Line #12 NightmareFuel/Onward

Context NightmareFuel / Onward

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10	* There's something mortifying about seeing the Gelatinous Cube be able to melt anything it swallows up ''in seconds'' [[AdvancingWallOfDoom as it slowly moves forward in a hallway]] with next to no way out.
11	** It gets worse for viewers familiar with just what a Gelatinous Cube ''is.'' To a casual viewer it may seem to just be a hazardous trap but to anyone who's read a [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Monster Manual]] it's perfectly clear that it's a living, if non-sapient, creature ''hunting for food.''
12	** Scarier still, this kind of trap room is a rather common one in D&D games run by particularly sadistic [=DMs=]. It's horrifying for any player who's experienced it to witness it in motion.
13	* Wilden Lightfoot being brought back as only his bottom half is pretty disturbing, it's lucky for the younger audience that there's no blood and only magic particles.
14	* Corey the Manticore [[HulkingOut going on a breakdown and reverting to a savage, feral beast]], burning down her entire restaurant and sending customers fleeing in a panic. Remember that ''children were present in that tavern.''
15	** Not only that, but the beam falling towards Wilden's legs would have crushed him or would have left him to burn in the tavern. It was lucky that Ian was able to use magic to save him.
16	* The Trust Bridge scene. Ian losing the rope could have had [[KilledOffForReal nasty consequences]] and given that Barley's a ParentalSubstitute for his younger brother.
17	* During the final gauntlet, the boys would've drowned if they hadn't have thought of using their Dad's legs in order to press the button.
18	* The Guardian Curse that protects the Phoenix Gem is creepy in multiple ways. It first appears as a cloud of red mist that forms into tendril-like shapes. Then it tears apart the school building and other things nearby to make a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]] [[ImprovisedGolem body built from debris]]. Finally, while it having the face of the school mascot is quite funny, it can also bring to mind horror works like ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'' and ''VideoGame/PoppyPlaytime'', which also feature cartoony mascots transformed into murderous monsters.
19	** Also it looks like it will be easy for Ian & Barley to defeat the curse, just by outrunning & outsmarting it's junk dragon body, right? Wrong! [[https://i.imgur.com/0natqJG.png Cue it opening it's mouth and breathing fire at Barley]]. Yeah, this curse means [[SeriousBusiness business]].

Context NightmareFuel / Onward