History Main / ImYourWorstNightmare

* In ''Videogame/DynastyWarriors 8'', We have [[{{Adorkable}} Li Dian]], who is the most awkward member of Wei. He makes impromptu FreudianSlip {{Love Confession}}s (regardless of the PlayerCharacter's sex) as his praise quote if he's an allied officer and the player is performing well. and [[InvokedTrope introduces himself]] with ''"I am Li Dian, your worst nightmare!"'' if you encounter him as an enemy (and you are not playing as [[HeterosexualLifePartners Yue Jin]]).

* In ''Videogame/DynastyWarriors 8'', We have [[{{Adorkable}} Li Dian]], who is the most awkward member of Wei. He makes impromptu FreudianSlip {{Love Confession}}s ([[BiTheWay regardless of]] the PlayerCharacter's sex) as his praise quote if he's an allied officer and the player is performing well. and [[InvokedTrope introduces himself]] with ''"I am Li Dian, your worst nightmare!"'' if you encounter him as an enemy (and you are not playing as [[HeterosexualLifePartners Yue Jin]]).

** ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'' has: "Someone out there was going to find out that their worst nightmare was a maddened Librarian. With a badge."
** Spoofed in ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}''. Teatime uses this line on a guard, but his would-be victim wants to know ''which'' nightmare that would be. When it's clarified that he means, "The one where the man appears out of nowhere and kills you stone dead", the guard relaxes and points out that ''that'' nightmare isn't particularly scary. Then Teatime kills him stone dead.
** In ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'', Vimes makes Stinky the goblin a Special Constable, and Stinky responds to Vimes' quip that someone's worst nightmare is "a goblin with a badge" with "Stinky don’t need no badges, fellow po-leess-maan! Stinky worst nightmare all by himself!"

* This is said in the finale of ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'' by Mushu to the fireworks operators so he can use fireworks to beat Shan Yu. Depending on who you ask, this is either a ''Batman'' reference, or it refers to ''48 Hours'', where Eddie Murphy actually says the quote, making it a self-reference.

* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'': [[http://www.goblinscomic.com/11072005/ "...a goblin with a readied action '''and''' an elevation bonus.]]

* This is said in ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'' by Mushu. Depending on who you ask, this is either a ''Batman'' reference, or it refers to ''48 Hours'', where Eddie Murphy actually says the quote, making it a self-reference.

* Downplayed in ''Videogame/{{Undertale}}''. The final boss of the neutral route, [[spoiler: Photoshop Flowey]], is accompanied by a track entitled "Your Best Nightmare". Considering exactly what [[spoiler: Photoshop Flowey]] [[{{EldritchAbomination}} looks like,]] it's justified.

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart'':

* GreenLantern (Kyle Rayner) to a group of alien invaders in ComicBook/{{JLA}}: "I'm your worst nightmare. A [[AscendedFanboy Manga nut]] with a [[ImaginationBasedSuperpower power ring!]]"

-->'''Woman:''' You're me taking a test I didn't study for. And I'm naked?\

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* Uttered verbatim by Riker while showing off his poker skills in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.
-->'''Geordi:''' [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe I do not BELIEVE it!]]\\
'''Riker:''' I'm your worst nightmare.
* ''Series/PowerRangers'':
** The Titanium Ranger's introduction in ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue''
** In the ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' episode "White Light: Part 2", Kimberly delivers a variation to tiny!Rita as the Rangers re-seal her.
--->'''Rita:''' Oh no, not you again!\\
'''Tommy:''' Afraid so, Rita.\\
'''Kimberly:''' We're like, you're worst nightmare.
* Used for comical effect in an episode of ''[[Series/HermansHead Herman's Head]]'' where Louise (Yeardley Smith, better known as the voice of Lisa Simpson) says it to a tyrannical boss two heads taller than her.
* In the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode "Teenage Caveman" the bots have a squirrel say this to the title character when he has rather more trouble catching than he should.
* ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'': One story has a woman tangling with three UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} agents. She has killed two of them (not bad for a housewife) and faces the last agent, woman to woman. The housewife tells the agent, "I'm your worst nightmare. I'm a woman with ''balls''!" The agents acts dismissive about it. [[spoiler: The housewife ends up revealing that s/he's the male rogue CIA agent they're looking for. S/he easily kills off the agent]]! She clearly wasn't kidding when she said that!

* In [[Film/{{It 1990}} the 90s miniseries]] based on Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{IT}}'', Pennywise says to the Losers' Club, "I'm every nightmare you've ever had! I'm your worst dream come true! I'm everything you ever were afraid of!"
* In the ''Series/LALaw'' episode "Spanky and the Art Gang," Gwen Taylor finally meets the woman who's been stalking her:
--> '''Gwen:''' Who are you?\\
'''Woman:''' Bad dream. Your worst nightmare.

** Spoofed in "Mummy on the Orient Express". The Doctor needs to investigate the MonsterOfTheWeek, so walks up to TheCaptain brandishing his psychic paper, an all-purpose ID which makes him appear to be someone important to whomever it's shown to.
--->'''Doctor:''' I'm not a passenger. I'm your worst nightmare.\\
'''Captain:''' ''[looks at psychic paper, looks disgusted]'' A mystery shopper. Oh, great!\\
'''Doctor:''' Really? That's your worst... [[SureLetsGoWithThat Okay, I'm a mystery shopper.]]
** In "The Girl in the Fireplace", the Doctor isn't saying this ''to'' the monster, but well within its earshot, while fighting it:
--->'''Doctor:''' Even monsters from under the bed have nightmares.\\

'''Doctor:''' Me!
** In "The Witch's Apprentice," we get a variant when Doctor steals the chair of Davros, creator of the Daleks, and then rolls up to the Daleks in it.
--->'''Doctor:''' Admit it! You've all had this exact nightmare.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Batman replies with this when a terrified criminal asks "Who are you?!" in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDP8zru0FPE episode 5, ''Pretty Poison.'']]
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'':
** From "[[Recap/{{JusticeLeagueS2E5And6OnlyADream}} Only A Dream]]":
--->'''Doctor Destiny:''' I'm your worst nightmare.\\

** The exact same sequence occurs between Payback and Bruce Wayne in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' in the episode "War Dawn" when Optimus Prime is built from the wrecked body of Orion Pax, he steps onto the battlefield and quotes "You've caused enough destruction for one day, Megatron!" Megatron retorts with "I haven't even started!" then takes aim and blasts Prime - only for it to [[NoSell glance off]]. He then says in a panic "You! Who are you?!" Optimus responds with "Your worst nightmare!" and promptly inflicts a CurbStompBattle on Megatron's drones.

* Used to comedic effect on ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. [[CrazySurvivalist Conspiracy nut]] Dale Gribble, who has a virtually encyclopedic knowledge of the ins and outs of government bureaucracy, intimidates a worker at the Department of Motor Vehicles into providing better service by naming all of the worker's superiors in ascending order, then threatening to call them, using this exact line:
-->'''Dale:''' I am your worst nightmare! I have a three-line phone and absolutely nothing at all to do with my time!
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': Said by Cad Bane to C-3PO in the episode "Evil Plans".
* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'': Weaker but constant example has Darkwing Duck introduces himself OncePerEpisode in his BadassCreed as the "Terror that flaps in the night", essentially naming himself as his foe's nightmares.
* This results in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' when Jade meets [[BigBad Shendu]] for the first time.
-->'''Jade''': Woah! What are you?!
-->'''Shendu''': Everything you will grow to fear.

* ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'': One story has a woman tangling with three {{CIA}} agents. She has killed two of them (not bad for a housewife) and faces the last agent, woman to woman. The housewife tells the agent, "I'm your worst nightmare. I'm a woman with ''balls''!" The agents acts dismissive about it. [[spoiler: The housewife ends up revealing that s/he's the male rogue CIA agent they're looking for. S/he easily kills off the agent]]! She clearly wasn't kidding when she said that!

* GreenLantern (Kyle Rayner) to a group of alien invaders in ComicBook/{{JLA}}: "I'm your worst nightmare. A [[AscendedFanboy Manga nut]] with a [[GreenLanternRing power ring!]]"

* In ''Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie'', Kimberly does this for the Rangers.

* ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'', "Can't Touch This":

'''Socrates:''' Ya know, Calvin, [[DeadHorseTrope that line has been used so many times now]], it's not even ''mildly'' threatening anymore.\\

* GreenLantern (Kyle Rayner) to a group of alien invaders in {{JLA}}: "I'm your worst nightmare. A [[AscendedFanboy Manga nut]] with a [[GreenLanternRing power ring!]]"

* In the ''LALaw'' episode "Spanky and the Art Gang," Gwen Taylor finally meets the woman who's been stalking her:

* In the miniseries Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{IT}}'', Pennywise says to the Losers' Club, "I'm every nightmare you've ever had! I'm your worst dream come true! I'm everything you ever were afraid of!"

* In ''[[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie]]'', Kimberly does this for the Rangers.

A common way for a character to announce him/herself in an intimidating manner. It doesn't matter whether he's a good guy or a bad guy, as long as the character is {{Badass}} enough to live up to this claim. That is, unless people are spoofing this line (often by the second character describing his [[RealDreamsAreWeirder actual worst nightmare]]).