History NightmareFuel / GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2

** In particular, some of the skeletons look horribly mutilated, and some screaming in agony. Ego using Peter as a battery was nightmarish enough, but [[NothingIsScarier we can only imagine]] ''how'' he killed his other children, that he would have previously greeted in a fatherly manner like he did to Peter, after he found out they didn't have the genes. Ego promised Yondu he wouldn’t hurt his children, then states that he didn’t hurt them because “they never felt a thing”. What isn’t painful for a God is likely very painful for regular living creatures.

** Adding on to it... Ego ''is'' the planet. The caves are inside ''his body''. ''He is keeping the bones of his murdered children in himself'' and probably only has them stashed where people can't find them instantly because ''[[ItsAllAboutMe it would ruin the view]]''. He doesn't bother burying them or getting rid of the evidence; once they're dead, they simply ''do not matter any more''.

'''Peter:''' '''[[FlatWhat .....WHAT?]]'''

At first glance, ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' is presented as a quirky comedy filled adventure (akin to the first movie). But the second that Ego [[TheReveal reveals]] his true intentions with [[WhamLine one line that will change everything]], [[SurpriseCreepy Vol. 2 could easily qualify as one of the darkest in the MCU]].

** Consider that in both ''[=GotG=]'' movies, Nebula gets her body more or less crushed. We get to see her pop every bone and joint in her entire body back into place, showing how extensive her cybernetics must be.

At first glance, ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' is presented as a quirky comedy filled adventure (akin to the first movie). But the second that Ego [[TheReveal reveals his true intentions]] [[WhamLine with one line that will change everything]], [[SurpriseCreepy Vol. 2 could easily qualify as one of the darkest in the MCU]].

'''Peter:''' .....'''[[FlatWhat WHAT?]]'''

'''Peter:''' '''[[FlatWhat .....What?]]'''

'''Ego:''' And that I did. My river lily who knew all the words to every song that came over the radio. I returned to Earth to see her three times. And I knew if I returned a fourth, well, I'd... I'd never leave. The Expansion... the reason for my very existence would be over. So, {{I did what I had to do}}. But... [[WhamLine it broke my heart to put that tumor in her head]].

* Goofy as it sounds, Ego turning into David Hasselhoff is rather creepy. This is Ego knowing exactly what Quill's memories and feelings are (including how young Quill wished Hasselhoff was his real dad) and throwing it all back in his face.

'''Peter:''' ''[[YouKilledMyFather YOU KILLED MY MOTHER!]]''\\

* [[EldritchAbomination The]] [[https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/d/db/Abilisk_1.png/revision/latest?cb=20161204024504 Abilisk]]. No wonder the Sovereign didn't want to fight it. Hell, its appearance ''alone'' is guaranteed to unsettle you at best.

'''Ego:''' And that I did. My river lily who knew all the words to every song that came over the radio. I returned to Earth to see her three times. And I knew if I returned a fourth, well, I'd... I'd never leave. The Expansion... the reason for my very existence would be over. So, {{I did what I had to do}}. But... [[MyGreatestFailure it broke my heart]] [[SoftSpokenSadist to put that]] [[WhamLine tumor in her head]].

** Honestly, Peter's [[UnstoppableRage instantaneous]] [[MoreDakka reaction]] to learning that [[BerserkButton Ego killed his mother]] is absolutely ''terrifying'' once you take away the fact that Ego truly deserves it. He immediately starts shooting his blasters enough times to pulverize about fifty percent of Ego's upper body without even giving him a chance to explain himself (though [[MoralEventHorizon nothing could explain that]]), all while sporting a look of pure rage on his face. The VertigoEffect used to show Peter snapping out of his trance, coupled with the chilling "[[FlatWhat What?]]", only serves to make his coming outburst more unnatural and unnerving.

'''Peter:''' ''[[BerserkButton YOU KILLED]] [[YouKilledMyFather MY MOTHER!]]''\\

** Speaking of forms, Ego's definite true form which also serves as the core of his planetary body deserves some mention, even though it only shows up for a few scenes and has a fairly simplistic design. Basically, it's a gigantic, disembodied [[LightIsNotGood glowing]] [[BrainMonster brain]] which beats just like a human heart and has long, thin tendrils similar to nervous tissue that vaguely ressemble arms. Creepy. In a mixture between NightmareFuel and SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, look closely at Ego's brain/core the moment Baby Groot puts Rocket's bomb right on it and presses the correct button. You'll notice that it promptly begins to beat in a much more frantic, insane way as the bomb's countdown progresses, almost as if it's uselessly trying to avoid its imminent doom.

-->'''Peter:''' You said you loved my mother...?
-->'''Ego:''' And that I did. My river lily who knew all the words to every song that came over the radio. I returned to Earth to see her three times. And I knew if I returned a fourth, well, I'd... I'd never leave. The Expansion... the reason for my very existence would be over. So, {{I did what I had to do}}. But... [[MyGreatestFailure it broke my heart]] [[SoftSpokenSadist to put that]] [[WhamLine tumor in her head]].

--->'''Ego:''' Who in ''THE HELL'' do you think you are?
--->'''Peter:''' ''[[BerserkButton YOU KILLED]] [[YouKilledMyFather MY MOTHER!]]''
--->'''Ego:''' I tried SO HARD to find the form ''[changes form to David Hasselhoff]'' that best ''suited you''... and THIS is the thanks I get?! ''[changes back to his normal avatar]'' You really need to ''grow up''! ''[Ego pierces Quill with a beam of energy]'' I wanted to do this together... but I suppose you'll have to learn by spending the next thousand years as a ''battery''!

** Just to make things even creepier, Ego did... something to Peter so his eyes are all one dark color with a few light pinpricks, which makes him dive headfirst into the UncannyValley. It doesn't help that the camera keeps doing close-ups on his face smack dab in the middle. It also nearly got Peter to side with Ego had the latter not made that confession regarding his mother.

Despite being a comedy ([[SurpriseCreepy at first]]), once Ego reveals his true intentions, the film is one of the darkest in the entire MCU.

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** When the fragments of himself activate, we get several shots of cities on different planets being destroyed by the expanding material, [[AdvancingWallOfDoom overwhelming everything and everyone in its path]] *** Think you can hide from Ego by being on a wild planet, think again because as proven in a FreezeFrameBonus, even non-sapient life like the Orloni and wild planets such as the one in the scene were targeted by Ego.

** When the fragments of himself activate, we get several shots of cities on different planets being destroyed by the expanding material, [[AdvancingWallOfDoom overwhelming everything and everyone in its path]] (even non-sapient life like the Orloni were targeted by Ego). We see one mother and her child, as well as Peter's grandfather, survive when Peter thwarts Ego, but thousands more people weren't so lucky.

* Until it is finally pressed, Rocket has no idea if the bomb-toting Groot will press the right button on the detonator (which will Ego, but give the gang a five minute escape window) or the wrong button (which will instantly kill ''everything'' within range, Ego and the Guardians alike).

** We get to actually witness people dying for being too long in outer space ''twice'': one with the last loyal Ravager Tullk, and then with Yondu.

** In particular, Yondu takes the time to [[DarknessEqualsDeath snuff out the lights]] in one room, meaning [[MookHorrorShow the targets]] can't even see their cause of death but instead just its red trail...

* '''''[[BigBad Ego]]'''''. This is a [[Creator/KurtRussell guy]] who looks like he's just walked fresh off the set of an eighties action movie, all smiles and charm to the Guardians, and his planet is an idyllic paradise of bright colors and gorgeous scenery. Then over time, it becomes clear that Yondu calling him a "jackass" was NOT a snide jab; he's a genocidal lunatic hellbent on assimilating the universe like an intergalactic tumor and remaking it all in his image, sees those who have his powers as only batteries and those who don't as unneeded trash. He killed Meredith Quill -- and not even quickly, but by planting a brain tumor in her head, ensuring her death is slow, painful, and utterly terrifying -- because in his eyes, the love he had for her ''got in the way of his plans''. He's easily one of the sickest, most vile characters in the entire MCU, and one can only imagine what would have happened if he DID achieve his goal.

** The third time he reforms, he's walking slowly towards the trapped and immobile Guardians, in the form of his nervous system. When he starts talking again, he mainly appears as a skeleton with glowing blue eyes and a moving jaw (pictured above), which looks very unsettling.

* The scene where Gamora and Nebula discover a glowing cavern ''stacked from top to bottom with skeletons'' on Ego's planet, and the revelation that these are ''all Ego's children'' that Ego [[OffingTheOffspring killed]] simply because they did not have his Celestial powers.

** Adding on to it... Ego ''is'' the planet. The caves are inside ''his body''. ''He is keeping the bones of his murdered children in himself'' and probably only has them stashed where people can't find them instantly because ''[[ItsAllAboutMe it would spoil the view]]''. He doesn't bother burying them or getting rid of the evidence; once they're dead, they simply ''do not matter any more''.
** In particular, some of the skeletons look horribly mutilated, and some screaming in agony. Ego using Peter as a battery was nightmarish enough, but we can only imagine ''how'' he killed his other children, that he would have previously greeted in a fatherly manner like he did to Peter, after he found out they didn't have the genes. Ego promised Yondu he wouldn’t hurt his children, then states that he didn’t hurt them because “they never felt a thing”. What isn’t painful for a God is likely very painful for regular living creatures.
** Hell, the ''sheer size'' of the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/7/77/GofGv2_Buried_Bones_of_Egos_Children.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20190401162035 room]]. If each individual skeleton is that of a child Ego fathered, there are several ''thousand'' of them in that cavern. And that's probably not the only grave.

--->'''Ego:''' I tried SO HARD to find the form ''[changes form to David Hasselhoff]'' that best ''suited you''... and this is the thanks I get?! ''[changes back]'' You really need to ''grow up''! ''[Ego pierces Quill with a beam of energy]'' I wanted to do this together... but I suppose you'll have to learn by spending the next thousand years as a ''battery''!

** When the fragments of himself activate, we get several shots of cities on different planets being destroyed by the expanding material, [[AdvancingWallOfDoom overwhelming everything and everyone in its path]] (even non-sapient life like the Orloni were targeted by Ego). We see one mother and her child, as well as Peter's grandfather, survive when Peter thwarts Ego, but so many others weren't so lucky.

* Until it is finally pressed, Rocket has no idea if the bomb-toting Groot will press the right button (which would kill Ego and give the gang five minutes to escape) or the wrong button (which would instantly kill ''everything'' within range, Ego and the Guardians alike).

-->'''Ego:''' And that I did. My river lily who knew all the words to every song that came over the radio. I returned to Earth to see her three times. And I knew if I returned a fourth, well, I'd... I'd never leave. The Expansion... the reason for my very existence would be over. So, [[IDidWhatIHadToDo I did what I had to do]]. But... [[MyGreatestFailure it broke my heart]] [[SoftSpokenSadist to put that]] [[WhamLine tumor in her head]].

-->'''Ego:''' And that I did. My river lily who knew all the words to every song that came over the radio. I returned to Earth to see her three times. And I knew if I returned a fourth, well, I'd... I'd never leave. The Expansion... the reason for my very existence would be over. So, I did what I had to do. But... [[MyGreatestFailure it broke my heart]] [[SoftSpokenSadist to put that]] [[WhamLine tumor in her head]].

--->'''Peter:''' ''[[BerserkButton YOU KILLED]] [[YouKilledMyMother MY MOTHER]]!''

* After the whole adventure is done with, Nebula goes off to hunt and kill Thanos. She's so blind with rage she doesn't even care that this is in all likelihood impossible.
** Even worse, Gamora warns her that she strongly doubts that it's possible to kill Thanos. The team just got through with destroying a krutackin' ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu sentient universe-consuming planet]]'' and Gamora still doubts that Thanos can be killed. Another terrifyingly effective warning for just how horrifically powerful the Mad Titan is -- and she's referring to Thanos' ''base power'' -- '''without the Gauntlet.''' [[FromBadToWorse Imagine what horrors he will unleash once he gets his hands on it.]] Especially when Thanos can grab a moon-sized planet and toss it around with his gauntlet... so yeah, Ego ''is'' chump-change next to the Mad Titan.

** When the fragments of himself activate, we get several shots of cities on different planets being destroyed by the expanding material, and people fleeing in terror as the substance overwhelms them (even non-sapient life like the Orloni were targeted by Ego). We see one mother and her child, as well as Peter's grandfather, survive when Peter thwarts Ego, but so many others weren't so lucky.

* Until it is finally pressed, Rocket had no idea if the bomb-toting Groot would press the right button (which would kill Ego and give the gang five minutes to escape) or the wrong button (which would instantly kill ''everything'' within range, Ego and the Guardians alike).

** Hell, the ''sheer size'' of the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/7/77/GofGv2_Buried_Bones_of_Egos_Children.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20190401162035 room]]. If each individual skeleton is that of a child Ego fathered, there are several ''thousand'' of them in that mass grave.

** Hell, the ''sheer size'' of the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/7/77/GofGv2_Buried_Bones_of_Egos_Children.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20190401162035 room]] is horrifying enough, assuming each individual skeleton is that of a child Ego fathered.