History NightmareFuel / OverTheGardenWall

* Adelaude's scissors are described as 'snipping' the cursed family's 'wings away' to turn them human which seems less then safe and pleasent,
so even in the happy ending we still have some implied nightmare fuel occurring.

** Not to mention [[spoiler:the way the curse is supposedly undone: Adelaide pulls out a pair of wicked-looking shears and says that they're for [[AnArmAndALeg cutting Beatrice and her family's wings off]], which should turn them back into humans. Even assuming she's telling the truth, this is pretty gruesome. And when you take into account the fact that Adelaide is in cahoots with [[BigBad The Beast]]... [[FridgeHorror what if she's lying]]?!]]

--> "Okay, you sleep. I'm sorry I got us lost, Wirt. Will you take care of Ronald for me? *beat* Okay, I've got to go now. [[spoiler: Greg turns and walks towards the Beast, who has been there this whole time.]]

* The somber, Latin reprise of "Potatoes and Molasses" when [[spoiler:Wirt finds Greg in the middle of turning into an edelwood tree]] is followed by a single line from "Come, Wayward Souls."

It's a show from a storyboard writer for ''WesternAnimation/TheMisadventuresOfFlapjack'' and ''WesternAnimaton/AdventureTime''. Needless to say they keep the freaky spirit alive.

* One for the whole series which is rife with AdultFear. We have two kids just wandering around aimlessly with no idea to get home, being pursed by an EldritchAbomination who wants them simply because they're lost. The fact that Greg, a mere five year old, has a habit of just running off on his own doesn't help either.

* [[https://33.media.tumblr.com/77b8abedd4e241ad3b8349b39ee71d19/tumblr_nent1qBQMZ1rpk6e5o1_1280.png The Beast's true form]]. The fact that it's very blink-and-you'll-miss-it (5 or 6 video frames, shown only one at a time as light pans over it from left to right) really adds to the shock of it.

-->'''The Woodsman:''' ''I didn't know!'' I didn't know ''this'' is where the edelwood comes from!\\
'''The Beast:''' And would it have ''mattered?'' You've been [[spoiler:grinding lost souls]] for me for ''years''.

** Except [[spoiler: the glowing frog at the end suggests instead that it's a different world that can be entered through near-death (or death, in the Pottsfielders' case), but isn't itself a dying dream at all. This is also supported by the Pottsfielders themselves. If everyone in The Unknown was dead, wouldn't they all be like them?]]

''Until your sights fill the air in the night''\\

''Lift your mighty limbs and give praise to the fire''\\

'''The Beast:''' And would it have ''mattered?''

-->''Grow, tiny seed. You are gone among the trees.''

* Even before we see The Beast the first we ever hear of him is him singing an ominous song about the Woodsman's duty to "chop the wood to light the fire." He sings that same song as he stalks Wirt and Greg (again [[ParanoiaFuel unseen]]) and a bit later when he [[spoiler: takes Greg deeper into the forest as Wirt desperately tries to find him]].

* Just about everything about Adelaide. [[spoiler: From the horrific things she has in mind for Greg and Wirt, to the fact that she dies melting into a pile of sludge.]]

-->'''Beast:''' '''Come here.'''

* [[https://33.media.tumblr.com/77b8abedd4e241ad3b8349b39ee71d19/tumblr_nent1qBQMZ1rpk6e5o1_1280.png The Beast's true form]]. The fact that it's very blink-and-you'll-miss-it really adds to the shock of it.

* Speaking of which, we have the lovely process of how that works: the victim is rendered lost in the woods, driven to despair until they give in to exhaustion. Then ''roots'' start growing from their bodies until they turn into a tree with a [[NightmareFace ghastly look of horror on its face]]. And what happens after the process is finished? The wood is cut down off so it can be ground into oil [[spoiler: and fed into the Beast's lantern to keep him powered. The Woodsman naturally is horrified when he learns this, as the Beast has kept him unaware of what he was truly doing. And the fact that it nearly happened to [[CheerfulChild Greg]] is where he draws the line, knowing his daughter wouldn't want to be saved at the expense of others.]]

* The Pottsfield episode [[spoiler: when it's revealed it's a whole town populated by those that have passed on, disguised in rather unsettling pumpkin costumes. Granted, they aren't malicious, but TheReveal and the subtly-off atmosphere that the town had had leading up to it are still very creepy..]]

** Or, even worse in some ways, [[spoiler:''[[AdultFear he's too naïve to realize that he might die.]]'']]

** Or, even worse in some ways, [[spoiler:[[AdultFear he's ''too naïve'' to realize that he might die.]]]]

* The [[http://megamadridista4life.tumblr.com/post/103087534789/cartoon-network-studios-logos-2010-2014-shows Cartoon Network Studios logo for this show]] looks frightening: we see the shadowy silhouettes of our two protagonists, but the shadows have lifeless white eyes and mouths, as though the boys are dead and missing. [[spoiler: After watching the series in its entirety and discovering that the boys were on the verge of dying, this image becomes even more haunting and in the realm of AdultFear]].

-->'''Beast:''' '''Come here.'''

-->'''Woodsman:''' BOYS! Beware the Beast!