History NightmareFuel / GothamSeasonOne

** ForegoneConclusion though it may be that Bruce survives, the gunman was clearly considering whether or not to put a couple in Bruce's head. To reiterate: He was about to ''shoot a little boy'' and there wasn't a soul around who could do anything to stop him. (Selina was up on the fire escape and, agile as she is, she probably can't outrun a bullet, so she likely would not have been much help.) It's scenes like this that show just [[WretchedHiveOfScumAndVillainy what kind of place]] Gotham really is.

* Dorothy Duncan. At the age of sixteen, she poisoned five kids with poison candy [[ButForMeItWasTuesday claiming it was for homework]]. And we don't even know that she was an inmate of Arkham Asylum until ''the last ten minutes of the show''. Once Arkham re-opened, she posed as a member of Arkham's staff. She was thought to be the VillInOfTheWeek until it was revealed that she was also given electroshock therapy by Gruber.

** As of "Under the Knife", time has run out, and Nygma's fugue-state stabbing of Miss Kringle's abusive boyfriend makes even the Penguin's KnifeNut moments look rational. At least Cobblepot knows when to ''stop''.

* How about some good old fashioned AdultFear? While Bruce is asleep on the couch, Selina Kyle walks right in, has a look around, grabs something and then leaves without anybody being the wiser. Sure, Selina isn't all that bad, but just imagine somebody breaking into your house like that, while your children are asleep, without you ever knowing?

** Not to mention all the other AdultFear throughout the episode.

* Penguin [[ShootTheMessenger murders a delivery guy]] ''for no reason at all'' other than to vent his frustration at Maroni.

* The leader of the Assassins claims to not want to kill Bruce because he wasn't on the contract. But the gardener she killed wasn't on the contract either. There had to be an easier way to get into the manor, or even an easier way to fake a car accident. Either that gardener did something to earn a contract, or they need Bruce for something in the future.

* The scene where Oswald [[spoiler: kills a fisherman by slashing his throat and [[EnemyEatsYourLunch eating his sandwich]].]] Brings back some memories of Danny [=DeVito=]'s [[Film/BatmanReturns portrayal]].

* Penguin just gets even scarier in this episode in the final scene when [[spoiler:he hires a group of robbers to rob money from his restaurant, only to kill them by feeding them poisoned cannoli and taking it back]]. Yeah, "Don't fuck with Penguin" is putting it lightly. Penguin's boyish smirks as he watches them eat is even more disturbing.
* The signature go-to move for assassin Gladwell is to [[spoiler: stab his victims through their eyes with a custom-made pop-up blade.]]
* Fish's "final audition" for her new singer/secret weapon is really disturbing. She can't decide between the two candidates, so [[spoiler: she takes the girls to an alley and forces them to fight each other, giving the job to the last one standing.]] All while she watches with cold satisfaction, like a Roman Emperor watching a bloodsport.

* In the episode, Bruce talks with a woman who's self-described as 'middle management' in Wayne Enterprises, and lets her know that he's found 'irregularities' in the company's accounts in relation to Arkham. [[spoiler: At the end of the episode, the woman is seen spying on Gordon and Bullock, and it's heavily implied that she is complicit in not just the Viper scandal, but whatever's going on with Arkham and the murder of Bruce's parents. The lady has no problems covering up [=WellZyn's=] dealings in pharmaceutical weaponry. Who knows what will happen to Bruce if he asks too many questions?]]

** [[spoiler: As of "Under the Knife", time has run out, and Nygma's fugue-state stabbing of Miss Kringle's abusive boyfriend makes even the Penguin's KnifeNut moments look rational. At least Cobblepot knows when to ''stop''...]]

* Inmate Jack Gruber, or [[spoiler:The Electrocutioner]]. His appearance ''alone'' during the interrogation is unsettling enough with his DissonantSerenity. While his rap sheet alone[[note]]rape and murder[[/note]] is enough to unnerve most, his [[spoiler: reveal as the BigBad of the episode]] turns him into a full-on threat.
** And his ''method'' for [[spoiler: experimenting with the inmates at Arkham? Electroshock therapy. And how he does it? By jamming needles into the frontal lobes of the inmate and shocking them to the point where they can't even speak.]] And with each inmate, ''[[spoiler: his methods improve]]''.
** And he manages to ''escape Arkham'' due to his [[spoiler: most successful experiment]]. And he manages to gloat about his victory in the form of a letter directed specifically to Gordon.
* Dorothy Duncan. At the age of sixteen, she poisoned five kids with poison candy [[ButForMeItWasTuesday claiming it was for homework]]. And we don't even know that [[spoiler: she was an inmate of Arkham Asylum]] until '''the last ten minutes of the show'''. Once Arkham re-opened, she [[spoiler: posed as a member of Arkham's staff]]. She was [[spoiler: thought to be the BigBad until it was revealed that she was also given electroshock therapy by Gruber]].

** Afterwards, he injects himself with a dose of the drug and hallucinates seeing his ([[spoiler:dead]]) wife coming down the stairs ''while a path of flames forms behind her''.
** Gerald injects his son with the drug ''twice'' in order to help him control his fear. After the second dosage, Johnathan looks up to see [[http://media.comicbook.com/uploads1/2015/02/scarecrow1-122057.jpg his own scarecrow peering down at him with a glowing, almost-demonic face]]. [[spoiler: Gordon eventually saves him and he's sent to the hospital immediately, but the drug had left him in a state of constant fear, and at the end of the episode, he imagines seeing a monstrous ([[{{Foreshadowing}} and very familiar-looking]]) scarecrow rising from his bed and lunging at him.]]

* [[spoiler: Jerome]] is ''incredibly'' unsettling once his true nature is revealed. Considering [[ComicBook/TheJoker who]] he might end up becoming, it's only appropriate.
** He's "merely" unsettling before the reveal. The way he talks matter-of-factly to Gordon about [[spoiler:his own mother sleeping around]] was a huge red flag.

** Just the mere fact that he does a near spot-on impression of [[spoiler:Creator/JackNicholson's Joker]] is creepy enough. With [[spoiler:Creator/HeathLedger's laugh]] as inspiration for his own.
* Fish Mooney calling the captors' bluff by [[spoiler:convincing her fellow hostages to deny the captors the next victim for body parts... by '''killing''' the victim before the captors could take him away for harvesting.]]
* As if Zsasz needed to be any more horrifying than he already was, it turns out [[spoiler:Butch]] is still alive, except that he's... changed. Unless it's some kind of ruse, [[spoiler:it seems Victor has tortured and broke him into complete subservience and willingness to follow even the most humiliating orders]].

* The ''incredibly'' disturbing scene where Fish Mooney [[spoiler: [[EyeScream pulls her eye out]] with a spoon and stomps on it with her foot. [[NauseaFuel It's one of the most gruesome scenes in the show, to date!]]]]
* The implication that [[spoiler:a simple red hood can give anyone in Gotham the impulse to commit crimes... and that we might not have met [[ComicBook/TheJoker its true owner]] yet.]]
* [[spoiler:Alfred getting stabbed by his old friend Reggie, although more heartbreaking than nightmarish. It's still scary that in Gotham's world, your friends can turn on you like that.]]
** [[spoiler: Then we find out that Reggie is on the payroll of the Board of Wayne Enterprises. He was sent to see how much Bruce dug up, '''and''' stab Alfred. It's clear they aren't taking any chances: they want Bruce - ''a twelve-year old boy'' - out of the picture]].

* The scene where Dr. Dulmacher (A.K.A. the Dollmaker) shows Fish an example of his twisted experiments. [[spoiler: [[BodyHorror He surgically removed every part of his manager's body and and stitched on replacement parts, which previously belonged to OTHER VICTIMS. As a result, he turned into a disturbing, Frankenstein-like monstrosity.]] That scene was made worse since the manager was played by Jeffrey Combs, who played Dr. Vannacutt in Film/HouseOnHauntedHill1999, as well as Herbert West in Film/ReAnimator. Very unsettling to see him on the other side of the operating table.]]
* The revelation about what happened to [[spoiler: Loeb's wife. Their daughter murdered her because she thought it was her turn to sing and not her mother's. The way it was revealed, with the necklace of dead birds, was spooky.]]

*** Then there's the fact that [[spoiler: Commissioner Loeb made sure that Gordon would get the cold case, knowing he would go after the Ogre with his usual gung-ho attitude and probably get Lee killed as a result. Loeb is willing to let an innocent woman be abducted, tortured and ''killed'' just to teach Gordon a lesson.]]
* [[spoiler: Selina killing Reggie when he threatens to tell his employers that Bruce is on to them.]]
** [[spoiler: Hell, the fact that Bruce himself was this close to doing it himself, only stopping at the last moment.]]

* [[spoiler: The Ogre's interactions with Barbara. He contacts her so he can kill her, but once he realizes that she's no longer with Gordon and sees just how bitter and lost she is, he begins to...beguile her into his way of thinking. He shows her his dungeon at the end of the episode, and the last shot is of them turning to each other and smiling.]]
* [[spoiler: Edward killing Miss Kringle's abusive boyfriend. He was already on his way to a breakdown, and as he stares at the body, he alternates between muttering 'Oh dear' in horror at what he's done and ''[[LaughingMad giggling]]''.]]
** [[spoiler: The fact he does so beneath some elevated train tracks, as a passing train throws down sparks that illuminate the scene like lightning-flashes, make it all the more surreal. It's like we're looking into Nygma's own reeling brain, neurons short-circuiting erratically from what he's just done and is still doing.]]
* [[spoiler: Penguin [[ShootTheMessenger murders a delivery guy]] ''for no reason at all'' other than to vent his frustration at Maroni.]] I'm pretty sure at this point he has the ''highest'' on-screen body count of all the villains in the show, surpassing serial killers and hardened hitmen.

* Edward finally developing his dark side. He [[spoiler: chops up Officer Dougherty's body limb by limb, and successfully disposes of it without anyone knowing the wiser. He even gets a hold of his ''skull'' (through the [[EyeScream eye sockets]] no less!) and taunts it, right before stuffing it into a bag and ''smashing it to pieces with a hammer''.]]
* The Ogre [[spoiler: killing Barbara's parents with a knife.]] Also counts as a {{Tearjerker}}.
* After [[spoiler: Barbara's parents are killed]], she appears to have completely mentally ''snapped.''
** Either that, or she's drugged out of her mind after drinking what the Ogre claimed was water, and she '''will''' snap when it wears off and she realizes [[spoiler: her own doped-up suggestion got her parents killed]].

* The AloneWithThePsycho scene between Barbara and Leslie. The scene is creepy even '''before''' Barbara goes AxCrazy!
** ''After'' she goes crazy, [[spoiler:Leslie rushes to the restroom to hide, and Barbara manages to break a patch through the door with a fireplace poker. During her following struggle with Leslie, Barbara even manages to smack her around a few times, nearly killing her before Leslie gets the upper hand and knocks her out.]]
** TheReveal that [[spoiler:Barbara killed her own parents and not the Ogre as originally believed. She had bought into the Ogre's mindset well before Gordon and Bullock showed up to rescue her.]]

* Is it just me or did Kringle seem a lot more interested in Edward [[spoiler: when she thought that he was involved in Dougherty's disappearance?]]
* Penguin's is just as terrifying, if not more. He's spent a great portion of the finale cowering in fear and begging for forgiveness, and [[spoiler: after Fish kills Maroni]], he disappears before showing back [[spoiler: with a ''machine gun'', mowing down Fish's soldiers before headshotting the last one surviving with a dropped pistol he found right after.]] He's finally snapped and ready to kill Fish once and all.

* Anytime Oswald and his mother are on screen together is ridiculously creepy, especially the bathtub scene.

* As if Zsasz needed to be any more horrifying than he already was, it turns out [[spoiler:Butch]] is still alive, except that he's... changed. Unless it's some kind of ruse, [[spoiler:it seems Viktor has tortured and broke him into complete subservience and willingness to follow even the most humiliating orders]].

* Nygma. If you look closely you can see he gives Bullock a DeathGlare when he tells him to stop it with the riddles. Then there's his behavior around Miss Kringle, it comes off as obessive stalking. What's worse Nygma doesn't understand he's doing anything wrong, he think it's normal flirting. He has all the makings of someone who's just gonna ''snap''. It's only a matter of time.

* He only shows up for the one scene, but Selena's fence, Clyde, is one creepy guy. Plus, he's willing to sell out Selina just to make a buck.

* The leader of the Assassins claims to not want to kill Bruce because he wasn't on the contract. But the gardener she killed wasn't on the contract either. There had to be an easier way to get into the manor, or even an easier way to fake a car accident. Either that Gardener did something to earn a contract, or they need Bruce for something in the future.

* As if Zsasz needed to be any more horrifying than he already was, it turns out [[spoiler:Butch]] is still alive, except that he's... changed. Unless it's some kind of ruse, [[spoiler:it seems Viktor has tortured and broke him into complete subserviance and willingness to follow even the most humiliating orders]].

* The scene where Dr. Dulmacher (A.K.A. the Dollmaker) shows Fish an example of his twisted experiments. [[spoiler: [[BodyHorror He surgically removed every part of his manager's body and and stitched on replacement parts, which previously belonged to OTHER VICTIMS. As a result, he turned into a disturbing, Frankenstein-like monstrosity.]] That scene was made worse since the manager was played by Jeffrey Combs, who played Dr. Vannacutt in Film/HouseOnHauntedHill1999. Very unsettling to see him on the other side of the operating table.]]

* The serial killer in this episode (nicknamed [[TheDreaded 'The Ogre']] amongst the GCPD), who abducts women for weeks or months at a time, keeps them hostage in his loft until they do something he doesn't approve of, and then he slaughters them and dumps their bodies. His last victim was murdered because she [[DisproportionateRetribution overcooked his lamb dinner.]]

* Oswald deciding to jumpstart a gang war by having his goons kill Maroni....excpet he sabotaged the weapons they hid the bar the hit was suppose to take place. And to top it all off they were Falcone's goons. What follows it some of the bloodiest carnage ever seen in Gotham.

** ''After'' she goes crazy, [[spoiler:Leslie rushes to the restroom to hide, and Barbara manages to break a patch through the door with a fireplace poker. During her following scruffle with Leslie, Barbara even manages to smack her around a few times, nearly killing her before Leslie gets the upperhand and knocks her out.]]

* Is it just me or did Krignle seem a lot more interested in Edward [[spoiler: when she thought that he was involved in Dougherty's disappearance.]]