History NightmareFuel / KingdomHeartsI

-->''[[TheHeartless Ones born of the heart and darkness, devoid of hearts]], ravage all worlds and bring [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt desolation]].''\\

''Seize all hearts and consummate the great heart. All hearts to be one, one heart to encompass all.''\\

''Realize the destiny: the realm of [[TitleDrop Kingdom Hearts]]. The great darkness sealed within the great heart.''\\

''Progeny of darkness, come back to the [[DeathWorld eternal darkness]]. For the heart of light shall unseal the path.''\\

''Seven hearts, one Keyhole, one key to the door. The door of darkness, tied by [[TheHero two]] [[BigGood keys]].''\\

''The door of darkness to seal the light. [[{{Foreshadowing}} None shall pass]] but shadows, returning to the darkness.''\\

''Ones born of the heart and darkness, hunger for every heart until the dark door opens.''

** The Bit Sniper Heartless is also terrifying in its own right; it looks like what's best described as a black teardrop with small yellow eyes and a jagged mouth whose batlike wings end in long extensions that look like legs. It doesn't help that it can only be found at this battle and therefore it doesn't have an entry in Jiminy's Journal. Just imagine what would happen if Ansem sent a swarm of these things instead of the classical Shadows.

* One part of the final fight with Ansem has players fighting in [[PrimalFear almost complete darkness]].

** The Bit Sniper Heartless is also terrifying in its own right; it looks like what's best described as a black teardrop with small yellow eyes and a jagged mouth whose bat wings are long enough to use as legs. It doesn't help that it can only be found at this battle and therefore it doesn't have an entry in Jiminy's Journal. Just imagine what would happen if Ansem sent a swarm of these things instead of the classical Shadows.

** The Bit Sniper Heartless that can only be found in this battle is also terrifying in its own right; it looks like what's best described as a black teardrop with small yellow eyes and a jagged mouth whose bat wings are long enough to use as legs. Imagine what would happen if a swarm of these things appeared instead of Shadows.

* [[{{Superboss}} The Phantom.]] Everything about this... ''thing'' is the stuff of nightmares, and not just because of its difficulty. It's a GrimReaper-like Heartless that eerily flies about like a banshee, just hanging out near Big Ben. When you fight it, it casts ''[[TimeDelayedDeath Doom]]'' on your entire party which, unless countered with casting [[TimeStandsStill Stop]] on one of the clock tower's faces periodically, will take out your party members '''permanently''' (just for the entire fight, but still) All the while, it will continually hound Sora like a horror movie villain and slice at him with its powerful strikes. Its Final Mix look also gives it more of a white color scheme, making it resemble an angel of death. And while you fight it, the ever-dire [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VJ3Jc6H3Jg Destiny's Force]] plays in the background, highlighting just how terrifying it is.

* [[{{Superboss}} The Phantom.]] Everything about this... ''thing'' is the stuff of nightmares, and not just because of its difficulty. It's a GrimReaper-like Heartless that eerily flies about like a banshee, just hanging out near Big Ben. When you fight it, it casts ''[[TimeDelayedDeath Doom]]'' on your entire party which, unless countered with casting [[TimeStandsStill Stop]] on one of the clock tower's faces, will take out your party members ''permanently'' (just for the entire fight, but still) All the while, it will continually hound Sora like a horror movie villain and slice at him with its powerful strikes. Its Final Mix look also gives it more of a white color scheme, making it resemble an angel of death. And while you fight it, the ever-dire [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VJ3Jc6H3Jg Destiny's Force]] plays in the background, highlighting just how terrifying it is.

* [[{{Superboss}} The Phantom.]] Everything about this... ''thing'' is the stuff of nightmares, and not just because of its difficulty. It's a GrimReaper-like Heartless that eerily flies about like a banshee, just hanging out near Big Ben. When you fight it, it casts ''[[TimeDelayedDeath Doom]]'' on your entire party which, unless countered with [[TimeStandsStill Stop]], will take out your party members ''permanently'' (just for the entire fight, but still) All the while, it will continually hound Sora like a horror movie villain and slice at him with its powerful strikes. Its Final Mix look also gives it more of a white color scheme, making it resemble an angel of death. And while you fight it, the ever-dire [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VJ3Jc6H3Jg Destiny's Force]] plays in the background, highlighting just how terrifying it is.

* [[BonusBoss The Phantom.]] Everything about this ''thing'' is the stuff of nightmares, and not just because of its difficulty. It's a GrimReaper-like Heartless that eerily flies about like a banshee, just hanging out near Big Ben. When you fight it, it casts ''[[TimeDelayedDeath Doom]]'' on your entire party which, unless countered with [[TimeStandsStill Stop]], will take out your party members ''permanently'' (just for the entire fight, but still) All the while, it will continually hound Sora like a horror movie villain and slice at him with its powerful strikes. Its Final Mix look also gives it more of a white color scheme, making it resemble an angel of death. And while you fight it, the ever-dire [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VJ3Jc6H3Jg Destiny's Force]] plays in the background, highlighting just how terrifying it is.
* Xemnas' EarlyBirdCameo in ''Final Mix/1.5 Remix'' as a BonusBoss is even more ominous than his proper BossBattle in the second game. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To4XSEinihE Watch it here.]] The way he speaks, without voice and causing his words to flicker and distort; the way he phases through things and flickers, as though literally out-of-sync with reality; and the way the game refers to him merely as "The Unknown"/"He Who Does Not Exist". He also dances around with his crimson [[LaserBlade ethereal blades]] like a deranged Sith Lord and can even lift you up with an attack akin to Force Lightning that locks you out of your commands and gradually hurts you until you press the correct button to break free. Finally his immensely eerie boss theme feels like ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' making the encounter probably the most haunting moment in the entire game.
* In the manga, we get a smaller, unintentional example early on, when Sora makes a "happy" face to board the Gummi Ship. Unlike the game, where he just makes a cute, cheeky grin, the manga has him do… [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/38/23/ea/3823eab25bf91f6ea638418649c8d6f7.jpg this]]. It’s ''probably'' supposed to be cute and/or funny looking, but the juxtaposition of exaggeratedly cartoony facial features on Sora’s usually more down to earth looking design makes it look really off.

* In the manga, we get a smaller, unintentional example early on, when Sora makes a "happy" face to board the Gummi Ship. Unlike the game, where he just makes a cute, cheeky grin, the manga has him do… [[https://mobile.twitter.com/imported_meh/status/1447109600700948480/photo/1 this]]. It’s ''probably'' supposed to be cute and/or funny looking, but the juxtaposition of exaggeratedly cartoony facial features on Sora’s usually more down to earth looking design makes it look really off.

The image on the right depicts some ghostly, ethereal place in the midst of an abyss of total darkness.

[[ThisIsGonnaSuck And that's just the tutorial level.]]

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[[caption-width-right:250:[[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Wake up, Sora. Wake up and smell the ashes.]]]]

* Xemnas' EarlyBirdCameo in ''Final Mix/1.5 Remix'' as a BonusBoss is even more ominous than his proper BossBattle in the second game. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To4XSEinihE Watch it here.]] The way he speaks, without voice and causing his words to flicker and distort; the way he phases through things and flickers, as though literally out-of-sync with reality; and the way the game refers to him merely as "The Unknown"/"He Who Does Not Exist", plus his immensely eerie boss theme all combine to make it probably the most haunting moment in the entire game.----

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'''s world is represented as Monstro. The inside of the whale is basically a WombLevel, and everyt ime it's accessed, the Gummi Ship doesn't land. ''It gets eaten whole.'' When it happens, you first see the SpaceWhale "swimming" on its own, [[OhCrap then it spots you]] and swims towards you, and finally opens its mouth. It gets worse when you see everything from behind the Gummi Ship, and therefore you get to see ''Monstro's mouth as it covers the entire screen''. Combine that with the final FadeToBlack and what you get... isn't a pretty image.

* End of the World is a terrifying locale. The music, reprised from the tutorial, makes it seem so serene but you know it's the place of nightmares, being the remnants of countless worlds being destroyed by the Heartless. In the Final Dimension, you see pieces of destroyed worlds raining down ''constantly''. It's truly the heart of darkness.

** Even the Gummi ship routes leading up to End of the World are pretty scary. The music starts out optimistic, energetic and fun, though space gradually gets darker in coloration. Then you get on your way to Hollow Bastion. The music becomes pretty dark all of a sudden, and space becomes very dark. It looks like you're driving through a whirlpool to the deepest darkness. Hollow Bastion is on the very brink of said darkness. Then comes the final journey to End of the World. You're flying in an almost completely dark abyss to the source of all evil in the game, with only a wispy, bright (though definitely not encouraging) array of purple light.
** And let's not forget the fact that it looks EXACTLY like a black hole, which is very fitting considering it's nature.

* Xemnas' EarlyBirdCameo in ''Final Mix/1.5 Remix'' as a BonusBoss is even more ominous than his proper BossBattle in the second game. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To4XSEinihE Watch it here.]] The way he speaks, without voice and causing his words to flicker and distort; the way he phases through things and flickers, as though literally out-of-sync with reality; and the way the game refers to him merely as "The Unknown"/"He Who Does Not Exist", plus his incredibly eerie boss theme all combine to make it probably the most haunting moment in the entire game.----