History NightmareFuel / TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass

As ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' [[NightmareFuel/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker taught us]], a cutesy art style doesn't mean the game ''itself'' has to be cutesy as well. This is better covered under tropes such as SurpriseCreepy, VileVillainSaccharineShow and, most obviously, ArtStyleDissonance.

[[AC: In order for NightmareFuel tabs to survive, a new writing style is going to be used, nicknamed '''Example Lobotomy'''. Basic rules: just list facts as they are, don't just say "character X" or "the X scene" (such Administrivia/{{zero context example}}s will be {{zapped}}), spoiler policy to be determined on a case-by-case basis, italics to be applied to works' names only and not to give emphasis on what tropers say. "X scared me" is already implied by the mere addition of that example by the troper.]]

* The endgame features, among other things, [[spoiler: the scene where Linebeck saves Link, only for Bellum to possess Linebeck and turn him into a giant Phantom]]. Due to ArtStyleDissonance, there's next to nothing cute about this way-too-straight portrayal of DemonicPossession.
* On the Isle of Frost, players basically have to [[spoiler:slaughter several Yook (as well as ones inside the Temple of Ice)]]; this, despite having met one earlier, who promptly showed Link that they were clever, sentient beings, not mindless monsters. Made NightmareRetardant when then they show up again later, with no explanation other than they ate too many bombs.

* Bellum himself. A giant yellow jellyfish-looking thing with [[EyesDoNotBelongThere eyes on his]] [[CombatTentacles tentacles]] and either an eye in his mouth or teeth on his eyelids. And then there's his tendency to [[JumpScare pop up out of nowhere]].
* What about the first time a Phantom spots you?
** Speaking of Phantoms, the moment a Gold Phantom spots you, the other Gold Phantoms on the map can teleport ''right next to you''.

** Speaking of Phantoms, the moment a Gold Phantom spots you, the other Gold Phantoms on the map can teleport ''right next to you''.
* This game marks the only 3D appearance of the Pols Voice so far, which were already a creepy enemy for their sheer otherness (i.e. recognizably lagomorphic features on an otherwise limbless, blob-like body). Here, though, we find out that they do, in fact, have a mouth... and it's their [[LampreyMouth entire underside]].

* This game marks the only 3D appearance of the Pols Voice so far, which were already a creepy enemy for their sheer otherness (i.e. recognizably lagomorphic features on an otherwise limbless, blob-like body). Here, though, we find out that they do, in fact, have a mouth, and it's their [[LampreyMouth entire underside!]]

* This game marks the only 3D appearance of the Pol's Voice so far, which were already a creepy enemy for their sheer otherness (i.e. recognizably lagomorphic features on an otherwise limbless, blob-like body). Here, though, we find out that they do, in fact, have a mouth, and it's their [[LampreyMouth entire underside!]]

* This game marks the only 3D appearance of the Pol's Voice so far, which were already a creepy enemy for their sheer otherness. Here, though, we find out that they do, in fact, have a mouth, and it's their [[LampreyMouth entire underside!]]

** Speaking of Phantoms, the moment a Gold Phantom spots you, the other Gold Phantoms on the map can teleport ''right next to you''.

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[[caption-width-right:204:His name...is Bellum. His evil ran so deep that it leeched the very life force from me.]]

* On the Isle of Frost, players basically have to [[spoiler: slaughter several Yook (as well as ones inside the Temple of Ice)]]; this, despite having met one earlier, who promptly showed Link that they were clever, sentient beings, not mindless monsters. Made NightmareRetardant when then they show up again later, with no explanation other than they ate too many bombs.
* The [[SandWorm sandworms]] on the Isle of Gust get [[DemonicSpiders rather nasty]] when players end up going too quick, which is just about anything faster then the slightest tiptoe.
* There are also Tetra's telepathic cries for help, popping up [[JumpScare at a random rate]] when loading a saved file. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKFbP7Tbg0E Complete with a nightmarish version of Zelda's Lullaby.]]
* Bellum himself! A giant yellow jellyfish-looking thing with [[EyesDoNotBelongThere eyes on his]] [[CombatTentacles tentacles]] and either an eye in his mouth or teeth on his eyelids. And then there's his tendency to [[JumpScare pop up out of nowhere]].

[[caption-width-right:204:I was savagely attacked by an unfathomable evil. His name...is Bellum. His evil ran so deep that it leeched the very life force from me.]]

* What about the first time a Phantom spots you?

Hence the NightmareFuel for ''TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'', [[NightmareFuel/TheLegendOfZelda true to series' tradition.]]

* Bellum himself! A giant yellow jellyfish-looking thing with [[EyesDoNotBelongThere eyes on his]] [[CombatTentacles tentacles]] and either an eye in his mouth or teeth on his eyelids. And then there's his tendency to [[JumpScare pop up out of nowhere]].

[[AC: In order for NightmareFuel tabs to survive, a new writing style is going to be used, nicknamed '''Example Lobotomy'''. Basic rules: just list facts as they are, don't just say "character X" or "the X scene" (such {{zero context example}}s will be {{zapped}}), spoiler policy to be determined on a case-by-case basis, italics to be applied to works' names only and not to give emphasis on what tropers say. "X scared me" is already implied by the mere addition of that example by the troper.]]

As ''TheWindWaker'' [[NightmareFuel/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker taught us]], a cutesy art style doesn't mean the game ''itself'' has to be cutesy as well. This is better covered under tropes such as SurpriseCreepy, VileVillainSaccharineShow and, most obviously, ArtStyleDissonance.

* The endgame features, among other things, [[spoiler: the scene where Linebeck saves Link, only for Bellum to possess Linebeck and turn him into a Phantom]]. Due to ArtStyleDissonance, there's next to nothing cute about this way-too-straight portrayal of DemonicPossession.
* On the Isle of Frost, players basically have to [[spoiler: slaughter several Yook (as well as ones inside the Temple of Ice)]]; this, despite having met one earlier, who promptly showed Link that they were clever, sentient beings, not mindless monsters. Made NightmareRetardant when then they show up again later, with no explanation other then they ate too many bombs.
* The sandworms on the Isle of Gust get [[DemonicSpiders rather nasty]] when players end up going too quick, which is just about anything faster then the slightest tiptoe.
* There are also Tetra's telepathic cries for help, popping up [[JumpScare at a random rate]] when loading a saved file. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKFbP7Tbg0E Complete with a nightmarish version of Zelda's Lullaby.]]