History NightmareFuel / FindingDory

* Marlin and Dory are once again pursued by a giant, bio-luminescent creature lurking in the darkness. This time, it's a large [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_squid Humboldt Squid]] - it's both smart and ''incredibly'' predatory.

* Marlin and Dory are once again pursued by a giant, bio-luminescent creature lurking in the darkness. This time, it's a large [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_squid Humboldt Squid]] - it's both smart and ''incredibly'' predatory, providing the page image.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Talk about a real TentacledTerror!]]

* The first trailer ends on the lovely image of Hank almost chopping himself up in a garbage disposal. Have fun explaining that one, parents![[note]][[ArtisticLicenseBiology Even ''if'' octopi can regrow lost limbs]].[[/note]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Talk about TentacledTerror!]]

* The first trailer ends on the lovely image of Hank almost chopping himself up in a garbage disposal. Have fun explaining that one, parents![[note]]Even ''if'' octopi can regrow lost limbs.[[/note]]

* There is a terrifying CallBack to a scene in this first movie that is arguably just as scary as the scene it's referencing, but the trio is once again be attacked by a giant, bio-luminescent creature hiding out in almost pitch black water (in this case, a large [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_squid Humbolt's Squid]]...horrifying, smart, and very, very predatory (Seen in the page image)).
** During the chase, the squid gets stuck in a massive crate of a sunken cargo ship. As the crate falls with the squid inside, it ''snatches Nemo and slowly pulls him toward its massive snapping beak'' as Marlin and Dory struggle to save him. Nemo was only saved by ''sheer luck'' when the crate fell and crushed the squid. To say Marlin had every right to be scared witless about his son's near-murder by a SuperPersistentPredator after spending the entire first movie trying to save him from humans and [[WhatTheHellHero to be pissed at Dory waking it up]] would be an huge {{Understatement}}.

** During the chase, the squid gets stuck in a massive crate of a sunken cargo ship. As the crate falls with the squid inside, it ''snatches Nemo and slowly pulls him toward its massive snapping beak'' as Marlin and Dory struggle to save him. Nemo was only saved by ''sheer luck'' when the crate fell and crushed the squid. To say Marlin had every right to be [[AdultFear scared witless about his son's near-murder by a]] SuperPersistentPredator after spending the entire first movie trying to save him from humans and [[WhatTheHellHero to be pissed at Dory waking it up]] would be an huge {{Understatement}}.

** During the chase, the squid gets stuck in a massive crate of a sunken cargo ship. As the crate falls with the squid inside, it ''snatches Nemo and slowly pulls him toward its massive snapping beak'' as Marlin and Dory struggle to save him. Nemo was only saved by ''sheer luck'' when the crate fell and crushed the squid.

* The touch pool scene, a staple of most zoos and aquariums featuring a shallow area where little kids can see how various sea creatures feel is played as a horrific nightmare, as the brats poke and prod and grab with all the ferocity of giants. Every single creature in the thing is in a constant state of panic, and when Dory and Hank end up in it, the latter just shuts down completely due to his hatred of being touched.

* Perhaps it's for the best that whatever caused Hank to lose his tentacle remains a NoodleIncident: as noted in the Fridge Horror section, it had to have been pretty awful for him to be unable to regenerate it. And given his hatred of being touched and his overall behavior resembling that of somebody with PTSD, clearly it's NightmareFuel for him as well.

** A healthy dose of AdultFear can be found in that Charlie and Jenny didn't find out Dory has vanished after she's gone, like in kidnapping cases or accidental deaths. She was whisked away right in front of them.

* The kelp forest. Sure, nothing bad happens in it when Dory, Nemo and Marlin travel in there, but the whole place still gives an eerie feeling, especially during the scene when Dory has a HeroicBSOD later in the movie, with tall kelp growing up everywhere, making it hard to navigate or see what's hiding in them. The fish couple at the beginning were very worried when they found young Dory getting lost alone in there, and with good reasons. Even more so, as we later learned, the forest itself is located next to an underwater dump site, which is a home of a huge, highly aggressive squid that ''everything else'' in the area dreaded, and Dory also once ventured in there as a child! It's AdultFear mixes with NothingIsScarier on the highest order.

* There is a terrifying CallBack to a scene in this first movie that is arguably just as scary as the scene it's referencing, but the trio is once again be attacked by a giant, bio-luminescent creature hiding out in almost pitch black water (in this case, a large [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_squid Humbolt's Squid]]...horrifying, smart, and very, very predatory (Seen in the page image)) .

* There is a terrifying CallBack to a scene in this first movie that is arguably just as scary as the scene it's referencing, but the trio is once again be attacked by a giant, bio-luminescent creature hiding out in almost pitch black water (in this case, a large [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_squid Humbolt's Squid]]...horrifying, smart, and very, very predatory).

* The trio is once again be attacked by a giant, bio-luminescent creature hiding out in almost pitch black water (in this case, a large [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_squid Humbolt's Squid]]...horrifying, smart, and very, very predatory).

* Dory's predicament alone is a parent's worst nightmare. You have a child who has memory problems and in constant need of supervision. One day, you lose your child and you can't find them. There's a chance that they could get lost, kidnapped, eate, or killed, and they don't have anyone to protect them.

* Dory's predicament alone is a parent's worst nightmare. You have a child who has memory problems and in constant need of supervision. One day, you lose your child and you can't find them. There's a chance that they could get killed, and they don't have anyone to protect them.

* The trio is once again be attacked by a giant, bio-luminescent creature hiding out in almost pitch black water (in this case, a large [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_squid Humbolt's Squid]]...nasty, smart, and very, very predatory).

** During the chase, the squid gets stuck in a massive crate of a sunken cargo ship. As the crate falls with the squid inside, it ''snatches Nemo and slowly pulls him toward its massive snapping beak'' as Marlin and Dory struggle to save him. It was only by ''sheer luck'' that the crate the fell on top and crushed the squid, sparing Nemo from suffering the horrifically similar fate that befell his mother and his unborn siblings.

** Said squid almost kills Nemo. AdultFear aside, this could've meant that [[KilledOffForReal Nemo would've been gone ... for good]].

** Said squid [[spoiler:almost kills Nemo. AdultFear aside, this could've meant that [[KilledOffForReal Nemo would've been gone ... for good]]]].

* The touch pool scene, a staple of most zoos and aquariums featuring a shallow area where little kids can see how various sea creatures feel is played as a horrific nightmare, as the brats poke and prod and grab with all the ferocity of giants. Every single creature in the thing is in a constant state of panic, and [[spoiler: when Dory and Hank end up in it, the latter just shuts down completely due to his hatred of being touched.]]
* The kelp forest. Sure, nothing bad happens in it when Dory, Nemo and Marlin travel in there, but the whole place still gives an eerie feeling, [[spoiler: especially during the scene when Dory has a HeroicBSOD later in the movie]], with tall kelp growing up everywhere, making it hard to navigate or see what's hiding in them. The fish couple at the beginning were very worried when they found young Dory getting lost alone in there, and with good reasons. Even more so, as we later learned, the forest itself is located next to an underwater dump site, [[spoiler: which is a home of a huge, highly aggressive squid that ''everything else'' in the area dreaded,]] and Dory also once ventured in there as a child! It's AdultFear mixes with NothingIsScarier on the highest order.
* The pipes in the Marine Life Institute. Dark, eerie, claustrophobic and labyrinthine, it's not hard to see why Dory's apprehensive about going in - without Bailey and Destiny to help her navigate, she would have been hopelessly lost down there. The worst part is when Bailey's echolocation detects a ''bigger fish'' down there with Dory, followed by a couple of minutes of sheer consternation as he and Destiny try to get her away from there... [[spoiler:Fortunately, the "bigger fish" [[MoodWhiplash turns out to just be Marlin and Nemo]].]]

* Although it ends up being PlayedForLaughs, [[spoiler: Gil and the rest of the fish from the Dentist Office spent the year still stuck in their bags.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods, but in this case...]]

** Said squid [[spoiler:almost kills Nemo. AdultFear aside, this could've meant that Nemo would've been gone ... for good]].

* Dory's predicament from the moment she was separated from her parents to when she found a place in Marlin's family. Baby Dory was the equivalent of a roughly 5-year-old human when she got lost. Since then, everyone she's encountered has either rebuffed her, gotten separated from her, or abandoned her; she tells Marlin that no one's ever stuck with her as long as he has, and they were only partners for a few ''days''. Imagine being separated from your parents at five years old, and spending the rest of your childhood in limbo, without anyone to raise you, any place to call home, any lasting friend, or ''anything'' else to anchor you. And how much longer might her life have stayed like that if she'd never met Marlin?

* Although Sugar's general love of Japanese culture and all things dark and creepy ends up being PlayedForLaughs, [[spoiler: Gil and the rest of the fish from the Dentist Office spent the year still stuck in their bags.]]

** It's implied he lost it in that garbage disposal he accidentally turned on.
* Although it ends up being PlayedForLaughs, [[spoiler: Gil and the rest of the fish from the Dentist Office spent the year still stuck in their bags.]]

* The first trailer ends on the lovely image of Hank almost chopping himself up in a garbage disposal. Have fun explaining that one, parents![[note]]Even ''if'' octopuses can regrow lost limbs.[[/note]]