History NightmareFuel / MysteryScienceTheater3000

** The Tickle Me Carlo Lombardi doll sketch, from the same episode. Firstly, it has a miniature Carlo Lombardi laughing in a devilishly low voice. Secondly, ''it sticks to Mike's hands and he can't get the blasted thing off''. Thirdly, Crow's slow, trance-like voice, even when he sings that little ditty, gives an unnerving sense of possession. Lastly, the doll keeps making that horrible laugh even after Mike's flailing has damaged it so badly that its head seems to now look like a skull.
--->'''Crow T. Robot:''' Tickle Me Carlo Lombardi is your ''friend''...''forever!''

* The [[SanitySlippage Holo-Clowns]] in ''Attack of the Giant Leeches'': Joel unknowingly left them on for three weeks [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E05BeingFromAnotherPlanet following the previous experiment]], and in the process, [[HolodeckMalfunction they have become self-aware, and]] ''[[HolodeckMalfunction extremely]]'' [[HolodeckMalfunction unstable]]. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything One asks Gypsy if she wants a salted nut roll]], and it's ''very'' unnerving. Joel is [[MercyKill forced to shut them off the hard way]] [[ForcedEuthanasia to put them out of their misery]].

''[=MST3K=]'' being the TropeNamer of NightmareFuel, sometimes delivers on the spooks, and this page is a testament to that.

* It's hard to not feel offput by the overall construction of the props and bots from [[NoBudget the KTMA era]]. Servo is the only one to not feel off, as he's basically the same as his final design, just all silver. Meanwhile, [[http://quartus.net/nbridges/bots/crow/k01.jpg Crow looks like he's dead,]][[note]]his eyes are too far apart and practically bulging out of his head]][[/note]] [[https://i1.wp.com/www.rowsdowr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/KTMA-joel-hodgson-mst3k.jpg?fit=578%2C360&ssl=1 Gypsy looks severely menacing,]][[note]]entirely gold-painted, with angular, hole-filled scoops for her head[[/note]] [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and Cambot looks like a monster.]][[note]][[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Rather than being the camera itself, he's a robot operating the camera;]] with the two long bolt-like objects for eyes, and the fact he's large with no moving parts, Cambot comes off far too menacing for his own good.[[/note]] And that's not even getting into the borderline-[[Creator/RayHarryhausen Harryhausenesque]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Da6wh14ig Hallway Sequence]], complete with jerkily moving doors, jail bars, and an entrance [[NothingIsScarier with two unexplained flailing tentacle creatures]].

* At one point during ''The Projected Man'', Crow is said to have acquired the Touch of Death, something Mike refuses to buy... until Crow manages to ''accidentally'' use it on him, [[TheHeroDies causing him to drop dead]]. While Crow and Tom [[UnfazedEveryman are rather calm]] about the fact they accidentally killed Mike, they get the idea to [[OfCorpseHesAlive drag his corpse back into the theater, and prop him up in his seat]]. What then follows is a roughly two minute stretch of Crow and Tom [[DissonantSerenity trying to continue riffing the movie as if nothing changed,]] [[ElephantInTheLivingRoom all while Mike's corpse keeps falling over.]][[note]][[NightmareRetardant Luckily,]] Crow soon decides to see if the Touch of Death works both ways, and brings Mike back. [[SkewedPriorities He's more concerned about the fact he has to keep watching the movie.]][[/note]]

* In the "local color" sketch from ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E23TheAmazingTransparentMan The Amazing Transparent Man]]'', Mike (as the crazy "Mikey") doesn't blink for about an entire minute on camera. See the page image above. Over the run of the series, Mike's characterization has consistently been that of an amiable, animated midwestern doofus, so this portrayal is far more unsettling than it even sounds, and the scene is made more unnerving by Crow letting out progressively more and more distressed llama-screams.

* [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S13E04Munchie Munchie's introduction scene.]] Where to begin? His appearance and how that ugly-looking creature first appears in the movie is so screwed that it sends the SOL Crew into a massive uncontrollable FreakOut, not wanting to watch anymore until Kinga cuts off the oxygen supply to force them to keep watching, and it works.

* [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S13E04Munchie Munchie's introduction scene]] His appearance and how that ugly-looking creature first appears in the movie is so screwed that it sends the SOL Crew into a massive uncontrollable FreakOut, not wanting to watch anymore until Kinga cuts off the oxygen supply to force them to keep watching, and it works.

* [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S13E04Munchie Munchie's introduction scene]] His appearance and how eh first appears in the movie is so screwed that it sends the SOL Crew into a massive uncontrollable FreakOut, not wanting to watch anymore until Kinga cuts off the oxygen supply to force them to keep watching, and it works.

* [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S13E04Munchie Munchie's introduction scene]] His appearance and how eh first appears in the movie is so screwed that it SOL Crew into a massive FreakOut, not wanting to watch anymore until Kinga cuts off the oxygen supply to force them to keep watching, and it works.

[[quoteright:333:[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E23TheAmazingTransparentMan https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ponj_8851.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:333:''You people bring matches for Mikey?'']]

** ''The Giant Spider Invasion''[='=]s host segments are also a little too scary for the shows' standards, that almost everyone, including Gypsy [[DemonicPossession in a possessed state]] is very horrifying. Even though Mike convinced Bobo to save everyone, (and he does) that doesn't stop [[HereWeGoAgain Pearl from resending the movie]] due to her getting caught up in the predicament.

* The [[SanitySlippage Holo-Clowns]] in ''Attack of the Giant Leeches.'' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything One asks Gypsy if she wants a salted nut roll]], and it's ''very'' unnerving. Joel is [[MercyKill forced to shut them off the hard way]] [[ForcedEuthanasia to put them out of their misery]].

* To top it off, ''even the Magic Voice hates them''.

* It's hard to not feel offput by the overall construction of the props and bots from [[NoBudget the KTMA era]]. Servo is the only one to not feel off, as he's basically the same as his final design, just all silver. Meanwhile, [[http://quartus.net/nbridges/bots/crow/k01.jpg Crow looks like he's dead,]][[note]]his eyes are too far apart and practically bulging out of his head]] [[https://i1.wp.com/www.rowsdowr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/KTMA-joel-hodgson-mst3k.jpg?fit=578%2C360&ssl=1 Gypsy looks severely menacing,]][[note]]entirely gold-painted, with angular, hole-filled scoops for her head[[/note]] [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and Cambot looks like a monster.]][[note]][[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Rather than being the camera itself, he's a robot operating the camera;]] with the two long bolt-like objects for eyes, and the fact he's large with no moving parts, Cambot comes off far too menacing for his own good.[[/note]] And that's not even getting into the borderline-[[Creator/RayHarryhausen Harryhausenesque]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Da6wh14ig Hallway Sequence]], complete with jerkily moving doors, jail bars, and an entrance [[NothingIsScarier with two unexplained flailing tentacle creatures]].

* It's hard to not feel offput by the overall construction of the props and bots from [[NoBudget the KTMA era]]. Servo is the only one to not feel off, as he's basically the same as his final design, just all silver. Meanwhile, [[http://quartus.net/nbridges/bots/crow/k01.jpg Crow looks like he's dead,]][[note]]his eyes are too far apart and practically bulging out of his head]] [[https://i1.wp.com/www.rowsdowr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/KTMA-joel-hodgson-mst3k.jpg?fit=578%2C360&ssl=1 Gypsy looks severely menacing,]][[note]]entirely gold-painted, with angular, hole-filled scoops for her head[[/note]] [[TheLastOfTheseAreNotLikeTheOthers and Cambot looks like a monster.]][[note]][[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Rather than being the camera itself, he's a robot operating the camera;]] with the two long bolt-like objects for eyes, and the fact he's large with no moving parts, Cambot comes off far too menacing for his own good.[[/note]] And that's not even getting into the borderline-[[Creator/RayHarryhausen Harryhausenesque]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Da6wh14ig Hallway Sequence]], complete with jerkily moving doors, jail bars, and an entrance [[NothingIsScarier with two unexplained flailing tentacle creatures]].

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0tgnQb54FM KTMA Gypsy]].

%%* POP HIM, POP HIM! POP POP POP! POP HIM, POP HIM! POP POP POP![[note]]Though Forrester does the honors by [[Film/{{Scanners}} scanning]] him.[[/note]]

* EVERY FREAKING HOST SEGMENT in [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E10TheGiantSpiderInvasion The Giant Spider Invasion. Even by the show's standards, Any "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" plot is what makes the episode easily, if not, the [[UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode most disturbing and nightmarish episode]] in the entire series,. The pod clones' [[{{Catchphrase}} quality]] [[CreepyMonotone attempt]] to talk like normal people while hiding any emotion [[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment and it's very horrific.]] Thankfully, Mike does get [[VillainousRescue Professor Bobo to save everyone's lives]], but at the cost of Pearl forcing the crew to watch the movie again.

* EVERY FREAKING HOST SEGMENT in [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E10TheGiantSpiderInvasion The Giant Spider Invasion. Even by the show's standards, Any "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" plot is what makes the episode easily, if not, the [[UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode most disturbing and nightmarish episode]] in the entire series,. The pod clones' [[{{Catchphrase}} quality]] [[CreepyMonotone attempt]] to talk like normal people while hiding any emotion [[SuprisinglyCreepyMoment and it's very horrific.]] Thankfully, Mike does get [[VillainousRescue Professor Bobo to save everyone's lives]], but at the cost of Pearl forcing the crew to watch the movie again.

* EVERY FREAKING HOST SEGMENT in [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E10TheGiantSpiderInvasion The Giant Spider Invasion. Even by the show's standards, Any "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" plot is what makes the episode easily, if not, the [[UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode most disturbing and nightmarish episode]] in the entire series,. The pod clones' [[{{Catchphrase}} quality]] [[CreepyMonotone attempt]] to talk like normal people while hiding any emotion [[SuprisinglyCreepyMomentand it's very horrific.]] Thankfully, Mike does get [[VillainousRescue Professor Bobo to save everyone's lives]], but at the cost of Pearl forcing the crew to watch the movie again.

* The Holo-Clowns in ''Attack of the Giant Leeches.'' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything One asks Gypsy if she wants a salted nut roll]], and it's ''very'' unnerving.

* In the "local color" sketch from ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E23TheAmazingTransparentMan The Amazing Transparent Man]]'', Mike (as the crazy "Mikey") doesn't blink for about an entire minute on camera. See the page image above. Over the run of the series, Mike's characterization has consistently been that of an amiable, animated midwestern doofus, so this portrayal is far more unsettling than it even sounds.

''[=MST3K=]'' being the TropeNamer of NightmarFuel, sometimes delivers on the spooks, and this page is a testament to that.

Considering ''[=MST3K=]'' is the TropeNamer:

* Remember those holo-clowns in one of the host segments in Being From Another Planet? At the beginning of Attack of the Giant Leeches, Joel can't turn off the Holo-Clowns he programmed to unsuccessfully cheer up the bots from the last experiment, and they're starting to undergo some ''serious'' [[SanitySlippage Sanity Slippage,]] reducing the bots into [[FreakOut screaming hysterics]] What's unsettling is that [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything One Clown asks Gypsy if she wants a salted nut roll]], and it's ''very'' unnerving.
-->'''Clown:''' ''(to the other clown)'' SHUT UP! SHUT UP! YOU THINK I LIKE IT, BEING STUCK HERE IN [[PurgatoryAndLimbo LIMBO]] WITH YOU?! '''''NO!!!''''' GET DOWN ON YOUR ORANGE-AND-YELLOW KNEES AND KISS MY CLOWN FEET THAT I HAVEN'T [[SanitySlippage KILLED YOU]]!!
** To top it off, ''even the Magic Voice hates them''.
-->'''Magic Voice:''' Joel, do something! I don't like these clowns and I don't even exist!
** It's gotten so bad, that Joel shouted "I have to do it! I HAVE TO DO IT!" as he finally manages to [[ForcedEuthanasia shut those screaming psycho clowns off the hard way]] to [[MercyKill put them out of their misery]], which is for the best.

** Since Frank's departure from the show, as well as the show going into it's sci-fi years, the [[DarkerandEdgier show has gotten a bit more dark than usual]], with some series premieres and finales such as "Laserblast!" "Revenge of the Creature" and "Soultaker". However, [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E10TheGiantSpiderInvasion The Giant Spider Invasion's]]" host segments take the cake on making this episode, the scariest and most darkest [[UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode episode in the entire series]], Any plot that involves [[NeverSleepAgain Body Snatchers]] can get very traumatizing for some faint-hearted people, it's so dark that almost everyone, [[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment including Gypsy]] [[DemonicPossession in a possessed state]] is very horrifying. Even though Mike convinced Bobo to [[VillainousRescue save everyone]], (and he does) that doesn't stop [[HereWeGoAgain Pearl from resending the movie]] due to her getting caught up in the predicament.

** Since Frank's departure from the show, as well as the show going into it's sci-fi years, the [[DarkerandEdgier show has gotten a bit more dark than usual]], with some series premieres and finales such as "Laserblast!" "Revenge of the Creature" and "Soultaker". However, [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E10TheGiantSpiderInvasion The Giant Spider Invasion's]]" host segments take the cake on making this episode, the scariest and most darkest [[UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode episode in the entire series]], Any plot that involves [[NeverSleepAgain Body Snatchers]] can get very [[[[NightmareFuel unpleasant]], it's so dark that almost everyone, [[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment including Gypsy]] [[DemonicPossession in a possessed state]] is very horrifying. Even though Mike convinced Bobo to [[VillainousRescue save everyone]], (and he does) that doesn't stop [[HereWeGoAgain Pearl from resending the movie]] due to her getting caught up in the predicament.

** Since Frank's departure from the show, as well as the show going into it's sci-fi years, the [[DarkerandEdgier show has gotten a bit more dark than usual]], with some series premieres and finales such as "Laserblast!" "Revenge of the Creature" and "Soultaker". However, [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E10TheGiantSpiderInvasion The Giant Spider Invasion's]]" host segments take the cake on making this episode, the scariest and most darkest [[UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode episode in the entire series]], Any plot that involves [[NeverSleep Body Snatchers]] can get very [[[[NightmareFuel unpleasant]], it's so dark that almost everyone, [[SuprisinglyCreepyMoment including Gypsy]] [[DemonicPossession in a possessed state]] is very horrifying. Even though Mike convinced Bobo to [[VillainousRescue save everyone]], (and he does) that doesn't stop [[HereWeGoAgain Pearl from resending the movie]] due to her getting caught up in the predicament.

* The Holo-Clowns in ''Attack of the Giant Leeches.'' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything One asks Gypsy if she wants a salted nut roll]], and it's ''very'' unnerving.

** The Giant Spider Invasion's host segments are also a little too scary for the shows' standards, that almost everyone, including Gypsy [[DemonicPossession in a possessed state]] is very horrifying. Even though Mike convinced Bobo to save everyone, (and he does) that doesn't stop [[HereWeGoAgain Pearl from resending the movie]] due to her getting caught up in the predicament.

* The Giant Spider Invasion's host segments are also a little too terrifying for the shows' standards, that almost everyone, including Gypsy [[DemonicPossession in a possessed state]] [[BodySnatcher is very horrifying]]. Even though Mike convinced Bobo to [[VillainousRescue save everyone, (and he does)]] that doesn't stop [[HereWeGoAgain Pearl from resending the movie]] due to her getting caught up in the predicament.