History NightmareFuel / PokemonSunAndMoon

* The final trial, located at the end of Vast Poni Canyon. [[NothingIsScarier The area is completely empty (no trial captain, no NPCs) and completely silent (no soundtrack) besides an ominous breeze]]. The only thing to do is walk across the cave corridor towards the Z-Crystal pedestal, interrupted only by two scripted wild encounters, all while you feel [[DeathGlare an increasingly fierce stare]] on you. Once you finally reach the pedestal, the Totem Pokémon, a Kommo-o, leaps into view and roars at you before the boss fight begins. The whole thing is such a simple, yet effective application of the NothingIsScarier trope, and the narration for feeling the Totem Pokémon's stare adds to the tension:

* The basement of the Aether Paradise building is quite creepy. It's where you find out Type:Null's backstory, where three were created to fight off Ultra Beasts but were discontinued and frozen after they went berserk. The entire structure appears to be suspended in an endless black void, and the music that plays there is ''incredibly'' chilling.

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* The Elite Four tunes usually give off vibes of an upbeat challenge because the tetrad’s job is to test your skills thus far. In ''Sun & Moon'', the theme starts out with a few low and ominous bars that slowly build in repetition before unexpectedly slamming into something more anxious and serious, implying that despite their innocuous intentions, these people are actually out to get you. Olivia is a special case; the [[DeathGlare abruptly serious look]] she gives you just before the music plays indicates that she’s not too happy that you defeated her precious Pokémon earlier and she’s feeling [[LetsGetDangerous just a little vindictive]].

* The Elite Four tunes usually give off vibes of an upbeat challenge because the tetrad’s job is to test your skills thus far. In ''Sun & Moon'', the theme starts out with a few low and ominous bars that slowly build before unexpectedly slamming into something more heart-pounding and serious, implying that despite their good intentions, these people are actually out to get you. Olivia is a special case; the [[DeathGlare abruptly serious look]] she gives you just before the music plays indicates that she’s not too happy that you defeated her precious Pokémon earlier and she’s feeling [[LetsGetDangerous just a little vindictive]].

** Once you say you're going into Po Town, Nanu flat out tells you that if Team Skull ''kill you'', he'll make sure your body gets sent back to your family, which, if he wasn't exaggerating, says a hell of a lot about what Team Skull might have been up to that we didn't hear about — or why Po Town was so infamous in the first place.

* Po Town. It's an abandoned town taken over by [[GangBangers Team Skull]], so all of the buildings are in disarray. It's also seemingly permanently raining, and the [[https://youtu.be/eeObKdGjrno music]] is an eerie, haunting piano track that sounds like it'd fit more into a Survival Horror game.

... But the brightest lights [[DarkerAndEdgier always cast the]] [[SurpriseCreepy darkest shadows]], [[NightmareFuel/{{Pokemon}} do they not?]]

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** Once you say you're going into Po Town, Nanu flat out tells you that if Team Skull ''kill you'', he'll make sure your body gets sent back to your family, which, if he wasn't exaggerating, says a hell of a lot about what Team Skull might have been up to that we didn't hear about- or why Po Town was so infamous in the first place.
* The Elite Four tunes usually give off vibes of an upbeat challenge because the tetrad’s job is to test your skills thus far. In Sun & Moon, the theme starts out with a few low and ominous bars that slowly build before unexpectedly slamming into something more heart-pounding and serious, implying that despite their good intentions, these people are actually out to get you. Olivia is a special case; the [[DeathGlare abruptly serious look]] she gives you just before the music plays indicates that she’s not too happy that you defeated her precious Pokémon earlier and she’s feeling [[LetsGetDangerous just a little vindictive]].

** Once you say you're going inside the Pokemon Center, Nanu flat out tells you that if Team Skull ''kill you'', he'll make sure your body gets sent back to your family, which, if he wasn't exaggerating, says a hell of a lot about what Team Skull might have been up to that we didn't hear about- or why Po Town was so infamous in the first place.

** And every last one of her Pokemon have hateful expressions on their faces.

** Her Battle theme is elegant, yes, but at the same time is like an instrumental SanitySlippageSong