History NightmareFuel / PuyoPuyo

* For starters, Yu and Rei, '''to the point they were previously the page image.'''. Yeah, they're pretty far from evil, even by this franchise's standards, but that doesn't change the fact that they're a pair of {{Undead Child}}ren, floating around Primp Town [[GhostAmnesia with no memory of their past lives or how they died.]] There's also the fact that while Rei is rather solemn and quiet regarding his current state, [[InnocentInaccurate Yu is not only perfectly happy to be a ghost, but wants others to know the same joy]]. [[AmbiguousInnocence She wants to make just about anyone she meets into a ghost]], basically offering to ''murder'' the other characters, ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids in a game for all ages...]]''

* For starters, Yu and Rei. Yeah, they're pretty far from evil, even by this franchise's standards, but that doesn't change the fact that they're a pair of {{Undead Child}}ren, floating around Primp Town [[GhostAmnesia with no memory of their past lives or how they died.]] There's also the fact that while Rei is rather solemn and quiet regarding his current state, [[InnocentInaccurate Yu is not only perfectly happy to be a ghost, but wants others to know the same joy]]. [[AmbiguousInnocence She wants to make just about anyone she meets into a ghost]], basically offering to ''murder'' the other characters, ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids in a game for all ages...]]''

** And like [[NightmareFace Popoi]], [[CreepyGood Akuma]], [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Otomo]], and many other characters mentioned on this page before her, ''"Quest"'' adds a new layer of horror to her character, namely through her lines, some of which make her sound like a full-blown ApocalypseMaiden.

** Though Raffina calls Accord out on the whole lost cane farce, she doesn't get off the hook. She defeats Popoi, then Accord shows up (again) to congratulate her. Raffina expects an award for "finding" Accord's flying cane, so Accord has Raffina close her eyes. As Raffina closes her eyes, the player gets to see what that reward is: a [[HyperspaceMallet mallet]] straight to Raffina's head, knocking her out and [[LaserGuidedAmnesia pounding the memories of Popoi's surprise heel-turn out of her mind.]] As Raffina falls unconscious, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Accord gets surprisingly crass]], [[IronicEcho echoing Raffina's catchphrase]] before saying she doesn't want the other kids learning about Popoi. In Japanese, she punctuates it with a not-so-innocent giggle and apology instead. The game ends with Raffina waking up with a head-bump and no memories of what happened. She joins Accord and the other students as they head back to school. The end. Roll credits.

* ''Puyo Puyo Quest'' features guest characters from ''Anime/{{Bleach}}'', ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'', and others. While this is pretty cool, it suggests that [[UndeadAbomination Hollows]], [[DarkIsEvil the Dark Kingdom]], [[ApocalypseMaiden Mistress 9]], [[AliensAreBastards the Death Busters]], [[EldritchAbomination Angels]], [[AbusiveParents Gendo Ikari]], [[TheHeartless Shadows]], [[SerialKiller Tohru Adachi]], and more all either exist in, or are close to the cheery world of Puyo Puyo...
** Really, having Evangelion characters in Puyo Puyo can be a bit unsettling. The characters include Shinji (A kid with [[ParentalIssues parental issues up to his hairline]], and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick he masturbated on]] a [[DudeShesLikeInAComa comatose girl]]) and Asuka([[TooMuchInformation The aformentioned comatose girl]] who saw her mother's post-suicide body), as well as [[HumanoidAbomination Rei]] and [[AngelicAbomination Kaworu]]. Yeah, they have cute redesigns, but if their backstories are the same here, [[ArtStyleDissonance that honestly makes them]] [[MoodDissonance hanging around in this world even worse...]]
** Then there's [[EldritchAbomination EVA-1]] itself, fully playable, and perfectly capable of being teamed up with everyone else. [[NonStandardCharacterDesign Not even Puyo Puyo's art-style can downplay its menacing design, making it stick out like a sore thumb.]] Also, like the other EVA characters, [[AssimilationPlot you have to wonder if]] [[PoweredByAForsakenChild it has the]] [[SoulJar same backstory...]]

''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' is the [[SugarBowl last place]] you'd expect to be scared, but look deep enough, and even the most endearing worlds have some [[SurpriseCreepy horrifying things]] buried beneath the surface.

** He also brainwashes Marle to carry out his plan, and the way she acts under his influence is creepy. The way she talks about ''"fun"'', and sounds like she's constantly in pain or fighting his control, is rather jarring when you compare her to the rest of the [[SurpriseCreepy chipper, jovial voices in the game.]]

** [[CreepyDoll Julia]], a PerversePuppet with a little teddy bear keepsake. As her cards transform, the teddy bear [[SurpriseCreepy looks progressively less cuddly]], and [[TheDogWasTheMastermind is even manipulating the marionette connected to Julia.]] She even has a CreepyMonotone voice when she speaks... and can ''scream in your face'' if she's angry.

** [[PhantomThief Claude]], a fancy thief with a [[TheShadowKnows creepy shadow]] that's [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith implied to be his true form.]] That wouldn't be much of an issue if that shadow didn't look so [[NonStandardCharacterDesign out-of-place compared to the other characters]], making you wonder what the [[IncrediblyLamePun hell]] he really looks like...

* Popoi, Accord's cat-puppet, is hardly anything close to terrifying, but then at the end of Puyo Pop Fever's stories, Amitie and Raffina are faced with the cat...and he's now enormous, covered in shadow, with [[YellowEyesOfSneakiness evil yellow eyes]], and a [[GameFace sinister grin]]. This is Evil Popoi, also called the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Prince of Darkness]], and while he may not do anything evil outside of fighting the girls, he certainly gives off a creepy vibe, especially considering his sudden appearance is never explained.