History Quotes / NightmareFetishist

-->-- '''Parker''', ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' [[note]]trapped in a nightmare bound to a tree in the dark woods, just seconds before he regrets his words[[/note]]

-->-- "I Like Nightmares", from ''Spooky Music''

-->-- '''Ralph the Inner Serial Killer''' from ''Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses''

-->-- '''Hellion''', ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' [[note]]the series written by Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost[[/note]]

->'''Lexi:''' I lost eight years of my life when I was buried alive to them [Grace and Simon]. It doesn’t matter what car you’re from or what your aspirations are; they will hurt you, kill you and show not a single ounce of pity. If I had my way, I’d…\\

'''Lexi:'''...Was any of that sarcastic?

->'''Parker:''' ''(currently trapped in a nightmare bound to a tree in the dark woods)'' I get to live one of my sister's stories? ''That's so cool!''
-->--''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'', just seconds before he regrets his words.

-->--''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''

->''"I've seen women and children trampled on to get into lifeboats! And then they're all safe and all BORED again! All BORED!! For life to be exciting, you'd have to have a shipwreck every day!"''

-->--''Film/AmericanBeauty''

->''"I know there are women, like my best friends, who would have gotten out of there the minute their boyfriend gave them a gun to hide. But I didn't. I got to admit the truth. It turned me on.."''

-->-- ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland''[[note]]Bear in mind, they are talking about Kermit the Frog.[[/note]]

->''"Hey Mom! When it rots can we dig up the bones?"''
-->--'''Robbie Freeling''' on his dead bird, ''Film/Poltergeist1982''

->''"Mister? Hey, mister? You were in that fight. The fight on the radio. You’re the fighter? No, ho, c’mon. You’re him, I know you’re him. Tell me you’re him. You killed the other boxing man. The radio said he was dead. So what does it feel like? Killing a man. Beating a man to death with your bare hands. No. It is a subject I have much interest in. You're the first person I've ever met who has killed somebody. So...what does it feel like to kill a man? I want to know what it feels like to kill a man."''
-->--'''Esmarelda Villalobos''', ''Film/PulpFiction''

-->--''Film/TheReturnOfTheLivingDead''

->'''Charlie:''' ''(during the boat ride)'' This is kinda strange.\\

-->--''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''

-->-- "Love is a Simple Thing," Creator/CharlesAddams {{homage}} verse

->''I like ''new'', whatever it is, if it’s entertainment or food or girls. [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Mermaid]] is new, as girls go.''

->"Mainly, I have clients, private collectors who are into what I do, and I take requests. They ask for some specific image, and I create it. Images you can't get with just a camera, but that they carry around in their heads. They bring me their sick shit, and I make it visible."
->"Perverts?" I asked.
->"Yeah. Some of them, sure. But not all. Some of them are just. . . Some of them just need to see with their eyes these images that they've already seen in their ''mind's'' eye. Sometimes, it seems like I'm a sort of therapist, or midwife. They might want a photorealistic unicorn, or a woman might want a photo of herself, naked, riding a unicorn, or -"\\
"A photo of herself fucking that unicorn," I said.
->"Pretty much," she nodded.
-->-- Excerpt from ''Literature/TheRedTree2009'' by Caitlin Kiernan

-->-- '''Cordelia''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E2SomeAssemblyRequired Some Assembly Required]]"

->'''"Next Doctor"[=/=]Jackson Lake:''' It started with a murder...\\

->'''Sgt Donovan:''' Are these ''human'' eyes?\\

'''Sgt Donovan:''' They were in the ''microwave''.\\
'''Sherlock:''' [[MadScientist It's an experiment.]]

->''I'm afraid I don't see things like you do. I mean it: I'm afraid. What if the things I find beautiful [[GoMadFromTheRevelation drive you mad?]] What if they hollow you out like clever little squirrels getting nuts for the winter, except [[EyeScream the nuts are your eyes,]] and winter is, [[{{Metaphorgotten}} I don't know, maybe]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Rapture]] [[{{Metaphorgotten}} or something?]] And [[DissonantSerenity I'm just smiling while your face gets ripped apart]] because I think it's beautiful? These things worry me sometimes, when I'm not looking at the night sky. [[CloudCuckoolander So I spend a lot of time looking at the night sky, and not looking at your face and thinking about squirrels.]]''

->'''[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]:''' You look like a hugger. Bring it in!\\

->'''Administrator Ludovico:''' Every human body has become a cocoon for our symbiotes. In time, they will transform into a happier, better version of themselves—Halcyon will transform. My Queen is pleased beyond description. Her excitement has whetted her appetite; she's practically writhing with hunger.\\

-->--"''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'' WebAnimation/ButReallyReallyFast"

->'''Connor:''' Come on, there's a giant slug downstairs that transforms into your greatest sexual desire, [[ArbitrarySkepticism but this is too much?]]\\

-->--''WebAnimation/{{Confinement}}''

'''Strong Bad:''' And...what's not cool about giving you nightmares?

->'''[[NiceGuy Finland]]:''' For mine...let's see...I want to make it a jet black room with skulls and chains and an ambiance that makes you want to scream!\\

-->-- '''Ralph The Inner Serial Killer''' from ''Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses''

->''"I know that a lot of people who don’t know the context of this are like ‘Eww what’s this?’ but I’m like ‘Oh wow what a cool artwork! Ah!’"''

->'''Brad:''' ''(walking up to a kissing booth)'' Hey, hey, honey pie. You ready to pucker up for the Bradster?\\
''(The girl suddenly starts [[ForcedTransformation transforming]], gaining fangs, catlike eyes, claws for arms, and at least two feet in height.)''\\
'''Girl:''' I sure am! ''(opens mouth to reveal a [[Film/{{Alien}} Xenomorph-like]] second mouth)''\\
'''Brad:''' ... ''(gets a smug grin on his face) Jackpot.''

'''Cheryl:''' I dunno, "World's Gushiest Orgasm?"

N is for no survivors, WHEN YOU-'' [[note]]Plankton! That's not what fun is about![[/note]]

->"One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us."
-->-- Gustave Flaubert\\


->''Love is a simple thing,\\
Love is a poison ring,\\
Shiny as a lizard's tongue,\\
Quiet as a man who's hung,\\
Love is so great and grand,\\
Soft as a mummy's hand,\\
Love is the raven's croak,\\
Sweet as the poison oak,\\
Brighter than a coffin nail,\\
Gay as a widow's wail.\\
Love makes an old heart stop.\\
Love is the mating call,\\
When you've sealed him in the wall,\\
Love is a simple thing.''
-->-- "Love is a Simple Thing," Creator/CharlesAddams {{homage}} verse

->''"Why is it every conversation you people have has the word ''corpse'' in it?"''
-->-- '''Cordelia''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' ("Some Assembly Required")

->''"I've seen women and children trampled on to get into lifeboats! And then they're all safe and all BORED again! All BORED!! For life to be exciting, you'd have to have a shipwreck every day!"''
-->-- '''Harry''', ''Film/{{Adventure}}'' (1945)

->I'm afraid I don't see things like you do. I mean it: I'm afraid. What if the things I find beautiful [[GoMadFromTheRevelation drive you mad?]] What if they hollow you out like clever little squirrels getting nuts for the winter, except [[EyeScream the nuts are your eyes,]] and winter is, [[{{Metaphorgotten}} I don't know, maybe]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Rapture]] [[{{Metaphorgotten}} or something?]] And [[DissonantSerenity I'm just smiling while your face gets ripped apart]] because I think it's beautiful? These things worry me sometimes, when I'm not looking at the night sky. [[CloudCuckoolander So I spend a lot of time looking at the night sky, and not looking at your face and thinking about squirrels.]]
-->-- ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression''

->'''Cheryl:''' Pam, you read me like a poem.
->'''Pam:''' How's that poem gonna read when Cyril finally snaps and murders you?
->'''Cheryl:''' I dunno, "World's Gushiest Orgasm?"
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''

->'''Sgt Donovan:''' Are these ''human'' eyes?
->'''Sherlock:''' Put those back!
->'''Sgt Donovan:''' They were in the ''microwave''.
->'''Sherlock:''' [[MadScientist It's an experiment.]]
-->-- ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''

-> ''I like nightmares waking up in a cold cold sweat\\
I like nightmares making hair stand up on my neck\\
My heart is pumping \\
I'm runnin' for my life\\
I'm scared to death and yet...''
-->-- "I Like Nightmares", from ''Spooky Music''

-> ''When I know there's going to be violence involved, I always, ''always'' make sure I have a bottle of lubricant and some paper towel on hand.''
-->-- '''Ralph The Inner Serial Killer''' from ''Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses''

->'''Sam the Eagle (as Mr. Arrow):''' [[TheCaptain The man]] is a raging volcano, [[TrueArtIsAngsty tormented by inner demons]] the likes of which ''mere mortals cannot fathom''.
->'''The Great Gonzo (as himself):''' He's got ''demons?!'' Cool!
-->-- ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland''[[note]]Bear in mind, they are talking about Kermit the Frog.[[/note]]

->''"Gas! You're pouring gasoline... {{GASP}} OH-ho-ho. That went dark fast! I like this. I like this, VERY much."''
-->-- '''Pikachu''', ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu''

->'''"Next Doctor" / Jackson Lake:''' It started with a murder...
->'''Tenth Doctor:''' Oh, good. ''(gets a weird look)'' I mean, bad.
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Next Doctor"

->''I like ''new'', whatever it is, if it’s entertainment or food or girls. [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Mermaid]] is new, as girls go.''
-->-- '''Tyler''', ''Literature/{{Pact}}''

->"Mainly, I have clients, private collectors who are into what I do, and I take requests. They ask for some specific image, and I create it. Images you can't get with just a camera, but that they carry around in their heads. They bring me their sick shit, and I make it visible."
->"Perverts?" I asked.
->"Yeah. Some of them, sure. But not all. Some of them are just. . . Some of them just need to see with their eyes these images that they've already seen in their ''mind's'' eye. Sometimes, it seems like I'm a sort of therapist, or midwife. They might want a photorealistic unicorn, or a woman might want a photo of herself, naked, riding a unicorn, or -"\\
"A photo of herself fucking that unicorn," I said.
->"Pretty much," she nodded.
-->-- from ''[[Literature/TheRedTree2009 The Red Tree]]'' by Caitlin Kiernan

->''"I can't stop thinking about [[ComicBook/{{X23}} a girl]] who literally scares me!"''
-->-- '''Hellion''', ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' [[note]]the series written by Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost[[/note]]

->''"I've got to get out of the mindset that [[BodyHorror tumorous masses of organic chaos]] are the same thing as punchlines."''
-->-- '''Website/{{Bogleech}}'''

->'''Charlie:''' ''(during the boat ride)'' This is kinda strange.
->'''Grandpa Joe:''' Yes, it's strange, Charlie, but it's fun!

->'''[[NiceGuy Finland]]:''' For mine...let's see...I want to make it a jet black room with skulls and chains and an ambiance that makes you want to scream!
->'''[[BoisterousBruiser Denmark]]:''' ...[[LampshadeHanging Cant'cha make it a little softer]]?!
-->-- ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''

->'''Winston''': Whoa, if this place were any more dead, we'd need a coroner.\\
'''Ray''': Egon used to be a licensed coroner.\\
'''Winston''': ...No kidding.\\
'''Egon''': It's just a hobby now.

->'''I know that a lot of people who don’t know the context of this are like ‘Eww what’s this?’ but I’m like ‘Oh wow what a cool artwork! Ah!’'''
-->-- Comment on [[http://damasath.tumblr.com/post/167154970236/uploading-again-bc-im-pretty-proud-and-want-jack this artwork]]

->'''[[LivingWeapon Rhaast]]''': [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/6/6f/Kayn.move5.ogg/revision/latest?cb=20170918200759 I see your nightmares. Do they trouble you?]]\\
'''[[CastingAShadow Kayn]]''': Not nightmares, ''plans''...

-->-- '''Hex Maniac Tasha''', ''Videogame/PokemonEmerald''

->'''Strong Sad''': Uh, [[BorrowedCatchphrase excardon me]], but none of that stuff is cool, Strong Bad. You basically described that creep Señor Cardgage that lived down the street from us when we were little.
->'''Strong Bad''': What?! You didn't think Senor[[labelnote:[sic] ]]Pronounced "seh-nor"[[/labelnote]] Cardgage was cool?
->'''Strong Sad''': No! He was extremely sketchy and gave me nightmares!
->'''Strong Bad''': And...what's not cool about giving you nightmares?

->'''(785):''' Hey now one little girl thought it was cool [[NoodleIncident I was covered in blood]]. Apparently according to her Mom she wants to be a surgeon when she grows up
-->-- ''Website/TextsFromLastNight''

'''Pintsize:''' Creator/{{Michelangelo|Buonarroti}} liked looking at nude men, and look [[Art/SistineChapel what came of that]].

->'''Connor''': Come on, there's a giant slug downstairs that transforms into your greatest sexual desire, [[ArbitrarySkepticism but this is too much?]]
->'''Dr. Powers''': Wait, it transforms?
-->--''WebAnimation/{{Confinement}}''

-> ''"Oh, I love [[TheLostWoods this place]]! The atmosphere here is so... unique! Nothing like a nice shiver down the spine, right?"''
-->-- '''Sharena''', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''

->''F is for fire that burns down the whole town!''
->''U is for uranium... bombs!''
->''N is for no survivors, WHEN YOU-'' [[note]]Plankton! That's not what fun is about![[/note]]
-->-- '''Plankton''', ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''

->''Mister? Hey, mister? You were in that fight. The fight on the radio. You’re the fighter? No, ho, c’mon. You’re him, I know you’re him. Tell me you’re him. You killed the other boxing man. The radio said he was dead. So what does it feel like? Killing a man. Beating a man to death with your bare hands. No. It is a subject I have much interest in. You're the first person I've ever met who has killed somebody. So...what does it feel like to kill a man? I want to know what it feels like to kill a man.''
-->--'''Esmarelda Villalobos''', ''Film/PulpFiction''

->'''Ricky Fitts''': I was filming this dead bird.\\
'''Angela Hayes''': Why?\\
'''Ricky''': Because it's beautiful.
-->--''Film/AmericanBeauty''

->'''Trash''': Do you ever wonder about all the different ways of dying? You know, violently? And wonder, like, what would be the most horrible way to die?\\
'''Spider''': I try not too think about dying too much.\\
'''Trash''': Mm. Well for me, the worst way would be for a bunch of old men to get around me, and start biting and eating me alive.\\
'''Spider''': I see.\\
'''Trash''': First, they would tear off my clothes...\\
'''Chuck''': Hey, somebody get some light over here, Trash is taking off her clothes again!
-->--''Film/TheReturnOfTheLivingDead''

->''"Hey Mom! When it rots can we dig up the bones?"''
-->--'''Robbie Freeling''' on his dead bird, ''Film/Poltergeist1982''

->'''Administrator Ludovico''': Every human body has become a cocoon for our symbiotes. In time, they will transform into a happier, better version of themselves—Halcyon will transform. My Queen is pleased beyond description. Her excitement has whetted her appetite; she's practically writhing with hunger.\\
'''The Unplanned Variable''': Ugh. I didn't need that mental image.
-->--''VideoGame/TheOuterWorlds''

->''"It was a fine, bright evening and I could feel a murder coming on. Since it was to be my first show I decided, by way of inspiration, to pay a visit to the site of the immortal Ratcliffe Highway murders. More than half a century ago, on this sacred spot, an entire family was despatched into eternity by a man named John Williams. A man Thomas De Quincey describes as an artist of exquisite skill. And yet now the site of his greatest work was defiled by a seller of second-had clothes."''
-->--'''The Golem''', ''Film/TheLimehouseGolem''

->'''Kosaku:''' Hello again... wife?\\
'''Shinobu:''' ...Shinobu.\\
'''Kosaku:''' Hello Shinobu, I WANT TO KILL YOU-- wait, pretend I didn't say that.\\
'''Shinobu:''' What a turn-on!\\
'''Kosaku:''' ...Please tell me what my surname is.
-->--"''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'' WebAnimation/ButReallyReallyFast"

->'''Lexi:''' I lost eight years of my life when I was buried alive to them [Grace and Simon]. It doesn’t matter what car you’re from or what your aspirations are; they will hurt you, kill you and show not a single ounce of pity. If I had my way, I’d…\\
'''Chloe:''' [[Music/TheDecemberists Find them, bind them, tie them to a pole to break their fingers to splinters, throw them in a hole until they wake up naked clawing at the ceiling of their graves?]]\\
''[{{Beat}}]''\\
'''Lexi:'''...Was any of that sarcastic?
-->--''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail''

->'''Parker:''' ''(currently trapped in a nightmare bound to a tree in the dark woods)'' I get to live one of my sister's stories? ''That's so cool!''
-->--''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'', just seconds before he regrets his words.

->'''Neil''': Can you see ghosts, like, everywhere, all the time?\\
'''Norman''': Uh, yeah.\\
'''Neil''': Awesome!
-->--''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''

->'''[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]:''' You look like a hugger. Bring it in!\\
'''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}:''' I'll turn you inside-out ass-first, clown.\\
'''The Joker:''' I love it when they talk dirty!
-->-- ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''

->''"I know there are women, like my best friends, who would have gotten out of there the minute their boyfriend gave them a gun to hide. But I didn't. I got to admit the truth. It turned me on.."''
-->-- '''Karen''', ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}''

->''Bring me red roses and make me swoon;\\
Take me for a boat ride in the Black Lagoon.\\
A picnic in the graveyard is my heart's delight,\\
And I love to go out walking on the Devil's Night.\\
\\
Kiss me at midnight where the wolfsbane blooms,\\
Promise me your heart in ancient airless rooms.\\
It isn't all that hard to make a love connection,\\
I only need a little sweetness and a resurrection.''
-->--"[[https://seananmcguire.com/songbook.php?id=144 Red Roses and Dead Things]]", '''Creator/SeananMcGuire'''

->''If you wanna make it to first base, somebody better lose their face.\\
If lots of co-eds die tonight, then second base may be in sight.\\
If third base is your final goal, somebody's gotta lose their soul --\\
And if Cthulhu rises out of the foam, baby, you'll be taking me home.\\
You buy the popcorn, I'll raise the stakes,\\
And if you thought this plot was fun the first time...wait 'til you see the remake.\\
\\
It doesn't take that much to dazzle and impress me --\\
Just take me to a graveyard before you undress me.\\
You get the picture? Come on, let's go.\\
We'll make our bodies count each moment at the late night picture show!''
-->--"[[https://seananmcguire.com/songbook.php?id=110 You Get the Tickets]]", '''Creator/SeananMcGuire'''

->''"Whoever sent this is very powerful and almost certainly probably a machiavellian, universe-ending plan-style evil genius. Squeeeeee. Excited!"''
-->--'''The Eleventh Doctor''', ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan''

->Hey girl, what's your favorite film?\\
She said "The best movie of all, a masterpiece of art called:"\\
\\
[[Film/TheHumanCentipede Human Centipede]], Human Centipede\\
(I think that I'm gonna get murdered tonight)\\
Human Centipede, not ironically\\
She said, "Costume design was a highlight!"
-->--Creator/TomCardy, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFokXnCCMf8 Red Flags]]

-->-- "Gustave Flaubert"\\

We'll make our bodies count each moment at the late night picture show!

->''"Whoever sent this is very powerful and almost certainly probably a machiavellian, universe-ending plan-style evil genius. Squeeeeee. Excited!"''
-->--'''The Eleventh Doctor''', ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan''

->Hey girl, what's your favorite film?\\
She said "The best movie of all, a masterpiece of art called:"\\

->''"One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us."

-->--"[[https://seananmcguire.com/songbook.php?id=144 Red Roses and Dead Things]]", '''Creator/SeananMcGuire'''

-->-- '''Karen''', ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}''