History NightmareFuel / Dumbo

** You think "Pink elephants on parade" is scary enough? The spanish version is named Souls of Horror (Ánimas del terror). The lyrics "They're here and there. Pink elephants ev'rywhere" somehow translated to "They are perhaps, relatives of satan" (seran quizas, parientes de satanas)

* Jumbo going [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyed and berserk]] because [[MamaBear she was understandably upset when Dumbo was taken from her after just spending a single moment of playing with her calf]] causing her to go into an UnstoppableRage, [[KickTheSonOfABitch spanking the brat that played with Dumbo's ears]], tossing circus folk and finally dunking the Ringmaster into a barrel of water. In a RealLife situation, Jumbo would likely have killed anyone for even getting to Dumbo.

** The climax, oh god, the music for the most part has an eerie calm till the elephants decide to change to change into vehicles and the black scene flashes pink as they rush like mad, leading to an explosive conclusion leading to the second to last scene.

** All the elephants are varied in color (but are mostly pink), but all have no pupils, causing them to resemble ghosts. Especially since the background is pitch black, like the night.

*** One of them is a CombiningMecha made of nothing but elephant heads who walks towards the viewer (pictured above). Many kids have jumped away in fear when they saw that thing coming near. The scariest thing is when [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou the yellow head and its two blue shoulder heads zoom in to cover the screen, first with the latter shoving the yellow head in the back and finally ending with former emerging with a wide smile]].

* The close-up of Casey Junior saying 'All aboard, let's go'. That grating voice from the "talking-wistle" effect can be more than a little unnerving.

* 'I Think I Can I Think I Can I Think I Can' etc. while the train is climbing up the hill. That grating 'voice' is more than a little unnerving.

*** One of them is a CombiningMecha made of nothing but elephant heads who walks towards the viewer. Many kids have jumped away in fear when they saw that thing coming near. The scariest thing is when [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou the yellow head and its two blue shoulder heads zoom in to cover the screen, first with the latter shoving the yellow head in the back and finally ending with former emerging with a wide smile]].

* The infamous "Pink Elephants On Parade" sequence. This, children, is [[DrugsAreBad why we do not take]] [[MushroomSamba hallucinogens]]. Consider the following facts:

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** Dumbo is actually hallucinating because he is drunk. An adult understands this immediately, but most children don't, since they've never been intoxicated. This aspect makes it even worse, because children are usually afraid of things they don't understand! If they are able to relate to it all it might be because Dumbo's hallucinations are similar to fever nightmares. In fact, most people to do this day are afraid for this reason because it is unknown if it was meant to be enjoyable fun, the animators were high or genuine NightmareFuel.
** What makes this scarier is that Dumbo was merely making funny shapes with bubbles, which then leads to one bubble turning into a pink elephant [[MoodWhiplash and the madness begins]]

** In addition, the elephants take on all kinds of bizarre and physically impossible shapes. Hopping over each other, walking into each other, changing color, growing and shrinking, floating in the air, walking upside down, growing extra heads, changing into cars and other vehicles,... A TropeCodifier of DerangedAnimation.

** After the belly dancing elephant dissolves a disturbingly realistic eye appears in the middle of the screen, staring back at you. It's the only non-elephant appearing on screen in the entire segment other than a snake that changes into the belly dancer which dissolves into the eye .
*** The snake in question--a rearing cobra!

*** And being a BigLippedAlligatorMoment, it has no relevance to the plot and is never mentioned again, leading to a calmer scene where Dumbo wakes up in a tree, learns to fly and get back at the circus. [[MoodWhiplash The insanity dissipates as quickly as it came]], but leaves even stronger impact than even the ending resolution.
* 'I Think I Can I Think I Can I Think I Can' etc. while the train is climbing up the hill. That grating 'voice' terrified me as a child, though not as much as the aforementioned Pink Elephants.
* Jumbo going [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyed and berserk]] because [[MamaBear she was understandably upset when Dumbo was taken from her after just spending a single moment of playing with her calf]] causing her to go into an UnstoppableRage, [[KickTheSonOfABitch spanking the brat that played with Dumbo's ears]], tossing circus folk and finally dunking the Ringmaster into a barrel of water. In a RealLife situation, Jumbo would likely killed anyone for even getting to Dumbo.

** Dumbo is actually hallucinating because he is drunk. An adult understands this immediately, but most children don't, since they've never been intoxicated. This aspect makes it even worse, because children are usually afraid of things they don't understand! If they are able to relate to it all it might be because Dumbo's hallucinations are similar to fever nightmares. In fact, most people to do this day are afraid for this reason because it is unknown if it was meant to be enjoyable fun or genuine NightmareFuel.

** All the elephants are white and have no pupils, causing them to resemble ghosts. Especially since the background is pitch black, like the night.
** The elephants take on all kinds of bizarre and physically impossible shapes. Hopping over each other, walking into each other, changing color, growing and shrinking, floating in the air, walking upside down, growing extra heads, changing into cars and other vehicles,... A TropeCodifier of DerangedAnimation.
*** One of them is a CombiningMecha made of nothing but elephant heads who walks towards the viewer. Many kids have jumped away in fear when they saw that thing coming near. The scariest

*** And being a BigAlligatorMoment, it has no relevance to the plot and is never mentioned again, leading to a calmer scene where Dumbo learns to fly and get back at the circus. Talk about a MoodWhiplash

** Dumbo is actually hallucinating because he is drunk. An adult understands this immediately, but most children don't, since they've never been intoxicated. This aspect makes it even worse, because children are usually afraid of things they don't understand! If they are able to relate to it all it might be because Dumbo's hallucinations are similar to fever nightmares. In fact, most people to do this day are afraid for this reason because it is unknown if it was meant to be enjoyable fun or genuine NightmareFuel.

** The elephants take on all kinds of bizarre and physically impossible shapes. Hopping over each other, walking into each other, changing color, growing and shrinking, floating in the air, walking upside down, growing extra heads, changing into cars and other vehicles,... A TropeCodifier of DerangedAnimation
*** One of them is a CombiningMecha made of nothing but elephant heads who walks towards the viewer. Many kids have jumped away in fear when they saw that thing coming near.

*** The snake in questior--a rearing cobra!

** Dumbo is actually hallucinating because he is drunk. An adult understands this immediately, but most children don't, since they've never been intoxicated. This aspect makes it even worse, because children are usually afraid of things they don't understand! If they are able to relate to it all it might be because Dumbo's hallucinations are similar to fever nightmares.

** The elephants take on all kinds of bizarre and physically impossible shapes. Hopping over each other, walking into each other, changing color, growing and shrinking, floating in the air, walking upside down, growing extra heads, changing into cars and other vehicles,...

** After the belly dancing elephant dissolves an eye appears in the middle of the screen, staring back at you. It's the only non-elephant appearing on screen in the entire segment.
*** Not quite. What ''preceded'' the belly dancer--a rearing cobra!

** All the elephants are white and have no pupils, causing them to resemble ghosts.

* 'I Think I Can I Think I Can I Think I Can' ect while the train is climbing up the hill. That grating 'voice' terrified me as a child, though not as much as the aforementioned Pink Elephants.

* 'I Think I Can I Think I Can I Think I Can' ect while the train is climbing up the hill. That grating sound terrified me as a child, though not as much as the aforementioned Pink Elephants.

** Dumbo sees all this stuff because he is drunk, yet since most children have never been drunk yet they haven't got a clue what's going on? This makes it even worse because children are usually scared of things they don't understand. If children can relate to it all: it might be because it resembles the fever dreams they might have had when they were ill.
** All the elephants are white and haven't got any pupils, causing them to resemble ghosts.
** The elephants take on all kinds of bizarre and physically impossible shapes. Hopping over each other, walking into each other, changing color, growing and shrinking, floating in the air, walking upside down, changing into cars and other vehicles,...

** During the scene it's an elephant made out ''elephant heads''
** That scene is freakier as an adult, really understanding the scenes meaning.

*** Not quite. Don't forget what ''preceded'' the belly dancer--a rearing cobra!

** And don't forget during the scene above it's an elephant made out ''elephant heads''
** That scene freaks me out more ''now'' as an adult, since I really understand the scenes meaning.

** After the belly dancing elephant dissolves an eye appears in the middle of the screen, staring back at you. It's the only non-elephant appearing on screen in the entire segment.