History NightmareFuel / Zootopia

* TheReveal that Assistant Mayor Bellwether is behind everything, once Judy realizes that the rams that they had encountered at the subway that they had informed her that they were on to her, [[WellIntentionedExtremist trying to put prey animals on top]], and she infects Nick, who then stalks Judy. On top of that she calls the police so that they'll arrive just in time to see their top officer killed. That's darn creepy. Mitigated by the fact that Nick is just pretending to be infected, and he and Judy soon turn the tables on Bellwether.

** The moment Nick gets his fangs around Judy's neck and she lets out a piercing, feral-rabbit ''[[HellIsThatNoise DEATH SHRIEK]]''! (Even though it was just a fake) Real rabbits actually ''do'' scream when they're terrified, and it's a blood-curdling noise they captured a bit too well.
** Twice we are treated to a close-up of savage Nick's face as he emerges from the bushes, teeth bared, lower jaw twitching, intense growling and eyes wild, just before he lunges at Judy (he was only faking it, though).

* While Mayor Lionheart has good intentions, his scheme of forcibly imprisoning the feral animals and hiding them from everyone is quite nightmarish. No one knows where the animals are, he sends the police on a WildGooseChase, and they are nowhere close to finding a cure or treatment. It doesn't help when he's recorded telling the Honey Badger Doctor that if the public learns only predators are going savage it would ruin his career which makes it appear that he's just a power-hungry politician.

** When the savage predators are made public it's done without any explanation of what is causing it leaving the prey population of Zootopia with the fear of any predator going savage at random and the predators dealing with the fear that they could lose control of themselves at any moment.

* The "[[ArmorPiercingQuestion Are you afraid of me?]]" scene where Nick [[WhatTheHellHero gets angry at Judy]] for what she said about predators and asked her if she's afraid of him. Judy is clearly afraid of Nick because of the faces he makes, and when he raises his claw at her, she was likely having a flashback about the day Gideon and Travis bullied her and Gideon clawed her face! She was afraid that Nick might do the same; fortunately, Nick doesn't attack her, but because of how angry and hurt Nick looks, he almost looked like he would have! Being scratched by Gideon must've scared Judy so badly that she needed fox spray for protection, and may have developed a fear of angry predators and claws.

-->'''Mayor Lionheart:''' Tell the public, good idea. And, uh, how do you think they're going to feel about their mayor '''WHO IS''' '''''A LION?!''''' '''I'LL BE RUINED!'''

* The "Are you afraid of me?" scene where Nick [[WhatTheHellHero gets angry at Judy]] for what she said about predators and asked her if she's afraid of him. Judy is clearly afraid of Nick because of the faces he makes, and when he raises his claw at her, she was likely having a flashback about the day Gideon and Travis bullied her and Gideon clawed her face! She was afraid that Nick might do the same; fortunately, Nick doesn't attack her, but because of how angry and hurt Nick looks, he almost looked like he would have! Being scratched by Gideon must've scared Judy so badly that she needed fox spray for protection, and may have developed a fear of angry predators and claws.

* Nick's backstory involves his younger self trying to join the Junior Ranger Scouts composed of only prey animals, only to get nastily bullied by his [[FantasticRacism fellow scouts]] who ''put a muzzle on him, and taunt him as he runs out the door into the streets''. It hits close to home to anyone who's been viciously bullied in the past. It's shown that Nick still carries unpleasant memories of the event as seeing pictures of the savage predators in muzzles [[TraumaButton triggers]] a FlashbackCut to that night.

* The "Are you afraid of me?" scene where Nick gets angry at Judy for what she said about predators and asked her if she's afraid of him. Judy is clearly afraid of Nick because of the faces he makes, and when he raises his claw at her, she was likely having a flashback about the day Gideon and Travis bullied her and Gideon clawed her face! She was afraid that Nick might do the same; fortunately, Nick doesn't attack her, but because of how angry and hurt Nick looks, he almost looked like he would have! Being scratched by Gideon must've scared Judy so badly that she needed fox spray for protection, and may have developed a fear of angry predators and claws.

'''Bellwether:''' [[ExactWords Oh ho ho ho, no, of course not.]] ''(aims dart gun at Nick, with SlasherSmile)'' ''[[MoralEventHorizon He is!]]''

* The "Are You Afraid Of Me?" scene where Nick gets angry at Judy for what she said about predators and asked her if she's afraid of him. Judy is clearly afraid of Nick because of the faces he makes, and when he raises his claw at her, she was likely having a flashback about the day Gideon and Travis bullied her and Gideon clawed her face! She was afraid that Nick might do the same; fortunately, Nick doesn't attack her, but because of how angry and hurt Nick looks, he almost looked like he would have! Being scratched by Gideon must've scared Judy so badly that she needed fox spray for protection, and may have developed a fear of angry predators and claws.
** Nick's angry face in that scene [[NightmareFace is also scary]]; his earlier angry faces were fairly comical, but in this scene, he's got angry wide eyes and razor sharp teeth that could send chills down anyone's spine.

* And as if this was not enough, the original ideas about the movie were much grimmer and more horrifying: