Nightmare Fuel cleanup and maintenance

• In the Story Demo of the Toy Box world (for Toy Story), Andy, his Mom, and much of the cast of toys are nowhere to be seen with the small group remaining (Woody, Buzz, The Army Men, Little Green Men, Rex and Hamm) to fend off the constantly spawning Heartless combing their master's room.
  • The Heartless are explicitly stated to have started appearing after they all began to disappear, anyone who knows how the Heartless operate are sure to have a little red flag raise in their mind when they hear Buzz's statement.
    First point is just describing that the heroes are in trouble. I'm not familiar with the game, but I imagine that by the time you've cleared that level, thing will be going better for them. Second point sounds like Fridge Horror.
• The first time you fight any of the bigger toy Heartless enemies, there's a bit of dread added to the scenario:
  • The first fight involving The Gigas mecha toys. Sora and Co. note how they aren't moving, and witness Young Xehanort demonstrate a Mook Heartless getting into the cockpit and taking it over. Afterwords, Buzz point it out to Woody almost referencing it like a corpse, which Woody responds to appropriately to with unease. It works under pretense of Organization 13 forcibly ripping the hearts of toys away somehow in such a way that the body of the toy is normal, but is a hollow shell, and can be controlled by Heartless. In essence, they're trying to figure out how a proper Soul Jar will work to finish their ranks.
  • Rex is kidnapped mysteriously during the above mentioned fight, and Sora and Co. go to save him. They walk into the section they think he's in and Woody sees a tail disappear around a corner with huge sounding footsteps. Thinking its Rex, he rounds the corner only to find nobody is there. Sora hears something, and then a giant, threatening, centurion dinosaur toy heartless crashes through a wall of boxes. Not only does the thing move like an actual kind of toy, stiff movement being a result of a preset pose, but it also leaves a bad feeling about what happened to Rex.
  • The doll boss that gets possessed by Heartless, called the "Mysterious Onyx." By the look of the screenshots, she appears to have glowing yellow eyes and towers over the whole party.
    As I mentioned last time this was brought up, "a little bit of dread" is not enough to qualify as Nightmare Fuel. First sub-bullet is about a character reaction, not an Audience Reaction. Second sounds pretty weak, and that last bit is speculation. Third could qualify, but the image in that link is very low-quality which makes it hard to tell how creepy it truly is, and the description is also lacking in detail: being big with yellow eyes isn't automatically scary.
• Vanitas is even creepier in this game than he was in Birth by Sleep. Here, he tries to physically touch Sora's face before Sora slaps his hand away.
  • Vanitas has also been one of the few original character villains to interact with the inhabitants of Disney Worlds, and each time has been tense and dangerous. You have to wonder whether or not he would hurt Boo to get what he wants...
  • According to Nomura, Vanitas has been resurrected, rather than brought through time... the thing he didn't specify is what body he was resurrected in! Is he Vanitas... or Venitas and in Ven's body?
    First point is just touching someone's face. Not scary. Second and third points are both Fridge Horror and speculation.
• MONSTERS, INC. IS LITERALLY ON FIRE. Thanks to the chaos that the Unversed are causing, the whole facility is ablaze, making for a very intense scene.
  • The fact that the Unversed are back! As if the Heartless aren't enough, the Unversed may arguably be just as dangerous in malevolence, and inclination towards violence.
  • Vanitas reveals that he is using the Unversed to scare and traumatize children so he can gather their scream energy. God knows what the Unversed were doing to those poor children.
    • To elaborate: the Heartless, while not completely mindless as Saïx describes, don't discriminate when it comes to their targets. The Unversed, on the other hand, are negative emotions given physical form, specifically VANITAS' negative emotions. They actively seek to cause pain and misery, because all they know is pain and misery. Think of it like: The Heartless want to kill swiftly and take their heart, in the name of increasing their numbers, or if someone orders them to, similar to just barely living weapons.
      You already mentioned the top-level bullet, but the poorly indented sub-bullets that should be their own examples are also very weak. First one just says that they could "arguably" be just as dangerous, and doesn't explain anything about what the Unversed are or why we should be scared of them. Second could qualify once the game is out, but right now it's just speculation. Final bullet point violates Repair, Don't Respond.
• Larxene being back is scary enough on its own, but she makes it very clear that she intends to lead Elsa into darkness. The implications are incredibly dark when you think about it: we all remember Larxene's treatment of Namine, it was horrible, and that was when they were both Nobodies—they didn't have hearts. Elsa's magic is shown to be extremely dangerous, and powerful, and considering her already damaged psyche, and how Larxene loves mind games... Let's just say it's a good thing Sora and co showed up when they did.
  • You also have to figure that Xehanort had probably watched and scouted her out personally as a potential... something. The implications are quite chilling.
    This whole thing sounds like speculation and Fridge Horror.
• The Pirates of the Caribbean trailer also gave us the unsettling image of Seeker of Darkness Ansem and Xemnas speaking in perfect unison right before they do... something with the darkness. Whatever it is, it doesn't look pleasant.
  • In the Pirates of the Caribbean trailer, Luxord states that he's looking for a box. Now, for those familiar with Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, we all know what box he's talking about...
    And for those of use who AREN'T familiar with Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, what box is he talking about? And why is it scary? Zero-Context Example
• The end of the E3 2018 trailer. After leaving his Keyblade on the beach in the Realm of Darkness, Mickey and Riku are attacked and incapacitated by a mysterious figure wreathed in shadows. The figure picks up a Keyblade, and the shadows fade to reveal Aqua, sporting Xehanort's silver hair and gold eyes. The line she delivers immediately afterwards makes it clear she is no longer the same idealistic keyblade master we grew to love, but has now fallen into darkness and despair.
  Aqua: Mickey... you're too late.

  I'm not familiar enough with the series to understand why this is scary, which in a sense makes it a Zero-Context Example.
• While Larxene's return is indeed a harbinger of fear, let's consider something else about her design. Back in Chain of Memories, one thing that was noticably different was her eyes in her concept art and her actual model. In the concept art, they're blue, and on the model they're green. We know that Xehanort possession turns your eyes yellow like his. What is the color between blue and yellow? That's right, green. This brings into question how long Larxene was a vessel for Xehanort and how much of her sadism was from her or from Xehanort!
  • Furthermore, we know that Xemnas somehow knew Marluxia was going to betray him and sent the problematic members off to Castle Oblivion. We don't know how he learned this, and all we know is that it was only Larxene and Marluxia collaborating. If Larxene has been a vessel for awhile, this means that Xemnas probably learned it from the get go via her! Whether or not she's aware of it is the question.
    • Finally, the above nightmare fuel brings in some more for Marluxia. As of 358/2 Days, he rebels because he thinks that Xemnas doesn't have their best interests at heart, and he's absolutely correct. But in this game, he's made into a vessel. Did Xehanort preemptively jump him just to get another vessel for himself, making it so he couldn't resist and had to do as he willed him to?
      All three of these sound like speculation.
• While the prospect of fighting the climatic battle against Davy Jones in The Caribbean is exciting to think about, it's easy to forget just what it means to be fighting him. He'll be there with his entire, human, sea life hybrid, body-horror-ridden self and crew, the complete sociopath that is Cutler Beckett (assuming he isn't addapted out) and the rest of the blood thirsty pirates, Sora, Donald and Goofy are in for a rough, and dangerous ride.
  • We also see the return of the Ruler of the Sky Heartless boss from 358/2 Days, and it's looking much more frightening and evil, not to mention even larger than before.
    First point is pure speculation. The wording makes it sound like we don't actually know for sure that all of these things will actually be in the game. Second point is a ZCE, what features does it have that make it look more frightening?

Season 1

• The entire story is set on Adult Fear. A trio of children lose their parents in a tragic fire, they are taken in by an abusive guardian after their fortune, who treats them as slaves and physically harms them. When they finally manage to flee, he goes after them, killing every chance they find to have a family or a normal life they find in the path, actively harming everyone that they bond with.
  Examples Are Not General. It's redundant to say that the whole story is Adult Fear when there are more specific examples below.
• The leeches. Small creatures with a Lamprey Mouth taking up almost half their body lengths, and their ability to smell food on you when you're hundreds of feet away and above water. And they swarm.
  Yes, that's what leeches are. Fun fact: they actually exist in real life. Instead of giving us a biology lecture, how about explaining what they ACTUALLY do in the show?
• Uncle Monty's corpse in episode 4. The makeup effects in that scene were spectacularly creepy.
  What kind of makeup effects were used in that scene? Was he burned alive? Stabbed? The description needs to go into more detail.
• While providing a lot of comic relief with his lack of book smarts and paper thin disguises, Count Olaf is also a very legitimate danger to the Baudelaires. Special mentions go to picking up baby Sunny (who is clearly scared and frightened) and almost dropping her to accidentally cut off Sunny's toe, and squeezing Violet's shoulder while talking about how he can touch anything he wants. Plus, Neil Patrick Harris' performance is creepy as all hell when it's not hilariously hammy.
  Another general example. Instead of making an example saying that he's a scary character (that starts off by saying he's the Comic Relief and stupid, which doesn't help conveying his scariness), why not give each of his scary actions their own entry?
  • His threat to Violet at the end of the second episode, hissing in her ear in the complete darkness that he'll stop at nothing to get his hands on the fortune, and fully intends on killing her and her siblings once he has it. It's incredibly unnerving.
    I guess this might be keepable, though at the same time it's just words. Either way, this is poorly indented.

Season 2

• Esme Squalor ups the ante even further. If you ran into Olaf, you could probably get away by being clever enough to get past his overcomplicated schemes, but Esme would have no qualms about just beating you to a pulp or flat-out killing you. Especially nasty is her stalking them through the records room at Heimlich Hospital, with literal stiletto heels that Violet just barely avoids.
  This has the same problems as Olaf's entry above.
• The entirety of the scene leading up to Bab's kidnapping in Hostile Hospital Part One. Abandoned Hospital vibes, horror movie tropes, and creepy singing are all abound.
  "We visit people who are ill and try to make them cry. Even when the doctor says 'I'm afraid you have to die.'"

  What happens in the scene? This is a Zero-Context Example.
  • The scene where Esme is chasing the Baudelaires through the Library of Records. The children are all alone in a dark room with a woman who, unlike Olaf, doesn't care about keeping them alive. The whole scene also shows just how unhinged Esme is as a person.
    This seems keepable.
  • The part where Olaf slowly lumbers through the hallway while knocking out every light with a crowbar (the same crowbar that he used to murder Jacques Snicket). Paired with the creepy music, the scene feels like it was ripped straight out of a slasher flick.
  Hook-Handed Man: You scared us!
  Count Olaf: I was practicing.

  Why is he lumbering through the hallways and knocking out the lights? Is he trying to kill the kids again? If so this needs to be mentioned. The quote seems like it's just an In-Universe reaction, which is not Nightmare Fuel since it's an Audience Reaction.
• In Hostile Hospital Part Two, when Olaf has Violet captured and tied up. The way he talks to her while holding a variety of nasty looking medical tools is absolutely bone-chilling. This is a man who's been fed up so much with his plans failing that he's out for blood, and it shows in that one scene alone.
  Count Olaf: Have you ever hunted, Violet?
  Violet: Of course not.
  Count Olaf: Well if you had, you'd be familiar with a particular experience. There's a particular moment at the end of a long hunt when you have the animal cornered and the animal looks into your eyes, deep into them, to see if there's any mercy in there. And when it sees that there is not, it gives up. It gives its life to you. I have you cornered, Violet, and I have no mercy. (looms inches from her face as she tries to squirm away) Soon enough, your siblings will fall into my trap, and when they do, I won't be satisfied with just your fortune. This time, I will obliterate you and the entire Baudelaire line in the cruelest way imaginable. (smiles maliciously) Won't that be fun?

  This seems keepable too.
  • From the same episode, Olaf learns that one of the Baudelaire parents may be alive and suddenly every trace of his comedic side vanishes into a subdued Villainous Breakdown as he slowly and deliberately sets the hospital on fire with a look of pure rage.
    Poorly indented but also seems OK.
  • When trying to force Klaus into cutting off Violet's head, Count Olaf acquiesces that the procedure might be fatal, but insists that some "sacrifices" are necessary in the name of the advancement of science. He then proceedes to stroke her hair and then her neck, with Klaus looking an appropriate combination of enraged and unnerved.
    Same as above.
• Also, Count Olaf's plan has reached new heights of awfulness in season 2:
  • In "The Vile Village" he accuses the orphans of murder, and intends to burn them in a stake for a crime they didn't commit.
  • In "The Hostile Hospital", his plan is to force a disguised Klaus to perform a fake surgery on his sister in front of an audience. The surgery is nothing less than cutting off her head.
  • In "The Carnivorous Carnival", he intends to kill one of the freaks live in front of an audience, by feeding them to starving lions, just to draw in a crowd.
  Another general example. Two of these plans are described in greater detail elsewhere on the page, making this redundant. The same could be done for the other one.
• For anyone who is Afraid of Doctors and Medical Horror in general, everything about "The Hostile Hospital" can qualify as Nightmare Fuel, including the Abandoned Hospital, being Strapped to an Operating Table, and the potential of a Meatgrinder Surgery.
  And yet another general hospital. There are specific examples given above, making this pointless.
• Olivia's death in the lion pit is as disturbing as it is heartbreaking. Everyone in the room, from the gore-hungry crowd to the theater troupe to even Olaf himself, looks either disgusted, shocked, horrified, or a combination of the three (the only person who doesn't react negatively is Esme; instead, she cracks a satisfied smile). We don't actually see the mauling onscreen, but that manages to make her grisly fate even more unsettling.
  This seems keepable.