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*** [[NightmareRetardant Oddly enough, almost every person riding finds this hilarious.]]



** Did we mention the part where you're going high-speed in almost complete darkness and whizzing past freaky mummy spirits? Most would agree this ride reigns supreme as far as scare factor goes.

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** Did we mention the part where you're going high-speed in almost complete darkness and whizzing past freaky mummy spirits? spirits and people getting tortured? Most would agree this ride reigns supreme as far as scare factor goes.goes.
*** It's heavily implied that this is the ''[[UsefulNotes/EgyptianMythology Egyptian Underworld.]]''-more specifically, it's Egyptian Hell.
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** In an attempt to evade the shark, the skipper takes your boat into a boathouse...a very dark boathouse with the skipper's flashlight being the main source of light. But soon the entire boathouse begins to shake, creating electrical sparks and knocking over barrels as well as hanging boats, only for the source of all this to be revealed as the shark itself as it busts through the walls of the boathouse and ''lunges right at you''.

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** In an attempt to evade There's also a scene where the shark, the skipper takes your boat into enters a boathouse...a very dark boathouse with the skipper's flashlight being the main source of light. But soon the entire boathouse boathouse, which suddenly begins to shake, creating electrical sparks and knocking over barrels as well as hanging boats, only for the source of all this crumble apart due to be revealed as the shark itself as it busts through the walls attempting to break in. It succeeds, pops out of the boathouse water, and ''lunges right at you''.you''. All in the dark.



** After getting out of the boathouse, the shark lunges right out again to the left of the boat, creating a rather effective jump scare. In the original version of the ride, it actually bit into the boat and dragged it a couple of feet before the skipper eventually regained control.
** The ride's gruesome ending where the shark accidentally bites a power line, electrocuting and then completely frying it. You even see its roasted remains, until it reveals that it's actually still alive when it makes one final lunge towards the boat before the skipper finishes it off with the blast of the grenade launcher.

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** After getting out of the boathouse, the shark lunges right out again to the left of the boat, creating a rather effective jump scare. In the original version of the ride, it actually bit into the boat and dragged it a couple of feet before the skipper eventually regained control.
** The ride's gruesome ending where the shark accidentally bites a power line, electrocuting and then completely frying it. You even see its roasted remains, until it reveals that it's actually still alive when it makes one final lunge towards the boat before the skipper finishes it off with being killed by the blast of the skipper's grenade launcher.

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** At the beginning of the ride, it is revealed that the shark has returned, as it sinks and eats the passengers of another boat. You get to hear the not-so pleasant sound of that boat's captain begging for help and then screaming over the radio transmission.
** In an attempt to evade the shark, the captain takes your boat into a boathouse...a very dark boathouse with the captain's flashlight being the main source of light. But soon the entire boathouse begins to shake, knocking over barrels as well as hanging boats along with creating electrical sparks, only for the source of all this to be revealed as the shark itself as it busts through the walls of the boathouse and ''lunges right at the boat''.

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** At the beginning of the ride, it is revealed that the shark has returned, as it sinks and eats the passengers of another boat. You get to hear the not-so pleasant sound of that boat's captain skipper begging for help and then screaming over the radio transmission.
** In an attempt to evade the shark, the captain skipper takes your boat into a boathouse...a very dark boathouse with the captain's skipper's flashlight being the main source of light. But soon the entire boathouse begins to shake, creating electrical sparks and knocking over barrels as well as hanging boats along with creating electrical sparks, boats, only for the source of all this to be revealed as the shark itself as it busts through the walls of the boathouse and ''lunges right at you''.
*** Additionally, upon entering
the boat''.boathouse, you are first treated to the sight of some gory pieces of flesh from another shark lying on the floor.
** After getting out of the boathouse, the shark lunges right out again to the left of the boat, creating a rather effective jump scare. In the original version of the ride, it actually bit into the boat and dragged it a couple of feet before the skipper eventually regained control.
** The ride's gruesome ending where the shark accidentally bites a power line, electrocuting and then completely frying it. You even see its roasted remains, until it reveals that it's actually still alive when it makes one final lunge towards the boat before the skipper finishes it off with the blast of the grenade launcher.
*** The ride's original ending was arguably even more graphic. The skipper would shoot a grenade right into the shark's mouth. The shark would then go back underwater, only to explode mere seconds later, leaving behind a pool of blood and pieces of skin and flesh.

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* The JAWS ride also has a couple of instances of this.
** At the beginning of the ride, it is revealed that the shark has returned, as it sinks and eats the passengers of another boat. You get to hear the not-so pleasant sound of that boat's captain begging for help and then screaming over the radio transmission.
** In an attempt to evade the shark, the captain takes your boat into a boathouse...a very dark boathouse with the captain's flashlight being the main source of light. But soon the entire boathouse begins to shake, knocking over barrels as well as hanging boats along with creating electrical sparks, only for the source of all this to be revealed as the shark itself as it busts through the walls of the boathouse and ''lunges right at the boat''.



* The shark getting roasted in the JAWS ride. Sure it devoured a bunch of people but sheesh, what a gruesome way to get killed.
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** Scream moreso with how close to your face she gets, plus do realize that this is all in 3-D.

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* In Shrek 4-D, the spider scene as well as the stone dragon.
** While you are walking into the main show room, listen very closely to the background noise in the pre-show room. You can faintly hear people being tortured and screaming for someone to help them.

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* In Shrek 4-D, 4-D has some mild examples of this, though mostly when it comes to the young children that stumble onto the attraction.
** There's a scene where Shrek teases Donkey with a spider dangling from a web. Freaked out, Donkey blows
the spider scene as well as towards the audience (do remember this is in 3-D!), only for dozens of spiders to suddenly and randomly drop down from the trees and land on the ground. The seats in the theater then utilize a "leg tickler" effect to make it seem like the spiders are crawling all over the audience's legs. Arachnophobes beware.
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stone dragon.dragon Farquaad's ghost uses in an attempt to kill the two titular heroes. Remember "Dragon" from the first movie and how vicious she was before falling in love with Donkey? Picture that but ten times worse. It's also worth mentioning that its roar quite literally is so loud that it shakes the entire theater and you are given some rather unpleasant close-ups of it (in 3-D!).
** One particularly memorable thing about the attraction is that the whole pre-show room is themed as a ''torture chamber'', complete with dozens of classic torture devices positioned all around you, including '''right above you'''.
** There's also another disturbing little detail to the pre-show room.
While you are walking into the main show room, listen very closely to the background noise in the pre-show room. noise. You can faintly hear people being tortured and screaming for someone to help them.help.

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** The "false ending" too.
** And the part with the scarab beetles...

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** The "false ending" too.
too. You arrive at what appears to be an unloading station with a ride operator standing behind a window, only for said operator to be disintegrated into a skeleton and for Imhotep to suddenly emerge in her place.
** And the part with the scarab beetles...beetles. The ride gives off the illusion of thousands of them crawling all over the place...



* E.T.'s friends in the E.T. Adventure ride... *shudders*
** Those animatronic policemen also reek of [[UncannyValley Uncanny Valley.]]

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* E.T.'s friends Adventure is a great example of unintentional nightmare fuel. Firstly, the animatronic policemen are heavy in the [[UncannyValley Uncanny Valley]] department. Plus E.T. Adventure ride... *shudders*\n** Those animatronic policemen also reek of [[UncannyValley Uncanny Valley.]]'s friends on the Green Planet look rather...disturbing, to say the least.



* The scenes with Electro and Scream in The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man.
** Scream moreso with how close to your face she gets.

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* The scenes with Electro and Scream in The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man.
Spider-Man where Electro electrocutes the vehicle you're in and when Scream jumps on the vehicle and basically attempts to claw your whole face off.
** Scream moreso with how close to your face she gets.gets, plus do realize that this is all in 3-D.
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** Those animatronic policemen also reeked of [[UncannyValley Uncanny Valley.]]

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** Those animatronic policemen also reeked reek of [[UncannyValley Uncanny Valley.]]
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* "Poultra" in the former Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast ride.

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* "Poultra" in the former Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast ride. A giant chicken monster-thing with corrosive green breath and loud footsteps that violently shake the vehicle.



** Scream moreso with how close to your face she gets...

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** Scream moreso with how close to your face she gets...gets.



* The many technical malfunctions that have plagued Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit since its (delayed) opening. One such malfunction left a batch of riders stranded on the first lift hill for over two hours (and mind you, the first lift goes up at a near 90 degree angle).

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* The many technical malfunctions that have plagued Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit since its (delayed) opening. One such malfunction left a batch of riders stranded on the first lift hill for over two hours (and mind you, the first lift goes up at a near 90 degree angle).
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** Scream moreso with how close to your face she gets...
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* All of the Decepticon encounters in the Transformers ride.

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* All of the Decepticon encounters in the Transformers ride. The Decepticons are already scary as is, but when you add in 3D effects and intense ride movements, ho boy...
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* E.T.'s friends in E.T. Adventure... *shudders*

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* E.T.'s friends in the E.T. Adventure...Adventure ride... *shudders*
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* "Poultra" in the (now gone) Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast ride.

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* "Poultra" in the (now gone) former Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast ride.
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* The many technical malfunctions that have plagued Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit since its opening. One such malfunction left a batch of riders stranded on the first lift hill for over two hours (and mind you, the first lift goes up at a near 90 degree angle).

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* The many technical malfunctions that have plagued Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit since its (delayed) opening. One such malfunction left a batch of riders stranded on the first lift hill for over two hours (and mind you, the first lift goes up at a near 90 degree angle).
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* The many technical malfunctions that have plagued Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit since its opening. One such malfunction left a batch of riders stranded on the first lift hill for over two hours (and mind you, the first lift goes up at a near 90 degree angle).
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** Plus the scene when Imhotep's minions pop out of nowhere... (pictured right)
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** There's also the first scene with Reggie's soul getting sucked out.
** The "false ending" too.
** And the part with the scarab beetles...
** Did we mention the part where you're going high-speed in almost complete darkness and whizzing past freaky mummy spirits? Most would agree this ride reigns supreme as far as scare factor goes.
** Oh yeah, and at the Hollywood version, when you're exiting, one of the mummy statues you walk past isn't actually a statue...and will reveal that fact to a certain guest at random.
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* The Tyrannosaurus in the Back to the Future ride qualifies too.
** Especially since you '''get swallowed''' by it.
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* "Poultra" in the (now gone) Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast ride.
* The scenes with Electro and Scream in The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man.
* All of the Decepticon encounters in the Transformers ride.
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** Those animatronic policemen also reeked of [[UncannyValley Uncanny Valley.]]

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** Those animatronic policemen also reeked of [[UncannyValley Uncanny Valley.]]]]
* Jurassic Park River Adventure qualifies, easily. Velociraptors popping out of nowhere, Dilophosauruses spitting at you, and a giant freaking Tyrannosaurus lunging right in for you just before you plummet down an '''85 ft''' drop.
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** The animatronic policemen also reeked of [[UncannyValley Uncanny Valley.]]

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** The Those animatronic policemen also reeked of [[UncannyValley Uncanny Valley.]]

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* In Shrek 4-D, while you are walking into the main show room, listen very closely to the background noise in the pre-show room. You can faintly hear people being tortured and screaming for someone to help them.

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* In Shrek 4-D, while the spider scene as well as the stone dragon.
** While
you are walking into the main show room, listen very closely to the background noise in the pre-show room. You can faintly hear people being tortured and screaming for someone to help them.
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** The animatronic policemen also reeked of Uncanny Valley.

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** The animatronic policemen also reeked of [[UncannyValley Uncanny Valley.]]
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* The shark getting roasted in the JAWS ride. Sure it devoured a bunch of people but sheesh, what a gruesome way to get killed.

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* The shark getting roasted in the JAWS ride. Sure it devoured a bunch of people but sheesh, what a gruesome way to get killed.killed.
* E.T.'s friends in E.T. Adventure... *shudders*
** The animatronic policemen also reeked of Uncanny Valley.
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[[caption-width-right:220:And if you thought the park was only scary during [[NightmareFuel/HalloweenHorrorNights Horror Nights...]]

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[[caption-width-right:220:And if you thought the park was only scary during [[NightmareFuel/HalloweenHorrorNights Horror Nights...]]
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[[caption-width-right:220:And if you thought the park was only scary during [[NightmareFuel/HalloweenHorrorNights Horror Nights...]]
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* Kongfrontation (gone but not forgotten) had you going face to face with the giant ape himself. And we mean that literally. He was a giant animatronic that was really right in your face. In addition to all that, the ride would simulate the feeling of him picking up the vehicle you're in...and dropping it.

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* Kongfrontation (gone but not forgotten) had you going face to face with the giant ape himself. And we mean that literally. He was a giant animatronic that was really right in your face. In addition to all that, the ride would simulate the feeling of him picking up the vehicle you're in...and dropping it.it.
* The dementors and giant spiders in Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, especially with how close to them the ride puts you.
* The shark getting roasted in the JAWS ride. Sure it devoured a bunch of people but sheesh, what a gruesome way to get killed.
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* The "soul-sucking" portion of the Revenge of the Mummy roller coasters, at least in the Orlando design: you're sent up a hill where Imhotep's massive face is projected in front of you, screaming "Your souls are mine!" and it suddenly launches the car at 45 miles per hour up the incline and through his mouth with a massive roar.

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* The "soul-sucking" portion of the Revenge of the Mummy roller coasters, at least in the Orlando design: you're sent up a hill where Imhotep's massive face is projected in front of you, screaming "Your souls are mine!" and it suddenly launches the car at 45 miles per hour up the incline and through his mouth with a massive roar.roar.
* In Shrek 4-D, while you are walking into the main show room, listen very closely to the background noise in the pre-show room. You can faintly hear people being tortured and screaming for someone to help them.
* Kongfrontation (gone but not forgotten) had you going face to face with the giant ape himself. And we mean that literally. He was a giant animatronic that was really right in your face. In addition to all that, the ride would simulate the feeling of him picking up the vehicle you're in...and dropping it.
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* The "soul-sucking" portion of the Revenge of the Mummy roller coasters, at least in the Orlando design: you're sent up a hill where Imhotep's massive face is projected in front of you, screaming "Your souls are mine!" and it suddenly launches the car at 45 miles per hour up the incline and through his mouth with a massive roar.

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