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*** What makes it even more terrifying is that much like [[WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog Freaky Fred's obsession with shaving hair]], this is actually TruthInTelevision. It's not uncommon for people like Dave in real life to let their obsessions get the best of them to the point where they [[SanitySlippage lose their sanity]].

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*** ** What makes it even more terrifying is that much like [[WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog Freaky Fred's obsession with shaving hair]], this is actually TruthInTelevision. It's not uncommon for people like Dave in real life to let their obsessions get the best of them to the point where they [[SanitySlippage lose their sanity]].
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* During Mike's BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, after he wins, we see a split second of an ominous shadow on the wall. It's ''Mal'', who will take over Mike's body next season.

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* During A minor one but during Mike's BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, after he wins, we see a split second of an ominous shadow on the wall. It's ''Mal'', who will take over Mike's body next season.
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*** What makes it even more terrifying is that much like [[WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog Freaky Fred's obsession with shaving hair]], this is actually TruthInTelevision. It's not uncommon for people like Dave in real life to let their obsessions get the best of them to the point where they [[SanitySlippage lose their sanity]].
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Considering that ''Total Drama'' is a parody of ''Series/{{Survivor}}'', which already has scary moments [[NightmareFuel/{{Survivor}} for it's own page]], it's not all that surprising to see [[NightmareFuel moments like these]] on [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama this show]].

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Considering that ''Total Drama'' is a parody of ''Series/{{Survivor}}'', which already has scary moments [[NightmareFuel/{{Survivor}} for it's its own page]], it's not all that surprising to see [[NightmareFuel moments like these]] on [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama this show]].
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-->'''Scarlett:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Am. Not. Your.]] '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Sidekick!]]'''

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-->'''Scarlett:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Am. Not. Your.]] '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Sidekick!]]''''''[[SuddenlyShouting SIDEKIIICK!]]'''
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Considering that ''Total Drama'' is a parody of ''Series/Survivor'', which already has scary moments [[NightmareFuel/Survivor for it's own page]], it's not all that surprising to see [[NightmareFuel moments like these]] on [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama this show]].

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Considering that ''Total Drama'' is a parody of ''Series/Survivor'', ''Series/{{Survivor}}'', which already has scary moments [[NightmareFuel/Survivor [[NightmareFuel/{{Survivor}} for it's own page]], it's not all that surprising to see [[NightmareFuel moments like these]] on [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama this show]].
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* The entire "Hook, Line, and Screamer" episode. Considering that a serial killer is on the loose in the island and would not hesitate to soak his hook with blood, you know you're in a big trouble when even Chris and Chef Hatchet tries to run away. Of course, it was all an act to scare them and to find a perfect opportunity for them to eliminate one of their teammates. Until, they realize that there is an [[ContrivedCoincidence actual killer]] on the loose, which causes Chris and Chef Hatchet to [[EvenEvilHasStandards lose their shit.]] If not for Gwen's hardcore kick, she would have been killed.

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* The entire "Hook, Line, and Screamer" episode. Considering that a serial killer is on the loose in the island and would not hesitate to soak his hook with blood, you know you're in a big trouble when even Chris and Chef Hatchet tries to run away. Of course, it was all an act to scare them and to find a perfect opportunity for them to eliminate one of their teammates. Until, they realize that there is an [[ContrivedCoincidence actual killer]] on the loose, which causes Chris and Chef Hatchet to [[EvenEvilHasStandards lose their shit.]] If not for Gwen's hardcore kick, Gwen panicking and kicking the killer in the face, she would have been killed.
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[[caption-width-right:350:One of the ''many'' mutants to see everyday in ''Revenge of the Island'']].

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Considering that ''Total Drama'' is a parody of [[Series/Survivor]], which is about a bunch of people trying to fight for their lives, it's not all that surprising to see [[NightmareFuel moments like these]] on [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama this show]].

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Considering that ''Total Drama'' is a parody of [[Series/Survivor]], ''Series/Survivor'', which is about a bunch of people trying to fight already has scary moments [[NightmareFuel/Survivor for their lives, it's own page]], it's not all that surprising to see [[NightmareFuel moments like these]] on [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama this show]].
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Considering that ''Total Drama'' is a parody of [[Series/Survivor]], which is about a bunch of people trying to fight for their lives, it's not all that surprising to see [[NightmareFuel moments like these]] on [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama this show]].
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** In one episode it's seem to imply that Mal is actually who Mike is supposed to be and Mike was a personality Mal came up with to come off as innocent. The character we've been following for most of the show was just a personality created by a sociopath.
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* [[BodyHorror Izzy's swelled-up face]] after her poison ivy spa treatment in that episode. She's barely recognizable as human.

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* [[BodyHorror Izzy's swelled-up face]] after her poison ivy spa treatment in that episode."No Pain, No Game". She's barely recognizable as human.



--> '''Courtney:''' Oh ''yes'' I would. I don't even like you very much!

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--> '''Courtney:''' Oh ''yes'' Oh, ''yes'', I would. I would! ''I don't even like you very much!much!!''



* Courtney in season two. She can tear a hole through a hotel like rich paper. Hell, Courtney in general is terrifying. On the outside, she looks like your average, normal everyday teenage girl but on the inside, she is violent and bloodthirsty.

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* Courtney in season two. She can tear a hole through a hotel like rich rice paper. Hell, Courtney in general is terrifying. On the outside, she looks like your average, normal everyday teenage girl but on the inside, she is violent and bloodthirsty.



--->"You're hair is black...
--->My heart is blue...
--->I'll stuff you with rags...
--->And sew you up too!"

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--> '''DJ:''' You wouldn't let us fall to our deaths!\
'''Courtney:''' Oh ''yes'' I would. I don't even like you very much!

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* The way Courtney utterly loses her shit in the special episode "Total Drama Drama Drama Island". She goes from abandoning Duncan over the case of money he just got for them (jerkass thing to do, but fairly mild) to violently commandeering a hot air balloon, and then when DJ, Cody, Tyler, and Owen have the misfortune of getting tangled in the ropes of the air balloon, she decides it's OK to risk their lives as long as they won't give her the case of money:
--> '''DJ:''' You wouldn't let us fall to our deaths!\
'''Courtney:''' Oh ''yes'' I would. I don't even like you very much!
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* A blink-and-you'll-miss-it nightmare fuel that happens just before the cheating scandal breaks: Courtney and Gwen are talking the morning after Duncney's kiss about Courtney's relationship with Duncan, and Courtney pulls out a huge list that promptly expands outward, saying that once she changes "these 32 things" about Duncan, then he ''will'' be perfect. Courtney has clearly learned nothing from Season 2, and if [[FromBadToWorse Duncan hadn't cheated with Gwen and all the drama that caused]] hadn't ensued, Courtney likely would have gone back to controlling and emotionally abusing Duncan.

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* A blink-and-you'll-miss-it nightmare fuel that happens just before the cheating scandal breaks: Courtney and Gwen are talking the morning after Duncney's Gwuncan's kiss about Courtney's relationship with Duncan, and Courtney pulls out a huge list that promptly expands outward, saying that once she changes "these 32 things" about Duncan, then he ''will'' be perfect. Courtney has clearly learned nothing from Season 2, and if [[FromBadToWorse Duncan hadn't cheated with Gwen and all the drama that caused]] hadn't ensued, Courtney likely would have gone back to controlling and emotionally abusing Duncan.
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* A blink-and-you'll-miss-it nightmare fuel that happens just before the cheating scandal breaks: Courtney and Gwen are talking the morning after Duncney's kiss about Courtney's relationship with Duncan, and Courtney pulls out a huge list that promptly expands outward, saying that once she changes "these 32 things" about Duncan, then he ''will'' be perfect. Courtney has clearly learned nothing from Season 2, and if [[FromBadToWorse Duncan hadn't cheated with Gwen and all the drama that caused]] hadn't ensued, Courtney likely would have gone back to controlling and emotionally abusing Duncan.
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* During Mike's BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, after he wins, we see a split second of an ominous shadow on the wall. [[spoiler: Oh look, it's ''Mal'', who will take over Mike's body next season.]]

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** Duncan immediately recognizes him as the one who sent him to juvie for a crime he didn't commit. It's no wonder he becomes terrified of him when he hears him whistle that tune.

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** Duncan immediately recognizes him as a fellow inmate from juvie; Mal was "running the one who sent place" and "liked being locked up", to the point where even Duncan knew to avoid him to juvie for a crime he didn't commit.completely. It's no wonder he becomes terrified of him when he hears him whistle that tune.

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* Courtney in season two. She can tear a hole through a hotel like rich paper. Hell, Courtney in general is terrifying. On the outside, she looks like your average, normal everyday teenage girl but on the inside, she is not afraid to kick your ass.

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* Courtney in season two. She can tear a hole through a hotel like rich paper. Hell, Courtney in general is terrifying. On the outside, she looks like your average, normal everyday teenage girl but on the inside, she is violent and bloodthirsty.
** Seeing how controlling she is with Duncan when they're in a relationship is also nightmarish. She's
not afraid happy with how he is and wants him to kick your ass.change himself - that can strike a chord with anyone watching who has ever been in an abusive relationship.
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* During the Alps challenge, radioactive mountain goats are used as obstacles during the sled race. Chef opens a black box and a tiny, adorable goat comes out. It bleats at an adult goat, who growls at it, and then the tiny goat lets out a ''hellish roar.'' Chef turns away and covers his eyes...cut to the little goat swallowing the big goat whole before leaping at the campers with a mouth full of fangs.

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* During the Alps challenge, radioactive mountain goats are used as obstacles during the sled race. Chef opens a black box with a nuclear symbol on the side and a tiny, adorable goat comes out. It bleats at an adult goat, who growls at it, and then the tiny goat lets out a ''hellish roar.'' Chef turns away and covers his eyes...cut to the little goat swallowing the big goat whole before leaping at the campers with a mouth full of fangs.
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* Ezekiel's gradual transformation into a [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] lookalike (pictured above). If that wasn't enough for you, then there's his fate in the finale, NightmareFuel both his face as he has the million and is falling into the volcano, and his expression as he is being launched back out, his skin completely burnt.

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* Ezekiel's gradual transformation into a [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] lookalike (pictured above).lookalike. If that wasn't enough for you, then there's his fate in the finale, NightmareFuel both his face as he has the million and is falling into the volcano, and his expression as he is being launched back out, his skin completely burnt.
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* Ezekiel has a murderous vendetta against Chris. Even if this can be seen as karmic retribution from all the stuff Chris did to him (he even mentions them in this episode), the point is that now there's a feral killer on the loose, and one that still conserves enough human-like intelligence to set up a trap and capture those who might try rescue his prey. Zeke also has acidic spit, thanks to the toxic waste exposure.

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* Ezekiel has a murderous vendetta against Chris. Even if this can be seen as is karmic retribution from for all the stuff Chris did to him (he even mentions them in this episode), him, which Chris giddily admits to, the point is that now there's a feral killer on the loose, and one that still conserves enough human-like intelligence to set up a trap and capture those who might try rescue his prey. Zeke also has acidic spit, thanks to the toxic waste exposure.



** The only saving grace to Sierra and Cody's 'relationship' is that Cody considers Sierra quite possibly his best friend by the end of World Tour, and is smiling when on the yacht with her in season 4. Which may or may not be Stockholm Syndrome.
** The other saving grace is, according to an extra scene, after being eliminated from ''All Stars'', Sierra wound up in Area 51 with a bunch of [[CallBack alien doppelgänger Codys]]... who all flee in terror of her, upon which she claims she's in "heaven". One might hope that she stayed there forever and the real Cody was able to escape her and live in peace.

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** The only saving grace to Sierra and Cody's 'relationship' is that Cody considers Sierra quite possibly his best friend by the end of World Tour, and is smiling when on the yacht with her in season 4.''Revenge of the Island''. Which may or may not be Stockholm Syndrome.
** The other saving grace is, according to an extra scene, after being eliminated from ''All Stars'', ''All-Stars'', Sierra wound up in Area 51 with a bunch of [[CallBack alien doppelgänger Codys]]... who all flee in terror of her, upon which she claims she's in "heaven". One might hope that she stayed there forever and the real Cody was able to escape her and live in peace.



* During the episode with the blue moon, if you pay close attention to Chris's surveillance screens, in one screen you see none other than ''Franchise/{{The Slender Man|Mythos}}''. Better hope the cast have $20 on hand...

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* During the episode with the blue moon, if you pay close attention to "Moon Madness", on full display on one Chris's surveillance screens, in one screen you see screens is none other than ''Franchise/{{The Slender Man|Mythos}}''. Better hope the cast have $20 on hand...


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* "Pahk'd With Talent" opens on Sugar's shadow falling over a sleeping Sky. Sugar is armed with a club and a SlasherSmile and only two things save Sky in that moment. The first is that she wakes up in time to see Sugar standing over her and the second is that Sugar doesn't feel like going in for the kill while the cameras are rolling.
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** Scarlett ''period'' during this episode. Notable mention to her reveal scene.

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** Scarlett [[KnightOfCerebus Scarlett]] ''period'' during this episode. Notable mention to her reveal scene.
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* Even though he crosses into LaughablyEvil at times, it's pretty creepy seeing Mal for the first time - when Mike's picture is burned away to reveal Mal's face in shadow.

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* Even though he crosses into LaughablyEvil at times, it's pretty creepy seeing Mal [[BigBad Mal]] for the first time - when Mike's picture is burned away to reveal Mal's face in shadow.
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* Gwen's allergy in "Picnic at Hanging Dork" is terrifying. Her eyes swell up and turn very red, and looks unpleasant.

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