History NightmareFuel / RocketPower

'''Otto:''' ''(humbled)'' That's cool.

-->'''Ray:''' [[WhatTheHellHero Otto!]] ''{{You are grounded}}...'' [[GroundedForever Forever!]]\\

-->'''Ray:''' [[WhatTheHellHero Otto!]] ''YouAreGrounded...'' [[GroundedForever Forever!]]\\

--> '''Ray:''' [[WhatTheHellHero Otto]], YOU ARE [[GroundedForever GROUNDED FOREVER]]!

* The episode ''Hurricane Maurice'' has Otto and Twister being faced with the high possibility of drowning or being crushed underneath the destroyed pier. Their audible screams of terror at nearly dying are unsettling. It was a good thing they apparently didn't stray far from the shelter or they might not have been rescued in time. It only goes to show that how dangerous it is to leave a shelter during a hurricane.

* The climax of "Otto's Big Air Dare" acts as a proper payoff to all of the inherent AdultFear that comes with having kids who engage in extreme sports. After being told several times to stay away from the big air jump intended for adults, the kids disobey and try to ride it anyway. While Twister and Sam skip out entirely and Reggie has the sense to bail before anything bad happens, Otto actually goes through with it and experiences [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence one of the single most brutally depicted wipeouts in the entire series]]. While Ray was able to catch wind of what the kids were up to, he's too late to stop them and arrives to the sight of his youngest kid writhing and groaning in pain with a broken leg, unable to do anything but drape his coat over him and wait for help to arrive.

** Later, the Rocket family visits the Pipeline and Raymundo declares a well-informed refusal to let his kids surf near it. Otto and Reggie rebelliously decide to surf the Pipeline on their own and the siblings get washed into a shoreside cave in a scenario eerily reminiscent of a well-publicized [[https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/july-23-1993-disaster-at-cliff-cave-the-most-deadly-day-in-the-flood-of/article_18f078dc-136b-59e6-958a-fd0c0ab82ba7.html January 1993 incident.]] Raymundo goes in after them, but is trapped as well, with the family only surviving being drowned in a cave with the help of Twister. Becomes even more nightmarish when you realize that Otto and Reggie's mother and Raymundo's wife died in a surfing accident, and all three remaining Rockets nearly died the same way.

* "Channel Surfers" has two very suspenseful moments:

* Otto's nightmare of being chased by the trophy he cheated his way to receive in a luge race against Twister in ''Total Luger''. The icing on the cake is easily the moment where Otto runs into multiple heads of Reggie saying "You can take a shortcut!" (referring to the illegal shortcut that Otto took in his desperation to beat Twister) right before Otto is crushed by the trophy. It's even eerier when Otto wakes up from his nightmare and you can ''still'' hear Reggie's final sentence echoing as it gradually fades away.

* Otto's nightmare of the trophy he cheated his way to receive in a luge race against Twister in ''Total Luger''. The icing on the cake is easily the moment where multiple heads of Reggie saying "You can take a shortcut!" right before Otto is crushed to death by the trophy. It's even eerier when Otto wakes up from his nightmare and you can ''still'' hear Reggie's final sentence echoing as it gradually fades away.

* The level of AdultFear in the show is considerable considering you have a quartet of unsupervised children performing dangerous extreme stunts and sports which can and does get them injured or crippled. Especially when they go surfing without supervision and all of the kids have nearly drowned from a surfing wipe out at least once!

* Lars thinking Twister had died from falling into a gorge and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3dxTVsGSyE&t=128s drowning.]] Despite all his bullying he admits he loves and cherishes his younger brother, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness reacting in despair and horror at the thought of him being harmed.]] The thought of one's sibling dying in a playful adventure gone wrong is pretty bad RealLife AdultFear.

* Sam's fear of the "Sky Torpedo" is presented as irrational, but his fear is completely plausible considering he is riding in a poorly maintenance theme park ride and real life amusement park rides have gone wild and killed parkgoers. He even envisions himself going on the ride and dying when it goes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8m3hwkK5AI haywire]].

* "Bruised Man's Curve" has a couple.

* Lars thinking Twister had died from falling into a gorge and drowning. Despite all his bullying he admits he loves and cherishes his younger brother, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness reacting in despair and horror at the thought of him being harmed.]] The thought of one's sibling dying in a playful adventure gone wrong is pretty bad RealLife AdultFear.

* The episode ''Hurricane Maurice'' has Otto and Twister being faced with the high possibility of drowning or being crushed underneath the pier. Their audible screams of terror at nearly dying are unsettling. It was a good thing they apparently didn't stray far from the shelter or they might not have been rescued in time. It only goes to show that how dangerous it is to leave a shelter during a hurricane.

** The other is his ImagineSpot before he prepares to skate down the mountain, where he sees the bottom of the mountain morph into Lars' face, with Lars mocking him in a powerful, booming, gruff voice: "Is the wittle kiddie scared... ''ABOUT THE WHOMPING HE'S GONNA GET DOWN BRUISED MAN'S CURVE?!!"''

** Later, the Rocket family visits the Pipeline and Raymundo declares a well-informed refusal to let his kids surf near it. Otto and Reggie rebelliously decide to surf the Pipeline on their own and the siblings get washed into a shoreside cave in a scenario eerily reminiscent of a well-publicized [[https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/july-23-1993-disaster-at-cliff-cave-the-most-deadly-day-in-the-flood-of/article_18f078dc-136b-59e6-958a-fd0c0ab82ba7.html January 1993 incident.]] Raymundo goes in after them, but is trapped as well, with the family only surviving being drowned in a cave with the help of Twister.

** Later, the Rocket family visits the Pipeline and Raymundo declares a well-informed refusal to let his kids surf near it. Otto and Reggie rebelliously decide to surf the Pipeline on their own and the siblings getting washed into a shoreside cave in a scenario eerily reminiscent of a well-publicized [[https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/july-23-1993-disaster-at-cliff-cave-the-most-deadly-day-in-the-flood-of/article_18f078dc-136b-59e6-958a-fd0c0ab82ba7.html January 1993 incident.]] Raymundo goes in after them, but is trapped as well, with the family only surviving being drowned in a cave with the help of Twister.

Extreme Sports for Kids can be pretty dangerous. Especially when they get hurt!

* The episode ''Hurricane Maurice'' has Otto and Twister being faced with the high possibility of drowning or being crushed underneath the pier. Their audible screams of terror at nearly dying are unsettling. It was a good thing they apparently didn't stray far from the shelter or they might not have been rescued in time. It only goes to show that how dangerous it is to leave a shelter during a hurricane.