History NightmareFuel / TheTransformersTheMovie

** Made even worse by [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary information]]: Unicron is an EldritchAbomination who is eating the ''universe'' simply because he is offended by the idea of anything other than himself existing.

** His robot form is ''several hundred miles tall''.
** The sheer scale of his menace is cemented when the Autobots finally confront him:
--->'''[[TheHero Hot Rod]]:''' [[SeenItAll Doesn't this remind you of anything, Kup?]]
--->'''[[OldSoldier Kup]]:''' [[LittleNo Nope.]] Never seen anything like this before.
* Starscream's death. He gets shot point-blank by Galvatron, which causes his lifeless remains to blacken and slowly crumble to ashes and smoke whilst he's still standing. [[MoodWhiplash And this comes directly after an amusing scene where Starscream shoots the trumpets of some of his subordinates to get them to stop interrupting his coronation speech.]]
** The Japanese version of this scene is even worse. Unlike the original, where Screamer is completely silent as he dies, there he shrieks in agony after he's shot, then his scream fades out as he goes offline.
* Prowl being shot by Scavenger in cold blood would normally just qualify for NightmareFuel. But the fact that we go close-up on his eyes glowing red and smoke pouring out of his mouth before he collapses...
** Ironhide's death may be just as bad. It's one thing for the BigBad to start shattering PlotArmor like it's tissue paper, but shooting you ''in the face'' when you're already down on the ground, and he's [[PsychoticSmirk smirking]] and cracking a joke about it? That's dark. Making it a SoundOnlyDeath really doesn't help, considering the scene cuts away to an external shot as we see the power buildup in Megatron's fusion cannon as it's about to fire, and especially since the song "Instruments of Destruction" comes to a definitive end immediately after the cannon discharge is heard.
* Imagine this: You're a young child who has watched Transformers for years. Imagine the horror on their face when almost every character they grew to love is killed by Megatron on the big screen. [[MerchandiseDriven To sell toys.]]
* You'd think a world-gobbling planet is scary? Wait a fucking second, DID IT JUST TRANSFORM?! Yes, Galvatron, we feel how scared you are. Even worse is that Cybertron is DECIMATED by Unicron. That gives you an idea of his power and how utterly ''screwed'' we would've been if Rodimus Prime hadn't been able to open the Matrix.

* Kranix's death in the Sharkticon pool. It isn't particularly nightmarish in and of itself... until you realize that was the last robot from the destroyed Lithone. The Quintessons just completed genocide [[ForTheEvulz for a]] ''[[ForTheEvulz laugh]]''. There's no more. [[LastOfHisKind Kranix was all that remained to even prove Lithone had even]] ''[[LastOfHisKind existed]]''. Think about the enormity of that for a second, and the death scene becomes even more disturbing.
** Fortunately downplayed as two Lithones appear alive in [[Anime/TransformersVictory Transformers: Victory]], indicating their race hasn't been completely exterminated.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[DyingToBeReplaced This was almost]] '''[[DyingToBeReplaced too]]''' [[DyingToBeReplaced easy, Starscream!"]]'']]

** Fortunately downplayed as two Lithones appear in [[Anime/TransformersVictory Transformers: Victory]], indicating their race hasn't been completely exterminated.

** His voice deserves a mention as well; his booming, echoing voice that makes him sound completly apathetic about ''any'' beings in the universe. While sad, Orson Welles' death happening mere days after recording his lines makes Unicron sound threatening and ''bored''.
** His robot form is ''several hundred miles tall''. The sheer size of the monstrosity had to leave viewers wondering how ANYTHING could stop it.
* Starscream's death. He gets zapped by Galvatron. Not good enough? Okay, how about watching, in full, his lifeless remains blackening and slowly crumbling to ashes and smoke whilst he's still standing? [[MoodWhiplash And this comes directly after an amusing scene where Starscream shoots the trumpets of some of his subordinates to get them to stop interrupting his coronation speech.]]
** The Japanese version of this scene is even worse. Unlike the original, where Screamer is completely silent as he dies, there he screams in agony after he's shot, then his scream fades out as he goes offline.

** Ironhide's death may be just as bad. It's one thing for the BigBad to start shattering PlotArmor like it's tissue paper, but shooting you ''point-blank in the face'' when you're already down on the ground, and he's [[PsychoticSmirk smirking and cracking a joke about it?]] That's dark. Making it a SoundOnlyDeath really doesn't help, considering the scene cuts away to an external shot as we see the power buildup in Megatron's fusion cannon as it's about to fire, and especially since the song "Instruments of Destruction" comes to a definitive end immediately after the cannon discharge is heard.

* You'd think a world-gobbling planet is scary? Wait a fucking second, DID IT JUST TRANSFORM INTO A GOD?! Yes, Galvatron, we feel how scared you are. Even worse is that, unlike the real God, Primus was DECIMATED by Unicron. That gives you an idea of his power and how utterly ''screwed'' we would've been if Rodimus Prime hadn't been able to open the Matrix.

** What's even more terrifying is that this god can travel ''dimensions'' just so he can devour his brother, Primus. What do you think happened to the Go-Bots?

** The Japanese version of the movie, of all things, was very chilling. Especially the opening scene. Screams were added, making it more creepier than it already is.

** What's even more scary is that this god can travel ''dimensions'' just so he can devour his brother, Primus. What do you think happened to the Go-Bots?

* Unicron. Not only do we get to watch him devour an entire ''planet'' within the first few minutes of the film, children and all, but later we even get a charming trip through his innards that [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath includes shredding claws on tentacles and a giant bath of acid his victims are dumped in. The latter actually shown in action with victims struggling and flailing as they melt.]] Watch it [[https://i1.wp.com/www.gambitmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/childhoodnightmares.gif here]].

* Kranix's death in the Sharkticon pool. It isn't particularly nightmarish in and of itself... until you realize that was the last robot from the destroyed Lithone. The Quintessons just made a race of robots extinct [[ForTheEvulz for a]] ''[[ForTheEvulz laugh]]''. There's no more. [[LastOfHisKind Kranix was all that remained to even prove Lithone had even]] ''[[LastOfHisKind existed]]''. Think about the enormity of that for a second, and the death scene becomes even more disturbing.

[[caption-width-right:350:DIE Autobots!]]

* Starscream's death. He gets zapped by Galvatron. Not good enough? Okay, how about watching his lifeless remains crumbling to dust? [[MoodWhiplash And this comes directly after an amusing scene where Starscream shoots the trumpets of some of his subordinates to get them to stop interrupting his speech.]]

** Ironhide's death may be just as bad. It's one thing for the BigBad to start shattering PlotArmor like it's tissue paper, but shooting you ''point-blank in the face'' when you're already down on the ground, and cracking a joke about it? That's dark. Making it a SoundOnlyDeath really doesn't help, considering the scene cuts away to an external shot as we see the power buildup in Megatron's fusion cannon as it's about to fire, and especially since the song "Instruments of Destruction" comes to a definitive end immediately after the cannon discharge is heard.

* You'd think a world-gobbling planet is scary? Wait a fucking second, DID IT JUST TRANSFORM INTO A GOD!?!?! Yes, Galvatron, we feel how scared you are. Even worse is that, unlike the real God, Primus was DECIMATED by Unicron. That gives you an idea of his power and how utterly ''screwed'' we would've been if Rodimus Prime hadn't been able to open the Matrix.

*** It's worse when you see ships trying to escape only to get pulled back down with the planets they tried to escape.

** His robot form is ''several hundred miles tall''.

* Starscream's death. He gets zapped by Galvatron. Not good enough? Okay, how about [[spoiler: watching his lifeless remains crumbling to dust?]] [[MoodWhiplash And this comes directly after an amusing scene where Starscream shoots the trumpets of some of his subordinates to get them to stop interrupting his speech.]]

* You'd think a world-gobbling planet is scary? Wait a fucking second, DID IT JUST TRANSFORM INTO A GOD!?!?! Yes, Galvatron, we feel how scared you are. Even worse is that, unlike the real God, Primus was DECIMATED by Unicron. That gives you an idea of his power and how utterly ''screwed'' we would've been if [[spoiler: Rodimus Prime hadn't been able to open the Matrix]].

* Kranix's death in the Sharkticon pool. It isn't particularly nightmarish in and of itself... until you realize that was the last robot from the destroyed Lithone. The Quintessons just made a race of robots extinct [[ForTheEvulz for a]] ''[[ForTheEvulz laugh]]''. There's no more. [[LastOfHisKind Kranix was all that remained to even prove Lithone had even ''existed''.]] Think about the enormity of that for a second, and the death scene becomes even more disturbing.

* Kranix's death in the Sharkticon pool. It isn't particularly nightmarish in and of itself... until you realize that was the last robot from the destroyed Lithone. The Quintessons just made a race of robots extinct [[ForTheEvulz for a]] ''[[ForTheEvulz laugh]]''. There's no more. [[LastOfHisKind Kranix was all that remained to even prove Lithone had even ''existed''.]] Think about the enormity of that for a second, and the death scene becomes even more disturbing.

* Kranix's death in the Sharkticon pool. It isn't particularly nightmarish in and of itself... until you realize that was the last robot from the destroyed Lithone. The Quintessons just made a race of robots extinct [[ForTheEvulz for a]] ''[[ForTheEvulz laugh]]''. There's no more. [[LastOfHisKind Kranix was all that remained to even prove Lithone had even ''existed''.]] Think about the enormity of that for a second, and the death scene becomes even more disturbing.

* Unicron. Not only do we get to watch him devour an entire ''planet'' within the first few minutes of the film, children and all, but later we even get a charming trip through his innards that includes shredding claws on tentacles and a giant bath of acid his victims are dumped in. The latter actually shown in action with victims struggling and flailing as they melt. Watch it [[https://i1.wp.com/www.gambitmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/childhoodnightmares.gif here]].

* Kranix's death in the Sharkticon pool. It isn't particularly nightmarish in and of itself... until you realize that was the last robot from the destroyed Lithone. The Quintessons just made a race of robots extinct [[ForTheEvulz for a]] ''[[ForTheEvulz laugh]]''. There's no more. Kranix was all that remained to even prove Lithone had even ''existed''. Think about the enormity of that for a second, and the death scene becomes even more disturbing.

* Unicron. Not only do we get to watch him devour an entire ''planet'' within the first few minutes of the film, children and all, but later we even get a charming trip through his innards that includes shredding claws on tentacles and a giant bath of acid his victims are dumped in. The latter actually shown in action with victims struggling and flailing as they melt. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHMuRHugKco here]].

* While Megatron was at least given the choice to become Galvatron or die, the other Decepticons were changed without that courtesy. Not only that, but they go from having unique designs to uniform ones and their names are disregarded even by their creator. A throwaway line also implied that they have no free will outside of serving Unicron. As bad as the Decepticons can be, did they really deserve to be forcibly converted into slaves?

** Unicron's theme is ''very'' effective for setting the mood. I bet I'm not the only one who finds it appropriate for [[Franchise/StarTrek The Borg]].
*** The composer for the BGM of this movie, Vince [=DiCola=] was also working on Rocky IV at the time. Ivan Drago's and Unicron's themes have more than a passing similarity...
*** Made even worse by [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary information]]: Unicron is an EldritchAbomination who is eating the ''universe'' simply because he is offended by the idea of anything other than himself existing.
*** Unicron devours mechanical planets, and he himself is one. He took [[MonstrousCannibalism cannibalism]] to a planetary level.
*** His voice deserves a mention as well; his booming, echoing voice that makes him sound completly apathetic about ''any'' beings in the universe. While sad, Orson Welles' death happening mere days after recording his lines makes Unicron sound threatening and ''bored''.