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[[caption-width-right:350: Who thought ''this'' was a good idea to show children?![[note]][[NightmareFuel/CourageTheCowardlyDog And this is just the tip of the iceberg.]][[/note]]]]

It's times like these where [[NightmareFuel/AnimeAndManga the Japanese]] don't hold a ''complete'' monopoly on [[DerangedAnimation mind-warping]] [[WesternAnimation animated]] [[NightmareFuel horror...]]
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[[folder:#-M]]
* ''NightmareFuel/TwoStupidDogs''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheAdventuresOfKidDanger''
* ''NightmareFuel/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3''
* ''NightmareFuel/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers''
* ''NightmareFuel/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{The Adventures of Tintin|1991}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/AdventureTime''
* ''NightmareFuel/AeonFlux''
* ''NightmareFuel/AlfredJKwak ''
* ''NightmareFuel/AladdinTheSeries ''
* ''NightmareFuel/AllGrownUp''
* ''NightmareFuel/ALVINNNAndTheChipmunks''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''
* ''NightmareFuel/AmericanDad''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Amphibia}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheAngryBeavers''
* ''NightmareFuel/AngryBirdsToons''
* ''NightmareFuel/AngryKid''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheAnimalsOfFarthingWood''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Animaniacs}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/AquaTeenHungerForce''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Archer}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Arthur}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/AsToldByGinger''
* ''NightmareFuel/AtomicPuppet''
* ''NightmareFuel/AvengersAssemble''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Babar}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheBatman''
* ''NightmareFuel/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''
* ''NightmareFuel/BeavisAndButtHead''
* ''NightmareFuel/Ben10''
* ''NightmareFuel/BensCity''
* ''NightmareFuel/BewareTheBatman''
* ''NightmareFuel/BigCityGreens''
* ''NightmareFuel/BigMouth''
* ''NightmareFuel/BikerMiceFromMars''
* ''NightmareFuel/BobsBurgers''
* ''NightmareFuel/BoJackHorseman''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheBoondocks''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Bordertown}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheBrakShow''
* ''NightmareFuel/BrandyAndMrWhiskers''
* ''NightmareFuel/BraveStarr''
* ''NightmareFuel/BumpInTheNight''
* ''NightmareFuel/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''
* ''NightmareFuel/CampLazlo''
* ''NightmareFuel/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''
* ''NightmareFuel/CareBears''
* ''NightmareFuel/CartoonSushi''
* ''NightmareFuel/Castlevania2017''
* ''NightmareFuel/CatDog''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Chaotic}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Chowder}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/ClassOf3000''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Clarence}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheClevelandShow''
* ''NightmareFuel/CloneHigh''
* ''NightmareFuel/CodeLyoko''
* ''NightmareFuel/CodenameKidsNextDoor''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{COPS}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/CourageTheCowardlyDog''
* ''NightmareFuel/CowAndChicken''
* ''NightmareFuel/CraigOfTheCreek''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheCritic''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheCrumpets''
* ''NightmareFuel/DanVs''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Daria}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/DCAnimatedUniverse''
** ''NightmareFuel/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
** ''NightmareFuel/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''
** ''NightmareFuel/BatmanBeyond''
*** ''NightmareFuel/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''
** ''NightmareFuel/StaticShock''
** ''NightmareFuel/JusticeLeague''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Detentionaire}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/DextersLaboratory''
** ''NightmareFuel/EgoTrip''
* ''NightmareFuel/DingoPictures''
* ''{{NightmareFuel/Disenchantment}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Disney}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Doug}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheDragonPrince''
* ''NightmareFuel/DragonsRidersOfBerk''
* ''NightmareFuel/DragonHunters''
* ''NightmareFuel/DrawnTogether''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheDreamstone''
* ''NightmareFuel/DuckDodgers''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Duckman}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/DungeonsAndDragons''
* ''NightmareFuel/EdEddNEddy''
** ''NightmareFuel/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow''
* ''NightmareFuel/ElenaOfAvalor''
* ''NightmareFuel/EvilConCarne''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheFairlyOddParents''
* ''NightmareFuel/FamilyGuy''
* ''NightmareFuel/FinalSpace''
* ''NightmareFuel/FishHooks''
* ''NightmareFuel/FlashGordon1979''
* ''NightmareFuel/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Franklin}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Futurama}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheFutureIsWild''
* ''NightmareFuel/GarbagePailKidsCartoon''
* ''NightmareFuel/GarfieldAndFriends''
* ''NightmareFuel/GarfieldSpecials''
** ''NightmareFuel/GarfieldHis9Lives''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheGarfieldShow''
* ''NightmareFuel/GeneratorRex''
* ''NightmareFuel/GIJoeARealAmericanHero''
* ''NightmareFuel/GodzillaTheSeries''
* ''NightmareFuel/GravityFalls''
* ''NightmareFuel/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''
* ''NightmareFuel/GrizzlyTalesForGruesomeKids''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Grojband}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Grossology}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2015''
* ''NightmareFuel/HalloweenIsGrinchNight''
* ''NightmareFuel/Hero108''
* ''NightmareFuel/HeyArnold''
** ''NightmareFuel/HeyArnoldTheMovie''
** ''NightmareFuel/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie''
* ''NightmareFuel/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Hilda}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/HomeMovies''
* ''NightmareFuel/HorridHenry''
* ''NightmareFuel/HulkAndTheAgentsOfSMASH''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Inhumanoids}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/InspectorGadget''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheIntruderII''
* ''NightmareFuel/IronManArmoredAdventures''
* ''NightmareFuel/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown''
* ''NightmareFuel/JackieChanAdventures''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Jem}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/JohnnyBravo''
* ''NightmareFuel/JohnnyTest''
* ''NightmareFuel/JonnyQuest''
** ''NightmareFuel/JonnyQuestVersusTheCyberInsects''
** ''NightmareFuel/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Jumanji}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/JorelsBrother''
* ''NightmareFuel/JusticeLeagueAction''
* ''NightmareFuel/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Kaeloo}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Kaijudo}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/KennyTheShark''
* ''NightmareFuel/KimPossible''
* ''NightmareFuel/KingOfTheHill''
* ''NightmareFuel/LegendOfTheThreeCaballeros''
* ''NightmareFuel/LegendQuest''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheLegendsOfTreasureIsland''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheLionGuard''
* ''NightmareFuel/LittlestPetShop2012''
* ''NightmareFuel/LoliRock''
* ''NightmareFuel/LooneyTunes''
** ''NightmareFuel/TheLooneyTunesShow''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheLoudHouse''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Mad}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheMagicAdventuresOfMumfie''
* ''NightmareFuel/MakingFiends''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack''
* ''NightmareFuel/MarvelsSpiderMan''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheMask''
* ''NightmareFuel/MegaMan''
* ''NightmareFuel/MenInBlackTheSeries''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Metalocalypse}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/MickeyMouse2013''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheMightyB''
* ''NightmareFuel/MightyMax''
* ''NightmareFuel/MikeTysonMysteries''
* ''NightmareFuel/MiraculousLadybug''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Milo}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/MiloMurphysLaw''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Mixels}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/MonsterForce''
* ''NightmareFuel/MoralOrel''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Motorcity}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/MovilleMysteries''
* ''NightmareFuel/MrPickles''
* ''NightmareFuel/MuppetBabies1984''
* ''NightmareFuel/MyLittlePonyAndFriends''
** ''NightmareFuel/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986''
* ''NightmareFuel/MyLittlePonyTales''
* ''NightmareFuel/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
** ''NightmareFuel/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls2013''
** ''NightmareFuel/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks''
** ''NightmareFuel/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames''
** ''NightmareFuel/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsLegendOfEverfree''
** ''NightmareFuel/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017''
* ''NightmareFuel/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials''
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[[folder:N-Z]]
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Nickelodeon}}''
** ''NightmareFuel/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''
** ''NightmareFuel/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
*** ''NightmareFuel/TheLegendOfKorra''
** ''NightmareFuel/CatDog''
** ''NightmareFuel/ChalkZone''
** ''NightmareFuel/DannyPhantom''
** ''NightmareFuel/{{Doug}}''
** ''NightmareFuel/HeyArnold''
** ''NightmareFuel/InvaderZim''
** ''NightmareFuel/KaBlam''
** ''NightmareFuel/TheLoudHouse''
** ''NightmareFuel/MrMeaty''
** ''NightmareFuel/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot''
** ''NightmareFuel/{{Mysticons}}''
** ''NightmareFuel/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''
** ''NightmareFuel/RabbidsInvasion''
** ''NightmareFuel/RabbitEarsProductions''
** ''NightmareFuel/TheRenAndStimpyShow''
** ''NightmareFuel/RockosModernLife''
** ''NightmareFuel/{{Rugrats}}''
*** ''NightmareFuel/TheRugratsMovie''
** ''NightmareFuel/SanjayAndCraig''
** ''NightmareFuel/SpongeBobSquarePants''
** ''NightmareFuel/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''
* ''NightmareFuel/NightmareNed''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Ninjago}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/OggyAndTheCockroaches''
* ''NightmareFuel/OKKOLetsBeHeroes''
* ''NightmareFuel/OverTheGardenWall''
* ''NightmareFuel/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures''
* ''NightmareFuel/PennZeroPartTimeHero''
* ''NightmareFuel/PeterPanAndThePirates''
* ''NightmareFuel/PhantomInvestigators''
* ''NightmareFuel/PhineasAndFerb''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Pingu}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/PinkPanther''
* ''NightmareFuel/ThePinkPanther''
* ''NightmareFuel/ThePjs''
* ''NightmareFuel/ThePowerpuffGirls''
** ''NightmareFuel/ThePowerpuffGirls2016''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheProblemSolverz''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheProudFamily''
* ''NightmareFuel/RainbowBrite''
* ''NightmareFuel/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja''
* ''NightmareFuel/ReadyJetGo''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheRealGhostbusters''
** ''NightmareFuel/ExtremeGhostbusters''
* ''NightmareFuel/ReBoot''
* ''NightmareFuel/RegularShow''
* ''NightmareFuel/RenAndStimpyAdultPartyCartoon''
* ''NightmareFuel/RexTheRunt''
* ''NightmareFuel/RickAndMorty''
* ''NightmareFuel/RobotChicken''
* ''NightmareFuel/RoadRovers''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Rupert}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries''
* ''NightmareFuel/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat''
* ''NightmareFuel/SamuraiJack''
* ''NightmareFuel/ScoobyDoo''
** ''NightmareFuel/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou''
** ''NightmareFuel/TheScoobyDooShow''
** ''NightmareFuel/ScoobyDooAndScrappyDoo''
** ''NightmareFuel/TheScoobyDooAndScrappyDooShow''
** ''NightmareFuel/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo''
** ''NightmareFuel/WhatsNewScoobyDoo''
** ''NightmareFuel/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''
** ''NightmareFuel/TheScoobyDooProject''
* ''NightmareFuel/ScoobyDooDirectToVideoFilmSeries''
** ''NightmareFuel/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland''
** ''NightmareFuel/ScoobyDooCampScare''
** ''NightmareFuel/BigTopScoobyDoo''
** ''NightmareFuel/ScoobyDooFrankencreepy''
** ''NightmareFuel/ScoobyDooHauntedHolidays''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheSecretSaturdays''
* ''NightmareFuel/SecretSquirrel''
* ''NightmareFuel/ShadowRaiders''
* ''NightmareFuel/SheepInTheBigCity''
* ''NightmareFuel/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheShiveringTruth''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Sidekick}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheSimpsons''
** ''NightmareFuel/TheItchyAndScratchyShow''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheSmurfs''
* ''NightmareFuel/SonicSATAM''
* ''NightmareFuel/SonicUnderground''
* ''NightmareFuel/SouthPark''
* ''NightmareFuel/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast''
* ''NightmareFuel/SpaceGoofs''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''
* ''NightmareFuel/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''
* ''NightmareFuel/SpiderManTheNewAnimatedSeries''
* ''NightmareFuel/SpotTheDog''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Squidbillies}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/SquirrelBoy''
* ''NightmareFuel/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil''
* ''NightmareFuel/StarWarsCloneWars''
* ''NightmareFuel/StarWarsExpandedUniverse''
** ''NightmareFuel/StarWarsTheCloneWars''
** ''NightmareFuel/StarWarsRebels''
** ''NightmareFuel/StarWarsResistance''
* ''NightmareFuel/StevenUniverse''
* ''NightmareFuel/StickinAround''
* ''NightmareFuel/StreetSharks''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Superjail}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/SupermanVsTheElite''
* ''NightmareFuel/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperForceGo''
* ''NightmareFuel/SuperTed''
* ''NightmareFuel/TalesFromTheCryptkeeper''
* ''NightmareFuel/TangledTheSeries''
* ''NightmareFuel/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987''
* ''NightmareFuel/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003''
* ''NightmareFuel/TeenTitans''
** ''NightmareFuel/TeenTitansGo''
** ''NightmareFuel/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheodoreTugboat''
* ''NightmareFuel/ThomasTheTankEngine''
* ''NightmareFuel/ThunderCats1985''
** ''NightmareFuel/ThunderCats2011''
* ''NightmareFuel/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera''
* ''NightmareFuel/TimonAndPumbaa''
* ''NightmareFuel/TinyToonAdventures''
* ''NightmareFuel/TomAndJerry''
* ''NightmareFuel/TotalDrama''
** ''NightmareFuel/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace''
* ''NightmareFuel/TotallySpies''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Transformers}}''
** ''NightmareFuel/BeastWars''
** ''NightmareFuel/TransformersAnimated''
** ''NightmareFuel/TransformersPrime''
** ''NightmareFuel/TransformersRescueBots''
** ''NightmareFuel/TransformersCyberverse''
* ''NightmareFuel/TrippingTheRift''
* ''NightmareFuel/TripTank''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Trollhunters}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Trollz}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/TronUprising''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/UncleGrandpa''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheVentureBrothers''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Villainous}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/VoltronLegendaryDefender''
* ''NightmareFuel/WanderOverYonder''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{Wakfu}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/WeBareBears''
* ''NightmareFuel/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones''
* ''NightmareFuel/WildKratts''
* ''NightmareFuel/TheWildThornberrys''
* ''NightmareFuel/WinxClub''
* ''NightmareFuel/{{WITCH}}''
* ''NightmareFuel/WoodyWoodpecker''
* ''NightmareFuel/WordGirl''
* ''NightmareFuel/XavierRenegadeAngel''
* ''NightmareFuel/XiaolinShowdown''
** ''NightmareFuel/XiaolinChronicles''
* ''NightmareFuel/XMen''
* ''NightmareFuel/YinYangYo''
* ''NightmareFuel/YogiBear''
* ''NightmareFuel/YoungJustice''
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'''Make sure the example you're adding is not already in one of the series listed above. If it is, please add it to that specific page.'''

'''Examples below are in alphabetical order. Please provide context or an explanation for your example, and do not simply add a link to a video of a scene you found scary.'''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAnimalsOfFarthingWood'': Several of the main animal characters were killed off during the journey: shot by hunters, cooked as meal, run over by a car,... Highly [[BloodierandGorier traumatic]] since it seemed to be a [[CrapsaccharineWorld general TV series about cute talking animal characters from the start, but actually the makers strived for realistic death scenes.]]
* "Attack Of The Giant Vulture" a Nickelodeon short features a cartoony yet creepy vulture who chases three girls around New York with the intention to eat them. The PsychoStrings which play when he attacks the girl in the beginning are creepy too. There's also the ending where the girls defeat and eat the bird.
* In two episodes of the 2006 ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'' series Stoker changes into an aggressive, insane rat-like creature called Stoker Rat by the light of the sun due to the effects of radiation.
* The episode of ''WesternAnimation/BigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot'' where a "fusing" ray strikes Rusty's gradeschool teacher against the wall, fusing her into it so she looks like a distorted--''and completely inanimate''--life-size wall plaque, arms splayed to the side in terror.
* The Spanish CGI shorts series ''Clanners'' has the alternate form of Débora, an adorable slug-like creature who [[BigEater crazes to eat]]. Other than having a big red MadEye, she eats in an instant monstrous form where she bases in (or stretches through) her big can hat and has blank white eyes and a large mouth with sharp teeth, not to mention the less cute voice and quicker movement. [[http://www.rtve.es/infantil/serie/clanners/video/lavad-toooodos-dientes/1212987/ One of the shorts]] has a frightening presentation of this form.
* If you were an 80's kid and grew up in either Latin America, Europe or Turkey, you will probably remember a French-Japanese cartoon called ''Clementine''. But if you don't remember the entire series, you will certainly remember two things about it. One being [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26JNRCUAHQo the catchy opening song]] and the other, the scary, nightmare indulging villain: [[{{Satan}} a demon called Malmoth]]. He was a humanoid fire demon with a permanent NightmareFace who was so obsessed with the titular character, a 10-year old handicapped girl, that he wanted to kill her to keep her soul forever. [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness And whenever his human minions failed their mission]], he punished them by turning them into [[AndIMustScream worms, rats and other ugly animals with human heads to boil them alive]]. He also had the creepiest theme music ever. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALOUS_9bIIY&feature=related Here you can find some of his best moments, in french though.]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids And this was a kids show]], by the way.
* There was one episode of ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeDinosaurs'' that featured the heroes investigating the appearance of some kind of dinosaur-like creature that was terrorizing miners. A blind miner tells them the legend of the creature, how it was a miner who fell down a shaft, and came into the lair of a giant, [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Cockatrice-Dragon-Apatosaurus thing]], that attacked him to protect its eggs. He escapes, wounded by venom from its mouth/scratch from a claw, and is able to make it out of the mine. Right as he does though, the full moon appears, [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent and he turns into a human version of the same monster.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/FreakyStories''. Several episodes, including the accidental ''eating of defecation'' via gas-siphon, and a visit to the weiner factory.
** The episode where a couple buys a mansion and finds they have a barrel of wine the previous owner never got rid of. Said couple enjoys the wine profusely, until it runs dry... And they open it up, finding a mummified corpse. As a lot of episodes are based on urban legends, but often slightly softened because it's aimed at a younger audience, it can also be very unnerving to encounter the same story you remember from years ago with a much different, much gorier ending.
** One episode is a musical version of the urban legend about the escaped madman with the hook hand, and the couple in the car who find his hook attached to their car door after they've driven away from the lover's lane. The fact that it was sung rather than told made it all the creepier, and the tale gives her the creeps to this day as a result.
** The telling of the urban legend about the recently escaped psycho killer hiding under the bed of a fearless little girl who's home alone is another scary moment. She hears a strange howling sound and lowers her hand by the floor and receives a reassuring licking from her dog. After a few times she checks what the noise is and finds it's her dog, locked in the basement. She looks out the window and sees the maniac running away, yelling "Humans can lick too." In most versions of the story the dog is killed and the line is written in it's blood. However, the fact that a maniac would hide under a little girl's bed and do nothing but lick her hand a few times is possibly creepier.
* The vein transplant scene in the ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' episode "Plant Life". [[{{Squick}} Ewww.]]
* Creator/AdultSwim's ''WesternAnimation/KorgothOfBarbaria'' may consist of just the pilot, but that pilot alone contains enough gore and mayhem for ten more programs.
* ''The Little Engine That Could'' is a cute half an hour kids' film based on a short story. With the exception of a short 20 seconds segment towards the end that features a creepy talking cliff that sounds like some sort of demon from the depths of hell. Even if you don't remember the film, you're likely to remember the nightmares that thing gave you.
* ''WesternAnimation/LiquidTelevision'' had many disturbing shorts, but one that stands out is [[http://liquidtelevision.com/video/the-wonder-hospital/ The Wonder Hospital]] is a trippy animated short film about a little girl with a crooked nose wandering into this mysterious hospital and is convinced that they can fix her nose after seeing their before/after ads, and goes through a the hospital to reach her surgery room, seeing all sorts of unsettling sights and characters before she gets operated on by bunch of [[ArtShift puppet doctors.]] [[spoiler: The twist ending is that they don't fix her at all, they make her look worse, and the worst part is that [[NothingIsScarier you don't get to see]] [[TheUnreveal what her face actually looks like from the front]], only from the behind, and to top it off you can hear [[BodyHorror her bones clacking and her muscles stretching]] around inside her messed up face.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/LucyTheDaughterOfTheDevil'' has a literal nightmare generator, disguised as calming sleep music, where TheDevil himself comes to two main characters in their dreams with a fake accent, finds out their fears, and then tries to kill them through the dreams.
* ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'' had ''lots'' of creepy stuff like [[spoiler: Martin being possessed by the alien creature Gastromo and being turned into something that reminds one of ''Film/TheExorcist'']] or the episode where the shadowy creatures capture almost everyone on Earth
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMaxx'' is much scarier in its animated form than as a comic. For example, the bit of DerangedAnimation that happens when The Maxx exits through the wrong door in Julie's subconscious.
* It's probably a good thing that ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' ended early, because it got pretty sadistic in its later episodes. One scene in particular has Coop and Jamie being forced to watch a robot being thrown into a crusher, loudly screaming in agony. Note that this scene goes on for about half a minute, transitioning from the robot being violently crushed to a very disturbed Coop and Jamie.
* There was an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha'' that ends with The Flea getting ready to burn the polar ice caps. As he is about to set them on fire, a devil appears on his shoulder (in the typical angel and devil fashion) telling him "Do it! Do it!" Then another one appears, saying the same thing, and then The Flea laughs sinisterly as the camera cuts to a black screen with the words "THE END" appearing in flames.
** One episode began with The Flea [[IAteWhat eating things he is not supposed to]]. Buena Girl says something like "You shouldn't eat that! It's bad for your digestive system!" It then cuts to a freaky and disturbing X-ray shot of The Flea as he is eating (his skeleton and organs are all visible). That scene scared the shit out of [[Tropers/ScoutsGirlfriend me]] when I was young.
** Also The Gross-Up Close-Up and {{Nausea Fuel}} of The Flea's rotten teeth. It scared me when I was 8 or 9 years old.
** Watch Out for El Malefico, Misterioso Grande, The Masked Toilet and the other villains they might try or may might scare, injured,hurt or even kill you.
* The late-night Creator/CartoonNetwork anthology ''WesternAnimation/OCanada''. Between the creepy noise/sound reverb, freaky visuals, and either no dialogue or the equivalent to "Sim Speak", what made ''O Canada'' even worse was that it was shown in the wee hours of the morning. Possibly even the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXpvMiOvpjg last]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3IqAXhI2Eo thing]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bETCusT5kNM you]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90SIuISIVB8 saw]] before going to sleep. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdxucpPq6Lc Yeah...]]
* The opening for the old French educational cartoon called ''Once upon a time... man''. You follow the evolution of the human race, then its technological advances, and the end of the sequence shows [[EarthShatteringKaboom the Earth exploding]] after a rocket blasts off, killing a number of potential survivors who were running to it in panic. Bonus points for the music it's set to. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqFsA7uM7E4 See for yourself.]]
** And have you seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzgUbZawqXI the last episode]] of that series? It shifts from history to a documentary on the problems of modern world -- pollution, consumerism, the arms race[[note]]the series was made in 1978 during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar[[/note]] -- and where they could lead if left unchecked. The music, the tone, the imagery all make an excellent work of building up the anxiety. In short, it's the EarthShatteringKaboom from the opening, expanded to twenty minutes.
* A video tape called ''Night-Time Tales''. It was a compilation of short stories but the one that stood out was a story about some sort of Nightmare Man who came into people's dreams like Freddy Krueger and terrorized everyone. It was animated in really crazy neon-on-black colours and ended with the Nightmare Man being trapped in his own bad dreams for all eternity. The last shot was the man kneeling over in the fetal position, complete with really creepy music.
* You would never think that Creator/RankinBassProductions would be the one to do it, but their version of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', ''The Stingiest Man in Town'', features easily the freakiest version of the famous Marley-knocker scene from the story. The NightmareFace it makes as it transforms falls under nothing short of ''horrifying''.
* ''WesternAnimation/ReturnToThePlanetOfTheApes'': The opening sequence has a scary thunder/lightning scene with an ape soldiers face. But it also includes the upside down crucified figures that briefly appeared in the 1968 film. This opening was actually omitted in some syndicated airing of the cartoon.
* Creator/ChuckJones's special ''Rikki-Tikki-Tavi'', based off the story from Creator/RudyardKipling's Literature/TheJungleBook, focuses on a mongoose that protects his human caregivers from the threat of [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent snakes]].
** The first snake he kills is a Dust Brown Snake named Karet, who introduces himself by materializing out of the ground seemingly out of nowhere and [[SssssnakeTalk whispering]] to a human child, "Be careful; [[BadassBoast I am death.]]" The narration adds that his bite is just as dangerous as the cobras.
** The cobra Nag, jealous of the humans' dominion over the garden, plots to bite the patriarch of the family in the bathroom by coiling around the base of a pot in the middle of the night and waiting until morning. What follows is a tense sequence of Rikki sneaking around and trying to find the best angle to strike from; when he finds it, [[RedEyesTakeWarning his eyes gleam blood-red]] and he leaps down from above. The scuffle, unlike much of the rest of the cartoon, is treated very realistically with both Rikki and Nag thrashing about the room and knocking things over. [[NothingIsScarier No music. No dialogue.]] Just the sound of battle until the pattern on the back of Nag's hood fills the screen with [[SensoryAbuse a sudden burst of multi-colored light and a boom]]...before falling limply as he dies.
** Nagaina, Nag's mate, later attempts to enact revenge by sneaking up on the family during breakfast and starts eyeing the boy's leg. While the humans freeze still in an attempt to dissuade the snake from biting, Nagaina hisses, "If you move, I strike, and if you do not move...''[[MortonsFork I strike!]]''" It takes Rikki threatening the life of Nagaina's last remaining egg for her to be distracted enough to pull away.
* The all-but-forgotten 80s cartoon ''{{Sectaurs}}'' shows people graphically mutating into mutant lifeforms in the opening sequence. Maybe its a good thing that it only lasted 5 episodes.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' had the episode "Girl Hair" which features SantaClaus transforming into an EldritchAbomination known as "Bizarro Santa."
* There was actually an attempt to turn the trippy adult-themed comic ''WesternAnimation/SwampThing'' into a kid-friendly show. They did not succeed.
* ''WesternAnimation/ToxicCrusaders'', all about people hideously mutated by chemical or nuclear accidents. Considering that it's a cartoon about Film/TheToxicAvenger, a character from a series of R-rated Troma films. It was softened by the sheer ridiculousness of their acceptance to the mutations. Still, Melvin's transformation into Toxie is rather frightening, especially as he screams to the people nearby for help as his skin seems to melt.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN35przh8pw ''What A Cartoon Show. Tales of Worm Paranoia'']]. Considering it was done by some of the staff who worked on ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', it's not really surprising.
** ''[[WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog The Chicken from Outer Space]]'', too.
* The AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/RudyardKipling's ''The White Seal'': The first scene with the seal hunters -- a [[TheFaceless faceless]], hooded mob with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] who chase the seals onto the killing grounds by waving giant rattles in unison to the most foreboding music.
* ''Wicked'' which was quite similar to ''WesternAnimated/ToxicCrusaders'' only with animals being mutated and the villain being Appleman.
** Mutant League. Just the opening itself is freaky since it's one of those openings that shows how it all begin and we see the main character's skin melted off, turning him into a skeleton man. Seriously, was Creator/QuentinTarantino working on this show between movies?
* ''Series/WonderShowzen'' is really scary. From the initial warning that this show isn't some happy little ''Series/SesameStreet''with horror movie trailer music/screaming in the background, to its creepy little opening involving footage of someone chucking knives at a little girl and creepy, jerky animation with pictures of nuclear explosions among other things. And don't even try and ask about the sketches (which is even more disturbing since these are real children between the ages of 5-8 saying and doing some of the stuff that's on this show)...
** In one scene, they torched an actual beetle and showed its death throes.
** There was an episode where, for no reason, they showed a time lapse shot of a dead fox decomposing.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheWuzzles'' has the episode "Bumblelion and the Terrified Forest", an episode which has a goofy swashbuckler pastiche as its theme suddenly switches out of nowhere to a ''horror movie'' pastiche.
** Butterbear is kidnapped by dingbats and spirited away to the castle of the "vampire witch of the Terrified Forest", which itself is a creepy fate, given that both Bumblelion and Hoppo are visibly terrified of the notion.
** The dingbats themselves; horrible humanoid wolf-like creatures with bat-like wings and exaggerated, vampire-like fangs. Despite being characteristic bungling goofs, they are shown to have a distinct sadistic streak, as shown when they sabotage a bridge over a ravine that almost ''kills'' Hoppo when it gives way under her.
** The first thing that Bumblelion and Hoppo see when they enter the Terrified Forest is a sign pointing the way to the vampire witch's castle, with some creepy "faced trees" in the background. When Bumblelion tries to boast that he's not scared, those trees ''come to life'', speaking in a groaning voice that sounds like a chorus of damned souls. The camera zooms in close on their horrible faces - gaping, twisted mouths paired with deep, skull-like eyes - as they warn the Wuzzles to turn back before starting up a chorus of moans that encourages the two Wuzzles to beat feet.
** After they get past the aforementioned sabotaged bridge, Bumblelion and Hoppo find themselves attacked by a swarm of starving piranhakeets - imagine ''flying'' cartoon piranhas.
** Just getting into the vampire witch's castle requires getting past a moat full of ferocious crocodile-boar monsters.
** The sequence when Bumblelion and Hoppo are exploring the vampire witch's castle, separated from other and trying to stealthily explore the creepy place (complete with portraits whose eyes move to follow them) whilst avoiding the attention of the monstrous gorrantula that's stalking them. It's especially tense because Transylvia, the vampire witch who used to reside there, had explicitly mentioned the last six people she'd sent to the castle to retrieve the butterberries she needs to defeat the gorrantula, had never made it back alive.
** Then there's the episode's climax; Hoppo, being at the top tower whilst Bumblelion is on the ground outside, decides to have some fun and play a little DamselInDistress routine - completely unaware that the gorrantula is ''right behind her''. Which then leads us to finally seeing the monster in the flesh: ''a disembodied KillerGorilla head scuttling about on eight spider's legs''. One big enough to swallow Hoppo whole. No wonder Transylvia packed her stuff and left rather than face the thing without a shrinking potion!
* One Terry Toon cartoon, WesternAnimation/LittleAudrey; Audrey is over-indulging in sweets, and gets warned by her nanny to cut down. She then has a sugar-induced nightmare where she is chased by candy demons. This dream ends where she is tied to a chair, and an endless stream of candy is forced-fed into her mouth. She wakes up, learning her lesson.
* ''WesternAnimation/Super4'' isn't normally known for NightmareFuel, but the episode of "The Song of the Stork" is one from start to finish. Zombified characters with glowing pink eyes asking for hugs speaking in a HiveMind tone is creepy. The BigBad, Wizard Fourchesac, got HoistByHisOwnPetard, but it doesn't lessen the NightmareFuel.
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* ''NightmareFuel/FIsForFamily''

[[caption-width-right:350: [[NightmareFace Who thought]] ''[[JumpScare this]]'' [[DemonHead was a good idea]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids to show children?!]][[note]][[NightmareFuel/CourageTheCowardlyDog And this is just the tip of the iceberg.]][[/note]]]]

* ''NightmareFuel/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi

[[caption-width-right:350: [[NightmareFace Who thought]] ''[[JumpScare this]]'' [[DemonHead was a good idea]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids to show children?!]][[labelnote:*]][[NightmareFuel/CourageTheCowardlyDog And this is just the tip of the iceberg.]][[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350: [[NightmareFace Who thought]] ''[[JumpScare this]]'' [[DemonHead was a good idea]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids to show children?!]]]]

[[NightmareFuel/AnimeAndManga The Japanese]] don't hold a complete monopoly on [[DerangedAnimation mind-warping animated horror...]]

*** ''NightmareFuel/TheUglyBarnacle''

* ''NightmareFuel/TheVentureBrothers''