History NightmareFuel / TwentyFour

->''"Did you ever hear about the Russian gulag? A string of prisons in Northern Siberia. The Russians didn't have a lot of high-tech equipment out there, so they kind of had to make do with what was around. Sort of like what I'm doing right now. You probably dont think that I can force this towel down your throat. But trust me I can. All the way. Except I’d hold onto this one little bit at the end. When your stomach starts to digest it, I pull it out. Taking your stomach lining with it. For most people it would take about a week to die. It's very painful."''

->''"Did you ever hear about the Russian gulag? A string of prisons in Northern Siberia. The Russians didn't have a lot of high-tech equipment out there, so they kind of had to make do with what was around. Sort of like what I'm doing right now. You probably dont think that I can force this towel down your throat. But trust me I can. All the way. Except I’d hold onto this one little bit at the end. When your stomach starts to digest it, I pull it out. Taking your stomach lining with it. For most people it would take about a week to die. Its very painful."''

-->''"Did you ever hear about the Russian gulag? A string of prisons in Northern Siberia. The Russians didn't have a lot of high-tech equipment out there, so they kind of had to make do with what was around. Sort of like what I'm doing right now. You probably dont think that I can force this towel down your throat. But trust me I can. All the way. Except I’d hold onto this one little bit at the end. When your stomach starts to digest it, I pull it out. Taking your stomach lining with it. For most people it would take about a week to die. Its very painful."''

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* Marwan's SlasherSmile as he willingly dies in order to keep Jack from stopping his plans is... [[UncannyValley disturbing]] to say the least.

* All of the scenes involving the Chandler Plaza Hotel. Imagine waking up from a nice vacation at four in the morning with an unstoppable nosebleed. You come down to the lobby only to find other guests suffering from the same symptoms. A panic breaks out, a guest who tries to leave is shot dead, and news breaks out that there's no cure. The only thing you can do is stay in the hotel and either [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption let the virus slowly kill you or take a suicide capsule.]]

* David Palmer's near UnstoppableRage when he learns that Sherry leaked to the press that he was still alive and in turn endangering Kim Bauer's life, leading him to nearly hit her until Mike Novick is able to calm him down. Let me say that again: Senator [[BigGood David Palmer]], someone who's usually one of the most collected characters in the series, outright threatening to use physical violence against someone. Even if it was [[ManipulativeBitch Sherry]], seeing him [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness nearly resort to something like that]] can be [[BewareTheNiceOnes startling]], especially the second he angrily screams her name after learning what she did.

* [[UnstoppableRage Jack's]] [[RoaringRamageOfRevenge rampage]] upon learning of Audrey's death and Cheng's death is extremely setting. After Jack goes into Franchise/{{Terminator}} mode and kills every single bad guy in his light of sight, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats Cheng to near death]], and gets him to video himself as the mastermind of that day's attacks, what does Jack do? [[OffWithHisHead He hacks off Cheng's head with a katana with one go]]. Jack's near-animalistic screaming the entire time is also pretty terrifying.

** The same child shows up to kill Jack near the end and he has to talk him down. Then there is Jack's impassioned plea to let the kids escape, quoted on the trope page, showing why SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.

Being a series based on counter terrorism [[ColdBloodedTorture and the extreme methods used to stop them]], Series/TwentyFour is bound to give you [[NightmareFuel a restless night]]

'''Warning:''' may contain spoilers!

** Then there was the poor PI who working with Kate Warner. And like Jack's torture above, he was stripped [[{{Squick}} bare naked]]. Then Syed Ali's men uses a buzzsaw onto his back, and you can ''hear it shredding him''. OH... MY... GOD.

* Jack's reaction after finding out [[spoiler: his brother Graem]] was behind the deaths of President Palmer, Tony, and Michelle.

* Jack and Tony gassing [[spoiler:Ule Motobo and his wife]] out of a panic room using ''household chemicals'', especially considering that you see them choking on the gas [[spoiler:until Mrs. Motobo opens the door, unable to watch her husband die]].

* Renee Walker being buried alive. The very last thing the audience is treated to is a point-of-view shot of dirt covering her face, followed by a silent clock. And we don't know if she lives or dies until the next week. ([[spoiler:She is quickly saved and revived.]])
* [[spoiler: Larry Moss's]] death as he gets suffocated by [[spoiler: Tony]]. The look of horror in his eyes as he realizes what's happening and as he slowly dies is one of the darkest moments on the show.

* Jack's ColdBloodedTorture of [[spoiler: Renee's assassin]]. Made even more disturbing by the fact that this was the show's [[WhatTheHellHero hero]] doing the torturing.

* Jack mounts an armored assault on [[spoiler:former President Charles Logan]]'s car. We see Jack from far away, [[ImplacableMan methodically shooting his way through]] [[spoiler:Logan]]'s secret service agents, [[spoiler:Logan]] for perhaps the only time in the series looking ''horrendously'' afraid. Jack makes his way to the car and just ''stares'' through the window [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/24wikia/images/e/ea/JackMask.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20101115153641 wearing this]].

* Jack's execution of [[spoiler: Dana Walsh]]. Although Jack has killed others in cold blood before and [[spoiler: Dana]] has been working with the antagonists, just seeing it carried out is so brutal that it makes you really start realizing that Jack's dark side hasn't just surfaced again, it's finally taken him over.
* President Taylor's attitude change in the 8th season is very nightmarish without having any violence or gore directly involved. She initially seems reluctant to be following [[spoiler: Logan's]] advice, but easily starts accepting it more and more as time goes on. Then the ball drops and she [[spoiler: threatens to declare war on Kayla Hassan unless she agrees to sign the treaty, all on ''her own'' choice.]] Seeing a character who had originally been one of the most moral and with some of the best judgement go down this route with so little trouble is a very disturbing picture of how even one of the most noble souls can become tainted.
* Just the thought that [[spoiler: Jack]] was mere seconds away from pulling a trigger that [[spoiler: would kill the president of Russia]] and thereby start World War 3 as a result. The series has made a big deal of preventing something like that from ever happening because of the consequences (the biggest case being in Day 2) yet it's [[spoiler: the ''protagonist'' of all people]] who's come the closest to achieving that. Damn.

* The sudden betrayal by [[spoiler: Simone to Derrick Yates. We see her stab him right in the ear with no {{Gory Discretion Shot}}.]]
* When Naveed refuses to cooperate with Margot anymore, she responds by [[spoiler: having one of her own daughter's fingers cut off. And Simone's 100% loyal to her and hasn't failed her in any way - it's just because she has the misfortune of being Naveed's weakpoint, so Margo is determined to exploit that in any way possible.]]
* Again with the torture. [[spoiler: This time Kate Morgan's the victim. Stuck in strappado, subjected to electric torture, and menaced with a power drill. Also, the last thing the torturer said before he was interrupted was [[EyeScream "now for your eyes"]]]]
* The results of [[spoiler: the hijacked drone Margot and Ian used to blow up some of the hospital. Among other things we see a woman who didn't escape the blast and has now lost an arm in the explosion, screaming in agony, while there's also a paramedic now caught on fire and burning to death.]]
* Chloe and Cross head back to their group to find [[spoiler: that every single other member of their group has been mercilessly slaughtered by Cheng Zhi.]]
* The whole idea of [[spoiler: US and China on the brink of war with each other all because Cheng was able to cause one miscommunication. [[FridgeHorror Just imagine what else he could do with that override device]]]].
* [[spoiler:[[UnstoppableRage Jack's]] [[RoaringRamageOfRevenge rampage]] upon learning of Audrey's death and Cheng's death is extremely setting. After Jack goes into Franchise/{{Terminator}} mode and kills every single bad guy in his light of sight, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats Cheng to near death]], and gets him to video himself as the mastermind of that day's attacks, what does Jack do? [[OffWithHisHead He hacks off Cheng's head with a katana with one go]]. Jack's near-animalistic screaming the entire time is also pretty terrifying.]]

* The whole build-up to Air Force One getting shot down. Doubles as TearJerker due to Keeler's interactions with his son.

* Renee Walker being buried alive. The very last thing the audience is treated to is a point-of-view shot of dirt covering her face, followed by a silent clock. And we don't know if she lives or dies until the next week. ([[spoiler: She is quickly saved and revived.]])

** Then there was the poor PI who working with Kate Warner. And like Jack's torture above, he was stripped [[{{Squick}} bare naked]]. Then Sayid Ali's men uses a buzzsaw onto his back, and you can ''hear it shredding him''. OH... MY... GOD.

** Jack threatening to kill Sayid Ali's two sons if he does not tell him where the nuke is located. Even President Palmer thought this was a move too far, and didn't allow it, but Jack went ahead and went through with the threat anyway. The audience initially believed that Jack ordered one of the sons to be gunned down... on camera. Fortunately, the whole threat was a facade, and the bullets were blanks. Still, the very thought of Jack being pushed to the point of murdering innocent children, simply because of their father's extremist behavior, was horrifying.

* [[spoiler:Jack's rampage upon learning of Audrey's death and Cheng's death is extremely setting. After Jack goes into Terminator mode and kills every single bad guy in his light of sight, beats Cheng to near death, and gets him to video himself as the mastermind of that day's attacks, what does Jack do? He hacks off Cheng's head with a katana with one go. Jack's near-animalistic screaming the entire time is also pretty terrifying.]]

* Jack mounts an armored assault on [[spoiler:former President Charles Logan]]'s car. We see Jack from far away, [[ImplacableMan methodically shooting his way through]] [[spoiler:Logan]]'s secret service agents, [[spoiler:Logan]] for perhaps the only time in the series looking ''horrendously'' afraid. Jack makes his way to the car and just ''stares'' through the window [[http://images.wikia.com/24/images/e/ea/JackMask.jpg wearing this]].

* Just seeing what happens to the victims of the Syntox gas. One particular horrifying scene is after it's successfully released in CTU, most of the main characters and a few minor background ones are able to escape inside a sealed room. However, one female worker isn't able to make it in time and starts begging everyone to let her in (which they can't, since that would contaminate the room) and eventually succumbs to the gas.

* [[spoiler:Jack's rampage upon learning of Audrey's death and Cheng's death is extremely setting. After Jack goes into Terminator mode and kills every single bad guy in his light of sight, beats Cheng to near death, and gets him to video himself as the mastermind of that day's attacks, what does Jack do? He hacks off Cheng's head with a katana with one go.]]

[[AC: 24 Redemption]]
The opening scene where the {{Child Soldiers}} are encouraged to execute the man.

* David Palmer's near UnstoppableRage when he learns that Sherry leaked to the press that he was still alive and in turn endangering Kim Bauer's life, leading him to nearly hit her until Mike Movick is able to calm him down. Let me say that again: Senator [[BigGood David Palmer]], someone who's usually one of the most collected characters in the series, outright threatening to use physical violence against someone. Even if it was [[ManipulativeBitch Sherry]], seeing him [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness nearly resort to something like that]] can be [[BewareTheNiceOnes startling]], especially the second he angrily screams her name after learning what she did.

* The whole idea of [[spoiler: US and China on the brink of war with each other all because Cheng was able to cause one miscommunication. [[FridgeHorror Just imagine what else he could do with that override device]]]]