History NightmareFuel / TronUprising

** Cyrus' {{Leitmotif}}, "Compressed Space". In invokes the claustrophobic feeling of what is to be trapped in a damp, cold, dark cell and GoMadFromTheIsolation, just like Cyrus did.

* Code worms (again from "Rendezvous"). ''Dear Users'', code worms. They're essentially the Grid equivalent of [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Ceti Eels]] (except they enter through a Program's ''eye sockets''), they can be used to implant false memories within a Program's code or disc or to delete real ones, and they can cause ''hideous'' physical damage to a Program when mishandled (a mishap with a code worm is implied to be responsible for the hole that obliterated one of Gorn's eyes and goes ''all the way through her head''). And going by [[spoiler:Paige's]] flinching and screaming, they ''hurt''.

* Code worms (again from "Rendezvous"). ''Dear Users'', code worms. They're essentially the Grid equivalent of [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Ceti Eels]] (except they enter through a Program's ''eye sockets''), they can be used to implant false memories within a Program's code or disc or to delete real ones, and they can cause ''hideous'' physical damage to a Program when mishandled (a mishap with a code worm is implied to be responsible for the hole that obliterated one of Gorn's eyes and goes ''all the way through her head'').

* In Dyson's flashback in "Scars, Part 1" at the gathering of Tron, Dyson, Clu and Flynn, Clu's EvilTwin tendencies are shown in a rather jarring way. He stands behind Flynn, [[UncannyValley emulating his movements]], but unlike Flynn who smiles in a friendly and almost fatherly way, Clu's expression is a wicked PsychoticSmirk.

* The Coliseum Games in general. Prisoners and lawbreakers are thrown in the Coliseum to die in various ways to entertain the cheering sadistic masses, such as harmless prisoners thrown against skilled fights in death match disc wars or being torn apart by light cycles. Citizens in Argon City all live in terror of being sent to the Coliseum, even the ones cheering when others are killed there. The worst part is you can get sent to the Coliseum for as something trivial as breaking curfew by losing track of the time as Rilo found out.

-->'''Tron:''' ''(to Dyson)'' You watched me die? ''I'll watch'' '''you''' ''die'!'

-->'''Tron:''' ''(to Dyson)'' You watched me die? ''I'll watch'' '''you''' ''die''.

** One of Tesler's most intimidating moments precedes this scene directly, where he learns of an ISO's presence in the hospital and orders every program that came in contact with the ISO massacred... which includes the two programs who relayed the information in the first place. The usage of Tesler's ominous, ringing {{leitmotif{]}} as Tesler walks away from his minions butchering the programs on the spot amid cries of "but we ''helped you!''" is one of the most chilling shots in the show.

* The scene where Tesler recruits Paige. Not only is is creepy because Tesler is lying through his virtual teeth, but that the scene behind him is a ''hospital'' that's covered in patches of bright color - [[SymbolicBlood the remains of Paige's patients and co-workers]] that he just slaughtered. And even after all this virtual bloodbath, his voice is perfectly calm.

* The [[SlasherSmile faces]] [[spoiler:[[BrainwashedAndCrazy a reprogrammed]] Cutler]] [[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises makes]][[DyingAsYourself as]] [[SubvertedTrope he dies]].

* The [[SlasherSmile faces]] [[spoiler:[[BrainwashedAndCrazy a reprogrammed]] Cutler]] [[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises makes]] [[spoiler:[[DyingAsYourself as]] [[SubvertedTrope he dies]].]]

* The [[SlasherSmile faces]] [[spoiler:[[BrainwashedAndCrazy a reprogrammed]] Cutler]] makes [[spoiler:[[DyingAsYourself as]] [[SubvertedTrope he dies]].]]

[[caption-width-right:350: "[[BrokenHero You watched ''me'' die?]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness I'll watch ''you'' DIE!]]"]]

[[caption-width-right:350: "You watched ''me'' die? I'll watch ''you'' DIE!"]]

* The [[SlasherSmile faces]] [[spoiler:[[BrainwashedAndCrazy a reprogrammed]]]] Cutler makes [[spoiler:[[DyingAsYourself as]] [[SubvertedTrope he dies]].]]

* Some of the deaths in this show look like stuff out of a horror movie. For instance: [[{{Gorn}} A soldier bisected by the waist, dragging himself across the floor, while bleeding pixels all over the place]].

[[caption-width-right:350: "[[EvilFormerFriend You]] [[ColdBloodedTorture watched]] ''[[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil me]]'' [[NeverFoundTheBody die]]? [[FallenHero I'll]] [[RevengeBeforeReason watch]] ''[[ItsPersonal you]]'' [[HeWhoFightsMonsters DIE!]]"]]

** Cyrus also displays unsettling interactions with female programs that border on molestation as seen when he confronts a program couple disguised as the Renegade and brutally kills the male before pouncing on the female to threaten her into spreading word of his deeds. He also makes disturbing flirtations about Paige in front of Beck.

** Cyrus also displays unsettling interactions with female programs that border on molestation as seen when he confronts a couple disguised as the Renegade and kills the male before pouncing on the female to threaten her into spreading word of his deeds. He also makes disturbing flirtations about Paige in front Beck.

* [[http://tron.wikia.com/wiki/Cyrus Oh my god, Cyrus!]] His debut episode and the NotQuiteDead at the end were appropriately creepy.

[[caption-width-right:350: "[[EvilFormerFriend You]] [[ColdBloodedTorture watched]] ''[[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil me]]'' [[NeverFoundTheBody die]]? [[FallenHero I'll]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters watch]] ''[[ItsPersonal you]]'' [[RevengeBeforeReason DIE!]]"]]

* The [[SlasherSmile faces]] Cutler makes [[spoiler:as he dies.]]

[[caption-width-right:350: "[[EvilFormerFriend You]] [[ColdBloodedTorture watched]] ''[[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil me]]'' die? [[FallenHero I'll]] watch ''you'' [[HeWhoFightsMonsters DIE!]]"]]

[[caption-width-right:350: "[[EvilFormerFriend You]] [[ColdBloodedTorture watched]] ''[[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil me]]'' die? [[FallenHero I'll]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters watch]] ''you'' DIE!"]]

[[caption-width-right:350: "[[EvilFormerFriend You]] [[ColdBloodedTorture watched]] ''[[BrokenBird me]]'' die? [[FallenHero I'll]] [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil watch]] ''you'' [[HeWhoFightsMonsters DIE!]]"]]