Follow TV Tropes

Following

History NightmareFuel / GirlGenius

Go To

OR

Changed: 380

Removed: 380

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Imagine you're Neena from [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php#.YtioH6QpA0E this page]]. Agatha has just caught you on the outside of a blimp several kilometers
in the air after a spear has cut your lifeline, the mother of all kaiju, The Song Keeper, is bearing down on you with all of their monsters in tow, then, just to add a fart on the proverbial crap sandwich, Lucrezia, who had just been preoccupied with a fight and is absolutely gigantic, suddenly appears to grab Agatha (and you by extension), is it any wonder poor Neena freezes??

to:

* Imagine you're Neena from [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php#.YtioH6QpA0E this page]]. Agatha has just caught you on the outside of a blimp several kilometers
kilometers in the air after a spear has cut your lifeline, the mother of all kaiju, The Song Keeper, is bearing down on you with all of their monsters in tow, then, just to add a fart on the proverbial crap sandwich, Lucrezia, who had just been preoccupied with a fight and is absolutely gigantic, suddenly appears to grab Agatha (and you by extension), is it any wonder poor Neena freezes??
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added: 380

Changed: 391

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Imagine you're Neena from [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php#.YtioH6QpA0E this page]]. Agatha has just caught you on the outside of a blimp several thousand meters in the air after a spear has cut your lifeline, the mother of all kaiju, The Song Keeper, is bearing down on you with all of their monsters in tow, then, just to add a fart on the proverbial crap sandwich, Lucrezia, who had just been preoccupied with a fight and is absolutely gigantic, suddenly appears to grab Agatha (and you by extension), is it any wonder poor Neena freezes??

to:

* Imagine you're Neena from [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php#.YtioH6QpA0E this page]]. Agatha has just caught you on the outside of a blimp several thousand meters kilometers
in the air after a spear has cut your lifeline, the mother of all kaiju, The Song Keeper, is bearing down on you with all of their monsters in tow, then, just to add a fart on the proverbial crap sandwich, Lucrezia, who had just been preoccupied with a fight and is absolutely gigantic, suddenly appears to grab Agatha (and you by extension), is it any wonder poor Neena freezes??
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:


* Imagine you're Neena from [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php#.YtioH6QpA0E this page]]. Agatha has just caught you on the outside of a blimp several thousand meters in the air after a spear has cut your lifeline, the mother of all kaiju, The Song Keeper, is bearing down on you with all of their monsters in tow, then, just to add a fart on the proverbial crap sandwich, Lucrezia, who had just been preoccupied with a fight and is absolutely gigantic, suddenly appears to grab Agatha (and you by extension), is it any wonder poor Neena freezes??
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


[[caption-width-right:350:Quite the menacing face…]]

to:

[[caption-width-right:350:Quite [[caption-width-right:350:A face only [[{{Pun}} the menacing face…]]
Other]] could love.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:


[[Webcomic/GirlGenius Mad scientists rule the world]]. ''[[NightmareFuel Horrifyingly]]''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/ggmain/doublespreads/ggcoll23_041_042.html The Song Keeper]], the corrupted Great Cetean mentioned by the Deepspeaker. To call it a {{Kaiju}} is ''severely understating it'', it literally has ''an entire army of kaiju within it''.

to:

* [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/ggmain/doublespreads/ggcoll23_041_042.html The Song Keeper]], the corrupted Great Cetean Cetacean mentioned by the Deepspeaker. To call it a {{Kaiju}} is ''severely understating it'', it literally has ''an entire army of kaiju within it''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Newest page just made this already disturbing creature even moreso.

Added DiffLines:

** It turns out even ''that'' is understating just how terrifying this entity is. It's not only large enough to hold several kaiju inside of it, it has strong enough sight to not only see a relatively tiny aircraft in the sky, but it can launch flying creatures from the ''pupils of its eyes''.

Added: 267

Changed: 88

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Agatha decides to sabotage the "cursed waters" that [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php#.YmYqW-3MKUl Dr. Monahan and Clank!Lucrezia are bathing in]] and they start '''''[[BodyHorror to melt.]]'''''

to:

* Agatha decides to sabotage the "cursed waters" that [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php#.YmYqW-3MKUl php?date=20220422 Dr. Monahan and Clank!Lucrezia are bathing in]] and [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20220425 they start start]] '''''[[BodyHorror to melt.]]''''']]'''''
* [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/ggmain/doublespreads/ggcoll23_041_042.html The Song Keeper]], the corrupted Great Cetean mentioned by the Deepspeaker. To call it a {{Kaiju}} is ''severely understating it'', it literally has ''an entire army of kaiju within it''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** The summoning engine was used on any girl found to have the Spark. Aaronev used it on ''hundreds'' of girls.


Added DiffLines:

** Not that Anevka herself doesn't deserve some mention. Unlike a lot of the psychoes the comic has, she lacks any comedic traits whatsoever. Making it worse, we never really learn if this is because something went wrong with the mind-transfer, if there's just something about being a Clank, or if Anevka was just really like that.


Added DiffLines:

** Othar's goofball act? It is in fact an ''act''. When the situation is serious enough, he drops it. In the novels, seeing this is enough to unnerve the Baron.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* Agatha decides to sabotage the "cursed waters" that [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php#.YmYqW-3MKUl Dr. Monahan and Clank!Lucrezia are bathing in]] and they start '''''[[BodyHorror to melt.]]'''''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** The way Albia reveals this is by summoning everyone to her chambers. When Gil is first to approach, Agatha is nervous. One of her friends offhandedly mentions that the reason can't be that bad only for Gil's respectful and polite introduction to be cut off by Albia roaring 'Silence!' Everyone hearing ''that'' then comments that the situation is bad.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** 4th novel says Lucrezia was pregnant with Agatha during the attack on the Castle.

to:

** The 4th novel says Lucrezia was pregnant with Agatha during the attack on the Castle.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1bde6c4d_2348_4618_b982_297572751864.jpeg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Quite the menacing face…]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** For that matter, Tarvek reminding everyone just how many girls met their deaths at the Summoning Engines, enough to alter the dmeographics of a whole generation to where female sparks are seen as ''rare'' in that age range.

to:

** For that matter, Tarvek reminding everyone just how many girls met their deaths at the Summoning Engines, enough to alter the dmeographics demographics of a whole generation to where female sparks are seen as ''rare'' in that age range.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** [[spoiler:It's made less creepy once it's revealed Higgs in the jager spy master for the Heterodynes and firmly on Agatha's side]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** For that matter, Tarvek reminding everyone just how many girls met their deaths at the Summoning Engines, enough to alter the dmeographics of a whole generation to where female sparks are seen as ''rare'' in that age range.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* It's very easy to write off Othar Trygvassen (Gentleman Adventurer) as a humorously unkillable comic relief character, but every now and again he reminds us that his mission is to ''kill every spark in the world.'' Upon his return in volume 8, after Tarvek shows a surprising (to Othar) amount of basic decency, he showers him with praise, then rather creepily reminds him that all the girls that fell victim to the Sturmvorous Summoning Engines were Sparks, and thus fated to die anyway, but Tarvek would be one of the last he'd go after.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Princess Anevka Sturmvorous - add reference to clank form, which is creepy if you've seen the story arc

Added DiffLines:

* Princess Anevka Sturmvorous in her clank form is... [[UncannyValley quite unsettling]] with a PerpetualSmiler face and her clank form [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20191014 in this September 2019 strip]] is just full-on creepy. Of course, we never see what she looked like pre-clank, which is left to the audience to guess.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** 4th novel says Lucrezia was pregnant with Agatha during the attack on the Castle.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* Albia reveals that the Other is ''not'' happy about having lost her connection with Agatha, and has now launched a full on invasion of Europa in a vengeful fury.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* Sparks alone are scary enough-- people with a dubious grasp on sanity with the ability to warp the laws of reality via Science would be worrying to anyone. But when the simple-minded Doctor Dim has his intellect restored by a curious EldritchAbomination, we find out just why Klaus cored the brain of [[TheDreaded Doctor Dimitri Vapnoople]]. He's not just your ordinary fulminating madboy with delusions of grandeur, he's a dangerous [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]] [[TheBeastmaster Beastmaster]] with the ability to command [[EldritchAbomination eldritch monsters]], and to top that all off, he's also a CombatPragmatist. When Dr. Dim was first introduced, the FateWorseThanDeath that Klaus had imposed upon him had seemed [[DisproportionateRetribution disproportionate]], but after seeing him return to form within minutes of having his mind restored, it may be that Klaus ''didn't go far enough.''

Added: 135

Changed: 24

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Moments subpages are Spoilers Off pages


'''As a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff as per policy.]] Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.'''
----



* The Slaver Wasps. Every thing revealed about them just makes them worse. The novels reveal they ''fuse'' to the nerves of their victims. And the reason they initially didn't work on Sparks? It's not because the Other ''couldn't'' make them like that, [[spoiler:it just made a promise to the Knights of Jove.]]

to:

* The Slaver Wasps. Every thing revealed about them just makes them worse. The novels reveal they ''fuse'' to the nerves of their victims. And the reason they initially didn't work on Sparks? It's not because the Other ''couldn't'' make them like that, [[spoiler:it it just made a promise to the Knights of Jove.]]



* Queen Albia is just plain freaky. Gil states that it's "literally unthinkable" for her subjects to disobey her, implying that she uses some kinda MindControl or HiveMind to control her people. The latter seems ruled out, but her absolute power over an (arguably) dying country is bizarre even in this universe as she's been alive for millenia as an immortal monarch. Her sparking out is also surprising. Judging by Voltaire's statements about her, you would assume she's relatively grounded and sane with control over her sparkiness. This isn't the case however. Whereas Voltaire and Klaus have very refined control of their "madness place", Albia gets almost completely consumed by it just as easily as a relatively green Agatha. Furthermore, [[spoiler:she seems to want to make Agatha a permanent additional to her "garden" and seems to mean it literally, implying that she's been capturing and enslaving sparks for a very, very long time and forcing them to work for her]]. She also uses the RoyalWe when she speaks, but she is so insane that it makes you wonder if she doesn't literally have MultiplePersonalities.

to:

* Queen Albia is just plain freaky. Gil states that it's "literally unthinkable" for her subjects to disobey her, implying that she uses some kinda MindControl or HiveMind to control her people. The latter seems ruled out, but her absolute power over an (arguably) dying country is bizarre even in this universe as she's been alive for millenia as an immortal monarch. Her sparking out is also surprising. Judging by Voltaire's statements about her, you would assume she's relatively grounded and sane with control over her sparkiness. This isn't the case however. Whereas Voltaire and Klaus have very refined control of their "madness place", Albia gets almost completely consumed by it just as easily as a relatively green Agatha. Furthermore, [[spoiler:she she seems to want to make Agatha a permanent additional to her "garden" and seems to mean it literally, implying that she's been capturing and enslaving sparks for a very, very long time and forcing them to work for her]].her. She also uses the RoyalWe when she speaks, but she is so insane that it makes you wonder if she doesn't literally have MultiplePersonalities.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* The Dreen. The first thing that both [[MagnificentBastard Tarvek]] and a [[BloodKnight Jäger]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking General]] do upon seeing one is panic and run for it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** Aaronev is all kinds of disturbing anyway. The man killed his daughter Anevka by putting her in the Summoning Engine, because he had a crush on Lucrezia.


Added DiffLines:

* When Tarvek starts figuring out who (or ''what'') Higgs actually is, Higgs - who has been generally unflappable the whole time we've known him - laughs. And it's creepy as hell.
* The Other / Lucrezia's relationship with Agatha is all kinds of hideously messed up to begin with, but it's strongly hinted that she / it intentionally conceived Agatha solely to use in the Summoning Engine. And Agatha was conceived after Bill and Barry went missing, raising a few very squicky questions as to just ''how'' she was conceived...
* Albia's flashback to the deaths of her fellow queens, and more specifically who was responsible for it: ''Lucrezia''. But she's clearly been through the wringer - she's much older looking, and has had several body parts replaced, including an eye and quite possibly her legs.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Queen Albia is just plain freaky. Gil states that it's "literally unthinkable" for her subjects to disobey her, implying that she uses some kinda MindControl or HiveMind to control her people. The latter seems ruled out, but her absolute power over an (arguably) dying country is bizarre even in this universe as she's been alive for millenia as an immortal monarch. Her sparking out is also surprising. Judging by Voltaire's statements about her, you would assume she's relatively grounded and sane with control over her sparkiness. This isn't the case however. Whereas Voltaire and Klaus have very refined control of their "madness place", Albia gets almost completely consumed by it just as easily as a relatively green Agatha. Furthermore, [[spoiler:she seems to want to make Agatha a permanent additional to her "garden" and seems to mean it literally, implying that she's been capturing and enslaving sparks for a very, very long time and forcing them to work for her]]. She also uses the RoyalWe when she speaks, but she is so insane that it makes you wonder if she doesn't literally have MultiplePersonalities.

to:

* Queen Albia is just plain freaky. Gil states that it's "literally unthinkable" for her subjects to disobey her, implying that she uses some kinda MindControl or HiveMind to control her people. The latter seems ruled out, but her absolute power over an (arguably) dying country is bizarre even in this universe as she's been alive for millenia as an immortal monarch. Her sparking out is also surprising. Judging by Voltaire's statements about her, you would assume she's relatively grounded and sane with control over her sparkiness. This isn't the case however. Whereas Voltaire and Klaus have very refined control of their "madness place", Albia gets almost completely consumed by it just as easily as a relatively green Agatha. Furthermore, [[spoiler:she seems to want to make Agatha a permanent additional to her "garden" and seems to mean it literally, implying that she's been capturing and enslaving sparks for a very, very long time and forcing them to work for her]]. She also uses the RoyalWe when she speaks, but she is so insane that it makes you wonder if she doesn't literally have MultiplePersonalities.MultiplePersonalities.
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


--->'''Woger:''' Hraggel's Point. The whole town's been ''wasped''—and ''we'' were ''there.'' [...] We were supposed to sniff out [Herr Drumblebekk's] storehouses and trace his buyers. We tracked him to the second basement of a roadside inn. There was a hidden door in the floor, and when he went to open it it opened from the ''other side.'' I don't think he was expecting ''revenants.'' Yes, and these weren't just nice people mind-controlled by the Other... these were old style ''shamblers.'' They had ''masters.'' It was an ''invasion.'' Quiet. In the dead of night. They came up all over town—through basements and tunnels. Once the town was infected they ''left'' the same way. Then everyone went back to sleep, like nothing had ever happened. It was really ''creepy.''

to:

--->'''Woger:''' -->'''Woger:''' Hraggel's Point. The whole town's been ''wasped''—and ''we'' were ''there.'' [...] We were supposed to sniff out [Herr Drumblebekk's] storehouses and trace his buyers. We tracked him to the second basement of a roadside inn. There was a hidden door in the floor, and when he went to open it it opened from the ''other side.'' I don't think he was expecting ''revenants.'' Yes, and these weren't just nice people mind-controlled by the Other... these were old style ''shamblers.'' They had ''masters.'' It was an ''invasion.'' Quiet. In the dead of night. They came up all over town—through basements and tunnels. Once the town was infected they ''left'' the same way. Then everyone went back to sleep, like nothing had ever happened. It was really ''creepy.''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Queen Albia is just plain freaky. Gil states that it's "literally unthinkable" for her subjects to disobey her, implying that she uses some kinda MindControl or HiveMind to control her people. The latter seems ruled out, but her absolute power over an (arguably) dying country is bizarre even in this universe as she's been alive for millenia as an immortal monarch. Her sparking out is also surprising. Judging by Voltaire's statements about her, you would assume she's relatively grounded and sane with control over her sparkiness. This isn't the case however. Whereas Voltaire and Klaus have very refined control of their "madness place", Albia gets almost completely consumed by it just as easily as a relatively green Agatha. Furthermore, [[spoiler:she seems to want to make Agatha a permanent additional to her "garden" and seems to mean it literally, implying that she's been capturing and enslaving sparks for a very, very long time and forcing them to work for her]]. She has uses the RoyalWe when she speaks, but she is so insane that it makes you wonder if she doesn't literally have MultiplePersonalities.

to:

* Queen Albia is just plain freaky. Gil states that it's "literally unthinkable" for her subjects to disobey her, implying that she uses some kinda MindControl or HiveMind to control her people. The latter seems ruled out, but her absolute power over an (arguably) dying country is bizarre even in this universe as she's been alive for millenia as an immortal monarch. Her sparking out is also surprising. Judging by Voltaire's statements about her, you would assume she's relatively grounded and sane with control over her sparkiness. This isn't the case however. Whereas Voltaire and Klaus have very refined control of their "madness place", Albia gets almost completely consumed by it just as easily as a relatively green Agatha. Furthermore, [[spoiler:she seems to want to make Agatha a permanent additional to her "garden" and seems to mean it literally, implying that she's been capturing and enslaving sparks for a very, very long time and forcing them to work for her]]. She has also uses the RoyalWe when she speaks, but she is so insane that it makes you wonder if she doesn't literally have MultiplePersonalities.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Queen Albia is just plain freaky. Gil states that it's "literally unthinkable" for her subjects to disobey her, implying that she uses some kinda MindControl or HiveMind to control her people. The latter seems ruled out, but her absolute power over an (arguably) dying country is bizarre even in this universe as she's been alive for millenia as an immortal monarch. Her sparking out is also surprising. Judging by Voltaire's statements about her, you would assume she's relatively grounded and sane with control over her sparkiness. This isn't the case however. Whereas Voltaire and Klaus have very refined control of their "madness place", Albia gets almost completely consumed by it just as easily as a relatively green Agatha. Furthermore, [[spoiler:she seems to want to make Agatha a permanent additional to her "garden" and seems to mean it literally, implying that she's been capturing and enslaving sparks for a very, very long time and forces them to work for her]]. She has uses the RoyalWe when she speaks, but she is so insane that it makes you wonder if she doesn't literally have MultiplePersonalities.

to:

* Queen Albia is just plain freaky. Gil states that it's "literally unthinkable" for her subjects to disobey her, implying that she uses some kinda MindControl or HiveMind to control her people. The latter seems ruled out, but her absolute power over an (arguably) dying country is bizarre even in this universe as she's been alive for millenia as an immortal monarch. Her sparking out is also surprising. Judging by Voltaire's statements about her, you would assume she's relatively grounded and sane with control over her sparkiness. This isn't the case however. Whereas Voltaire and Klaus have very refined control of their "madness place", Albia gets almost completely consumed by it just as easily as a relatively green Agatha. Furthermore, [[spoiler:she seems to want to make Agatha a permanent additional to her "garden" and seems to mean it literally, implying that she's been capturing and enslaving sparks for a very, very long time and forces forcing them to work for her]]. She has uses the RoyalWe when she speaks, but she is so insane that it makes you wonder if she doesn't literally have MultiplePersonalities.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* The [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20021125 "Jars" in Beetlesburg]] that criminals are put into for a very slow and public execution by starvation and sun exposure and then left to rot.
* The Slaver Wasps. Every thing revealed about them just makes them worse. The novels reveal they ''fuse'' to the nerves of their victims. And the reason they initially didn't work on Sparks? It's not because the Other ''couldn't'' make them like that, [[spoiler:it just made a promise to the Knights of Jove.]]
* The horse....''thing'' from early in the comic's run, seen [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050404 through the next five pages]].
* The fate of Passholdt, and its inhabitants.
* The BadFuture from Othar's Twitter adventures.
* Prince Aaronev's experiment when he's first introduced. The novel manages to take it UpToEleven by mentioning ''twitching'', and a small, strangled scream...
* The various tools Agatha's forebears left in the medical lab she and Gil try to cure Tarvek in are all designed for horrifying uses, except the scream generator which was just for ambiance without it actually having to injure someone to make the noise, including [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090814 replacing blood with molten brass and eight different types of electrocution.]]
* The fate of Hraggel's Point, as described by two of Gil's agents who had [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150615 horrifying front row seats:]]
--->'''Woger:''' Hraggel's Point. The whole town's been ''wasped''—and ''we'' were ''there.'' [...] We were supposed to sniff out [Herr Drumblebekk's] storehouses and trace his buyers. We tracked him to the second basement of a roadside inn. There was a hidden door in the floor, and when he went to open it it opened from the ''other side.'' I don't think he was expecting ''revenants.'' Yes, and these weren't just nice people mind-controlled by the Other... these were old style ''shamblers.'' They had ''masters.'' It was an ''invasion.'' Quiet. In the dead of night. They came up all over town—through basements and tunnels. Once the town was infected they ''left'' the same way. Then everyone went back to sleep, like nothing had ever happened. It was really ''creepy.''
* Queen Albia is just plain freaky. Gil states that it's "literally unthinkable" for her subjects to disobey her, implying that she uses some kinda MindControl or HiveMind to control her people. The latter seems ruled out, but her absolute power over an (arguably) dying country is bizarre even in this universe as she's been alive for millenia as an immortal monarch. Her sparking out is also surprising. Judging by Voltaire's statements about her, you would assume she's relatively grounded and sane with control over her sparkiness. This isn't the case however. Whereas Voltaire and Klaus have very refined control of their "madness place", Albia gets almost completely consumed by it just as easily as a relatively green Agatha. Furthermore, [[spoiler:she seems to want to make Agatha a permanent additional to her "garden" and seems to mean it literally, implying that she's been capturing and enslaving sparks for a very, very long time and forces them to work for her]]. She has uses the RoyalWe when she speaks, but she is so insane that it makes you wonder if she doesn't literally have MultiplePersonalities.

Top