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--> '''Duckman''': Maybe it really is a perfect world! ...hmm, [[{{Foreshadowing}} then why are my buttfeathers standing on end]]..?

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--> '''Duckman''': '''Duckman:''' Maybe it really is a perfect world! ...hmm, [[{{Foreshadowing}} then why are my buttfeathers standing on end]]..?



-->'''Fluffy & Uranus''': [[MadnessMantra Please don't eat us! Please don't eat us! Please don't eat us!]]

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-->'''Fluffy & Uranus''': Uranus:''' [[MadnessMantra Please don't eat us! Please don't eat us! Please don't eat us!]]



--> "We'll do it '''in the name of Dod!'''"

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--> "We'll -->"We'll do it '''in the name of Dod!'''"



--> '''Duckman''': DUCKMAN MUST DIE!!! DUCKMAN MUST DIIIIIEEEE!!!

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--> '''Duckman''': '''Duckman:''' DUCKMAN MUST DIE!!! DUCKMAN MUST DIIIIIEEEE!!!



** The gruesome demise of Dr. Milo, who suffers a fatal relapse to his childhood lactose problem, to the point where he swells up and explodes, with his remains being flushed down a toilet.

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** The gruesome demise of Dr. Milo, who suffers a fatal relapse to his childhood lactose problem, to the point where he swells up and explodes, with his remains being flushed down a toilet.toilet.
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** On the other end of the spectrum, it's a touch creepy how relentlessly happy and supportive Bernice is when the world becomes a utopia. Hell, the Utopian world itself, while better than the alternative, has a very disturbing BraveNewWorld feel to it.

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** On the other end of the spectrum, it's a touch creepy how relentlessly happy and supportive Bernice is when the world becomes a utopia. Hell, the Utopian world itself, while better than the alternative, has a very disturbing BraveNewWorld ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' feel to it.

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As a satire on the troubles of modern life, the world of Duckman can be as humorous as it can be horrifying.
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** Agnes already brings enough NightmareFuel to the table. She's an AxCrazy and deceptively strong robber who posed as a family member and then assaulted said family (including a rape attempt on Duckman). And she's still there by the end of the episode'', having managed to pull a last-minute switcheroo, leaving Grandmama to be imprisoned in her place. She stays with the family for about a season afterwards.

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** * Agnes already brings enough NightmareFuel to the table. She's an AxCrazy and deceptively strong robber who posed as a family member and then assaulted said family (including a rape attempt on Duckman). And she's still there by the end of the episode'', having managed to pull a last-minute switcheroo, leaving Grandmama to be imprisoned sent to jail in her place. She stays with the family for about a season afterwards.



* One of Duckman's possible future selves in "The Once and Future Duck" is a masked psycho on an eight-state chop spree.

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* One of Duckman's possible future selves in "The Once and Future Duck" is a masked psycho on an eight-state chop spree. Another has Bernice's head attached to Duckman's body with the Duckman head completed desiccated and begging for death.
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* "Color of Naught", the third act when Beautex (which was thought to be a beautifying cream) reduces everything it touches to sketch outlines. There's one scene when Duckman is frantically climbing a tower which is quickly being erased ''from the ground floor up''.

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* "Color of Naught", the third act when Beautex (which was thought to be a beautifying cream) reduces everything it touches to sketch outlines.outlines before wiping it from existence. There's one scene when Duckman is frantically climbing a tower which is quickly being erased ''from the ground floor up''. Even worse is all this was conducted by Dr. Chicken just so [[EvilIsPetty he can have his favorite show re-run and kill off Duckman and his loved ones in one stroke.]]
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--> '''Duckman''': Maybe it really is a perfect world! ...hmm, [[{{Foreshadowing}} then why are my buttfeathers standing on end..?

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--> '''Duckman''': Maybe it really is a perfect world! ...hmm, [[{{Foreshadowing}} then why are my buttfeathers standing on end..end]]..?



* One of Duckman's possible future selves in "The Once and Future Duck" is a masked psycho on an eight state chop spree.

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* One of Duckman's possible future selves in "The Once and Future Duck" is a masked psycho on an eight state eight-state chop spree.



* Duckman's face after going through the MRI machine in "They Craved Duckman's Brain!" [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0567018/mediaviewer/rm427257856 Yikes.]]

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* Duckman's face after going through the MRI machine in "They Craved Duckman's Brain!" [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0567018/mediaviewer/rm427257856 Yikes.]]Yikes]].



** Oh, and he offhandedly mentions that during one sexual dry spell, [[ILoveTheDead he took advantage of Open House Day ath e city morgue]].
** The gruseome demise of Dr. Milo, who suffers a fatal relapse to his childhood lactose problem, to the point where he swells up and explodes, with his remains being flushed down a toilet.

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** Oh, and he offhandedly mentions that during one sexual dry spell, [[ILoveTheDead he took advantage of Open House Day ath e at the city morgue]].
** The gruseome gruesome demise of Dr. Milo, who suffers a fatal relapse to his childhood lactose problem, to the point where he swells up and explodes, with his remains being flushed down a toilet.
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--> '''Duckman''': Maybe it really is a perfect world! ...hmm, [[{{Foreshadowing}} then why are my buttfeathers standing on end..?



--> '''Duckman''': DUCKMAN MUST DIE!!! DUCKMAN MUST DIIIIIEEEE!!!

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--> '''Duckman''': DUCKMAN MUST DIE!!! DUCKMAN MUST DIIIIIEEEE!!!DIIIIIEEEE!!!
** Oh, and he offhandedly mentions that during one sexual dry spell, [[ILoveTheDead he took advantage of Open House Day ath e city morgue]].
** The gruseome demise of Dr. Milo, who suffers a fatal relapse to his childhood lactose problem, to the point where he swells up and explodes, with his remains being flushed down a toilet.
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* Duckman ''eats'' Fluffy and Uranus in "All About Elliot" (at the latter's suggestion). As if that didn't create such a {{Squick}}y mental image, they're utterly horrified and disheveled the next time we see them.

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* Duckman ''eats'' Fluffy and Uranus in "All About Elliot" (at the latter's suggestion). As if that didn't create such a {{Squick}}y mental image, they're utterly horrified and disheveled the next time we see them.them, as they'd gone through Duckman's entire intestinal tract by this point.
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* Mambo choking in "About Face". Unlike many instances in entertainment, it's treated as the urgent, life-or-death situation it is.

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* Mambo choking in "About Face". Unlike many instances in entertainment, it's treated as the urgent, life-or-death situation it is.is.
* Duckman at the very start of act three in "Days of Whining and Neurosis". He's only gone for a week without addictive things and he's driven insane.
--> '''Duckman''': DUCKMAN MUST DIE!!! DUCKMAN MUST DIIIIIEEEE!!!

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* This is more in line with FridgeHorror, but Agnes successfully hid away as Grandma-Ma without anyone knowing. On one occasion, she even flashes a SlasherSmile to the audience.



* Tami from "The Tami Show" is an attractive woman who drugs Beverley so she can take over Duckman's family, {{Yandere}} style. She viciously kills a neighbor's gardener who witnessed her drugging with a trowel, and survives ungodly amounts of damage from electrocution to being maimed by a ceiling fan, all while sporting an unholy NightmareFace. She even emerges from the bathtub in a murderous rage and tries to drown Duckman down the drain, only to be devoured by a shark. But the episode ends with her hand rising from the bathtub. And to be make things worse, [[FridgeHorror she appears in a cameo in the final episode at the three weddings]]. NegativeContinuity withstanding.

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* Tami from "The Tami Show" is an attractive woman who drugs Beverley so she can take over Duckman's family, {{Yandere}} style. She viciously kills a neighbor's gardener who witnessed her drugging with a trowel, and survives ungodly amounts of damage from electrocution to being maimed by a ceiling fan, all while sporting an unholy NightmareFace. She even emerges from the bathtub in a murderous rage and tries to drown Duckman down the drain, only to be devoured by a shark. But the episode ends with her hand rising from the bathtub. And to be make things worse, [[FridgeHorror she appears in a cameo in the final episode at the three weddings]]. NegativeContinuity withstanding.
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* Duckman's face after going through the MRI machine in "They Craved Duckman's Brain!" [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0567018/mediaviewer/rm427257856 Yikes.]]

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* Duckman's face after going through the MRI machine in "They Craved Duckman's Brain!" [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0567018/mediaviewer/rm427257856 Yikes.]]]]
* Mambo choking in "About Face". Unlike many instances in entertainment, it's treated as the urgent, life-or-death situation it is.
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** There's also Duckman's daydream in the first act where a terrorist threatens to blow everyone's heads off; upon choosing orange juice, the scenario ends peacefully, as the O.J. reminded the terrorist of his carefree younger days. But upon choosing tomato juice, Duckman accidentally drops the glass, sending the already unstable terrorist into a fit ("Blood! Blood! So much blood! I've been very bad, mother!") and inadvertently shooting a scientist in a nearby building, who drops a chemical formula that ''destroys the Earth''. The pure terror of this sequence is lessened a bit by the newspaper headline: "Earth destroyed, Duckman to blame", but still.
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* The ending of "The Mallardian Candidate", due to the BigBrotherIsWatching motif.

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* The ending of "The Mallardian Candidate", due to the BigBrotherIsWatching motif.motif.
* Duckman's face after going through the MRI machine in "They Craved Duckman's Brain!" [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0567018/mediaviewer/rm427257856 Yikes.]]
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-->"Always more killing, more killing, MORE KILLING!"

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-->"Always more killing, more killing, MORE KILLING!"KILLING!"
* The ending of "The Mallardian Candidate", due to the BigBrotherIsWatching motif.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Literature/TheBible Kill me, I pray Thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in Thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Literature/TheBible Kill me, I pray Thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in Thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness]].]]
wretchedness.]]]]



* Duckman ''eats'' Fluffy and Uranus in one episode. As if the {{Squick}}y mental image of what happens next wasn't enough, they're utterly horrified and disheveled when they're seen again.

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* Duckman ''eats'' Fluffy and Uranus in one episode. "All About Elliot" (at the latter's suggestion). As if the that didn't create such a {{Squick}}y mental image of what happens next wasn't enough, image, they're utterly horrified and disheveled when they're seen again.the next time we see them.



* "Sperms of Endearment" concludes with Bernice deciding that the world is better off without more Duckmen after a mishap where she though she was pregnant with Duckman's child when she patronized a sperm donor service he's donated to. The episode seems to confirm this, as it ends on a shot of the con artist Terry being burned at the stake by a group of psychotic children resembling Duckman.

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* "Sperms of Endearment" concludes with Bernice deciding that ends on a disturbing note. After spending much of the world is better off without more Duckmen after a mishap where episode thinking she though she was might be pregnant with Duckman's child when she patronized a sperm donor service he's donated to. The episode seems sperm, Bernice decides it's for the best there aren't any more of his offspring. As if to confirm prove this, as it ends on pans to show a shot of the con artist Terry being burned at the stake by a group of psychotic children resembling Duckman.Duckman burning conman Terry Duke Tetzloff at the stake.



* Fluffy and Uranus manage to be this in "Short, Plush, and Deadly", despite maintaining their pastel colors and bows. They become enraged monsters that pursue Duckman and an incapacitated Cornfed, not helped when Duckman insults them to the point of hulking out.
* In "Noir Gang", Cornfed has a dream about getting it on with [[MsFanservice Tamara]] that is cut short when he sees a bomb-strapped Duckman outside. What makes it worse is that he calmly smiles and states that Cornfed is his best friend before he detonates.
* This is more in line with FridgeHorror, but there's that Agnes was hiding as Grandma-Ma without anyone knowing. On one occasion, she even flashes a SlasherSmile to the audience.
** Agnes herself is NightmareFuel, as an AxCrazy and deceptively strong robber who posed as a family member and then assaulted the family, even [[{{Squick}} trying to force Duckman into having sex with her]]. On top of that, ''she's still there by the end of the episode'', having managed to pull a last-minute switcheroo, leaving Grandmama to be imprisoned in her place. She stays with the family for about a season afterwards.

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* Fluffy and Uranus manage to be channel this in "Short, Plush, and Deadly", despite Deadly". Despite maintaining their pastel colors and bows. They become enraged monsters that bows, they HulkOut and violently pursue Duckman and an incapacitated Cornfed, not helped Cornfed. Of course, the episode ends with NightmareRetardant when Duckman insults them they're brought back to the point of hulking out.
normal, with help from Jim Bailey.
* In "Noir Gang", Cornfed has a dream about getting it on with [[MsFanservice Tamara]] that is Tamara]]. But it's cut short when he sees by a bomb-strapped Duckman standing outside. What makes it worse is that he Who then calmly smiles and states that tells Cornfed is he's his best friend before he detonates.
detonating.
* This is more in line with FridgeHorror, but there's that Agnes was hiding successfully hid away as Grandma-Ma without anyone knowing. On one occasion, she even flashes a SlasherSmile to the audience.
** Agnes herself is NightmareFuel, as already brings enough NightmareFuel to the table. She's an AxCrazy and deceptively strong robber who posed as a family member and then assaulted the family, even [[{{Squick}} trying to force Duckman into having sex with her]]. On top of that, ''she's said family (including a rape attempt on Duckman). And she's still there by the end of the episode'', having managed to pull a last-minute switcheroo, leaving Grandmama to be imprisoned in her place. She stays with the family for about a season afterwards.

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* There are rapid sequences of images that appear throughout "Love! Anger! Kvetching!" that are Nightmare Fuel. The two most notable are the freeze frame shots of Uncle Mo as a fanged devil and a grotesque caricature of Duckman screaming.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Literature/TheBible Kill me, I pray Thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in Thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness]].]]

* There [[FreezeFrameBonus Rapid image sequences]] are rapid sequences of images that appear intercut throughout "Love! Anger! Kvetching!" that Kvetching!", symbolizing the trauma Duckman's uncle Mo has put him through. Among the nastiest are Nightmare Fuel. The two most notable are the freeze frame shots of Uncle Mo as a smiling and fanged devil and a the grotesque Duckman caricature of Duckman screaming.seen in the adjacent image.
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* The monster representing Duckmans guilt over his wife's death and him being left to try and build a new life for himself, seen in the episode "Psych".

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* The monster representing Duckmans Duckman's guilt over his wife's death and him being left to try and build a new life for himself, seen in the episode "Psych".
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--> "We'll do it '''in the name of Dod!'''"

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--> "We'll do it '''in the name of Dod!'''"Dod!'''"
* One of Duckman's possible future selves in "The Once and Future Duck" is a masked psycho on an eight state chop spree.
-->"Always more killing, more killing, MORE KILLING!"
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* The monster representing Duckmans guilt over his wife's death and him being left to try and build a new life for himself, seen in the episode "Psych".

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* The monster representing Duckmans guilt over his wife's death and him being left to try and build a new life for himself, seen in the episode "Psych"."Psych".
* The aliens from Betamax creating a Nazi regime where the only difference is the swastika is now a silhouette of Duckman walking.
--> "We'll do it '''in the name of Dod!'''"

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** On the other end of the spectrum, it's a touch creepy how relentlessly happy and supportive Bernice is when the world becomes a utopia.

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** On the other end of the spectrum, it's a touch creepy how relentlessly happy and supportive Bernice is when the world becomes a utopia. Hell, the Utopian world itself, while better than the alternative, has a very disturbing BraveNewWorld feel to it.



** Agnes herself is NightmareFuel, as an AxCrazy and deceptively strong robber who posed as a family member and then assaulted the family, even [[{{Squick}} trying to force Duckman into having sex with her]].
* Tami from "The Tami Show" is an attractive woman who drugs Beverley so she can take over Duckman's family, {{Yandere}} style. She viciously kills a neighbor's gardener who witnessed her drugging with a trowel, and survives ungodly amounts of damage from electrocution to being maimed by a ceiling fan, all while sporting an unholy NightmareFace. She even emerges from the bathtub in a murderous rage and tries to drown Duckman down the drain, only to be devoured by a shark. But the episode ends with her hand rising from the bathtub. And to be make things worse, [[FridgeHorror she appears in a cameo in the final episode at the three weddings]]. NegativeContinuity withstanding.

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** Agnes herself is NightmareFuel, as an AxCrazy and deceptively strong robber who posed as a family member and then assaulted the family, even [[{{Squick}} trying to force Duckman into having sex with her]].
her]]. On top of that, ''she's still there by the end of the episode'', having managed to pull a last-minute switcheroo, leaving Grandmama to be imprisoned in her place. She stays with the family for about a season afterwards.
* Tami from "The Tami Show" is an attractive woman who drugs Beverley so she can take over Duckman's family, {{Yandere}} style. She viciously kills a neighbor's gardener who witnessed her drugging with a trowel, and survives ungodly amounts of damage from electrocution to being maimed by a ceiling fan, all while sporting an unholy NightmareFace. She even emerges from the bathtub in a murderous rage and tries to drown Duckman down the drain, only to be devoured by a shark. But the episode ends with her hand rising from the bathtub. And to be make things worse, [[FridgeHorror she appears in a cameo in the final episode at the three weddings]]. NegativeContinuity withstanding.withstanding.
* The shows surreal animation causes a lot of this by accident, even just character design or one-off gags look creepy.
* The monster representing Duckmans guilt over his wife's death and him being left to try and build a new life for himself, seen in the episode "Psych".
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-->'''Fluffy & Uranus''': [[MadnessMantra Please don't eat us! Please don't eat us! Please don't eat us!]]
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* Fluffy and Uranus manage to be this in "Short, Plush, and Deadly", despite maintaining their pastel colors and bows. They become enraged monsters that pursue Duckman and an incapacitated Cornfed, not helped when Duckman insults them to the point of hulking out.
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** Agnes herself is NightmareFuel, as an AxCrazy and deceptively strong robber who posed as a family member and then assaulted the family, even [[{{Squick}} trying to force Duckman into having sex with her]].
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* "Sperms of Endearment" concludes with Bernice deciding that the world is better off without more Duckmen after a mishap where she though she was pregnant with Duckman's child when she patronized a sperm donor service he's donated to. The episode seems to confirm this, as it ends on a shot of the con artist Terry being burned at the stake by a group of psychotic children resembling Duckman.
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* In "Noir Gang", Cornfed has a dream about getting it on with [[MsFanservice Tamara]] that is cut short when he sees a bomb-strapped Duckman outside. What makes it worse is that he calmly smiles and states that Cornfed is his best friend before he detonates.

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* Duckman ''eats'' Fluffy and Uranus in one episode. As if the {{Squick}}y mental image of what happens next wasn't enough, they're utterly horrified and disheveled when they're seen again.



* This is more in line with FridgeHorror, but there's Agnes was hiding as Grandma-Ma without anyone knowing. On one occasion, she even flashes a SlasherSmile to the audience.
* Tami from "The Tami Show", an attractive woman who drugs Beverley so she can take over Duckman's family, viciously kills a witnessing neighbor's gardener with a trowel, and survives ungodly amounts of damage from electrocution to being maimed by a ceiling fan, all while sporting an unholy NightmareFace. She even emerges from the bathtub in a murderous rage and tries to drown Duckman down the drain, only to be devoured by a shark. But the episode ends with her hand rising from the bathtub. And to be make things worse, [[FridgeHorror she appears in a cameo in the final episode at the three weddings]]. NegativeContinuity withstanding.

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* This is more in line with FridgeHorror, but there's that Agnes was hiding as Grandma-Ma without anyone knowing. On one occasion, she even flashes a SlasherSmile to the audience.
* Tami from "The Tami Show", Show" is an attractive woman who drugs Beverley so she can take over Duckman's family, {{Yandere}} style. She viciously kills a witnessing neighbor's gardener who witnessed her drugging with a trowel, and survives ungodly amounts of damage from electrocution to being maimed by a ceiling fan, all while sporting an unholy NightmareFace. She even emerges from the bathtub in a murderous rage and tries to drown Duckman down the drain, only to be devoured by a shark. But the episode ends with her hand rising from the bathtub. And to be make things worse, [[FridgeHorror she appears in a cameo in the final episode at the three weddings]]. NegativeContinuity withstanding.
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* This is more in line with FridgeHorror, but there's Agnes was hiding as Grandma-Ma without anyone knowing. On one occasion, she even flashes a SlasherSmile to the audience.
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* There are rapid sequences of images that appear throughout "Love! Anger! Kvetching!" that are Nightmare Fuel. The two most notable are the freeze frame shots of Uncle Mo as a fanged devil and a grotesque caricature of Duckman screaming.



* "Color of Naught", the third act when Beautex (which was thought to be a beautifying cream) reduces everything it touches to sketch outlines. There's one scene when Duckman is frantically climbing a tower which is quickly being erased ''from the ground floor up''.

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* "Color of Naught", the third act when Beautex (which was thought to be a beautifying cream) reduces everything it touches to sketch outlines. There's one scene when Duckman is frantically climbing a tower which is quickly being erased ''from the ground floor up''.up''.
* Tami from "The Tami Show", an attractive woman who drugs Beverley so she can take over Duckman's family, viciously kills a witnessing neighbor's gardener with a trowel, and survives ungodly amounts of damage from electrocution to being maimed by a ceiling fan, all while sporting an unholy NightmareFace. She even emerges from the bathtub in a murderous rage and tries to drown Duckman down the drain, only to be devoured by a shark. But the episode ends with her hand rising from the bathtub. And to be make things worse, [[FridgeHorror she appears in a cameo in the final episode at the three weddings]]. NegativeContinuity withstanding.
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** On the other end of the spectrum, it's a touch creepy how relentlessly happy and supportive Bernice is when the world becomes a utopia.
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* "The Gripes of Wrath": Act three, where the world became a [[CrapsackWorld crime-ridden, red skied hellhole]]. Granted, this section had some funny jokes, but still, what a frightening place.
* "Color of Naught", the third act when Beautex (which was thought to be a beautifying cream) reduces everything it touches to sketch outlines. There's one scene when Duckman is frantically climbing a tower which is quickly being erased ''from the ground floor up''.

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