and tells him she needs a few minutes, but [[BullyingADragon he demands she gives the party guests more rides and then insults her family to her face]]. Mei [[RageBreakingPoint finally snaps]], lets out a ''bloodcurdling'' scream as she pounces off the roof of Tyler's house, and tackles him hard enough to leave a scratch on his face, and [[EveryoneHasStandards even Mei's friends are shocked by this]]. After that, the boy sobs as he apologizes, and all the other kids are terrified by what's happened. And even Mei is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified by what she has done]].

* Mei attacking Tyler at his birthday party is quite a startling moment. She has a panic attack after [[OhCrap realizing the date of the 4*Town concert is on the same date as the red moon ritual]], and tells him she needs a few minutes, but [[BullyingTheDragon he demands she gives the party guests more rides and then insults her family to her face]]. Mei [[RageBreakingPoint finally snaps]], lets out a ''bloodcurdling'' scream as she pounces off the roof of Tyler's house, and tackles him hard enough to leave a scratch on his face, and [[EveryoneHasStandards even Mei's friends are shocked by this]]. After that, the boy sobs as he apologizes, and all the other kids are terrified by what's happened. And evem Mei is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified by what she has done]].

* Mei attacking Tyler at his birthday party is quite a startling moment. She has a panic attack after realizing the date of the 4*Town concert is on the same date as the red moon ritual, and tells him she needs a few minutes, but he demands she gives the party guests more rides and then insults her family to her face. Mei finally snaps, lets out a ''bloodcurdling'' scream as she pounces off the roof of Tyler's house, and tackles him hard enough to leave a scratch on his face, and [[EveryoneHasStandards even Mei's friends are shocked by this]]. After that, the boy sobs as he apologizes, and all the other kids are terrified by what's happened. And even Mei is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified by what she has done]].

* For Mei, the nightmare starts when she makes some rather off-color drawings in her notebook -- apparently the first time she's ever done anything like that -- and is ''[[CantGetAwayWithNuthin immediately]]'' [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin caught at it by her mother]]. It gets worse when Ming sets off to confront Devon and drags Mei along to watch the whole horribly humiliating scene.

* Once Mei's parents realize that she's undergoing the transformation, they opt to [[TheShutIn quarantine the kid in her room for a month]], cutting her off from friends, school, helping at the temple -- in short, everything that this extrovert enjoys in her life. On top of that, they empty her room of everything but a mattress, which in and of itself is horrific to do to anyone, let alone a young child going through a traumatic experience. Then a montage shows why they had to do it: the room is soon filled with deep claw marks as Mei repeatedly transforms with no control at all. If any of her possessions had been left in the room, they would have been destroyed.

* Mei attacking Tyler at his birthday party is quite a startling moment. She starts having an anxiety attack after realizing the date of the 4*Town concert is on the same date as the red moon ritual, and tells him she needs a few minutes, but he demands she gives the party guests more rides and then insults her family to her face. Mei finally snaps, lets out a ''bloodcurdling'' scream as she pounces off the roof of Tyler's house, and tackles him hard enough to leave a scratch on his face, and [[EveryoneHasStandards even Mei's friends are shocked by this]]. After that, the boy sobs as he apologizes, and all the other kids are terrified by what's happened. And even Mei is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified by what she has done]].

* Mei attacking Tyler at his birthday party is quite a startling moment. She starts having an anxiety attack after realizing the date of the 4*Town concert is on the same date as the red moon ritual, and tells him she needs a few minutes, but he demands she gives the party guests more rides and then insults her family to her face. Mei finally snaps, lets out a ''bloodcurdling'' scream as she pounces off the roof of Tyler's house, and tackles him hard enough to leave a scratch on his face. After that, the boy sobs as he apologizes, and all the other kids are terrified by what's happened. And even Mei is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified by what she has done]].

* Mei gets up after attacking and knocking out her mother, looks at the moon and realizes [[RaceAgainstTheClock there's only minutes left in which they can do the ritual a second time and save Ming]]. But [[NiceJobBreakingItHero thanks to Mei's own attack]], the unconscious Ming is lying outside the ritual circle. So Mei transforms to her panda form and starts trying to drag her giant mother into the circle. It's all up to her, there's no one who can help -- and all her strength and determination ''aren't enough''. Ming is about to be trapped with the red panda forever, and it will be Mei's fault.

* That night, Mei has a serious nightmare, where we are treated to some very disturbing imagery and {{Jump Scare}}s, which are all shown through a RedFilterOfDoom with green lighting, with accomonying [[ScareChord scare chords]]. Some of these include:
** Merman!Devon flopping around, then a close-up of him doing a ThousandYardStare.

* Ming's decision to not tell Mei about the red panda has major consequences: Mei is horrified when she wakes up as an eight-foot-tall animal. She does [[StumblingInTheNewForm a lot of damage to her house and surroundings in a titanic body she's unfamiliar with]], and creates major disruptions at her school and in the city.

* Once Mei's parents realize that she's undergoing the transformation, they opt to [[TheShutIn quarantine the kid in her room for a month]], cutting her off from friends, school, helping at the temple -- in short, everything that this extrovert enjoys in her life. On top of that, they empty her room of everything but a mattress, which in and of itself is horrific to do to anyone, let alone a young child going through a traumatic experience. Then a montage shows why they had to do it, as the room is soon filled with deep claw marks as Mei repeatedly transforms with no control at all. If any of her possessions had been left in the room, they would have been destroyed.

* Ming's attack on the concert is a big one for Mei. Every teen has that moment where they realize their parents no longer have any real power to punish them -- that none of the old methods work anymore and no new ones are coming. Mei thought she reached that moment when she openly defied her mother at the ritual, and Ming was helpless to do anything about it. Mei even laughed off the idea of being punished for her actions. Now, suddenly, the "helpless" Ming reappears as a towering, raging monster, with the power to not only punish Mei but to outright ''kill'' her -- along with her friends, her idols, and countless innocent concert-goers.

** What’s tragic is that Ming had other rampages in the past, one that left her mother physically scarred and another that destroyed half of the temple, and she had absolutely no control over her transformation. But this time, it's worse as Ming has caused so much damage to the Skydome, and it was very likely that she would have [[OffingTheOffspring killed her own daughter during her blind rage]] if her red panda form not been sealed away again. This was lampshaded in the ending when Ming was fined $100,000,000 for the damages that she caused in her rampage, much to her complete embarrassment.

* Mei gets up after attacking and knocking out her mother, looks at the moon and realizes [[RaceAgainstTheClock there's only minutes left in which they can do the ritual a second time and save Ming]]. But the unconscious Ming is lying outside the ritual circle. So Mei transforms to her panda form and starts trying to drag her giant mother into the circle. It's all up to her (she thinks), there's no one who can help -- and all her strength and determination ''aren't enough''. Ming is about to be trapped with the red panda forever, and it will be Mei's fault.

* That night, Mei has a serious nightmare, where we are treated to some very disturbing imagery and {{Jump Scare}}s, which are all shown through a RedFilterOfDoom with green lighting. Some of these include:

* The next time we see Ming is even ''worse'', because she's also become a red panda -- but ''her'' red panda form is '''[[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever absolutely humongous]]''', stomping through Toronto like Franchise/{{Godzilla}}. What's especially scary, though, is that unlike the rest of her family, Ming clearly has little to no control over her red panda form.
** Ming's entire rampage through the [=SkyDome=]. Aside from bringing the best day of her daughter's life to an early end and all of that property damage, she grabs Mei in a painful hold and furiously orders all the other panicking attendants to leave the stadium and go back to their homes. It's ''not'' a pretty sight. Throughout all of this, Mei is in pure terror until she gains the courage she needs to finally stand up to her mother.

* Once Mei's parents realize that she's undergoing the transformation, they opt to [[TheShutIn quarantine the kid in her room for a month]], cutting her off from friends, school, helping at the temple -- in short, everything that this ExtravertedNerd enjoys in her life. On top of that, they empty her room of everything but a mattress, which in and of itself is horrific to do to anyone, let alone a young child going through a traumatic experience. Then a montage shows why they had to do it, as the room is soon filled with deep claw marks as Mei repeatedly transforms with no control at all. If any of her possessions had been left in the room, they would have been destroyed.

''Turning Red'' is inarguably one of Creator/{{Pixar}}'s cutest and sweetest films, coming prepackaged with an emotionally touching story about growing up and dealing with change, and with that in mind [[BlatantLies we can totally guarantee there are definitely zero things in it at all that could terrify humans watching until they never sleep a wink again!]] After all, this movie was created by a studio with a family-friendly reputation... right?

* Shortly after that, Mei ends up having a nightmare, where we are treated to some very disturbing imagery and {{Jump Scare}}s, which are all shown through a RedFilterOfDoom with green lighting. Some of these include:

* The simple act of Ming not preparing Mei for when she first gains her new powers has major consequences: Mei is horrified when she wakes up as an eight-foot-tall animal. She does [[StumblingInTheNewForm a lot of damage to her house and surroundings in a titanic body she's unfamiliar with]], and creates major disruptions at her school and in the city.

* Once Mei's parents realize that she's undergoing the transformation, they opt to essentially [[TheShutIn quarantine the kid in her room for a month]], cutting her off from friends, school, helping at the temple -- in short, everything that this ExtravertedNerd enjoys in her life. On top of that, they empty her room of everything but a mattress, which in and of itself is horrific to do to anyone, let alone a young child going through a traumatic experience. Then a montage shows why they had to do it, as the room is soon filled with deep claw marks as Mei continually transforms, panics, and is destroying her possessions.

** Mei standing up to Ming by confessing to having came up with the idea of using her panda form for the concert and Tyler's party and that her friends had nothing to do with it, that she likes loud music and boys, that she's 13 years old now, and Ming should deal with it. Unfortunately, this only made Ming angrier than ever. She lets out a deafening roar, and a spooky silhouette of Ming's shadow is shown on the CN Tower next to the Skydome as she does so, before attempting to punish Mei for what she did.

''Turning Red'' is inarguably one of Creator/{{Pixar}}'s cutest and sweetest films, coming prepackaged with an emotionally touching story about growing up and dealing with change, and with that in mind [[BlatantLies we can totally guarantee there are definitely zero things in it at all that could potentially terrify audiences until they never sleep a wink for years on end!]] After all, this movie was created by a studio with a family-friendly reputation... ''[[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment right?]]''

* The simple act of Ming not preparing Mei for when she first gains her new powers has major consequences: Mei is horrified when she wakes up as an eight-foot-tall ''animal''. She does [[StumblingInTheNewForm a lot of damage to her house and surroundings in a titanic body she's unfamiliar with]], and creates major disruptions at her school and in the city.
** The scale of Mei's emotional breakdown after her desperate run home in panda form is extra-large frightening in and of itself. Twenty-four hours ago, she was a confident, cheerful, self-possessed girl, and now she's sobbing her eyes out in despair. It's definitely justified -- it has been [[TraumaCongaLine a pretty hellish 24 hours for her]] -- but it's still absolutely gut-wrenching to watch.

* Mei attacking Tyler at his birthday party is quite a startling moment. The poor girl is in the middle of an anxiety attack and tells him she needs a few minutes, but he demands she gives the party guests more rides and then insults her family to her face. Mei finally snaps, lets out a ''bloodcurdling'' scream as she pounces off the roof of Tyler's house, and tackles him hard enough to leave a scratch on his face. After that, the boy sobs as he apologizes, and all the other kids are terrified by what's happened. And even Mei is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified by what she has done]].
** This, along with the dodgeball scene mentioned earlier, does well to emphasize that as fluffy and cute as the panda may be, it was intended as [[BeastOfBattle an immensely powerful weapon for fighting savage bandits and trained soldiers]]. Tyler is a thirteen-year-old boy in 21st-century Canada, and it's quite possible that if Ming hadn't arrived when she did, Mei might have accidentally killed or seriously injured him.
* Ming's reaction to Mei abandoning the red moon ritual. When Ming gets to her feet after Mei runs off, her whole appearance is distilled Nightmare Fuel: upright, stiff, fists clenched, and a truly terrifying expression on her face. It's the very essence of MamaBear-ness, a mother in the grip of UnstoppableRage, but it's horrific, not awesome, because ''this'' rage is directed at ''her own daughter''.

* Shortly after that, Mei ends up having a nightmare, where we are treated to some very disturbing imagery and [[JumpScare Jump Scares]], which are all shown through a RedFilterOfDoom with green lighting. Some of these include:

* Once Mei's parents realize that she's undergoing the transformation, they opt to essentially [[TheShutIn quarantine the kid in her room for a month]], cutting her off from friends, school, helping at the temple - in short, everything that this ExtravertedNerd enjoys in her life. On top of that, they empty her room of everything but a mattress, which in and of itself is horrific to do to anyone, let alone a young child going through a traumatic experience. Then a montage shows why they had to do it, as the room is soon filled with deep claw marks as Mei continually transforms, panics, and is destroying her possessions.
** Much more harshly, the Lee family's problem with PoorCommunicationKills and its generational habits of SupernaturalSealing both mean that ''no one else is there to bear this heavy cross with her''. If another family member would say transform in front of her, and agree to stay like this until the next red moon and then just go through the sealing ritual with her, it would've brought her some comfort that she's not a freak and she's not alone.
** For that matter, just having another person who has been through this ordeal ''talk to her'' about it would have helped immeasurably. It's no coincidence that Mei starts to get a handle on controlling the red panda the minute that someone she loves tells her, "the panda doesn't matter -- it's still you inside."
* At dodgeball practice, Mei gets increasingly angry at Tyler as he teases her. Her hand then turns into that of her red panda form, and she throws her ball at Tyler with enough force to ''break the sound barrier''. Fortunately, he's able to duck in the nick of time, and [[SoftGlass the ball instead breaks a hole in a faraway window.]] Had she aimed a few inches lower, Tyler would've been [[OffWithHisHead decapitated]] or worse.

* Ming losing both her cool and her control over her powers, because compared to her daughter, mother, and sisters, she's '''[[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever absolutely humongous]]''', stomping through Toronto like Franchise/{{Godzilla}}. Even the moment before it happens, she has a ''furious'' look on her face (as evident by [[GlowingEyesOfDoom her eyes glowing red after being merged with her panda form]]), and bellows out Mei's name before going after her, all just because Mei defied her expectations to be a 'good daughter' in her eyes. What's especially scary, though, is that unlike the rest of her family, Ming has little to no control over her red panda form.