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  • In the BIONICLE Generation 1 storyline it was revealed towards the end of the story that an unknown portion of the Bohrok, mechanised insectoid cleaning robots, were created from corpses of Av-Matoran (villagers of light). This becomes fridge horror once you combine this with another piece of older lore: the Matoran of the island of Mata Nui, formerly of Metru Nui, were upgraded from their diminished forms with Bohrok components... This becomes double fridge horror once you remember Takua (the Chronicler!) was a disguised Av-Matoran living on Mata Nui and was upgraded along with the other Matoran.
  • The Polly Pocket line of dolls used to have the Sparklin Pets gimmick, but now after the retool they have been replaced by ''My Cutants''. Guess.
  • Some of the dolls in the Monster High toyline can be said of this trope because most of the characters are undead:
    • Frankie Stein who could possibly be made from dead teenagers
      • Alivia, Frankie's sister from G2, is possibly made from dead preteens or younger kids.
    • Ghoulia who is a zombie teenager
    • Spectra who is a ghost of a teenager and mentions dying in the TV special.
    • Draculaura who was turned into a vampire ages ago. She is 1600 years old, and has been in High School for all this time, presumably watching many different groups of friends age, move on and die. That and her relationship with Clawd (who ages naturally) could never last, because she is over a thousand years old and he is seventeen.
    • C.A. Cupid has wings that look very normal and stylized from the front, until you look at them from the back and they resemble a popped open rib cage complete with a spine. Especially when you consider that it bears a striking resemblance to the wounds caused by a form of execution known as "Carving the Blood Eagle".
  • Squeaky dog toys. Remember that dogs were originally predators. It's likely the reason they like these toys is because the squeaking sounds like the agonized screams of prey. And now you'll never hear squeaky toys the same way ever again.

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