History NightmareFuel / RevolutionaryGirlUtena

* [[HellIsThatNoise The sound of the Ohtori academy bell ringing.]]

Though most of the show is just [[MindScrew surreal]], some segments have [[NightmareFuel twisted the surreal a little too far]].

* The sound of the Ohtori academy bell ringing.

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* A flashback shows that Akio slipped a drug into his sister Anthy's drink and then took advantage of her sexually. This is icky enough, but it then goes on to show that afterward he realized that she was awake and began to panic, and wound up stabbing her and then falling out a window to his death. Yikes.
* The revelation of Anthy's scar during the nude sketching scene is made all the creepier when you can hear what sounds awfully like a dentist drill. Not to mention that said scar is shown as a huge hole in her chest. ''Or'' that the collection of Akio's paintings turns into a composite image of Anthy being raped.
** Say whatever else about the English dub, but Sharon Becker's delivery of the line "This is the secret of the Rose Bride" carries with what could only be described as coming close to sickening amusement as she reveals to Utena the open wound in her chest and the fact her brother raped her. And it is fucking terrifying.
* Saionji makes some downright terrifying AxeCrazy faces during his duel with Utena. He also acts like he's trying to kill her.
* Touga was raped by his adoptive father as a child.
** The entire butterfly scene, for that matter. Shiori growing butterfly wings may be beautifully animated, but even besides the obvious fact that all this is combined with a scene of child rape, it's creepy how she rants about how much she hates Juri at the same time, [[DissonantSerenity all in]] [[Creator/KumikoNishihara the same sugary-sweet voice]] [[DissonantSerenity she always has]]. What's more, the butterflies themselves symbolize all sorts of squicky things: 1. Parasitism; they're cabbage white butterflies, and fittingly enough, the scene takes place in a cabbage patch. 2. Cruel innocence, a phrase associated with Shiori in the series; note how the butterflies perch on the child Touga in his worst moment.
* Kozue holding a razor to Miki's throat while they're both in the bathtub together and calling him a traitor when he refuses to divulge details of his personal affairs to her.
** And then the rubber duck that had been in the bathtub along with the two of them during that scene reappears in the garage (near a car with a license plate reading KOZUE) on the ground, in a puddle of water that reflects the red lighting in a way that looks like blood...
* Movie!Anthy is just as miserable and emotionally broken as her series counterpart. It's implied she's about to commit suicide before Utena finds her in the Rose Garden at night. And whereas in the series, it's a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} when she stops her, here, Anthy's subtle jabs at Utena make her ''fly into a rage'', throwing her down to the floor and screaming at her.
** And just after that scene, Anthy is swinging an ax and looks ''very close'' to decapitating Utena.
* This generally comes far behind the rest, but some viewers find the infamous "car wash" scene rather scary.
* The area outside of Ohtori Academy appears to be a wasteland. What happened to make everything outside the school so utterly wrecked?
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* The first ''Utena'' light novel has a rather creepy sex scene between Touga and Miki(!). The consent is dubious, it's obviously manipulative, and then there's Touga's evil little smile at the end of the scene.
** Miki is clearly distressed during the experience, and in any case, he's only thirteen years old, while Touga is seventeen. Plus, when Utena shows up in the next scene and Touga starts invading her personal space, Miki begs him to stop, afraid for her safety.
* Also from the novel: Kozue's breakdown at the piano, where she keeps slamming on the keys and screaming for Utena to get out of her and Miki's special place.
* The second Utena light novel nearly ends in tragedy when Saionji stabs Wakaba in the stomach thinking she was Utena. The whole description of that scene was horrifying.

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** Saionji was the dueling champion until Utena came along... Meaning he has beaten Juri, Miky, and Touga (and possibly Nanami), and likely kicked them too at some point in the duel. Have you wondered why Juri and Miky had to be pushed into re-entering the dueling game and Touga went through all the trouble to dishearten Utena before challenging her? That kick is the answer: Juri and Miky had the will to fight in the duels literally kicked out of them, and Touga knew that he had no chance in a fair fight against someone who had faced Saionji and won.

* Anthy's "rabbit dance" with her hands in the seventh episode.
* In Episode 8, Utena and Anthy switch bodies. After Nanami spends a bunch of time trying to find the super-rare chili powder so they can recreate the curry that caused the body switch, it's discovered that Anthy didn't actually use the super-rare chili powder and that the curry she recently made has the same properties. Saionji and Chuu-Chuu then switch bodies using the new curry, which implies that Saionji spent at least some time in the body of a tiny monkey. If that isn't traumatizing, I don't know what is.

* The movie ends with Utena and Anthy escaping the school, but that gets worrying when you remember that they left with nothing but the clothes on their backs, and by the time they fight free, they no longer even have that. What are two flat-broke naked teenagers with no resources beyond a half-wrecked racecar supposed to do with their selves? Especially since the area outside Ohtori Academy looks utterly devoid of civilization?
** Possible Retardant for this, it's pretty obvious that Ohtori and all around it are not part of the "real world" but of whatever spiritual place Anthy and/or Akio created. You could even think of it as a further layer of the world from the anime series, considering all of the references to it there are and such.
** But, anyway, Utena and Anthy are less "naked, broke teenagers moving through a wasteland" and more a goddess and her spiritual partner traveling on to the next stage of their journey. Whether that means finally reaching the real world and returning to it or not, only they know.
** It's important to note that you can see an image of the fable castle in the clouds in the final shots of the movie as well. They'll be fine.
** Not exactly a plot-related answer, and YMMV on this of course, but I think that entire scene is probably a whole metaphor for becoming an adult. When one becomes an adult, they're free to choose what path they want their life to take, and one can choose to do about anything, which can lead to some confusion and be quite a scary concept, and that's why the outside world is a wasteland with no roads, as opposed to the orderly and beautiful school building that represents the path one is supposed to take as a child, when one mainly do what adults tell them to do, and with little control over the bigger picture. As an adult, one can do anything and go anywhere. But as scary as it may seem, one can always "build new roads", and as Utena says, "As we travel, the world will get bigger by that much, I'm sure.", which means that one must evolve and expand their horizons, or they won't grow up from there. As for the castle, it probably is a metaphor for the good things that one can look forward to as an adult, whatever their dreams and goals are, which I believe ties with Utena saying she has high goals earlier in the movie. Metaphorically speaking, the castle can be anything really, one has just to keep moving forward to reach it. So, as the above answer says, Utena and Anthy will be fine.

* The scene in episode 3 when Nanami tries to embarrass Anthy by making her dress dissolve. Also, there's also the UncannyValley view of the crowd at the party from Anthy's point of view. It doesn't seem so horrific at first, but when you rewatch it with the knowledge of ''why'' Anthy doesn't like crowds, it's decidedly painful.

!!The Movie

!!Other Continuities

* In the manga, there's actually some intense blood during the final battle, despite the entire rest of the franchise having barely any at all.

!!The Series

* The first real example of nightmare fuel came with the first episode of Black Rose arc, showing us how [[MindRape Mikage and Mamiya recruit the Black Rose Duelists]]. Akio's fiancee Kanae goes to Nemuro Memorial Hall for her interview. She enters an elevator and, in anguished tears, divulges her attempts to make friends with Anthy as the elevator speeds past strange plaques (actually mausoleum plots). Meanwhile, someone over a loudspeaker tells her to go [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything "Deeper. Even deeper"]] as the elevator accelerates more and more as it descends. Finally, [[DespairEventHorizon poor Kanae reaches her breaking point]] and Mikage appears behind her from the door, telling her she has no choice but to revolutionize the world. '''And''' then before she can react, Mamiya stabs her in the chest with a black rose. [[TheWoobie Poor Kanae!]]
** To add some extra FridgeHorror to that, the Mamiya we see throughout most of this arc, including this scene, is an illusion acted out by none other than Anthy; in other words, ''Anthy'' is the one who stabbed Kanae! Brr.
** Then there's the apparent ''poisoning'' of Kanae by Akio and Anthy. Remember that she's someone we ''don't'' see at the end. Definitely didn't get a happy ending of any kind.
** Pretty much any time anybody goes into the elevator and crosses the DespairEventHorizon.
*** Not to mention you can hear the 100 dead boys ''kicking around inside their coffins''.
* Some of the later shadow girls plays sneak into this territory. There's even a borderline GoryDiscretionShot when one of the shadow girls ''breaks the other one in half''. A disturbingly realistic squishy, snapping sound is included, of course, and somehow, B-ko's deadpan "ow" afterward makes it even worse.
** The one in episode 34 has as subject Akio and Anthy's story. They also ''interacted directly with Utena'' and invited her to their theater to make sure she watched it... And she came with Akio and Anthy.
* The sound of the Ohtori academy bell ringing.

* Episode 9: Touga and Saionji find a young Utena ''hiding in a coffin'' next to her dead parents (who are in separate coffins). The trauma of losing her parents has caused her to give up on life, as she thinks it's pointless to live on if all humans eventually die anyway. She's no older than six or seven in this flashback, and yet she's basically ''suicidal''.
** Later in the same episode, Anthy appears similarly curled up in a coffin. Made more chilling in that the whole point of her doing so was to remind Saionji of his childhood trauma and ultimately bring about his downfall.
** When that flashback gets revisited in episode 34, it gets much worse. Touga claimed that what was needed to snap Utena out of her grief was to show her something eternal, as Utena was suffering from nihilistic grief, believing that since everything died, she might as well die right now. What did Utena's prince come up with as an example of something eternal to save her? '''Anthy's suffering'''.

* The scene in episode 3 when Nanami tries to embarrass Anthy by making her dress dissolve. Also, there's also the UncannyValley view of the crowd at the party from Anthy's point of view. It doesn't seem so horrific at first, but when you rewatch it with the knowledge of ''why'' Anthy doesn't like crowds, it's decidedly painful.

* Anthy being cursed to be stabbed by the million swords ''for eternity'' and Utena taking the attack of the million swords in her place.
* In episode 37 Anthy makes cookies for Utena and casually mentions Cantarella, a deadly poison. In response, Utena comments that she "put a lot of poison" in Anthy's tea. Anthy drinks her tea and Utena eats the cookies, and both talk about how they're delicious, and the music begins skipping. This is never brought up again.
** In the same episode there's also Anthy trying to commit suicide by jumping off a building. Thankfully, Utena saves her.
* Anthy and Akio are siblings but [[BrotherSisterIncest Akio regularly sexually abuses his sister]], and its hinted that [[RapeAsDrama Akio often uses force in order to get his way if Anthy refuses him]]. And to make matters worse? Akio is (physically) about 20-30. Anthy is '''''14.''''' Eww!
** Nanami rightly has a HeroicBSOD after finding this out and says that Anthy scares her. Anthy's response is to say [[DissonantSerenity perfectly pleasantly]]: "I do? Thanks so much!" And she's still holding a massive saw that she'd been using to cut up a block of ice...
** Utena also has a BreakTheCutie moment after finding this out.
* In episode 38 when Akio tries to make Utena his princess, Anthy's eyes suddenly roll into the back of her head as she collapses and disappears. Akio also says that while he and Utena go on to live together as prince and princess Anthy will stay living as the Rose Bride. ''Forever''.
** In episode 38 Anthy appears to give Utena a CooldownHug from behind but actually stabs her in the back with a black sword that she didn't have before.
** In episode 39 after stabbing Utena Anthy leans down to coldly whisper into her ear "You remind me so much of Dios when I loved him. But you can never be my prince. Because you're a girl" while we hear the creepy sound of children laughing in the background.
* And the sex scene between Akio and Utena in episode 33, seeing as how she's fourteen years old and he's way older than her, plus the dubious consent and...topic of discussion. You won't be thinking of sandwiches the same way again for a good while afterward. All the more nightmarish when you see her ''gasping in pain''.
** The very worst part of that scene is, a new viewer (especially a younger one) who is watching it for the first time and hasn't been spoiled beforehand ''won't necessarily realize straight away that it's a sex scene!'' Meep.
** Honestly, though, while Akio looks like a very attractive guy, just about all of his sexual relationships (be they overt or implied) have something seriously wrong with them. Incest, ephebophilia, grooming, manipulation, dubcon, flat-out rape, emotional abuse... he does all of that and more.
* Kozue and Anthy's car scene in episode 26 is kind of creepy since out of nowhere Kozue appears to start seducing a blank-faced Anthy in the car - in the middle of Miki's duel.

** The duel is even worse. It ''starts'' with [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Anthy abandoning her usual monotone and demanding Utena draws the sword]]-and then, Wakaba demonstrates why Anthy was scared.
* Anthy's "rabbit dance" with her hands in the seventh episode.

* Anytime Saionji gets pissed really.
** That time he tried to attack Utena but Touga showed up to protect her and took the attack instead.
*** Worse when you realize WHY Touga did it: to turn everyone against Saionji and get him kicked out of Ohtori. And he's doing this to '''his best friend'''. Saionji is a JerkAss, but what the HELL Touga.

* Anthy and Akio are siblings but [[BrotherSisterIncest Akio regularly sexually abuses his sister]], and its hinted that [[RapeAsDrama Akio often uses force in order to get his way if Anthy refuses him]].

* Anthy and Akio are siblings but they [[BrotherSisterIncest regularly have semi-consensual sex]], and its hinted that [[RapeAsDrama Akio often uses force in order to get his way]].

* Ruka sexually assaulting Juri in the fencing hall. Moreover, the fact that he holds her against the wall in that forced kiss for ''several seconds'' and only stops when Juri ''bites his lip''. And even after that, he drops Juri's locket to the floor ([[FridgeHorror which makes one wonder when and how he got it off her) and threatens to crush it under his foot as if he thinks Shiori is lower than dirt]].

** This careens straight into fridge horror territory if you buy the theory that he shares the same fate as Touga in the movie, and was molested by his adoptive father That Touga's idea of family love has been so completely warped makes the entire mess between the two of them chilling, to say the least.

!!'''The Series'''

* The first real example of nightmare fuel came with the first episode of Black Rose arc, showing us how [[MindRape Mikage and Mamiya recruit the Black Rose Duelists]]. Akio's fiancee Kanae goes to Nemuro Memorial Hall for her interview. She enters an elevator and, in anguished tears, divulges her attempts to make friends with Anthy as the elevator speeds past strange plaques ([[spoiler:actually mausoleum plots]]). Meanwhile, someone over a loudspeaker tells her to go [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything "Deeper. Even deeper"]] as the elevator accelerates more and more as it descends. Finally, [[DespairEventHorizon poor Kanae reaches her breaking point]] and Mikage appears behind her from the door, telling her she has no choice but to revolutionize the world. '''And''' then before she can react, Mamiya stabs her in the chest with a black rose. [[TheWoobie Poor Kanae!]]
** To add some extra FridgeHorror to that, [[spoiler:the Mamiya we see throughout most of this arc, including this scene, is an illusion acted out by none other than Anthy; in other words, ''Anthy'' is the one who stabbed Kanae!]] Brr.
** Then there's the apparent [[spoiler: ''poisoning'' of Kanae by Akio and Anthy]]. Remember that she's someone we ''don't'' [[spoiler: see at the end]]. Definitely didn't get a happy ending of any kind.

*** Not to mention you can hear [[spoiler: the 100 dead boys ''kicking around inside their coffins''.]]
* Some of the later shadow girl plays sneak into this territory. There's even a borderline GoryDiscretionShot when one of the shadow girls ''breaks the other one in half''. A disturbingly realistic squishy, snapping sound is included, of course, and somehow, B-ko's deadpan "ow" afterwards makes it even worse.
** The one in episode 34 has as subject [[spoiler:Akio and Anthy's story]]. They also [[spoiler:''interacted directly with Utena'' and invited her to their theater to make sure she watched it... And she came with Akio and Anthy]].

** When that flashback gets revisited in episode 34, it gets much worse. Touga claimed that what was needed to snap Utena out of her grief was to show her something eternal, as Utena was suffering from nihilistic grief, believing that since everything died, she might as well die right now. What did Utena's prince come up with as an example of something eternal to save her? [[spoiler:'''Anthy's suffering'''.]]

** This careens straight into fridge horror territory if you buy the theory that [[spoiler: he shares the same fate as Touga in the movie, and was molested by his step father]] That Touga's idea of family love has been so completely warped makes the entire mess between the two of them chilling, to say the least.

** In one episode, Miki's piano teacher is hinted to have a less than savoury interest in him, and he's inappropriately touchy-feely with him when they talk. Kozue has clearly noticed; it's later revealed that [[spoiler: she pushed the piano teacher down the stairs in order to protect Miki from the piano teacher's predatory intentions]].
* In Episode 8, Utena and Anthy [[spoiler: switch bodies]]. After Nanami [[spoiler: spends a bunch of time trying to find the super-rare chili powder so they can recreate the curry that caused the body switch]], it's discovered that [[spoiler: Anthy didn't actually use the super-rare chili powder and that the curry she recently made has the same properties. Saionji and Chuu-Chuu then switch bodies using the new curry, which implies that Saionji spent at least some time in the body of a tiny monkey.]] If that isn't traumatizing, I don't know what is.
** On that note: [[spoiler: Utena and Anthy spend AT LEAST a week with switched bodies. Akio did NOT keep it in his pants long enough for Anthy and Utena to switch back, which means that Akio probably saw Utena naked long before he and Utena were actually acquainted.]]
* Anthy being cursed to be stabbed by the million swords ''for eternity'' and Utena [[spoiler: taking the attack of the million swords in her place.]]

** In the same episode there's also [[spoiler: Anthy trying to commit suicide by jumping off a building]]. Thankfully, Utena saves her.

** In episode 38 Anthy appears to give Utena a CooldownHug from behind but actually [[spoiler: stabs her in the back with a black sword that she didn't have before]].

* And the sex scene between [[spoiler: Akio and Utena]] in episode 33, seeing as how she's fourteen years old and he's way older than her, plus the dubious consent and...topic of discussion. You won't be thinking of sandwiches the same way again for a good while afterwards. All the more nightmarish when you see her ''gasping in pain''.
** The very worst part of that scene is, a new viewer (especially a younger one) who's watching it for the first time and hasn't been spoiled beforehand ''won't necessarily realise straight away that it's a sex scene!'' Meep.
** Honestly, though, while Akio looks like a very attractive guy, just about all of his sexual relationships (be they overt or implied) have something seriously wrong with them. [[spoiler:Incest, ephebophilia, grooming, manipulation, dubcon, flat-out rape, emotional abuse... he does all of that and more.]]
* Kozue and Anthy's car scene in episode 26 is kind of creepy, since out of nowhere Kozue appears to start seducing a blank-faced Anthy in the car - in the middle of Miki's duel.

* Akio and Anthy (who was actually posing as poor Mamiya) inflicting a MindRape on Mikage himself in the end of the Black Rose arc.
** Rather, really they'd been mind raping him the whole time, since Mikage had been talking to Anthy-as-Mamiya the whole time. Just in the last episode, they start [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech taunting him]] about it before disposing of him.
* Speaking of that arc, there's the way the Black Rose duellists draw swords from the student council members, complete with intensely creepy sexual subtext. The most notable ones are [[spoiler:Shiori drawing Juri's sword]] (''very slowly'', at that, and the noises of pain Juri makes almost sounds like [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything something]] [[NearRapeExperience else]]), [[spoiler:Wakaba drawing Saionji's sword]] (she suddenly dashes forward and pulls it out ''with her own hands!''), and [[spoiler:Keiko drawing Touga's sword]] (which is sexualised to hell and back, what with his violent twitching and her lovesick "[[spoiler:Touga-sama~]]" during the process).
** To say nothing about [[spoiler: Mitsuru drawing Nanami's sword: "And with this, I become an adult".]] [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior Holy balls!]]
* [[spoiler:Wakaba]]'s elevator scene, if you think about it. Most elevator scenes in the Black Rose arc feature a picture of a butterfly on the wall that turns into a chrysalis, then a caterpillar, then a leaf (presumably with eggs on it) as the duellist-to-be comes closer and closer to their breaking point; therefore, it says a lot about how damn hard [[spoiler:Wakaba]] snaps when that picture is ''already a caterpillar'' when we see her in there!

*** Worse when you realize WHY Touga did it: [[spoiler: to turn everyone against Saionji and get him kicked out of Ohtori. And he's doing this to '''his best friend'''. Saionji is a JerkAss, but what the HELL Touga.]]

* If one takes this interpretation, "Dios" [[spoiler: or actually, Akio pretending to be Dios]] insulting Utena in the lowest way possible [[spoiler: right after he and Anthy have betrayed her, she's just been stabbed by her best friend, and Anthy is facing horrific torture right before her eyes. "Dios" proceeds to tell Utena how she did well ''for a girl'' and how she wouldn't be able to do anything with the power of miracles, unless ''he'' controlled it. Worse yet, he gives her a kiss "in gratitude" while wearing this sadistic little ''smile''.]]
** Similarly if you take the same interpretation, that "Dios" talking to Utena as a child [[spoiler: was ''also'' Akio, manipulating and traumatizing this little girl just so he could shape her into a prince, fully intending to disempower her later, all to regain the power to revolutionize the world.]]
*** And finally, there's a theory that [[spoiler: Akio killed Utena's parents. Can't get more monstrous than that. They died ''in a car crash''. And whose symbolism is most prominently cars?]]
*** Note that little Utena hid in an empty coffin which was located next to her parents' ones. But why was that coffin there in the first place? It's not like you store such things in chapels. But what if [[spoiler: ''Akio'' was the one who put the third coffin there so that traumatized Utena would think it waits for her and later he could appear in front of the girl as Dios and "save" her?]]
* In the final episode, Akio [[spoiler:uses Utena's soul sword to repeatedly strike at the Rose Gate in an attempt to force it open. With each hit, Utena ''cries out in pain'', and it ''doesn't'' seem to be from her earlier stab wound]]. Think of the implications there.
** Also in the final episode, up until Anthy [[spoiler:resigned as Rose Bride to search for the missing Utena]], Akio fully intended to revise the Code of the Rose Bride, cultivate a new Prince, and restart the duels. Which begs the question: Was Utena the first Prince to try to fight to protect the Rose Bride, or the last? ''How many times has Anthy gone through this?''
* [[WordOfGod According to the screenplay writer]], Kanae's mother [[spoiler:''poisoned her own husband'', under instruction from Akio]]. It certainly casts a darker light on the fact that she claims to not care about her husband. Yet again, you have to feel bad for Kanae, because she has no knowledge about that ''or'' [[spoiler:the sexual relationship between Akio and her mother (his future mother-in-law!)]].
* Ruka [[spoiler:sexually assaulting]] Juri in the fencing hall. Moreover, [[spoiler:the fact that he holds her against the wall in that forced kiss for ''several seconds'' and only stops when Juri ''bites his lip'']]. And even after that, [[spoiler:he drops Juri's locket to the floor ([[FridgeHorror which makes one wonder when and how he got it off her]]) and threatens to crush it under his foot as if he thinks Shiori is lower than dirt]].

!!'''The Movie'''
* A flashback shows that [[spoiler:Akio slipped a drug into his sister Anthy's drink and then took advantage of her sexually]]. This is icky enough, but it then goes on to show that afterwards [[spoiler:he realized that she was awake and began to panic, and wound up stabbing her and then falling out a window to his death]]. Yikes.
* The revelation of [[spoiler:Anthy's scar]] during the nude sketching scene is made all the creepier when you can hear what sounds awfully like a dentist drill. Not to mention that [[spoiler:said scar is shown as a huge hole in her chest]]. ''Or'' that [[spoiler:the collection of Akio's paintings turns into a composite image of Anthy being raped]].

* Touga was [[spoiler: raped by his adoptive father as a child]].
** The entire butterfly scene, for that matter. Shiori growing butterfly wings may be beautifully animated, but even besides the obvious fact that all this is combined with a scene of [[spoiler:child rape]], it's creepy how she rants about how much she hates Juri at the same time, [[DissonantSerenity all in]] [[Creator/KumikoNishihara the same sugary-sweet voice]] [[DissonantSerenity she always has]]. What's more, the butterflies themselves symbolise all sorts of squicky things: [[spoiler: 1. Parasitism; they're cabbage white butterflies, and fittingly enough, the scene takes place in a cabbage patch. 2. Cruel innocence, a phrase associated with Shiori in the series; note how the butterflies perch on the child Touga in his worst moment.]]

** And then [[spoiler:the rubber duck that had been in the bathtub along with the two of them during that scene reappears in the garage (near a car with a licence plate reading KOZUE) on the ground, in a puddle of water that reflects the red lighting in a way that looks like blood...]]
* Movie!Anthy is just as [[spoiler: miserable and emotionally broken as her series counterpart]]. It's implied she's about to [[spoiler: commit suicide]] before Utena finds her in the Rose Garden at night. And whereas in the series, it's a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} when she stops her, here, Anthy's subtle jabs at Utena make her ''fly into a rage'', throwing her down to the floor and screaming at her.
** And just after that scene, Anthy is swinging an axe and looks ''very close'' to decapitating Utena.

* The movie ends with [[spoiler:Utena and Anthy]] escaping the school, but that gets worrying when you remember that they left with nothing but the clothes on their backs, and by the time they fight free, they no longer even have that. What are two flat-broke naked teenagers with no resources beyond a half-wrecked racecar supposed to do with their selves? Especially since the area outside Ohtori Academy looks utterly devoid of civilization?

!!'''Other Continuities'''
* The first ''Utena'' light novel has a rather creepy sex scene between [[spoiler:Touga and Miki(!)]]. The consent is dubious, it's obviously manipulative, and then there's [[spoiler:Touga]]'s evil little smile at the end of the scene.
** [[spoiler: Miki]] is clearly distressed during the experience, and in any case, [[spoiler: he's only thirteen years old, while Touga is seventeen]]. Plus, when Utena shows up in the next scene and [[spoiler: Touga]] starts invading her personal space, [[spoiler: Miki]] begs him to stop, afraid for her safety.

* The second Utena light novel nearly ends in tragedy when [[spoiler: Saionji stabs Wakaba in the stomach thinking she was Utena]]. The whole description of that scene was horrifying.

** But, anyway, Utena and Anthy are less "naked, broke teenagers moving through a wasteland" and more a goddess and her spiritual partner traveling on to the next stage of their journey. Whether that means returning to the real world or not, only they know.

But, anyway, Utena and Anthy are less "naked, broke teenagers moving through a wasteland" and more a goddess and her spiritual partner traveling on to the next stage of their journey. Whether that means returning to the real world or not, only they know.

* Movie!Anthy is just as [[spoiler: miserable and emotionally broken as her series counterpart]]. It's implied she's about to [[spoiler: commit suicide]] before Utena finds her in the Rose Garden at night. And whereas in the series, it's a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming when she stops her, here, Anthy's subtle jabs at Utena make her ''fly into a rage'', throwing her down to the floor and screaming at her.

** When that flashback gets revisited in episode 34, it gets much worse. Touga claimed that what was needed to snap Utena out of her grief was to show her something eternal, as Utena was suffering from nihilistic grief, believing that since everything died, she might as well die right now. What did Utena's prince come up with as an example of something eternal to save her? [['''Anthy's suffering'''.]]