History NightmareFuel / TheGoodDinosaur

* The raging flood that takes Arlo's father. It's then brought back in flashback form when Arlo gets terrified by the storm. During the flashback, the flood suddenly gains a gaping, toothy maw.

** After Thunderclap subdues both his cronies, he lets out a defiant, half-laugh half-screech noise. It's...[[UncannyValley very unsettling]].

** Their second appearance in the film has them emerge from the clouds, their mouths foreshadowing their arrival as if they're sharks in the sky. They succeed in capturing Spot the second time and fly off with him. When Spot manages to get away from them by wedging himself in a log, Thunderclap and his group start tearing apart the log to get at him, with Spot [[AdultFear crying out in terror.]]

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** A bit of FridgeHorror as the scene goes on - for most of the movie Thunderclap and the Stormchasers largely go after "critters" and small animals. It would be easy to assume that they only go after hurt and helpless animals, and only fight dinosaurs territorially like the raptors, until you realize that the very first thing Thunderclap said Arlo was [[ImAHumanitarian asking whether or not he was injured - and [[RewatchBonus once you know it's there,]] it's hard to miss the disappointment in his voice when he realizes Arlo isn't...]]

''The Good Dinosaur'' is Pixar's [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest]] film to date, so expect some NightmareFuel.

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[[caption-width-right:350: The storm provides!]]

* The raging flood that [[spoiler: takes Arlo's father]]. It's then brought back in flashback form when Arlo [[spoiler: gets terrified by the storm]]. During the flashback, the flood suddenly gains a gaping, toothy maw.
* Thunderclap and his pterosaur cronies. At first, he and his group appear to be very goofy, but caring, trying to search for wounded survivors after the storm. But the more they talk, something seems quite off about them and a viewer will notice that their eyes are bloodshot, like they're crazed. [[spoiler: And then Thunderclap swallows a cute animal alive and on-screen. He and his cronies fight over the dismembered remains of the critter - and then they figure out Spot is there and come after ''him''.]]
** A bit of FridgeHorror as the scene goes on - [[spoiler: for most of the movie Thunderclap and the Stormchasers largely go after "critters" and small animals. It would be easy to assume that they only go after hurt and helpless animals, and only fight dinosaurs territorially like the raptors, until you realize that the very first thing Thunderclap said Arlo was [[ImAHumanitarian asking whether or not he was injured]] - and [[RewatchBonus once you know it's there,]] it's hard to miss the disappointment in his voice when he realizes Arlo isn't...]]

** Their second appearance in the film has them [[spoiler:emerge from the clouds, their mouths foreshadowing their arrival as if they're sharks in the sky. They succeed in capturing Spot the second time and fly off with him. When Spot manages to get away from them by wedging himself in a log, Thunderclap and his group start tearing apart the log to get at him, with Spot [[AdultFear crying out in terror]].]]
*** Shortly afterwards, Spot [[spoiler:tears a huge hole in Thunderclap's wing membrane with his teeth, resulting in the pterosaur staring horrified at his damaged wing.]]

* Thunderclap and his pterodactyl cronies. At first, he and his group appear to be very goofy, but caring, trying to search for wounded survivors after the storm. But the more they talk, something seems quite off about them and a viewer will notice that their eyes are bloodshot, like they're crazed. [[spoiler: And then Thunderclap swallows a cute animal alive and on-screen. He and his cronies fight over the dismembered remains of the critter - and then they figure out Spot is there and come after ''him''.]]
** A bit of FridgeHorror as the scene goes on - [[spoiler: for most of the movie Thunderclap and the Stormchasers largely go after "critters" and small animals. It would be easy to assume that they only go after hurt and helpless animals, and only fight dinosaurs territorially like the velociraptors, until you realize that the very first thing Thunderclap said Arlo was [[ImAHumanitarian asking whether or not he was injured]] - and [[RewatchBonus once you know it's there,]] it's hard to miss the disappointment in his voice when he realizes Arlo isn't...]]

Quite a bit of it. ''The Good Dinosaur'' seems to be Pixar's [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest]] film to date.

** When Arlo realizes they're trying to find Spot, he gives them the wrong direction, which fools two of them as they fly off. Arlo then turns around to find that Thunderclap stayed behind and is simply... staring at him. With those crazed eyes. Arlo is understandably creeped out and can't help but look towards where Spot really is, giving Thunderclap the reaction he was waiting for.

* The raging flood that [[spoiler: takes Arlo's father]]. It's then brought back in flashback form when Arlo [[spoiler: gets terrified by the storm]]. During the flashback, the flood seems to have a gaping, toothy maw.