History NightmareFuel / Wishbone

%%[[AC:#07: ''Cyranose'']]

[[AC:#17: ''Frankenbone'']]

* ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' has some wicked creepy makeup for the monster. Even worse is he is perfectly articulate if garbled, and makes it clear he's not as murderous as his book counterpart, just hurt that Frankenstein has rejected him.

[[AC:#37: ''Pantin' at the Opera'']]

* This version of ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' does ''not'' give into MisaimedFandom or DracoInLeatherPants. While Christine and Raoul feel sorry for the Phantom and understand his motivations, he is most definitely not a nice guy.
* Case in point, he sabotages Carlotta at first by making a frog sound while she sings. In this adaptation, Carlotta is not even an AlphaBitch; she happens to be the target of his pranks. Then he tries crushing her with a sandbag. Christine is the only one who sees the danger and pulls Carlotta back in time. They both scream, understandably, as the sandbag crashes to the floor.
* Raoul barges into Christine's dressing room with a rose. He sees a silhouette giving her singing lessons, and talking with her possessively. Raoul realizes the man is in love with her and thinks... "That's terrible." You have no idea, man.
* Christine's fear when talking with Raoul reeks of DomesticAbuse. She confesses that her music teacher is "The opera ghost" and he is badly jealous, so Raoul must go for his safety and not speak to her again. Erik is there the whole time, listening. You can hear the fright in her voice.
* Raoul realizes that Christine isn't safe as long as she's singing at the theater. At her next rehearsal, he proposes to her on the spot, whispering that they can elope to another city and he'll find another singing job for her. Christine is so happy she nearly cries while saying yes...and we see Erik storming away. Cut to Christine being kidnapped in the next scene, with the Phantom using a trapdoor to make her fall into the opera platform. All Raoul can do is follow her and the Phantom.

[[AC:#41 & 42: ''Halloween Hound: The Legend of Creepy Collars, Parts 1 & 2'']]

* This take on ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'' goes for DarkerAndEdgier rather than translating the satire. Ichabod Crane is no GoldDigger but a well-meaning BadassBookworm who courts Katrina with honor, which makes his eventual fate at the hands of the Headless Horseman (heavily implied to be Brom Bones in disguise) all the more upsetting.
* The mysterious monster in the Old Murphy House. It scared Joe away from the house for years, gives off an ominous moan whenever it shows up, and [[TheDarknessGazesBack we only see its eyes]] while its body is always shrouded in darkness. And at the end, we're led to believe [[CatScare it's the cat]] running around the house when we see it down a hallway... [[TheEndOrIsIt but then it comes back]], moan and all.

%%[[AC:#10: ''Bone of Arc'']]

%%[[AC:#14: ''The Hunchdog of Notre Dame'']]

%%[[AC:#20: ''Mixed Breeds'']]

[[AC:#28: ''Salty Dog'']]

* Blind Pew's makeup is the stuff of nightmares. He doesn't need to grab Jim Hawkins in this, but he still causes Billy Bones to collapse with the Black Spot.
* Jim gives a LoudGulp when he meets Silver, and flashes back to a dying Billy Bones warning him of the "one-legged man".
* The kids are not only trapped in a barn, but it catches on fire due to a lightning storm. No one knows where they are, so Sam sends Wishbone out through a hole in the straw with a pamphlet on the barn. David and Joe start coughing as Sam finds her way up to the second-floor loft, trying to find an exit, and says she needs their help to lower her down safely outside using the horseshoe she was trying to find, and a rope. They tell her to hurry because it's getting hard to breathe.
* Heck, the fact that the kids nearly avoid being burned alive, thanks to Sam's quick thinking. Their parents have the sense to arrive with the fire department, just as Sam has freed Joe and David. The boys are still coughing from smoke inhalation, and Sam is understandably apologetic. They tell her not to apologize since she saved their lives.

[[AC:#12: ''Fleabitten Bargain'']]

* Just the fact that they did a version of ''Myth/{{Faust}}''.
* Here, Faust is well-meaning rather than greedy. When he finds out that the devil led him to abandon a dying Gretchen, he tries to go to her. Faust arrives just a few seconds too late. He curses the Devil for taking away his girlfriend.
* Faust then lives a mostly decent life, trying to be kind and not invoke the devil's desires. When talking with an elderly couple that is housing him, he offhandedly says that their home is great and he wishes it could be his. Then they vanish before his eyes, and the Devil gloats that Faust made this happen.
* The inventor who tried to get Joe to trade Wishbone for his VR machine. Not only did many viewers find someone trying to get Joe to trade his beloved dog (who also happens to [[TragicKeepsake be a gift from Joe's deceased father]]) unnerving and distressing (especially since [[EvilDetectingDog Wishbone]] quickly found himself disliking the man) but parental worries ''blasts'' in when the man ''follows Joe home to keep up the argument''; said viewers tend to feel Ellen and Wanda don't display ''nearly'' enough distress over the situation.

[[AC:#01 & 02: ''A Tail in Twain, Parts 1 & 2'']]

* Crazy Joe is disturbing for Aunt Polly and Tom. He murders a man and frames his best friend for it. After Tom decides to do the right thing and testify, Aunt Polly goes OhCrap when realizing he was in the same area as an armed killer. Crazy Joe escapes, and plots revenge on Tom.
* The scene where Tom and Becky get lost in the caves. They're out past dark, with Aunt Polly calling for Tom and asking Becky's father if his daughter came back as well.

%%[[AC:#03: ''Twisted Tail'']]

%%[[AC:#04: ''Rosie, Oh! Rosie, Oh!'']]

%%[[AC:#05: ''Homer Sweet Homer'']]

%%[[AC:#06: ''Bark that Bark'']]

[[AC:#08: ''The Slobbery Hound'']]

* The titular ghost dog in ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles''. As in the original book, it proves to be a real hound coated in phosphorus, but that makes its appearance no less frightening. Watson goes for ShootTheDog (which is thankfully only shown as three muzzle flashes in the darkness) to save Henry.

%%[[AC:#09: ''Digging Up the Past'']]

[[AC:#23: ''Bark to the Future'']]

* TheMorlocks are ''terrifying''.

%%[[AC:#24: ''Paw Prints of Thieves'']]

%%[[AC:#30: ''A Dogged Exposé'']]

* TheMorlocks in ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'' episode.
* "Salty Dogs"
** Blind Pew's makeup is the stuff of nightmares. He doesn't need to grab Jim Hawkins in this, but he still causes Billy Bones to collapse with the Black Spot.
** Jim gives a LoudGulp when he meets Silver, and flashes back to a dying Billy Bones warning him of the "one-legged man".
** The kids are not only trapped in a barn, but it catches on fire due to a lightning storm. No one knows where they are, so Sam sends Wishbone out through a hole in the straw with a pamphlet on the barn. David and Joe start coughing as Sam finds her way up to the second-floor loft, trying to find an exit, and says she needs their help to lower her down safely outside using the horseshoe she was trying to find, and a rope. They tell her to hurry because it's getting hard to breathe.
** Heck, the fact that the kids nearly avoid being burned alive, thanks to Sam's quick thinking. Their parents have the sense to arrive with the fire department, just as Sam has freed Joe and David. The boys are still coughing from smoke inhalation, and Sam is understandably apologetic. They tell her not to apologize since she saved their lives.
* They did a version of ''Myth/{{Faust}}''.
** Here, Faust is well-meaning rather than greedy. When he finds out that the devil led him to abandon a dying Gretchen, he tries to go to her. Faust arrives just a few seconds too late. He curses the Devil for taking away his girlfriend.
** Faust then lives a mostly decent life, trying to be kind and not invoke the devil's desires. When talking with an elderly couple that is housing him, he offhandedly says that their home is great and he wishes it could be his. Then they vanish before his eyes, and the Devil gloats that Faust made this happen.
* "Pantin' At The Opera"
** This version of ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' does ''not'' give into MisaimedFandom or DracoInLeatherPants. While Christine and Raoul feel sorry for the Phantom and understand his motivations, he is most definitely not a nice guy.
** Case in point, he sabotages Carlotta at first by making a frog sound while she sings. In this adaptation, Carlotta is not even an AlphaBitch; she happens to be the target of his pranks. Then he tries crushing her with a sandbag. Christine is the only one who sees the danger and pulls Carlotta back in time. They both scream, understandably, as the sandbag crashes to the floor.
** Raoul barges into Christine's dressing room with a rose. He sees a silhouette giving her singing lessons, and talking with her possessively. Raoul realizes the man is in love with her and thinks... "That's terrible." You have no idea, man.
** Christine's fear when talking with Raoul reeks of DomesticAbuse. She confesses that her music teacher is "The opera ghost" and he is badly jealous, so Raoul must go for his safety and not speak to her again. Erik is there the whole time, listening. You can hear the fright in her voice.
** Raoul realizes that Christine isn't safe as long as she's singing at the theater. At her next rehearsal, he proposes to her on the spot, whispering that they can elope to another city and he'll find another singing job for her. Christine is so happy she nearly cries while saying yes...and we see Erik storming away. Cut to Christine being kidnapped in the next scene, with the Phantom using a trapdoor to make her fall into the opera platform. All Raoul can do is follow her and the Phantom.
* ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' has some wicked creepy makeup for the monster. Even worse is he is perfectly articulate if garbled, and makes it clear he's not as murderous as his book counterpart, just hurt that Frankenstein has rejected him.
* ''Literature/TomSawyer''
** Crazy Joe is disturbing for Aunt Polly and Tom. He murders a man and frames his best friend for it. After Tom decides to do the right thing and testify, Aunt Polly goes OhCrap when realizing he was in the same area as an armed killer. Crazy Joe escapes, and plots revenge on Tom.
** The scene where Tom and Becky get lost in the caves. They're out past dark, with Aunt Polly calling for Tom and asking Becky's father if his daughter came back as well.
* The mystery chapter books do it too. One features David disappearing without a trace for at least a day (and when the season was changing from fall to winter to boot) and another features the story's villain trying to run him over for trying to clear his own name. [[DesignatedVictim Why is it always David?]]
* "The Legend of Creepy Collars"
** This take on ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'' goes for DarkerAndEdgier rather than translating the satire. Ichabod Crane is no GoldDigger but a well-meaning BadassBookworm who courts Katrina with honor, which makes his eventual fate at the hands of the Headless Horseman (heavily implied to be Brom Bones in disguise) all the more upsetting.
** The mysterious monster in the Old Murphy House at the Halloween episode. It scared Joe away from the house for years, gives off an ominous moan whenever it shows up, and [[TheDarknessGazesBack we only see its eyes]] while its body is always shrouded in darkness. And at the end, we're led to believe [[CatScare it's the cat]] running around the house when we see it down a hallway...[[TheEndOrIsIt but then it comes back]], moan and all.
* The titular ghost dog in ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles''. As in the original book, it proves to be a real hound coated in phosphorus, but that makes its appearance no less frightening. Watson goes for ShootTheDog (which is thankfully only shown as three muzzle flashes in the darkness) to save Henry.

* There was a PC game centered around ''Literature/TheOdyssey''. It's possible to die, and there's many ways to meet an unfortunate end; the in-game list of Wishbone/Ulysses's crew even has grave markers (or pigs) next to the guys you failed to save. (And even if you do things absolutely right, one of the crew ''will'' die as part of the plot.)

* "The Legend Of Creepy Collars"
** This take on ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'' goes for DarkerAndEdgier rather than translating the satire. Ichabod Crane is no GoldDigger but a well-meaning BadassBookworm who courts Katrina with honor.

* The ghost dog in ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles''. It turns out, however, that it was a real hound coated in phosphorus. Watson goes for ShootTheDog to save Henry.

* There was a PC game centered around ''Literature/TheOdyssey''. It's possible to die, and there's many ways to meet an unfortunate end; the in-game list of Wishbone/Ulysses's crew even has grave markers (or [[BalefulPolymorph pigs]]) next to the guys you failed to save. (And even if you do things absolutely right, one of the crew ''will'' die as part of the plot.)

** Crazy Joe is AdultFear for Aunt Polly and Tom. He murders a man and frames his best friend for it. After Tom decides to do the right thing and testify, Aunt Polly goes OhCrap when realizing he was in the same area as an armed killer. Crazy Joe escapes, and plots revenge on Tom.

* The inventor who tried to get Joe to trade Wishbone for his VR machine. Not only did many viewers find someone trying to get Joe to trade his beloved dog (who also happens to [[TragicKeepsake be a gift from Joe's deceased father]]) unnerving and distressing (especially since [[EvilDetectingDog Wishbone]] quickly found himself disliking the man) but AdultFear ''blasts'' in when the man ''follows Joe home to keep up the argument''; said viewers tend to feel Ellen and Wanda don't display ''nearly'' enough distress over the situation.

** The kids are not only trapped in a barn, but it catches on fire due to a lightning storm.

* ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' has some wicked creepy makeup for the monster. Even worse is he is perfectly articulate if garbled, and

* In "Salty Dogs", the kids are not only trapped in a barn, but it catches on fire due to a lightning storm.

** Raoul realizes that Christine isn't safe as long as she's singing at the theater. At her next rehearsal, he proposes to her on the spot, whispering that they can elope to another city and he'll find another singing job for her. Christine is so happy she nearly cries while saying yes...and we see Erik storming away. Cut to Christine being kidnapped in the next scene, with the Phantom using a trapdoor to make her fall into the opera platform. All Raoul can do is follow her and the phantom.

* Crazy Joe in ''Literature/TomSawyer'' is AdultFear for Aunt Polly and Tom. He murders a man and frames his best friend for it. After Tom decides to do the right thing and testify, Aunt Polly goes OhCrap when realizing he was in the same area as an armed killer. Crazy Joe escapes, and plots revenge on Tom.

** This version of ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' does ''not'' give into MisaimedFandom or DracoInLeatherPants. While Christine and Raoul feel sorry for the Phantom and understand his motivations, he is most definitely not a nice guy.

* The inventor who tried to get Joe to trade Wishbone for his VR machine. Not only did many viewers find someone trying to get Joe to trade his beloved dog (who also happens to [[TragicKeepsake be a gift from Joe's deceased father]]) unnerving and distressing (especially since [[EvilDetectingDog Wishbone]] quickly found himself disliking the man) but AdultFear ''blasts'' in when the man ''follows Joe home to keep up the argument''; said viewers tend to feel Ellen and Wanda don't display ''nearly'' enough distress over the situation
* ''Literature/ThePahntom

* Or their version of ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', or ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'', or ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'', or Crazy Joe in ''Literature/TomSawyer'', or...

* The mysterious monster in the Old Murphy House at the Halloween episode. It scared Joe away from the house for years, gives off an ominous moan whenever it shows up, and [[TheDarknessGazesBack we only see its eyes]] while its body is always shrouded in darkness. And at the end, we're led to believe [[CatScare it's the cat]] running around the house when we see it down a hallway...[[TheEndOrIsIt but then it comes back]], moan and all.
* The ghost dog in ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles''.
* The inventor who tried to get Joe to trade Wishbone for his VR machine. Not only did many viewers find someone trying to get Joe to trade his beloved dog (who also happens to [[TragicKeepsake be a gift from Joe's deceased father]]) unnerving and distressing (especially since [[EvilDetectingDog Wishbone]] quickly found himself disliking the man) but AdultFear ''blasts'' in when the man ''follows Joe home to keep up the argument''; said viewers tend to feel Ellen and Wanda don't display ''nearly'' enough distress over the situation.

* There was a PC game centered around Literature/TheOdyssey. It's possible to die, and there's many ways to meet an unfortunate end; the in-game list of Wishbone/Ulysses's crew even has grave markers (or [[BalefulPolymorph pigs]]) next to the guys you failed to save. (And even if you do things absolutely right, one of the crew ''will'' die as part of the plot.)

* There was a PC game centered around The Odyssey. It's possible to die, and there's many ways to meet an unfortunate end; the in-game list of Wishbone/Ulysses's crew even has grave markers (or [[BalefulPolymorph pigs]]) next to the guys you failed to save. (And even if you do things absolutely right, one of the crew ''will'' die as part of the plot.)

* The ghost dog in ''Literature/TheHoundofBaskervilles''.

* The ghost dog in "Literature/The Hounds of Baskerville"

* The ghost dog in "The Hounds of Baskerville"

* They did a version of ''{{Faust}}''.

* The ghost dog in "The Hounds of Baskerville"

* There was a PC game centered around The Odyssey. It's possible to die, and there's many ways to meet an unfortunate end; the in-game list of Wishbone/Ulysses's crew even has grave markers (or [[BalefulPolymorph pigs]]) next to the guys you failed to save.

* The mystery chapter books do it too. One features David disappearing without a trace for at least a day and another features the story's villain trying to run him over for trying to clear his own name. [[DesignatedVictim Why is it always David?]]

* The mysterious monster in the Old Murphy House at the Halloween episode. It scared Joe away from the house for years, gives off an ominous moan whenever it shows up, and [[TheDarknessGazesBack we only see its eyes]] while its body is always shrouded in darkness. And at the end, we're led to believe [[CatScare it's the cat]] running around the house when we see it down a hallway...[[TheEndOrIsIt but then it comes back]], moan and all.

* The Morlocks in ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'' episode.

* The mysterious monster in the Old Murphy House at the Halloween episode. It scared Joe away from it for years, gives off an ominous moan whenever it shows up, and [[TheDarknessGazesBack we only see its eyes]] while its body is always shrouded in darkness. And at the end, we're led to believe [[CatScare it's the cat]] running around the house when we see it down a hallway...[[TheEndOrIsIt but then it comes back]], moan and all.

* There was a PC game centered around The Odyssey. It's possible to die, and there's many ways to meet an unfortunate end; the in-game list of Wishbone/Ulysses's crew even has grave markers (or [[BalefulPolymorph pigs]]) next to the guys you failed to save.

* Or their version of ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', or ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'', or ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'', or Crazy Joe in ''TomSawyer'', or...

* The Morlocks in ''TheTimeMachine'' episode.

* The mystery chapter books do it too. One features David disappearing without a trace for at least a day and another features the story's villain trying to run him over for trying to clear his own name. [[DesignatedVictim Why is it always David?]]