History NightmareFuel / BatmanArkhamCity

** [[spoiler: Even more. It's revealed that [[AndIMustScream she actually regained conciousness]] from time to time! So she clearly could understand what counld have awaited her.]]

* When you come across [[spoiler: Nora Fries, Mr. Freeze's cryogenically frozen wife]] some of the goons guard her may be debating thawing her out with the implication that they were going to abuse her. Imagine that the last thing you remember is [[spoiler: being frozen by your loving husband and the next conscious moment of your life is being [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil sexually assaulted]] by by a group of psychos and murderers.]] that is the stuff of nightmares.

** The downright creepy ambient soundtrack of the credits following [[spoiler: Joker's song]] is insanely unsettling as it sounds like the combination of ominous wind blowing and eerie industrial bellowing. This seemingly simple yet creepy ambience really can paint an image for the player regarding the future for Gotham, Batman, and the inmates of Arkham City which doesn't seem for the better even after [[spoiler: Joker's death]]. You think there would be a JumpScare coming at some point, [[NothingIsScarier but nothing happens]] [[spoiler: besides Harley's "Hush Little Baby", but only if you found the pregnancy test beforehand]].

* [[spoiler: Harley Quinn has a pregnancy test that says 'positive' in Joker's hideout. If you finish the game in New Game Plus, she sings to the baby at the end. [[IronicNurseryTune "Hush little baby, don't say a word... momma's gonna kill, for you, the whole damn world..."]]

* [[spoiler: Harley Quinn has a pregnancy test that says 'positive' in Joker's hideout.]] Be scared for the third game!
** If you find it before the credits, [[spoiler: she sings to the baby at the end. [[IronicNurseryTune "Hush little baby, don't say a word... momma's gonna kill, for you, the whole damn world..."]]]] Creator/KevinConroy [[WordOfGod himself]] compared the game to ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'': do the math.
*** [[spoiler: Turns out the test was a false positive. In Harley Quinn's Revenge, you can find a lot more used tests, all of them negative. They have been circled around a crib... with a Joker'd up Scarface.]] It's safe to say that Harley has indeed, "lost it, big time".

** Also, [[spoiler:Strange was planning to do this over in [[{{Superman}} Metropolis]] and [[Franchise/TheFlash Keystone City]] once he was done eradicating everyone in Gotham. While the plan might not have flown quite as well as it did in Gotham, the thought of having the likes of Metallo, Captain Cold, Parasite, Zoom, Brainiac, and the like locked up in an isolated part of each city then blasted to smithereens,]] which can be FridgeHorror for those who have read the ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' arc "Absolute Power". [[spoiler: In that storyline, there were many alternate universes, including one where Batman did not exist (due to Bruce's parents living) and in that one, Ra's Al Ghul killed the entire Justice League.]]

* That oh-so-brief glimpse of Batman's face when Talia pulls up his mask for a kiss - keeping in mind that Bruce was scant minutes from death just before... Talia's horrified reaction is what seals it.

* If you're out wandering, you might hear a phone ringing in the street. If you happen to be outside the refugee camp, you'll see a crowd of inmates gathered around a ringing payphone, egging each other on to answer it. Listen long enough, and they'll start talking about how if you answer it, you'll be dead by morning, or worse, "he'll" keep you in a cage for days, [[ColdBloodedTorture cutting pieces out of you]]. One will mention how a fellow inmate "bought it" by answering and apparently his killer "cut off his fingers, stuck 'em in his mouth, and left him to choke on them". None of the inmates want to answer the phone... How about you, Batman?

* If you're out wandering, you might hear a phone ringing in the street. If you happen to be outside the refugee camp, you'll see a crowd of inmates around a ringing payphone, each egging each other on to answer it. Listen long enough, and they'll start talking about how if you answer it, you'll be dead by morning, or worse, "he'll" keep you in a cage for days, [[ColdBloodedTorture cutting pieces out of you]]. One will mention how a fellow inmate "bought it" by answering and apparently his killer "cut off his fingers, stuck 'em in his mouth, and left him to choke on them". None of the inmates want to answer the phone... How about you, Batman?

* If you're out wandering, you might hear a phone ringing in the street. If you happen to be outside the refugee camp, you'll see a crowd of inmates around a ringing payphone, each egging each other on to answer it. Listen long enough, and they'll start talking about how if you answer it, you'll be dead by morning, or worse, "he'll" keep you in a cage for days, [[ColdBloodedTorture cutting pieces out of you]]. One will mention how a fellow inmate "bought it" by answering and apparently his killer "cut of his fingers, stuck 'em in his mouth, and left him to choke on them". None of the inmates want to answer the phone... How about you, Batman?

** Do you all want to know what's [[FromBadToWorse worse]]? [[spoiler: Those messages that Johnathan Crane leaves behind in Arkham City is foretelling on what is yet to come. Apparently, Scarecrow makes good on his word in them. ... [[HesBack He]] [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight returns!]]]]

* Exploring Gotham City tunnels for a long period of time searching for Ra's al Ghul and the League of Assassins can be creepy as well, when, after finding him and head back to the surface near the subway: you are greeted with a load of bodies piled on top of each other, Holocaust-style. Each of these men were Penguin's soldiers and after Batman took down Penguin and started searching for Ra's, a gang, presumably the Joker's, offed the leaderless clan and executed them all. It's a disturbing sight to behold.

-->'''Calendar Man:''' "Ebenezer Scrooge was a saint compared to old Judge Harkness. Remember him, Batman? Gotham's hanging judge, they called him. Even though the state had ruled me insane, Harkness swore he'd send me to the gallows. So you see, it was all a simple act of self-preservation. I could hardly be held responsible for strangling that street corner Santa Claus for his suit. I needed the disguise to sneak into the judge's Chrsitmas Eve party. Harkness thought it was all in fun until "St. Nick" caught him around the neck with a string of Christmas lights. The cops found him later, hanging from the elaborate light display of his own roof. Judgie almost looked like a cartoon himself alongside the comical reindeer, elves, and snowmen. I called that murder my "Christmas special."
** For those that played VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins it becomes a literal WhamLine, since on that faithful night while Batman fought and stopped many other fiends throughout the night. Batman couldn't stop this [[DoomedByCanon one murder from taking place]]. It really becomes a bit jarring on just how casually Julian delivers this one quote and rubs it into Batman's face.

* When fighting Mr Freeze, you can briefly scan him in Detective Mode before his jammer blocks your vision. The creepy part is that while most human characters show up as x-ray skeletons in Detective Mode, Freeze is only a skeleton from the neck up. Just a skull and stump of spinal cord in a robotic suit. This only means that other than the head, the suit can't be penetrated by Detective Mode's x-ray vision. Another detail some people might find unnerving that unlike other enemies, his heart rate drops to single digits while you're fighting him, but climbs back to normal when outside the fight.

** The downright creepy ambiance soundtrack of the credits following [[spoiler: Joker's song]] is insanely unsettling as it sounds like the combination of ominous wind blowing and eerie industrial bellowing. This seemingly simple yet creepy ambiance really can paint an image for the player regarding the future for Gotham, Batman, and the inmates of Arkham City which doesn't seem for the better even after [[spoiler: Joker's death]]. You think there would be a JumpScare coming at some point, [[NothingIsScarier but nothing happens]] [[spoiler: besides Harley's "Hush Little Baby", but only if you found the pregnancy test beforehand]].

[[caption-width-right:349:Hugo Strange will enjoy dissecting your brain. While you are still alive.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr9gAAMP1_Q Listening to Zsasz ramble on about his life before he became a murderer is made worse by the gradual anger in his voice and the sudden breaks in his monotone.]] And in [[NintendoHard Zsasz's side missions,]] you're trying to go save Mr. Freeze, and all of a sudden, you hear a phone ringing off in the distance. Pick it up, and Zsasz taunts you with a challenge of finding him within a certain amount of time. The stakes: you have to find out where he's calling from by going to every phone in the city (within a extremely small time limit), pick it up, and try to triangulate the source, rinse lather, repeat, until you find him. If you fail the side mission, or if you choose to ignore or miss the first several phones, he threatens kills countless scores of people. A rather unnerving deviation from the storyline, especially if you choose to go back to the main trail.

** "That's the sound of a cop's fingers freezing solid!" ''([[{{Fingore}} WHACK!]])''

** His story about his father takes the cake. It starts out actually kind of nice, although the player is likely [[GenreSavvy wary about what's coming next]] because this is probably not the first time they've heard one of his stories. If it is, players are in for a WhamLine at the end of the monologue.

** Also, [[spoiler:Strange was planning to do this over in [[{{Superman}} Metropolis]] and [[Franchise/TheFlash Keystone City]] once he was done eradicating everyone in Gotham. While the plan might not have flown quite as well as it did in Gotham, the thought of having the likes of Metallo, Captain Cold, Parasite, Zoom, Brainiac, and the like locked up in an isolated part of each city then blasted to smithereens,]] which can be FridgeHorror for those who have read the SupermanBatman arc "Absolute Power". [[spoiler: In that storyline, there were many alternate universes, including one where Batman did not exist (due to Bruce's parents living) and in that one, Ra's Al Ghul killed the entire Justice League.]]

** Not to mention that his customary monocle in ''this'' version is replaced with [[spoiler: the butt of a glass bottle shoved into his face in a bar-fight, which can't be removed for the damage it would do]]!

* Hugo Strange and Catwoman, in order to give the above-seen page image context. If you get seen during Catwoman’s StealthBasedMission, Hugo Strange appears in the [[GameOverMan game over screen]]. One of them is him holding a scalpel with a SlasherSmile on his face and smugly saying: "I will ''enjoy'' dissecting your brain, Miss Kyle!", in his Creator/ChristopherLee-[[Creator/CoreyBurton esque]] voice. The way he said it makes it sound like he was eager to slice Catwoman's head open while she was still alive.

** Also, [[spoiler:Strange was planning to do this over in [[{{Superman}} Metropolis]] and [[TheFlash Keystone City]] once he was done eradicating everyone in Gotham. While the plan might not have flown quite as well as it did in Gotham, the thought of having the likes of Metallo, Captain Cold, Parasite, Zoom, Brainiac, and the like locked up in an isolated part of each city then blasted to smithereens,]] which can be FridgeHorror for those who have read the SupermanBatman arc "Absolute Power". [[spoiler: In that storyline, there were many alternate universes, including one where Batman did not exist (due to Bruce's parents living) and in that one, Ra's Al Ghul killed the entire Justice League.]]

[[caption-width-right:349:Hugo Strange will enjoy dissecting your brain.]]