History YMMV / Eyewitness

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The theme song, an energetic, bouncy beat that perfectly encapsulates the joy and wonder of the Eyewitness Museum.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The theme song.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: At the end of Dog, the dog hero finds his owner, and the two play together while walking in the museum hallway.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: It may seem primitive now, but the Eyewitness Museum has quite the EyeCandy for a show made in the mid 90's.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: At the end of Dog, the dog hero finds his owner, and the two play together while walking in the museum hallway.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: At the end of Dog, the dog hero finds his owner, and they play together while walking in the museum hallway.

* [[Heartwarming]]: At the end of Dog, the dog hero finds his owner, and they play together while walking in the museum hallway.

* Heartwarming: At the end of Dog, the dog hero finds his owner, and they play together while walking in the museum hallway.

* SugarWiki/Heartwarming: At the end of Dog, the dog hero finds his owner, and they play together while walking in the museum hallway.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: It may seem primitive now, but the Eyewitness Museum has quite the EyeCandy for a show made in the mid 90's.

* EarWorm: The theme song.

* NightmareFuel: In addition to horror movie clips, the series has plenty of examples of these that are original.
** Season 1, Episode 1, Amphibian, discusses the association of toads with witches. It starts with a beautiful princess kissing a toad (like in the {{fairy tale}} of Literature/TheFrogPrince), but after she does that she turns into an ugly, cackling witch.
** Season 1, Episode 4, Dinosaur, has a particularly frightening JumpScare moment where the spiked tail of a Stegosaurus punctures through a metal sheet towards the camera. The lighting, sound design and camera angle make it play out like a scene from a horror movie.
** Season 1, Episode 5, Dog, shows the transformation of a man into a werewolf.
** Season 1, Episode 11, Reptile, shows a python stalking a lizard, [[spoiler: and it looks like the snake ate it, but only its tail. The lizard managed to escape.]]
** Season 1, Episode 13, Skeleton, shows the [[DemBones skeleton hero]] getting scared by a literal skeleton in a closet. A similar scene occurs in Season 3, Episode 3, Human Machine, where the mime is freaked out by possibly the same skeleton.
** Season 2, Episode 2, Arctic and Antarctic, isn't traditionally scary, but has very haunting music playing over its shots of melting icicles and the bare polar wastes, really driving home just ''how'' harsh, desolate and otherworldly the polar regions are for young viewers.
** Season 3, Episode 6, Monster, has perhaps the most nightmare fuel, as its title implies.
*** When it discusses monsters from [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]], it shows Medusa as one of them. At first her eyes are closed but then she opens them, causing stone statues to shudder in fear.
*** Later, a [[HeinousHyena hyena]] chases a lizard into a crack in the wall, after which darkness surrounds the hyena and its eyes glow.
*** When the episode explains that [[DinosaursAreDragons dinosaurs inspired dragons]], a ''TyrannosaurusRex'' breathes fire, causing that same lizard nearby to run away.
*** Perhaps the scariest scene in the episode is when it talks about how a researcher who studied children's fear of monsters found that in virtually every culture, girls are afraid there's a beast under the bed, but boys are convinced the monster is at the window. It is described to be an evolutional hangover; the theory suggests that primitive females roosted in trees to avoid dangers from below while males forced to sleep on the ground worried about sneak attacks from the side. But that's ''not'' the scary part. As the narrator describes these fears, a lizard with glowing yellow eyes appears with green fog under a pair of kids' bed! Then lightning flashes and the boy sleeping next to his sister sees the same green fog and monster appear outside the window! Both kids hide under the covers.
** Season 3, Episode 8, Natural Disasters, comes close to rivalling the Monster episode.
*** There's a brief scene of some [[UsefulNotes/AncientGreece Ancient Greek]] boys being crushed to death in an earthquake.
*** To help the audience visualize the amount of ash emitted during the 1815 Tambora eruption, they show ash piling on UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, burying all the skyscrapers.
** Season 3, Episode 10, Planets, shows a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] and a [[WickedWitch witch]] since they are both associated with the moon.

*** There's a brief scene of some [[AncientGreece Ancient Greek]] boys being crushed to death in an earthquake.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: It may seem primitive now, but the Eyewitness Museum has quite the EyeCandy for a show made in the mid 90's.

** Season 3, Episode 10, Planets, shows a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] and a [[WickedWitch witch]] since they are both associated with the moon.

*** When the episode explains that dinosaurs inspired dragons, a ''TyrannosaurusRex'' breathes fire, causing that same lizard nearby to run away.

** Season 3, Episode 8, Natural Disasters:

** Season 1, Episode 13, Skeleton, shows the skeleton hero getting scared by a literal skeleton in a closet. A similar scene occurs in Season 3, Episode 3, Human Machine, where the mime is freaked out by possibly the same skeleton.

*** Later, a hyena chases a lizard into a crack in the wall, after which darkness surrounds the hyena and its eyes glow.
*** When the episode explains that dinosaurs inspired dragons, a T.rex breathes fire, causing that same lizard nearby to run away.

*** There's a brief scene of some Ancient Greek boys being crushed to death in an earthquake.

** Season 3, Episode 10, Planets, shows a werewolf and a witch since they are both associated with the moon.

** Season 3, Episode 8, Natural Disasters, has a brief scene of some Ancient Greek boys being crushed to death in an earthquake.

*** Perhaps the scariest scene in the episode is when it talks about how a researcher who studied children's fear of monsters found that in virtually every culture, girls are afraid there's a beast under the bed, but boys are convinced the monster is at the window. It is described to be an evolutional hangover; the theory suggests that primitive females roosted in trees to avoid dangers from below while males forced to sleep on the ground worried about sneak attacks from the side. But that's ''not'' he scary part. As the narrator describes these fears, a lizard with glowing yellow eyes appears with green fog under a pair of kids' bed! Then lightning flashes and the boy sleeping next to his sister sees the same green fog and monster appear outside the window! Both kids hide under the covers.

*** Perhaps the scariest scene in the episode is when it talks about how a researcher who studied children's fear of monsters found that in virtually every culture, girls are afraid there's a beast under the bed, but boys are convinced the monster is at the window. It is described to be an evolutional hangover; the theory suggests that primitive females roosted in trees to avoid dangers from below while males forced to sleep on the ground worried about sneak attacks from the side. But that's ''not'' he scary part. As the narrator describes these fears, a lizard with glowing yellow eyes appears with green fog under a pair of kids' bed! Then lightning flashes and the boy sleeping next to his sister sees the same green fog and monster appear outsode the window! Both kids hide under the covers.

** Season 1, Episode 1, Amphibian, discusses the association of toads with witches. It starts with a beautiful princess kissing a toad (like in the fairy tale of Literature/TheFrogPrince), but after she does that she turns into an ugly, cackling witch.

** Season 1, Episode 1, Amphibian, discusses the association of toads with witches. It starts with a beautiful princess kissing a toad (like in the fairy tale of the Frog Prince), but after she does that she turns into an ugly, cackling witch.

** Season 3, Episode 6, Monster, has perhaps the most nightmare fuel, as its title implies. When it discusses monsters from Greek mythology, it shows Medusa as one of them. At first her eyes are closed but then she opens them, causing stone statues to shudder in fear. Later, a hyena chases a lizard into a crack in the wall, after which darkness surrounds the hyena and its eyes glow. When the episode explains that dinosaurs inspired dragons, a T.rex breathes fire, causing that same lizard nearby to run away.

** Season 3, Episode 6, Monster, has perhaps the most nightmare fuel, as its title implies. When it discusses monsters from Greek mythology, it shows Medusa as one of them. At first her eyes are closed but then she opens them, causing stone statues to shudder in fear. Later, a scorpion chases a spider into a crack in the wall. A similar scene occurs when a hyena chases a lizard, after which darkness surrounds the hyena and its eyes glow. When the episode explains that dinosaurs inspired dragons, a T.rex breathes fire, causing a lizard nearby to run away.

** Season 1, Episode 11, Reptile, shows a python stalking a lizard, and it looks like the snake ate it, but only its tail. The lizard managed to escape.