History NightmareFuel / BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold

### SquashedFlat [[DropTheHammer by a giant iron hammer in a]] {{Rube Goldberg|Device}} DeathTrap (the creators tried to soften the blow by showing the audience [[WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath a winged spirit of Batman complete with halo, harp and cowl, flying off to the heavens]] after he gets crushed, which only makes it a bit better, but still disturbing for some children)

** The Spectre in general, including the rather creepy way it's implied he's the one who killed Joe Chill after Batman refused to do the job, with the camera zooming in on the Spectre's eyes to show skulls for the pupils and his {{Blatant Lie|s}} about not knowing what happened.

** ''STARRO''. It latches onto your face, takes complete control of you...oh, and there are at least billions and have taken over almost every person in the world making them only able to speak the MadnessMantra of "Starro Lives". More and more keep getting made and worse, even killing the giant main Starro and taking off the Starros from everyone does not end its threat...no, Starro's [[TheDragon Dragon]] just merges all of the excess Starros into a giant Starro creature with which he nearly uses to destroy Earth. Why? Because he enjoys destroying things!

--->'''Craddock:''' [[ImmortalityImmorality Give me my desire! Let me live forever!]]
--->'''Astaroth:''' [[ExactWords I promise that your spirit will never leave this Earth.]]

** The massive [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Syndrome]] vibe. Syndrome's origin story was dark enough, but imagine if it happened to a omnipotent reality warper.

[[caption-width-right:350:Remember Kids, even a Campy series can be Dark!]]

* "Joker: The Vile and the Villainous!" largely is a more comedic episode acting on SwappedRoles with Joker as the VillainProtagonist. But the premise has some VERY dark undertones. Ignoring the episode is from Joker's warped perspective, the very concept of Batman's crime predicting computer is disturbing. This thing doesn't just detect crimes in progress, but alerts Bats himself or the police ''BEFORE'' they happen. It gives off a vibe similar to Literature/NineteenEightyFour with [[BigBrotherIsWatching Batman as Big Brother.]] Best represented when a kid, attempting to steal a ''single stick of gum'' notices the thing going off and puts it back.

* "Joker: The Vile and the Villainous!" largely is a more comedic episode acting on SwappedRoles with Joker as the VillainProtagonist. But the premise has some VERY dark undertones. Ignoring the episode is from Joker's warped perspective, the very concept of Batman's crime predicting computer is disturbing. This thing doesn't just detect crimes in progress, but alerts Bats himself or the police ''BEFORE'' they happen. It gives off a vibe similar to Literature/NineteenEightyFour with [[BigBrotherIsWatching Batman as Big Brother.]] Best represented when a kid, attempting to steal a ‘’single stick of gum'' notices the thing going off and puts it back.

* "Joker: The Vile and the Villainous!" largely is a more comedic episode acting as a RoleReversal with Joker as the VillainProtagonist. But the premise has some pretty dark undertones. Ignoring the episode is from Joker's warped perspective, the very concept of Batman's crime predicting computer is disturbing. This thing doesn't just detect crimes in progress, but alerts Bats himself or the police ''BEFORE'' they happen. It gives off a vibe similar to Literature/NineteenEightyFour with [[BigBrotherIsWatching Batman as Big Brother.]] Best represented when a kid, attempting to steal a ‘’single stick of gum'' notices the thing going off and puts it back.

** The Spectre in general, including [[spoiler:the rather creepy way it's implied he's the one who killed Joe Chill after Batman refused to do the job, with the camera zooming in on the Spectre's eyes to show skulls for the pupils and his {{Blatant Lie|s}} about not knowing what happened.]]
* Then there's the episode in which Batman [[TimeTravel goes back in time]] to meet Franchise/SherlockHolmes and Etrigan the Demon and try to stop UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper AKA [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Gentleman Jim Craddock]] from draining the life out of unlucky women to [[BlackMagic summon forth a]] [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils fiend from Hell]] to gain supernatural powers. Batman tries to warn Craddock that he doesn't know what is actually going to happen but is ignored. At the very end we see the ghostly Craddock standing over his grave, in his usual Edwardian finery, his body as always invisible, until the lightning flashes and we see him as he truly is: [[spoiler: a rotted and demonic-looking corpse.]]

*** The original Emperor Joker comic series was actually even worse, because the repeated deaths ended up mentally breaking Batman, and Superman had to erase his memories just so he'd be able to return to himself.

* In-Universe: [[spoiler:Batman revealing himself to Joe Chill, ''for'' Joe Chill. Imagine that you orphaned a little kid. Now, 30 years later, imagine that you're in a fight with one of the most dangerous people on the planet, who's constantly defeated crazed villains, supernatural foes, and advanced technologies of all kinds. He bypasses a room full of that kind of crazy just to single you out. Why? Because ''he's'' the kid you orphaned, and he '''''HATES''''' you. ''That. Damn. Much.'']]
** [[spoiler:To make it worse, said room full of crazy now '''hates you too''' for creating their sworn enemy, and they'll do '''MUCH MORE''' than ''he'' will.]]

* ''STARRO''. It latches onto your face, takes complete control of you...oh, and there are at least billions and have taken over almost every person in the world making them only able to speak the MadnessMantra of "Starro Lives". More and more keep getting made and worse, [[spoiler:even killing the giant main Starro and taking off the Starros from everyone does not end its threat...no, Starro's [[TheDragon Dragon]] just merges all of the excess Starros into a giant Starro creature with which he nearly uses to destroy Earth. Why? Because he enjoys destroying things! He even became Starro's herald just so Starro would destroy his world, because it was a peaceful utopia!]]

** There is a brief HopeSpot when he insists to the Scarab he has the heart of a hero, which makes Batman think Mirror Jaime can be redeemed... only for the kid to add on "I keep it in a jar in the back of my closet."

* The Faceless Hunter, from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''. Holy hell, this thing is a monster. He roams the universe, finding worlds that his master, Starro can conquer, by attaching horrible mind-control probes to their faces. He's a god in physical combat, can teleport, turn invisible, and has a terrifying arsenal of traps and weapons. He spends most of the series tracking, defeating and mind-raping the various DC heroes. And if you can't be posessed by a Starro spore? He'll horribly kill you. It get's worse though. How and why did he become Starro's herald? [[spoiler: He asked Starro to destroy his homeworld, because his people were pacifists and they looked down on him for his career in hunting]]. It's pretty bad when a world-conqueror makes you look good by comparison. And the creepiest John [=DiMaggio=] voice imaginable doesn't help matters.
* "Mayhem of the Music Meister" can be terrifying when you give it some thought. A villain who can control your mind by singing and make you commit crime while under his sway? [[SarcasmMode Not terrifying at all.]] Not to mention that [[spoiler:he almost wins.]]

* "Inside The Outsiders!" is another terrifying episode. Psycho Pirate kidnaps the Outsiders, a group consisting of Katana, Black Lightning and Metamorpho ([[WouldHurtAChild who are all teenagers, by the way]]) and hooks them up to some deranged machine that traps them in their worst nightmares and regrets, while literally feeding off of their pain, fear and anger. His creepy, hushed voice certainly gives off a creepy, almost [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything inappropriate]] vibe. Even worse, when Batman attempts to free them at first, Psycho Pirate warns him that doing so will [[CruelAndUnusualDeath fry their brains,]] giving Batman no choice but to go into the machine himself to save them. Psycho Pirate stands out as one of the more horrifyingly exceptional villains, despite only appearing in this episode, making his spot under CompleteMonster in the YMMV page completely earned.

-->'''Craddock:''' [[ImmortalityImmorality Give me my desire! Let me live forever!]]
-->'''Astaroth:''' [[ExactWords I promise that your spirit will never leave this Earth.]]

* In-Universe: [[spoiler:Batman revealing himself to Joe Chill, ''for'' Joe Chill. Imagine that you orphaned a little kid. Now, 30 years later, imagine that you're in a fight with one of the most dangerous people on the planet, who's constantly defeated crazed villains, super natural foes, and advanced technologies of all kinds. He bypasses a room full of that kind of crazy just to single you out. Why? Because ''he's'' the kid you orphaned, and he '''''HATES''''' you. ''That. Damn. Much.'']]

-->'''Fun Haus:''' Gee, that won't give kids nightmares, will it?