History NightmareFuel / RockADoodle

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdxasi-ecmQ The "Skunk Pie" scene itself]] seems to invoke a kind of uncertainty that one usually [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt does NOT have in kids movies that death is not going to happen to a cute and innocent character]] and yet we have this scene where the Grand Duke of Owls slowly prepares a skunk for dinner while humming to himself and doubt slowly creeps about the fate of the little fellow until the moment when the Duke opens the oven and the flames start to engulf it... It's suspenseful to say the least. The skunk does seem to escape when Hunch cases him to flip the pie, though.

*** While [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit not the same type of fear like Judge Doom that an animated villain could disguise as a human and you wouldn't even know until it was too late]], the fact that the Grand Duke can [[BreakingTheFourthWall can cross over into our world]] adds another layer of terror to the character in that he's an dangerous entity cross dimensions with apparent ease just to kill someone he doesn't like, [[ParanoiaFuel makes it possible he could do that to anyone.]]

** The Grand Duke's breath is deceptively cartoonish with all the shapes adorning it, yet hides its truly aberrant and unnatural nature. With it, he can turn you into a little animal that he can eat or degrade a certain failure of a nephew even further by turning into increasing warped forms like an exaggerated caricature of a bird or a horrid mix of alien and green, obese sickly looking bird. He can enlarge himself to make himself an even bigger threat, [[BlowYouAWay become a cyclone that would either shred or crush those in his way]], or become bats, a hammer [[spoiler: or a pair of hands to strangle a child]]. Put it all together, and the Duke comes across as less of an anthropomorphic owl tyrant [[AnimalisticAbomination and more of a nocturnal avian Bogeyman.]]
** The part where the Grand Duke drops his hamminess and ''[[spoiler:strangles Edmond with his magic]]''. Even if [[spoiler: [[DisneyDeath Edmond didn't die]]]], it's still frightening, especially when the Duke's [[HellishPupils eyes suddenly become reptilian slits]].

--->'''Grand Duke of Owls''': (''after stealing a phone from the animals'') Hello, kitty? It's the Duke. I have some rather ''bad'' news I'm afraid. *Ahem* When the batteries expire, ''[[ImpliedDeathThreat so will your friends]]''. [[FauxAffablyEvil Toodle-loo, cheerio, bye!]]. (''bites the cord of the phone while [[SlasherSmile grinning like a psychopath]]'')\\
'''Edmond''': (''sounding appropriately frightened'') [[OhCrap Oh no...]]

** [[https://youtu.be/cdxasi-ecmQ The "Skunk Pie" scene itself]] seems to invoke a kind of uncertainty that one usually [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt does NOT have in kids movies that death is not going to happen to a cute and innocent character]] and yet we have this scene where the Grand Duke of Owls slowly prepares a skunk for dinner while humming to himself and doubt slowly creeps about the fate of the little fellow until the moment when the Duke opens the oven and the flames start to engulf it... It's suspenseful to say the least. [[spoiler:The skunk does seem to escape when Hunch cases him to flip the pie, though.]]

*** The aftermath of the battle begins with Chanticleer looking up at the sun rising without him, [[HeroicBSOD psychologically destroying his pride in his purpose and belief himself and leading to him being in a state of depression throughout the entirety of the movie]]. Not helped by the fact that [[WithFriendsLikeThese his fellow farm animals, the ones he protects and are deep friends with]], mock him for it. The lighting and exaggerated expressions the animals escalated the psychological terror that Chanticleer felt at that moment.

* The Grand Duke of Owls is one of the most frightening creations to come out of Creator/DonBluth's imagination. He is a menacing owl who towers over everyone, including the other owls in his employ, [[RealityWarper and is able to warp reality]] by unleashing unnatural energy covered in deceptively innocent shapes that makes others forcibly shape-shift into anything he wants, grow in size, have limited telekinesis and become a tornado. On top of this, his veneer of politeness [[MaskOfSanity seems to be barely containing a psychotic and truly sadistic side to himself]] shown through how he [[ForcedTransformation shape-shifts others into helpless animals to be more digestible]] or [[EvilUncle psychologically/physically abusing his nephew]]. Whenever he's allowed to not be bumbling, [[KnightOfCerebus the film immediately gets darker.]]
** How the Duke gets introduced outside of the story- [[BreakingTheFourthWall by using his dark magic to enter into our world via a lightning spark]], which generates the signature energy that give the immediate impression that whatever is happening is not natural as the branch crashes into the room like an enlarged owl claw. The Grand Duke introduces himself, explains why he's going to kill Edmund and that he's going to eat him--by turning him into a kitten because they're more digestible as he turns Edmund's room into an animated one.

* The opposing rooster that fights Chanticleer on the Grand Duke's employ who attacks with sickles on the back of his taloned feet with the intent to kill. And unlike the Grand Duke, Hunch, the owls, and Pinkie and his goons, he's neither shown to be bumbling or silly. [[KnightOfCerberus He's a straight up assassin that almost kills Chanticleer, setting up the darker tone of the movie.]]

** The Grand Duke's breath is deceptively cartoonish with all the shapes adorning it, yet hides its truly aberrant and unnatural nature. With it, the Duke can turn you into a little animal that he can eat or degrade a certain failure of a nephew even further by turning into increasing warped forms like an exaggerated caricature of a bird or a horrid mix of alien and green, obese sickly looking bird, [[PersonalityPowers which fits his sadistic personality to make others feel insignificant and worse about themselves]]. He can enlarge himself to make himself an even bigger threat, [[BlowYouAWay become a cyclone that would either shred or crush those in his way]], or become bats, a hammer [[spoiler: or a pair of hands to strangle a child]]. Put it all together, and the Grand Duke comes across as less of an anthropomorphic owl tyrant [[AnimalisticAbomination and more of a nocturnal avian Bogeyman.]]
** The part where the Grand Duke [[VillainousBreakdown drops his hamminess]] and ''[[spoiler:strangles Edmond with his magic]]''. Even though [[spoiler: [[DisneyDeath Edmond didn't die]]]], it's still frightening, [[spoiler: especially when the Duke's [[HellishPupils eyes suddenly become animalistic slits]] and sprouts clawed hands from his magical breath to strangle him.]]

* Pinkie the Fox, while not a supernatural monster like the Grand Duke, is someone that's more realistically unnerving, being a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive]] deliberately lying or blackmailing Chanticleer into remaining in his career while being fully aware that his actions would lead to a watery, eternally dark apocalypse due to being aligned with the Grand Duke causing it.

* The opposing rooster that fights Chanticleer on the Grand Duke's employ who attacks with sickles on the back of his taloned feet with the intent to kill. [[KnightOfCerebus And unlike the Grand Duke, Hunch, the owls, Pinkie and his goons, he's neither shown to be bumbling or silly- he's a straight up assassin that almost kills Chanticleer, setting up the darker tone of the movie.]]

*** The aftermath of the battle begins with [[HeroicBSOD Chanticleer looking up at the sun rising without him, psychologically destroying his pride in his purpose and belief himself--leading to him being in a state of depression throughout the entirety of the movie]]. Not helped by the fact that [[KickTheDog his fellow farm animals, the ones he protects and are deep friends with a sarcastic crow]]. The lighting and exaggerated expressions the animals escalated the psychological terror that Chanticleer felt at that moment.

* The Grand Duke of Owls is one of the most frightening creations to come out of Creator/DonBluth's imagination; [[spoiler: except for the part where [[AntiClimaxBoss he gets shrunk down to three inches in height and then cartoonishly chased away by his nephew]] right after his OneWingedAngel act.]] He is a menacing owl who towers over everyone, including the other owls in his employ, [[RealityWarper and is able to warp reality]] by unleashing unnatural energy covered in deceptively innocent shapes that makes others forcibly shape-shift into anything he wants, grow in size, have limited telekinesis and become a tornado. On top of this, his veneer of politeness [[MaskOfSanity seems to be barely containing a psychotic and truly sadistic side to himself]] shown through how he [[ForcedTransformation shape-shifts others into helpless animals to be more digestible]] or [[EvilUncle psychologically/physically abusing his nephew]]. Whenever he's allowed to not be bumbling, [[KnightOfCerebus the film immediately gets darker.]]

** The Grand Duke's breath is deceptively cartoonish with the stars, hearts, planets, moons and other symbols from appearance, yet hides its truly aberrant and unnatural nature. With it, the Grand Duke can turn you into a little animal that he can eat or degrade a certain failure of a nephew even further by turning into increasing warped forms like an exaggerated caricature of a bird or a horrid mix of alien and green, obese sickly looking bird, [[PersonalityPowers which fits his sadistic personality to make others feel insignificant and worse about themselves]]. He can enlarge himself to make himself an even bigger threat, [[BlowYouAWay become a cyclone that would either shred or crush those in his way]], or become bats, a hammer [[spoiler: or a pair of hands to strangle a child]]. Put it all together, and the Grand Duke comes across as less of an anthropomorphic owl tyrant [[AnimalisticAbomination and more of a nocturnal avian Bogeyman.]]

* Pinkie the Fox, while not a supernatural monster like the Grand Duke, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive is someone that's more realistically unnerving, being a corrupt executive deliberately lying or blackmailing Chanticleer into remaining in his career while being fully aware that his actions would lead to a watery, eternally dark apocalypse due to being aligned with the Grand Duke causing it.]]
** Also [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Pinkie threatens Goldie in a way that resembles physical abuse, even with the film editing]].

** What's worse is that all we know is that the Duke hired him without knowing the reason why this rooster took the job in the first place, leading to grim possibilities like [[ForTheEvulz willingly doing the deed for money or sadism to rid the world of a rooster that would like to see a wet world of darkness while knowing the aftermath of the deed would leave Chanticleer dejected and humiliated]], [[UnwittingPawn being a mercenary thinking it's another job, unaware of the horrific ramifications of his actions because the Grand Duke deliberately withheld the information]], [[SadisticChoice or even worse being aware of the consequences, but forced to do it or else the GDuke would harm his loved ones; leaving him no choice but to commit the action would potentially end the world as we know it.]]

** How the Duke gets introduced outside of the story- [[BreakingTheFourthWall by using his dark magic to enter into our world via a lightning spark]], which generates the signature [[FanNickname Lucky Charm]] energy that give the immediate impression that whatever is happening is not natural as the branch crashes into the room like an enlarged owl claw. The Grand Duke introduces himself, why he's going to kill Edmund and that he's going to eat him--by turning him into a kitten because they're more digestible as he turns Edmund's room into an animated one.

** The Grand Duke's [[FanNickname Lucky Charms]] breath is deceptively cartoonish with the stars, hearts, planets, moons and other symbols from appearance, yet hides its truly aberrant and unnatural nature. With it, the Grand Duke can turn you into a little animal that he can eat or degrade a certain failure of a nephew even further by turning into increasing warped forms like an exaggerated caricature of a bird or a horrid mix of alien and green, obese sickly looking bird]], [[PersonalityPowers which fits his sadistic personality to make others feel insignificant and worse about themselves]]. He can [[MakeMyMonsterGrow enlarge himself to make himself an even bigger threat]], [[BlowYouAWay become a cyclone that would either shred or crush those in his way]], or become bats, a hammer [[spoiler: or a pair of hands to strangle a child]]. Put it all together, and the Grand Duke comes across as less of an anthropomorphic owl tyrant [[AnimalisticAbomination and more of a nocturnal avian Bogeyman.]]

** [[https://youtu.be/cdxasi-ecmQ The "Skunk Pie" scene itself]] seems to invoke a kind of uncertainty that one usually [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt does NOT have in kids movies that death is not going to happen to a cute and innocent character]] and yet we have this scene where the Grand Duke of Owls slowly prepares a skunk for dinner while humming to himself and doubt slowly creeps about the fate of the little fellow until the moment when the Duke opens the oven and the flames start to engulf it... It's suspenseful to say the least. [[spoiler:The skunk does seem to escape when Hunch cases him to flip the pie though.]]

** The song itself also counts as it establishes on top of being a fiendish sadist, he's [[MaskOfSanity very much insane underneath the regal demeanor he puts on]].
* Snipes's panic attack in the chest is disturbing, as he pecks holes in it causing water to gush in while it's underwater, which would've drowned everyone inside if they didn't leave in time.

* [[BrightIsNotGood Pinkie]] [[CunningLikeAFox the Fox]], while not a supernatural monster like the Grand Duke, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive is someone that's more realistically unnerving, being a corrupt executive deliberately lying or blackmailing Chanticleer into remaining in his career while being fully aware that his actions would lead to a watery, eternally dark apocalypse due to being aligned with the Grand Duke causing it.]]

** What's worse [[NothingIsScarier is that all we know that the Duke hired him without knowing the reason why this rooster took the job in the first place]], leading to grim possibilities like [[ForTheEvulz willing doing the deed for money or sadism to rid the world of a rooster that would like to a wet world of darkness while knowing the aftermath of the deed would lead Chanticleer dejected and humiliated]], [[UnwittingPawn being a mercenary thinking it's another job- unaware of the horrific ramifications of his actions because the Grand Duke deliberately withheld the information]], [[SadisticChoice or even worse being aware of the consequences, but forced to do it or else the Grand Duke would harm his loved ones- leaving him no choice, but to commit the action would potentially end the world as we know it.]]
*** The aftermath of the battle begins with [[HeroicBSOD Chanticleer looking up at the sun rising without him, psychologically destroying his pride in his purpose and belief himself- leading to him being in a state of depression throughout the entirety of the movie]]. Not helped by the fact, [[KickTheDog his fellow farm animals- the ones he protects and are deep friends with- mock and ostracize him for his apparent deception he cast on the community, with Snipes capping it off with a sarcastic cock a doodle doo]]. [[DerangedAnimation The lighting and exaggerated expressions the animals escalated the psychological terror that Chanticleer felt at that moment.]]

* The Grand Duke of Owls is one of the most frightening creations to come out of Creator/DonBluth's imagination; [[spoiler: except for the part where [[AntiClimaxBoss he gets shrunk down to three inches in height and then cartoonishly chased away by his nephew]] right after his OneWingedAngel act.]] The Grand Duke is [[OminousOwl a menacing owl]], [[EvilIsBigger who towers over everyone, including the other owls in his employ]], [[RealityWarper able to warp reality by unleashing unnatural energy covered in deceptively innocent shapes that makes others forcibly shape-shift into anything he wants, grow in size, have limited telekinesis and become a tornado]]; on top of this [[FauxAffablyEvil his veneer of politeness]] [[MaskOfSanity seems to be barely containing a psychotic and truly sadistic side to himself]] shown through he [[ForcedTransformation shape shifts others into helpless animals to be more digestible]] or [[EvilUncle psychologically/physically abusing his nephew]]. [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Whenever he's allowed to not be bumbling]], [[KnightOfCerebus the film immediately gets darker.]]
** How the Duke gets introduced outside of the story- [[BreakingTheFourthWall by using his dark magic to enter into our world via a lightning spark]], which generates the signature [[FanNickname Lucky Charm]] energy that give the immediate impression that whatever is happening is not natural as the branch crashes into the room like an enlarged owl claw. The Grand Duke introduces himself, why he's going to kill Edmund and that he's going to eat him- by turning him into a kitten because they're more digestible as he turns Edmund's room into an animated one- all [[FauxAffablyEvil casual politeness that barely contains the psychopath within]].
*** While [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit not the same type of fear like Judge Doom that an animated villain could disguise as a human and you wouldn't even know until it was too late]], the fact that the Grand Duke can [[BreakingTheFourthWall can cross over into our world adds another layer of terror to the character in that he's an dangerous entity cross dimensions with apparent ease just to kill someone he doesn't like]], [[ParanoiaFuel makes it possible he could do that to anyone.]]
*** And the reason that he knew Edmund's location? [[EvilIsPetty Because the boy broke his monocle and it being partially a reason that he wants the boy dead- aside from ruining his plans]]- [[SinisterSurveillance somehow being aware that the boy had only touched the image of him in the illustrated book detailing his journey.]]

*** [[WeakenedByTheLight Aside from the standard weakness of intense light being a weakness to owls in this universe]]; the ultimate reason he had Chanticleer be cast out from his farm as a mocked and hated pariah while also destroying the rooster's pride and purpose in life? [[EvilIsPetty Because he hates the rooster's passion for rock and roll.]]
** The Grand Duke's [[FanNickname Lucky Charms]] breath are deceptively cartoonish with the stars, hearts, planets, moons and other symbols from appearance [[LightIsNotGood yet hide it's truly aberrant and unnatural nature]]. With it, [[ForcedTransformation the Grand Duke can turn you into a little animal to be more digestible or degrade a certain failure of a nephew even further by turning into increasing warped forms like an exaggerated caricature of a bird or a horrid mix of alien and green, obese sickly looking bird]], [[PersonalityPowers which fits his sadistic personality to make others feel insignificant and worse about themselves]]. [[MakeMyMonsterGrow He can enlarge himself to make himself an even bigger threat]], [[OneWingedAngel become a cyclone that would either shred or crush those in his way]], or [[SwissArmyWeapon become bats, a hammer]] [[spoiler: or a pair of hands to strangle a child]]. The Grand Duke comes across as less of a an anthropomorphic [[EvilBrit British sounding owl tyrant]] [[AnimalisticAbomination and more of a nocturnal avian Bogeyman.]]
** The part where the Grand Duke [[VillainousBreakdown drops his hamminess]] and ''[[spoiler:strangles Edmond with his magic]]''. Even though [[spoiler: [[DisneyDeath Edmond didn't die]]]], it's still frightening, [[spoiler: especially when the Grand Duke [[HellishPupils Eyes suddenly become animalistic slits]] and sprouts clawed hands from his magical breath to strangle him.]]

* The Grand Duke of Owls is one of the most frightening creations to come out of Creator/DonBluth's imagination; [[spoiler: except for the part where [[AntiClimaxBoss he gets shrunk down to three inches in height and then cartoonishly chased away by his nephew]] right after his OneWingedAngel act.]] The Grand Duke is [[OminousOwl a menacing owl]], [[EvilIsBigger who towers over everyone, including the other owls in his employ]], [[RealityWarper able to warp reality by unleashing unnatural energy covered in deceptively innocent shapes that makes others forcibly shape-shift into anything he wants, grow in size, have limited telekinesis and become a tornado]]; on top of this [[FauxAffablyEvil his veneer of politeness]] [[MaskOfSanity seems to be barely containing a psychotic and truly sadistic side to himself]] shown through he [[ForcedTransformation shape shifts others into helpless animals to be more digestible]] or [[EvilUncle psychologically/physically abusing his nephew]]. [[NotSoHarmlessVillain whenever he's allowed to not be bumbling]], [[KnightOfCerebus the film immediately gets darker.]]

*** And the reason that he knew Edmund's location? [[EvilIsPetty because the boy broke his monocle and it being partially a reason that he wants the boy dead- aside from ruining his plans]]- [[SinisterSurveillance somehow being aware that the boy had only touched the image of him in the illustrated book detailing his journey.]]

* The Grand Duke of Owls is one of the most frightening creations to come out of Creator/DonBluth's imagination; [[spoiler: except for the part where [[AntiClimaxBoss he gets shrunk down to three inches in height and then cartoonishly chased away by his nephew]] right after his OneWingedAngel act.]] The Grand Duke is [[OminousOwl a menacing owl]], [[EvilIsBigger who towers over everyone, including the other owls in his employ]], [[RealityWarper able to warp reality by unleashing unnatural energy covered in deceptively innocent shapes that makes others forcibly shape-shift into anything he wants, grow in size, have limited telekinesis and become a tornado]]; on top of this [[FauxAffablyEvil his veneer of politeness]] [[MaskOfSanity seems to be barely containing a psychotic and truly sadistic side to himself]] shown through he [[BalefulPolymorph shape shifts others into helpless animals to be more digestible]] or [[EvilUncle psychologically/physically abusing his nephew]]. [[NotSoHarmlessVillain whenever he's allowed to not be bumbling]], [[KnightOfCerebus the film immediately gets darker.]]

** The Grand Duke's [[FanNickname Lucky Charms]] breath are deceptively cartoonish with the stars, hearts, planets, moons and other symbols from appearance [[LightIsNotGood yet hide it's truly aberrant and unnatural nature]]. With it, [[BalefulPolymorph the Grand Duke can turn you into a little animal to be more digestible or degrade a certain failure of a nephew even further by turning into increasing warped forms like an exaggerated caricature of a bird or a horrid mix of alien and green, obese sickly looking bird]], [[PersonalityPowers which fits his sadistic personality to make others feel insignificant and worse about themselves]]. [[MakeMyMonsterGrow He can enlarge himself to make himself an even bigger threat]], [[OneWingedAngel become a cyclone that would either shred or crush those in his way]], or [[SwissArmyWeapon become bats, a hammer]] [[spoiler: or a pair of hands to strangle a child]]. The Grand Duke comes across as less of a an anthropomorphic [[EvilBrit British sounding owl tyrant]] [[AnimalisticAbomination and more of a nocturnal avian Bogeyman.]]

* The Grand Duke of Owls is one of the most frightening creations to come out of Creator/DonBluth's imagination; [[spoiler: except for the part where [[AntiClimaxBoss he gets shrunk down to three inches in height and then cartoonishly chased away by his nephew]] right after his OneWingedAngel act.]] The Grand Duke is [[OminousOwl a menacing owl]], [[EvilIsBigger who towers over everyone, including the other owls in his employ]], [[RealityWarper able to warp reality by unleashing unnatural energy covered in deceptively innocent shapes that makes others forcibly shape-shift into anything he wants, grow in size, have limited telekinesis and become a tornado]]; on top of this [[FauxAffablyEvil his veneer of politeness]] [[MaskOfSanity seems to be barely containing a psychotic and truly sadistic side to himself]] shown through he [[BalefulPolymorph shape shifts others into helpless animals to be more digestible]] or [[EvilUncle psychologically/physically abusing his nephew]]. [[NotSoHarmlessVillain whenever he's allowed to not be bumbling]], [[KnightOfCerebus the film immediately darker.]]

--->'''Grand Duke of Owls''': (''after stealing a phone from the animals'') Hello, kitty? It's the Duke. I have some rather ''bad'' news I'm afraid. *Ahem* When the batteries expire, ''[[ImpliedDeathThreat so will your friends]]''. [[FauxAffablyEvil Toodle-loo, cheerio, bye!]]. (''bites the cord of the phone while [[SlasherSmile grinning like a psychopath]]'')
-->'''Edmond''': (''sounding appropriately frightened'') [[OhCrap Oh no...]]

*** The aftermath of the battle begins with [[HeroicBSOD Chanticleer looking up at the sun rising without him, psychologically destroying his pride in his purpose and belief himself- leading to him being in a state of depression throughout the entirety of the movie]]. Not helped by the fact, [[KickTheDog his fellow farm animals- the ones he protects and are deep friends with- mock and ostracize him for his apparent deception he cast on the community, with Snipes capping it off with a sarcastic cock a doodle doo]]. [[DerangedAnimation The lighting and exaggerated expressions the animals escalated the psychological terror that Chanticleer felt at that moment.]]
* The idea of eternal night is scary on it's own but the concept of the sun rise being depended on one's rooster singng adds extra mind screwingness to the entire thing.

*** The aftermath of the battle begins with [[HeroicBSOD Chanticleer looking up at the sun rising without him, psychologically destroying his pride in his purpose and belief himself- leading to him being in a state of depression throughout the entirety of the movie]]. Not helped by the fact, [[KickTheDog his fellow farm animals- the ones he protects and are deep friends with- mock and ostracize him for his apparent deception he cast on the community, with Snipes capping it off with a sarcastic cock a doodle doo]]. [[DerangedAnimation The lighting and exaggerated expressions the animals escalated the psychological terror that Chanticleer felt at that moment.]]

** [[https://vimeo.com/107394414 The "Skunk Pie" scene itself]] seems to invoke a kind of uncertainty that one usually [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt does NOT have in kids movies that death is not going to happen to a cute and innocent character]] and yet we have this scene where the Grand Duke of Owls slowly prepares a baby skunk for dinner while humming to himself and doubt slowly creeps about the fate of the little fellow until the moment when the Duke opens the oven and the flames start to engulf it... It's suspenseful to say the least.

*** And the reason that he knew Edmund's location? [[EvilIsPetty because the boy broke his monocle and it being partially a reason that he wants the boy died- aside from ruining his plans]]- [[SinisterSurveillance somehow being aware that the boy had only touched the image of him in the illustrated book detailing his journey.]]

-->'''Grand Duke of Owls''': (''after stealing a phone from the animals'') Hello, kitty? It's the Duke. I have some rather ''bad'' news I'm afraid. *Ahem* When the batteries expire, ''[[ImpliedDeathThreat so will your friends]]''. [[FauxAffablyEvil Toodle-loo, cheerio, bye!]]. (''bites the cord of the phone while [[SlasherSmile grinning like a psychopath]]'')

*** [[WeakenedByTheLight Aside from the standard weakness of intense light being a weakness to owls in this universe]]; the ultimate reason he had Chanticleer be cast out from his farm as a mocked and hated pariah while also destroying the rooster's pride and purpose in life? [[EvilIsPetty Because he hates the rooster's type of singing.]]
** The Grand Duke's [[FanNickname Lucky Charms]] breath are deceptively cartoonish with the stars, hearts, planets, moons and other symbols from appearance [[LightIsNotGood yet hide it's truly aberrant and unnatural nature]]. With it, [[BalefulPolymorph the Grand Duke can turn you into a little animal to be more digestible or degrade a certain failure of a nephew even further by turning into increasing warped forms like an exaggerated caricature of a bird or a horrid mix of alien and green, obese sickly looking bird]], [[PersonalityPowers which fits his sadistic personality to make others feel insignificant and worse about themselves]]. [[MakeMyMonsterGrow He can enlarge himself to make himself an even bigger threat]], [[OneWingedAngel become a cyclone that would either shred or crush those in his way]], or [[SwissArmyWeapon become bats, a hammer]] [[spoiler: or a pair of hands to strangle a child]]. The Grand Duke comes across as less of a an anthropomorphic [[EvilBrit English sounding owl tyrant]] [[AnimalisticAbomination and more of a nocturnal avian Bogeyman.]]

* Snipes's panic attack in the chest is disturbing, as he pecks holes in it causing water to gush in.
* The water ''itself,'' oddly enough, is scary. For small children who watched this movie, the idea that their homes and parents could be impermanent is disturbing enough, without a veritable biblical flood swamping Edmond's town. It doesn't help that the water is colored black.

** The Grand Duke of Owls might be responsible for some kids' deep and abiding fear of organ music due [[PsychoElectro his particular organ is able to release electricity while he cackles like a lunatic]] and create rainclouds meant to drown the earth.

*** While [[[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit not the same type of fear like Judge Doom that an animated villain could disguise as a human and you wouldn't even know until it was too late]], the fact that the Grand Duke can [[BreakingTheFourthWall can cross over into our world adds another layer of terror to the character in that he's an dangerous entity cross dimensions with apparent ease just to kill someone he doesn't like]], [[ParanoiaFuel makes it possible he could do that to anyone.]]

** What's worse [[NothingIsScarier is that all we know that the Duke hired him without knowing the reason why this rooster took the job in the first place]], leading to grim possibilities like [[ForTheEvulz willing doing the deed for money or sadism to rid the world of a rooster that would like to a wet world of darkness while knowing the aftermath of the deed would lead Chanticleer dejected and humiliated]], [[UnwittingPawn being a mercenary thinking it's another job- unaware of the horrific ramifications of his actions because the Grand Duke deliberately withheld the information]], [[SadisticChoice or even worse being aware of the consequences, but forced to do it or else the Grand Duke would harm his loved ones- leaving him no choice, but to commit the action would potentially end the world as we know it.]]

* [[BrightIsNotGood Pinkie]] [[CunningLikeAFox the Fox]], while not a supernatural monster like the Grand Duke, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive is someone that's more realistically unnerving, being a corrupt

* [[BrightIsNotGood Pinkie]] [[CunningAsAFox the Fox]], while not a supernatural monster like the Grand Duke, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive is someone that's more realistically unnerving, being a corrupt executive that sponsors Chanticleer, manipulating him through lies or outright blackmailing him to remain in his position due to the money he brings.]] [[ForTheEvulz Made all the worse due to being fully aware that without Chanticleer crowing, the world would be both flooded and cast in eternal darkness as he's also aligned with the Grand Duke because he's that greedy.]]

* The opposing rooster that fights Chanticleer on the Grand Duke's employ who attacks with sickles on the back of his taloned feet with the intent to kill. [[KnightOfCerebus And unlike the Grand Duke and the other villains, he's neither made to be bumbling or silly- he's a straight up, almost effective killer, setting up the darker tone of the movie.]]

** The Grand Duke of Owls might be responsible for some kids' deep and abiding fear of organ music due [[PsychoElecto his particular organ is able to release electricity while he cackles like a lunatic]] and create rainclouds meant to drown the earth.
** The Grand Duke's [[FanNickname Lucky Charms]] breath could be considered scary as hell. Think about it: a force that could summon storms and turn kids into kittens comes with little stars, hearts and other brightly-colored symbols? LightIsNotGood.

* The water ''itself,'' oddly enough, is scary. For small children who watched this movie, the idea that their homes and parents could be impermanent is disturbing enough, without a veritable biblical flood swamping Edmond's town. It doesn't help that the water is colored black.