History NightmareFuel / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW

Given that [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the original show]] has a [[SurpriseCreepy surprising amount]] of creepy content, it should be pretty obvious that the [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW comics]] based on the show have some pretty freaky stuff as well.

* The cover of issue #3, featuring the Mane Six minus Twilight as Changelings. Also the cover of issue #4, with the Mane Six trapped in Changeling goo as a giant, [[UncannyValley detailed]] Chrysalis in the background bares her fangs in a horrific SlasherSmile. It's the current page image for VileVillainSaccharineShow for good reason.

** UpToEleven with the Season 5 finale. With Starlight undoing the Sonic Rainboom, we see several bad futures of villains winning. From the eternal night of Nightmare Moon to the ruins by Tirek, or even the [[NothingIsScarier horrific unexplainable wasteland]] near the end, it is truly frightening just how much is at stake each time our beloved protagonists fight.

* The entire premise of the arc is rather freaky when you put yourself in the ponies' position. Imagine being plagued for a week with nightmares, unable to get a good night's sleep. Desperate to fight them off, they have a sleepover, reasoning that if they're together, they won't be scared. They still have nightmares (and [[AdultFear very realistic ones, at that]]). The ponies then awake to find Rarity ''screaming and being dragged out of her bed by an indistinct black mass.'' They're unable to save her. The entire concept is something straight out of ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet''.

* The AdultFear introduced when the CMC are left alone with Flutterbat. They are three CHILDREN, watching a monster.

* [[AdultFear It must have been a terrible night for all missing foals' parents and guardians, Cheerilee included]]. However, Rarity deserves special mention. She's seen rushing to Sweetie Belle before anypony else, her mascara smeared and her hair messy -- a jarring contrast to her usual cleanness and elegance. Poor girl must have been crying all night over unintentionally providing the distraction that helped her little sister (and six other kids) get lost.

* Tremendous AdultFear on the part of the Mane Six, as a mistake on Twilight's part resulted in everyone adding conflicting items to the haunted house she had set up, including traps from Rainbow Dash, apple-scented candles from Applejack, silk draperies from Rarity (highly flammable), and Fluttershy's animal friends, animals being known for panicking when things get set on fire. This misunderstanding turns the haunted house into a deathtrap, and if it weren't for Yona's motivational speech and quick thinking when things inevitably went wrong, what should have been a happy night for the Young Six would have ended tragically.

* Even worse in issue #3 where Chrysalis and her minions utterly take over a town of [[TastesLikeDiabetes adorable, innocent cat-like creatures]] filled with WUB- errr love and ''[[http://derpibooru.org/209622 consume their souls]]'' as they reduce said town to a grim dystopia that looks like [[WombLevel it's made of rotting viscera]]. Remember, ''this'' is what they wanted to do to Equestria.

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** And quoting Jack Nicholson's Joker while recreating the iconic mirror scene certainly dosen't make things less creepy.

** And considering how Applejack was corrupted to the point of developing false memoties and Luna was turned back into Nightnare Moon, whose to say corrupted Twilight wouldn't have evolved into ''Midnight Sparkle''?
** Combining the Pinkie Pie entry with this one, if Nightmare Moon actually offed Pinkie Pie, [[FridgeHorror the chain of events that leads to the other ponies getting cured wouldn't have happened]]. Even if it somehow did, Twilight would be impervious to any and all other plans. If there was no more Pinkie Pie, [[TheBadGuyWins nothing would stand in her way]].
* Retroactive one. Many questioned why Celestia didn't get involved personally. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E10ARoyalProblem Once we see her evil alter-ego unleashed]], there is [[OmnicidalManiac no more question]].
* Finally, Luna outright says they only defeated the corrupted Mane 6 because it made them too self-interested to work together, [[FridgeHorror but that they'd be unstoppable otherwise]]... The end.

* With all sound removed from the area, Canterlot descends into chaos, with ponies freaking out, and others oblivious to dangers they could normally hear coming. It's all very unnerving, particulary one scene involving a mother pony being completely unaware that her foal is crying, despite being in the same room with her.

** And quoting Jack Nicholson's Joker while recreating the uconic mirror scene certainly dosen't make things less creepy.

** And considering how Applejack was cortupted to the point of developing false memoties and Luna was turned back into Nightnare Moon, whose to say corrupted Twilight wouldn't have evolved into ''Midnight Sparkle''?

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