History Main / TheDollEpisode

* In the Sabrina arc in the first season of ''{{Pokemon}}'', there was an episode where she used her ''[[FridgeLogic psychic powers]]'' to turn the protagonists into [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel small, living dolls]].

* ''TheSimpsons'': the season four Treehouse of Horror (Treehouse of Horror III, for you rabid fans) where Homer gets Bart a cursed Krusty doll from a Chinese man's curio shop filled with cursed and weird objects from around the world.

** The toppings contain potassium benzoate.
*** And the doll [[spoiler:wasn't actually cursed. Somebody had flipped its switch from 'Good' to 'Evil'.]]

* The 1961 ''Twilight Zone'' episode "The Invaders" features a pair of tiny, doll-like aliens terrorizing an almost-silent woman living alone in a remote farmhouse. Who turn out to be [[spoiler:NASA astronauts landed on a planet of giants]]...and attacking one of them for some reason. There are a number of other ''Twilight Zone'' episodes featuring scary dolls. In particular, the 1963 episode "Living Doll" features a talking doll that says both "My name is Talky Tina, and I love you." and "My name is Talky Tina, and I'm going to kill you."

* ''TheSimpsons'': the season four Treehouse of Horror (Treehouse of Horror III, for you rabid fans) where Homer gets Bart a Krusty doll from a Chinese man's curio shop filled with cursed and weird objects from around the world.

*** the frogurt is also cursed.
**** And it has

* Episodes 11 and 12 of the ''{{Kuroshitsuji}}'' anime.

** Have we forgotten the Tails Doll?

* ''{{Robotrek}}'' features a chapter whose principle antagonist is a possessed doll.

* ''Ghost Hunt'' has a case called "The Doll House". It's suitably creepy.

* [[{{FullMetalAlchemist}} FMA]] has an episode about a man who makes dolls of his "dead" lover and sacrifices girls to try and put his lover's soul into the doll.

* ''[[Robotrek]]'' features a chapter whose principle antagonist is a possessed doll.

* Living Doll - ''TheTwilightZone'': "I'm Talky Tina..."
** There's also "The Collection", which actually makes the ''dolls'' [[spoiler:sympathetic and the little girl [[CreepyChild incredibly creepy]].]]

*** And it has

* In ''Fatal Frame 2'', you meet the ghost of a girl who's sister was [[spoiler: killed as part of the Crimson Butterfly ritual]]. Her father, a skilled dollmaker, made her a doll [[ReplacementGoldfish that looks exactly like her deceased sister.]] At first the girl is overjoyed at "getting her sister back." However, things quickly start going downhill when the doll starts getting a little [[DemonicPossession too realistic]]...

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': the Ventriloquist's Dummy that is really alive. {{Subverted}} in that he's a good guy.

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* In ''Fatal Frame 2'', you meet the ghost of a girl who's sister was [[spoiler: killed as part of the Crimson Butterfly ritual]]. Her father, a skilled dollmaker, made her a doll [[ReplacementGoldfish that looks exactly like her deceased sister.]] At first the girl is overjoyed at "getting her sister back." However, things quickly start going downhill when the doll starts getting a little [[DemonicPossession too realistic...]]

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* ''WitchHunterRobin'' has a witch with MPD, whose other personalities manifest themselves through her collection of dolls. She holds conversations with them, and telekinetically controls them to kill people whom she believes have wronged her. [[spoiler:She's killed, but one of the dolls is unacounted for. So, [[NightmareFuel killer doll on the loose in Japan.]]]]

** There's another ''Buffy'' example, in the Season 8 comics. This time, Dawn is transformed into a porcelain doll by a curse from her ex-boyfriend ([[spoiler: whom she cheated on]]) and found by a well-meaning but absolutely loco dollmaker.

** There's also "The Collection", [[spoiler:which actually makes the ''dolls'' sympathetic and the little girl [[CreepyChild incredibly creepy]].]]

* The 1961 ''Twilight Zone'' episode "The Invaders" features a pair of tiny, doll-like aliens terrorizing an almost-silent woman living alone in a remote farmhouse. [[spoiler: Who turn out to be NASA astronauts landed on a planet of giants...and attacking one of them for some reason.]] There are a number of other ''Twilight Zone'' episodes featuring scary dolls. In particular, the 1963 episode "Living Doll" features a talking doll that says both "My name is Talky Tina, and I love you." and "My name is Talky Tina, and I'm going to kill you."
* ''{{Seinfeld}}'' had a rare comedic Doll Episode (though, [[UncannyValley still kinda creepy]]). In one episode George Costanza is dating a woman with a rather large doll collection, and her favorite doll happens to look exactly like his mother. HilarityEnsues as for the rest of the episode whenever the doll is arround George hears the nagging voice of his mother in his head and starts to believe the doll is speaking to him.

* At one point in ''FinalFantasyIV'', you have to stop a group of dolls, seperated into Calco and Brina, who also later combine into a giant one, Calcobrina, from taking a PlotCoupon. Many people see it as NightmareFuel and it also counts as ThatOneBoss.

* ''DrowTales'' brings us a variant on case #2 that crosses the line about seven or eight times into the realm of [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel unrelenting horror.]] You see, one of the characters likes collecting playmates... [[spoiler: and then removing their eyes, the bones in their limbs, their tongues and their teeth so that she can play with them whenever she likes.]] And you can sometimes still hear them breathing hard, [[AndIMustScream as though they were trying to scream.]]

* [[{{Wakfu}} Noximilian the Clockmaker]] has a clockwork replica of [[spoiler: his long lost family, significant in that his whole life goal revolves around getting his family back.]] It's simultaniously [[{{TearJerker}} heartbreaking]] and [[{{NightmareFuel}} downright terrifying.]]

* Episodes 11 and 12 of the ''{{Kuroshitsuji}}'' anime.

* ArchieComics did it, in a story where Veronica inherited a doll from her misanthropic great aunt; it was called Lucifera, and caused mischief around the house, and was only destroyed when [[spoiler:Jughead's dog Hot Dog ate it]].

* The {{Supernatural}} episode ''Playthings'' had a little girl who lived in a hotel and had a large antique doll collection. Individual dolls were being positioned to mimic someone hanging themselves or breaking their neck ... after which, of course, someone would hang themselves or break their neck). Sam and Dean pretended to be antique dealers, and needed to get access to the dolls. Dean got a lot of fun by telling the girl's mother that Sam just ''loved'' dolls and had a huge collection of his own, so could she please let Sam take a look?

* The Ur example is the third segment of the 1975 made-for-TV movie ''Trilogy of Terror''. Entitled "Amelia", it's better known as "the one with the doll" by anyone mentally scarred by it. There's worse fare on TV now, but at the time (when most homes didn't even have movie channels on their TV) it was joltingly more intense than anything normally found flipping around the TV dial, plus it had the whole "animated doll chasing Karen Black around with a butcher knife and razor sharp teeth" angle. *shudder* Can be watched here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1pnFLT_k5A

*KamenRiderDouble actually has a doll episode that's played for laughs rather than scares.

*In Fatal Frame 2, you meet the ghost of a girl who's sister was [[spoiler: killed as part of the Crimson Butterfly ritual]]. Her father, a skilled dollmaker, made her a doll [[ReplacementGoldfish that looks exactly like her deceased sister.]] At first the girl is overjoyed at "getting her sister back." However, things quickly start going downhill when the doll starts getting a little [[DemonicPossession too realistic...]]