History NightmareFuel / DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc

** Chihiro's execution is also pretty tame by comparison, but still creepy; Chihiro would be dropped in an 8-bit sidescrolling video game and chased by a bunch of 8-bit Monokumas. He tries to run, but they catch up to him and once they reach him, he'd simply... [[CessationOfExistence pop out of existence]].

In its earliest version, the game was known as ''[[http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/403/403327/ ダンガンロンパ Distrust]]'', and it was apparently going to be a flat-out horror game instead of the BlackComedy it ended up as.

** And Leon's execution, terrifying enough in the final version, was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_W_3w_sfoI even worse]] visually. Highlights include him spewing gallons of red blood and his beaten corpse not being as obscured by the shadows.

* Classroom 5-C. Imagine playing the game blind. You've gone through four class trials and, sure, the executions have been fairly unsettling and the murders are pretty gory but, on the whole, the game's pretty tame (especially since all the blood at this point has been neon pink). Then you get to exploring the fifth floor, you've come to expect a few unique rooms as well as two classrooms and you expect the same here. However, at some point, you notice a door labelled Classroom 5-C. A little surprised at the sudden additional classroom, you enter it to see what's inside because there's gotta be something in there, right? The classroom loads up to reveal a bloodied mess with all the tables and chairs toppled and sprawled along the floor alongside multiple chalk outlines of bodies. The real kicker's the fact that the blood in this room isn't the neon pink that you see everywhere else but a dark red. Eventually, Monokuma comes in to tell you that the room was already like this before the killing game started and that he deliberately left it like that as a clue (which is why the blood is red, it's dry). The worst part is that the game never actually reveals what exactly happened in that room (in fact it's never even really mentioned much outside of its initial reveal). You do eventually find out what happened in there in [[LightNovel/DanganronpaZero later]] [[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndofHopesPeakHighSchool installments]], but the fact that room is just left there without a conclusive explanation is unsettling at the very least.

* In Chapter 6's trial, Junko's reveal as [[BigBad Monokuma's controller]] and the [[HopeCrusher Ultimate Despair]] is shocking enough. A famous [[TeensAreMonsters teenage]] [[TheFashionista fashion icon]] of all people managed to successfully orchestrate ''[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the apocalypse]]'' out of her desire for despair, using dirty tricks and charisma to bring suffering to billions.

* In Chapter 6's trial, Junko's reveal as [[BigBad Monokuma's controller]] and the [[HopeCrusher Ultimate Despair]] is shocking enough. A famous [[TeensAreMonsters teenage]] [[TheFashionista fashion icon]] of all people managed to successfully orchestrate ''the apocalypse'' out of her desire for despair, using dirty tricks and charisma.

* The artwork for the comics in the Closing Argument minigames can get pretty freaky at times, especially since the culprit is almost always represented as a grey featureless humanoid with a deranged-looking SlasherSmile. Not to mention sometimes the characters can end up looking so OffModel as to be downright UncannyValley-ish, most notably Hifumi in the Chapter 3 comic.

The ''Danganronpa'' series is known for its anime-style art, it's mysteries, and horrific lore behind the state of the world. Considering that ''Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc'' kicks off the series, expect a lot of [[EstablishingSeriesMoment moments that will tell you]] that this is not like any visual novel that you ever played.

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* In Chapter 6's trial, Junko's reveal as [[BigBad Monokuma's controller]] and the [[HopeCrusher Ultimate Despair]] is shocking enough. Armed with nothing but charisma, this [[TeensAreMonsters teen girl]] orchestrated ''the apocalypse'' in the name of her desire for despair.

* For starters, the premise of the game is incredibly horrifying yet silly. You're stuck inside of a school and the only way out is to sneak someone. And even if you yourself choose to go the pacifistic route of rather living in the school than committing a crime, you still have to constantly worry about the ''other'' people. At any moment, any of them could snap and sneak someone, including you. It's a situation meant to drive someone insane with paranoia and despair.

* Chapter 1's execution, "The 1,000 Blows". There's [[EstablishingSeriesMoment a great reason]] it's the page image. Leon Kuwata, the Ultimate Baseball Star, is the first culprit. You first see a chain close around Leon's throat while he reaches out for help, and then it starts dragging him very quickly along the ground while he's desperately clawing at the chain the whole time. It takes him past a door that ominously closes, only it turns out the chain is dragging him to a batting cage. Leon isn't even given a fighting chance; after the chain drags him to the signpost inside the cage, ''more'' chains appear encircling around just the right places on his body so he can't move his arms. Now why would Monokuma not want Leon moving his arms? So he can't raise his hands to defend himself when a pitching machine ''beats Leon to death by shooting baseballs at him!'' It doesn't even have the mercy of killing Leon right after the machine starts; you have to watch the machine moving up and down Leon's body from shoulders to toes and back again, while the music track conveniently plays the "ba-ba-ba-ba" part of the song during that moment, and then one final shot of Leon looking scared out of his mind right before dozens of baseballs hit him in the face, which finally kills him. And when the machine finally stops firing, you have to watch the baseballs just slowly rolling away, covered in blood, as Leon's mangled corpse hangs there limply. Also, his silhouette in the ball-rolling shot looks like his feet are off the ground, so it's possible the chain around his neck was strangling him throughout just to top things off.

The ''Danganronpa'' series is known for its anime-style art, it's mysteries, and horrific lore behind the state of the world. Considering that ''Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc'' kicks off the series, expect a lot of [[EstablishingSeriesMoment moments that will tell you]] that this is not like any visual novel.

* For starters, the premise of the game is incredibly horrifying. You're stuck inside of a school and the only way out is to kill someone. And even if you yourself choose to go the pacifistic route of rather living in the school than committing a crime, you still have to constantly worry about the ''other'' people. At any moment, any of them could snap and kill someone, including you. It's a situation meant to drive someone insane with paranoia and despair.

* The bad ending that you get after Kyoko's execution may not seem so bad at first glance, but FridgeHorror kicks in when you consider this: While the remaining students (Byakuya, Makoto, Yasuhiro and Aoi, and Toko was with them but she died a while ago) have stopped killing each other -- they still ''never leave the school'' [[GildedCage and have grown to adulthood totally isolated from the rest of the world.]] Worse still is the [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse mystery]] behind Toko's death and the fact that there are ''three children'' in their group shot. Considering that Aoi is the only girl remaining, that means she gave birth to all three of them (probably; it's never stated ''when'' Toko died). And the four remaining kids are going to grow old and die, still just the four of them, and their children will be subjected to the same destiny, lonely forever...
* In Chapter 6's trial, Junko's reveal as [[BigBad Monokuma's controller]] and the [[HopeCrusher Ultimate Despair]] is shocking enough. Armed with nothing but charisma, this [[TeensAreMonsters teen girl]] orchestrated ''the end of the world'' in the name of her sadomasochistic desire for despair.

* For starters, the premise of the game is incredibly horrifying. You're stuck inside of a school and the only way out is to kill someone. And even if you yourself choose to go the pacifistic route of rather living in the school than committing a crime, you still have to constantly worry about the ''other'' people. At any moment, any of them could snap and kill someone, including you.

* The dormitory's second floor. Dear. ''God.'' This location is hyped up for much of the game, and you finally get access to it in Chapter 6. Most players are probably expecting something similar to the pristine, relatively cheerful first floor. What you're treated to instead is a scene straight out of the apocalypse: broken walls and large chunks of rubble everywhere, with bloodstains suggesting that multiple people were ''crushed to death'' by the collapsing walls and ceiling. And contrast this to the aforementioned Classroom 5-C, which, while horrific to be sure, was at its core nothing more than the remnants of a crime scene. ''This'', on the other hand... [[FridgeHorror Just what the hell happened to cause that kind of devastation?]]

* The event known as The Biggest, Most Awful, Most Tragic Event In Human History, also known as The Tragedy. Thanks to Junko manipulating certain events and people at Hope's Peak Academy, everyone fell into madness-inducing despair and society collapsed. Just look at the kids' faces when they see footage of national landmarks being defaced to resemble Monokuma and people wearing Monokuma masks causing total anarchy. This has been going on ''for two years''. Talk about [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke one bad day]]!