History NightmareFuel / WanderOverYonder

* [[WordOfGod According to writer Frank Angones]], season 3 was supposed to introduce a new threat to the galaxy, one that is apparently MORE DANGEROUS THAN DOMINATOR. Considering that Dominator pretty much destroyed the entire galaxy,]] [[NothingIsScarier one can only imagine how horrible this new threat must be...

* The End of the Galaxy has Dominator at her WORST. She totally succeeds in destroying every planet in the galaxy, with the exception of the secret planet.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[KnightOfCerebus I'm the bad guy]]."'']]

** Wander finally figures that Captain Tim isn't really pet material when the critter [[spoiler: ''sticks his tongue down his throat to try and [[BeatStillMyHeart rip out his heart]].'']]

** Sylvia's trauma at finding what she believes to be Wander's dissolved remains (it’s actually a teddy bear Wander gave it) isn't even ''slightly'' played for laughs. She rolls on the floor, screams, and promptly goes to blow the entire ship up to kill Captain Tim. If she hadn't realized Wander is still alive through the escape pod window, ''he'' would've been killed, too.

** Added with a little FridgeHorror when you notice that [[spoiler: Sylvia finally has to take the fake mustache off him in order to get him to drop the act. ''He'' doesn't remove it, she does, and when she does he suddenly goes slack. For a little bit, was the Wander we know and love just ''gone?'']]

** The inhabitants thought about nowhere to go [[spoiler: except the way NoPartyLikeADonnerParty, even Wander and Sylvia were shocked by this idea.]]

** Near the end, after all his plans to save the planet ended in failure, Wander just ''snaps'' and takes control of the ship, [[spoiler:presumably to [[RammingAlwaysWorks ram it against Buster]]]]. Thankfully, it wasn't the case, but it's still frightening to see [[spoiler:Buster trying to chew on the ship as Wander screams his head off while piloting it]].
-->'''Sylvia:''' I know you're upset that Buster ate the planet! Heck, so are the rest of these folks! But [[spoiler:destroying him and us]] is not the answer! We have to flee!
-->'''Wander:''' That's what I'm ''doing''! I'm facing this problem... '''''HEAD-ON!!!'''''

* Near the end of "The Fancy Party", just as Lord Hater is about to be given power by the queen, it turns out that [[spoiler:she's actually a demonic body surfer who wants to possess Hater's body for the millenium! If it weren't for Wander doing the Heimlich, we would've ended up with a very evil being possessing him!]]
** And just think if [[spoiler:she possessed Wander like she wanted to do.]]
** [[spoiler:When the entity leaves Queen Entozoa's body, it bursts out of her mouth, which opens impossibly wide as her eyes bug out of their sockets. Additionally, we get to see her ''corpse'' after the entity leaves.]]

-->'''Huckleberry''': Lolly!
* Near the end of "The Stray," it's revealed that Little Bits [[spoiler: is a {{Bounty Hunter}} who hypnotizes her targets with her {{Ridiculously Cute Critter}} appearance]]. Sylvia and Little Bits then both attempt to get Wander's attention with {{Puppy Dog Eyes}}, which slowly goes further and further into {{Uncanny Valley}} territory. Even ''Wander'' ends up getting creeped out by it once he is released from the hypnosis.

* It's {{Played For Laughs}}, but "The Date" has Lord Hater basically [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe coercing]] his date [[spoiler: who is Sylvia in disguise]] into accepting his marriage proposal by threatening to destroy all the planets in the universe if she refuses. Sure, Hater ends up cancelling the wedding, but at the end of the episode, he's searching for another date. [[FridgeHorror Who's to say he couldn't try to pull the same stunt again?]]

** During the credits animatic for "The Rider," the scene pulls back to show [[spoiler: Lord Dominator]] in silhouette, watching the whole thing, complete with {{Evil Laugh}}.

** "The Bot" goes out of its way to remind us how evil a villain she can be, after she [[spoiler: straight up murders Beep-Boop for his betrayal.]] Dorky she might be, but she is STILL the most dangerous and cruel villain in the show.

* "The Bad Hatter" has Hater subjecting Wander's hat to brutal electric torture in order to force it to give him what he wanted. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that the hat has had a history of similar abuse.]] Keep in mind that this hat has been shown to be semi-sentient.
* As mentioned above, "The Bot" reveals how badly Dominator treats her MechaMooks. Within the first two minutes of the episode, she kills one of her bots as punishment for disappointing her. Said bot can be heard SCREAMING as it burns up in the atmosphere. [[spoiler: And that's nothing compared to how mad she was when [[KilledOffForReal Beep-Boop]] ''[[KilledOffForReal actively betrayed]]'' [[KilledOffForReal her.]]]]
--->[[spoiler: '''Dominator:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You. Ruined. EVERYTHING.]] [[VillainousBreakdown You...you...you...]]'''[[VillainousBreakdown PIECE OF JUNK!!!]]''']]
* In "The Rival" Dominator makes it clear to Awesome [[spoiler: that hitting on her under the pretense of delivering a "weapon" is a death sentence, as she pretends to fall for his advances and coat his entire body in lava]]. It says so much that Awesome is [[spoiler: terrified]].
** Also, in "The Rival," [[spoiler: Jerry the Watchdog spy is still trapped on the ship. Dominator didn't kill him onscreen in TheStinger, but it may be a matter of time...]]
* In "My Fair Hatey", we find out what Lord Dominator's goal is. [[spoiler: THE ABSOLUTE DESTRUCTION OF THE GALAXY AND EVERYONE IN IT. Why? ''[[ForTheEvulz Because it's fun.]]'' Suddenly Dominator's goofiness becomes a whole lot more terrifying.]]

** Thought her lava powers were bad? [[spoiler: She now has ice powers along with her lava powers. She's stronger than ever.]]

** [[spoiler:Dominator cancels an invasion to go completely out of her way so she can destroy a form of symbolic hope, just so she can truly cement that she is unstoppable. What really makes this moment however is that this is the first time she's actively chased after Wander and Sylvia, and the chase leads them through several more destroyed planets and falling straight through what would be their cores and into their wastelands.]]
* [[spoiler:The End of the Galaxy has Dominator at her WORST. She totally succeeds in destroying every planet in the galaxy, with the exception of the secret planet.]]
** [[spoiler:When she goes to destroy it, she takes every possible moment to REVEL in the terror by constantly dropping and raising her drill to scare everyone. When she finally decides to just get to it, she has her robots grab Sylvia and hold her down. Why? So that she can force Wander to watch as she '''[[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence DRIVES HER DRILL DIRECTLY THROUGH HIS BEST FRIEND'S BODY.]]''' And remember, she has nothing against Sylvia. The only reason Dominator has for killing her in such a horrifying way is that it would crush Wander's spirit. THAT'S how evil she is. All while making a callback to her VillainSong.]]
-->[[spoiler:''I destroy your best friend and I watch you CRY!'']]
** [[spoiler:Earlier, while Wander is fleeing Dominator, [[HopeSpot he sees Sylvia in the hall.]] As he runs towards her her head gets blown off by Dominator! Of course almost immediately afterwards it's revealed to be an ice statue [[KickTheDog Dominator made just to screw with Wander]], but that just shows how absolutely DESPICABLE she is. She tricked Wander into thinking she had MURDERED his best friend just so she could laugh at him.]]
** [[spoiler:The final shot of the episode, and the series unless the [=#SaveWOY=] campaign succeeds. A crashed space capsule with an AMERICAN FLAG, crackling with Hater's signature green lightning. Hater's laughter is heard, along with the sound of monkeys screeching...'''[[NothingIsScarier and that's it.]]]]'''
*** [[spoiler: actually its monkeys screeching and then Haters laughter, which is worse.]]

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wh0sbK02k4 credits animatic]] to this episode. '''Jesus fucking Christ.'''
** And as horrifying as Janet can, her offscreen fate isn't much better. WordOfGod implies that [[http://owner-of-wendys.tumblr.com/post/145182048509/i-noticed-in-the-synopsis-for-the-finale-that-it Dominator murdered her]] while destroying planets.

** The first Watchdog going batshit crazy on Commander Peepers when his gift gets taken away from him.

** Even worse is that these things are the first malevolent threat in the show that has ''zero'' explanation or motivation other than to scare you shitless. They never speak, they never change their appearance, they just stalk you and dance. Plus that JumpScare at the end of the episode was a major dick move on the part of the show runners.

** Even worse is that these things are the first malevolent threat in the show that has ''zero'' explanation or motivation other than to scare you shitless. They never speak, they never change their appearance, they just stalk you and dance. [[spoiler: Plus that JumpScare at the end of the episode was a major dick move on the part of the show runners.]]
** On a more meta level, [[http://novadly.tumblr.com/post/145570250792/you-were-right-syl-nothing-scary-here this fanart of what happens if the Phantomimes get you]].

* [[WordOfGod According to writer Frank Angones]], season 3 was supposed to introduce a new threat to the galaxy, one that is apparently MORE DANGEROUS THAN DOMINATOR. Considering that Dominator [[spoiler:pretty much destroyed the entire galaxy,]] [[NothingIsScarier one can only imagine how horrible this new threat must be...]]
** [[http://suspendersofdisbelief.tumblr.com/post/148695494666/i-remember-that-when-it-came-to-the-angry-space When asked about it on tumblr,]] Frank simply gave us this meta WhamLine.
--> [[FateWorseThanDeath "There are fates worse than galactic destruction."]]

** [[spoiler:When the entity leaves Queen Entozoa's body, it bursts out of her mouth, which [[UncannyValley opens impossibly wide as her eyes bug out of their sockets.]] Additionally, we get to see her ''corpse'' after the entity leaves.]]

** Forget that, how about the dentist himself? His head is a giant mouth, with realistic teeth and gums, and his cheery voice just sounds a [[UncannyValley bit... off.]] He's not malevolent and he's rather affable, but the fact that he isn't even meant to be a monster of any sort somehow just makes it worse.

-->'''Sylvia:''' [[OhCrap Sweet jumpin' flabbdraserry in a handbasket,]] [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight he was right!]] '''''[[SayMyName WAAAAAAAANDERRRRRRRR!!!!!!!]]'''''

* Near the end of "The Stray," it's revealed that Little Bits [[spoiler: is a {{Bounty Hunter}} who hypnotizes her targets with her {{Ridiculously Cute Critter}} appearance]]. Sylvia and Little Bits then both attempt to get Wander's attention with {{Puppy Dog Eyes}}, which slowly goes further and further into {{Uncanny Valley}} territory. Even ''Wander'' ends up getting creeped out by it.
-->'''Wander:''' Sylvia, I think something's wrong with your eyes.

** And as horrifying as Janet can, her offscreen fate isn't much better. WordOfGod confirms that [[http://owner-of-wendys.tumblr.com/post/145182048509/i-noticed-in-the-synopsis-for-the-finale-that-it Dominator murdered her]] while destroying planets.
*** Although [[http://suspendersofdisbelief.tumblr.com/post/147273514926/im-a-bit-apprehensive-about-this-one-but a different staff member mentioned that she survived]] so this may be a case of FlipFlopOfGod.

* We get a hefty dose of {{Adult Fear}} in "The Toddler" when Huckleberry Knucklehead ends up on one of the upper floors of the mall, falls down so he is teetering over the edge, and ''then'' starts reaching over the railing for a bright red mall clock on the ground floor...

* "The Sick Day" has Wander's illness growing ''worse'' throughout the episode, especially because [[RealityEnsues he keeps getting out of bed and the stress and surplus work exacerbate his recovery]]. Towards the end, he looks nearly unrecognizable, both mentally and physically. The poor guy isn't thinking straight anymore.

** Sylvia's trauma at finding what she believes to be Wander's dissolved remains (it’s actually a teddy bear Wander gave it) isn't even ''slightly'' played for laughs. She rolls on the floor, screams, and promptly goes to blow the entire ship up to kill Captain Tim.

*** [[spoiler: actually its monkeys screeching and then Haters laughter, which is worse.

*** [[spoiler: actually its monkeys screeching and then Haters laughter, which is worse [=WasOnceaMan=.]]

*** [[spoiler: actually its monkeys screeching and then Haters laughter, which is worse [WasOnceaMan.]]

*** [[spoiler: actually its monkeys screeching and then Haters laughter, which is worse.]]

*** [[[spoiler: actually its monkeys screeching and then Haters laughter, which is worse.]]]]